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Speaker 1: Here we go on Texans Radio with segment two of

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Speaker 1: tonight's program. It advanced of Thursday Night Football, Mark vandermir

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Speaker 1: and John Harris with you, and instead of more likely

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Speaker 1: to happen or who's better, I just have questions for

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Speaker 1: Johnny that we're gonna ask. Okay, Okay, here's the first one,

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Speaker 1: Johnny biggest concern about the Cardinals coming in here on

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Speaker 1: Sunday other than Jacoby Brissett or Trey McBride. What's the

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Speaker 1: biggest concern other than those two guys that connection.

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Speaker 2: I think Buddha Baker.

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Speaker 3: I think Buddha can impact the game from any spot

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Speaker 3: on a field. Secondarily, I would say Waltern Nolan. Walter

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Speaker 3: Nolan's a rookie defensive aligneman from out Old miss missed

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Speaker 3: the initial part of the season due to injury. The

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Speaker 3: first game he was back, he just tore people up.

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Speaker 3: So we saw Sunday night. When there is an athletic

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Speaker 3: freakazoid from the state of Mississippi that the Texans have

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Speaker 3: to account for, sometimes it can be tough. So I

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Speaker 3: would say Buddha Baker first because I just have the

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Speaker 3: utmost respect for Buddha and just everything he can impact

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Speaker 3: and then Walter Nolan after that.

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Speaker 1: Okay, next question, better chance? So this is kind of

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Speaker 1: a who's better better chance to win this week?

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Speaker 2: At home? Denver facing the Green.

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Speaker 1: Bay Packers, and I guess they're underdogs in that game, yeah,

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Speaker 1: as the Jenerer said. Or New England underdog at home

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Speaker 1: against Buffalo. So both these vaunted AFC new money juggernauts.

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Speaker 1: I mean joking when I call them that, but they're

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Speaker 1: new money teams Denver and New England are underdogs at

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Speaker 1: home Denver and green Bay, New England facing Buffalo. Better

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Speaker 1: chance to win their home game this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Okay, let me read you something.

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Speaker 3: At Atlanta lost twenty four to fourteen, at Miami, lost

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Speaker 3: thirty to thirteen at Houston, lost twenty three to nineteen

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Speaker 3: at New England.

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Speaker 1: Think, so you're saying they're not as good as I think.

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Speaker 1: It's the Bill on the road, That's right. I think

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Speaker 1: on the road, I think it's gonna be. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be tough for the Bills. Not what it surprised me.

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Speaker 1: If Josh Allen just puts the cape on, it goes

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Speaker 1: to work. No, But I think the Patriots are well coached,

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Speaker 1: They're disciplined, Drake May has gotten better and better.

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Speaker 2: This is this is the test. If you go and

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Speaker 2: sweep the Bills.

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Speaker 3: I mean, that is such a feather in the cap

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Speaker 3: for Drake May and for Mike ray Buls So I

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Speaker 3: think it is. I think the Patriots do it, although

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Speaker 3: I think the Broncos are gonna struggle with the Packers.

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Speaker 3: I think if the Packers show up, and that's not

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Speaker 3: always a guarantee, but if the Packers show up to play,

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Speaker 3: I think the Broncos will struggle with them. I think

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Speaker 3: the Packers are not listed amongst the top three teams.

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Speaker 3: That's a lot of times reserved for Rams, Seahawks, Broncos, Patriots,

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Speaker 3: et cetera. I think when the Packers are on, they're

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Speaker 3: one of the top three teams in the league.

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Speaker 1: So the Patriots, it's almost unfair if they get good

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Speaker 1: this fast, and look they're good this year, I mean,

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Speaker 1: you have ten wins, Yeah you're good, But I need

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Speaker 1: them to get bad again fast. Johnny Now, in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty they had a down year with Cam Newton at quarterback,

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Speaker 2: Twenty twenty one, they made the playoffs. Matt Jones, Matt Jones.

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick was coaching. They made the playoffs with Mac Jones.

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Speaker 1: So Belichick has made the playoffs with Matt Jones. He

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Speaker 1: made the playoffs. He should have made him with Matt Castle.

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Speaker 1: He made him with Vinnie Testaverdi and Cleveland. Okay, you

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Speaker 1: know he can coach.

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Speaker 2: A little bit.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe not in North Carolina, but he can coach

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Speaker 1: a little bit without Brady. That's my point here. But anyway,

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Speaker 1: the Patriots shouldn't be allowed to be this good this fast.

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Speaker 1: But if the Bills win, Johnny, check this out. Let's

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Speaker 1: say the Bills pull this off. Okay, they have a

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Speaker 1: still need the Patriots to stumble at least one more time.

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Speaker 1: The Patriots after this have Ravens on the road. Ooh,

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Speaker 1: Jets on the roads at home. I would never put

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Speaker 1: it past the Dolphins to beat New England. That's a

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Speaker 3: They did it a few years ago with FITZI. The

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Speaker 3: Dolphins were not good and they went to New England and.

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Speaker 2: The Tang for two a game.

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Speaker 3: Get Intang, that's right, And they ended up beating beating

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Speaker 3: They lost twenty to thirteen to the Raiders at home.

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Speaker 1: So they started on one and it looked like, okay,

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Speaker 2: They're terrible.

