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Speaker 1: Access from the Honday Texans and Radio Studio. I shouldn't sing,

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Speaker 1: being here. I'm John Harris Football and a sideline reporter

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Speaker 1: and host for the proceedings as I have been this

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Speaker 1: now my eight season doing every single Wednesday night show

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Speaker 1: from six to eight Texans All Access, and I appreciate

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Speaker 1: you guys being here. We got a jam packed show

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Speaker 1: for you Tonight. We're gonna hear from Nick Cassario for

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Speaker 1: his weekly interview with Mark and myself talking about this

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Speaker 1: trip to New York, whether he likes Wings, which my

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Speaker 1: Maddie glab He's gonna join us from Buffalo Bills dot

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Speaker 1: Com for our Enemy Sidelines interview of the Week with

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Speaker 1: our good friend Deepie City. We're also gonna have our

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Speaker 1: Men behind the MIC's segment, which is one of my

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Speaker 1: faves every single week, especially when it's somebody that we've

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Speaker 1: got to know over the years, and that is the case. Well,

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Speaker 1: we all know Mark vandermir Well, he sits down with

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Speaker 1: our friend John Murphy that played by play voice of

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. Rudeor's gonna stop by for our in

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Speaker 1: the Lab podcast, We've got a little Houston Methodist minutes

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Speaker 1: and a little bit of a round the league, including

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Speaker 1: a note on the Tennessee Titans star receivers plural two

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Speaker 1: receivers possibly possibly and more. It sounds like probably missing

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Speaker 1: the game this week against the Jets. The Jets. Why

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Speaker 1: on the football. But either way, we got a lot

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Speaker 1: for you on the show this evening, and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: kick it off with a little bit of knowledge, some

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Speaker 1: hot reads, and we're to start with the injury report.

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Speaker 1: I mean, who doesn't want to start with the injury

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Speaker 1: were on a Wednesday, but it's a big deal because

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Speaker 1: the game last Thursday. That he kept your fingers crossed. Man,

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Speaker 1: see those guys and the answer, did I see them? Yes?

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Speaker 1: Did I see all of them? No? So here we

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Speaker 1: go injury report. Pretty important. One had three guys out today.

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Speaker 1: Number one was Dan A. Mendola did not participate. His

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Speaker 1: deal with a thigh issue. Terrence Mitchell's a big one

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Speaker 1: and coach talked about him. We'll get a little bit

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Speaker 1: more from coach. Call me on Terrence Mitchell a little

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Speaker 1: bit later. But he was in the concussion protocol, but

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Speaker 1: he missed today because he was feeling ill. Came out

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Speaker 1: Scottie Phillips, also dealing with an illness. Limited participants and

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Speaker 1: they're two big ones here. Actually there's three big ones.

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Speaker 1: One's a new one, but two of them because it

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Speaker 1: thus far. That would Becomu Grugier Hill with the knee

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Speaker 1: Saw both of them at practice and look, we get

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Speaker 1: Addison defensive end, Cole Beasley wide receiver, and a name

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Speaker 1: we all know, Taiwan Jones, one of the architects of

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Speaker 1: You can see them. I know your faux article go

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Speaker 1: check out Hot Houston Texas dot com. I think the

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Speaker 1: safety combination of Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde is as

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Speaker 1: But some good news on at least the Texans, especially

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Speaker 1: this team has. And I don't know issues always sounds

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Speaker 1: It's a scary, scary thought. Now. His quarterbacks coach when

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Speaker 1: high level. Right I felt bad for reached me. I

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Speaker 1: he is certainly a guy that Davis Mills would like

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Speaker 1: to emulate at some point. Nobody knows this Buffalo environment

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Speaker 1: more than coach Cully, and he wants Davis to get

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Speaker 1: And I feel like he'll do that because he's shown that.

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Speaker 1: But basically he just needs to go out and execute

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Speaker 1: it and see what happens. Davis Mills's first career start

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Speaker 1: defense is it's it's not the eighty five Bears, but man,

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Speaker 1: this defense is good. They are good at every single level.

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Speaker 1: They're stout upfront with Star the Tulalay they and at Oliver.

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Speaker 1: by Leslie Frasier. Here's what coach had to say about

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Speaker 1: They can be very multiple. They will pressure you. I

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Speaker 1: what he's always done. They liked blitzing five guys. I

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Speaker 1: and we'll be ready for that. Of course, getting an

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Speaker 1: asked about being a head coach and Leslie Frasier was

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Speaker 1: one of the other finalists up for being a head coach.

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Speaker 1: These two are very very close, and Coach kind of

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Speaker 1: detailed the hiring process, and he said he wasn't totally

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Speaker 1: he does well, and they have a lot of good

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Speaker 1: skill players around him. And then Josh is from the

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Speaker 1: time he was drafted to now, he's shown continual improvement

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Speaker 1: on a year over year basis. So you've seen him

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Speaker 1: make a jump from year one to year two, year

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Speaker 1: two to year three, and three to four. So really

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Speaker 1: he's a very talented player that does a lot of

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Speaker 1: things well. And they have a really good team on

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Speaker 1: both sides of the football. Yeah, what about their defense,

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Speaker 1: because they have a lot of guys who have been

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Speaker 1: together and now they've added to the mix as well.

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Speaker 1: They really make it hard in the offense. They don't

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Speaker 1: give up a lot of big plays. They play eight

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Speaker 1: or nine defensive lineman. They've drafted i want to say,

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Speaker 1: four or five players in the first and second round

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Speaker 1: over the past over many years, whether it's Rousseau and

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Speaker 1: Bash them this year, the drafted and s a few

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Speaker 1: years ago. They're two linebackers. They're arguably as two of

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Speaker 1: the best linebackers in the league. Malano doesn't have a

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Speaker 1: lot of talk about him. He's a really good football player.

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Speaker 1: He's very instinctive, creates a lot of negative plays. He's

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Speaker 1: tough as hell, he's instinctive, he runs well. And those

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Speaker 1: two linebacker him and Emmons are on the field essentially

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Speaker 1: for every snap. They're really a nickel defense. So Toron

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Speaker 1: Johnson their slack corner. He's been in the system now

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Speaker 1: for four or five, however many years it's been, and

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Speaker 1: then Poyer and Hide have really been mainstay since they

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Speaker 1: signed when Sean took over, So they have a lot

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Speaker 1: of continuity on that side of the ball. They're very instinctive,

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Speaker 1: they make you earn it. They don't give up a

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Speaker 1: lot of big plays. Their system is I don't want

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Speaker 1: to say simple, there's a lot. It's they don't do

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Speaker 1: a lot in terms of a number of personnel groupings

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Speaker 1: and necessarily fronts, but they have a lot of variety

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Speaker 1: within what they do and it makes it really hard

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Speaker 1: on the offense. You mentioned one word that stuck out

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Speaker 1: to me because in going back and watching them this week,

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Speaker 1: I'm like, man, it feels like they've all been together

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Speaker 1: for so long. I mean, when when Payer and Hyde

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Speaker 1: came over in free agency and I think seventeen, they

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Speaker 1: seemingly have all been together and they've asked the pieces

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Speaker 1: how value When you mentioned the word continuity, how valuable

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Speaker 1: is that to achieve for that defense? And how important

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Speaker 1: will that be for you to establish here in Houston. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: anytime you have a group of players together for a

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Speaker 1: long period of time, it makes a lot easier because

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Speaker 1: each year you get more comfortable with this scheme, You

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Speaker 1: get more comfortable vernacular in the language and a call

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Speaker 1: and what the communication means. They talked about it, the

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Speaker 1: hide and player talked about it going back to seventeen

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Speaker 1: and eighteen, just the importance of disguise within their scheme.

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Speaker 1: So you have two players, especially in the back part

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Speaker 1: of the defense, that understand what that means. And Leslie's

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Speaker 1: done a great job Sean and Leslie. Leslie, you know,

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Speaker 1: has a big hand to what they do defensively. Obviously

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Speaker 1: Sean has a defensive background and implemented some of the

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Speaker 1: things that he did in Carolina, even going back to

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Johnson when it was in Philadelphia. So when you

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Speaker 1: have that many players that have played together, they understands

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Speaker 1: kind of the intricacy is the defense, what they can

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Speaker 1: and can't do in the throwing Tradavious on the perimeter.

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Speaker 1: So they have a good perimeter, a corner, two good safety,

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Speaker 1: two good linebackers, and they have eight or nine players

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Speaker 1: on the defensive line that they can roll through and

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Speaker 1: they put a lot of stress on the offense. What

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Speaker 1: about the environment, As Johnny said, you've been up there

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Speaker 1: a lot, So what's it like to play in Buffalo Texas?

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Speaker 1: Don't go up there very much, and being in the division,

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Speaker 1: you're very familiar. It's it's it's really hard. Their fans

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Speaker 1: are I mean, as good as fans as any in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. They make it hard on the offense. It's loud,

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Speaker 1: they're into football, Midwest blue collar when it's it's funny.

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Speaker 1: When you drive into the stadium, you go through, it's

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Speaker 1: like a mini town. It's a little bit like Green

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Speaker 1: Bay in that respect, so kind of Midwest blue collar.

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Speaker 1: You go through kind of a mini town and all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, here's the stadium. So they love their bills.

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Speaker 1: They're into it and they've given the fans a lot

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Speaker 1: to enjoy here over the past for many years. And

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Speaker 1: they make it hard on the opposing team, which is

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Speaker 1: the way it should be when you go on the road.

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Speaker 1: It's the fun Diggs a guy that added to Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen a twenty twenty. You saw Allen's kind of growth

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Speaker 1: go along with the fun Diggs. He's obviously very but

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Speaker 1: that receivering course is kind of interesting because it's Digs

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Speaker 1: and some other guys. Maybe you haven't heard of it,

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Speaker 1: but it feels like together they work very well with Josh,

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Speaker 1: what are your thoughts they do? They compliment each other

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Speaker 1: very well. I mean, Stefan is as good a receiver

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Speaker 1: as he does everything well. I mean, he's fast, he's strong,

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Speaker 1: he's tough. Hee has really good hands, he's a good

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Speaker 1: route runner. Cole does a really good job inside to formation,

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Speaker 1: so that plays to his strengths, and this offense cater

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Speaker 1: to the inside the formation player. Last year it was

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Speaker 1: John Brown and Gabe Davis. This year it's a manual

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Speaker 1: and Gabe Davis. So they really have four receivers. And

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Speaker 1: then you put McKenzie into the mix, who they find

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Speaker 1: ways to get him the ball. So they put a

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Speaker 1: lot of stress on the defense most vertically and horizontally,

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Speaker 1: and everybody has a unique niche in the offense and

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Speaker 1: executes a roll over really well. So again it's a

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Speaker 1: it's a massive challenge in front of us offensively good quarterback,

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Speaker 1: multiple good receivers. The backs are good, and then you

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Speaker 1: know when Knox is on the field, he's a problem

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Speaker 1: as well, you mentioned the long weekend and rest for

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Speaker 1: the players, but you get that extra Monday practice and

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Speaker 1: I know it's not an all out practice, but it's

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Speaker 1: something going into a big week like this. How much

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Speaker 1: does that help. It's really a mental day, so you

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Speaker 1: try to go back and maybe there's some things that

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Speaker 1: popped up over the last game or the last few weeks,

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Speaker 1: so just review them, go through them. Really, Monday was

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Speaker 1: more of a mental day more than anything else. So

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Speaker 1: come in and get a workout and start the preparations,

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Speaker 1: kind of start that clock, and then Wednesday we'll transition

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Speaker 1: to back to a normal week, and we're Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,

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Speaker 1: and then Saturday we'll get on the plane and go

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Speaker 1: to Buffalo. When we're ready to go. All right, Nick,

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Speaker 1: thanks so much for joining us. Good luck, Thanks guys,

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. So I'm gonna give you a little bit

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Speaker 1: of a peak behind a curtain, so to speak. When

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Speaker 1: I do television, or we do television with in particular

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Speaker 1: Drew Doherty, he has a certain thing that he does

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Speaker 1: to tell us, hey, we got a break, because a

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Speaker 1: lot of times Drew's the one where an IFB talking

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Speaker 1: to our buddy Tyler Marcott to know on time, and

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Speaker 1: we don't know, and so sometimes if we're kind of

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Speaker 1: drawing out about something, Drew will do something to let

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Speaker 1: us know, Hey, you wrap up what you're doing so

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Speaker 1: we can get to the next topic or whatever we're doing.

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Speaker 1: That interview with Nika Sarrio, Nick did that same thing,

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Speaker 1: and I thought, oh, man, did he not want me

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Speaker 1: to talk about that or not? And then I realized no,

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Speaker 1: that was good stuff there from Nika Sarrio and thankfully

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Speaker 1: he was not sending signals. Allah our good friend Drew

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Speaker 1: John Harris, Football analysts, sideline reporter, former calculus teacher, former

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Speaker 1: glad to have you on, Maddie. It's the Texans up

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Speaker 1: at Buffalo. A lot of familiarity with these two head coaches,

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Speaker 1: Sean McDermott and David Culley, So you know what have

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Speaker 1: they been saying about this Texans team and David Cully

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Speaker 1: coming up there this week? Yeah, I mean, I feel

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Speaker 1: like every time we play an opponent. Last week it

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Speaker 1: almost like there's someone knew who there's a close tie

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Speaker 1: with Sean McDermott or someone on our coaching staff. So

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Speaker 1: coach McDermott definitely reminisced a little bit with David Culley

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Speaker 1: the playbook you figure out, Okay, maybe what is some

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Speaker 1: of the similar stuff that was in it there? Do

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Speaker 1: we need to change some things up here? For Week four? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and David Coley is going to face Josh Allen, who

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Speaker 1: he was a quarterbacks coach there during Allen's at rookie season.

