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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program. It's the Houston

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Speaker 1: Texans at Baltimore on Saturday. Did you need me to

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Speaker 1: really remind you of that three point thirty kickoff? And

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Speaker 1: it's going to be live right here, and we can't

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Speaker 1: wait as Houston tries to get past the division round

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Speaker 1: for the fifth time they will attempt to do this.

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Speaker 1: Will they be successful? Stay tuned, can't wait to find out.

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Speaker 1: Mark vandermir John Harris with you, joined by the General

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Speaker 1: John McLain in the Hall of Famer. So, John, good evening,

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Speaker 1: what do you think? I think it's their best shot

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Speaker 1: to do it. Not that it's an easy shot, because

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Speaker 1: this is a very difficult team to take on, but

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Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on the situation as they try

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Speaker 1: to go where they've never been before.

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Speaker 2: I have a column I'm working on for sports Radio

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Speaker 2: six ten dot com about if they put only upset.

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Speaker 2: It's the first time Houston will have a team in

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Speaker 2: the AFC Championship Game since the Oilers after the nineteen

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Speaker 2: seventy nine season. To mak O Rise, his last game

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Speaker 2: was at Baltimore in the playoffs after the twenty eleven season,

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Speaker 2: and I went back and looked at that game and

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Speaker 2: Demiko played well, but boy JJ Watt at Brooks Reed

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Speaker 2: both had two and a half sacks.

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Speaker 3: JJ had twelve tackles, three for loss.

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Speaker 2: Had they won that game instead of losing by seven,

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Speaker 2: he would have gotten even more attention than he got

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Speaker 2: when the phenomenon was born the week before. Again as

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati and our chief. So to me, this is that

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Speaker 2: first one at Baltimore was the biggest because it was

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Speaker 2: the first one. This is the big at that one,

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Speaker 2: and if they won this one, it'll be the greatest

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Speaker 2: victory in Texans history.

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Speaker 4: John, what's got to change in your mind from week

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Speaker 4: one to week twenty? Yes, week twenty, what's got to

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Speaker 4: change nineteen weeks later from what happened in week one?

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Speaker 4: And I know these are different teams, Like I get

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Speaker 4: all that, so add that in to your thoughts. But

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Speaker 4: what's got to change from week one to week twenty

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Speaker 4: to go get a win up at a place the Texas

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Speaker 4: have never won?

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Speaker 2: Well, Bobby Slowly didn't have a clue about the running

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Speaker 2: game at that point. Damian Pierce started, he was terrible,

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Speaker 2: and so Devin Singletary figured out his own scheme. A

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Speaker 2: lot quicker more thoroughly. So Devin has become a good

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Speaker 2: back there. Three and oh when he runs is for

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Speaker 2: one hundred yards, six and one when the team runs

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Speaker 2: it for one hundred. So I would think that the

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Speaker 2: running game was singletary instead of Pears. Stroud wasn't bad.

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Speaker 2: It was his first game. Ravens had changed. That was

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Speaker 2: Todd Monkin's first game as offensive coordinator. You know they

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Speaker 2: figured they figured that out. They've gotten better. I mean,

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Speaker 2: it's hard to believe they pounded the forty nine ers,

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Speaker 2: but they're better. The Texans are obviously a lot better.

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Speaker 2: But I would say the running game because the offensive

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Speaker 2: line is coming off an outstanding performance against the Browns.

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Speaker 2: Laramie Tunsil may have played the best game he's ever played,

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Speaker 2: shutting down Miles Gary got blasted by the Cleveland media

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Speaker 2: for not showing up, and they had a lot of

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Speaker 2: big performances, of course, but I think if you want

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Speaker 2: to win there against a team that runs the ball

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Speaker 2: better than any in the league, you've got to give

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Speaker 2: him a dose of their own medicine. You don't want

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Speaker 2: CJ to have to throw forty times against the team

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Speaker 2: that leads the NFL in sacks.

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Speaker 3: And has given up the fewest points.

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Speaker 2: So I think it all starts up front with alignment

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Speaker 2: and the running game, and I think Stroud should run

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Speaker 2: more in this game than he has in any other

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Speaker 1: General Lamar Jackson, he has one playoff win. CJ. Stroud

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Speaker 1: has one playoff win. How much do you think, if

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Speaker 1: at all, it's in the heads of the Ravens. Oh

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Speaker 1: my gosh, We've had many opportunities. I mean, not a

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Speaker 1: ton but Jackson twenty eighteen draft choice and plays in

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Speaker 1: his first playoff game, then twenty nineteen top overall seed,

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Speaker 1: unable to break through lots of injury problem relatively, Is

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Speaker 2: Of course not. They don't think about that. And that's

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Speaker 2: twenty nineteen lost to the Titans. He had over five

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Speaker 2: now he does need to win a playoff game. He

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Speaker 2: can't be a great quarterback just in the regular season,

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Speaker 2: and the way those quarterbacks are several raders, they got

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Speaker 2: to win the playoffs. They got a great defense, they

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Speaker 2: got a right great running game, they got a good

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Speaker 2: passing game. They get Mark Andrews back. They're in the

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Speaker 2: best physical condition they've been in other than making Fitzpatrick.

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Speaker 2: So they have no excuses. And something about young teams

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Speaker 2: like the Texans and the Hackers, they don't know what

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Speaker 2: they don't know. You know, young players, they're all they

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Speaker 2: this where we are against number one seed. You know

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Speaker 2: we're nine point underdogs. Sometimes they just go out and

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Speaker 2: let it all hang out. That's what I think they

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Speaker 2: should do on both sides of the ball. You know,

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Speaker 2: they be because they got to be able to contain Jackson.

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Speaker 2: He don't want to run like he used to. He

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Speaker 2: wants to stay in the pocket and throw the ball now.

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Speaker 2: I think that would be good for the Texans. I

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Speaker 2: can't wait to see how Derrek Stinglely if they have

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Speaker 2: him played one of the receivers who staying on his side,

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Speaker 2: because he also had an incredible game. As they had

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Speaker 2: a lot of players who really really stepped up in

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Speaker 2: these last two games. It's like they played two playoff

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Speaker 2: games at Indy and then against Cleveland, and I'm picking Baltimore,

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Speaker 2: but if the Texans were to win, I wouldn't be surprised.

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Speaker 1: General, what's the bigger concern for the Texans? Is it CJ.

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Speaker 4: Stroud and the offense facing Mike McDonald's defense, or is

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Speaker 4: it Lamar Jackson and top Munkins offense against the Texans defense.

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Speaker 2: John What's interesting is they played to run great against

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Speaker 2: But they had that game against Indy two hundred and

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Speaker 2: looks like an aberration because they've been great against the

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Speaker 2: finished sixth rushing. They'll take it after finishing thirty second

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Speaker 2: by a long shot, but they have to be able

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Speaker 2: to contain that running game. And they've got three backs

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Speaker 2: now and led by Gus Edwards, and they use them

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Speaker 2: all and then Lamar will pick his spots to run.

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Speaker 2: But they say he prefers to throw now instead of

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Speaker 2: run first, throw second. It's vice versa, And so I

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Speaker 2: would think the run defense is paramount to what they

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Speaker 3: If a team runs the ball, okay they're not, I'll

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Speaker 2: That takes up a lot of plays. And they even

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Speaker 2: though they get Mark Andrews back, love to throw down

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Speaker 2: then of course Odell Beckham junior. They're a well rounded

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Speaker 2: to win is they haven't played the starters now in

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Speaker 2: three weeks. They said that they mentioned them for the

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Speaker 3: Then they have a buy. Now they have this week

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Speaker 2: Maybe they come out just a little off off center,

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Speaker 2: down to a passing game between the two quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: General Johnny and I are going to play who's better

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Speaker 1: in the next segment. So I'll use one now for both.

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Speaker 1: Sorry you're not allowed. This is an exclusive event, but

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Speaker 1: I want to use one right now. Who's better? Better?

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Speaker 1: Harbaugh Jim or John Better? Coach, Jim or John, you

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Speaker 2: Now I should take my football and go home since

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Speaker 2: I won't let me play. I'll say to John because

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Speaker 2: he's won a super Bowl. Jim won a national championship.

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Speaker 2: I listen to people in national media don't understand why

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Speaker 2: Jim Rbaugh is not wanted by everybody. If they talked

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Speaker 2: and so he's quirking. People want to They don't want

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Speaker 2: John is a great guy. I never heard anybody say

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Speaker 2: say you had to put your coordinators out there and

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Speaker 2: And I asked Andy Reid one time the combine, why

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Speaker 2: Andy Reid's one of the all time great guys. To

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Speaker 3: Show, there was a story.

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Speaker 2: Oh so I retreated that out of it about who

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Speaker 2: could be the next John Harbaugh special teams coach. First

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Speaker 2: person on the list Frank Ross, who has the number

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Speaker 4: Frank Ross is the boss. YEP, I think Frank is

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Speaker 4: going to be a heck of a head coach. I'm

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Speaker 4: a little surprised at all these interviews, mildly surprised that

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Speaker 1: Being interviewed, first of all.

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Speaker 4: Second of all, I mean, shoot, the Chargers interview David

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Speaker 4: Shaw from stand formerly of Stanford, right like he resigned

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Speaker 4: two years ago, but he's a leader, like I get it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I understand you to respond to the Harbaugh thing

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Speaker 1: in a moment here, Johnny, But general one thing on

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Speaker 1: that do teams look too closely at coordinators. They're good

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Speaker 1: but are you a leader of men? Should they not

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Speaker 1: look more deeply into that kind of thing, that kind

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Speaker 1: of psychographic, if you will, rather than being a great

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Speaker 3: I remember when.

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Speaker 2: Philadelphia wanted to talk to the Packers tight end coach

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Speaker 2: Andy Raid. I'm thinking, who's that? So they did some

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Speaker 2: really good homework, and you know agents, Bob Lamont's Andy

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Speaker 3: He was Mike Congrand's.

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Speaker 2: Bob's been agents to a lot of people, including Akassarian

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Speaker 2: and so ag. And you know, they call teams, they

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Speaker 2: I got a coordinator here. You ought to check out.

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Speaker 2: But so few get interviewed. It's almost like you got

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Speaker 2: not a sexy sell, so to speak. And Andy Reid

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Speaker 2: certainly wasn't a sexy seal. Nobody's ever used sexy and

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Speaker 4: I give you thirty two year old Sean McVay. Who

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Speaker 4: well for the Rams. Simulate point to the one with

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Speaker 3: On Onezach of John.

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Speaker 2: One thing that Arball did, and you see how this

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Speaker 3: But Belichick's interviewed twice. Now. Arthur Blank's a good owner.

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Speaker 1: Hey, before we let the day slip away here, does

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Speaker 2: I know that's the third back. Yeah, he's the third back.

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Speaker 2: the Jets had Breshall and Bracehall's really good and Cook

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Speaker 3: But I don't think Cook will be a factor.

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Speaker 4: I hope they give the ball to Dalvin Cook compared

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Speaker 2: Altogether, the way he's following, he had over twelve hundred yards,

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Speaker 2: didn't he last year? And then all of a sudden

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but exactly.

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Speaker 2: When I just can't see cook being a factor in

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he had almost twelve hundred yards last year. All right,

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, what's gonna happen there?

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Speaker 2: In general, Bills have a lot of injuries, but they're

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Speaker 3: It seems like.

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Speaker 2: They got a rendezvous with destiny after that playoff loss,

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Speaker 3: I think Buffalo's gonna win.

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Speaker 2: I think it's about time the Chiefs had to play

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Speaker 4: If the Cadarius Tony play happens, it's allowed, and they

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Speaker 3: We lead it worked out. I don't think they would.

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Speaker 4: That one play changed everything because now you got to

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Speaker 1: The universe changes.

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Speaker 4: But a team that fared pretty well up north last

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Speaker 2: I did a podcast in Baltimore today and one of

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Speaker 1: You mean Buffalo?

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Speaker 3: You know got Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, from a pure football standpoint, I really feel

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Speaker 1: And the world wants to see the universe wants to

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna say what you think. Where would you want

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Speaker 1: I want to knock off Mahomes. I think that they

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Speaker 1: are They're not fraudulent, but this is not the strongest

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Speaker 4: Yep, I'm gonna go to Kansas City as well. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I don't want to mess with Buffalo. I think Buffalo

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Speaker 4: know if Buffalo is better than Baltimore, but it's close.

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Speaker 4: I think both Baltimore and Buffalo are better than Kansas City.

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Speaker 4: I'll go to Kansas City, and I know what that does.

436
00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,280
Speaker 4: I know that brings up twenty nineteen and all that.

437
00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:32,000
Speaker 4: But if it's AFC Championship game, forget it. Those ghosts whatever,

438
00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:33,720
Speaker 4: whatever those demons are, forget it.

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Speaker 1: They're gone. Just go play. General Your level of surprise

440
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Speaker 1: that Mike McCarthy is still the coach with the Cowboys,

441
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Speaker 1: should we be surprised?

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Speaker 2: A lot of people think that Jerry Jones operates with

443
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Speaker 2: a trigger. He doesn't, you know, they wanted to pull

444
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,280
Speaker 2: the trigger fans usually do. Quaker Jason Garrett a lot

445
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:55,000
Speaker 2: of coaches. He's stuck to day Campo too long. I

446
00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:01,119
Speaker 2: what I was most shocked about was the reredibly bad

447
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:07,120
Speaker 2: defensive performance, and Dan Quinn was terrible. His players looked

448
00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,119
Speaker 2: like they'd never been coached. They looked like eternal lights

449
00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:14,320
Speaker 2: and a bunch of roaches scattered in the kitchen. And

450
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,640
Speaker 2: that's what they look like now. Dak Prescott's played bad

451
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,800
Speaker 2: in the playoffs before, so that shouldn't be surprising. Mike

452
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,760
Speaker 2: McCarthy has had some issues in the playoffs with game management,

453
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Speaker 2: clock management, but the game wasn't close enough to have

454
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Speaker 2: any issues with him. But I thought, sure, Jerry Jones

455
00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:35,639
Speaker 2: was gonna make a change and try to get Bill Belichick,

456
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,640
Speaker 2: and some people said, well, maybe he called Belichick wasn't

457
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Speaker 2: interested and he decided to stick with him. But I

458
00:23:42,320 --> 00:23:45,600
Speaker 2: don't think that was the case. And I watched McCarthy's

459
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Speaker 2: news conference and everything. He said, you know, we got talent,

460
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Speaker 2: we believe, and I know what it's like to win.

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Speaker 3: I want a super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: They could go seventeen and oh next season, nobody's gonna

463
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Speaker 2: trust him in the playoffs to let prove it, and

464
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Speaker 2: that's a year away.

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Speaker 4: That is correct, nobody will trust him. Good point, and

466
00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,159
Speaker 4: for a good reason. Mike Vrabel could he be the

467
00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 4: head coach in Seattle and general? Why do you think

468
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,880
Speaker 4: he's gotten so few interviews at this point?

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: If Atlanta's focused on Belichick and the Raiders are focused

471
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Speaker 2: on Antonio Piers and then Chargers are focused on Jim Harball,

472
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Speaker 2: that takes three out of the picture. I think Vrabel

473
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Speaker 2: will be really good in Atlanta because he likes to

474
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Speaker 2: run the ball so much, and he's got two They

475
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Speaker 2: got the two best backs on the same team in

476
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Speaker 2: the NFL, and they got some skill position players led

477
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Speaker 2: by Jake Matthews. They've got an improved offensive line, but

478
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Speaker 2: Rabel going to Seattle where they got a lot of talent,

479
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Speaker 2: but they need a quarterback too. Although Gino Smith's better

480
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 2: than what the Falcons have, So if he goes to Seattle,

481
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Speaker 2: that's great. If he decided to sit out and do

482
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Speaker 2: broadcasts for a year, I think he'd be really good.

483
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Speaker 2: But I think if Seattle hires them, that would be

484
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Speaker 2: great for him and great for them.

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Speaker 1: All Right, just a review here, general, and this is

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Speaker 1: a quick answer, going into this divisional round game? Is

487
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Speaker 1: this the best you felt about the Texans chances going

488
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Speaker 1: into the round? Never mind up twenty four to nothing

489
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Speaker 1: against the Chiefs, or however you felt in twenty eleven

490
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Speaker 1: or the other two games against the Patriots. Is this

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Speaker 1: the best you felt about their chances heading in to

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Speaker 1: the game.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely not. Twenty nineteen, they beat Buffalo and Sean Watson

494
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,840
Speaker 2: made great plays in overtime. They had won a narrowhead

495
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,760
Speaker 2: stadium during the season. I thought if they were ever

496
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Speaker 2: going to win a divisional game and become the first

497
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Speaker 2: team since the seventy nine Oilers to go to the

498
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,320
Speaker 2: championship game, it was going to be in twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 2: Then of course Bill O'Brien kind of went brain dad

500
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Speaker 2: as a coach with some of his decisions, and they

501
00:25:55,040 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 2: just fell totally apart. But because these guys as the

502
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:04,360
Speaker 2: number one seed, their best scoring defense, I think their

503
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Speaker 2: second points, they're first in rushing, they beat wallop the

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Speaker 2: forty nine ers.

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Speaker 3: I don't feel good about.

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Speaker 2: This one like I did that one in twenty and nineteen.

507
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Speaker 2: And I didn't really know what to expect from the

508
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:21,400
Speaker 2: Ravens in eleven, and we talked about twelve, the way

509
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,440
Speaker 2: they collapsed at the end of the season, even though

510
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:27,159
Speaker 2: they beat Cincinnati and had to go to New England.

511
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 2: You're never you're never excited about a team's chance to

512
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Speaker 2: win on the road against Tom Brady and the Patriots.

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Speaker 2: So I think this to me is number three behind

514
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Speaker 2: twenty nineteen, twenty eleven, but just because his team is

515
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:44,720
Speaker 2: so inexperienced.

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Speaker 1: Fair enough. All right, thank you, general, We'll look forward

517
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Speaker 1: to your stuff on sports radio sixten dot com.

518
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Speaker 2: Thank you guys very much as always, and have a

519
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Speaker 2: great time on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, sir. All right, coming up, who's better? We've

521
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Speaker 1: got Houston Methodist minutes Devin Singleton along the way plus

522
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,639
Speaker 1: here from CJ. Stroud and others will check out the

523
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Speaker 1: Ravens and the Baltimore scene for that matter. In our

524
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Speaker 1: number two, it's Texans Radio moving right along on the

525
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Speaker 1: program here. It's a two hour edition of Texans All

526
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Speaker 1: Access with no Thursday night football, which is Johnny. It's

527
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,920
Speaker 1: kind of a bummer. The playoffs are great. It's unbelievable

528
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,439
Speaker 1: when you're in this in the final eight. But I

529
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 1: get it for people who lament the end of the

530
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 1: regular season in a sense, because the whole league is playing.

