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Speaker 1: Hello, Taxans.

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Speaker 2: Great to have your board, Texans All Access the Tuesday

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Speaker 2: Night Special, which means it's playoffs. It's fun, it's getting

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Speaker 2: ready for the Cleveland Browns. Mark Vandermere and John Harris

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Speaker 2: with you. And we like to have fun on a

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Speaker 2: Tuesday night, don't we, Johnny? I mean, this is oh yeah,

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Speaker 2: just great stuff to you know, spread our wings a

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Speaker 2: little bit and talk about everything going on with the

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Speaker 2: Houston Texans, the rest of the playoff field, the rest

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Speaker 2: of the world sometimes, but this week, the rest of

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Speaker 2: the playoff field and most notably the Houston Texans taking.

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Speaker 1: On the Browns Saturday at three point thirty.

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Speaker 2: Some tickets remain Houston Texans dot com and Johnny, my

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Speaker 2: first question is how you feeling? Because everyone's asking, Hey,

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Speaker 2: how you feeling. How you feeling about the game Saturday?

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Speaker 1: What do you think?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? It feel good. I mean, it's uh what Tuesday night.

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Speaker 3: So kind of gonna try and ramp up quietly to

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Speaker 3: three point thirty on Saturday, which you know, we obviously

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Speaker 3: it was kind of like last week, very very similar

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Speaker 3: last week. Like boy, the football schedule gets pushed up,

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Speaker 3: but our radio schedule and work schedule stays the same.

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Speaker 3: So today it feels like a Wednesday for the team,

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Speaker 3: but feels like a Tuesday to us, So kind of

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Speaker 3: figuring all that out. So just trying to kind of

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Speaker 3: get it done. When I got the show recorded Friday,

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Speaker 3: Friday morning, before we took off, I got on the

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Speaker 3: bus sort of unencumbered, got it all sent off, like, Okay,

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Speaker 3: now it's time to fully just focus on game and

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Speaker 3: game alone. That's it, and that's that's probably the way

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Speaker 3: it will be. I mean, Friday, gets a show done,

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Speaker 3: send it off. Okay, now it's time to focus on

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Speaker 3: Saturday three thirty.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's gonna be wild because the Browns come

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Speaker 2: in here having one on Christmas Eve just under three

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Speaker 2: weeks prior to the time that the Texans will take

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Speaker 2: the field, and differences.

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Speaker 1: The key difference is here. CJ.

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Speaker 2: Stroud, Lake Cashman, Will Anderson. Let's just stop there for

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Speaker 2: a moment. That alone is a huge factor. And Nico

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Speaker 2: Collins was coming back from a game in which he missed, right,

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Speaker 2: he missed at ten see we saw him workout before

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Speaker 2: the game. Look pretty good to us, but not good

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Speaker 2: enough to go in an NFL sixty. And I don't

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Speaker 2: think he was the same guy that he was previously

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Speaker 2: or he is now. When he played against Cleveland, he

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Speaker 2: had four catches in that game. And I know there

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Speaker 2: was no CJ to throw it to him, but I

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Speaker 2: got a feeling we're seeing a very different Nico Collins

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Speaker 2: now than we did then. So let's add that to

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Speaker 2: the list. And that's maybe it's not enough. I don't know,

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Speaker 2: but that's a lot. That's a lot to add. Plus

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Speaker 2: the fact that Demico's body language Johnny when we had

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Speaker 2: him in studio doing the Monday Show when we brought

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Speaker 2: up Cleveland, you know, you just seem kind of move

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Speaker 2: around like he did not like the way it went. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: yeah it did. And I think he'll be ready to go.

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Speaker 2: And I mean, obviously he'll be ready to go, but

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Speaker 2: you know, he's got some things up.

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Speaker 1: His sleeve for Cleveland this time.

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Speaker 3: Not that people ask me, but I think about this

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Speaker 3: a lot, Like what would be my advice to coaches, teams,

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Speaker 3: et cetera as you get ready.

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Speaker 1: For the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: I always feel like in a big game situation that

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Speaker 3: you pare down. You don't add a bunch of stuff.

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Speaker 3: You pare down, like you get to your best stuff.

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Speaker 3: It's like having your Spotify or Amazon Music or whatever

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Speaker 3: in a car for thirty minutes.

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Speaker 1: Give me the best playlist.

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Speaker 3: You got, nothing that I'm going to fast forward, no

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Speaker 3: riff raft, what's the best I've got? And I feel

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Speaker 3: like a big game is kind of like that too,

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Speaker 3: because you start throwing a bunch of stuff now all

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Speaker 3: of a sudden, your substitutions get kind of complicated. If

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Speaker 3: it's something that you've worked on and you feel like, okay,

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Speaker 3: we do have to have a wrinkle, that's fine. But

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Speaker 3: if you have a bunch of wrinkles, then you play slow,

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Speaker 3: you're thinking too much. I would imagine he wants this

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Speaker 3: group playing fast, especially defensively, wants them playing fast, wants

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Speaker 3: him playing clean, and especially after Saturday night, if there

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Speaker 3: was something that you and I would be and we

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Speaker 3: talked about during the broadcast with Dre. They were sloppy,

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Speaker 3: a lot of false starts, a lot of the five

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Speaker 3: yard penalty variety that really cost you in some big situations.

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Speaker 1: That unnecessary.

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Speaker 3: So play fast, but play clean, keep the operation clean,

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Speaker 3: and if you clutter it up with you one hundred

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Speaker 3: and fifty new plays that you could possibly run like, No,

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Speaker 3: you need to pare it down and be ready to go.

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Speaker 1: But you're right.

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Speaker 3: I feel like Demiko was ready to play Monday. We

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Speaker 3: talked to him Monday. He was ready to play Monday.

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Speaker 3: I'm telling you he's been ready to play the Browns

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Speaker 3: for since that game was over. Sure you could tell

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Speaker 3: he felt that was not us.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was not us because it wasn't. It wasn't.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't a characteristic performance now correct.

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Speaker 2: Two weeks before that, they didn't look at against the Jets,

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Speaker 2: and I get it, but again, another injury filled game.

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Speaker 2: I don't think CJ was quite right after the Denver game,

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Speaker 2: but that's just my personal theory. Whatever the case may be.

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Speaker 2: Clearly he's right now in a very good way.

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Speaker 1: Man. What a rookie season.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's get to some other things and we'll

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Speaker 2: bring it back to the Texans because it all applies.

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Speaker 1: And by that I mean.

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Speaker 2: The division shake up today and that would be Mike

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Speaker 2: Vrabel with Tennessee no longer as the Titans fire him,

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Speaker 2: and they're getting a lot of heat for this, Yes,

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Speaker 2: a lot of heat for firing Vrabel, who's very well

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Speaker 2: liked and well respected. Now, I will say this about Vrabel.

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Speaker 2: If you look at the record the last couple of years,

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Speaker 2: it's not good. He's lost a lot of games lately.