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Speaker 1: So here's Josh Allen. He already had a strong twenty

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Speaker 1: against the Washington football team three hundred fifty eight yards passing,

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Speaker 1: four touchdowns, one rushing touchdown. I mean, I know expectations

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Speaker 1: were high for Josh Allen this year, but has he

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Speaker 1: done anything that's really surprised you this year? I think

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Speaker 1: what has surprised me the most, and it's not like

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Speaker 1: I haven't seen this from Josh so far, but just

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Speaker 1: the poise that he's had to start the season. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he starts off week one, in Week two and his

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Speaker 1: completion percentage is below sixty percent and some of the

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Speaker 1: an NFL quarterback, and so it's quick to think, you know,

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Speaker 1: what is wrong with him, what's going on with the offense.

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Speaker 1: Is he going to come back and return to this

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Speaker 1: player that we saw last year? And here he comes

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Speaker 1: in Week three and has that breakout game that a

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Speaker 1: lot of fans and media members at least people work

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Speaker 1: for the team we're hoping for, and so I think

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Speaker 1: it was nice to just see him snap back into

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00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 1: it as quickly as he did. He didn't seem worried

643
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,880
Speaker 1: about it. The offense didn't seem worried about worried about it.

644
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 1: He had a lot of poise and showed a lot

645
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 1: of confidence. I thought even through those first three weeks,

646
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 1: his team had his back. And so I'm just looking

647
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 1: for him to continue on what he did during the

648
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: twenty twenty season and carried it into twenty twenty one.

649
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: I think that's something that's going to be surprising to me,

650
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: is to see if he can sustain what he did

651
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 1: last year and keep it consistent, because some of the

652
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:51,960
Speaker 1: numbers he put up last year were just incredible. He

653
00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 1: broke so many single season records through for so many yards,

654
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 1: had a great completion percentage, had a bunch of three

655
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 1: hundred yard games, had another one last week. So I

656
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: think the consistency, if he can keep it going, is

657
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 1: going to surprise me, which I believe he can do

658
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 1: it because he's just that type of athlete. All right. Well,

659
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 1: he made a lot of headlines in training camp when

660
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 1: he signed that contract extension with the Bills, a six

661
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: year contract extension. He is now one of the highest

662
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 1: paid players in the NFL. But a few weeks ago,

663
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 1: when the Bills shut out the Dolphins thirty five to nothing,

664
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: I saw a press conference clip of Josh Allen saying

665
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 1: that he could have played better. So what sort of

666
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:34,000
Speaker 1: expectations does Allen have on himself after signing that contract,

667
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 1: and what sort of expectations do the Bills have for

668
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: the twenty twenty one season. I think it's pretty simple.

669
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:42,239
Speaker 1: It might not be simple in what the task actually is,

670
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 1: but it's simple. And the fact that they have repeated

671
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:48,080
Speaker 1: this so many times when you ask Josh Allen about

672
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 1: his goals being the Buffalo Bills quarterback, it's to get

673
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. It's to be a world champion.

674
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 1: That's what the Buffalo Bills drafted him to do. There's

675
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure and weight on shoulders, but he

676
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 1: is performing really well. He has the weapons around him

677
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 1: that he needs to be able to have this high powered, efficient,

678
00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,720
Speaker 1: high scoring offense that they had last year. They have

679
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 1: the defense that has been holding up for them so

680
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 1: far through three weeks. That's a very forceful defense that

681
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,480
Speaker 1: likes to take the ball away. So I think the

682
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 1: expectations are high for this group. There's no one that

683
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 1: has higher expectations than they do inside that locker room.

684
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 1: So they believe that they can go far in this season.

685
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 1: They made us the AFC Championship Game last year, lost

686
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 1: to the Kansas City Chiefs. They're letting that fuel them

687
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 1: a little bit this year. If you ask them, they

688
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 1: say they're still angry about that loss and they're letting

689
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 1: their anger take them into this season. So they have

690
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:48,720
Speaker 1: high hopes. They have high expectations, and rightfully so, because

691
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 1: their playbacks up what they want to do well. It

692
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,560
Speaker 1: was a rough start though to the twenty twenty one season.

693
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 1: They lost to Pittsburgh in Week one. Everyone was sort

694
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,560
Speaker 1: of surprised that they came out the way that they did,

695
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 1: but of course they turned around. They win the last

696
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: two games. But after that Week one game, how did

697
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 1: Sean McDermott get his team back on track? What was

698
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,319
Speaker 1: a message to the team. How did the players sort

699
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,719
Speaker 1: of rerup after that Week one loss. Yeah, that Week

700
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,800
Speaker 1: one loss was a little bit uncharacteristic for the Buffalo Bills.

701
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: They only scored sixteen points, which is rare. They had

702
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:23,400
Speaker 1: some special teams issues, some problems which led to a

703
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 1: touchdown for the Pittsburgh Steelers. So you take a touchdown

704
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,520
Speaker 1: off the board for the Pittsburgh Steelers, that game gets

705
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: a lot closer. But one thing I think that the

706
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,040
Speaker 1: Bills were lacking in that game, and one thing that

707
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,000
Speaker 1: the defense owned up too, was that they didn't have

708
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: any takeaways against the Steelers. The Steelers have an incredible

709
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 1: defense with t. J. Watt and they have a really

710
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,840
Speaker 1: strong defensive front. And in the last two games that

711
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills had played against the Steelers, they were

712
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:53,719
Speaker 1: both wins, but they were wins because they had takeaways,

713
00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:56,759
Speaker 1: and so that was something that they were missing in

714
00:34:56,800 --> 00:35:00,319
Speaker 1: that game. So I think you paired the takeaways the

715
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 1: inefficiency of the offense, and they were able to do

716
00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 1: that in Week two and week three, their offense looked

717
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 1: better as they went on in this season against the

718
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 1: Dolphins and then against the Washington football team. And the

719
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 1: defense has had takeaways in the last two games, and

720
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 1: not just one takeaway, It's been multiple takeaways for this group.

721
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 1: All right, Yeah, the last two weeks, it seems like

722
00:35:21,239 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 1: the fast starts have really been happening for the Bills.

723
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:25,920
Speaker 1: Got up to a twenty one nothing laid against the

724
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: Washington football team and obviously the shout out against the Dolphins.

725
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,440
Speaker 1: Has the offensive coordinator there at Brian Dable, Has he

726
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,120
Speaker 1: done anything differently to get this team off to fast starts?

727
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:36,280
Speaker 1: What do you think is behind them getting out ahead

728
00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:39,319
Speaker 1: and scoring early. I think the fast starts is part

729
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,479
Speaker 1: of their identity. It's it's something that they did last

730
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,360
Speaker 1: year as well. And I think the way that Brian

731
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 1: dave All puts his offense together is for the strengths

732
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 1: of his playmakers. He wants to run plays that put

733
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,880
Speaker 1: guys in good situations. He is not afraid of listening

734
00:35:55,920 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 1: to his weapons, listening to Josh Allen to see to understand,

735
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,839
Speaker 1: Hey this didn't work for us, Let's try something new

736
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 1: this week, or hey we really liked this play. Let's

737
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 1: let's put it in again this week, or I have

738
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,880
Speaker 1: an idea, what do you think about using this against

739
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:15,479
Speaker 1: Houston Texans. He really listens to his players and lets

740
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 1: them kind of help create this offense. And so I

741
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 1: think what you see on Sundays or when the game

742
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: day is, I think you've seen an offense that really

743
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: suits every single person on the team. And I think

744
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 1: the fast starts, scoring on the first drive, it's been

745
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: because they've had those small plays that helped Josh Allen

746
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: get into a rhythm. They start out small and then

747
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:42,920
Speaker 1: they get going with some bigger, chunk plays. But I

748
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 1: think it's just getting Josh in that rhythm, getting his

749
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: confidence up early that has really helped this offense out

750
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:52,400
Speaker 1: to the fast start that it's had now averaging over

751
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: thirty one points a game through three weeks. Yeah. I mean,

752
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 1: I'm sure having this core wide receiver certainly helps with

753
00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:00,200
Speaker 1: the fast starts and with Josh Allen's performance. When you

754
00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 1: look at the numbers they added twelve your veteran Emmanuel

755
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: Sanders this offseason. When you look at his numbers with

756
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley and Stefan Diggs, they're so close. Sanders and

757
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,279
Speaker 1: Beasley both have one hundred ninety four yards receiving. Diggs

758
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: has ninety one yards receiving. I'm not sure if I've

759
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 1: ever seen three receivers with so many yards receiving and

760
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 1: so close to one another. But is there a true

761
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 1: number one target for the Bills? I mean, how do

762
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: they spread? I know they spread the ball around really well,

763
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 1: but you've seen an emerging number one target for the Bills.

764
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 1: I mean, last year it was Stefan Diggs. He led

765
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:32,839
Speaker 1: the league in receptions and receiving yards. This year, he's

766
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:34,840
Speaker 1: not off to the start that he was, but I

767
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,719
Speaker 1: think that's just because he was the guy last year

768
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:39,840
Speaker 1: and a lot of defenses have a lot of tape

769
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: on him. And with the weapons, with the amount of

770
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:46,520
Speaker 1: receivers and running backs that this offense has, it's nice

771
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,440
Speaker 1: to spread the ball out because it makes it tougher

772
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:53,280
Speaker 1: for the defense to scheme up against so many different weapons,

773
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 1: not just different weapons in position groups, but like different

774
00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,800
Speaker 1: weapons in the variety that they provide to the Buffalo

775
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,719
Speaker 1: Bill offense. So at this point, I don't think there's

776
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 1: a number one wide receiver just because they've been spreading

777
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 1: the ball out to so many people, from Cole to

778
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:13,280
Speaker 1: Emmanuel to Stephen to even our tight end Dawson Knox.

779
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: So I think at this point, and we'll see as

780
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 1: the season goes on, but right now it seemed like

781
00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 1: seems like pick your poison as to who has the

782
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 1: hot hand each game. All right, let's talk about that

783
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,320
Speaker 1: Bills defense. Five takeaways in the last two games, including

784
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:29,800
Speaker 1: two for touchdowns. I mean, we've heard so much about

785
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,360
Speaker 1: those Bills front, the Bills secondary, but what do you

786
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 1: think is the true strength of this Bills defense. I mean,

787
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 1: I think it starts up front. This is a pass

788
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: rush that is new and improved from last year. They

789
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,759
Speaker 1: were not happy with the pressure the pass rush was

790
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 1: getting with four people, so they go on draft Greg

791
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 1: Russo in the first round to add him to the group,

792
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:54,720
Speaker 1: and he's had two sacks throughout the last three weeks.

793
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 1: He had those two sacks against the Miami Dolphins. So

794
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,360
Speaker 1: exciting for him to have a nice star to the

795
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: season and see some of that payoff that he's had

796
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,440
Speaker 1: from all the hard work he did during training camp.

797
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 1: But I think not just the front four, it's the

798
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 1: rotation that they also have. This is a defensive line

799
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: that is going to rotate through all eight players who

800
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 1: are active on game day, and so they're wearing out

801
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 1: offensive lines who are in the game for more than

802
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 1: fifty percent of the time. So they're throwing fresh legs

803
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,359
Speaker 1: at an offensive line throughout the game. So I think

804
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: that's really what sets the tone up front. And then

805
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: on the back end, you have two incredible linebackers in

806
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 1: Matt Milano and Tremaine Edmonds who are a force. Matt

807
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:44,800
Speaker 1: Mlano has forced recovered two fumbles in the last two games,

808
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,280
Speaker 1: and so he's someone who's kind of been all over

809
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,320
Speaker 1: the field for this defense. He ties for the NFL

810
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 1: lead with six TFLs right now. And then you go

811
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:56,439
Speaker 1: to our secondary Micah Hyde and Jordan Ployer. They both

812
00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:00,200
Speaker 1: had interceptions last week against the Washington football team. So

813
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:03,280
Speaker 1: this is a very mature defense who has been together

814
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: for multiple years now, and I think it's that maturity

815
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:09,160
Speaker 1: and the continuity that allows them to play at the

816
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 1: level that they're playing at right now. It's gonna be

817
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 1: a big challenge for Davis Mills, rookie quarterback for the

818
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 1: Texans in his second start. Maddie, what other storylines are

819
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,239
Speaker 1: you guys working on or looking at this week as

820
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 1: the Texans get ready for the Bills, I've got to

821
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,879
Speaker 1: say one player that I'm really excited about so far

822
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:28,000
Speaker 1: this year is our tight end, Dawson Knox. He is

823
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 1: someone who almost was a quarterback when you look back

824
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 1: to his college days. He played at Ole Miss, didn't

825
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 1: have too much time as a tight end and so

826
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 1: his stats were slim. But the Buffalo Bills when they

827
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:45,360
Speaker 1: drafted him, thought that this guy could be a great

828
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,040
Speaker 1: tight end for the team and for what they need

829
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,439
Speaker 1: from a tight end in their offense. And his first

830
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,319
Speaker 1: two years he struggled a bit with some drops, with

831
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,360
Speaker 1: some drops that come in bad times and some drops

832
00:40:56,440 --> 00:40:58,960
Speaker 1: that you think this guy should be catching the football.

833
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,799
Speaker 1: He's an NFL end and so he's really taken that

834
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:04,600
Speaker 1: to heart during the off seasons, worked with a hand

835
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 1: eye coordination coach, and he's taken that to the next

836
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 1: level this off season because this year he looks like

837
00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:14,200
Speaker 1: a different tight end. He's catching really tough balls that

838
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,839
Speaker 1: I don't think he would catch last year. So he's

839
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 1: had an ice start. He's not a number one target

840
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:22,400
Speaker 1: by any means, but he's had some really impressive catches

841
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,799
Speaker 1: to start the season. And that's what Josh Allen has

842
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,800
Speaker 1: kind of been lacking so far as an NFL quarterback.

