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Speaker 1: back when you're a kid. You have the party at McDonald's.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if you ever did that, have the

428
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Speaker 1: party at McDonald's and you have the cake and all

429
00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:44,160
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. So um, you know, but happy

430
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Speaker 1: birthday to her. Well, i'm surprised if you're doing the

431
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Speaker 1: show tonight. I mean, I appreciate it, we all do.

432
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Speaker 1: But is she okay? Sorry, age, Happy birthday, Happy birthday too. Well,

433
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Speaker 1: had we not been in the coronavirus situation, and there's

434
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Speaker 1: Joe Ann our producer playing happy birthday, Oh thank you

435
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Speaker 1: with a piano bar. This is nice cocktails, Yes, very nice,

436
00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,800
Speaker 1: It is very nice. So yeah, I know, she she

437
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:16,399
Speaker 1: she understood I think it. Had we not been in

438
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Speaker 1: a coronavirus situation, and maybe maybe maybe, but I've gotten

439
00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:22,800
Speaker 1: a little bit of a side eye when I said, hey,

440
00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:26,000
Speaker 1: I gotta go do radio right now. But she's understanding.

441
00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,680
Speaker 1: She's lovely, she is beautiful, and it's her birthday, so

442
00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,360
Speaker 1: happy birthday to her. All right, it's time to get

443
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Speaker 1: to our guest, and that would be from northernda Ill

444
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:40,840
Speaker 1: Illinois University. He is no longer a rookie. He is

445
00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:46,440
Speaker 1: a second year offensive guard and Max Sharping joins us down. Max.

446
00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,080
Speaker 1: I know that's got to sound pretty darn good to

447
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:51,719
Speaker 1: no longer hear the word rookie in front of your name. Man,

448
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:56,160
Speaker 1: How you doing, Yeah, definitely sounds a little bit better

449
00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,840
Speaker 1: when you say second year guys. So I'm doing well.

450
00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,359
Speaker 1: This offseason has been one of a kind, and I

451
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,760
Speaker 1: hope it's the last time we ever do something like this.

452
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:09,879
Speaker 1: What's it been like for you doing this virtual off season,

453
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,920
Speaker 1: being away from the building when typically you would be

454
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 1: there with your teammates, hanging the locker room, go to practice,

455
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,280
Speaker 1: you know, meeting rooms, all that kind of stuff, just

456
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:18,960
Speaker 1: seeing the guys every day. How what's it been like

457
00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,640
Speaker 1: for you? Yeah, obviously it's a lot different from last year,

458
00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:27,679
Speaker 1: even and you kind of have to use the vets

459
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:30,440
Speaker 1: that have been in the league for a while to

460
00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,879
Speaker 1: kind of help you along, you know, what it's normally like, because,

461
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,280
Speaker 1: like you said, this would have been my first normal

462
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,840
Speaker 1: off season, I guess, other than being a rook anyway,

463
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Speaker 1: So you know, you kind of have to lean on

464
00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,560
Speaker 1: some older guys to see what their input is and

465
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Speaker 1: just go along with the virtual meetings as best as

466
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Speaker 1: you can. When you think back to your rookie year

467
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Speaker 1: and you think about learning this offense, how do you

468
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Speaker 1: think it would have gone had you gone through this

469
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Speaker 1: offseason as a rookie trying to learn everything you need

470
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Speaker 1: to learn about this particular offense. How difficult would that

471
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Speaker 1: have been if this has been your rookie year as

472
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Speaker 1: opposed to your second year when you've had a whole

473
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Speaker 1: full year of playing in this offense. Yeah, I think

474
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Speaker 1: it definitely would be more more difficult. But our coaches

475
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,199
Speaker 1: are actually doing a great job in the virtual meetings.

476
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Speaker 1: You know, they can screen share and help us along there.