531
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:34,200
Speaker 1: Everybody's on fire for their team. Now. It's very exclusive,

532
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,600
Speaker 1: and believe me, it is wonderful to be one of

533
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,879
Speaker 1: the select few that earned the right to be here.

534
00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,200
Speaker 1: But I understand. I understand people. You know, they miss football,

535
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:44,480
Speaker 1: they miss all the football.

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00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, So what I do on Thursday nights now is

537
00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 4: when we're done with radio, I luckily have NFL NFL Plus,

538
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 4: so I just pick a game and I'm like, Okay,

539
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:57,720
Speaker 4: what game do I want to see? So last night

540
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:02,320
Speaker 4: I watched Niners and Ravens, and then I followed that

541
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Speaker 4: up with Dolphins Ravens. So I was doing a little

542
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:09,320
Speaker 4: scouting and watching football at the same time. So that's

543
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,440
Speaker 4: but then again, I've done that forever. I think you

544
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:16,919
Speaker 4: mentioned it. There's a very exclusivity, there's exclusive feeling, that

545
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:21,480
Speaker 4: exclusivity of we're one of eight still playing. Would like

546
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 4: to be one of four. I would love to be

547
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,240
Speaker 4: one of four for the first time in history. But

548
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:30,199
Speaker 4: there's so much to take care of, and just the

549
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:34,639
Speaker 4: one thing about getting to this round is that everybody's

550
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:40,160
Speaker 4: talking about you, and seemingly nobody knows you, right, nobody

551
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 4: like the national people. You listen to them and listen

552
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 4: to them, and there are very few that you know, Okay,

553
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 4: that person speaking knows what we are.

554
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Speaker 1: I haven't spent much time with the tech exactly.

555
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:53,719
Speaker 4: I also think about people that did things in the

556
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Speaker 4: in the preseason, and so many comes does this thing with.

557
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Speaker 4: I think it's Mike gold Junior. She does it with

558
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:04,480
Speaker 4: And they basically draft teams right, and you get points

559
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 4: for the number of wins. And I just remember listening

560
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,160
Speaker 4: and the Texans were one of the last two teams

561
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Speaker 4: taken if I remember correctly, and I just remember, that's

562
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,200
Speaker 4: gonna be a good pick for you. That's gonna be

563
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 4: a good pick for whoever made that pick, but I

564
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 4: like listening to that just to kind of see.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of a power ranking.

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Speaker 4: Just done in a different way that the Texas have

567
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,720
Speaker 4: been flirting with the you know, you know, top ten

568
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 4: in the power rankings, and you know this was still

569
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Speaker 4: the regular season. After what they did to the Colts

570
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Speaker 4: and after what they did to the Browns, well, they'd

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Speaker 4: be top five. In fact, I think when I think

572
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 4: Eric Edholm did his division rankings, and they were they

573
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Speaker 4: were six out of eight, and we've gone to the

574
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Speaker 4: divisional round before, we've always been eight. I don't think

575
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Speaker 4: we've been anything but maybe nineteen maybe, but we didn't

576
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Speaker 4: we didn't blow anybody away with our performance against the

577
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Speaker 4: Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: So I think we were eight out of eight.

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Speaker 4: So we're creeping up there, and we just gotta go

580
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Speaker 4: play some good football and looking forward to doing that.

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Speaker 1: Okay, let's get to who's better? You ready to go?

582
00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, let's go who's better? Let's do this better

583
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,360
Speaker 1: chance to win the Texans at Baltimore or Green Bay

584
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Speaker 1: at San Francisco. They are both nine and a half

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Speaker 1: point underdogs, Is that right? I think there you have

586
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Speaker 1: the correct The.

587
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Speaker 4: Texans are floating around nine to nine and a halfs

588
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Speaker 4: and whatever it.

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Speaker 1: Is, it's a lot and who's got the better chance

590
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Speaker 1: to win? I know the Ravens destroyed the forty nine

591
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Speaker 1: ers recently, but you can read too much into these things. Yep.

592
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Speaker 1: And the Texans obviously have a hot quarterback. The Packers

593
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Speaker 1: have a hot quarterback. So what do you think here, Johnny?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that the what came out of my watching of

595
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Speaker 4: last night's last night when I watched the Ravens and

596
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Speaker 4: Niners was Holy Countada. Niners screwed us up. Yeah, totally,

597
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 4: I mean screwed it up royally. And not to take

598
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 4: away from what the Ravens did. The Ravens took advantage.

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Speaker 4: And that's what you have to do. It's a good

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Speaker 4: football team. If a team offers it up to you

601
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,480
Speaker 4: on a platter, like the twenty nineteen Chiefs did to us,

602
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,280
Speaker 4: you got a capitalize. You got to shut it down.

603
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 4: You can't give it back to them. You can't say

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Speaker 4: thank you very much. Oh no here, you take it.

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Speaker 1: No, no, no.

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Speaker 4: When a good team gets gifts, so like thank you

607
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 4: very much, you're done. Yeah, And that's what the Ravens

608
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 4: did to the Niners. And it really kind of gave

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Speaker 4: me even more hope Mark, because I saw the Niners

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Speaker 4: move the football using some of the concepts that we've

611
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Speaker 4: used here with the Texans, Bobby Slow because offensive coordinator

612
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Speaker 4: throwing the ball having success, throwing the ball to George Kittle.

613
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 4: Run game was having success. But it was sixteen twelve.

614
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:43,840
Speaker 4: Ravens were head sixteen twelve. The Niners turn it over,

615
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 4: Ravens scored in a few plays, So now they're up

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Speaker 4: twenty three to twelve. First play the next drive, Patrick

617
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 4: Queen picks off brock Perty they score the very next

618
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Speaker 4: play and it's thirty to twelve. So all the things

619
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Speaker 4: the Niners we're doing are now out the window basically

620
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Speaker 4: because now they got to throw to get back in it.

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Speaker 4: That's letting the strong suits, letting the Ravens do what

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Speaker 4: they want to do defensively in a way you go.

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Speaker 4: So this is a long way of saying I think

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Speaker 4: that the Niners are better than people think because of

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Speaker 4: that particular game.

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Speaker 1: I think there was more there.

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Speaker 4: I think the Niners are gonna win that thing by

628
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Speaker 4: two touchdowns. Two touchdowns, Yeah, I think I think the

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Speaker 4: Niners beat them thirty four to twenty. So that's why

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Speaker 4: I'm going with that's gonna be my prediction on Friday Night.

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Speaker 1: You'll hear that.

632
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Speaker 4: But I do think the Texans have a solid shot

633
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Speaker 4: of getting in in between that, getting under that nine

634
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Speaker 4: to nine and a half number. It's got to be.

635
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Speaker 4: And I said this to my good friend Don Sanders.

636
00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 4: I was talking about this with him, and I said,

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Speaker 4: I feel like the Texans have to play no worse

638
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,959
Speaker 4: than their A minus game, no worse than the A

639
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 4: minus game, and hope you get B minus C plus

640
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Speaker 4: from the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: Right, I haven't been off for twenty days to them

642
00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 1: most of the key players that could be a big factor.

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Speaker 1: All Right, who's better let's continue, Okay, better season next year,

644
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Speaker 1: Indianapolis or Jacksonville. Who's gonna have the better twenty twenty four?

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Speaker 1: Take the Texans out of it, the Colts or the Jags.

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Speaker 1: Who finishes ahead of the other guy? Colts.

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Speaker 4: As crazy as that sounds, what, Yeah, as crazy as

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Speaker 4: that sounds.

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Speaker 1: I feel like the Jags have a lot of making

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Speaker 1: up to do.

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Speaker 4: And I don't know, I feel like winning last year

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Speaker 4: the way that they did sort of masked some of

653
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 4: the issues that were still there. They had a lot

654
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 4: of issues in secondary, and we saw that week three,

655
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 4: they had a lot of issues in secondary, and we

656
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 4: exploited all of them. I feel like the Jaguars got

657
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 4: up for our game in Week twelve here and played

658
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 4: a pretty solid ball game. But I feel like our

659
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 4: defense now would have held down the fourteen points and

660
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 4: we win that game going away.

661
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,719
Speaker 1: Right now, like the Jags are gonna be really interesting.

662
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 4: They never got Calvin Ridley in the fold, and I

663
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 4: don't know if they're gonna sign him or bring him back.

664
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Speaker 4: I don't know that's gonna take away from some of

665
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 4: their explosiveness. I don't think the offensive line was exceptionally good.

666
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,360
Speaker 4: I feel like their defensive front sounds good on paper,

667
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 4: but I don't know how good it actually is. The

668
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:23,400
Speaker 4: Colts worry me more because Anthony Richardson's a total wild card,

669
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,239
Speaker 4: total wildcard because some of the things that you could

670
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 4: see him do that we saw in week two before

671
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:32,320
Speaker 4: he went out hurt. I know, after the first touchdown,

672
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 4: we in a break were like, oh boys.

673
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 1: Yeah wow, and then he does it again.

674
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,240
Speaker 4: Then he does it again with that fake toss boot

675
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 4: leg he walks in the end zone, but then he's

676
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 4: out a game, yeah, and you don't know how he

677
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 4: would have developed. But you've got Jonathan Taylor signed up.

678
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:49,880
Speaker 4: You don't have to worry about that anymore. I for

679
00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:52,799
Speaker 4: you them. You got Anthony Richardson that could be one

680
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:57,319
Speaker 4: hell of a Shane Stike. In offense, they are gonna

681
00:34:57,360 --> 00:34:59,400
Speaker 4: probably have to They're gonna lose a couple of players

682
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 4: I would imagine along the way.

683
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 1: But we'll see how long that offensive line.

684
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Speaker 4: Can stay together. But I feel like with Anthony Richardson

685
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 4: and Jonathan Taylor are gonna put a lot of pressure

686
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 4: on teams, and that's gonna be that's gonna be really,

687
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:16,120
Speaker 4: really tough to handle. Here's the other thing with uh,

688
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,120
Speaker 4: with both of them, I don't think either one of

689
00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,359
Speaker 4: them can cover us. I don't think either one of them.

690
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 4: They proved it, the Colts proved it. I don't think

691
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,560
Speaker 4: either one of them could cover us really well. So

692
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:28,800
Speaker 4: they better improve that secondary a little bit because I

693
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 4: don't think they're gonna be able to cover us in

694
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 4: the future. I feel like they're gonna be some additions

695
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,160
Speaker 4: along the way for this team for us with some

696
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 4: money that you're gonna look at and go, oh, Nelly lookout.

697
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:44,319
Speaker 4: So I feel like it's Colts. I don't know how

698
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 4: it broke down who came in who actually came in?

699
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 1: Second?

700
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 4: Colts are Jags. Jags did because the Jags beat the

701
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 4: Colts twice. So what that means is the Colts get

702
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:54,760
Speaker 4: a third place schedule.

703
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,880
Speaker 1: You have to do. So that makes me not like

704
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,799
Speaker 1: a big bar no, because you got the Broncos, you

705
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 1: get the Steelers, and everybody plays the East. So it's

706
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:07,919
Speaker 1: the Broncos, Steelers, and then what's the NFC division. It's

707
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,720
Speaker 1: the Giants. So they get the Giants versus the Eagles.

708
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 1: That's a pretty big situation there. So jacksone's got to

709
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,440
Speaker 1: deal with the Eagles. Yeah, all right, so that's one game.

710
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: Really it's really gonna matter as far as what we

711
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 1: can see right now. By the way, the AFC South

712
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 1: one of three divisions to have three winning teams or

713
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 1: more because the AFC North has everybody getting a winning.

714
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 4: Everybody and since to Land, he made a point, I

715
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 4: hadn't I hadn't thought about it like this, but he said,

716
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 4: you know, if we win the game on Saturday, then

717
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 4: we're going to the AFC Championship Game. Obviously, but will

718
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,839
Speaker 4: also be Kings of the North, right, because that will

719
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 4: have been a win over every team in the AFC North.

720
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:50,400
Speaker 1: Yes, split with the Ravens, the Ravens with the Browns,

721
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,319
Speaker 1: beat the Steelers, beat the Bengals. Cool information four and

722
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:55,920
Speaker 1: two in the If you will not make the final call,

723
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 1: the non Jaxons win against everything. No, it's gonna be

724
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:05,440
Speaker 1: going to the AFC Championship Game. I can't Johnny stop me. Okay, Well,

725
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: I want to ask you quick I want to ask

726
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,640
Speaker 1: you quick question, just a quick question. Yeah, you've been

727
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:13,879
Speaker 1: in a situation division around four times. Yeah, win the game,

728
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 1: you move on to the AFC Championship Game. We've been

729
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:17,480
Speaker 1: in that position four times.

730
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:22,480
Speaker 4: How much do you prepare for that particular call at

731
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:23,279
Speaker 4: the final gun?

732
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,880
Speaker 1: You know, I've thought about it, but I'm not going

733
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 1: to go crazy. I'm gonna be ready for it. But

734
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 1: I'm not going to script something out and write it

735
00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:34,160
Speaker 1: out on a cocktail natur ye. And you're not going

736
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,400
Speaker 1: to announce this thing, No, I'm not. You know a

737
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 1: lot of guys do that, and you know for the

738
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 1: first time, but you know, no, I mean for the

739
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: first time. Yeah, something like that will slip out. Okay, yeah,

740
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,479
Speaker 1: you know, you go in to the AC Championship game.

741
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: I already have a little something for the next one.

742
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:51,879
Speaker 1: But yeah, that's going to be on the back end

743
00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 1: of the call that I've I've thought about forever for

744
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:58,759
Speaker 1: twenty years. But I'd love to get to that point

745
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:02,399
Speaker 1: to be able to use that. Worry about that right now,

746
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: let's just concentrate on what's in front of us, all right?

747
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 1: Who's better We're gonna continue? Better job Atlanta or the Raiders?

748
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:14,400
Speaker 1: What's a better coaching job? Belichick? Second meeting with Atlanta

749
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 1: Falcons Raiders Antonio Pierce? Are you ever gonna do it?

750
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:22,719
Speaker 1: He's been wooed elsewhere anyway, But what's a better job?

751
00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 1: The Las Vegas Raiders or the Atlanta Falcons? To me,

752
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:28,240
Speaker 1: it's the Falcons? Okay.

753
00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 4: Now, I don't know how the power dynamic works in

754
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,880
Speaker 4: each location, because obviously there's a void right now at

755
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:39,719
Speaker 4: the Raiders with what you know, there's an interim GM

756
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 4: right now, Champ Kelly, interim coach Antonio Pierce.

757
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 1: There's been a lot of poll.

758
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 4: Max Crosby has already said, if you don't bring them back,

759
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:47,799
Speaker 4: trade me.

760
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: So there's that, and I.

761
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 4: Do feel like the Raiders did play much better under

762
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 4: Antonio Pierce. They played with an edge ab Kansas City

763
00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,399
Speaker 4: and Kansas City. I like watching that Raiders team.

764
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 1: He prevented Denver from having a winning season, which I right, yeah, fantastic.

765
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:09,360
Speaker 4: So it's it's I'm not saying the Raiders a bad job,

766
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,760
Speaker 4: and it might be more attractive because you can set

767
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 4: the power.

768
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 1: System how you want if you're Belichick.

769
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 4: But I think there are a few too many holes

770
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 4: with the Raiders. If you think about the Falcons, it's

771
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,919
Speaker 4: a big hole, but it's one hole. So what would

772
00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:34,839
Speaker 4: you rather fill three or four pothills potholes or.

773
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:36,800
Speaker 1: One decent sized pothole.

774
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,959
Speaker 4: But you've got a lot of opportunities with all that's

775
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 4: out there to do something about that one pothole.

776
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 1: And I'm talking about quarterback with the atlant of Falcons.

777
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, because you are loaded at every seemingly every other position.

778
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 5: Now.

779
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 4: I do think defensively they need a little bit more

780
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:54,000
Speaker 4: on the edge, and I think they could use something

781
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 4: at linebacker. But you can find those players. You've got

782
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 4: dynamic and Bejeon Robinson. You've got dynamic. You've got dynamic

783
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:03,880
Speaker 4: and Drake London. You've got everything you need offensively. Offensive

784
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 4: line is pretty good. I think the secondary is solid.

785
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 4: You put the right quarterback in that mix with Belichick,

786
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:15,240
Speaker 4: and I think the Falcons become very dangerous. A couple

787
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:18,239
Speaker 4: other things. Number one, NFC South is still not all

788
00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:20,879
Speaker 4: that in a bag of chips. So I think it's

789
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,839
Speaker 4: easier to play your six games in the NFC South,

790
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,800
Speaker 4: and it'll be easier to play six games against Safecy West.

791
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,359
Speaker 1: Right, You've got Patrick Mahomes still and you got Justin

792
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 1: Herbert still always lurking, and who knows what the Chargers do.

793
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 1: They could be a whole lot better. Good point, good point.

794
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:37,719
Speaker 1: So you got all that going on. So Falcons, Falcons?

795
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 1: Is it all right? Coming up? We got a big

796
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,280
Speaker 1: show for you tonight because again no Thursday night football.

797
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,600
Speaker 1: So in our number two, we're gonna hear a lot

798
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 1: about the Baltimore Ravens. And Baltimore is a city. Do

799
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 1: they like being known as the place where the wire

800
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:55,399
Speaker 1: was shot? Not really spoiler alert, but we'll hear plenty

801
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,960
Speaker 1: about the Ravens, and you'll hear from CJ. Stroud, JJ

802
00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:00,800
Speaker 1: Watt and a whole lot more Houston that is minutes

803
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 1: coming up knee injuries. Why are guys able to come

804
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 1: back so fast, not only from ACL surgery, but these

805
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:11,320
Speaker 1: other knee injuries that used to set you back weeks.

806
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 1: Guys are coming back like lightning speed. Let's dig into

807
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 1: it with doctor Taylor Brown, among other things here on

808
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 1: Texans Radio. All right, this is going to be kind

809
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:21,920
Speaker 1: of a quickie segment here on Texans All Access tonight.

810
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,280
Speaker 1: We've got the long haul for you today, two hours

811
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 1: of programming and our number two is stacked, so I

812
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 1: will set that up for you in just a few moments.

