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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody?

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Speaker 2: Welcome into a Friday edition of Texans All Access from

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Speaker 2: Monday Texans Radio Studio John Harris, alongside the Voice to

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Speaker 2: the Texans, Mark vandermir As, we get ready to go

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Speaker 2: to the Land of ten Thousand Lakes, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Mark,

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Speaker 2: that place has not been good to the Texans over

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Speaker 2: the years. In the regular season, in the regular season, preseason.

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Speaker 2: We've had a couple of moments with the regular season,

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Speaker 2: that's what matters. Yikes, Minneapolis, Minnesota not been a good place.

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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 2: You think Indianapolis is a house of horrors, Minnesota's taken over?

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Speaker 1: Is that place for us? Oh? Eight mm hmmm, sixteen?

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's just too though, It's it's just too Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Wow.

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Speaker 4: It was a Homer Dome and then twenty sixteen in

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Speaker 4: the new building away was still the Metrodome. Yeah, okay,

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Speaker 4: I still call it the Homer Dome.

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Speaker 1: That's so?

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Speaker 4: Is that so Kirby Pucket of me to call it

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Speaker 4: the Homer before Kirby Pucket, I'll give you another one,

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Speaker 4: the Hanky Dome because or the Hefty because they had

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Speaker 4: the Hefty bag in the outfield right when the Twins

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Speaker 4: were so good.

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Speaker 2: Yes, their outfield wall for those people trying to it

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Speaker 2: literally was it was Aha, was a big old hefty

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Speaker 2: bag as their outfield wall.

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Speaker 1: That's what y in, dark green plastic bag, That's what

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Speaker 1: it was. It was awful looking.

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Speaker 4: This isn't an era where we're still getting meaningful games

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Speaker 4: at Yankee Stadium, the old one at Fenway Park, and

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Speaker 4: the Twins are the best team in baseball or one

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Speaker 4: of them, and they're playing with a hefty bag in

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Speaker 4: their outfield.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they ended up winning two championships in that building

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Speaker 2: eighty seven to ninety one.

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Speaker 1: Well, we never see highlights from that era. It was

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Speaker 1: just I mean, it wasn't it was ah. It was ridiculous.

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Speaker 2: And then they moved to a target Field, and apparently

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Speaker 2: people have gone to games of target Field.

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Speaker 1: My nephew lives up in Minneapolis.

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Speaker 2: He's now in his thirties, and he was like, yeah,

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Speaker 2: target Field is it's freaking awesome. And us Bank we

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Speaker 2: were there in twenty sixteen and I just remember looking

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Speaker 2: around just gawking at like this.

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Speaker 1: Amazing beautiful building, like really really cool.

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Speaker 4: But I want to say, I want to see their

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Speaker 4: facility in the burbs or wherever it is. Oh, yeah, Eden,

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Speaker 4: that's where I think Cashman is from that town. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I think that's where you're from. Yeah, So he's playing

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Speaker 4: really well for them. Here's the other thing. If I

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Speaker 4: had the rights to it right now, I'd be playing

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Speaker 4: led Zeppelin Immigrant song because they play that in the stadium.

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Speaker 4: That they play that because they come from the land

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Speaker 4: of the ice in the snow, and it's really freaking badass.

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Speaker 1: I actually like that that they do that.

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Speaker 4: But I want to send those guys back to Scandinavia,

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Speaker 4: you know. I want to do that this weekend, see

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Speaker 4: if you can get this victory. I'm analyzing the way

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Speaker 4: that game was played last week with the forty nine ers.

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Speaker 4: We overanalyze everything this time of year. Well, we always

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Speaker 4: overanalyze everything, and why not. It's NFL football, that's what

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Speaker 4: you're gonna do. But Johnny, it's true because you look

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Speaker 4: at that gay block Pond interception.

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Speaker 1: Here are the keys to the game.

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Speaker 4: Don't get a punt blocked, don't get picked, especially in

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Speaker 4: your own end. Don't make the big mistakes, don't make

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Speaker 4: it easy for them, make it hard for them. And

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Speaker 4: you do those things that you do well, and you

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Speaker 4: really should come out with a win.

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Speaker 1: But should I get it?

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Speaker 4: And I've said it myself. I think I said it

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Speaker 4: last night. It's a word that shouldn't exist in the NFL.

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Speaker 4: Should because it's difficult. It's difficult to not make those mistakes.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it really is.

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Speaker 2: So I thought about this in that Gaminggainst the Niners,

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Speaker 2: the Vikings had the ninety seven yard touchdown throw from

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Speaker 2: sam Donold to Justin Jefferson. Ninety seven yard or I mean,

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Speaker 2: it was a tremendous throw and a great run by Jefferson.

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Speaker 2: You can't and I'm not taking away from them at all.

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Speaker 2: I'm just here's the facts. The second touchdown they had

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Speaker 2: had to the Feldals three of the feudals, but they

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Speaker 2: had another touchdown that came off of an interception by

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Speaker 2: the Vikings that put them down in the low red zone.

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Speaker 2: They were able to score a couple plays later, so

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Speaker 2: it wasn't like they had to drive for touchdowns. And

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Speaker 2: if there's one thing that has stood out to me,

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Speaker 2: it's the fact that the Texans, even.

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Speaker 1: In the Colts game.

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Speaker 2: If you think about the Colts game, they had the

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Speaker 2: sixty five yard throw for a touchdown, then the other

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Speaker 2: two touchdowns short field came on one, came out a

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Speaker 2: little bit of a shorter field, but they hit a

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Speaker 2: big play and then they hit a big play. And

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Speaker 2: how did the Bears score a touchdown? It came off

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Speaker 2: a shorter field, if I remember, I think it was

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Speaker 2: a short punt. We were backed up kind of a

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Speaker 2: shorter punt. They were able to have a shorter drive.

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Speaker 2: So it's not as if teams have taken eight, nine,

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Speaker 2: punched it in.

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Speaker 1: It has been big.

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Speaker 2: It was basically three big plays against the Colts and

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Speaker 2: then it was off of a shorter type field against

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Speaker 2: Chicago Bears. And the Vikings have shown like last week,

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Speaker 2: big play, explosive and then off a turnover. So if

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Speaker 2: you don't turn the ball over, if you keep them

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Speaker 2: from driving. I don't know that Sam Darnold can put

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Speaker 4: No, I don't think he can do that consistent. And

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Speaker 4: it didn't happen against the forty nine ers. Like you said,

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Speaker 4: it wasn't gonna happen against the forty nine ers. They

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Speaker 4: lost that game because they made those key errors coughing

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Speaker 1: Ye don't cough up the rock.

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Speaker 4: Even the Texans themselves against the Bears, Johnny, you get

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Speaker 4: the was it a punp return or a kick return

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Speaker 4: on the penalty? Exactly if that sticks, you've got a

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Speaker 4: short field yourself. Who knows what that does to the night,

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Speaker 4: to the scoreboard that evening. Don't make those mistakes, don't

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Speaker 4: turn the ball over inside the five, don't do those things.

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Speaker 4: And you know this is easy to say, I get it,

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Speaker 4: but that's a glaring thing in this league. And you know,

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Speaker 4: the Texans aren't gonna be soft, smushy lobster roll defense

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Speaker 4: like the Patriots were on Thursday Night football against the Jets,

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Speaker 4: like they were eating too much chowda, and they went

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Speaker 4: in there and just got bludgeoned. It wasn't even these

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Speaker 4: just gonna push it out of the way all night

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Speaker 4: long and route to a nice decisive victory for the

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Speaker 4: New York Jets, who I do not root for in

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Speaker 4: I was actually kind of pulling for the Patriots last

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Speaker 4: night because of the whole Aaron Rodgers name.

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Speaker 1: I'm so tired of it, tired of it, and it's

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Speaker 1: it's hard not to be tired of it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know it was eight years ago, but it

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Speaker 2: kind of it proves the point. Adam THELN thirty six

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Speaker 2: yard touchdown catch, Yeah, that was when Adam Thielen became

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Speaker 2: Adams theeling was.

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Speaker 5: In our game.

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Speaker 1: That was a coming out party and.

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Speaker 2: Then it was seventeen to nothing and Marcus Cheryl's ran

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Speaker 2: back a seventy nine yard punt return.

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Speaker 4: Oh shoot, and didn't I remember that distinctly. Did Peters

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Speaker 4: kick off of that game with the Texans?

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Speaker 1: Yes, he did.

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Speaker 2: Brian Peters kick Viking that game, I believe because uh

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Speaker 2: was it. Let's see, Yeah, Brian Peters kick that game.

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh. That's amazing. That's amazing, the that's amazing

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Speaker 4: The other memory I have from that afternoon was the

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Speaker 4: setup that the Vikings put at their tunnel when they're

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Speaker 1: It's some kind of Viking druid.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, And I'm having a spinal tap flashback

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Speaker 4: at the time. You know, there was a There was

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Speaker 4: a dwarf. It just looks so silly to me. I

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Speaker 4: took pictures of it, so you had to be there.

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Speaker 4: But that's how I felt.

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Speaker 2: But I do remember that that definitely is It will

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Speaker 2: probably be the same thing I would imagine there at

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Speaker 2: US Bank Stadium.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: The man leading the Texans into battle against those Vikings

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Speaker 2: on Sunday is one Dimico. Ryan's the man to my left,

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Speaker 2: Mark Vandermer had a chance to sit down and get

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Speaker 2: kind of a pregame Look at the Vikings.

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Speaker 1: Here's Demko and Mark coach.

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Speaker 4: How hard is it to anticipate what Brian Flores tries

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Speaker 4: to do defensively?

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Speaker 1: How do you predict that going in?

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Speaker 6: You cannot predict it. If you try, you're gonna be

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Speaker 6: chasing ghosts. As we all say, you just have to

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Speaker 5: All right.

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Speaker 6: We prepared all week really hard on different little things

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Speaker 6: they can throw at us, But at the end of

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Speaker 6: the day, you don't know until that ball is snap

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Speaker 6: what they're gonna present. But it'll be about us how

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Speaker 6: fast we're playing and how we're reacting to whatever they.

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Speaker 1: Bring, putting together a running game against that front. What's

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the challenge is guys can be all over the place.

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Speaker 6: So the main thing for us and the main point

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Speaker 6: for our offensive line, we have to play fast, like

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Speaker 6: we have to run off the ball. We have to

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Speaker 6: play fast. We have to just get a hat on

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Speaker 6: a hat. It may not be pretty all the time,

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Speaker 6: get a hat on a hat and let the running

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Speaker 4: I know you run music and stuff at practice, but

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Speaker 4: how do you simulate noise? Do you need to do

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Speaker 4: that going in for communication purposes?

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Speaker 6: And we try as best we can to simulate noise.

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Speaker 6: They have the big speakers out on the practice field,

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Speaker 6: but it's still not as loud as going to be

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Speaker 6: in Minnesota in the enclosed environment. But you try to

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Speaker 6: make it as difficult as possible for the offense to

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Speaker 6: communicate and practice. But I hear them. They're still talking.

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Speaker 6: They can hear each other. So I don't know if

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Speaker 6: we're doing the best job of it.

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Speaker 4: All right, when you look at their offense, you look

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Speaker 4: at this year, of course, do you look at past

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Speaker 4: years with O'Connell.

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Speaker 1: How do you handle that part of that for sure.

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Speaker 6: We always go back to if there was any history

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Speaker 6: right between myself, a particular scheme that we run versus

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Speaker 6: O'Connell and going back to his days versus when he

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Speaker 6: was with the Rams, going back had a lot of

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Speaker 6: matchups against them there, So just go back as you

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Speaker 6: see some of the similar all right concepts in the past,

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Speaker 6: game run game, some of those things are our staples

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Speaker 6: in their offense that they had in past years that

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Speaker 6: they still run now.

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Speaker 4: Is Donald a good example of, Hey, you never know

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Speaker 4: how well a guy's gonna play. It's been in the

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Speaker 4: league a long time now, he's had some really big games,

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Speaker 6: So what I see from their offense, they're making it

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Speaker 4: I know it's always important, but you're playing another team

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Speaker 6: If we try to get out too fans, there won't

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Speaker 1: Coach, thanks a lot, good luck, Thanks Martin.

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Speaker 2: All right, great stuff there, and a guy that will

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Speaker 7: Thank you so much, fellas. We got fully fun of

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Speaker 8: Man, I'm really enjoying how I'm playing. I feel like

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Speaker 8: It's so, it's been, it's been. It's been an honor,

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Speaker 7: You guys have made life really really tough for the

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Speaker 3: How do you keep making that happen in week three?

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Speaker 5: Be honest, I think we just we just trust each other.

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Speaker 8: That that's that's our process and that's how things are

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Speaker 3: What's better about you this year?

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Speaker 3: From fully fight a COSI with us right now.

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Speaker 7: Fully tell us about this offensive line you guys are

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Speaker 8: I'll say this, he's my opponent now, and obviously we're

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Speaker 7: That's cool, But have you experienced it any other time

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Speaker 5: Ah, Man, it happens. It happens in the league.

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Speaker 8: I'm pretty sure if you talk to everybody in the

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Speaker 7: Second road game of the year, and it's gonna be

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Speaker 5: I think it's dope.

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Speaker 8: You know, obviously, you know when you're playing football, you know,

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Speaker 7: You're a veteran, you're making a road trip. It's all

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Speaker 7: noon kick. What do you eat the morning before a

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Speaker 8: That morning up, but right before the game. You know,

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Speaker 7: Right, folks, you just heard another breakfast of champions courtesy

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Speaker 7: of fully thought of COSSI fully we appreciate the time.

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Speaker 7: Best of luck against the Vikings, best of luck the

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Speaker 5: Thank you, man, I appreciate it. Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Mark.

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Speaker 2: I gotta say, and I remember when Foley came in here,

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Speaker 1: It's funny. He's from from New York for a rockaway, yeah,

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Speaker 2: So there's always I always feel like there's always, you know,

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Speaker 1: I think he has played really, really well, and.

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Speaker 4: Well, you know what it jumped out of me was

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Speaker 4: but I think I like it like this right now, Johnny.

442
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Speaker 4: I really like what I'm seeing, and I like that

443
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Speaker 4: he is who he is and he's doing.

444
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Speaker 9: It this way.

445
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Speaker 1: I think it helps.

446
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Speaker 2: I think it's one of those things you hear all

447
00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,280
Speaker 2: the time, you know, when people talk about, you know,

448
00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,560
Speaker 2: going to the Senior Bowl, like, okay, you go to

449
00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:52,959
Speaker 2: the Senior well, you know, I don't know about going

450
00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,359
Speaker 2: to the senior ball might get hurt, all that kind

451
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Speaker 2: of stuff. And you hear a lot of scouts and

452
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Speaker 2: people say, you really go to the Senior Bowl.

453
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Speaker 1: You can only help your stock, can't hurt your stock.

454
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Speaker 2: So I think to that point, if you have the

455
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Speaker 2: right mix of guys, which I think they do, I

456
00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,159
Speaker 2: don't let's just say you or I were coaching, I

457
00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,119
Speaker 2: don't know that it would it would hurt them. But

458
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Speaker 2: I don't know that it would it would. I don't

459
00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,400
Speaker 2: think it would help their stock the way that it does.

460
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Speaker 2: What the Miko's leading.

461
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Speaker 4: That guys, Oh yeah sure, VanderMeer, Yeah, you're right.

462
00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,560
Speaker 1: What do you want us to do? Exactly?

463
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Speaker 2: And so I think it helps them, But I don't

464
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Speaker 2: think because of that mix of guys. You also have

465
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Speaker 2: to have guys that are wired the right way, and

466
00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:35,640
Speaker 2: if they're wired the right way.

467
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Speaker 1: Good point. You just you just have to press the button.

468
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Speaker 10: Yeah.

469
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Speaker 2: Now there are some guys that you feel like, Okay,

470
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Speaker 2: we can rewire this guy a little bit and he'll

471
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Speaker 2: he'll he'll be fine, He'll he'll play the way we want.

472
00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,879
Speaker 2: And then there are guys that are just as they've said,

473
00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,720
Speaker 2: these players have said, you're just not gonna fit here.

474
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Speaker 1: You're just not going to be the right fit here.

475
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Speaker 1: And I like that.

476
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Speaker 4: I want to ask you something because since we're just

477
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Speaker 4: talking about culture here, in a way the way they

478
00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,800
Speaker 4: want to be their brand the digs. Was it a

479
00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,879
Speaker 4: YouTube short or an Instagram post? Probably all of the above.

480
00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:10,680
Speaker 4: It's probably been everywhere by now, because even my kids

481
00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,680
Speaker 4: sent it to me, Digs on the sideline with man,

482
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Speaker 4: I don't know if I'm going to be here long.

483
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Speaker 1: You see this, I don't know.

484
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Speaker 4: And he said and he said it's so friendly, so nice,

485
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Speaker 4: or something like that.

486
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Speaker 2: Well you're talking to c J about to see like

487
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Speaker 2: you throw such a friendly ball.

488
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Speaker 4: I was like, yeah, but he said but he said

489
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Speaker 4: it's yeah. His expression was priceless. I just thought it

490
00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,760
Speaker 4: was great, and uh, and I really want to see

491
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Speaker 4: what he's going to do. You know, obviously you're only

492
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Speaker 4: two games into this thing, but he's going up there

493
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Speaker 4: the reception. Talked to Paul Allen about it. What's that

494
00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,200
Speaker 4: going to be? Like, it's going to be good. It's

495
00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,119
Speaker 4: gonna be good for Digs.

496
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Speaker 2: I think so, I don't. I mean, I know they

497
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Speaker 2: traded him, and I get all that. There obviously been

498
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Speaker 2: years removed from Steph playing. I think I think they

499
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Speaker 2: went to Buffalo, or I'm sorry, they went to Minnesota.

500
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Speaker 1: Maybe one year or two years.

501
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Speaker 11: They played that crazy game with them, Remember well that

502
00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,760
Speaker 11: was up in Buffalo. I was talking about going to Minneapolis,

503
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Speaker 11: you know where Steph can return to. You know, like

504
00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:13,360
Speaker 11: this year we play the Bills, but we play him here.

505
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Speaker 2: We don't go to Buffalo unless we end up going

506
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Speaker 2: there in the playoffs or something like that. But now

507
00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:19,960
Speaker 2: we're going back to one of the places, obviously the

508
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Speaker 2: place he started his career.

509
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Speaker 1: I think I think time. I don't know.

510
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Speaker 2: I wouldn't see the vikings being inviting these fans being upset.

511
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Speaker 1: How could you be upset?

512
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Speaker 4: I don't think anything to be upset, And I know

513
00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,040
Speaker 4: it wasn't great at the end, but here here are

514
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Speaker 4: the facts.

515
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Speaker 1: They have Justin Jefferson, who is the best thing. So great,

516
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Speaker 1: good for them they have Justin Jefferson.

517
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Speaker 2: A transition here from Fland Diggs to thelan Jefferson to

518
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Speaker 2: Jefferson Addison.

519
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Speaker 1: That's crazy. But how about this one.

520
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Speaker 4: They have not enjoyed the same success since Diggs has

521
00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:52,960
Speaker 4: walked out.

522
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Speaker 1: Of that building.

523
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Speaker 4: He participated in the greatest play in the history of

524
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Speaker 4: the franchise, as voted on by the fans.

525
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Speaker 3: That was him.

526
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Speaker 4: Yep, Case Keenum through the ball and too bad we

527
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Speaker 4: can't have Cases part of this reunion as well.

528
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I are.

529
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Speaker 4: I don't know if he's allowed on the trip or

530
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,080
Speaker 4: will be there whatever, but you know what I'm talking

531
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Speaker 4: about here, Danielle Hunter is going to get a great

532
00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:15,600
Speaker 4: reception anyway. But that is interesting to me how Diggs

533
00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,920
Speaker 4: was part of the miracle and they have not had

534
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Speaker 4: the same success since. Yet they have an elite, the

535
00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,520
Speaker 4: elite wide receiver on their team, so they got to

536
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Speaker 4: be okay with it.

537
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I would think so I'm looking in

538
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Speaker 2: I mean, my eyes might deceive me. But I don't

539
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Speaker 2: think Buffalo went to Minnesota when they lay since well,

540
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Speaker 2: when Diggs was with Buffalo.

541
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Speaker 4: No because it's an eight year thing. So they just

542
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:48,639
Speaker 4: played when was that crazy game last year?

543
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Speaker 1: The year before that was in twenty twenty shoot, all.

544
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Speaker 4: Right, twenty twenty two, so it would have been four

545
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Speaker 4: years before that.

546
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Speaker 2: And in that game, Steph had twelve catches for one

547
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,680
Speaker 2: hundred and twenty eight yards in that game, even though

548
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,080
Speaker 2: the Bills ended up losing it somehow in that crazy game.

549
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:02,920
Speaker 1: Who was watching out television.

550
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,600
Speaker 2: He has not returned to play a game in Minnesota

551
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,680
Speaker 2: since he was traded back going into the twenty twenty season,

552
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:12,960
Speaker 2: so you know, that'll be that'll be kind of interesting

553
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,399
Speaker 2: for him. It's been been a few years obviously for Danil.

554
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,560
Speaker 2: It was just last year with a lot of crossover.

555
00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,240
Speaker 2: You know, Danil playing his first game back in Minnesota.

556
00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:22,640
Speaker 2: You got Steph playing his first game back in Minnesota.

557
00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,680
Speaker 2: And then you've got five former Texans on the other wait,

558
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Speaker 2: no six, although it was fine.

559
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Speaker 1: I forgot forgot about Kamu.

560
00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:33,480
Speaker 2: You got Commage Hill, You've got Fabian Moreau, who is

561
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Speaker 2: here for a training camp a couple of years ago. Uh,

562
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Speaker 2: You've got Shaq Griffin, right, John Gunnard, Blake Cashman, one

563
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:42,920
Speaker 2: of our favorites, David Cousberry.

564
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Speaker 1: Yeah, six former Texans on that roster.

565
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Speaker 10: That's cool.

566
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Speaker 2: So a lot of reunion which will be which will

567
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:50,600
Speaker 2: be kind of nice. I think it's gonna be. I

568
00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,080
Speaker 2: think it's gonna be a heck of an atmosphere. Uh

569
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Speaker 2: if I did my math correct, I think there are

570
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Speaker 2: only two games of two to no teams.

571
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Speaker 1: You have this game. You have the Charge and Steelers.

572
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,840
Speaker 2: They're only nine two no teams right now in the NFL,

573
00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 2: And yeah, that's it. There are only two games of

574
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,120
Speaker 2: two no teams in the league, and we got one

575
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Speaker 2: of them. The Chargers of Steelers have the other one.

576
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,840
Speaker 2: So of course Jim Nantz and Tony Romore are gonna

577
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Speaker 2: go do the Chargers Steelers game, so you.

578
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Speaker 12: Know, have fun with that.

579
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Speaker 2: But we get the I think we get the better

580
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,960
Speaker 2: crew of Iron Eagle in Charles Davis and my man

581
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:23,720
Speaker 2: Evan Washburn.

582
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I have got to be friends, so that's

583
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:26,320
Speaker 1: always cool seeing him.

584
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Speaker 4: I love Ian of course, and Charles Davis is good.

585
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:34,040
Speaker 4: And look, I get it why Pittsburgh Chargers gets it.

586
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,200
Speaker 4: La market plus the Steelers who have the entire country

587
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Speaker 4: or a portion of it, because there's such a standard

588
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Speaker 4: in this nation.

589
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Speaker 1: I'm fine with that.

590
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,439
Speaker 4: Look, we'll get all the crews later. You know, it

591
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Speaker 4: worked out well when Nance was the unofficial voice of

592
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,040
Speaker 4: the Patriots every week, and.

593
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Speaker 1: Like Tom Brady is now the official voice of the

594
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Speaker 1: Cowboys every week. So, oh, does he have them again?

595
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Speaker 5: I don't.

596
00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:55,600
Speaker 9: I don't.

597
00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:58,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they do. I think I think so

598
00:24:58,480 --> 00:24:59,600
Speaker 2: because they've givens.

599
00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:00,280
Speaker 1: Yeah.

600
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, they've got the Ravens this week. So I think

601
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Speaker 2: it's the third straight week. He's got to be the

602
00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:06,760
Speaker 2: third straight week he'd have the Cowboys. I'm pretty sure

603
00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:07,480
Speaker 2: he's got that game.

604
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:09,840
Speaker 4: All of that is beautiful stuff. So yeah, that's the

605
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:10,879
Speaker 4: late game on Sunday.

606
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Speaker 2: I saw an article after week one that said, how

607
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Speaker 2: many times will Tom Brady call Dallas Cowboys games?

608
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Speaker 4: I wonder how he really feels it is hard of

609
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 4: hearts about this. I know it's not off to a

610
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,640
Speaker 4: great start, but how do you feel about doing the job.

611
00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,439
Speaker 4: Manning never wanted to do the games he wanted to,

612
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Speaker 4: and he didn't want to do a studio show either, right,

613
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:29,919
Speaker 4: and Watt didn't want.

614
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Speaker 1: To do the games. Watt wanted to do the studio show.

615
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Speaker 4: I get the studio show because you just need ten

616
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Speaker 4: seconds of wigh in everything so often and here it

617
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Speaker 4: is and I'll see you guys later.

618
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Speaker 1: And I go to New York every week.

619
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Speaker 13: I don't know.

620
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Speaker 2: I know last week I did the Hawaii same Houston game,

621
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Speaker 2: and yeah, how that go.

622
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Speaker 1: You have three hours plus to just spread out and talk.

623
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Speaker 1: I know you have.

624
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Speaker 2: I mean it's a lot now, I mean, now this

625
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Speaker 2: is you though. I'm born in radio, so radio you

626
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:57,320
Speaker 2: fill a lot of time.

627
00:25:57,480 --> 00:25:59,040
Speaker 1: So it's it's.

628
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Speaker 4: So I'm TV the analyst is you get a lot

629
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Speaker 4: of latitude. Yeah right, So I'm like, and you know

630
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 4: those you know Sam so well in all the history,

631
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Speaker 4: recent history.

632
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,520
Speaker 2: Like doing the preseason games with n D I mean,

633
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:12,400
Speaker 2: holy cow, that was a blast.

634
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,040
Speaker 1: I mean I had a blast of those guys.

635
00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:19,200
Speaker 2: Up there, and some guys I suppose, but I just

636
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,520
Speaker 2: feel like in the studio show setting, especially when they're

637
00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:22,920
Speaker 2: like seven people up there.

638
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,360
Speaker 1: I'm watching Game Day.

639
00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 2: And there's Desmond and Reese and McAfee and Sabin and

640
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 2: Corso and Herb Street. I'm like, they all talk over

641
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:37,040
Speaker 2: each other. It's so frustrating. I'm like, oh no, I'm

642
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:38,920
Speaker 2: up in the booth. Yeah, it's a three man booth,

643
00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:40,199
Speaker 2: but it's just the three of us, and we can

644
00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,520
Speaker 2: have a conversation with the three of us, or it's

645
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,320
Speaker 2: a two man booth, and then obviously you have that

646
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,600
Speaker 2: much more time to spread out. So and by the way,

647
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,280
Speaker 2: for the same game, they gave me a telestrator.

648
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Speaker 11: Oh nice, the first time ever I had a telestrator.

649
00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,399
Speaker 1: Oh man. I was like I was.

650
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,159
Speaker 2: I wanted to text Dave Keenny, like Dave, okay, if

651
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,280
Speaker 2: I'm doing this next here, I want this.

652
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,800
Speaker 1: I want to have a telestrator. It was. It was awesome.

653
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,360
Speaker 2: I only did I think I have four different plays,

654
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,159
Speaker 2: but I did. I did him coming out of a break,

655
00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,919
Speaker 2: and so I could, and it was awesome because I

656
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 2: would There were things that Sam did, like sam'scoring a

657
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 2: touchdown on a on a speed sweep, but the action

658
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,560
Speaker 2: what happened with the action they then used later and

659
00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,000
Speaker 2: they faked the speed sweep and they ran the little

660
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 2: boot with the running back out in the flat. So

661
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,560
Speaker 2: I was able to draw it up and show everybody like, hey,

662
00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:34,160
Speaker 2: look at this guy, and so it.

663
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Speaker 1: Was everybody following them.

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Speaker 14: It was.

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Speaker 1: It was awesome.

666
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,880
Speaker 2: And so then Sam's broadcast department like tweeted out, hey,

667
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,680
Speaker 2: we put a telestrator in for Saturday, and I was like, damn.

668
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Speaker 1: Right, you did it. It was It was really cool.

669
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Speaker 1: It was really fun.

670
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Speaker 2: So uh looking forward to this one on Sunday, very

671
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,959
Speaker 2: little question about that. And hopefully it goes from zero

672
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,480
Speaker 2: to five to one and five and then three and

673
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Speaker 2: oh as a result. But for the Texans, and we'll

674
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Speaker 2: see what happens now to get to three and zero.

675
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Speaker 2: What are the keys to a victory over the Vikings.

676
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,719
Speaker 2: You'll have my keys next right here in Texans All Access.

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Speaker 1: All right, here we go.

678
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Speaker 2: I feel like Dak Prescott. It's time for Keys to

679
00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,679
Speaker 2: the game. Right here in Texans All Access. I'm your host,

680
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 2: John Harris foot play on US sideline reporter for your

681
00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:22,919
Speaker 2: Houston Texans. Glad you are with me, and I did

682
00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 2: lie to you. It is time for Keys to the Game.

683
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,880
Speaker 2: I do this every single week where we dive deep

684
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,800
Speaker 2: into the game itself, give you thoughts on things, players

685
00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:37,280
Speaker 2: to watch, things that can really impact this game. Up

686
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 2: in Minnesota. It's only the third time, as Mark noted

687
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 2: in the opening segment, that the Texas have gone up

688
00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 2: to Minnesota. Two thousand and eight is at the Metrodome

689
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 2: twenty sixteen it was at us Manx Stadium, and two

690
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,000
Speaker 2: thousand and four, twenty twelve, twenty twenty it took place

691
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 2: at Energy Stadium, and the only consistent theme was the

692
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 2: Texas Law all five of those games, and the last

693
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 2: time we went up to Minneapolis it was a bleep

694
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Speaker 2: show and it was a bleep show.

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Speaker 1: Poy. It was bad, really really bad.

696
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 2: Down seventeen to nothing, punting after can't doing after not

697
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,600
Speaker 2: doing anything offensively, Marcus Chryl's takes a seventy nine yards

698
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 2: running right by me to the house for a touchdown,

699
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 2: and I just remember they started the skull chant.

700
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 1: I was like, oh my god, what is what is this?

701
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 1: It was incredible. It's an incredible environment.

702
00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 2: Hopefully we're taking a better a better team, a better

703
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 2: coach team, all of that as we take on the

704
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Speaker 2: Minnesota Vikings.

705
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Speaker 1: So let's dive into the keys of the game.

706
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 2: Let's get some music and talk about this one in particular.

707
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 2: At us Bank Stadium, Giants lost to the Vikings.

708
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,680
Speaker 1: The forty nine ers also lost to the Vikings.

709
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,240
Speaker 2: So the Vikings are two and zho one win on

710
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:54,160
Speaker 2: the road, one went at home, predominating went over the

711
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 2: Giants and look, beating the forty nine ers, just beating

712
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 2: the forty nine ers. But they did a great job,

713
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 2: capitalized forty nine mistakes for Niners.

714
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 1: Still put up with twenty yards, but could not put

715
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 1: the ball in the end zone.

716
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 2: Turned it over. Guys got hurt like he's beat him up.

717
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 2: It was a great win for the forty nine ers,

718
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,280
Speaker 2: all right. It's talk about their offense. Led by oc

719
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:19,160
Speaker 2: koc and head coach Kevin O'Connell. They're rushing at won

720
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Speaker 2: twenty nine fourteenth one hundred and twenty nine yards per game,

721
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 2: with fourteenth in the NFL. They're led by Ty Chandler

722
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 2: and Aaron Jones. Aaron Jones comes over for the Packers.

723
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,400
Speaker 2: Chandler was a Day three pick that they just snatched

724
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,800
Speaker 2: up Brown five or six a couple of years ago,

725
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,840
Speaker 2: and he's done nothing but a send for them. Passing,

726
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,040
Speaker 2: they're two hundred and twenty nine yards per game. Now,

727
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 2: that's four hundred and fifty eight yards just by simple

728
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:45,560
Speaker 2: math in two games. Almost one hundred of that was

729
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,960
Speaker 2: accounted for in one play. So we'll get into Sam

730
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 2: Donald here in a little bit, but that's seventh in

731
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Speaker 2: the league. But three fifty eight yards per game. That's

732
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 2: eleventh in the league. Two fumbles lost, two interceptions. All right,

733
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Speaker 2: Sam Donald leads this team, so let's start right there.

734
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 2: The first key, no expiration date yet. Now, Mark and

735
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 2: I have talked about this. If you listened to us,

736
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:10,680
Speaker 2: you know we've kind of talked about this expiration date phrase.

737
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 2: Typically we use it for backup quarterbacks or guys that

738
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,959
Speaker 2: are not regular starters.

739
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:19,280
Speaker 1: They have an expiration date.

740
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 2: There's a time at which it's expected they're going to

741
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 2: break down and turn into pumpkins, kind of like in Cinderella.

742
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 1: Right, that's what we've been waiting for for Sam Donald.

743
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,320
Speaker 2: But Week one didn't happen. Week two, it certainly didn't happen.

