1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: To be able to take it to that next level. 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:10,440 Speaker 1: That's what I'm excited about. Bill's rick past the Grenard 3 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: with the sack back at the twenty five yard line touchdown. 4 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: You're standing rock and roll, Traymon Smith, coast to coast. 5 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: There is no off season for your Houston Texans. Game 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: day is every day. No, it's Texans. It's all excess. 7 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: What's going on? Everybody? Welcome into a Thursday edition of 8 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: Texans All Access. I am John Harris, Welcome into the show. 9 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,440 Speaker 1: Glad you are with us tonight. I hope that we 10 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: have on the line with us Mark Vannimer and John McClain, 11 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 1: so I'll have I'll throw it up there the General, 12 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: John McClain, how are you doing? John? I'm doing great. John? 13 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 1: How are you? I am doing surprisingly well on a Thursday. 14 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: And I've got to start here. General, you missed Tuesday, 15 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: your normal Tuesday show. You're back today with Landry and John. 16 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: But it was John McClain day on Tuesday. I gotta 17 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 1: ask if all the different plot that you received, all 18 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,200 Speaker 1: the different kudos an appreciation of your career at the Chronicle, 19 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: where does this one rank John McClain day, hanging out 20 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: with the mayor on Tuesday. Johnny caught me totally off 21 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: guard when Mary Benton, who works with Mayor Sylvester Turner, 22 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: contacted me last Friday. At first I thought it was 23 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: a joke, and then she asked me if I could 24 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: do it Tuesday, and I sailah, of course I'd be honored, 25 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: and I was. And what was interesting as I was 26 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: walking into the City Hall, I remember the last time 27 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: I'd gone through those doors was nineteen ninety five when 28 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: Bob Lanier was our mayor and Bud Adams and he 29 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: were sparring over the boilers trying to get it money 30 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: for new stadium before or they moved to Nashville, and 31 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: that brought back a lot of bad memories. And as 32 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: soon as I walked into City Hall before the City 33 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 1: Council and it just blew me away, and the whole 34 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: the whole event blew me away. And one of the 35 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: things I liked about it, they gave me a proclamation framed. 36 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: They got Ken Alice are outstanding artists at the Chronicle 37 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: to a caricature of the General that was framed. And 38 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: then I and then Sylvester Turner brought up the fact 39 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: that he went to you of Ach and I went 40 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: to Baylor, and so I told him, maybe this is 41 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: not a good time to remind you who eliminated the 42 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: cougars and found four last year. And then he said, 43 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: if he known I was going to do that, he'd 44 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: take it all back. And we did a picture. We 45 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,679 Speaker 1: did turn and we took pictures holding up I was 46 00:02:56,720 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: holding up the proclamation, he's holding up and he was 47 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,239 Speaker 1: doing the cougars soon will go coogs and I was 48 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: doing sick and Bears. That was a hood general. It's 49 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,080 Speaker 1: so great that you've had this, this wonderful time with 50 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: people honoring you, and I know it's going to continue 51 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: and it's fantastic. So we were thrilled to be a 52 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 1: part of it last week having you on the show, 53 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 1: and that was terrific. I know we're going to continue 54 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,399 Speaker 1: to talk about this stuff. We want your football expertise, though, 55 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: first of all, your weather expertise, though. Is this not 56 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: the most beautiful day in the history of the city 57 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: of Houston and maybe planet Earth? My gosh. I was 58 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: certainly surprised when I got up and I have the 59 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: windows up and I had to get under a cover, 60 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: and then I thought, okay, you'll get bad again, but man, 61 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: it is. I'd be great to be outside. I've been 62 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: running around, went to Channel two, went to Sports Radio sixteen. 63 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: I've been on the move and add my windows down 64 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: and man, oh man, enjoy it while you can, because 65 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: we know it's not going to last. Exactly now, three 66 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: weeks from tonight, we're hoping to get the exact same 67 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: kind of weather or something similar. Anyway, for the draft 68 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: party presented by Miller at Miller Outdoor Theater right next 69 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: to the Houston Zoo Herman Park. You've been there, you've seated, 70 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: it's awesome. General. Your thoughts on first of all, well, 71 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: the party in general, but I want to know what 72 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: you're thinking. Will there be a trade or not with 73 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 1: the Texans first two picks either one, both, whatever, three 74 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: and thirteen in the first round? Your thoughts? First of all, 75 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:29,280 Speaker 1: somebody's been going to Miller Outdoor Theater off and on 76 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: since the seventies and watch them improve it through the decades. 77 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: It's a great place to go, and I know the 78 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 1: fans are pumped, as is everybody to have a first 79 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,360 Speaker 1: round pick again. Almost forgot what it was like. Last 80 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: one was Titus Howard, right and so to have a 81 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: first round pick again and a second round pick. I 82 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 1: was doing a couple of talk shows this week with 83 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: stations that don't have first round picks. I said, guys, 84 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: I'm your man. I can tell you what it's like, 85 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: what you need to do on draft day, on the 86 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: first day, and if you don't a second I can 87 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,719 Speaker 1: do that too. And now I know that Texans are pumped. 88 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: Media's pumped, fans are pumped, everybody's pumped. I think we'd 89 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: be naive to think Nick as Sario wouldn't trade one 90 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: of those to go down. Maybe maybe he goes back 91 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: up from thirteen. Who knows. All right, let's you know 92 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 1: this is a sports radio six ten thing, but we're 93 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: gonna use it. During a Texans radio program, Chris Santiago hit, 94 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: they'll break the sounder Sports Radio six ten, Houston Texans 95 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: breaking news. Okay, breaking news. Aaron Wilson reporting, maybe other 96 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: people as well, but I got a tweet from him. 97 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,960 Speaker 1: Texans have agreed to a two year extension with Brandon Cooks, 98 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: according to a league source. Aaron Wilson reporting this. So 99 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:56,720 Speaker 1: Cooks gets a two year extension with the Texans. Reportedly 100 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: gentlemen let's start with you general your thoughts on this. 101 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 1: I never thought for a minute that they were going 102 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: to trade Brandon Cooks, as I said on Sports Radio 103 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: sixteen this week, How azanain would that be? When you're 104 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 1: trying to get a second year quarterback to show improvement, 105 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,920 Speaker 1: and yet you're going to take away his leading weapon. 