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Speaker 1: What's happened? Everybody. Welcome into a Wednesday edition of Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access from the Hoday Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: John Harris Football on a sideline report for your Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Glad to be with you, plenty to do as we

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Speaker 1: get ready for the Denver Broncos. It's also my cause

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Speaker 1: my cleats week and the slant this week will focus

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Speaker 1: on that a little bit with Neville Hewitt. So we'll

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Speaker 1: have Neville after a little bit. We're gonna go behind

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Speaker 1: in him sidelines with Nick Ferguson, former Texan, former Bronco.

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Speaker 1: He knows the Broncos inside. Now Drew Doherty caught up

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Speaker 1: with him. Then we're going to take a little bit,

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Speaker 1: not so such a detour, but we're gonna talk to some

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Speaker 1: college football. My man David Fletcher, executive director of the

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Speaker 1: Taxak Texas Bowl on Sunday, he is going to make

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Speaker 1: the call for who is coming to this game. He's

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Speaker 1: got the he's got the pick of the Big twelve,

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Speaker 1: but then the SEC picks the team for here. Now,

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Speaker 1: my gut tells me K State, the A and M.

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Speaker 1: That's what I'm going with, but could be different, but Fletch,

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Speaker 1: you'll pick on the big twelve side, and then the

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Speaker 1: SEC will pick for the bowl game on the SEC side.

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Speaker 1: So that's gonna be one heck of a game. And

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Speaker 1: then Dave Logan the play by play voice, and as

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Speaker 1: Mark emailed me said, the most interesting man in play

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Speaker 1: by play, Dave Logan is definitely one of those guys.

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Speaker 1: So Dave Logan will go and join Mark vandermir and

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Speaker 1: our men behind the mics. So we had a lot

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Speaker 1: to do. But every Wednesday, you know, we catch up

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Speaker 1: with executive vice president Football ops and general manager of

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Speaker 1: your Houston Texans, Nick Caserio. We have a blast talking

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Speaker 1: about everything basically, but we look back at the game.

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Speaker 1: We could scout a report, and then it turned to

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Speaker 1: Christmas songs. Yes you heard me, you want to stay

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Speaker 1: tuned for that. To me, Mark and Nick, let's.

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Speaker 2: Go all right with us now in the Hyundai Texans

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Speaker 2: radio studio. It's executive vice president and general manager Nick Cassario. Nick,

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Speaker 2: great to see, how's it going, fella, It's good to

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Speaker 2: be here, all right. Great to have you with us.

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Speaker 2: Big week against the Denver Broncos coming up on Sunday,

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Speaker 2: and let's reflect a little bit coming off the lost

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Speaker 2: to Jacksonville. Oh so close yet so far, Nick, you

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Speaker 2: saw some good things but not quite enough.

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Speaker 3: At the end.

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Speaker 4: A game of inches.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, in the end, didn't make enough plays. Jacksonville made

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Speaker 5: a few more than we did. Had our opportunities kind

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Speaker 5: of got by the eight ball there a little bit,

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Speaker 5: you know, starting slow, we just started the game too slowly.

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Speaker 5: Down ten to nothing, made it ten to seven. Then

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Speaker 5: it went back and forth there. We scored there in

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Speaker 5: the second half, go up fourteen to thirteen, and they

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Speaker 5: got you know, a bunch of big plays or big plays,

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Speaker 5: and they touched down two point and then it kind

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Speaker 5: of went back and forth here a little bit until

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Speaker 5: the end.

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Speaker 6: So had our chances in capitalized.

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Speaker 5: I mean really a big thing I'd say defensively, were

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Speaker 5: just the explosive plays, you know, anytime you give up

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Speaker 5: for forty plus pass plays, those eventually cut the field

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Speaker 5: in half for the opponent. So certainly things we can

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Speaker 5: improve on and do better. Be some different challenges this

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Speaker 5: week against Denver, but you know, Jacksonville's a good team.

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Speaker 5: It kind of came up short a little bit in

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Speaker 5: the end. Now it's time to move on to the

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Speaker 5: next next challenge.

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Speaker 1: Niker's a hacker football game. And I don't know if

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Speaker 1: there was a specific difference as you saw it, but

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Speaker 1: did you see a specific difference in what was the

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Speaker 1: key for Jacksonville getting to win? I mean, they did

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Speaker 1: a good job stop in Devin, and Devin's been really

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Speaker 1: good running the ballway, would you think it was kind

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Speaker 1: of the biggest key to it.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, they played well.

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Speaker 5: They executed I mean their defensive front, which we had

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Speaker 5: talked about going to the game. You know, we knew

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Speaker 5: was one of the strengths of their team, and that

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Speaker 5: did a good job. I mean, Josh Allen is a

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Speaker 5: great player. It's been a good player for a long

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Speaker 5: time and had one of his better games. So let's

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Speaker 5: say they were probably a little bit more ready to

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Speaker 5: a little bit too late.

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Speaker 6: But Jacksonville is a good team.

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Speaker 5: They're leading division for a reason, so you know, in

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Speaker 5: the end, just came up a little bit short.

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Speaker 2: They had that one loss in the run since the

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Speaker 2: Texans beat them earlier this year, but they were a

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Speaker 2: pretty hot team, Nick, And what does it say about

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Speaker 2: the Texans that you got that close on a day

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Speaker 2: where you really didn't play your best football at all.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean we feel we have a good football team.

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Speaker 5: We haven't always played maybe as well as we would

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Speaker 5: have hoped or wanted to, but you know, we feel that,

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Speaker 5: you know, we can compete with the number of teams

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Speaker 5: in the league on a week to week basis, and

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Speaker 5: really it comes down to your individual performance, how you execute.

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Speaker 5: Dimico's talked about this with the with the team a

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Speaker 5: little bit. In the end, it's about us and what

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Speaker 5: we do and getting some things fixed on our end,

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Speaker 5: and if we do those things, then we'll give ourselves

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Speaker 5: an opportunity put ourselves in a better position in games.

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Speaker 5: So certainly have another challenge this week in front of us.

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Speaker 5: Denver's a good team. I mean they have won five

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Speaker 5: straight so they're probably playing as good as any team

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Speaker 5: in the league. So we feel like we can compete

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Speaker 5: with a number of teams. In the end, it comes

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Speaker 5: down to how well we execute critical situations and the game,

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Speaker 5: all the things that go into winning football.

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Speaker 1: Nick, I'm asking you a question. I know people will

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Speaker 1: hear and go. I'll ask a question the way I'm

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Speaker 1: thinking about it. Each and every week, do you guys

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Speaker 1: submit play to the league, whether it's a penalty called

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Speaker 1: kind of the process for you and the team to

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Speaker 1: submit things to the league, to say, hey, these are

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Speaker 1: things need to be looked at, or hey this is

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Speaker 1: something that probably wasn't right. How do you kind of

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Speaker 1: go about that? Pro says each every week, Yeah.

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Speaker 5: There's always plays in games that could go either way.

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Speaker 5: I think from a from our perspective, from a club perspective,

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Speaker 5: it's just getting clarity about how it was called, what's

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Speaker 5: the interpretation, so we can utilize the information and impart

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Speaker 5: that to the players. So we'll go back and we'll

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Speaker 5: review the game. Coaches may have some questions about some plays.

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Speaker 5: What do they see on this play? So then the

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Speaker 5: So then we can get that information to the team

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Speaker 5: and tell them, all right, this is either a point

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Speaker 5: of emphasis or here's something technique wise that we can improve.

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Speaker 5: Here's why you know a situation or a penalty may

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Speaker 5: than anything else. I mean, the game happens so quickly

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Speaker 5: I think the big things with all teams and not

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Speaker 5: just specific to the Texans, everybody just wants consistency. You know,

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Speaker 5: we'll cross crews, whatever is being called. You just want

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Speaker 5: consistency so that week to week you're just not wondering

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Speaker 5: what's going to happen, which way is going to go.

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Speaker 5: So league has a hard job, but ultimately the officials

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Speaker 5: have to make the calls that they feel or appropriate,

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Speaker 5: and if a club has a question, there's a process

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Speaker 5: try to educate yourself and have an understanding and then

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Speaker 5: just move on to the next set of plays and

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Speaker 2: I know, the officials come in at training camp and

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Speaker 2: changes things like that. Are they proactive during the season

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Speaker 2: of here's how it's going around the league?

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Speaker 4: Check this out? What can you tell us about that

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Speaker 5: They'll send teams plays. Here's some things that popped up

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Speaker 5: because they do the same thing. They go back and

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Speaker 5: review the officials, They review the game. Here was a call,

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Speaker 5: how to do it the right way. Here's a good example.

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Speaker 5: So they do a good job on their end of

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Speaker 5: you can review what happened. That's say where there's a

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Speaker 5: little bit of consternation is if something is called a

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Speaker 6: So it works both ways. So in the end, you're

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Speaker 5: Get some clarity and some consistency about how a game

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Speaker 1: Nick Denzel comes back this week, what are kind of

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Speaker 1: the not what's going to happen? But how's that process?

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Speaker 1: Is it any different with a guy coming off suspension?

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Speaker 1: Is the process any different? Because I remember the transaction

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Speaker 1: kind of talk us through that process for Denzel.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's pretty straightforward.

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Speaker 5: Forever long a player is going to be out on

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Speaker 5: the back end of it, you get that many days

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Speaker 5: So it just gives the ability where if you have

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Speaker 5: Denzel will be back on the roster here, I'd say

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Speaker 5: by Wednesday more than likely. So the period expires, so

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Speaker 5: the league kind of gives a little bit of grace.

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Speaker 5: You have a couple of days to kind of figure

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Speaker 2: How difficult is it to determine, all right, who were

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Speaker 2: going to bring back from IR and all the practice

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Speaker 2: squad elevations you have week to week. There are a

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Speaker 2: lot a lot of moving pieces that go into the

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Speaker 5: No massive dialogue and discussion. I don't want to say daily,

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Speaker 5: but daily. So you're trying to anticipate, you know, what's

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Speaker 5: on the horizon, who's coming back, When are they actually available,

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Speaker 5: what's the prognosis from an injury standpoint? Are they going

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Speaker 5: to be available to play? With the IR rules specifically,

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Speaker 5: you get eight players that you can return and that

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Speaker 5: actually activates. So we're at seven with Jews coming back

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Speaker 5: last week, so we have one spot essentially that's available

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Speaker 5: for that I would say component there. But they're very fluid, Mark,

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Speaker 5: I mean, it's something that we talk about, i'd say

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Speaker 5: fairly regularly. As a matter of fact, we talked about

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Speaker 5: it here today. All right, here's what we need to do.

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Speaker 5: Here's some players that may have to come off the

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Speaker 5: roster to get this player on the rosters. So then

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Speaker 5: it comes to the expense of something else. So it's

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Speaker 5: constant dialogue and it's very fluid, and you just try

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Speaker 5: to maintain a clear head and you really take out

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Speaker 5: what happened in individual game, the emotion out, and just

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Speaker 5: you get to a good endpoint.

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Speaker 2: So the evolution of this IR was nobody and then

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Speaker 2: what was it one or two or three or something?

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Speaker 4: And now we're at eight? Are we gonna go to ten? Twelve?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he can play center or guard. You have Titus

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Speaker 6: So sometimes you can be a little bit cute with it.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, really good football team.

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Speaker 4: On Sunday, Nick, it's My Cause, My Cleats Day. And

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Speaker 2: Players get to express themselves a little bit with their

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Speaker 2: cleats and do you have anything special that you're gonna wear?

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Speaker 8: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: No, I think it's kind of representative of who the

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Speaker 5: players are as humans and kind of what's important in

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Speaker 5: their life. I think when you take a step back

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Speaker 5: from football, there's probably something that's really impacted their life

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Speaker 5: in some way, shape or form. It's an opportunity to

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Speaker 5: express those sentiments and kind of make people aware. I

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Speaker 5: think more than anything, it just heightens awareness about a

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Speaker 5: specific cause or a specific area. So I know something

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Speaker 5: of the players they actually like because they get to,

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Speaker 5: you know, do a lot of fancy things with their shoes.

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Speaker 6: I do have a cause it's kind of personal.

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Speaker 5: To me, so it'd rather just not you know, common

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Speaker 5: eye now, but it's certainly something i'd say that it's

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Speaker 5: a close friend of mine and just to kind of

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Speaker 5: support him and some of the things that he's involved with.

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Speaker 5: So that's kind of the the impetus and the thought

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Speaker 5: process behind it. But I think the league has done

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Speaker 5: a great job with a variety of these different initiatives

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Speaker 5: and given the players an opportunity to sort of express

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Speaker 5: themselves in different ways.

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Speaker 1: I think this one is really really cool. But I

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Speaker 1: saw a couple of pair of shoes yesterday that are yellow.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they look like penalty flags. Like penalty Well, it's

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Speaker 4: like playing it like penalty.

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Speaker 1: Flags, and it's I mean, I'm telling you there's gonna

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Speaker 1: be a point like flag. No, no, just to.

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Speaker 4: Shoe A couple say, they'll say it on the air.

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Speaker 4: We could mess up a call.

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Speaker 1: I know, so I have I'm very I'm very aware

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Speaker 1: of that. Nick, we talked about Courtland Sutton, we talked

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Speaker 1: about a lot of we really haven't focused on Russell Wilson.

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Speaker 1: I think there was so much noise about Russell last

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Speaker 1: year in twenty twenty two, you know, it wasn't playing

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Speaker 1: at the level like there's so much noise this offseason

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Speaker 1: and quietly in some sense, twenty touchdowns for interceptions. It

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Speaker 1: feels like the real Russell is back, but it almost

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Speaker 1: feels like he's kind of changed to under Sean Payton.

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Speaker 1: What have you seen with Russell kind of through this year.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'd say Russell is probably one of those players

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Speaker 5: that received some undue criticism. You know, some of it

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Speaker 5: could have been a fault of his owns, there's some

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Speaker 5: other circumstances, but the bottom line is russ has been

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Speaker 5: a good player in this league for a really long time,

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Speaker 5: and there's a lot of things that he does well.

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Speaker 5: I think the thing about him, he's a very instinctive,

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Speaker 5: very aware player, and he knows how to manipulate and

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Speaker 5: maneuver within the pocket. And he's hard to sack and

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Speaker 5: he's hard to tackle, and historically he's taking care of

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Speaker 5: the football, which this season twenty and four is a

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Speaker 5: good example of that. So he's one of the moiler

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Speaker 5: fishing quarterbacks in the league. He's played at a high level.

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Speaker 5: I mean, he has a lot of experience, he's won

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Speaker 5: a lot of games, and I think the relationship between

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Speaker 5: him and coach Peyton and coach Lombardi, they've done a

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Speaker 5: good job of working together and you're starting to see

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Speaker 5: that in the product that they put on the field.

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Speaker 5: So Russ is a very good player, really good player.

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Speaker 5: Probably received more criticism than he should have for a

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Speaker 5: lot of things that were going on, probably with the

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Speaker 5: organization and some of the other things.

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Speaker 2: Nick gets the holiday season, So Christmas music is it?

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Speaker 2: When is it too early for Christmas music?

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Speaker 6: It's interesting. My daughters and I had this discussion.

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Speaker 5: We were driving home from the game a couple of

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Speaker 5: weeks ago or a week or two ago, and they said, Dad,

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Speaker 5: can't we put Christmas music on the radio? I said,

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Speaker 5: it's not even Thanksgiving yet, so it's probably right around

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Speaker 5: this time.

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Speaker 6: So we get in the car.

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Speaker 5: If one of my daughters is with me, they want

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Speaker 5: to go right to Christmas music.

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Speaker 6: They don't want to listen to CNBC.

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Speaker 3: They've had enough of it.

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Speaker 7: That's it.

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Speaker 1: You could always tell if my wife had driven my car,

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Speaker 1: I'd get in there and I would hear jingle bells.

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Speaker 4: I'm like, you don't have squat box on in the car.

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Speaker 1: No, no, I don't.

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Speaker 4: Do you have a favorite Christmas song or two?

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Speaker 5: My daughter asked me that the other day. I'd say

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Speaker 5: White Christmas is that's high on the list. So I'll

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Speaker 5: definitely put that up there. And you know, for a

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Speaker 5: marriat of other reasons, probably the Grinch song is probably,

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Speaker 5: you know, for sometimes I'm confused as the Grinch.

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Speaker 4: So I think it's typecasting.

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Speaker 6: Come one of our favorites in the household.

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Speaker 4: So sounds good, Nick, thanks a lot for joining us.

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Speaker 4: Good luck this week.

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Speaker 6: Thanks fellas.

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Speaker 1: No again a quick caveat, and I always forget this

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Speaker 1: because we do that interview on Tuesdays, then we play

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Speaker 1: it on Wednesdays. Now it goes up on YouTube, so

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Speaker 1: you can kind of see the date stamp and see

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Speaker 1: that I'm not telling you lies. So the Titus Howard

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Speaker 1: news that came out today, the Shack Griffin news that

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Speaker 1: also came out today, did have a chance to talk

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Speaker 1: with Nick about. But we'll be talking about that for

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Speaker 1: sure throughout tonight, Tomorrow, Friday. It's gonna be a factor.

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Speaker 1: There's no question Titus Howard being out, Shaq Griffin being

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Speaker 1: waived today. Next up, let's go the slant would be Scott.

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Speaker 1: Brandon Scott from Hiram Clark sat down with Texans linebacker

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Speaker 1: Neville Hewett. That's next on Texans All Access. Stop back

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Speaker 1: into this Wednesday edition, Oh Texans All Access from the

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Speaker 1: Honday Texans Radio studio. I am John Harris Football on

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Speaker 1: a sideline reporter for your Houston Texas and it's time

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Speaker 1: for the Slant with Brandon Scott. He sat down with

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Speaker 1: Neville Hewitt. I't to talk about football, but also this

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Speaker 1: is my cause, my cleats week and you guys, you

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Speaker 1: guys know my cause you said my shoes last year

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Speaker 1: All testim awareness is definitely at the top of my list.

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Speaker 1: So you'll see my my kicks again on Sunday that

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Speaker 1: I wore last year. Neville Hewitt, well, what's close to

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Speaker 1: his heart? Snup, here's b Scott with Nevill Hewitt on

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Speaker 1: the Slant.

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Speaker 9: Brandon Scott joined here on the Slant with Texans linebacker

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Speaker 9: Neville hewittt Neville, appreciate you for taking the time to join.

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Speaker 3: Us, man, and thanks for having me.

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Speaker 9: All right, so I wanted to ask you, now, this

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Speaker 9: is your third season here and ninth season in the league.

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Speaker 9: What's it like kind of being an og around in

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Speaker 9: the locker room and and tell me, you know, also,

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Speaker 9: what's the key to kind of being in the NFL

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Speaker 9: as long as long as you've been able to do

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Speaker 9: it well?