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna put it all on him. A lot

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Speaker 2: of it has to do with injuries. Person up board,

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Speaker 2: they've had injuries go loore in the last three four

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Speaker 2: years for that franchise. So it's been rough the last

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Speaker 2: couple of years. I don't know what Ran Carthon had

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Speaker 1: Johnny gut reaction.

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Speaker 3: A you fired him? You didn't trade him? Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 3: you could have gotten something for him. He's right, he's

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Speaker 3: made chicken salad out of well, I won't say it.

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Speaker 3: He's to me, well that that was kind of up.

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Speaker 1: The last game was chicken salad. Well, right, But.

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Speaker 3: He's had a roster like the year that they won

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Speaker 3: and he won the coach He won the Coach of

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Speaker 3: the Year twenty twenty one. Yeah, just two seasons ago.

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Speaker 3: He didn't turned into a bad coach, did he know so?

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Speaker 3: But what happened to him is this as quarterback lost confidence? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: b they lost offensive line, they lost Ben Jones, they

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Speaker 3: lost Saffled, they lost Luwan, they lost.

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Speaker 1: The entire receivers. Last year, they traded AJ Brown.

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Speaker 3: Now, how much of that decision was Rabel and versus

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Speaker 3: how much that was John Robinson. So everybody's got it,

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Speaker 3: you know, everybody is going to share in it. But

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Speaker 3: Ram just got there. I don't imagine you're going to

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Speaker 3: fire Ran Carthon and leave Rabel. That seems kind of odd.

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Speaker 2: But don't you think, all right when they got rid

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Speaker 2: of John Robinson that was during the season, right, That's correct.

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Speaker 2: That was an eye opener to me. That's what it

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Speaker 2: changed was very yes, And guess what, every minute he

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Speaker 2: was in the building, they were a winning team. I'm

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Speaker 2: just gonna say that, let's correct every second. And I

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Speaker 2: know trading AJ Brown was not popular and maybe he

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Speaker 2: and Rabel didn't get along. I don't know the answers

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Speaker 2: to these questions, but I took note of John Robinson

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Speaker 2: before Rabel got there. Before Rabel got there, they had

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Speaker 2: two winning seasons under John Robinson, and then they got

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Speaker 2: Vrabel and it got even better. They won a playoff

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Speaker 2: game without Vrabel before he got there.

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Speaker 1: With Marcus Mariota. How about that that Mike.

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Speaker 2: Malarkey is their head coach and they won at Kansas

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Speaker 1: And I don't care who's quarterbacking. That's a tough thing

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Speaker 2: And I thought Robinson all right, And even Paul Kaharski

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Speaker 2: himself would tell me, now Robinson's not that Admick. Well,

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Speaker 2: get how well has it gone since he's left? What

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Speaker 2: is the fix here? You still have the great head

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Speaker 2: coach and Mike Vrabel you're bringing cart thought maybe they

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Speaker 2: maybe they don't get along. I don't know, but clear

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Speaker 2: and I thought Vrabel was going to get to pick

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Speaker 2: the GM. It didn't look like he did because why

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Speaker 2: would he pick him? But maybe he likes him.

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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: But it has not worked out, whatever the case may be.

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Speaker 3: That's the thing to me. It hasn't worked out. Okay,

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Speaker 3: hasn't worked out. But you got to know that Vrabel

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Speaker 3: is really highly respected throughout the league. That somebody's gonna

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Speaker 3: be looking for a coach and if they know Mike

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Speaker 3: Rabel's available.

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Speaker 1: They'll trade you something. Yeah, they'll trade you.

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Speaker 3: Something for a team to me, and this is this

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Speaker 3: is to me where the I said it numerous times

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Speaker 3: last offseason. I couldn't figure out what the Titans were

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Speaker 3: doing because it felt like they were pairing it down.

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Speaker 3: They weren't gonna pay Kevin Bayard Simmons wanted a contract.

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Speaker 1: They had just traded AJ Brown.

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Speaker 3: Then they pay Simmons, Yeah, and they don't restructure with Tannehill.

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Speaker 3: But then they get rid of like there's somebody else

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Speaker 3: they got rid of as well. I mean, they had

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Speaker 3: This doesn't make sense because you're kind of caught in

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Speaker 3: between do we need to reset this whole thing versus well,

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Speaker 3: let's let's stay competitive. But you weren't gonna get to

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Speaker 3: a point where you're competitive enough to even think about

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Speaker 3: the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: How'd they played Tama Hill the whole year?

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Speaker 2: What's the record? Maybe one or two games better? Really

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Speaker 2: not too much.

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Speaker 1: I mean I think they're seven to ten, eight nine.

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Speaker 3: I still think they're out. I said all along they

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Speaker 3: top out eight wins, Like I said.

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Speaker 2: That that might have you in it late, but it

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Speaker 2: it depends when you get the seven eight wins right.

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Speaker 3: But if they approached it in the offseason and put

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Speaker 3: a few more put better pieces around, didn't trade Byard,

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Speaker 3: and figured it out that way.

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Speaker 1: As it turned out, you could have competed for the division.

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Speaker 2: And that's got to stick in the craw of the

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Speaker 2: Adams family because they're looking at the division. Wait a minute,

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Speaker 2: the Texans and the Colts just played for the division

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Speaker 2: title without really knowing it on Saturday night because the

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Speaker 2: Jaguars ultimately lost to you that that's one thing that

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Speaker 2: they look at that ten and seven to one division.

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Speaker 1: Okay, but nine to eight ish could have won it.

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Speaker 2: And could we have gotten there? So you gave me

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Speaker 2: bad advice? Maybe Vrabel or maybe it.

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Speaker 1: Was Carthur, I don't know. Why do they fire Rabel

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Speaker 1: in this case?

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Speaker 2: The more important question is what's going on in Nashville

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Speaker 2: They're not gonna fire Mike Rabel. They're not gonna do it.

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Speaker 2: Know the offer is five million a year, whatever it is,

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Speaker 2: pass up. Ye, you're gonna be a head coach. Your

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Speaker 2: you don't know what happens. Right Byron left Wich, You

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Speaker 1: Right right? Is his name out there? This his name.

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Speaker 2: The only time I've mentioned his name is to talk

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Speaker 1: That's it.

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Speaker 2: That's the only time I've mentioned left Wich lately. That

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Speaker 2: Very often, that's the case. Now I'm hoping he doesn't

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Speaker 1: I don't know. This is just me talking here. Please

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Speaker 3: The other side of that, which I agree with you wholehearting,

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Speaker 3: Ben Johnson decides, you know what, these jobs aren't perfect

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Speaker 1: The number one question is he want me to give

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Speaker 2: What's the planet quarterback? What do we have available to

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Speaker 2: These mini sexy rookies to go get and I like

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Speaker 2: And if there's not that there or Bryce young Carolina

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Speaker 3: And that's gonna be Now, that might not be something

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, so, most of me, the are the three biggest things.