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Speaker 3: Then they go to Miami and win, They're like, okay,

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Speaker 3: It was like, now they're one and two. They're they're

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Speaker 3: kind of what we expected. And then they just went

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Speaker 3: beat the Bills by three, They beat the Saints by six.

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Speaker 3: You know, they hammered the Titans, hammered the Browns, beat

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Speaker 3: the Bucks by five. The Bucks were banged up, but

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Speaker 3: that was a good win still for them. Jets, Bengals, Giants.

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Speaker 3: So there's two things that stand out. Number One, they've

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Speaker 3: and they beat them in Buffalo. Other than that, they

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Speaker 3: But the Tampa Bay team was beaten up badly and

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Speaker 3: right exactly. So I think these next two teams have

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Speaker 3: But I just think playing on the road, the Bills

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Speaker 3: are a little different. Here's the other thing to keep

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 3: We had the same by last year, and I know

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Speaker 3: you and I talked about this. One of the things

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Speaker 3: that I was fairly convinced of just looking around this building.

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Speaker 2: People were tired.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, team was tired that going thirteen straight games, no

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Speaker 3: matter whether wins or losses, it took a toll. When

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Speaker 3: the Dolphins, but you could see it against the Chiefs,

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Speaker 3: you could see it against the Ravens. We just weren't

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Speaker 3: the same team. We didn't have the same obviously, we

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Speaker 3: we lost digs, so that took away from some of it.

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Speaker 3: But I'm curious to see how the Patriots come out

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Speaker 3: of this by whether they've got juice, whether they're ready

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Speaker 3: that Week fourteen by always gets kind of tricky too.

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Speaker 3: So this one with the Bills and Patriots on Sunday

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Speaker 3: at twelve noon kickoff two. I have thought that game

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Speaker 3: would have gotten flexed like weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right, it could have, but I think they've

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Speaker 1: got some attractive games.

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Speaker 2: Let me see what they got.

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Speaker 3: Well, they flexed the Ravens Patriots game to Sunday night

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Speaker 3: next week game, right, so they did Sunday?

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Oh no, this Sunday is Vikings Cowboys. Really,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I know, I know, but it's the Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: You can put the Cowboys against anybody unless the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: at Steelers.

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Speaker 2: I love this game. They've made it interesting.

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Speaker 1: If the Dolphins win, they're both seven and seven and

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins are still alive. How about absolutely incredible things

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Speaker 2: But here we are. All right, let's get to the next.

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Speaker 1: One factor fiction Schauduur Sanders will be the starting quarterback

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Speaker 1: for the Cleveland Browns next year.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I think? Why not? Fact, Yes, Look, if we

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Speaker 2: didn't know.

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Speaker 1: I said this before before the draft. If Shadur Sanders

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Speaker 1: a first round prospect, would have gone two, three, four,

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Speaker 1: it in the opposite way. If his name was Jimmy Smith,

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Speaker 1: I could say, Hey, Jimmy Smith looks pretty good and

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Speaker 1: he maybe should be the starter for a team that's

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Speaker 1: been struggling to find any human life form that can

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Speaker 2: Yep.

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Speaker 1: So I think Sador Sanders should be the starter next

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Speaker 1: but that's my thought.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm with you. I think he's played. He's played well.

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Speaker 3: He's managed things very well. He's gotten some good yardage

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Speaker 3: Stefansky took him off the field on at two point play.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot to learn, But I could see them saying, yeah,

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Speaker 3: let's continue to build with this. I mean it appears

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Speaker 3: we're kind of glad that he and his dad handled

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Speaker 3: And when you look at that draft class for the Browns,

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Speaker 3: it was outstanding. And they've got Jacksonville's first.

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Speaker 2: Round pick next year. Oh my god, that's awesome.

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Speaker 3: How the fact that only two teams for our division

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Speaker 1: Year absolutely incredible And good for Cleveland for trying to

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Speaker 1: get some talent back. Yeah, after losing all those picks

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Speaker 1: them all. Right, next one, Philip Rivers, assuming he starts,

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Speaker 1: how many victories give me the win total for all

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Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts one.

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Speaker 2: Is it the right one? Yep?

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville because they're staring at Philip Rivers.

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Speaker 2: They can't believe it.

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Speaker 1: It's an AFC South crucial matchup for the Jags, but

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Speaker 2: It's so beautiful. I'd love to see that.

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Speaker 3: I'd love to see it too that I wish. I

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Speaker 3: wish that that game against the Why am i johnald

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Speaker 3: Blak because they played forty nine ers on Monday night.

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Speaker 3: I just wish that game against the Jaguars was the

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Speaker 3: one following the Seahawks. Okay, going back home, just riding

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Speaker 3: the Niners. I'd rather than do that against the Jaguars.

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Speaker 1: But that being said, plus, the more snaps for Rivers Rivers,

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Speaker 1: the more chance that he gets hurt. Yes, so you

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Speaker 1: don't want to see that obvious that that could be

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Speaker 2: Of a problem. Yeah, So either way, I think it's one.

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Speaker 3: I think it gets one, and I would love to

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Speaker 3: be able to make Week eighteen and moot point honestly,

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Speaker 3: So if you got one, then two, I don't want

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Speaker 3: I think there are gonna be some moments. We watched

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Speaker 1: Let's fix the college football format right now, No, right now,

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Speaker 2: And conference champion.

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Speaker 2: You let them in.

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Speaker 1: Now if your conference champions ranked higher than they get in.

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Speaker 2: That way you can still play these games.

