WEBVTT - The President speaks...and so does John McClain | Texans All Access 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:04.080 Hello Texans, Welcome to the show. Mark vandermir John Harris 0:00:04.120 --> 0:00:06.000 with you in the hun Day Texans Radio studio. And 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:08.280 it's Thursday, and you know what that means. It's time 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:11.760 for the General John McClain the Hall of Famersports Radio 0:00:11.800 --> 0:00:15.400 six ten dot Com. Among many other things in his past, 0:00:15.480 --> 0:00:19.560 including a band he played in in college. General, you sang, 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:21.120 did you play the instruments? 0:00:21.640 --> 0:00:23.479 Tambourine? That was easy? 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:27.200 Easy tambourine? Nice? 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:32.120 General, on your music skill on a level from who's 0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:33.520 the worst quarterback there's ever been? 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:36.599 Uh, Joe pisarcik, Joe wasn't. 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:40.519 The worst Joe Pisarchick to Patrick Mahomes, Where would you 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:43.600 say your musical talent lies in comparison to quarterbacks? 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:47.320 I don't have any music musical talent. I sang because 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:52.760 I could afford a sound system because I worked and 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:55.760 I saved my money. I spent seven hundred dollars this 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:58.680 is in the late sixties for a sound system. So 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.639 that made me the singer. I was the leader of 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:04.840 the band. And I can't tell you the name of 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:08.440 the band because it's obscene, but it was people thought 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:11.600 it was cool back then. My guys in Nashville have 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:13.960 been trying to get me for twenty years to tell 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:16.040 them the name of the band, and then when I 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:18.920 finally told them, they're like, oh, no, we can't, we 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:21.559 can't use that on the air. I said, no kidding. 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:25.160 I've had people up there asked me like, on the street, 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:26.679 tell me the name of your band. 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:28.480 You can't even say it that? 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:30.160 Yeah, you know what. 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:33.240 I wouldn't tell them even off because then they go 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.000 put it out on social media. But we had some 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:39.160 really talented guys in our band, and we run around 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:43.000 Central Texas and we played at places, made a little money, 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:46.000 and it was a lot of fun because, as Paul 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:50.560 McCartney said, he joined the Beatles because of the Birds, 0:01:50.920 --> 0:01:53.040 So I guess you could say when you were in 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.920 a band back in the late sixties he had fun 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:56.720 with the Birds. 0:01:57.240 --> 0:01:59.880 The Birds, Yes, and we all know what that means 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:04.480 in England because of the Austin Powers movies. Anyway, general, 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.840 no joint practices this week. Team has been working out 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.399 on its own and getting ready for the Saints on Sunday. 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:14.840 This is a weird deal because I don't think we 0:02:14.960 --> 0:02:17.440 have a rhythm yet around the league on how to 0:02:17.560 --> 0:02:20.840 handle that third week of the preseason. I think the 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:24.079 teams are still finding their way without that fourth game, 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:27.080 which we all knew what that became. No starters playing, 0:02:27.560 --> 0:02:30.399 just make it a developmental game, get the starters ready 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:34.200 for opening day. But Week three was still starters if 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:37.120 you had joint practices. Maybe not as much as it 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:39.320 used to be. What do you think is going on 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:41.360 with the Texans and around the league with this Week 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:42.359 three routine. 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:45.800 Well, they better not get too used to it because 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:49.440 pretty soon it's going to be two preseason games and 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:52.440 it's going to be eighteen regular season games, or by knows, 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:55.720 the NFL wants to go eighteen a time when they 0:02:55.760 --> 0:02:59.359 talk about how word they are back, concussion in, players out, 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.720 players will sign off on it because the salary cap 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.000 will go up and they'll get a bigger cut of 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.440 the money. You know, everybody wants the money. I don't 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:12.560 blame them, and I think most teams are going to 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:15.200 play their starters. You know, the Texans with new coach, 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:19.960 new coordinators, new play caller, new quarterback now CJ. Stroud 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:23.600 would have benefited from the joint practice against the Saints 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:27.440 more than anybody because he can be hit and I 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.160 think he would have done him good. We as to 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:34.120 Meek Ryan's about simulating in practice with the Texans by 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:37.920 themselves again versus the Saints what he could have done, 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:39.800 and he said, they'll try to do it as close 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:43.280 as they could. But I think based on what we've 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:46.480 seen in Stroud, one good drive. He needs he needs 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:49.920 work in this game. Could he use the practice reps 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:53.520 because right now, if they had to play at Baltimore, 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:56.200 a Super Bowl contender, it could be ugly. 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:57.520 General. 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:01.080 The news of the day, which I don't know, happened 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:04.320 around two o'clock or so two fifteen or so on Thursday, 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:08.360 Adam Schefter reporting that Arizona is making a trade of 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.680 Isaiah Simmes to the Giants, but they also have a 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:15.040 second trade. The Cardinals are sending offensive lineman Josh Jones 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:18.400 from the Cardinals, who at eleven starts last year to 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:21.599 the Houston Texans. He's in his final year of his 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:24.520 rookie contract. If you want to use any kind of guide, 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:29.160 he had a seventy five point eight grade last season 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:32.200 on PFF. And I know the three of us have 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:34.520 not watched Josh Jones. I did when he's back in Houston. 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:37.080 Have watched much with the Cardinals, but just general your 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:41.039 thoughts about trading for an offensive tackle, guy that has 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:45.440 played guard, has versatility at either position. Your thoughts about that, 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:46.960 and Mark I want to here obviously what you have 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:48.000 to think about this trade too. 