813
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:34,240
Speaker 1: Get a lot of questions about broadcast coverage of the game.

814
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 1: Now we have it on Sports Radio six ' ten

815
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: and the Bowl one hundred point three FM in Houston.

816
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,080
Speaker 1: If you want to listen in Spanish, it's Mega one

817
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 1: oh one, and some people do because we've got a

818
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 1: lot of listeners. I mean something like thirty to fifty

819
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:47,840
Speaker 1: thousand people a game listen in Spanish. So there's a

820
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 1: big audience there. Obviously huge audience on the two stations

821
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 1: I just mentioned, and the Texans app and the Odyssey app.

822
00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: I get a lot of people asking me, hey, how

823
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,560
Speaker 1: can I hear the hometown call when I'm at home

824
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,719
Speaker 1: watching on TV. This is easy. You just ask. I

825
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 1: don't even want to say your name, the al Exa

826
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 1: because if I say your name, is it going to

827
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 1: activate something in your house? Right now? She can hear it,

828
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: you know her. This is like the how nine thousand

829
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 1: and two thousand and one. I get creeped out about

830
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,200
Speaker 1: these things. The Google device, the other one with the

831
00:42:19,239 --> 00:42:22,920
Speaker 1: A name. Anyway, ask that thing to play sports radio

832
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 1: six ' ten during the game. It will, and you

833
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:27,920
Speaker 1: sync up your DVR because there's a delay on the

834
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 1: TV signal. Anyway, you can sync it up. Get it

835
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: just right. Hear the radio call and the TV call.

836
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 1: You have the ref mic, all the sound effects. It's

837
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,920
Speaker 1: awesome as you will hear your hometown announcers. Now, I'm

838
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:40,440
Speaker 1: not just doing this for me. I'm doing it for

839
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,320
Speaker 1: you because you want to have like minded individuals describing

840
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 1: what's going down. Right, All right, let's get to this now,

841
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 1: Houston Methodist minutes. It's brief, but it's important. Knee injuries. Listen,

842
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: who knows what people have, right, but all around the league,

843
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,839
Speaker 1: guys get knee injuries all the time. And let's bring

844
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 1: in doctor Taylor Brown. And we'll talk about some of

845
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:02,000
Speaker 1: the serious ones the less serious ones. For lack of

846
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,360
Speaker 1: a better way of putting it, Doctor, how's it going today.

847
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:06,799
Speaker 6: I'm having a great damn excited for the game this.

848
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 1: Weekend, Absolutely excited for it. All right, doctor, let's talk

849
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:15,040
Speaker 1: knee injuries before we get to the garden variety ACL

850
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 1: type of injuries. I see more and more players in

851
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 1: the league that have a knee and it might be

852
00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 1: an MCL. You might not hear exactly what it is.

853
00:43:24,480 --> 00:43:27,919
Speaker 1: I'm seeing so many guys come back faster than ever,

854
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:30,680
Speaker 1: not from so much ACL. So we can get to

855
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:32,880
Speaker 1: that because I know that's faster than ever. But what

856
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 1: about the MCL type of injuries that used to keep

857
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:37,520
Speaker 1: you out seven weeks and now it feels like two

858
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:41,759
Speaker 1: or three or less. What about that? What technology or

859
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,600
Speaker 1: recovery process has changed? What can you share with us?

860
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:48,719
Speaker 6: I think the real changes we've We've got better MRIs,

861
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:51,719
Speaker 6: so we see more injuries and we may diagnose them

862
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:54,879
Speaker 6: at a different stage of their disease, and with that

863
00:43:55,080 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 6: we're probably diagnosing low grade MCL sprains. May have been

864
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:02,920
Speaker 6: prior just said, oh you just banged your knee, but

865
00:44:02,960 --> 00:44:05,400
Speaker 6: now we know actually the MCL is injured, and so

866
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:07,799
Speaker 6: as our MRIs get better, we're going to diagnose more.

867
00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:10,160
Speaker 6: But in reality, the disease is probably and the injury

868
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:12,880
Speaker 6: is still probably the same. The other thing is, now

869
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 6: we know that as long as the rest of the

870
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,800
Speaker 6: knee is stable, those guys can probably get back sooner

871
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:17,400
Speaker 6: and safely.

872
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 1: How have acls improved as far as the recovery from

873
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 1: an ACL injury? What has changed over the last few

874
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:26,480
Speaker 1: years with that?

875
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:31,319
Speaker 6: The trend more recently has been to use the quadriceps tendon,

876
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:33,320
Speaker 6: which is a larger CRAFT, and then a lot of

877
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:37,360
Speaker 6: us are adding the lateral capsule of the B or

878
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:40,720
Speaker 6: the IT band. We're doing other things called a lateral

879
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:44,120
Speaker 6: extraticular tensis to help to tighten up those knees, especially

880
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:45,759
Speaker 6: in athletes that are going to go back to high

881
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:48,640
Speaker 6: risk or pivoting sports, to make it so that their

882
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:51,759
Speaker 6: knee is more stable and they are less likely to

883
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:52,800
Speaker 6: have a second injury.

884
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:56,239
Speaker 1: Sometimes you hear about athletes playing a sport playing a

885
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 1: game or more without an ACL or with a torn

886
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:02,439
Speaker 1: AC and they're able to do it. Why is that

887
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 1: and why do others need to undergo surgery asap?

888
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 6: That group is we a lotimes we refer to them

889
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 6: as Cooper's being. They're able to cope with their injury

890
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:20,480
Speaker 6: and tolerated. They're not common, at least in high level sports,

891
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:23,279
Speaker 6: but they do exist, and some of them are very successful.

892
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:28,280
Speaker 6: They have it's a combination of they have excellent strength

893
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:30,960
Speaker 6: of their hamstrings and their hit muscles and their core,

894
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:34,400
Speaker 6: and then they have great control of their balance. And

895
00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:36,719
Speaker 6: some people can play at a very high level without

896
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:41,799
Speaker 6: an ACL. Many people, more weekend warriors can actually, if

897
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 6: they decide to not play some of their previous sports,

898
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:46,680
Speaker 6: can live with an ACL tear and not ever get

899
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 6: it sick. But most athletes who go back to pivoting

900
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,239
Speaker 6: or twisting sports are going to need an ACL to

901
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:54,120
Speaker 6: feel like they have a need that's stable and they

902
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:55,959
Speaker 6: can plant and cut and twist.

903
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 1: On One more for you, doctor. This might be for

904
00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 1: more of our season less listeners. But knee replacement is

905
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 1: that a thing for older people? Does it happen in

906
00:46:05,120 --> 00:46:07,840
Speaker 1: younger people? Because I hear more and more about this

907
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:11,680
Speaker 1: for people who have been or are athletic, But hey,

908
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:13,880
Speaker 1: I have the knee replacement now, so I can't do anything.

909
00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:14,520
Speaker 1: What about that?

910
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:18,160
Speaker 6: People as young as in their forties are getting knee

911
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:21,560
Speaker 6: replacements now because there arthritis has advanced to the stage

912
00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 6: where they're no longer able to participate in activities that

913
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 6: give them satisfaction in their life. We have some ways

914
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 6: to do total new replacements that should easily last thirty years,

915
00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:35,279
Speaker 6: and so doing surgery in a new replacement something in

916
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 6: their forties is a reasonable alternative if their disease or

917
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:45,280
Speaker 6: their cartilage loss is significant enough. The weekend warrior, middle

918
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:47,759
Speaker 6: aged athlete, or older athletes can expect to get back

919
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:54,480
Speaker 6: to double's tennis, golf, downhill skiing, hiking, gardening. All those

920
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:59,280
Speaker 6: are reasonable activities after a near replacement. Running singles tennis

921
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 6: are really probably not in the future after any replacement, however.

922
00:47:02,840 --> 00:47:05,520
Speaker 1: All right, great information, doctor, We appreciate the time. Thanks

923
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:07,800
Speaker 1: a lot, have a good day. All right, there's doctor

924
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:10,840
Speaker 1: Taylor Brown with Houston Methodist, the official healthcare provider of

925
00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. Houston Methodist Leading Medicine. Coming up our

926
00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:17,160
Speaker 1: number two. You're gonna hear a lot from CJ. Stroud,

927
00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:20,800
Speaker 1: JJ Watt on the Pat McAfee show. That's next, along

928
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:24,920
Speaker 1: with CJ and Devin Singletary. His thoughts leading into this

929
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:29,560
Speaker 1: matchup with the Ravens, and let's check in with Jerry Sandusky.

930
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:32,840
Speaker 1: Not that Jerry Sandusky, the play by play voice of

931
00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:37,319
Speaker 1: the Ravens. He's good Nester Aparisio, who's another sports talk

932
00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 1: show host in Baltimore. You're gonna want to hear what

933
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:41,959
Speaker 1: he has to say. He's a diehard Houston sports fan. Well,

934
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:44,960
Speaker 1: he's an old school Houston sports fan. Bear with me,

935
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:49,200
Speaker 1: it'll all be next hour. Keep listening. It's Texans Radio.

936
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:52,239
Speaker 1: It's our number two of our program tonight for Texans

937
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:55,560
Speaker 1: All Access, and it's wonderful to have you listening. Playoff

938
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:58,680
Speaker 1: week two, so that would mean the divisional round for

939
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:01,879
Speaker 1: the fifth time in franchise history, and we can't wait

940
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 1: to see what goes down in Baltimore on Saturday. All right,

941
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 1: let's get to some Stroud sound and then JJ Watt

942
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:11,799
Speaker 1: on the Pat McAfee show, and later on this hour

943
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:15,359
Speaker 1: plenty on the Baltimore Ravens. Baltimore is a city. Yeah,

944
00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:17,239
Speaker 1: that's coming up as well. You don't want to miss

945
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:19,560
Speaker 1: any of it. As we talked to two experts about

946
00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:22,680
Speaker 1: the team and where the Texans are going. But let's

947
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,160
Speaker 1: talk about week one with CJ because that was his

948
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:29,160
Speaker 1: first NFL game. It didn't go terribly, but it didn't

949
00:48:29,200 --> 00:48:31,520
Speaker 1: go well enough to win. They weren't able to get

950
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:34,000
Speaker 1: the ball in the end zone, but you only had

951
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,520
Speaker 1: one turnover that was on a strip sack. So let's

952
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:39,760
Speaker 1: hear from the QB on how the Texans have grown

953
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:41,239
Speaker 1: as a team since Week one.

954
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:45,359
Speaker 7: Yeah, we've grown in most of the areas. I think

955
00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:48,480
Speaker 7: at that point we were really identified as who we

956
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:51,160
Speaker 7: are now, you know, and we've grown in a lot

957
00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:54,719
Speaker 7: of aspects, a lot of more experience up front now,

958
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:58,200
Speaker 7: you know, both offensively, defensively and spas team. So I

959
00:48:58,280 --> 00:48:59,959
Speaker 7: think we've grown in a lot of places.

960
00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:04,240
Speaker 1: Here's CJ on this narrative that the Texans are playing

961
00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:06,640
Speaker 1: with house money and shouldn't they be happy to get

962
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:09,919
Speaker 1: this far? And obviously they have not bought into any

963
00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:13,160
Speaker 1: of that. They would have been satisfied with whatever weeks ago,

964
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:17,479
Speaker 1: but they're not because they continue to play hard, play

965
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:19,880
Speaker 1: for each other, play for the city here Stroud.

966
00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:23,440
Speaker 7: That's not my thought process or our teams. You know,

967
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:26,280
Speaker 7: we're just doing our job. We don't really pay attention

968
00:49:26,360 --> 00:49:28,840
Speaker 7: to what people say. It's not up to them on

969
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:31,400
Speaker 7: what goes on on the field. So I'm surely just

970
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:33,680
Speaker 7: up to us to go out there and do our jobs.

971
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:36,640
Speaker 7: We believe in ourselves and we trust in ourselves to

972
00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:39,320
Speaker 7: win games and hopefully win this game. You know, we

973
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:41,919
Speaker 7: have complete confidence in ourselves, so we're not really worried

974
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:43,200
Speaker 7: about what everybody else got to say.

975
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:48,239
Speaker 1: Editorial comment here, doesn't Stroud sound even more zen like

976
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:52,440
Speaker 1: than he did weeks ago? Just sounds so calm in control.

977
00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:55,040
Speaker 1: Not that he sounded out of control before, but you

978
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:58,280
Speaker 1: could tell how dialed in this young man is barely

979
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:01,520
Speaker 1: twenty two years old leading his team into the divisional round.

980
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:04,120
Speaker 1: Here's CJ on what it took for the Texans to

981
00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:05,560
Speaker 1: really start clicking.

982
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:06,759
Speaker 6: Just time.

983
00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:11,279
Speaker 7: You know, things don't happen overnight, especially in football, It

984
00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:13,759
Speaker 7: takes a little time. And for us, I mean the

985
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:17,520
Speaker 7: best teachers experience. So his experience out there and when

986
00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:19,560
Speaker 7: the bullets are really flying, you know, so on the

987
00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:23,439
Speaker 7: time and just the real end game experience has helped

988
00:50:23,480 --> 00:50:26,560
Speaker 7: our relationship grow and our communication and things like that.

989
00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:30,680
Speaker 1: So the Texans have already faced several teams twice this year,

990
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:33,719
Speaker 1: obviously everybody in the division. And then you have the

991
00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:37,080
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns now CJ didn't play against the Browns and

992
00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:41,319
Speaker 1: the Titans the first matchup of those two series, if

993
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:43,640
Speaker 1: you will, But of course he played against the Ravens.

994
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,880
Speaker 1: So what about playing against the team for the second

995
00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:48,440
Speaker 1: time and how things change?

996
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:51,240
Speaker 7: I mean, yeah, the Ravens are a great, great defense,

997
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:53,160
Speaker 7: I mean, definitely one of the top defense in the league.

998
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:56,520
Speaker 7: Everything runs through really good linebackers and Kyle Hamilton. I mean,

999
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:59,080
Speaker 7: they're a great players. The corners doing their job means

1000
00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 7: taking coverage, their D line gets a good pass rush

1001
00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:04,000
Speaker 7: and rushes and unit. Really that range true week one

1002
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 7: and it range true now. So we got to just

1003
00:51:06,239 --> 00:51:08,160
Speaker 7: be able to be on our a game, execute at

1004
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:10,719
Speaker 7: a high level, focus on on the little details, and

1005
00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:13,640
Speaker 7: really when the moment gets big, that's when you execute

1006
00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:15,680
Speaker 7: and try to do your job and try to make

1007
00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:18,440
Speaker 7: it easy as possible. So in those other divisional games,

1008
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:22,279
Speaker 7: playing the team twice, it's it's really it's really some

1009
00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:24,120
Speaker 7: things that you can pick up on. But also it's

1010
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:27,439
Speaker 7: been a whole, really a new season since we played

1011
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:29,560
Speaker 7: those guys, So you really got to just play true

1012
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:30,960
Speaker 7: on what you see out there on the field and

1013
00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:32,640
Speaker 7: just try to execute at high level.

1014
00:51:32,640 --> 00:51:35,640
Speaker 1: And one more from CJ here after the Week one loss.

1015
00:51:35,680 --> 00:51:37,920
Speaker 1: Think about it, CJ playing at Ohio State. Did they

1016
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:41,040
Speaker 1: lose a lot of games? No, but they lost Week

1017
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 1: one is NFL debut. So he had a nice talk

1018
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:45,960
Speaker 1: with Jonathan Grenard about the situation.

1019
00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:47,759
Speaker 3: Uh yeah, I carry that a lot.

1020
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:50,360
Speaker 7: I mean, me and JG are constantly talking. He's a

1021
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:51,920
Speaker 7: heck of a leader. May is a heck of a

1022
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:55,360
Speaker 7: person and a great player, you know, And just that

1023
00:51:55,480 --> 00:51:57,120
Speaker 7: moment right there, I mean, I haven't lost a lot

1024
00:51:57,160 --> 00:51:59,600
Speaker 7: of games in my career, so like that definitely wasn't fun,

1025
00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:01,839
Speaker 7: and I was I was really like I'm saying about

1026
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:04,040
Speaker 7: a lot of different things, you know. So he was

1027
00:52:04,200 --> 00:52:05,840
Speaker 7: really good for me that moment, just to calm me

1028
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:07,560
Speaker 7: down and just tell me like that it's a long year,

1029
00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:09,560
Speaker 7: like we can see these dudes again and lo and

1030
00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:11,960
Speaker 7: behold we do so like this happened like this, And

1031
00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:14,160
Speaker 7: people who you can lean on in those type of

1032
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 7: moments as it means everything because you know that they

1033
00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:18,200
Speaker 7: have your back to ticket thing. So I mean I

1034
00:52:18,280 --> 00:52:20,640
Speaker 7: appreciate JG and really my whole team because I al

1035
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:21,160
Speaker 7: really like that.

1036
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:24,920
Speaker 1: All right, As ross On friends would say, let's pivot, pivot,

1037
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:28,399
Speaker 1: and we'll go to JJ Watt. I'm a Pat McAfee show,

1038
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:31,799
Speaker 1: always enjoyable to hear JJ on that program. We won't

1039
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:33,680
Speaker 1: get into some of the other things the program has

1040
00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:37,080
Speaker 1: been through in recent weeks, but let's do this. What

1041
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:40,439
Speaker 1: was asked by McAfee or one of his henchmen, I'll

1042
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,280
Speaker 1: just call them that. What was asked if the Texans

1043
00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:46,160
Speaker 1: are playing with house money. There's that house money thing again.

1044
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:47,040
Speaker 1: What is what think?

1045
00:52:47,480 --> 00:52:49,359
Speaker 8: On one hand, while you think you're playing with house

1046
00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:51,880
Speaker 8: money and whatever happens from this point, yeah, But on

1047
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 8: the other hand, the opportunities in this league are so

1048
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:58,479
Speaker 8: hard and so difficult and sometimes so rare to come

1049
00:52:58,480 --> 00:53:00,520
Speaker 8: by that once you have that in front of you,

1050
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:02,880
Speaker 8: and once you realize how special it is, like this

1051
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:05,400
Speaker 8: is a chance to go out there and get something done.

1052
00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:07,759
Speaker 8: And yes, for Houston, you have a rookie quarterback, you

1053
00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:09,800
Speaker 8: have a head coach in his first year. You're looking

1054
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:12,560
Speaker 8: at the future and here you're saying, this is incredibly bright.