106 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,600 Speaker 1: That made no sense. And then of course they got 107 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: improved the running game. I think people around the league 108 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: don't understand how impressive it was what Mills did down 109 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: the stretch with the last five games with the worst 110 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 1: running game in franchise history. And so with Nick Cassario 111 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: bolsters that running game as we know he's gonna do. 112 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: And I sure if he takes one of those backs 113 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: in the second round, especially Bruce Hallard Kenneth Walker, and 114 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,799 Speaker 1: that's going to help Mills. And keeping his best weapon 115 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: with an extension makes it even better. I don't I 116 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: saw all these reports taxanes are talking about trading Brandon 117 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks. It's more like teams might have called about 118 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: his availability, and then when you see these National met 119 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 1: or Sports Cooks could be traded, then other teams are like, huh, well, 120 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: if he's on the if he's on the market, then 121 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: let me call and see what it'll take. And so 122 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: I think Cassario, unless he signed it to an extension 123 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: to trade him, which I doubt the happiest person out there, 124 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:21,320 Speaker 1: There's got to be two Davis Mills and Pep Hamilton 125 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: because PEPs in his first year as an offensive coordinator 126 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: for the Texans and he wants to have as many 127 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: weapons as possible. So right now you'd have to think 128 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: Cooks and Nico Collins of the starters. And he's brought 129 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: back some other receivers. But I still think they'll draft one, 130 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 1: but I don't think it'll be in the first or 131 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: second round. I see people having them take the first 132 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: round pick as receiver in the first round. No. I 133 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: heard a guy in the NFL network who played in 134 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: the NFL for thirteen years, had the Texans and taking 135 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: a quarterback at number three, and it was Sam Ow 136 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: And I'm like what. And so I could see with 137 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: Casario adding with his two fours, taking a receiver there, 138 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: or I think it's more likely what we're gonna see 139 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: Cassario does what he did last year, use some of 140 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: his extra picks to move back up to take a 141 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: player he's targeted that he really likes. You know, one 142 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: of my favorite radio stories because you never know what happens, 143 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: especially during the COVID year. And I guess it was 144 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: it had to be in April or March at some point, 145 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: and the three of us were doing a Thursday night 146 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: show and Mark and I were talking to you, John, 147 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 1: and we're asking you questions, and then all of a sudden, 148 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: there's just nothing on the other end. And because during 149 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,400 Speaker 1: COVID like kind of we are. Now we're in different locations, 150 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: so we don't know what happened. We're like, is John 151 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: just something happened to his phone? What's going on? And 152 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: then we looked down on Twitter and Brandon Cooks had 153 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 1: been traded for from the Rams at that point to 154 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: the Texans, and you were obviously getting information at that point. 155 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: So that's always one of my favorite radio stories. And John, 156 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: I was with you. I didn't think they were gonna 157 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: trade Brandy Cooks. Now. I've also said, you know Ted 158 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: DBAs the million dollar Man. WW said everyone's got a price, 159 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: and if somebody said, hey, we'll give you a first 160 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: round pick and this for Randy Cooks, well then of 161 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: course you got to consider it because everybody's got a price. 162 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: But I don't think you were going to get that 163 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: and the one other thing. And to your point, General, 164 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: I saw today and I don't remember who tweeted it, 165 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 1: but it was somebody tweeting, Hey, all these different teams 166 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: have been calling the Texans about Brandy Cooks. Well, they 167 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: could have been offering a fifth round pick, they could 168 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,200 Speaker 1: have been offering a sixth round pick. You have no 169 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: idea what they were offering. They would just call him 170 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,440 Speaker 1: to gauge and say, hey, what would you what would 171 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: you give us for Brandy Cooks. Nobody came out and said, oh, yeah, 172 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: we offered them two ones and a two. I mean 173 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: that would happen, but we don't know that. We have 174 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: no idea what teams were actually saying that they would 175 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:54,679 Speaker 1: trade to the Texans. So at that point it hopefully 176 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: this two year extension will keep him in Houston because General, 177 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:03,080 Speaker 1: I'm with I think if there's anything that has to 178 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: come out of twenty twenty two, I go back to 179 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: the fact that the Texans have got to find out 180 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: what they have in Davis Mills, because going into twenty 181 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: twenty three, I don't think we can have the same conversation, John, 182 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: and your thoughts on this going into twenty twenty two. 183 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 1: He's not the face of the franchise, but he's earned 184 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: the opportunity to start another year. We got to know 185 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: whether he's going on that track to be the face 186 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: of the franchise or it's just not gonna get there. 187 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: We need to start looking at a different quarterback. Do 188 00:10:33,040 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: you look at Davis Mills, John, and look at that 189 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: situation and say that it is potentially the most important 190 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,959 Speaker 1: thing to happen in twenty twenty two is not potentially? 