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:50.920 Well, they're desperate at tackle. You know, we don't know 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:53.880 if Titus Hour is going to be able to play 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:56.400 in their first game. Cast came off. Now it's back on. 0:04:57.160 --> 0:05:01.520 Jeorge Fan has done a reasonable and first impersonation they 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:05.240 brought into other tackles airs on he went on I 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.080 or the other guy escape. I don't know if he 0:05:08.160 --> 0:05:12.280 got hurt, but Josh Jones is a legitimate tackle. And 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:14.920 I'm guessing because they have a new head coach and 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:18.000 a new GM and Monty Austin Fort he used to 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:22.000 be here twice that they're cleaning out all the trash. 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:25.719 That's why we know Kyler Murray won't be there after 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:28.760 next season, even though they're not acting like it. They're 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:31.840 going to draft one of the top quarterbacks, Drake mayor 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:36.559 Caleb Williams, and so I like it. You don't get 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:40.440 many guys at this point who can start and play. 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:43.520 And what was he in the draft? Josh Jones from 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.120 the Cougars. Was he a third rounder? Second rounder? 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:47.040 I think he's the third rounder. 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:50.480 Yeah, and you don't have a lot of third rounders, 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.160 and so I think it's a good move. He's got 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.960 a chance to come in here and play. He's coming home. 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.359 He ought to be excited about it. You're not going 0:05:58.440 --> 0:05:59.920 to get a great player, man. I didn't get a 0:05:59.920 --> 0:06:03.039 good player. But if they coach him up, you know 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:06.719 they they When you got a rookie quarterback and you're 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:08.640 relying on a running game as much as they are, 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:11.719 you got to do whatever it takes. So I'm glad 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:15.719 to see Nick Serio make that move because she can't 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:18.760 have too many tackles in a situation they're in. 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:21.960 Boy, being a tackle in this league is like being 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:24.560 a left handed pitcher in baseball. It's like being a 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.160 seven footer in basketball. You are always going to be 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:29.600 able to find a job if you're halfway decent, and 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:32.159 I know he's more than halfway decent based on the 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.040 amount of games he started. Third rounder, like you said, 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:38.799 George Bush High School in Richmond. So it's good news 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.560 at four to five things obviously, Charlie heck On pop 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:43.720 from the get go and training camp and Titus with 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:47.039 his injury situation, it's a good thing to have this. 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:50.279 It's more than insurance. He might have to play a bunch. 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.880 We'll see, we don't know yet, but you have him 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.400 on the roster now, and they make the deal. In general, 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:58.080 I saw Adam Rank put out a tweet earlier today 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.840 Arizona Cardinals c and he had a gift of a 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:08.280 tank operating. So obviously Austin fort Nick Cassio know each 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:11.480 other's phone number. But the Cardinals mental man, and they're 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:14.480 gonna be here at NRG Stadium this year. It doesn't 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:17.320 look like they're primed for a Super Bowl run this campaign. 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:22.240 They know their fans know the Michael Bidwell, the owner knows. 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.480 You know. They're tanking to try to get that first pick, 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:29.240 and they need a quarterback. They want a franchise quarterback. 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:32.400 Now what I don't understand. People act like, oh, yeah, 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.080 they can trade Kyler Murray. They're gonna have to pick 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:38.120 up a whole lot of money on this contract that 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:40.120 he's signed last year that might be one of the 0:07:40.120 --> 0:07:42.840 worst ever. And he blew out his knee of course, 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:47.560 so I'm guessing they'll tell Kyler Murray well, just take 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:50.000 the year off, we'll put you on. Now, we'll put 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:52.960 you on. Iur and they're probably smart for him because 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:56.160 it's a bad team and he don't want to risk 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:58.280 me and hurt when they and they don't want him 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:00.520 to get hurt because they want to move for what 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.119 they can get. And I think that's a good plan 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:08.760 for Austin Ford and new coach Johnathan Gannon, who the 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:12.960 McNair's thought very highly of, interviewed him two seasons and 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:16.320 it's a good play and everybody understands it. And the 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.680 key is a lot of people think that they're going 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:23.800 to have a chance to they most people picked the 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:27.080 Texans to be bad, although I saw somebody yesterday had 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:31.200 a winning seven games. They take that into heartbeat. And 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:33.959 but most people think that the Texans are going to 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.560 be bad enough to help them get two of the 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:41.160 top five picks. But maybe, just maybe the Texans will surprise. 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:45.040 They need the Browns to surprise and be bad so 0:08:45.040 --> 0:08:47.319 they can get hired number one pick, and then they 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:49.360 need to be better than people anticipate. 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:52.520 Both could happen. Yep, could happen. 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:56.599 I mean, we'll see what probably won't happen, though is 0:08:56.679 --> 0:09:00.480 Jonathan terror playing for the Colts general they're he's kind. 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.520 Of an artificially set deadline. 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:04.920 I guess if you will with Jonathan Taylor Colts that 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:07.760 said by Tuesday, because that's the fifty three man cutdown day, 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:10.320 so they might want to get a player or two 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:13.320 back in the deal. Maybe maybe not. What are your 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:16.199 thoughts about Taylor? A. Do you think he ever plays 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:18.760 for the Colts again? B he had to play for 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:19.800 the Colts. Where's he going? 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:22.600 Well, I can't imagine anybody wanted to trade for him 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:25.160 right now, unless you do like Isaiah Simmons and give 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:28.040 a seven. Now that guy was number one pick, right 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:30.840 to get a seven for him. I remember how well 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.640 he ran, how fast he was and his quickness, and 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:38.439 everybody was raving about him. Well, Johnson Taylor was hurt 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.679 last year. He's hurt right now. You don't know how 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:44.080 long he's going to be healthy. The new team can't 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:46.719 sign him to a contract, so you're going to take 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:49.640 an injured player, not knowing if you can sign to 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:53.200 a contract after the season. You may inherit the same 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:57.560 problems as the Colts, where he's unampy again and he 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:01.400 helps create controversy and and I certainly wouldn't give up 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:05.480 two or three something like that. People talk about Christian McCaffrey. 