1055
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:14,799
Speaker 8: We can sign more free agencies offseason, we can go

1056
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:17,799
Speaker 8: out and really build ourselves something special for years to come.

1057
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 8: But there's also that party that's like, let's catch lightning

1058
00:53:20,640 --> 00:53:24,120
Speaker 8: in a bottle. Let's do something special, unbelievable right now,

1059
00:53:24,320 --> 00:53:27,319
Speaker 8: right here, because maybe these young guys are naive enough

1060
00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:30,279
Speaker 8: to not even understand how special this situation is. So

1061
00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:32,759
Speaker 8: they don't get affected by the pressure because they're just

1062
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:34,920
Speaker 8: enjoying it. They're living it, they're being there's got Like

1063
00:53:35,080 --> 00:53:37,319
Speaker 8: I do think there is something to be said for

1064
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:40,080
Speaker 8: taking advantage of that opportunity when you get it, because

1065
00:53:40,080 --> 00:53:41,560
Speaker 8: you don't know when it's going to come around again.

1066
00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:44,279
Speaker 1: It's like he's been listening to me. That's exactly what

1067
00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:47,920
Speaker 1: I'm saying. They're too young to know, right, some of them. Anyway,

1068
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:52,320
Speaker 1: this is an opportunity. And look, it's been twenty two years.

1069
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:56,080
Speaker 1: We've had five of these opportunities, this being the fifth one.

1070
00:53:56,560 --> 00:53:59,200
Speaker 1: See if they can take advantage of it now. What

1071
00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:02,279
Speaker 1: in twenty eleven was part of the first Texans team

1072
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:05,960
Speaker 1: to get to the Divisional round. They played Baltimore. What

1073
00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:10,360
Speaker 1: exploded in that postseason and on the McAfee show reflected

1074
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:10,920
Speaker 1: on some of that.

1075
00:54:11,239 --> 00:54:13,080
Speaker 8: My first year in the NFL, we went to the

1076
00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:15,480
Speaker 8: playoffs for the first time in program history. We won

1077
00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:17,719
Speaker 8: the first round playoff game. We went up to Baltimore,

1078
00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:20,120
Speaker 8: and we played a damn good football game. We just

1079
00:54:20,239 --> 00:54:23,080
Speaker 8: unfortunately couldn't get it down. We had some turnovers and things,

1080
00:54:23,520 --> 00:54:27,040
Speaker 8: but we were damn close there. And obviously I've won

1081
00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:29,040
Speaker 8: in the first round four years of my career, but

1082
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:31,560
Speaker 8: not I never made it to the championship, never made

1083
00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:33,680
Speaker 8: it to the super Bowl. So while everything may look

1084
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:35,919
Speaker 8: like it's on the up and up forever, this league

1085
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:36,919
Speaker 8: can humble you real quick.

1086
00:54:37,320 --> 00:54:40,200
Speaker 1: Oh well said, that's right. He was part of that

1087
00:54:40,280 --> 00:54:43,120
Speaker 1: one part of the next year when they beat Cincinnati

1088
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:45,839
Speaker 1: again and made it to play New England in the

1089
00:54:45,840 --> 00:54:49,200
Speaker 1: divisional round. That didn't work out. He wasn't available when

1090
00:54:49,239 --> 00:54:51,360
Speaker 1: the Texans played New England the second time in twenty

1091
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:54,800
Speaker 1: sixteen because he got injured that year and they lost

1092
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:57,160
Speaker 1: that game. And of course he was available when they

1093
00:54:57,160 --> 00:55:00,640
Speaker 1: went to Kansas City. He rehabbed, hard, played in the

1094
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:03,600
Speaker 1: Buffalo game, had the big sack. But obviously, don't make

1095
00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:08,280
Speaker 1: me recap Kansas City. Okay, Demiko Ryan's doing a tremendous job,

1096
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:12,480
Speaker 1: and JJ says he's restoring pride in the city of

1097
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:17,239
Speaker 1: Houston for these young Texans and their fans. And what

1098
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:19,840
Speaker 1: a moment last week as they beat the Browns in

1099
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:20,840
Speaker 1: the wild card.

1100
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:24,600
Speaker 8: Round, Dimico said, and this week and as media, he said,

1101
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:27,040
Speaker 8: my goal when I came here was to restore pride

1102
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,000
Speaker 8: in the organization and for people to be able to

1103
00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:31,840
Speaker 8: walk around Houston wearing Texans gear with pride. And I

1104
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:34,440
Speaker 8: think that mission has absolutely been accomplished. I mean, I

1105
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:37,000
Speaker 8: think that what he's done and what that team has done,

1106
00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:40,200
Speaker 8: and to watch that city just be fully revitalized, be

1107
00:55:40,280 --> 00:55:42,799
Speaker 8: fully proud of their team, be able to, you know,

1108
00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:46,200
Speaker 8: talk about the Texans, where Texans post on social media

1109
00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:49,520
Speaker 8: about the Texans with full pride, and that stadium was

1110
00:55:49,520 --> 00:55:52,799
Speaker 8: going absolutely bonkers on Saturday. It was It was really

1111
00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:55,560
Speaker 8: cool to see and I know literally exactly what that

1112
00:55:55,600 --> 00:55:58,040
Speaker 8: feeling feels like. And I'm just so damn happy that

1113
00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:00,000
Speaker 8: this city is getting to experience it again.

1114
00:56:00,480 --> 00:56:03,840
Speaker 1: Okay, we all saw the video by now, Wat's last

1115
00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:06,080
Speaker 1: game as an Arizona Cardinal, so his last game in

1116
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:08,799
Speaker 1: the NFL, and it's against the forty nine ers and

1117
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:11,759
Speaker 1: he and Demico hug and he says to him, go

1118
00:56:11,840 --> 00:56:15,200
Speaker 1: make Houston great again. So what was up with that?

1119
00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:18,840
Speaker 1: Because Lovey Smith was still employed at the time, and

1120
00:56:19,080 --> 00:56:21,800
Speaker 1: Demiko wasn't interviewing yet, So what was up? That was

1121
00:56:21,840 --> 00:56:24,719
Speaker 1: a regular season game? You knew he was gonna be

1122
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:27,359
Speaker 1: the guy, hum whenever he was head coach of Houston Texas.

1123
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:29,719
Speaker 1: You knew was gonna work or what I mean?

1124
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:33,759
Speaker 8: I knew, I knew what I wanted to happen. I know, yeah,

1125
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:37,880
Speaker 8: I mean, it's just let's say it's what is it?

1126
00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:38,799
Speaker 9: It's manifestation.

1127
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:40,160
Speaker 5: He's just put it out.

1128
00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:40,560
Speaker 3: There in the world.

1129
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:44,439
Speaker 1: Start edge.

1130
00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:46,840
Speaker 9: Oh no, oh, no, what happened?

1131
00:56:46,880 --> 00:56:48,920
Speaker 8: I am I going into an ayahuasca retreat?

1132
00:56:49,320 --> 00:56:51,480
Speaker 1: Okay, no, no, what happened?

1133
00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:53,320
Speaker 3: Stinet?

1134
00:56:53,440 --> 00:56:55,640
Speaker 1: I thought we were having a good week, clearly in

1135
00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:58,960
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers reference there at the end anyway, and Damiko

1136
00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:01,400
Speaker 1: Ryans press confer ran. So of course that question came

1137
00:57:01,480 --> 00:57:05,640
Speaker 1: up about the conversation between Watt and Demiico after the

1138
00:57:05,680 --> 00:57:08,200
Speaker 1: Cardinals Niners game late last season.

1139
00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:09,960
Speaker 3: I did not remember him.

1140
00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:13,760
Speaker 10: Telling me that, but I mean, JJ, I think that

1141
00:57:13,760 --> 00:57:16,360
Speaker 10: that game there was it was cool, cool one for me.

1142
00:57:16,400 --> 00:57:18,280
Speaker 10: I was able to see be here with JJ in

1143
00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:21,080
Speaker 10: his first game and then be on the sideline as

1144
00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:23,360
Speaker 10: a coach to see him play his last game, and

1145
00:57:23,360 --> 00:57:25,360
Speaker 10: they had a really good game versus I think he

1146
00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:27,920
Speaker 10: ended up with like two sacks. As it shows, JJ

1147
00:57:28,080 --> 00:57:30,880
Speaker 10: is just an unbelievable player. Thankful to call JJ a

1148
00:57:30,920 --> 00:57:34,640
Speaker 10: fran right, Thankful to have played with him, truly great player,

1149
00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:36,520
Speaker 10: hall of fame talent. To be able to play with

1150
00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:39,560
Speaker 10: a guy like that, man, I'm thankful for that moment

1151
00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:43,120
Speaker 10: to share with JJ. Haven't seen a video. Not sure

1152
00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:45,680
Speaker 10: what I say in the video, but hopefully everything worked out.

1153
00:57:45,800 --> 00:57:49,280
Speaker 3: Just it was good, all right.

1154
00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:52,280
Speaker 1: Maybe there's more of an untold story there, but that's

1155
00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 1: for another day. As we venture into the divisional round,

1156
00:57:56,760 --> 00:57:59,520
Speaker 1: Texans need to fire up the ground game. You can

1157
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:02,160
Speaker 1: run a bit on the Ravens and that's the task

1158
00:58:02,320 --> 00:58:06,840
Speaker 1: here of Devin Singletary and his blockers try to get

1159
00:58:06,840 --> 00:58:09,800
Speaker 1: the job done. The mandate call motor. Here's two minutes

1160
00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:12,600
Speaker 1: with a text that as Drew Doherty visits with Devin

1161
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:13,560
Speaker 1: in the locker room.

1162
00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:16,280
Speaker 11: This is a great team. You're facing a great defense.

1163
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:18,760
Speaker 11: But you guys do not like any bit of confidence

1164
00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:19,720
Speaker 11: right now, do you?

1165
00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:19,840
Speaker 6: No?

1166
00:58:20,040 --> 00:58:24,280
Speaker 12: You can't, can't like any confidence never, you know, because

1167
00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:27,640
Speaker 12: you lose your confidence. That's it it's done for so

1168
00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:29,680
Speaker 12: definitely not lacking confidence.

1169
00:58:29,840 --> 00:58:32,440
Speaker 11: Have you found yourself talking a little bit more lately

1170
00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:34,880
Speaker 11: because of some of the experience you've had in the postseason.

1171
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:38,680
Speaker 12: Just a tab bit, not too much, just a tabbit,

1172
00:58:39,360 --> 00:58:41,120
Speaker 12: but guy's been locked in.

1173
00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:42,120
Speaker 1: They've been locked in.

1174
00:58:42,640 --> 00:58:45,880
Speaker 11: How hot is this Texans team? Offense, defense, special teams

1175
00:58:45,960 --> 00:58:46,360
Speaker 11: right now?

1176
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:50,520
Speaker 12: Very hot, hot as we've ever been and it's right

1177
00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:52,320
Speaker 12: on time, you know, it's at the perfect time.

1178
00:58:52,600 --> 00:58:54,960
Speaker 11: Tell me about the front seven of Baltimore. How good

1179
00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:55,480
Speaker 11: are they?

1180
00:58:55,720 --> 00:58:56,080
Speaker 6: Man? Man?

1181
00:58:56,080 --> 00:58:59,080
Speaker 12: They're real good, real good. God's discipline. You know, they

1182
00:58:59,080 --> 00:59:01,480
Speaker 12: fly around. It's gonna be fun on Saturday.

1183
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:04,000
Speaker 11: What do you think the biggest challenge they present.

1184
00:59:03,800 --> 00:59:06,280
Speaker 12: Is, you know, they got some big guys up front,

1185
00:59:06,960 --> 00:59:08,840
Speaker 12: you know, so it's gonna be hard to move those guys.

1186
00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:12,080
Speaker 12: And they two backers, two of the best in the league.

1187
00:59:12,520 --> 00:59:15,280
Speaker 12: So you know, those are some problems that we're gonna

1188
00:59:15,280 --> 00:59:15,880
Speaker 12: have to deal with.

1189
00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:18,880
Speaker 11: Cold schmold, right, it doesn't really matter. You've played and

1190
00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:20,080
Speaker 11: stuff like this before, haven't you.

1191
00:59:20,520 --> 00:59:23,840
Speaker 12: Yeah, Man, I actually love cold games. I'd rather play

1192
00:59:23,880 --> 00:59:26,280
Speaker 12: in the cold game than a one hundred degree or

1193
00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:28,400
Speaker 12: ninety five degree weather game any day.

1194
00:59:28,520 --> 00:59:29,640
Speaker 11: How long did it take you to find that out?

1195
00:59:29,640 --> 00:59:30,800
Speaker 3: Because you're from Florida?

1196
00:59:31,080 --> 00:59:34,160
Speaker 12: Yeah, I found it out quick, especially being in Buffalo

1197
00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:36,560
Speaker 12: for four years, found that out quick. You know, we

1198
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:39,120
Speaker 12: used tot to play Miami every year. He used to

1199
00:59:39,200 --> 00:59:41,520
Speaker 12: go back down there early in Septemer. You'll be hot,

1200
00:59:41,560 --> 00:59:43,560
Speaker 12: real hot. I'm like, yeah, I think I'll take the

1201
00:59:43,560 --> 00:59:44,480
Speaker 12: cold game over this.

1202
00:59:45,200 --> 00:59:46,880
Speaker 11: So you're ready for the twenties and stuff.

1203
00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:48,320
Speaker 12: Yeah, yeah, it's gonna be a lot.

1204
00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:49,360
Speaker 11: Of fun, Devin.

1205
00:59:49,440 --> 00:59:50,680
Speaker 1: Best of luck to you. Appreciate it.

1206
00:59:50,760 --> 00:59:50,960
Speaker 6: Man.

1207
00:59:51,320 --> 00:59:55,240
Speaker 1: There's Drew with Devin Signaltary coming up next. Let's go

1208
00:59:55,320 --> 01:00:00,440
Speaker 1: to Baltimore. Nestor Apparisio, sports talk show host, writer. He's

1209
01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:03,720
Speaker 1: had some controversy in his life, knows the Ravens very well,

1210
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:07,480
Speaker 1: knows Harbot very well. Let's talk to him about the Ravens,

1211
01:00:07,480 --> 01:00:10,240
Speaker 1: the city, all of it. As the Texans venture to

1212
01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:14,800
Speaker 1: Maryland for the divisional round. It's Texans Radio right back

1213
01:00:14,800 --> 01:00:17,160
Speaker 1: to it here on Texans Radio. Getting to know the

1214
01:00:17,240 --> 01:00:20,200
Speaker 1: Ravens and the city of Baltimore. The Baltimore seen even

1215
01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:24,960
Speaker 1: better through the eyes and voice of Nestor Apariccio, longtime

1216
01:00:25,040 --> 01:00:29,240
Speaker 1: sports radio host there writer. He's had a lot of

1217
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:34,200
Speaker 1: different experiences in Maryland, has his own radio station and platform.

1218
01:00:34,680 --> 01:00:36,280
Speaker 1: Let's just get to know him a little bit better

1219
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:39,160
Speaker 1: here and the Ravens better as well. Nestor, do I

1220
01:00:39,200 --> 01:00:42,200
Speaker 1: call you a sports radio host, a media mogul, a writer?

1221
01:00:42,480 --> 01:00:43,040
Speaker 1: What is it?

1222
01:00:43,520 --> 01:00:46,960
Speaker 5: Oh? You know, just call me ready for football here

1223
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:49,120
Speaker 5: in January. You know, we don't play a lot of

1224
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:52,880
Speaker 5: home January games here. Over all the years of Joe

1225
01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:55,680
Speaker 5: Flacco and Ray Lewis and Ed Reid, we figured out

1226
01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:59,440
Speaker 5: Ed Reid only played three raven home playoff games in

1227
01:00:59,480 --> 01:01:01,840
Speaker 5: his career. That's kind of hard to believe, you know,

1228
01:01:01,880 --> 01:01:04,200
Speaker 5: you think about how often they played in January. But

1229
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:05,960
Speaker 5: all those games are on the road. We ran road

1230
01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:10,640
Speaker 5: trips with my radio station, you know, Joe flaccoing, oh, eighth, nine, ten, eleven,

1231
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:14,240
Speaker 5: finally win in twelve and into thirteen. But you know,

1232
01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:16,120
Speaker 5: you guys are on the front end. It's something pretty

1233
01:01:16,120 --> 01:01:18,560
Speaker 5: special there, and you've had a couple of those things

1234
01:01:18,600 --> 01:01:21,120
Speaker 5: going on around here. It's more like Super Bowl or

1235
01:01:21,160 --> 01:01:24,720
Speaker 5: bus because the Ravens are expected to win the Super

1236
01:01:24,760 --> 01:01:27,640
Speaker 5: Bowl and that's really never been the case really in

1237
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:29,560
Speaker 5: all the three decades they've been in existence.

1238
01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:33,040
Speaker 1: Well nessor you've seen it all there in Baltimore. First

1239
01:01:33,160 --> 01:01:36,480
Speaker 1: question out of the gate is some people there tell

1240
01:01:36,600 --> 01:01:40,520
Speaker 1: me there's a vibe of can Lamar really raise his

1241
01:01:40,720 --> 01:01:44,000
Speaker 1: game in the postseason where it needs to go. Clearly

1242
01:01:44,040 --> 01:01:47,960
Speaker 1: he's an MVP player. Can he do that in the postseason?

1243
01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:51,360
Speaker 1: He's won one playoff game? Do you think there's something

1244
01:01:51,480 --> 01:01:54,560
Speaker 1: to that? Is that in their heads at all? Or

1245
01:01:54,680 --> 01:01:57,520
Speaker 1: is that just outside looking in? And the Ravens are

1246
01:01:57,560 --> 01:01:58,919
Speaker 1: just fine heading into this thing?

1247
01:01:59,400 --> 01:02:01,520
Speaker 5: Man, it's been crazy, right. You guys have had your

1248
01:02:01,520 --> 01:02:04,680
Speaker 5: own drama there with your quarterbacks and everything that happened there.