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Speaker 3: But I'm glad you brought up the quarterback one because

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Speaker 1: We will support whatever decision you made. You set out

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Speaker 3: at least this year. It didn't because Doug just got

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Speaker 1: It's time to rock. It's time to rock. Let these

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Speaker 3: We were in we were in uh, we were I

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Are you sure that you're on our level?

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Speaker 2: Basically he hasn't played, hasn't played. He played a game

436
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Speaker 2: and a half. He struggles. The cries for Minshew as

437
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Speaker 2: Gardner back in there.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely and you saw tenuous it was if they didn't

439
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Speaker 3: have Jonathan Taylor. You know, they kind of struggled offensively.

440
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Speaker 3: So so there are a lot of changes going on.

441
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Speaker 3: But these guys were talking about, Oh, it's gonna be

442
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Speaker 3: great rivalry.

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Speaker 1: No, no, no, we'll hold up our into the bargain.

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Speaker 3: Bert. You guys in that same class with us.

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Speaker 2: It's funny because you look at the AFC South and

446
00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:42,040
Speaker 2: Jacksonville failed. Yep, the Titans failed. The Colts and the

447
00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,479
Speaker 2: Texans got close, yep, and the Texans won. They got

448
00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,320
Speaker 2: close and stepped over the threshold and won the division.

449
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Speaker 2: So when you look at four teams in the division,

450
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Speaker 2: one and a half teams have blown out their staffs

451
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Speaker 2: or one and a half staffs have been blown out

452
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Speaker 2: because the defensive staff of the Jags and the entire

453
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Speaker 2: staff of the Tennessee Titans gone gone right, And that's it.

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Speaker 1: That's all we know about for now.

455
00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:08,520
Speaker 2: Because they're talking about Gus Bradley and Indy as a possibility.

456
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Speaker 1: Another arranged marriage with Stikeens.

457
00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:13,280
Speaker 2: Steichen said, I like continuity. That's a quote, so that

458
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Speaker 2: implies he's going to stay with Bradley, who's a good coordinator.

459
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Speaker 2: But they had their moments that they want back as well.

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Speaker 1: CJ. Stroud led them up a bit. Whatever.

461
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Speaker 2: We don't have to get into their situation right now.

462
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Speaker 2: But what's the best job out there? What job would

463
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Speaker 2: you want if you were going to be an NFL

464
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Speaker 2: head coach and you have your choice of I'll add

465
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Speaker 2: the Raiders to it.

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Speaker 1: With Pierce.

467
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Speaker 2: I would hope he gets rehired because I think it's

468
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Speaker 2: the right thing to do for them, although maybe I

469
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Speaker 2: should root against it. So the Raiders are a train

470
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Speaker 2: wreck for years to come. But the Raiders, the Chargers,

471
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Speaker 2: the Carolina Panthers, the Atlanta Falcons. I think I know

472
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Speaker 2: the answer because the Chargers have a quarterback. The Chargers

473
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Speaker 2: have it intriguing outstanding quarterback in Justin Herbert, and it

474
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Speaker 2: seems like a great situation in the Spanos family.

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Speaker 1: The Spanos family doesn't bother you. They've taken some criticism,

476
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Speaker 1: but at least they'll let you do your job. Who

477
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Speaker 1: was that that I just imitated?

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Speaker 2: MC?

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Speaker 1: Of course I'm gonna say something weird. Okay.

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Speaker 3: Now, I don't know what the salary cap situation is.

481
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Speaker 3: I don't know how Arthur Blank is as an owner.

482
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Speaker 3: I don't know the power dynamic there, because it sounds

483
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Speaker 3: like Rich McKay, who's the team president, has more power

484
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Speaker 3: and say so than Terry Fino the GM.

485
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Speaker 1: But Terry Fino has drafted some serious talent.

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Speaker 3: If I walked in that situation and I was say,

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Speaker 3: I'm Ben Johnson and I'm looking at this, I'm looking

488
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Speaker 3: at the situations the Chargers, Yes, because Herbert's already there.

489
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Speaker 3: But if I took one of these young rookie quarterbacks

490
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Speaker 3: I would take I would take a page out of

491
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Speaker 3: the Texas book. Do he couldn't know whose quarterback was. Yeah,

492
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Speaker 3: you knew who was gonna be. They had to go

493
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Speaker 3: through the whole process. It wasn't gonna be a Jimmy Garoppolo.

494
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Speaker 3: It wasn't gonna be that we set our sights on

495
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Speaker 3: a rookie quarterback. Wasn't gonna be Bryce. Okay, see day

496
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Speaker 3: Strouds the guy we want, and look how that's gone.

497
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Speaker 3: So to me, I look at the Falcons and I

498
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Speaker 3: see that that team was as physically gifted as almost

499
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Speaker 3: every team we played. Drake London Pitts, but John Robinson

500
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,920
Speaker 3: outs year. I mean, they're good, and the offensive line's good.

501
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Speaker 3: If they got quality quarterback play, they would have won

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Speaker 3: that division going away.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So if you put a.

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Speaker 3: Caleb Williams there, or you put a Drake May there

505
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Speaker 3: in Atlanta, now, I don't know that they're not drafting

506
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Speaker 3: a high but maybe this is that time where they

507
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Speaker 3: give up some picks and go up and get a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: You know, you put a.

509
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Speaker 3: Jaydon Daniels from LSU there with a great year, maybe

510
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Speaker 3: even a Pennix, but you put a young, exciting rookie

511
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Speaker 3: quarterback in that town with those weapons. Holy cow, you'll

512
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Speaker 3: have a shot. You'll be exciting. Now here's the other

513
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Speaker 3: side of that. Atlanta to me also feels like this

514
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Speaker 3: team is closer than some of these other way closer

515
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Speaker 3: in Carolina.

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Speaker 1: I think they're closer in Tennessee.

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Speaker 3: I think you put the right quarterback in that situation,

518
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,840
Speaker 3: you could get very interesting. Now there's been a lot

519
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 3: of talking about Justin Fields. Will Justin Fields be the

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Speaker 3: right quarterback for Atlanta?

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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if that floats my boat enough, but

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Speaker 3: maybe in Atlanta might be Maybe. So the Atlanta job,

524
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Speaker 3: to me would be very very attractive, and I would

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Speaker 3: want a rookie quarterback and I would go through kind

526
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Speaker 3: of the the you know, the issues with a rookie quarterback,

527
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Speaker 3: and I don't know, maybe I hit on a CJ.

528
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Speaker 3: Stroud like guy or not, but maybe I kind of

529
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Speaker 3: go all in and make a trade to move up

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Speaker 3: and go get a quart a rookie quarterback that I

531
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Speaker 3: know can set the franchise on the right track, on

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Speaker 3: the right path, you know, like Matt Ryan did in

533
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Speaker 3: two thousand and eight, and they had to do that

534
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Speaker 3: with the number three overall pick. Matt Ryan said him

535
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Speaker 3: on a course of being really really good for a

536
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Speaker 3: long time. I think you can do that in Atlanta.