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:09.600 He was healthy, he was running, he was catching, he'd 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:13.520 overcome knee surgery'd signed a huge contract. So if you 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:16.800 could pay the money, which forty nine ers could, they 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:19.679 got multiple pigs for him and it was worth it 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:23.080 because they got to the championship game. But they didn't 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:26.320 give up one. But I don't see anybody giving up 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:28.880 to two. I wouldn't even given up the three for 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:32.200 Jonathan Taylor, not knowing when he is going to be 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:34.200 healthy and then not knowing if you're going to have 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:36.559 him more than this season. 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:39.480 Well, we know Jonathan Taylor's not playing tonight for sure, 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:42.400 when the Colts take on the Philadelphia Eagles in their 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:47.280 preseason finales and general. I don't know about mussy TV, 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:49.800 but if there ever was one for a preseason game 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:53.160 not involving the Texans, I am really eager to see 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:56.240 what the Colts look like tonight. Anthony Richardson didn't play 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.559 in the last one. And this is the Week two 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:02.080 opponent for the Texans as the home opener September seventeenth. 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:03.960 It's on your thoughts. 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:10.280 I read a respectable longtime NFL writer talking about Anthony 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:14.520 Richardson being a candidate for NFL Offensive Rookie the year. 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:19.280 Nobody spoke of him at all till he went to 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:23.800 the combine and lit it up with his athletic ability. 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:27.760 When nobody was rushing him, nobody was covering him, nobody 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:31.200 was covering his receivers, and it just people fell in 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:37.679 love with the athleticism, kind of like Mike mcmula. And 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:43.480 so he has so little experience. I've told his story before. 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:46.480 There are three people that went to the University of 0:11:46.520 --> 0:11:49.480 Florida and were in the NFL who were good friends 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:53.160 of mine and told me that Damien Pears was a 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:57.720 great draft choice. He was gonna be really good because 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:02.760 the Gators misused him terrible and made a huge mistake 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:07.199 with him. And that's why when I used that information 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:10.680 in bad landry Locker one hundred dollars that he would 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:14.400 rush for a thousand yards and he misses almost the 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:16.600 last all of the last five games that he would 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:20.400 have shattered it. Those same people told me they do 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:24.559 not understand what all the hype is on Anthony Richardson 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:29.240 because they watched every game, every throw, every rue, and yes, 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:32.560 he is a great athlete and he may become a 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:37.600 great quarterback. But they say he is so raw and 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:41.520 was they say he was poorly coached. And so since 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.160 they were right about Pierce, I tend to believe him 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:47.480 on Richardson and certainly do not think of him as 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:50.600 a candidate for Offensive Rookie of the Year based on 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:52.679 how little he played at Florida. 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:55.760 Boys and Girls. Mike Mamula, nineteen ninety four. It's a 0:12:55.800 --> 0:12:58.240 long time ago. He was the first player to master 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.280 the combine. He learned all that combine events, practiced them, 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:03.120 and ended up blowing up the combine. He had a 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:05.960 number seventh pick in the ninety four draft, So you see, yeah, 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:07.480 BC he's he. 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:09.560 Was actually a good player kind of and then he 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:10.000 got hurt. 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:13.800 And the way you go from that standpoint general, what 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:15.800 you read on the Titans right now? 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:17.840 Traylon Burke's gonna miss a few weeks. 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:20.920 Well, Levis has been banged up a little bit, but 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:24.040 the defense apparently has kind of found itself, and you 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:25.920 kind of thought it was We've thought it was gonna 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.160 be that team all along. What's kind of your read 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:29.560 on the Titans come out of training camp. 0:13:29.760 --> 0:13:32.559 There's no surprises on the Titans. They're gonna rely on 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.640 their defense. They're gonna rite rely on Derrick Henry, and 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:41.600 they're gonna rely on Ryan Tannehill baking the ball to Henry, 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:45.920 great playfags and then throwing a lot of short passes 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:49.160 because they don't have a deep threat. And I'm thinking, 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:52.319 as long as Deandre's healthy, he's gonna get a lot 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:55.280 of targets and he'll probably have a lot of catches. 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:58.600 You know, he's not gonna beat anybody deep until Burke's 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:02.280 comes back, and nobody has a clue how long that'll be. 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:05.599 DeAndre is going to get a lot of attention from defenses, 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.800 and of all the teams in the NFL, I think 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:13.360 they will be the least surprising about the way they 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:16.960 go about this season. We know the head coach, we 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:20.480 know this philosophy, we know the strengths and weaknesses of 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.800 the team. There's going to be no surprise. 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:23.440 John. 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:26.080 People who know me know I'm a very positive person. 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:29.720 I'm the Norman Vincent Peel of sports talk radio. I 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:33.840 think upbeat. I look for the good in people. But 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:37.400 give me a good worst case scenario for the Jaguars here, 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:39.960 give me some hope here that they're not going to 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.720 be as good as people think. What can go wrong 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.520 with the Jaguars? That's right, I'm going dark here on 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:46.640 the Jaguars. 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.880 A lot of people think because Doug Beaters won a 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:52.720 Super Bowl and he did get fired, that he's going 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:55.520 to turn that team into a Super Bowl contender. So 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.120 they were nine to eight last year, they had to 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:00.360 win the last game to get in the playoffs. Then 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:03.040 they had that great comeback or a choke job on 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:07.000 a Chargers part to win a playoff game before they lost. 