191 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: It is because one of the reasons of Pat Hamilton 192 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: state here and he had a lot of offers to 193 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: go as an offensive coordinator and a quarterback coach, is 194 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,599 Speaker 1: how highly he thinks of Mills, and a lot of 195 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,959 Speaker 1: people around the country, and there's local people they can't 196 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: sink their teeth into that. I wrote a column for 197 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 1: the Chronicle of I Think two weeks ago saying that 198 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: Mills was the best rookie quarterback in the NFL down 199 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: a stretch, and I compared his record and his statistics 200 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: with Mac Jones, who started to fade, and Jones had 201 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: a top running game and a top defense you put 202 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: meals up there with the Patriots with a top running 203 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: game in the top defense, He'll bet he would have 204 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: been the best for the season. So, I knowing what 205 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: Lovey Smith and Pep Hamilton and Nick assario'll think about him, 206 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: he is the guy. Now, they won't come right out 207 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,440 Speaker 1: and say that, because I think they're probably hoping okay 208 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,839 Speaker 1: at number three. Maybe people think they might take the 209 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: leak will Is because they haven't come right out in 210 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: the tourist Davis Mills. So maybe we're better give him 211 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: a draft choice to swap spots like Sauth, Carolina and 212 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: whe The Texans haven't so many needs they couldn't go wrong. 213 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: But based on everything I've been told about how smart 214 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: Mills is, how hard he works, how he disseminates things 215 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 1: so well, and how he's respected by his teammates, he's 216 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: tough mentally. I go back to that five interception practice 217 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: where we just blasted him up one side and down 218 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 1: the other. He didn't pay attention to it. Came back 219 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 1: to next day and had a really good practice and 220 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,959 Speaker 1: the coaches love that. You know, you can't tell a 221 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:25,319 Speaker 1: guy throw five interceptions, but they wanted to see how 222 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,880 Speaker 1: he recovered and they saw what they wanted, and the 223 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: fact that he only started eleven games in college that 224 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: made his performance even better. And so this time next year, 225 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: if he hasn't made the progress they want, then they'll 226 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: be in the market for another quarterback. And next year's draft, 227 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,079 Speaker 1: assuming Bryce Young and CJ's Drout come out like everybody 228 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: thinks they will, is going to be a whole lot 229 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:53,720 Speaker 1: better draft than this one for quarterbacks. John Whitney Merciless 230 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: calls it a career two twelve first round draft choice 231 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: for the Texans. We all know he wrapped up with 232 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: the Packers, but obviously the vast majority of his career 233 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: with this franchise. How would you characterize Whitney's career with 234 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:13,040 Speaker 1: the Texans? Good player, great person. Quinney did so much 235 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: for Houston, and I hope he's still going to live 236 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: here and do continue to do as many good things 237 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 1: in the community as he did. There's something before that 238 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: twenty twelve draft, Rick Smith and Gary Kubia told me 239 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:30,480 Speaker 1: that we're talking about players, and both of them said, 240 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 1: individually of each other how much they liked Illinois defensive 241 00:13:36,160 --> 00:13:39,959 Speaker 1: end Whitney, Merciless and in most Monk drafts had him 242 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: going earlier. Well, I'm sitting in New York at the 243 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: draft and I think we're at Radio City Music Hall. 244 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: I'm sitting next to Shrene Williams, my best friend in 245 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,199 Speaker 1: the league four started Telegraph at the time and now 246 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: Pro Football talking. I told her as teams passed up 247 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: Merciless that I thought might take him. I said, I'm 248 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: telling you, what, if he's there, Texans are going to 249 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,079 Speaker 1: take him. And he was and Rix Smith didn't hesitate 250 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 1: and he took him. And one of the things I 251 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: always appreciated about Whitney. And there's other players I could 252 00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: say that about this DJ reader John Wicks of Tyran 253 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: Matthew when he was here, Jason Reid, got Jonathan Joseph. 254 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 1: Guys that sat their lockers were close to the entrance. 255 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: When the media came in, a lot of guys had disappeared, 256 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: and they would come in when we asked to interview them. 257 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 1: When he was always at his locker and if you 258 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: went up just to bs with him or if you 259 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: asked to talk to him, he was always available. Such 260 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: a class act. And we in the media and I 261 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: know you guys too, appreciated him so much. The kind 262 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: of person he is, kind of player he was, and 263 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: there's no doubt in my mind he's going to do 264 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: a lot of great things post career. And I'm guessing 265 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: the reason he had retired now is because he's got 266 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: some irons in the fire, which he's had for years. 267 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,360 Speaker 1: Ten year career, Whitney finishes it in Green Bay for 268 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,360 Speaker 1: a couple of games, but basically finished it here. A 269 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: few of the great games he had were against the 270 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars throughout his career, and John, the Jaguars sit 271 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: at the top, and I saw Ian Rapport a NFL 272 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: network say the Jaguars aren't get any calls from them 273 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: one pick? Well, uh no, bleep Sherlock, it's not going 274 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: to happen. So the Jaguars are going to be on 275 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: the clock to make a pick. John, if you were 276 00:15:29,080 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: Trent Balkie, Doug Peterson all wrapped into one and you 277 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: could make that decision, God bless you for that, but 278 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 1: you were gonna make the decision. Where do you think 279 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: the Jaguars go at number one? I'll tell you if 280 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 1: they have Aighton Hudginson raided his eyes everybody else, they 281 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: take him and they bury him. Opposite Josh Allen, and 282 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: they hope to keep him healthy and and terrorize AFC 283 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 1: quarter AFC South quarterbacks for years. And and then tray 284 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: Von Walker is the Some people have him rady ahead, 285 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: a Hudginson that's only happened in shorts and T shirts, 286 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,600 Speaker 1: and so maybe he'll be drafted higher. He just visited 287 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: the Texans as part of the thirty players who can 288 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: come in, and he's a tremendous prospect too. The key 289 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: is to me what Detroit does. Some people are trying 290 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: to pencil in Malik Willis there. They put Malik Willis 291 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,160 Speaker 1: a quarterback that until he gotten shorts and a T shirt, 292 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: people are saying, go the bottom of the first round, 293 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 1: maybe the second. Maybe somebody envisions him as Patrick Mahomes. 294 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: I don't think so. People say needs a year to 295 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 1: watch and learn. But the key is for them to 296 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: take a player the Texans don't want. And if they 297 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: say they took Hutchinson and Walker went second to Detroit, 298 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: and then that gives Nike Sario everybody else in the draft. 