744
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 2: Hit that ninety seven yard bomb. Now, you did throw

745
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 2: a pick in each game, has thrown a pick in

746
00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 2: each game. The pick against the forty nine ers that

747
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 2: should turn into a touchdown. And then you had Aaron

748
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 2: Jones fuddling at the goal line. So they probably gonna

749
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 2: put up more than twenty three points.

750
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 1: That's sad. They only scored on a ninety seven.

751
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 2: Yard touchdown drive or a nine seven yard touchdown bomb.

752
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:58,000
Speaker 2: Ninety nine yard drive, so they had two plays and

753
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 2: then they had a touchdown drive after an interception and

754
00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 2: put them down on a little red zone. So taking

755
00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,680
Speaker 2: all that into account, what has Sam Donald really done?

756
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 1: Kids? Sam Donald carry them?

757
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 2: Is the expiration date coming on Sunday, which we would

758
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 2: like to see what happens with Sam Donald. I think

759
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 2: it's you know, the Texas have seen him before twenty eighteen.

760
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: He was rookie with the Jets.

761
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 2: He's kind of moving around, scrambling around, kind of gunslinger mentality.

762
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 2: Kept them in the game all the way until DeAndre

763
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 2: Hopkins made the game winning catch down the left sideline

764
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 2: twenty twenty one. He just throttled this defense and it

765
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 2: wasn't a great defense at the time, We'll be honest,

766
00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 2: but he throttled him. He had one of his best

767
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 2: games of his career, throwing four over three hundred yards.

768
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:38,360
Speaker 1: He was tough.

769
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 2: But a couple weeks after that he went into a

770
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 2: stretch of about six weeks where he through ten interceptions.

771
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 2: Expiration date hit twenty twenty two, I think get the

772
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 2: job until later in the year, had four or five

773
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 2: games down to stretch where he had over one hundred

774
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,160
Speaker 2: quarterback rating, and then the final game five to fifteen

775
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,600
Speaker 2: that's thirty three percent. A couple interceptions, his rating was

776
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:59,720
Speaker 2: two point eight and that really is what forced the

777
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 2: pamp thirst hand at that point. Hey, we got to

778
00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 2: go out and get a quarterback. We can't really live

779
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 2: this way. The expiration dates hitting after three or four weeks,

780
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 2: and in this case it hit five weeks into or

781
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 2: it hit one week before the end of the season.

782
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 2: So what's the expiration date for Sam Darnold? Does it

783
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 2: expire on Sunday? If it doesn't, it's gonna be a

784
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 2: really tough ball game to win. But if it does,

785
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:24,400
Speaker 2: the Texas are gonna have opportunities.

786
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: All right, let's get to number two.

787
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 2: Nice little reunion, And he was asked about it this

788
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 2: week in the locker room. Derek Stingley, Junior was a

789
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 2: true freshman on a twenty nineteen LSU football team absolute

790
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:40,640
Speaker 2: stud and a half, but that team was loaded loaded

791
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 2: with studs, including the slot receiver by the name of

792
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 2: Justin Jefferson. Well, Jefferson was drafted the very next year

793
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 2: at twenty twenty by the Minnesota vik He's after trading

794
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 2: Stefan Diggs. So with the Digs trade the first rounder

795
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 2: they got back they used to do just to Jefferson

796
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 2: while Jefferson Stingley has seen each other before. Now, Sting's

797
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 2: not gonna tell you anything in the press. He's not

798
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 2: gonna say anything in the media, but I would promise

799
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:11,160
Speaker 2: you that he will be in joy seeing a receiver

800
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,360
Speaker 2: of the caliber Justin Jefferson the other side. He relishes

801
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 2: these opportunities. And Jefferson is healthy. He left the game

802
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,719
Speaker 2: the other day against the Niners with a quad contusion.

803
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 2: Stingley has been a healthy knock on wood and he

804
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 2: will be ready to go. Now does he travel with

805
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:31,759
Speaker 2: Justin Jefferson. Wherever Jefferson goes, is Stingley gonna go. They

806
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 2: did that for a good portion of the game against

807
00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 2: DJ Moore the Bears. If not, that means Kamar and

808
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 2: Lassiter is gonna take on some of that. And it

809
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 2: also could mean that Jefferson goes into the slot, he

810
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 2: gets matched up on Jalb Petrie or the cover man

811
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,160
Speaker 2: du jour against Justin Jefferson, whoever you want to put

812
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:50,400
Speaker 2: in there. If you don't want Petre to do it,

813
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 2: if you want to be blitzed, do those kind of things.

814
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,399
Speaker 2: He might change, of course at that point, But I

815
00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,919
Speaker 2: think that Stingley is gonna travel with Jefferson a signal

816
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 2: nificant amount in this game, and they'll just treat that

817
00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 2: like an LSU practice from five years ago. Now, Daniel

818
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:10,520
Speaker 2: Hunter is also returning to US Bank Stadium's talk about

819
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 2: Stefan Diggs. Hunter's going back, and well, he had a

820
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:17,720
Speaker 2: longer career there in Minnesota. And when John Garnard signed

821
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,480
Speaker 2: with the Vikings and Texans had opportunity to spend some

822
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:24,360
Speaker 2: money at that position, and well, essentially he traded for

823
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,879
Speaker 2: Grenard with Hunter, now he gets to face guys he's

824
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 2: seen before in practice, Brian O'Neill, Christian Darrissaw. He will

825
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 2: see both of them. My guess is he'll see Brian

826
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 2: O'Neal a little bit more.

827
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Speaker 9: Now.

828
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,000
Speaker 1: The thing about O'Neill, he's quick.

829
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 2: And I think he can handle some of the the

830
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 2: quickness things that Daniel Hunter does, but I don't know

831
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,239
Speaker 2: if he can handle his power. I've always worried about

832
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:51,720
Speaker 2: Brian O'Neil from that standpoint, whether he can handle power.

833
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 1: He's a little lighter now, he's a really good right tackle.

834
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:55,879
Speaker 1: They've paid him.

835
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,239
Speaker 2: But I think seeing Daniel Hunter on Sunday is gonna

836
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:01,440
Speaker 2: be something that does not want to do.

837
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 1: So let's have us a good game and that reunion.

838
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 2: So if we win the reunion reunions, Texas have a

839
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 2: good opportunity to win that game.

840
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:10,759
Speaker 9: All right.

841
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 1: Talk about this defense? Wow, wow, wow, Oh.

842
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 2: This Vikings defense gives up eighty eight yards per game

843
00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 2: on the ground, as eighth in the NFL. They do

844
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:21,320
Speaker 2: give up some yards of the year, two hundred thirty

845
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,239
Speaker 2: yards per game. They're twenty fifth overall three hundred twenty

846
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 2: yards per game. It's eighteenth. They're even at turnover margin.

847
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 2: They've had three interceptions in one fumble versus two interceptions thrown.

848
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 1: And two fumbles given up, so they're even in a

849
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 1: turnover margin. They have flipped this defense.

850
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 2: They've won two, three, four, five, five new players on

851
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 2: that defense from what it was last year.

852
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 1: Obviously, they've lost to Neil Hunter.

853
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 2: And they've got to try and make that up with

854
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 2: Jonathan Gernard. We'll talk about JG here in a second.

855
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:52,880
Speaker 2: But they've got a few guys that are out of

856
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 2: this game, and that's gonna be big on that side.

857
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 2: Two of them, Dallas turn of the rookie I have

858
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 2: in paced back now when I wrote my know your foe.

859
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,440
Speaker 2: I didn't have any idea that I have Paced is

860
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:07,279
Speaker 2: gonna miss his game, and he ended up he's one

861
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,239
Speaker 2: of my keys. So we'll get that a little bit

862
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 2: because it still becomes a key as to what they're

863
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 2: gonna do to replace him at linebacker? Does that become

864
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:19,200
Speaker 2: Kamu Gouge Hill. If anybody's gonna know KG, it's gonna

865
00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 2: be the Texans. They definitely know him. So let's get

866
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 2: to the keys against the Vikings. Now one I didn't

867
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 2: write about. I guess I did a little bit in

868
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 2: my number two here. Now I have to do that

869
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 2: number two number one called it sack time. Vikings lead

870
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:34,400
Speaker 2: the league in sacks right now with the left. And

871
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 2: the thing about facing the Vikings pass for USh is

872
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 2: the fact that they can beat you individually with JG

873
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:47,400
Speaker 2: with Pat Jones, with guys off the edge, they Andre

874
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,239
Speaker 2: van Ginkel. They can beat you with skiing because Brian

875
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 2: Flores will show you a lot of different looks. And

876
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 2: if you split the protection when you should have slid

877
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,319
Speaker 2: the protection, or you go five to zero protection when

878
00:37:57,320 --> 00:37:59,800
Speaker 2: you probably should have max protected, they can take advantage

879
00:37:59,800 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 2: of that.

880
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:00,359
Speaker 13: Two.

881
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 2: Now, I don't think their corners are tremendous, and I

882
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,840
Speaker 2: do think that's why teams are throwing for a significant

883
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:11,240
Speaker 2: clip against them. But I don't think their secondary covers

884
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 2: extremely well. That's okay because they do have all the

885
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,920
Speaker 2: guys that can rush the quarterback Grenard van Ginkel. Now

886
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 2: they will be without Dallas Turner, but Patrick Jones is

887
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 2: second in the league right now in sacks, teammate of

888
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:24,560
Speaker 2: Rashad Weaver.

889
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,959
Speaker 1: Just got moved up to the Texans with fifty three man.

890
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 2: Roster, so Jones finally flourishing. JG has been I mean

891
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,920
Speaker 2: he is. He's been healthy and because he's been healthy,

892
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:37,760
Speaker 2: he has been rushing at a big time clip.

893
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 1: He is really getting it off the edge.

894
00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:42,480
Speaker 2: Now, without Dallas Turner, they'll be one short, so that

895
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,399
Speaker 2: helps a little bit. Texans have to protect against those

896
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 2: edge guys. I do feel like Harrison Phillips inside Jerry

897
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 2: Tillery inside Jonathan Bullard.

898
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,399
Speaker 1: Those guys are okay. I don't I don't worry too

899
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:56,399
Speaker 1: much about them as.

900
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,400
Speaker 2: Pass rushers, but I do worry about the guys on

901
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:01,720
Speaker 2: the outside, and that would include JG, Andrew Van Ginkel,

902
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 2: and Pat Jones, and those three will get after when

903
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 2: the Texans getting third down, they're down in seven plus,

904
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 2: they're gonna see all three of those guys on the field.

905
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 1: All right, let's get to number two. Number two is

906
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:14,399
Speaker 1: never the same.

907
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 2: The one thing about Brian Flora's defense is he's gonna

908
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 2: show you something before the snap.

909
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 1: He's gonna play something different after the snap.

910
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 2: I can promise you if he's showing two safeties high

911
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:29,320
Speaker 2: before the snap, they're gonna be playing something single high

912
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 2: after the snap. Harrison Smith is gonna be down in

913
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,879
Speaker 2: the box and then he's gonna sprint back and play

914
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 2: a deep half and Cover two.

915
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:40,000
Speaker 1: They're going to do things that you look at and

916
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 1: go what.

917
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 2: But in the end it turns into Tampa two, it

918
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 2: turns into Cover three. There are only so many ways

919
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,560
Speaker 2: that they can You can play different coverages, but because

920
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 2: of how they get to those coverages makes it really

921
00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 2: unique and different. And the Texans offensive staff and quarterbacks

922
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:04,839
Speaker 2: got to be on it all day long or it

923
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,960
Speaker 2: is going to be trouble in River City, which hopefully

924
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 2: that isn't gonna happen. Okay, my third key was gonna

925
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 2: end up being iving Pace because I love this guy, absolutely.

926
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 1: Love him, So I'm a Senior Bowl.

927
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 2: Study him on tap a couple of years ago coming

928
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,799
Speaker 2: out of the draft, and I loved him. But then

929
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:23,120
Speaker 2: when I saw of the Sea Ball, I'm like, this

930
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,400
Speaker 2: dude is he's five to eight, Like he's tiny.

931
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:27,719
Speaker 1: He's gonna play linebacker in the NFL. Man, I don't know.

932
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,520
Speaker 2: I got kind of sizest on it, and I shouldn't.

933
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:32,680
Speaker 2: Just trust some my instinct, which was this dude could play.

934
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 1: Forget the hype. Dude could play well.

935
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 2: He went undrafted, he gets picked up by the Vikings,

936
00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:39,359
Speaker 2: He becomes a starter on day one.

937
00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 1: Last year, wear number forty.

938
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Speaker 2: I mean one linebackers were number forty in the league,

939
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 2: that not Von Biller.

940
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,680
Speaker 1: So he has a great year. He's had a great

941
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 1: start to this year.

942
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 2: And I thought he was going to be a major

943
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:53,279
Speaker 2: key in this game because I felt like the Texans.

944
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 1: Would need to get a hat on a hat in

945
00:40:55,719 --> 00:40:56,319
Speaker 1: the run game.

946
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:59,279
Speaker 2: And Blake Cashman is so good and so quick and

947
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 2: so fast, but I haven't paced his even more so

948
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 2: he's just not his big as cash.

949
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 1: So what are you gonna do? Well?

950
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,799
Speaker 2: I haven't paces out of this game, So that could

951
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 2: mean a couple of things for the Vikings.

952
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:10,480
Speaker 1: Number one.

953
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 2: They might move Andrew Van Ginkle back to kind of

954
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 2: a stack position and play him next to Cashman, which

955
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 2: they'll do a little bit. Even though he's more an

956
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 2: edge guy than Ginkle is probably the best chess piece

957
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 2: that Brian Florest has, so they.

958
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 1: Could do that. They could also play safety down.

959
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 2: They can move Harrison Smith in that spot, play some

960
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,759
Speaker 2: penny fronts and do some things like that. So it's

961
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,240
Speaker 2: gonna be interesting how they try and replace Ivan Pace.

962
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 2: They could even play Kambo Gruge Hill at that spot,

963
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,840
Speaker 2: who has a lot of experience playing my backer in

964
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 2: this league. We saw him in twenty twenty one at

965
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:44,319
Speaker 2: a ton of tackles for the Texans, so we can

966
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 2: see a lot of JG. Now if they have they

967
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 2: play a lot of JG, that might hurt them on

968
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 2: special teams. So losing Ivan Pace is a big big

969
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,880
Speaker 2: deal for the Vikings on Sunday. All right, those are

970
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:57,160
Speaker 2: your keys to the game. Now let's hit that Texans

971
00:41:57,200 --> 00:42:00,160
Speaker 2: injury report. What's the status of Joe Mixon, it's the

972
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 2: status of Damian Pierce to Scruggs, Jared Patterson, and what

973
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,840
Speaker 2: about Justin Jefferson Jordan Addison.

974
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,279
Speaker 1: I just told you Ivan paces out, but what about

975
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:10,800
Speaker 1: those guys?

976
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:14,800
Speaker 2: We'll do all that next right here in Texas All Access.

977
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: What's happen everybody?

978
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:20,800
Speaker 2: Welcome back to this Friday edition of Texans All Access

979
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 2: for on Monday Texans Radio Studio.

980
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:24,080
Speaker 1: I'm your host, John.

981
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 2: Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter, less than forty eight hours

982
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 2: away from taking on the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. US

983
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 2: Bank Stadium. Game starts at twelve. If you're in Minneapolis,

984
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,840
Speaker 2: game starts at twelve. We don't have that often Central

985
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:44,160
Speaker 2: Standard time. I like that, so games at twelve you

986
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,799
Speaker 2: can listen to it. Sports Radio six ten pregame show,

987
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,160
Speaker 2: A sewn seth starts at nine.

988
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:52,480
Speaker 1: Postgame show with Sean and Clint.

989
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 2: After hopefully talking about a third win in row. Texans

990
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,399
Speaker 2: have not been three and oh since twenty twelve. They've

991
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:04,360
Speaker 2: been two o three times since twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen,

992
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:09,160
Speaker 2: twenty sixteen they got absolutely blitz creaked in all three

993
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 2: of those games. Haven't been three to oh since twenty twelve,

994
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,800
Speaker 2: so hopefully that changes.

995
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:16,879
Speaker 1: The Vikers are.

996
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:18,160
Speaker 2: Trying to get to three and oh as well, so

997
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 2: both teams trying to get there as well, and they

998
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:26,839
Speaker 2: got to overcome some things on the injury report here,

999
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:29,880
Speaker 2: a couple of them on the Texas side got to

1000
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:34,440
Speaker 2: talk about some things here. Joe Mixon is listed on

1001
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:37,239
Speaker 2: the game status as doubtful.

1002
00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:37,880
Speaker 1: Now.

1003
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:41,760
Speaker 2: I've said this numerous time, dozens of times over the years.

1004
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 2: Haven't seen doubtful much on a proun of game status report.

1005
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:47,600
Speaker 2: It's either questionable or out.

1006
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:48,759
Speaker 1: That's it.

1007
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:55,479
Speaker 2: When I've seen doubtful, it is literally doubtful. I don't

1008
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,880
Speaker 2: think I have ever seen a player go from doubtful

1009
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:01,440
Speaker 2: to playing again.

1010
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 1: It could happen. Joe has always been available for games.

1011
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:10,920
Speaker 2: I mean, his his track record of playing games is superb,

1012
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 2: and I guarantee that was one of the reasons that

1013
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:14,200
Speaker 2: Texas we're excited about having Joe Mixon.

1014
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 1: But he is doubtful.

1015
00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:24,120
Speaker 2: So my experience with doubtful has been he's out. Never

1016
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:28,720
Speaker 2: seen a Doubtful play well play that changes, but doubtful

1017
00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 2: has met out Now. I think mentally we have kind

1018
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 2: of been bracing for that all week. If I'm being honest,

1019
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 2: we have not seen Joe practice. All right, let's go

1020
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 2: cam Acres because Damian Pierce is out. So if you're

1021
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,480
Speaker 2: kind of just going strictly by the depth chart, that

1022
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:46,239
Speaker 2: would be cam Akers is next. Dargowally do what Darry does.

1023
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 2: Maybe Dari gets a few more carries, and maybe that

1024
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:53,000
Speaker 2: means JJ Taylor steps up into that role. He's running

1025
00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,040
Speaker 2: back on the practice squad right now. Maybe British Brooks.

1026
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know how they'll go about this.

1027
00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 2: But with Joe Mixon at doubtful, well, I'm pretty sure

1028
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 2: he's out. Damian Pierce is out, so Pierce out mixing doubtful.

1029
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:11,879
Speaker 2: They were DMPs on Friday. They were dnps all week.

1030
00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 2: Jared Patterson up and down DMP Wednesday, limited Thursday, d

1031
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 2: MP Friday he's listed as questionable limited participants. Some good

1032
00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 2: news here, Juice Scrugs with a groin, MJ Stewart with

1033
00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:27,040
Speaker 2: the knee.

1034
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:27,640
Speaker 1: But it would be.

1035
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:29,879
Speaker 2: Really nice to get MJ back for our special teams,

1036
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:32,640
Speaker 2: especially in the punt team where he's that personal protector,

1037
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:34,560
Speaker 2: does such a great job there.

1038
00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:36,680
Speaker 1: They are both questionable now.

1039
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:38,319
Speaker 2: I believe it is Aaron Wilson that put it out

1040
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:41,560
Speaker 2: this week that Scruggs is aiming to play and looking

1041
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 2: like he is gonna play against the Vikings, and that

1042
00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:46,680
Speaker 2: will be good news because if you got Jarrett banged

1043
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:49,600
Speaker 2: up and Juice Mark and I talked about what are

1044
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:53,680
Speaker 2: you gonna do at center, that's gonna be So Kendrick

1045
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 2: is probably And Kendrick has told us center is not

1046
00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:59,279
Speaker 2: his natural position. He could play it, but he told

1047
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:00,680
Speaker 2: us back in the spring that's not really what he

1048
00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:02,760
Speaker 2: wants to do. He wants to play guard. So hopefully

1049
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:06,320
Speaker 2: Juice is ready to go, and so Kendrick can stay

1050
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,719
Speaker 2: at guard and be ready to go just in case

1051
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:12,560
Speaker 2: anything happens to Kenny and Shack. But Juice Scruggs questionable,

1052
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:16,400
Speaker 2: m J. Stuart questionable now for the Vikings. Justin Jefferson

1053
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 2: in full participant in practice last two days. Deal with

1054
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:21,360
Speaker 2: that quadt intusion. He's ready to go. However, there are

1055
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:24,440
Speaker 2: three players that are out for the Vikings. Jordan Addison

1056
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:26,640
Speaker 2: is dealing with an ankle issue.

1057
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:31,040
Speaker 1: He is out. Dallas Turner, first round draft pick this

1058
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:34,359
Speaker 1: past year, deal with k the issue. He is out. Now.

1059
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 1: Most of the national people have just stopped right there.

1060
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:42,160
Speaker 2: I think, as I said earlier, Ivan Pace Junior being

1061
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:47,120
Speaker 2: out a linebacker is big, really big. It creates kind

1062
00:46:47,160 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 2: of a domino effect depending on how they want to

1063
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:55,240
Speaker 2: replace Ivan Pace, they could, like I said earlier, replace

1064
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:55,520
Speaker 2: him with.

1065
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:58,560
Speaker 1: The Andrew Van Ginkel and play Van Ginkle there and.

1066
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:00,320
Speaker 2: Then move in gink Go up to the line image

1067
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 2: when they were on rush him at times. Could make

1068
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:05,480
Speaker 2: the defense a little bit more multiple that way, but

1069
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:08,960
Speaker 2: that's just not his cup of tea. They could play

1070
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,640
Speaker 2: Commo Gruge Hill there. But the Texas have faced him,

1071
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 2: or the Texas should know all about him because he

1072
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:16,680
Speaker 2: was a Texan and then they faced him a couple

1073
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:18,440
Speaker 2: times in the past couple of years since he's been

1074
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:19,160
Speaker 2: other places.

1075
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:22,440
Speaker 1: I think that's an advantage for the Texans, so I

1076
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 1: haven't paced.

1077
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:25,680
Speaker 2: Junior being out is just as big as Jordan Addison

1078
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:27,080
Speaker 2: Dallas Turner being out of that game.

1079
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Speaker 1: So that is your game status report.

1080
00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 2: Talk a little bit more about this one with Jonathan

1081
00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:34,880
Speaker 2: Alexander from The Chronicle.

1082
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:38,160
Speaker 1: Coming up next on Texans All Access. We all won

1083
00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 1: our down.

1084
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Speaker 2: One hour left to go right here on Friday instion

1085
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Speaker 2: of the Texans All Access getting ready for Minneapolis. I'm your host,

1086
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:48,280
Speaker 2: John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter for your Houston Texans.

1087
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Speaker 2: It's Texans a Viv Vikings On Sunday kick is at

1088
00:47:51,719 --> 00:47:54,520
Speaker 2: noon Sports Radio six ' ten, Mark, Andre and myself

1089
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:57,000
Speaker 2: have the call for you. Pregame show is gonna be

1090
00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 2: awesome with Sewn and sets starting at nine. Postgame show,

1091
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:03,200
Speaker 2: hopefully it's gonna be awesome with Sean and Clinch Stirner

1092
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:08,640
Speaker 2: for however long they want to celebrate hopefully hopefully a

1093
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Speaker 2: Texans win. So that's gonna be good stuff. I know

1094
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Speaker 2: a guy that's gonna be in Minneapolis covering this game

1095
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Speaker 2: works for the Houston Chronicle, whos joined us the last

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Speaker 2: couple of weeks. We love having them on. His name

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Speaker 2: is Jonathan Alexander. Let's break this one down me, Mark

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Speaker 2: and Jonathan.

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Speaker 1: In studio with us right now.

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Speaker 4: Jonathan Alexander from the Houston Chronicle. Here we go, Jonathan,

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Speaker 4: Texans trying to get to three and oh, what do

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Speaker 4: you make of this week? Some interesting challenges injury wise

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Speaker 4: and otherwise.

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Speaker 15: Yeah, injury wise, it's not appearing that Joe Mixon will

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Speaker 15: be ready for Sunday. Did not practice obviously Wednesday and Thursday,

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Speaker 15: and those are in. Thursday is a critical day for

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Speaker 15: players to play. Usually players on practice on Thursday it

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Speaker 15: means they're not gonna play. But the challenge really is

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Speaker 15: facing Brian Flores's defense. I think they have one of

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Speaker 15: the most interesting and one of the most respected defense

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Speaker 15: in the NFL. Just the way he disguises his looks,

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Speaker 15: sins blisters. He has actually hasn't been sending a lot

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Speaker 15: of blizzes this year compared to last year. But they

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Speaker 15: just have a really solid defense, number one in the

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Speaker 15: league in Sex and it's going to be a challenge

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Speaker 15: for the Texans offense.

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Speaker 2: What is the expiration date for Sam Donald? Mark and

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Speaker 2: I talk about this all the time. The quarterbacks have

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Speaker 2: We use quarterbacks in particular, but quarterbacks have an expiration date.

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Speaker 2: Some quarterbacks sits a couple weeks, Some quarterback sits half

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Speaker 2: a season. Some it's fifteen years from Aley Patrick Mahomes.

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Speaker 2: Backup quarterbacks, backup quarterbacks. What is Sam Donald's expiration date?

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Speaker 2: When does it run out? Or does it with Kevin

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Speaker 2: O'Connell as his coach.

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Speaker 15: Well, you know, I have a little experience covering Sam

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Speaker 15: Donald's right, covered him in Carolina and that year he

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Speaker 15: had expiration date.

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Speaker 13: Of three weeks.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 15: I think he's a little bit of a better player,

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Speaker 15: has a little bit of a better situation around him. However,

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Speaker 15: you can see in the way the Vikings are playing,

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Speaker 15: they are running the ball and making sure that he

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Speaker 15: doesn't have to do everything. So when and they're averaging

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Speaker 15: four and a well last week against the forty nine ers,

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Speaker 15: they as four and a half yards before contact and

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Speaker 15: that's what opened it up for Justin Jefferson to have

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Speaker 15: shots down field. So as long as the Vikings can

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Speaker 15: run the ball effectively, Sam Donald doesn't have to worry

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Speaker 15: because he doesn't have to worry about doing it all.

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Speaker 15: When Sam has to worry, when you put the ball

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Speaker 15: in his hands to go win games, and when you

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Speaker 15: get pressure on him, that's when he struggles. So I

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Speaker 15: think that's going to be key for the Texans to Sunday.

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Speaker 4: How surprised are you at their start at the Vikings too,

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Speaker 4: and I will start.

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Speaker 15: I'm a little bit surprised. I did not expect to

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Speaker 15: start from Sam Donald. I thought when they had the

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Speaker 15: injury to their rookie that they might be in a

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Speaker 15: little bit of trouble. At the same time, you look

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Speaker 15: at their I think they have one of the best

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Speaker 15: coaching staffs in the league. Along with the Texans, Kevin

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Speaker 15: O'Connell is one of the best offensive minds, Brian Floores

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Speaker 15: is one of the best defensive minds. Defenses are having

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Speaker 15: a little bit more success this season against offenses. They're

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Speaker 15: really using that too high safety look, taking away a

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Speaker 15: lot of the exposive players. You hadn't seen a ton

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Speaker 15: exposive plays from quarterbacks this season, and I think Brian

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Speaker 15: Flores is really at the forefront of stopping that.

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Speaker 13: And uh, you know that's what I think about that.

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Speaker 2: So if Damian Peers and Joe Mixon are unable to play,

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Speaker 2: I'll just thought thought your thoughts.

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Speaker 15: I don't think it'll be so much of a problem

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Speaker 15: because usually I think where the Texans typically struggle is

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Speaker 15: when they have an injury in the middle of a game,

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Speaker 15: Like you look at the Jets last year when Nico

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Speaker 15: Collins went out and they struggled to adjust. But when

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Speaker 15: they have a week to prepare, they usually do a

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Speaker 15: good job. One of the other team doesn't really know

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Speaker 15: what to expect, and two they've had a week to

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Speaker 15: prepare and accumulate, assimilate with their with their teammates. I

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Speaker 15: think as given this whole week they they've had to prepare,

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Speaker 15: I think cam Akers could potentially have a good game.

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Speaker 15: We saw what they could do in the preseason. He'll

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Speaker 15: be going up against his former team. He'll be highly motivated.

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Speaker 15: I think him and Darray can get the job done

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Speaker 15: and produce. Of course it won't be at the same

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Speaker 15: level Joe Mixon does, but I think they can have success.

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Speaker 4: Jonathan Alexander of The Chronicle with us and we're all

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Speaker 4: contractually obligated to once again addressed the CJ. Stroud Caleb

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Speaker 4: Williams interaction at midfield following the Sunday nighter.

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Speaker 1: I have not heard your take on this yet, thoughts.

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Speaker 13: Yeah.

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Speaker 15: I mean I thought what CJ. Stroud was doing was

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Speaker 15: trying to be encouraging to Caleb Williams. You know, CJ

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Speaker 15: obviously wants Caleb Williams to succeed. I think he was

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Speaker 15: being genuine in that interaction. Caleb Williams interaction was a

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Speaker 15: little bit like I just lost a game, and you

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Speaker 15: could kind of understand that. And I think that's why

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Speaker 15: CJ in this press conference really clarified that he wasn't

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Speaker 15: trying to little brow him. He wasn't trying to make

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Speaker 15: it seem like, Hey, I'm this vet and you're just rookie.

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Speaker 13: You should listen to me.

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Speaker 15: He was really trying to look out for him because

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Speaker 15: he had heard many of the recommendations from other players

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Speaker 15: who had been in his position, and he really appreciated that.

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Speaker 15: And I think once the smoke blows and once Caleb

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Speaker 15: Williams was probably you know, moved on from the loss,

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Speaker 15: he probably understood it that way too.

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Speaker 2: You're surprised at all that AFC South teams are in

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Speaker 2: a combined oh and six Colts, Titans, Jags, other than

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Speaker 2: the Texans being too you know, Yeah, I did.

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Speaker 15: Not expect the Colts to lose to the Packers with

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Speaker 15: Maleigue Willis at quarterback, but they had a week to prepare,

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Speaker 15: and the Coats didn't know what to expect. They're gonna

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Speaker 15: I think they're gonna be a up and down team.

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Speaker 15: I thought the Titans would have just a little bit

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Speaker 15: more success given all the additions they made this off season.

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Speaker 13: And then the Jaguars.

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Speaker 15: You know, I thought this might be a down year

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Speaker 15: for the Jaguars, even though they have a pretty said squad.

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Speaker 13: It just felt like it might be a down year.

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Speaker 15: So I'm a little bit surprised, but not in the

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Speaker 15: sense that I've always felt.

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Speaker 13: Like the Texans were the best team in the AFC South.

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Speaker 15: They have the most talent, and they were trending up

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Speaker 15: towards the end of that season and the Jaguars were

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Speaker 15: trending down.

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Speaker 4: It's such a fine line winning and losing in this league.

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Speaker 4: All right, I promise that we will not ask you

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Speaker 4: about Carolina every week. But they came up and then

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Speaker 4: new it Swick of course, with Bryce Young being benched.

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Speaker 1: What do you think of that?

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Speaker 4: Is it a staff thing, is it a scheme thing,

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Speaker 4: is it a player thing?

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Speaker 1: What do you think?

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Speaker 10: Jonathan?

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Speaker 1: All Right?

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Speaker 15: So I wrote a column about this today and so

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Speaker 15: on Houston Chronicle dot com Thursday. As we're speaking, and

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Speaker 15: I just look at the two situations and how they

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Speaker 15: were handled, and I think that the Carolina pants really

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Speaker 15: failed Bryce Young. If you compare how the Panthers built

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Speaker 15: around Bryce Young versus how the Texans. There was a

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Speaker 15: clip that I found where David Tepper is saying Bryce

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Speaker 15: Young doesn't need a whole bunch of elite receivers around

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Speaker 15: him because he's a point guard. So they traded away

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Speaker 15: DJ One, they traded away Christian McCaffrey. They were replaced

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Speaker 15: him with Adam Thielen. Who was a really good receiver

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Speaker 15: in his time, but it's past his prime. And Miles Sanders,

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Speaker 15: who was a one hit wonder. How can you expect

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Speaker 15: a quarterback to succeed if he doesn't have weapons around him.

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Speaker 15: That first year was really rough for him. I think

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Speaker 15: it damaged his confidence and he came in this season

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Speaker 15: with a little bit more talent but still not great talent,

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Speaker 15: and struggled and he deserved to be bench for sure.

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Speaker 15: But I think that was a failure from the Panthers organization.

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Speaker 15: You look at the Texans and how they built around CJ.

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Speaker 13: Strout.

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Speaker 15: They didn't make him the started. They made him earn it.

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Speaker 15: He beat out Davis Mills fair in square. They didn't

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Speaker 15: put a ton of pressure. Demiko Ryans was intent and

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Speaker 15: saying like this is not all on you. We got

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Speaker 15: a team around us, and I think that really helped

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Speaker 15: CJ kind of flourish.

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Speaker 1: Remember all that vitriol in the summer of twenty one,

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Speaker 1: Who's he gonna name him the starter?

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Speaker 2: Everybody panicking and losing their minds about when CJ was

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Speaker 2: gonna be the start.

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Speaker 1: It was like, man, just hold on, well, Caro Love

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Speaker 1: is already named Bryce. Like they man just relies. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: CJ's fine.

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Speaker 2: He knows what he has to do to go get

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Speaker 2: the starting position, and then he did, and then he's

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Speaker 2: been able to prove it every single week. Biggest surprise

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Speaker 2: in the NFL is the New Orleans Saints.

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Speaker 1: True false.