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Speaker 1: And look, we had a crappy season where Duke not

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Speaker 2: Is that wrong?

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Speaker 3: It's eight conferences, ten teams, they're eighty teams.

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Speaker 2: Create a top tier, right, have your playoff.

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Speaker 3: However, you're sixteen whatever that middle tier I guess between

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Speaker 3: There's a way, there's a way that championship now becomes

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Speaker 2: That would be really fun. I think that you gotta

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Speaker 1: Take that que from our boys overseas who do that,

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Speaker 3: If you ask me, like, hey, you can have the

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Speaker 1: Okay, taking Elli's used the one so Penn State doesn't

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Speaker 1: That's why it took so long to get the replacement

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Speaker 1: The Michigan story is absolutely crazy, all right, coming up

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Speaker 1: here on Texans Radio. Hello Texans, Welcome to the show,

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Speaker 1: as we are gearing up for another big game, this

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Speaker 1: Colts at the Chiefs, a win, another win, five wins

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Speaker 1: another close game, but it felt like a butt kicking

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Speaker 1: you and the General. The Hall of Famer John McLean

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Speaker 1: joins us tonight. So, General, what do you make of

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Speaker 1: this thing? This five game winning binge? The Texans are

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Speaker 5: Good evening, Good evening, guys.

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Speaker 6: I thought the Kansas City game was the biggest regular

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Speaker 6: And the defense was magnificent. I love I tweeted a

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Speaker 5: And they got.

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Speaker 6: Three teams they ought to do really well against. That

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and incredible.

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Speaker 3: Now the offense needs still a little bit more work general.

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Speaker 6: They lead the league in field goals, and that's because

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Speaker 6: But mainly you get down close Gordon touchdowns, don't settle

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Speaker 6: When they returned to Sofi Stadium to play the Chargers

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Speaker 3: General Jacoby Brissette has been just a complete thorn in

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Speaker 3: They were playing one score games. They were losing kind

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Speaker 3: of like the Texans were they would be in defensive,

442
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Speaker 3: hard fought battles. But it feels like recently, as the

443
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Speaker 3: injuries have started to pile up more and more that

444
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Speaker 3: they've struggled, including last week against the Los Angeles Rams. So,

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Speaker 3: on a scale of one to ten, how worried are

446
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Speaker 3: you about Jacoby Brissett, scale of one to ten, how

447
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,760
Speaker 3: worried are you about the Arizona Cardinals?

448
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Speaker 6: The Rams just put forty five on him in Arizona,

449
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Speaker 6: and the Rams to me, are the best team in

450
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Speaker 6: the league. With MVP in Matthew Stafford. I'm not saying

451
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Speaker 6: that Texans have scored forty five, but I think I'm

452
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Speaker 6: going to pick this.

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Speaker 5: One like thirty to thirteen.

454
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Speaker 6: And yes, Bresetta has done well against the Texans, but

455
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Speaker 6: he hadn't played against this pass rush, and this pass rush,

456
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Speaker 6: especially with the ends, has been phenomenal. I talked to

457
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Speaker 6: Kenny Houston, the first ballot Hall of Fame safety with

458
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Speaker 6: the Oilers and the Redskins. He watches all the Texans

459
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Speaker 6: games and he started talking before I could bring up

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Speaker 6: about how much he loves the defense, and he said

461
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Speaker 6: one of the things he likes is they don't do

462
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Speaker 6: a lot of fancy stuff.

463
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Speaker 5: They just play great defense.

464
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Speaker 6: They know what they're doing, they tackle well, they rush well,

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Speaker 6: they don't have to blitz.

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Speaker 5: He said.

467
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Speaker 6: The secondary, if there's a better one in the NFL,

468
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Speaker 6: I haven't seen it. And he said they got great

469
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Speaker 6: athletes and they're relentless. And I said, well, that's what

470
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Speaker 6: to me. Dimko talks about all the time, that relentless mindset.

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Speaker 6: And he said, well, they are fun to watch and

472
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Speaker 6: they have been, and I think they're going to dominate

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Speaker 6: the next two games.

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Speaker 1: General the Bills and Patriots get together in Foxboro this weekend,

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Speaker 1: and that one's worth watching. The Texans have beating the Bills,

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Speaker 1: and these are both playoff teams in all likelihood, or

477
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Speaker 1: maybe not for the Bills if they slide. But what

478
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Speaker 1: do you make of that matchup? What do you think

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Speaker 1: goes down on Sunday?

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Speaker 6: Well, looking at two games Buffalo and then Denver, those

481
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Speaker 6: teams have ten game winning streaks and they're underdogs at

482
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Speaker 6: home the Patriots and are underdogs to the Bills, and

483
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Speaker 6: the Packers are favored to beat the Broncos. I want

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Speaker 6: to see the Texans play the Broncos again in the

485
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Speaker 6: playoffs if they don't win the AFC South, because I

486
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Speaker 6: think if CJ.

487
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Speaker 5: Strouded that was the game.

488
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Speaker 6: He got the concussion right Denver, I think that game,

489
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Speaker 6: which came down to a field goal, Texans would have

490
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Speaker 6: won that game if he had not suffered the injury.

491
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Speaker 5: So I want to see him.

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Speaker 6: Play the Broncos again. Denver has got a great defense.