843
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:30,200
Speaker 1: He hasn't had that tight end. He hasn't had that

844
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey or George Kittle in the offense. Not that

845
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: Dawson Knox is going to be that this year, but

846
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: he really hasn't had a tight end that he can

847
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:40,640
Speaker 1: lean on. So if he can lean on Dawson Knox

848
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,880
Speaker 1: throughout this year, I think that helps Josh Allen elevate

849
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,160
Speaker 1: his game and take it to the next level. Just

850
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 1: one more guy that he can go to. All Right,

851
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 1: good stuff. Maddie Glab, team reporter for the Buffalo Bills. Maddy,

852
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:54,240
Speaker 1: appreciate the time. Look forward to see you on Sunday.

853
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:57,879
Speaker 1: Thanks Deepie. Great stuff they're from, of course are good

854
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 1: for a DBC, but also a Maddi Glab team report

855
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 1: or four the Buffalo Bill. Speaking of the Bills, we

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Speaker 1: kick off the second hour of each and every Wednesday

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Speaker 1: All Access with our men behind the mikes. You know,

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Speaker 1: for the Houston Texans that is the longtime voice and

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Speaker 1: the only voice that Texas have had, Mark vandermir And

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00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:21,239
Speaker 1: for the Bills, it's longtime voice John Murphy, a good

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Speaker 1: friend we've gotten to know over the years. Vandamir and

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Speaker 1: Murphy men behind the Mike's next on Texas All Axis.

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Speaker 1: It's on Texans All Axis. It's on Texas. We got

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Speaker 1: one hour down and one hour left to go on

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Speaker 1: this Wednesday edition of Texans All Access. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: John Harris, football analyst and sideline reporter, and so glad

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Speaker 1: to be a part of our Texans game day radio network.

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Speaker 1: Can I tell you that? And I'm not This is

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Speaker 1: no advertising, advertising or anything like that, but because of

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Speaker 1: the segment we're about to have, if you're an SEC

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00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:56,880
Speaker 1: football fan or you're a broadcasting fan, you've got to

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00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 1: see the documentary SEC Network put out called More Than

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00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 1: a Voice. It is absolutely phenomenal. I and I've had

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Speaker 1: a number of friends. My friend Brady Ackerman used to

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Speaker 1: be the Southern reporter with Mick Hubert the University of Florida.

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00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 1: A Buddy Richard Cross is now the South reporter at

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Speaker 1: All miss with David Kellum. Matt Wyatt, who's former quarterback

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00:43:19,040 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 1: Missisipi State and a good friend of mine. He is

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00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 1: the color analyst Missisippi State football. So I know a

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00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:29,480
Speaker 1: few of the people in that conference. I know obviously

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00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:32,960
Speaker 1: the people at at texast AM as well. This documentary

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00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:37,319
Speaker 1: is awesome and it just talks about radio and the

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00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 1: voice and what the voice can mean. Well, I know

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Speaker 1: these next two gentlemen would watch that documentary and they

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00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:46,799
Speaker 1: would I know they would both say, well, I hope

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Speaker 1: I have that impact on my fan basis. I know

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Speaker 1: they do. I know both of them obviously. I know

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Speaker 1: Mark very very well. He's like my older brother from

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00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 1: another mother. And John Murphy, the play by played voice

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00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 1: of the Bills Bills We've got to know over the years,

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00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,360
Speaker 1: and Southern reporter Salcpaco is a great friend of mine,

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00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:06,200
Speaker 1: so it feels like it's always very friendly when we

893
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:09,680
Speaker 1: catch up. But I know that we all really value

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00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 1: the world of broadcasting and doing a great game day broadcast,

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00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:16,400
Speaker 1: and that's what this documentary did. I mean, it's fantastic.

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00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:18,360
Speaker 1: I'm just if you get a chance to see it,

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Speaker 1: go see it because I know that Mark and John

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Speaker 1: would absolutely love doing that and they love catching up

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Speaker 1: with one another. Here Days Man behind the Mike's Mark

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Speaker 1: Vandamir with a Bills play voice John Murphy joining us

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Speaker 1: right now. John Murphy Voice of the Buffalo Bills and John,

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00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,919
Speaker 1: great to have you on great start for the Bills.

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Speaker 1: How concerned were you after the opening day loss to

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Speaker 1: the Steelers, because since then it's been back to back

905
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:45,240
Speaker 1: dominating victories. Yeah, I was slightly concerned, Mark, I'll be honest.

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Speaker 1: I mean that game in Pittsburgh. First of all, Pittsburgh

907
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 1: a twelve win season a year ago, so I kept that,

908
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,600
Speaker 1: you know, that addsome perspective to it. But they blocked

909
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:56,080
Speaker 1: the punt and scored a touchdown on it, which turned

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Speaker 1: out to be the eventual margin of victory seven point loss.

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00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,799
Speaker 1: The Bills play, all right, not great that day. They

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00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,399
Speaker 1: were good on defense, but especially you know, they gave

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Speaker 1: up the one touchdown, but especially on offense, they really

914
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Speaker 1: had a lot of I don't know, they just weren't set,

915
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:11,520
Speaker 1: you know, and they just didn't have their their act together,

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Speaker 1: and that goes for Josh Allen in particular. They got

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Speaker 1: it together the next week, Week two, in Miami, and

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Speaker 1: then had another great win this fast Sunday against Washington.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I admit I was likely concerned, mostly because,

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Speaker 1: you know, mostly because the offense was kind of stalling

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Speaker 1: in that first week, and then what was your level

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Speaker 1: of surprise over the way you handled Miami. This is

923
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Speaker 1: a divisional opponent. There you are on the road, and

924
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,839
Speaker 1: it was such a whitewash. Yeah, I don't know how,

925
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Speaker 1: So I don't. I don't hold Miami in the highest regard,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think they're okay. I mean, and they

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Speaker 1: won games last year too, where they win ten games

928
00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:47,440
Speaker 1: last year. But I don't know that their offense is

929
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Speaker 1: up the snuff, you know. I don't think their quarterback

930
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:51,440
Speaker 1: is playing great, and he's got a long long way

931
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Speaker 1: to go. They might even be playing better with Jacobe Brissette,

932
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Speaker 1: to be honest, But um, that was a good win.

933
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Speaker 1: The score kind of indicates it. It was a blowout

934
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Speaker 1: and it was really in doubt. But I don't know

935
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Speaker 1: if the Bills are thirty five points better than anybody,

936
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Speaker 1: and that's what they beat Miami by. So I was

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00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:09,160
Speaker 1: slightly surprised at how well they played. But look, this

938
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Speaker 1: Buffalo team is loaded. I guess. The most surprising and

939
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Speaker 1: maybe the best thing about their their start so far

940
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Speaker 1: as the way the defense has played. You know, we

941
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Speaker 1: knew they were an explosive offense, they played that way

942
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,359
Speaker 1: a year ago, but the defense has been great. They

943
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Speaker 1: showed it with the shout out at Miami. They really

944
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Speaker 1: didn't give up a whole lot to Washington this past Sunday.

945
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Speaker 1: I mean there was a short touchdown drive after a

946
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Speaker 1: kind of a funny kickoff. And I think the defense

947
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Speaker 1: maybe is the one thing that takes most Bills fans

948
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Speaker 1: by surprise, how strong and how well the defense has played. Yeah,

949
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Speaker 1: and what do you attribute that to. They've got a

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Speaker 1: nucleus that's been around for a while together. Yeah, I

951
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:46,200
Speaker 1: think the big thing. I mean, they kind of jumped

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Speaker 1: on it in the offseason. They said we got to

953
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Speaker 1: rush the pass. They better, you know, coming off their

954
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Speaker 1: AFC Championship game lost to Kansas City when they put

955
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 1: absolutely no pressure at all on Patrick Mahomes, they realized

956
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Speaker 1: they had to get a better pass rush, and they

957
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,200
Speaker 1: went out and got one. You know, their first two

958
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Speaker 1: draft picks were defensive ends or a defensive players, so

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Speaker 1: one of them, Greg Russo is the defensive end number

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Speaker 1: fifty and he started all three games. He's been great,

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Speaker 1: a guy who lopped it out of his senior year

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Speaker 1: in college at University of Miami. He's a long, tall

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Speaker 1: defensive end who teams have trouble blocking. He's picked up

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Speaker 1: a couple of sacks already. He's really been a good fine.

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Speaker 1: So they've added Russo and really kind of beefed up

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Speaker 1: the pass rush. Now they can go, you know, seven

967
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Speaker 1: or eight deep at defensive line and put waves of

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Speaker 1: players in. I checked, you know, I check them every week.

969
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:34,000
Speaker 1: But as far as the defensive line rotation, nobody gets

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Speaker 1: more than forty five percent of the snaps, and even

971
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Speaker 1: that's high. You know, they just rotate guys in throughout

972
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Speaker 1: the entire game and get fresh lights in there and

973
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Speaker 1: are getting contributions from almost all of them, almost all

974
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Speaker 1: the seven or eight who plays. So that's been the

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Speaker 1: big thing about the Bills, their defensive emergence as a

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Speaker 1: team that can rush the passer, and he's really doing

977
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Speaker 1: a good job against the run as well. John Murphy,

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Speaker 1: Voice of the Buffalo Bills. Joining us so Josh Allen

979
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:00,759
Speaker 1: last year, it takes that gigantic leap, and we're only

980
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:03,160
Speaker 1: three games into the season, but he had a gigantic

981
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Speaker 1: game against Washington and as we mentioned, two really positive weeks.

982
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Speaker 1: So what are you seeing in Josh Allen this year? John, Yeah,

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00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:14,759
Speaker 1: I mean that's a good question. Because every year through

984
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 1: his brief, unf hell career, he's gotten better, you know,

985
00:48:18,239 --> 00:48:20,399
Speaker 1: year to year. And he started out with a kind

986
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,840
Speaker 1: of a rough game against Pittsburgh, was not throwing the

987
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:26,360
Speaker 1: ball that well, not that accurately, and not making good decisions.

988
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:28,359
Speaker 1: But he came around in the Miami game and then

989
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:31,520
Speaker 1: really exploded, you know, this past Sunday against Washington, and

990
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:33,719
Speaker 1: I think Josh is if he can improve at the

991
00:48:33,719 --> 00:48:35,880
Speaker 1: same rate he has for his first three years in

992
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:38,440
Speaker 1: the league, he's going to be great. It remains to

993
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 1: be seen how good he'll be this year. Certainly teams

994
00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:44,000
Speaker 1: will adjust how they play him and defense to defend

995
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:47,680
Speaker 1: him differently. But Josh is a hard worker. He was

996
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,799
Speaker 1: almost despondent last Wednesday talking about how poorly he had

997
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 1: played against Miami, and you know, he really didn't played

998
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:55,520
Speaker 1: that band. I mean, he led the offense to a

999
00:48:55,560 --> 00:48:59,160
Speaker 1: five Dutch touchdown performance against the Dolphins. And he's up

1000
00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:01,440
Speaker 1: there three days later talking about how awful he was. Well,

1001
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:03,560
Speaker 1: I didn't think he was that awful. But he was

1002
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Speaker 1: throwing the ball with authority at zip on the ball,

1003
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:08,719
Speaker 1: He's making quick decisions. He got a big assist I

1004
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 1: think from offensive coordinator Brian Dabel, who called your perfect

1005
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:16,400
Speaker 1: game plan against against Washington Sunday, So it remains to

1006
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:18,160
Speaker 1: be seen. I think he's awfully good and if he

1007
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Speaker 1: can improve even slightly over what he was last year,

1008
00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:22,440
Speaker 1: he'll be one of the best quarterbacks in the league.

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Speaker 1: Allow me to indulge in a Ken Dorsey question here,

1010
00:49:25,440 --> 00:49:27,560
Speaker 1: because I was the voice of the Hurricanes when he

1011
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:29,600
Speaker 1: was the quarterback, and I find it interesting that he

1012
00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:31,960
Speaker 1: was the quarterbacks coach when Cam Newton was going really

1013
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:35,080
Speaker 1: well in Carolina and now he's here with Josh Allen

1014
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:36,800
Speaker 1: and these guys are very different from the kind of

1015
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:40,520
Speaker 1: QB he was. But what's he contributing to the equation? Oh,

1016
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:42,799
Speaker 1: here's a lot. I mean, you know him. He's cerebral, right,

1017
00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:45,640
Speaker 1: He's kind of quiet, soft spoken, but he's thinking all

1018
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 1: the time. I think he would love another crack at

1019
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:51,400
Speaker 1: being an offensive coordinator in the NFL, and he just

1020
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: might get it sooner rather than later. I mean, Dabele

1021
00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:56,600
Speaker 1: has done such a good job again this year, and

1022
00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:59,399
Speaker 1: day Ball has interviewed for head coaching jobs. He didn't

1023
00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:01,319
Speaker 1: get much of a chance his past off season, but

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00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:02,839
Speaker 1: he'll get a chance to be a head coach soon,

1025
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Speaker 1: I think, and when he does, I think Dorsey's the

1026
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:08,400
Speaker 1: next man in line to be offensive coort eater here

1027
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:11,680
Speaker 1: or maybe elsewhere. You know, I think he has Josh's ear.

1028
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's got a good quarterback room. They added

1029
00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:16,319
Speaker 1: Mitchell Trubisky to the quarterback room this year, the former

1030
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Speaker 1: Bears first round draft pick, and Trubisky fits right in.