299 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: A lot of people haven't taken treyvon Cavon Walker in 300 00:16:56,160 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: the I'm sorry came on Thibadeau. And I'll say this, 301 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: if you have the third pick in the draft, you 302 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: can't take a player who ask question marks and Kavan Thibodeau, 303 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: people talk about him taking players off. He's so offended 304 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: about it. Maybe he'll go to the the Hall of Fame. 305 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: Maybe he'll be great, and he should have a big 306 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: chip on his shoulder, which he already does. But people 307 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 1: that I trust their opinion, and that's former GMS coaches 308 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,680 Speaker 1: who are in the media. They're here in the same 309 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 1: things that yeah, he took some plays off, doesn't mean 310 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: he will in the NFL. But to me, you can't 311 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,400 Speaker 1: take a guy that you wonder, okay, will he play 312 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,880 Speaker 1: hard all the time. And maybe that's who Equasari will take, 313 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: But I'd prefer him to take another position like Ikea Kwanu, 314 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 1: Evan Neil to beef up the running game and the 315 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: past protection or Kyle Hamilton, you know, the best safety 316 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: in years one of those guys, because they don't have questions. Well, 317 00:17:56,080 --> 00:17:58,960 Speaker 1: you've mentioned Olie Willis might be better suited to watch 318 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,199 Speaker 1: and learn, but Holmes actually did that himself, so there's that. 319 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: I know. It's a very unique situation being picked by 320 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: the chiefs the way they moved up together and then 321 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:09,679 Speaker 1: put him on the bench behind Alex Smith where he 322 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: could learn. Johnny and I did a show about quarterback 323 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:14,600 Speaker 1: inflation the other day. It was kind of entertaining. It's 324 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: how the Texans app general the Brandon Cooks signing. What 325 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: does it do if the Texans CEO really good wide 326 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: receiver and the crosshairs they have Nico, they have Cooks, 327 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: and I'm sure they're gonna take a receiver. I'm actually 328 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: not sure, but I would think they would take a 329 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: receiver at some point in this draft, but relatively early on. 330 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 1: What does the cook signing mean for the prospects of 331 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:36,720 Speaker 1: that happening. It means they don't have to target a 332 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: receiver higher than they want to. They have five of 333 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 1: the top eighty picks, plenty of needs two fours. I 334 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 1: could see him taking a receiver in the third or 335 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: the fourth round. And you know, I've told John Lopez 336 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:51,760 Speaker 1: and I were talking today he would have taken a second. 337 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 1: I said, I would not take a second for Cooks. 338 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 1: I said, I would take a first for Cooks. If 339 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: somebody made you an offer, you couldn't refuse because then 340 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 1: you got to have a receiver, and there's no guarantee 341 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 1: any of these wide receivers he's gonna be good. I 342 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: tell you something my wish Cassario would do, and I 343 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: don't think it'll be in the first round. He'd have 344 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,679 Speaker 1: to trade back into the first round. But I'd love 345 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 1: to see Jason Williams Williams who blew out his knee 346 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 1: at Alabama, who would be the highest rated receiver if 347 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: he had been hurt, and then put him on the 348 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: shelf till he's ready. But I don't think the Texans 349 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: could do that. They don't have a luxury with so 350 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: many needs. But I do think Nick will be making deals, 351 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: and it'll be to trade up, or it'll be for 352 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: two and twenty three because you don't want to have 353 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 1: eleven draft choices and a couple of undrafted rookies on 354 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: your roster. That's just too many young guys. And so 355 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,439 Speaker 1: I think that he'll go in safe. He goes in 356 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:51,919 Speaker 1: with Levin, he might come out with eight players or 357 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 1: nine players and extra draft choices next season if it 358 00:19:55,680 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 1: gets to thirteen see Kitty Pickett's There Willis is gone 359 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,919 Speaker 1: and there are a couple of teams dying to get 360 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: Kenny pick, and maybe he could pick up another one 361 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: number one pick in two thousand and twenty three. I 362 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: believe that this is phase two of the rebuild. In 363 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: two thousand and twenty three is when they're going to 364 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: be really competitive again, maybe a wild card consider depending 365 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: on what happens with Mills. And that's what you need 366 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: to really beef up in that draft, because Sarrio has 367 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:28,359 Speaker 1: already pointed out they're gonna have one hundred over one 368 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 1: hundred million in salary cap room in two thousand and 369 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: twenty three, so you'd be born in client to spend 370 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: more money on targeting a couple of three free agents. 371 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 1: So he's got to have some extra ammunition in the 372 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:44,280 Speaker 1: two thousand and twenty three draft, and I think he'll 373 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 1: get it in this one. John, speaking of extra ammunition 374 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: to twenty twenty three draft, the Eagles and Saints made 375 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: a deal this week. The Saints ended up they had eighteen, 376 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: They ended up with sixteen and nineteen. The Eagles had 377 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:01,199 Speaker 1: three picks. They go down to two picks fifteen and eighteen, 378 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: but then they get a first next year any second. 379 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 1: What do you think the motivation was for both sides 380 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 1: to make that deal. There was instant speculation John, that 381 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: the Eagles did it to try to beef up the 382 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: next year's draft in case they have to get a 383 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: quarterback and they're not sold on Jalen Arts that this 384 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: is a year for him to prove it, and then 385 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: they would have to imagine package picks to move up 386 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:29,439 Speaker 1: depending on who they wanted. And then the Saints. Saints 387 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 1: need a left tackle. I mean that, I don't know 388 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: if they're going to package this to move up. And 389 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 1: this is a deep draft for offensive tackles. But they 390 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: lost Terry armstred Stead to the Dolphins and free agency, 391 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: and so they've got to find a replacement up front, 392 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: and they have some other needs. But I don't see them. 393 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: Maybe I'm wrong packaging those picks to move up to 394 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:58,880 Speaker 1: get one of these quarterbacks. John, quick story time here. 395 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 1: I happen to have the longest yard on the screen 396 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 1: the other night because it was on the channel guide 397 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: that just punched it in and your scene came on 398 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,640 Speaker 1: the scene where obviously they're playing the big Game and 399 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: you and Peter King and others are in the press box. 400 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:18,040 Speaker 1: Where was that shot? How was that? One of the 401 00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: things I asked them to let me do, because I've 402 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: been in several movies by the two producers that did 403 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: that and I and I asked Jack gil Peut, who 404 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,880 Speaker 1: was a longtime producer for his best friend, and I'm saying, 405 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 1: we're if I could put together some media people that 406 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: would help publicize the movie. And so he said, okay, 407 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,280 Speaker 1: we got a press box scene. So Peter King, Sam Farmer, 408 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: Adam Schefter, Jay Glazer, I got them all. They flew 409 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,679 Speaker 1: us all out first classroom our cities, put us up 410 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: in really nice hotels, limotists from the airport to the hotel, 411 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:01,640 Speaker 1: then to the to the sit and set was on 412 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,399 Speaker 1: the Sony lot in Culver City. And what was really 413 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,679 Speaker 1: fun the night before we get there, we go to 414 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,159 Speaker 1: the open air bar in the hotel and I said, 415 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: in Chris Burman here, and they said, yeah, he came in. 416 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,439 Speaker 1: He was tired from flying across the country. So I 417 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: went and woke up. Chris said come down here and 418 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 1: have a drink quis and he was too tired, but 419 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: he did. And as soon as he got there, everybody 420 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,360 Speaker 1: wanted to talk to Chris Burman. So Chris Day's up 421 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: talking to fans, talking to us, you know, and then 422 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: he's got to wake up called like six am. He said, 423 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: it's okay, I only got two pages of dialogue. I'll 424 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 1: knock it out and go back to Connecticut. So when 425 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 1: we get there about two o'clock, he's still on the set. 426 00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: Because they liked him so much, they gave him like 427 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: six pages of dialogue. So he'd been there shooting all day, 428 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:51,880 Speaker 1: and I knew how miserable he was after the night 429 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: before Buddy pulled it off like a pro. So we 430 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:59,120 Speaker 1: were set up as a press box in the studio 431 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:02,919 Speaker 1: Culver City, and they had told us to bring, you know, laptops, 432 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 1: whatever we would need in a breast box. And one 433 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 1: of the things that the directors said, now, when Adam 434 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: scores the touchdown, he's gonna run over Bosworth and Romanowski. 435 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: And when he scores, I want you guys to stand 436 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,919 Speaker 1: up and chair. And they all look at me and 437 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: I said, I'm sorry, we don't do that. What do 438 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:23,480 Speaker 1: you mean you don't do that? We don't tune the 439 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,440 Speaker 1: breast box. You get kicked out. Well, it's in the script. 440 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,160 Speaker 1: I said, we can't do that, or you kid, we'd 441 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,360 Speaker 1: be humiliated. And Adam Sandler comes around a corner where 442 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: he's watching on the mind turn. He says, hey, they're 443 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:36,959 Speaker 1: the professionals, they know what they would do. Let them 444 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 1: do whatever they want to do. And so he did 445 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: and we did it and it was a lot of fun. 446 00:24:44,119 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 1: All right. Well, good story, and I really enjoyed the movie. 447 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:49,639 Speaker 1: It was good. It was good. Good to see it again. 448 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: Good to see Sandler and the boys, Chris Rock, Michael 449 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: Irvin do their thing. General must be like spring Breakers, 450 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: you know what, you know what the spring Breakers. I know. 451 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,239 Speaker 1: I've only seen like like forty five minutes of it. 452 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: One night I was watching it. I thought, this is 453 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 1: a way darker movie than I expected. I thought it 454 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: was gonna be like Zeny spring Breakers. It's kind of dark. General, 455 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: it's that it's comare. My wife said after the opening scene, 456 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: slow Moo on the beach topless. She said, there's a 457 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 1: way too many breaths in that movie, and I said, 458 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: there's no such thing. Guys, Thank you very much. I 459 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: appreciate it. 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That's good news, And Johnny, 488 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,360 Speaker 1: you know what else's good news If we have him 489 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: on Texans Monday every Monday morning during this season. That'd 490 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,159 Speaker 1: be cool because we did last year and he was awesome. 491 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 1: So I hope. I hope they baked that into the contract. 492 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 1: I hope. Now maybe that's a different contract. I don't know, 493 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 1: but I hope it's baked in somewhere. I really had 494 00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: a I had a fun time talking to Brandon last year. 495 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,120 Speaker 1: It was great, and he joined us every time no 496 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 1: matter what. Came back from Buffalo after just being pounded 497 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: by rain and get beat forty. Now that he joined us, 498 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: talked about the whole thing. I mean, he was great, 499 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,880 Speaker 1: He was absolutely great. I saw that that tweet right 500 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,120 Speaker 1: as we started this show from I saw rapping boards. 501 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: I didn't see Arran's, but either way, the fact that 502 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: it gets done. It's a two year extension. You know, 503 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: Brandon's twenty eight right now. Two years takes you thirty. 504 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 1: I mean, it just gives him, hopefully a little bit 505 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: more comfort, and obviously two years is not long, but 506 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 1: it gives them some comfort. It gives the team. I 507 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,200 Speaker 1: would imagine with two years there's probably some sort of 508 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: bonus that they can extend the cap hit. So I 509 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 1: love it, I absolutely love it. And so your receiver 510 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 1: corps at that point is pretty similar to what you 511 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,840 Speaker 1: had last year. And then you throw in day Shawn Hamilton, 512 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: who came over from the Broncos, who was one of 513 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 1: the best route runners I've ever seen. I've never seen 514 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 1: anybody run routes like that. No matter of whether day 515 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: Shaun can stay healthy, and if he can stay healthy, 516 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 1: you know, he gets added to the mix as well. 517 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: I still think they'll add a young receiver, and but 518 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,120 Speaker 1: maybe it's a maybe it's a different type of guy. 519 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: Maybe it's a guy like wan Dale Robinson who you 520 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 1: can put in the backfield and let him carry the football. 521 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: You know, he could be kind of a mini Deebo Samuel. 