493
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Speaker 6: What a great defensive game that would be, as was

494
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Speaker 6: the one we saw this season. But I think Buffalo

495
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Speaker 6: is going to beat the Patriots. One thing I'm interested

496
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Speaker 6: in as far as Drake May has played at North Carolina.

497
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Speaker 6: He is not played in playoff games in January, in

498
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Speaker 6: the middle of January where it's freezing, snowing, raining, wind

499
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Speaker 6: blowing and bo niggs.

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Speaker 5: He didn't neither last year.

501
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Speaker 6: So those guys that are with those red ex teams,

502
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Speaker 6: I'm going with the more experienced quarterbacks when they play

503
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Speaker 6: against them, who have proved they can play in those

504
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Speaker 6: kind of conditions.

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Speaker 3: Okay, get your dollar out, both of you. Okay, Okay,

506
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Speaker 3: here is the one dollar question. You get to go

507
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:13,160
Speaker 3: put it on. Not the Texans because they are kind

508
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,200
Speaker 3: of a hot team out there. They're kind of flavor

509
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,600
Speaker 3: of the month for a lot of analysts nationally. What

510
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Speaker 3: is the one team in the AFC you do not

511
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:26,199
Speaker 3: want to see in the playoffs? Man, I mean the

512
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Speaker 3: best team right now? I May, I'd be I don't

513
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Speaker 3: know who's the number one seed right now, Broncos or Patriots, whatever?

514
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Speaker 3: Which team do you put your dollar on in the AFC?

515
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Speaker 3: General you get to go first, and they.

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Speaker 6: Beat the Patriots up there with Drake May was a

517
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Speaker 6: rookie and he had some interceptions, but he finished that

518
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,920
Speaker 6: game great. But there's still an inexperienced team in New

519
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 6: England and Mike Rabel's doing a great job.

520
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Speaker 5: So I think it would be.

521
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Speaker 6: New England just because they know they can beat the Broncos,

522
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Speaker 6: because they so close to it.

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Speaker 5: Yep, those would be the two.

524
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Speaker 6: Now, it's not I wouldn't want to see him have

525
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Speaker 6: to beat the Bills again.

526
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Speaker 5: You know, I know Joves Allen.

527
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Speaker 6: Theyvet his number of these last three, but man, he's

528
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Speaker 6: still a great quarterback, and he's great in January.

529
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Speaker 5: I wouldn't want to have to see him play him again.

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Speaker 6: And truthfully, if the Chiefs were to get in the

531
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Speaker 6: playoffs and somehow play the Texans, I wouldn't want to

532
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Speaker 6: beat them. I wouldn't want the Texans to have to

533
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Speaker 6: beat them again because it was really close and Andy

534
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Speaker 6: Reid blew it, and so maybe it would I would

535
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Speaker 6: say the Chiefs because that game was so physical and

536
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Speaker 6: so close. I wouldn't want the Texans to play the

537
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Speaker 6: Chiefs again.

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Speaker 1: Well, if you're making me give you a dollar, yeah,

539
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Speaker 1: we have to give you a dollar.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you just and I put it on the team

541
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Speaker 2: that scares you most. Well, how about we phrase it

542
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Speaker 2: like this, what team?

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Speaker 1: You could pick a team now to knock out other

544
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Speaker 1: than the Jaguars because they're in front of you the Jaguars.

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Speaker 1: I agree, it's the Bills because of what the General

546
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Speaker 1: just said exact, because they have the most dangerous quarterback

547
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Speaker 1: among the teams that are most likely to make the playoffs.

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Speaker 6: Right.

549
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Speaker 1: You know, you could argument Lamar if he's healthy and

550
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Speaker 1: Patrick if he's.

551
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Speaker 3: In, but Lamar's not healthy and she could get bounced

552
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Speaker 3: this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Yes, so I would say it's Josh Allen because every

554
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Speaker 1: other team that's good in the AFC right now in

555
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Speaker 1: terms of good record. You have Bo Nicks, you have

556
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Speaker 1: Drake May, you have Trevor Lawrence, you have Aaron Rodgers,

557
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Speaker 1: and you have Justin Herbert. My gosh, I would love

558
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Speaker 1: Josh Allen to be out of that lineup.

559
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Speaker 2: So I'm dealing with one of those guys instead.

560
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Speaker 1: So Philip Rivers put him in there. All right, General

561
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Speaker 1: Phillip Rivers, what was your reaction? What are your thoughts

562
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Speaker 1: moving forward?

563
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Speaker 5: I was stunned.

564
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Speaker 6: I know cam Newton said on ESPN he was a

565
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,760
Speaker 6: slap in the face because you know, he wish they

566
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Speaker 6: called him. But the fact that Shane Stiken worked with

567
00:27:56,119 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 6: him for six years with the Chargers and they know

568
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 6: each other real well and they talk on the bone

569
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Speaker 6: every week. I guess it seems like a naturalist Sam

570
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 6: Mellinger turned them down. He stayed on the Broncos practice

571
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 6: squad and he spent four years with adults, and he said,

572
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 6: we got a great thing going there. And I loved

573
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Speaker 6: Andy and everything about it, but I just he said,

574
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Speaker 6: I wanted to stay here. So he had a shot.

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00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 6: It is a desperation. Moved and he's there. You have

576
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Speaker 6: a brutal schedule beginning with Seattle, and I see all

577
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Speaker 6: these people on TV, former players, think he'll be able

578
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Speaker 6: to pull it off.

579
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Speaker 5: I do not.

580
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Speaker 2: I think.

