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Speaker 1: Welcome back this final segment this Wednesday edition of Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access. A reminder tomorrow six to seven with the

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Speaker 1: General and before the show starts at about four to

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Speaker 1: forty five, go to Houston Texas dot com and you

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Speaker 1: will see a live stream conversation between Mark and myself

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Speaker 1: and we will discuss the opening opponent home opener. Opponent

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Speaker 1: now could be week one, could be Week two, could

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Speaker 1: be Week three? What was that one year twenty eighteen?

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Speaker 1: Oh god, what to New England? Lost? What to Tennessee

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Speaker 1: and just completely pee down our leg at the end,

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Speaker 1: and it came back when the Giants hadn't win and lost.

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Speaker 1: We owned three, but then what happened nine straight? So

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Speaker 1: maybe it's week three. We'll find out. That'll be tomorrow

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Speaker 1: four forty five to five. Five o'clock is when we

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Speaker 1: find out that home opener, and we will bring that

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Speaker 1: to you from our live stream in the six to

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Speaker 1: seven with the General. Looking forward to that. Going to

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Speaker 1: be a fun time discussing what could be on the schedule.

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Speaker 1: I just got my fingers crossed about one game in particular,

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Speaker 1: hoping that it's not in December January. Hello Chicago, please

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Speaker 1: be early, please please please be early. I was so

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Speaker 1: called when we went there in twenty twenty and they're like,

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Speaker 1: oh man, this is a nice day. I'm like, I know.

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Speaker 1: So that being said, a little Texas news. I've seen

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Speaker 1: this reported by a few. It's not beneficial. The official

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Speaker 1: news that came today was Jerry Hughes is officially a Texan.

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Speaker 1: That was announced by the team today. Jalen Petrie apparently

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Speaker 1: has come to an agreement on a contract. That's awesome,

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Speaker 1: And I know you're seeing a lot of that happen

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Speaker 1: for rookies throughout the league. Some teams that got all

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Speaker 1: their guys signed already, and some teams that got a

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Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. There's a whole lot of negotiation

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Speaker 1: it goes with these contracts. Now everything's pretty much slotted,

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Speaker 1: so it makes it a little bit easier. Don't have

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Speaker 1: these long holdouts that drag all the way throughout the summer.

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Speaker 1: Things already taken care of. But good to know that

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Speaker 1: Jim Petrie is locked in for the next four years

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Speaker 1: here with the Houston Texans. All Right, that's gonna do it.

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Speaker 1: A big thanks to Mark to Drew Chris South's all

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Speaker 1: of you out there for listen. We'll see you tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Schedule release is come in twenty four hours from now.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you that everybody has always go Texans. What's up? Everybody?

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Speaker 1: Welcome back this Wednesday dation of Texans All Access from

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Speaker 1: the Honday Texans A Radio studio. I'm your roast. John

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Speaker 1: Air is glad to be with you, and it's time

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Speaker 1: to talk a little bit about this defensive pass rush

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Speaker 1: and how things have changed lately. That being the addition

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Speaker 1: Ratime Green, that being the addition of Mario Addison. Now,

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Speaker 1: when Drew and I talked on in the lab, we

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Speaker 1: finished our discussion. I'm talking not five minutes before Jerry

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Speaker 1: Hughes was added. So as you're listening, just know that

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Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes is added to this conversation. And I can't

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Speaker 1: tell you how excited I am. This goes back to

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Speaker 1: our conversation. I think I may have talked about this

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Speaker 1: with Mark last night. A little bit. In two thousand

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Speaker 1: to do a breakfast with Dom Kinsue, Jero McCoy, and

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Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes. Three guys that have had tremendous careers in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, and it was really fun. I did some

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Speaker 1: for Jerry no matter what because he's a local guid

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Speaker 1: Austin High School Fourbend District represent as for my mom

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Speaker 1: I'm always excited about Fourpend District players doing well. And

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Speaker 1: then of course you went TCU at Texas School, and

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Speaker 1: he really carved out a tremendous career there for the

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Speaker 1: with the Houston Texans. But that deal took place shortly

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Speaker 1: after Drew and I had our discussion in the lab

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Speaker 1: Mark Vandimer actually called a two thousand and one Sugar

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Speaker 1: about that, John, he's gonna be twenty five and five days,

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Speaker 1: he's only twenty four right now. That's pretty wild if

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Speaker 1: But another guy who's not young who was also added

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Speaker 1: So he's gonna be where he's thirty four right now?