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Speaker 15: Oh absolutely, I was not seeing this from the Saints,

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Speaker 15: but I think that really does speak to Clint Kubiak

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Speaker 15: in and what he's done there. And because they were

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Speaker 15: down in the dumps, the Saints were really struggling, and

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Speaker 15: he's really turned that around. And I think, what is

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Speaker 15: that two forty plus games point games in those first

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Speaker 15: two games. Alvin Kamara is looking spectacular. David Carr is rejuvenating.

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Speaker 15: Derek Sorry, it's time we do it all the time. Yeah,

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Speaker 15: Derek Carr is rejuvenated. I thought he was not a

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Speaker 15: good quarterback until just the way I've seen him play.

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Speaker 15: They just look like a well oiled machine in their

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Speaker 15: defense is always going to be good. I think they're

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Speaker 15: going to be one of the teams competing in the NFC. So, yes,

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Speaker 15: they are my biggest surprise.

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Speaker 4: So what's more impressive? Chargers to it oh or Buccaneers

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Speaker 4: to it all?

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Speaker 15: I think for me, I think it is the Buccaneers.

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Speaker 15: I think when you looked at the Chargers struggles last season,

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Speaker 15: it had a lot to do with Justin Herbert's injuries.

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Speaker 15: A lot of their players were getting hurt. You see

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Speaker 15: Jim Harbor, who is a good coaches, won at every

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Speaker 15: single level, did a great job of rebuilding that team,

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Speaker 15: brought in Joe All as his offensive tackle. Justin Herbert

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Speaker 15: is protected now and he looks good. But the Buccaneers,

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Speaker 15: I thought that they might start going downhill. But Baker

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Speaker 15: Mayfield is playing the best football that he's played in

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Speaker 15: his career except for that one season with the Browns.

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Speaker 15: He just looks really good. And Mike Evans looks good too,

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Speaker 15: and the rest of their weapons.

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Speaker 2: I've said this, Baker Midfield's my guilty pleasure. I love

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Speaker 2: watching Baker play. I know some people don't like. I

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Speaker 2: love Baker, and I hope that he wins every game

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Speaker 2: at Tampa Bay. After the way he was treated in Cleveland,

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Speaker 2: I hope he has an incredible amount of success. I

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Speaker 2: guess they're saying that Feathers no such thing as a

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Speaker 2: must win game. Baltimore Ravens are owing to the Dallas

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Speaker 2: Cowboys are one and one that feels like in Week three,

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Speaker 2: it's a must win game for both.

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Speaker 1: Of those teams, the Ravens and the Cowboys.

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Speaker 2: Are you surprised all the Ravens are owing to and

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Speaker 2: you just talked about the Saints, it's probably surprise that

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Speaker 2: they be the Cowboys the way they did.

1310
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:56,160
Speaker 1: Is this a must win game as well?

1311
00:57:56,360 --> 00:57:59,840
Speaker 15: Yeah, I absolutely believe so. I am surprised about the Ravens.

1312
00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:02,440
Speaker 15: You know, when I saw them play against the Chiefs,

1313
00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:05,960
Speaker 15: I mean, they were that one soe away from beating

1314
00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:08,880
Speaker 15: the Chiefs, and when I looked at that team, I said, oh,

1315
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:11,920
Speaker 15: they're still wanted the teams to beat in the AFC,

1316
00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:14,880
Speaker 15: So for them to lose last week was definitely a surprise.

1317
00:58:15,360 --> 00:58:18,080
Speaker 15: At the same time, I'm not completely worried about them.

1318
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:20,920
Speaker 15: I think John Harbor is a great coach. Lamar Jackson,

1319
00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:23,320
Speaker 15: as long as he's healthy, he's one of the most

1320
00:58:23,400 --> 00:58:26,080
Speaker 15: top three, most dangerous players in this league. I think

1321
00:58:26,080 --> 00:58:27,720
Speaker 15: they'll end up turning around. I've been a little bit

1322
00:58:27,760 --> 00:58:31,680
Speaker 15: surprised with Mark Andrews slow start, but yeah, I think

1323
00:58:31,720 --> 00:58:34,520
Speaker 15: they have to win and that will probably propel them.

1324
00:58:34,600 --> 00:58:37,440
Speaker 15: As far as the Cowboys goes, yeah, I thought them

1325
00:58:37,480 --> 00:58:39,880
Speaker 15: beating the Browns was a sure bet that they were

1326
00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:42,560
Speaker 15: going to re up, but the way they lost last

1327
00:58:42,600 --> 00:58:45,000
Speaker 15: week against the Saints, it was I don't know if that.

1328
00:58:45,120 --> 00:58:47,000
Speaker 15: I think that spoke to two things that maybe they're

1329
00:58:47,040 --> 00:58:48,760
Speaker 15: not as good as we thought and the Saints are

1330
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:49,240
Speaker 15: really good.

1331
00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:52,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, we'll find out soon enough. Jonathan ALLENX had are

1332
00:58:52,000 --> 00:58:55,440
Speaker 4: Houston Chronicle with us. All right, so back to Texans campus.

1333
00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:57,479
Speaker 4: I think we're all getting the feel of it now.

1334
00:58:57,600 --> 00:59:00,959
Speaker 4: Demico Ryance works them hard. He works them hard, wants

1335
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:03,520
Speaker 4: them to be tough. We looked at tough training camp

1336
00:59:03,560 --> 00:59:06,160
Speaker 4: practices that week three four period where he said, let's

1337
00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:07,439
Speaker 4: go out there in the middle of the day, see

1338
00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:10,320
Speaker 4: how tough we are this week. Really hot out there,

1339
00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:13,760
Speaker 4: puts them outside, let's go. But it's the kind of thing,

1340
00:59:13,840 --> 00:59:16,520
Speaker 4: Jonathan where he's not asking them to do anything he

1341
00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:18,480
Speaker 4: wouldn't do himself. I mean, he's in the weight room

1342
00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:20,480
Speaker 4: all the time himself, and I think they feed off

1343
00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:22,520
Speaker 4: of that. They have to respond to it.

1344
00:59:22,680 --> 00:59:24,240
Speaker 13: Yeah, absolutely, I think they trust him.

1345
00:59:24,280 --> 00:59:26,360
Speaker 15: They know that he's been through what they've been through

1346
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:29,120
Speaker 15: and it has done it at a high level in Houston,

1347
00:59:29,160 --> 00:59:30,480
Speaker 15: has been through that heat.

1348
00:59:31,080 --> 00:59:32,720
Speaker 13: You know, it's only going to make them stronger.

1349
00:59:32,760 --> 00:59:35,200
Speaker 15: They're going through adverse situations and they're gonna be tough

1350
00:59:35,200 --> 00:59:37,360
Speaker 15: situations where they might be down a few players, or

1351
00:59:37,360 --> 00:59:39,920
Speaker 15: they might be playing in a condition that's that is

1352
00:59:39,920 --> 00:59:43,640
Speaker 15: foreign to them. And it's these moments like these that

1353
00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:46,400
Speaker 15: they'll lean on and remember those tough days in camping

1354
00:59:46,520 --> 00:59:49,120
Speaker 15: practices that they that they had and they'll be able

1355
00:59:49,120 --> 00:59:50,400
Speaker 15: to get through it. So I think it's only going

1356
00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:51,080
Speaker 15: to make them better.

1357
00:59:51,600 --> 00:59:54,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm hoping that's the case. One thing that we're

1358
00:59:54,840 --> 00:59:56,480
Speaker 2: not going to see, or one person we're not going

1359
00:59:56,520 --> 00:59:57,800
Speaker 2: to see, is prevent Jordan.

1360
00:59:58,120 --> 01:00:01,240
Speaker 1: And Brev wasn't the hot leading receiver.

1361
01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:03,480
Speaker 2: He wasn't on the field for every single play, but

1362
01:00:03,520 --> 01:00:07,200
Speaker 2: he wasn't definite cog in the machine offensively. Jonathan, how

1363
01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:10,280
Speaker 2: do you think they go about losing Brev for a

1364
01:00:10,280 --> 01:00:11,280
Speaker 2: significant period of time.

1365
01:00:11,720 --> 01:00:14,160
Speaker 15: I mean, you just listened away. Dimico talked about him

1366
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:17,120
Speaker 15: the way c J. Stroud talked about him. CJ caught

1367
01:00:17,200 --> 01:00:19,480
Speaker 15: him the heart of the team. Demiko said that he

1368
01:00:19,560 --> 01:00:21,600
Speaker 15: thought that he was on his way to a breakout year.

1369
01:00:21,680 --> 01:00:24,440
Speaker 15: Even Bobby Slowyck last week after that one hundred and

1370
01:00:24,440 --> 01:00:27,960
Speaker 15: ffty nine yard performance by Joe Mixon. He said Revn

1371
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:30,280
Speaker 15: Jordan was really the key to the blocking. Just how

1372
01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:33,760
Speaker 15: the Titans tight ends improved their blocking and really opened

1373
01:00:33,840 --> 01:00:38,040
Speaker 15: up those holes for Joe Mixon was really key and

1374
01:00:38,320 --> 01:00:40,160
Speaker 15: Revin Jordan was a huge part of that. And he's

1375
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:43,640
Speaker 15: in a contract year and he's one of the nicest

1376
01:00:43,680 --> 01:00:47,520
Speaker 15: guys in the locker room, a guy who loves everybody hard.

1377
01:00:47,680 --> 01:00:51,080
Speaker 15: So from a personal standpoint, it was very hurtful, but

1378
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:54,360
Speaker 15: from a production standpoint, it was also hurtful because he

1379
01:00:54,840 --> 01:00:56,680
Speaker 15: just means so much to his team that you don't

1380
01:00:56,680 --> 01:00:58,040
Speaker 15: really see on the statue.

1381
01:00:58,080 --> 01:00:59,480
Speaker 4: All right, Jonathan, what do you have going out on

1382
01:00:59,480 --> 01:01:01,080
Speaker 4: the Chronicle and beyond for us?

1383
01:01:01,640 --> 01:01:01,960
Speaker 1: Yeah?

1384
01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:04,880
Speaker 13: This week, like I mentioned my column on CJ.

1385
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:08,520
Speaker 15: Strouden why he's different in comparing his situation to Bryce

1386
01:01:08,520 --> 01:01:12,080
Speaker 15: young situation. Also will have a little bit on this

1387
01:01:12,240 --> 01:01:16,360
Speaker 15: Brian Florees Bobby Slowick matchup that we have coming up Sunday.

1388
01:01:16,360 --> 01:01:18,080
Speaker 15: I think it's gonna be a really it's gonna be

1389
01:01:18,160 --> 01:01:19,880
Speaker 15: You should get your popcorn ready because it's gonna be

1390
01:01:19,880 --> 01:01:20,720
Speaker 15: a chess match up there.

1391
01:01:20,920 --> 01:01:23,760
Speaker 1: Love it. Thank you, Jonathan, Thanks for having me all right.

1392
01:01:23,760 --> 01:01:26,400
Speaker 2: The beautiful slate of games on Sunday and then two

1393
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:29,440
Speaker 2: on Monday. I will pick them straight up and against

1394
01:01:29,480 --> 01:01:32,640
Speaker 2: the spread, like I always do for fun, for fun.

1395
01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:35,080
Speaker 2: We'll do that next right here on Texans All Access.

1396
01:01:36,640 --> 01:01:39,680
Speaker 2: All right, baby, here we go right here.

1397
01:01:39,480 --> 01:01:44,040
Speaker 1: On Texans All Access. It's time for predictions.

1398
01:01:44,160 --> 01:01:47,320
Speaker 2: I'm your host of Texans All Access, John Harrits Football

1399
01:01:47,360 --> 01:01:52,200
Speaker 2: on a sideboind Reporter, and every single Friday before I

1400
01:01:52,280 --> 01:01:54,120
Speaker 2: let you go, if you will.

1401
01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:56,880
Speaker 1: I pick games straight up and against the spread.

1402
01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:00,640
Speaker 2: In the NFL. I do it for fun. It's a

1403
01:02:00,640 --> 01:02:02,280
Speaker 2: fun way to talk about the league. It's a fun

1404
01:02:02,280 --> 01:02:05,720
Speaker 2: way to talk about these games. Everybody can stay involved

1405
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:08,360
Speaker 2: and hey, well who are the Bengals playing, and who

1406
01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:09,440
Speaker 2: the Falcon's playing?

1407
01:02:09,480 --> 01:02:11,440
Speaker 1: When are they playing? What at the NFC South, Well,

1408
01:02:11,480 --> 01:02:12,320
Speaker 1: this is good way to do this.

1409
01:02:12,520 --> 01:02:15,800
Speaker 2: It's a good way to talk about the games, see

1410
01:02:15,840 --> 01:02:18,000
Speaker 2: who's favored, and just you know, have a little bit

1411
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:21,040
Speaker 2: of competition. And when I tell you the spreads and

1412
01:02:21,080 --> 01:02:22,680
Speaker 2: the over unders and all that kind of stuff, you

1413
01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:24,960
Speaker 2: can play along at home. It's kind of fun that way.

1414
01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:28,040
Speaker 2: So I always do it with my music though, So

1415
01:02:28,320 --> 01:02:32,240
Speaker 2: let's do it. Let's get my music going right here,

1416
01:02:33,160 --> 01:02:37,000
Speaker 2: and start picking these games. Okay, Chargers Steelers. The only

1417
01:02:37,160 --> 01:02:41,600
Speaker 2: other game all weekend long that features two and ohero

1418
01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:46,360
Speaker 2: teams LA Chargers Pittsburgh Steelers.

1419
01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:51,160
Speaker 1: This one is Pittsburgh favored by three at home. Justin

1420
01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:54,640
Speaker 1: Fields again, Justin Herbert's been banged up a little bit.

1421
01:02:54,680 --> 01:02:58,000
Speaker 2: The Chargers stayed on the East Coast after playing last

1422
01:02:58,040 --> 01:03:01,200
Speaker 2: week against Gosh, why am I blanking on who they played?

1423
01:03:01,240 --> 01:03:02,360
Speaker 1: Lots? Oh, they played Carolina.

1424
01:03:02,400 --> 01:03:03,880
Speaker 2: So they played Carolina and then they stayed on the

1425
01:03:03,920 --> 01:03:07,120
Speaker 2: East coast instead of flying back and forth. I think

1426
01:03:07,160 --> 01:03:09,439
Speaker 2: that'll help them. They'll get them a customed. They don't

1427
01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:11,360
Speaker 2: have to worry about negative body clock time. That didn't

1428
01:03:11,360 --> 01:03:15,400
Speaker 2: bother them last week. But Steelers with the healthy Justin

1429
01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:17,880
Speaker 2: Fields and the healthy defense.

1430
01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:19,400
Speaker 1: For the most part, I think the Steelers will win

1431
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:22,280
Speaker 1: this game by six. I feel like twenty to fourteen.

1432
01:03:23,080 --> 01:03:25,640
Speaker 2: The total is thirty four point five, So I'm gonna

1433
01:03:25,640 --> 01:03:29,400
Speaker 2: go with the Chargers to lose straight up, but in

1434
01:03:29,440 --> 01:03:31,720
Speaker 2: the Steelers to win and the Steelers to cover that three,

1435
01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:34,000
Speaker 2: I think they'll win by six. I think the Steelers

1436
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:36,120
Speaker 2: team could be kind of tough to handle as year

1437
01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:38,640
Speaker 2: goes on. Texans Vikings is the only other game of

1438
01:03:38,680 --> 01:03:40,680
Speaker 2: two and zero teams. I will not pick that because

1439
01:03:40,680 --> 01:03:43,120
Speaker 2: I never pick against my heart or for my heart,

1440
01:03:43,200 --> 01:03:45,600
Speaker 2: against my head, for my head, so I just leave

1441
01:03:45,640 --> 01:03:48,160
Speaker 2: it alone. I just always say Texans are gonna win,

1442
01:03:48,200 --> 01:03:49,200
Speaker 2: Texas are gonna cover that.

1443
01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:50,240
Speaker 1: That'd be kind of nice, all right.

1444
01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:54,439
Speaker 2: This game became hella interesting because of the way Monday

1445
01:03:54,520 --> 01:03:56,760
Speaker 2: Night went and because of the way the first two.

1446
01:03:56,600 --> 01:03:57,959
Speaker 1: Weeks have gone for the New Orleans Saints.

1447
01:03:58,040 --> 01:04:00,400
Speaker 2: It's Eagles one and one at Saints two and oh

1448
01:04:01,520 --> 01:04:04,760
Speaker 2: Aj Brown out of this game. Stud wide receiver for

1449
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:06,600
Speaker 2: the Eagles will be out as they travel down to

1450
01:04:06,600 --> 01:04:09,360
Speaker 2: New Orleans. New Orleans scored forty seven and forty four.

1451
01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:12,200
Speaker 2: Clint Kubiak has taken over his offense coordinator. He's got

1452
01:04:12,240 --> 01:04:15,120
Speaker 2: the offensive machine cranked up, and it's a machine that

1453
01:04:15,200 --> 01:04:16,840
Speaker 2: really has the same parts and pieces that they had

1454
01:04:16,920 --> 01:04:17,400
Speaker 2: last year.

1455
01:04:17,680 --> 01:04:20,520
Speaker 1: And they're rolling. I think they continue to roll.

1456
01:04:20,560 --> 01:04:23,240
Speaker 2: Northerlean's favored by two and a half, So that basically

1457
01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:27,680
Speaker 2: says that Vegas feels like the Eagles straight up on.

1458
01:04:27,640 --> 01:04:30,480
Speaker 1: A neutral field where are a half point favorite. I disagree.

1459
01:04:30,560 --> 01:04:33,200
Speaker 2: I think the Saints playing in New Orleans that is

1460
01:04:33,240 --> 01:04:34,800
Speaker 2: gonna be really tough for the Eagles. So we're going

1461
01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:37,680
Speaker 2: Saints to win and Saints to cover the two and

1462
01:04:37,760 --> 01:04:44,880
Speaker 2: a half point spread. Broncos Buccaneers. Broncos can't score. Bonicks

1463
01:04:44,880 --> 01:04:46,840
Speaker 2: will throw it forty eight times for one hundred and

1464
01:04:46,840 --> 01:04:47,480
Speaker 2: twenty yards.

1465
01:04:47,680 --> 01:04:48,440
Speaker 1: They can't score.

1466
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:52,560
Speaker 2: Buccaneers playing at home hot two and oh, I mean

1467
01:04:52,560 --> 01:04:55,880
Speaker 2: it feels like a Buccaneers two touchdown win. Watch the

1468
01:04:55,880 --> 01:04:58,520
Speaker 2: Broncos win. I don't think it happens. I'm going Bucks

1469
01:04:59,080 --> 01:05:02,200
Speaker 2: to win and to cover the six and a half

1470
01:05:02,240 --> 01:05:03,000
Speaker 2: points spread.

1471
01:05:03,560 --> 01:05:04,200
Speaker 1: Packers v.

1472
01:05:04,400 --> 01:05:11,200
Speaker 2: Titans, it's the Melik Willis revenge game. Maybe Jordan Love practiced, Yeah,

1473
01:05:11,240 --> 01:05:12,640
Speaker 2: Jordan Love's practice the last.

1474
01:05:12,480 --> 01:05:13,200
Speaker 1: Couple of days.

1475
01:05:13,440 --> 01:05:15,800
Speaker 2: He is questionable for this one, and I would imagine

1476
01:05:15,840 --> 01:05:17,480
Speaker 2: he's gonna stay questionable.

1477
01:05:17,400 --> 01:05:21,160
Speaker 1: For the next few weeks. But Malik Willis looked good.

1478
01:05:22,080 --> 01:05:25,240
Speaker 2: Even though Matt Lafloor, that's the right way of saying this,

1479
01:05:25,720 --> 01:05:27,840
Speaker 2: managed his opportunities. He didn't completely take the ball on

1480
01:05:27,960 --> 01:05:32,240
Speaker 2: Malik Willis's hands. He gave Malik opportunities to flourish. I

1481
01:05:32,280 --> 01:05:33,960
Speaker 2: thought that was the right thing to do, and he

1482
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:36,120
Speaker 2: played well against the Colts getting that win.

1483
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:37,439
Speaker 1: But the run game was the key.

1484
01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:41,000
Speaker 2: Can the Packers run that ball the same way against

1485
01:05:41,000 --> 01:05:44,040
Speaker 2: the Colts and do it against the Titans. I don't

1486
01:05:44,120 --> 01:05:46,120
Speaker 2: know if they can do that. Tennessee is favored by

1487
01:05:46,320 --> 01:05:50,440
Speaker 2: three at home. I would love to see the Titans

1488
01:05:50,480 --> 01:05:53,000
Speaker 2: go to zero three. This one is kind of perplexing

1489
01:05:53,040 --> 01:05:55,280
Speaker 2: because of the whole Jordan love thing.

1490
01:05:56,000 --> 01:05:57,920
Speaker 1: Either way, I'm gonna ride Malik Willis.

1491
01:05:58,240 --> 01:06:01,640
Speaker 2: I'm gonna ride Malik Willis to win this thing, and

1492
01:06:01,840 --> 01:06:04,440
Speaker 2: winning it, they'll cover that three. Either way, Packers are

1493
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:07,040
Speaker 2: gonna cover that three. If the Titans win, it's gonna

1494
01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:09,439
Speaker 2: be a one or two point win. Hopefully will Levis

1495
01:06:09,480 --> 01:06:10,360
Speaker 2: makes another mistake.

1496
01:06:10,560 --> 01:06:11,480
Speaker 1: It'll be kind of awesome.

1497
01:06:11,680 --> 01:06:15,280
Speaker 2: After all this offseason talk about wait till Will Levis

1498
01:06:15,280 --> 01:06:17,520
Speaker 2: goes for a whole year, wait till will Eves does this? Well,

1499
01:06:17,520 --> 01:06:21,479
Speaker 2: will Levis has made two backbreaking mistakes. People, How has

1500
01:06:21,520 --> 01:06:22,200
Speaker 2: that gone?

1501
01:06:22,600 --> 01:06:26,200
Speaker 1: Not very well? Okay, let's go Packers in an upset

1502
01:06:27,240 --> 01:06:30,680
Speaker 1: to win and obviously to cover being a three point underdog.

1503
01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:31,680
Speaker 9: Wow, that's amazing.

1504
01:06:31,880 --> 01:06:36,880
Speaker 2: Giants taking on the Browns. Giants are taking on the Browns.

1505
01:06:36,920 --> 01:06:39,560
Speaker 2: What good can I say about the Giants right now?

1506
01:06:39,600 --> 01:06:43,320
Speaker 2: Molie Neighbors looks good. Daniel Jones had a few moments

1507
01:06:43,640 --> 01:06:48,320
Speaker 2: the Giants completely hose themselves by not having their practice

1508
01:06:48,320 --> 01:06:51,320
Speaker 2: squad kicker up, and Brian Dable thought it was every

1509
01:06:51,360 --> 01:06:55,160
Speaker 2: other media member's fault for that. The Browns are still

1510
01:06:55,160 --> 01:06:57,280
Speaker 2: in hot water with all the Deshaun Watson stuff, but

1511
01:06:57,440 --> 01:06:58,439
Speaker 2: the defense can eat.

1512
01:06:58,480 --> 01:06:59,120
Speaker 1: It's at home.

1513
01:06:59,600 --> 01:07:01,439
Speaker 2: I think the Browns are gonna cover this. They're gonna

1514
01:07:01,480 --> 01:07:04,280
Speaker 2: win it by seven. Let's go, let's go twenty to ten.

1515
01:07:04,520 --> 01:07:07,160
Speaker 1: That's ten. That'll cover the six and a half.

1516
01:07:07,240 --> 01:07:09,200
Speaker 2: It's pretty big spread, but I think the Browns will

1517
01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:12,120
Speaker 2: cover that winning at home. I hope they don't, but

1518
01:07:12,200 --> 01:07:14,880
Speaker 2: I think they will. Bears Colts, Oh boy, here we

1519
01:07:14,920 --> 01:07:19,880
Speaker 2: go in Indianapolis where the Colts are a one point favorite.

1520
01:07:19,960 --> 01:07:22,440
Speaker 2: Latu Latu is banged up the Forest Buckner one and

1521
01:07:22,520 --> 01:07:26,160
Speaker 2: I are oh man, they already weren't stopping and running

1522
01:07:26,160 --> 01:07:28,640
Speaker 2: out of there without those two guys. I would love

1523
01:07:28,680 --> 01:07:31,200
Speaker 2: to see the Bears win this thing, love it, but

1524
01:07:31,240 --> 01:07:33,400
Speaker 2: I think the Colts are gonna find a little something.

1525
01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:35,080
Speaker 2: I think Colts are gonna win this thing twenty three

1526
01:07:35,120 --> 01:07:38,040
Speaker 2: to seventeen. That covers the once. So give the Colts

1527
01:07:38,080 --> 01:07:40,720
Speaker 2: a win and a cover at home against the Caleb

1528
01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:43,160
Speaker 2: Williams lead Bears.

1529
01:07:43,440 --> 01:07:43,920
Speaker 1: Bears.

1530
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:46,200
Speaker 2: All right, let's go to Las Vegas with the Raiders

1531
01:07:46,360 --> 01:07:49,880
Speaker 2: finally get home. Man played at home across the country

1532
01:07:49,880 --> 01:07:52,400
Speaker 2: to play Baltimore, flew back home, and now they get

1533
01:07:52,400 --> 01:07:55,360
Speaker 2: a visit from Carolina, who crossed the country to play

1534
01:07:55,560 --> 01:07:57,800
Speaker 2: the Raiders. As you know by now, Bright Shelling is

1535
01:07:57,800 --> 01:08:00,320
Speaker 2: not to starting quarterback anymore for the Carolina Panthers. The

1536
01:08:00,440 --> 01:08:02,920
Speaker 2: Raiders and feeling themselves their six point favorites. I think

1537
01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:06,600
Speaker 2: the Raiders will win this game. Any adult will make

1538
01:08:06,640 --> 01:08:10,560
Speaker 2: it interesting. He's got enough veteran experience to make it interesting.

1539
01:08:10,600 --> 01:08:12,160
Speaker 1: But in the end, twenty three to.

1540
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:16,120
Speaker 2: Fourteen, the Raiders are gonna win this game by nine,

1541
01:08:16,160 --> 01:08:18,600
Speaker 2: which covers the six give the Raiders a win and

1542
01:08:18,680 --> 01:08:23,439
Speaker 2: a cover at home. The Dolphins starring Skyler Thompson are

1543
01:08:23,439 --> 01:08:25,760
Speaker 2: taking on the Seahawks up in Seattle. It is the

1544
01:08:25,840 --> 01:08:31,960
Speaker 2: longest flight of any domestic matchup in the NFL, and Dolphins,

1545
01:08:32,040 --> 01:08:35,200
Speaker 2: like I said, are starting Skyler Thompson. The Seahawks are

1546
01:08:35,240 --> 01:08:37,519
Speaker 2: two to zero. They're flying back after a win over

1547
01:08:37,560 --> 01:08:41,320
Speaker 2: to do England Patriots. I think there's no way that

1548
01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:44,360
Speaker 2: Skyler Thompson will find a way to win this game.

1549
01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:46,519
Speaker 1: But can he cover four and a half? I think

1550
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:47,000
Speaker 1: he can.

1551
01:08:47,479 --> 01:08:52,000
Speaker 2: I'm going twenty three to twenty Seahawks beat the Dolphins,

1552
01:08:52,479 --> 01:08:53,720
Speaker 2: but Dolphins get cover.

1553
01:08:53,760 --> 01:08:56,680
Speaker 1: Get inside that four and a half, all right. Ravens v.

1554
01:08:56,840 --> 01:09:02,679
Speaker 2: Cowboys, this is the must win Sunday game of the weekend.

1555
01:09:03,040 --> 01:09:04,000
Speaker 1: Cowboys at home.

1556
01:09:04,080 --> 01:09:07,120
Speaker 2: After getting hammered at home last week by the Saints,

1557
01:09:07,280 --> 01:09:09,880
Speaker 2: the Ravens two tough losses, one to the Chiefs, then

1558
01:09:09,880 --> 01:09:11,479
Speaker 2: they had a ten point lead in the fourth quarter

1559
01:09:11,479 --> 01:09:14,880
Speaker 2: and blew it and lost to the Las Vegas Raiders.

1560
01:09:14,920 --> 01:09:16,320
Speaker 2: I don't know what to think. I think the Ravens

1561
01:09:16,320 --> 01:09:18,960
Speaker 2: are just a better team. So Baltimore is favored by one,

1562
01:09:19,040 --> 01:09:21,280
Speaker 2: so I'm gonna roll with the Ravens to get to

1563
01:09:21,320 --> 01:09:24,160
Speaker 2: one and two. Flip the Cowboys to one and two

1564
01:09:24,200 --> 01:09:26,920
Speaker 2: with that, and they're gonna cover that one, winning by

1565
01:09:27,160 --> 01:09:28,960
Speaker 2: let's say three, twenty seven to twenty four.

1566
01:09:29,080 --> 01:09:30,519
Speaker 1: Ravens beat the Cowboys, all right.

1567
01:09:30,560 --> 01:09:33,880
Speaker 2: Lions Cardinals, I guess both them a little bit of surprise.

1568
01:09:33,960 --> 01:09:35,639
Speaker 2: I guess everybody thought lines would be two to zero

1569
01:09:35,640 --> 01:09:37,600
Speaker 2: and Cardinals might be going to the Cardinals.

1570
01:09:37,320 --> 01:09:41,200
Speaker 1: Offense is fun to watch the over runners fifty one

1571
01:09:41,200 --> 01:09:42,599
Speaker 1: point five. I'm saying go over that.

1572
01:09:43,160 --> 01:09:45,240
Speaker 2: Cardinals find a way to block eight Nutchinson and get

1573
01:09:45,240 --> 01:09:47,840
Speaker 2: the ball off. They got opportunity scores points. You know,

1574
01:09:47,960 --> 01:09:50,360
Speaker 2: Lions are scoring points. So let's go over fifty one

1575
01:09:50,400 --> 01:09:52,639
Speaker 2: and a half. Let's get the Lions a win at

1576
01:09:52,680 --> 01:09:55,240
Speaker 2: Hall actually on the road, playing in Arizona.

1577
01:09:55,439 --> 01:09:57,639
Speaker 1: Oh man, that's why decharge only ad three point favorite.

1578
01:09:57,720 --> 01:09:59,840
Speaker 2: I still think the Lions will win that thing and

1579
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:04,280
Speaker 2: win it by seven. Let's go thirty eight to thirty one,

1580
01:10:04,840 --> 01:10:08,040
Speaker 2: definitely getting over the over Lions put on an offensive show

1581
01:10:08,200 --> 01:10:09,280
Speaker 2: in the desert.

1582
01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:12,000
Speaker 1: Forty nine Ers and Rams. Nobody's playing this game.

1583
01:10:12,240 --> 01:10:16,240
Speaker 2: Everybody's hurt forty nine Ers and Rams except for brock

1584
01:10:16,280 --> 01:10:19,320
Speaker 2: Party and Matt Stafford. But brock Perty's got a few

1585
01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:21,400
Speaker 2: more weapons than Matt Stafford has, So let's go. Forty

1586
01:10:21,479 --> 01:10:23,519
Speaker 2: nine Ers can win this thing on the road. In

1587
01:10:23,720 --> 01:10:26,320
Speaker 2: so far, moved the Rams to oh and three to

1588
01:10:26,400 --> 01:10:28,800
Speaker 2: forty Nineers. Move two and one and the forty niners

1589
01:10:28,800 --> 01:10:31,920
Speaker 2: will cover that. Six and a half Chiefs Falcons in

1590
01:10:31,960 --> 01:10:35,559
Speaker 2: Atlanta on Sunday night. I think the Chiefs jump all

1591
01:10:35,560 --> 01:10:38,479
Speaker 2: over the Falcons. Falcons coming off that high of the

1592
01:10:38,520 --> 01:10:42,519
Speaker 2: Monday night win day less of preparation. I think the

1593
01:10:42,600 --> 01:10:47,280
Speaker 2: Chiefs are absolutely gonna obliterate the Falcons, their three point favorite.

1594
01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:49,880
Speaker 2: I think they win it by seventeen thirty four to seventeen,

1595
01:10:50,200 --> 01:10:54,880
Speaker 2: Chiefs over the Falcons. Then Monday Night, Jacksonville Jaguars are

1596
01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:58,000
Speaker 2: going to the Buffalo Bills. Jacksonville Owen two, Buffalo two,

1597
01:10:58,040 --> 01:11:02,200
Speaker 2: and oh Buffalo is a five point favorite. I think

1598
01:11:02,200 --> 01:11:03,920
Speaker 2: Buffalo is gonna win this thing by seven. I think

1599
01:11:03,960 --> 01:11:07,080
Speaker 2: Jacksonville's gonna be feisty and stick around and be that

1600
01:11:07,160 --> 01:11:09,240
Speaker 2: kind of team. But in the end, Josh Allen will

1601
01:11:09,240 --> 01:11:11,759
Speaker 2: make one too many plays Josh Allen for the Bills,

1602
01:11:11,920 --> 01:11:14,720
Speaker 2: not Josh Heinz Allen, who plays defensive end for the Jaguars.

1603
01:11:14,960 --> 01:11:18,400
Speaker 2: And then after that or I guess, about an hour later,

1604
01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:20,559
Speaker 2: the Commanders are taking on the Bengals.

1605
01:11:20,720 --> 01:11:23,400
Speaker 1: Bengals owing to the playing at home, the Bengals don't

1606
01:11:23,400 --> 01:11:26,240
Speaker 1: win this, oh boy, but they're going to.