1031
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,080
Speaker 1: You know, they're kind of quiet and unassuming, and you

1032
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:25,640
Speaker 1: don't get a whole lot of chatter from Ken Dorsey,

1033
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:28,239
Speaker 1: but I know that he chatters to Josh Allen, and

1034
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Speaker 1: I think he's got his ear. I think he's a

1035
00:50:29,719 --> 00:50:33,000
Speaker 1: great listener for Josh Allen and Josh immediately goes over

1036
00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 1: to him when he comes off the field, and you know,

1037
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:36,839
Speaker 1: they look at the video together and kind of make

1038
00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:39,239
Speaker 1: up their minds what comes next. I think he's I

1039
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:42,560
Speaker 1: think Dorsey's a great quarterback coach. I really do. John Murphy,

1040
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Speaker 1: voice of the Buffalo Bills, joining us on Texans Radio.

1041
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Speaker 1: How do the Bills fans remember to Rod Taylor? Now?

1042
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:51,880
Speaker 1: To Rod's out right? Now? He's on IR but he's

1043
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:54,480
Speaker 1: very well liked around here, and I was wondering what

1044
00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:56,400
Speaker 1: the memories are. I know, he led you on that

1045
00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:58,360
Speaker 1: playoff run for the first time, and what was it,

1046
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:02,680
Speaker 1: seventeen years? So tell us about the fan relationship there

1047
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:05,200
Speaker 1: in Western New York with Tarad. Yeah, I think the

1048
00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:08,000
Speaker 1: fans are fond of him. I think, you know, I

1049
00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:12,839
Speaker 1: think everybody could see his limitations, and after seventeen years

1050
00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:14,799
Speaker 1: out of the playoffs, any quarterback who could take him

1051
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:18,120
Speaker 1: to the playoffs certainly winds the admiration of the fans.

1052
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:20,239
Speaker 1: But I think people can see that he might not

1053
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:22,880
Speaker 1: be and maybe he will become, but he's probably not

1054
00:51:22,920 --> 00:51:26,319
Speaker 1: going to be a franchise quarterback and a guy that

1055
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Speaker 1: can lead his team to multiple playoff runs and perhaps championships.

1056
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:33,200
Speaker 1: He's just limited, you know. But I think he's gutty.

1057
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:36,640
Speaker 1: Certainly he would run when it was not the best

1058
00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:39,840
Speaker 1: thing to do, and he would make plays when you know,

1059
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:42,320
Speaker 1: he kind of put himself at risk, which is probably

1060
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:44,640
Speaker 1: why he's out now. But I think people liked him.

1061
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:46,879
Speaker 1: I mean, he was always always said the right thing,

1062
00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:49,480
Speaker 1: always did the right thing, kind of kept to himself

1063
00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:52,000
Speaker 1: many times. But I think people have a great I

1064
00:51:52,040 --> 00:51:54,560
Speaker 1: think look, I think people are kind of not upset,

1065
00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:56,799
Speaker 1: but I think there's a little disappointed that he won't

1066
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Speaker 1: play against the Bills this week. I think folks would

1067
00:51:58,680 --> 00:52:00,799
Speaker 1: have liked to see him play, just as they did

1068
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:02,919
Speaker 1: this pass on me when Ryan Fitzpatrick did not play

1069
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,279
Speaker 1: for watching it against the Bills. Two guys who you

1070
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:08,440
Speaker 1: know were limited, but we're well liked in them in

1071
00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:10,239
Speaker 1: terms of what the fans thought of them, for sure.

1072
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:13,880
Speaker 1: If you had to describe the difference that Sean McDermott

1073
00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:16,160
Speaker 1: has made other than the wins and losses, which is

1074
00:52:16,200 --> 00:52:17,920
Speaker 1: the biggest thing. I mean, that's the end result on

1075
00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:20,440
Speaker 1: the balance sheet here in the NFL. But what was

1076
00:52:20,480 --> 00:52:23,239
Speaker 1: it you saw right away that's really working out right

1077
00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:26,920
Speaker 1: now is as his career continues as head coach. Yeah,

1078
00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:28,960
Speaker 1: you know, it's a good question. I think it's focused.

1079
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:30,839
Speaker 1: You know, he gets his team to focus on what's

1080
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:33,839
Speaker 1: important and the loss of Pittsburgh was tough to open

1081
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:36,080
Speaker 1: the season, but there was no panic. I mean they

1082
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:39,840
Speaker 1: kind of just focused on problems to fix and stuff

1083
00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:42,239
Speaker 1: to address and they did it. You know, they're very

1084
00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:44,520
Speaker 1: well They usually are a very well focused team. In fact,

1085
00:52:44,520 --> 00:52:47,239
Speaker 1: they're always a well focused team. They're usually ready to

1086
00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:50,360
Speaker 1: play and ready to play hard. McDermot kind of you

1087
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:52,040
Speaker 1: know how it is in the NFL, there's so much

1088
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:55,520
Speaker 1: stuff going on and so many potential distractions, and McDermott

1089
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:56,880
Speaker 1: has a way of kind of putting that off to

1090
00:52:56,920 --> 00:52:59,840
Speaker 1: the side and getting his team to focus on what's important.

1091
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:02,879
Speaker 1: That's how they played this coming Sunday. He's not a

1092
00:53:02,920 --> 00:53:06,760
Speaker 1: tough taskmaster. I don't think he's a disciplinarian in many respects,

1093
00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:08,920
Speaker 1: but he does have a certain standard that he expects

1094
00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:11,640
Speaker 1: players to adhere to, and they do. And I think

1095
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:15,359
Speaker 1: he's found a way to tap into the players. I mean, look,

1096
00:53:15,719 --> 00:53:17,400
Speaker 1: no matter what era, no matter what the age of

1097
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:19,720
Speaker 1: these players are, they all love to win. And McDermot

1098
00:53:19,760 --> 00:53:22,040
Speaker 1: has found a way to tap into that love of

1099
00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:24,160
Speaker 1: winning for these players and saying you want to win,

1100
00:53:24,280 --> 00:53:26,239
Speaker 1: do this, you want to win, do that, and I

1101
00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:28,359
Speaker 1: think they respond to that. And he's been great. He's

1102
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:33,280
Speaker 1: really it's amazing how focused he is on a daily basis.

1103
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:35,759
Speaker 1: It's not weekly. John. I know everyone asks you about

1104
00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:38,680
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, and you know the main points about the

1105
00:53:38,680 --> 00:53:42,239
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills and their success. But what's something some aspect

1106
00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:45,040
Speaker 1: of the team, or some player or something that's not

1107
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:48,680
Speaker 1: getting enough ink, that's not getting enough pub outside of

1108
00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:51,840
Speaker 1: Western New York that people aren't noticing about this Buffalo

1109
00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:54,720
Speaker 1: Bills team. Yeah, the huge team. I think the defense

1110
00:53:54,800 --> 00:53:57,439
Speaker 1: might be getting, you know, getting no ready from people.

1111
00:53:57,440 --> 00:53:59,480
Speaker 1: They just don't get it. But they've been great defensively

1112
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:01,480
Speaker 1: to shut out against Miami we talked about a couple

1113
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:04,600
Speaker 1: of weeks ago. They gave up three touchdowns, one of

1114
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:08,400
Speaker 1: them totally garbage time touchdown last week against Washington. But

1115
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:11,120
Speaker 1: they're a really good defense because I said, a great

1116
00:54:11,239 --> 00:54:15,080
Speaker 1: rotation of defensive lineman coming through, including the rookie we

1117
00:54:15,120 --> 00:54:18,960
Speaker 1: talked about Greg Russo and Jerry Hughes is still going strong.

1118
00:54:19,239 --> 00:54:22,439
Speaker 1: Two really good defense. Matt Milano is getting I think

1119
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:24,799
Speaker 1: he's under the radar. The former Bills draft pick now

1120
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:27,480
Speaker 1: got a fairly big contract this off season. He's in

1121
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:30,360
Speaker 1: this fifth year and he was great this past Sunday

1122
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:33,880
Speaker 1: and he plays outside linebacker. Tremaine Emmons plays inside, and

1123
00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:36,040
Speaker 1: the back end of the defense led by a couple

1124
00:54:36,080 --> 00:54:38,800
Speaker 1: of safeties Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer and Tardavious White,

1125
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:41,680
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl quarterback. I just think the defense might

1126
00:54:41,719 --> 00:54:44,240
Speaker 1: be a surprise to people. And you put that defense

1127
00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:46,759
Speaker 1: on the field with the explosive offense, they can put

1128
00:54:46,760 --> 00:54:49,920
Speaker 1: out there there a formidable opponent for sure. So what

1129
00:54:49,960 --> 00:54:52,400
Speaker 1: are people in Buffalo saying about the Texans? What's the

1130
00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:55,440
Speaker 1: view of the Houston Texans right now? Especially since in

1131
00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:58,720
Speaker 1: recent history a couple of frustrating losses for the Bills,

1132
00:54:58,719 --> 00:55:00,880
Speaker 1: and most notably in the playoff offs capping the twenty

1133
00:55:00,960 --> 00:55:05,160
Speaker 1: nineteen season. Yeah, I mean, I don't you know, to

1134
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:09,360
Speaker 1: be honest, Can I be totally honest? People are people

1135
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:11,920
Speaker 1: are not putting it in the win column, but they think, okay,

1136
00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:14,600
Speaker 1: we'll probably beat Houston's all right, that's not bullet and

1137
00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:17,080
Speaker 1: board material. But I think I'm not talking about the Bills,

1138
00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:20,040
Speaker 1: but fans are thinking, you'll probably be Houston. And then

1139
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:23,200
Speaker 1: the next week is the big matchup at Kansas City,

1140
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:25,719
Speaker 1: and that's a rematch of the AC championship game. I

1141
00:55:25,760 --> 00:55:28,320
Speaker 1: think most folks that are kind of looking ahead and thinking,

1142
00:55:28,520 --> 00:55:30,560
Speaker 1: all right, let's let's get by Houston and get the

1143
00:55:30,600 --> 00:55:33,120
Speaker 1: win we probably will get against Houston and then you

1144
00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:36,160
Speaker 1: know it's home and you know there without their top quarterbacks,

1145
00:55:36,160 --> 00:55:38,359
Speaker 1: and then let's get to Kansas City. So I think

1146
00:55:38,360 --> 00:55:41,600
Speaker 1: that's the approach most people have. I'll tell you, Washington

1147
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,000
Speaker 1: is not a great team either. They went to the

1148
00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:46,920
Speaker 1: playoffs last year, but there was such a great, almost

1149
00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:50,399
Speaker 1: festive atmosphere in the stadium last week. You'll probably see

1150
00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:52,520
Speaker 1: more of it this coming Sunday too. I think a

1151
00:55:52,520 --> 00:55:54,319
Speaker 1: lot of it is the fact that fans were not

1152
00:55:54,400 --> 00:55:56,359
Speaker 1: in attendance last year and they missed all the good

1153
00:55:56,360 --> 00:55:59,480
Speaker 1: times that were going on in the stadium in Orchard Park.

1154
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:01,520
Speaker 1: And I think men fans just enjoyed being there again,

1155
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:03,799
Speaker 1: and and no matter who the Bills are playing, they

1156
00:56:03,880 --> 00:56:05,759
Speaker 1: enjoy having a game where the Bills are playing well,

1157
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:08,520
Speaker 1: and I think they anticipate that will happen again. Okay,

1158
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:10,880
Speaker 1: so you're saying it's a look ahead factor. I'm just

1159
00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:13,480
Speaker 1: kidding around. We'll see what happens, got them right where

1160
00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:16,640
Speaker 1: we want them. Uh, we'll see how it plays fans

1161
00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:20,279
Speaker 1: who think that way, right, that's completely completely John. I

1162
00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:22,279
Speaker 1: always enjoy the visits and look forward to see it

1163
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:24,759
Speaker 1: in the booth on Sunday. All right, thanks Mart. You know,

1164
00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:27,480
Speaker 1: Bills had such a great year in twenty twenty, and

1165
00:56:28,080 --> 00:56:31,799
Speaker 1: it's well known their fan base. Bill's Mafia is as

1166
00:56:31,880 --> 00:56:33,600
Speaker 1: good as it gets. I mean that playoff game, there

1167
00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:38,600
Speaker 1: were Bills jerseys everywhere I mean, it was unbelievable what

1168
00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:42,360
Speaker 1: that Bill's fan base um has has been through to

1169
00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:44,000
Speaker 1: get to this point. And then they get to a

1170
00:56:44,040 --> 00:56:47,239
Speaker 1: season in twenty twenty in which they can't be in

1171
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:50,680
Speaker 1: the stands. State of New York said Nope, can't do it.

1172
00:56:50,719 --> 00:56:54,000
Speaker 1: And then for the playoffs, they they relaxed it a

1173
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:57,120
Speaker 1: little bit. I think they let about ten ten percent in,

1174
00:56:57,239 --> 00:57:00,000
Speaker 1: which was like sixty seven hundred and seven thousand people

1175
00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:03,280
Speaker 1: or something like that for the playoff game they had

1176
00:57:03,320 --> 00:57:07,239
Speaker 1: against the against the Colts and then oh and then

1177
00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:10,239
Speaker 1: also for the playoff win against the Baltimore Ravens. And

1178
00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:13,520
Speaker 1: I talked to Sal about that, and it was the

1179
00:57:13,560 --> 00:57:15,719
Speaker 1: one thing he brought up about twenty twenties, like, look, man,

1180
00:57:15,719 --> 00:57:19,400
Speaker 1: twenty twenty was such a great season and they didn't travel.