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Speaker 1: Is Mario Addison comes to town after spending quite a

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Speaker 1: spent an even longer stint, so I say, to quite amount,

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Speaker 1: his career. John he's got sixty seven sacks, and in

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Speaker 1: after the passer. Lovey Smith and the Bears know him.

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Speaker 1: Mario Mario, Mario, Mario Mario thinking Mario Addison. Every time

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Speaker 1: Every time we played a team that Addison was on,

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Speaker 1: he always worried me. Always, and there's a last year too. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: There was a ferocity with the way that he rushes

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Speaker 1: He's two hundred and sixty pounds, he's got juice coming

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Speaker 1: But you know, in his his heyday with the Panthers,

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Speaker 1: Welcome to everybody to a Wednesday edition of Texans All

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Speaker 1: Access from the Hounday Texans Radio studio. John Harris here,

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Speaker 1: Good evening, Johnny. Twenty four hours from now. Schedule time.

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Speaker 1: Are you pumped? Totally pumped? I love it when the

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Speaker 1: that's where they've got some holes. The addition of John

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Speaker 1: Dotson's gonna be an interesting one because if McLaurin, John Dotson,

428
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Speaker 1: and Curtis Samue are all healthy, Oh oh boy, that

429
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Speaker 1: gets really really interesting. All right, let's do Jacquelin High.

430
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Speaker 1: Let's stay in NFC East. Okay, let's do the g Men,

431
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Speaker 1: the New York Giants. Let's do the Giants. I'll go first,

432
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Speaker 1: and I'll give you reasons for optimism against the Giants.

433
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,159
Speaker 1: And similar to the Commanders with Carson Wentz, the Giants

434
00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,080
Speaker 1: still have Daniel Jones as the quarterback. Now, don't know

435
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Speaker 1: when we're gonna see the Giants, but if Daniel Jones

436
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Speaker 1: is still the quarterback, I'm not fearing the Giants at all.

437
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,359
Speaker 1: Offensive line, I think it's better, but I still don't

438
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,480
Speaker 1: think it's a great offensive line. I still think inside

439
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,280
Speaker 1: they've got some still got some holes. Even though they've

440
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Speaker 1: added Mark Lewinsky. Evan Neil is a rookie on the

441
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Speaker 1: right side, so I think you can attack them from

442
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Speaker 1: that perspective. And defensively, I don't know that I've seen

443
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:42,120
Speaker 1: any playmakers Defensively, you know Tibodeau's added, but okay, linebackers

444
00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,919
Speaker 1: are just average. And the secondary they just got they

445
00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:48,680
Speaker 1: got rid of their best secondary guy and James Bradberry,

446
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:52,240
Speaker 1: and I think their corners can get torched. So Davis

447
00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,159
Speaker 1: can have himself a nice little ball game if he

448
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,040
Speaker 1: can protect against the defensive line that's big and thick

449
00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:01,160
Speaker 1: and bulky, but not real explosive. Outside of I think

450
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:04,880
Speaker 1: Davis can get after them a little bit. With what

451
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Speaker 1: they have in the secondary. I think that's secondary. He

452
00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,320
Speaker 1: can get picked apart and that'll be a good thing.

453
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Speaker 1: Take the other side, pessimism here you go, new head coach, right, Ye,

454
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:18,000
Speaker 1: so you've got a system here where Look, they don't

455
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Speaker 1: run the ball in Buffalo the way you think they might.

456
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Speaker 1: We all know that they have Josh Allen. He runs

457
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Speaker 1: the ball really well, and Daniel Jones can still get

458
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:28,960
Speaker 1: some yardage on the corn. But let's go to see

459
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 1: Kwon Barkley here, because he's still on the team. They

460
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:34,879
Speaker 1: have not gotten rid of him yet, and right now

461
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,680
Speaker 1: it appears that he'll be healthy at some point. So

462
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Speaker 1: let's say it's against you and he's completely healthy, and

463
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Speaker 1: Evan Neil turns out to be everything they want him

464
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Speaker 1: to be at right tackle, and the whole line just

465
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Speaker 1: feels a whole lot better about themselves, Mark Lewinsky included.