1607
01:11:26,520 --> 01:11:27,000
Speaker 9: They're gonna win.

1608
01:11:27,040 --> 01:11:28,799
Speaker 1: They're gonna win a big You're gonna win by fourteen.

1609
01:11:29,080 --> 01:11:33,880
Speaker 2: Let's go thirty one seventeen, a win over Jane Daniels

1610
01:11:33,880 --> 01:11:37,880
Speaker 2: and the Washington Commanders Okay, those are your games.

1611
01:11:38,080 --> 01:11:40,320
Speaker 1: Straight up and against the spread. For fun. We step

1612
01:11:40,400 --> 01:11:42,599
Speaker 1: fun talking about the games and setting up the weekend.

1613
01:11:42,680 --> 01:11:44,880
Speaker 1: We love doing that. I love doing that, so hopefully

1614
01:11:45,080 --> 01:11:45,439
Speaker 1: enjoy all.

1615
01:11:45,479 --> 01:11:48,639
Speaker 2: Right coming up, Tomiko, Ryans talk to us every single Monday,

1616
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:49,280
Speaker 2: and it's awesome.

1617
01:11:49,280 --> 01:11:50,280
Speaker 1: He gets us charged up.

1618
01:11:50,520 --> 01:11:52,479
Speaker 2: So we figured why not bring that back late on

1619
01:11:52,479 --> 01:11:54,560
Speaker 2: a Friday evening. Let's do it Tomiko with market I

1620
01:11:54,640 --> 01:11:58,120
Speaker 2: next on Texans All Access. We go one final segment

1621
01:11:58,200 --> 01:12:01,240
Speaker 2: this Friday in issue to the Texans All Access. I'm your host,

1622
01:12:01,280 --> 01:12:06,040
Speaker 2: John Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter for your Houston Texans.

1623
01:12:06,160 --> 01:12:09,840
Speaker 2: And what better way to finish a Friday show then

1624
01:12:09,880 --> 01:12:13,200
Speaker 2: by having the headball coach step in the studio.

1625
01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:15,640
Speaker 1: And talkball with Mark and myself.

1626
01:12:16,040 --> 01:12:18,680
Speaker 2: Yes, it's awesome to have to meet Go Ryans on

1627
01:12:18,760 --> 01:12:20,160
Speaker 2: Monday night first coach the show. But a lot of

1628
01:12:20,160 --> 01:12:21,720
Speaker 2: you don't get a chance to hear it. So let's

1629
01:12:21,720 --> 01:12:23,720
Speaker 2: hear it right now. Here's to meet Go Ryan's with me.

1630
01:12:23,920 --> 01:12:26,719
Speaker 1: And Mark with us now in studio.

1631
01:12:26,800 --> 01:12:30,080
Speaker 4: Coach to meet O'Ryan's coach. Congratulations. I want to start

1632
01:12:30,240 --> 01:12:33,639
Speaker 4: macro here because you play in so many close games.

1633
01:12:33,760 --> 01:12:37,080
Speaker 4: Had another one against the Bears, And what's a key factor.

1634
01:12:37,120 --> 01:12:40,440
Speaker 4: It seems like the closeness of the team, the togetherness

1635
01:12:40,439 --> 01:12:43,120
Speaker 4: that you're building as a culture, however you want to

1636
01:12:43,160 --> 01:12:45,320
Speaker 4: word it. How helpful is that when you're trying to

1637
01:12:45,320 --> 01:12:48,120
Speaker 4: pull out a close game at the end, everybody's sticking together.

1638
01:12:48,479 --> 01:12:49,680
Speaker 3: That's very important, right.

1639
01:12:49,720 --> 01:12:52,439
Speaker 6: You have to know that no matter who's on the field,

1640
01:12:52,439 --> 01:12:55,240
Speaker 6: whatever unit is on the field, whether it's special teams

1641
01:12:55,360 --> 01:12:58,360
Speaker 6: relying enough for a field goals, offense need a big play,

1642
01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:01,640
Speaker 6: defense needs to stop, you're on that side line. You

1643
01:13:01,680 --> 01:13:04,280
Speaker 6: feel like whatever the moment is, however big the moment

1644
01:13:04,479 --> 01:13:06,920
Speaker 6: is like that unit is gonna step up and make

1645
01:13:06,960 --> 01:13:09,160
Speaker 6: the play that we need to be made to help

1646
01:13:09,240 --> 01:13:09,880
Speaker 6: us win the game.

1647
01:13:10,120 --> 01:13:12,000
Speaker 2: Cotron to ask you some make sure I asked us

1648
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:16,400
Speaker 2: in the right way, because you guys, put we play

1649
01:13:16,439 --> 01:13:18,920
Speaker 2: with an edge. There's a fine line with playing with

1650
01:13:18,960 --> 01:13:20,720
Speaker 2: the edge and kind of going over the line to

1651
01:13:20,800 --> 01:13:22,960
Speaker 2: make sure you don't have fifteen your penalties and things

1652
01:13:23,000 --> 01:13:23,320
Speaker 2: like that.

1653
01:13:23,360 --> 01:13:25,479
Speaker 1: But where is that kind of fine line?

1654
01:13:25,520 --> 01:13:28,679
Speaker 2: Because I love watching us play because it feels like, yeah,

1655
01:13:28,680 --> 01:13:29,720
Speaker 2: we're the bully.

1656
01:13:29,400 --> 01:13:30,880
Speaker 1: We've got the edge on our team.

1657
01:13:30,920 --> 01:13:33,080
Speaker 2: But where's that kind of fine line where you don't

1658
01:13:33,120 --> 01:13:35,240
Speaker 2: kind of cross it and have fifteen yard penalties and such.

1659
01:13:35,400 --> 01:13:37,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean we want we want to be the

1660
01:13:37,080 --> 01:13:39,639
Speaker 6: most physical team when we step on the field each

1661
01:13:39,680 --> 01:13:42,000
Speaker 6: and every each and every game, we're gonna be the

1662
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:45,400
Speaker 6: most physical team. Now, you know with that, everything is

1663
01:13:45,400 --> 01:13:48,320
Speaker 6: within the rules, everything is within you know, the field

1664
01:13:48,320 --> 01:13:50,360
Speaker 6: of play. Like we want to make sure we're we're

1665
01:13:50,439 --> 01:13:52,960
Speaker 6: legal with everything that we're doing, Like where we got

1666
01:13:52,960 --> 01:13:56,439
Speaker 6: out of line with our the penalty with Nico, Like

1667
01:13:56,479 --> 01:13:59,160
Speaker 6: we just have to be allow them to get the

1668
01:13:59,160 --> 01:14:01,439
Speaker 6: penalty right, right, We don't need to be the second

1669
01:14:01,439 --> 01:14:03,679
Speaker 6: because it's always going to be the second guy who

1670
01:14:03,720 --> 01:14:07,800
Speaker 6: gets seen. Right, So Nico's there, guy pokes him in,

1671
01:14:07,880 --> 01:14:12,120
Speaker 6: I pushes him, and Nico retaliates. But we can't do

1672
01:14:12,200 --> 01:14:15,479
Speaker 6: it that way, right, just be the bigger man, take

1673
01:14:15,520 --> 01:14:17,599
Speaker 6: it and let's try to get them to you know,

1674
01:14:17,720 --> 01:14:20,679
Speaker 6: draw the penalty. And the same with you know, the

1675
01:14:20,720 --> 01:14:24,040
Speaker 6: scuffle on the sideline with disease. He knows it, right,

1676
01:14:24,080 --> 01:14:27,519
Speaker 6: you just have to be smart. We can't throw a punch. Yeah,

1677
01:14:27,560 --> 01:14:28,080
Speaker 6: I think that's.

1678
01:14:27,960 --> 01:14:28,880
Speaker 5: One thing that happened.

1679
01:14:28,880 --> 01:14:30,880
Speaker 6: Like even when we're out at practice and training camp,

1680
01:14:30,880 --> 01:14:33,320
Speaker 6: when things get heated and they're hot, and guys are

1681
01:14:33,360 --> 01:14:36,080
Speaker 6: gonna get into scuffles a little bit in training camp.

1682
01:14:36,120 --> 01:14:38,479
Speaker 6: The one thing I always mention the guys is if

1683
01:14:38,520 --> 01:14:40,200
Speaker 6: you throw a punch, you're out right.

1684
01:14:40,240 --> 01:14:43,200
Speaker 3: So you just have to understand we can't do those type.

1685
01:14:43,000 --> 01:14:46,080
Speaker 1: Of things, all right. What about the defense swarming?

1686
01:14:46,360 --> 01:14:49,120
Speaker 4: That looked like swarm to all of us, And it

1687
01:14:49,160 --> 01:14:51,840
Speaker 4: looked like they were enjoying themselves going after the quarterback,

1688
01:14:51,880 --> 01:14:52,880
Speaker 4: going after the running game.

1689
01:14:52,960 --> 01:14:55,880
Speaker 6: Yeah, that's that was the definition of swarm. When I

1690
01:14:56,120 --> 01:14:59,719
Speaker 6: envisioning and envision how we play in our style of play,

1691
01:15:00,600 --> 01:15:03,760
Speaker 6: from our defense, I mean the way our d line

1692
01:15:03,800 --> 01:15:07,080
Speaker 6: was just pretty much harassing the quarterback every time he

1693
01:15:07,120 --> 01:15:11,040
Speaker 6: stepped back in the pocket. It was multiple people on him,

1694
01:15:11,160 --> 01:15:13,679
Speaker 6: Like he was not comfortable in the pocket at all,

1695
01:15:13,800 --> 01:15:17,360
Speaker 6: So seeing him be uncomfortable, seeing and not just be

1696
01:15:17,439 --> 01:15:20,599
Speaker 6: one guy, but it was four or five guys around

1697
01:15:20,680 --> 01:15:23,679
Speaker 6: him every time he dropped back. And also just seeing

1698
01:15:23,680 --> 01:15:25,240
Speaker 6: our guys when they tried to run the ball on

1699
01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:28,639
Speaker 6: the perimeter, whether it was screens or outside zone plays,

1700
01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:31,240
Speaker 6: like seeing how many guys showed up, how physical we

1701
01:15:31,240 --> 01:15:34,280
Speaker 6: were playing on the edge, Like the effort that our

1702
01:15:34,280 --> 01:15:36,479
Speaker 6: guys showed that's what Swarman looks like.

1703
01:15:36,720 --> 01:15:37,000
Speaker 1: Coach.

1704
01:15:37,040 --> 01:15:41,800
Speaker 2: I think was it nine guys had multiple pressures during

1705
01:15:41,840 --> 01:15:42,240
Speaker 2: the game.

1706
01:15:43,000 --> 01:15:45,400
Speaker 1: So I'll ask you this is it.

1707
01:15:45,439 --> 01:15:49,320
Speaker 2: As you're calling the defense, are you thinking about trying

1708
01:15:49,320 --> 01:15:51,240
Speaker 2: to free up maybe your.

1709
01:15:51,040 --> 01:15:52,040
Speaker 1: Guy like a particular guy.

1710
01:15:52,080 --> 01:15:54,160
Speaker 2: Okay, this guy's hot, like we got to maybe scheme

1711
01:15:54,200 --> 01:15:55,720
Speaker 2: him up, or we gotta make sure we get him

1712
01:15:55,720 --> 01:15:59,320
Speaker 2: free good in the matchup he wants. Or Okay, this

1713
01:15:59,439 --> 01:16:02,240
Speaker 2: offensive lineman is struggling, we want to attack him, or

1714
01:16:02,240 --> 01:16:03,920
Speaker 2: we want to attack that side or is it a

1715
01:16:03,960 --> 01:16:04,760
Speaker 2: combination of both.

1716
01:16:04,840 --> 01:16:07,920
Speaker 6: Man, that's a great question going into a game. Sometimes

1717
01:16:07,960 --> 01:16:10,479
Speaker 6: you always right to see the tackles first, right, and

1718
01:16:10,600 --> 01:16:13,200
Speaker 6: can your ends or do you feel good about your

1719
01:16:13,360 --> 01:16:15,400
Speaker 6: ends winning the one on ones on their tackles. So

1720
01:16:15,439 --> 01:16:18,559
Speaker 6: we really feel good about Danil right on their right

1721
01:16:18,600 --> 01:16:21,680
Speaker 6: tackle and he won a lot of those matchupes was

1722
01:16:21,760 --> 01:16:25,440
Speaker 6: really good. And then on the other side, or sometimes

1723
01:16:25,479 --> 01:16:28,439
Speaker 6: with different looks and schemes, sometimes.

1724
01:16:27,960 --> 01:16:29,760
Speaker 3: You want to get you in.

1725
01:16:30,280 --> 01:16:32,240
Speaker 6: Let's say, instead of being outside, you want to see

1726
01:16:32,280 --> 01:16:33,920
Speaker 6: if we can get a stunt where we can get

1727
01:16:33,920 --> 01:16:36,839
Speaker 6: inside on the guard or a center. And this particular

1728
01:16:36,880 --> 01:16:39,880
Speaker 6: matchup this past week, we wanted to attack the middle

1729
01:16:39,880 --> 01:16:41,920
Speaker 6: of the pocket. Wanted to attack their center and put

1730
01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:44,680
Speaker 6: him in some stressful situations. And that's what you saw

1731
01:16:44,720 --> 01:16:47,000
Speaker 6: as many different guys, whether there's our d tackles or

1732
01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:50,599
Speaker 6: our ends, like seeing them apply pressure up the middle

1733
01:16:50,920 --> 01:16:54,320
Speaker 6: where we saw a vulnerable spot with their center position.

1734
01:16:54,400 --> 01:16:55,439
Speaker 3: That's what we wanted to attack.

1735
01:16:55,680 --> 01:16:58,280
Speaker 4: What are you seeing from Henry in year two, Coach,

1736
01:16:58,360 --> 01:16:59,599
Speaker 4: the growth of his play.

1737
01:17:00,280 --> 01:17:03,559
Speaker 6: I thought Henry tackled really well. I think this was

1738
01:17:03,640 --> 01:17:06,360
Speaker 6: one of his I saw the confidence in Henry. I

1739
01:17:06,400 --> 01:17:09,599
Speaker 6: saw him like flying around. He's playing patient, but when

1740
01:17:09,640 --> 01:17:11,639
Speaker 6: he needed to pull the trigger, he pulled the trigger

1741
01:17:12,040 --> 01:17:15,559
Speaker 6: and he was on it. Like when I say he

1742
01:17:15,640 --> 01:17:18,840
Speaker 6: was physical, he was making play sideline the sideline. That's

1743
01:17:18,840 --> 01:17:20,880
Speaker 6: what you want to see from Henry there. Kamar is

1744
01:17:20,920 --> 01:17:21,639
Speaker 6: probably a little.

1745
01:17:21,479 --> 01:17:21,960
Speaker 5: Mad at him.

1746
01:17:23,479 --> 01:17:26,400
Speaker 3: Big gated Kamari's intercepts in there. It didn't have to

1747
01:17:26,560 --> 01:17:29,120
Speaker 3: got a little tug on the tight end there.

1748
01:17:29,160 --> 01:17:31,720
Speaker 6: But Henry had a really nice game and just to

1749
01:17:31,760 --> 01:17:33,559
Speaker 6: see the look in his eye, he was confident, he

1750
01:17:33,600 --> 01:17:34,120
Speaker 6: was feeling it.

1751
01:17:34,520 --> 01:17:37,240
Speaker 2: Coach, Kamari makes that catch over his shoulder, then the

1752
01:17:37,280 --> 01:17:39,640
Speaker 2: interception that does count, he goes up and snatches one

1753
01:17:39,680 --> 01:17:41,680
Speaker 2: out of the air, And I talked about it with

1754
01:17:41,840 --> 01:17:43,599
Speaker 2: yesterday a little bit about staying.

1755
01:17:44,280 --> 01:17:46,799
Speaker 1: Those two seem to have tremendous ball skills.

1756
01:17:46,840 --> 01:17:51,120
Speaker 2: So in Kamara and looking at young corners, where does

1757
01:17:51,200 --> 01:17:53,320
Speaker 2: ball skills kind of rank within the things that you

1758
01:17:53,479 --> 01:17:56,000
Speaker 2: want to see or have to see out of a corner, Like,

1759
01:17:56,000 --> 01:17:57,080
Speaker 2: I mean, you want to see all the feet and

1760
01:17:57,080 --> 01:17:58,800
Speaker 2: all that, But where's it where oh, this guy knows

1761
01:17:58,840 --> 01:18:01,000
Speaker 2: how to play the ball and actually catch the ball,

1762
01:18:01,000 --> 01:18:03,880
Speaker 2: where's that actually rank kind of into your rankings of

1763
01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:04,800
Speaker 2: where you look for a corner.

1764
01:18:04,880 --> 01:18:07,639
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm looking at corners like when a guy.

1765
01:18:07,760 --> 01:18:09,040
Speaker 6: First of all, you want to see if a guy

1766
01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:12,479
Speaker 6: is sticky in covered right, right, and a guy sticky, okay,

1767
01:18:12,520 --> 01:18:15,160
Speaker 6: he's in position, Now can we help him right to

1768
01:18:15,240 --> 01:18:17,439
Speaker 6: go make a player on the ball, Like that's the

1769
01:18:17,439 --> 01:18:19,280
Speaker 6: one thing to think about. But when you see a

1770
01:18:19,360 --> 01:18:22,000
Speaker 6: guy who can go up and take the ball, like

1771
01:18:22,400 --> 01:18:25,320
Speaker 6: sometimes you can't teach it, right, You can't teach guys

1772
01:18:25,320 --> 01:18:27,760
Speaker 6: who have that confidence when the ball is in the

1773
01:18:27,840 --> 01:18:31,160
Speaker 6: air and they don't worry about the receiver but they're

1774
01:18:31,200 --> 01:18:33,679
Speaker 6: going to play the ball And say that's a skill

1775
01:18:33,760 --> 01:18:36,439
Speaker 6: set that got Some guys have and some guys don't

1776
01:18:36,520 --> 01:18:38,519
Speaker 6: have it. So when I'm looking at corners, I really

1777
01:18:38,560 --> 01:18:41,479
Speaker 6: try to look at their background and study guys and see, Okay,

1778
01:18:41,479 --> 01:18:45,800
Speaker 6: who is a corner but possibly play a receiver in

1779
01:18:45,880 --> 01:18:48,000
Speaker 6: high school. Those guys do a really nice job of

1780
01:18:48,120 --> 01:18:50,920
Speaker 6: just being a naturally going to tracking the football when

1781
01:18:50,920 --> 01:18:51,760
Speaker 6: it's up in the air.

1782
01:18:52,200 --> 01:18:53,960
Speaker 3: If guys haven't played a receiver, they're.

1783
01:18:53,920 --> 01:18:57,720
Speaker 6: Just they've been DB's all their life, probably don't have

1784
01:18:57,800 --> 01:19:00,280
Speaker 6: really good hands, They probably don't do a good job

1785
01:19:00,360 --> 01:19:01,320
Speaker 6: of tracking the football.

1786
01:19:01,360 --> 01:19:03,400
Speaker 2: Man, Like you said, with Kaitlyn, he played baseball, he

1787
01:19:03,439 --> 01:19:05,320
Speaker 2: played center field, so tracking the ball from there it's

1788
01:19:05,360 --> 01:19:05,800
Speaker 2: pretty good.

1789
01:19:05,880 --> 01:19:06,080
Speaker 5: Yeah.

1790
01:19:06,120 --> 01:19:09,960
Speaker 6: It definitely shows with Kaitlin the center field. Yeah, we

1791
01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:11,640
Speaker 6: put him back in the post that he does a

1792
01:19:11,640 --> 01:19:13,920
Speaker 6: really great job of just playing with great depth and

1793
01:19:14,040 --> 01:19:16,160
Speaker 6: really playing, as we say, real line.

1794
01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:16,639
Speaker 5: And real line.

1795
01:19:17,000 --> 01:19:18,760
Speaker 4: What's going to take to run the ball the way

1796
01:19:18,800 --> 01:19:21,240
Speaker 4: you want to consistently coach, Because I know you had

1797
01:19:21,240 --> 01:19:23,320
Speaker 4: it in week one, Week two not as good, but

1798
01:19:23,680 --> 01:19:26,120
Speaker 4: it's all part of the offense which did function well

1799
01:19:26,240 --> 01:19:26,960
Speaker 4: enough for you to win.

1800
01:19:27,040 --> 01:19:28,600
Speaker 1: But what about that phase.

1801
01:19:29,120 --> 01:19:29,920
Speaker 3: With the run game.

1802
01:19:29,960 --> 01:19:33,320
Speaker 6: I think it starts just our mentality of really attacking

1803
01:19:33,320 --> 01:19:36,320
Speaker 6: the line of scrimmage right too many times this past game.

1804
01:19:36,360 --> 01:19:38,840
Speaker 6: I felt like we were a little stagnant. They had

1805
01:19:38,840 --> 01:19:42,560
Speaker 6: some stunts and some little pressures from the outside the

1806
01:19:42,720 --> 01:19:45,240
Speaker 6: kind of got us, and they created penetration in our

1807
01:19:45,320 --> 01:19:47,559
Speaker 6: running game and we weren't able to get going.

1808
01:19:47,880 --> 01:19:49,839
Speaker 3: When we ran the ball well versus the Coats.

1809
01:19:50,240 --> 01:19:52,599
Speaker 6: We were flying off the ball and we were playing

1810
01:19:52,600 --> 01:19:55,200
Speaker 6: on the opposite side of the line of scrimmage, creating

1811
01:19:55,280 --> 01:19:57,519
Speaker 6: running lanes. And we just have to get back to

1812
01:19:57,600 --> 01:19:58,920
Speaker 6: playing faster upfront.

1813
01:19:59,280 --> 01:20:02,639
Speaker 2: Coach, since you been here, what's the growth that you've

1814
01:20:02,680 --> 01:20:05,920
Speaker 2: seen in Nico Collins? Because last night we've just seeing

1815
01:20:05,920 --> 01:20:08,600
Speaker 2: it again like he did it against the Colts. He

1816
01:20:08,680 --> 01:20:11,040
Speaker 2: did it last night against the Chicago Bears, but it's

1817
01:20:11,080 --> 01:20:13,439
Speaker 2: just different elements. He makes the one handed catch on

1818
01:20:13,479 --> 01:20:16,960
Speaker 2: the sideline, you know, shows the nimble, getting the feet

1819
01:20:17,000 --> 01:20:18,360
Speaker 2: in all that kind of stuff, and then you see

1820
01:20:18,360 --> 01:20:19,720
Speaker 2: the power and the touchdown run.

1821
01:20:19,960 --> 01:20:22,479
Speaker 1: What have you seen since you've gotten here in Nico Collins?

1822
01:20:22,800 --> 01:20:26,519
Speaker 6: And I've seen just I've seen the confidence just go

1823
01:20:26,680 --> 01:20:31,559
Speaker 6: out like he knows like that you can't cover me,

1824
01:20:31,920 --> 01:20:35,120
Speaker 6: like type mentality and as a receiver when you play

1825
01:20:35,200 --> 01:20:38,120
Speaker 6: that way, because Nico's a big receiver, already a lot

1826
01:20:38,120 --> 01:20:41,320
Speaker 6: of corners already smaller than him, So he plays big

1827
01:20:41,360 --> 01:20:42,320
Speaker 6: man ball out there.

1828
01:20:42,400 --> 01:20:42,559
Speaker 5: Right.

1829
01:20:42,600 --> 01:20:45,800
Speaker 6: He is the badest, the toughest guy. When he lines up,

1830
01:20:45,840 --> 01:20:49,080
Speaker 6: he knows it, the opposing corner knows it, and he

1831
01:20:49,160 --> 01:20:51,719
Speaker 6: goes to show them right when the ball is snapped.

1832
01:20:51,720 --> 01:20:55,280
Speaker 6: And also the growth from him is in that moment,

1833
01:20:55,439 --> 01:20:57,599
Speaker 6: that critical moment when you need a play like.

1834
01:20:59,040 --> 01:20:59,760
Speaker 3: Give the ball to me.

1835
01:21:00,280 --> 01:21:04,120
Speaker 6: He's ready for that moment and he executes in a moment.

1836
01:21:04,200 --> 01:21:07,519
Speaker 6: Nico doesn't talk a lot, doesn't say much, but man,

1837
01:21:07,560 --> 01:21:10,559
Speaker 6: his play speaks loudly for him.

1838
01:21:10,680 --> 01:21:10,800
Speaker 4: Right.

1839
01:21:10,800 --> 01:21:13,960
Speaker 6: And I love the way he fit even on his touchdown.

1840
01:21:14,080 --> 01:21:15,559
Speaker 6: The one thing that stuck out of me. I love

1841
01:21:15,600 --> 01:21:18,720
Speaker 6: how he finished it. This is with that physical mindset

1842
01:21:18,760 --> 01:21:21,680
Speaker 6: like that one probably one of my favorite players of

1843
01:21:21,760 --> 01:21:25,320
Speaker 6: the games, just seeing that that soar mentality from the offenses.

1844
01:21:25,520 --> 01:21:26,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, he loves the.

1845
01:21:26,160 --> 01:21:28,559
Speaker 4: Weight room too, Yeah he does, because in the miked

1846
01:21:28,640 --> 01:21:31,599
Speaker 4: up segment last week against the Colts, he said weight

1847
01:21:31,680 --> 01:21:35,480
Speaker 4: room after he made a play, and what about.

1848
01:21:35,200 --> 01:21:35,760
Speaker 1: That part of it?

1849
01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:38,320
Speaker 4: Though, strength and conditioning is a huge part of this game,

1850
01:21:38,479 --> 01:21:41,240
Speaker 4: and winning does occur there in that prep.

1851
01:21:41,439 --> 01:21:44,880
Speaker 6: It definitely occurs there our strength and conditioning group. They've

1852
01:21:44,880 --> 01:21:47,240
Speaker 6: done a great job with our guys of training them

1853
01:21:47,280 --> 01:21:49,240
Speaker 6: the right way, and you can't like a lot of

1854
01:21:49,280 --> 01:21:52,639
Speaker 6: times guys they hit it hard in the off season

1855
01:21:52,680 --> 01:21:54,960
Speaker 6: and it gets stronger and they're ready to go when

1856
01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:57,920
Speaker 6: the season starts. Well, how do you maintain that strength

1857
01:21:58,240 --> 01:22:00,320
Speaker 6: throughout the season or how do you continue you to

1858
01:22:00,760 --> 01:22:03,160
Speaker 6: add strength throughout the season. Our guys do a great

1859
01:22:03,240 --> 01:22:05,920
Speaker 6: job of training our guys, and when guys love.

1860
01:22:05,880 --> 01:22:08,920
Speaker 3: Their weight room like Nico, you love it, you'll get better.

1861
01:22:09,280 --> 01:22:11,840
Speaker 2: Cause one of the things that stood out second player

1862
01:22:11,840 --> 01:22:15,360
Speaker 2: of the game last night, you think about Danil's stat line,

1863
01:22:15,360 --> 01:22:18,479
Speaker 2: I mean is his rushes were amazing, so it Wills,

1864
01:22:18,479 --> 01:22:22,280
Speaker 2: but I felt like, you earn your pass rush opportunities,

1865
01:22:22,880 --> 01:22:26,000
Speaker 2: and he set the edge on that play against Jones

1866
01:22:26,040 --> 01:22:29,320
Speaker 2: and literally just rock Jones and then he makes the TfL.

1867
01:22:30,080 --> 01:22:31,479
Speaker 2: I don't want to say it's a little thing, but

1868
01:22:31,560 --> 01:22:33,840
Speaker 2: set in the edge against the run. But you think

1869
01:22:33,840 --> 01:22:36,040
Speaker 2: for those edge guys, it's all sexy stuff. It's rushing

1870
01:22:36,040 --> 01:22:37,880
Speaker 2: the quarterback doing that. But how cool is it to

1871
01:22:37,960 --> 01:22:40,479
Speaker 2: see your guys Daniel and Will especially set the edge

1872
01:22:40,479 --> 01:22:43,320
Speaker 2: in the run game and how successful how much has

1873
01:22:43,320 --> 01:22:45,120
Speaker 2: that led to the success of your run defense.

1874
01:22:45,640 --> 01:22:47,800
Speaker 6: It was really important to us because that was one

1875
01:22:47,840 --> 01:22:50,800
Speaker 6: thing when we challenged the Niel along being better at right,

1876
01:22:50,960 --> 01:22:53,840
Speaker 6: being able to set the edge and from our backside

1877
01:22:53,840 --> 01:22:57,000
Speaker 6: guy seeing we being able to close on the backside,

1878
01:22:57,040 --> 01:23:00,800
Speaker 6: so for us to be able to rush and you know,

1879
01:23:01,200 --> 01:23:02,360
Speaker 6: get after the quarterback.

1880
01:23:02,400 --> 01:23:03,679
Speaker 3: How we got after the quarterback.

1881
01:23:03,760 --> 01:23:06,000
Speaker 6: You have to stop the run so to hold their

1882
01:23:06,080 --> 01:23:10,080
Speaker 6: running back I think to fourteen carries for eighteen yards.

1883
01:23:10,200 --> 01:23:12,760
Speaker 6: That was huge and it started with the nil and

1884
01:23:12,840 --> 01:23:15,600
Speaker 6: his mindset. There was a run, a scheme run that

1885
01:23:15,640 --> 01:23:17,639
Speaker 6: they thought they can get outside on us. And now

1886
01:23:17,760 --> 01:23:21,360
Speaker 6: you stop one of their top runs. Okay, now the

1887
01:23:21,400 --> 01:23:23,080
Speaker 6: play caller is flipping and set the way do I

1888
01:23:23,120 --> 01:23:26,240
Speaker 6: go to the next right? And so I'm very proud

1889
01:23:26,280 --> 01:23:28,360
Speaker 6: of the way the guys stopped the run. And we

1890
01:23:28,479 --> 01:23:30,599
Speaker 6: have to continue to stop the run every single week,

1891
01:23:30,720 --> 01:23:32,320
Speaker 6: and forced teams was dropped backing past me.

1892
01:23:32,760 --> 01:23:37,200
Speaker 4: Can Amy fairbearon appreciation question coming up here, because my goodness,

1893
01:23:37,280 --> 01:23:39,240
Speaker 4: what a start for him. Amazing And at the end

1894
01:23:39,280 --> 01:23:41,200
Speaker 4: of the half you get backed up to make it

1895
01:23:41,200 --> 01:23:43,920
Speaker 4: a fifty nine yarder and you probably felt.

1896
01:23:43,640 --> 01:23:45,440
Speaker 1: Like, hey, he's got this pretty.

1897
01:23:45,120 --> 01:23:47,639
Speaker 4: Confident that he's going to make that one. What about

1898
01:23:47,640 --> 01:23:48,479
Speaker 4: the way he's playing.

1899
01:23:49,640 --> 01:23:52,960
Speaker 6: I can't say enough about Amy and the way he's playing.

1900
01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:57,880
Speaker 6: I mean, or a guy the kicker, all right, who's

1901
01:23:57,920 --> 01:24:00,559
Speaker 6: the most important guy right when you need him?

1902
01:24:00,600 --> 01:24:01,599
Speaker 5: Right, you need points?

1903
01:24:01,880 --> 01:24:05,360
Speaker 6: Our offense drove down, got us in range, and you

1904
01:24:05,360 --> 01:24:08,879
Speaker 6: know an emy is just I mean, he's confident, he's confident,

1905
01:24:08,920 --> 01:24:09,720
Speaker 6: he's kicking.

1906
01:24:09,439 --> 01:24:10,160
Speaker 3: It really well.

1907
01:24:10,240 --> 01:24:13,040
Speaker 6: And you know, for me, it's just it gives me

1908
01:24:13,160 --> 01:24:16,280
Speaker 6: confidence as a head coach, like, hey, we're in range.

1909
01:24:16,360 --> 01:24:20,360
Speaker 6: Let's go offense. Hey we're in range. Don't screw this up, right,

1910
01:24:20,520 --> 01:24:23,519
Speaker 6: don't go backwards. We're in range. We got and I

1911
01:24:23,520 --> 01:24:25,040
Speaker 6: when I say we're in range, I'm on to hit

1912
01:24:25,080 --> 01:24:27,760
Speaker 6: south like we got points, so don't go back. And

1913
01:24:27,800 --> 01:24:29,479
Speaker 6: for me to be able to say that to our

1914
01:24:29,560 --> 01:24:32,360
Speaker 6: coat in the offense feels that and we can go

1915
01:24:32,439 --> 01:24:36,000
Speaker 6: out and operate that way and that that's very confident

1916
01:24:36,160 --> 01:24:38,200
Speaker 6: going into a game when you know your kicker.

1917
01:24:38,000 --> 01:24:40,680
Speaker 2: Is on coach, we've talked about this a lot, and

1918
01:24:40,840 --> 01:24:44,360
Speaker 2: as a coach, whenever you see growth and you see progress,

1919
01:24:44,439 --> 01:24:46,719
Speaker 2: see guys just get better week after week after week,

1920
01:24:46,920 --> 01:24:49,040
Speaker 2: year after year after year, that's got to be such

1921
01:24:49,240 --> 01:24:53,519
Speaker 2: a rewarding feeling. Jalen Petrie last night maybe felt like

1922
01:24:53,560 --> 01:24:55,720
Speaker 2: the best game that I've seen him playing is three

1923
01:24:55,760 --> 01:24:57,800
Speaker 2: years here. He was active, but one of the things

1924
01:24:57,800 --> 01:25:01,240
Speaker 2: that I noticed was just tackling. Tackling was really good.