477
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Speaker 1: So you know, with our coaching staff the way the

478
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Speaker 1: way they have been preparing us, I think it wouldn't

479
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Speaker 1: have been as bad as as bad as I think Yeah, Wellen,

480
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,520
Speaker 1: you think back to your rookie year. I always think

481
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Speaker 1: about you because because in training camp, we're there for

482
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Speaker 1: about five days maybe, and then not only did we

483
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Speaker 1: go scrimmage against the team you grew up watching, it's

484
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Speaker 1: literally in your hometown. You and I talked a little

485
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Speaker 1: bit about that, But what was that experience like going back?

486
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Speaker 1: Obviously you're a rookie, You're trying to impress everybody. You're

487
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Speaker 1: trying to do great in scrimmages. You're trying to show

488
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Speaker 1: Coach devil and what you can do and the staff

489
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Speaker 1: what you can do, and then all of a sudden,

490
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Speaker 1: you have your entire family descending upon you right there

491
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Speaker 1: in Green Bay, Wisconsin. What was that experience like last

492
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Speaker 1: year when we went up to Green Bay, your hometown. Yeah,

493
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Speaker 1: I mean it's one of a kind really when you

494
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Speaker 1: think about it, I mean, you couldn't have written a

495
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 1: better storyline for me. You know, first ever game, even

496
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 1: if it's a preseason you know, it's still a big deal.

497
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Speaker 1: Going to do joint practices and places that I had

498
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Speaker 1: toured when I was a kid, you know, and never

499
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Speaker 1: really been that deep inside lambeau Field before. But it

500
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Speaker 1: was it was a really unique experience that I'm glad

501
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Speaker 1: I was able to take part in. Then a few

502
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Speaker 1: weeks later, we got to Los Angeles. It's week three

503
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Speaker 1: of the season. We're sitting at one in one, just

504
00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:45,000
Speaker 1: beat the Jags and starting offense goes out and you

505
00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,480
Speaker 1: go out. It's your first starts, your first time in

506
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Speaker 1: the NFL, taken on the Chargers, a really good defensive front.

507
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Speaker 1: What was that experience like, Max, when you stepped out

508
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Speaker 1: on the field to go with the starters for that

509
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Speaker 1: first time. We knew you were ready, we could see

510
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Speaker 1: it in the way you play, But what were your

511
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,040
Speaker 1: nerves like the night before? What was that experience like

512
00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 1: when you went out on the field for that first

513
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Speaker 1: time against the charters. I think, you know, every time

514
00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:12,440
Speaker 1: you step out in the field, you always have jenners,

515
00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:14,960
Speaker 1: but at that time was a little bit more than normal.

516
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Speaker 1: I'm lucky enough to play next to you know, LT

517
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Speaker 1: and Nick, So those guys really helped call me down

518
00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,119
Speaker 1: before the game, just reassured me, you know, you know

519
00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,080
Speaker 1: what you're doing, just go out there and play. So

520
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,359
Speaker 1: those two play next to me, for sure helped. Is

521
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Speaker 1: there a moment from last year that sticks out that

522
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Speaker 1: you remember, whether it was you know, a you know,

523
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,400
Speaker 1: a great play, touchdown, whatever the case might be, a win, whatever.

524
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Speaker 1: Is there a moment that sticks out more than any

525
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Speaker 1: other from your rookie year. I think the locker room

526
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Speaker 1: after the Tampa Bay game when we we clinched the

527
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,200
Speaker 1: SEC South. I think that was a special moment for

528
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Speaker 1: us as a team, you know, especially being my first one.

529
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Speaker 1: Hopefully many more to come, but that was special. That

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00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,640
Speaker 1: was that was really cool. Now, you obviously come into

531
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Speaker 1: the league. You played a lot offensive tackle at Northern Illinois.

532
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 1: Then you come into the league and I say, um,

533
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 1: you're moving three feet the inside. What was that experience like?

534
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 1: And I know you did play a lot of tackle,

535
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 1: but did they talk to you in the draft process

536
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,719
Speaker 1: about potentially moving to guard and what was that movement

537
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,159
Speaker 1: like and how tough was it to adapt. I have

538
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,920
Speaker 1: a friend of mine at jokes with me all the time.