466
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Speaker 1: And here you go. They're running the ball well. Play

467
00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,840
Speaker 1: action is working out. They still have Kenny Galladay and

468
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,880
Speaker 1: some other guys who could catch the ball downfield, so

469
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Speaker 1: they could be a little bit better on off. It's

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Speaker 1: at least hold on to the ball, by the way

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Speaker 1: at quarterback. I mean, really, they have nowhere else to go.

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Speaker 1: They are Richard gear and an officer and a gentleman

473
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Speaker 1: to Lewis Gosta Junior, I've got nowhere else to go now,

474
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,159
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor, we like tyrodo a lot, but they have

475
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 1: nothing else for the future. If Jones should falter, there's

476
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Speaker 1: no insurance policy there at all for the future. And

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Speaker 1: on defense, I think you mentioned some things. What if

478
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Speaker 1: Thibodeau turns out to be an utter animal pass rushing

479
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,800
Speaker 1: for them and the Texans struggle that day. So there

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Speaker 1: are your reasons for pessimism, if you will, But I'm

481
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,040
Speaker 1: more leaning toward you on this one. Yeah, and you've

482
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:38,960
Speaker 1: heard me say this before, people in their mock drafts

483
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Speaker 1: for twenty twenty three saying, Oh, Texans are gonna have

484
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Speaker 1: the number one pick, look at the New York Giants.

485
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 1: Are we gonna be worse than the New York Giants?

486
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Speaker 1: I really hope not. But the Texans get to play

487
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:50,359
Speaker 1: them and it should be very interesting. All right, let's

488
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Speaker 1: go to the team we talked about a little while ago.

489
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:55,719
Speaker 1: Saw them at twenty twenty, but there was no one

490
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,399
Speaker 1: in the stand. So it's like a tree falling in

491
00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,320
Speaker 1: the woods. If nobody was there, did it really happen?

492
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,600
Speaker 1: Did you really hear it? There will be fans at

493
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,639
Speaker 1: some point. Hopefully it's early in the season when the

494
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 1: Texans faced the Bears, but my hunch tells me it's

495
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,560
Speaker 1: gonna be in December. And really really cool that said

496
00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:17,000
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears. Reasons for pessimism against the Chicago Bears.

497
00:26:17,119 --> 00:26:19,959
Speaker 1: All right, justin fields is in year two, he starts

498
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:23,679
Speaker 1: playing incredibly well. This is everything they've wanted him to be.

499
00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 1: David Montgomery, I still have nightmares about what happened in

500
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty. So he can run the ball well, where

501
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 1: else do you want to go? Here? Let's look at

502
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:37,119
Speaker 1: their receivers. Darnell Mooney is a pretty good Yeah, he is.

503
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,639
Speaker 1: He is pretty good because remember the number one we

504
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,119
Speaker 1: talked about him last preseason after the Texans made a

505
00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:45,880
Speaker 1: certain trade, Equitimi as Saint Brown is on the squad

506
00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,800
Speaker 1: Byron Pringle. Okay, he's out of Kansas City now he's

507
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Speaker 1: with Chicago. But the fields is playing very well, and

508
00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,000
Speaker 1: he's making plays with his feet, and he's just driving

509
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,040
Speaker 1: you utterly nuts. Our old buddy Ryan Griffin is on

510
00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,879
Speaker 1: the team. How about that? And the Bears always have

511
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,120
Speaker 1: this tradition of being pretty good on defense. We'll see

512
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 1: if that can happen this year with Robert Quinn and

513
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,119
Speaker 1: company coming off the edge or at least trying to

514
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 1: get into the backfield in company. That's what I meant

515
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: about the end company part. So we'll see. We'll see

516
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,640
Speaker 1: about that. Those are your reasons to be concerned. New

517
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:18,680
Speaker 1: head coach with a defensive background, Mattieberflus, So how does

518
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,680
Speaker 1: he react as a new head coach? I mean that

519
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,720
Speaker 1: nobody has any idea with that. This is a defense