1925
01:25:01,240 --> 01:25:03,679
Speaker 2: His technique was good. You could see arms out, wrapping

1926
01:25:03,760 --> 01:25:05,519
Speaker 2: up and those kind of things. What were your thoughts

1927
01:25:05,560 --> 01:25:07,280
Speaker 2: about the way Jalen played last night? And once he

1928
01:25:07,320 --> 01:25:09,599
Speaker 2: bringing to your defense and what you can do with him.

1929
01:25:09,520 --> 01:25:14,240
Speaker 6: And Jalen brings just that relentless energy, relentless mindset. It's

1930
01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:18,080
Speaker 6: so much that I can do with Jaalen, whether it's blitzing, covering, like,

1931
01:25:18,360 --> 01:25:20,439
Speaker 6: I can put him in so many different spots, and

1932
01:25:20,479 --> 01:25:22,360
Speaker 6: I started to do a little bit more of that

1933
01:25:22,479 --> 01:25:26,120
Speaker 6: this past week. He's very smart, right, he can handle

1934
01:25:26,479 --> 01:25:29,679
Speaker 6: whatever I throw at him. I got you, coach, He's

1935
01:25:29,720 --> 01:25:32,680
Speaker 6: ready to go and he plays. Once he lines up,

1936
01:25:33,160 --> 01:25:36,200
Speaker 6: he plays with his hair like the definition of playing

1937
01:25:36,240 --> 01:25:39,320
Speaker 6: with your hair on fire. Watched Jalen Petrick play right

1938
01:25:39,560 --> 01:25:41,840
Speaker 6: that tackling. That's one thing Jalen had to improve from

1939
01:25:41,880 --> 01:25:44,880
Speaker 6: his rookie year even throughout last year is just the

1940
01:25:45,000 --> 01:25:49,200
Speaker 6: tackling now you see him just not so much reaching

1941
01:25:49,360 --> 01:25:52,519
Speaker 6: or trying to arm tackle. He's tackling body on body,

1942
01:25:52,600 --> 01:25:57,000
Speaker 6: physical contact, tackling with his shoulders. Passed like it was

1943
01:25:57,120 --> 01:25:59,920
Speaker 6: man some of the biggest hits I've seen that Jay

1944
01:26:00,280 --> 01:26:01,000
Speaker 6: Petrie had.

1945
01:26:01,120 --> 01:26:01,320
Speaker 10: It was.

1946
01:26:01,439 --> 01:26:04,240
Speaker 6: It was outstanding play by him. The energy that he

1947
01:26:04,320 --> 01:26:07,920
Speaker 6: provided to our entire team by the way he played

1948
01:26:08,080 --> 01:26:08,960
Speaker 6: was unreal.

1949
01:26:09,439 --> 01:26:13,280
Speaker 4: So lasseter rookie playing well. Stover doesn't play as much,

1950
01:26:13,360 --> 01:26:15,960
Speaker 4: but he played well to fourth down. Confidence to go

1951
01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:18,720
Speaker 4: to him in that situation. What is it about the

1952
01:26:18,800 --> 01:26:21,880
Speaker 4: rookies that they have to learn very quickly and the

1953
01:26:21,920 --> 01:26:25,680
Speaker 4: way your veterans are helping them assimilate and contribute immediately,

1954
01:26:25,800 --> 01:26:27,360
Speaker 4: not all of them, but a lot of them.

1955
01:26:27,520 --> 01:26:27,680
Speaker 5: Right.

1956
01:26:27,800 --> 01:26:30,080
Speaker 6: I remember telling our rookies when they first came, it's

1957
01:26:30,120 --> 01:26:32,960
Speaker 6: not it's not time for you to sit back and wait.

1958
01:26:33,240 --> 01:26:36,000
Speaker 6: I'm just gonna watch the veterans and learn how like, no,

1959
01:26:36,600 --> 01:26:38,880
Speaker 6: we need you to make place right now. We need

1960
01:26:38,960 --> 01:26:42,839
Speaker 6: you to show up and like help our team win games,

1961
01:26:43,000 --> 01:26:45,200
Speaker 6: right And I think they all got that message and

1962
01:26:45,240 --> 01:26:48,120
Speaker 6: to seek show up on fourth and one when we

1963
01:26:48,240 --> 01:26:51,599
Speaker 6: really need a big time play, I mean to get

1964
01:26:51,640 --> 01:26:54,240
Speaker 6: that place. Joe being able to cut the end and

1965
01:26:54,280 --> 01:26:56,160
Speaker 6: get that. CJ is able to get the ball off

1966
01:26:56,200 --> 01:26:58,759
Speaker 6: big time by K. But I love the next play

1967
01:26:59,200 --> 01:27:02,439
Speaker 6: by K. We do the reverse with Tank, who's the

1968
01:27:02,560 --> 01:27:06,720
Speaker 6: league blocker. Cade out as a lead blocker leading Tank

1969
01:27:06,840 --> 01:27:09,760
Speaker 6: down the sideline. So and Cad has done a great job.

1970
01:27:10,240 --> 01:27:13,240
Speaker 6: Excited to see him get more opportunities and more reps

1971
01:27:13,280 --> 01:27:14,559
Speaker 6: because he's he's deserving.

1972
01:27:14,600 --> 01:27:18,080
Speaker 4: It is James Casey a good comp because he played

1973
01:27:18,080 --> 01:27:19,120
Speaker 4: at the full back too.

1974
01:27:19,560 --> 01:27:22,280
Speaker 3: That is a good comp James Casey a former teammates.

1975
01:27:22,280 --> 01:27:23,240
Speaker 9: Shout out to James.

1976
01:27:23,280 --> 01:27:25,479
Speaker 6: Think he's still coach, he's coaching tight ends now him

1977
01:27:25,479 --> 01:27:26,480
Speaker 6: getting Cincinnati.

1978
01:27:26,560 --> 01:27:28,200
Speaker 1: Yep, done a good job with him.

1979
01:27:28,280 --> 01:27:29,880
Speaker 2: Speaking of doing a good job, I don't know how

1980
01:27:30,080 --> 01:27:33,000
Speaker 2: far we are into our interview here, Mark, but far

1981
01:27:33,080 --> 01:27:35,640
Speaker 2: enough that we haven't we haven't gotten to Uh. We

1982
01:27:35,800 --> 01:27:38,479
Speaker 2: talked about our quarterbacks. CJ's try to think you know him. Uh,

1983
01:27:38,640 --> 01:27:42,200
Speaker 2: no turnovers. That's been fantastic. Therews another touchdown. I think

1984
01:27:42,200 --> 01:27:45,240
Speaker 2: he's twenty six and five since he got into the league,

1985
01:27:45,240 --> 01:27:49,200
Speaker 2: which is pretty amazing. How have you seen him grow, coach,

1986
01:27:49,240 --> 01:27:51,280
Speaker 2: and what have you seen kind of in the growth

1987
01:27:51,280 --> 01:27:53,400
Speaker 2: of the command of the offense, just leading the team

1988
01:27:53,400 --> 01:27:55,200
Speaker 2: and those kind of things from CJ and his performance

1989
01:27:55,280 --> 01:27:55,720
Speaker 2: last night.

1990
01:27:56,080 --> 01:28:01,160
Speaker 6: Yeah, CJ again, another great performance for me. How I've

1991
01:28:01,160 --> 01:28:04,040
Speaker 6: seen him grow it's really I know, in the pocket

1992
01:28:04,200 --> 01:28:07,200
Speaker 6: when it's clean and our old line does a great

1993
01:28:07,280 --> 01:28:10,840
Speaker 6: job protecting, Like CIJ, he's throwing, He's throwing dome all

1994
01:28:10,880 --> 01:28:13,720
Speaker 6: over the field. I think where he's grown at is

1995
01:28:13,760 --> 01:28:16,000
Speaker 6: where when things do break down, you don't want it

1996
01:28:16,000 --> 01:28:19,599
Speaker 6: to break down, but it happens, right, pressure or somebody

1997
01:28:19,640 --> 01:28:23,200
Speaker 6: misses up front. To see his escapability, right to see

1998
01:28:23,280 --> 01:28:25,760
Speaker 6: him get out of the pocket and be able to

1999
01:28:25,960 --> 01:28:28,840
Speaker 6: make plays off schedule, Like, that's where I see him

2000
01:28:28,880 --> 01:28:30,800
Speaker 6: taking his game to the next level. We don't want

2001
01:28:30,800 --> 01:28:33,720
Speaker 6: to live there, but when your quarterback is able to

2002
01:28:34,040 --> 01:28:36,760
Speaker 6: also escape the pocket and make plays and you got

2003
01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:38,840
Speaker 6: to deal with him in the pocket, He's not just

2004
01:28:38,880 --> 01:28:42,160
Speaker 6: a one dimensional quarterback. So seeing him his game just

2005
01:28:42,200 --> 01:28:44,599
Speaker 6: grow and evolve, it's been very fun to watch.

2006
01:28:44,640 --> 01:28:46,240
Speaker 4: Where you look around in the league and it's something

2007
01:28:46,280 --> 01:28:48,479
Speaker 4: we can never take for granted that he's playing at

2008
01:28:48,479 --> 01:28:49,000
Speaker 4: that level.

2009
01:28:49,080 --> 01:28:53,720
Speaker 6: Right you, I'm thankful, right every time you know, we

2010
01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:56,880
Speaker 6: go out to practice watching him operate, we show up

2011
01:28:56,880 --> 01:28:59,120
Speaker 6: in games like to.

2012
01:28:59,280 --> 01:29:01,240
Speaker 3: Win in his league, you know, you have to have

2013
01:29:01,280 --> 01:29:02,439
Speaker 3: a quarterback who.

2014
01:29:02,960 --> 01:29:05,160
Speaker 6: Can run the show right, And to have such a

2015
01:29:05,200 --> 01:29:08,720
Speaker 6: young guy who's able to do that and provide confidence

2016
01:29:08,760 --> 01:29:11,840
Speaker 6: to our entire team and have everyone behind him and

2017
01:29:11,880 --> 01:29:15,479
Speaker 6: seeing the throws and everything that he's capable of doing, like,

2018
01:29:15,520 --> 01:29:18,680
Speaker 6: it's just it's very confiding, right, And I know how

2019
01:29:18,720 --> 01:29:20,559
Speaker 6: hard it is to win in this league, and you

2020
01:29:20,640 --> 01:29:23,760
Speaker 6: don't win if your quarterback does not play well, your

2021
01:29:23,840 --> 01:29:25,240
Speaker 6: quarterback does not protect.

2022
01:29:24,960 --> 01:29:27,640
Speaker 3: The football well, you don't win games.

2023
01:29:27,600 --> 01:29:30,639
Speaker 6: Right, And so to see how he plays, how smart

2024
01:29:30,720 --> 01:29:33,760
Speaker 6: he is with protecting the ball, how smart he is,

2025
01:29:33,800 --> 01:29:36,920
Speaker 6: just we're running and operating the entire offense. And I'm

2026
01:29:36,960 --> 01:29:39,840
Speaker 6: so proud of CJ and so happy that he's that

2027
01:29:39,880 --> 01:29:41,040
Speaker 6: we were able to get him coach.

2028
01:29:41,080 --> 01:29:42,760
Speaker 1: One of the things, it was about two o'clock in

2029
01:29:42,760 --> 01:29:43,040
Speaker 1: the morning.

2030
01:29:43,080 --> 01:29:46,200
Speaker 2: I couldn't sleep, so I mean, either I was watching

2031
01:29:46,240 --> 01:29:49,040
Speaker 2: the game back and I wasn't really listening. But then

2032
01:29:49,080 --> 01:29:52,679
Speaker 2: I heard them talk about CJ mentioning to the announced

2033
01:29:52,720 --> 01:29:56,639
Speaker 2: crew that he learned something from last year and talking

2034
01:29:56,640 --> 01:30:00,280
Speaker 2: to the veterans about going back and watching something positive

2035
01:30:00,360 --> 01:30:03,040
Speaker 2: about yourself. And he said he would watch the Ohio

2036
01:30:03,120 --> 01:30:06,040
Speaker 2: State Georgia game, because that was something that you know,

2037
01:30:06,120 --> 01:30:06,840
Speaker 2: he's very positive.

2038
01:30:06,840 --> 01:30:08,080
Speaker 1: I mean, that was a great game for him.

2039
01:30:08,120 --> 01:30:10,640
Speaker 2: It's when a lot of people talk about and I

2040
01:30:10,640 --> 01:30:12,439
Speaker 2: thought that was kind of interesting to kind of think

2041
01:30:12,479 --> 01:30:13,479
Speaker 2: about it from that way.

2042
01:30:13,640 --> 01:30:15,280
Speaker 1: So as a coach, do you ever do that?

2043
01:30:15,360 --> 01:30:17,600
Speaker 2: Sometimes just step back and just watch a game in

2044
01:30:17,640 --> 01:30:19,840
Speaker 2: which you know what we won. The game is a

2045
01:30:19,840 --> 01:30:21,559
Speaker 2: great game. I want to watch this game and watch

2046
01:30:21,640 --> 01:30:24,559
Speaker 2: my team how we led, not dive into the x's

2047
01:30:24,560 --> 01:30:28,000
Speaker 2: and o's, but just watch your team have success in

2048
01:30:28,040 --> 01:30:28,760
Speaker 2: a positive manner.

2049
01:30:28,800 --> 01:30:30,519
Speaker 1: You're kind of done something like that, or you're just

2050
01:30:30,560 --> 01:30:31,679
Speaker 1: always in the x's and o's.

2051
01:30:31,800 --> 01:30:35,000
Speaker 6: No, man, I did it just today just going back

2052
01:30:35,040 --> 01:30:37,840
Speaker 6: watching this game. I was having so much fun just

2053
01:30:37,840 --> 01:30:40,320
Speaker 6: sitting in my office. I'm I'm late to my meeting.

2054
01:30:40,360 --> 01:30:44,000
Speaker 6: I'm sorry, guys. He was having so much fun just

2055
01:30:44,040 --> 01:30:47,120
Speaker 6: watching just and the cool name it was this guy

2056
01:30:47,240 --> 01:30:50,240
Speaker 6: after got and the style of play. It wasn't nothing

2057
01:30:50,280 --> 01:30:52,880
Speaker 6: about the x's and o's. Is like how our tight

2058
01:30:53,040 --> 01:30:56,640
Speaker 6: ends were blocking on the hands, Like how lt like

2059
01:30:56,880 --> 01:31:00,640
Speaker 6: just ejected one of their detac yea and goes up

2060
01:31:00,640 --> 01:31:03,599
Speaker 6: and gets a safety. Just watching the style of play

2061
01:31:04,040 --> 01:31:06,840
Speaker 6: from everybody on our team that it psychs me. And

2062
01:31:06,840 --> 01:31:08,920
Speaker 6: now when I go into a team meeting, what do

2063
01:31:09,000 --> 01:31:12,200
Speaker 6: I show. I'm showing all of those positive plays, right,

2064
01:31:12,240 --> 01:31:15,280
Speaker 6: so guys can imprint that in their brain, like, this

2065
01:31:15,360 --> 01:31:17,599
Speaker 6: is how we play, this is our style, this is.

2066
01:31:17,560 --> 01:31:18,080
Speaker 5: Who we are.

2067
01:31:18,840 --> 01:31:21,680
Speaker 6: Everybody knows that we can get better, but let's not

2068
01:31:21,720 --> 01:31:23,040
Speaker 6: talk about that right now.

2069
01:31:23,280 --> 01:31:24,240
Speaker 3: Let's hone in.

2070
01:31:24,160 --> 01:31:26,840
Speaker 6: On the positive and let this just seep in and

2071
01:31:27,040 --> 01:31:28,400
Speaker 6: make sure this becomes who we are.

2072
01:31:28,720 --> 01:31:31,439
Speaker 4: All right, Minnesota, what can you tell us? I know

2073
01:31:31,479 --> 01:31:34,559
Speaker 4: it's relatively early in the week, but here you go

2074
01:31:34,640 --> 01:31:36,639
Speaker 4: taking out an opponent that's two and oh, just beat

2075
01:31:36,640 --> 01:31:37,439
Speaker 4: the forty nine ers.

2076
01:31:37,439 --> 01:31:39,240
Speaker 6: What do you think, coach? Yeah, a really good team.

2077
01:31:39,360 --> 01:31:42,360
Speaker 6: Two and oh they well coached. Kevin does a really

2078
01:31:42,360 --> 01:31:45,519
Speaker 6: good job there. Defensively, they're going to give us a

2079
01:31:45,520 --> 01:31:47,840
Speaker 6: lot of different looks, right, They do a great job

2080
01:31:47,880 --> 01:31:51,240
Speaker 6: of disguising their looks. Just watching them early, they're showing

2081
01:31:51,240 --> 01:31:53,200
Speaker 6: you one thing and they're moving to something else. So

2082
01:31:53,479 --> 01:31:55,559
Speaker 6: for us, we're gonna have to be able to handle

2083
01:31:56,560 --> 01:31:59,559
Speaker 6: when the picture changes. On the defensive side, just make

2084
01:31:59,600 --> 01:32:03,000
Speaker 6: sure we go to the right spot with the football. Offensively,

2085
01:32:03,439 --> 01:32:06,320
Speaker 6: got Sam Darnold. Now Sam is the veteran, been around

2086
01:32:06,360 --> 01:32:10,120
Speaker 6: for a while. You know he'll play. He played our

2087
01:32:10,160 --> 01:32:12,680
Speaker 6: defense last week. They played the Niners to run a

2088
01:32:12,680 --> 01:32:15,479
Speaker 6: similar scheme that we run, So it'll be some carry

2089
01:32:15,520 --> 01:32:17,519
Speaker 6: over there and see how we can attack him and

2090
01:32:17,560 --> 01:32:20,280
Speaker 6: make him uncomfortable. But they did a really good job

2091
01:32:20,320 --> 01:32:22,880
Speaker 6: on third down. They had a lot of third down

2092
01:32:22,880 --> 01:32:26,200
Speaker 6: conversions that kept drives going. So already know going into

2093
01:32:26,240 --> 01:32:28,600
Speaker 6: the game it's going to be how we operate on

2094
01:32:28,680 --> 01:32:32,240
Speaker 6: third down and how well we handle right the noise

2095
01:32:32,800 --> 01:32:35,719
Speaker 6: in Minnesota. We know it's allowed plays difficult to play.

2096
01:32:36,040 --> 01:32:38,479
Speaker 6: We handle that well on the offensive side, get off

2097
01:32:38,479 --> 01:32:39,479
Speaker 6: the field on third down.

2098
01:32:39,520 --> 01:32:41,040
Speaker 3: I think we'll be in a good spot.

2099
01:32:41,160 --> 01:32:43,720
Speaker 4: All right, I've got on more for you because on

2100
01:32:43,760 --> 01:32:47,320
Speaker 4: the Today Show, your staff and the cafe was featured

2101
01:32:47,840 --> 01:32:51,000
Speaker 4: making all the meals for the players, getting very specific

2102
01:32:51,120 --> 01:32:55,320
Speaker 4: individual requirements and requests, making sure everyone gets what they

2103
01:32:55,439 --> 01:32:58,240
Speaker 4: need to reach in and refuel. What about the job

2104
01:32:58,280 --> 01:33:00,880
Speaker 4: they do and how important that is, Coach, Oh.

2105
01:33:00,800 --> 01:33:06,880
Speaker 6: They our staff is they're unbelievable. Anything that anyone needs

2106
01:33:06,920 --> 01:33:10,160
Speaker 6: like they are ready to serve. And that's I love

2107
01:33:10,240 --> 01:33:13,439
Speaker 6: all the all the people work in there, they've they

2108
01:33:13,479 --> 01:33:16,599
Speaker 6: treat everyone with love. Every time you go in. It's

2109
01:33:16,680 --> 01:33:19,519
Speaker 6: always they're always having a great day. They treat you're

2110
01:33:19,560 --> 01:33:22,400
Speaker 6: gonna be greedy with a smile. And however, however they

2111
01:33:22,439 --> 01:33:25,559
Speaker 6: can help, they're willing to help, and that's what sets

2112
01:33:25,560 --> 01:33:28,479
Speaker 6: them apart. Some of the staff has been been here

2113
01:33:28,560 --> 01:33:31,400
Speaker 6: since I was playing, Yeah, and to see, you know,

2114
01:33:31,439 --> 01:33:35,479
Speaker 6: some of them still around, still willing to re uh,

2115
01:33:35,960 --> 01:33:39,040
Speaker 6: willing to reach that reach out and help everybody around it.

2116
01:33:39,360 --> 01:33:40,280
Speaker 3: It's just fun to see.

2117
01:33:40,400 --> 01:33:43,080
Speaker 6: And for me, sometimes I forget to eat lunch and

2118
01:33:43,520 --> 01:33:46,320
Speaker 6: some I'm running around all hectic and crazy at times,

2119
01:33:46,760 --> 01:33:49,080
Speaker 6: and I come in and it's probably like three point

2120
01:33:49,080 --> 01:33:51,760
Speaker 6: thirty four o'clock and they have a box for me,

2121
01:33:51,840 --> 01:33:53,439
Speaker 6: like coach, we got we got.

2122
01:33:53,360 --> 01:33:54,120
Speaker 3: Loved for you said.

2123
01:33:54,120 --> 01:33:55,599
Speaker 1: It's just nice.

2124
01:33:55,800 --> 01:33:57,000
Speaker 3: It's just unbelievable.

2125
01:33:57,240 --> 01:33:59,880
Speaker 6: I love everyone in there, in our stay, in our cafe,

2126
01:34:00,040 --> 01:34:01,000
Speaker 6: they doing unbelievable.

2127
01:34:01,280 --> 01:34:02,920
Speaker 4: And a lot of the bonding happens in there too

2128
01:34:02,920 --> 01:34:04,640
Speaker 4: with the players, right, not just the locker room, but

2129
01:34:04,680 --> 01:34:05,120
Speaker 4: in there too.

2130
01:34:05,120 --> 01:34:07,080
Speaker 6: And that's where you get to sitting down eating the meal.

2131
01:34:07,160 --> 01:34:09,240
Speaker 6: That's where you get to know your teammates, right, and

2132
01:34:09,280 --> 01:34:12,400
Speaker 6: there that's where a lot of conversations go and it's

2133
01:34:12,400 --> 01:34:14,920
Speaker 6: not always about football, right, You get to get to

2134
01:34:14,920 --> 01:34:17,559
Speaker 6: spend time with guys talking about family and things off

2135
01:34:17,560 --> 01:34:19,960
Speaker 6: the field. So it's a very special place, a lot

2136
01:34:19,960 --> 01:34:23,200
Speaker 6: of special peep in there. Love everyone who who works

2137
01:34:23,240 --> 01:34:23,519
Speaker 6: in there.

2138
01:34:23,600 --> 01:34:25,200
Speaker 1: All right, coach, thanks a lot for joining us, Good

2139
01:34:25,240 --> 01:34:26,880
Speaker 1: luck this week. Thank you, love it.

2140
01:34:27,000 --> 01:34:30,080
Speaker 2: Love having tomko Ryans on with us every single Monday

2141
01:34:30,080 --> 01:34:32,720
Speaker 2: at five the Coaches Show. But if you miss it,

2142
01:34:32,880 --> 01:34:34,880
Speaker 2: oh we have it for you right here, and it's

2143
01:34:34,920 --> 01:34:38,160
Speaker 2: glorious and we thank him so very much as he

2144
01:34:38,400 --> 01:34:40,560
Speaker 2: jumps in the studio every single Monday with us. A

2145
01:34:40,640 --> 01:34:43,240
Speaker 2: big thanks to the Miko, A big thanks to fully Fodocosi,

2146
01:34:43,320 --> 01:34:46,519
Speaker 2: to Judherty, to Jonathan Alexander, to all of you for

2147
01:34:46,640 --> 01:34:49,960
Speaker 2: listening to my man, Mark Vandermuir, to Byron back in studio.

2148
01:34:50,240 --> 01:34:51,400
Speaker 1: Thank you so much.

2149
01:34:51,880 --> 01:34:55,040
Speaker 2: See you on Sunday, where hopefully the Texans will make

2150
01:34:55,080 --> 01:34:57,240
Speaker 2: it three and oh for the first time in twelve

2151
01:34:57,960 --> 01:35:00,200
Speaker 2: years and a first.

2152
01:35:00,080 --> 01:35:01,280
Speaker 1: Went over the Vikings.

2153
01:35:01,360 --> 01:35:04,799
Speaker 2: All of that just yeah, so nice. Let's hope it happens.

2154
01:35:05,200 --> 01:35:07,640
Speaker 2: We'll see you that everybody, and as always, go Texans.

2155
01:35:08,200 --> 01:35:11,679
Speaker 4: Hello Texans, and welcome to the Bonus Hour of Texans

2156
01:35:11,680 --> 01:35:14,960
Speaker 4: All Access, Mark VanderMeer with you, and man, what a

2157
01:35:14,960 --> 01:35:18,040
Speaker 4: great week of shows we had. This is the bonus hour,

2158
01:35:18,240 --> 01:35:20,360
Speaker 4: the Witching Hour. I'm not gonna call it that. That's

2159
01:35:20,479 --> 01:35:23,840
Speaker 4: reserved for Scott Hansen and Red Zone on Sunday afternoons

2160
01:35:24,080 --> 01:35:25,800
Speaker 4: when they get into crunch time. They call it the

2161
01:35:25,840 --> 01:35:26,559
Speaker 4: Witching Hour.

2162
01:35:26,880 --> 01:35:28,960
Speaker 1: I love that. I love that Red Zone stuff. I

2163
01:35:29,000 --> 01:35:30,120
Speaker 1: will not be watching that.

2164
01:35:30,120 --> 01:35:32,519
Speaker 4: This weekend because I will be in Minnesota and very

2165
01:35:32,560 --> 01:35:34,839
Speaker 4: happy about it. As the Texans take on the Vikings,

2166
01:35:34,880 --> 01:35:36,400
Speaker 4: trying to get the three to zero for the first

2167
01:35:36,400 --> 01:35:38,679
Speaker 4: time since twenty twelve.

2168
01:35:38,920 --> 01:35:39,799
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh.

2169
01:35:39,840 --> 01:35:42,200
Speaker 4: When they beat Denver, that was a happy plane ride

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Speaker 4: back from knocking off Peyton Manning Andrey Johnson big touchdown

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Speaker 4: catch in that game. That was a delightful time. But

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Speaker 4: this could be as well. So what's it gonna take.

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Speaker 4: Let's revisit some of the great content of the week,

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Speaker 4: and I think this is the show of the week

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Speaker 4: Jimmy Ward on Tuesday Night. My gosh, you got to

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Speaker 4: go back and listen to this whole thing.

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Speaker 1: It's on the.

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Speaker 4: Podcast platform, whether it be Spotify, Houston, Texans dot Com,

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Speaker 4: Texans All Access Players Edition with Eddie Kalu. Jimmy Ward

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01:36:09,720 --> 01:36:12,960
Speaker 4: I sat in as well, and there's so many good

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Speaker 4: stories here, like Jimmy going to the combine not knowing

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01:36:15,880 --> 01:36:19,360
Speaker 4: that he's got a broken toe. Just stuff that is

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01:36:19,520 --> 01:36:22,280
Speaker 4: so memorable after you hear him describe some of the

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01:36:22,280 --> 01:36:27,000
Speaker 4: great antics, antics, whatever situations, storylines regarding your Texans.

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Speaker 1: But we started the conversation with.

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Speaker 4: This what it took to beat the Chicago Bears on

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01:36:32,479 --> 01:36:34,160
Speaker 4: Sunday Night football, and what it's going to take to

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Speaker 4: beat the Vikings.

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Speaker 16: You know, one of the keys was eliminate explosives, and

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Speaker 16: I feel like we kind of failed to do that

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Speaker 16: the first week, and I feel like the offense held

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Speaker 16: is up. But I just you know, being around football

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01:36:45,720 --> 01:36:50,919
Speaker 16: for so long, especially in the NFL, is any given Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Saturday.

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Speaker 1: But you know, you never know.

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Speaker 16: You know, you want to play, you know, three great

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01:36:55,439 --> 01:36:58,879
Speaker 16: phrases of football that's offense, defense, especial scenes, but sometimes

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Speaker 16: you know the game might not wing that way.

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Speaker 10: So and we just so happened.

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Speaker 16: You know, we played great on defense this week, and

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01:37:06,520 --> 01:37:08,839
Speaker 16: you know we helped, we helped. The other two phases

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Speaker 16: were really special teams did it. Everybody did their thing.

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01:37:12,240 --> 01:37:14,600
Speaker 16: Offense put up more points than their offense. So that

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01:37:14,720 --> 01:37:16,200
Speaker 16: was the main thing. As long as we scored the

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01:37:16,200 --> 01:37:17,800
Speaker 16: most points. I don't care how we win, as long

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01:37:17,840 --> 01:37:19,240
Speaker 16: as we win exactly.

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Speaker 4: But what about getting after the quarterback the way the

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01:37:22,479 --> 01:37:24,680
Speaker 4: guys up front did that, and then on the back

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01:37:24,840 --> 01:37:27,720
Speaker 4: end able to capitalize a couple of picks in the secondary?

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Speaker 9: Very nice?

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01:37:28,960 --> 01:37:32,720
Speaker 16: Oh man, that that defensive front and just uh that

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01:37:32,840 --> 01:37:35,680
Speaker 16: second line too. It was it was coming like as well,

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01:37:35,680 --> 01:37:38,080
Speaker 16: say Jalen Petrie like he was hitting me.

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01:37:38,160 --> 01:37:42,160
Speaker 10: He's a linebacker, so man, it was. It was crazy.

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Speaker 9: It was.

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01:37:42,400 --> 01:37:43,200
Speaker 10: It was fun to watch.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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01:37:43,479 --> 01:37:47,000
Speaker 16: Well I couldn't watch because I was running of cover.

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01:37:47,160 --> 01:37:49,479
Speaker 16: But it's like the quarterback didn't have too much time,

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01:37:49,479 --> 01:37:51,519
Speaker 16: and I just feel like that's important, especially to do

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Speaker 16: with these younger quarterbacks. Like when if you ever paid

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Speaker 16: attention to CJ what he had to go through the

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Speaker 16: first two games last last year, Like you know, as

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Speaker 16: a coordinator, like, okay, he's a young guy.

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Speaker 10: Just send everything at him and see if he can

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01:38:04,080 --> 01:38:05,040
Speaker 10: figure it out on the run.

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Speaker 16: So and that's kind of what we did. We just

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Speaker 16: held out his guys I'm like, man, if he can

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01:38:09,280 --> 01:38:12,280
Speaker 16: throw some you know, some check downs and throw a

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01:38:12,320 --> 01:38:14,759
Speaker 16: guy open, okay, that's cool, but you got to figure

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Speaker 16: it out on the run. We're not going to just

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Speaker 16: show it to you.

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Speaker 14: You know, we saw the tenacity, and for me, I

2233
01:38:21,680 --> 01:38:24,000
Speaker 14: just really enjoyed watching the defensive side of the ball

2234
01:38:24,400 --> 01:38:26,680
Speaker 14: and the culture that y'all are setting. But kind of

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01:38:26,680 --> 01:38:29,120
Speaker 14: talk to the listeners through the mindset, like when you're

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01:38:29,160 --> 01:38:31,519
Speaker 14: watching film. Don't give away any tricks, obviously, but when

2237
01:38:31,520 --> 01:38:33,800
Speaker 14: you're watching film, like what are you looking for? Well,

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01:38:34,280 --> 01:38:36,200
Speaker 14: as a safety who's been in this league for such

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01:38:36,240 --> 01:38:38,559
Speaker 14: a long time, how do you prepare for these games?

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Speaker 2: Uh?

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Speaker 16: Well, first, first of all, before I see the game

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01:38:42,400 --> 01:38:44,479
Speaker 16: playing and see where, like what position I'm gonna be

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01:38:44,520 --> 01:38:47,160
Speaker 16: moving at, because I kind of move around. I just

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01:38:47,360 --> 01:38:50,920
Speaker 16: go back and I watched the whole game, especially it's early.

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01:38:51,320 --> 01:38:55,000
Speaker 16: I really dislike like early in the season. I like it,

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01:38:55,040 --> 01:38:57,439
Speaker 16: but I don't just because it's not that much film.

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01:38:57,640 --> 01:38:59,719
Speaker 16: And you know, when you when some of these teams,

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01:38:59,800 --> 01:39:03,280
Speaker 16: when you win and coaches still get hired, get ahead

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01:39:03,280 --> 01:39:05,679
Speaker 16: coach somewhere else. So it's like, okay, they had different

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Speaker 16: offensive coordinator and if you're losing.

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Speaker 9: You know.

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Speaker 16: It's really as it was, like the places coaches from

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01:39:12,160 --> 01:39:16,240
Speaker 16: different colleges may be an NFL coach, NFL coach may

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01:39:16,280 --> 01:39:17,000
Speaker 16: go to college.

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Speaker 10: It's just crazy. It's a different playbook.

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Speaker 16: So he was like, Okay, now I gotta go back

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Speaker 16: and I gotta watch this this team and it's different guys.

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01:39:24,000 --> 01:39:27,559
Speaker 16: So it's very confusing. But I go and I watch

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01:39:27,680 --> 01:39:29,719
Speaker 16: first and second down. After I watched the whole game,

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01:39:30,439 --> 01:39:33,479
Speaker 16: break that passes, and then I watched the first and

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Speaker 16: second down the run plays, and then I start breaking

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Speaker 16: it up and then I go to like first and

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01:39:38,120 --> 01:39:40,800
Speaker 16: second down like a longer yardist, like first and team.