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Speaker 10: I mean my role with special teams and you know,

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Speaker 10: being in the league as long as I've been part

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Speaker 10: of partially because of special teams and being able to

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Speaker 10: fit in different defensive systems and you know, just learning

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Speaker 10: and being able to adapt.

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Speaker 3: I seen it, like some of the stuff in the

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Speaker 3: locker room.

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Speaker 10: I've seen a lot of the stuff that that some

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Speaker 10: of these guys go through, and I'm able to, you know,

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Speaker 10: talk talk them through it and just kind of keep

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Speaker 10: them mentally into it.

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Speaker 9: You know, I'll never forget when you first signed here

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Speaker 9: a couple of years ago, Chairman CEO cal McNair here

575
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Speaker 9: called you a tackling machine. I remember giving him a

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Speaker 9: hard time on the radio about it, like he better

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Speaker 9: be he's a linebacker, you better be a tackling machine

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Speaker 9: linebacker and special teams guy. But you stayed true to

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Speaker 9: formed that even in this past game, not the helmet

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Speaker 9: off in a on a tackle.

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Speaker 4: How would you describe yourself as a player.

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Speaker 10: I always took pride in the run I've always looked

583
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Speaker 10: at it. Somebody run run the ball to my side.

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Speaker 10: It is probably kind of disrespectful. So since I've been

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Speaker 10: in the Lease, since I've been in college, I always

586
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Speaker 10: took you know, took you know, took it personal in

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Speaker 10: the run game. So when I was you know, before

588
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Speaker 10: I came here, I was with the Jets starting a

589
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Speaker 10: linebacker and seatball, getball, and you know.

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Speaker 3: That's kind of how I've been in the league.

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Speaker 10: Just go as hard as you can and outwork anybody,

592
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Speaker 10: and that's pretty much how you stay around.

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Speaker 4: Tell me about your background, how that shaped you.

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Speaker 9: You moved around a little bit and had a pretty

595
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Speaker 9: interesting journey to being undrafted and getting into the NFL.

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Speaker 3: So I started off high school. I had about seven scholarships.

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Speaker 10: First scholarship was the University of South Carolina and couldn't

598
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Speaker 10: accept it. Had offers to Purdue, Georgia, State Western Kentucky

599
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Speaker 10: couldn't accept one the scholarships at the time, my mom

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Speaker 10: was incarcerated since I was like ninth grade, so I

601
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Speaker 10: pretty much did enough to qualify the play sports and

602
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Speaker 10: kept me out of trouble. Ended up, my high school

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Speaker 10: coach drove me down to Georgia Military College, and I

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Speaker 10: was at the time, I had dread, so I was like,

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Speaker 10: I don't know if I'm gonna cut my hair, but

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Speaker 10: my mom was in constrated, probably like an hour and

607
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Speaker 10: thirty minutes away. So it was the only junior college

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Speaker 10: in Georgia, and so that same junior college was like

609
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Speaker 10: a pipeline to go the SEC schools like UGA. We

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Speaker 10: had some placements from South Carolina and stuff. So I

611
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Speaker 10: had to go there. Joined the Little Cadet Corps because

612
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Speaker 10: you had to be in the Cadet Corps to play football,

613
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Speaker 10: and so did that fixed my grades, was on the

614
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Speaker 10: Dean list, and then school start coming in and I

615
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Speaker 10: went from playing free safety, they moved me to strong safety.

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Speaker 10: That started gaining some weight that got them three meals

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Speaker 10: a day now and then, and.

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Speaker 3: Had a couple offers.

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Speaker 10: Colorado State had one more visit to go to Auburn,

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Speaker 10: but Marshall was my first offer, and I went out

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Speaker 10: there and it was like the Huntington West Virginia and

622
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Speaker 10: it was like to me, it was like probably one

623
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Speaker 10: of the worst visits, but it was like it was

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Speaker 10: the perfect setup for me to get to where I

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Speaker 10: want to go and he gave me an opportunity to

626
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Speaker 10: play there.

627
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Speaker 3: And Coach Fuller he's.

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Speaker 10: At Florida State now, defensive coordinator. He remember telling me

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Speaker 10: while I was at Marshall. He was like, you're going to.

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Speaker 3: Need to be a really good college football player. You're

631
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Speaker 3: going to the NFL.

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Speaker 10: And I just start locking in and just start watching film.

633
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Speaker 10: Had end up having surgery going into my senior year

634
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Speaker 10: on my neck, and then I just started watching film

635
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Speaker 10: because I wasn't strong enough to physically get off of blocks.

636
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Speaker 10: I was like I might have the red shirt and

637
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 10: I was like, nah, I ain't got tied the red shirt.

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Speaker 3: So I ended up playing.

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Speaker 10: End up having like one hundred and twenty three tackles,

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Speaker 10: five sacks, an interception in the conference championship game, win

641
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Speaker 10: my first championship. And coach Duffner he's with Cincinnati now.

642
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Speaker 10: He was in Miami. He was calling me like twice

643
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Speaker 10: a week and it was like, Uh, we're gonna try

644
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Speaker 10: to get you here. And I end up signing with

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Speaker 10: the Dolphins undrafted and a special teams special teams coach

646
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Speaker 10: told me, you learn how to do them kicksteps, we're

647
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Speaker 10: gonna give you a shot. And I went home back

648
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Speaker 10: to my grandmother house and every day I was working

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Speaker 10: on because working all kicksliding, and then I ended up

650
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Speaker 10: st I don't know what the Dolphins played there for

651
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 10: three years, started a few games, and went to the

652
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Speaker 10: Jets and got the opportunity to start eventually, and then

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Speaker 10: later on got a chance. I had one of my

654
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Speaker 10: best seasons and then ended up going through free agency.

655
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Speaker 10: Then the workout like I thought it would, and they'm

656
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:03,480
Speaker 10: getting a shot to come here and been playing special

657
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 10: teams here the last three years, and it's been a blessing.

658
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Speaker 9: Yeah, it seems like it's worked out for you because

659
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,679
Speaker 9: you've you've actually been able to play three seasons at

660
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:13,680
Speaker 9: least at each stop that you've been at, Especially now

661
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 9: when year nine you talked about watching film. That's one

662
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Speaker 9: thing that I remember being talked about you in previous

663
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,680
Speaker 9: coaching status, and she've been you've been here for some turnover.

664
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Speaker 3: It's how dedicated you are to the film.

665
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Speaker 9: You mentioned your mom being incarcerated when you were younger,

666
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Speaker 9: and that is the inspiration for your my calls.

667
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Speaker 3: Mike Police.

668
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Speaker 9: I want to give you an opportunity to tell us

669
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Speaker 9: about that, and especially like how specific that is to

670
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Speaker 9: you and your experience and why obviously you're passionate about that.

671
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

672
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Speaker 10: So throughout my career, something I always wanted to do

673
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Speaker 10: is give back to a foundation that specializes in kids

674
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Speaker 10: who parents are incarcerated.

675
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Speaker 3: So I think it was like last year I.

676
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Speaker 10: Just started looking around and end up finding a Freedom

677
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Speaker 10: Child Foundation that's based here in Houston. And then I

678
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Speaker 10: was like, well, this is perfect call. This is something

679
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Speaker 10: I actually wanted to support. So I was like the

680
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 10: last two years, I said, this is who this is

681
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Speaker 10: the foundation that I'm going to represent whenever we get

682
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Speaker 10: the opportunity, because I know how especially around this time

683
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 10: the holidays, I remember like how you just don't have

684
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Speaker 10: the resources, you know, you know, just clothes and food

685
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 10: and stuff like that. So I was like, if I

686
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Speaker 10: can bring awareness to it and get people to you know,

687
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Speaker 10: donate or do whatever they can to help out these children,

688
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 10: that's that's my That's the reason. And then my mom

689
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 10: the reason. The colors are green and black. My family

690
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,320
Speaker 10: is Jamaican. So while my mom was incarcerated, she end

691
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,960
Speaker 10: up getting deported My third year in the league, so

692
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Speaker 10: she end up getting deported, so it's like she went

693
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Speaker 10: back to Jamaica, So I always put the Jamaican flag there,

694
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Speaker 10: and uh, that's.

695
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Speaker 9: Pretty much why I ended up. That's why I chose this,

696
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Speaker 9: Cause how did you overcome that? Like, obviously that's a

697
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Speaker 9: challenge for you. You said you were in ninth grade

698
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 9: when she was incarcerated, and you know now obviously you

699
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Speaker 9: are a success story.

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Speaker 4: What would you say.

701
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Speaker 9: Is the key to you being able to overcome such

702
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Speaker 9: a challenge as a youngster?

703
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Speaker 3: You really say a lot of stuff is God.

704
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Speaker 10: I can't really, I can't make up some of the

705
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,200
Speaker 10: stuff that I went through for like how I'm here

706
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 10: just just you know, I'll say God. And then just

707
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Speaker 10: having like just that perseverance of knowing what I want

708
00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,040
Speaker 10: in life. And I knew I wanted to play in

709
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Speaker 10: the NFL, and so I was like, if I go

710
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,600
Speaker 10: to college, I can get there. Just the if part

711
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,840
Speaker 10: was so big because I've never seen anybody do it.

712
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Speaker 10: And so once I've done it and I graduated and

713
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 10: I got the opportunity, I was like, there's nothing that's

714
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Speaker 10: going to stop me from going. I always wanted to

715
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,000
Speaker 10: play ten plus years because that's why I grew up

716
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Speaker 10: seeing you know, I grew up idolizing Sean Taylor and

717
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 10: Ray Lewis and those guys did it at such a

718
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Speaker 10: high level that that's what was the standard that I've known.

719
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Speaker 10: And just following the people that I've seen and having

720
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 10: great leadership and just just staying out of trouble, staying

721
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Speaker 10: out of trouble and just knowing right from wrong. It's

722
00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:00,680
Speaker 10: common sense stuff, and I just kept going before.

723
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Speaker 9: Now, when you started here, you weren't necessarily familiar with

724
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 9: the Jamaican food scene, even though you were already a

725
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:10,800
Speaker 9: fan of the overall local food scene. Have you found

726
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,200
Speaker 9: a spot you mentioned your Jamaican roots. Have you found

727
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:17,280
Speaker 9: anything that you can maybe cling to? There's anything close

728
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 9: to what you're looking for? Haven't that Jamaican background?

729
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,640
Speaker 10: I really I still haven't really found that place. I

730
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,280
Speaker 10: mean I still try some stuff here and there, but

731
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 10: I haven't found that one. Well you got any recommendations? Well, see,

732
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 10: and this is the thing I recommended a place to.

733
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Speaker 9: Somebody did an interview with UH with the coach of

734
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Speaker 9: the Dynamo before, and I gave him a recommendation and

735
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 9: he said, I've been there before, okay, And so I

736
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 9: don't want to give you the recommendation.

737
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 8: You tell me.

738
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Speaker 9: You've been there before and then it's not any good.

739
00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 9: But but I know that Cool Runnings is the place

740
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 9: that I go to. And uh there's the Reggae Hut too,

741
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,560
Speaker 9: oh man, And that's a more popular spot, you know,

742
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 9: on our media museum district. So it's a scene, you know,

743
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 9: maybe place take your lady on top of getting you

744
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 9: a nice little Caribbean dish, So I try to keep

745
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 9: that in mind. He Neville, I appreciate you for taking

746
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 9: the time. This is really good man, and best of

747
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 9: luck to you going forward in the season.

748
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:13,239
Speaker 3: Thank you. I appreciate it.

749
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Speaker 1: B Scott, Neville Hewitt, great job, b Scott, and appreciate

750
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Speaker 1: Neville for coming by and dropping some knowledge about his

751
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 1: cause and showing some awareness. So great stuff from Neville

752
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 1: Hewitt with Brandon Scott coming up next. The Men behind

753
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: the Mikes, the two men that will call the game

754
00:32:30,360 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: on Sunday from NRG Stadium. You know, Mark Vandermier, the

755
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: voice of the Texans from day one, Dave Logan, longtime

756
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 1: Broncos play by play man together next on Texans All Access.

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Speaker 1: Yes sorry, welcome back this Wednesday edition of Texans All Access.

758
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Speaker 1: From Monday, Texans Radio studio. I'm your host, John Harris,

759
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: football analyst, sideline reporter for your Houston Texans, and it's

760
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,240
Speaker 1: time to go men behind the Mikes. Now. Mark Vandermir

761
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,120
Speaker 1: does this interview each every week. He sends it to me,

762
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Speaker 1: you know, Dave Logan, Frank Frangie, you know, tells me

763
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Speaker 1: whoever it's gonna be. He sent this email to me

764
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Speaker 1: and it said the most interesting man, the most interesting

765
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 1: play by play in history. And I thought, okay, that's interesting.

766
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Speaker 1: Well why was that? Well, first of all, Dave Logan

767
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: was really a good wide receiver in the NFL. He

768
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Speaker 1: had two hundred and sixty three receptions, a little over

769
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Speaker 1: four thousand yards, twenty four touchdowns. He had a lot

770
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Speaker 1: of key, key plays for the Cleveland Browns. But his

771
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Speaker 1: last year he spent with the Denver Broncos in nineteen

772
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Speaker 1: eight four. So he ended up moving to Colorado and

773
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Speaker 1: living in Colorado. He's actually from Colorado and what did

774
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Speaker 1: he see you? And he began his career in radio's

775
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,920
Speaker 1: color analyst and then shifted to play by play in

776
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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety six, So he's been calling every game for

777
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Speaker 1: the Broncos. It's ninety six. That would include ninety seven

778
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: and ninety eight, in which the Broncos won back to

779
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:06,840
Speaker 1: back World Championships. He also is a full time head coach.

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Speaker 1: In his quote unquote off time, he has won state

781
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Speaker 1: championships in Wow. He started his coaching career in ninety three.

782
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,800
Speaker 1: So let's go through this Vada West with the Chaffield

783
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,280
Speaker 1: and the JK. Mullen. JK Mullen he took his teams.

784
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Speaker 1: As of twenty seventeen, Logan had taking his teams to

785
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:34,160
Speaker 1: the playoffs twenty two times and won eight state championships

786
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:38,919
Speaker 1: in twenty four years of coaching. So then he moved

787
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Speaker 1: on to Cherry Creek High School. Logan's team there won

788
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,320
Speaker 1: the five Bay State championship in twenty fourteen, twenty nineteen,

789
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty, twenty twenty one, and twenty twenty two. Logan

790
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 1: is the only person in Colorado prep history to coach

791
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:56,360
Speaker 1: Division five AAY championship football teams at four different schools.

792
00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: How about that? That is amazing. He donates his coaching

793
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:06,359
Speaker 1: salary to all of his assistant coaches. He's the broadcast

794
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: Citizen of the Year in Colorado. He was the Colorado

795
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:14,359
Speaker 1: sportscaster through the year three times. He's an amazing, amazing

796
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: story and he is. When I hear his voice, I

797
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:21,440
Speaker 1: automatically think of Denver Broncos football. So let's think of

798
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Speaker 1: Texans the Broncos with Mark Vandermer asking the questions and

799
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,240
Speaker 1: sitting down with Dave Logan of the Denver.

800
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Speaker 2: Broncos visiting with us now on Texans Radio. It's Dave Logan,

801
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 2: the play by play voice of the Denver Broncos. Dave,

802
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,719
Speaker 2: how's it going with my friend? I imagine a lot

803
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 2: better in the last five games.

804
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 7: Hey, Mark, great catch up with you. Yeah, I mean,

805
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 7: obviously you would know. It's a lot more fun broadcasting

806
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 7: games when the team is winning, and the atmosphere he's

807
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 7: a lot better. And so they're on a five game

808
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,359
Speaker 7: winning streak, and you know, I don't think anybody saw

809
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,399
Speaker 7: that coming after a one and five start, but they've

810
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 7: been able to turn things around and play much better

811
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:02,880
Speaker 7: football and find ways to win close games.

812
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,840
Speaker 2: All right, when the team got blown out by Miami,

813
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 2: did you think this was even remotely possible? What were

814
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 2: your thoughts at the time, and what's been the difference

815
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:13,480
Speaker 2: as they've turned it around.

816
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,560
Speaker 7: Well, I mean, in all honesty, no, this is my

817
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,320
Speaker 7: thirty fourth year colin Broncos games, and I have never

818
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 7: seen not only have I not broadcast one, I've not

819
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 7: played in one. I've not even witnessed a game like

820
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 7: that where an NFL team gives up seventy points. So

821
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:33,359
Speaker 7: at that point, I think it was in an all

822
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 7: time low. I mean, we thought there could be all

823
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 7: sorts of changes, whether coaching changes or player changes. I

824
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,279
Speaker 7: think everything was sort of on the table. But I

825
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:48,240
Speaker 7: think to Sean Payton's credit and also to the player's credit,

826
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 7: they righted the ship. And that's that's easier said than done. Right.

827
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 7: I mean, I think it's I think it's it's a

828
00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 7: pretty good job by them. And I think, I think Mark,

829
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 7: what they've done is they've found a formula that works

830
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 7: for them. They want to run the ball, they want

831
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 7: to limit turnovers, and the defense has been on almost

832
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 7: and historic run in terms of creating turnovers. They've had

833
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 7: fifteen turnovers in the last four games. They've created sixteen

834
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 7: in the last five the five game winning streak, they've

835
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 7: created sixteen turnovers. So that it's worked for them now

836
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,840
Speaker 7: and they are playing with confidence, which I think is

837
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:33,279
Speaker 7: really important even at the NFL level and playing pretty

838
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:33,840
Speaker 7: good football.

839
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,439
Speaker 2: Dave Logan, Bronco's voice, joining us on Texans Radio. Dave,

840
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:39,359
Speaker 2: what is the secret or the.

841
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 4: Formula to the takeaways?

842
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,360
Speaker 2: What is the theme on how they are taking the

843
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 2: ball away from the opponent during this streak.

844
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Speaker 7: Yeah, I don't know that. I don't know that there

845
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 7: would be one thing. I think, you know, a couple

846
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,839
Speaker 7: of couple of guys have really stepped up when given

847
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 7: the opportunity. I think Ja Kwon McMillan has been huge

848
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 7: for them. He's come in and played at the at

849
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 7: the nickel back. He's made He's made a bunch of big,

850
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,719
Speaker 7: big plays. He had a two game stretch where he had,

851
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,840
Speaker 7: you know, two interceptions and two caused fumbles, and so

852
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 7: they and I think they've been a little bit more

853
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 7: aggressive defensive land. I think part of that is they've

854
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 7: been able to do a better job against the run.

855
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 7: They were not good against the run if they're in

856
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,320
Speaker 7: the early part of the season and they've had moments.

857
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:23,879
Speaker 7: I mean, they gave up over one hundred and sixty

858
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 7: yards rushing against the Vikings, but then they come back

859
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 7: and play the Browns last week in Denver and they

860
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 7: were better. They were better against the rush, So I

861
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,320
Speaker 7: think it starts with that their ability to try to

862
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,439
Speaker 7: try to control that running game and get you into

863
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 7: situations where they know you're you're gonna have to throw it,

864
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,880
Speaker 7: which is certainly the recipe for most NFL teams.

