Speaker 1: Hello Texans, Welcome to the show. Mark vandermir John Harris
Speaker 1: with you in the hun Day Texans Radio studio. And
Speaker 1: it's Thursday, and you know what that means. It's time
Speaker 1: for the General John McClain the Hall of Famersports Radio
Speaker 1: six ten dot Com. Among many other things in his past,
Speaker 1: including a band he played in in college. General, you sang,
Speaker 1: did you play the instruments?
Speaker 2: Tambourine? That was easy?
Speaker 1: Easy tambourine? Nice?
Speaker 3: General, on your music skill on a level from who's
Speaker 3: the worst quarterback there's ever been?
Speaker 1: Uh, Joe pisarcik, Joe wasn't.
Speaker 3: The worst Joe Pisarchick to Patrick Mahomes, Where would you
Speaker 3: say your musical talent lies in comparison to quarterbacks?
Speaker 2: I don't have any music musical talent. I sang because
Speaker 2: I could afford a sound system because I worked and
Speaker 2: I saved my money. I spent seven hundred dollars this
Speaker 2: is in the late sixties for a sound system. So
Speaker 2: that made me the singer. I was the leader of
Speaker 2: the band. And I can't tell you the name of
Speaker 2: the band because it's obscene, but it was people thought
Speaker 2: it was cool back then. My guys in Nashville have
Speaker 2: been trying to get me for twenty years to tell
Speaker 2: them the name of the band, and then when I
Speaker 2: finally told them, they're like, oh, no, we can't, we
Speaker 2: can't use that on the air. I said, no kidding.
Speaker 2: I've had people up there asked me like, on the street,
Speaker 2: tell me the name of your band.
Speaker 1: You can't even say it that?
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know what.
Speaker 2: I wouldn't tell them even off because then they go
Speaker 2: put it out on social media. But we had some
Speaker 2: really talented guys in our band, and we run around
Speaker 2: Central Texas and we played at places, made a little money,
Speaker 2: and it was a lot of fun because, as Paul
Speaker 2: McCartney said, he joined the Beatles because of the Birds,
Speaker 2: So I guess you could say when you were in
Speaker 2: a band back in the late sixties he had fun
Speaker 2: with the Birds.
Speaker 1: The Birds, Yes, and we all know what that means
Speaker 1: in England because of the Austin Powers movies. Anyway, general,
Speaker 1: no joint practices this week. Team has been working out
Speaker 1: on its own and getting ready for the Saints on Sunday.
Speaker 1: This is a weird deal because I don't think we
Speaker 1: have a rhythm yet around the league on how to
Speaker 1: handle that third week of the preseason. I think the
Speaker 1: teams are still finding their way without that fourth game,
Speaker 1: which we all knew what that became. No starters playing,
Speaker 1: just make it a developmental game, get the starters ready
Speaker 1: for opening day. But Week three was still starters if
Speaker 1: you had joint practices. Maybe not as much as it
Speaker 1: used to be. What do you think is going on
Speaker 1: with the Texans and around the league with this Week
Speaker 1: three routine.
Speaker 2: Well, they better not get too used to it because
Speaker 2: pretty soon it's going to be two preseason games and
Speaker 2: it's going to be eighteen regular season games, or by knows,
Speaker 2: the NFL wants to go eighteen a time when they
Speaker 2: talk about how word they are back, concussion in, players out,
Speaker 2: players will sign off on it because the salary cap
Speaker 2: will go up and they'll get a bigger cut of
Speaker 2: the money. You know, everybody wants the money. I don't
Speaker 2: blame them, and I think most teams are going to
Speaker 2: play their starters. You know, the Texans with new coach,
Speaker 2: new coordinators, new play caller, new quarterback now CJ. Stroud
Speaker 2: would have benefited from the joint practice against the Saints
Speaker 2: more than anybody because he can be hit and I
Speaker 2: think he would have done him good. We as to
Speaker 2: Meek Ryan's about simulating in practice with the Texans by
Speaker 2: themselves again versus the Saints what he could have done,
Speaker 2: and he said, they'll try to do it as close
Speaker 2: as they could. But I think based on what we've
Speaker 2: seen in Stroud, one good drive. He needs he needs
Speaker 2: work in this game. Could he use the practice reps
Speaker 2: because right now, if they had to play at Baltimore,
Speaker 2: a Super Bowl contender, it could be ugly.
Speaker 5: General.