520
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 1: that's lost a number of players over the years that

521
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,280
Speaker 1: Keem Hicks is not back. He was a killer. Khalil

522
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 1: Matt got traded. They don't have the level of talent

523
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,600
Speaker 1: that they had a few years ago. They do have

524
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Speaker 1: Robert Quinn, they do have roal Quan Smith, as you said,

525
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,560
Speaker 1: but they might be playing and starting two rookies in

526
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 1: the secondary. That's a great opportunity for this offense to

527
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,000
Speaker 1: go after them. Outside of Darnell Mooney, I don't know

528
00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: that there's anybody on that Bears receiving core that I go. Yeah,

529
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:54,680
Speaker 1: And the offensive line could be absolutely putrid. Fields could

530
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,680
Speaker 1: stake a step, but after what you saw last year, man,

531
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,239
Speaker 1: it was in fits and starts the offensive line. If

532
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 1: the offensive line is not great, how do we know

533
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,920
Speaker 1: that Justin Fields is gonna do anything. Montgomery does scare me.

534
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,359
Speaker 1: But outside of Montgomery on that offense and Mooney down

535
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:14,520
Speaker 1: the field, I don't know that Field's really truly scares

536
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:18,640
Speaker 1: me a ton. So, yeah, we're playing them at Chicago,

537
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,080
Speaker 1: and I hope that weather is not a factor later

538
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 1: in the year. But I think it's a great opportunity

539
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 1: to go against a team that you know, talent wise,

540
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,199
Speaker 1: you look at it think I don't know if the

541
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 1: talent's that great and good talent, but I don't know

542
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,560
Speaker 1: if it's great. And every time I mentioned Byron Pringle's name,

543
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,960
Speaker 1: I just think of potato chips. It's just one of

544
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 1: those things where you want to binge on those things

545
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 1: in the canis sir, Yeah, And it's impossible to just

546
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 1: have a couple of those. You just and you reach

547
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 1: your finger down and you're just trying to dig them

548
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 1: out clean, and when they break, when you're trying to

549
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,640
Speaker 1: dig them out, it's very disappointing, very unsatisfied. Well, you know,

550
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 1: Pringle's original intention was to make tennis balls, but then

551
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 1: that they had delivery, they delivered potatoes, and they said

552
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 1: that give them potatoes. Listen, I'm gullible, So so don't hey,

553
00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: can I do a team? Can I do a team? Okay,

554
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,680
Speaker 1: here we go. Here's a road opponent for you, the

555
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. We saw them last year and they've had

556
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 1: some changes. And look, we thought a certain big trade

557
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,760
Speaker 1: might be going down with this team. Never happened. But

558
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:27,520
Speaker 1: in the past. I'll take um, I'll take concern. All right,

559
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 1: here is twoah ready to prove to the world that

560
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 1: he is all that and more that everything you thought

561
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 1: and hoped about him coming out of college is true.

562
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 1: It just took them three years to figure it all out.

563
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 1: And now here he is to wreak havoc on the

564
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,040
Speaker 1: league because he's got weapons everywhere except for running back,

565
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:51,719
Speaker 1: which I'm not all right. So most are joined the

566
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 1: team from San Francisco. Sony Michelle is there, Chase Edmonds

567
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,960
Speaker 1: is the big guy for them. Actually, they could turn

568
00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:00,800
Speaker 1: out to be pretty decent here, and that Miles Gaskin.

569
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 1: They've got a few guys who could turn out, you know, if, if,

570
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 1: if could turn out to be pretty decent. Does this

571
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:11,640
Speaker 1: old line put it together? Who Armstead comes over from

572
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,240
Speaker 1: the Saints? Interesting? So, of course the big one is

573
00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,760
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill. They have Jail and Waddle, who's a great

574
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,320
Speaker 1: possession receiver and more for them, best friend of Tua.

575
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 1: Already with all those catches last year, what do you

576
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,880
Speaker 1: have over one hundred? And now you bring in Hill

577
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 1: and the mere threat of Hill going downfield tends to

578
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 1: open up things mid range for guys like Mike Gasicki.