1249
01:02:05,080 --> 01:02:07,760
Speaker 5: We had an off season here where nobody in the

1250
01:02:07,840 --> 01:02:10,680
Speaker 5: league wanted him last year and the Ravens you know,

1251
01:02:10,760 --> 01:02:14,440
Speaker 5: restricted tagged him, which you know, was kind of insulting

1252
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:16,480
Speaker 5: to think he'd be a thirty million dollar quarterback instead

1253
01:02:16,480 --> 01:02:19,200
Speaker 5: of a fifty million dollars quarterback, and then there were

1254
01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:22,080
Speaker 5: no bids on him. This comes after two years where

1255
01:02:22,120 --> 01:02:23,960
Speaker 5: he was unavailable to play in the playoffs. I mean,

1256
01:02:23,960 --> 01:02:26,000
Speaker 5: they were very good in the regular season the last

1257
01:02:26,040 --> 01:02:28,760
Speaker 5: two years, and then he got hurt sometime between Halloween

1258
01:02:28,800 --> 01:02:31,240
Speaker 5: and Thanksgiving, and by Christmas they were you know, they

1259
01:02:31,240 --> 01:02:35,000
Speaker 5: were boa and last year almost beat the Bengals in

1260
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:37,520
Speaker 5: a playoff game with Tyler Huntley, he's a backup quarterback.

1261
01:02:37,560 --> 01:02:42,880
Speaker 5: But they've improved dramatically. Rokwand Smith's been just you guys

1262
01:02:42,920 --> 01:02:45,600
Speaker 5: saw them in Week one. They were just feeling their way.

1263
01:02:45,640 --> 01:02:48,040
Speaker 5: It was Todd Monkin's first game and they were without JK.

1264
01:02:48,200 --> 01:02:50,600
Speaker 5: Dobbins at that point, without a lot of players. Really

1265
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:53,720
Speaker 5: in September and early October, they're healthier than they've been.

1266
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:55,480
Speaker 5: So I guess the case if you want me to

1267
01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:57,280
Speaker 5: make the case for what they are and how they're

1268
01:02:57,280 --> 01:03:00,160
Speaker 5: going to be different this January ro Qwan Smith, Al

1269
01:03:00,200 --> 01:03:04,160
Speaker 5: Hamilton justin Madabike, it appears as though Marlon Humphrey will

1270
01:03:04,160 --> 01:03:07,280
Speaker 5: not be available for this game. And if that's the case,

1271
01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:10,440
Speaker 5: that certainly, you know helps the Texans offense in regard

1272
01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:14,000
Speaker 5: to Lamar weapons around him, right, And the Mark Andrews

1273
01:03:14,120 --> 01:03:17,440
Speaker 5: drama continues, and you know, no one plays that the

1274
01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:20,439
Speaker 5: head games better than the Harball family of who's gonna

1275
01:03:20,440 --> 01:03:22,720
Speaker 5: play and who's not, who's healthy, who's gonna run around

1276
01:03:22,720 --> 01:03:26,040
Speaker 5: on Tuesday, your Wednesday. The notion that your defense Demiko

1277
01:03:26,120 --> 01:03:29,040
Speaker 5: RAN's gonna have to prepare for Mark Andrews. I don't

1278
01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:31,360
Speaker 5: think you're seeing a prime version of Mark Andrews if

1279
01:03:31,360 --> 01:03:33,240
Speaker 5: he makes the field. I think he'd be a spot

1280
01:03:33,240 --> 01:03:36,080
Speaker 5: player if he plays. A guy named Isaiah Likely who's

1281
01:03:36,080 --> 01:03:38,480
Speaker 5: really emerged the last six to eight weeks as Mark

1282
01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:40,600
Speaker 5: Andrews has tried to heal up from an ankle injury

1283
01:03:41,040 --> 01:03:43,680
Speaker 5: to be a very complimentary part of their offense. I

1284
01:03:43,680 --> 01:03:45,800
Speaker 5: think Charlie Cohler was a backup tight End's got some

1285
01:03:46,320 --> 01:03:48,760
Speaker 5: action as well. But it's all about Odell Beckham, It's

1286
01:03:48,760 --> 01:03:52,520
Speaker 5: about day Flowers. You know, Bateman is also a first

1287
01:03:52,600 --> 01:03:54,880
Speaker 5: round draft pick. Agal arming. You know, they have an

1288
01:03:54,880 --> 01:03:58,680
Speaker 5: embarrassment of Richard. They're getting Devin Duberney, their their kick

1289
01:03:58,720 --> 01:04:01,160
Speaker 5: returner back. A lot of you text soaks may remember him.

1290
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Speaker 5: They're getting him back for this game for special teams.

1291
01:04:04,040 --> 01:04:05,960
Speaker 5: And they have, you know, the best kicker in the

1292
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:08,800
Speaker 5: history of history of kickers. And there's another Texas guy

1293
01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:12,840
Speaker 5: there for you and Justin Tucker. So if they haven't

1294
01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:15,600
Speaker 5: played a game like this in this environment at home

1295
01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:19,080
Speaker 5: since before the plague, they was a huge disappointment where

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01:04:19,120 --> 01:04:22,360
Speaker 5: Derrick Henry ran them over as a one seed back

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01:04:22,360 --> 01:04:26,560
Speaker 5: in twenty and nineteen, and they really haven't had a

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01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:29,200
Speaker 5: team like this, and this is a lot going on.

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01:04:29,280 --> 01:04:33,080
Speaker 5: Mark the coaching staff, right, like everybody's coming to take

1300
01:04:33,120 --> 01:04:36,200
Speaker 5: their coaches now, right. Harvall's never had this happen where

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01:04:36,360 --> 01:04:39,640
Speaker 5: Monkets had a couple of interviews Mike McDonald, they're a

1302
01:04:39,680 --> 01:04:41,640
Speaker 5: hot shot defensive court. I mean, these guys are going

1303
01:04:41,680 --> 01:04:44,360
Speaker 5: to be gone, and Lamar has a huge contract now

1304
01:04:44,800 --> 01:04:47,160
Speaker 5: and they've got a lot of guys that just won't

1305
01:04:47,240 --> 01:04:50,160
Speaker 5: be They won't financially be able to bring them back

1306
01:04:51,120 --> 01:04:54,680
Speaker 5: because they've just played so you know, so well all

1307
01:04:54,800 --> 01:04:58,360
Speaker 5: year long. I mean, Mark, they didn't. They weren't behind

1308
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:01,800
Speaker 5: by two scores all all year long until the last

1309
01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:04,600
Speaker 5: game where they weren't trying and Lamar didn't play. They

1310
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:07,960
Speaker 5: had a lead at the two minute warning. In their

1311
01:05:07,960 --> 01:05:10,840
Speaker 5: first sixteen games, they should have won. I mean, they

1312
01:05:10,840 --> 01:05:13,680
Speaker 5: were good enough to win all sixteen games. So they

1313
01:05:13,720 --> 01:05:15,560
Speaker 5: have not had a week where they've come out and

1314
01:05:15,600 --> 01:05:19,040
Speaker 5: had a flat tire and fallen behind fourteen to three.

1315
01:05:19,400 --> 01:05:22,760
Speaker 5: And the common thought years ago was, well, Lamar can't

1316
01:05:22,760 --> 01:05:25,040
Speaker 5: come back from that they fall down two touchions, and

1317
01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:27,320
Speaker 5: he probably couldn't because he probably didn't have promplamentary players.

1318
01:05:27,320 --> 01:05:29,480
Speaker 5: They didn't have a running game at that point. He

1319
01:05:29,600 --> 01:05:34,320
Speaker 5: certainly wasn't being utilized or asked to be a pocket

1320
01:05:34,360 --> 01:05:37,160
Speaker 5: passer in the way that he's really emerged in this

1321
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:40,240
Speaker 5: last eight or ten weeks to be able to stand

1322
01:05:40,280 --> 01:05:42,560
Speaker 5: in the pocket, pass the ball, move around the pocket.

1323
01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:44,880
Speaker 5: None of that ever existed because he never allowed that

1324
01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:47,880
Speaker 5: tape to exist. Could he just took off, you know,

1325
01:05:48,080 --> 01:05:50,600
Speaker 5: and people thought he couldn't do it. Well, now he

1326
01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:53,040
Speaker 5: is doing it, and it makes it even more dangerous

1327
01:05:53,080 --> 01:05:55,840
Speaker 5: when you've got to spend Mississippi six, seven and eight

1328
01:05:55,880 --> 01:05:59,240
Speaker 5: defending day Flowers while Lamar runs around behind the line

1329
01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:02,920
Speaker 5: of scrimmage to you know, beat you thirty five yards

1330
01:06:02,960 --> 01:06:05,240
Speaker 5: down the field with his arm instead of taking off

1331
01:06:05,280 --> 01:06:05,800
Speaker 5: with his leg.

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Speaker 1: Nestor Apparicio Wnst Baltimore positive joining us on Texans Radio.

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01:06:13,080 --> 01:06:17,520
Speaker 1: Nestor John Harball, what a tremendous coach, a tremendous job

1334
01:06:17,560 --> 01:06:20,880
Speaker 1: he's done. I know everybody wants more postseason success. But

1335
01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:24,880
Speaker 1: you talked about it, these coordinators hot properties, but you

1336
01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:26,880
Speaker 1: go back. I mean, he's got a bunch of them

1337
01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:29,960
Speaker 1: who have left for other things over the course of time.

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01:06:30,480 --> 01:06:34,320
Speaker 1: Can you describe his leadership style? What makes him good?

1339
01:06:34,400 --> 01:06:36,600
Speaker 1: Because when you're winning with a guy like Joe Flacco

1340
01:06:36,680 --> 01:06:39,280
Speaker 1: and then you have to transition into Lamar Jackson. That's

1341
01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:41,920
Speaker 1: a very different deal, but they've been able to do it.

1342
01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:44,440
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on the subject.

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01:06:44,200 --> 01:06:49,800
Speaker 5: Well, the pliability of his you know, ability to survive

1344
01:06:49,880 --> 01:06:53,360
Speaker 5: Flaco being dealt out and then using mean Lamar sort

1345
01:06:53,400 --> 01:06:56,760
Speaker 5: of saves his job. As people here would tell you

1346
01:06:57,120 --> 01:06:59,440
Speaker 5: in regard to that that Flack go to Lamar. You're

1347
01:06:59,520 --> 01:07:02,600
Speaker 5: Lamar came in and saved the day. And herry are

1348
01:07:02,680 --> 01:07:06,280
Speaker 5: five years into it. Harball's never moved where his brother's

1349
01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:09,480
Speaker 5: out seeking a job every single year. I think that

1350
01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:11,320
Speaker 5: he has a lot of similarities with his brother. I

1351
01:07:11,360 --> 01:07:13,200
Speaker 5: don't think I need to tell you that. In the

1352
01:07:13,240 --> 01:07:18,640
Speaker 5: Hardball family tree of running sort of a collegiate atmosphere.

1353
01:07:18,680 --> 01:07:22,640
Speaker 5: You know, it's real raw, raw, it's real faith based,

1354
01:07:23,160 --> 01:07:28,080
Speaker 5: it's real family collegiate. Getting guys to buy into that,

1355
01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:31,080
Speaker 5: and they have a very comfortable building out there over

1356
01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:34,120
Speaker 5: the course of time, because everybody knows everybody the cost

1357
01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:37,880
Speaker 5: and Ozzie Newsom and Joe Ortiz, those guys have been

1358
01:07:37,880 --> 01:07:40,960
Speaker 5: there forever and you know, some of the guys have left.

1359
01:07:41,040 --> 01:07:45,200
Speaker 5: Joe Ortiz has had many opportunities to leave till Savage

1360
01:07:45,280 --> 01:07:47,360
Speaker 5: left and never came back. And he was an architect

1361
01:07:47,360 --> 01:07:50,720
Speaker 5: twenty years ago, getting Ray Lewis and John Odsden drafted

1362
01:07:50,720 --> 01:07:54,800
Speaker 5: and those guys and Ed Reid as well, and you

1363
01:07:54,840 --> 01:07:58,160
Speaker 5: know they've We're talking three generations now and two long

1364
01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:03,080
Speaker 5: generations of coaches from Billick to to to Harball and

1365
01:08:03,120 --> 01:08:06,439
Speaker 5: Mike Tomlin would mirror that, and Belichick and maybe even

1366
01:08:06,440 --> 01:08:08,920
Speaker 5: in New Orleans what Sean Payton did, where you know,

1367
01:08:08,960 --> 01:08:12,000
Speaker 5: you survive fifteen years as an NFL coach in one place.

1368
01:08:12,040 --> 01:08:15,080
Speaker 5: Marvin Lewis that in Cincinnati, I don't know, there's gonna

1369
01:08:15,080 --> 01:08:17,720
Speaker 5: be a whole lot of that, especially when you see

1370
01:08:17,760 --> 01:08:20,720
Speaker 5: the Philadelphia's in the Dallas Is threatening their coaches when

1371
01:08:20,760 --> 01:08:23,280
Speaker 5: they've had a lot of success in the regular season,

1372
01:08:23,320 --> 01:08:25,600
Speaker 5: and Buffalo, you know, a lot of success in the

1373
01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:28,759
Speaker 5: regular season, but only one team's gonna win the Super Bowl,

1374
01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:31,720
Speaker 5: and the expected team is I guess the Ravens are

1375
01:08:31,760 --> 01:08:34,120
Speaker 5: the forty nine ers, And there's just gonna be palpable

1376
01:08:34,160 --> 01:08:38,200
Speaker 5: disappointment all the way around if anything derails that this year,

1377
01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:41,120
Speaker 5: because they've just been so good. And you know, if

1378
01:08:41,160 --> 01:08:44,559
Speaker 5: you have the Aaron shots Is and the PFF and

1379
01:08:44,600 --> 01:08:47,960
Speaker 5: the you know, the people that measure DVOA. I mean,

1380
01:08:47,960 --> 01:08:52,000
Speaker 5: they're kind of a legendary team of balance because their

1381
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:55,599
Speaker 5: offensive defense has not just been complimentary, They've they've been

1382
01:08:55,680 --> 01:08:58,839
Speaker 5: kind of dominant, you know, beating up on the lines,

1383
01:08:58,920 --> 01:09:01,360
Speaker 5: beating up on the forty nine on Christmas Night. I

1384
01:09:01,360 --> 01:09:05,639
Speaker 5: mean all that. That's all gross, awesome, cool Tackie regular

1385
01:09:05,680 --> 01:09:08,200
Speaker 5: season running the score up, which is a Hardball family

1386
01:09:08,240 --> 01:09:11,840
Speaker 5: tradition as well, so that you know they've done all that,

1387
01:09:12,680 --> 01:09:15,280
Speaker 5: you know, but they haven't really had that twenty one

1388
01:09:15,320 --> 01:09:17,320
Speaker 5: to three halftime lead at home in a division game.

1389
01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:20,080
Speaker 5: And by the way, Mark, this is something really cool

1390
01:09:20,120 --> 01:09:22,400
Speaker 5: for you because you know, I'm an old Houston Oiler fan,

1391
01:09:22,520 --> 01:09:26,800
Speaker 5: right so right, and I remember the Oiler AFC championship

1392
01:09:26,840 --> 01:09:29,680
Speaker 5: games in the seventies in Pittsburgh and the ice and

1393
01:09:29,680 --> 01:09:32,880
Speaker 5: Earl Campbell and all that. Baltimore has not hosted an

1394
01:09:32,920 --> 01:09:37,320
Speaker 5: AFC championship game since nineteen seventy one with the Colts

1395
01:09:37,680 --> 01:09:42,000
Speaker 5: and the Oakland Raiders and a very young John Madden

1396
01:09:42,520 --> 01:09:44,679
Speaker 5: in Baltimore in seventy one. That was a Super Bowl

1397
01:09:44,720 --> 01:09:48,280
Speaker 5: five season where the Colts beat the Cowboys. And so

1398
01:09:48,479 --> 01:09:50,800
Speaker 5: we have not had an AFC championship game year during

1399
01:09:50,800 --> 01:09:54,240
Speaker 5: the Ravens tenure, even though they have played in four

1400
01:09:54,320 --> 01:09:57,680
Speaker 5: championship games and won two of them, but all on

1401
01:09:57,720 --> 01:09:59,920
Speaker 5: the road, All on the road Oakland, New England win

1402
01:10:00,080 --> 01:10:03,360
Speaker 5: Lynn in Pittsburgh, So this, you know, And they've lost

1403
01:10:03,400 --> 01:10:06,000
Speaker 5: this game a couple of times at home, right, They've

1404
01:10:06,040 --> 01:10:09,200
Speaker 5: lost this game in six They beat you guys in

1405
01:10:09,280 --> 01:10:12,400
Speaker 5: a game in eleven, but was a row championship games

1406
01:10:12,400 --> 01:10:15,360
Speaker 5: when Dwinkland and la roslis Berger and Brady and Manning

1407
01:10:15,400 --> 01:10:18,679
Speaker 5: were sort of ruling everything and playing in hosting these

1408
01:10:18,720 --> 01:10:22,880
Speaker 5: games every year in those places. We haven't been that team.

1409
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:26,240
Speaker 5: You know. We've only had eight home postseas, seven home

1410
01:10:26,280 --> 01:10:28,920
Speaker 5: postseason This will be our eighth home postseason game in

1411
01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:32,200
Speaker 5: twenty eight years, despite winning two championships and really despite

1412
01:10:32,200 --> 01:10:34,800
Speaker 5: making the playoffs about I think twelve times in all

1413
01:10:34,840 --> 01:10:36,960
Speaker 5: these years. It's you know, a lot of playoff first,

1414
01:10:37,080 --> 01:10:38,000
Speaker 5: not a lot of home games.

1415
01:10:38,720 --> 01:10:41,280
Speaker 1: That's amazing, And you're the perfect guy to ask this

1416
01:10:41,520 --> 01:10:44,679
Speaker 1: next question. And by the way, obviously no Houston Pro

1417
01:10:44,720 --> 01:10:47,400
Speaker 1: team has been to an AFC Championship game since nineteen

1418
01:10:47,439 --> 01:10:49,839
Speaker 1: seventy nine, So the Texans are trying to get that done.

1419
01:10:49,960 --> 01:10:52,840
Speaker 1: But Nestor, tell me what is it like? Because the

1420
01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:55,320
Speaker 1: Texans just got through a game a few weeks ago

1421
01:10:55,360 --> 01:10:57,759
Speaker 1: when they went to Nashville and played the Titans wearing

1422
01:10:57,760 --> 01:11:01,479
Speaker 1: the old Oiler uniforms and they beat that. So what

1423
01:11:01,560 --> 01:11:04,840
Speaker 1: is it like when the Colts go to Baltimore and

1424
01:11:05,120 --> 01:11:07,360
Speaker 1: you have to have a lot of old timers look

1425
01:11:07,400 --> 01:11:10,920
Speaker 1: at those uniforms feeling the feelings. What is that like

1426
01:11:11,120 --> 01:11:14,080
Speaker 1: for the fans in Baltimore, the old time fans especially?