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Speaker 16: What do they like to do first and team each game?

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01:39:43,280 --> 01:39:44,960
Speaker 16: Or they like to do second and team? Okay a

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01:39:45,000 --> 01:39:47,719
Speaker 16: lot of time. Second and team may be screen draw? Okay,

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01:39:47,760 --> 01:39:51,080
Speaker 16: what is the running back manneralism? When what he's doing it?

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Speaker 16: Does he hop before he gets to draw or the screen?

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Speaker 16: Does he hop outside?

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Speaker 9: You know?

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Speaker 16: Because these things that I don't even have to look

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Speaker 16: at my guy. If I could look at the running

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01:39:59,680 --> 01:40:02,559
Speaker 16: back and I can see them mechanics and he does that,

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01:40:02,600 --> 01:40:04,760
Speaker 16: and I could just trigger. So it's like and then

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Speaker 16: there's so much stuff that goes in there, like because

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01:40:06,680 --> 01:40:08,680
Speaker 16: I have to play man coverage too. Okay, let me

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01:40:08,680 --> 01:40:10,559
Speaker 16: see does he have moves off the line, what does

2278
01:40:10,600 --> 01:40:12,759
Speaker 16: he do with press? What does he do with catch technique?

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Speaker 16: So it's just so much stuff, and I just gotta

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01:40:15,080 --> 01:40:18,040
Speaker 16: watch it, watch it, watch into something stick And then

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Speaker 16: I don't you know, I learned over the years. You know,

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01:40:20,640 --> 01:40:22,759
Speaker 16: you see too much. Then you see a little that's true,

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01:40:22,880 --> 01:40:24,880
Speaker 16: you know, you you I wish I can remember all

2284
01:40:24,920 --> 01:40:27,120
Speaker 16: this stuff, but it's just once you get in the game,

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01:40:27,160 --> 01:40:30,000
Speaker 16: it's like certain certain stuff stick. You will see somebody

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01:40:30,080 --> 01:40:32,559
Speaker 16: like I've seen the jet reverse and I noticed that

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Speaker 16: in the wing. I guess slot slot wing, I think,

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01:40:38,760 --> 01:40:40,760
Speaker 16: I think I said, right, I can't remember, but uh,

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Speaker 16: it's a little space between the white tied end and

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Speaker 16: the tackle and depends on who.

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Speaker 10: Their jet guy, who they like to get a jet

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Speaker 10: sweeps to.

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Speaker 16: He'll be off the ball at the slot and then

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01:40:52,640 --> 01:40:54,840
Speaker 16: I can just look because he'll be looking in. And

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Speaker 16: then I was like, hey, alert alert alert alert jet

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01:40:57,640 --> 01:40:59,840
Speaker 16: sweet Alert jet Sweet. So I got it in the game.

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01:41:00,320 --> 01:41:02,320
Speaker 16: Bears did it because I was like, I remember that

2298
01:41:02,320 --> 01:41:04,920
Speaker 16: that little space that they have and they put the

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Speaker 16: jet sweep guy right there in the slot, and I

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Speaker 16: was like, okay, ever do they put him in the slot,

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01:41:09,640 --> 01:41:11,559
Speaker 16: Like does he ever even really run routes?

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Speaker 10: It doesn't really run routes. And just and the jet toss, I.

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Speaker 16: Mean, I said, jet toss, running back toss. Everything's could dance.

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Speaker 16: The guys on the punt, it's like a bunch and

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Speaker 16: a guy. Everybody's looking in to see who they're gonna block,

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Speaker 16: and then the running backs kind of like offset, kind

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01:41:28,960 --> 01:41:31,519
Speaker 16: of over the tackle. And I was like, okay, hey,

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Speaker 16: alert toss. They did that like three times in the game,

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Speaker 16: just for me, just recognition, watching it, watching it over

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Speaker 16: and over all throughout the week.

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Speaker 14: I'm so glad you brought that up because a lot

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01:41:40,840 --> 01:41:42,920
Speaker 14: of fans, and it's not their fault because they haven't

2313
01:41:42,960 --> 01:41:45,799
Speaker 14: played football at this level. They just think it's seatball, gefball.

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01:41:46,040 --> 01:41:49,000
Speaker 14: It's just straight athleticism. And I played twelve years and

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01:41:49,000 --> 01:41:51,920
Speaker 14: I never even knew about the If the running back hops,

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01:41:52,160 --> 01:41:54,040
Speaker 14: you know before he takes a handoff, you know it's

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Speaker 14: gonna be a certain play. I think that's pretty cool

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Speaker 14: that you can find something that you know as a dB.

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01:41:58,920 --> 01:42:00,640
Speaker 14: My thought was gonna be your only looking at the

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01:42:00,680 --> 01:42:02,840
Speaker 14: wide receivers, but the running back could give you a

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Speaker 14: clue to what you have to do.

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Speaker 10: Oh yeah, yeah, it's everybody.

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01:42:05,880 --> 01:42:08,240
Speaker 16: I'd be looking at tackle scars trying to see its

2324
01:42:08,280 --> 01:42:10,599
Speaker 16: like if one of them standing up, like if they high, okay,

2325
01:42:10,960 --> 01:42:13,160
Speaker 16: is they trying to run and get out? Like sometimes

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01:42:13,160 --> 01:42:15,519
Speaker 16: I'll be used to watch Trent Williams Trent Williams, and

2327
01:42:15,520 --> 01:42:17,160
Speaker 16: I'll be trying to see if he's gonna give it away.

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01:42:17,680 --> 01:42:19,600
Speaker 16: He always has the same set up, her dig his

2329
01:42:19,720 --> 01:42:22,760
Speaker 16: little digg, his left foot in the ground. And then

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Speaker 16: I was like, okay, is he highs he's gonna run?

2331
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Speaker 16: He just you'll never know, but only just a tabic.

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Speaker 16: Once you're being around somebody for so long, practicing with

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01:42:31,520 --> 01:42:34,599
Speaker 16: somebody obsolutely, you learn a few tendencies. But he's one

2334
01:42:34,600 --> 01:42:36,880
Speaker 16: of the guys that don't really give too much weight,

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01:42:37,040 --> 01:42:39,400
Speaker 16: and that's really that's the reason why he's one of

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01:42:39,400 --> 01:42:42,000
Speaker 16: the top guys in his league show show is alt, Like,

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01:42:42,040 --> 01:42:44,400
Speaker 16: I can't really can't really tell the lt that it

2338
01:42:44,439 --> 01:42:46,040
Speaker 16: doesn't get have a lot of gifts.

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01:42:46,800 --> 01:42:49,840
Speaker 4: So when did you become so obsessed with observing all

2340
01:42:49,880 --> 01:42:52,840
Speaker 4: of this stuff? You went to Northern Illinois, right, So

2341
01:42:53,320 --> 01:42:55,519
Speaker 4: was it there? Was it in high school? Was it

2342
01:42:55,720 --> 01:42:59,080
Speaker 4: as a pro when you just became so engrossed and

2343
01:42:59,360 --> 01:43:02,160
Speaker 4: memorized and observing all these things and retaining all that

2344
01:43:02,240 --> 01:43:03,640
Speaker 4: knowledge college.

2345
01:43:03,439 --> 01:43:05,960
Speaker 16: Man ended up building a routine in college at Northern

2346
01:43:05,960 --> 01:43:08,439
Speaker 16: Illinois once and then I got comfortable at a spot

2347
01:43:08,600 --> 01:43:12,639
Speaker 16: like they hit me, okay my junior year, you're playing nickel,

2348
01:43:12,680 --> 01:43:14,800
Speaker 16: you're playing safety, And I was like, okay, all right,

2349
01:43:14,880 --> 01:43:15,519
Speaker 16: let me get the fan.

2350
01:43:15,600 --> 01:43:16,679
Speaker 10: So I used to always go on there.

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Speaker 16: I don't think we had if we had DVDSV.

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Speaker 3: Probably was DVD.

2353
01:43:24,160 --> 01:43:26,800
Speaker 16: So the DVD so I used to have to go

2354
01:43:26,920 --> 01:43:28,599
Speaker 16: up there to the facility and watch it.

2355
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Speaker 10: But I'm not mistaken. It could have been the.

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Speaker 16: DVDs or like a hard drive and that I just

2357
01:43:35,680 --> 01:43:36,519
Speaker 16: can't I can't remember.

2358
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Speaker 10: It's something. No, not that, but I.

2359
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Speaker 16: Used to watch. I used to watch the same thing.

2360
01:43:45,280 --> 01:43:47,080
Speaker 16: So I used to watch like because I got to

2361
01:43:47,080 --> 01:43:49,040
Speaker 16: tackle these running backs. I was like, Okay, let me

2362
01:43:49,040 --> 01:43:51,559
Speaker 16: see how these running backs coming. Let me see let

2363
01:43:51,600 --> 01:43:53,720
Speaker 16: me see them versus a team that I know who

2364
01:43:53,760 --> 01:43:56,400
Speaker 16: can tackle them, and versus a team. Because you you

2365
01:43:56,439 --> 01:43:59,880
Speaker 16: can lose confidence too when you watch the first game

2366
01:44:00,120 --> 01:44:02,559
Speaker 16: and you can see you're running back and he's getting

2367
01:44:02,560 --> 01:44:04,920
Speaker 16: He ran for like two fifty and nobody take him.

2368
01:44:04,920 --> 01:44:06,760
Speaker 16: Like It's like, man, come on, man, I know this

2369
01:44:06,800 --> 01:44:09,200
Speaker 16: guy invincible like this, So you got to keep watching it.

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Speaker 16: More film you really watch, the more comfortable and more

2371
01:44:12,240 --> 01:44:14,880
Speaker 16: confidence you get because you start to learn a guy

2372
01:44:15,000 --> 01:44:18,479
Speaker 16: tendencies and you're like, okay, all right, okay, I got this.

2373
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Speaker 10: Okay, alright, cool.

2374
01:44:19,640 --> 01:44:22,000
Speaker 1: But some guys don't put in the time right to

2375
01:44:22,080 --> 01:44:22,759
Speaker 1: watching film.

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Speaker 16: I feel like it's more offensive guys, because that's one

2377
01:44:25,080 --> 01:44:28,000
Speaker 16: thing I always always ask a lot of guys like, hey, man,

2378
01:44:28,080 --> 01:44:29,880
Speaker 16: did you watch feeling like that?

2379
01:44:31,680 --> 01:44:32,000
Speaker 10: Watch me?

2380
01:44:32,920 --> 01:44:35,800
Speaker 16: You know, or something like not really, you know, so

2381
01:44:35,880 --> 01:44:39,840
Speaker 16: it's like, okay, all right, that's interesting. But I feel

2382
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Speaker 16: like more defensive guys or special team guys like watch

2383
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Speaker 16: film to kind of. But you know, I feel like

2384
01:44:44,920 --> 01:44:48,080
Speaker 16: that's the cheat sheet you know that you know get,

2385
01:44:48,680 --> 01:44:50,639
Speaker 16: you know, once you's time to take that test. Okay,

2386
01:44:50,640 --> 01:44:52,720
Speaker 16: at least you got, you got some tips, you got

2387
01:44:52,720 --> 01:44:54,479
Speaker 16: some clues to help give you.

2388
01:44:54,400 --> 01:44:56,080
Speaker 1: Advantage, take advantage of it.

2389
01:44:56,640 --> 01:45:00,240
Speaker 14: All right, we all fumbled the ball, right now, all

2390
01:45:00,280 --> 01:45:04,479
Speaker 14: three of us. Why and you're the biggest culprit. We

2391
01:45:04,520 --> 01:45:09,200
Speaker 14: talked Northern Illinois and we didn't mention the huge upset

2392
01:45:09,240 --> 01:45:13,439
Speaker 14: against Notre Dame. I should have congratulated him to open

2393
01:45:13,479 --> 01:45:17,320
Speaker 14: the show. You brought it up. Then that's your schools said,

2394
01:45:18,080 --> 01:45:20,719
Speaker 14: answer your question. Let me shout out to my boys.

2395
01:45:20,720 --> 01:45:24,599
Speaker 14: So congratate. You know what did that mean for you?

2396
01:45:24,600 --> 01:45:27,360
Speaker 14: You know, being alum, successful alum, seeing them pull off

2397
01:45:27,360 --> 01:45:27,920
Speaker 14: that huge.

2398
01:45:28,000 --> 01:45:31,440
Speaker 16: Man that was pretty cool and just bring back memories.

2399
01:45:31,560 --> 01:45:34,479
Speaker 16: You know, one of those dog bone victories. If you

2400
01:45:34,520 --> 01:45:37,080
Speaker 16: don't know what the dog bone victories, that's like when

2401
01:45:37,080 --> 01:45:41,160
Speaker 16: we beat a biggest school, uh than ourselves.

2402
01:45:41,240 --> 01:45:44,200
Speaker 10: So we've been building them, building them up.

2403
01:45:44,080 --> 01:45:46,559
Speaker 16: Over the years and this year and we ended up

2404
01:45:46,560 --> 01:45:48,360
Speaker 16: taking it down number five.

2405
01:45:48,840 --> 01:45:49,400
Speaker 9: That's huge.

2406
01:45:49,920 --> 01:45:52,880
Speaker 16: No, that was huge, and that's we got to keep

2407
01:45:53,080 --> 01:45:54,840
Speaker 16: keep it going. Got to keep it going. You know,

2408
01:45:54,920 --> 01:45:56,640
Speaker 16: we got we got us a chance, man, got us

2409
01:45:56,640 --> 01:45:58,759
Speaker 16: a chance to get in the playoffs.

2410
01:45:58,760 --> 01:46:02,280
Speaker 10: We're go undefeed it. So hopefully you know that happens.

2411
01:46:01,960 --> 01:46:04,519
Speaker 9: It'll be who's youall's biggest one when you were there?

2412
01:46:05,439 --> 01:46:08,640
Speaker 10: Uh my junior senior year?

2413
01:46:08,640 --> 01:46:09,280
Speaker 3: Who did be?

2414
01:46:09,520 --> 01:46:11,120
Speaker 16: Like what it meant to you? It doesn't even have

2415
01:46:11,200 --> 01:46:13,840
Speaker 16: to be like the biggest. We beat them first game

2416
01:46:13,880 --> 01:46:18,519
Speaker 16: of the season. I never forget up game winning pick,

2417
01:46:19,479 --> 01:46:21,880
Speaker 16: ran it down to like the thirty. I had a

2418
01:46:21,920 --> 01:46:25,479
Speaker 16: broken hand too, so I had a cast so and

2419
01:46:25,640 --> 01:46:28,960
Speaker 16: I watched him. They've got they gotten a certain set,

2420
01:46:29,000 --> 01:46:30,880
Speaker 16: and I knew the quarterback like to throw those out

2421
01:46:31,000 --> 01:46:34,799
Speaker 16: the out routes, and I ended up showing them inside leverage.

2422
01:46:34,800 --> 01:46:37,599
Speaker 10: So I lined up inside leverage to let you see.

2423
01:46:37,720 --> 01:46:39,599
Speaker 16: Let the quarterback get the picture, let the wide receiver

2424
01:46:39,680 --> 01:46:42,799
Speaker 16: get the picture, like okay. As soon as he started

2425
01:46:42,800 --> 01:46:45,559
Speaker 16: his cadence, and then I creeped outside and.

2426
01:46:45,479 --> 01:46:47,280
Speaker 10: Then I was just written.

2427
01:46:47,280 --> 01:46:50,640
Speaker 16: Then I played off technique because when you press like

2428
01:46:50,840 --> 01:46:53,880
Speaker 16: you you he may throw it, you may not throw it,

2429
01:46:53,880 --> 01:46:55,599
Speaker 16: but it's kind of harder to catch your pick pressed.

2430
01:46:55,800 --> 01:46:57,320
Speaker 16: And I feel like when it's off, you can really

2431
01:46:57,360 --> 01:47:00,840
Speaker 16: see the ball. And he ended up throwing it under

2432
01:47:02,479 --> 01:47:05,000
Speaker 16: jumped underneath, picked it. I thought it was a pick six,

2433
01:47:05,200 --> 01:47:09,719
Speaker 16: but wide receiver of catching me and field goal game

2434
01:47:09,920 --> 01:47:12,400
Speaker 16: and we went like one day want to say. We

2435
01:47:12,439 --> 01:47:16,160
Speaker 16: went undefeated all the way into make championship. We lost

2436
01:47:16,200 --> 01:47:17,320
Speaker 16: to make chain. We was going to be in a

2437
01:47:17,439 --> 01:47:20,439
Speaker 16: second BCS BO if we would never lost to make

2438
01:47:20,560 --> 01:47:22,240
Speaker 16: championships against Bowling Green.

2439
01:47:23,000 --> 01:47:25,479
Speaker 10: Yeah, that's tough. Yeah, tell me about it.

2440
01:47:25,479 --> 01:47:26,200
Speaker 1: The Falcons.

2441
01:47:26,960 --> 01:47:30,240
Speaker 4: Jimmy Ward with US min American Conference, you go to

2442
01:47:30,280 --> 01:47:32,280
Speaker 4: the combine but you can't participate.

2443
01:47:32,280 --> 01:47:33,439
Speaker 1: You had an injury or something.

2444
01:47:33,520 --> 01:47:36,639
Speaker 4: Right, How frustrating was that because you probably know you're

2445
01:47:36,640 --> 01:47:40,360
Speaker 4: gonna get drafted pretty high, good indicators there, but you

2446
01:47:40,400 --> 01:47:41,200
Speaker 4: can't work out.

2447
01:47:41,360 --> 01:47:43,160
Speaker 1: So what was all that like for you? Jimmy?

2448
01:47:43,360 --> 01:47:47,280
Speaker 16: Man, that was crazy finding out that I had a fracture,

2449
01:47:47,439 --> 01:47:50,200
Speaker 16: fifth metatosar fracture on my pinky toe.

2450
01:47:50,320 --> 01:47:52,640
Speaker 1: I was like, wow, did you not know until you

2451
01:47:52,680 --> 01:47:53,559
Speaker 1: got there for the physical?

2452
01:47:53,680 --> 01:47:57,800
Speaker 16: We were Adidas. We was wearing Adidas and in not you.

2453
01:47:58,200 --> 01:48:01,200
Speaker 16: And let me remind you. We didn't have an indoor

2454
01:48:01,360 --> 01:48:05,360
Speaker 16: until my senior year, so I had we had practiced

2455
01:48:05,400 --> 01:48:08,200
Speaker 16: in the cold, so when it lizard or anything like that,

2456
01:48:08,360 --> 01:48:11,280
Speaker 16: well obviously we'd probably have it like a going to gym,

2457
01:48:11,400 --> 01:48:15,080
Speaker 16: but who was outside? So they had a shovel of

2458
01:48:15,120 --> 01:48:19,720
Speaker 16: snow every every morning to clear it. But it was, man,

2459
01:48:19,800 --> 01:48:22,160
Speaker 16: it was the ground used to feel like ice, so

2460
01:48:22,360 --> 01:48:24,680
Speaker 16: it was. And then everywhere we played too, it was

2461
01:48:24,760 --> 01:48:27,080
Speaker 16: it was like that just about So it was a

2462
01:48:27,080 --> 01:48:29,080
Speaker 16: lot of cold practices and cold games, but I got

2463
01:48:29,080 --> 01:48:31,160
Speaker 16: through it. I used to practice with like a hoodie on,

2464
01:48:31,200 --> 01:48:36,320
Speaker 16: some sweats and shot shoes at my feet was my

2465
01:48:36,920 --> 01:48:38,160
Speaker 16: RP to my toenails.

2466
01:48:38,640 --> 01:48:40,760
Speaker 4: So you go to the combine, you didn't know you

2467
01:48:40,840 --> 01:48:43,800
Speaker 4: had the injury. Did you feel something or it's not

2468
01:48:43,880 --> 01:48:46,680
Speaker 4: quite right? So they examine you and find it. And

2469
01:48:46,680 --> 01:48:48,519
Speaker 4: that's why we always talk about the medical stuff at

2470
01:48:48,560 --> 01:48:50,240
Speaker 4: the combine because they can find stuff like that.

2471
01:48:50,680 --> 01:48:54,920
Speaker 16: Didn't know and ended up getting the surgery right after.

2472
01:48:55,240 --> 01:48:58,120
Speaker 16: I went right after my pro day, so I didn't

2473
01:48:58,120 --> 01:48:59,599
Speaker 16: want to do too much since I know I had

2474
01:48:59,640 --> 01:49:01,880
Speaker 16: a fright exture because they were saying it was only

2475
01:49:01,920 --> 01:49:04,599
Speaker 16: a matter of time before, Like I guess it could

2476
01:49:04,640 --> 01:49:06,880
Speaker 16: have broken, but I don't know.

2477
01:49:07,160 --> 01:49:10,880
Speaker 10: I think I should have. Nah. I think I did

2478
01:49:10,880 --> 01:49:11,320
Speaker 10: the right thing.

2479
01:49:11,400 --> 01:49:14,120
Speaker 16: But I went got surgery, stay ran four four, so

2480
01:49:14,160 --> 01:49:14,880
Speaker 16: that helped me out.

2481
01:49:15,400 --> 01:49:17,920
Speaker 10: Oh boy, I did the Julio Jones thing.

2482
01:49:17,960 --> 01:49:21,000
Speaker 16: When ju Julio Jones had a fifth medical tosar fracture

2483
01:49:21,000 --> 01:49:22,840
Speaker 16: and he ran foot four. I was like, okay, all right,

2484
01:49:23,680 --> 01:49:24,919
Speaker 16: shout out to Mobile, Alabama.

2485
01:49:25,160 --> 01:49:26,559
Speaker 10: I played high school.

2486
01:49:26,960 --> 01:49:28,240
Speaker 1: Yeah right, Jones?

2487
01:49:29,240 --> 01:49:31,439
Speaker 14: Okay, So talk about how do you go from Mobile,

2488
01:49:31,479 --> 01:49:33,400
Speaker 14: Alabama to northern Illinois.

2489
01:49:33,560 --> 01:49:37,280
Speaker 16: I was born in Racing, Wisconsin too, so a lot

2490
01:49:37,280 --> 01:49:40,280
Speaker 16: of family. I got a lot of family. Uh that's

2491
01:49:40,439 --> 01:49:42,479
Speaker 16: in that area, probably like an hour and a half

2492
01:49:42,560 --> 01:49:45,120
Speaker 16: from you. You maybe two hours from me at you

2493
01:49:45,479 --> 01:49:48,559
Speaker 16: but Chicago like an hour and a half, but only

2494
01:49:48,600 --> 01:49:53,320
Speaker 16: had two offers northern north southern Illinois. So from Alabama

2495
01:49:53,520 --> 01:49:56,080
Speaker 16: from Mobile. Yeah, I did a lot of the same

2496
01:49:56,080 --> 01:49:57,560
Speaker 16: thing I did in college I used to do in

2497
01:49:57,600 --> 01:50:01,840
Speaker 16: high school, like block punts. I scored on defense. I

2498
01:50:01,840 --> 01:50:04,479
Speaker 16: played strictly defense, never played offense because we had a

2499
01:50:04,520 --> 01:50:05,360
Speaker 16: pretty big school.

2500
01:50:06,800 --> 01:50:08,600
Speaker 10: Just I don't know.

2501
01:50:08,640 --> 01:50:11,559
Speaker 16: I wasn't a very big guy. So I don't know

2502
01:50:11,600 --> 01:50:14,479
Speaker 16: if that that had something to do with it. Because

2503
01:50:14,720 --> 01:50:17,200
Speaker 16: it is Alabama. When guys go to recruit from Alabama,

2504
01:50:17,240 --> 01:50:18,360
Speaker 16: you know a lot of guys.

2505
01:50:18,080 --> 01:50:18,960
Speaker 10: Be big and right.

2506
01:50:19,080 --> 01:50:19,720
Speaker 1: They expect that.

2507
01:50:20,040 --> 01:50:22,000
Speaker 16: Yeah, yeah, so they expect that. So but I was

2508
01:50:22,080 --> 01:50:24,320
Speaker 16: just like kind of like all skills.

2509
01:50:24,439 --> 01:50:27,880
Speaker 4: Were you your max height when you went to college

2510
01:50:27,960 --> 01:50:30,800
Speaker 4: or did you grow more in college height wise as

2511
01:50:30,800 --> 01:50:33,280
Speaker 4: well as I'm sure you got thicker and you worked out.

2512
01:50:33,400 --> 01:50:35,240
Speaker 10: I don't think so. I think I was the time

2513
01:50:35,600 --> 01:50:37,320
Speaker 10: my senior year. I think that was the same size.

2514
01:50:37,400 --> 01:50:41,160
Speaker 16: I probably could have grew an inch, I have no

2515
01:50:41,439 --> 01:50:44,000
Speaker 16: but I was like around like five ten, five eleven,

2516
01:50:44,080 --> 01:50:45,880
Speaker 16: So yeah.

2517
01:50:45,720 --> 01:50:46,400
Speaker 9: That's surprised.

2518
01:50:46,640 --> 01:50:49,400
Speaker 14: That's a surprise because and you know, you played early

2519
01:50:49,400 --> 01:50:51,679
Speaker 14: in Northern Illinois, so you were ready for college ball.

2520
01:50:52,080 --> 01:50:54,240
Speaker 14: So for them, But these are the stories I love

2521
01:50:54,360 --> 01:50:56,840
Speaker 14: because it just goes to show there's no perfect way

2522
01:50:56,880 --> 01:50:59,599
Speaker 14: to evaluate high school kids or even college kids going

2523
01:50:59,600 --> 01:51:02,719
Speaker 14: for you to only have two offers and then play

2524
01:51:02,960 --> 01:51:05,840
Speaker 14: early and long in college, then become a first round pick,

2525
01:51:05,920 --> 01:51:09,439
Speaker 14: and now you're what year eleven in the NFL, And

2526
01:51:09,720 --> 01:51:12,120
Speaker 14: I was looking at that, I did something petty. I

2527
01:51:12,120 --> 01:51:14,200
Speaker 14: want to see if you do it. Only two safeties

2528
01:51:14,240 --> 01:51:16,920
Speaker 14: went ahead of you every year, did you in the draft?

2529
01:51:17,000 --> 01:51:19,639
Speaker 16: In the NFL draft, or if you count Dion Buchan

2530
01:51:19,640 --> 01:51:21,839
Speaker 16: and that'll be three O the linebacker?

2531
01:51:21,920 --> 01:51:24,080
Speaker 14: Okay, okay eventually, so it sounds like you might do

2532
01:51:24,120 --> 01:51:25,800
Speaker 14: the petty thing I used to do every year. Do

2533
01:51:25,840 --> 01:51:27,200
Speaker 14: you say I'm still in the league.

2534
01:51:27,240 --> 01:51:28,719
Speaker 9: He's not. He's not in mark.

2535
01:51:28,640 --> 01:51:32,720
Speaker 14: Them off like what I was thinking of.

2536
01:51:32,760 --> 01:51:33,759
Speaker 9: They're not in the league anymore.

2537
01:51:33,800 --> 01:51:36,000
Speaker 16: Yeah, I was paying attention to him. I definitely was

2538
01:51:36,000 --> 01:51:40,080
Speaker 16: playing attention. Then after a while, you start, you know,

2539
01:51:40,320 --> 01:51:43,320
Speaker 16: you start build a relationship with those guys because everybody

2540
01:51:43,439 --> 01:51:46,000
Speaker 16: come in from the lead together. So you know, I

2541
01:51:46,120 --> 01:51:49,439
Speaker 16: started talking to him and so we'll talk smack back

2542
01:51:49,479 --> 01:51:51,160
Speaker 16: to back like I used to talk to the High House.

2543
01:51:51,600 --> 01:51:53,280
Speaker 16: I like, it's no way I could have jumped you

2544
01:51:53,360 --> 01:51:56,840
Speaker 16: because you went to Alabama for once, I said, for

2545
01:51:57,479 --> 01:52:01,800
Speaker 16: two is because he was a junior. Like you know,

2546
01:52:01,880 --> 01:52:04,040
Speaker 16: I'm a senior. I'm an n I U so you was.

2547
01:52:04,320 --> 01:52:06,599
Speaker 16: You came out as junior. So it was a rap

2548
01:52:06,680 --> 01:52:09,120
Speaker 16: on that. You know, guy's gonna look at some of

2549
01:52:09,160 --> 01:52:12,880
Speaker 16: these colleges, I mean, Scout's gonna look at SEC Alabama

2550
01:52:12,880 --> 01:52:16,120
Speaker 16: because Alabama was the heads, I want to say, one

2551
01:52:16,120 --> 01:52:19,000
Speaker 16: of the the one of the the best schools around

2552
01:52:19,040 --> 01:52:19,360
Speaker 16: that time.

2553
01:52:19,400 --> 01:52:23,639
Speaker 10: What still is uh so? And I'm trying to think

2554
01:52:23,640 --> 01:52:24,400
Speaker 10: of my guy name.

2555
01:52:24,800 --> 01:52:27,920
Speaker 9: I looked it up yesterday. It was two.

2556
01:52:28,040 --> 01:52:31,400
Speaker 16: It was and I went second because he went to

2557
01:52:31,400 --> 01:52:33,280
Speaker 16: the Jets, went to the Jets. Yeah, he was a

2558
01:52:33,320 --> 01:52:39,080
Speaker 16: hard hitter Haven yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Cavin Frory I

2559
01:52:39,080 --> 01:52:40,880
Speaker 16: I saw him not too long ago in Georgia. I

2560
01:52:40,920 --> 01:52:44,680
Speaker 16: had went to like a camp for uh dinar, the

2561
01:52:44,760 --> 01:52:48,160
Speaker 16: QUEZ dinar. He went first round to corner thinking, you know,

2562
01:52:48,200 --> 01:52:52,000
Speaker 16: what's so even crazy? I remember Deon Sanders talking smack

2563
01:52:52,040 --> 01:52:54,680
Speaker 16: on the TV saying like, yeah, this is not going

2564
01:52:54,760 --> 01:52:58,360
Speaker 16: to be a very deep dB class and I was

2565
01:52:58,360 --> 01:53:01,920
Speaker 16: like okay, And next thing you know about.

2566
01:53:01,840 --> 01:53:04,200
Speaker 10: Eight dbs get drafted first round.

2567
01:53:04,200 --> 01:53:07,000
Speaker 1: I'm like and play, well, a lot of guys.

2568
01:53:07,240 --> 01:53:08,280
Speaker 10: What are you talking about?

2569
01:53:08,720 --> 01:53:16,200
Speaker 16: So yeah, Jason Verrett, Darnell or Dark Quiz Robie. I'm

2570
01:53:16,200 --> 01:53:19,720
Speaker 16: missing one more from the Browns. Oh, he was the

2571
01:53:19,760 --> 01:53:22,479
Speaker 16: first corner off the board for the Browns went to

2572
01:53:22,520 --> 01:53:26,920
Speaker 16: Okla Homeless Gilbert justin Gilbert, Justin Gilbert.

2573
01:53:27,200 --> 01:53:29,920
Speaker 9: Yeah, that was Johnny Manziel. He and Johnny Manziel.

2574
01:53:33,520 --> 01:53:34,800
Speaker 1: That's right, that's right.

2575
01:53:35,040 --> 01:53:36,240
Speaker 9: Yeah, I do remember.

2576
01:53:37,000 --> 01:53:38,439
Speaker 10: That's the first time I met Aaron Donald.

2577
01:53:38,439 --> 01:53:40,600
Speaker 16: That's crazy, Like, I never knew who Aaron Donald was

2578
01:53:40,680 --> 01:53:44,040
Speaker 16: until we got to the Senior vow and really I

2579
01:53:44,040 --> 01:53:44,360
Speaker 16: didn't know.

2580
01:53:44,800 --> 01:53:47,400
Speaker 4: So what were your impressions? Because John Harris, who we

2581
01:53:47,439 --> 01:53:49,519
Speaker 4: worked with also and I know you know him, he

2582
01:53:49,520 --> 01:53:51,640
Speaker 4: talks about seeing Aaron Donald at the Senior Bowl and

2583
01:53:51,680 --> 01:53:52,640
Speaker 4: it was pretty impressive.

2584
01:53:53,160 --> 01:53:54,800
Speaker 10: Well, I can watch this one on one.

2585
01:53:54,880 --> 01:53:56,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're doing your own.

2586
01:53:56,960 --> 01:53:59,599
Speaker 16: But you know, I remember when when they was giving

2587
01:53:59,600 --> 01:54:01,760
Speaker 16: away those awards and it was like the best dB

2588
01:54:02,200 --> 01:54:03,720
Speaker 16: and I ended up winning the Best dB and they

2589
01:54:03,720 --> 01:54:06,320
Speaker 16: said the best overall, the MVP of the whole thing

2590
01:54:06,760 --> 01:54:11,120
Speaker 16: like Aaron Donald, And I was like, I said, I

2591
01:54:11,120 --> 01:54:14,240
Speaker 16: need to I went to this highlight, was like, I

2592
01:54:14,280 --> 01:54:17,320
Speaker 16: wonder what dud in the in the Senior Bowl, Like

2593
01:54:17,640 --> 01:54:20,360
Speaker 16: what if from what I'm seeing, I'm I don't see

2594
01:54:20,760 --> 01:54:23,240
Speaker 16: people like twice his size doing what he's doing, but

2595
01:54:23,280 --> 01:54:26,080
Speaker 16: I guess his size and they weren't used to, you know,

2596
01:54:26,240 --> 01:54:29,599
Speaker 16: smaller d tackles like that. But I'm like, the dude

2597
01:54:29,680 --> 01:54:33,840
Speaker 16: is a natural football player, Like he's athletic and it's

2598
01:54:33,920 --> 01:54:36,320
Speaker 16: like football, it's just easy for him.