579
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Speaker 1: This could be a real problem on your defense to

580
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: be facing Miami, especially at their place where a dolphin

581
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,280
Speaker 1: faithful are all right, they're not that faithful, but it

582
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 1: could be a hot day. Well, you should be able

583
00:30:44,560 --> 00:30:45,760
Speaker 1: to be ready for that one. I don't know when

584
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,400
Speaker 1: they're gonna play them, obviously. And on defense, look, I'm

585
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 1: just gonna say this, do you turn them all over

586
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: a ton against them? Last year? I know it was

587
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor and not Davis Mills, but they can get

588
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 1: after it at times, and they get a lot of

589
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 1: young players who are a year older. Armstead makes them

590
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: I'll go the other way. Armstead makes them a little

591
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 1: bit better. On the offensive line. He got Connor Williams

592
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 1: the left guard. If they added I still don't buy

593
00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 1: that offensive line. I still think that offensive line is

594
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 1: ripe to be had. And with Liam Eichenberg over on

595
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: the right side with two of being a left hand

596
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,920
Speaker 1: or he's protecting his blindside. And I think Eikenberg really

597
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,920
Speaker 1: struggled last year at times, and in this game last year,

598
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 1: Jordan Jenkins got after it and too, we'll hold the football.

599
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,680
Speaker 1: He'll hold it like maybe not as long as Jakobe Risette,

600
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 1: but he'll hold it. And the other thing is you

601
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 1: have Tyreek Hill, you have Jalen Waddle, do you have

602
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: a vertical passing game if the guy can't throw the

603
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 1: ball down the field vertically, Like did you see the

604
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 1: social media gift I did the Dolphins social media team.

605
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: You know that was a troll job. It felt like

606
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 1: they were trolling down a quarterback because Hill and the

607
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 1: video is very shoppy. I had to look at it

608
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:51,959
Speaker 1: twice to be sure. Oh yeah, he definitely held up

609
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,400
Speaker 1: in that ball. He did. He held up. Look two

610
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 1: was throwing on air. I get it that you're chopping

611
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 1: at the bit to get a gift out of two

612
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 1: of throwing deep to Trek Hill. It's almost like, hey, coach,

613
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,400
Speaker 1: can you have them do that one more time and

614
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 1: have him run under it? Because this one is gonna

615
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: look awful to our fans, and it did. I would

616
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: love to see Miami actually early in the year because

617
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 1: one of the things I think that it's really difficult

618
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 1: for a quarterback is to understand when you have a

619
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,800
Speaker 1: guy like Tyreek, you gotta throw it now, Like throw

620
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: it now, throw it now. You just took three steps.

621
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: You can't do three steps and that crow hopping and

622
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,719
Speaker 1: throw It's gotta be three steps and boom it's gone,

623
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: and throw it and you're like man, I know I

624
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 1: overthrew him. No you didn't, you didn't. I think that's

625
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 1: the hardest thing to understand. And it took a little

626
00:32:36,520 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: while forward to Shaun here. I think with Will, it

627
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: took him a few weeks. Throw it early, Throw that

628
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: sucker early when you know he's gonna run and go

629
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: get it. That's the thing I think two is gonna

630
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: struggle with. Defensively, I think it's a good unit. They're

631
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,760
Speaker 1: good players. I think they have an elite safety in

632
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 1: Javon Holland. I think he's fantastic, Xavien Hoard and Byron

633
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 1: Jones I mean Jones but be there at some point

634
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 1: depending on when the Texas play them. So I see

635
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 1: Decentelly defensively, but if they could, if the Texas can

636
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:09,400
Speaker 1: pick up the blitz a lot better than they did

637
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: last year, we'll be able to put put intil the board.

638
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Speaker 1: And these guys, I don't think this defense just knocks

639
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Speaker 1: you over. I think there were some guys that took

640
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Speaker 1: strides last year. The think Argyll was really good. I

641
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 1: think Christian Wilkins is excellent on the inside. But there's

642
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Speaker 1: really not a ton of edge rush that you get

643
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Speaker 1: really concerned about. So I don't see a defense that

644
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: can just take over the game unless you allow them

645
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,480
Speaker 1: to like they did last year with all the blitz,

646
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: and I did remember they just went sent six and

647
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 1: seven guys and played zero coverage and we just missed opportunities.