1427
01:11:14,600 --> 01:11:15,200
Speaker 1: I love you say.

1428
01:11:15,240 --> 01:11:17,080
Speaker 5: I'm the perfect guy to talk to about this because

1429
01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:20,160
Speaker 5: I grew up in East Baltimore. My last name's Aparisi.

1430
01:11:20,200 --> 01:11:22,000
Speaker 5: I grew up in a baseball family, but my family

1431
01:11:22,040 --> 01:11:24,599
Speaker 5: loved football, and my adopted family took me to games.

1432
01:11:24,600 --> 01:11:26,360
Speaker 5: I mean, if my first game was Joe Namath and

1433
01:11:26,960 --> 01:11:29,479
Speaker 5: you know, nineteen seventy three a Memorial Stadium, So like,

1434
01:11:29,640 --> 01:11:31,559
Speaker 5: I still had my Colts felt buckle from Sears and

1435
01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:33,479
Speaker 5: Roebuck in the seventies, and you know, I was a

1436
01:11:33,560 --> 01:11:36,400
Speaker 5: kid with the NFL bed sheets and the lunch box

1437
01:11:36,479 --> 01:11:38,160
Speaker 5: and you're like, oh, that's the kid I was in

1438
01:11:38,160 --> 01:11:40,160
Speaker 5: the seventies. But I love the Oilers. The Oilers were

1439
01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:43,200
Speaker 5: my team. I Love the Blue. Then Earl came and

1440
01:11:43,479 --> 01:11:46,120
Speaker 5: you know, Passerini comes on my show, and you know,

1441
01:11:46,680 --> 01:11:50,480
Speaker 5: so seeing the resurrection of the Derek and of the Colors,

1442
01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:52,920
Speaker 5: I mean, it's my childhood for me. And then my

1443
01:11:53,080 --> 01:11:55,479
Speaker 5: team left when I was fifteen in nineteen eighty four.

1444
01:11:56,439 --> 01:11:59,240
Speaker 5: The Oilers were the last game ever played a Memorial Stadium.

1445
01:11:59,280 --> 01:12:02,639
Speaker 5: Both times, the Ravens and the Coles both had the

1446
01:12:02,680 --> 01:12:06,120
Speaker 5: Oilers and the Tennessee Oilers at the end, but the

1447
01:12:06,160 --> 01:12:08,280
Speaker 5: Oilers were the last. Jersey used to walk out of

1448
01:12:08,320 --> 01:12:11,519
Speaker 5: Memorial Stadium for both at the franchises in Baltimore. And

1449
01:12:11,560 --> 01:12:13,200
Speaker 5: you know, I had an oiler's pennant on my wall

1450
01:12:13,200 --> 01:12:14,800
Speaker 5: when I was a kid. I had an oiler lamp,

1451
01:12:14,880 --> 01:12:16,400
Speaker 5: you know what I mean. I still have a whole

1452
01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:19,400
Speaker 5: box in my oiler stuff. So I had treasure that stuff.

1453
01:12:19,720 --> 01:12:22,000
Speaker 5: And I'm friends with Steph Stradley and John McClain and

1454
01:12:22,040 --> 01:12:23,640
Speaker 5: a bunch of your folks down there, and they know

1455
01:12:23,720 --> 01:12:26,000
Speaker 5: what an oiler guy. And I actually was down in

1456
01:12:26,040 --> 01:12:28,640
Speaker 5: Austin and Houston seen Springsteen a year ago when he

1457
01:12:28,680 --> 01:12:31,280
Speaker 5: played down at the Toyota Center, and I like going

1458
01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:34,040
Speaker 5: into thrift shops trying to buy old oiler stuff, right,

1459
01:12:34,240 --> 01:12:36,160
Speaker 5: So I'm on eBay and looking at this, and I

1460
01:12:36,200 --> 01:12:38,960
Speaker 5: bought a Pastorini jersey and Warren Noon jersey last year,

1461
01:12:39,439 --> 01:12:43,479
Speaker 5: and seeing that out on the field really pissed me

1462
01:12:43,520 --> 01:12:46,880
Speaker 5: off and angered me. And seeing Tennessee sort of gobble

1463
01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:49,519
Speaker 5: that up. And then the thing that really bothered more

1464
01:12:49,520 --> 01:12:52,639
Speaker 5: than anything was seeing Derek Henry jerseys that were oiler

1465
01:12:52,720 --> 01:12:56,479
Speaker 5: rized or current Titan players and then seeing Vrabel wear

1466
01:12:56,520 --> 01:12:59,000
Speaker 5: the hat and he got fired. I just I thought

1467
01:12:59,040 --> 01:13:01,800
Speaker 5: it was really tacky. And I love the Oilers and

1468
01:13:01,840 --> 01:13:04,400
Speaker 5: I'm a far away guy. I have no affinity or

1469
01:13:04,439 --> 01:13:07,280
Speaker 5: Houston civic pride. I'm not that guy, but I do

1470
01:13:07,360 --> 01:13:09,880
Speaker 5: have a sense of, like, I know what it's like

1471
01:13:09,920 --> 01:13:11,680
Speaker 5: because I'm a Colts fan, and I know what it

1472
01:13:11,720 --> 01:13:12,920
Speaker 5: was like to not have a team here for a

1473
01:13:12,920 --> 01:13:15,200
Speaker 5: dozen years and to fight to get a team back,

1474
01:13:15,400 --> 01:13:17,960
Speaker 5: and to have you know, the NFL take teams and

1475
01:13:18,000 --> 01:13:21,960
Speaker 5: put them in places like Nashville and the Liberty Bowl

1476
01:13:22,040 --> 01:13:24,320
Speaker 5: before they even came to Baltimore, and we had to

1477
01:13:24,320 --> 01:13:26,559
Speaker 5: go steal a football team. You know, you can google

1478
01:13:26,600 --> 01:13:28,799
Speaker 5: that in art model, right. But it's been a while,

1479
01:13:28,920 --> 01:13:31,439
Speaker 5: But you know, I'm the kid that grew up watching

1480
01:13:31,479 --> 01:13:35,280
Speaker 5: my father cry in the kitchen the morning the mayflowers,

1481
01:13:35,320 --> 01:13:37,400
Speaker 5: you know, March twenty eight, nineteen eighty four. Not to

1482
01:13:37,439 --> 01:13:41,760
Speaker 5: be specific, but you know, I feel that, and to

1483
01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:43,519
Speaker 5: see them do that in Tennessee, I just thought it

1484
01:13:43,560 --> 01:13:46,400
Speaker 5: was It's almost a tragedy for me, Mark because all

1485
01:13:46,439 --> 01:13:48,400
Speaker 5: of my oiler stuff, I now just kind of like

1486
01:13:48,439 --> 01:13:50,960
Speaker 5: want to put it on eBAM, like, you know, if

1487
01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:54,000
Speaker 5: everybody's gonna wear it, it's not really cool. And if

1488
01:13:54,040 --> 01:13:56,600
Speaker 5: Tennessee's gonna usurp it. I'm not a Titans fan, you

1489
01:13:56,640 --> 01:13:58,720
Speaker 5: know what I mean. I don't look like a Titans fan,

1490
01:13:59,200 --> 01:14:03,080
Speaker 5: you know, because I'm not, and I don't approve of it,

1491
01:14:03,160 --> 01:14:05,719
Speaker 5: you know what I mean. So that will not stop

1492
01:14:05,760 --> 01:14:08,240
Speaker 5: me from wearing my Pastorini jersey, I'll have you know,

1493
01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:10,720
Speaker 5: just so you know, I'll still wear that. But yeah,

1494
01:14:10,760 --> 01:14:13,800
Speaker 5: I feel for your folks who felt that because I

1495
01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:16,160
Speaker 5: felt it and we feel that. When they say the

1496
01:14:16,240 --> 01:14:19,280
Speaker 5: Colts are wearing the fifty six throwback jerseys, which they did,

1497
01:14:19,320 --> 01:14:22,160
Speaker 5: by the way, the day before you guys got tortured,

1498
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Speaker 5: the Cults were their fifty six throwbacks, and I'm like,

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01:14:24,600 --> 01:14:26,640
Speaker 5: they're wearing their fifty six throwbacks. The game should be

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Speaker 5: in Baltimore.

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01:14:28,040 --> 01:14:30,720
Speaker 1: Interesting, Well, the Texans took care of business that day

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01:14:30,720 --> 01:14:33,599
Speaker 1: and beat the old oilers or whatever they are. So

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01:14:33,680 --> 01:14:34,280
Speaker 1: that was cool.

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01:14:34,680 --> 01:14:36,559
Speaker 5: How they got your Today right literally?

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01:14:36,680 --> 01:14:40,439
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, well it's one of the very important victories

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01:14:40,479 --> 01:14:44,120
Speaker 1: along the way. Nest. Tell everybody how you handle the

1507
01:14:44,160 --> 01:14:49,800
Speaker 1: business of radio and video WSST Baltimore Positive. It's very

1508
01:14:49,800 --> 01:14:52,920
Speaker 1: interesting have your own station and you've really carved out

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01:14:53,000 --> 01:14:55,280
Speaker 1: an amazing niche there in Baltimore.

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01:14:55,800 --> 01:14:57,880
Speaker 5: I don't know. I mean, there's no strategy to it.

1511
01:14:57,960 --> 01:14:59,519
Speaker 5: You know. As a kid that loved sports, I was

1512
01:14:59,520 --> 01:15:01,599
Speaker 5: a sports writer in the eighties. I went to work

1513
01:15:01,600 --> 01:15:05,880
Speaker 5: at the newspaper Legendary people actually worked with Richard Justice.

1514
01:15:05,920 --> 01:15:07,439
Speaker 5: So I think of thinking of people, you guys, was

1515
01:15:07,520 --> 01:15:11,200
Speaker 5: knowing your market, who made time there. You know, other

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01:15:11,200 --> 01:15:14,040
Speaker 5: people that worked in TV, A Butcher, Al Sanders, you

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01:15:14,040 --> 01:15:16,920
Speaker 5: know other people down there. Came to Baltimore and I

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01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:18,280
Speaker 5: knew all these people. I mean, I've been doing this

1519
01:15:18,320 --> 01:15:20,519
Speaker 5: since I was fifteen years old, so I'm fifty five.

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01:15:20,960 --> 01:15:24,679
Speaker 5: I'm thirty nine years as of the other day, doing

1521
01:15:24,720 --> 01:15:28,320
Speaker 5: this professionally from newspaper and then I went on radio

1522
01:15:28,320 --> 01:15:30,200
Speaker 5: when I was twenty three years old and I bought time,

1523
01:15:30,240 --> 01:15:31,760
Speaker 5: and you know, this was a period of time where

1524
01:15:31,920 --> 01:15:34,240
Speaker 5: Camden Yards was coming online in the early nineties and

1525
01:15:34,280 --> 01:15:36,519
Speaker 5: cal Rippid, but there was no football team here. And

1526
01:15:36,560 --> 01:15:39,200
Speaker 5: then the intersection of the football team coming in ninety

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01:15:39,240 --> 01:15:42,120
Speaker 5: five and ninety six, sports radio and I had a

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01:15:42,160 --> 01:15:44,519
Speaker 5: show that I bought airtime on on a big band

1529
01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:48,400
Speaker 5: radio station. Sports radio became more accessible, and you know,

1530
01:15:48,439 --> 01:15:51,120
Speaker 5: the fan was online in New York and West Coast

1531
01:15:51,160 --> 01:15:54,160
Speaker 5: was starting to pick up and syndicate it in ESPN radio.

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01:15:55,120 --> 01:15:57,920
Speaker 5: In Baltimore, nobody was doing it, and they said it

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01:15:57,960 --> 01:16:00,720
Speaker 5: couldn't be done. And I love that stuff because I

1534
01:16:00,760 --> 01:16:03,600
Speaker 5: have people in the Baltimore Sun who ran WBL and

1535
01:16:03,680 --> 01:16:06,519
Speaker 5: other big am stations saying that I would never survive,

1536
01:16:06,600 --> 01:16:08,800
Speaker 5: that it could never work. And we just celebrated our

1537
01:16:08,840 --> 01:16:11,320
Speaker 5: twenty fifth year on August third, So we're in the

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01:16:11,320 --> 01:16:14,040
Speaker 5: middle of our twenty five year celebration and it's all

1539
01:16:14,120 --> 01:16:17,880
Speaker 5: up at Baltimore Positive dot com. I've actually been going

1540
01:16:17,880 --> 01:16:19,800
Speaker 5: through our twenty five stories of glory and all the

1541
01:16:19,800 --> 01:16:24,160
Speaker 5: cool stuff we've done community wise, charity wise, fun nights,

1542
01:16:24,360 --> 01:16:28,479
Speaker 5: memorable nights when Dion Sanders came out, and memorable nights

1543
01:16:28,479 --> 01:16:31,519
Speaker 5: where I put Mike Tomlin and Brian Billock and John

1544
01:16:31,560 --> 01:16:34,960
Speaker 5: Harbaugh on at Day's for leukemia and saving lives. So

1545
01:16:35,200 --> 01:16:38,360
Speaker 5: we're doing a really cool charity thing during the Super

1546
01:16:38,360 --> 01:16:40,840
Speaker 5: Bowl week. We're calling it a Cup of Super Poort Bowl.

1547
01:16:41,040 --> 01:16:42,960
Speaker 5: We're actually doing it for the Midland Food Bank. It's

1548
01:16:42,960 --> 01:16:46,520
Speaker 5: going to be a marathon radio featuring one hundred charities

1549
01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:49,439
Speaker 5: during super Bowl Week here during the coldest week of

1550
01:16:49,479 --> 01:16:52,559
Speaker 5: the year. And you know, we've been doing a lot

1551
01:16:52,600 --> 01:16:55,200
Speaker 5: of things, written books, do all that stuff, but you know,

1552
01:16:55,280 --> 01:16:58,320
Speaker 5: at this point, it's just nice to be recognized, to

1553
01:16:58,400 --> 01:17:00,800
Speaker 5: have people come in one hear what I have to

1554
01:17:00,800 --> 01:17:03,680
Speaker 5: say and know there's integrity behind it's wisdom behind what

1555
01:17:03,680 --> 01:17:05,360
Speaker 5: we try to do. But more than that, I try

1556
01:17:05,360 --> 01:17:07,800
Speaker 5: to talk to the smartest people, and not just in

1557
01:17:07,880 --> 01:17:10,160
Speaker 5: sports anymore. We have a lot of musicians and local

1558
01:17:10,160 --> 01:17:13,600
Speaker 5: people and politicians, civic leaders because Baltimore's challenged, you know

1559
01:17:13,640 --> 01:17:15,320
Speaker 5: what I mean, Like a lot of urban areas are.

1560
01:17:15,560 --> 01:17:19,160
Speaker 5: So we called our thing Baltimore Positive Fact during the plague.

1561
01:17:19,240 --> 01:17:21,599
Speaker 5: I'm at about the fourth year of operating in under

1562
01:17:21,640 --> 01:17:25,920
Speaker 5: that brand, because we just thought that, you know, the

1563
01:17:25,920 --> 01:17:28,599
Speaker 5: city needed more uplifting and I mean, I'm a champion

1564
01:17:28,640 --> 01:17:30,360
Speaker 5: for the city, but I can also be a critic

1565
01:17:30,439 --> 01:17:32,720
Speaker 5: of the city while we try to lift it. So

1566
01:17:33,320 --> 01:17:34,960
Speaker 5: you know that's where I am, and that you know,

1567
01:17:35,080 --> 01:17:36,720
Speaker 5: sports has been a big, big part of my life,

1568
01:17:36,760 --> 01:17:38,120
Speaker 5: and football has been a big part of my life,

1569
01:17:38,120 --> 01:17:40,519
Speaker 5: and obviously baseball, and it's just been a wonderful year

1570
01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:43,759
Speaker 5: of resurrection for my community in that way. We won

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01:17:43,840 --> 01:17:47,559
Speaker 5: two division championships for the first time since nineteen seventy

1572
01:17:47,560 --> 01:17:50,600
Speaker 5: one in Baltimore, literally right where the Oriols and the

1573
01:17:50,600 --> 01:17:53,960
Speaker 5: coltsat year both won their divisions. So it's the first

1574
01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:56,880
Speaker 5: time that's happened in you know, and you guys could

1575
01:17:56,920 --> 01:17:59,280
Speaker 5: say the same thing about a year when the Oilers

1576
01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:01,840
Speaker 5: and the Astros and the Rockets are all good. That's

1577
01:18:01,840 --> 01:18:03,920
Speaker 5: really hard to do and to be that good, especially

1578
01:18:03,960 --> 01:18:06,439
Speaker 5: when you play a division with the Yankees and the

1579
01:18:06,439 --> 01:18:09,320
Speaker 5: Steelers and you know these it's just really hard to

1580
01:18:09,320 --> 01:18:12,000
Speaker 5: win any division in any year. But the Orioles were

1581
01:18:13,160 --> 01:18:15,080
Speaker 5: a little bit of a cautionary tale for what the

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01:18:15,080 --> 01:18:17,960
Speaker 5: Texans represent this week, because I know you guys are

1583
01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:20,080
Speaker 5: all Astros people there too, and playing the Rangers and

1584
01:18:20,600 --> 01:18:22,360
Speaker 5: the Orioles were the best team in the American League

1585
01:18:22,360 --> 01:18:24,639
Speaker 5: going away and they got wiped out, and they got

1586
01:18:24,640 --> 01:18:27,040
Speaker 5: wiped out. They took a weekend off and then they'd

1587
01:18:27,080 --> 01:18:30,000
Speaker 5: score and they didn't pitch. The real concern here is

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01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:32,519
Speaker 5: Lamar having twenty days off, right, and a lot of

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01:18:32,560 --> 01:18:35,639
Speaker 5: the starters having twenty days off, and how that's gonna

1590
01:18:35,640 --> 01:18:38,759
Speaker 5: affect the game. And we've talked so much about fast start,

1591
01:18:38,880 --> 01:18:41,360
Speaker 5: fast start, fast start, and if the fast start comes

1592
01:18:41,360 --> 01:18:43,640
Speaker 5: from the visiting guys and your red people are all

1593
01:18:43,680 --> 01:18:46,479
Speaker 5: waving Tom Pom's having a good time, that would be

1594
01:18:46,479 --> 01:18:48,639
Speaker 5: a challenge for the Ravens this year that they haven't seen,

1595
01:18:48,640 --> 01:18:52,000
Speaker 5: which is being behind at home a really cold day early.