1181
00:57:19,560 --> 00:57:22,880
Speaker 1: I did, And obviously twenty twenty was not a great

1182
00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:25,320
Speaker 1: season for us, But talking to Sal about that, he's like, man,

1183
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:27,640
Speaker 1: it was such a great season to be at Homeville's

1184
00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:31,960
Speaker 1: playoff games. It just stunked that the Bills fans weren't

1185
00:57:32,040 --> 00:57:35,280
Speaker 1: able to be in the building for that one because

1186
00:57:35,280 --> 00:57:37,200
Speaker 1: they are such an art fan base. But they will

1187
00:57:37,240 --> 00:57:42,200
Speaker 1: be in the building on Sunday, and they will be loud.

1188
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:44,280
Speaker 1: There's no doubt. I love going There've been there once

1189
00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:46,840
Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, didn't win the game. Quarterback by the

1190
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:48,880
Speaker 1: name of Tyrod Taylor had one of his better games

1191
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:51,680
Speaker 1: against the Texans and walked out of there. I think

1192
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:53,880
Speaker 1: it was a thirty to twenty one win for the

1193
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:56,480
Speaker 1: Bills in that one. But I loved their stadium. I

1194
00:57:56,520 --> 00:57:59,160
Speaker 1: loved everything about it. The weather was great. Now it

1195
00:57:59,160 --> 00:58:02,920
Speaker 1: does look like Mike rain at the beginning of the

1196
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 1: day and maybe hold off by the time we get

1197
00:58:05,560 --> 00:58:07,400
Speaker 1: the kickoff. That's all that matters. You just gotta get

1198
00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:09,520
Speaker 1: the kickoff dry and we'll be okay at that point.

1199
00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:12,920
Speaker 1: But we will see as the week transpires. But either way,

1200
00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:14,760
Speaker 1: it's a fun environment. Can't wait to get up there

1201
00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:17,200
Speaker 1: to Orchard Park and see those Bills. And a big

1202
00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:20,880
Speaker 1: thanks to John Murphy for joining us. Joining us. Next

1203
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:23,280
Speaker 1: is gonna be my good friend Drew Doherty. He stops

1204
00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:26,120
Speaker 1: by each every week for our in the Lab podcast.

1205
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:29,440
Speaker 1: It is badass. You will love it. We'll have some

1206
00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:31,640
Speaker 1: of that for you next right here on Texans All Access.

1207
00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:38,880
Speaker 1: Welcome back to this Wednesday edition of Texans All Access

1208
00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:43,080
Speaker 1: from the Hunday Texans Radios Studio. I'm your host, John Harris,

1209
00:58:43,120 --> 00:58:46,880
Speaker 1: football analyst and sideline report. It's time for our Schlumberge

1210
00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:50,680
Speaker 1: Stats Challenge. You want more information, go to Houston Texas

1211
00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:55,440
Speaker 1: dot com to learn more about taking the Schlumberge Status Challenge.

1212
00:58:55,840 --> 00:59:04,480
Speaker 1: And I give you these numbers. Thirty twenty three, thirty

1213
00:59:04,520 --> 00:59:09,240
Speaker 1: two twenty three what do those stats impliable? Thirty two

1214
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:14,240
Speaker 1: is the number of targets that Brandon Cooks has had

1215
00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:20,560
Speaker 1: in three games this year. That's ten point six seven

1216
00:59:20,760 --> 00:59:24,760
Speaker 1: almost eleven one more target he'd be at eleven targets

1217
00:59:24,760 --> 00:59:27,080
Speaker 1: per game, which is essentially what he had against the

1218
00:59:27,120 --> 00:59:32,720
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. Twenty three the number of receptions he has

1219
00:59:32,760 --> 00:59:36,640
Speaker 1: through three games. Now, I know maths so good, kind

1220
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:38,479
Speaker 1: of on to fly anymore. I used to be really

1221
00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:41,800
Speaker 1: good at it. I used to be, but I'm not

1222
00:59:41,840 --> 00:59:45,680
Speaker 1: as much. However, if I did my calculator real fast,

1223
00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:50,120
Speaker 1: he's projected at those numbers. If I'm doing on pace

1224
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:55,200
Speaker 1: Guy Schlumberge Stats Challenge, that would be a hundred thirty

1225
00:59:55,800 --> 00:59:59,880
Speaker 1: receptions for Brandon Cooks. Now, in his career, he has

1226
01:00:00,040 --> 01:00:04,959
Speaker 1: been absolutely phenomenal, but he's not been in one hundred

1227
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:06,720
Speaker 1: and thirty receptions. In fact, I think only a couple

1228
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:09,240
Speaker 1: of players in history game ever been in one hundred thirty. Now,

1229
01:00:09,280 --> 01:00:13,280
Speaker 1: that's if he maintains his pace. But tell you listen

1230
01:00:13,320 --> 01:00:19,080
Speaker 1: to these numbers for Brandon Cooks. Let's start back November fifteenth,

1231
01:00:19,160 --> 01:00:21,800
Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Man, you could go back even further. Hold on,

1232
01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:25,000
Speaker 1: let's go back him further. Let's go back to Jacksonville.

1233
01:00:26,440 --> 01:00:29,080
Speaker 1: That was October eleven, twenty twenty. So I was the

1234
01:00:29,120 --> 01:00:31,000
Speaker 1: first game after Bill O'Brien had been fired. Now, the

1235
01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:35,960
Speaker 1: week before Brandon had three targets, no catches. From that

1236
01:00:36,080 --> 01:00:43,479
Speaker 1: day forward, eight receptions, nine receptions seven receptions he had three,

1237
01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:45,680
Speaker 1: but he did have a long touchdown against Jacksonville. Then

1238
01:00:45,680 --> 01:00:51,800
Speaker 1: six four, five, five, six, seven, eleven five nine nine.

1239
01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:57,760
Speaker 1: That's a lot of freaking receptions in less than one season,

1240
01:00:58,320 --> 01:01:00,600
Speaker 1: if I'm being honest. In the first three games the

1241
01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:05,280
Speaker 1: last year, he had ten receptions. He had nine in

1242
01:01:05,320 --> 01:01:09,160
Speaker 1: the Carolina game alone, So in the first four games

1243
01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:10,520
Speaker 1: actually because he had zero on the fourth. So he

1244
01:01:10,560 --> 01:01:13,800
Speaker 1: had ten receptions in the first four games. Over the

1245
01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:17,080
Speaker 1: next twelve games, I should say eleven games because he

1246
01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:23,560
Speaker 1: didn't play against Chicago. He then had seventy one receptions,

1247
01:01:24,080 --> 01:01:27,840
Speaker 1: So seventy one plus eighteen is eighty nine ninety four.

1248
01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:33,840
Speaker 1: He's had ninety four receptions in fifteen games. He is

1249
01:01:33,840 --> 01:01:38,160
Speaker 1: on a blazing, blazing pace. That's Brandon Cooks doing a

1250
01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:41,720
Speaker 1: phenomenal job to start the year. Two one yard games

1251
01:01:42,600 --> 01:01:44,200
Speaker 1: this year. The one game he didn't have one hundred

1252
01:01:44,280 --> 01:01:47,280
Speaker 1: yards he had a touchdown. That was against Cleveland. He

1253
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:52,240
Speaker 1: has been fuh nah manol to start this game. And

1254
01:01:52,320 --> 01:01:55,360
Speaker 1: that is your slumberj status challenge. All right, it's getting

1255
01:01:55,640 --> 01:01:59,160
Speaker 1: to in the lab with my good friend Drew Doherty.

1256
01:01:59,480 --> 01:02:01,480
Speaker 1: We sit down each and every week and we just

1257
01:02:01,560 --> 01:02:05,440
Speaker 1: kind of wax poetic about what's coming up for the Texans,

1258
01:02:05,520 --> 01:02:08,400
Speaker 1: who's on the docket, who they're playing, our thoughts about

1259
01:02:08,440 --> 01:02:10,760
Speaker 1: recent games and players. We try to dive a little

1260
01:02:10,800 --> 01:02:13,560
Speaker 1: deeper than just the surface and kind of geek out

1261
01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:15,280
Speaker 1: a little bit. So here you go in the lab

1262
01:02:15,320 --> 01:02:18,480
Speaker 1: with Drew Doherty and myself John. It was interesting last

1263
01:02:18,520 --> 01:02:22,000
Speaker 1: week when we did this. We made the distinction that yes,

1264
01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:26,720
Speaker 1: Davis Mills is going to operate out of the same playbook,

1265
01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:29,680
Speaker 1: but there will be different packages for Davis Mills as

1266
01:02:29,720 --> 01:02:33,160
Speaker 1: opposed to what Tyrod Taylor did and what the Texans expected. Now,

1267
01:02:33,320 --> 01:02:36,280
Speaker 1: based off of what David Culley said on Monday, that

1268
01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:41,200
Speaker 1: playbook or those packages will be exactly what they would

1269
01:02:41,280 --> 01:02:45,120
Speaker 1: be for Taylor. I still think there's a limit there,

1270
01:02:45,360 --> 01:02:48,240
Speaker 1: but I do think, and he said it, there's gonna

1271
01:02:48,280 --> 01:02:51,320
Speaker 1: be more on Davis Mills's plate against Buffalo, and that

1272
01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:54,120
Speaker 1: kind of needs to happen. As we saw against Carolina,

1273
01:02:54,240 --> 01:02:56,959
Speaker 1: there was a limit on this offense and that help

1274
01:02:57,080 --> 01:02:59,080
Speaker 1: Carolina win the game. Also, you know, there were some

1275
01:02:59,120 --> 01:03:02,360
Speaker 1: problems defensively that the Texas didn't get. But on the whole,

1276
01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:05,840
Speaker 1: Davis Mills acquitted himself. Okay, lose the game, so he

1277
01:03:05,840 --> 01:03:08,120
Speaker 1: can't say it was a great game, but he looked

1278
01:03:08,840 --> 01:03:11,560
Speaker 1: solid and he was accurate, more accurate than he'd ever

1279
01:03:11,640 --> 01:03:15,600
Speaker 1: been in any preseason game in certainly during the Cleveland game.

1280
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:18,800
Speaker 1: I mean, he was sixty seven sixty eight percent completion rate,

1281
01:03:18,800 --> 01:03:21,320
Speaker 1: which is excellent. But what does this mean for him?

1282
01:03:21,520 --> 01:03:23,560
Speaker 1: There will be more on his plate? How much more

1283
01:03:23,600 --> 01:03:26,200
Speaker 1: do you think there will be, John, Because yes, there

1284
01:03:26,280 --> 01:03:29,320
Speaker 1: is extra time, but they were off on Saturday and

1285
01:03:29,360 --> 01:03:33,400
Speaker 1: Sunday Monday was a walk through, So how much more

1286
01:03:33,480 --> 01:03:39,120
Speaker 1: actually is added to this plate of Davis Mills. Here's

1287
01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:41,520
Speaker 1: the way I look at it, Drew when I was

1288
01:03:41,640 --> 01:03:44,320
Speaker 1: when I was teaching, and I would I would tell

1289
01:03:44,320 --> 01:03:48,160
Speaker 1: the kids, all right, look, we got a test on Thursday, which,

1290
01:03:48,240 --> 01:03:50,160
Speaker 1: by the way, which by the way, that's a good

1291
01:03:50,240 --> 01:03:52,920
Speaker 1: day for a test. A Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday good

1292
01:03:53,000 --> 01:03:54,760
Speaker 1: day for a test because you ruin a weekend if

1293
01:03:54,800 --> 01:03:56,840
Speaker 1: you make it on a Monday, and you ruin the

1294
01:03:56,840 --> 01:03:58,360
Speaker 1: rest of the week if you make it on a Friday.

1295
01:03:58,600 --> 01:04:01,320
Speaker 1: Friday should be fun, teachers, okay. And also if you

1296
01:04:01,360 --> 01:04:04,880
Speaker 1: are a business person out there, don't schedule any meetings

1297
01:04:04,920 --> 01:04:08,120
Speaker 1: on a Friday after eleven am. That's selfish of you.

1298
01:04:08,200 --> 01:04:10,200
Speaker 1: So just don't do it, Okay, go ahead, I'm with you,

1299
01:04:10,680 --> 01:04:15,080
Speaker 1: I will say. At at my school, actually there's a

1300
01:04:15,080 --> 01:04:16,840
Speaker 1: couple of schools that I was at, they would give

1301
01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:20,200
Speaker 1: you test days and you would look and see, okay,

1302
01:04:20,200 --> 01:04:22,200
Speaker 1: when do I have a Friday test day? And so

1303
01:04:22,240 --> 01:04:24,160
Speaker 1: you'd have two days you could pick from, and like,

1304
01:04:24,440 --> 01:04:26,280
Speaker 1: I'm trying, I'm not gonna put this on Friday if

1305
01:04:26,320 --> 01:04:28,600
Speaker 1: I can help it, if I can help you. So anyways,

1306
01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:33,560
Speaker 1: point being, when you get ready for that test, and

1307
01:04:33,760 --> 01:04:36,120
Speaker 1: I would remember, you know, writing, I mean I wrote

1308
01:04:36,200 --> 01:04:39,440
Speaker 1: hundreds of tests over the years, and okay, it's on

1309
01:04:39,600 --> 01:04:43,880
Speaker 1: chapter twelve, say, and I would go through that, and

1310
01:04:43,920 --> 01:04:46,920
Speaker 1: I would there would be times where I would say, Okay,

1311
01:04:46,920 --> 01:04:50,120
Speaker 1: I want to test every single little nuance of chapter

1312
01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:53,720
Speaker 1: twelve and see whether they got it. And then there

1313
01:04:53,760 --> 01:04:55,800
Speaker 1: would be times where I'm like, you know what, I

1314
01:04:55,880 --> 01:04:58,720
Speaker 1: need to test because the timing of the six weeks

1315
01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:00,480
Speaker 1: or nine weeks, I gotta get it stand. But you

1316
01:05:00,520 --> 01:05:02,120
Speaker 1: know what, I kind of want them to just kind

1317
01:05:02,160 --> 01:05:05,360
Speaker 1: of have this thirty thousand foot view of what's going on.