648
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:42,000
Speaker 1: I mean, missed every opportunity in that game last year.

649
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:46,360
Speaker 1: So I think you can get these opportunities back against Miami. Okay,

650
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: I picked the team this time, and it's Oh, let's

651
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Speaker 1: go into vision do it the Jacksonville Jaguars, and I

652
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 1: will shoot the holes in the Jaguars. You will build

653
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Speaker 1: them up because I know you loved doing it. I

654
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 1: love building up the Jaguars. This is all I'm about. No,

655
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Speaker 1: not really, why how easy this is? Are you ready?

656
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Speaker 1: All right? So Travis Etn you're going first? You want

657
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:10,680
Speaker 1: me to go first? First? So Travis Etn is in

658
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Speaker 1: year two, but really year one because he didn't play

659
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Speaker 1: last year because he was hurt. Yeah, and he's going

660
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 1: to turn out to have that chemistry with Trevor Lawrence

661
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: that Clemson magic is going to finally show up in

662
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,279
Speaker 1: North Florida that they've been waiting for. Lawrence plays better.

663
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 1: Etn can run the ball. Oh, and oh yes, they

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Speaker 1: still have James Robinson, who's really really good, right, or

665
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Speaker 1: at least pretty good, and he and ETN could form

666
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Speaker 1: a formidable duo in the backfield. Offensive line, all right,

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Speaker 1: I don't know that's gonna be that good. They got

668
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Speaker 1: a rookie at center who should start for them. But

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Speaker 1: we'll see in Luke Fortner. Didn't you say that he

670
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Speaker 1: was going to be the lender replacement? He is leased? Okay,

671
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,799
Speaker 1: Cam Robinson still left tackle. Let's see how these receivers do. Look,

672
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 1: they added talent here, Christian Kirk. They signed him to

673
00:34:58,120 --> 00:34:59,799
Speaker 1: a deal that a lot of people thought was too big.

674
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Speaker 1: But guess what. They have Christian kirkand he's a pretty

675
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,839
Speaker 1: good receiver. And they still have Marvin Jones and Zay

676
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,840
Speaker 1: Jones who comes over from the Raiders. He made plays

677
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: in Vegas, so he could be a little dangerous. Evan

678
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:11,800
Speaker 1: Ingram the tight end. They got him from the Giants.

679
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:13,919
Speaker 1: Let's see Dan Arnold. I know they made the trade

680
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 1: for him last year. Maybe he turns out to do

681
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 1: more for them than he did last year. But they

682
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,280
Speaker 1: weren't very good last year for a variety of reasons.

683
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: And on defense, Johnny look they were good last year,

684
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,360
Speaker 1: but they added a lot of free agent firepower as well.

685
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Speaker 1: I'm more concerned about their ability. It's kind of like

686
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Speaker 1: my upside conversation with the Giants, but to an even

687
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: larger degree. You can run the ball well, you got

688
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,840
Speaker 1: a much more talented quarterback than Daniel Jones, and the

689
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: nightmare starts with Trevor Lawrence. That is the concern with

690
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Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Jaguars. All right, the flip side, it's Jaguars

691
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Speaker 1: like that, it's Jaguars. I mean they still guys like

692
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Speaker 1: Andrew Wingard at safety, Rayshawn Jenkins wasn't that good last

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Speaker 1: year at safety. I do think their corners are gonna

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Speaker 1: get better than that. There Darius Williams, who's from the

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville area, with the bart from Trail High School. I

696
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 1: think they've gotten better upfront, but I'm not totally overwhelmed

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Speaker 1: with what they have. And like you said, they're gonna

698
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Speaker 1: start a rookie at center, and Trevor's got to prove

699
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 1: that he's that guy. Now he's got he does have

700
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:24,239
Speaker 1: I think more help. But say Jones was good last

701
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,959
Speaker 1: year with Las Vegas, but you know now he's gonna

702
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,319
Speaker 1: be asked to do a lot more. He's gonna ask

703
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:32,319
Speaker 1: more likely to be the number two Marvin Jones good.