1596
01:18:52,800 --> 01:18:55,200
Speaker 5: That would be the formula. You know, Texans need to

1597
01:18:55,200 --> 01:18:58,760
Speaker 5: come to Baltimore and theoretically punch the Ravens in the mouth.

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01:18:59,200 --> 01:19:01,000
Speaker 5: And if they don't do that, it could be a

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01:19:01,000 --> 01:19:02,679
Speaker 5: long day, because the Ravens have made it a long

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01:19:02,760 --> 01:19:04,840
Speaker 5: day for a lot of really good football teams this year.

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01:19:05,040 --> 01:19:07,760
Speaker 1: All Right, we'll see what happens. Nest, thanks so much

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01:19:07,760 --> 01:19:09,639
Speaker 1: for joining us. We really appreciate the time.

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01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:12,719
Speaker 5: Appreciate you. I can't wait to get back down to Houston. Brother.

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01:19:13,080 --> 01:19:17,240
Speaker 1: All right, there's our conversation with Nestor Apparisio coming up

1605
01:19:17,680 --> 01:19:21,840
Speaker 1: more on the Ravens. Jerry Sandusky, not that Jerry Sandusky.

1606
01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:25,679
Speaker 1: He's the voice of the Baltimore Ravens, and we get

1607
01:19:25,720 --> 01:19:28,439
Speaker 1: to dive in even deeper on what's going on in

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01:19:28,479 --> 01:19:33,200
Speaker 1: the Ravens. Nest that's next on Texans Radio. It's our

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01:19:33,240 --> 01:19:35,640
Speaker 1: final segment and it's a good one. The Voice of

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01:19:35,680 --> 01:19:40,799
Speaker 1: the Ravens, Jerry Sandusky, not that Jerry Sandusky, longtime voice

1611
01:19:40,920 --> 01:19:44,320
Speaker 1: of the Baltimore Ravens, checks in and we start with

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01:19:44,800 --> 01:19:48,040
Speaker 1: how this team is different than the Ravens team the

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01:19:48,080 --> 01:19:49,559
Speaker 1: Texans saw in Week one.

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01:19:50,240 --> 01:19:54,280
Speaker 9: I would say the Ravens, like the Texans, have evolved

1615
01:19:54,360 --> 01:19:58,479
Speaker 9: dramatically from Week one. You know, in Week one, when

1616
01:19:58,640 --> 01:20:01,160
Speaker 9: the Ravens line up against the Texans, nobody really knew

1617
01:20:01,240 --> 01:20:04,000
Speaker 9: what to expect from cj Strous. Sure, Jamik o Ryan's

1618
01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:07,160
Speaker 9: had an idea, but we certainly didn't know seventeen weeks later.

1619
01:20:07,400 --> 01:20:10,320
Speaker 9: All Right, you got a stud at quarterback in Houston.

1620
01:20:10,880 --> 01:20:13,240
Speaker 9: When you first looked at the Ravens, nobody knew what

1621
01:20:13,400 --> 01:20:16,160
Speaker 9: Zay Flowers was going to bring to the table. Nobody

1622
01:20:16,240 --> 01:20:18,640
Speaker 9: knew what Lamar Jackson was going to do in the

1623
01:20:18,680 --> 01:20:22,479
Speaker 9: Todd Munkin offense. Nobody knew exactly what this defense would

1624
01:20:22,520 --> 01:20:25,320
Speaker 9: take shape with Roquan Smith in the middle for the

1625
01:20:25,320 --> 01:20:27,880
Speaker 9: full season. Well, we all have the answer to all

1626
01:20:27,920 --> 01:20:30,080
Speaker 9: of that. Now we see the complete picture of these

1627
01:20:30,080 --> 01:20:32,760
Speaker 9: two teams, which is what makes this game so intriguing

1628
01:20:33,280 --> 01:20:36,479
Speaker 9: because you have two teams that have consistently improved as

1629
01:20:36,520 --> 01:20:37,559
Speaker 9: the season has evolved.

1630
01:20:37,640 --> 01:20:41,040
Speaker 1: Well, let's start with the Ravens offense. You mentioned Todd

1631
01:20:41,120 --> 01:20:45,679
Speaker 1: Munkin and Lamar Jackson. Is Lamar Jackson a different Lamar

1632
01:20:45,800 --> 01:20:48,840
Speaker 1: Jackson in this offense? And as he gets a little

1633
01:20:48,840 --> 01:20:50,599
Speaker 1: bit older, It's not like he's been in the league

1634
01:20:50,600 --> 01:20:52,400
Speaker 1: for a ton of years, but twenty eighteen was his

1635
01:20:52,479 --> 01:20:55,679
Speaker 1: rookie season. What version of Lamar Jackson are we seeing

1636
01:20:55,720 --> 01:20:56,559
Speaker 1: these days? Jerry?

1637
01:20:57,200 --> 01:21:01,120
Speaker 9: This is Lamar six point zero. He's evolved dramatically in

1638
01:21:01,200 --> 01:21:04,160
Speaker 9: the Todd Munkin offense. Yes, he's six years in, so

1639
01:21:04,240 --> 01:21:07,400
Speaker 9: like any quarterback, he's seeing it just about every defense.

1640
01:21:07,439 --> 01:21:10,920
Speaker 9: He's seen all the coverages, he's seen all the challenges

1641
01:21:10,920 --> 01:21:13,240
Speaker 9: of the road can present. But what's different than the

1642
01:21:13,240 --> 01:21:17,360
Speaker 9: Todd Munkin offense is Lamar is no longer merely running

1643
01:21:17,439 --> 01:21:20,519
Speaker 9: the plays that are called. He has input throughout the week.

1644
01:21:20,840 --> 01:21:23,680
Speaker 9: He has the power to change plays, He has the

1645
01:21:23,760 --> 01:21:27,040
Speaker 9: power to change blocking schemes of the line. He is

1646
01:21:27,200 --> 01:21:29,479
Speaker 9: all in on this offense. He's not just a quarterback

1647
01:21:29,479 --> 01:21:32,400
Speaker 9: who's running the play that's called from the booth. He's

1648
01:21:32,400 --> 01:21:35,120
Speaker 9: a partner in this offense, and he takes ownership of

1649
01:21:35,160 --> 01:21:38,320
Speaker 9: this offense. And you can really see it more than

1650
01:21:38,840 --> 01:21:44,000
Speaker 9: in the past when a play doesn't go exactly as designed.

1651
01:21:44,400 --> 01:21:47,360
Speaker 9: You know, Lamar's great escapability, but he used to use

1652
01:21:47,400 --> 01:21:51,400
Speaker 9: that escapability to run pick up ten yards, twenty yards,

1653
01:21:51,439 --> 01:21:54,400
Speaker 9: sixty yards, whatever the case might be. Now he uses

1654
01:21:54,439 --> 01:21:57,759
Speaker 9: his escapability to allow the play to go next level,

1655
01:21:57,880 --> 01:22:01,280
Speaker 9: to allow his receivers to find the next opening to it.

1656
01:22:01,320 --> 01:22:03,720
Speaker 9: Because he understands this offense, I think much better than

1657
01:22:03,760 --> 01:22:05,479
Speaker 9: any offense he was a part of in the past.

1658
01:22:06,040 --> 01:22:09,400
Speaker 9: And this is his offense along with Todd Monkins, so

1659
01:22:09,600 --> 01:22:11,720
Speaker 9: he's able to do things that we were not able

1660
01:22:11,760 --> 01:22:13,120
Speaker 9: to see him do in the first five years of

1661
01:22:13,120 --> 01:22:13,559
Speaker 9: his career.

1662
01:22:13,960 --> 01:22:17,120
Speaker 1: The rushing offense is the top in the league and

1663
01:22:17,200 --> 01:22:20,120
Speaker 1: it's not even really close. So a lot of people

1664
01:22:20,160 --> 01:22:21,800
Speaker 1: thought he's not going to run as much, but he

1665
01:22:21,880 --> 01:22:24,200
Speaker 1: still runs, and you mentioned it a little bit. He

1666
01:22:24,320 --> 01:22:27,479
Speaker 1: runs more selectively, but there's still a ton of yards

1667
01:22:27,520 --> 01:22:30,439
Speaker 1: gained here and Gus Edwards such a valuable weapon for

1668
01:22:30,479 --> 01:22:33,120
Speaker 1: the Ravens. What about the running attack unto itself?

1669
01:22:33,240 --> 01:22:35,840
Speaker 9: Jerry, Yeah, Well, Gus has been you know, he's been

1670
01:22:35,880 --> 01:22:38,599
Speaker 9: the backbone. He's been a consistent part of this of

1671
01:22:38,640 --> 01:22:41,320
Speaker 9: this offense, and they've gotten great play out of Justice Hill.

1672
01:22:41,560 --> 01:22:44,080
Speaker 9: Justice Hill was kind of a small role player the

1673
01:22:44,120 --> 01:22:46,920
Speaker 9: first four years of his career and then he kind

1674
01:22:46,920 --> 01:22:48,680
Speaker 9: of set a different time this year. Week one, he

1675
01:22:48,720 --> 01:22:51,640
Speaker 9: had two rushing touchdowns against you guys, and that was

1676
01:22:51,680 --> 01:22:54,679
Speaker 9: something that he had had a touchdown since his rookie year.

1677
01:22:55,320 --> 01:22:58,639
Speaker 9: So he's evolved. But what makes you know, Lamar still

1678
01:22:58,680 --> 01:23:01,200
Speaker 9: is what makes the running game go because you have.

1679
01:23:01,120 --> 01:23:03,760
Speaker 5: To respect Lamar on the Reid option and.

1680
01:23:03,800 --> 01:23:05,880
Speaker 9: If you don't, well, you know, they'll take what you

1681
01:23:05,920 --> 01:23:08,320
Speaker 9: give them. And if you do, it's going to soften

1682
01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:10,880
Speaker 9: things up a little bit. But honestly, what really makes

1683
01:23:10,920 --> 01:23:13,799
Speaker 9: this running game, I think much different than in the past,

1684
01:23:13,880 --> 01:23:16,680
Speaker 9: is that defenses have to respect the Ravens passing game.

1685
01:23:17,320 --> 01:23:20,400
Speaker 9: Didn't really have to respect the Ravens passing game. To

1686
01:23:20,479 --> 01:23:23,160
Speaker 9: a great degree the last five years because it was

1687
01:23:23,200 --> 01:23:26,240
Speaker 9: a run first offense. This can be a pass first offense.

1688
01:23:26,280 --> 01:23:28,840
Speaker 9: Sometimes it can be a past second offense. It does

1689
01:23:28,880 --> 01:23:31,320
Speaker 9: not have to be an established I run offense for

1690
01:23:31,360 --> 01:23:33,719
Speaker 9: the passing game to work. I've seen plenty of games

1691
01:23:33,720 --> 01:23:35,559
Speaker 9: now where the passing game works and then the run

1692
01:23:35,680 --> 01:23:40,240
Speaker 9: game starts to work. So it's still a Ravens great

1693
01:23:40,320 --> 01:23:42,479
Speaker 9: running game, but it's a different running game than you're

1694
01:23:42,520 --> 01:23:43,560
Speaker 9: used to seeing in Baltimore.

1695
01:23:43,880 --> 01:23:46,840
Speaker 1: Jerry Sandusky, the voice of the Baltimore Ravens, joining us

1696
01:23:46,880 --> 01:23:51,320
Speaker 1: on Texans Radio. Zay Flowers, what about the impact in general?

1697
01:23:51,400 --> 01:23:54,360
Speaker 1: What kind of revelation has he been for this offense.

1698
01:23:55,360 --> 01:23:58,280
Speaker 9: He's got quickness that I just haven't seen before, and

1699
01:23:58,320 --> 01:24:01,320
Speaker 9: he makes yards after catch that we haven't seen before.

1700
01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:03,920
Speaker 9: You know, when you see a young guy like Zay

1701
01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:07,040
Speaker 9: Flowers come in at the same time that Odell Beckham

1702
01:24:07,120 --> 01:24:10,599
Speaker 9: Junior comes in, it's like watching a really talented little

1703
01:24:10,600 --> 01:24:13,320
Speaker 9: brother come to the pickup basketball game with a really

1704
01:24:13,360 --> 01:24:16,640
Speaker 9: strong big brother who sets him up with pick and rolls.

1705
01:24:17,120 --> 01:24:20,400
Speaker 9: And because the Ravens have Mark Andrews back and Isaiah

1706
01:24:20,520 --> 01:24:23,120
Speaker 9: likely has emerged the tight end for the first time

1707
01:24:23,320 --> 01:24:27,559
Speaker 9: really since Lamar Jackson's been the Ravens quarterback. Defenses can't

1708
01:24:27,600 --> 01:24:31,000
Speaker 9: just say take away Lamar, take away Mark Andrews, and

1709
01:24:31,040 --> 01:24:33,439
Speaker 9: you don't have to worry about the passing game. Zay

1710
01:24:33,520 --> 01:24:38,200
Speaker 9: Flowers has given that dimensionality of a slot receiver or

1711
01:24:38,439 --> 01:24:40,800
Speaker 9: a wide out who can take a three yard catch

1712
01:24:40,840 --> 01:24:43,479
Speaker 9: and make thirty yards, or he can go thirty yards

1713
01:24:43,479 --> 01:24:45,840
Speaker 9: down the field and make a great catch and if

1714
01:24:45,880 --> 01:24:47,559
Speaker 9: you get two hung up on him, all of a sudden,

1715
01:24:47,560 --> 01:24:49,880
Speaker 9: Objy's open. And if you get about Mark Andrews, then

1716
01:24:49,920 --> 01:24:54,120
Speaker 9: he's open. So they've given Lamar weaponry that we've never

1717
01:24:54,120 --> 01:24:56,360
Speaker 9: seen Lamar have, and I think that's part of the

1718
01:24:56,400 --> 01:25:00,160
Speaker 9: big part of the reason that Lamar has developed as

1719
01:25:00,200 --> 01:25:02,600
Speaker 9: a passing quarterback this year to a level we have

1720
01:25:02,680 --> 01:25:04,280
Speaker 9: not seen prior to this year.

1721
01:25:04,920 --> 01:25:08,400
Speaker 1: Take me through the defense here, Jerry, because I'm looking

1722
01:25:08,439 --> 01:25:10,600
Speaker 1: at names we know, and one of the names the

1723
01:25:10,680 --> 01:25:13,280
Speaker 1: Texans fans know very well is Genevian Clowney nine and

1724
01:25:13,320 --> 01:25:15,800
Speaker 1: a half sacks. We know what he's capable of, we

1725
01:25:15,880 --> 01:25:18,160
Speaker 1: know what kind of havoc he can reak in the backfield.

1726
01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:20,800
Speaker 1: He's never had a double digit sax season, but the pressures,

1727
01:25:21,080 --> 01:25:23,200
Speaker 1: all of it is there to wreck the backfield.

1728
01:25:23,479 --> 01:25:26,639
Speaker 9: Yeah, he really is. And Mike McDonald, the Ravens defensive coordinator,

1729
01:25:26,640 --> 01:25:30,679
Speaker 9: has done a great job of cycling players in and out.

1730
01:25:30,720 --> 01:25:33,519
Speaker 9: So Genevian Clowney's not out there for seventy two plays

1731
01:25:33,560 --> 01:25:37,280
Speaker 9: a game. You know, a ten year veteran. We've seen

1732
01:25:37,320 --> 01:25:39,759
Speaker 9: guys like that get worn down by the time January

1733
01:25:39,800 --> 01:25:40,320
Speaker 9: gets around.

1734
01:25:40,320 --> 01:25:40,880
Speaker 5: He's fresh.

1735
01:25:41,439 --> 01:25:41,599
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1736
01:25:41,840 --> 01:25:44,080
Speaker 9: There was a time around I think week thirteen fourteen

1737
01:25:44,080 --> 01:25:45,920
Speaker 9: where he looked like he was getting a little fatigued,

1738
01:25:45,960 --> 01:25:47,920
Speaker 9: so they cut his plate to count down a tiny

1739
01:25:47,920 --> 01:25:50,680
Speaker 9: bit and boom, he came right back. The addition of

1740
01:25:50,720 --> 01:25:54,519
Speaker 9: Clowney along with Kyle van Noy, the development of Adaffi Oway.

1741
01:25:54,600 --> 01:25:57,320
Speaker 9: They'll use Malie Harrison, who was an inside linebacker, they'll

1742
01:25:57,360 --> 01:25:59,920
Speaker 9: use him on the edge as well, so that there's

1743
01:26:00,160 --> 01:26:04,360
Speaker 9: constant wave of fresh guys coming at the offense, and

1744
01:26:04,400 --> 01:26:07,599
Speaker 9: that enables Clowney to bring his best when he's out there. Boy,

1745
01:26:07,640 --> 01:26:11,800
Speaker 9: he is a high motor guy who is relentless, and

1746
01:26:11,840 --> 01:26:13,759
Speaker 9: I think it's easier to be that as a veteran

1747
01:26:14,080 --> 01:26:16,240
Speaker 9: when you know you're not going to be asked to

1748
01:26:16,280 --> 01:26:17,439
Speaker 9: take seventy STAPs.

1749
01:26:18,040 --> 01:26:21,120
Speaker 1: I'm looking at Rokwan Smith, and when you made that

1750
01:26:21,240 --> 01:26:23,559
Speaker 1: deal with the Bears, I thought, oh man, this is

1751
01:26:23,600 --> 01:26:27,080
Speaker 1: the perfect Raven linebacker. Do you see it that way?

1752
01:26:27,120 --> 01:26:29,439
Speaker 1: To the fancy it that way, all the tackles, all

1753
01:26:29,439 --> 01:26:31,200
Speaker 1: the playmaking, and the leadership too.