865
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,239
Speaker 2: What about Russell Wilson Dave Because I look at the

866
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 2: passing yard total, it's not like he's throwing for buckets

867
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 2: of yards here, but he does have a lot of

868
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 2: touchdown passes. What's been the difference for him and the

869
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 2: success formula?

870
00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 7: I think mark last year. Honestly, I think Russell was

871
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:05,359
Speaker 7: really humbled and he was just a disastrous season. And

872
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 7: this is a guy that had had really nothing but

873
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:13,240
Speaker 7: success coming from Seattle, and then he comes here and

874
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,960
Speaker 7: I mean nothing worked. He looked nothing like the same guy.

875
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 7: The offense was bad, the entire team was bad. Obviously,

876
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 7: they changed coaches, and then you bring in Sean Payton,

877
00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:25,799
Speaker 7: and I think Sean has done a good job with

878
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,920
Speaker 7: Russell sort of just getting him back on track, and

879
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 7: so's he's more willing to run this year. He had

880
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,400
Speaker 7: three kneel downs last game, but he had eight legitimate

881
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 7: rushes and there were times last year where he would

882
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 7: step up into the pocket, pocket it open. He just

883
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:45,320
Speaker 7: wouldn't run. But he's running now. A couple of those

884
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 7: last week were designed quarterback runs off his own reads,

885
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 7: so that I think has helped him. And he's been

886
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:54,000
Speaker 7: really good in the red zone. He's got twenty touchdown passes,

887
00:39:54,320 --> 00:40:00,800
Speaker 7: four interceptions. He's got no interceptions in the red zone.

888
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,879
Speaker 7: So I think he's he's been accurate, and I think

889
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,439
Speaker 7: the offense has helped him. I mean, they're they're right now,

890
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 7: they're they're gonna run the ball. I mean they're gonna

891
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:13,319
Speaker 7: stay patient with the run and and not have him

892
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,359
Speaker 7: take a lot of chances, uh in the passing game,

893
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,239
Speaker 7: and and so far it's been successful.

894
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:20,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, I noticed that that he's running the ball a

895
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 2: little bit more. Is that a huge key in their

896
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 2: running game overall? Because I noticed the production is up?

897
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 2: You mentioned it yourself.

898
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:29,920
Speaker 7: Yeah, I don't know if it's a huge key. I

899
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:34,319
Speaker 7: think I think his willingness to run. And again I think,

900
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 7: you know, just you you contrast last year to this year,

901
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 7: he just for whatever reason, my assessment would be, he

902
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:45,279
Speaker 7: just wasn't willing to run, He wasn't looking to run.

903
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:49,120
Speaker 7: There were opportunities where in the past in Seattle you

904
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 7: would see the pocket open and he'd take off him.

905
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 7: He's he's really one of the one of the best

906
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 7: dual threat quarterbacks that the league has seen the last

907
00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,359
Speaker 7: twenty years, but that was not the case last year.

908
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,879
Speaker 7: Now this year, he's more willing to do that. He's

909
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:08,360
Speaker 7: been he's been aggressive in when things break down in

910
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:12,440
Speaker 7: the pockets, stepping out and picking up positive yards instead

911
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,959
Speaker 7: of last year. I think he got a little big

912
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 7: play happy, trying to look for the big plays and

913
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 7: create those. I mean, big plays normally happen. They just

914
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 7: sort of happened right off the running game, off heavy

915
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:29,359
Speaker 7: play action, but last year it just wasn't a good

916
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 7: mesh with the offense and Russell.

917
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,879
Speaker 2: Dave Logan, Broncos voice, joining us on Texans Radio. Dave,

918
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 2: what about Sean Payton. Do you think that the sluggish start,

919
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:42,840
Speaker 2: the bad start was maybe a major cultural adjustment to

920
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,600
Speaker 2: Sean Payton and the way he does things, because clearly

921
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 2: he's had a lot of success and now you're seeing

922
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,600
Speaker 2: the success recently with the Broncos now that he's been

923
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 2: in there for a bit.

924
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:55,760
Speaker 7: Yeah, maybe I think Mark he's buttoned up for sure.

925
00:41:56,440 --> 00:42:00,760
Speaker 7: There's a different feel at the Broncos headquarters for everybody,

926
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:04,720
Speaker 7: and I'm assuming that the field is different for players

927
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:07,799
Speaker 7: as well. These players have told me that. But when

928
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 7: you look back, I mean, this is going to be

929
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 7: a season depending on how the last six games go.

930
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 7: I mean, the Broncos are six and five now, but

931
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:18,080
Speaker 7: they had three home games, losing to the Raiders, losing

932
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,560
Speaker 7: to the Commanders, and losing to the Jets. I mean,

933
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:23,800
Speaker 7: those are three teams, given the circumstances of those three teams,

934
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:27,360
Speaker 7: and they had leads over those three teams at halftime

935
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 7: in all three games and wound up losing. And so

936
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,720
Speaker 7: I mean what they've done since then makes it even

937
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,520
Speaker 7: more remarkable. When you've been in the league a long

938
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:39,840
Speaker 7: time too, when you give away a home game to

939
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 7: a team that you're better than and that you should beat,

940
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,799
Speaker 7: you got to go steal one somewhere. I think they

941
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,239
Speaker 7: stole one in Buffalo and may have stolen one at

942
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 7: home against Kansas City, breaking that sixteen game losing streak.

943
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:56,560
Speaker 7: But yeah, I think the culture is absolutely different with

944
00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 7: Sean Payton, and I think right now everybody would have

945
00:42:59,480 --> 00:42:59,960
Speaker 7: to say it's work.

946
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:01,319
Speaker 11: Dave.

947
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:05,880
Speaker 2: You're a unique individual being drafted in Major League Baseball

948
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 2: by the NBA Kansas City Kings and by the Cleveland Browns.

949
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 4: So why did you choose football?

950
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:15,960
Speaker 2: I know you were a great in all three what

951
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:17,839
Speaker 2: led you to choose football?

952
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 4: And can you discuss that a bit, because.

953
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 2: That is unbelievable that you were drafted by all three sports.

954
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 7: Oh gosh, it's a long time ago. I can tell

955
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:28,600
Speaker 7: you that. But I mean I got drafted in baseball

956
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:31,680
Speaker 7: out of high school and back then the rule has

957
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:35,920
Speaker 7: since changed, but back then, if you sign a professional contract,

958
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:39,840
Speaker 7: you could not play any sport in college. So we

959
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 7: notified all the major league teams that I was going

960
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,279
Speaker 7: to go to college and do that, and I got

961
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 7: drafted by the Cincinnati Reds, and then I went to

962
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:50,560
Speaker 7: college at the University of Colorado. I played both football

963
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,400
Speaker 7: and basketball, and intending to play baseball as well. But

964
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,960
Speaker 7: the coach that recruited me to play football get fired

965
00:43:56,960 --> 00:43:59,839
Speaker 7: after my sophomore year, and the new coach didn't want

966
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 7: me to play baseball in the spring, wanted me to

967
00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 7: get involved in the spring football program. So but in

968
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 7: terms of the choice, I had broken my ankle playing basketball.

969
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:17,440
Speaker 7: See you shortly before the NFL Draft, and I think

970
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:19,359
Speaker 7: it probably hurt me a little bit in terms of

971
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:23,719
Speaker 7: the of the draft position. But I can't give you

972
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:26,520
Speaker 7: an answer in terms of why I picked the NFL.

973
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:28,680
Speaker 7: I just thought at that point, let me just go

974
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:30,879
Speaker 7: ahead and try this. And I really did think, Hey,

975
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:34,759
Speaker 7: if if, if the NFL doesn't work out, I'm gonna

976
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 7: go back and try try to sign on with the

977
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:40,480
Speaker 7: Kings and see what happens there. But fortunately for me,

978
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 7: the situation in Cleveland was good.

979
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,120
Speaker 2: We all remember the campaign the most interesting man in

980
00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:48,360
Speaker 2: the world. You are the most interesting play by play

981
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:48,919
Speaker 2: man in the world.

982
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 4: There's no question.

983
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,719
Speaker 2: With all this extra curricular stuff, your background and the

984
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:55,239
Speaker 2: fact that you coach high school football. What have you

985
00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 2: won eight state championships something like that in Colorado?

986
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:04,920
Speaker 7: Well, we we've We've won eleven and we're actually playing Saturday.

987
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:09,560
Speaker 7: We're playing Saturday in the state championship this year. Normally

988
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:12,799
Speaker 7: it's held at in power Field at Mile High, which

989
00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:15,840
Speaker 7: is the Broncos Stadium. This year's been moved up to

990
00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:21,440
Speaker 7: to CSU on the campus of Collegia State University. So listen,

991
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:24,920
Speaker 7: I've been I've been blessed to excuse me, be able

992
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:26,880
Speaker 7: to work with kids for a long time. It's thirty

993
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 7: one years as a as a head coach, and I

994
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,319
Speaker 7: love kids and I love football. I think the I

995
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:33,920
Speaker 7: think football is the greatest team sport in the world

996
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 7: that can teach teach life lessons to so many different

997
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 7: young people. And so it's it's it's been a great run.

998
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:43,960
Speaker 7: It really has, all right.

999
00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:47,200
Speaker 2: So you'll coach at a state championship game on Saturday

1000
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 2: and broadcast the Broncos at the Texans on Sundays. So

1001
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:52,600
Speaker 2: you're gonna take an early Sunday morning flight.

1002
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:53,239
Speaker 4: Is that the plan?

1003
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 7: Well, I've the plan is to try to get down

1004
00:45:56,480 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 7: there the last NonStop from Denver to Houston. I think

1005
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:05,359
Speaker 7: I have a reasonable chance to make that. So we're

1006
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:06,759
Speaker 7: keeping our fingers crossed on that.

1007
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:09,920
Speaker 2: Well, you've never missed a game, right, despite coaching all

1008
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:11,400
Speaker 2: those high school football.

1009
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:12,960
Speaker 7: No, I've never missed a Broncos game, and I've never

1010
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:14,560
Speaker 7: missed a high school game either.

1011
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,239
Speaker 2: Wow, you must have had a lot of running through

1012
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:19,400
Speaker 2: the airport scenes. I'm going back to an all.

1013
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:22,719
Speaker 7: I'll tell you what I've got. You know, I've got

1014
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:27,440
Speaker 7: a handful plus of stories that you would just shake

1015
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:29,840
Speaker 7: your head and I mean, I got very, very lucky.

1016
00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:33,879
Speaker 7: But it has been there have been some late night

1017
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:39,879
Speaker 7: calls trying to get a private plane, realizing how much

1018
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:43,000
Speaker 7: money that would cost, and it's but you know what,

1019
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 7: in the end, I've never missed a game. I've had

1020
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:49,960
Speaker 7: a couple of very close calls, but you know, it's

1021
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:50,560
Speaker 7: been worth it.

1022
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 3: Dave.

1023
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:52,879
Speaker 4: It's such a pleasure to catch up.

1024
00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:56,399
Speaker 2: Best of luck in the championship game on Saturday, and

1025
00:46:56,440 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 2: we hope you make it here safe. And I look

1026
00:46:58,239 --> 00:46:59,640
Speaker 2: forward to seeing you on Sunday, my friend.

1027
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:01,640
Speaker 7: That's good. Mark, look forward to seeing you too.

1028
00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:07,120
Speaker 1: Great stuff from Mark and Dave Logan. Kn'twaitzie Dave on

1029
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:10,759
Speaker 1: Sunday as the Broncos arrive and probably arrive in a

1030
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:13,760
Speaker 1: bad mood. Now, over the years, Dave Logan has probably

1031
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 1: said the name Nick Ferguson hundreds of times, former Bronco,

1032
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: former Texan, Well, we're gonna go behind enemy sidelines with

1033
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:24,720
Speaker 1: Nick Ferguson with Drew Doherty. That's next on Texans All Access.

1034
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:27,640
Speaker 1: It's time to go behind enemy sidelines right here on

1035
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:30,200
Speaker 1: a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access, as we kick

1036
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:33,880
Speaker 1: off our second hour, taking you up till eight o'clock.

1037
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 1: Appreciate you being with me, John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter,

1038
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:40,840
Speaker 1: and it is time to catch up with Nick Ferguson

1039
00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:42,880
Speaker 1: now if you need. If that name sounds familiar, well,

1040
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:46,120
Speaker 1: Nick Ferguson played defensive back in the NFL Broncos Texans.

1041
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:49,880
Speaker 1: He is in Denver radio host, knows this team inside

1042
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:51,920
Speaker 1: and out, and he sat down with Drew Doherty so

1043
00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:55,800
Speaker 1: we could go behind enemy sidelines right now.

1044
00:47:56,040 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 12: There is maybe no better person to talk to about

1045
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:03,399
Speaker 12: this Denver Broncos versus Houston Texans matchup that a guy

1046
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:06,279
Speaker 12: who played for both of them. He's living in the

1047
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:08,640
Speaker 12: Denver area now, but he's still piped into everything going

1048
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:14,640
Speaker 12: on here. Talking about long time NFL defensive back Nick Ferguson,

1049
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:17,239
Speaker 12: one of my favorite Houston Texans of all time. When

1050
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:19,319
Speaker 12: I joined the team and started working here in two

1051
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:22,080
Speaker 12: thousand and nine, you're a safety here dB here, and

1052
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:24,520
Speaker 12: you would come out sometimes in pregame we're in a.

1053
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:26,800
Speaker 13: Darth Vader mask, and I like that that was different.

1054
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:28,839
Speaker 13: So Nick, how the heck are you, my friend?

1055
00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:32,840
Speaker 11: I'm doing well, man. I hope you guys doing well

1056
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,760
Speaker 11: done in Houston. I know you guys are doing well

1057
00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:38,200
Speaker 11: down in Houston. Is kind of sitting back here in

1058
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:42,200
Speaker 11: Denver watching everything unfold, and it's funny that you bringing

1059
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:46,040
Speaker 11: up the Dark Vader mask. I would say this, that's

1060
00:48:46,120 --> 00:48:50,000
Speaker 11: when a lot of my Nick Ferguson personality that now

1061
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:54,319
Speaker 11: shines now actually started believing it or not. So Yeah,

1062
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:56,920
Speaker 11: I think that the Houston Texans organization for that.

1063
00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:59,000
Speaker 12: Yeah, we had some fun times with you. We did

1064
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:01,160
Speaker 12: What's in the Locker and you pulled out all sorts

1065
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:02,520
Speaker 12: of shenanigans.

1066
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:02,760
Speaker 1: And we did that.

1067
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:04,080
Speaker 13: That video is floating around somewhere.

1068
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,440
Speaker 12: I'm gonna try and dig it up in conjunction with this,

1069
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:08,799
Speaker 12: but before we get into the matchup, before we get

1070
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:11,200
Speaker 12: into the coaching stuff. You're also the perfect guy to

1071
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:14,360
Speaker 12: talk to you about this because this morning the news

1072
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:19,080
Speaker 12: comes out one of your former teammates, Andre Johnson, a

1073
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:24,000
Speaker 12: Pro Football Hall of Fame semi finalist. I'm biased. I

1074
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,320
Speaker 12: think he should have gotten in Earlier. I've written about

1075
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:30,160
Speaker 12: how the ten guys in front of him yardage wise,

1076
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:33,480
Speaker 12: career receiving, yardge wise, they're all valt They're all Hall

1077
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:34,040
Speaker 12: of famers.

1078
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:35,799
Speaker 13: The three who aren't should be in.

1079
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:38,320
Speaker 12: They will be in some day Larry Fitzgerald, Steve Smith Junior,

1080
00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 12: and Reggie Wayne. They're all Hall of famers, but Andre

1081
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:43,440
Speaker 12: belongs with them because you look at the numbers and

1082
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:45,840
Speaker 12: you dive a little deeper, he stacks.

1083
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:46,040
Speaker 6: Up with them.

1084
00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:50,360
Speaker 12: But in your opinion, with your facts and what you saw,

1085
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:53,400
Speaker 12: why is Andre Johnson a Pro Football Hall of Famer

1086
00:49:53,400 --> 00:49:54,319
Speaker 12: in your mind?

1087
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:57,960
Speaker 11: Well, the way that he approached the game, if it

1088
00:49:58,000 --> 00:49:59,760
Speaker 11: was one of those things, and I say it now,

1089
00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:04,040
Speaker 11: even when the guys covered, he's open, and that kind

1090
00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:08,439
Speaker 11: of personified you know, Andre Johnson to a flaw and

1091
00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:11,600
Speaker 11: looking at our team and saying, okay, well, what was

1092
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:14,640
Speaker 11: the guy that every defense is saying, well, we need

1093
00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 11: to stop that guy. Andre Johnson was that wide receiver.

1094
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:23,960
Speaker 11: He was wide receiver one, and he made some exceptional catches.

1095
00:50:24,719 --> 00:50:28,480
Speaker 11: Obviously that those battles, but between him and Courtland finnegrind

1096
00:50:28,880 --> 00:50:32,080
Speaker 11: obviously everyone remembers those. Me being a teammate on the

1097
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:34,960
Speaker 11: sideline for all of that, I remember that. But just

1098
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:38,160
Speaker 11: knowing that Dre was one of those silent guys. He

1099
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:40,520
Speaker 11: didn't really say a lot. He just did a lot

1100
00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:43,880
Speaker 11: on the football field, and it was hard to stop

1101
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:46,719
Speaker 11: him no matter where he was no matter where coach

1102
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:47,799
Speaker 11: Kobe had lined him up.

1103
00:50:48,560 --> 00:50:51,000
Speaker 12: Yeah, that's good stuff. I kind of point that out

1104
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:53,040
Speaker 12: in this little piece I wrote. You know, all the

1105
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:55,879
Speaker 12: guys in front of him, I think eight of them

1106
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:59,359
Speaker 12: played with a guy who at one point when they

1107
00:50:59,360 --> 00:51:01,120
Speaker 12: played with a Hall of Fame quarterback, and I think

1108
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:04,040
Speaker 12: the other two played with guys who were Pro Bowl

1109
00:51:04,120 --> 00:51:06,840
Speaker 12: quarterbacks for at least four or five seasons. Matt Shaub

1110
00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:11,239
Speaker 12: fine quarterback for a good chunk of Andre's existence here

1111
00:51:11,239 --> 00:51:13,719
Speaker 12: in Houston, but he only went to two Pro Bowls,

1112
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:16,080
Speaker 12: So lots of lots of stats behind that. But I

1113
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:18,279
Speaker 12: like hearing your your aspect on it because you had

1114
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:20,520
Speaker 12: to cover him in practice or try to cover him

1115
00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:21,120
Speaker 12: in practice.

1116
00:51:21,160 --> 00:51:24,680
Speaker 11: And yeah, much much better word.