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Speaker 3: The talent is there to do it. You just haven't

538
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Speaker 3: had the quarterback to be able to pull the trigger

539
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Speaker 3: and do it.

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Speaker 2: All Right, We've got a lot more to talk about

541
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Speaker 2: regarding Saturday's game three point thirty NRG Stadium, the Cleveland Browns.

542
00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,440
Speaker 2: What's it going to take to turn Joe Flacco back

543
00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:02,320
Speaker 2: into couch sitting, non playing, non factor in anybody's football life.

544
00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:06,600
Speaker 2: Joe Flacco is the expiration date arriving?

545
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Speaker 1: Can it arrive? We will discuss that, among other things.

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Speaker 1: It's Texans Radio.

547
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Speaker 2: It's Texans Radio with Mark Vandermer and John Harris with you,

548
00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,040
Speaker 2: all right, Johnny, before we get back to the playoff

549
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Speaker 2: game and Joe Flacco needing to turn Joe Flacco into

550
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Speaker 2: Rip Van Winkle? What about the Peacock game Saturday night?

551
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Speaker 1: Now? Is the theory a fact? Actually? Can it be validated?

552
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Speaker 1: I don't know. Would the league admit to it? I

553
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Speaker 1: don't know, but it does feel like.

554
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Speaker 2: Kansas City was going to be in that Peacock game

555
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:42,399
Speaker 2: no matter what because of the Swifties logging in signing

556
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Speaker 2: up for Peacock, driving up the numbers because God forbid,

557
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Speaker 2: you put.

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Speaker 1: Give me a matchup.

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Speaker 2: Our matchup in there, right, because Buffalo Pittsburgh teams, well,

560
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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh is a large national fan rice, but teams that

561
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Speaker 2: don't have established large national fan bases. But the afternoon

562
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Speaker 2: window in the night window might not be as voluminous

563
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Speaker 2: in the sign ups as.

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Speaker 1: You would have with the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Speaker 2: And by the way, the Dolphins still have a national

566
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Speaker 2: following of sorts that goes all the way back to

567
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Speaker 2: the early seventies and Don Shula in the Perfect Season

568
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:16,720
Speaker 2: and all those guys, and get off my block.

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Speaker 1: But is it true about the swifties you think. I

570
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Speaker 1: think there's some validity. I think there's some validity to it.

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Speaker 3: And I also think they looked at other matchups and went, boy,

572
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Speaker 3: either you know, like Green Bay Dallas, and you gonna

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Speaker 3: put that on Peacock.

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Speaker 1: No, I mean, they've got national following. He's like, I

575
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:35,960
Speaker 1: think it was a tough decision, But.

576
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Speaker 3: In the end, I think that probably was one of this, like, look, hey,

577
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,879
Speaker 3: you know this Miami Dolphin, this Dolphins Chiefs game, it's

578
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Speaker 3: gonna be a good one.

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Speaker 1: You got my homes.

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Speaker 3: I think this is what we could put on there,

581
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Speaker 3: and then probably some interns like yeah, and the Swifties

582
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Speaker 3: will probably sign up too.

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Speaker 1: And that was like, oh wait, you're right, that could happen.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I can see some of that. I have

585
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Speaker 1: a work around though, Okay, what's that?

586
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,480
Speaker 3: This is the workaround I found out because I was

587
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Speaker 3: a little mad that I couldn't see Bill Chargers that

588
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Speaker 3: night on Peacock.

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00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,919
Speaker 1: On Christmas Night? Was that Christmas night? It was Christmas

590
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,399
Speaker 1: something like, I think it was Christmas Night, and I

591
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 1: was mad that. I was like, dang it, I'd like

592
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: to see that game.

593
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 3: Then I realized I have NFL Plus and you can

594
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 3: watch it, and you can watch it on NFL Plus.

595
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,280
Speaker 3: So with NFL Plus you can go in, you get

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Speaker 3: all the games. And I was able to get watch

597
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Speaker 3: the game. I can't remember which device I watched it

598
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,240
Speaker 3: on my phone or iPad, but I was able to

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Speaker 3: watch it. I was able to watch that game because

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Speaker 3: I have NFL Plus. So I didn't pay extra for Peacock.

601
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:30,440
Speaker 3: Because I have the NFL Plus, it was good to go.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if this is true or not, but

603
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Speaker 2: the first pick is either Sunday afternoon or Sunday night.

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Speaker 2: And if I'm Fox on Sunday afternoon in that late window,

605
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,720
Speaker 2: I want the Cowboys. Give me the Cowboys and the Packers.

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00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,479
Speaker 2: I mean, that's going to be a huge number right there.

607
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 2: That It's absolutely massive. In fact, I was a little

608
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Speaker 2: surprised that they didn't put them on Sunday night to

609
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,160
Speaker 2: just blow it up completely. But I guess Sunday that's

610
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:53,719
Speaker 2: going to get a good audience. With the Rams at

611
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,199
Speaker 2: the Lions, no matter what Number two TV market, Lion's

612
00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 2: cute story. It's the NFL playoffs. It almost almost doesn't matter,

613
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,000
Speaker 2: but it does matter. And the Monday night game is

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Speaker 2: the Eagles at the Buccaneers last year. I forget that

615
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:09,440
Speaker 2: what that was last year, but it was a good game.

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Speaker 2: But the Eagles at the Buccaneers is a pretty good game.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, here we go.

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Speaker 3: It's interesting how the AFC is going first, NFC is

619
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Speaker 3: going second, which it's the first the first three games

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Speaker 3: right in the next three year nfcuit.

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Speaker 1: Wait a minute, that can't be on purpose.

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Speaker 3: I don't yeah, I don't know. I just thought that

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Speaker 3: was I thought it was interesting that they went about

624
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 3: it that way. But you've also got Matt Stafford going back,

625
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 3: like every game has got a story. Do you think

626
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 3: about it? You know Texans Browns, like, oh, the big

627
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:34,440
Speaker 3: trade a few years ago.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, unfortunately, Well will he be here? Well he'll be here. What, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he'll be here. You think he'll be here?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so.

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Speaker 1: I don't know about that. I think so.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well he's been on the sidelines. Haven't put a

633
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,080
Speaker 2: camera on him and put it on the board and

634
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 2: let's see thee you're just stoking the fire. Oh yes,

635
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 2: oh yeah, absolutely. You want to hear a roar of booze.

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00:28:57,080 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 2: Oh man, that would be phenomenal. Uh. So, then you've

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00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,160
Speaker 2: got thank you for the trade. That it should say,

638
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 2: thank you for the trade. Then that I'll leave leave

639
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,960
Speaker 2: the second point blank thank you for the trade.