581
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Speaker 3: I mean, if it were the Jets, then the Titans,

582
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Speaker 3: then the Seahawks, maybe, But when you're throwing right into

583
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,040
Speaker 3: the fire against the Seahawks.

584
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Speaker 2: On the road, on the road, go for I mean

585
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:54,760
Speaker 2: you can. You could forget about it about Ellinger telling

586
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Speaker 2: them no, come on. Ellinger looked at the schedule, he

587
00:28:58,680 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 2: saw what was coming.

588
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Speaker 1: He did because that's a chance to be a starting

589
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 1: arterback in the NFL. Right, you know what you're not

590
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,480
Speaker 1: gonna get at Denver, that chance, right, You're not gonna

591
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Speaker 1: be a starter.

592
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Speaker 3: He looked at the schedule and went, nah, I'm good.

593
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Speaker 3: I mean he's got to face the Seahawks. He would

594
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 3: have to face the Seahawks, the Niners, the Jags, the Texans, Davis.

595
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: Mills traumatized him in the twenty two finale and he'll

596
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 1: never start again.

597
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 3: So General, along those lines well Mark mentioned Davis Mills

598
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 3: made me think.

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Speaker 2: I asked this question.

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Speaker 3: I heard Sean and Seth talking about this in the morning,

601
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Speaker 3: and I think this is a fascinating question, to be honest,

602
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 3: Because this I went and looked at the archives of

603
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:37,760
Speaker 3: some of the power rankings and to see where the

604
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 3: people had the Texans after week three, twenty five, twenty eight.

605
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 3: I think lows is twenty nine. Anyways, there's a turning

606
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:50,080
Speaker 3: point in the year, whether it's off the field, whether

607
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 3: it's on the field, a moment, a play, something. I

608
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 3: have one that we haven't talked about. Mark, What would

609
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:02,959
Speaker 3: you say is that herning point thus far in this season?

610
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:07,400
Speaker 6: General Davis Mills led rally to beat the Jaguars in

611
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 6: the fourth quarter That turned around the whole season.

612
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Speaker 2: Okay, you want to hear mine, Well, hang on, I'll

613
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 2: give you mine. It is that.

614
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Speaker 1: But the moment that changed everything is third and goal

615
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Speaker 1: at the freaking fourteen yard line. I don't have to

616
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,960
Speaker 1: remind you of the challenges the Texans have had scoring

617
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,360
Speaker 1: when they get inside the twenty yard line. This is

618
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Speaker 1: third and goal from the fourteen. Yeah, you get two

619
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Speaker 1: downs here in two down territory, but come on, really,

620
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 1: and Mills on the run runs back. That's the moment

621
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Speaker 1: of the season right there. And I know this is

622
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Speaker 1: a defensive team and the defensive signature season, but that's

623
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Speaker 1: the moment that turned everything around. When he hit the

624
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 1: pilon or just inside the pylon, that was it. The

625
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:51,800
Speaker 1: whole world opened up to the Houston Texans.

626
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Speaker 3: I agree with both of you, but I'm gonna throw

627
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:55,720
Speaker 3: this one at you. It's kind of a two pronger.

628
00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 3: The release of CJ. Gardner Johnson, that's a subtle one.

629
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Speaker 3: And and Demico Ryans handing play calling duties over to

630
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Speaker 3: Matt Burke. Wow, because I think that unlocked an even

631
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 3: bigger box for the Texans defensively. But it also I

632
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 3: think helped the offense general because Demico is able to

633
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 3: look at it through his defensive eyes and so he

634
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 3: gave that play calling to Burke.

635
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Speaker 2: And I know that was tough for him. I know

636
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,160
Speaker 2: it was tough for him, but he did.

637
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 3: That, and Matt has taken that and run with it

638
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 3: and done a great job with it. And Tomko can

639
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 3: still kind of help out the offense at that point.

640
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:40,360
Speaker 3: I don't think we make enough of that move by

641
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:44,880
Speaker 3: Demiko Ryans to give play calling to Matt Burke. But

642
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 3: also you think about going zero to three, you know

643
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 3: there was some busts in the secondary. You know, you

644
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:54,200
Speaker 3: don't see a lot of lately bust in the secondary general,

645
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 3: what do you think about my two?

646
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Speaker 6: Well, I think that's a good one and Gardner Johnson

647
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:04,320
Speaker 6: who had that in Jacksonville that Brian Thomas Junior got

648
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 6: wide open for a humongous gain. And I think Mark's

649
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 6: on the quarterback run touchdown by Mills was pretty fantastic

650
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 6: because Davis is not known as a runner. And I

651
00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 6: saw in Sports Illustrated today when they were talking about

652
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:28,040
Speaker 6: assistant coaches who are head coaching candidates, Matt was on there.

653
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Speaker 6: I'm surprised Matt's not getting more love attention because most

654
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 6: people still think Dimiko's making the calls. But Matt Burke

655
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,440
Speaker 6: has done a tremendous job, so is Demko, of course,

656
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 6: to get this team to bounce back from an OH

657
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 6: three start with all those one score losses. But I

658
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 6: think Matt is doing a tremendous job and I hope

659
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,720
Speaker 6: it pays off for him and being a head coaching candidate.

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00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,239
Speaker 1: Well, if this season ends where we all wanted to,

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Speaker 1: let's not go the ultimate, but let's just say it's

662
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Speaker 1: a really positive season run.