539
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 1: He likes football, but he's not in it like we

540
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,720
Speaker 1: all are. And he's like, Oh, you're doing is moving

541
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,160
Speaker 1: three feet inside? And I'm like, oh, it's a little

542
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:36,440
Speaker 1: bit different. How did you find that experience? Yeah, thankfully

543
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:40,440
Speaker 1: I was. I guess warned that I could be moved in.

544
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,080
Speaker 1: But I had played guard a little bit in college,

545
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 1: even my freshman year, so I'd been somewhat used to

546
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: the experience, I'll say, obviously, not at this level. So

547
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:53,440
Speaker 1: once we got into training camp and I got, you know,

548
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 1: my feet wet a little bit, started becoming more comfortable,

549
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 1: and I knew it was a possibility and I was

550
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Speaker 1: ready for it. So I was just just wanted to

551
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 1: get on the field anyway I could. When you get

552
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,200
Speaker 1: in the game in week three and you start and

553
00:28:05,320 --> 00:28:07,880
Speaker 1: you look, you're right, you'd see Nick Martin, and you'd

554
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 1: see Nick the entire training camp, You've been with you

555
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: every step of the way. You look left and you

556
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 1: see a guy that just got there basically for week

557
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:20,080
Speaker 1: one in Laramie Tunsel. What was it like playing next

558
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:24,000
Speaker 1: to Lt. Laramie Tunsel And obviously Nick Martin, you're right,

559
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 1: having those two vets next to you, Yeah, obviously it

560
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,879
Speaker 1: helps a lot. You know, Like you said, I've been

561
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,879
Speaker 1: playing next to Nick all throughout since I had stepped

562
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: into Houston. You know, so that that for sure, that

563
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 1: confidence in his leadership at that position really helps everyone

564
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,960
Speaker 1: on the line. And then when you have you know,

565
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 1: Laramie out out to your other side, I mean, Pro

566
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:49,719
Speaker 1: Bowl or what else you want going to stay right there?

567
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: You know. I mean, he's the best left tackle in

568
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 1: the game right now. So anytime you have a guy

569
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,360
Speaker 1: like that, it just makes you more comfortable when you're

570
00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 1: slotted in between guys, Like how long did it take

571
00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:05,560
Speaker 1: for you to get comfortable playing next to those two guys?

572
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 1: Did did you feel comfortable at some point? I know

573
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: in the Chargers game, there was a moment that I

574
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 1: remember distinctly, and I happened to be just kind of in.

575
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 1: You were right in my purview, and I saw melbourn

576
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 1: Ingram try to throw a spin move on you, and

577
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 1: you just didn't go and you just stoned him. And

578
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 1: I remember saying that on the broadcast that I think

579
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 1: Max is gonna be okay. Was there kind of a

580
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,120
Speaker 1: moment where you felt like, maybe not that okay, I

581
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: got this thing lick, But did you feel okay, I'm

582
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: getting much more comfortable than I was the week before,

583
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 1: two weeks before, et cetera. Did you was there a

584
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 1: point where you felt, Okay, I'm getting really comfortable with

585
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: what I'm doing here. I couldn't point to a specific

586
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 1: play or game or anything like that. I think just

587
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 1: the experience, you know, rep after rep once, you know,

588
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:54,960
Speaker 1: in practice and game reps with those guys, you just

589
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 1: kind of get into a rhythm and a routine and

590
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 1: you just kind of get used to play next to

591
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 1: each other. Now, I watched your tape in Northern Illinois,

592
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,400
Speaker 1: so I know you had quarterbacks that weren't allergic to

593
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 1: moving around in the pocket a little bit. But Deshaun

594
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 1: Watson's a whole different cat back there with what he's

595
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 1: able to do. How different was that as far as

596
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,640
Speaker 1: adjustment goes for Oh wait, DeShawn Okay, the time in

597
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 1: my head says Deshan show throwing the ball, but he's

598
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 1: still back there. How long did that take to kind

599
00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 1: of get used to having a quarterback like de Sean

600
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:30,640
Speaker 1: behind you where the play is really never over until

601
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 1: the referees whistle. Yeah. I think the best way to

602
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,120
Speaker 1: describe it as one of the first meetings that I

603
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 1: have with Dev. That was the thing he brought up.