522 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,840 Speaker 1: Maybe it's somebody of that Ilk, even a guy like 523 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: Jaquez Zzard, who I love at sam Houston State, who 524 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 1: played receiver, but it looks a little bit like a 525 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: running back. He's got great hands and he can go 526 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 1: in the slot. Maybe that's something. Maybe that's the player 527 00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 1: they look at to add to the mix, especially if 528 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: if Dania Mendola does not come back, if he is 529 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 1: truly retired, or it moves on. I don't know, but 530 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:06,959 Speaker 1: I would think receiver moves down to list a little bit. 531 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: So maybe there's some clarity from that perspective. But even 532 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 1: if Mark, they want to look at a slot or 533 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: a weapon X sort of guy, they can do it 534 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: a little bit later in the draft and get creative 535 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: with that if they choose. Well, I like what you 536 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: said about Hamilton's route running ability because I think that'll 537 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,200 Speaker 1: go well with Mills and Mills is such a technician. 538 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,800 Speaker 1: That could be a productive combination. It might be too 539 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 1: many Hamilton's on the team in the organization. If they 540 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,360 Speaker 1: draft Kyle Hamilton, have Day Shawn Hamilton, Pep Hamilton, the 541 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,360 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Hamilton. You know, if they draft Kyle Hamilton, 542 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,479 Speaker 1: I think we got to take that Hamilton Broadway musical 543 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 1: poster and put his picture on it somehow in that 544 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 1: silhouette form. However they do it, and we'll work with 545 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: that with the graphics department. I don't know, but we'll 546 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 1: see what happens here. We like Brandon Cooks. I think 547 00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: he's an underrated player. It's funny to see everybody finally 548 00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 1: it's almost like this week, with all this talk, people 549 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: are finally starting to see his productivity and flashing the 550 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,320 Speaker 1: numbers up there and they're saying, hey, you know what, 551 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: he's a really productive receiver. Yeah, no kidding. We've been 552 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: trying to tell you guys. I've been trying to point 553 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: that out every single week this season. The numbers he 554 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 1: puts up and has put up historically currently all over 555 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 1: the place. It's really cool. Johnny Whitney Merciless retires and 556 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 1: on Sports Radio six ten. I think, especially with Ron 557 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: and Clinton, we're talking about Ring of Honor and things 558 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: like that. Look to me, in the Ring of Honor 559 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,920 Speaker 1: right now, you have mister McNairy, have Andrey Johnson. They 560 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: have not released criteria yet for Ring of Honor qualifications. 561 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: I'm thinking though that it's gonna stay with the Andrey 562 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 1: Johnson's JJ Watts of the world. It could change. But 563 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,720 Speaker 1: if you open it up wider than that, or a 564 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,560 Speaker 1: lot wider, well, then there's so many names you could 565 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 1: have up there, and you can fill up the whole ring. 566 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: Maybe too quickly. I'm not you know, I'm not gonna 567 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: judge how fast is too fast for some players, or 568 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: how many is too many. But it just feels like, 569 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: you know, Whitney's a really good player for this organization, 570 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 1: certainly one of the best ever that the Texans have had. 571 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: But I don't know yet. I just think it's one 572 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: of those things where he might need to be honored 573 00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: in a different way or acknowledged in a different way. 574 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 1: I think the ring of honor is JJ Watt and 575 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:27,240 Speaker 1: then after that, I really can't tell you exactly how 576 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 1: it's gonna go down. I can think of one other 577 00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 1: player who when he retires, Warren's consideration, but we'll save 578 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: that for another day. I agree with you. I it's 579 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 1: funny when I got into sports trading in two thousand 580 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: and seven, and even before that, you know, the conversations 581 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 1: of you know, who goes into Hall of Fame and 582 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 1: all that, and the conversation of who goes into Hall 583 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: of Fame, who deserves to be in a Hall of fame. 584 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,160 Speaker 1: Pick your sport or pick your activity, I mean rock 585 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: and roll Hall of Fame. I mean, name whatever activity 586 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 1: you want. There's always controversy as to how it is selected, 587 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: scene respected, all that kind of stuff. I have always 588 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: always been of a mindset that going into the Hall 589 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: of Fame is special. Going into a Ring of Honor 590 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: is absolutely special. You have to be a special dude 591 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: to go up in the Ring of Honor. And you 592 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 1: look at the two names that are up there right now, 593 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:33,120 Speaker 1: founder Bob McNair and Andre Johnson. I mean they set 594 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,479 Speaker 1: they set the bar for what they were able to 595 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 1: do for this organization. Now with players, it becomes I 596 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 1: don't say it's easier because you can look at qualitative assessments. 597 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 1: Take for instance, got like johnath Joseph. Jonath Joseph went 598 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:52,200 Speaker 1: to two Pro Bowls, he had the interception record with 599 00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: the Texans. There's some numbers and some stats and things 600 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: that you can put behind the name if you will, 601 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:03,360 Speaker 1: and that's going to that's gonna help put a guy 602 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 1: like potentially Jonathan Joseph over the top. I want it 603 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 1: to be the special of the special. It's been twenty 604 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,880 Speaker 1: one years of twenty one, we go into year twenty one, 605 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,440 Speaker 1: is that right? One correct? Yeah, year twenty one. So 606 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,239 Speaker 1: I don't want it to be watered down. Well if 607 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 1: this guy makes it, well, then this guy ought to 608 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 1: make it. I think you're exactly right. I think be 609 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 1: for the dres the you know, the players that have 610 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 1: been referred to as the as the goats. I mean 611 00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:33,120 Speaker 1: Andre Johnson was referred to as the goat. Um. You know, 612 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 1: Bob McNair obviously because he's the founder of the team. 613 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:40,160 Speaker 1: His team doesn't exist without Houstonian and Bob McNair's status. 614 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,320 Speaker 1: So yeah, those two make a lot of sense. And 615 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 1: I don't want to take away from Whitney in any way, 616 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,560 Speaker 1: shape or form. We talked about all the great things 617 00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: that he did. I just think you have to be 618 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: at a different level to go up in h in 619 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 1: a ring of honor. That that's always been my opinion. 