1117
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:26,799
Speaker 12: Yeah, And I'm not DENNI great. You're a great, You're

1118
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:30,440
Speaker 12: a fine, fine NFL defensive back. But you, like many,

1119
00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:32,480
Speaker 12: you had your struggles with Andre Johnson.

1120
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:32,520
Speaker 7: Over the year.

1121
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:34,120
Speaker 12: All right, let's get into this matchup, because you and

1122
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:36,680
Speaker 12: I had a lot of fun about nine ten months

1123
00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:40,960
Speaker 12: ago when the Broncos and the Houston Texans were in

1124
00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:43,680
Speaker 12: the head coaching search. You had to talk me off

1125
00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:46,040
Speaker 12: a ledge a few times. You would you would joke

1126
00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:49,000
Speaker 12: with me, but I think it's safe to say each

1127
00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:52,200
Speaker 12: side got the guy they wanted, wouldn't you say, Demico

1128
00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:54,960
Speaker 12: Ryans that the Texans and Sean Payton there with Denver.

1129
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,600
Speaker 11: Yeah, they did. And for me, you know, being a

1130
00:51:58,640 --> 00:52:02,400
Speaker 11: little biased of with Demo and I coached with Fan Francisco,

1131
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:06,080
Speaker 11: I just know everything that he embodies. I know that

1132
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:08,800
Speaker 11: if he had came into this team, they would be

1133
00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:10,440
Speaker 11: great on both sides of the ball. You guys are

1134
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:13,360
Speaker 11: experiencing that right now, uh in Houston. So I was

1135
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:15,719
Speaker 11: a little biased. I was a little disappointed that the

1136
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:19,600
Speaker 11: Broncos organization did not go that way. But both teams

1137
00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:22,759
Speaker 11: got the guys that they wanted to And when you

1138
00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:26,320
Speaker 11: look at the fact that Dimico was drafted in Houston,

1139
00:52:26,480 --> 00:52:30,319
Speaker 11: seldom do we see former players become head coaches, but

1140
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:33,080
Speaker 11: even in those numbers of lour, a guy was drafted

1141
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:35,960
Speaker 11: going back to the team that drafted him and now

1142
00:52:36,040 --> 00:52:39,200
Speaker 11: he's leading them. So great job by the Texans organization

1143
00:52:39,440 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 11: being able to school Demiko up. And then also you

1144
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:45,080
Speaker 11: look at here in Denver with Sean Payton, the Broncos

1145
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:47,800
Speaker 11: were looking to turn the page away from Nathaniel Hacket

1146
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:50,760
Speaker 11: and they needed someone who can kind of get Russell

1147
00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:53,760
Speaker 11: Wilson back on track and more importantly, get the offense

1148
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:56,720
Speaker 11: back in somewhat of a rhythm, and Sean Payton proved

1149
00:52:56,719 --> 00:52:58,879
Speaker 11: to be that guy and known as Though the team

1150
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:01,440
Speaker 11: didn't start out well, they started off one in five

1151
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:04,200
Speaker 11: and they ripped off five wins in a row, being

1152
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:06,400
Speaker 11: one of the hottest teams in the NFL right now.

1153
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:10,280
Speaker 11: So once again both organizations got the coaches they needed

1154
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:11,520
Speaker 11: to lead their teams.

1155
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:13,720
Speaker 12: No doubt. I want to get into that in a moment.

1156
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:15,960
Speaker 12: One last thing about Demiko. You bring up how you

1157
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:18,840
Speaker 12: coached with him. So obviously you saw what a leader

1158
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:22,360
Speaker 12: he was as a player, but you had a different

1159
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:25,319
Speaker 12: insight into him when you talk about that coaching because

1160
00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:27,279
Speaker 12: he was a young coach at that point. What did

1161
00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 12: you see there that made you think, Okay, he's clearly

1162
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:32,760
Speaker 12: got a few I mean you probably thought that anyways,

1163
00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:35,839
Speaker 12: but just from the coaching side of things, what kind

1164
00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:38,000
Speaker 12: of emboldened that idea that, man, this guy's going to

1165
00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:38,879
Speaker 12: be a success.

1166
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:42,800
Speaker 11: Well, it goes back to our playing days. Obviously, Minko

1167
00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:45,200
Speaker 11: being a Mike linebacker that's kind of the leader of

1168
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:48,240
Speaker 11: the defense and you just saw it then how guys

1169
00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 11: kind of gravitated towards him. He is a player to

1170
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:54,239
Speaker 11: player approach and he was one of those guys that

1171
00:53:54,360 --> 00:53:58,080
Speaker 11: knew the playbook up and down. And watching him with

1172
00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:00,680
Speaker 11: San Francisco it was great. It was almost like seeing

1173
00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:03,279
Speaker 11: that same guy but just in a different role. When

1174
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 11: you look at the development of Fred Warner who's out

1175
00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:08,239
Speaker 11: there in San Francisco, a lot of Fred that has

1176
00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:11,480
Speaker 11: to go to Demiko because Demiko could relate to what

1177
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:14,839
Speaker 11: Fred Warner was going through as a young Mike linebacker,

1178
00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:18,280
Speaker 11: both on and off the field. And his ability to teach.

1179
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:22,160
Speaker 11: That's a valuable asset to have because if you look

1180
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:25,520
Speaker 11: up the coach in the Webster Dictionary, the first word

1181
00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:29,040
Speaker 11: in defining coach should be teacher. And there's a lot

1182
00:54:29,080 --> 00:54:31,719
Speaker 11: of coaches out there, but they all can't teach, and

1183
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:35,840
Speaker 11: you're just having that peer to peer relationship with your players.

1184
00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:37,680
Speaker 11: It is something I have to tell you in my

1185
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:40,200
Speaker 11: experience in NFL as a as a coach and as

1186
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:43,239
Speaker 11: a player, most coaches don't subscribe to you because the

1187
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:45,480
Speaker 11: idea is that you know at some point you have

1188
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:47,920
Speaker 11: to cut a player, So you have to start with

1189
00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:51,799
Speaker 11: making sure that there is not a big relationship or

1190
00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:55,480
Speaker 11: tie to that particular player. Demiko is a total opposite.

1191
00:54:55,640 --> 00:54:58,239
Speaker 11: Those guys love him and that's why you see, you know,

1192
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:01,719
Speaker 11: game in and game out, those Texan players are not

1193
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:03,719
Speaker 11: just playing for one another. They're not just playing for

1194
00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:05,560
Speaker 11: the city. They're playing for their head coach.

1195
00:55:05,920 --> 00:55:08,600
Speaker 13: You brought him up, man, Russell Wilson.

1196
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:10,600
Speaker 6: He's playing really well.

1197
00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:15,000
Speaker 12: Twenty touchdowns, just four picks, completing sixty eight percent of

1198
00:55:15,040 --> 00:55:19,560
Speaker 12: his passes. What the heck is different about Russell this

1199
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:22,239
Speaker 12: year versus the Russell Wilson the Texans saw last year

1200
00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:25,640
Speaker 12: in Week two, which he got the win, they beat

1201
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:28,719
Speaker 12: the Texans. But he's not not the guy now that

1202
00:55:28,760 --> 00:55:29,359
Speaker 12: he was then.

1203
00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:31,640
Speaker 13: What's different? Is it purely just the coaching? I mean

1204
00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:32,920
Speaker 13: what's changed.

1205
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:37,000
Speaker 11: Its Russell getting back to Russell. When he came here

1206
00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:40,319
Speaker 11: and n Daniel Hackett took over, Russ picked up some

1207
00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:43,120
Speaker 11: weight because he was thinking, Okay, well I'm getting older,

1208
00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:45,359
Speaker 11: I'm gonna take some hits, so I have to bulk

1209
00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:48,080
Speaker 11: up a little. But to me, that took Russ out

1210
00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:50,880
Speaker 11: of the game that we kind of known him to be.

1211
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:53,160
Speaker 11: As far as that quarterback playing the Seattle guy that

1212
00:55:53,160 --> 00:55:55,960
Speaker 11: can get outside the pocket. Now he's not that same guy.

1213
00:55:55,960 --> 00:55:58,040
Speaker 11: And all you know, both of you and I know,

1214
00:55:58,160 --> 00:56:00,839
Speaker 11: as you get older, you change and you have to evolved.

1215
00:56:01,040 --> 00:56:03,319
Speaker 11: But he dropped him weight and he said, well, I'm

1216
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:05,800
Speaker 11: going to try to get back to the old Russell Wilson.

1217
00:56:05,800 --> 00:56:09,040
Speaker 11: When the last year, when there were opportunities for Russell

1218
00:56:09,080 --> 00:56:12,520
Speaker 11: to scrambled, he didn't take advantage of those opportunities. Now

1219
00:56:12,560 --> 00:56:14,920
Speaker 11: he's saying, well, the holes are going to open up

1220
00:56:15,080 --> 00:56:17,239
Speaker 11: based on the rush lanes. I'm just gonna take what

1221
00:56:17,320 --> 00:56:20,080
Speaker 11: the defense gives me and try to extend plays. So

1222
00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:23,240
Speaker 11: he's making better plays as far as using his feet

1223
00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:27,280
Speaker 11: to extend drives. And Russell has always been a cerebral

1224
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:29,880
Speaker 11: quarterback when you look at the ball, placeman, as accuracy,

1225
00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:32,400
Speaker 11: those things have always been there. And I see it

1226
00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:35,400
Speaker 11: with a lot of young quarterbacks who come into the

1227
00:56:35,480 --> 00:56:38,640
Speaker 11: league who are considered to be that dual threat quarterback

1228
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:41,719
Speaker 11: where they're trying to prove to everyone that they can

1229
00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:44,719
Speaker 11: be that statue as quarterback. And what I say to

1230
00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:47,960
Speaker 11: that is just like, don't worry about that, do you.

1231
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:51,040
Speaker 11: Your athleticism got you to the league, puts you in

1232
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:53,600
Speaker 11: a position that you're in, don't abandon that. That's why

1233
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:56,840
Speaker 11: when I look at CJ. Stroud, he reminds me of

1234
00:56:56,920 --> 00:56:59,759
Speaker 11: those early Seattle days with Russell Wilson. The way that

1235
00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:02,600
Speaker 11: he lose his ground, to gain ground, to break, get

1236
00:57:02,680 --> 00:57:06,120
Speaker 11: outside the pocket against those edge rushers, and just how

1237
00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:08,920
Speaker 11: he manipulates the pocket. The one thing I do I

1238
00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:11,919
Speaker 11: don't fixate so much on the guys on because every

1239
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,960
Speaker 11: year we hear about arm talent. The first thing when

1240
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:18,360
Speaker 11: I watched CJ. My eyes go to his feet, right,

1241
00:57:18,400 --> 00:57:21,880
Speaker 11: because I feel as though your feet make your better

1242
00:57:21,920 --> 00:57:25,440
Speaker 11: quarterback running and throwing the ball. So he has exceptional feet.

1243
00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:28,240
Speaker 11: And that's why when I look at both CJ now

1244
00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:30,680
Speaker 11: and what Russell was before and what Restler was trying

1245
00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:34,280
Speaker 11: to bring back to this Broncos offense, it's that footwork

1246
00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:36,080
Speaker 11: and those things that are important.

1247
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:38,000
Speaker 12: Yeah, it's interesting you bring that up. Don't know how

1248
00:57:38,080 --> 00:57:40,000
Speaker 12: much you got to see of the Texans game this

1249
00:57:40,080 --> 00:57:43,160
Speaker 12: last Sunday, but CJ. Stroud had to move around quite

1250
00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:45,280
Speaker 12: a bit inside the pocket, outside the pocket, and his

1251
00:57:45,320 --> 00:57:49,720
Speaker 12: footwork was really impressive. I mean, he was under dress

1252
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,160
Speaker 12: for much of the day but didn't throw pick played

1253
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:55,080
Speaker 12: pretty darn well, and his footwork, like you mentioned, we've

1254
00:57:55,080 --> 00:57:57,320
Speaker 12: heard others. Steve Smith Senior brought it up in the

1255
00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:00,280
Speaker 12: pre draft process. We've heard from James Palmer there in

1256
00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:02,800
Speaker 12: Denver as well with NFL Network, he's brought up how

1257
00:58:02,840 --> 00:58:05,480
Speaker 12: many people were so impressed with that footwork. But it

1258
00:58:05,520 --> 00:58:07,960
Speaker 12: really kind of came to the four last weekend. And

1259
00:58:08,520 --> 00:58:11,840
Speaker 12: at times he'll be judicious and he will run with

1260
00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:14,640
Speaker 12: the ball, but he's not just doing it every single

1261
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:18,120
Speaker 12: time or really really frequently, but he's smart about it,

1262
00:58:18,200 --> 00:58:20,760
Speaker 12: kind of like what we're hearing from you about Russell Wilson.

1263
00:58:20,760 --> 00:58:22,320
Speaker 8: Didn't he Yeah, he.

1264
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:24,720
Speaker 11: Is, And I watched that Jacksonville game and he did

1265
00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:27,360
Speaker 11: a great job, you know, moving and sliding in the pocket,

1266
00:58:27,640 --> 00:58:30,600
Speaker 11: giving his receivers an opportunity to get open. And they

1267
00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:33,480
Speaker 11: did a great job for him just not just running

1268
00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:36,160
Speaker 11: around and just stopping like we see most wide receivers do.

1269
00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:39,160
Speaker 11: They continue to work to get to that second in

1270
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:42,880
Speaker 11: that third progression route. And for me, when I look

1271
00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:45,560
Speaker 11: at some of the decision making is that CJ he's

1272
00:58:45,600 --> 00:58:49,560
Speaker 11: making right now, it has to kind of remind you

1273
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:53,000
Speaker 11: of what Patrick Mahomes is. Mahomes is always making those

1274
00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:56,000
Speaker 11: off schedule plays and using the u C start to scramble.

1275
00:58:56,240 --> 00:58:59,320
Speaker 11: The idea is that he's scrambling to run. Last week

1276
00:58:59,360 --> 00:59:02,400
Speaker 11: against Jackson, he was scrambling to buy time, so while

1277
00:59:02,520 --> 00:59:05,640
Speaker 11: receivers can get open, like he was scrambling to his left.

1278
00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:07,640
Speaker 11: And now he did this kind of like Pearett move

1279
00:59:07,960 --> 00:59:10,400
Speaker 11: and then tang Dell Will saying, well, listen, I'm not

1280
00:59:10,440 --> 00:59:12,760
Speaker 11: gonna keep running. I'm just gonna stop here and give

1281
00:59:12,840 --> 00:59:14,880
Speaker 11: him a target to throw. And he found him right

1282
00:59:14,920 --> 00:59:17,720
Speaker 11: inside the end zone. But that's why the Texans chemistry

1283
00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:20,280
Speaker 11: right now offensively is off the charts.

1284
00:59:20,760 --> 00:59:23,280
Speaker 12: All right, tell me more about this chemistry that Wilson

1285
00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:25,880
Speaker 12: has with his pass catchers, not just his receivers, but

1286
00:59:26,280 --> 00:59:28,080
Speaker 12: tight ends and so on and so forth. What's he

1287
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:29,959
Speaker 12: doing well and what are they what are they bringing

1288
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:33,480
Speaker 12: out of him? That's kind of made this offense start

1289
00:59:33,480 --> 00:59:35,520
Speaker 12: clicking and start winning ball games five in a row.

1290
00:59:35,520 --> 00:59:36,840
Speaker 12: That's that's not easy to do.

1291
00:59:38,040 --> 00:59:40,440
Speaker 11: No, it's not easy to do. And the same thing

1292
00:59:40,480 --> 00:59:44,320
Speaker 11: that's happening in Houston where CJ. Shroud and his wide receivers.

1293
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:48,280
Speaker 11: Now we're starting to see that evolution and that adaptation

1294
00:59:48,520 --> 00:59:52,080
Speaker 11: come together with the Broncos and the wilde receivers. Last year,

1295
00:59:52,240 --> 00:59:54,960
Speaker 11: I didn't see a lot of receivers working to get open.

1296
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Speaker 11: It was usually if the rott was at five or

1297
00:59:57,360 --> 01:00:00,320
Speaker 11: ten yards, they ran that route, they stopped, they saw

1298
01:00:00,360 --> 01:00:03,320
Speaker 11: the quarterback scramble and they just flashed their hands. You

1299
01:00:03,360 --> 01:00:06,040
Speaker 11: can't do that anymore. I mean, defensive players are so

1300
01:00:06,200 --> 01:00:08,800
Speaker 11: much better now than they were when I play. So

1301
01:00:08,840 --> 01:00:12,360
Speaker 11: you have to work to get open, constantly moving because

1302
01:00:12,400 --> 01:00:14,680
Speaker 11: you know you have a quarterback that can get you

1303
01:00:14,720 --> 01:00:17,760
Speaker 11: the ball. There was a pass that Russell threw to

1304
01:00:17,880 --> 01:00:20,200
Speaker 11: Adam Trutman and the tight end and it was first

1305
01:00:20,320 --> 01:00:24,480
Speaker 11: rule out of bounds, but Troutman made a great catch

1306
01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:27,720
Speaker 11: for Russell put the ball where only his guy could

1307
01:00:27,760 --> 01:00:31,360
Speaker 11: make the reception. And that's kind of been the difference

1308
01:00:31,400 --> 01:00:35,240
Speaker 11: with this team. Everyone now working together, one COmON go

1309
01:00:35,360 --> 01:00:37,680
Speaker 11: And I know it sounds crazy because you think this

1310
01:00:37,760 --> 01:00:40,760
Speaker 11: is what you should do. Anyway, No, when you are

1311
01:00:40,880 --> 01:00:44,000
Speaker 11: one and five, you start feeling sorry for yourself. You

1312
01:00:44,080 --> 01:00:46,600
Speaker 11: start thinking about, man, I messed up here and I

1313
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:49,120
Speaker 11: messed up there. And this is a mental game. It's

1314
01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:52,320
Speaker 11: more mental than it is physical. But now the mental

1315
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:55,800
Speaker 11: aspect is now changing for the Denver Broncos team, and

1316
01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:58,320
Speaker 11: where they didn't have confidence before, they have a lot

1317
01:00:58,360 --> 01:00:59,160
Speaker 11: of confidence now.

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Speaker 1: It really is wild.

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Speaker 12: I mean mid October you look at that that team

1320
01:01:04,240 --> 01:01:06,120
Speaker 12: and you say, Okay, well you're gonna play them in December.

1321
01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:08,840
Speaker 12: That's that's a w because they're gonna fold up. They're

1322
01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:11,080
Speaker 12: gonna fold up their tents and they'll be done. Russ's finished,

1323
01:01:11,520 --> 01:01:14,640
Speaker 12: and they have done the exact opposite. We're talking with

1324
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Speaker 12: Nick ferguson, longtime NFL safety, played ten years in the

1325
01:01:18,240 --> 01:01:20,720
Speaker 12: league from two thousand through two thousand and nine, finished

1326
01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:22,880
Speaker 12: up here with the Houston Texans, played for the Broncos

1327
01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:25,840
Speaker 12: as well as the Jets. Nick, what about the run game?