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:10.440 And Trevor Lawrence to make a lot of improvement under 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:13.920 Doug Peterson, who's done well with quarterbacks, and now there's 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:18.280 people saying he's a dark horse candidate for MVP. Maybe 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:21.160 he will be, but I I just don't see it. 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:27.760 I think they should be favored to win the division. 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:30.720 But you said a worst case in their worst scenario 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:34.360 is a losing record and somebody like Tennessee sneaks in 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:38.480 and wins the division and they take a huge step back. 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.240 And if they do have a losing record don't win 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:43.800 the division, people are going to kill them because there's 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:46.880 I've seen people rate them as high as number five 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:49.600 in the NFL. I want them to prove it. I 0:15:49.640 --> 0:15:52.360 want him to show it. I see four teams in 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:55.720 the FC North that I think are better than them. 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:59.000 I see three teams in the FC's I saw a 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:02.120 thing today written by Connor or, one of the great 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:06.200 NFL riders on s side dot com, who has the 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:15.440 Patriots winning the AMC WHA what I haven't seen anybody 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:19.600 make that prediction. Has the chancel of the losing record. Okay, 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:22.880 like everybody, I got the Patriots finished the last Maybe 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:26.720 it's because of Billy O'Brien, but it's amazing. But most 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:32.000 people have the Jaguars running away with it and Trevor 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.920 Lawrence having a shot at the MVP Award. I just 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.600 don't see it. I wanted to prove it first general. 0:16:37.840 --> 0:16:40.960 The game tonight between the Eagles and the Colts is 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:44.000 on Amazon. So here we go again with the Amazon thing, 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:46.560 which did pretty well last year. Considering it's a streaming 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:48.680 service and it's not over the air and drive by 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:50.840 viewership as I call it and everything like that, you 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.240 really have to dig in to go find the game. 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:57.360 Tell me something, what streaming service do you watch most 0:16:57.440 --> 0:16:59.800 shows on Do you watch a lot of Netflix? And 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:02.520 do you have Hulu or something like that? Is there 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:04.919 a show that you like to stream? We used to 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:06.840 talk movies all the time. I think that says a 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:09.200 lot about the movie industry that we don't discuss movies 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:11.800 with you much anymore. But tell me what about streaming 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:12.720 services for you? 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:17.879 We still don't subscribe to Netflix. And because there's a 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:21.520 million shows on Amazon and you can get almost everything 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:24.760 on Amazon, that's where I watched the most. But well, 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.600 we really like the most. Carol and I watch Breadbox. 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:31.960 We love watching British mysteries, murder mysteries because you're tired 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:36.840 of blowing them up and car chases and murders with 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:41.880 guns over there. It's they they stab them, they they 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:43.240 choke them, they hit them in the. 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:47.480 Heads, so much more wholesome. Yes, they don't. 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:50.639 Carry guns and shoot them unless it's a hunter doing it. 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:54.480 It's just they don't spend a lot of money on explosions, 0:17:54.800 --> 0:17:57.760 you know, they spend a lot less money on their shows. 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:01.639 And not just England and UK and Italy. We watch 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:04.080 a lot of those. And it's that you have to 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:07.879 think a lot, and sometimes it gets me, gives me 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.879 a headache, and then Carol has to she's already figured 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:13.440 it out, and I'll say, don't tell me anymore. But 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:14.919 we love Brett Box. 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:17.240 Do you see movies in the theater anymore? In general? 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:20.359 We do well. Last one I saw was Oppenheimer. She 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:24.679 saw Oppenheimer, she saw Barbiees, she saw something else. The 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:27.560 third Equalizers coming out. I loved the first one. I 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:30.120 was seeing a lot. Second one was okay, And I'll 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:33.880 see this one because I see everything Denzel Washington does 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:35.600 because I think he is fantastic. 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:38.160 Doesn't help with this writer strike and the actor strike 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:40.040 and all that kind of stuff because there's no promotion 0:18:40.240 --> 0:18:42.840 for anything. I mean, they can't promote anything right now. Yeah, 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:45.280 the actors won't do it. Yeah, they can't do anything 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:48.159 with it at that point. So yes, trust me, I 0:18:48.240 --> 0:18:52.200 understand completely about the lack of people going to movies. 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:54.520 Although Jack and I went, I think we saw a 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:56.400 top Gun Maverick. I think it was the last one 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:57.119 we saw in the theater. 0:18:57.480 --> 0:19:00.240 It was awesome. I mean, I love going to going 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:00.600 to the theater. 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:02.640 I just wish I could do it all a year ago. Yeah, 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:04.360 I know, it was only a year ago. I saw 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:08.919 I saw a Mission Impossible in the theater. Yeah, I 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:10.639 need to see that. But I heard it's three hours, 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:14.640 and man, I just can we pause the movie? Yes? 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:17.800 No, I can't. All right, I need to know if 0:19:17.840 --> 0:19:21.000 I'm drinking soda and popcorn, I need to go take 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:23.399 a break. About ninety minutes in pause the movie. 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:23.960 That's a week. 0:19:24.000 --> 0:19:26.000 What if you're in a three hour football game, you 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:27.040 have to go take a break? 0:19:27.080 --> 0:19:27.920 I get that time. 0:19:28.040 --> 0:19:30.159 Yeah, baseball game, do you have to take a break? 0:19:30.440 --> 0:19:33.120 If it's three hours and it's good, it flies by. 0:19:33.680 --> 0:19:38.000 And I guarantee both of you guys are sharp enough 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:40.040 to love Openheim. 0:19:40.480 --> 0:19:42.720 Yeah, I definitely want to see that. I mean, there's 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:43.639 no doubt I want to see that. 0:19:43.680 --> 0:19:44.960 You see it in the theater? 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:46.640 Yeah, yeah, Yeah, I want to see in the theater. No, 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:48.560 no doubt. I want to go to the movies. I 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:50.960 just you know, it's well season. I haven't had a 0:19:51.000 --> 0:19:53.080 chance to go to the movie. Speaking of football, chaed 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:55.240 Reuter is a writer for NFL dot Com and he 0:19:55.680 --> 0:19:57.600 was looking at the rookie class and he did some 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:02.200 projections for the players and quarterbacks. Guys that can register 0:20:02.320 --> 0:20:05.720 stats would you, guys take this right out of the shoot? 