704
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,880
Speaker 1: I think the receivers are decent, but not great. But

705
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 1: it's the Jaguars. They added some youth on defense, so

706
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,919
Speaker 1: still gonna be a young defense and we'll see whether

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Speaker 1: they can Jael by the time the Texans end up

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00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 1: playing them. And it's the Jaguars. The one thing I

709
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 1: really don't like, though, well, it's one of the things

710
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson. I didn't like that hire at all at

711
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Speaker 1: the Texans. I wanted to see them hire another first

712
00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:57,400
Speaker 1: year kind of guy and have him learn the ropes

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Speaker 1: of being an NFL head coach, even if he was

714
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Speaker 1: a good cord or, it's always different. I wanted to

715
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Speaker 1: see that, not an experienced head coach who is recently

716
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Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl and winning it, by the way,

717
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,719
Speaker 1: with a backup quarterback, so he knows how to sort

718
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 1: of tool around with some things. I didn't like seeing

719
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 1: that higher at all for the Houston Texans, cause, okay,

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Speaker 1: let's go to the Kansas City Chiefs and I'll just

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Speaker 1: start and I we'll give you reasons why the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: are not all that and the bag of ships. Ah,

723
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Speaker 1: you start so you will have more of the be

724
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: concerned about the Chiefs side. You're just ripping everybody apart today.

725
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 1: I know it's ridiculous and I have to build everybody up.

726
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: But I'm an optimist, so I can play that for

727
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs. They don't have to. I can

728
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,719
Speaker 1: make this when they don't have Tyreek Kill. That's good.

729
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 1: They don't have Tyreek Kill. And I know that a

730
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: lot of Chiefs fans are like, look, man, look we

731
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 1: got me Cole, we got ju Ju coming in. We

732
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 1: added sky Moore, Josh Gordon, who knews what he's got,

733
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Speaker 1: Marquez Valdez, Scantling. You don't have Tyreek Hill, and you

734
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: never respected how dangerous as he was against every team

735
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 1: you faced. Every single team was scared to death of

736
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,799
Speaker 1: that guy, every single one. And you don't have him.

737
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,879
Speaker 1: Now you have Mahomes and Kelsey. Okay, there's not much

738
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,400
Speaker 1: you can say there, but they rebuilt the offensive line.

739
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 1: That's good. I think his receivers are all average except

740
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:20,359
Speaker 1: for sky More skymars Is gonna be pretty good, but

741
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:25,440
Speaker 1: none of them are Tyreek Hill. And unless George Carloftis

742
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,240
Speaker 1: takes his game to a high level as a rookie.

743
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,440
Speaker 1: I don't think they have much outside pass rush. I

744
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 1: think their linebackers are still young. And the secondary. I

745
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 1: think you can get after that secondary. I think especially Fenton,

746
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,080
Speaker 1: I think you get after him. We'll see when McDuffie

747
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 1: can get in the lineup, but I still think you

748
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:47,720
Speaker 1: can attack that defense this year. Maybe maybe not twenty

749
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Speaker 1: twenty three, but I think in twenty twenty two, I

750
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,359
Speaker 1: think you can still get after that defense because they

751
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 1: don't have really bona fide pass well. Frank Clark, no,

752
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 1: Frank Clarks, He's used, He's done. Frank Clark's done. I

753
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 1: said it. Frank Clark's done. Chris john done for the

754
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:07,040
Speaker 1: last couple of years now. Jones on the inside, Yes,

755
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: that's tough, but you can double, you can, you can

756
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 1: do some different things with your you can slide your

757
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 1: protection to him. You do some different things to slow

758
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 1: him down. The edge guys are going against, presumably be

759
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: Laramie and Titus. I think those guys can handle their

760
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,880
Speaker 1: stuff one on once. You can use your backs inside

761
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,800
Speaker 1: too to help on Chris Jones, because nobody else really

762
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 1: scares y all that much. But there's no Tyreek Hill.

763
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,160
Speaker 1: There's no Tyreek Hill. And if for some reason, Patrick

764
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,960
Speaker 1: Mahomes gets Mono going to Tech game, I'm fine with

765
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 1: that too. No, I'm not because Chad Henny Texans killer.