604
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 1: You know, with the Sean back there, you have to

605
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: extend your internal play clock by three to four to

606
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 1: five times, like and like he said, it's it's never over.

607
00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:52,520
Speaker 1: And I don't think you ever really get used to

608
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: that watching some of the highlights where you watch him escape,

609
00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,720
Speaker 1: you know, for defenders in one play and you're just

610
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:04,040
Speaker 1: how the hell did he do that? Yeah, and I

611
00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:05,959
Speaker 1: don't that that part. I don't think you ever get

612
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: used to. But you know, in your mind, you're just thinking, Okay,

613
00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 1: I just gotta keep going, I just gotta keep playing,

614
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 1: just gotta keep my feet moving because you never know

615
00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 1: where he's gonna be and what play he's gonna make next. Obviously,

616
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: they went over Buffalo unbelievable. You guys are down sixteen

617
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: to nothing. What was sort of the secret sauce that

618
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 1: kind of got you guys going? And that win over

619
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:29,120
Speaker 1: Buffalo in the wild card round. I don't think there

620
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 1: was anything really special. I think we knew we had

621
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,479
Speaker 1: a good game plan. Obviously, with the guys we had

622
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 1: on the field, we knew it was just a matter

623
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 1: of time before you know, we got something going. And

624
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,000
Speaker 1: that's that's one of the other things that you know,

625
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 1: especially Tim Kelly preaches all the time, is we're never

626
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: out of a game, no matter what it is. I mean,

627
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 1: you look back at plenty of games over the season.

628
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 1: I mean, Kansas City the first time, you know, you

629
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 1: brought up the playoff game with Buffalo. I mean, we're down,

630
00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 1: and it's it's never over when we have you know,

631
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 1: DeShawn back there and all those wide receivers we got,

632
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: So you know, I don't think it's anything special. I

633
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 1: think we just knew we had the players around us.

634
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 1: We just got to keep grinding away and eventually something

635
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 1: good gonna something good is gonna happen. When did you

636
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: have an opportunity to see what had happened on that play?

637
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 1: To Taiwan Jones, I mean, obviously you're blocking. Did you

638
00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 1: have a sense of what was going on? When did

639
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 1: you get a chance to know what actually happened on

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Speaker 1: that play right before the game winning field goal. I

641
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 1: mean I knew they were blitzing, but I didn't know

642
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,960
Speaker 1: the extent of it. I didn't know exactly what happened

643
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 1: with the Sean until film the next day. So I mean,

644
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 1: I just I knew it was an amazing play. I

645
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 1: didn't see how amazing until, you know, I think it

646
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 1: maybe it blew up on Twitter probably too, and I

647
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 1: maybe saw it there but the nifel like just after

648
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:51,800
Speaker 1: the game. But yeah, I didn't really see the full

649
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 1: extent of it until film the next day. Yeah, thank god,

650
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: because you've been watching it live. You would have probably

651
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 1: been as scared as everybody else and probably would have

652
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 1: been so would have let somebody leaking through, which you

653
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 1: definitely did not do. Muster out the year, Max Sharping,

654
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 1: I cannot thank you enough for your time, my man.

655
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,400
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. Enjoy the offseason. Hopefully we'll get

656
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,200
Speaker 1: a chance to assume I'm my friend, appreciate it. Thank

657
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: you for having boy. He has become in a short

658
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 1: amount of time mark one of my favorite guys interview.