Speaker 3: The news of the day, which I don't know, happened
Speaker 3: around two o'clock or so two fifteen or so on Thursday,
Speaker 3: Adam Schefter reporting that Arizona is making a trade of
Speaker 3: Isaiah Simmes to the Giants, but they also have a
Speaker 3: second trade. The Cardinals are sending offensive lineman Josh Jones
Speaker 3: from the Cardinals, who at eleven starts last year to
Speaker 3: the Houston Texans. He's in his final year of his
Speaker 3: rookie contract. If you want to use any kind of guide,
Speaker 3: he had a seventy five point eight grade last season
Speaker 3: on PFF. And I know the three of us have
Speaker 3: not watched Josh Jones. I did when he's back in Houston.
Speaker 3: Have watched much with the Cardinals, but just general your
Speaker 3: thoughts about trading for an offensive tackle, guy that has
Speaker 3: played guard, has versatility at either position. Your thoughts about that,
Speaker 3: and Mark I want to here obviously what you have
Speaker 3: to think about this trade too.
Speaker 2: Well, they're desperate at tackle. You know, we don't know
Speaker 2: if Titus Hour is going to be able to play
Speaker 2: in their first game. Cast came off. Now it's back on.
Speaker 2: Jeorge Fan has done a reasonable and first impersonation they
Speaker 2: brought into other tackles airs on he went on I
Speaker 2: or the other guy escape. I don't know if he
Speaker 2: got hurt, but Josh Jones is a legitimate tackle. And
Speaker 2: I'm guessing because they have a new head coach and
Speaker 2: a new GM and Monty Austin Fort he used to
Speaker 2: be here twice that they're cleaning out all the trash.
Speaker 2: That's why we know Kyler Murray won't be there after
Speaker 2: next season, even though they're not acting like it. They're
Speaker 2: going to draft one of the top quarterbacks, Drake mayor
Speaker 2: Caleb Williams, and so I like it. You don't get
Speaker 2: many guys at this point who can start and play.
Speaker 2: And what was he in the draft? Josh Jones from
Speaker 2: the Cougars. Was he a third rounder? Second rounder?
Speaker 5: I think he's the third rounder.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you don't have a lot of third rounders,
Speaker 2: and so I think it's a good move. He's got
Speaker 2: a chance to come in here and play. He's coming home.
Speaker 2: He ought to be excited about it. You're not going
Speaker 2: to get a great player, man. I didn't get a
Speaker 2: good player. But if they coach him up, you know
Speaker 2: they they When you got a rookie quarterback and you're
Speaker 2: relying on a running game as much as they are,
Speaker 2: you got to do whatever it takes. So I'm glad
Speaker 2: to see Nick Serio make that move because she can't
Speaker 2: have too many tackles in a situation they're in.
Speaker 1: Boy, being a tackle in this league is like being
Speaker 1: a left handed pitcher in baseball. It's like being a
Speaker 1: seven footer in basketball. You are always going to be
Speaker 1: able to find a job if you're halfway decent, and
Speaker 1: I know he's more than halfway decent based on the
Speaker 1: amount of games he started. Third rounder, like you said,
Speaker 1: George Bush High School in Richmond. So it's good news
Speaker 1: at four to five things obviously, Charlie heck On pop
Speaker 1: from the get go and training camp and Titus with
Speaker 1: his injury situation, it's a good thing to have this.
Speaker 1: It's more than insurance. He might have to play a bunch.
Speaker 1: We'll see, we don't know yet, but you have him
Speaker 1: on the roster now, and they make the deal. In general,
Speaker 1: I saw Adam Rank put out a tweet earlier today
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals c and he had a gift of a
Speaker 1: tank operating. So obviously Austin fort Nick Cassio know each
Speaker 1: other's phone number. But the Cardinals mental man, and they're
Speaker 1: gonna be here at NRG Stadium this year. It doesn't
Speaker 1: look like they're primed for a Super Bowl run this campaign.
Speaker 2: They know their fans know the Michael Bidwell, the owner knows.
Speaker 2: You know. They're tanking to try to get that first pick,
Speaker 2: and they need a quarterback. They want a franchise quarterback.