1754
01:26:32,360 --> 01:26:33,960
Speaker 9: You hit it in the head. I mean, you can

1755
01:26:34,080 --> 01:26:36,720
Speaker 9: wrap him in a raven's wrapping paper, because he is

1756
01:26:36,760 --> 01:26:38,719
Speaker 9: the heart and soul of what it means to play

1757
01:26:38,760 --> 01:26:43,120
Speaker 9: like a raven. He is intense, he is intelligent. He's

1758
01:26:43,160 --> 01:26:45,080
Speaker 9: a guy who you can tell as a game involves,

1759
01:26:45,120 --> 01:26:48,280
Speaker 9: has done more tape study than anybody else. And he

1760
01:26:48,400 --> 01:26:51,760
Speaker 9: has what all great players in the NFL have, and

1761
01:26:51,800 --> 01:26:53,960
Speaker 9: that is the ability to elevate the play of the

1762
01:26:54,000 --> 01:26:57,080
Speaker 9: people around him. It is not a coincidence that Patrick

1763
01:26:57,120 --> 01:26:59,680
Speaker 9: Queen made his first Pro Bowl this year, playing a

1764
01:26:59,720 --> 01:27:03,360
Speaker 9: full year next to Rokwan Smith. Roqwan Smith does the

1765
01:27:03,439 --> 01:27:06,040
Speaker 9: things that great inside linebackers do. He gets everybody in

1766
01:27:06,080 --> 01:27:07,880
Speaker 9: front of him set. You'll see him shift the line,

1767
01:27:07,920 --> 01:27:10,519
Speaker 9: You'll see him signal from the linebackers. You'll see him

1768
01:27:10,760 --> 01:27:14,400
Speaker 9: communicate with the back end of the defense. He plays

1769
01:27:14,479 --> 01:27:17,920
Speaker 9: at such an intense level that it's conspicuous and The

1770
01:27:17,960 --> 01:27:20,200
Speaker 9: other thing he does is he goes sideline to sideline.

1771
01:27:20,360 --> 01:27:22,760
Speaker 9: You'll see Rowan Smith make a lot of tackles on

1772
01:27:22,840 --> 01:27:26,559
Speaker 9: the sideline. You'll see him getting deep drops in coverage.

1773
01:27:26,640 --> 01:27:29,400
Speaker 9: I mean there's almost no part of the field where

1774
01:27:29,640 --> 01:27:32,040
Speaker 9: when you see roqwand Smith involves in the play, you said, well,

1775
01:27:32,040 --> 01:27:35,920
Speaker 9: that's that's surprising, because we've seen him cover the entire field.

1776
01:27:36,200 --> 01:27:40,000
Speaker 9: He's fun to watch and he's he's fun to broadcast,

1777
01:27:40,040 --> 01:27:42,160
Speaker 9: but I gotta believe he's not fun to play against

1778
01:27:42,160 --> 01:27:44,320
Speaker 9: because the man will bring the wood and hit you.

1779
01:27:44,880 --> 01:27:47,439
Speaker 1: Jerry Sandusky, voice of the Ravens, joining us, give me

1780
01:27:47,479 --> 01:27:49,800
Speaker 1: a couple of guys who aren't getting the pub that

1781
01:27:50,120 --> 01:27:53,280
Speaker 1: could be an impact, could have a tremendous effect on

1782
01:27:53,320 --> 01:27:54,879
Speaker 1: what goes down Saturday afternoon.

1783
01:27:55,360 --> 01:27:58,679
Speaker 9: So the first guy is is cornerback Brandon Stevens. He's

1784
01:27:58,880 --> 01:28:00,559
Speaker 9: he's a third year guy at SMU.

1785
01:28:00,760 --> 01:28:02,320
Speaker 5: He was a running back.

1786
01:28:02,160 --> 01:28:04,920
Speaker 9: In college and his last year he shipped the secondary,

1787
01:28:05,360 --> 01:28:07,640
Speaker 9: came to the Ravens as a safety. They moved him

1788
01:28:07,680 --> 01:28:09,439
Speaker 9: around a little bit. They we're gonna use him in

1789
01:28:09,479 --> 01:28:11,559
Speaker 9: safety this year, and then because of injuries, he played

1790
01:28:11,600 --> 01:28:13,720
Speaker 9: corner and he didn't make the Pro Bowl, but he

1791
01:28:13,760 --> 01:28:16,679
Speaker 9: sure deserved to be because he is I think their

1792
01:28:16,720 --> 01:28:20,479
Speaker 9: best corner right now. He's become a lockdown corner, which

1793
01:28:20,520 --> 01:28:24,799
Speaker 9: takes on very high importance with Marlon Humphrey missing practice

1794
01:28:24,960 --> 01:28:28,559
Speaker 9: both days so far this week, I would say Brandon

1795
01:28:28,600 --> 01:28:30,720
Speaker 9: Stevens is one of the guys who has changed the

1796
01:28:30,760 --> 01:28:34,240
Speaker 9: shape of the defense. The other is Kyle Hamilton. No,

1797
01:28:34,600 --> 01:28:37,800
Speaker 9: he's a second year player, former first round pick. He

1798
01:28:37,920 --> 01:28:41,200
Speaker 9: just does things that you don't see from a guy.

1799
01:28:41,280 --> 01:28:44,240
Speaker 9: He's shape, he's six ' five and you know he

1800
01:28:44,479 --> 01:28:46,280
Speaker 9: can play on the back end. He can come up

1801
01:28:46,320 --> 01:28:48,400
Speaker 9: in the box, he can rush off the edge, he

1802
01:28:48,439 --> 01:28:52,000
Speaker 9: can cover on the slot. He does things that I've

1803
01:28:52,040 --> 01:28:54,640
Speaker 9: never seen a safety. Do you know We've seen Ed

1804
01:28:54,720 --> 01:28:57,320
Speaker 9: Reid here, We used to play against Troy Polamalu, but

1805
01:28:57,479 --> 01:29:01,160
Speaker 9: none of them were six five. I mean, these are

1806
01:29:01,200 --> 01:29:04,519
Speaker 9: the guys that have changed what defense means for the Ravens.

1807
01:29:04,960 --> 01:29:08,320
Speaker 9: And then up front, Michael Pierce, the nose tackle, has

1808
01:29:08,360 --> 01:29:10,720
Speaker 9: had a healthy season. And Michael's always been one of

1809
01:29:10,720 --> 01:29:13,240
Speaker 9: those guys who's a great run stuffer, gets a terrific

1810
01:29:13,280 --> 01:29:15,880
Speaker 9: push up the middle, but it's had injury problems. Well,

1811
01:29:15,880 --> 01:29:18,320
Speaker 9: he's been healthy this year, and so he's been a

1812
01:29:18,320 --> 01:29:21,040
Speaker 9: big part of the run defense and the pass rush.

1813
01:29:21,040 --> 01:29:23,200
Speaker 9: You talk about Clowney on the edge, you talk about

1814
01:29:23,280 --> 01:29:25,799
Speaker 9: Kyle van Noy. Some of that comes from the ability

1815
01:29:25,800 --> 01:29:28,000
Speaker 9: to collapse the middle of the pocket, which Michael Pierce

1816
01:29:28,000 --> 01:29:28,439
Speaker 9: is doing.

1817
01:29:28,760 --> 01:29:32,320
Speaker 1: Jerry, John Harbaugh, He's worked with a lot of different

1818
01:29:32,320 --> 01:29:34,720
Speaker 1: assistant coaches. I don't have the number in front of me.

1819
01:29:34,840 --> 01:29:37,360
Speaker 1: You would know better than me, but I always talk

1820
01:29:37,400 --> 01:29:41,919
Speaker 1: about how NFL rosters turnover every two three years, complete

1821
01:29:41,960 --> 01:29:44,280
Speaker 1: turnover if you have the same quarterback. It's not as

1822
01:29:44,320 --> 01:29:47,800
Speaker 1: apparent to the outside world, but you would know working inside.

1823
01:29:48,160 --> 01:29:50,320
Speaker 1: But the amount of coaches that have been through there

1824
01:29:50,479 --> 01:29:54,559
Speaker 1: moved on to really great things, and all the different

1825
01:29:54,600 --> 01:29:57,280
Speaker 1: people that he's been able to bring together and work

1826
01:29:57,360 --> 01:30:00,800
Speaker 1: with successfully, can you speak to that? That what makes

1827
01:30:00,840 --> 01:30:03,400
Speaker 1: Harbaugh such a great leader, not only of the players,

1828
01:30:03,400 --> 01:30:06,960
Speaker 1: but of the coaches that he mentors well.

1829
01:30:07,000 --> 01:30:09,240
Speaker 9: I think the key for John Harbaugh is he grew

1830
01:30:09,280 --> 01:30:12,000
Speaker 9: up in football. He's a coach's son. His father Jack

1831
01:30:12,439 --> 01:30:15,559
Speaker 9: won a one double, a national championship as a coach.

1832
01:30:16,080 --> 01:30:20,360
Speaker 9: His brother Jim. Everybody knows he grew up talking football

1833
01:30:20,439 --> 01:30:23,160
Speaker 9: at the kitchen table. I'm a coach's son. I put

1834
01:30:23,160 --> 01:30:25,160
Speaker 9: a lot of bias weight on that, but I think

1835
01:30:25,200 --> 01:30:28,000
Speaker 9: what happens is when you grow up in the life.

1836
01:30:28,560 --> 01:30:29,479
Speaker 9: It's one thing to.

1837
01:30:29,479 --> 01:30:32,160
Speaker 5: Become a coach when you're twenty two years old, but

1838
01:30:32,200 --> 01:30:34,080
Speaker 5: when you grow up in the life and you see

1839
01:30:34,120 --> 01:30:38,040
Speaker 5: coaching from inside people's lives, inside their families, it takes

1840
01:30:38,080 --> 01:30:41,000
Speaker 5: on a different dimension. You understand that's not a.

1841
01:30:40,920 --> 01:30:42,800
Speaker 9: Guy doing a job. That's a guy doing a job

1842
01:30:42,880 --> 01:30:45,560
Speaker 9: or as a family who's got career dreams and aspirations.

1843
01:30:46,240 --> 01:30:48,800
Speaker 9: And because of that, because John did not grow up

1844
01:30:49,160 --> 01:30:51,479
Speaker 9: in a Marquee coaches family, he's dead coach in one

1845
01:30:51,479 --> 01:30:54,360
Speaker 9: double A. You know it was an assistant at Michigan.

1846
01:30:54,560 --> 01:30:56,360
Speaker 9: He grew up a round some stars.

1847
01:30:55,960 --> 01:30:57,639
Speaker 5: But he grew up kind of in the trenches.

1848
01:30:58,479 --> 01:31:00,920
Speaker 9: He's able to get the most out of people, whether

1849
01:31:00,960 --> 01:31:06,760
Speaker 9: those people are assistant coaches, coaching assistants, coordinators. John works

1850
01:31:06,800 --> 01:31:09,960
Speaker 9: with a lot of different people, but has consistent success

1851
01:31:10,080 --> 01:31:12,639
Speaker 9: over the years. And to me, it just all goes

1852
01:31:12,680 --> 01:31:14,640
Speaker 9: back to being a guy who literally grew up in

1853
01:31:14,680 --> 01:31:18,280
Speaker 9: football and understands this is a life, it's.

1854
01:31:18,160 --> 01:31:20,720
Speaker 1: Not a job, all right, Jerry, One more for you

1855
01:31:20,800 --> 01:31:24,080
Speaker 1: on Baltimore. So living in Houston, we get a lot

1856
01:31:24,080 --> 01:31:26,800
Speaker 1: of stereotypes from the out of towners, and people talk

1857
01:31:26,840 --> 01:31:29,760
Speaker 1: about cowboy boots and cowboy hats. That's actually a real

1858
01:31:29,800 --> 01:31:31,800
Speaker 1: thing because we have the annual rodeo here. It's a

1859
01:31:31,880 --> 01:31:34,280
Speaker 1: huge deal. So people do have cowboy hats and cowboy

1860
01:31:34,360 --> 01:31:36,479
Speaker 1: boots for a fashion. And this is the home of

1861
01:31:36,520 --> 01:31:38,360
Speaker 1: Gillies back in the day and all of that. But

1862
01:31:38,520 --> 01:31:40,960
Speaker 1: give me a stereotype that may or may not be

1863
01:31:41,040 --> 01:31:45,280
Speaker 1: true about Baltimore. The crabcakes, the rest of it. Is

1864
01:31:45,320 --> 01:31:47,720
Speaker 1: it true? Is it a great seafood haven? What else

1865
01:31:47,720 --> 01:31:50,840
Speaker 1: should we look for in Baltimore traveling Texans who are

1866
01:31:50,840 --> 01:31:53,000
Speaker 1: going to take this one in in person?

1867
01:31:53,600 --> 01:31:57,040
Speaker 9: So I look, I always say, get crab cakes, go

1868
01:31:57,080 --> 01:32:01,559
Speaker 9: to Federal, go to Fell's Point, and get oysters. Baltimore

1869
01:32:01,600 --> 01:32:05,400
Speaker 9: has the best oysters. And if you're not from here,

1870
01:32:05,479 --> 01:32:07,760
Speaker 9: don't get steam crabs. You'll never know how to eat them.

1871
01:32:07,800 --> 01:32:10,479
Speaker 9: You'll be so frustrated. They'll ruin your spirit. Just get

1872
01:32:10,479 --> 01:32:14,040
Speaker 9: the crab cakes to me. If you go to Fella's Point,

1873
01:32:14,560 --> 01:32:17,599
Speaker 9: scout out the oysters. The cool part about Fell's Point

1874
01:32:17,640 --> 01:32:21,559
Speaker 9: is that it dates back to the seventeenth century. There's

1875
01:32:21,600 --> 01:32:24,519
Speaker 9: so much history here, some buried history here too. And

1876
01:32:24,920 --> 01:32:27,439
Speaker 9: look for Texan fans who comes to Baltimore for this

1877
01:32:27,520 --> 01:32:30,120
Speaker 9: game and the national anthem, you'll hear the O. The

1878
01:32:30,240 --> 01:32:33,160
Speaker 9: entire seventy thousand people shout out the O because the

1879
01:32:33,240 --> 01:32:35,720
Speaker 9: national anthem was written here. Fort McHenry is right here.

1880
01:32:35,880 --> 01:32:38,000
Speaker 9: It's worth if you're come in a day early. It's

1881
01:32:38,040 --> 01:32:40,439
Speaker 9: worth the sight seeing visit. Those to me are some

1882
01:32:40,479 --> 01:32:44,479
Speaker 9: critical parts of Baltimore. Because, yeah, people think about the wire.

1883
01:32:44,600 --> 01:32:46,599
Speaker 9: Please don't bring up the wire. Those of us who

1884
01:32:46,600 --> 01:32:47,920
Speaker 9: live here, we've heard about the wire.

1885
01:32:48,040 --> 01:32:49,080
Speaker 5: We notice what people think.

1886
01:32:49,200 --> 01:32:50,920
Speaker 9: There's a lot to do in Baltimore that is not

1887
01:32:51,120 --> 01:32:53,920
Speaker 9: part of the wire. Like every city, there's neighborhood you

1888
01:32:53,960 --> 01:32:56,760
Speaker 9: probably shouldn't visit. When you're visiting Baltimore. If you want

1889
01:32:56,800 --> 01:32:58,920
Speaker 9: to watch the wire, they'll say the neighborhood's not to

1890
01:32:58,920 --> 01:33:00,800
Speaker 9: go to. I'll say the ones you do want to

1891
01:33:00,840 --> 01:33:06,240
Speaker 9: go to, Fell's Point, Federal Hill, Crabcakes, Oysters. Check out

1892
01:33:06,280 --> 01:33:10,960
Speaker 9: Fort McHenry and deep dive into the history because this

1893
01:33:11,200 --> 01:33:13,960
Speaker 9: is a city that has roots all the way back

1894
01:33:13,960 --> 01:33:17,720
Speaker 9: in the Revolutionary War at the very bottom of eighty three,

1895
01:33:17,800 --> 01:33:21,160
Speaker 9: which jumps into the city. If you look to the left,

1896
01:33:21,160 --> 01:33:25,160
Speaker 9: you'll see a tall brick tower. Most people think it's

1897
01:33:25,200 --> 01:33:27,880
Speaker 9: like just a smoke stack, or most people even who

1898
01:33:27,880 --> 01:33:30,080
Speaker 9: live here don't even know what that is. It's called

1899
01:33:30,080 --> 01:33:32,559
Speaker 9: the shop Tower. It's where they used to make shot

1900
01:33:32,680 --> 01:33:37,000
Speaker 9: for the Muskets in the Revolutionary War. Baltimore has that

1901
01:33:37,160 --> 01:33:39,639
Speaker 9: depth of history, and so when people visit this town,

1902
01:33:40,240 --> 01:33:43,360
Speaker 9: I always encourage them explore the history here because it

1903
01:33:43,439 --> 01:33:44,640
Speaker 9: is America's.

1904
01:33:44,120 --> 01:33:47,160
Speaker 1: History that is outstanding. Jerry, thanks so much for joining us.

1905
01:33:47,160 --> 01:33:48,439
Speaker 1: Look forward to seeing you on Saturday.

1906
01:33:48,920 --> 01:33:50,280
Speaker 9: Wait to see but I have a safe trip and

1907
01:33:50,400 --> 01:33:51,479
Speaker 9: we'll look forward to a great game.

1908
01:33:51,720 --> 01:33:55,840
Speaker 1: There's our visit with Jerry Sandusky. Not that Jerry Sandusky,

1909
01:33:56,360 --> 01:34:00,400
Speaker 1: the voice of the Baltimore Ravens, and I can't wait.

1910
01:34:00,680 --> 01:34:05,320
Speaker 1: Texans Ravens Saturday at three thirty Baltimore, the top seed man.

1911
01:34:05,400 --> 01:34:08,479
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1912
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1913
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1914
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1915
01:34:17,000 --> 01:34:18,320
Speaker 1: good at home this year. You want to be a

1916
01:34:18,320 --> 01:34:21,480
Speaker 1: part of that. How about the schedule next year? It's incredible.

1917
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Speaker 1: You've got the Bears coming in, You've got the Lions

1918
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Speaker 1: coming in. That is going to be super cool. You're

1919
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Speaker 1: going to Minnesota, going to Green Bay. Man, there's some

1920
01:34:30,840 --> 01:34:34,920
Speaker 1: really good games on the schedule. Baltimore's coming in. Oh yeah, Baltimore.

1921
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Speaker 1: We'll see them Saturday at three thirty live on Sports

1922
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Speaker 1: Radio six ten of the Bowl one hundred point three FM.

1923
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Speaker 1: That is going to do it for the show tonight.

1924
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Speaker 1: This will be up in podcast forms soon enough on

1925
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Speaker 1: the Texans app, iTunes, Spotify, all of it. Have a

1926
01:34:47,200 --> 01:34:48,880
Speaker 1: great night, Go Texans.