1328
01:01:25,960 --> 01:01:28,320
Speaker 12: How much is that helping things out? How much is

1329
01:01:28,360 --> 01:01:30,840
Speaker 12: it not helping? What have you seen there on the

1330
01:01:30,840 --> 01:01:31,560
Speaker 12: ground in Denver.

1331
01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:35,320
Speaker 11: Well, they say that the run game is a quarterback's

1332
01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:38,400
Speaker 11: best friend, and it is true. Down in Houston, you

1333
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:41,640
Speaker 11: got Devin Singretary who's been I guess the workholders for

1334
01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:44,840
Speaker 11: you guys, and that outlet pass. So when you look

1335
01:01:44,880 --> 01:01:47,120
Speaker 11: at what the Broncos are doing and Sean Payton is

1336
01:01:47,160 --> 01:01:50,640
Speaker 11: trying to deploy, he's trying to deploy that same type

1337
01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:53,920
Speaker 11: of philosophy, use your backs, hand the ball off. And

1338
01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:56,360
Speaker 11: I know that there's this idea in the NFL just

1339
01:01:56,520 --> 01:01:59,080
Speaker 11: run the ball. See I don't. I don't subscribe to

1340
01:01:59,160 --> 01:02:02,880
Speaker 11: that because just running the ball is not a solution.

1341
01:02:03,080 --> 01:02:05,760
Speaker 11: You have to be creative in how you choose the

1342
01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:10,160
Speaker 11: running ball. Last week against the Cleveland Browns, a tough defense,

1343
01:02:10,240 --> 01:02:12,560
Speaker 11: one of the top defense in as well, they ran

1344
01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:15,520
Speaker 11: the ball. They found success. So they found kind of

1345
01:02:15,640 --> 01:02:18,600
Speaker 11: holes and weaknesses in the defense, and they used to

1346
01:02:18,720 --> 01:02:21,160
Speaker 11: they tried to export them, and export them they did.

1347
01:02:21,520 --> 01:02:25,040
Speaker 11: And you have, you know, three running backs, three running

1348
01:02:25,040 --> 01:02:27,320
Speaker 11: backs who have a different style of running that you

1349
01:02:27,400 --> 01:02:29,640
Speaker 11: can can the ball up to. So Margi p Ryan

1350
01:02:29,720 --> 01:02:33,880
Speaker 11: has been great as an outlet pass catcher for Russell Wilson.

1351
01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:39,920
Speaker 11: You also look at Javonte look at Jakwan McMillan. Excuse me,

1352
01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:43,640
Speaker 11: not Jaquon McMillan. But you look at these running backs

1353
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:47,200
Speaker 11: and they're able to put the ball in their hands

1354
01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:50,240
Speaker 11: and allow them to matriculate the ball down down the field.

1355
01:02:50,280 --> 01:02:53,720
Speaker 11: So it's exceptional a group of running backs that they.

1356
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Speaker 12: Have all right over on the other side of the

1357
01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:59,520
Speaker 12: ball the defense. Nick is twenty ninth in the NFL

1358
01:02:59,560 --> 01:03:02,800
Speaker 12: and points game allowed. So they're struggling in there. They're

1359
01:03:02,800 --> 01:03:05,160
Speaker 12: giving up about twenty five plus. What are you seeing

1360
01:03:05,200 --> 01:03:07,800
Speaker 12: from them? You don't have a bad defense and still

1361
01:03:07,800 --> 01:03:10,320
Speaker 12: win five games in a row. What's going well for them?

1362
01:03:10,760 --> 01:03:12,880
Speaker 12: What are some kind of spots that the Texans might

1363
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:13,840
Speaker 12: be able to exploit?

1364
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Speaker 11: You think, Well, the thing that's going well for the

1365
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:20,200
Speaker 11: Broncos defense is they're now starting to play like a

1366
01:03:20,240 --> 01:03:23,800
Speaker 11: cohesive union. Obviously, everyone goes back to that Miami Dolphins

1367
01:03:23,880 --> 01:03:27,080
Speaker 11: game where the Dolphins put up seventy points. It's not

1368
01:03:27,200 --> 01:03:30,240
Speaker 11: that same team. Some of the issues that were plaguing

1369
01:03:30,320 --> 01:03:33,600
Speaker 11: them before they've now fixed, and this is a more

1370
01:03:33,800 --> 01:03:37,400
Speaker 11: aggressive defense. When you watch them play, you got guys

1371
01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:41,560
Speaker 11: running sideline. The sideline, you know, Alex Singleton, who is

1372
01:03:41,560 --> 01:03:44,439
Speaker 11: the team's leading tackler for the second year in a row.

1373
01:03:44,840 --> 01:03:47,479
Speaker 11: That's the guy that kind of distraws, that stirs the drink,

1374
01:03:47,560 --> 01:03:49,640
Speaker 11: that that's the guy that kind of gets everything gone

1375
01:03:49,680 --> 01:03:53,320
Speaker 11: because he is that tone setter for the defense. So

1376
01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:57,600
Speaker 11: now they're playing together as a unit. Communication has gotten

1377
01:03:57,640 --> 01:04:00,000
Speaker 11: so much better than it was in that Miami Dolphin

1378
01:04:00,080 --> 01:04:02,200
Speaker 11: his game and early and in the season. So those

1379
01:04:02,200 --> 01:04:04,280
Speaker 11: are some of the things that have definitely helped his team.

1380
01:04:04,520 --> 01:04:07,520
Speaker 11: But the biggest thing is turnovers. Early in the season,

1381
01:04:07,560 --> 01:04:09,919
Speaker 11: they were not getting turnovers. They were not getting those

1382
01:04:09,920 --> 01:04:13,320
Speaker 11: fifty to fifty balls. Now they're getting fifty to fifty balls.

1383
01:04:13,400 --> 01:04:15,600
Speaker 11: And this is how crazy it's been for them. I mean,

1384
01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:19,040
Speaker 11: the Browns put their tight end at the quarterback position

1385
01:04:19,320 --> 01:04:22,360
Speaker 11: for some somewhere like a quarterback sneak, he fumbles the

1386
01:04:22,360 --> 01:04:25,320
Speaker 11: ball and they get they recover that farmble. Early on

1387
01:04:25,360 --> 01:04:27,960
Speaker 11: in the season, they were not making those types of plays.

1388
01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:31,360
Speaker 11: The ball wasn't bouncing in their way. So that's something

1389
01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:34,680
Speaker 11: that has gone well for them. If you're saying, okay,

1390
01:04:34,680 --> 01:04:38,480
Speaker 11: well where have they needed to show up, it's on

1391
01:04:38,560 --> 01:04:42,040
Speaker 11: their run defense. We've seen teams being able to run

1392
01:04:42,200 --> 01:04:45,720
Speaker 11: on the Broncos defense. But here's the thing. Last week

1393
01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:48,640
Speaker 11: against the Browns, they did a great job against fod

1394
01:04:48,760 --> 01:04:52,320
Speaker 11: and Kareem Hunt. But if you design, and I know

1395
01:04:52,400 --> 01:04:55,080
Speaker 11: coach Sloyan's going to find a way to design and

1396
01:04:55,080 --> 01:04:59,240
Speaker 11: scheme some run plays to get Devin Singletary involved in

1397
01:04:59,240 --> 01:05:01,880
Speaker 11: the offense. From a game standpoint, maybe he may be

1398
01:05:01,960 --> 01:05:02,919
Speaker 11: able to find some room.

1399
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Speaker 12: You know, the Jaguars have a really good run defense,

1400
01:05:05,840 --> 01:05:08,320
Speaker 12: and the Texans ran into that and didn't have too

1401
01:05:08,400 --> 01:05:10,520
Speaker 12: much success. But the two previous weeks they get one

1402
01:05:10,600 --> 01:05:13,320
Speaker 12: hundred yards out of Devin Singletary each time going against

1403
01:05:13,320 --> 01:05:17,120
Speaker 12: weaker run defenses, you know, statistically speaking, So it stands

1404
01:05:17,160 --> 01:05:19,280
Speaker 12: to reason, looks like the Texans have a chance to

1405
01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:22,080
Speaker 12: get things going because Damian Pierce has gotten integrated back

1406
01:05:22,080 --> 01:05:24,280
Speaker 12: into the mix as well. So it's it's a nice,

1407
01:05:24,400 --> 01:05:26,600
Speaker 12: nice comba. You saw some of Damian Pierce last year

1408
01:05:26,600 --> 01:05:28,520
Speaker 12: in Denver and what he could do as a rookie.

1409
01:05:28,600 --> 01:05:31,280
Speaker 11: Well, yeah, I mean when you have dynamic backs like

1410
01:05:31,640 --> 01:05:35,360
Speaker 11: the Texans have, the idea is to find ways to

1411
01:05:35,400 --> 01:05:38,120
Speaker 11: set them up perfectly. Coch Sloyk has done a great

1412
01:05:38,200 --> 01:05:40,720
Speaker 11: job thus far. I'm sure he's gonna use those guys

1413
01:05:40,720 --> 01:05:43,480
Speaker 11: in the multitude of different ways. And we saw last

1414
01:05:43,480 --> 01:05:46,240
Speaker 11: week against Jacksonville the screen game was working. That was

1415
01:05:46,280 --> 01:05:48,880
Speaker 11: one of the go tos and kind of a stressful

1416
01:05:48,920 --> 01:05:52,600
Speaker 11: leaguer for CJ Strout not allowing him to kind of

1417
01:05:52,800 --> 01:05:56,000
Speaker 11: forcing him into making a mistake just dump the ball

1418
01:05:56,040 --> 01:05:58,600
Speaker 11: off to Devin Singletary and let him do the work.

1419
01:05:58,760 --> 01:06:01,080
Speaker 11: So I'm sure he's going to dial up a couple

1420
01:06:01,120 --> 01:06:04,040
Speaker 11: of things, and once again, I was coaching with coach

1421
01:06:04,120 --> 01:06:06,520
Speaker 11: Loow in San Francisco. He spent a lot of time

1422
01:06:06,640 --> 01:06:10,360
Speaker 11: around Kyle Shanahan and looking at how Kyle is used

1423
01:06:10,560 --> 01:06:13,520
Speaker 11: see him. See I'm sure that coach Slogan is looking

1424
01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:15,440
Speaker 11: to do the same thing with his running backs.

1425
01:06:15,600 --> 01:06:17,760
Speaker 12: Yeah, I'm glad you brought that up, because, like you mentioned,

1426
01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:20,320
Speaker 12: you coached with Slok a little bit there in San Francisco.

1427
01:06:20,360 --> 01:06:24,800
Speaker 12: You practiced against that Shanahan Kubiak offense all those years

1428
01:06:24,800 --> 01:06:27,800
Speaker 12: as a player in Denver and Houston. We give Damiko

1429
01:06:27,880 --> 01:06:30,480
Speaker 12: Ryans a lot of credit for the success. And yes

1430
01:06:30,520 --> 01:06:34,040
Speaker 12: he has been mouth to mouth resuscitation for this franchise,

1431
01:06:34,080 --> 01:06:36,400
Speaker 12: but also helping things out. How big a deal do

1432
01:06:36,440 --> 01:06:39,480
Speaker 12: you think Bobby Slowak's offense has been for this team.

1433
01:06:40,240 --> 01:06:44,600
Speaker 11: It's a huge help for the team, but more important defense.

1434
01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:47,760
Speaker 11: When your offense can move the ball down the field,

1435
01:06:47,800 --> 01:06:50,439
Speaker 11: you know they can sustain the drive, two minute drive,

1436
01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:53,000
Speaker 11: four minute drive. It helps out your defense. It keeps

1437
01:06:53,080 --> 01:06:55,200
Speaker 11: them on the side line, it keeps them fresh, so

1438
01:06:55,240 --> 01:06:58,200
Speaker 11: when they go out there against opposing offense, those guys

1439
01:06:58,200 --> 01:07:00,160
Speaker 11: like Will Anderson, they can come off the end they

1440
01:07:00,160 --> 01:07:03,880
Speaker 11: can really get after the quarterback. And then knowing as though, okay,

1441
01:07:03,920 --> 01:07:06,080
Speaker 11: if you start the trail and you look at the

1442
01:07:06,160 --> 01:07:08,280
Speaker 11: games that the Texas have played this season, you know

1443
01:07:08,280 --> 01:07:10,520
Speaker 11: there were moments that where the Texas have been ahead.

1444
01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:13,560
Speaker 11: There are moments that they've been behind, but they've been

1445
01:07:13,640 --> 01:07:16,160
Speaker 11: able to to that game. I mean, when you look

1446
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:18,720
Speaker 11: at the Jacksonville game, right it was one of those games, whell,

1447
01:07:18,840 --> 01:07:21,520
Speaker 11: whatever team had the ball last is probably gonna win

1448
01:07:21,560 --> 01:07:23,960
Speaker 11: the ball game. The Texan had the ball, they were

1449
01:07:23,960 --> 01:07:26,919
Speaker 11: moving down the field, but it was just that sack

1450
01:07:27,040 --> 01:07:28,840
Speaker 11: on CJ. Stroud that kind of took him out of

1451
01:07:28,880 --> 01:07:32,440
Speaker 11: field goal range. If he's not sacked, now they move

1452
01:07:32,520 --> 01:07:35,200
Speaker 11: the ball down and field goal range, and then now

1453
01:07:35,280 --> 01:07:37,160
Speaker 11: they kicked the game winn the field goal. This is

1454
01:07:37,200 --> 01:07:39,280
Speaker 11: one of those things and evolutions that you're seeing with

1455
01:07:39,360 --> 01:07:42,440
Speaker 11: this offense that you really don't see, and that's been

1456
01:07:42,480 --> 01:07:45,720
Speaker 11: an extraordinary thing. You have a rookie head coach, you

1457
01:07:45,800 --> 01:07:49,000
Speaker 11: have a rookie offensive coordinator, and you have a rookie quarterback.

1458
01:07:49,520 --> 01:07:51,680
Speaker 11: They're not supposed to be where there are right now.

1459
01:07:52,080 --> 01:07:55,160
Speaker 11: They're not, so they're shocking a lot of people, but

1460
01:07:55,720 --> 01:07:57,680
Speaker 11: people around the league are starting to get over the

1461
01:07:57,720 --> 01:08:00,480
Speaker 11: initial shock and say, you know what, time to take

1462
01:08:00,520 --> 01:08:03,640
Speaker 11: this team serious and they can play some real good football.

1463
01:08:03,760 --> 01:08:05,480
Speaker 12: And for a real good stretch of that at least

1464
01:08:05,520 --> 01:08:07,680
Speaker 12: six to seven games, you had a rookie center in

1465
01:08:07,760 --> 01:08:09,880
Speaker 12: Jared Patterson, and then on top of that, you've had

1466
01:08:09,920 --> 01:08:13,000
Speaker 12: a rookie wide receiver Tank Dell doing what he's doing.

1467
01:08:13,360 --> 01:08:16,240
Speaker 12: Rookie wide receivers don't usually have the success the.

1468
01:08:16,240 --> 01:08:17,360
Speaker 13: Guy like Dell is having.

1469
01:08:17,720 --> 01:08:20,559
Speaker 12: As a former defensive back, how much of a headache

1470
01:08:20,640 --> 01:08:22,920
Speaker 12: is it knowing that that guy's out there, Knowing that

1471
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:27,839
Speaker 12: Nico Collins, who's big, fast, plays with a real controlled violence,

1472
01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:30,839
Speaker 12: that you got tight Adulton Schultz in there, a veteran

1473
01:08:30,920 --> 01:08:34,280
Speaker 12: like Robert Woods and Noah Brown might might not be back,

1474
01:08:34,320 --> 01:08:36,519
Speaker 12: but he's had a couple of hundred and fifty yard games.

1475
01:08:36,840 --> 01:08:37,519
Speaker 13: What's it like as a.

1476
01:08:37,520 --> 01:08:40,560
Speaker 12: dB knowing that there's all those threats of different variety

1477
01:08:40,760 --> 01:08:41,519
Speaker 12: that you got to face.

1478
01:08:42,600 --> 01:08:45,240
Speaker 11: It's a big headache. And I don't think they build

1479
01:08:46,400 --> 01:08:49,439
Speaker 11: created a bigger assen that you can take trying to

1480
01:08:49,479 --> 01:08:52,280
Speaker 11: defend all those guys. But that's the thing when you

1481
01:08:52,320 --> 01:08:54,960
Speaker 11: have a rookie quarterback and don't get me wrong. CJ.

1482
01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:57,680
Speaker 11: Shrouves Reverie Townsend. I thought he was coming out of

1483
01:08:57,840 --> 01:09:01,000
Speaker 11: Ohio State, but you have to put pieces around him,

1484
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:04,080
Speaker 11: and having a veteran guy like Robert Woods to kind

1485
01:09:04,080 --> 01:09:07,240
Speaker 11: of lead that wide receiving corps, it is so important.

1486
01:09:07,240 --> 01:09:10,360
Speaker 11: I mean, you mentioned Nico Collins, who is extraordinary wide receiver,

1487
01:09:10,760 --> 01:09:12,840
Speaker 11: and you have Dalton Schultz ad you tight end and

1488
01:09:12,960 --> 01:09:16,040
Speaker 11: Drew bek who played here tight end with le Broncos.

1489
01:09:16,400 --> 01:09:19,280
Speaker 11: But you look at Tank Dell. I mean the chemistry

1490
01:09:19,320 --> 01:09:22,800
Speaker 11: that those two have created over the past couple of

1491
01:09:22,800 --> 01:09:26,400
Speaker 11: weeks has been extraordinary. And when I watch film on

1492
01:09:26,439 --> 01:09:29,240
Speaker 11: this team, the first thing I think about I go back.

1493
01:09:29,280 --> 01:09:31,400
Speaker 11: I said, well, you got coach slayk who spent time

1494
01:09:31,400 --> 01:09:35,400
Speaker 11: in San Francisco, who does Tank Dale reminded me of

1495
01:09:35,560 --> 01:09:37,800
Speaker 11: Based on how he moves around and how they get

1496
01:09:37,840 --> 01:09:40,759
Speaker 11: him involved in the offense, I immediately go to Deebo Sammy's.