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:10.600 Take this CJ. Stroud's numbers in twenty twenty three. Would 0:20:10.640 --> 0:20:15.200 you take this, Okay, thirty four hundred passing yards, twenty 0:20:15.240 --> 0:20:19.800 one touchdowns, fourteen interceptions, three hundred and fifty rushing yards, 0:20:20.119 --> 0:20:23.880 three rushing touchdowns. Just knowing that right there, general, would 0:20:23.880 --> 0:20:25.879 you take that for CJ. Stroud as a rookie. 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:28.440 He's a rookie, of course. 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:31.359 Johnny, I think I'll take it. Twenty one. I'd like 0:20:31.400 --> 0:20:33.639 to see a few more. But with the rushing touchdowns 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:36.040 off setting it close to twenty five total touchdowns, I 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:39.240 think Pierce will score a bunch. That's a positive scenario. 0:20:39.280 --> 0:20:41.200 The fourteen what was it, fourteen. 0:20:40.840 --> 0:20:42.000 Pick fourteen picks? 0:20:42.359 --> 0:20:44.159 I guess I'll have to live with it. He's a rookie. 0:20:44.240 --> 0:20:46.520 You know it's rookies. You just don't know. It's weird 0:20:46.560 --> 0:20:48.840 because Cam Newton has a rookie threw for over four 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:49.800 thousand yards. 0:20:49.880 --> 0:20:50.080 Yeah. 0:20:50.800 --> 0:20:54.960 Twenty eight interception, Oh ouch, that's a lot of interception. 0:20:55.119 --> 0:20:57.600 That's I mean, I would take that. I would take that. 0:20:57.640 --> 0:20:59.760 Here's the numbers that came up with Brece Young. Okay, 0:21:00.119 --> 0:21:03.720 thirty seven hundred passing yards, twenty three touchdowns, eleven interceptions, 0:21:04.160 --> 0:21:06.359 same rushing yards three hundred and fifty one more rushing 0:21:06.359 --> 0:21:07.080 touchdown for rush. 0:21:07.200 --> 0:21:09.639 Give me Richardson, Now, give me richards because there's no 0:21:09.680 --> 0:21:11.720 way all three of them are going to have that 0:21:11.840 --> 0:21:14.120 kind of success. But let's see what he says about that. 0:21:14.320 --> 0:21:20.320 Richardson thirty one hundred passing yards Okay, twenty touchdowns, yeah, 0:21:20.400 --> 0:21:23.959 fifteen interceptions okay, six hundred and fifty rushing yards, eight 0:21:24.040 --> 0:21:28.080 rushing touchdowns. So essentially, he averages less than he averages 0:21:28.119 --> 0:21:30.040 less than two hundred yards a game. CJ's right at 0:21:30.040 --> 0:21:34.760 two hundred yards a game. It's like, was it like 0:21:34.760 --> 0:21:35.640 one hundred and eighty a game? 0:21:35.720 --> 0:21:37.840 What's Richardson's rushing yard total against? 0:21:37.840 --> 0:21:38.399 Six to fifty. 0:21:38.760 --> 0:21:41.200 That's a lot of have like close to a thousand. 0:21:41.520 --> 0:21:43.960 That's a lot of yards. You'll think you're. 0:21:43.840 --> 0:21:46.120 Gonna have more than that. Give me a break, Bills 0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:49.920 and Lamar Jackson. He's gonna be running all the time, 0:21:50.040 --> 0:21:52.800 number one, because he can't read defenses. You had, so 0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:55.840 when the first receivers not open, he'll take out. And 0:21:55.880 --> 0:21:57.200 he doesn't have a running back. 0:21:57.200 --> 0:21:59.280 He's not gonna hit thirty one hundred passing yards. That's 0:21:59.280 --> 0:22:01.600 a thing. I think he's gonna have more than six fifty. 0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:03.880 Think he'll rush for a lot more than six fifty. 0:22:03.960 --> 0:22:06.800 Yeah, dang well, does he stay upright? He's gonna take 0:22:06.840 --> 0:22:09.560 a lot of hits with all that rushing, So we'll 0:22:09.600 --> 0:22:11.080 see six fifty. 0:22:11.560 --> 0:22:13.440 He'll take some hits. He'll deliver something too. 0:22:13.480 --> 0:22:15.280 So that Derrek Henry got hurt a couple of times. 0:22:15.480 --> 0:22:17.560 I know, I know, But Derek Henry is still kicking. 0:22:17.760 --> 0:22:19.680 The problem is, Derek Henry doesn't have to throw the ball. 0:22:19.720 --> 0:22:21.760 But I don't think he gets the thirty one hundred 0:22:21.800 --> 0:22:22.560 passing yards. 0:22:22.760 --> 0:22:24.639 That's a lot of passing yards while you're running for 0:22:24.680 --> 0:22:25.320 all that right. 0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:25.920 Thanks, all right? 0:22:25.920 --> 0:22:32.160 You're talking about who is six six four five quarterback? 0:22:34.600 --> 0:22:37.880 Oh's the same size. 0:22:37.920 --> 0:22:38.880 He's a big boy. 0:22:38.920 --> 0:22:40.880 Andrew luck When I interviewed him at the Pro Bowl, 0:22:40.920 --> 0:22:42.879 I couldn't get over it. You know what today is 0:22:43.200 --> 0:22:45.800 what it's the four year anniversary of when he retired. 0:22:45.840 --> 0:22:47.920 It's the luck of Versary, one of the greatest days 0:22:47.920 --> 0:22:52.879 in the history of my football life. Andrew Luckyllous stepping away, Charling. 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:56.159 We were getting our butts kicked, and I remember I 0:22:56.200 --> 0:22:59.399 interviewed DeAndre Hopkins and got done with the interview. And 0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:01.760 right after I was done, usually you guys say like, hey, 0:23:01.840 --> 0:23:03.840 great job, Johnny, whatever, you say something, and you went 0:23:04.200 --> 0:23:05.720 we have massive news in the NFL. 0:23:05.720 --> 0:23:07.360 And I'm like, wait, what what happened? 0:23:07.880 --> 0:23:10.000 And all of a sudden, on the sideline, there are 0:23:10.040 --> 0:23:12.840 these groups of players all looking at JJ Watt's phone. 0:23:13.119 --> 0:23:15.600 They're all looking at each other like yeah, they'll look 0:23:15.600 --> 0:23:18.240 at each other like, oh my gosh, it's lucky. 0:23:18.480 --> 0:23:21.280 The headlight is what had his phone on the sideline? General, 0:23:21.320 --> 0:23:23.080 what do you have going on? In sports Radio six 0:23:23.160 --> 0:23:23.879 ten dot com? 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:26.400 I have a Texans column about they've got to get 0:23:26.400 --> 0:23:28.720 the running game worked out because they haven't run the 0:23:28.720 --> 0:23:31.679 ball worth a darn in preseason and they've got to 0:23:31.760 --> 0:23:35.200 do a better job stopping to run. I know y'all 0:23:35.320 --> 0:23:37.640 never heard that, and they got to do it fast 0:23:38.000 --> 0:23:40.080 and it's got to start in New Orleans. Guys, thank 0:23:40.160 --> 0:23:41.920 you very much, as always. 0:23:41.800 --> 0:23:45.199 As always, General, thank you. Greg Grissom, the president of 0:23:45.280 --> 0:23:49.360 the Texans, joins us next to talk about the home opener, 0:23:49.800 --> 0:23:53.240 a special college football showcase that you didn't see coming, 0:23:53.280 --> 0:23:55.679 but it's gonna be awesome. Here at NRG Stadium and 0:23:55.720 --> 0:23:57.720 some other stuff as well. Plus we'll take a peek 0:23:57.720 --> 0:24:00.480 at the Saints with Chrissy Freud as Deep City visits 0:24:00.480 --> 0:24:03.360 with her. It's Texans Radio moving right along on Texans 0:24:03.480 --> 0:24:06.600 Radio tonight, Let's check in with the President of the 0:24:06.640 --> 0:24:11.080 Houston Texans, Greg Grissom, with everything that's going on with 0:24:11.240 --> 0:24:15.480 the organization. A busy few weeks. It's always busy, but man, 0:24:15.560 --> 0:24:18.760 this is the time of year, right preseason home game 0:24:18.760 --> 0:24:20.520 there was only one, but we've got a lot of 0:24:20.520 --> 0:24:23.480 events coming up. So let's get to it with Greg Grissom. 0:24:23.560 --> 0:24:24.640 Excited to be here and. 0:24:24.560 --> 0:24:26.680 We're in air conditioning, and we weren't a lot during 0:24:26.680 --> 0:24:29.040 training camp, but it was fun. We had a great time. 0:24:29.119 --> 0:24:30.600 How did it go for you? How did it go 0:24:30.640 --> 0:24:32.520 for the organization? Texans training camp this year? 0:24:32.560 --> 0:24:34.240 The word I would use for training camp with our 0:24:34.240 --> 0:24:37.399 fans was just energy, the energy and excitement. It was 0:24:37.480 --> 0:24:41.400 palpable out out of camp every practice. We had overflow 0:24:41.480 --> 0:24:46.560 crowds every day. You know, players engaging, fans engaging, you know, 0:24:46.920 --> 0:24:50.200 the McNair's everybody engaging and just having a great time 0:24:50.280 --> 0:24:54.119 watching this team work really hard to prepare for the season, Greg. 0:24:53.920 --> 0:24:57.159 Has Mark slipped you the one hundred for putting us 0:24:57.160 --> 0:24:58.879 at the fifty yard line in front field one? 0:24:58.920 --> 0:24:59.680 Has he done that yet? 0:25:00.080 --> 0:25:01.399 I think it's going to cost him a little bit 0:25:01.440 --> 0:25:03.719 more now, you know, we let him there, but now 0:25:03.760 --> 0:25:05.840 he wants to stay there. So yeah, so we'll see 0:25:05.880 --> 0:25:07.760 what that's worth as we move forward to next year. 0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:10.959 Greg, you mentioned energy. That was probably because we were 0:25:11.040 --> 0:25:13.640 right there. I think we were able to sense that 0:25:13.880 --> 0:25:18.520 energy throughout practice because they were all around us at 0:25:18.680 --> 0:25:20.720 you know, eight thirty in practice at nine it was 0:25:20.760 --> 0:25:22.880 probably even at eight doors open, people. 