1318
01:05:05,760 --> 01:05:08,520
Speaker 1: And I don't want to hit everything. There's certain things

1319
01:05:08,560 --> 01:05:10,800
Speaker 1: I don't think are as important, so let's just hit

1320
01:05:10,840 --> 01:05:12,520
Speaker 1: on those things. And so that's kind of the way

1321
01:05:12,520 --> 01:05:16,160
Speaker 1: I look at look at Davis Mills in the way

1322
01:05:16,200 --> 01:05:18,840
Speaker 1: that they went about, you know, getting it ready for

1323
01:05:18,880 --> 01:05:20,680
Speaker 1: that game. Look, it's getting ready for the Panthers. So

1324
01:05:20,920 --> 01:05:24,040
Speaker 1: you got to learn all the minutia about the Panthers.

1325
01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:27,120
Speaker 1: So let's take a lot of that stuff that you

1326
01:05:27,280 --> 01:05:31,000
Speaker 1: learned that we could have during the week honestly recycled

1327
01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:33,240
Speaker 1: that's the wrong word, but we could have brought back

1328
01:05:33,360 --> 01:05:36,959
Speaker 1: up that you learned in training camp. We don't quite

1329
01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:38,840
Speaker 1: have the time to kind of go back and hey,

1330
01:05:38,840 --> 01:05:40,160
Speaker 1: do you remember this, Do you remember this? Do you

1331
01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:42,000
Speaker 1: remember this? Do you remember this? And then put that

1332
01:05:42,320 --> 01:05:44,760
Speaker 1: in a week's time, Yeah, I think you could do that,

1333
01:05:45,320 --> 01:05:47,200
Speaker 1: or in this case, you know, a little longer than

1334
01:05:47,200 --> 01:05:50,520
Speaker 1: a week. I think you could give the full minutia

1335
01:05:50,560 --> 01:05:53,720
Speaker 1: of chapter twelve if you will. Whereas in the short

1336
01:05:53,720 --> 01:05:55,520
Speaker 1: amount of time, I think, man, you gotta just hit them.

1337
01:05:55,600 --> 01:05:59,480
Speaker 1: You gotta hit the basis, the basics of it. So

1338
01:06:00,160 --> 01:06:01,560
Speaker 1: that's kind of the way I look at I also

1339
01:06:01,560 --> 01:06:05,680
Speaker 1: look at offense when you know, with various quarterbacks too,

1340
01:06:06,520 --> 01:06:10,000
Speaker 1: I kind of look at at um kind of game

1341
01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:13,200
Speaker 1: planning is that you've got like a set of encyclopedias.

1342
01:06:13,200 --> 01:06:14,400
Speaker 1: Now I know a lot of people don't know what

1343
01:06:14,440 --> 01:06:18,240
Speaker 1: the encyclopedia is because we've you know, you just had

1344
01:06:18,280 --> 01:06:23,480
Speaker 1: to get on the internet. Now, um, look it's anyways, well,

1345
01:06:23,560 --> 01:06:26,440
Speaker 1: encyclopedias with the were the best because you could, hey,

1346
01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:30,040
Speaker 1: I want to learn about bounce houses, Well I would

1347
01:06:30,040 --> 01:06:31,480
Speaker 1: go to the b and pull it out and I

1348
01:06:31,480 --> 01:06:34,000
Speaker 1: would use that. So it's kind of like that, like

1349
01:06:34,080 --> 01:06:36,360
Speaker 1: you know what, we're getting ready for this game We've

1350
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:39,480
Speaker 1: got this whole set of encyclopedias that's our offense. But

1351
01:06:39,600 --> 01:06:41,920
Speaker 1: we're gonna use this piece, this piece, this piece, this piece,

1352
01:06:42,240 --> 01:06:46,479
Speaker 1: And there are certain pieces in that encyclopedia set that

1353
01:06:46,760 --> 01:06:50,320
Speaker 1: really aren't going to apply to every player or in

1354
01:06:50,320 --> 01:06:53,760
Speaker 1: this case, every quarterback. You know, the DS may not

1355
01:06:53,880 --> 01:06:58,480
Speaker 1: apply really for Davis because it's just not his purview.

1356
01:06:58,520 --> 01:07:00,840
Speaker 1: You know. Maybe that's some of your RPO package stuff.

1357
01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:02,920
Speaker 1: Maybe there's some stuff in there you could take and tweak,

1358
01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:06,760
Speaker 1: but you're probably not gonna that's not gonna be one

1359
01:07:06,760 --> 01:07:09,920
Speaker 1: of the set of encyclopedias you use, you know with Davis,

1360
01:07:10,160 --> 01:07:12,200
Speaker 1: although is there a way you could tweak it? Okay?

1361
01:07:12,280 --> 01:07:13,600
Speaker 1: Is there a part of this that we could take

1362
01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:15,800
Speaker 1: and kind of edit and use. And so you just

1363
01:07:15,880 --> 01:07:18,760
Speaker 1: kind of take down the pieces for what you think

1364
01:07:19,360 --> 01:07:22,000
Speaker 1: Davis is going to be able to handle. And of

1365
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:24,760
Speaker 1: course you've studied all this from the preseason, the training camp,

1366
01:07:24,760 --> 01:07:27,880
Speaker 1: preseason of what he can do, so you're kind of

1367
01:07:27,880 --> 01:07:29,919
Speaker 1: putting that all together. But you get to a point

1368
01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:31,840
Speaker 1: where you're like, look, Davis, we haven't gotten to the

1369
01:07:32,080 --> 01:07:36,640
Speaker 1: to the W section of the encyclopedias, but these are

1370
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:40,400
Speaker 1: things that you need. So we're gonna we're gonna work

1371
01:07:40,400 --> 01:07:42,680
Speaker 1: on these during the week. But this is a package

1372
01:07:42,720 --> 01:07:45,640
Speaker 1: that really suits you. We haven't really put it in yet,

1373
01:07:45,680 --> 01:07:47,560
Speaker 1: but we need you to be able to learn it.

1374
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:51,160
Speaker 1: And that's kind of the next step in the development is, Yeah,

1375
01:07:51,200 --> 01:07:53,480
Speaker 1: we're gonna go take all those things you learned the preseason,

1376
01:07:53,680 --> 01:07:55,760
Speaker 1: but now we might add a little bit from this section,

1377
01:07:55,840 --> 01:07:57,800
Speaker 1: a little bit from this section. And yeah, it might

1378
01:07:57,800 --> 01:08:02,080
Speaker 1: be different than Tyrod's. It might be because Tyrod's got

1379
01:08:02,120 --> 01:08:04,400
Speaker 1: a little different skill set, but they're gonna be some

1380
01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:06,200
Speaker 1: things that are similar. So the things that are similar

1381
01:08:06,840 --> 01:08:09,520
Speaker 1: you coaching the same, You're coaching amongst the players the same,

1382
01:08:10,040 --> 01:08:12,240
Speaker 1: but then they're going to be specific ones. Hey what Davis,

1383
01:08:12,280 --> 01:08:14,200
Speaker 1: we might want to do this with Tyrod. We might

1384
01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:16,640
Speaker 1: have the opportunity to do this. What you what you

1385
01:08:16,720 --> 01:08:21,000
Speaker 1: can't do and I and I can tell you this

1386
01:08:21,040 --> 01:08:24,639
Speaker 1: from from experience, is look at you know your quarterback

1387
01:08:24,640 --> 01:08:28,160
Speaker 1: and go, Okay, he can't do this, and and then

1388
01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:29,800
Speaker 1: kind of take it out of your game plan. And

1389
01:08:29,800 --> 01:08:34,080
Speaker 1: I did that once. Um, I had a young quarterback

1390
01:08:34,120 --> 01:08:36,639
Speaker 1: and he was a really he was a really good runner.

1391
01:08:36,720 --> 01:08:38,920
Speaker 1: He was he was a good thrower, but he was young,

1392
01:08:39,520 --> 01:08:42,120
Speaker 1: and so I really kind of tailored my offense towards

1393
01:08:42,920 --> 01:08:46,400
Speaker 1: towards running the ball, and I kind of took some

1394
01:08:46,479 --> 01:08:50,400
Speaker 1: things out of kind of our our our play game

1395
01:08:50,560 --> 01:08:54,120
Speaker 1: and our playbook because I wasn't I just felt like

1396
01:08:54,120 --> 01:08:56,519
Speaker 1: it suited everybody to run the ball a little bit better.

1397
01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:58,200
Speaker 1: And he came to me one day and he said, Coach,

1398
01:08:58,640 --> 01:09:00,760
Speaker 1: can I ask a question? I said sure? He said,

1399
01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:03,759
Speaker 1: how can we don't use a couple of those those

1400
01:09:04,520 --> 01:09:08,320
Speaker 1: those passing concepts we did during training camp? And I

1401
01:09:08,320 --> 01:09:10,280
Speaker 1: didn't want to tell him, I'm not totally sure that

1402
01:09:10,320 --> 01:09:12,080
Speaker 1: I trust you with it yet, but I'm like, I

1403
01:09:12,080 --> 01:09:16,120
Speaker 1: don't know, man, I think we're better served running the ball. Well,

1404
01:09:16,160 --> 01:09:19,080
Speaker 1: we got we got behind in the game and I

1405
01:09:19,160 --> 01:09:21,080
Speaker 1: was kind of forced to have to do it, and

1406
01:09:21,280 --> 01:09:25,320
Speaker 1: he lit it up, and I'm like, okay, well, I

1407
01:09:25,320 --> 01:09:28,080
Speaker 1: guess we'll add this to our offensive scheme. And we

1408
01:09:28,160 --> 01:09:30,840
Speaker 1: became very, very dangerous at that point. But sometimes even

1409
01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:33,880
Speaker 1: as a coach, you don't even totally understand what your

1410
01:09:33,920 --> 01:09:37,080
Speaker 1: guy can do, and as soon as you can find

1411
01:09:37,080 --> 01:09:40,000
Speaker 1: it out, great, and then you can adapt from that point.

1412
01:09:40,040 --> 01:09:44,680
Speaker 1: But I guarantee you every single coach with his quarterback

1413
01:09:45,840 --> 01:09:49,400
Speaker 1: has figured something out along the way going huh, really,

1414
01:09:49,439 --> 01:09:50,880
Speaker 1: I didn't know he could do I didn't know he

1415
01:09:50,920 --> 01:09:52,960
Speaker 1: could do that. I didn't know he could make that throw.

1416
01:09:53,080 --> 01:09:54,760
Speaker 1: I didn't know he could run like that. I didn't

1417
01:09:54,760 --> 01:09:58,080
Speaker 1: know he could read this defense. I didn't know he

1418
01:09:58,080 --> 01:10:00,439
Speaker 1: could do those. You're gonna you'll find those things. Look,

1419
01:10:00,560 --> 01:10:02,879
Speaker 1: who's the greatest of all times? Tom Brady. I guarantee

1420
01:10:02,920 --> 01:10:05,559
Speaker 1: the Patriots for as much as they'd like to say

1421
01:10:05,560 --> 01:10:07,759
Speaker 1: twenty years later, oh, they knew what they had with Tom.

1422
01:10:08,320 --> 01:10:10,439
Speaker 1: They had no idea how he was going to handle everything.

1423
01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:13,960
Speaker 1: They were they were learning like, wow, well this dude's

1424
01:10:13,960 --> 01:10:18,200
Speaker 1: great tough. I guess his swagger, his confidence. I kind

1425
01:10:18,200 --> 01:10:19,840
Speaker 1: of like all of that. They were They were like,

1426
01:10:20,080 --> 01:10:22,960
Speaker 1: you learn all of that when you have a young,

1427
01:10:23,120 --> 01:10:25,840
Speaker 1: a young quarterback that you're you're trying to groom, of course,

1428
01:10:25,880 --> 01:10:28,280
Speaker 1: and that's what Davis is. Yeah, you've just brought up confidence.

1429
01:10:28,280 --> 01:10:31,599
Speaker 1: And that's something that Mills has always had, at least

1430
01:10:31,680 --> 01:10:34,040
Speaker 1: since he's been here, and clearly he had it before

1431
01:10:34,040 --> 01:10:36,400
Speaker 1: he got here. But he doesn't lack any of that,

1432
01:10:36,600 --> 01:10:39,000
Speaker 1: and he wants to keep playing. He wants to keep

1433
01:10:39,040 --> 01:10:42,240
Speaker 1: getting out there and and he's thankful for this opportunity,

1434
01:10:42,240 --> 01:10:44,000
Speaker 1: and he also puts the caveat out there eight you know,

1435
01:10:44,040 --> 01:10:45,680
Speaker 1: I don't I don't want anybody getting hurt to get

1436
01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:49,720
Speaker 1: this opportunity. But he's glad he's out there. And you

1437
01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:53,679
Speaker 1: got to remember was still just a dozen college starts,

1438
01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:58,240
Speaker 1: give or take. It's yeah, he's a little bit behind

1439
01:10:58,280 --> 01:11:00,800
Speaker 1: the eight ball, but he's getting that ace on the job,

1440
01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:03,439
Speaker 1: that on the job training. But he does not shy

1441
01:11:03,479 --> 01:11:07,680
Speaker 1: away from anything, and he's almost got, you know, a

1442
01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:11,920
Speaker 1: robot mentality in that when he makes a mistake, it's like,

1443
01:11:12,760 --> 01:11:15,000
Speaker 1: don't make that again, and you know it's fixed. And

1444
01:11:15,000 --> 01:11:17,240
Speaker 1: that's one thing, one of the many things that David

1445
01:11:17,280 --> 01:11:20,880
Speaker 1: Culley and Nickissario and the rest of the the Guy's

1446
01:11:20,960 --> 01:11:23,519
Speaker 1: up top have really loved about him. I mean, Cully

1447
01:11:23,640 --> 01:11:26,880
Speaker 1: is Cully is very enthusiastic about him, both on camera

1448
01:11:26,920 --> 01:11:29,880
Speaker 1: and off camera. He's he really likes what David Mills

1449
01:11:29,880 --> 01:11:32,640
Speaker 1: can do. So this is um, this is gonna be

1450
01:11:32,720 --> 01:11:35,479
Speaker 1: a test man going up to Buffalo with that team.