1497
01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:44,240
Speaker 11: Now they're not putting him in the backfield, right, They're

1498
01:09:44,240 --> 01:09:47,280
Speaker 11: moving him around to set him up so both he

1499
01:09:47,439 --> 01:09:51,639
Speaker 11: and CJ. Stroud can complete some of those passes. There's

1500
01:09:51,640 --> 01:09:53,960
Speaker 11: a lot of rhythmic passes, and that's what you want

1501
01:09:54,000 --> 01:09:56,240
Speaker 11: to do for your quarterback. You don't want to stress

1502
01:09:56,280 --> 01:09:58,479
Speaker 11: him out. You don't want to make things difficult because

1503
01:09:58,520 --> 01:10:00,720
Speaker 11: the game is already tough within it out, try to

1504
01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:03,679
Speaker 11: get him into a rhythm by him a go to guy,

1505
01:10:03,880 --> 01:10:06,800
Speaker 11: go to route, and then start matriculating the ball down

1506
01:10:06,840 --> 01:10:10,720
Speaker 11: the field and that chemistry. Once again, it's so important

1507
01:10:10,760 --> 01:10:15,679
Speaker 11: if there was such thing as a safety net for CJ.

1508
01:10:15,760 --> 01:10:19,520
Speaker 11: Stroud when in tight situations, he's gonna look for Tankdale.

1509
01:10:19,520 --> 01:10:22,080
Speaker 11: That's not to say that none of the other wide

1510
01:10:22,080 --> 01:10:25,160
Speaker 11: receivers have developed the chemistry, but everyone has a go

1511
01:10:25,280 --> 01:10:27,960
Speaker 11: to person, and Tankdlle has become that for CJ. Strout.

1512
01:10:28,479 --> 01:10:31,080
Speaker 12: It's been so much fun to watch, Nick. It seems

1513
01:10:31,160 --> 01:10:35,920
Speaker 12: like almost every pass CJ. Stroud throws, it's just in

1514
01:10:35,960 --> 01:10:38,080
Speaker 12: front of the guy so that he doesn't have to

1515
01:10:38,080 --> 01:10:41,040
Speaker 12: break stride and he's got some space. And when you

1516
01:10:41,080 --> 01:10:44,519
Speaker 12: get space and you're going at near full speed, dangerous

1517
01:10:44,520 --> 01:10:46,559
Speaker 12: things are gonna happen in a good way for your offense,

1518
01:10:46,600 --> 01:10:48,040
Speaker 12: aren't they, Nick Ferguson.

1519
01:10:48,280 --> 01:10:51,920
Speaker 11: Yeah, absolutely. Once again, this is the thing that makes CJ.

1520
01:10:52,040 --> 01:10:55,640
Speaker 11: Stroud such a great quarterback. And I know individuals have

1521
01:10:55,720 --> 01:10:58,559
Speaker 11: tossed his name out as far as being an MVP,

1522
01:10:59,120 --> 01:11:01,400
Speaker 11: and he's playing in that that particular way, especially for

1523
01:11:01,479 --> 01:11:03,479
Speaker 11: a young guy, because a lot of things that he's doing,

1524
01:11:03,560 --> 01:11:06,280
Speaker 11: Drew usually you do in your second and maybe in

1525
01:11:06,280 --> 01:11:08,599
Speaker 11: your third year. He's doing them in his first year.

1526
01:11:09,200 --> 01:11:11,519
Speaker 11: So I got to give him a lot of credit. Obviously,

1527
01:11:11,560 --> 01:11:13,280
Speaker 11: you get a coaching staff a lot of credit, but

1528
01:11:13,320 --> 01:11:15,040
Speaker 11: I got to give the player a lot of credit

1529
01:11:15,040 --> 01:11:18,000
Speaker 11: because what you're talking about is really important because sometimes

1530
01:11:18,160 --> 01:11:22,320
Speaker 11: rookie quarterbacks they want to show how strong their arms are.

1531
01:11:22,720 --> 01:11:24,760
Speaker 11: So for guys who running a shallow route, they're trying

1532
01:11:24,760 --> 01:11:27,599
Speaker 11: to zip that ball in. He's thrown with a lot

1533
01:11:27,600 --> 01:11:30,439
Speaker 11: of touch, and you can tell by his pregame warm

1534
01:11:30,520 --> 01:11:33,679
Speaker 11: ups that you know those touch passes are so important.

1535
01:11:33,920 --> 01:11:36,160
Speaker 11: I saw him warming up with the basketball looking like

1536
01:11:36,160 --> 01:11:39,160
Speaker 11: he's shooting free throws. You really don't see that in

1537
01:11:39,240 --> 01:11:42,240
Speaker 11: today's NFL with a lot of quarterbacks, but a lot

1538
01:11:42,320 --> 01:11:45,320
Speaker 11: of those kind of pregame rituals are now showing up

1539
01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:45,720
Speaker 11: in the game.

1540
01:11:46,000 --> 01:11:49,479
Speaker 12: Nick Ferguson, we appreciate the time. It's always great to

1541
01:11:49,560 --> 01:11:52,880
Speaker 12: talk with you. So much fun is being had in

1542
01:11:52,960 --> 01:11:55,840
Speaker 12: Denver and in Houston. Happy times here again for both

1543
01:11:55,880 --> 01:11:58,559
Speaker 12: those football teams. We will tee it up and see

1544
01:11:58,560 --> 01:12:01,559
Speaker 12: these guys square off at Dune Sunday inside Energy Stadium.

1545
01:12:01,640 --> 01:12:04,120
Speaker 12: Nick Ferguson, thanks so much for the time, my friend, thanks.

1546
01:12:03,840 --> 01:12:04,320
Speaker 11: For having me.

1547
01:12:04,640 --> 01:12:07,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, if y'all I have seen CJ's warm up routine.

1548
01:12:07,360 --> 01:12:10,720
Speaker 1: It includes basketball and includes baseball. You could see him

1549
01:12:10,760 --> 01:12:14,160
Speaker 1: swinging working hips and CJ has said it's funny because

1550
01:12:14,479 --> 01:12:16,360
Speaker 1: I can't remember. This was probably three four weeks ago.

1551
01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:20,200
Speaker 1: He was asked about what teams should be looking for

1552
01:12:20,439 --> 01:12:22,559
Speaker 1: in a quarterback and one of the things he said

1553
01:12:22,760 --> 01:12:26,719
Speaker 1: was multiple sport athlete. And I absolutely one thousand percent

1554
01:12:26,840 --> 01:12:28,960
Speaker 1: agree with that. CJ's one heck of a basketball player.

1555
01:12:28,960 --> 01:12:30,160
Speaker 1: I don't know what kind of golfer he is. I

1556
01:12:30,200 --> 01:12:31,800
Speaker 1: don't know what kind of baseball player he is. I

1557
01:12:31,840 --> 01:12:33,600
Speaker 1: know he can ball in a basketball court, not for

1558
01:12:33,640 --> 01:12:36,280
Speaker 1: a fact. And he throws the prettiest pass in the NFL.

1559
01:12:36,360 --> 01:12:39,759
Speaker 1: So there's that as well. All Right, we get back.

1560
01:12:40,160 --> 01:12:44,640
Speaker 1: We're going to go college football with my man, David Fletcher,

1561
01:12:44,840 --> 01:12:47,599
Speaker 1: Lone Star Sports Entertainment, Executive director of the Texas Bowl

1562
01:12:47,720 --> 01:12:50,879
Speaker 1: Tax Act Texas Bowl that's coming up in December twenty seventh,

1563
01:12:51,120 --> 01:12:54,360
Speaker 1: but selection day is coming up on Sunday. What goes

1564
01:12:54,400 --> 01:12:56,960
Speaker 1: into that. We'll discuss it next with my man David

1565
01:12:56,960 --> 01:12:59,200
Speaker 1: Fletcher right here at Texans All Access. All right, it's

1566
01:12:59,240 --> 01:13:02,240
Speaker 1: time to talk a little college football, and you know

1567
01:13:02,280 --> 01:13:05,040
Speaker 1: that's always gonna tug at my heart strings, John Harris

1568
01:13:05,120 --> 01:13:09,679
Speaker 1: along with David Fletcher, Executive director of Tax Act Texas

1569
01:13:09,760 --> 01:13:11,840
Speaker 1: bog and I make sure it's fletch. I say that

1570
01:13:12,040 --> 01:13:15,719
Speaker 1: slowly because it could be a total mess if I don't.

1571
01:13:15,800 --> 01:13:16,400
Speaker 1: Good afternoon.

1572
01:13:16,439 --> 01:13:18,360
Speaker 8: How you do, my friend, Johnny, you can say it

1573
01:13:18,360 --> 01:13:19,040
Speaker 8: anyway you want.

1574
01:13:19,080 --> 01:13:21,360
Speaker 14: It's just exciting to be talking about college football this

1575
01:13:21,439 --> 01:13:23,879
Speaker 14: time of year, and a lot going on here in Houston,

1576
01:13:24,360 --> 01:13:27,679
Speaker 14: the epicenter of the college football universe over the next month,

1577
01:13:27,720 --> 01:13:30,080
Speaker 14: and it starts December twenty seventh with that Tax Act

1578
01:13:30,080 --> 01:13:30,719
Speaker 14: Texas Bowl.

1579
01:13:30,800 --> 01:13:34,360
Speaker 1: All right, SEC, Big twelve. That's always been a big

1580
01:13:34,360 --> 01:13:37,759
Speaker 1: thing for me, obviously, But I like the big twelve

1581
01:13:37,880 --> 01:13:41,400
Speaker 1: side of things because I know you have the decision

1582
01:13:41,439 --> 01:13:44,559
Speaker 1: on the big twelveth side. So the big and the

1583
01:13:44,680 --> 01:13:49,559
Speaker 1: big twelfth to me feels the most Rubik's cube like

1584
01:13:49,720 --> 01:13:51,920
Speaker 1: where I look at the SEC and I think, Okay,

1585
01:13:51,960 --> 01:13:53,280
Speaker 1: I think I know what the team is going to be.

1586
01:13:54,000 --> 01:13:55,599
Speaker 1: May know it on the Big twelve side, But how

1587
01:13:55,640 --> 01:13:56,880
Speaker 1: do you kind of break down and look at the

1588
01:13:56,920 --> 01:14:00,479
Speaker 1: big twelve side of things. Let's say Texas does not

1589
01:14:00,680 --> 01:14:03,240
Speaker 1: get I guess Texas will be the only one Texas

1590
01:14:03,280 --> 01:14:05,879
Speaker 1: does not get a bid to the college football playoffs.

1591
01:14:05,920 --> 01:14:07,280
Speaker 1: How do you kind of look at the way things

1592
01:14:07,280 --> 01:14:08,000
Speaker 1: break down for you?

1593
01:14:08,200 --> 01:14:08,960
Speaker 8: Yeah, you mentioned it.

1594
01:14:09,000 --> 01:14:11,240
Speaker 14: We do have a selection on the Big twelve side,

1595
01:14:11,240 --> 01:14:13,400
Speaker 14: and then we have the third selection after the New

1596
01:14:13,439 --> 01:14:17,400
Speaker 14: year six as we've had over the last ten years.

1597
01:14:17,439 --> 01:14:21,439
Speaker 8: And so when you look at the Big twelve, there are.

1598
01:14:21,400 --> 01:14:24,559
Speaker 14: A whole lot of teams that are all right there

1599
01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:26,760
Speaker 14: in where we think our selection will be.

1600
01:14:27,760 --> 01:14:30,040
Speaker 8: Texas ben the cream and the crop all year.

1601
01:14:30,040 --> 01:14:32,120
Speaker 14: But they have a great opponent this weekend up in

1602
01:14:32,200 --> 01:14:35,840
Speaker 14: Dallas as they take on Oklahoma State. Should be a

1603
01:14:35,880 --> 01:14:39,120
Speaker 14: really fun matchup between those two did not play each

1604
01:14:39,160 --> 01:14:42,360
Speaker 14: other this year with the new schedules, so it'll.

1605
01:14:42,160 --> 01:14:44,400
Speaker 8: Be it'll be fun to see what they do playing

1606
01:14:44,479 --> 01:14:45,160
Speaker 8: to the chalk.

1607
01:14:45,760 --> 01:14:48,680
Speaker 14: You know, Texas wins that game, you know, we'll be

1608
01:14:48,720 --> 01:14:51,360
Speaker 14: really interesting to see what happens in front of us.

1609
01:14:51,560 --> 01:14:57,760
Speaker 14: Oklahoma had a great season, another ten wins season. They

1610
01:14:57,800 --> 01:15:00,640
Speaker 14: will be an option for the the games that are

1611
01:15:00,680 --> 01:15:04,800
Speaker 14: in front of us, which is Alimoble in Orlando, I'm sorry,

1612
01:15:04,840 --> 01:15:07,519
Speaker 14: Alomobile and San Antonio and the Pop Tarts Bowl.

1613
01:15:07,720 --> 01:15:11,000
Speaker 1: How about that in Orlando they have an edible trophy.

1614
01:15:11,080 --> 01:15:14,160
Speaker 1: They have an edible trophy top that fletch.

1615
01:15:14,400 --> 01:15:17,679
Speaker 14: I gotta tell you, I love the innovation. I'm sticking

1616
01:15:17,720 --> 01:15:20,599
Speaker 14: with the cowboy hat. I think ours, I think ours

1617
01:15:20,600 --> 01:15:26,240
Speaker 14: work just fine. But so Oklahoma's there, Oklahoma State may

1618
01:15:26,280 --> 01:15:29,439
Speaker 14: be there. Uh, then you start looking at the rest

1619
01:15:29,439 --> 01:15:32,960
Speaker 14: of the the conference, and you've got Kansas, You've got

1620
01:15:33,040 --> 01:15:35,960
Speaker 14: West Virginia, You've got Kansas State, You've got Iowa State.

1621
01:15:36,040 --> 01:15:39,720
Speaker 14: All sitting there has great options for us. You know,

1622
01:15:39,760 --> 01:15:42,040
Speaker 14: as I see things unfold, A couple of those teams

1623
01:15:42,080 --> 01:15:45,240
Speaker 14: have been here a few times. Oklahoma State, Kansas State.

1624
01:15:45,560 --> 01:15:47,160
Speaker 14: A couple of those have not been there at all,

1625
01:15:47,360 --> 01:15:52,200
Speaker 14: Iowa State, West Virginia, Kansas. You look at what lance

1626
01:15:52,280 --> 01:15:56,200
Speaker 14: Lepol's done it at Kansas, a renaissance there, the best

1627
01:15:56,240 --> 01:15:59,920
Speaker 14: two year period that they've had in well over a decade,

1628
01:16:00,160 --> 01:16:02,800
Speaker 14: and so that there's a lot of energy around them.

1629
01:16:03,200 --> 01:16:05,320
Speaker 14: Iowa State with a huge win in the in the

1630
01:16:05,360 --> 01:16:09,719
Speaker 14: Snowfest in Pharmageddon last weekend up in Kansas State. Kansas

1631
01:16:09,720 --> 01:16:12,280
Speaker 14: State the defending Big twelve champs, you know, and the

1632
01:16:12,320 --> 01:16:16,960
Speaker 14: Tonny twenty one Taxak Texas Bowl champions, and then West Virginia,

1633
01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:20,080
Speaker 14: who really under Neil Brown fourth year, really started to

1634
01:16:20,080 --> 01:16:23,680
Speaker 14: get it to click. So a lot of high powered offenses,

1635
01:16:23,880 --> 01:16:26,360
Speaker 14: a lot of entertainment there, and as we look at

1636
01:16:26,360 --> 01:16:30,200
Speaker 14: what might happen on the SEC side, probably a lot

1637
01:16:30,240 --> 01:16:34,040
Speaker 14: of fun rivalries that you could see geographically and even

1638
01:16:34,080 --> 01:16:35,800
Speaker 14: back to the old conference days, if some of the

1639
01:16:35,840 --> 01:16:38,280
Speaker 14: opponents are there that that we think will be there.

1640
01:16:38,479 --> 01:16:41,559
Speaker 1: Let's address the elephants in the room, and that is

1641
01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:45,720
Speaker 1: coaching changes. Yeah, so you've had those before. LSU was

1642
01:16:45,760 --> 01:16:49,400
Speaker 1: going through a transition coaching wise when they came here

1643
01:16:49,479 --> 01:16:52,080
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago. It was yeah twenty one

1644
01:16:52,280 --> 01:16:55,840
Speaker 1: when they took on Kansas State that night. Does that

1645
01:16:56,040 --> 01:16:59,400
Speaker 1: play how much of that plays a role in your decision?

1646
01:16:59,479 --> 01:17:02,400
Speaker 1: Fletched to have a team now? I mean the SEC

1647
01:17:02,560 --> 01:17:05,000
Speaker 1: might just put a team. Can Texas A and M.

1648
01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:07,720
Speaker 1: They've got their coach for the future. I don't know

1649
01:17:07,760 --> 01:17:09,000
Speaker 1: if he would be the coach for a bowl game.

1650
01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:10,400
Speaker 1: I don't know how they would do that. If A

1651
01:17:10,439 --> 01:17:13,080
Speaker 1: and m in fact is the team here, but in

1652
01:17:13,120 --> 01:17:15,040
Speaker 1: a decision make us out in the Big twelve. Does

1653
01:17:15,080 --> 01:17:17,559
Speaker 1: any kind of coaching change kind of play a role

1654
01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:18,120
Speaker 1: in any of this?

1655
01:17:18,640 --> 01:17:19,680
Speaker 14: I think at the end of the day, we've had

1656
01:17:19,720 --> 01:17:21,200
Speaker 14: a lot of those over the years, whether it be

1657
01:17:21,360 --> 01:17:25,120
Speaker 14: you know, Cliff Kingsbury's transition to tech, you know, back

1658
01:17:25,160 --> 01:17:27,960
Speaker 14: in twenty twelve, you look at you mentioned Brian Kelly

1659
01:17:27,960 --> 01:17:30,559
Speaker 14: at LSU in twenty one A and M is a

1660
01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:33,599
Speaker 14: team that potentially could be in here back here in Houston.

1661
01:17:34,520 --> 01:17:37,680
Speaker 14: Mike Elko, the new head coach there, obviously will want

1662
01:17:37,720 --> 01:17:40,120
Speaker 14: to hit the ground running. I don't anticipate he will

1663
01:17:40,120 --> 01:17:43,960
Speaker 14: coach right. But but just like the transfer portal has

1664
01:17:44,000 --> 01:17:47,000
Speaker 14: become part of the equation, you know, coaching changes are

1665
01:17:47,040 --> 01:17:47,679
Speaker 14: part of the equation.

1666
01:17:47,800 --> 01:17:48,479
Speaker 8: At the end of the day.

1667
01:17:48,479 --> 01:17:51,080
Speaker 14: There's a body of work that that those teams have

1668
01:17:51,200 --> 01:17:55,120
Speaker 14: had over the course of the year. A lot more

1669
01:17:55,120 --> 01:17:56,800
Speaker 14: about the front of the jersey than the back, if

1670
01:17:56,840 --> 01:18:00,080
Speaker 14: you will, and certainly a factor that we consider. But

1671
01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:02,479
Speaker 14: at the end of the day, it's about putting together

1672
01:18:02,560 --> 01:18:05,760
Speaker 14: the best matchup, uh, and that that includes a lot

1673
01:18:05,800 --> 01:18:10,320
Speaker 14: of factors from geography to history, to rivalry to performance

1674
01:18:10,400 --> 01:18:14,960
Speaker 14: to coaches, to players too, you know, any other number

1675
01:18:15,040 --> 01:18:15,439
Speaker 14: of things.