0:25:22.640 --> 0:25:23.840 Just flocked in. 0:25:24.960 --> 0:25:27.000 But I always know there's after action reports and things 0:25:27.040 --> 0:25:28.879 like that. Or is there anything that you want to 0:25:28.920 --> 0:25:31.359 add to the mix, because and I ask you that 0:25:31.440 --> 0:25:36.000 because of this twenty twenty two Cow's cookout just started 0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:38.920 seemingly organically and now all of a sudden, I mean, 0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:41.439 there are lines of people waiting. Are there things that 0:25:41.480 --> 0:25:43.359 you want to continue to add to training camp that 0:25:43.400 --> 0:25:45.240 you think will make sense for the fans or for 0:25:45.400 --> 0:25:46.480 Mark or for anybody else? 0:25:46.480 --> 0:25:48.800 Well, yeah, well, well it's always about Mark. We know that. 0:25:48.880 --> 0:25:53.920 But but you and I know that's right. But yes, 0:25:53.960 --> 0:25:55.959 there's always things that we want to add and we 0:25:56.000 --> 0:25:57.800 want to look and see what is you know, we 0:25:57.920 --> 0:26:00.240 we do a number of surveys, so we always take 0:26:00.240 --> 0:26:04.000 the feedback, always listening to our fans. We're always focusing 0:26:04.040 --> 0:26:05.919 on how we can get better and all that we 0:26:06.119 --> 0:26:08.719 that we do. And so we're actually getting the more 0:26:08.760 --> 0:26:11.200 of the gathering mode right now, just trying to understand 0:26:11.280 --> 0:26:14.200 and use all the data that we've gathered, and we'll 0:26:14.200 --> 0:26:16.920 evaluate and figure out what's the right approach moving forward. 0:26:16.920 --> 0:26:19.199 But we, as you know, we've made tremendous improvements over 0:26:19.200 --> 0:26:21.919 the last couple of years, all all about trying to 0:26:21.920 --> 0:26:25.800 make a better experience for our fans, the players' families, 0:26:26.080 --> 0:26:29.240 you guys, everyone, and so you know, I would expect 0:26:29.240 --> 0:26:31.560 that there'll be something new. I don't know exactly what 0:26:31.600 --> 0:26:33.919 it is yet, but I promise that the team and 0:26:34.320 --> 0:26:38.640 you know, Disney, Harris, Wan Rodriguez, Haley Kraigel, our whole 0:26:38.640 --> 0:26:40.720 team that put all that together do a great job 0:26:40.760 --> 0:26:42.199 and they're hard at work on how we can make 0:26:42.200 --> 0:26:42.560 it better. 0:26:42.760 --> 0:26:42.920 Well. 0:26:42.960 --> 0:26:46.280 Season premiere was new last year and it's even newer 0:26:46.400 --> 0:26:48.520 this year as you kick off the season on the 0:26:48.520 --> 0:26:49.240 stadium floor. 0:26:49.440 --> 0:26:52.800 Correct, Yeah, it was a great event last year. Evolution 0:26:52.920 --> 0:26:56.159 of our old team luncheon into a night event, have 0:26:56.280 --> 0:26:59.000 all our players you know, getting dressed up, which is fun. 0:26:59.280 --> 0:27:01.120 So this year move in it from the Houston Methodist 0:27:01.119 --> 0:27:05.399 Training Center to this NRG Stadium floor. Just gonna be 0:27:05.480 --> 0:27:07.600 an exciting event. And the best part about it is 0:27:08.000 --> 0:27:10.879 with the leadership of Hannah McNair and and all the 0:27:10.920 --> 0:27:14.000 other vice chairmans of the event, just to to do 0:27:14.040 --> 0:27:16.600 great things for our community and inspire hope in Houston 0:27:16.720 --> 0:27:19.520 and through our foundation, and just really grateful for all 0:27:19.520 --> 0:27:22.400 the players support of that evening and everybody who's who's 0:27:22.440 --> 0:27:23.159 making it a great night. 0:27:23.240 --> 0:27:25.639 You didn't talk about dueling pianos though, and Hannah did. 0:27:25.640 --> 0:27:27.960 Yes, there is. There will be dueling pianos. There'll be 0:27:28.440 --> 0:27:30.080 all kinds of fun things. I think a bunch of 0:27:30.560 --> 0:27:33.480 you know, fun sneakers that are everybody's being encouraged to wear. 0:27:33.720 --> 0:27:36.000 So you know, who knows, But I know it'll be 0:27:36.000 --> 0:27:37.399 a great night and exciting evening. 0:27:38.040 --> 0:27:42.280 Gregor didn't hit me probably until I guess after the 0:27:42.320 --> 0:27:46.480 game Saturday and David Brady over the announcement or the 0:27:46.520 --> 0:27:51.080 PA said we'll see Indianapolis Colts week two the season. 0:27:50.760 --> 0:27:52.280 And I went whoa man. 0:27:52.320 --> 0:27:55.040 It literally is that that's the next game that's taken place, 0:27:55.040 --> 0:27:56.720 that we got a lot before we get there. But 0:27:57.480 --> 0:27:59.760 I know that we're always we're always preparing for that 0:28:00.040 --> 0:28:02.520 first game, then the excitement that goes with the first 0:28:02.560 --> 0:28:04.280 regular season game, and it will come in Week two 0:28:04.680 --> 0:28:07.080 against Indianapolis, and I know there's gonna be so much 0:28:07.200 --> 0:28:09.960 they're available for our fans and for everything going on 0:28:10.080 --> 0:28:12.240 for that day. How how's that preparation going for a 0:28:12.240 --> 0:28:13.600 game in the building. 0:28:13.640 --> 0:28:15.880 I can't wait. I mean, I do think we game 0:28:15.920 --> 0:28:20.040 presentation wise, we're gonna unveil something, uh you know that 0:28:20.200 --> 0:28:22.720 I think will be very exciting, very different than what 0:28:22.760 --> 0:28:26.720 we've done in the past pregame as uh just the 0:28:26.840 --> 0:28:28.760 legend of the Bull maybe a little bit of a 0:28:29.280 --> 0:28:32.040 hint there. And so let's see how we can create 0:28:32.080 --> 0:28:34.280 a storyline that we haven't created in the past. So 0:28:34.280 --> 0:28:38.200 I'm really excited to see that. And really, John, what 0:28:38.280 --> 0:28:41.160 I'm most excited and I and I feel very confident 0:28:41.280 --> 0:28:45.800 it will be that way is a full house energized hopefully, 0:28:45.960 --> 0:28:48.840 you know, reminding everybody to get in early, you know, 0:28:48.960 --> 0:28:53.120 welcome this team and and let's let's create nrg's home 0:28:53.120 --> 0:28:55.240 field advantage, like we know it, know it can be 0:28:55.320 --> 0:28:57.840 and has been in the past. And uh, we can 0:28:57.920 --> 0:29:00.720 see you know, tickets, tickets are going for there's there's 0:29:00.760 --> 0:29:03.280 there's a limited number when I say limited, like less 0:29:03.280 --> 0:29:07.560 than five hundred kind of limited left that that are available. 0:29:07.560 --> 0:29:09.840 And so I just really would encourage everybody if they're 0:29:09.840 --> 0:29:11.440 thinking about it, go act now. 0:29:11.720 --> 0:29:14.080 Well. Plus, it's the Colts, right, I know, we get 0:29:14.160 --> 0:29:16.280 up for all the games, but there's something extra with 0:29:16.320 --> 0:29:17.560 the Horseshoe. 0:29:17.120 --> 0:29:19.560 Correct, I mean, isn't that's your favorite team to beat? 0:29:19.560 --> 0:29:19.800 Mark? 0:29:20.080 --> 0:29:23.920 Absolutely, yeah, absolutely, let's have at it. 0:29:24.040 --> 0:29:29.480 Yeah, anyway, And so hey, it's a division game. You know, 0:29:29.560 --> 0:29:33.240 it's our home opener. Uh, you know, it's the kickoff game. 0:29:33.280 --> 0:29:35.000 We'll be doing a lot of things leading up to that. 0:29:35.040 --> 0:29:36.800 There'll be a lot of new things, you know, for 0:29:36.880 --> 0:29:40.320 fans to experience. But really, let's get this place jumping 0:29:40.840 --> 0:29:42.760 and we'll do our best to create the environment and 0:29:42.800 --> 0:29:45.240 I know the team will do their best on the 0:29:45.240 --> 0:29:47.440 field to make sure that that everybody has a great day. 0:29:47.520 --> 0:29:47.960 All right. 0:29:48.000 --> 0:29:50.400 There is a game at NRG Stadium though before that, 0:29:50.600 --> 0:29:53.160 and that would be September eighth, and this is really unique. 0:29:53.200 --> 0:29:57.000 I think this is super cool. The Mexico Football Showcase. 0:29:56.520 --> 0:29:58.200 Mexican Mexican College Football Show. 0:29:58.080 --> 0:30:01.320 Because college football from Mexico be played it in RG Stadium. 0:30:01.440 --> 0:30:05.840 Correct, Correct. This was something kind of happened organically. Actually, 0:30:05.840 --> 0:30:09.880 the the NFL gentleman who runs the Super Bowl for 0:30:09.960 --> 0:30:12.160 the league, a gentleman named Peter O'Reilly, reached out to 0:30:12.240 --> 0:30:14.680 us and said, Hey, we have an idea. We'd love 0:30:15.600 --> 0:30:18.320 to talk to you guys about working with Monterey Tech 0:30:18.560 --> 0:30:24.080 and tigrez uh in ONEFA, which is the kind of 0:30:24.080 --> 0:30:27.760 the NCAA of college football in Mexico. Uh. They want 0:30:27.800 --> 0:30:31.840 to play their first sanctioned you know, not a non 0:30:31.920 --> 0:30:34.120 exhibition game in the United States, and they want to 0:30:34.120 --> 0:30:35.920 play it in our G stadium. Would you guys be 0:30:35.960 --> 0:30:39.400 willing to partner with us? And we're like yes, and 0:30:39.400 --> 0:30:41.880 and so really excited about it. I think it's been 0:30:41.920 --> 0:30:43.960 a great experience. We've got a there's a lot of 0:30:44.000 --> 0:30:47.320 conversations going back with these these schools. They were here 0:30:47.640 --> 0:30:51.160 last Saturday doing a site visit. Great to meet their 0:30:51.200 --> 0:30:53.000 athletic director and a couple of the players that will 0:30:53.000 --> 0:30:54.400 play on the field. They get to play on an 0:30:54.480 --> 0:30:57.800 NFL Stadium, and then we get to engage in Monterey. 0:30:57.800 --> 0:30:59.680 We've got a group going down there actually, you know, 0:31:00.120 --> 0:31:03.400 as we speak to to do some some you know, 0:31:03.480 --> 0:31:06.840 fan interactions in Monterey, in and around the university. So just 0:31:06.880 --> 0:31:09.440 a great way to showcase Houston and Monterey and the 0:31:09.440 --> 0:31:11.120 partnership together in the game of football. 0:31:11.560 --> 0:31:14.040 And the next day, if my math is correct, do 0:31:14.080 --> 0:31:15.880 you have to check me on this, I think yes, 0:31:16.240 --> 0:31:17.120 Sam Houston air. 0:31:16.960 --> 0:31:19.880 Force, that's correct. So Sam Houston's first ever FBS game 0:31:20.760 --> 0:31:25.280 hosted right here at NRG Stadium against air Force, and 0:31:25.480 --> 0:31:26.760 so it'll be a great night. So yeah, if you 0:31:26.800 --> 0:31:30.360 think about next week, we've got season premiere, we have 0:31:30.440 --> 0:31:34.440 the Mexican College Football Showcase and the Sam Houston Air 0:31:34.480 --> 0:31:36.400 Force game, all in a matter of about three or 0:31:36.400 --> 0:31:39.720 four days leading into let's go. Let's go beat the Ravens. 