Speaker 2: Now what I don't understand. People act like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 2: they can trade Kyler Murray. They're gonna have to pick
Speaker 2: up a whole lot of money on this contract that
Speaker 2: he's signed last year that might be one of the
Speaker 2: worst ever. And he blew out his knee of course,
Speaker 2: so I'm guessing they'll tell Kyler Murray well, just take
Speaker 2: the year off, we'll put you on. Now, we'll put
Speaker 2: you on. Iur and they're probably smart for him because
Speaker 2: it's a bad team and he don't want to risk
Speaker 2: me and hurt when they and they don't want him
Speaker 2: to get hurt because they want to move for what
Speaker 2: they can get. And I think that's a good plan
Speaker 2: for Austin Ford and new coach Johnathan Gannon, who the
Speaker 2: McNair's thought very highly of, interviewed him two seasons and
Speaker 2: it's a good play and everybody understands it. And the
Speaker 2: key is a lot of people think that they're going
Speaker 2: to have a chance to they most people picked the
Speaker 2: Texans to be bad, although I saw somebody yesterday had
Speaker 2: a winning seven games. They take that into heartbeat. And
Speaker 2: but most people think that the Texans are going to
Speaker 2: be bad enough to help them get two of the
Speaker 2: top five picks. But maybe, just maybe the Texans will surprise.
Speaker 2: They need the Browns to surprise and be bad so
Speaker 2: they can get hired number one pick, and then they
Speaker 2: need to be better than people anticipate.
Speaker 5: Both could happen. Yep, could happen.
Speaker 3: I mean, we'll see what probably won't happen, though is
Speaker 3: Jonathan terror playing for the Colts general they're he's kind.
Speaker 5: Of an artificially set deadline.
Speaker 3: I guess if you will with Jonathan Taylor Colts that
Speaker 3: said by Tuesday, because that's the fifty three man cutdown day,
Speaker 3: so they might want to get a player or two
Speaker 3: back in the deal. Maybe maybe not. What are your
Speaker 3: thoughts about Taylor? A. Do you think he ever plays
Speaker 3: for the Colts again? B he had to play for
Speaker 3: the Colts. Where's he going?
Speaker 2: Well, I can't imagine anybody wanted to trade for him
Speaker 2: right now, unless you do like Isaiah Simmons and give
Speaker 2: a seven. Now that guy was number one pick, right
Speaker 2: to get a seven for him. I remember how well
Speaker 2: he ran, how fast he was and his quickness, and
Speaker 2: everybody was raving about him. Well, Johnson Taylor was hurt
Speaker 2: last year. He's hurt right now. You don't know how
Speaker 2: long he's going to be healthy. The new team can't
Speaker 2: sign him to a contract, so you're going to take
Speaker 2: an injured player, not knowing if you can sign to
Speaker 2: a contract after the season. You may inherit the same
Speaker 2: problems as the Colts, where he's unampy again and he
Speaker 2: helps create controversy and and I certainly wouldn't give up
Speaker 2: two or three something like that. People talk about Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 2: He was healthy, he was running, he was catching, he'd
Speaker 2: overcome knee surgery'd signed a huge contract. So if you
Speaker 2: could pay the money, which forty nine ers could, they
Speaker 2: got multiple pigs for him and it was worth it
Speaker 2: because they got to the championship game. But they didn't
Speaker 2: give up one. But I don't see anybody giving up
Speaker 2: to two. I wouldn't even given up the three for
Speaker 2: Jonathan Taylor, not knowing when he is going to be
Speaker 2: healthy and then not knowing if you're going to have
Speaker 2: him more than this season.
Speaker 1: Well, we know Jonathan Taylor's not playing tonight for sure,
Speaker 1: when the Colts take on the Philadelphia Eagles in their
Speaker 1: preseason finales and general. I don't know about mussy TV,
Speaker 1: but if there ever was one for a preseason game
Speaker 1: not involving the Texans, I am really eager to see
Speaker 1: what the Colts look like tonight. Anthony Richardson didn't play
Speaker 1: in the last one. And this is the Week two
Speaker 1: opponent for the Texans as the home opener September seventeenth.
Speaker 1: It's on your thoughts.
Speaker 2: I read a respectable longtime NFL writer talking about Anthony
Speaker 2: Richardson being a candidate for NFL Offensive Rookie the year.
Speaker 2: Nobody spoke of him at all till he went to
Speaker 2: the combine and lit it up with his athletic ability.
Speaker 2: When nobody was rushing him, nobody was covering him, nobody
Speaker 2: was covering his receivers, and it just people fell in
Speaker 2: love with the athleticism, kind of like Mike mcmula. And
Speaker 2: so he has so little experience. I've told his story before.