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00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 3: Right, kind of like kind of like the Colts were

641
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,400
Speaker 3: put it, you know, put JJ up on the video board.

642
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:14,720
Speaker 1: At McAfee at the beginning of the game.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

644
00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 3: Then you've got Dolphins Chiefs obviously Tyreek going back Darrowhead.

645
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 3: Then you've got what's the oh, you got Bill Steelers.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if any of that one's got you know,

647
00:29:24,080 --> 00:29:26,560
Speaker 3: steamed to it. It's just too you know, gritty.

648
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 2: You see what Watt DIDJJ No, he said, do you

649
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,960
Speaker 2: think they'll be able to tell? And they show He

650
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Speaker 2: showed a photoshop of him in a Steelers uniform wearing

651
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Speaker 2: ninety Oh.

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00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 1: They'll tell.

653
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,360
Speaker 3: But then you got the NFC games and the Eagles

654
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 3: Bucks is a rematch for a couple of years ago

655
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:47,280
Speaker 3: when the Eagles played the Bucks uh in twenty one,

656
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 3: the year before the Eagles went to the Super Bowl.

657
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 1: So Jalen Hurts got them in the playoffs or the

658
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,680
Speaker 1: Eagles got in the playoffs and they got smoked. But

659
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,000
Speaker 1: nobody remember that. Nobody I do.

660
00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,400
Speaker 3: Then you got the Rams and Lions. You got Stafford

661
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 3: going back to Detroit, and you've got Cowboys Packers, which

662
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:07,560
Speaker 3: has historic ramifications back to the sixties. So you've got

663
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 3: a little you've got a little bit of sexy with

664
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 3: each of these matchups, some more than others. But it's

665
00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 3: it's fun. If you're a TV broadcast crew, you've got

666
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 3: a lot to talk about, a lot to talk about.

667
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,480
Speaker 2: All right, let's rate the stories. These are national. We

668
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 2: have to zoom out here. We cannot be Texans national perspective.

669
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 2: The best stories Flacco in the Browns. Here are the candidates.

670
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:34,880
Speaker 2: Flack on the Browns, CJ. Demico and the Texans. The

671
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:39,320
Speaker 2: Chiefs Dolphins game has swift and it has meltdown city

672
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 2: for each team. Tyreek Tyreek banged up, old man Tyreek.

673
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:46,400
Speaker 2: He was back in Kansas City for the first time.

674
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 2: I know, but you saw him on Sunday night. That's

675
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 2: not Tyreek Hill. That's somebody in his body. I don't

676
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,280
Speaker 2: know what that is. That's broken down Tyreek Hill. He'll

677
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 2: do everything he can to be ready for that game.

678
00:30:58,680 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 2: But all right, that's a story.

679
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 1: Don't put that.

680
00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 2: That's third, Okay, that's the number one story of that game.

681
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 2: Steelers at Bills, what's the number one story? Surgeon Bills?

682
00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 3: I mean the Steelers without TJ and and the Steelers

683
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 3: already their story was always can we get a winning season?

684
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,440
Speaker 1: And now they're in the postseason. Congratulations, you earned a playoff.

685
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 3: Did you can maybe push the Mason Rudolph backup quarterback

686
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,640
Speaker 3: angle in the season of the backup quarterbacks?

687
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 2: Still we're still at three. It's not gonna make a

688
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 2: top five Cowboys Packers. The story is what the history.

689
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:28,920
Speaker 2: You look at, you look at Aaron Rodgers, to Jared

690
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 2: Cook Mike McCarthy against the Packers in the playoffs. Oh

691
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 2: there's there's how much. Okay, I think that's region hammered

692
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 2: home Sunday it'll be hammered home.

693
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,000
Speaker 1: But it's not that. I'll tell you what outside like it.

694
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 1: It's outside the other three.

695
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,400
Speaker 2: Okay, Yeah, all right, Rams, Lions Stafford back in Detroit.

696
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: That's a big one. That's I think that's top three.

697
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: I think it's top four. Putting it four, I put

698
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 1: it in top yeah, top three, fourth, Fine, it's in there.

699
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 3: Eagles at Buccaneers. You know, like I mentioned, they're two

700
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 3: years ago. They played in a wild card game, not

701
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 3: that one. It's can the Eagles survive? Can they show

702
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 3: a pulse, signs of life anything. It's more one sided.

703
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 3: It's more about the Eagles as opposed to man. The

704
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 3: Bucks finished really well with Todd Bowles. They've finished really well.

705
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,880
Speaker 3: They've played well down a stretch. They they stepped on

706
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 3: themselves in Week seventeen. I can't remember who they lost to. Gosh,

707
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 3: they lost to they lost to somebody bad. It was like, wow,

708
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,080
Speaker 3: what happened to Baker Mayfield in that game? And I

709
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 3: can't remember who it was, but then they turned right

710
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,720
Speaker 3: around and got the victory in Carolina.

711
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 1: Wasn't sexy. But the Bucks have played pretty well. Was

712
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 1: it Atlanta? They lost to Atlanta at home? Yeah? They

713
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 1: lost Atlanta at home?

714
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 3: Yeah right, they they have not They're not part of

715
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:45,960
Speaker 3: the story. It's all about the Eagles. It's all about

716
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:50,280
Speaker 3: team dysfunction, it's all about the defense story.

717
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 1: But it's not a top three yeah, exactly? Am I am? I?

718
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:53,160
Speaker 1: All right?

719
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 2: So listen, do I have Texans goggles on when I

720
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 2: say that Dimico Stroud surging into the playoffs is a

721
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,560
Speaker 2: top three story this week's play It absolutely is.

722
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 1: Okay, it absolutely is.

723
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 3: Throwing the fact that it's against the team that he

724
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 3: made the big trade for, and obviously the fact that

725
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 3: the two teams played just three weeks ago. Now, if

726
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 3: the game had been closer, had a controversial ending, then

727
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 3: you could throw that in there as well. But the Browns,

728
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 3: Browns beat us up pretty good, so that I don't

729
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 3: know is that much part of.

730
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 2: The story of Flacco being thirty eight years old and

731
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 2: playing lights out is one of the top three or

732
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 2: at least top four, and so are the Texans in

733
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,720
Speaker 2: CJ and Demiko I in one game and all the

734
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:39,520
Speaker 2: other stories were isolated to one story per game the most.

735
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 1: So that's pretty cool.

736
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so. I mean it's NBC crew doing

737
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 3: the game. So Iron Eagle doing the game, right.

738
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 1: I'm not sure? I think so because I saw he's

739
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 1: on loan.

740
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,400
Speaker 3: Well, Iron Eagle or Noah Noah. Maybe Noah's doing a

741
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 3: game and Iron's doing it for radio. But somehow they're

742
00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:57,200
Speaker 3: both doing a game.

743
00:33:58,160 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 1: Why wouldn't I and be worked?