659
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:19,600
Speaker 1: And he could really I mean I could really just

660
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 1: throw anything at him. But I started with the you know,

661
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 1: going to Green Bay last year for people that don't

662
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 1: know he is from, He's from green Bay. Then he

663
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: went to Northern Illinois, and that's sort of how we

664
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 1: connected because my parents live an hour north of Green Bay,

665
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 1: and so we were talking about that trip and I

666
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:40,000
Speaker 1: caught him in a non media moment and I just

667
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 1: asked him about that whole process because we were there

668
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 1: what four or five days? I mean you and I

669
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: said a land speed record driving eighty miles an hour

670
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 1: back up to Lamba to do radio one night. It

671
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 1: was a tremendous, tremendous trip. And I said to him,

672
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 1: what was that like? And he goes, Man, he goes,

673
00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: I had people coming out of the woodworks. He's there

674
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: were people everywhere. Family members just wanted, you know, just

675
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,719
Speaker 1: wanted to talk to me, just see me. Then they

676
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,399
Speaker 1: wanted to see me on game day. He's like, look,

677
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,240
Speaker 1: this is my first preseason game in my NFL career.

678
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,759
Speaker 1: I gotta go get locked in, guys. So he said,

679
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,600
Speaker 1: it was a great trip, yet crazy, but though it

680
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 1: was kind of cool that he was able to start

681
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:23,360
Speaker 1: that trip or started his career with an opportunity to

682
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 1: go back home, literally go back home when we went

683
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 1: up to see the Packers last year. Oh, that was

684
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,320
Speaker 1: such a great trip. And by the way, you just

685
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,719
Speaker 1: brought back the memory of us high tailing it back

686
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,919
Speaker 1: to Lambeau to do the show when our equipment broke

687
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 1: down back at the hotel. And yeah, I'm glad that

688
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,320
Speaker 1: I wasn't thrown in packer jail or it would be

689
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 1: actually the real jail on Green Bay. So that's good.

690
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:51,799
Speaker 1: I apologize retroactively to everybody in Green Break in Green Bay. Sorry, Well,

691
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 1: there's guy. I mean, I would imagine that the sharp

692
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:55,840
Speaker 1: inch probably could have gotten this out. I'm sure they

693
00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,719
Speaker 1: probably know a few people in the Green Bay Police Force.

694
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,640
Speaker 1: I would I would guess that's just that's a hunch.

695
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 1: Maybe we wouldn't have stayed there all that long. But

696
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 1: you did a great job because we got back on there. Okay,

697
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 1: Now that was sort of a what you Remember When

698
00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,200
Speaker 1: with our green Bay trip last year. Mark, it's Wednesday.

699
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 1: We did this last week. We're gonna do it again

700
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,840
Speaker 1: for Mark Vandermuir and Mark Vandemir only. This is a

701
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:24,400
Speaker 1: segment only for Mark called what you Remember When Wednesday.

702
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,640
Speaker 1: I've got a sweet half dozen. I'm gonna hit him

703
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:31,280
Speaker 1: with next right here in Texans Oxen download the Texans

704
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 1: Mobile app for news, videos and alerts and more on

705
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: your Houston Texans. This is the Seawan Watson. You're listening

706
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:50,439
Speaker 1: to Tessa's radio. My goodness, John here, Mark there, Mark

707
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 1: Pete Prisco put out his top one hundred players in

708
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:59,359
Speaker 1: the NFL. Oh gosh, am I gonna be upset. Guess

709
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:07,879
Speaker 1: where he has a Shawn Watson seven. Multiply it by nine.

710
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: In your clothes. He has him at number sixty two. Oh,

711
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,840
Speaker 1: he's just Pete. You know. Look, I do like Pete.

712
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: I know, maybe I don't really like. No. I enjoyed

713
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 1: talking with Pete, but come on, Pete, get out of here. Seriously.

714
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,320
Speaker 1: We need to go through this. We need to go

715
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: through this at some point. But yes, six number sixty two.

716
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 1: It's it's like what we were talking about with the

717
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 1: Who's Better yesterday? The quarterbacks in Elway Marino. So I

718
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 1: was having a conversation with vander Kidd about it, and

719
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,279
Speaker 1: he said, we were talking about the He said, dad,

720
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 1: top three all time quarterbacks. And I'm like, that's very tough.