1676
01:18:15,439 --> 01:18:17,479
Speaker 8: So at the end of the day, Johnny, it's a factor.

1677
01:18:17,600 --> 01:18:21,120
Speaker 14: We have to consider it, but it is something that

1678
01:18:21,600 --> 01:18:24,800
Speaker 14: we're familiar with and we UH will have.

1679
01:18:24,800 --> 01:18:27,000
Speaker 1: The best match up we can. Yeah, you've always dealt

1680
01:18:27,040 --> 01:18:29,240
Speaker 1: with it over the years, like you've not it wouldn't

1681
01:18:29,280 --> 01:18:31,720
Speaker 1: be I don't know the right way of saying this,

1682
01:18:31,800 --> 01:18:33,519
Speaker 1: but it's not like it stands out like a sore

1683
01:18:33,560 --> 01:18:37,280
Speaker 1: thumb if there's been a coaching change. But I guess

1684
01:18:37,360 --> 01:18:41,880
Speaker 1: my question. Last year's game was about as crazy a

1685
01:18:41,880 --> 01:18:45,320
Speaker 1: football game Miss I've ever ever seen, and calling that

1686
01:18:45,400 --> 01:18:48,880
Speaker 1: game with Brett th Owen was incredible, Old Miss and

1687
01:18:49,400 --> 01:18:54,200
Speaker 1: UH Tech Texas Tech. What an unbelievable football game. And

1688
01:18:54,240 --> 01:18:57,720
Speaker 1: I know that's obviously the biggest thing outside of the

1689
01:18:57,800 --> 01:19:00,320
Speaker 1: charitable work and all that goes into that side of it,

1690
01:19:00,400 --> 01:19:03,120
Speaker 1: But just the game that you want to get is

1691
01:19:03,160 --> 01:19:05,080
Speaker 1: just the best game possible. So if that ends up

1692
01:19:05,080 --> 01:19:08,799
Speaker 1: being I don't know. Iowa stayed in Auburn, two teams

1693
01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:11,080
Speaker 1: that I don't think have ever been and when I

1694
01:19:11,120 --> 01:19:13,120
Speaker 1: was State, maybe as I was stated, maybe long ago.

1695
01:19:13,120 --> 01:19:16,719
Speaker 15: Idawa State was here before we got involved in the game, right,

1696
01:19:16,800 --> 01:19:18,760
Speaker 15: but I was state at Auburn ends up. It would be

1697
01:19:18,800 --> 01:19:21,280
Speaker 15: a great football game, I would imagine that's probably the

1698
01:19:21,320 --> 01:19:24,599
Speaker 15: biggest thing as opposed to would you have two rivals

1699
01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:26,439
Speaker 15: that have played each other, but you know you get

1700
01:19:26,439 --> 01:19:28,160
Speaker 15: an average football game, but you have two teams that

1701
01:19:28,240 --> 01:19:29,120
Speaker 15: may have played and.

1702
01:19:29,080 --> 01:19:31,160
Speaker 1: They give you a gem like we got last year.

1703
01:19:31,200 --> 01:19:31,400
Speaker 15: Yeah.

1704
01:19:31,400 --> 01:19:33,200
Speaker 14: At the end of the day, Johnny, it's about putting

1705
01:19:33,200 --> 01:19:35,479
Speaker 14: the best thing together for our community. These events are

1706
01:19:35,560 --> 01:19:38,519
Speaker 14: so important and impactful well beyond what happens here at

1707
01:19:38,600 --> 01:19:41,360
Speaker 14: NRG Stadium. He talked about the charity component with the

1708
01:19:41,400 --> 01:19:44,360
Speaker 14: Pelchin and all the funds and experiences that we're able

1709
01:19:44,400 --> 01:19:48,919
Speaker 14: to create around the teams being here, the economic impact

1710
01:19:48,920 --> 01:19:51,320
Speaker 14: and the opportunity for those fans to come into our

1711
01:19:51,360 --> 01:19:55,320
Speaker 14: community and to enjoy the incredible hostility that we have

1712
01:19:55,479 --> 01:19:58,439
Speaker 14: and to really be a part of the bowl season

1713
01:19:58,520 --> 01:20:02,519
Speaker 14: celebration that the the Taxak Texas Bowl is. You know

1714
01:20:02,720 --> 01:20:05,760
Speaker 14: that that's really a big part of what's important to us.

1715
01:20:05,840 --> 01:20:07,840
Speaker 14: So at the end of the day, that's what we're

1716
01:20:07,840 --> 01:20:10,679
Speaker 14: trying to do is put together the best football matchup

1717
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Speaker 14: and one that will be very positively impacting on our community.

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Speaker 1: So take me through Sunday. Sunday is decision Day. That's

1719
01:20:18,520 --> 01:20:21,679
Speaker 1: when the playoff teams are announced, and then once those

1720
01:20:21,920 --> 01:20:24,200
Speaker 1: pieces are put into place, then all of a sudden,

1721
01:20:24,320 --> 01:20:27,120
Speaker 1: all the bowl now, some of the championship games will determine, well,

1722
01:20:27,160 --> 01:20:29,080
Speaker 1: this team goes this bowl, this team goes this bowl.

1723
01:20:29,640 --> 01:20:31,400
Speaker 1: But for the most part, the playoff is going to

1724
01:20:31,439 --> 01:20:34,880
Speaker 1: trigger all those bowls of what they can do. What's

1725
01:20:34,920 --> 01:20:37,280
Speaker 1: Sunday like for you and kind of when do you

1726
01:20:37,320 --> 01:20:39,360
Speaker 1: get to start making When do you get the call

1727
01:20:39,439 --> 01:20:41,320
Speaker 1: to say we're taking this team and it's going to

1728
01:20:41,360 --> 01:20:43,080
Speaker 1: be against this team. What's kind of Sunday like for you?

1729
01:20:43,200 --> 01:20:46,120
Speaker 8: Yeah, Sunday's fun. Sunday is Sunday's Funday. It really is.

1730
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Speaker 14: I mean, first, it starts out with watching how this

1731
01:20:49,200 --> 01:20:52,760
Speaker 14: college football playoff will unfold, and obviously Houston and RG

1732
01:20:52,920 --> 01:20:57,719
Speaker 14: Stadium our organization very much watching how that does unfold

1733
01:20:57,760 --> 01:21:01,240
Speaker 14: as we are the host of this year's now championship game.

1734
01:21:02,720 --> 01:21:06,040
Speaker 1: Then Texans beat Broncos, got it.

1735
01:21:06,080 --> 01:21:08,040
Speaker 14: Gotta make sure we get that one checked off, and

1736
01:21:08,200 --> 01:21:11,400
Speaker 14: and really, you know, throughout the afternoon we'll be working

1737
01:21:11,439 --> 01:21:14,360
Speaker 14: with both the Big twelve and the SEC, talking with

1738
01:21:14,439 --> 01:21:17,639
Speaker 14: our our core leadership, talking with our partners at ESPN

1739
01:21:17,680 --> 01:21:21,280
Speaker 14: about different scenarios, seeing how things unfold. I think early

1740
01:21:21,320 --> 01:21:24,360
Speaker 14: to mid afternoon, you'll you'll see announcements on both of

1741
01:21:24,400 --> 01:21:28,240
Speaker 14: the teams, probably coming fairly close to each other, let's

1742
01:21:28,280 --> 01:21:30,479
Speaker 14: say in that two o'clock at three o'clock range, and

1743
01:21:30,520 --> 01:21:34,000
Speaker 14: then you know, leading up to that, we're promoting as

1744
01:21:34,040 --> 01:21:35,760
Speaker 14: much as we can. We're trying to really drive our

1745
01:21:35,800 --> 01:21:38,599
Speaker 14: sales as we do go on sale on Sunday as

1746
01:21:38,600 --> 01:21:41,400
Speaker 14: well for for single game tickets which you can get

1747
01:21:41,400 --> 01:21:46,000
Speaker 14: at Taxak Texas Bowl dot com. But it's turning on

1748
01:21:46,040 --> 01:21:48,080
Speaker 14: the machine, you know, it's really working with our sales

1749
01:21:48,080 --> 01:21:51,280
Speaker 14: teams to connect with those groups that are are part

1750
01:21:51,320 --> 01:21:53,560
Speaker 14: of the alumni of the schools that are here to

1751
01:21:53,680 --> 01:21:57,720
Speaker 14: really create as much energy as we can with our

1752
01:21:57,760 --> 01:22:00,960
Speaker 14: marketing and and our our PR teams around what we

1753
01:22:01,040 --> 01:22:03,840
Speaker 14: know will be a very exciting matchup, really feed the

1754
01:22:03,880 --> 01:22:07,040
Speaker 14: fans the information that they want, how can they be involved,

1755
01:22:07,120 --> 01:22:09,240
Speaker 14: what's going on that week, and where do I need

1756
01:22:09,280 --> 01:22:11,840
Speaker 14: to go to get it? So you know that that's

1757
01:22:11,840 --> 01:22:14,920
Speaker 14: really Sunday is about turning the machine back on. It

1758
01:22:15,040 --> 01:22:21,599
Speaker 14: is something that obviously is a year round endeavor something

1759
01:22:21,640 --> 01:22:25,920
Speaker 14: that we work on with our conference, partners, with ESPN,

1760
01:22:26,040 --> 01:22:29,720
Speaker 14: with stakeholders in the community to try and really put

1761
01:22:29,760 --> 01:22:31,960
Speaker 14: together the best plan. But it turns on in a big,

1762
01:22:31,960 --> 01:22:35,000
Speaker 14: big way come Sunday, and that will then lead into

1763
01:22:35,080 --> 01:22:38,759
Speaker 14: all the elements around site visits with the teams working

1764
01:22:38,800 --> 01:22:43,040
Speaker 14: on hospitality and and game day experiences. We have a

1765
01:22:43,040 --> 01:22:48,880
Speaker 14: great announcement coming tomorrow around our Carbox kickoff concert free

1766
01:22:48,920 --> 01:22:51,720
Speaker 14: show for fans that we host the night before the

1767
01:22:51,760 --> 01:22:55,400
Speaker 14: game downtown, So be on the lookout for that tomorrow

1768
01:22:55,960 --> 01:22:59,800
Speaker 14: as we'll have another awesome Texas country artist to headline that.

1769
01:23:00,240 --> 01:23:01,639
Speaker 8: But it's just it's.

1770
01:23:01,520 --> 01:23:04,280
Speaker 14: Really about doing uh, it's about doing great things for

1771
01:23:04,360 --> 01:23:08,120
Speaker 14: Houston and and really that machine will turn on on

1772
01:23:08,200 --> 01:23:10,439
Speaker 14: Sunday right about twelve o'clock.

1773
01:23:10,560 --> 01:23:13,200
Speaker 1: I kind of likeing it too. For those that celebrate Christmas,

1774
01:23:13,200 --> 01:23:16,080
Speaker 1: it's like decorating a Christmas tree, Like you do all

1775
01:23:16,120 --> 01:23:17,840
Speaker 1: this work to get all the ornaments and the lights

1776
01:23:17,840 --> 01:23:19,880
Speaker 1: and all that. That's what you guys do all year long,

1777
01:23:20,320 --> 01:23:22,479
Speaker 1: and then on Sunday you get to go put this

1778
01:23:22,640 --> 01:23:26,040
Speaker 1: fancy star right on the Christmas tree, the tree topper,

1779
01:23:26,080 --> 01:23:29,639
Speaker 1: and it's like that's it. That's it's come the fruition there.

1780
01:23:29,680 --> 01:23:30,000
Speaker 11: It is.

1781
01:23:30,439 --> 01:23:32,400
Speaker 1: That's that moment. That's kind of the way I like

1782
01:23:32,400 --> 01:23:34,479
Speaker 1: and it that you do so much work during the

1783
01:23:34,560 --> 01:23:36,840
Speaker 1: season or during the year that a lot of people

1784
01:23:36,880 --> 01:23:39,120
Speaker 1: don't see, Fletch. They think, Ah, you pick the bowl

1785
01:23:39,200 --> 01:23:41,439
Speaker 1: teams and then you go play the game. There's so

1786
01:23:41,640 --> 01:23:44,519
Speaker 1: much more that goes into all the events that are

1787
01:23:44,520 --> 01:23:47,800
Speaker 1: set up, maintaining the relationships with both of the key conferences,

1788
01:23:47,840 --> 01:23:50,439
Speaker 1: the SEC and the Big Twelve. But you mentioned it.

1789
01:23:50,640 --> 01:23:54,439
Speaker 1: The College Football Playoff is coming here to Houston, and

1790
01:23:55,400 --> 01:23:58,120
Speaker 1: I've got to talk to somebody that can maybe find

1791
01:23:58,120 --> 01:24:02,480
Speaker 1: a sideline pass for that game. So if anybody knows anybody,

1792
01:24:03,920 --> 01:24:06,240
Speaker 1: I'm looking right at you. If you know anybody, Fletch,

1793
01:24:06,240 --> 01:24:07,959
Speaker 1: you got to hook me up. But how much excitement

1794
01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:10,519
Speaker 1: is there, Fletch around having that game on top of

1795
01:24:10,520 --> 01:24:12,320
Speaker 1: the fact that you have the Texas Bowl on a

1796
01:24:12,360 --> 01:24:16,000
Speaker 1: twenty seventh, and then you have the playoff National Championship

1797
01:24:16,040 --> 01:24:18,000
Speaker 1: game on Monday, January eighth.

1798
01:24:18,080 --> 01:24:22,000
Speaker 14: Yeah, look at Houston's earned this opportunity. It's been obviously

1799
01:24:22,040 --> 01:24:25,040
Speaker 14: a decade plus in the making one of the great

1800
01:24:25,080 --> 01:24:29,960
Speaker 14: college football markets in the country, and we're very proud

1801
01:24:30,040 --> 01:24:32,080
Speaker 14: to be a partner in that event and be able

1802
01:24:32,080 --> 01:24:34,800
Speaker 14: to bring that to Houston right here to NRG Stadium

1803
01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:38,680
Speaker 14: the night of January eighth, a whole lot of activities

1804
01:24:38,760 --> 01:24:42,639
Speaker 14: leading up to that as well, so I certainly, you know,

1805
01:24:43,720 --> 01:24:47,240
Speaker 14: I certainly am intrigued by the possible matchups as you

1806
01:24:47,280 --> 01:24:50,479
Speaker 14: look at the next to last ranking that came out

1807
01:24:51,200 --> 01:24:54,680
Speaker 14: earlier this week, and you know, four great teams will

1808
01:24:54,720 --> 01:24:55,360
Speaker 14: have a chance to.

1809
01:24:55,280 --> 01:24:56,000
Speaker 8: Come to Houston.

1810
01:24:56,920 --> 01:25:01,080
Speaker 14: We as a community have been working with our sports

1811
01:25:01,120 --> 01:25:05,479
Speaker 14: Authority Houston First, our hostility community, all the stakeholders to

1812
01:25:05,520 --> 01:25:09,960
Speaker 14: really show Houston is the premier destination for major sporting

1813
01:25:09,960 --> 01:25:12,040
Speaker 14: events in the country. We've hosted more than anybody else

1814
01:25:12,080 --> 01:25:15,840
Speaker 14: over the last decade, and I don't anticipate this one

1815
01:25:15,840 --> 01:25:19,200
Speaker 14: will be any less spectacular, but certainly a lot more

1816
01:25:19,240 --> 01:25:23,439
Speaker 14: fun given our role in bringing it here and the

1817
01:25:23,479 --> 01:25:25,679
Speaker 14: opportunities to showcase college football.

1818
01:25:26,560 --> 01:25:27,920
Speaker 8: It's gonna be a big one right now.

1819
01:25:28,040 --> 01:25:31,880
Speaker 14: Four teams, I believe, Johnny, if I'm looking at it,

1820
01:25:32,200 --> 01:25:35,200
Speaker 14: only one of them has played for it in the

1821
01:25:35,240 --> 01:25:38,840
Speaker 14: CFP area. CFP ERA in the top four right now,

1822
01:25:38,880 --> 01:25:41,760
Speaker 14: and that's Georgia, the defending national champions. So you see

1823
01:25:41,760 --> 01:25:43,360
Speaker 14: how this weekend unfolds, but could have.

1824
01:25:43,680 --> 01:25:46,200
Speaker 1: Michigan's been in the semifinals go knock out the last

1825
01:25:46,200 --> 01:25:49,280
Speaker 1: two years. Washington got in their twenty sixteen Florida State

1826
01:25:49,520 --> 01:25:52,360
Speaker 1: Florida flo State got beat by Oregon the very first year.

1827
01:25:52,400 --> 01:25:55,120
Speaker 14: YEP, fourteen of them except Georgia have been to that

1828
01:25:55,200 --> 01:25:55,960
Speaker 14: championship game.

1829
01:25:56,000 --> 01:25:57,840
Speaker 1: I've kind of figured out. I feel like there's a

1830
01:25:57,920 --> 01:26:01,920
Speaker 1: path for the University of Texas to be in this game.

1831
01:26:02,640 --> 01:26:05,200
Speaker 1: And they've got to be the biggest Louisville Cardinal fans

1832
01:26:05,760 --> 01:26:08,479
Speaker 1: this weekend. They got to be cheering like crazy for

1833
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:11,760
Speaker 1: Jack plumberge Mark Thrash, Juir Jordan to go get it

1834
01:26:11,760 --> 01:26:15,439
Speaker 1: done against Florida State. And because to me, if they

1835
01:26:15,479 --> 01:26:18,320
Speaker 1: also got a Georgia win, I think Georgia winning keeps

1836
01:26:18,360 --> 01:26:21,639
Speaker 1: Alabama out of it, and then Texas takes the place

1837
01:26:21,640 --> 01:26:24,960
Speaker 1: of Florida State. If Oregon beats Washington, Oregon takes Washington spot.

1838
01:26:25,000 --> 01:26:26,560
Speaker 1: I think it's that simple. I think the winner of

1839
01:26:26,600 --> 01:26:30,960
Speaker 1: that Oregon Washington game is in the playoff. I agreed,

1840
01:26:31,200 --> 01:26:33,519
Speaker 1: if I would beats Michigan, the whole world will end.

1841
01:26:33,840 --> 01:26:36,000
Speaker 1: There's just no way that's where the world will continue.

1842
01:26:36,000 --> 01:26:36,559
Speaker 1: If that happened.

1843
01:26:36,600 --> 01:26:39,960
Speaker 14: Well, look, you know, I love that you can say

1844
01:26:40,000 --> 01:26:41,800
Speaker 14: it's that simple and then all you did is put

1845
01:26:41,800 --> 01:26:44,799
Speaker 14: together fourteen different scenarios that simple.