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Speaker 2: Let me just define it that way.

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Speaker 1: Okay, do defensians lose any assistance this offseason?

665
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Speaker 2: General?

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Speaker 5: Well, I don't think.

667
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 6: I think I was looking and the best prospects are

668
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,960
Speaker 6: defensive coordinators right now. You know, it's all been about

669
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:21,960
Speaker 6: offensive coordinators, and now the pendulum is swinging back, and

670
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 6: I think that would hurt Matt because I think you

671
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 6: need to have another season like this next year where

672
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:28,719
Speaker 6: he got a whole lot of attention.

673
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 5: And you guys know what a good talker he is.

674
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Speaker 6: If he's sitting down for an interview with owner the

675
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Speaker 6: general manager, they're going to.

676
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Speaker 5: Be impressed with Matt.

677
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Speaker 6: One of the first things they mentioned in these things

678
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,320
Speaker 6: I said about him is he went to Dartmouth and

679
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 6: that shows how smart he is. And so they could

680
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 6: lose some but I don't see them losing anybody they

681
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,719
Speaker 6: want to keep because number one, money won't be an issue.

682
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 6: The McNair's always pay the money it takes to keep people.

683
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Speaker 6: And by the way, I thought dead video with Cal

684
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 6: was tremendous us getting so much attention. I thought it

685
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,319
Speaker 6: was so funny and anybody had seen it. Check it

686
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Speaker 6: out Cal McNair, SA Sleep, CJ Strauden social media department.

687
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,880
Speaker 6: That was I think that was the best ever.

688
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Speaker 5: But I think you win.

689
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Speaker 6: If somebody leaves, it's gonna be about a better opportunity,

690
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:23,840
Speaker 6: not about money.

691
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Speaker 1: General, the NFC is loaded. Everybody's got a nine to

692
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Speaker 1: four record or better. Other than two division leaders, I'm

693
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Speaker 1: talking about the top seven playoff seeds Philadelphia eight and five,

694
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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay seven and six. Let me ask you this first,

695
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Speaker 1: who's gonna win the NFC South? You got the Buccaneers.

696
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Speaker 1: You have the Carolina Panthers also at seven six breathing

697
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Speaker 1: down there. Next, they have a matchup coming up in

698
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 1: the final four weeks, don't they these two? I do

699
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Speaker 1: believe that they do.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yep. So what do you think who's gonna win

701
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 2: that division?

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Speaker 6: When I'm trying to make a decision on something like

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00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 6: you just asked. I look at the quarterback and I

704
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,880
Speaker 6: see Baker Mayfield's getting Mike Evans back. He's getting another

705
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 6: couple of his good offensive players backs, and they've been

706
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Speaker 6: through the wars.

707
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Speaker 5: The Panthers have not. So I'm going with the Buccaneers.

708
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Speaker 1: Okay, now we all know how good Seattle is first hand.

709
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: Ten and three and the Rams are ten and three,

710
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,919
Speaker 1: forty nine ers just watching, No, they're nine to four.

711
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:27,000
Speaker 1: They're right there with him. So NFC West, it's easy

712
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,239
Speaker 1: to say the Rams, But what do you think of

713
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Speaker 1: that division? How it all shakes out, and is the

714
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Speaker 1: super Bowl champion or let's just say the NFC champion

715
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Speaker 1: going to come from that division.

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Speaker 6: I think it's going to come from that division. And

717
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Speaker 6: I also believe that it's the best division. You know,

718
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 6: not nobody's got really good teams from top to bottom.

719
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Speaker 6: And the Cardinals, of course are terrible, but those first

720
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Speaker 6: three Seattle may be the best team. I hope that

721
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Speaker 6: the season. Clint Kobiac's having Gary z Old the son

722
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Speaker 6: as the coordinator, working with Sam l I'm open that

723
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 6: helps Clint get first head coaching job, and he's certainly

724
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Speaker 6: worked it, and they.

725
00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:10,800
Speaker 5: Have got balanced but men on men.

726
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:15,319
Speaker 6: Matthew Stafford has thirty eight touchdown passes. He had one

727
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,760
Speaker 6: bad game against Carolina, probably got it out of his system.

728
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 6: So I still think the Rams are the best team

729
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 6: in Seattle is the second best team general.

730
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Speaker 3: The Steelers ended up winning at Baltimore, but I still

731
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 3: hear the noise about Mike Tomlin not being back in

732
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Speaker 3: twenty twenty six.

733
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Speaker 6: You buying that, No, that's just fans some members of

734
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 6: the media. I saw Ryan Clark this morning talk about it.

735
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 6: He doesn't have to be there forever. A lot of

736
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 6: people are down on him, and their team is not

737
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 6: very good now.

738
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Speaker 5: They got TJ. Watt who had.

739
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:52,320
Speaker 6: To go to hospital with lot some long issue today

740
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,239
Speaker 6: that happened in the locker room. So they've got a

741
00:36:55,239 --> 00:37:00,879
Speaker 6: lot of issues. But I don't see the steady most

742
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:05,440
Speaker 6: stability of any ownership group getting rid of a coach

743
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,200
Speaker 6: who's probably gonna have another winning record.

744
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:09,640
Speaker 2: No question.

745
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,800
Speaker 1: Green Bay wins the NFC North, the Black and Blue Division.

746
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, I think the Bears.

747
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 6: It's supposed to be wind chill minus fifteen on Sunday.