721
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,759
Speaker 1: He said, does Peyton Manning make it? I said he might,

722
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,319
Speaker 1: he might, and I list we started talking. He said,

723
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 1: what about Drew Brees. I said, Drew Brees is great?

724
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 1: He said, what about all those numbers? Great? But let's

725
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,839
Speaker 1: just look at it this way. If we're drafting, Yeah,

726
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 1: I always have to go back to that. We are

727
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:58,640
Speaker 1: setting up a season, we get everybody in their prime.

728
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: Where's Brees being taken as opposed to everybody else who's available? Right?

729
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:05,799
Speaker 1: And I don't want to answer that question right now,

730
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:09,439
Speaker 1: but let's go here. We're evaluating every player in the league.

731
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:13,799
Speaker 1: Right now, where's Watson being taken relative to everybody else

732
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:17,920
Speaker 1: who's available. He's going top seven, Johnny, He's going as

733
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Right if we're starting a new league

734
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,760
Speaker 1: and we're drafting, he's going top five. It's DeShawn Watson.

735
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 1: You're gonna take your chances with DeShawn Watson. Here's this comment.

736
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,440
Speaker 1: You wonder what he'd be like with more help in

737
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 1: terms of an offensive line. He threw twenty six passes touchdown.

738
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: Was this written last year? Was this written in twenty

739
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 1: nineteen before the draft? Sorry? Yeah, that's okay. Yeah, there

740
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 1: are two players that made the list. I'm sure you

741
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,560
Speaker 1: can figure those out. J J. Watt rated lower than

742
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:54,399
Speaker 1: his brother TJ. Watt, and Shawn made it at number

743
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,279
Speaker 1: sixty two, and then the others receiving votes. I was

744
00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 1: glad to see this z that cutting him also receiving votes.

745
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: I think he is criminally under ratio. Okay, we did

746
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:07,640
Speaker 1: this last week. We call it what you remember when

747
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:12,319
Speaker 1: Wednesday for Mark and Mark only. Mark has been here

748
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:17,760
Speaker 1: for every single moment. He is the only person outside

749
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 1: of Andre who could speak to every single moment that

750
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 1: involved the Texans. So Mark speak of the devil number one.

751
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:31,360
Speaker 1: What you remember when Shaun Watson was drafted in twenty seventeen.

752
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 1: I remember being in the bathroom and the Texans moved

753
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: up and they were on the clock because we didn't

754
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,960
Speaker 1: think there was a chance of them doing this. They

755
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 1: had never done anything like this before. They moved up

756
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:44,800
Speaker 1: one spot before in the first round, but never that

757
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 1: kind of gigantic move upward. And I knew exactly what

758
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 1: it was for. And I never really even thought of

759
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson as a Texans quarterback. Johnny that night was

760
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 1: sort of it was such a surprise. It was surprise

761
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:01,839
Speaker 1: you got de Shaun Watson. Never expected it. I thought

762
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: it was tremendous. I was so excited. I uh, that's

763
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: my memory. That's that's what jumps out to me. Yeah,

764
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,960
Speaker 1: that was such a whild I mean, you mentioned it,

765
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: you were in the bathroom. I remember when you got

766
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 1: back on stage, you kind of smiled your face, and

767
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: I've got this look on my face, like, oh my god,

768
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,320
Speaker 1: you're not gonna believe what happened. You're like what I

769
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 1: was like, we just trade it up and then mass

770
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 1: chaos ensues. I mean, I hope it didn't sound that

771
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: way when we were on the air. But it was like,

772
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 1: we gotta got his break, We gotta make sure we

773
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,840
Speaker 1: get this from Goodell. I mean, it was just nuts.