1451
01:11:35,479 --> 01:11:38,439
Speaker 1: They're they're good, They're really good. He talked about it.

1452
01:11:38,800 --> 01:11:41,880
Speaker 1: Cully did all three phases. So they're gonna they're gonna

1453
01:11:41,880 --> 01:11:44,800
Speaker 1: get tested and tested mightily in Western New York. But

1454
01:11:45,760 --> 01:11:47,679
Speaker 1: let's go, let's go, let's go get it and see

1455
01:11:47,680 --> 01:11:50,200
Speaker 1: what happens because Mills, Mills is gonna get to cut

1456
01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:52,920
Speaker 1: loose a little bit more. No, And to your point,

1457
01:11:53,880 --> 01:11:56,960
Speaker 1: you can look at every young quarterback that has you know,

1458
01:11:57,000 --> 01:12:01,479
Speaker 1: played in this this league, and every single one of

1459
01:12:01,560 --> 01:12:04,200
Speaker 1: those quarterbacks has gone through you know, growing pains. I

1460
01:12:04,200 --> 01:12:06,760
Speaker 1: know some will say, well, Mahomes jumped right in and

1461
01:12:07,080 --> 01:12:10,360
Speaker 1: was the mv to the entire first year. Yeah, he

1462
01:12:10,439 --> 01:12:13,120
Speaker 1: set for a year. Um, but even beyond that, there

1463
01:12:13,120 --> 01:12:15,200
Speaker 1: were times in the in the Super Bowl season where

1464
01:12:15,320 --> 01:12:16,960
Speaker 1: you know, he's got an ankle injury and he can't

1465
01:12:16,960 --> 01:12:19,640
Speaker 1: really move right. Yeah, and and the Texans went up

1466
01:12:19,680 --> 01:12:21,000
Speaker 1: there and stuck it to him, you know, so to

1467
01:12:21,080 --> 01:12:23,800
Speaker 1: the Colts and and and not just him, just you know,

1468
01:12:23,840 --> 01:12:26,960
Speaker 1: the whole the whole team, um, you know, and so

1469
01:12:27,160 --> 01:12:29,240
Speaker 1: they had to learn, you know, how do you how

1470
01:12:29,280 --> 01:12:30,680
Speaker 1: do you adapt to that? What do you what do

1471
01:12:30,720 --> 01:12:32,799
Speaker 1: you do with Patrick if he's banged up? Every quarterback

1472
01:12:32,840 --> 01:12:34,360
Speaker 1: has gone through that. I mean I can think of

1473
01:12:34,400 --> 01:12:37,680
Speaker 1: times with everyone the guy that we're facing on Sunday,

1474
01:12:37,840 --> 01:12:40,439
Speaker 1: everybody looks sens his MNP candidate. You know, guy's gonna

1475
01:12:40,439 --> 01:12:43,479
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl. When he was a rookie man,

1476
01:12:43,680 --> 01:12:46,080
Speaker 1: it was not easy for him. You remember that game

1477
01:12:46,120 --> 01:12:47,800
Speaker 1: at twenty eighteen. Now, he didn't throw the game winning

1478
01:12:47,840 --> 01:12:50,439
Speaker 1: pick to Jonathan Joseph, that was Nathan Peterman. But in

1479
01:12:50,520 --> 01:12:55,479
Speaker 1: that game, blasted. He was completely totally frustrated. He didn't

1480
01:12:55,520 --> 01:12:59,760
Speaker 1: have anything going in his direction. That was a learning

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01:12:59,800 --> 01:13:02,719
Speaker 1: point for him. The playoff game, the second half against

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01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:07,439
Speaker 1: US where he just crumbled. He was and to be fair,

1483
01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:10,320
Speaker 1: but he kind of got handcuffed a little bit too.

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01:13:10,360 --> 01:13:12,400
Speaker 1: I think he got a little handcuffed by the coaching.

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01:13:12,479 --> 01:13:14,519
Speaker 1: You know, he did a little bit, but he also

1486
01:13:14,520 --> 01:13:19,960
Speaker 1: made a couple of mistakes. But all that's added to

1487
01:13:20,160 --> 01:13:24,679
Speaker 1: his his learning experience. And I've said this many many times.

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01:13:24,680 --> 01:13:28,120
Speaker 1: And quarterbacks a little bit different, but if you have

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01:13:28,400 --> 01:13:35,160
Speaker 1: uber talented player that wants to be great, greatness is

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01:13:35,200 --> 01:13:38,240
Speaker 1: what they see, not just I won this game, or

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01:13:38,280 --> 01:13:40,160
Speaker 1: we'll look at me, I got this brand and look

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01:13:40,160 --> 01:13:42,600
Speaker 1: at my logo and whatever else. If you have a

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01:13:42,600 --> 01:13:45,760
Speaker 1: guy that wants to be great beyond all else. He

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01:13:45,800 --> 01:13:47,560
Speaker 1: wants to be great for his community, He wants to

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01:13:47,600 --> 01:13:49,800
Speaker 1: be great for his teammates. He wants to be a

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01:13:49,840 --> 01:13:52,880
Speaker 1: great teammate. He wants to be great, and you combine

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01:13:52,960 --> 01:13:57,200
Speaker 1: that with with uber talent like he has. I'm convinced.

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01:13:57,240 --> 01:13:59,760
Speaker 1: And this is I think ultimately why I think back

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01:13:59,760 --> 01:14:01,960
Speaker 1: to my my worst draftness and that was Dwayne Brown,

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01:14:02,040 --> 01:14:03,839
Speaker 1: because that was the one thing I missed about Dwayne.

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01:14:04,160 --> 01:14:07,280
Speaker 1: He was uber talented, He had elite skills and there

1502
01:14:07,280 --> 01:14:09,719
Speaker 1: were things that he could work on and get better.

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01:14:10,880 --> 01:14:14,240
Speaker 1: He wanted it. He wanted it badly. Josh Allen wants

1504
01:14:14,240 --> 01:14:16,559
Speaker 1: it badly. Now that's it doesn't happen all the time

1505
01:14:16,600 --> 01:14:19,080
Speaker 1: because there's there are always injuries or there's other things,

1506
01:14:19,080 --> 01:14:22,360
Speaker 1: you know, coaching around you. I mean, good lord, um,

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01:14:22,439 --> 01:14:24,040
Speaker 1: you know you look at you know Sam Darnold. I

1508
01:14:24,040 --> 01:14:26,320
Speaker 1: mean he was stuck in the Jets world and then

1509
01:14:26,360 --> 01:14:28,519
Speaker 1: he gets out of it, you know. But but you

1510
01:14:28,520 --> 01:14:30,640
Speaker 1: could tell Sam wants it. He wants to be a

1511
01:14:30,880 --> 01:14:33,840
Speaker 1: really good quarterback in this league and so going to

1512
01:14:34,040 --> 01:14:36,080
Speaker 1: to be with Jabra. So yeah, there are some things

1513
01:14:36,080 --> 01:14:39,360
Speaker 1: that have to kind of intersect. But if you're uber

1514
01:14:39,400 --> 01:14:43,000
Speaker 1: talented and you want it, you really truly will do

1515
01:14:43,080 --> 01:14:46,320
Speaker 1: what it takes to be great. You'll eventually get there

1516
01:14:46,360 --> 01:14:48,120
Speaker 1: and if you know, as they say, if you shoot

1517
01:14:48,160 --> 01:14:50,280
Speaker 1: for the moon, you landed stars. Hey man, that's that's

1518
01:14:50,280 --> 01:14:52,160
Speaker 1: pretty darn good for a lot of people. And you know,

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01:14:52,200 --> 01:14:54,439
Speaker 1: I see Davis like that. Davis has got a lot

1520
01:14:54,439 --> 01:14:56,479
Speaker 1: of talents. Now he's not six six to forty like

1521
01:14:56,560 --> 01:15:01,280
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, but he's still he's still pretty big. Yeah. Yes,

1522
01:15:01,680 --> 01:15:04,680
Speaker 1: as people pointed out his neck um on Twitter the

1523
01:15:04,760 --> 01:15:07,360
Speaker 1: day of the game that said, you can tell even

1524
01:15:07,439 --> 01:15:09,840
Speaker 1: what Davis being as even keeled as he is, you know,

1525
01:15:10,000 --> 01:15:11,960
Speaker 1: and you can tell he wants it and he wants

1526
01:15:11,960 --> 01:15:15,120
Speaker 1: to be great. Yeah, all right, well you're pretty great too.

1527
01:15:15,520 --> 01:15:18,639
Speaker 1: And as a thank you, as a corollarity to your

1528
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:24,040
Speaker 1: your Encyclopedia reference, when you when you bring that up,

1529
01:15:24,040 --> 01:15:27,400
Speaker 1: you want to say, hey, what is East Germany? Or

1530
01:15:27,439 --> 01:15:29,800
Speaker 1: hey what are cheats? That's a good way because East

1531
01:15:29,840 --> 01:15:32,439
Speaker 1: Germany doesn't exist. East Germany was kind of going out

1532
01:15:32,439 --> 01:15:35,200
Speaker 1: of fashion at the same time encyclopedias were maybe a

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01:15:35,240 --> 01:15:38,200
Speaker 1: little bit before. But yeah, anyhow, Hey, we'll do this

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01:15:38,240 --> 01:15:40,240
Speaker 1: again next week. We're talking about a Texans win and

1535
01:15:40,240 --> 01:15:44,640
Speaker 1: getting ready for a big game against Let's look at

1536
01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:47,519
Speaker 1: the schedule the Patriots here at home. It's gonna be fun.

1537
01:15:48,160 --> 01:15:49,720
Speaker 1: I know we're not going to be looking ahead. And

1538
01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:51,760
Speaker 1: a Patriots game has been a big one last couple

1539
01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:54,200
Speaker 1: of years, a game that Texans have won the last

1540
01:15:54,240 --> 01:15:56,519
Speaker 1: couple of years in fact, and the last two years

1541
01:15:56,520 --> 01:15:59,720
Speaker 1: beating the Patriots. They would be the league MVP in

1542
01:16:00,120 --> 01:16:01,599
Speaker 1: the back years Tom Brady, who has been a league

1543
01:16:01,680 --> 01:16:04,080
Speaker 1: MVP a handful of times, and Cam Newton was the

1544
01:16:04,160 --> 01:16:07,560
Speaker 1: league MVP in twenty fifteen. The Texans beat them in

1545
01:16:07,600 --> 01:16:10,080
Speaker 1: back to back years in twenty nineteen twenty twenty. I

1546
01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:11,800
Speaker 1: don't think Mac Jones is gonna be a league MVP

1547
01:16:12,040 --> 01:16:15,920
Speaker 1: this year, but that's for next week. Well, we'll have

1548
01:16:15,920 --> 01:16:17,599
Speaker 1: to worry about next week because we could be playing

1549
01:16:17,600 --> 01:16:20,559
Speaker 1: the league MVP in twenty twenty one on Sunday, that

1550
01:16:20,800 --> 01:16:25,200
Speaker 1: being Josh Alan, who I don't believe has ever had

1551
01:16:25,240 --> 01:16:28,320
Speaker 1: any issue with his knees. But I know our Houston

1552
01:16:28,400 --> 01:16:31,759
Speaker 1: Methodist doctors know all there is to know about knees

1553
01:16:31,880 --> 01:16:34,800
Speaker 1: and knee injuries. We'll hear from them and go around

1554
01:16:34,840 --> 01:16:41,600
Speaker 1: the league next. Right here on Texans All Access, we

1555
01:16:41,680 --> 01:16:45,560
Speaker 1: got one follow segment this Wednesday edition of Texans All Access.