2599
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Speaker 10: And well you see what happened?

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Speaker 4: Who did who did he do a foot race with

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Speaker 4: recently retired in street clothes and he was just.

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Speaker 16: Running Philadelphia old Philadelphia running back.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Donald was just hauling right.

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Speaker 4: There's a sampling of the Texans All Access Players Edition

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Speaker 4: program Tuesday Nights. You can catch the rest of that

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Speaker 4: program on Spotify, on Houston Texans dot com, on the

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Speaker 4: Texans app, even the Odyssey app. The Tuesday Night Show,

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Speaker 4: it's really a great listen with Jimmy Ward all the

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Speaker 4: way through. Also a great listen General manager, executive vice

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Speaker 4: president Nick Cassio, best of Nick coming up and also

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Speaker 4: Rod Wright, d line coach.

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Speaker 1: What does he say about Mario Edwards?

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Speaker 4: He leads the team in sacks right now, it's not

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01:55:20,760 --> 01:55:22,480
Speaker 4: by a ton, it's two games in, but he's got

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Speaker 4: two to take the team lead in the early going.

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Speaker 1: So what about him?

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Speaker 4: We'll get into it more as Texans All Access continues.

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Speaker 4: It's Texans Radio. Great to have you along for the journey.

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Speaker 4: Here the twenty twenty four campaign, Week three. Well, Nick Cassio,

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Speaker 4: General Manager, executive vice president. We visit with him every

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Speaker 4: week and this week wrapping up a victory over the Bears,

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01:55:44,120 --> 01:55:46,560
Speaker 4: getting ready for the Minnesota Vikings. This feature is the

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01:55:46,640 --> 01:55:50,600
Speaker 4: all important must listen Nick Casseio breakdown of the opposing

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01:55:50,680 --> 01:55:51,600
Speaker 4: teams roster.

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Speaker 1: Every week. We do it about midway through the interview,

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Speaker 1: So let's listen in Nick. Through two games.

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Speaker 2: You don't really I guess, have an identity card out

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01:56:00,280 --> 01:56:02,320
Speaker 2: for your team, but you kind of see where it's going.

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01:56:02,360 --> 01:56:03,840
Speaker 2: Do you kind of have a feeling of what this

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01:56:03,920 --> 01:56:07,000
Speaker 2: team really is? It's physical nature, how hard it plays,

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01:56:07,000 --> 01:56:09,080
Speaker 2: how fast it plays you kind of sense that through

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01:56:09,080 --> 01:56:10,520
Speaker 2: a few weeks or does it take a little while

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Speaker 2: for that to develop.

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Speaker 17: Yeah, I mean I think defensively, you've seen that the

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Speaker 17: last two years, like how we play the speed, the urgency,

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Speaker 17: the competitiveness, the intensity. You know, there's no more embodiment

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01:56:20,280 --> 01:56:23,440
Speaker 17: of the swarm mentality or mindset than how we played defensively.

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01:56:23,880 --> 01:56:27,200
Speaker 17: And we've had the same idea offensively as well. So

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01:56:27,880 --> 01:56:30,440
Speaker 17: random ball effectively. Week one played physical control the line

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01:56:30,480 --> 01:56:33,880
Speaker 17: of scrimmage, good front that we played against Chicago there,

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Speaker 17: the run game was a little bit tough sledding. We're

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01:56:36,080 --> 01:56:38,080
Speaker 17: able to pop a few runs there in the fourth

2643
01:56:38,160 --> 01:56:40,600
Speaker 17: quarters in the second half, made some plays in a

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01:56:40,600 --> 01:56:43,400
Speaker 17: passing game, had a few explosive plays. So each week's

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01:56:43,440 --> 01:56:46,200
Speaker 17: going to take on its own identity, and what you

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01:56:46,280 --> 01:56:47,720
Speaker 17: have to do is make sure you do enough in

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01:56:47,720 --> 01:56:50,280
Speaker 17: that particular game to put yourself in a position to

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Speaker 17: win in the fourth quarter. And we were ahead going

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Speaker 17: into the fourth quarter, had an opportunity to extend the

2650
01:56:55,320 --> 01:56:57,640
Speaker 17: lead there a little bit, and then wanted it in

2651
01:56:57,680 --> 01:56:59,560
Speaker 17: the end. With good situational football, get in the fourth

2652
01:56:59,560 --> 01:57:00,280
Speaker 17: down stop.

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Speaker 4: You are right there near the top of the league

2654
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Speaker 4: in sacks. And I know it's not all about sacks, pressures,

2655
01:57:05,480 --> 01:57:08,600
Speaker 4: all of it figuring in, but it's coming from all

2656
01:57:08,600 --> 01:57:10,840
Speaker 4: over the place and that has to be very key

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Speaker 4: for you.

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Speaker 17: Yeah, defensive football is about eleven players, and rush and

2659
01:57:15,920 --> 01:57:18,560
Speaker 17: coverage are always tied together. Demiko talks about that, I

2660
01:57:18,600 --> 01:57:22,160
Speaker 17: would say consistently, So good rush. We want to make

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01:57:22,160 --> 01:57:24,879
Speaker 17: sure the coverage is tight and when you watch some plays,

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01:57:25,680 --> 01:57:27,840
Speaker 17: the rush is there, the coverage is tight. So if

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01:57:27,880 --> 01:57:29,800
Speaker 17: you're a quarterback and you hit your back foot and

2664
01:57:29,840 --> 01:57:31,680
Speaker 17: there's nowhere to go with the football, kind of creates

2665
01:57:31,680 --> 01:57:35,600
Speaker 17: some indecision or decisiveness and we're able to collaborate on

2666
01:57:35,640 --> 01:57:39,200
Speaker 17: a quarterback. So the rush coordination to rush games were

2667
01:57:39,320 --> 01:57:41,200
Speaker 17: very well done. There was a number of examples we

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Speaker 17: let Caleb out, you know, on to one where we

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01:57:43,160 --> 01:57:45,760
Speaker 17: didn't quite have the rapper coming around and he was

2670
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Speaker 17: able to scoot for twenty plus yards whatever it was.

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Speaker 17: But any time the leading rusher in the first two

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Speaker 17: weeks is a quarterback, it means you're doing a good

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01:57:53,680 --> 01:57:56,560
Speaker 17: job in a running game, which forces them into passing situations,

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Speaker 17: which then you want to make sure that you're coordinating

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Speaker 17: the rush and the cover, so and the team has

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Speaker 17: done a great job, and the defensive staff's done a

2677
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Speaker 17: great job of kind of building some things, creating some

2678
01:58:05,680 --> 01:58:08,640
Speaker 17: matchups that are favorable, and we feel we have pretty

2679
01:58:08,640 --> 01:58:10,440
Speaker 17: good players in those areas and they were able to

2680
01:58:10,440 --> 01:58:11,760
Speaker 17: take advantage of their opportunities.

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, I'm contractually obligated to ask some sort

2682
01:58:14,560 --> 01:58:16,880
Speaker 2: of pseudo draft questions, so I'm gonna ask you this

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01:58:17,000 --> 01:58:18,280
Speaker 2: kind of time to two together.

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Speaker 1: So past rush has been good. Pass rush has been

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Speaker 1: really good.

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Speaker 2: But having two guys in Derek Stingley and Kamari Lasser

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Speaker 2: at corner in particular that have great ball skills, I mean,

2688
01:58:29,400 --> 01:58:30,640
Speaker 2: their hands are incredible.

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Speaker 1: So here's where I tied in. When you're looking at

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Speaker 1: DB's corners.

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Speaker 2: In particular, where do ball skills kind of ranking the

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01:58:37,360 --> 01:58:39,200
Speaker 2: things that you want to see from guys that play

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01:58:39,240 --> 01:58:40,160
Speaker 2: that position, Nick.

2694
01:58:40,520 --> 01:58:41,919
Speaker 12: John, it's certainly a component.

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01:58:42,120 --> 01:58:44,760
Speaker 17: So when you look at defensive players in general, you're

2696
01:58:44,760 --> 01:58:48,880
Speaker 17: looking for awareness, instinctiveness, tackling, the speed with which they play,

2697
01:58:48,920 --> 01:58:52,680
Speaker 17: their competitiveness, and then specifically in the secondary, their ability

2698
01:58:52,800 --> 01:58:56,640
Speaker 17: to track or judge or play the ball. Some players

2699
01:58:56,680 --> 01:58:58,840
Speaker 17: have a little bit more comfort level doing it. Other

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01:58:58,880 --> 01:59:01,320
Speaker 17: players aren't quite as naw is certainly a skill that

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01:59:01,360 --> 01:59:04,680
Speaker 17: you can improve or work on. We have two players

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01:59:04,720 --> 01:59:07,360
Speaker 17: that we drafted this year who we feel could play

2703
01:59:07,400 --> 01:59:10,320
Speaker 17: the ball, and you've seen that show up during the

2704
01:59:10,360 --> 01:59:11,920
Speaker 17: course of the spring. You've seen it show up in

2705
01:59:11,960 --> 01:59:14,600
Speaker 17: training camp, and it's shown up really in the first

2706
01:59:14,600 --> 01:59:17,040
Speaker 17: two games. Kaitlyn, going back to Kaylyn's playing in Week one,

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Speaker 17: Kamari really made two plays on the ball. We had

2708
01:59:19,560 --> 01:59:22,600
Speaker 17: one taken away with the penalty. But the ability to

2709
01:59:22,720 --> 01:59:24,760
Speaker 17: judge and track and play the ball, it's not an

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01:59:24,760 --> 01:59:27,600
Speaker 17: easy skill because a lot of times you're in phase

2711
01:59:27,640 --> 01:59:29,800
Speaker 17: with the receiver, you're running with the player, your eyes

2712
01:59:29,840 --> 01:59:32,240
Speaker 17: are on the receiver, and there's a lot of things

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01:59:32,240 --> 01:59:34,360
Speaker 17: that you're trying to figure out in order to find

2714
01:59:34,360 --> 01:59:36,560
Speaker 17: the ball, So you're looking at the receiver's eyes.

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01:59:36,600 --> 01:59:38,720
Speaker 12: Then you have to turn your head to find the ball.

2716
01:59:38,760 --> 01:59:40,240
Speaker 12: Where is the ball? Are you in position?

2717
01:59:40,680 --> 01:59:42,680
Speaker 17: When you're in man coverage and zone coverage's a little

2718
01:59:42,680 --> 01:59:43,959
Speaker 17: bit easier to see.

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01:59:43,760 --> 01:59:46,160
Speaker 12: The quarterback and break and play on the ball.

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Speaker 17: So depends on the type of coverage that you have

2721
01:59:49,200 --> 01:59:52,480
Speaker 17: in a particular play, but just your hands, your ability

2722
01:59:52,480 --> 01:59:55,240
Speaker 17: to track and find the football It's certainly something that

2723
01:59:55,280 --> 01:59:57,600
Speaker 17: goes into the evaluation and we grade the player whether

2724
01:59:57,640 --> 02:00:00,040
Speaker 17: it's good, whether it's average, whether it's below or average,

2725
02:00:00,160 --> 02:00:02,400
Speaker 17: and then whether or not that player can actually improve

2726
02:00:02,480 --> 02:00:05,000
Speaker 17: that skill. That's something that just takes a little.

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Speaker 9: Bit of work.

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Speaker 4: Texan's running game right into adversity with injuries and whatnot,

2729
02:00:09,600 --> 02:00:11,920
Speaker 4: not as smooth as week one, But you got the

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Speaker 4: job done. What about that phase of it, Nick, because

2731
02:00:15,280 --> 02:00:17,080
Speaker 4: cam Akers comes in does pretty well. I know you

2732
02:00:17,080 --> 02:00:19,360
Speaker 4: don't like the turnover, but there were some good things

2733
02:00:19,440 --> 02:00:20,600
Speaker 4: that you could build on from that.

2734
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Speaker 17: Yeah, some of our better runs took place in the

2735
02:00:22,840 --> 02:00:24,920
Speaker 17: fourth quarter, so there's a little bit more space. I mean,

2736
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Speaker 17: the Bears did a great job of kind of setting

2737
02:00:26,720 --> 02:00:30,320
Speaker 17: a perimeter defense, forcing things to the backside, back inside.

2738
02:00:30,360 --> 02:00:32,880
Speaker 17: We really couldn't have We didn't have enough leverage on

2739
02:00:32,920 --> 02:00:34,240
Speaker 17: the perimeter at times, so it was just kind of

2740
02:00:34,240 --> 02:00:35,200
Speaker 17: hard to get around the corner.

2741
02:00:35,240 --> 02:00:36,880
Speaker 12: So credit to them. They did a good job on that.

2742
02:00:37,400 --> 02:00:39,760
Speaker 17: But you're always just looking for ways that you can

2743
02:00:39,960 --> 02:00:41,720
Speaker 17: eke out some yards, and we were able to do

2744
02:00:41,760 --> 02:00:43,880
Speaker 17: it there in the fourth quarter, like we talked about it,

2745
02:00:43,920 --> 02:00:46,520
Speaker 17: but a little bit earlier. So certainly going to be

2746
02:00:46,520 --> 02:00:49,080
Speaker 17: a challenging front to run against for different reasons this

2747
02:00:49,120 --> 02:00:51,520
Speaker 17: week against Minnesota. We'll talk about them here in a minute,

2748
02:00:51,560 --> 02:00:53,560
Speaker 17: but at some point, you're gonna have to be able

2749
02:00:53,560 --> 02:00:54,600
Speaker 17: to run a ball. You're gonna have to be able

2750
02:00:54,600 --> 02:00:55,640
Speaker 17: to run a ball, and they know you're going to

2751
02:00:55,720 --> 02:00:57,720
Speaker 17: run a ball. And in the fourth corp were able

2752
02:00:57,720 --> 02:00:59,680
Speaker 17: to get some yards in four minute situations.

2753
02:01:00,000 --> 02:01:01,960
Speaker 2: He said something a second ago that hit me, Nick,

2754
02:01:02,000 --> 02:01:04,360
Speaker 2: and he made me think about Henry Toatoa because we

2755
02:01:04,400 --> 02:01:06,760
Speaker 2: talked about Henry last year as a rookie and said,

2756
02:01:06,800 --> 02:01:08,320
Speaker 2: you know he ended up in the fourth round. Yeah,

2757
02:01:08,360 --> 02:01:10,280
Speaker 2: what was it? That probably was? You put him in

2758
02:01:10,280 --> 02:01:12,120
Speaker 2: the fourth round? And I remember fifth round and you

2759
02:01:12,160 --> 02:01:14,480
Speaker 2: said tackling. You said tackling was one of the things

2760
02:01:14,520 --> 02:01:16,800
Speaker 2: that he probably could improve on. And you look out

2761
02:01:16,840 --> 02:01:19,840
Speaker 2: the other night and this seems team wide, but just

2762
02:01:19,880 --> 02:01:22,839
Speaker 2: Henry in particular, I remember you saying that he's improved

2763
02:01:22,880 --> 02:01:25,080
Speaker 2: on that, or at least it seems that he has

2764
02:01:25,120 --> 02:01:26,760
Speaker 2: improved on that, and that just seems to take his

2765
02:01:26,840 --> 02:01:28,480
Speaker 2: confidence and has play at different level. What do you

2766
02:01:28,480 --> 02:01:29,760
Speaker 2: thought about the way he's played it and how he's

2767
02:01:29,760 --> 02:01:30,720
Speaker 2: improved that part.

2768
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Speaker 9: Of his game.

2769
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Speaker 17: Yes, worked really hard, very instinctive football player. He was

2770
02:01:34,760 --> 02:01:37,080
Speaker 17: that way to your starter at Tennessee, to your start

2771
02:01:37,080 --> 02:01:40,320
Speaker 17: at Alabama ran a defense showed up around the ball

2772
02:01:40,360 --> 02:01:44,480
Speaker 17: a lot has good awareness, has good spatial understanding, and

2773
02:01:44,560 --> 02:01:46,960
Speaker 17: tackling is something that you can actually work on and improved,

2774
02:01:47,000 --> 02:01:49,520
Speaker 17: even though you don't tackle to the ground in practice.

2775
02:01:49,560 --> 02:01:51,840
Speaker 17: So the R talks about this a lot. It's about

2776
02:01:51,880 --> 02:01:54,680
Speaker 17: tracking angles, it's about your approach, and we teach it

2777
02:01:54,720 --> 02:01:56,480
Speaker 17: a certain way. So you just want to make sure

2778
02:01:56,520 --> 02:01:59,720
Speaker 17: that you you shoot your shot, but you're leveraged on

2779
02:01:59,720 --> 02:02:02,640
Speaker 17: a ball carrier or you're forcing it back to your teammates.

2780
02:02:02,680 --> 02:02:05,400
Speaker 17: So aggressively attacking the ball, and there were multiple instances

2781
02:02:05,720 --> 02:02:08,760
Speaker 17: of not only Henry, but a number of players. Petrie

2782
02:02:08,760 --> 02:02:10,320
Speaker 17: had a number of plays there where he set the

2783
02:02:10,360 --> 02:02:13,360
Speaker 17: edge of the defense, then he closed the space, maintained leverage,

2784
02:02:13,480 --> 02:02:15,920
Speaker 17: or forced it back to the inside. And we talked

2785
02:02:15,960 --> 02:02:17,840
Speaker 17: to the defensive line about running out of the stack.

2786
02:02:17,920 --> 02:02:19,880
Speaker 17: So when a ball goes as the perimeter, your job

2787
02:02:20,000 --> 02:02:21,920
Speaker 17: is to turn, chase, and run. So all of it

2788
02:02:21,960 --> 02:02:25,160
Speaker 17: is tied together, which goes back to team defense. It

2789
02:02:25,160 --> 02:02:27,400
Speaker 17: takes all eleven and there's a lot of different components

2790
02:02:27,600 --> 02:02:28,440
Speaker 17: associated with that.

2791
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Speaker 1: How about CJ.

2792
02:02:29,320 --> 02:02:32,640
Speaker 4: Stroud's ability to not panic in the pocket, to create

2793
02:02:32,720 --> 02:02:35,880
Speaker 4: little spaces of real estate as the pressure is around him,

2794
02:02:35,920 --> 02:02:38,160
Speaker 4: and be able to get the ball launched properly. It

2795
02:02:38,200 --> 02:02:39,720
Speaker 4: seems like he's really worked hard on that.

2796
02:02:39,920 --> 02:02:41,320
Speaker 12: It's a very unique skill.

2797
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Speaker 17: And sometimes it's about micro movements with quarterbacks, whether it's

2798
02:02:44,880 --> 02:02:46,840
Speaker 17: in the pocket or there are times where they're going

2799
02:02:46,880 --> 02:02:49,160
Speaker 17: to have to avoid the rush and make plays outside

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Speaker 17: of the pocket. And CG did a great job. There

2801
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Speaker 17: were two or three plays where they had dialed up

2802
02:02:54,240 --> 02:02:56,240
Speaker 17: a pressure kind of into the play. It was kind

2803
02:02:56,280 --> 02:02:58,680
Speaker 17: of the perfect call. So then it was just about

2804
02:02:58,760 --> 02:03:00,240
Speaker 17: a football player making a play.

2805
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Speaker 12: But you're his.

2806
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Speaker 17: Ability to avoid and kind of lose ground but then

2807
02:03:04,680 --> 02:03:07,240
Speaker 17: gain ground and then we have two or three completions

2808
02:03:07,240 --> 02:03:10,400
Speaker 17: there kind of outside the pocket. But those subtle movements

2809
02:03:10,440 --> 02:03:11,960
Speaker 17: in the pocket, I mean, I would say when you

2810
02:03:12,000 --> 02:03:14,200
Speaker 17: watch Donald play, and we'll talk about him in a minute,

2811
02:03:14,200 --> 02:03:16,480
Speaker 17: but he does a pretty good job within the pocket,

2812
02:03:16,520 --> 02:03:19,480
Speaker 17: even though he's not necessarily a runner per se, but

2813
02:03:19,600 --> 02:03:20,640
Speaker 17: does enough from a movement.

2814
02:03:20,680 --> 02:03:23,280
Speaker 12: And then playing quarterback is that's part of it.

2815
02:03:22,960 --> 02:03:25,240
Speaker 17: You're not just gonna stand back there like a statue

2816
02:03:25,320 --> 02:03:27,800
Speaker 17: and just take the snap and throw the ball. You're

2817
02:03:27,840 --> 02:03:29,080
Speaker 17: gonna have to move, you don't have to slide, you're

2818
02:03:29,080 --> 02:03:30,520
Speaker 17: gonna have to go up, you might have to go back.

2819
02:03:30,600 --> 02:03:32,400
Speaker 17: So there's a lot of things that go into it,

2820
02:03:32,440 --> 02:03:34,760
Speaker 17: and CJ does a great job in those situations.

2821
02:03:34,920 --> 02:03:39,160
Speaker 2: Okay, good win, all right, two, no, excellent, let's do it.

2822
02:03:39,200 --> 02:03:40,320
Speaker 2: Put it in the back pocket.

2823
02:03:40,320 --> 02:03:40,720
Speaker 1: We're good.

2824
02:03:40,880 --> 02:03:42,640
Speaker 2: It's movie to the week three. You just mentioned Sam

2825
02:03:42,680 --> 02:03:45,600
Speaker 2: Darnald taking over as quarterback for the Vikings. It's team

2826
02:03:45,680 --> 02:03:49,160
Speaker 2: is two and oh playing home again. Loud place, loud environment.

2827
02:03:49,720 --> 02:03:52,320
Speaker 2: Brian Floores, you know very well. Let's talk about the

2828
02:03:52,360 --> 02:03:55,400
Speaker 2: Vikings and when you get to the defense, Nick, we're

2829
02:03:55,400 --> 02:03:56,240
Speaker 2: talking about them.

2830
02:03:57,120 --> 02:04:00,320
Speaker 1: How has Flow changed his defense.

2831
02:04:00,120 --> 02:04:02,280
Speaker 2: It all from the time he was with New England

2832
02:04:02,360 --> 02:04:03,920
Speaker 2: to where he is now at Minnesota.

2833
02:04:04,360 --> 02:04:07,520
Speaker 17: Yeah, I'd say Flow is a very adaptable, very flexible,

2834
02:04:07,800 --> 02:04:10,720
Speaker 17: very good football coach. So I know he's the defensive coordinator,

2835
02:04:10,760 --> 02:04:13,680
Speaker 17: but Flow is probably one of the better coaches, just football.

2836
02:04:13,280 --> 02:04:14,080
Speaker 12: Coaches in the league.

2837
02:04:14,120 --> 02:04:17,080
Speaker 17: So they cause a lot of havoc for the opposing

2838
02:04:17,120 --> 02:04:19,560
Speaker 17: offense by the way that they play. So it's a

2839
02:04:19,640 --> 02:04:22,200
Speaker 17: very unique style of play, not everybody can do it.

2840
02:04:22,800 --> 02:04:25,400
Speaker 17: I'd say flow is kind of taken some elements, maybe

2841
02:04:25,560 --> 02:04:28,120
Speaker 17: the foundation, and it kind of evolved and morphed it

2842
02:04:28,160 --> 02:04:31,880
Speaker 17: into like his defense, and they've done a great job

2843
02:04:32,040 --> 02:04:34,440
Speaker 17: of putting that defense together. How they play, there's not

2844
02:04:34,480 --> 02:04:37,200
Speaker 17: too many teams that play with their style. They put

2845
02:04:37,240 --> 02:04:39,600
Speaker 17: a lot of I would say pressure on the offense

2846
02:04:39,720 --> 02:04:42,760
Speaker 17: more mentally as well as physically, because you have to

2847
02:04:42,760 --> 02:04:46,040
Speaker 17: be able to react to what you're seeing and you

2848
02:04:46,120 --> 02:04:48,200
Speaker 17: have to just trust your rules and goes back to

2849
02:04:48,200 --> 02:04:50,640
Speaker 17: your foundation, which goes back to training camp. But I

2850
02:04:50,640 --> 02:04:52,760
Speaker 17: mean their defense is I mean, there's really good defense.

2851
02:04:52,800 --> 02:04:54,800
Speaker 17: They're good on the edge. I mean Satan signed JG

2852
02:04:54,920 --> 02:04:57,240
Speaker 17: and free agency drafted Turner in the first round, so

2853
02:04:57,280 --> 02:05:00,560
Speaker 17: a good edge presence. Van Ginkel is a very unique

2854
02:05:00,640 --> 02:05:03,160
Speaker 17: kind of hybrid player who does a lot of things well,

2855
02:05:03,320 --> 02:05:06,919
Speaker 17: who's really a perfect fit for their defense. Cashman's probably

2856
02:05:06,920 --> 02:05:08,880
Speaker 17: one of their better players on defense. He had thirteen

2857
02:05:08,920 --> 02:05:12,160
Speaker 17: tackles against San Francisco. He's fast, he's instinctive. And then

2858
02:05:12,200 --> 02:05:15,040
Speaker 17: the other linebacker, Ivan Pace, who wasn't drafted, he plays

2859
02:05:15,040 --> 02:05:17,240
Speaker 17: with his hair on fires. So they're good on the edge,

2860
02:05:17,560 --> 02:05:20,000
Speaker 17: good at in they're good at linebacker. Harrison Phillips, who

2861
02:05:20,000 --> 02:05:21,760
Speaker 17: they just extended, gives them a good presence in the

2862
02:05:21,760 --> 02:05:23,880
Speaker 17: middle of the defense. They have some other guys they

2863
02:05:23,920 --> 02:05:25,400
Speaker 17: roll through and they roll bullet and they had Roal

2864
02:05:25,480 --> 02:05:27,960
Speaker 17: Tillery in there, and really where they've been forced to

2865
02:05:28,000 --> 02:05:30,520
Speaker 17: make a number of changes on the perimeter because of

2866
02:05:30,720 --> 02:05:34,200
Speaker 17: unfortunately some mitigating circumstances lost.

2867
02:05:33,960 --> 02:05:35,560
Speaker 12: To corner Jackson over the summer.

2868
02:05:35,680 --> 02:05:37,840
Speaker 17: Then they had another injury take place, so they signed

2869
02:05:37,840 --> 02:05:40,880
Speaker 17: Steph Gilmour who has familiar the inflows system. They signed

2870
02:05:40,920 --> 02:05:43,600
Speaker 17: Shaq Griffin in free agency who was here in Houston

2871
02:05:44,040 --> 02:05:47,720
Speaker 17: last year. So big long corners, and then they kind

2872
02:05:47,720 --> 02:05:50,560
Speaker 17: of have a three for two system at safety, and

2873
02:05:50,600 --> 02:05:53,320
Speaker 17: they're all kind of hybrids. I mean, Harrison Smith, he's

2874
02:05:53,320 --> 02:05:54,840
Speaker 17: at the line of scrimmage and he's in the deep

2875
02:05:54,840 --> 02:05:57,360
Speaker 17: part of the field. Josh Mattellos is a safety, but

2876
02:05:57,400 --> 02:06:00,000
Speaker 17: he's a linebacker. Cam bind him as a former corner

2877
02:06:00,200 --> 02:06:03,400
Speaker 17: now he's playing safety. So they just have a collection

2878
02:06:03,440 --> 02:06:06,720
Speaker 17: of players that are very versatile and very adaptable, and

2879
02:06:06,800 --> 02:06:09,080
Speaker 17: flow puts them in a position where they can put

2880
02:06:09,120 --> 02:06:11,400
Speaker 17: stress on the offense. And they've done a good job

2881
02:06:11,440 --> 02:06:13,160
Speaker 17: in these first two games, no question about him.

2882
02:06:13,280 --> 02:06:15,480
Speaker 2: What is Sam on offense? How does Sam and what's

2883
02:06:15,480 --> 02:06:17,600
Speaker 2: that offense look like? And how is it different maybe

2884
02:06:17,640 --> 02:06:19,160
Speaker 2: with Sam than maybe have been with JJ.

2885
02:06:19,720 --> 02:06:23,160
Speaker 17: Yeah, so I mean everything organization starts with koc. Kevin

2886
02:06:23,200 --> 02:06:25,080
Speaker 17: does a great job. I mean, Quacy have done a

2887
02:06:25,120 --> 02:06:26,920
Speaker 17: really good job of kind of putting this team together,

2888
02:06:27,080 --> 02:06:28,720
Speaker 17: and they've dealt with a lot of adversity and a

2889
02:06:28,760 --> 02:06:30,680
Speaker 17: lot of challenges. And JJ was getting a lot of

2890
02:06:30,680 --> 02:06:32,920
Speaker 17: snaps there in the preseason. I think they felt Sam

2891
02:06:33,000 --> 02:06:36,280
Speaker 17: was probably gonna play at some point. But Sam has

2892
02:06:36,280 --> 02:06:38,960
Speaker 17: played really good football, and I think the benefit for

2893
02:06:39,040 --> 02:06:42,200
Speaker 17: Sam is he can play through the lens of a

2894
02:06:42,280 --> 02:06:45,400
Speaker 17: quarterback through Kevin Right. Kevin has a good feel for

2895
02:06:45,840 --> 02:06:48,480
Speaker 17: what it's like to play quarterback because he played quarterbacks.

2896
02:06:48,520 --> 02:06:52,440
Speaker 17: So I would say very sound system, very efficient Sam is.

2897
02:06:52,560 --> 02:06:54,800
Speaker 17: I mean, he's drafted three overall for a reason. He's

2898
02:06:54,920 --> 02:06:57,160
Speaker 17: a good athlete, he's got a good arm, he's smart,

2899
02:06:57,600 --> 02:06:59,880
Speaker 17: He's done a good job of executing their system.

2900
02:07:00,240 --> 02:07:02,680
Speaker 12: So he's played well. Kevin's put him in a position.

2901
02:07:03,120 --> 02:07:04,880
Speaker 17: I mean, anytime you have an opportunity to throw it

2902
02:07:04,880 --> 02:07:06,440
Speaker 17: to the best receiver in the league, like you're going

2903
02:07:06,520 --> 02:07:08,240
Speaker 17: to take advantage of that. You know, he goes ninety

2904
02:07:08,280 --> 02:07:10,560
Speaker 17: seven the other day, he's behind a defense and everybody

2905
02:07:10,560 --> 02:07:12,120
Speaker 17: knows he's going to get the ball, but he still

2906
02:07:12,160 --> 02:07:15,080
Speaker 17: can't cover him. So Sam's played well for them. They

2907
02:07:15,160 --> 02:07:17,560
Speaker 17: signed Aaron Jones, and I've seen between him and Chandler

2908
02:07:17,600 --> 02:07:19,080
Speaker 17: they kind of have a good one to two punch there.

2909
02:07:19,200 --> 02:07:21,080
Speaker 17: So they can run the ball, they can throw it.

2910
02:07:21,880 --> 02:07:25,160
Speaker 17: They have a real solid offensive line. Extended darrisaw on

2911
02:07:25,200 --> 02:07:28,720
Speaker 17: the offseason. O'Neill extended him a few years ago. Booking

2912
02:07:28,760 --> 02:07:34,960
Speaker 17: tackles Brad Berry, Ingram Brendell so and then compliment and JJ.

2913
02:07:35,400 --> 02:07:36,800
Speaker 17: You know, the guy that's kind of stood out in

2914
02:07:36,840 --> 02:07:39,840
Speaker 17: training camp is Naylor, who wasn't very highly drafted or.

2915
02:07:39,800 --> 02:07:41,480
Speaker 12: Thought of, but he's kind of emerged.

2916
02:07:42,040 --> 02:07:44,880
Speaker 17: Addison's been in and out, but they put a lot

2917
02:07:44,920 --> 02:07:47,760
Speaker 17: of stress on the defense with the number of skill

2918
02:07:47,800 --> 02:07:49,880
Speaker 17: players that they have, and Kevin has a good feel

2919
02:07:49,880 --> 02:07:51,560
Speaker 17: and sense of how to call a football game.

2920
02:07:51,640 --> 02:07:53,480
Speaker 12: And there's a reason that they're two and oh.

2921
02:07:53,560 --> 02:07:55,520
Speaker 17: And then you combine that with they're one of the

2922
02:07:55,520 --> 02:07:57,560
Speaker 17: better teams in the kicking game to his point, so

2923
02:07:57,960 --> 02:07:59,840
Speaker 17: there's a reason they're two and oh, which is why

2924
02:08:00,320 --> 02:08:02,120
Speaker 17: you know, it's a pretty significant challenge here that we're

2925
02:08:02,120 --> 02:08:03,160
Speaker 17: going to see here on Sunday.

2926
02:08:03,440 --> 02:08:07,480
Speaker 4: You mentioned Donald and quarterbacks obviously always in the news,

2927
02:08:07,760 --> 02:08:11,560
Speaker 4: highly drafted quarterbacks. How important is fit in their success?

2928
02:08:11,640 --> 02:08:13,640
Speaker 4: Because Darnald maybe it wasn't a fit with the Jets.

2929
02:08:13,680 --> 02:08:14,960
Speaker 4: We don't have to get into all that. But he's

2930
02:08:15,000 --> 02:08:17,680
Speaker 4: in San Francisco last year, now he's in Minnesota. Maybe

2931
02:08:17,720 --> 02:08:20,800
Speaker 4: somewhat similar in certain ways. What about fit for the

2932
02:08:20,880 --> 02:08:21,800
Speaker 4: quarterbacks development?