620 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 1: But put the criteria to it, and that's hugely important 621 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 1: when you when when you sit down and you and 622 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,840 Speaker 1: you figure out what's the criteria. Just because you don't 623 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:05,520 Speaker 1: put somebody in a ring of honor doesn't mean you 624 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:10,280 Speaker 1: can't celebrate the career that player had for the Houston Texans, 625 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,319 Speaker 1: all right, I think you can. You can still do that, 626 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,839 Speaker 1: for sure. You can celebrate them in some way, shape 627 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,239 Speaker 1: or form. But going up in the Ring of honor, now, 628 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 1: that's that's a special you wear the red jacket. Mark 629 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: Vandermir runs down at halftime, trying to get uh to 630 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:28,080 Speaker 1: the announcement down that sort of thing. That's that's the 631 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 1: ring of honor to me, and that's the way I 632 00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,320 Speaker 1: will look at it from now on. What players deserve. 633 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:37,640 Speaker 1: Mark Vandermir running down from the booth, allowing me and 634 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,160 Speaker 1: Dre to call the last couple plays of play by 635 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:42,759 Speaker 1: play for you to get down in the field and 636 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:48,320 Speaker 1: empty the ceremonies. What player is that? That's the way 637 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:51,239 Speaker 1: I'm Both of those have been so good because they 638 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 1: Jackie Waldonado supervised is setting up the stage and everything 639 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: and the seats on stage. And by the time we 640 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: get set up, which takes less than ninety seconds to 641 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:02,440 Speaker 1: set up the stage, it looks like it's been up 642 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 1: there all afternoon. I mean the look of it in 643 00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,880 Speaker 1: the podium and I get up there and it just 644 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 1: feels like We've been set up for this all day. No, 645 00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: we just played a football game here, the first half 646 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 1: of one, and set this thing up in less than 647 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:16,680 Speaker 1: ninety seconds. And we have I remember rehearsing the Andre 648 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 1: Johnson one. We had I think it was five minutes 649 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:24,200 Speaker 1: to get everything done for me to introduce mister McNair, 650 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,839 Speaker 1: to give Andrey Johnson that what was it, the red 651 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,440 Speaker 1: jacket and induct him into the Ring of Honor, and 652 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,359 Speaker 1: he says a few words and then it's over. And 653 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 1: you have less than five minutes for all of that, 654 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:40,200 Speaker 1: so everybody knows and also for Andrey Johnson. He came 655 00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 1: through the line. Allah, it was almost like that Super 656 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 1: Bowl Lombardi Trophy parade, you know, that walk while you're 657 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,040 Speaker 1: been saluted by all those former players that were in 658 00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:53,160 Speaker 1: town that week, which is such a such a special weekend. Anyway, 659 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:57,239 Speaker 1: I digress that I agree with you. You know, if 660 00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:58,960 Speaker 1: you look at the one player up there right now, 661 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,520 Speaker 1: he's Hall of Fame worthy, right, And that doesn't mean 662 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:05,000 Speaker 1: you're terrible or you're bad. If you're not Hall of 663 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,759 Speaker 1: Fame worthy, I mean you could still have been a 664 00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,800 Speaker 1: tremendous contributor to the organization. What I don't want Johnny 665 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,319 Speaker 1: Is the Colts. The Cults Ring of Honor makes no 666 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 1: sense to me. This is a proud franchise, all right. 667 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,799 Speaker 1: Let's just look at never mind what they did in Baltimore, 668 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:21,879 Speaker 1: which is phenomenal with Johnny Unitis, Raymond Barry, the list 669 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,400 Speaker 1: goes on and on, right, but what they've done in 670 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 1: Indie with Peyton Manning going to multiple Super Bowls, some 671 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 1: of the great players. But Jim Harball is in the 672 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,839 Speaker 1: Cults Ring of Honor because he quarterbacked them to an 673 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:38,480 Speaker 1: AFC Championship Game appearance. Bill Brooks, who I really like 674 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,279 Speaker 1: because he went to my alma Monter Boston University, and 675 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,880 Speaker 1: BU doesn't have football anymore. They dropped in a nineteen 676 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,600 Speaker 1: ninety seven. So I love it that Bill Brooks is 677 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,959 Speaker 1: immortalized in the Cults Ring of Honor. But that kind 678 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,520 Speaker 1: of player, even though he's really good for them relative 679 00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: to what they were doing when they first got to Indie, 680 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:55,680 Speaker 1: that kind of player does that really belong in a 681 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,359 Speaker 1: ring of honor for a franchise like that. Let's just 682 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,719 Speaker 1: keep it real string gent and we'll see where it 683 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,800 Speaker 1: goes from here. As far as the way they honor people, 684 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,879 Speaker 1: all right, this contest we have on the Texans App 685 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: and on Houston Texans dot com where you have to 686 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:13,959 Speaker 1: predict the first five games of the Texans schedule. There 687 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,799 Speaker 1: are great prizes to be had here. I mean, this 688 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 1: is really cool stuff, and if you allow me, I 689 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: will read you some of them because and I'm gonna 690 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,040 Speaker 1: give you our games here after the break. 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Join us in our commitment to the 709 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:36,480 Speaker 1: Houston Texans and Play sixty because at Texas Children's Hospital, 710 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:40,080 Speaker 1: everything we do is to ensure your family's future is 711 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:47,719 Speaker 1: a healthier One one one Texans Radio. The drive continues, 712 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:53,400 Speaker 1: all right. Texans reportedly signed Brandon Cooks to a contract extension, 713 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,319 Speaker 1: two year deal. We had John McClain on earlier to 714 00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,319 Speaker 1: talk about it, and if you missed it while he 715 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,360 Speaker 1: tweeted something recently, I'll read you the tweet from the 716 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:05,000 Speaker 1: general It would have been preposterous to trade Brandon Cooks. 717 00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:08,040 Speaker 1: Would the Texans expect David's Mills to make huge improvement 718 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,239 Speaker 1: next season? Mills was stuck with the leagues. Oh, I 719 00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:13,920 Speaker 1: don't want to read this. The worst running game last year, 720 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,120 Speaker 1: but you know it wasn't very productive. How ridiculous wouldn't 721 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:20,120 Speaker 1: have been to trade his best whampon in Cooks? And 722 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,440 Speaker 1: I think it's been pointed out on the station. On 723 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,400 Speaker 1: the sports video six ten shows that Mills actually was 724 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,920 Speaker 1: productive without cooks in the Charger game and the second 725 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:30,880 Speaker 1: half of the Titan game he lit it up. But 726 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,600 Speaker 1: I think we all agree that you're better with cooks 727 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,759 Speaker 1: than you are without cooks. Hardly breaking news, Johnny. We 728 00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,560 Speaker 1: promised this. We gotta get to it. The contest to 729 00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:45,480 Speaker 1: pick the first five games of the Texans schedule. This 730 00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:49,680 Speaker 1: is a lot of fun. And here's the disclosure. We 731 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,160 Speaker 1: all joined forces. Actually we didn't join forces. We all 732 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:56,680 Speaker 1: picked this separately. And dpcity who put together an article 733 00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:01,320 Speaker 1: of all of our picks, all right, meaning Deep Drew Johnny. 