1556
01:16:45,800 --> 01:16:48,160
Speaker 1: I am your host, John Harris, glad to be with

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01:16:48,200 --> 01:16:53,439
Speaker 1: you as always. I know your faux article taking on

1558
01:16:53,479 --> 01:16:56,200
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills up at Houston Texas dot com. Go

1559
01:16:56,360 --> 01:16:59,680
Speaker 1: check that out. I will probably tweet it. If I

1560
01:16:59,680 --> 01:17:01,880
Speaker 1: have it tweeted already, I'll probably retweet it and put

1561
01:17:01,880 --> 01:17:04,080
Speaker 1: it out there. Let you know where you can find

1562
01:17:04,160 --> 01:17:06,479
Speaker 1: us a really good football tea man. Sunday is going

1563
01:17:06,520 --> 01:17:12,240
Speaker 1: to be a big, big, big challenge, but hopefully, hopefully

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01:17:12,800 --> 01:17:15,240
Speaker 1: we will see two guys that we didn't get a

1565
01:17:15,320 --> 01:17:18,559
Speaker 1: chance to see on Thursday night, that being Justin Reed

1566
01:17:18,920 --> 01:17:22,960
Speaker 1: and Camu Grugier Hill arguably to the top three or

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01:17:22,960 --> 01:17:25,880
Speaker 1: four players that Texas have had through the first couple

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01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:29,759
Speaker 1: games of the season, and we miss them dearly on

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01:17:30,040 --> 01:17:33,479
Speaker 1: Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers, both of them dealing

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01:17:33,640 --> 01:17:37,719
Speaker 1: with knee issues. Well, when you have an issue as such,

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01:17:37,880 --> 01:17:40,000
Speaker 1: you want to learn a little bit more about what's

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01:17:40,040 --> 01:17:43,040
Speaker 1: going on, you go to the great doctors at Houston Methodist,

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01:17:43,080 --> 01:17:46,040
Speaker 1: as Mark vandermir does each and every week. And here's

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01:17:46,040 --> 01:17:49,160
Speaker 1: what they had to say about knee injuries. It's Houston

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01:17:49,240 --> 01:17:52,880
Speaker 1: Methodist Minutes and joining us this week is doctor Taylor Brown,

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01:17:53,000 --> 01:17:56,960
Speaker 1: arthroscopic surgery and sports medicine expert at Houston Methodist. Doctor,

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01:17:56,960 --> 01:17:58,800
Speaker 1: how's it going. I'm having a great day. Thanks for

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01:17:58,800 --> 01:18:01,759
Speaker 1: calling Mark. All right, well, tell me about ACL injuries,

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01:18:01,920 --> 01:18:06,880
Speaker 1: the latest technology, what is going on as far as recovery, surgery,

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01:18:07,200 --> 01:18:10,920
Speaker 1: those kinds of things. In twenty twenty one, for us,

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01:18:10,920 --> 01:18:15,240
Speaker 1: surgery remains a primary treatment for patients and players with

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01:18:15,280 --> 01:18:19,519
Speaker 1: ACL injuries. We still use autograph tenin, which is a

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01:18:19,560 --> 01:18:22,120
Speaker 1: portion of the patella tenen, but now we're becoming more

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01:18:22,120 --> 01:18:24,880
Speaker 1: and more popular with the quadricep tenin as well because

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01:18:24,880 --> 01:18:27,400
Speaker 1: we've seen good results with that in high level athletes

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01:18:27,439 --> 01:18:30,519
Speaker 1: as well. And then one of the most exciting things

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01:18:30,560 --> 01:18:32,840
Speaker 1: that the research at Houston Methodist is shown in the

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01:18:32,880 --> 01:18:35,800
Speaker 1: last couple of years is blood flow restriction therapy, where

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01:18:35,840 --> 01:18:39,599
Speaker 1: we limit the blood flow to the patient's limb after

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01:18:39,680 --> 01:18:43,719
Speaker 1: surgery in an effort to help the recovery of muscle

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01:18:44,160 --> 01:18:47,120
Speaker 1: function and strength far faster than traditional physical therapy. And

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01:18:47,200 --> 01:18:50,080
Speaker 1: so that's where some of the recent changes in therapy

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01:18:50,120 --> 01:18:52,920
Speaker 1: have helped to speed up recovery of function. Why would

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01:18:52,920 --> 01:18:55,639
Speaker 1: reduced blood flow help with that? I would think you'd

1595
01:18:55,680 --> 01:18:58,040
Speaker 1: want more blood flowing through. Is it a swelling thing?

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01:18:58,400 --> 01:19:01,400
Speaker 1: And so it's really it's the nerve, the way the

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01:19:01,479 --> 01:19:04,320
Speaker 1: nerves and the muscles recover from that. It's almost like

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01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:07,880
Speaker 1: an extra injury, but somehow it stimulates the nerves and

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01:19:07,920 --> 01:19:10,800
Speaker 1: the muscles to recover more quickly. And this is just

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01:19:10,880 --> 01:19:13,479
Speaker 1: for a brief period of time, and the patients work

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01:19:13,640 --> 01:19:17,040
Speaker 1: through their rehab with the tourniquet on their leg restricting

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01:19:17,040 --> 01:19:19,280
Speaker 1: their blood flow, and so it actually is somewhat painful,

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01:19:19,640 --> 01:19:23,559
Speaker 1: but the response that we have seen with blinded research

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01:19:23,720 --> 01:19:26,120
Speaker 1: is that they help to recover their strength more quickly.

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01:19:26,479 --> 01:19:29,400
Speaker 1: All right, So we've seen an increase or a decrease

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01:19:29,479 --> 01:19:32,240
Speaker 1: really the amount of time it takes to recover from

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01:19:32,280 --> 01:19:36,599
Speaker 1: an acl surgical procedure. Do you anticipate that getting even

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01:19:36,640 --> 01:19:40,120
Speaker 1: better with treatments like this in the near future or immediately?

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01:19:40,800 --> 01:19:43,680
Speaker 1: It is definitely a way to gain muscle strength, but

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01:19:43,720 --> 01:19:46,320
Speaker 1: we still are humans and we still have to have

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01:19:46,880 --> 01:19:50,760
Speaker 1: the tissue actually incorporate into the bone, and that is

1612
01:19:50,800 --> 01:19:52,840
Speaker 1: still going to take a long time. And the other

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01:19:52,880 --> 01:19:57,240
Speaker 1: thing is balance. We need that neuromuscular balance to recover,

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01:19:57,360 --> 01:20:00,320
Speaker 1: and that is not stimulated with the blood flow restriction therapy,

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01:20:00,360 --> 01:20:03,960
Speaker 1: and so neuromuscular recoveries needs to have all of those facets,

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01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:07,679
Speaker 1: not just the strength, but also the balance to recover

1617
01:20:07,760 --> 01:20:09,840
Speaker 1: and to return successfully, because if you try to go

1618
01:20:09,880 --> 01:20:12,880
Speaker 1: back to sport too soon, you have a high risk

1619
01:20:13,000 --> 01:20:15,360
Speaker 1: of another ACL injury, and that's the last thing we

1620
01:20:15,400 --> 01:20:18,040
Speaker 1: want for these players. So what's the best prevention for

1621
01:20:18,080 --> 01:20:21,280
Speaker 1: an ACL tear? Doctor, So what we have found that

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01:20:21,680 --> 01:20:24,439
Speaker 1: pliometric or what are known is jumping programs can help

1623
01:20:24,479 --> 01:20:28,599
Speaker 1: to decrease the incidents or the number of ACL tears

1624
01:20:28,600 --> 01:20:31,320
Speaker 1: in our players. And so you'll see that in all

1625
01:20:31,640 --> 01:20:35,200
Speaker 1: levels of sports, both in high school, college and professional

1626
01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:38,879
Speaker 1: that folks that do agility and balance and jump training

1627
01:20:39,240 --> 01:20:42,479
Speaker 1: can reduce their risk of an ACL injury. And so

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01:20:42,560 --> 01:20:46,120
Speaker 1: that is an inexpensive modality that we can put in place.

1629
01:20:46,479 --> 01:20:49,600
Speaker 1: There are numerous programs on the internet. They're available that

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01:20:50,000 --> 01:20:53,360
Speaker 1: coaches and trainers can then use for their players and

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01:20:53,920 --> 01:20:57,080
Speaker 1: most likely keep their players in the game and not

1632
01:20:57,280 --> 01:21:00,959
Speaker 1: out because we all know ACL injuries are season ending injuries.

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01:21:01,360 --> 01:21:04,120
Speaker 1: Great information, doctor, thanks so much for your time, Have

1634
01:21:04,160 --> 01:21:07,720
Speaker 1: a great day. That's doctor Taylor Brown, Houston Methodist, the

1635
01:21:07,800 --> 01:21:11,599
Speaker 1: official healthcare provider of the Houston, Texans. To find more

1636
01:21:11,640 --> 01:21:15,160
Speaker 1: information about Houston Methodist log on to Houston Methodist dot

1637
01:21:15,240 --> 01:21:19,280
Speaker 1: org Houston Methodist Leading Medicine. Big thanks to Mark vander

1638
01:21:19,320 --> 01:21:25,000
Speaker 1: Meer and to doctor Taylor Brown, who I probably should

1639
01:21:25,000 --> 01:21:26,680
Speaker 1: go see you at some point try and fix these

1640
01:21:26,760 --> 01:21:31,720
Speaker 1: knees that were ravaged by years of playing catcher when

1641
01:21:31,720 --> 01:21:34,320
Speaker 1: I was younger, way way back in the day. And

1642
01:21:34,439 --> 01:21:36,559
Speaker 1: want to think about it, man, I don't know how.

1643
01:21:37,640 --> 01:21:40,880
Speaker 1: I don't know how. I just squatted, stood, squatted and stood,

1644
01:21:40,920 --> 01:21:43,479
Speaker 1: squatted and stood. That's got to take I mean, that's

1645
01:21:43,479 --> 01:21:46,840
Speaker 1: gotta take some toll on your knees, I would imagine.

1646
01:21:46,880 --> 01:21:49,599
Speaker 1: But not worried about my knees. We're worried about Justin

1647
01:21:49,720 --> 01:21:53,400
Speaker 1: Reid and Camu grugier Hill and hopefully those guys will

1648
01:21:53,520 --> 01:21:58,160
Speaker 1: get on the field on Sunday against the Buffalo Bills.

1649
01:21:58,280 --> 01:22:04,000
Speaker 1: They are sorely and desperately needed on the field. Well,

1650
01:22:04,160 --> 01:22:07,360
Speaker 1: a guy that is needed on the field desperately in

1651
01:22:07,360 --> 01:22:11,360
Speaker 1: a different location is Richard Sherman. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, dealing

1652
01:22:11,360 --> 01:22:14,479
Speaker 1: with a number of injuries at the cornerback position. Jamal

1653
01:22:14,600 --> 01:22:18,280
Speaker 1: Dean had been banged up, and I think Carlton Davis

1654
01:22:18,320 --> 01:22:20,920
Speaker 1: was banged up a little bit as well. So they

1655
01:22:20,920 --> 01:22:24,960
Speaker 1: were in desperate need of corners, and so Richard Sherman

1656
01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:27,920
Speaker 1: signed a one year contract two point two five billion

1657
01:22:27,920 --> 01:22:31,599
Speaker 1: dollars five hundred thousand guarantee. They put wide receiver Scotty

1658
01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:34,759
Speaker 1: Miller dealing with some turftoe, put him on the injured reserve,

1659
01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:38,479
Speaker 1: which made room for Richard Sherman on the Tampa Bay

1660
01:22:38,479 --> 01:22:43,880
Speaker 1: Buccaneers roster. And of course, of course you saw the

1661
01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:46,439
Speaker 1: memes of Tom Brady taking a need of the Super Bowl,

1662
01:22:46,479 --> 01:22:48,639
Speaker 1: Richard Sherman trying to shake his hand there now teammates

1663
01:22:48,720 --> 01:22:52,360
Speaker 1: and apparently Tom Brady reaching out to Richard Sherman to

1664
01:22:52,400 --> 01:22:55,280
Speaker 1: try and bring him there. Tom Brady to not reach

1665
01:22:55,320 --> 01:22:58,160
Speaker 1: out to Josh Gordon although they flight together in New England.

1666
01:22:58,240 --> 01:23:02,800
Speaker 1: Josh Gordon is signing with the Kansas City Chiefs. It

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01:23:02,880 --> 01:23:04,800
Speaker 1: does not look like he is going to play this

1668
01:23:04,840 --> 01:23:08,400
Speaker 1: week in the Andy Reid Special AKA Chiefs for the Eagles.

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01:23:08,560 --> 01:23:12,040
Speaker 1: Don't look for Josh Gordon just yet. This one in

1670
01:23:12,000 --> 01:23:15,719
Speaker 1: AFC South, we need to keep an eye on. Tennessee.

1671
01:23:15,760 --> 01:23:20,439
Speaker 1: Titans could be without both Julio Jones and A J. Brown.

1672
01:23:20,680 --> 01:23:24,040
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, it's the Jets. God dang it why

1673
01:23:24,040 --> 01:23:29,520
Speaker 1: couldn't that game be against the Rams, or the Cardinals

1674
01:23:29,800 --> 01:23:33,960
Speaker 1: or the Jets. And that's probably why that they're gonna

1675
01:23:33,960 --> 01:23:37,120
Speaker 1: miss this game is because it's the freaking Jets and

1676
01:23:37,160 --> 01:23:40,000
Speaker 1: the Jets are not very good. So it does look

1677
01:23:40,040 --> 01:23:43,080
Speaker 1: like a j Brown Julio Jones could very well miss

1678
01:23:43,200 --> 01:23:46,840
Speaker 1: that Week four game against the New York Jets. Jester

1679
01:23:46,960 --> 01:23:49,680
Speaker 1: Rodgers had a touchdown last week, so he'll step up.

1680
01:23:49,840 --> 01:23:53,519
Speaker 1: And Nick Westbrook at Keene also had a touchdown for

1681
01:23:53,720 --> 01:23:55,840
Speaker 1: the Titans the other day, so I think the Titans

1682
01:23:55,880 --> 01:23:58,880
Speaker 1: will be okay because twenty two is still running the rock.

1683
01:23:59,080 --> 01:24:02,040
Speaker 1: So just a few nuggets around the NFL in addition

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01:24:02,160 --> 01:24:05,000
Speaker 1: to our Houston Methodist minutes to finish us up here

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01:24:05,040 --> 01:24:09,280
Speaker 1: on this Wednesday edition of Texans All Access. Appreciate everybody

1686
01:24:09,520 --> 01:24:13,679
Speaker 1: involved on the show. Appreciate Mark and Nick Cassario. Drew

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01:24:13,720 --> 01:24:16,400
Speaker 1: Doherty joined me as well. He had Deep Cindy with

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Speaker 1: Maddie Glab John Murphy as we went, men behind the

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Speaker 1: Mike's and you guys were here and that makes me happy.

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Speaker 1: Thank you very much to Jimmy Mudd keeping us on

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Speaker 1: the straight and era tonight. He's the best. We'll see

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Speaker 1: all tomorrow and as always go Texans.