766
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,719
Speaker 1: Chad Henny is ready to take the helm for the

767
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. He hasn't always killed the Texans, but

768
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 1: he's had some big games. They Jaguar overtime game in

769
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 1: twenty twelve. I know the Jacks lost that game, but

770
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: he threw for a gazillion yards, not as many as

771
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:56,879
Speaker 1: match Shob. We threw for five to twenty seven time

772
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,399
Speaker 1: for second all time in the NFL with Warren Moon,

773
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 1: interesting enough, behind Norm van brock Lynn, the all time leader,

774
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 1: who I loved because he's Dutch. Okay. The plus side

775
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 1: for the Chiefs is Patrick Mahomes is Yes, these receivers.

776
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:15,439
Speaker 1: The names don't jump off the page like Tyreek Hill

777
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:19,759
Speaker 1: and Strike Fear, but as a collective group, Mahomes has

778
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,919
Speaker 1: his act together. He's a salty veteran now he knows

779
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,800
Speaker 1: he needs to spread the ball around. He still has Kelsey,

780
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 1: who has enough left in the tag to do some damage.

781
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,880
Speaker 1: I have a hard time building up Clyde Edwards Alaia

782
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 1: right now based on what's happened so far health wise especially,

783
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,839
Speaker 1: but you never know. I mean this could you could

784
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 1: see this working well enough for the Chiefs where they

785
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:45,840
Speaker 1: could actually win the division. And I know that sounds strange.

786
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: What are you saying, vander Man? They could actually win

787
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 1: the division? Well, the division competition with the Broncos, with

788
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:53,160
Speaker 1: the Chargers getting better and better, with the Raiders doing

789
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: what they did last year, this is no easy pickens anymore.

790
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 1: Mahomes has a lot on his back right now. I

791
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,360
Speaker 1: mean it's always been his team, but he was in

792
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:05,919
Speaker 1: a great band with unbelievable musicians. Now the musicians aren't

793
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:09,960
Speaker 1: as good, and he's got a shred that lead guitar, sing, vocals.

794
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 1: He's got to do it all right now, and he's

795
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:13,560
Speaker 1: got to do it at a high level. He's capable

796
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:15,439
Speaker 1: of it. Let's see if he can pull it off. Okay.

797
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: As a side note, there was some Kansas City TV

798
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 1: station that had put out at tweet yesterday saying the

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00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,960
Speaker 1: opener was Kansas City at Houston. Well, I don't know

800
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 1: about you buying that. Look, I don't buy any schedule leaks.

801
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 1: Johnny I wrote about it in the Daily Brew today.

802
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 1: I've seen so many very convincing posts yes about oh

803
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,600
Speaker 1: this is the text on schedule, and oh these games

804
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:40,239
Speaker 1: are gonna happen for sure every year, and then it's

805
00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:44,160
Speaker 1: like no, no, no, So I won't believe it until

806
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:46,399
Speaker 1: i'll see it could be true. I won't believe until

807
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,279
Speaker 1: I see it. Well, Mark and I will be on

808
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,840
Speaker 1: live tomorrow night with the General from six to seven.

809
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,960
Speaker 1: We also are going to do a live streaming show

810
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 1: tomorrow at about four forty five because if I've heard correctly,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna find out our home opener at five o'clock,

812
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: so we're gonna be live at Houston Texas dot com

813
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,320
Speaker 1: to announce that. I'm glad I know about Yes, well,

814
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 1: I thought you were the one that told my boss

815
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,880
Speaker 1: about that told me so. Anyways, so we're gonna be

816
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:17,479
Speaker 1: doing a live stream at four forty five for about

817
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 1: fifteen twenty minutes. You definitely want to tune it for that.

818
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,360
Speaker 1: And then after our live radio with the General on

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Speaker 1: Sport twenty at six ten, we will go live discussing

820
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Speaker 1: the full twenty twenty two schedule at Houston Texas dot com,

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Speaker 1: So you definitely want to tune in Mark appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Nice job with Jeckel and Hide. I like that segment.

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Speaker 1: Coming up next, We're gonna go in the lab as

824
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Speaker 1: you Doherty and I talk about this defensive pass rush,

825
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Speaker 1: and I mentioned the twenty nineteen LSU Alabama game last week.

826
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Speaker 1: There was one other game that Drew wanted to bring

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Speaker 1: up that had just as many and a guy to

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Speaker 1: my left actually called that game. That's next. Right here

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