Speaker 2: There are three people that went to the University of
Speaker 2: Florida and were in the NFL who were good friends
Speaker 2: of mine and told me that Damien Pears was a
Speaker 2: great draft choice. He was gonna be really good because
Speaker 2: the Gators misused him terrible and made a huge mistake
Speaker 2: with him. And that's why when I used that information
Speaker 2: in bad landry Locker one hundred dollars that he would
Speaker 2: rush for a thousand yards and he misses almost the
Speaker 2: last all of the last five games that he would
Speaker 2: have shattered it. Those same people told me they do
Speaker 2: not understand what all the hype is on Anthony Richardson
Speaker 2: because they watched every game, every throw, every rue, and yes,
Speaker 2: he is a great athlete and he may become a
Speaker 2: great quarterback. But they say he is so raw and
Speaker 2: was they say he was poorly coached. And so since
Speaker 2: they were right about Pierce, I tend to believe him
Speaker 2: on Richardson and certainly do not think of him as
Speaker 2: a candidate for Offensive Rookie of the Year based on
Speaker 2: how little he played at Florida.
Speaker 3: Boys and Girls. Mike Mamula, nineteen ninety four. It's a
Speaker 3: long time ago. He was the first player to master
Speaker 3: the combine. He learned all that combine events, practiced them,
Speaker 3: and ended up blowing up the combine. He had a
Speaker 3: number seventh pick in the ninety four draft, So you see, yeah,
Speaker 3: BC he's he.
Speaker 5: Was actually a good player kind of and then he
Speaker 5: got hurt.
Speaker 3: And the way you go from that standpoint general, what
Speaker 3: you read on the Titans right now?
Speaker 5: Traylon Burke's gonna miss a few weeks.
Speaker 3: Well, Levis has been banged up a little bit, but
Speaker 3: the defense apparently has kind of found itself, and you
Speaker 3: kind of thought it was We've thought it was gonna
Speaker 3: be that team all along. What's kind of your read
Speaker 3: on the Titans come out of training camp.
Speaker 2: There's no surprises on the Titans. They're gonna rely on
Speaker 2: their defense. They're gonna rite rely on Derrick Henry, and
Speaker 2: they're gonna rely on Ryan Tannehill baking the ball to Henry,
Speaker 2: great playfags and then throwing a lot of short passes
Speaker 2: because they don't have a deep threat. And I'm thinking,
Speaker 2: as long as Deandre's healthy, he's gonna get a lot
Speaker 2: of targets and he'll probably have a lot of catches.
Speaker 2: You know, he's not gonna beat anybody deep until Burke's
Speaker 2: comes back, and nobody has a clue how long that'll be.
Speaker 2: DeAndre is going to get a lot of attention from defenses,
Speaker 2: and of all the teams in the NFL, I think
Speaker 2: they will be the least surprising about the way they
Speaker 2: go about this season. We know the head coach, we
Speaker 2: know this philosophy, we know the strengths and weaknesses of
Speaker 2: the team. There's going to be no surprise.
Speaker 4: John.
Speaker 1: People who know me know I'm a very positive person.
Speaker 1: I'm the Norman Vincent Peel of sports talk radio. I
Speaker 1: think upbeat. I look for the good in people. But
Speaker 1: give me a good worst case scenario for the Jaguars here,
Speaker 1: give me some hope here that they're not going to
Speaker 1: be as good as people think. What can go wrong
Speaker 1: with the Jaguars? That's right, I'm going dark here on
Speaker 1: the Jaguars.
Speaker 2: A lot of people think because Doug Beaters won a
Speaker 2: Super Bowl and he did get fired, that he's going
Speaker 2: to turn that team into a Super Bowl contender. So
Speaker 2: they were nine to eight last year, they had to
Speaker 2: win the last game to get in the playoffs. Then
Speaker 2: they had that great comeback or a choke job on
Speaker 2: a Chargers part to win a playoff game before they lost.
Speaker 2: And Trevor Lawrence to make a lot of improvement under
Speaker 2: Doug Peterson, who's done well with quarterbacks, and now there's
Speaker 2: people saying he's a dark horse candidate for MVP. Maybe
Speaker 2: he will be, but I I just don't see it.
Speaker 2: I think they should be favored to win the division.
Speaker 2: But you said a worst case in their worst scenario
Speaker 2: is a losing record and somebody like Tennessee sneaks in
Speaker 2: and wins the division and they take a huge step back.