1846
01:26:44,840 --> 01:26:48,000
Speaker 1: It's just three things. It's just three things. I mean, look,

1847
01:26:48,000 --> 01:26:50,639
Speaker 1: if you're Georgia winning, you're in. If you're Michigan winning,

1848
01:26:50,680 --> 01:26:54,400
Speaker 1: you're in Washington winning, you're in Florida Florisa State winning,

1849
01:26:54,400 --> 01:26:57,439
Speaker 1: You're in. It's the teams after that. Oregon beats Washington,

1850
01:26:57,520 --> 01:26:57,960
Speaker 1: Organ's in.

1851
01:26:58,160 --> 01:26:58,400
Speaker 8: YEP.

1852
01:26:59,080 --> 01:27:02,479
Speaker 1: If Texas wins, which is gonna be easy against Oklahoma

1853
01:27:02,520 --> 01:27:04,680
Speaker 1: State because Oklahoma State will just drag you into their

1854
01:27:04,760 --> 01:27:08,720
Speaker 1: muck and have you played their game. If Texas wins that,

1855
01:27:09,040 --> 01:27:11,439
Speaker 1: they got to have Louisville wins. That's probably the easiest

1856
01:27:11,439 --> 01:27:13,000
Speaker 1: path for Texas to get to the top four.

1857
01:27:13,880 --> 01:27:17,439
Speaker 14: I think that Big twelve championship game on Saturday morning

1858
01:27:17,800 --> 01:27:23,880
Speaker 14: in Arlington is extremely fascinating. You just mentioned it to

1859
01:27:24,240 --> 01:27:27,640
Speaker 14: contrasting styles, right, And I think the biggest thing that

1860
01:27:27,720 --> 01:27:31,400
Speaker 14: I'll be watching around that is Texas has started really

1861
01:27:31,479 --> 01:27:35,160
Speaker 14: fast and then held on for dear life and a

1862
01:27:35,160 --> 01:27:35,840
Speaker 14: lot of their games.

1863
01:27:35,920 --> 01:27:38,360
Speaker 8: Oklahoma State has started.

1864
01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:41,200
Speaker 14: Really slowly slow and then turned it on big time

1865
01:27:41,240 --> 01:27:43,439
Speaker 14: in the second half. Of a lot of these games late,

1866
01:27:43,560 --> 01:27:46,679
Speaker 14: so very fascinating how that will play out.

1867
01:27:46,920 --> 01:27:49,719
Speaker 1: And also Mike Gundhy in Oklahoma State getting a final

1868
01:27:49,800 --> 01:27:53,240
Speaker 1: shot at Texas in the final year of the Big Twelve.

1869
01:27:53,880 --> 01:27:57,559
Speaker 1: There's no coach, I can no coach. I mean the

1870
01:27:57,600 --> 01:28:00,760
Speaker 1: program Oklahoma I'm sure, well they're going together. Oklahoma State

1871
01:28:00,840 --> 01:28:02,559
Speaker 1: is going to want a piece of Texas in a big,

1872
01:28:02,600 --> 01:28:03,000
Speaker 1: big way.

1873
01:28:03,520 --> 01:28:03,720
Speaker 11: Yeah.

1874
01:28:03,800 --> 01:28:05,880
Speaker 1: I would imagine Mike Gundy is going to have them right,

1875
01:28:05,880 --> 01:28:08,840
Speaker 1: there's no coach. I think I would hate facing in

1876
01:28:08,920 --> 01:28:12,000
Speaker 1: that scenario more than Gundy. I think Gundhy will have

1877
01:28:12,080 --> 01:28:15,120
Speaker 1: them absolutely totally ready to go. And the last two

1878
01:28:15,200 --> 01:28:21,080
Speaker 1: Big Twelve championship games have been unbelievable finishes. Yeah, Oklahoma

1879
01:28:21,080 --> 01:28:23,280
Speaker 1: State Baylor that ended at the goal line, like the

1880
01:28:23,360 --> 01:28:26,400
Speaker 1: six inch line. In twenty one twenty two you had

1881
01:28:26,680 --> 01:28:28,840
Speaker 1: KSE State and TCU that played one for the ages.

1882
01:28:28,880 --> 01:28:31,639
Speaker 1: That was just incredible what they did. So we'll see

1883
01:28:31,640 --> 01:28:34,559
Speaker 1: what Texas and Oklahoma State has and how that affects

1884
01:28:34,600 --> 01:28:37,559
Speaker 1: everything with the tax Act Texas Bowl fletch. Where can

1885
01:28:37,680 --> 01:28:41,160
Speaker 1: fans start looking to get tickets, get the site where

1886
01:28:41,160 --> 01:28:42,679
Speaker 1: they need to get their tickets for the game.

1887
01:28:42,800 --> 01:28:46,679
Speaker 14: Yeah, Taxak Texas Bowl dot Com tickets go on sale

1888
01:28:46,800 --> 01:28:51,400
Speaker 14: this Sunday, So start your game day out right. Get

1889
01:28:51,400 --> 01:28:55,040
Speaker 14: a Texans win over the Broncos, find out who's gonna

1890
01:28:55,040 --> 01:28:57,240
Speaker 14: be here from the Big twelve in the SEC, and

1891
01:28:57,280 --> 01:28:59,800
Speaker 14: then punch in taxak Texas Bowl dot Com and you'll

1892
01:28:59,840 --> 01:29:02,160
Speaker 14: be that to go for a great holiday season, a

1893
01:29:02,240 --> 01:29:05,679
Speaker 14: great football, a great a great bowls season, a great

1894
01:29:05,680 --> 01:29:07,559
Speaker 14: holiday season, and.

1895
01:29:10,200 --> 01:29:12,560
Speaker 8: A lot of fun in store if if you're a

1896
01:29:12,560 --> 01:29:13,520
Speaker 8: college football.

1897
01:29:13,200 --> 01:29:16,240
Speaker 1: Fan, this is a great holiday gift, the stocking stuff

1898
01:29:16,240 --> 01:29:19,439
Speaker 1: for under the tree next to the minora. However you

1899
01:29:19,479 --> 01:29:22,160
Speaker 1: celebrate it. This is the holiday season. This is a

1900
01:29:22,240 --> 01:29:25,360
Speaker 1: great gift to give, There's no question about it. Fletcher

1901
01:29:25,400 --> 01:29:27,719
Speaker 1: the best man, appreciate it, brother, Thank you, Johnny. Yes,

1902
01:29:27,880 --> 01:29:30,280
Speaker 1: this is going to be a whale of a weekend,

1903
01:29:30,320 --> 01:29:34,000
Speaker 1: there's no question. Oregon, Washington Pac twelve, Louis Florida State

1904
01:29:34,960 --> 01:29:38,120
Speaker 1: in the ACC Big Ten, Michigan, I Georgia, Alabama in

1905
01:29:38,120 --> 01:29:43,519
Speaker 1: the SCC SMU taking out Tulane, American, Boise State, UNLV

1906
01:29:43,720 --> 01:29:45,599
Speaker 1: in the Mountain West. I mean, you have some really

1907
01:29:45,640 --> 01:29:50,280
Speaker 1: good championship games and of course hornge Cowboys last time

1908
01:29:50,439 --> 01:29:54,240
Speaker 1: Big twelve championship in Arlington that kicks it off on Saturday.

1909
01:29:54,439 --> 01:29:57,160
Speaker 1: But you got two games on Friday, including Oregon Washington

1910
01:29:57,840 --> 01:30:02,360
Speaker 1: in the PAC twelve, which is going to be incredibly important,

1911
01:30:02,400 --> 01:30:06,240
Speaker 1: speaking incredibly important, as Fletch pointed out, Sunday is incredibly

1912
01:30:06,240 --> 01:30:09,920
Speaker 1: important here at the Energy Stadium, Broncos, the Texans. What's

1913
01:30:10,040 --> 01:30:12,240
Speaker 1: injury report? Look like, let's go down the NFL. We'll

1914
01:30:12,280 --> 01:30:14,640
Speaker 1: do that to finish up next on Texans All Access.

1915
01:30:14,880 --> 01:30:17,599
Speaker 1: We got one final segment this edition of Texans All

1916
01:30:17,640 --> 01:30:20,720
Speaker 1: Access on a wonderful Wednesday, hopefully stays wonderful. Sounds like

1917
01:30:20,800 --> 01:30:25,040
Speaker 1: it's going too poor storms in the area. We're gonna

1918
01:30:25,040 --> 01:30:26,840
Speaker 1: get a lot of rain over the next I don't know.

1919
01:30:26,920 --> 01:30:29,320
Speaker 1: It sounds like twenty four to thirty six hours, but

1920
01:30:29,320 --> 01:30:32,360
Speaker 1: hopefully by Sunday it will be clear so we can

1921
01:30:32,360 --> 01:30:35,200
Speaker 1: get the Energy Stadium and watch the Texans take on

1922
01:30:35,520 --> 01:30:40,200
Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos in a third straight home game. Now,

1923
01:30:40,640 --> 01:30:43,240
Speaker 1: each and every Wednesday, we've sort of been sitting on

1924
01:30:43,320 --> 01:30:46,559
Speaker 1: pins and needles waiting to see, like, oh man, who's

1925
01:30:46,560 --> 01:30:49,240
Speaker 1: gonna be on the injury report? Well, I don't have

1926
01:30:49,320 --> 01:30:53,600
Speaker 1: great news. I think, I mean, we'll see. It's just Wednesday,

1927
01:30:54,200 --> 01:30:57,000
Speaker 1: but we definitely have to be paying attention for the

1928
01:30:57,040 --> 01:31:00,720
Speaker 1: rest of the week. So let's discuss what's on the

1929
01:31:00,760 --> 01:31:04,920
Speaker 1: injury report. You got Malie Collins not injury related personal day,

1930
01:31:05,000 --> 01:31:08,160
Speaker 1: Robert Woods not injury related rest. So my guess is

1931
01:31:08,240 --> 01:31:12,160
Speaker 1: those two more than likely will be okay by Thursday Friday,

1932
01:31:12,160 --> 01:31:14,880
Speaker 1: ready to go. Jarmi Tunsel deal with the knee issue

1933
01:31:15,080 --> 01:31:19,439
Speaker 1: he is typically Wednesdays is a day he takes as

1934
01:31:19,439 --> 01:31:22,080
Speaker 1: a rest the knee rest day, and then gets back

1935
01:31:22,120 --> 01:31:25,599
Speaker 1: to work on the field Thursday and Friday, So fingers

1936
01:31:25,640 --> 01:31:28,240
Speaker 1: crossed that happens again. Jimmy Ward has been dealing with

1937
01:31:28,240 --> 01:31:31,519
Speaker 1: the hamstring. He was also a DNP today deal with

1938
01:31:31,520 --> 01:31:35,880
Speaker 1: the hamstring. Also the hamstring boy Dalton Schultz. Hate seeing that,

1939
01:31:36,320 --> 01:31:39,120
Speaker 1: so two hamstrings. Dalton Schultz just popping up this week.

1940
01:31:39,200 --> 01:31:41,240
Speaker 1: Jimmy Ward has been on for a couple of weeks.

1941
01:31:41,280 --> 01:31:44,040
Speaker 1: Sheldon Rankins deal with the elbow, which we talked about

1942
01:31:44,120 --> 01:31:46,160
Speaker 1: during the broadcast. I saw him go off the field

1943
01:31:46,200 --> 01:31:48,479
Speaker 1: at one point really holding up right elbow, came out

1944
01:31:48,479 --> 01:31:51,120
Speaker 1: with a brace and played through it, fought through it.

1945
01:31:52,160 --> 01:31:54,599
Speaker 1: But he's definitely wanted to keep an eye on George

1946
01:31:54,640 --> 01:31:58,160
Speaker 1: Fant at right Tackle deal with the hip issue, so

1947
01:31:58,400 --> 01:32:02,840
Speaker 1: hopefully he's gonna be able to go. But here's a

1948
01:32:02,880 --> 01:32:05,800
Speaker 1: big one from one of the smallest Texans. Tank Dell

1949
01:32:06,040 --> 01:32:08,240
Speaker 1: deal with the CAF issue. Now, Demiko is asked about

1950
01:32:08,240 --> 01:32:11,080
Speaker 1: that at his press conference, and he said he thought

1951
01:32:11,120 --> 01:32:14,479
Speaker 1: that Tank would be ready to go. But something you

1952
01:32:14,560 --> 01:32:18,880
Speaker 1: gotta obviously monitor if guys are DMPs, So you follow

1953
01:32:18,920 --> 01:32:21,080
Speaker 1: us to the DMPs. Bleek Collins, Tank Dell, George Fan,

1954
01:32:21,320 --> 01:32:24,679
Speaker 1: Sheldon Rankins, Golden Schultz, Larry Tunzell, Jimmy Ward, Robert Woods,

1955
01:32:24,880 --> 01:32:29,599
Speaker 1: all of them huge contributors for this team. Now there's

1956
01:32:29,800 --> 01:32:33,360
Speaker 1: some good news. Noah Brown was back today in a

1957
01:32:33,439 --> 01:32:36,760
Speaker 1: limited capacity, so that's good news. No deal with that

1958
01:32:36,800 --> 01:32:40,240
Speaker 1: knee issue after the Bengals game missed the last two games.

1959
01:32:40,320 --> 01:32:43,439
Speaker 1: Jake Hansen was also back in a limited capacity. They

1960
01:32:43,439 --> 01:32:45,960
Speaker 1: were both inactive due to the injuries. Jake dealing the

1961
01:32:45,960 --> 01:32:49,439
Speaker 1: hamstring and a hand issue. Full participants c J Stroud

1962
01:32:49,560 --> 01:32:51,639
Speaker 1: deal with a thighs. CJ took a couple of shots.

1963
01:32:52,360 --> 01:32:55,479
Speaker 1: There was one that happened in the first half when

1964
01:32:55,520 --> 01:32:59,960
Speaker 1: the Jaguars ran a beautiful stunt and Josh Allen hit

1965
01:33:00,120 --> 01:33:03,120
Speaker 1: CJ kind of low and awkward, and I don't know

1966
01:33:03,160 --> 01:33:06,160
Speaker 1: if that's what you know was bothering him in the

1967
01:33:06,200 --> 01:33:08,080
Speaker 1: second half when he kind of got up slow, was

1968
01:33:08,120 --> 01:33:09,919
Speaker 1: limping a little bit. But he was a full participant

1969
01:33:09,920 --> 01:33:12,840
Speaker 1: in practice and that's a good sign. But we've got

1970
01:33:12,840 --> 01:33:17,240
Speaker 1: to protect seven for everything that we've got. Now on

1971
01:33:17,280 --> 01:33:19,799
Speaker 1: the Broncos side, before we get to some other Texans news,

1972
01:33:20,040 --> 01:33:23,080
Speaker 1: Jerry Judy wide receiver, didn't participate and practice day because

1973
01:33:23,120 --> 01:33:28,680
Speaker 1: with groin limited participants Will Lutz, Marvin Mims to explosive

1974
01:33:28,720 --> 01:33:32,799
Speaker 1: receivers in a limited in DMP full participants Baron Browning

1975
01:33:33,160 --> 01:33:37,679
Speaker 1: and Brandon Johnson. So very light on the Broncos side

1976
01:33:38,080 --> 01:33:43,439
Speaker 1: from an injury standpoint. Now, speaking of injuries, Titus Howard,

1977
01:33:44,360 --> 01:33:49,719
Speaker 1: it appears that his season is going to be over

1978
01:33:50,640 --> 01:33:54,600
Speaker 1: because he went on the injured reserve list. The Texans

1979
01:33:54,640 --> 01:33:58,080
Speaker 1: can only bring one back, and it appears that would

1980
01:33:58,080 --> 01:34:00,080
Speaker 1: be kind of fair Baron, and it doesn't appear that

1981
01:34:00,080 --> 01:34:03,200
Speaker 1: Titus would be ready in time soon, So Titus Howard

1982
01:34:03,280 --> 01:34:08,479
Speaker 1: goes on. I are the Texans have waived the following player,

1983
01:34:08,520 --> 01:34:11,439
Speaker 1: Shaquille Griffin, that was made official today. Now, I know

1984
01:34:11,439 --> 01:34:13,760
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of consternation to talk about it.

1985
01:34:13,960 --> 01:34:16,479
Speaker 1: I think one thing that people haven't asked about is,

1986
01:34:16,880 --> 01:34:19,200
Speaker 1: you know, to Shaq ask for it, don't know, just

1987
01:34:19,680 --> 01:34:24,200
Speaker 1: it's something totally to consider. Texans sign the following player,

1988
01:34:24,640 --> 01:34:27,519
Speaker 1: Desmond King to the active roster. So des we making

1989
01:34:27,560 --> 01:34:28,800
Speaker 1: that big play down on the goal line. We'll see

1990
01:34:28,800 --> 01:34:30,759
Speaker 1: if he plays a bigger role this week against the Broncos.

1991
01:34:30,920 --> 01:34:35,080
Speaker 1: Desmond Perriman is back to the active roster. Madame and

1992
01:34:35,120 --> 01:34:37,679
Speaker 1: Dola we talked about the other day was waived, buddies

1993
01:34:37,680 --> 01:34:42,360
Speaker 1: brought back to practice squad, as was Garrett Wallow brought

1994
01:34:42,400 --> 01:34:45,960
Speaker 1: back to the practice squad, and Jared Doakes was released

1995
01:34:46,040 --> 01:34:48,599
Speaker 1: from the practice squad. So it was a transaction kind

1996
01:34:48,600 --> 01:34:51,920
Speaker 1: of day on Wednesday, But hopefully we got it all clear,

1997
01:34:52,240 --> 01:34:55,080
Speaker 1: get some guys back in practice on Thursday and start

1998
01:34:55,160 --> 01:34:59,400
Speaker 1: rocking and getting ready for Sunday against the Denver Broncos.

1999
01:34:59,680 --> 01:35:03,479
Speaker 1: But unfortunate news about Titus and Shaq Griffin, and we'll

2000
01:35:03,479 --> 01:35:06,000
Speaker 1: see what all that leads to and how the Texans

2001
01:35:06,000 --> 01:35:08,679
Speaker 1: pieces thing all together on Sunday against a very hot

2002
01:35:08,760 --> 01:35:11,800
Speaker 1: football team. We'll be back tomorrow with the General John

2003
01:35:11,840 --> 01:35:15,240
Speaker 1: McClain right here from six to seven right before Seahawks

2004
01:35:15,439 --> 01:35:18,639
Speaker 1: and Cowboys take the airwaves right here on Sports Radio

2005
01:35:18,680 --> 01:35:20,280
Speaker 1: six ten. Appreciate you being with me. We'll see you

2006
01:35:20,280 --> 01:35:22,000
Speaker 1: next time, and as always, Go Texans.