774
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 1: But we're about to make history. And I always wonder,

775
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: you know, how good is he gonna be? You know,

776
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:43,160
Speaker 1: you never know, because I know everybody loved him coming out,

777
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 1: But we've seen college quarterbacks do it before at that

778
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: level and not be able to do it in the

779
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 1: National Football League. You know, Vince Young comes to mind, now,

780
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 1: v Hyatt some nice moments and everything, but Watson's clearly

781
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 1: cut above and nothing against me. Why but it cut

782
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 1: above a many people. I mean the fact that the

783
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:05,279
Speaker 1: college stuff does count and when you see it start

784
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 1: to translate right away. We saw it right away in OTAs.

785
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 1: We saw something special. Some Sparks training camp saw the

786
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 1: Sparks saw something special that first preseason game with the Panthers,

787
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,480
Speaker 1: the first start against the Bengals, and then the eruption

788
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:19,600
Speaker 1: against New England the following week. All of a sudden,

789
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, this guy's not only good as a rookie,

790
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 1: he's phenomenal. Look at this and it's been so much fun.

791
00:40:27,080 --> 00:40:30,520
Speaker 1: It's gonna be more fun as we progress through his career. Okay,

792
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:35,919
Speaker 1: number two, what's you remember when Justin Reid picked off

793
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 1: Alex Smith for a one hundred and one yard pick

794
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:43,320
Speaker 1: six in Washington in twenty eighteen. All right, so those plays.

795
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,319
Speaker 1: As a play by play guy, you're calling the play

796
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,439
Speaker 1: and by the time you say his name and he's

797
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 1: on the move, you know, he's already at the fifty.

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00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:53,560
Speaker 1: By the time he's coming out of the end zone,

799
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 1: you know, as you're describing it. So so just hang

800
00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,560
Speaker 1: in there. Is this really a touchdown? Let's letter rip.

801
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:05,240
Speaker 1: I thought of Marcus Coleman during the call. It popped

802
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:07,520
Speaker 1: into my mind. This is Coleman against the Chiefs in

803
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 1: Week three of two thousand and four when he went

804
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: coast to coast off a Trent Green pick, which is

805
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 1: still the longest pick six in Texans history. I think

806
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:18,759
Speaker 1: this was short of it by a yard if I'm

807
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:24,560
Speaker 1: not mistaken. So really phenomenal stuff. And it's the Redskins,

808
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:26,680
Speaker 1: so you know that booth is the worst booth in

809
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 1: the league. So I was just glad we got the

810
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 1: call right. And that was a fun day. That was

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00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 1: a really good day. That was a good day. Unfortunately,

812
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:35,839
Speaker 1: was a good team at the time. They were six

813
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 1: and three, they were going places. They knocked Smith out,

814
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,520
Speaker 1: you know, hopefully not for his career, and the Redskins

815
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 1: were never the same after that. The Texans, obviously, that

816
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 1: was part of a nine game winning streak and they

817
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: went on to an eleven and five season. Ye all right,

818
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:57,440
Speaker 1: Number three. What you remember when Andre Johnson scored his

819
00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:02,879
Speaker 1: long touchdown against Cincinnati in the playoff game that put

820
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:06,040
Speaker 1: the Texans ahead twenty four to ten, which pretty much

821
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,400
Speaker 1: sealed the deal that day. What you remember when Andre scored,

822
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,719
Speaker 1: it was a relief. It was a relief. Really. I

823
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:16,960
Speaker 1: was so happy that he scored. I couldn't stand it.

824
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:22,080
Speaker 1: When Larry Fitzgerald finally made a deep postseason run and

825
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,800
Speaker 1: got to the super Bowl, and you know, nothing against

826
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 1: Larry again. I like Larry, but Andrea, I thought, he's

827
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:30,799
Speaker 1: got to get into the playoffs. We have to get

828
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:32,320
Speaker 1: him in. And that's why I said welcome to the

829
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:35,759
Speaker 1: playoffs as part of that call, because I knew that

830
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 1: he was going to have a chance to shine and

831
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 1: likely would. And remember that season, he was banged up

832
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,440
Speaker 1: that year. He had two injuries. I want to say