744
00:33:59,320 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 4: Well?

745
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 2: How many game a CBS have this week? Okay, CBS

746
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 2: has the early Sunday window and that's it. So that's

747
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 2: gonna be Nanson Romo. You're right, Iron Eagle is gonna

748
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 2: do some radio's gotta be nuts.

749
00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 1: What is Ian? Is a CBS guy? Correct? So? And

750
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 1: I am Westwood one.

751
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, the Eagles. The Eagles are doing the Texans game.

752
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,399
Speaker 3: That sounds weird to say it like that, but Iron

753
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 3: and Noah are going to be doing a game. So

754
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:25,120
Speaker 3: so yeah, there's gonna be plenty for that crew to

755
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 3: talk about. So that's Noah and Blackledge then, right, I guess.

756
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,840
Speaker 3: So that's that solid crew. Let's say from a college perspective,

757
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:33,879
Speaker 3: because they do mostly college.

758
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 1: Kids kids, listen up.

759
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 2: Blackledge did play in the NFL that bit for the

760
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 2: Kansas City Chiefs. He was part of the vaunted quarterback

761
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,600
Speaker 2: class of nineteen eighty three, but nobody ever talks about

762
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:44,919
Speaker 2: him because he wasn't one of the good ones.

763
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 3: It's a solid crew. It's it's solid. I mean, I

764
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:48,799
Speaker 3: think black Ledge is solid.

765
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: So oh yeah. And from a college perspective, eyes, I

766
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 1: like those games. No it is great. I know everyone's nepatism.

767
00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 1: Noah is a good broadcaster, so at least he's good.

768
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:00,680
Speaker 2: I love stuff to talk about. You have some stuff

769
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 2: to talk about. Talk to me about this, Joe Flaco,

770
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 2: Will it make?

771
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:07,760
Speaker 1: This is my theory.

772
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,920
Speaker 2: Having Blake Cashman help on in Djoku is going to

773
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,320
Speaker 2: be big. Obviously a lot of attention. I don't know

774
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 2: how they handle Cooper. But the whole idea here is

775
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 2: to enable it. So Flaco doesn't have that first read, right,

776
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 2: We need to make Flaco and he got outside the

777
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 2: pocket sometimes last time, but you didn't have will You

778
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 2: have to find a way to get him on the ground.

779
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 2: And Demiko likes to do what hit the quarterback. Got

780
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 2: to find a way to hit Joe Flacco thirty eight

781
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:40,120
Speaker 2: years old. Make him feel it if you lose. I

782
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 2: want Flaco to be in an ice bath after the game,

783
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 2: no matter what. Right, don't go down without having Flaco

784
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,880
Speaker 2: go down on the ground many times, because if you

785
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 2: don't do that, you didn't do what the.

786
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 1: Game plan calls for, and I think that is to

787
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 1: beat up the quarterback.

788
00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 3: Has Flaco played any team a second time this year?

789
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 3: Let me look, because I think I think that's an

790
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 3: important aspect of this too. This is the first time

791
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 3: that he's gonna play a second team like you can

792
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 3: get division teams.

793
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:12,440
Speaker 1: Did he starting? When did he start?

794
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 3: So his first start I think was the Broncos Broncos

795
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 3: they lost, all right, so the Broncos Rams Jet I'll

796
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:20,759
Speaker 3: just tell you the answer here. No, he has not, right,

797
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,600
Speaker 3: So you're seeing he is seeing a defense for the

798
00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,840
Speaker 3: second time. So is he going to be able to

799
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 3: get away with throwing a deep ball against quarters on

800
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 3: the first play of the game.

801
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 2: If they don't play a division opponent they played one

802
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 2: in the last.

803
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 1: Seven seven weeks. Really the finale it's one two, three, seven,

804
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 1: that's it.

805
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 2: And because the Steelers they go Broncos, Rams, Jaguars, Bears, Texans,

806
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:47,240
Speaker 2: Jets and then the Bengals.

807
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: Wow.

808
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 3: So there they their whole division schedules front loaded, interesting.

809
00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: And their division is tough.

810
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:56,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, and they get the Jake Browning Bengals the last game,

811
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 2: who were out of it and they didn't need it.

812
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:02,279
Speaker 1: So Slanco could here are there wins with Flacco? You

813
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 1: ready for this? Okay?

814
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 2: Jags nice thirty one plus seven, Bears twenty to seventeen.

815
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: Sure lost, Texans thirty six to twenty two. Deserved it.

816
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 2: Jets thirty seven to twenty, dominated them, and they lost

817
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,240
Speaker 2: to the Bengals. So Flaco's won four games.

818
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 1: Yep. I'm hoping two things.

819
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 3: One, when you get into groove like that, and you

820
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 3: know this playing different sports, play basketball, you start hitting

821
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 3: shot shot shot shot. You win that game and you're

822
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:32,480
Speaker 3: waiting for the next game, and all of a sudden,

823
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,400
Speaker 3: did that team can't find it's five and you're like,

824
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:35,879
Speaker 3: come on, come on, come on, come on, we gotta play.

825
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 3: I'm hot, And it takes a little while, We're gonna

826
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:39,840
Speaker 3: take a break. You come back fifteen minutes. Also, you

827
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 3: can't fight it. I'm hoping that, yes, he got the

828
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,840
Speaker 3: rest at the end of the year, but maybe just

829
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 3: getting out of rhythm enough against the Bengals. Not playing

830
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 3: is gonna end up being a big thing. That would

831
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 3: be cool that he gets got it out of rest. Secondly,

832
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 3: to my point about playing a team a second time,

833
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 3: what did the Texans learn? I always feel like the

834
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 3: team the second game, Okay, Jacks didn't go well, right?

835
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:07,360
Speaker 3: If you what things will the losing team adjust to that?

836
00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:08,839
Speaker 3: The winning team is like, well, hey, we don't want

837
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 3: to get away from those things that worked right, And

838
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,239
Speaker 3: so the other team is making the adjustments. You want

839
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 3: to stay in what you were doing because you don't

840
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 3: want to get away from that. So it'll be interesting

841
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 3: how the Browns end up making adjustments in this game,

842
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 3: because I think the Texans will definitely make some to

843
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 3: adjust for things that they didn't cover well, didn't play well.

844
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 3: But I think seeing a team for the second time,

845
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,359
Speaker 3: this is like in a division is like a division game.

846
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,399
Speaker 3: For Flacco, you're seeing a team for the second time.

847
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 3: A lot worked for you the first time, but now

848
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 3: the adjustments are coming. How are you going to adjust

849
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 3: to that?

850
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:39,960
Speaker 1: Yeah? Is it going to work again?

851
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 2: Because what were the coaches all saying after the game

852
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 2: that opening bomb by Flacco It's like they.

853
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 1: Couldn't get over that.

854
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 2: They couldn't get over the success of it wasn't a touchdown,

855
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 2: but it got them into a goal to go right.