0:31:39.800 --> 0:31:42.800 Yeah, yeah, that'll be awesome. All right, Greg, we talked 0:31:42.840 --> 0:31:45.120 about the Colts game. The next home game after that 0:31:45.160 --> 0:31:48.280 for the Texans is the Pittsburgh Steelers and a guy 0:31:48.360 --> 0:31:50.920 named J. J. Watt and being inducted into the Ring 0:31:50.960 --> 0:31:53.479 of Honor? Is that all that's it? 0:31:53.560 --> 0:31:54.120 Would you like to. 0:31:56.040 --> 0:31:59.000 It's gonna be a great day. And you know, anytime 0:31:59.040 --> 0:32:02.200 you can can correct recognize our legends, and you know, 0:32:02.440 --> 0:32:05.680 obviously the statue of JJ and guys like Andre so 0:32:05.760 --> 0:32:08.080 great to see Jjo out at practices and the role 0:32:08.080 --> 0:32:10.760 that he's playing and all our former legends. But just 0:32:10.760 --> 0:32:14.440 to be able to welcome JJ back to Houston. I 0:32:14.480 --> 0:32:16.840 know it's important to him. He's been great, as we've 0:32:16.880 --> 0:32:19.800 kind of communicated him through with him throughout this process. 0:32:20.240 --> 0:32:21.680 Really want to make sure it's great for him and 0:32:21.680 --> 0:32:24.200 his family and allow our fans in the city of 0:32:24.240 --> 0:32:27.280 Houston to just recognize all that he's done for our 0:32:27.360 --> 0:32:30.680 organization but our community as a whole. And hopefully we 0:32:30.720 --> 0:32:32.040 get to beat the Steelers that day too. 0:32:32.160 --> 0:32:32.920 Oh that'd be nice. 0:32:33.000 --> 0:32:35.000 I mean with his brother on the other side, I mean, 0:32:35.000 --> 0:32:37.320 that would just be that would be absolutely fantastic. 0:32:37.320 --> 0:32:37.480 Great. 0:32:37.480 --> 0:32:38.720 I want to go back to something that you said 0:32:38.720 --> 0:32:41.440 earlier that's kind of been ruminating in my brain a 0:32:41.480 --> 0:32:44.719 little bit. You talked about the energy, and I think 0:32:45.000 --> 0:32:48.960 we've been feeling the energy, I think since Demiko was 0:32:49.720 --> 0:32:52.920 named the head coach, and then we've sensed it watching 0:32:52.960 --> 0:32:55.480 Demko and Nick work together. I think the fans finally 0:32:55.520 --> 0:32:58.880 got a chance to see that during during training camp, 0:32:58.920 --> 0:33:01.360 and I feel like that's powerful, and I feel like 0:33:01.400 --> 0:33:03.160 there are a lot I mean, I talk to the players. 0:33:03.160 --> 0:33:04.680 We had a couple of players in here during the 0:33:04.680 --> 0:33:07.040 off season. We're doing interviews with them, and we were 0:33:07.080 --> 0:33:09.800 talking about you know what it was, you know what 0:33:09.840 --> 0:33:11.320 it was like before. Now the three of us have 0:33:11.360 --> 0:33:14.960 seen that building rock before. We've seen it just blow 0:33:15.000 --> 0:33:17.600 our minds rock. And there were players. I'm like, look, man, 0:33:18.080 --> 0:33:19.840 this place a rock. There are a lot of people 0:33:19.880 --> 0:33:23.760 in our business opposite have not seen that. But in 0:33:23.800 --> 0:33:27.200 your opinion, where does that energy coming from? What's been 0:33:27.560 --> 0:33:30.320 what has contributed to kind of the feeling and the 0:33:30.520 --> 0:33:34.040 vibe of this sense probably Demiko has been higher. 0:33:34.080 --> 0:33:36.160 Well, I would go a little bit before that, and 0:33:36.200 --> 0:33:37.760 I would give a lot of credit to Kyle and 0:33:37.800 --> 0:33:39.440 Hannah and all the work that they've done to kind 0:33:39.440 --> 0:33:41.600 of get us in a position with Nick, with all 0:33:41.640 --> 0:33:43.400 of us, we've had a lot of changes, as you know, 0:33:43.520 --> 0:33:45.800 on the on the business side, so there's been a 0:33:45.840 --> 0:33:48.280 lot of work, kind of foundational work over the last 0:33:48.400 --> 0:33:50.160 year or two to kind of lead us to a 0:33:50.200 --> 0:33:53.480 point where the Demico effect, in Hannah's words, can can 0:33:53.520 --> 0:33:56.960 fully can fully take effect. And I mean, there's no 0:33:57.200 --> 0:33:59.960 question that Demiico is a catalyst for some of this energy. 0:34:00.160 --> 0:34:03.080 And what the energy really the way that the players 0:34:03.120 --> 0:34:05.320 and the environment that he's creating for them to be 0:34:05.440 --> 0:34:08.600 their best, And and then all the support staff and 0:34:08.600 --> 0:34:10.919 and the work that Nick has done, and all our 0:34:11.040 --> 0:34:13.719 you know, our nutrition program and our weight program, and 0:34:13.760 --> 0:34:15.600 then you know, hopefully things we've been doing on the 0:34:15.600 --> 0:34:17.680 business side too, and the way that we've been working 0:34:17.719 --> 0:34:19.480 to listen to our fans and take care of our 0:34:19.480 --> 0:34:22.920 season ticket holders and our fan counsel and uh, you know, 0:34:23.000 --> 0:34:25.680 reimagine kind of how we represent ourselves to the city 0:34:25.680 --> 0:34:28.080 of Houston. So I think you put all those in 0:34:28.080 --> 0:34:31.279 in a mix and and you throw a catalyst like 0:34:31.320 --> 0:34:34.200 Demico on top of it, and that's what creates it. 0:34:34.280 --> 0:34:36.680 And and you know, hey, we all know that it's 0:34:36.680 --> 0:34:38.279 about winning games at the end of the day, and 0:34:38.320 --> 0:34:40.000 that's what we're here to do and to do that 0:34:40.080 --> 0:34:42.919 in a in a really powerful way. But it's great 0:34:42.920 --> 0:34:46.240 to feel the energy to get started. And like you said, 0:34:46.560 --> 0:34:49.680 there's nothing more important than getting an energized building, uh 0:34:49.840 --> 0:34:52.799 that that that we can have that environment for our players. 0:34:52.560 --> 0:34:54.560 To perform in all I want more for you about 0:34:54.600 --> 0:34:57.080 the game day experience because we had the one preseason 0:34:57.120 --> 0:34:59.520 game and sort of a soft opening for the boulevard, 0:34:59.560 --> 0:35:02.040 which is all been there, but you're really putting a 0:35:02.080 --> 0:35:04.880 lot more into the boulevard area, which is on the 0:35:04.920 --> 0:35:06.880 east side of the stage, of the southeast side, and 0:35:06.920 --> 0:35:08.640 the radio stage is out there. So that's how I 0:35:08.680 --> 0:35:09.000 noticed it. 0:35:09.040 --> 0:35:13.600 Yeah, it's smart. So I mean, without getting too far 0:35:13.600 --> 0:35:15.239 into the weeds, we've kind of always had kind of 0:35:15.320 --> 0:35:18.840 disparate areas of activation or kind of you know, environment 0:35:18.920 --> 0:35:21.080 creating energy. You know, we had bud Light Plaza, we 0:35:21.080 --> 0:35:23.000 had the Boulevard, we had some things in other areas. 0:35:23.480 --> 0:35:26.400 And what we're testing is if we just consolidate and 0:35:26.440 --> 0:35:28.880 give everyone one place to go and say this is 0:35:29.000 --> 0:35:31.279 the place. This is if you you know, as you're 0:35:31.280 --> 0:35:33.239 coming into the building. You know, obviously we want people 0:35:33.280 --> 0:35:35.759 tailgating out in the parking lots and enjoying that, and 0:35:35.800 --> 0:35:38.080 we want people in the building early. But as you know, 0:35:38.120 --> 0:35:41.120 as everybody's navigating all those those experience and we're working 0:35:41.120 --> 0:35:43.240 really hard on making traffic as good as it possibly 0:35:43.239 --> 0:35:46.040 can be. But come check out the boulevard. It's where 0:35:46.040 --> 0:35:49.239 we're going to continue to just to build infrastructure and 0:35:49.320 --> 0:35:51.320 make it kind of a one stop place for people 0:35:51.360 --> 0:35:55.080 to enjoy the pregame atmosphere before they get into the stadium. Again, 0:35:55.440 --> 0:35:57.520 if I can, I can, I say it again, get 0:35:57.520 --> 0:36:00.320 in early. We want folks ready to go and and 0:36:00.480 --> 0:36:02.280 getting the juice going from the very beginning. 0:36:02.320 --> 0:36:03.120 There's nothing like it. 0:36:03.239 --> 0:36:06.000 Yeah, but we know tailgating is obviously it's a big thing. 0:36:06.200 --> 0:36:07.680 So this one's for both of you. You can hold 0:36:07.719 --> 0:36:09.960 your answer mark for a little bit. If you have 0:36:10.120 --> 0:36:11.960 time to get out to a tailgate before a game. 0:36:12.000 --> 0:36:16.080 What's the one food you have to get at the tailgate? 0:36:16.120 --> 0:36:18.239 What's the one you want to have more than any 0:36:18.239 --> 0:36:19.040 other in a tailgate. 0:36:19.840 --> 0:36:22.960 I'm like a halopeno and cheese sausage guy, so I'm 0:36:22.960 --> 0:36:25.680 always kind of looking for for for the you know, 0:36:25.719 --> 0:36:28.319 the best halopeno and cheese sausage of some kind. Just 0:36:28.480 --> 0:36:30.120 you know, it's maybe a little off the beaten path, 0:36:30.280 --> 0:36:32.560 you know, not every tailgate has it. I know h 0:36:32.600 --> 0:36:35.200 GB serves some. You know, you can buy some amazing 0:36:35.200 --> 0:36:38.160 products there because I might do that on a frequent basis, 0:36:38.200 --> 0:36:39.600 but I'm always looking for that. 0:36:39.760 --> 0:36:41.319 Yeah, I mean them the same thing I like looking 0:36:41.320 --> 0:36:41.880 for the sausage. 