748
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:24,160
Speaker 6: Caleb Williams, We'll see how he plays.

749
00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:24,720
Speaker 5: In that kind of weather.

750
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 6: There's a reason the Bears have never had a four

751
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 6: thousand yard passer, and that.

752
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,799
Speaker 5: Is because you guys know you've been to Soldier Phil.

753
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:36,400
Speaker 6: It's right Carroll Lake, Michigan, and a wind blows like crazy,

754
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 6: just like it does in Cleveland, which is at one

755
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 6: four thousand yard passer. So I can't wait to see

756
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 6: out the Bears and Caleb Williams and that offense perform

757
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:51,959
Speaker 6: under those conditions. Yes, I think it's the Packers. They're

758
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,359
Speaker 6: heating up at the right time.

759
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:54,280
Speaker 2: General.

760
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 3: Maybe the best retro jersey matchup ever tonight when the

761
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 3: Creamsicles take on the Atlanta Falcons black and red helmet

762
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 3: throwbacks in Tampa Bay. Do you give the Falcons a

763
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:12,320
Speaker 3: shot on Amazon Prime to beat the Bucks in their creamsicles?

764
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 6: You know, Kirk Cousins is gonna be starting, and he

765
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:19,759
Speaker 6: hadn't done squat, but you know what he could. But no,

766
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 6: I'm going with Buccaneers. Those crane sickle throwbacks bring out

767
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,839
Speaker 6: the best in these guys like they brought out the

768
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:33,799
Speaker 6: worst in the old guys, the expansion guys.

769
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, good point, excellent point. College football playoff? What's your

770
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:41,799
Speaker 1: thought on Alabama getting in Notre Dame left out the

771
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: whole mess. Two teams that really shouldn't be playing in

772
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:46,839
Speaker 1: this thing. Let's be honest, that are playing in this

773
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 1: thing in James Madison and Tulane. Sorry alums of those schools,

774
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:51,720
Speaker 1: but come on, this is a ridiculous system.

775
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 2: I think we all admit that.

776
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 1: In fact, those games are gonna be on what is it,

777
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 1: TNT and True TV or whatever, Johnny True TV. A

778
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 1: Shawshank replay would get as good a number as those

779
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,880
Speaker 1: games they're going up against the NFL. Are you kidding

780
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 1: anyway your thoughts on the subject.

781
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 6: They're gonna change the format they're gonna Alabama does not

782
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:14,240
Speaker 6: deserve to be in. Next year, they'll have sixteen teams

783
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:16,399
Speaker 6: and at some point they're getting rid of.

784
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:17,160
Speaker 5: The group of five.

785
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 6: I don't think anybody who wants to see two teams

786
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 6: like you don't get to see Vanderbilt and Diego Pavia

787
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 6: because you got two Lane or James Madison.

788
00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,640
Speaker 5: And I think that's too bad, because he's the one

789
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:31,359
Speaker 5: I would pick to.

790
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 6: Win the Heisman, even though I think Bernando Mendoza is

791
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 6: gonna win it.

792
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 1: Man, I would be fine with one or both of

793
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 1: those schools being in if they were undefeated. You gotta

794
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 1: go undefeated in those conferences. That's what this whole thing

795
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,600
Speaker 1: was designed for. You have an undefeated team, they get in,

796
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 1: they ranked high. Okay, got it. But if you have

797
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 1: won two losses, are you kidding? Enjoy the bowl game? General,

798
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 1: thanks so much for joining us.

799
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 2: We appreciate it, guys, Thank you very much.

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00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:59,319
Speaker 1: As always, there's our buddy, the General, John McClain joining

801
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 1: us on Texans Radio. Now coming up, We've got questions.

802
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: Johnny's got answers we usually do. Who's better, more likely

803
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: to happen? We're gonna have a hodgepodge of pope pourri.

804
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,759
Speaker 1: Hodgepodge sounds bad. Let's go potpourri, Let's go cornucopia, let's

805
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 1: go variety pack. Let's go with anything else but and

806
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,120
Speaker 1: we'll attack some big questions around the league. Questions about

807
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 1: the Texans in Arizona, questions about some other games going on,

808
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,799
Speaker 1: Buffalo and New England and Philip Rivers and all this

809
00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 1: other stuff that we will diagnose, dissect, define. It's all

810
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:32,320
Speaker 1: coming up here on Texans Radio. All right, final segment

811
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 1: here tonight on Texans All Access before Thursday night football.

812
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 1: Let's get to the injury situation status report now. The

813
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,279
Speaker 1: full status report is tomorrow. As far as who's in

814
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 1: and who's out, but today here's the news. Did not

815
00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:48,480
Speaker 1: participate Titus Howard, but not injury related personal reasons.

816
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 2: Let's hope everything's okay.

817
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 1: But Titus, it's not a help situation for him, so

818
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: he should be back. Limited participation today. Denico Autry and

819
00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 1: Woody Marks. That was an upgrade from not participating yesyesterday.

820
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 1: They both have knee situations, but really trending in the

821
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 1: right direction. Good to see. And full today. Disease Trent Brown,

822
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 1: Harris and Bryan Jamal Hill, Sheldon Rankins and Justin Watson.