856
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 2: And if you play a team twice, it's not gonna

857
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 2: be the same. Look at the Texans and the Titans.

858
00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 2: The first time, it was nip and talk and oh

859
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,800
Speaker 2: my gosh, and you're behind the sticks and somehow you

860
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 2: find a way and Case makes a huge throat to

861
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 2: Devin's singletary. It overtime and you kick the field goal.

862
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 2: You go home with the victory. The second time you

863
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,359
Speaker 2: had Stroud, so that was a lot better. But also

864
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,319
Speaker 2: you clamp down on d even more. You just stop them.

865
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 2: And I'm not saying they can do that against the Browns,

866
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,240
Speaker 2: a very different football team. Browns have a great defense.

867
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 2: But I'll be shocked if Flacco has that kind of

868
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 2: day again. I'll just be stunned. And if they do,

869
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 2: they do, and you hip your cap and go good

870
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:30,400
Speaker 2: luck in Baltimore.

871
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,600
Speaker 3: You talking about stories Flacco going to Baltimore in a

872
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 3: playoff game, Holy cow, I want to help them. Scriptwriters

873
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,280
Speaker 3: aren't setting I want to see to it that doesn't happen.

874
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 1: No script writer, script writers, stop it. Scriptwriters have done

875
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,239
Speaker 1: a good job with the script.

876
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 3: Already this year. A lot of good a lot of

877
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:48,280
Speaker 3: good moments in the script.

878
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:48,960
Speaker 1: You threw at us.

879
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,759
Speaker 3: The Taylor Swift thing was pretty awesome, So good job

880
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 3: script writers is good.

881
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 2: You know what, the you know what, the nation wants

882
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,719
Speaker 2: to see c J. Stroud in the Super Bowl. All right,

883
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,560
Speaker 2: that might have been a little homer Ish right there,

884
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 2: a little bit little bit for it. But if the

885
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 2: Texans end up going to Kansas City, I think the

886
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 2: world is ready for the upset.

887
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,360
Speaker 1: Get them out of there. People are so tired of it.

888
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:14,239
Speaker 1: We need we need some help. And man, Pittsburgh not

889
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 1: having TJ. Watt isn't going to help us because they

890
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: have knockout Buffalo.

891
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 2: Otherwise, you're going to Baltimore if you're the lowest seed,

892
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:24,759
Speaker 2: and oh my gosh.

893
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 3: You need Pittsburgh. You're thinking ahead, you need Pittsburgh. Baltimore's one.

894
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 3: Let's say Pittsburgh beats Buffalo.

895
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:35,760
Speaker 2: Hi, Cal and Hannah can do an all expense paid

896
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 2: trip on a boat in Miami for all the Ravens

897
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,200
Speaker 2: skilled players, Yes, kind of like the Giants did, right,

898
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,759
Speaker 2: or maybe Lamar Jackson Toicabo with their famous Starlett right,

899
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 2: something like that.

900
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,839
Speaker 3: The McNair is no Anthony Weaver, that's the inn. Yeah,

901
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,200
Speaker 3: Vince Weaver of it, and like they're in.

902
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 1: Will bankroll that whole thing? You all about that?

903
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 2: Get nice and distracted, come back and lose to the

904
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:01,440
Speaker 2: Houston Texans, but first gotta be Cleveland.

905
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 1: All right? Thanks Johnny, you got mark? All right? Coming up? CJ.

906
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,320
Speaker 1: Stroud was on the Pat McAfee show. What did he

907
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 1: have to say?

908
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:10,040
Speaker 2: Among other things in our closing segment here on Texans Radio.

909
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 2: Right back to it here on Texans All Access.

910
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:13,279
Speaker 1: Okay, c J.

911
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 2: Stroud was on the Pat McAfee show on Monday, and

912
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 2: McAfee was in the building for the NATTY, the College

913
00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 2: Football National Championship. Of course, CJ was two a couple

914
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:25,800
Speaker 2: of days after knocking off the Colts in Indy to

915
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,799
Speaker 2: win a playoff berth and win the division a day

916
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 2: later with the Titans loss. Anyway, let's get to this,

917
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 2: as McAfee had several questions for Stroud, and among the answers,

918
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,800
Speaker 2: Stroud was asked, Hey, how does it feel being in

919
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 2: the NFL playoffs in his first year?

920
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 1: Man, it feels amazing.

921
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 4: Like you said, it was tough missing those two weeks

922
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 4: yep on concussion protocol and things like that. I really

923
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 4: appreciate people reaching out to animation. I was fine. I

924
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 4: think ultimately it was all meant for the better of me,

925
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 4: you know, And came back out against Tennessee, had a

926
00:41:58,000 --> 00:41:59,719
Speaker 4: good game here at home, and then went on a

927
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:01,520
Speaker 4: road and got a hard five win against a great

928
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 4: coach team. So this year has been a lot of

929
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:05,839
Speaker 4: ups and downs. It's been a long year of my life,

930
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,640
Speaker 4: from going all the way from August the twenty twenty

931
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:11,120
Speaker 4: two to mid January. Now, you know, it's been a

932
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:12,799
Speaker 4: long year, man, But it's been a dream come true.

933
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:14,800
Speaker 4: I'm living out my dream as a child. I always

934
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,919
Speaker 4: always just dream about playing the NFL games, big time

935
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,400
Speaker 4: night games, and that was my first one. So it

936
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 4: was just really cool to kind of see the fruits

937
00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 4: of my labor be able to come out in a

938
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:26,840
Speaker 4: big atmosphere against a great team. So it's been a

939
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 4: great year, man, I've been blessed.

940
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 1: Man.

941
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 2: Every time I hear CJ. Stroud, I get almost two

942
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,839
Speaker 2: fired up. Saturday three thirty can't wait all right. Here

943
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 2: is Stroud on the McAfee show talking about if the

944
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:41,919
Speaker 2: media's predictions of a bad year for the Texans gave

945
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:44,360
Speaker 2: him extra fire this season.

946
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,360
Speaker 4: I feel like any motivation is good motivation, you know,

947
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 4: so I think it'll be a live People say they

948
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 4: don't listen to the media or like, of course, like

949
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,759
Speaker 4: we don't necessarily care, but everybody hears it.

950
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 1: Like the day and age where we live.

951
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:59,399
Speaker 4: In social media have access to like everything TV, your phone, Instagram, Twitter, whatever.

952
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:01,560
Speaker 4: I heard try to log out to everything, but people

953
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 4: text me stuff and things, so you hear about it

954
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 4: and you're like, man, I wonder why they think like that.

955
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 4: Let me go, let me go prove them wrong. But

956
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:09,919
Speaker 4: our mind set here, let's prove ourselves right. We knew

957
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:11,719
Speaker 4: we had in his locker room, and we brought in

958
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 4: a lot of vets that that have been winning in

959
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:16,239
Speaker 4: other places and things like that, so we knew that

960
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:18,800
Speaker 4: we would have our opportunities to play in big time games.