0:36:41.960 --> 0:36:45.120 Yeah, so that's a smart tailgate food to eat because 0:36:45.160 --> 0:36:46.880 I'll go for the brisket with a lot of barbecue 0:36:46.920 --> 0:36:49.120 sauce and spill it all over myself and then go 0:36:49.200 --> 0:36:50.920 in and you know, it's a disaster, but. 0:36:50.880 --> 0:36:51.480 It tastes good. 0:36:51.560 --> 0:36:55.359 So you're on the radio, so everything's fah for radio. Greg, 0:36:55.400 --> 0:36:56.239 thanks a lot of good luck. 0:36:56.280 --> 0:36:57.359 Thanks guys, appreciate it. 0:36:57.400 --> 0:37:00.279 There's the president of the Houston Texans, Greg Griss. Now 0:37:00.320 --> 0:37:03.359 the team heading four New Orleans on Saturday to play 0:37:03.400 --> 0:37:05.880 a Sunday night game at seven. It's live on Fox 0:37:05.920 --> 0:37:07.799 twenty six and Sports Radio six ten of the Bowl 0:37:07.800 --> 0:37:09.800 one hundred point three FM, and the Texans app, in 0:37:09.840 --> 0:37:12.439 the Odyssey app and a lot of apps. So let's 0:37:12.520 --> 0:37:15.840 talk about it. Deep b Situ visits with Chrissy Freud, 0:37:15.880 --> 0:37:18.920 who covers the Saints. Let's get a deep dive going 0:37:19.000 --> 0:37:22.280 on New Orleans next here on Texans Radio. Final segment 0:37:22.280 --> 0:37:25.239 on Texans All Access tonight with the Texans taking on 0:37:25.360 --> 0:37:27.960 the Saints in Week six. It's a little unusual, but 0:37:28.000 --> 0:37:30.279 it's happened before in franchise history, where you play a 0:37:30.320 --> 0:37:33.160 team in the preseason that you will face in the 0:37:33.160 --> 0:37:36.799 regular season, So let's get organized here and get to 0:37:36.840 --> 0:37:38.640 know the Saints a little bit better. Yeah, we'll see 0:37:38.680 --> 0:37:41.000 them up close in personal Sunday Night Live on Fox 0:37:41.040 --> 0:37:43.120 twenty six and Sports Radio six ten The Bowl one 0:37:43.200 --> 0:37:46.280 hundred point three FM. But what's going on with the Saints? 0:37:46.520 --> 0:37:50.160 Deep b Situ catches up with Saints insider Chrissy Freud. 0:37:50.400 --> 0:37:52.960 I'm catching up with Chrissy Freud. She covers the Saints 0:37:53.000 --> 0:37:56.480 for Saints Wire. Chrissy, A weird week for both of 0:37:56.480 --> 0:37:59.600 these teams. No joint practices, So how are the Saints 0:37:59.719 --> 0:38:01.920 hand sort of the free time this week? I mean, 0:38:01.960 --> 0:38:03.960 they still have practice, but they don't have the Texans 0:38:03.960 --> 0:38:06.360 in town. What does that sort of look like from 0:38:06.440 --> 0:38:06.839 your end? 0:38:07.200 --> 0:38:08.960 Yeah, I think it's kind of a normal week. It 0:38:09.000 --> 0:38:11.160 obviously is a little bit different as far as being 0:38:11.200 --> 0:38:12.520 able to go up against the other the team. 0:38:12.560 --> 0:38:14.880 I mean, they did have the joint practices against the 0:38:14.920 --> 0:38:17.320 Los Angeles Chargers last week, so I think it's obviously 0:38:17.400 --> 0:38:20.280 some type of the benefit whenever you have the ability 0:38:20.320 --> 0:38:23.440 to do that before the preseason game comes around. But 0:38:23.520 --> 0:38:25.799 at the same time, it's just like what's been said, 0:38:25.880 --> 0:38:28.839 there was a reason why these practices were canceled. There 0:38:28.840 --> 0:38:31.239 were some players banged up on both sides. Looking more 0:38:31.239 --> 0:38:33.120 at the Texans as far as that goes, so, I 0:38:33.160 --> 0:38:37.080 think that it really wouldn't have been productive for either side. 0:38:37.200 --> 0:38:40.239 And then it also I think, looking from the Texans perspective, 0:38:40.320 --> 0:38:43.120 is absolutely not and their best interest, not only for 0:38:43.200 --> 0:38:44.719 a game that at the end of the day, well 0:38:44.840 --> 0:38:46.759 it really doesn't matter, even though you'd like to get 0:38:46.800 --> 0:38:50.560 the win, but also moving into an important season for 0:38:50.680 --> 0:38:52.640 both teams that are looking to bounce back. I mean, 0:38:52.680 --> 0:38:54.759 you want as many people healthy as possible. One this 0:38:54.840 --> 0:38:57.160 is just the women's not worth the squeeze there. As 0:38:57.160 --> 0:38:58.840 far as holding joint practices. 0:38:59.000 --> 0:39:00.640 I feel like every time we go to New Orleans 0:39:00.640 --> 0:39:03.399 for joint practices, something bad happens. I mean, I still 0:39:03.400 --> 0:39:06.520 have a little bit of PTSD from Hurricane Harvey back 0:39:06.520 --> 0:39:09.359 in twenty seventeen, But the Saints were out west and 0:39:09.400 --> 0:39:10.480 there was a hurricquake. 0:39:10.600 --> 0:39:12.120 So how did that all go? 0:39:12.320 --> 0:39:13.600 Where the players affected at all? 0:39:13.680 --> 0:39:14.000 By that? 0:39:14.280 --> 0:39:14.960 I don't think so. 0:39:15.080 --> 0:39:17.680 I mean I think that in any instance where that happens, 0:39:17.719 --> 0:39:19.480 I think it makes people a little bit uneasy. I 0:39:19.520 --> 0:39:22.200 know that with Hillary coming and then as far as 0:39:22.200 --> 0:39:24.040 the earthquake goes and everything. There was a little bit 0:39:24.040 --> 0:39:27.160 of pushback just from some people in general, kind of 0:39:27.200 --> 0:39:28.520 like why are we playing this game? 0:39:28.560 --> 0:39:30.640 Why isn't this game rescheduled? Why is it a move? 0:39:30.680 --> 0:39:33.120 But don't we cancel it all together? Just as far 0:39:33.200 --> 0:39:35.560 as the environmental hazards that creates. 0:39:35.600 --> 0:39:38.239 But I think it ended up being not that bad, 0:39:38.239 --> 0:39:40.360 and I think that obviously the Saints were not horribly 0:39:40.400 --> 0:39:42.799 affected by It was a really close game, and then 0:39:42.840 --> 0:39:44.440 New Orleans came out on tops. 0:39:44.320 --> 0:39:46.360 Literally literally dodged a storm. 0:39:46.440 --> 0:39:47.040 So good to hear. 0:39:47.080 --> 0:39:50.319 All Right, So final preseason game, you know, heading into it, 0:39:50.360 --> 0:39:52.520 what are sort of the big questions that the Saints 0:39:52.520 --> 0:39:53.640 would like to have answered? 0:39:53.719 --> 0:39:54.040 You think? 0:39:54.480 --> 0:39:57.440 I think some of it comes down to the linebacker position. 0:39:57.640 --> 0:39:59.320 I think that when. 0:39:59.200 --> 0:40:02.120 We went into this preseason we kind of question some 0:40:02.200 --> 0:40:05.160 of the depth. But the free agent pickup Jalen Smith 0:40:05.160 --> 0:40:07.239 has shown some really good things. I think that he's 0:40:07.280 --> 0:40:10.799 moved on to be the front runner as the backup linebacker. 0:40:10.840 --> 0:40:14.280 I think that we also look to the running back position. 0:40:14.320 --> 0:40:15.040 I think the LS. 0:40:14.960 --> 0:40:17.520 Merriweather has done a good job there. But then we 0:40:17.560 --> 0:40:19.560 look at Kendre Miller as the one who's making the 0:40:19.600 --> 0:40:20.759 push to be. 0:40:20.800 --> 0:40:21.600 The backup guy. 0:40:21.640 --> 0:40:25.760 And then especially with Alvin Kamara he's suspended the first 0:40:25.760 --> 0:40:28.600 three games of the season, you want someone strong there. 0:40:28.640 --> 0:40:31.000 I think that he's shown some versatility fifty nine all 0:40:31.040 --> 0:40:33.560 purpose yards in this past game, so I think that 0:40:33.560 --> 0:40:34.879 that's going to be something to watch. 0:40:34.920 --> 0:40:36.600 I think we'll probably see him in limited. 0:40:36.239 --> 0:40:38.640 Time because I would like to think that's something that's 0:40:38.719 --> 0:40:40.800 kind of been a hashed out. And then also just 0:40:40.840 --> 0:40:44.319 continuing continuing to look at the overall performance across the 0:40:44.400 --> 0:40:47.640 offensive line and defensive line, there's been some depth issues 0:40:48.160 --> 0:40:51.280 multiple positions across both of those lines, and then also 0:40:51.360 --> 0:40:54.239 kind of a revolving door with injury. So I think 0:40:54.280 --> 0:40:57.080 that just who takes the field is going to be 0:40:57.120 --> 0:40:59.600 something to watch, and then kind of establishing as some 0:40:59.640 --> 0:41:02.160 of those up positions as well. And then we also 0:41:02.160 --> 0:41:05.680 look at the quarterback battle. I mean, I obviously Derek 0:41:05.719 --> 0:41:07.040 Carr is going to be the starter. I don't think 0:41:07.040 --> 0:41:09.359 that anyone's questioning that, which is why you haven't seen 0:41:09.440 --> 0:41:11.719 much of them, But that's probably going to continue to 0:41:11.719 --> 0:41:13.880 be a trend. But I think that Jamis Winston and 0:41:13.960 --> 0:41:18.200 Jay Canter are closer than some people may think Winston's 0:41:18.200 --> 0:41:19.120 got more experience. 0:41:19.160 --> 0:41:21.799 I think logically it's going to make more sense for. 0:41:21.840 --> 0:41:25.120 Him to open this season as the backup, especially after 0:41:25.239 --> 0:41:27.880 putting up a strong performance against Los Angeles. 0:41:28.080 --> 0:41:29.279 But at the same time, this is a. 0:41:29.320 --> 0:41:32.520 Quarterback he's shown to be inaccurate at times, a lot 0:41:32.520 --> 0:41:35.680 of decision making issues, just very inconsistent throughout his career, 0:41:35.680 --> 0:41:37.960 as a stat line in the film reflects, and so 0:41:38.040 --> 0:41:40.359 I think that even if j Caner doesn't push him 0:41:40.840 --> 0:41:42.920 for the number two spot immediately, I think that's going 0:41:42.960 --> 0:41:45.000 to be something to watch moving downline. 0:41:45.000 --> 0:41:46.480 I think that Hayter grew. 0:41:46.360 --> 0:41:49.200 Leaps and bounds as did CJ. Stroud on your side 0:41:49.200 --> 0:41:51.000 of the ball in the second in the second game. 0:41:51.040 --> 0:41:53.440 I think it's so funny because we think about the 0:41:53.520 --> 0:41:56.560 quarterback position and rookies and every single year, I see 0:41:56.560 --> 0:42:00.200 the same storyline in the first preseason game, Oh and 0:42:00.239 --> 0:42:02.839 such looks like he's strugg Lady, it's a rhythm and yeah, 0:42:02.840 --> 0:42:04.720 it's because we can't live in a world of instic 0:42:04.760 --> 0:42:06.280 gratification with the rookie quarterback. 0:42:06.520 --> 0:42:08.080 It's a really hard transition to make. 0:42:08.120 --> 0:42:11.879 They're playing alongside all these backups, your reserve offensive line, 0:42:11.920 --> 0:42:13.239 and so yeah, I mean they got to get their 0:42:13.280 --> 0:42:15.080 rookie jitters out and so if you're going to see 0:42:15.120 --> 0:42:16.760 an upward swing, you'd at least. 0:42:16.600 --> 0:42:17.480 Hope in the second game. 0:42:17.560 --> 0:42:19.920 All right, there's Chrissy Freud who covers the Saints for 0:42:20.000 --> 0:42:23.360 Saints Wire and visiting with our own d B Situ. 0:42:23.440 --> 0:42:24.960 You can hear the rest of that on the Deep 0:42:24.960 --> 0:42:29.120 Slam podcast on the Texans app, Spotify, wherever you get 0:42:29.160 --> 0:42:32.760 your podcasts. 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