823
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 1: Interesting to follow the progress of the receiver's been out

824
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,440
Speaker 1: for a while, so we'll keep it posted there. As

825
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: far as the Cardinals, three guys back at practice today

826
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 1: who had rest days yesterday, Kelvin Beacham, Josh Sweat, and

827
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:29,360
Speaker 1: Dalvin Tomlinson. Buddha Baker missed practice with personal reasons, but

828
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 1: also has some sort of thumb situation, but you would

829
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 1: think he would go. And Max Melton did not participate

830
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 1: a corner because of a heel situation. That's your injury

831
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:42,319
Speaker 1: report today now, let's get to Houston Methodist minutes with

832
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:47,760
Speaker 1: Monica Bearden, director of Sports Nutrition at Houston Methodist, about

833
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 1: holiday eating.

834
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:49,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, we did this once a year.

835
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Speaker 1: I wanted to talk to her about do's and don'ts

836
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,840
Speaker 1: holiday eating, what to watch out for, and there's some

837
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: good information here. Let's start off with some of the

838
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 1: things you should do and not do.

839
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Speaker 4: One of the biggest missa we make when we know

840
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Speaker 4: we're going to be eating a lot of holiday fair

841
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,400
Speaker 4: is we try to fast all day so that we

842
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:09,360
Speaker 4: kind of save those calories. And what ends up happening

843
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 4: is we end up overeating. So eating healthy foods throughout

844
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 4: the day, not starving ourselves so that we can overeat

845
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 4: at a meal is really a good way to go.

846
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: All right, So give me some general tips here breakfast

847
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 1: and this is maybe year round doctor, you are director

848
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 1: of sports nutrition, so it's a good opportunity to get

849
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: some feedback here breakfast.

850
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:35,359
Speaker 2: Do people overdo it? Should they downplay it a little bit?

851
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:39,279
Speaker 1: Have we been sold a bill of marketing goods that

852
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:40,960
Speaker 1: this is the most important meal of the day?

853
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 2: What do you think?

854
00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:44,640
Speaker 4: Absolutely not. It is the most important meal of the

855
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:47,640
Speaker 4: day When you eat breakfast. This is when we are

856
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 4: breaking the overnight fast, and that's extremely important not just

857
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:55,839
Speaker 4: for your ability to think and your body to be productive,

858
00:42:56,040 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 4: but a major, a major benefit to eating bread exos

859
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:03,799
Speaker 4: is that you start to increase muffle metabolism, and you

860
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,400
Speaker 4: want healthy muscle metabolism throughout the day because you end

861
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:09,080
Speaker 4: up burning more calories throughout the day the more muffly

862
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:09,319
Speaker 4: you have.

863
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 7: So the firth and very important rule that we have

864
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,320
Speaker 7: when it comes to the morning is within an hour

865
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:18,840
Speaker 7: of waking up, you should be breaking that fast with

866
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 7: a good healthy protein.

867
00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 4: Protein filled quality carb breakfast. So it could look something

868
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 4: like this. It could be a Greek yogurt with some berries,

869
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 4: so some healthy Those are some healthy carbs that you're

870
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:35,239
Speaker 4: getting for the berries, they're also antioxidants, and then throw

871
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:36,560
Speaker 4: in some granola.

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Speaker 6: If you want.

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Speaker 1: All right, well what about and I'll go through all

874
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,600
Speaker 1: of them here lunch. Do you want to heavy up

875
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Speaker 1: on lunch and go lighter on dinner or how do

876
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:45,080
Speaker 1: you want to handle this?

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00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:49,120
Speaker 4: You tell me, Yeah, So what's really important to realize

878
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:53,160
Speaker 4: is that you need your energy during the day. So

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Speaker 4: we start with a healthy breakfast and then about three

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Speaker 4: hours to four hours later, you should be having a

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Speaker 4: health the well balanced lunch again with high quality carbs,

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Speaker 4: so it should have soluble fiber. We want fruits and

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Speaker 4: vegetables in there along with our lean proteins and plant

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Speaker 4: based fats, so think avocados, nuts and seeds for example.

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Speaker 7: And then when it.

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Speaker 4: Comes to dinner, when we're starting to wind down, we're

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Speaker 4: not going to be as active, We're not going to

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Speaker 4: be expending as much energy at dinner. That's when we

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Speaker 4: start to decrease the amount that we're going to be eating.

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Speaker 1: There's Monica Beard and director of Sports Nutrition at Houston Methodist.

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Speaker 1: Will up part two of this conversation next week. It's

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Speaker 1: the official healthcare provider of the Houston, Texans. Houston Methodist

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Speaker 1: Leading Medicine. Want to give a shout out to everyone

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Speaker 1: at the Lombardi Award, the fifty second presentation of the award.

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Speaker 1: It's been going on for a long time since the seventies,

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Speaker 1: of course, and it was the fourth time I hosted it.

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Speaker 1: M seed it last night, Gray Moore and everybody did

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Speaker 1: a terrific job and it was tremendous to raise money

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Speaker 1: for cancer research and give the award to Jacob Rodriguez

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Speaker 1: of Texas Tech. All the finalists were awesome them to

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Speaker 1: work with last night, so I had a lot of fun,

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Speaker 1: all right, Texans and Cardinals Sunday at noon tomorrow's show,

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Speaker 1: we are going to feature, among other things, Damico Ryans,

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Speaker 1: a player to be named later. Also definitely a visit

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Speaker 1: with Trent Brown. You are not going to want to

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Speaker 1: miss this on tomorrow night's show at six. Have a

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Speaker 1: great night, everybody, go Texans,