961
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:21,359
Speaker 4: And we've actually won a lot of tight knit games too.

962
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 4: So those were the times where I leaned on my

963
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 4: vests and I'm like, man, what do y'all think? Like,

964
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 4: what do you think about this year? What can we do? Cause, like, man,

965
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 4: we have a super Bowl team, Like, we have a

966
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 4: team that can shock shock everybody. And you're you now

967
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 4: that you have no idea exactly because you don't really

968
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 4: know what it takes because I'm my first year, you know,

969
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:37,600
Speaker 4: so that whole you don't know what you don't know that.

970
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:38,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's real.

971
00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 2: See, you have to love these answers. One more from

972
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,239
Speaker 2: c J. Stroud on the Pat mack of These Show.

973
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,920
Speaker 2: What about his reaction to Steven A. Smith saying that

974
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:51,000
Speaker 2: Texans have no shot in the playoffs?

975
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 1: CJ. Tyers Man, you don't listen to the media, says,

976
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 1: and I assume the team doesn't.

977
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:57,719
Speaker 3: But just so you know, you do know right now,

978
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:00,120
Speaker 3: the biggest threat to the Ravens is Joe flock on

979
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 3: the Browns.

980
00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 1: So just oh yeah, Steve said, you guys have no chance.

981
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 1: No I'm not a Browns, but I'm just telling you

982
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 1: we have no chance. Yeah, step and A said a rookie.

983
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:11,040
Speaker 3: Quarterback's not gonna do anything in the play that's not

984
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:11,839
Speaker 3: half tll right.

985
00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:13,839
Speaker 1: And the Ravens don't want to worry. They don't want

986
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:15,759
Speaker 1: to see Joe Flacco. They don't c J.

987
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:18,320
Speaker 2: Stroud on the Pad McK off his show, let's pivot

988
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:23,120
Speaker 2: here Joe Flacco, the opposing quarterback on Saturday afternoon, who

989
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:26,920
Speaker 2: said that the Texans defense, he expects this version to

990
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:29,400
Speaker 2: be different than the one he faced on Christmas, even

991
00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:30,280
Speaker 2: a Brown's victory.

992
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:32,480
Speaker 5: There's slight difference is they have some different guys that

993
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 5: are back or a little bit more banged up. Like

994
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:37,600
Speaker 5: I like we just talked about Amari. Maybe they'll maybe

995
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 5: they'll do certain things with them, But I think I

996
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 5: think this defense believes in what they do ultimately, and

997
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:45,759
Speaker 5: they're gonna do what they think they do well. They're

998
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,720
Speaker 5: gonna do that, so there there's always gonna be little wrinkles,

999
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 5: but it's our job to attack and prepare for what

1000
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:53,239
Speaker 5: they do well and then adjust from from there.

1001
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:56,839
Speaker 2: Flacco is basically the same age as Demico Ryans. Could

1002
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,200
Speaker 2: he imagine being a head coach at this moment?

1003
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 5: No, No, I've never had any aspirations of being a coach.

1004
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 5: I guess if I really really thought hard about it,

1005
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,560
Speaker 5: you could wrap your head around certain aspects of it.

1006
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,920
Speaker 1: But man, like, just all that you have to.

1007
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 5: Deal with being a head coach, and you know the

1008
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:15,439
Speaker 5: way you have to be in front of the team

1009
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:19,640
Speaker 5: every single day. I think more so just the scheme

1010
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:21,800
Speaker 5: part of it. I think as a player, there's a

1011
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:23,480
Speaker 5: certain part of it that you know, and as a

1012
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 5: quarterback you're always simplifying things so that you can go

1013
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:27,919
Speaker 5: out there and play fast. But to be on top

1014
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,439
Speaker 5: of everything and to be able to teach every single

1015
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:33,920
Speaker 5: position on an offense or defense and then like put

1016
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 5: it all together and build it, it's impressive. It's really impressive.

1017
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 5: And I know he's played and I know he's been

1018
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:44,239
Speaker 5: in it, but it's different than teaching other people. So

1019
00:45:45,080 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 5: it's it's definitely pretty cool to see. You can see

1020
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,600
Speaker 5: obviously that he's been motivated since he's been done playing

1021
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:52,760
Speaker 5: and probably even at some point when he was playing,

1022
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:54,839
Speaker 5: to do something like this. So a lot of credit

1023
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:55,160
Speaker 5: to him.

1024
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:58,640
Speaker 2: See Flacco is a smart guy, and he's played in

1025
00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:00,960
Speaker 2: the league for a long time off and on as

1026
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,400
Speaker 2: it turns out now, and he knows the kind of

1027
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 2: work that goes into being a head coach. So did

1028
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:09,560
Speaker 2: Demiko Dimko saw it, observed it, wanted it. A lot

1029
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,279
Speaker 2: of guys are like that, but a lot of guys

1030
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:12,880
Speaker 2: are like Flacco his comments.

1031
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 1: They know what it takes.

1032
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 2: They don't want to do it and the getting up

1033
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:19,080
Speaker 2: in front of the team everyday thing that appeals to me. Right,

1034
00:46:19,120 --> 00:46:20,800
Speaker 2: I would love to be able to do public speaking

1035
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:22,520
Speaker 2: in front of the team every day. Although I can't

1036
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:25,359
Speaker 2: scheme and coach an NFL team, But my buddy Andre

1037
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:26,239
Speaker 2: wear is the same thing.

1038
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:27,239
Speaker 1: Another smart guy.

1039
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,480
Speaker 2: He knows what it would take to coach and that's

1040
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:33,400
Speaker 2: why he's decided to not do it be a broadcaster instead.

1041
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:36,840
Speaker 2: All right, a few programming notes here. Texans matchup is

1042
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:41,520
Speaker 2: on the way. Wednesday's show features numerous things including shaq

1043
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:46,800
Speaker 2: Alajuan Mason. That's right, Texans guard visiting with Shelby Coppage.

1044
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 2: You'll hear it exclusive from Shaq. Also Nick Cassario on

1045
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:53,879
Speaker 2: the show. Iron Eagle scheduled to be on the show.

1046
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:55,880
Speaker 2: He's going to call the game for national radio, and

1047
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,680
Speaker 2: we'll have a whole bunch of other stuff as well,

1048
00:46:57,840 --> 00:46:59,960
Speaker 2: including Texans Extra Point.

1049
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:01,040
Speaker 1: It's on TV.

1050
00:47:01,200 --> 00:47:05,279
Speaker 2: Friday night, late after Nightline to get you fired up

1051
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:07,960
Speaker 2: for this one. That'll be at ABC thirteen, like I said,

1052
00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 2: and on YouTube. All right, that's gonna do it for

1053
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:13,719
Speaker 2: tonight's Texans All Access. Have a great day, Go Texans.