833
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:47,520
Speaker 1: both of them were sort of sniper wounds, right, he

834
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 1: was just running free and just went down and they

835
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:53,320
Speaker 1: were really disturbing. But he came back both times and

836
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: got back for the postseason. He didn't play in that

837
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 1: first win over Cincinnati on the road in December, did

838
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:01,040
Speaker 1: not play in the game where Yates throws for three

839
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 1: hundred yards, And we're gonna do a little watch party

840
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 1: with TJ on that one next week. Stay tuned for

841
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,799
Speaker 1: information on that. But I'll never forget Audrey getting into

842
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 1: the end zone. And when Foster had his run, that

843
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 1: was that was icing. You know Foster earlier in his career,

844
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: and I thought, well, he's gonna do this again, right,

845
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 1: I hope. But for Andrey Johnson, you just knew you

846
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,200
Speaker 1: got to get him into the postseason and he's gonna

847
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,320
Speaker 1: have a chance to make special things happen. So I

848
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 1: went today I wanted to. I was trying to remember

849
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 1: when that play happened, and I was right about it

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Speaker 1: happening at seventeen ten. I was totally sure. But I

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Speaker 1: pulled up the game broadcast. That play almost never happens,

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Speaker 1: Mark because on third and six a couple plays before

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Speaker 1: TJ gets blitzed and they blew the coverage somehow Andre,

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Speaker 1: but TJ is getting heat. So TJ is being pushed

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Speaker 1: basically to his right. He's got to throw a back

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Speaker 1: across his body and Andre is able to stop himself,

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Speaker 1: kind of reach back with one hand and sort of

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Speaker 1: juggle it and corral it. Get the first down, and

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Speaker 1: then two plays later, Yates ends up hitting Andre for

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Speaker 1: the touchdown. And I've seeing that sequence of plays. It

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Speaker 1: made it even more impressive and it just kind of

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Speaker 1: warms your heart to see Dre make that touchdown. I'll

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Speaker 1: go to this one. I had a couple others, but

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Speaker 1: one of them the Texans lost. I want to hit

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Speaker 1: that one. Actually lost them, both of those. But what's

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Speaker 1: you remember when, oh, this one you have to go

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Speaker 1: too far back? JJ Watt sacked Josh Allen in the

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Speaker 1: wildcard game versus the Bills in twenty nineteen. So needed,

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Speaker 1: so needed at that time. That turned the whole game around.

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Speaker 1: I mean that was the spark because they labeled it,

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Speaker 1: but they needed something. They needed something to turn the

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Speaker 1: boat around. Tip the scales, make the seesaw go the

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Speaker 1: other way, swing the pendulum, whatever cliche, but up for

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Speaker 1: you want to use it happened and completely turned that

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Speaker 1: game around. And that's what what does. And Kubiak once

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Speaker 1: told me he's kind of like a quarterback. When you

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Speaker 1: need a big play, he can get you one. And

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Speaker 1: he's done that so many times in his career. To

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Speaker 1: see him do that, Johnny was so special coming back

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Speaker 1: for the postseason and making an impact like that. And

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Speaker 1: in the game they were going nowhere, as you know,

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Speaker 1: and then they went somewhere, they went to the next round.

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Speaker 1: That was cool. That was It's amazing to think back

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Speaker 1: and I watched that game from that play forward. Is

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Speaker 1: amazing how that whole thing turned around based on that

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Speaker 1: one particular play. Mark. Thank you very very much. As

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Speaker 1: I said earlier, we had a jam pack show, so big.

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Speaker 1: Thanks also to Max Sharping, to Joanna who kept us

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Speaker 1: on the air and does each and every night. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much. Thank you all very much for listening. Again,

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Speaker 1: a happy birthday to my wife, who I think is

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Speaker 1: probably listening right now and ready to send me for food.

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Speaker 1: Love you guys, thank you so much for listening. We'll

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Speaker 1: see you tomorrow and as always, go Texans. This is

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio on Sports Radio six ten. Sports Radio