734 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:06,800 Speaker 1: Maybe Johnny and I picked the exact same two games 735 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:11,719 Speaker 1: to open the season without discussing it. That is amazing 736 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:16,799 Speaker 1: Home against Indianapolis on the road against the Giants, and 737 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 1: we just picked the same ones. And it's funny because 738 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,719 Speaker 1: I've been working with Andrey Ware for twenty years and 739 00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,480 Speaker 1: we can finish each other's sentences. And I'm starting to 740 00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:28,279 Speaker 1: get that way with you, Johnny, after working with you 741 00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:30,920 Speaker 1: since twenty fourteen. But we think the same way. Why 742 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,240 Speaker 1: did you pick Home against Indy to open up the schedule. 743 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,680 Speaker 1: I mean, they've they've been at home so often to 744 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 1: start the season, and it always feels like it has 745 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,440 Speaker 1: some sort of kind of algorithm to it. And I 746 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:45,439 Speaker 1: was like, man, we've we've played Jacksonville now early at 747 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:49,680 Speaker 1: home in nineteen. We've played him early in twenty twenty, 748 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,320 Speaker 1: but it was like week five, so it was still early. 749 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,279 Speaker 1: So I kind of felt like, no, it won't be Jacksonville. 750 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,400 Speaker 1: Tennessee's usually later in the year. You know what the 751 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,399 Speaker 1: last time. It's like, what's the last time we played 752 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:01,600 Speaker 1: the Colton home? And I thought, oh, man, maybe they 753 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:04,120 Speaker 1: go back that far to the algorithm twenty twenty eleven. 754 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:05,640 Speaker 1: It's like, all right, I'm going with that. I'm starting 755 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:08,200 Speaker 1: with India at home. Had no rhyme of reason other 756 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,080 Speaker 1: than the fact that that's an algorithm we haven't seen 757 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:13,960 Speaker 1: in a while from the schedule makers. And so I 758 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:18,319 Speaker 1: thought home to start away all right away? Who from 759 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:21,360 Speaker 1: the NFC East makes sense? I thought, oh, week to 760 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,319 Speaker 1: New York, Yeah, that makes sense, let's go with that. 761 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,920 Speaker 1: And so Indian New York first, and we went to 762 00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:29,880 Speaker 1: We went to New York and well that was the 763 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:33,080 Speaker 1: other thing. We went to New York in week three 764 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:37,920 Speaker 1: and twenty fourteen. We played New York week three and 765 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,400 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, so I knew it was going to be 766 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:44,040 Speaker 1: within the first first three weeks, and so it just 767 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:47,160 Speaker 1: happened to fall at number two. And so that's how 768 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:48,640 Speaker 1: I came to it. I don't know there's any rhyme 769 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:51,400 Speaker 1: or reason to it, but I tried to look at times. 770 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:54,799 Speaker 1: You know, when did we play NFC East teams in 771 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:57,680 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, twenty fourteen, And I kind of tried to 772 00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,640 Speaker 1: follow that a little bit when I was going through here. 773 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:03,000 Speaker 1: But I'll so figured one of mine was Week four 774 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:06,839 Speaker 1: home versus Cleveland. And I don't know what this. If 775 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:09,520 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a suspension for the Shawn Watson or not, 776 00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:13,160 Speaker 1: I feel like that Cleveland game will be early within 777 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,600 Speaker 1: the first four weeks or would be the last four weeks. 778 00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:17,400 Speaker 1: I don't know why. I just feel that way. I 779 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,520 Speaker 1: just feel like this whole thing's gonna drag on and 780 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:22,799 Speaker 1: the suspension is gonna come in a weird time. I 781 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,960 Speaker 1: have a feeling. So I went with Cleveland at home 782 00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:28,239 Speaker 1: week four, Chicago on the road week three, and then 783 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:32,919 Speaker 1: finishing week five at Dallas. We've never played Dallas later 784 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,080 Speaker 1: than week six, so I figured, you know what, let's 785 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:38,560 Speaker 1: put him at week five. So I'm going with away 786 00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,439 Speaker 1: Dallas week five. I'm the only one of us four 787 00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:43,719 Speaker 1: that did not pick the Dallas game to take place 788 00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:45,319 Speaker 1: in the first five. But I think you guys have 789 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,600 Speaker 1: a great point. In fact, it's funny that you and 790 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,520 Speaker 1: I picked the same opener and the same second game 791 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:54,279 Speaker 1: Drew and Deep he picked the same opener at Chicago. 792 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,640 Speaker 1: They both think the Texans open up at Chicago. For 793 00:42:56,680 --> 00:42:59,120 Speaker 1: their prediction of the first five games of the Texans schedule, 794 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:02,280 Speaker 1: and again a big trip to Las Vegas, including season 795 00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:06,279 Speaker 1: tickets to Texans games at stake here go to the 796 00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:10,360 Speaker 1: Texans app for more. I like deps here though at 797 00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:15,239 Speaker 1: Dallas Thursday Night Football three, except for one thing. We 798 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:18,840 Speaker 1: can't get the battle rend out there at Dallas on 799 00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:20,480 Speaker 1: a Thursday night. We got to have this one on 800 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:22,759 Speaker 1: a Sunday so everybody can make the trip and just 801 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:26,000 Speaker 1: spoil the home field advantage of the Cowboys. What if 802 00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:29,799 Speaker 1: it's out Thanksgiving, I'll take that. I'll take that right now, 803 00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,520 Speaker 1: Are you kidding? I'll take Thanksgiving it Dallas. That's easy, 804 00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,680 Speaker 1: and we get to come home in time for Turkey. 805 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:39,160 Speaker 1: That's perfect. And by the way, the Christmas weekend schedule 806 00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:41,360 Speaker 1: when it comes out, here's what it's gonna look like. 807 00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:44,680 Speaker 1: Three games on Christmas Day, which is Sunday, and then 808 00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:47,200 Speaker 1: the majority of the games on Saturday. So they'll do 809 00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,799 Speaker 1: the majority of the Sunday schedule on Saturday. Christmas Day 810 00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:52,240 Speaker 1: will be three games and we'll see where the Texans 811 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:54,520 Speaker 1: end up in that when the schedule comes out in May. 812 00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,759 Speaker 1: But before that, we've got the Draft coming out three 813 00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:00,640 Speaker 1: weeks from tonight at Miller Outdoor Theater. Sign upston Texans 814 00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:02,839 Speaker 1: dot com. We've got a lot of people outside who 815 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:06,440 Speaker 1: have registered who want to go attend the first night 816 00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:09,000 Speaker 1: of the Draft at Miller Outdoor Theater. Of course, Johnny 817 00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:11,560 Speaker 1: and I will be out there with Andre Robert Hensley 818 00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:15,160 Speaker 1: bringing you all the first round activity. Cecil's shorts will 819 00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:16,479 Speaker 1: be out there. It's gonna be a lot of fun. 820 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:19,200 Speaker 1: Can't wait, Thank you, Johnny. Can't wait for tomorrow night's 821 00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,600 Speaker 1: shows six o'clock. Planning to go over Brandon Cook's reportedly 822 00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:26,359 Speaker 1: sides a two year extension, a lot to discuss. Thank 823 00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,440 Speaker 1: you Chris for producing. 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