2933
02:08:21,880 --> 02:08:26,360
Speaker 17: Nick for better or worse, everything focuses and centers on

2934
02:08:26,400 --> 02:08:29,880
Speaker 17: the quarterback, but you have to look at it holistically,

2935
02:08:29,960 --> 02:08:32,360
Speaker 17: so there's always another There's so many components that go

2936
02:08:32,480 --> 02:08:36,320
Speaker 17: into it. So what's the system, what's the scheme, who's

2937
02:08:36,320 --> 02:08:38,960
Speaker 17: the coordinator, how are you being coached, what's being taught?

2938
02:08:39,040 --> 02:08:42,320
Speaker 17: What's the rest of the composition look like? Offensively? Do

2939
02:08:42,360 --> 02:08:45,480
Speaker 17: you modify and a just as you go? So there's

2940
02:08:45,520 --> 02:08:47,960
Speaker 17: so many different factors that go into it. Say Sam

2941
02:08:48,000 --> 02:08:50,760
Speaker 17: has taken advantage of his opportunities. I'm sure he learned

2942
02:08:50,800 --> 02:08:53,120
Speaker 17: a lot last year playing for Kyle and being in

2943
02:08:53,160 --> 02:08:56,800
Speaker 17: that system, and then he looked at an opportunity in Minnesota.

2944
02:08:56,840 --> 02:08:59,160
Speaker 17: He probably knew, I'm gonna go into a situation where

2945
02:08:59,200 --> 02:09:01,520
Speaker 17: they're probably gonna drave the quarterback, but all be an

2946
02:09:01,520 --> 02:09:04,240
Speaker 17: opportunity to play. And Kevin's a really good offensive coach,

2947
02:09:04,320 --> 02:09:06,600
Speaker 17: so it seems like the marriage has worked out well

2948
02:09:06,680 --> 02:09:10,000
Speaker 17: for all parties involved. So every situation is different. It's

2949
02:09:10,000 --> 02:09:13,960
Speaker 17: always going to be case by case, but just philosophically,

2950
02:09:14,720 --> 02:09:17,320
Speaker 17: it's more than just a quarterback. Quarterback is an important

2951
02:09:17,360 --> 02:09:19,480
Speaker 17: part of it, but there's so many other factors that

2952
02:09:19,520 --> 02:09:20,120
Speaker 17: go into it.

2953
02:09:20,280 --> 02:09:24,280
Speaker 2: Nick with Justin Jefferson obviously arguably the best receiver league

2954
02:09:24,360 --> 02:09:26,200
Speaker 2: or not, but he's gonna get a line share of the targets,

2955
02:09:26,240 --> 02:09:27,240
Speaker 2: has no question about that.

2956
02:09:27,520 --> 02:09:28,720
Speaker 1: There's no TJ. Hockinson.

2957
02:09:29,000 --> 02:09:32,200
Speaker 2: How have they sort of changes are adapted to not

2958
02:09:32,280 --> 02:09:33,080
Speaker 2: having Hockinson.

2959
02:09:33,120 --> 02:09:35,240
Speaker 1: It was a good outlet for the previous Vikings quarterbacks.

2960
02:09:35,320 --> 02:09:37,520
Speaker 12: Yeah, Hawkinson is a huge part of the passing game.

2961
02:09:37,600 --> 02:09:39,560
Speaker 17: I mean, I don't want to say ninety eighty ninety

2962
02:09:39,560 --> 02:09:41,800
Speaker 17: balls whatever it was last year. So he's a tight end,

2963
02:09:41,880 --> 02:09:44,640
Speaker 17: but he's really a receiver. So there were the tight

2964
02:09:44,720 --> 02:09:46,080
Speaker 17: ends that they have. Oliver is a little bit more

2965
02:09:46,080 --> 02:09:48,080
Speaker 17: of an online of scrim as presence, so they have

2966
02:09:48,120 --> 02:09:50,440
Speaker 17: an second, you know, second and third tight end. They

2967
02:09:50,520 --> 02:09:53,360
Speaker 17: kind of use them a little bit differently, so probably

2968
02:09:53,400 --> 02:09:56,000
Speaker 17: be some combination eleven and twelve personnel. So who the

2969
02:09:56,040 --> 02:09:59,160
Speaker 17: third receiver could maybe help take the place of Hackinson.

2970
02:09:59,200 --> 02:10:02,160
Speaker 17: Don't really replace Hawkinson, just say but you play a

2971
02:10:02,200 --> 02:10:04,000
Speaker 17: certain way. So they figured out a way. They played

2972
02:10:04,000 --> 02:10:06,000
Speaker 17: with Hawkinson last year, played without hot I mean they

2973
02:10:06,000 --> 02:10:08,400
Speaker 17: played with eighty six quarterbacks last year and play without TJ.

2974
02:10:08,480 --> 02:10:09,720
Speaker 17: And then this year they've had to play a little

2975
02:10:09,720 --> 02:10:12,600
Speaker 17: bit differently. But Teacher's a good football player, but you know,

2976
02:10:12,600 --> 02:10:13,560
Speaker 17: we want to deal with him.

2977
02:10:13,640 --> 02:10:14,920
Speaker 12: So what to deal with the rest of them?

2978
02:10:15,040 --> 02:10:17,120
Speaker 4: Well, we were there in twenty sixteen and it was

2979
02:10:17,200 --> 02:10:21,280
Speaker 4: extremely loud, So you tell us some of the louder

2980
02:10:21,320 --> 02:10:24,360
Speaker 4: stadiums you've been in, because this one really stood out

2981
02:10:24,360 --> 02:10:26,720
Speaker 4: to me personally, and I think Johnny two, But what

2982
02:10:26,800 --> 02:10:27,920
Speaker 4: do you think overall?

2983
02:10:28,040 --> 02:10:29,600
Speaker 17: Yeah, No, anytime you play in the road, you have

2984
02:10:29,640 --> 02:10:31,400
Speaker 17: to deal with the environment. They got a great crowd

2985
02:10:31,400 --> 02:10:32,440
Speaker 17: out there, and me, it's schul Nation.

2986
02:10:32,520 --> 02:10:32,880
Speaker 10: I'm sure it.

2987
02:10:32,880 --> 02:10:33,880
Speaker 1: We'll be ready to go here.

2988
02:10:34,000 --> 02:10:37,200
Speaker 17: But just specifically two of the probably more difficult places

2989
02:10:37,200 --> 02:10:38,880
Speaker 17: to play. I would say Denver is always a hard

2990
02:10:38,880 --> 02:10:41,360
Speaker 17: place to play. I mean that environment barely can hear

2991
02:10:41,360 --> 02:10:44,720
Speaker 17: yourself talk. And then Seattle played out there a few times.

2992
02:10:44,720 --> 02:10:47,280
Speaker 17: So even though those are two outdoor stadiums, yep, it's

2993
02:10:47,280 --> 02:10:50,520
Speaker 17: almost counterintuitive you're playing outdoors, but it's as loud as

2994
02:10:50,560 --> 02:10:53,800
Speaker 17: any as playing inside. So we'll have it'll be a challenge.

2995
02:10:53,800 --> 02:10:55,560
Speaker 17: I mean, noise will be a factor, communication will be

2996
02:10:55,560 --> 02:10:57,600
Speaker 17: a factor. They'll be juiced up and ready to go,

2997
02:10:57,640 --> 02:10:59,600
Speaker 17: I'm sure, So hopefully we can deal with the Vikings

2998
02:10:59,640 --> 02:11:01,120
Speaker 17: in a round, rowdy crowd.

2999
02:11:01,480 --> 02:11:03,680
Speaker 2: When you were New England, Kevin was with you guys

3000
02:11:03,680 --> 02:11:05,400
Speaker 2: for a while, right as a player, maybe as a

3001
02:11:05,400 --> 02:11:05,760
Speaker 2: coach of camp.

3002
02:11:05,880 --> 02:11:07,800
Speaker 17: Yeah, we drafted Kevin in two thousand and eight. So

3003
02:11:07,920 --> 02:11:10,760
Speaker 17: Kevin was kind of a developmental quarterback. Had really good

3004
02:11:10,800 --> 02:11:13,600
Speaker 17: athletic trace, was really smart. You know, there was some

3005
02:11:13,720 --> 02:11:15,840
Speaker 17: qualities that we liked about him. So we were in

3006
02:11:15,880 --> 02:11:19,520
Speaker 17: a position where Brady was obviously the starter, but the backup,

3007
02:11:19,560 --> 02:11:21,560
Speaker 17: the third quarterback, always trying to kind of get another

3008
02:11:21,600 --> 02:11:24,560
Speaker 17: quarterback in the system to potentially become the backup. So

3009
02:11:25,640 --> 02:11:28,800
Speaker 17: Kevin played a bunch at San Diego State and was

3010
02:11:29,080 --> 02:11:30,920
Speaker 17: you know, he'll admit this, he said this that he

3011
02:11:31,000 --> 02:11:33,400
Speaker 17: was kind of raw, but he's very smart, was athletic,

3012
02:11:33,560 --> 02:11:35,760
Speaker 17: moved well, and we had him for a few years

3013
02:11:35,840 --> 02:11:38,000
Speaker 17: and then he ended up moving on and we think

3014
02:11:38,040 --> 02:11:39,360
Speaker 17: it was with the Jets for a little bit and

3015
02:11:39,360 --> 02:11:41,000
Speaker 17: then once he was done playing, then he kind of

3016
02:11:41,040 --> 02:11:43,720
Speaker 17: started working in variety of different capacities.

3017
02:11:43,760 --> 02:11:45,880
Speaker 12: But he's been able to work with a lot of

3018
02:11:45,880 --> 02:11:46,440
Speaker 12: good coaches.

3019
02:11:46,440 --> 02:11:48,360
Speaker 17: I mean, he worked with coach petten or for a coach,

3020
02:11:48,360 --> 02:11:50,640
Speaker 17: he's been around Coach Petton, Coach Pettin's on their staff,

3021
02:11:51,080 --> 02:11:54,440
Speaker 17: has experienced with Coach McVeigh and his system. So a

3022
02:11:54,480 --> 02:11:57,120
Speaker 17: lot of coaches they take elements of different systems.

3023
02:11:57,320 --> 02:11:59,000
Speaker 12: Kevin was in Washington period of time.

3024
02:11:59,000 --> 02:12:02,560
Speaker 17: But Kevin's a great guy, very smart, very bright, offensive coach.

3025
02:12:02,760 --> 02:12:04,560
Speaker 17: I mean you've seen some of the coaches that have

3026
02:12:04,640 --> 02:12:08,040
Speaker 17: worked for Sean or work with Kevin are littered throughout

3027
02:12:08,040 --> 02:12:10,040
Speaker 17: the league. So but yeah, we had Kevin in. We

3028
02:12:10,120 --> 02:12:11,800
Speaker 17: drafted him in a third round in two thousand and eight.

3029
02:12:12,360 --> 02:12:15,480
Speaker 4: What's it like here, Nick, with the continuity you've been

3030
02:12:15,520 --> 02:12:18,480
Speaker 4: able to maintain with the coaching staff, working through the

3031
02:12:18,520 --> 02:12:21,480
Speaker 4: second year of the Demico Nick era, with CJ involved

3032
02:12:21,480 --> 02:12:22,920
Speaker 4: in all the staff members as well.

3033
02:12:24,040 --> 02:12:26,880
Speaker 17: The more time you spend together, the better typically then

3034
02:12:26,880 --> 02:12:29,080
Speaker 17: maybe not everybody feels that way, but you just have

3035
02:12:29,160 --> 02:12:33,960
Speaker 17: a better understanding of the flow of everything, schedule system,

3036
02:12:34,080 --> 02:12:36,520
Speaker 17: how to practice, how to adjust, how do we want

3037
02:12:36,560 --> 02:12:38,760
Speaker 17: to handle the game, the communication that goes on during

3038
02:12:38,840 --> 02:12:41,400
Speaker 17: the course of the game. So anytime that you can

3039
02:12:41,440 --> 02:12:45,520
Speaker 17: work collaboratively over the course of multiple weeks, months, years,

3040
02:12:46,040 --> 02:12:48,680
Speaker 17: it's advantageous for everybody involved. So as long as you're

3041
02:12:48,680 --> 02:12:51,520
Speaker 17: doing the right things and you're having some modicum of success,

3042
02:12:51,960 --> 02:12:53,680
Speaker 17: then you want to try to keep it together. We

3043
02:12:53,720 --> 02:12:56,320
Speaker 17: also understand this league is designed where people are going

3044
02:12:56,400 --> 02:12:58,720
Speaker 17: to move on. You're going to lose people. So do

3045
02:12:58,760 --> 02:13:01,040
Speaker 17: you have enough of an infrastruct you're in place that

3046
02:13:01,200 --> 02:13:05,800
Speaker 17: you can replace staff, coaches, players as they leave. So

3047
02:13:06,400 --> 02:13:08,680
Speaker 17: there's a short term but there's also a long term

3048
02:13:08,720 --> 02:13:10,920
Speaker 17: component as well that you're certainly cognizant of.

3049
02:13:11,240 --> 02:13:11,440
Speaker 5: Nick.

3050
02:13:11,800 --> 02:13:15,040
Speaker 2: It's always talked about at some point where well, this

3051
02:13:15,080 --> 02:13:17,320
Speaker 2: guy played for this team and now he's playing for

3052
02:13:17,360 --> 02:13:19,120
Speaker 2: this other team. He's gonna face his old team, and

3053
02:13:19,120 --> 02:13:21,120
Speaker 2: the Viking's got a number of guys that did play

3054
02:13:21,120 --> 02:13:23,520
Speaker 2: for Houston. We've got a Viking that we got a

3055
02:13:23,520 --> 02:13:25,280
Speaker 2: form of Viking in that place for us is that

3056
02:13:25,320 --> 02:13:28,160
Speaker 2: overblown where you have players that played in different places

3057
02:13:28,160 --> 02:13:30,200
Speaker 2: and then also they're played against her former team. Does

3058
02:13:30,200 --> 02:13:31,880
Speaker 2: that kind of get overblown, like, Oh, they're gonna know

3059
02:13:31,880 --> 02:13:33,880
Speaker 2: what they're doing because they played there last year.

3060
02:13:34,040 --> 02:13:39,120
Speaker 17: It's probably more common than you realize. Players change teams often, right,

3061
02:13:39,240 --> 02:13:43,320
Speaker 17: So typically you're gonna see a number of players that

3062
02:13:43,360 --> 02:13:45,600
Speaker 17: we're in your building. They have another building, they're gonna

3063
02:13:45,600 --> 02:13:48,200
Speaker 17: come through your building. Once you get into this season,

3064
02:13:48,880 --> 02:13:52,040
Speaker 17: it's really about that week and the game plan specific

3065
02:13:52,080 --> 02:13:55,680
Speaker 17: to that opponent. So is there some familiarity with our players?

3066
02:13:55,760 --> 02:13:58,120
Speaker 17: There always is, but you've seen it. You see it

3067
02:13:58,160 --> 02:14:01,120
Speaker 17: across the league. Like typically every team that you play

3068
02:14:01,160 --> 02:14:05,680
Speaker 17: against probably somebody that you've either been with or coached

3069
02:14:05,680 --> 02:14:06,920
Speaker 17: the same thing on a coaching front.

3070
02:14:07,000 --> 02:14:11,200
Speaker 12: So familiarity, you know there is there.

3071
02:14:11,080 --> 02:14:13,920
Speaker 17: And exists, but sometimes there's probably a little bit too

3072
02:14:14,000 --> 02:14:17,120
Speaker 17: much emphasis that's placed on Frankflly.

3073
02:14:16,680 --> 02:14:18,840
Speaker 4: A couple of other things on the way out here, Nick.

3074
02:14:18,920 --> 02:14:22,080
Speaker 4: First of all, a couple of games in uniform review.

3075
02:14:22,320 --> 02:14:24,320
Speaker 4: What are you thinking we're in the regular season, had

3076
02:14:24,320 --> 02:14:26,720
Speaker 4: they I'm asking you about this?

3077
02:14:27,440 --> 02:14:29,520
Speaker 1: What do you think of those Bears orange uniforms? You

3078
02:14:29,560 --> 02:14:30,320
Speaker 1: don't have to get into that.

3079
02:14:30,640 --> 02:14:34,120
Speaker 17: I thought it was pumpkin season, so now nobody should

3080
02:14:34,120 --> 02:14:36,120
Speaker 17: ask me any questions fashion related, so I'm going to

3081
02:14:36,160 --> 02:14:37,680
Speaker 17: stay away from the uniform discussion.

3082
02:14:37,760 --> 02:14:39,480
Speaker 1: They look good. What'd you think of the environment the

3083
02:14:39,480 --> 02:14:40,120
Speaker 1: other night though?

3084
02:14:40,240 --> 02:14:43,360
Speaker 17: That was great, cool atmosphere Sunday night, roof was open,

3085
02:14:44,000 --> 02:14:46,320
Speaker 17: hadn't happened in a long time, so fans were into

3086
02:14:46,360 --> 02:14:49,160
Speaker 17: the game. So the more Houston fans we can have

3087
02:14:49,200 --> 02:14:52,879
Speaker 17: and not opponent fans always the better. But yeah, overall

3088
02:14:52,880 --> 02:14:55,879
Speaker 17: it was a very and the players felt that environment.

3089
02:14:56,120 --> 02:14:58,040
Speaker 17: So link Demika wanted to crowd in the game a

3090
02:14:58,080 --> 02:14:59,520
Speaker 17: little bit more, was just trying to hype up a

3091
02:14:59,520 --> 02:15:01,840
Speaker 17: little kit. Yeah that'll be the next thing when we

3092
02:15:02,160 --> 02:15:03,960
Speaker 17: come home in a couple of weeks. So make sure

3093
02:15:04,000 --> 02:15:05,960
Speaker 17: the crowdsing is a game for the full sixty minutes.

3094
02:15:06,080 --> 02:15:09,040
Speaker 2: So when you go out scouting, not to say that

3095
02:15:09,080 --> 02:15:11,960
Speaker 2: there's one hundred percent analogous situation out there, but what

3096
02:15:11,960 --> 02:15:14,040
Speaker 2: are what's a place where you go out scouting where

3097
02:15:14,080 --> 02:15:15,480
Speaker 2: you know, like, man, I'm gonna walk out of here

3098
02:15:15,480 --> 02:15:16,400
Speaker 2: with a headache because.

3099
02:15:16,160 --> 02:15:18,360
Speaker 18: This place is loud. This place is really loud, and

3100
02:15:18,360 --> 02:15:20,360
Speaker 18: I know I'm gonna have a headache. Earlier in my career,

3101
02:15:20,480 --> 02:15:23,160
Speaker 18: I happened to see Oregon. It was like a Thursday

3102
02:15:23,240 --> 02:15:25,360
Speaker 18: night or Friday night. Yeah, I mean it was loud

3103
02:15:25,400 --> 02:15:28,040
Speaker 18: as hell. Yeah, that was like a really cool environment.

3104
02:15:28,160 --> 02:15:32,440
Speaker 17: So and then the year, forget what year was LSU

3105
02:15:32,520 --> 02:15:39,480
Speaker 17: Georgia Mettenberger, Jeremy Hill, Odell Beck Land Reed and Georgia.

3106
02:15:39,760 --> 02:15:42,160
Speaker 17: They had a compliment of players as well. It was

3107
02:15:42,240 --> 02:15:45,520
Speaker 17: packed and it was loud, and it was like who's

3108
02:15:45,560 --> 02:15:47,400
Speaker 17: who on the sideline. It was like a swarm of

3109
02:15:47,440 --> 02:15:50,920
Speaker 17: people on the sideline. So there's some pretty cool college environments,

3110
02:15:50,920 --> 02:15:52,440
Speaker 17: but I would say those are a couple that kind

3111
02:15:52,480 --> 02:15:52,960
Speaker 17: of stand out.

3112
02:15:53,320 --> 02:15:57,040
Speaker 4: Finally, today's show did a feature on Your Cafe on

3113
02:15:57,120 --> 02:16:00,920
Speaker 4: the performance cafe workers, the way they set everything up

3114
02:16:00,960 --> 02:16:05,200
Speaker 4: for the players, individualize what's needed, what about that, what

3115
02:16:05,320 --> 02:16:08,400
Speaker 4: goes into that, and how important is that for your

3116
02:16:08,440 --> 02:16:09,160
Speaker 4: team's success.

3117
02:16:09,640 --> 02:16:11,760
Speaker 17: Yeah, for them to be recognized and for them to

3118
02:16:11,800 --> 02:16:14,520
Speaker 17: be profiled honestly with the more people to see that

3119
02:16:14,640 --> 02:16:17,240
Speaker 17: the better, Like how selfless, how committed they are to

3120
02:16:17,320 --> 02:16:19,480
Speaker 17: the team, how they just want to serve the players

3121
02:16:19,480 --> 02:16:21,880
Speaker 17: in the staff and to be able to have sort

3122
02:16:21,920 --> 02:16:26,360
Speaker 17: of customized service, customized meals. Our job as best we

3123
02:16:26,440 --> 02:16:28,080
Speaker 17: can is to provide that we've talked about this is

3124
02:16:28,040 --> 02:16:30,920
Speaker 17: to provide as many resources of players as as much

3125
02:16:30,920 --> 02:16:33,240
Speaker 17: as possible, give them the things that they need to

3126
02:16:33,240 --> 02:16:36,720
Speaker 17: be successful, and with the support of ownership that they

3127
02:16:36,720 --> 02:16:40,039
Speaker 17: give us the ability to a have high quality food.

3128
02:16:40,520 --> 02:16:43,240
Speaker 17: The nutrition staff start with lad Harris and their entire

3129
02:16:43,280 --> 02:16:46,879
Speaker 17: group Amy you know, Jacob. I mean, they're very invested

3130
02:16:47,240 --> 02:16:50,360
Speaker 17: in the team and the players and what fuel your

3131
02:16:50,400 --> 02:16:54,199
Speaker 17: body with makes a difference. So for them to profile

3132
02:16:54,280 --> 02:16:57,520
Speaker 17: that and profile maybe some people that aren't really talked

3133
02:16:57,520 --> 02:16:59,600
Speaker 17: about as much or aren't in the public eye, just

3134
02:16:59,640 --> 02:17:02,080
Speaker 17: to show like how important they are at the overall success.

3135
02:17:02,080 --> 02:17:03,160
Speaker 12: The MICO has talked about this.

3136
02:17:03,520 --> 02:17:05,960
Speaker 17: Everybody that's in our building has an impact and touches

3137
02:17:06,000 --> 02:17:08,400
Speaker 17: the players at some point, and if they're doing it

3138
02:17:08,400 --> 02:17:10,840
Speaker 17: in a way with the right attitude, with good energy,

3139
02:17:11,000 --> 02:17:14,039
Speaker 17: on a consistent basis, the players appreciate that. So we

3140
02:17:14,120 --> 02:17:16,680
Speaker 17: kind of have a finuciary responsibility to provide that for them.

3141
02:17:16,720 --> 02:17:20,160
Speaker 17: So that's cool that they were able to profile those folks.

3142
02:17:20,240 --> 02:17:22,760
Speaker 4: As long as it passes your standard, we're good, right,

3143
02:17:23,280 --> 02:17:24,760
Speaker 4: you can always find something eating that.

3144
02:17:24,760 --> 02:17:27,480
Speaker 12: Performance, absolutely all right, Absolutely.

3145
02:17:27,080 --> 02:17:28,120
Speaker 1: Nick, thanks a lot, good luck.

3146
02:17:28,240 --> 02:17:28,840
Speaker 12: Thanks fellas.

3147
02:17:28,879 --> 02:17:32,280
Speaker 4: There it is Nick Cassario on Texans All Access. It

3148
02:17:32,320 --> 02:17:34,920
Speaker 4: happens every week usually Wednesdays at six.

3149
02:17:34,959 --> 02:17:35,360
Speaker 1: You hear that.

3150
02:17:35,400 --> 02:17:37,320
Speaker 4: It's up on YouTube as well. You'll hear it here

3151
02:17:37,440 --> 02:17:41,080
Speaker 4: again and it's on the Texans All Access podcast, which

3152
02:17:41,120 --> 02:17:45,200
Speaker 4: is accessible through Spotify wherever you get your podcasts. Now,

3153
02:17:45,360 --> 02:17:47,840
Speaker 4: the d line, how well are they doing Texans getting

3154
02:17:47,879 --> 02:17:48,640
Speaker 4: after the quarterback?

3155
02:17:48,680 --> 02:17:49,119
Speaker 1: That's good.

3156
02:17:49,360 --> 02:17:52,600
Speaker 4: A defensive tackle leads them in sacks that among other

3157
02:17:52,640 --> 02:17:56,640
Speaker 4: things coming up here on this bonus edition of Texans Radio.

3158
02:17:57,240 --> 02:18:00,879
Speaker 4: Final thoughts here tonight on Texans Radio now right, coaches

3159
02:18:00,959 --> 02:18:03,440
Speaker 4: d Line played for the Longhorns. What a championship with

3160
02:18:03,440 --> 02:18:05,720
Speaker 4: them in five In case you need that refresher, but

3161
02:18:05,800 --> 02:18:08,600
Speaker 4: great to have him coaching the defensive line here with

3162
02:18:08,680 --> 02:18:12,520
Speaker 4: the Texans in his hometown. Out of a leaf, Hastings, Well,

3163
02:18:12,760 --> 02:18:15,840
Speaker 4: what's with the pass rush? Mario Edwards actually leads the

3164
02:18:15,879 --> 02:18:18,360
Speaker 4: team in sacks with two. You got Daniel Hunter with

3165
02:18:18,360 --> 02:18:20,760
Speaker 4: one and a half. You have Will Anderson Junior with

3166
02:18:20,800 --> 02:18:23,840
Speaker 4: one and a half. Hunter going back to his former

3167
02:18:23,879 --> 02:18:27,520
Speaker 4: employer this weekend, Edwards has been around the league a

3168
02:18:27,520 --> 02:18:30,119
Speaker 4: lot of stops. What does Rod Wright think of him?

3169
02:18:30,600 --> 02:18:33,280
Speaker 4: Let's listen it about those two players, Daniel Hunter and

3170
02:18:33,400 --> 02:18:36,280
Speaker 4: Mario Edwards with d Line coach Rod Wright, who first

3171
02:18:36,360 --> 02:18:39,320
Speaker 4: weighs in on Mario Edwards and his effectiveness.

3172
02:18:39,760 --> 02:18:43,440
Speaker 19: It's two things. Number one, we call it rep our style.

3173
02:18:44,320 --> 02:18:46,720
Speaker 19: He is our style as a as a person and

3174
02:18:46,800 --> 02:18:51,280
Speaker 19: his play style before he even got here, he was intense, violent,

3175
02:18:51,840 --> 02:18:55,600
Speaker 19: plays hard, and that's what we love and that's what

3176
02:18:55,640 --> 02:18:57,880
Speaker 19: we covered around here. So it was an easy fit.

3177
02:18:57,959 --> 02:19:00,199
Speaker 19: And then the second thing, he bought in right away.

3178
02:19:00,680 --> 02:19:04,760
Speaker 19: Everything we we coached him and told him, he bought

3179
02:19:04,840 --> 02:19:07,760
Speaker 19: right into. Sometimes, you know, when you've come from so

3180
02:19:07,879 --> 02:19:11,440
Speaker 19: many different schemes, uh, you kind of revert back, and

3181
02:19:12,040 --> 02:19:16,680
Speaker 19: especially with with what we do sometimes when we say attack,

3182
02:19:17,040 --> 02:19:18,879
Speaker 19: it's hard to do that every time when you have

3183
02:19:18,920 --> 02:19:22,800
Speaker 19: an attacked like that. And so he's bout in right away.

3184
02:19:23,560 --> 02:19:26,959
Speaker 19: He's been a really good fit from the from the beginning.

3185
02:19:27,400 --> 02:19:30,640
Speaker 2: Well, and you mentioned him earlier. He's the only not

3186
02:19:30,720 --> 02:19:33,120
Speaker 2: new guy. There's some others as well, but he's the

3187
02:19:33,120 --> 02:19:35,960
Speaker 2: guy you mentioned your one to year or two. You

3188
02:19:35,959 --> 02:19:39,200
Speaker 2: talk about making it year one year two jump are

3189
02:19:39,200 --> 02:19:41,280
Speaker 2: starting to see that with Will and what have you

3190
02:19:41,360 --> 02:19:43,800
Speaker 2: seen the changes from your one to year two and will.

3191
02:19:43,640 --> 02:19:46,880
Speaker 19: Coach well, he knows the ends and outs of this defense.

3192
02:19:46,959 --> 02:19:48,160
Speaker 5: I mean so uh.

3193
02:19:48,200 --> 02:19:51,160
Speaker 19: The funny thing with him as much sometimes in our system,

3194
02:19:51,480 --> 02:19:55,760
Speaker 19: the more you know, uh, sometimes the more you'll you'll

3195
02:19:55,840 --> 02:19:56,800
Speaker 19: kind of try.

3196
02:19:56,800 --> 02:19:59,560
Speaker 5: Yeah to h to.

3197
02:19:58,840 --> 02:20:00,520
Speaker 19: Take it to the next level. And it really just

3198
02:20:00,560 --> 02:20:04,080
Speaker 19: comes back to step one, your stance and how we

3199
02:20:04,160 --> 02:20:07,680
Speaker 19: align and attacking. And so he's really all he's really

3200
02:20:07,760 --> 02:20:11,200
Speaker 19: learned is that the foundation of what we do is

3201
02:20:11,240 --> 02:20:13,280
Speaker 19: gonna always be what it what it is when it

3202
02:20:13,280 --> 02:20:16,400
Speaker 19: comes to how we how we play up front. So

3203
02:20:16,680 --> 02:20:19,400
Speaker 19: really with him, it's been him being able to zoom

3204
02:20:19,520 --> 02:20:23,320
Speaker 19: out of side himself and being able to be a leader,

3205
02:20:23,480 --> 02:20:26,360
Speaker 19: you know, last years of a rookie, uh kind of

3206
02:20:26,440 --> 02:20:29,920
Speaker 19: learning the ropes and learn it really fast. But but

3207
02:20:30,080 --> 02:20:33,879
Speaker 19: this year him being a leader amongst veterans. I mean,

3208
02:20:33,920 --> 02:20:36,760
Speaker 19: you look at the d line man. You you got

3209
02:20:36,920 --> 02:20:40,560
Speaker 19: guys have played ten years plus right next to him,

3210
02:20:40,920 --> 02:20:43,800
Speaker 19: and he's being asked to be be a captain, you know,

3211
02:20:44,000 --> 02:20:47,879
Speaker 19: and he just has that demeanor about him. He we

3212
02:20:47,920 --> 02:20:50,680
Speaker 19: always say he's an old soul even though he's young.

3213
02:20:50,879 --> 02:20:54,040
Speaker 19: I mean, he's very wise and he's very old school

3214
02:20:54,400 --> 02:20:58,680
Speaker 19: with the way he approaches life. So it's been it's

3215
02:20:58,720 --> 02:21:01,760
Speaker 19: been great to see him kind of step outside himself

3216
02:21:01,800 --> 02:21:05,040
Speaker 19: and become a leader and help everyone around him come together.

3217
02:21:05,400 --> 02:21:08,480
Speaker 4: Texans d line coach Rod Wright with US Danielle Hunter

3218
02:21:09,040 --> 02:21:12,400
Speaker 4: established veteran, no doubt and off the field he seems

3219
02:21:12,400 --> 02:21:15,320
Speaker 4: sort of understated on the field, the switch goes on.

3220
02:21:15,600 --> 02:21:17,560
Speaker 4: What's he bringing on and off the field?

3221
02:21:17,560 --> 02:21:17,760
Speaker 17: For you?

3222
02:21:17,879 --> 02:21:22,080
Speaker 19: Coach, He's an absolute pro. He's a he's a work workaholic.

3223
02:21:22,200 --> 02:21:24,520
Speaker 19: I mean usual look at his physique. You can tell

3224
02:21:24,560 --> 02:21:27,440
Speaker 19: that he's a worker. And the thing is sometimes you

3225
02:21:27,560 --> 02:21:29,879
Speaker 19: just got to have those guys to just just go work.

3226
02:21:30,280 --> 02:21:32,840
Speaker 19: Every time you look up, he's working, you know. And

3227
02:21:33,280 --> 02:21:36,160
Speaker 19: when it comes to the film rooms, he's very good

3228
02:21:36,240 --> 02:21:39,640
Speaker 19: with studying and understanding what he's what he's being asked

3229
02:21:39,680 --> 02:21:43,320
Speaker 19: to do. And he's really intense. It's the quiet ones

3230
02:21:43,360 --> 02:21:45,680
Speaker 19: you gotta look out for, you know, the ones, the

3231
02:21:45,680 --> 02:21:49,080
Speaker 19: ones that the ones that talk a lot. You know,

3232
02:21:49,160 --> 02:21:52,440
Speaker 19: sometimes you don't see what they're talking and and you

3233
02:21:52,480 --> 02:21:54,560
Speaker 19: don't you don't see what they're what they're actually doing

3234
02:21:54,600 --> 02:21:58,320
Speaker 19: when they're talking. This guy doesn't say much, but please

3235
02:21:58,600 --> 02:22:02,000
Speaker 19: please understand, like this is intense and he works his

3236
02:22:02,080 --> 02:22:04,760
Speaker 19: butt off, and he's a great leader in our room.

3237
02:22:04,920 --> 02:22:07,920
Speaker 19: The addition of him has been has been amazing.

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