Speaker 2: And if they do have a losing record don't win
Speaker 2: the division, people are going to kill them because there's
Speaker 2: I've seen people rate them as high as number five
Speaker 2: in the NFL. I want them to prove it. I
Speaker 2: want him to show it. I see four teams in
Speaker 2: the FC North that I think are better than them.
Speaker 2: I see three teams in the FC's I saw a
Speaker 2: thing today written by Connor or, one of the great
Speaker 2: NFL riders on s side dot com, who has the
Speaker 2: Patriots winning the AMC WHA what I haven't seen anybody
Speaker 2: make that prediction. Has the chancel of the losing record. Okay,
Speaker 2: like everybody, I got the Patriots finished the last Maybe
Speaker 2: it's because of Billy O'Brien, but it's amazing. But most
Speaker 2: people have the Jaguars running away with it and Trevor
Speaker 2: Lawrence having a shot at the MVP Award. I just
Speaker 2: don't see it. I wanted to prove it first general.
Speaker 1: The game tonight between the Eagles and the Colts is
Speaker 1: on Amazon. So here we go again with the Amazon thing,
Speaker 1: which did pretty well last year. Considering it's a streaming
Speaker 1: service and it's not over the air and drive by
Speaker 1: viewership as I call it and everything like that, you
Speaker 1: really have to dig in to go find the game.
Speaker 1: Tell me something, what streaming service do you watch most
Speaker 1: shows on Do you watch a lot of Netflix? And
Speaker 1: do you have Hulu or something like that? Is there
Speaker 1: a show that you like to stream? We used to
Speaker 1: talk movies all the time. I think that says a
Speaker 1: lot about the movie industry that we don't discuss movies
Speaker 1: with you much anymore. But tell me what about streaming
Speaker 1: services for you?
Speaker 2: We still don't subscribe to Netflix. And because there's a
Speaker 2: million shows on Amazon and you can get almost everything
Speaker 2: on Amazon, that's where I watched the most. But well,
Speaker 2: we really like the most. Carol and I watch Breadbox.
Speaker 2: We love watching British mysteries, murder mysteries because you're tired
Speaker 2: of blowing them up and car chases and murders with
Speaker 2: guns over there. It's they they stab them, they they
Speaker 2: choke them, they hit them in the.
Speaker 1: Heads, so much more wholesome. Yes, they don't.
Speaker 2: Carry guns and shoot them unless it's a hunter doing it.
Speaker 2: It's just they don't spend a lot of money on explosions,
Speaker 2: you know, they spend a lot less money on their shows.
Speaker 2: And not just England and UK and Italy. We watch
Speaker 2: a lot of those. And it's that you have to
Speaker 2: think a lot, and sometimes it gets me, gives me
Speaker 2: a headache, and then Carol has to she's already figured
Speaker 2: it out, and I'll say, don't tell me anymore. But
Speaker 2: we love Brett Box.
Speaker 1: Do you see movies in the theater anymore? In general?
Speaker 2: We do well. Last one I saw was Oppenheimer. She
Speaker 2: saw Oppenheimer, she saw Barbiees, she saw something else. The
Speaker 2: third Equalizers coming out. I loved the first one. I
Speaker 2: was seeing a lot. Second one was okay, And I'll
Speaker 2: see this one because I see everything Denzel Washington does
Speaker 2: because I think he is fantastic.
Speaker 3: Doesn't help with this writer strike and the actor strike
Speaker 3: and all that kind of stuff because there's no promotion
Speaker 3: for anything. I mean, they can't promote anything right now. Yeah,
Speaker 3: the actors won't do it. Yeah, they can't do anything
Speaker 3: with it at that point. So yes, trust me, I
Speaker 3: understand completely about the lack of people going to movies.
Speaker 3: Although Jack and I went, I think we saw a
Speaker 3: top Gun Maverick. I think it was the last one
Speaker 3: we saw in the theater.
Speaker 5: It was awesome. I mean, I love going to going
Speaker 5: to the theater.
Speaker 3: I just wish I could do it all a year ago. Yeah,
Speaker 3: I know, it was only a year ago. I saw
Speaker 3: I saw a Mission Impossible in the theater. Yeah, I
Speaker 3: need to see that. But I heard it's three hours,
Speaker 3: and man, I just can we pause the movie? Yes?
Speaker 1: No, I can't. All right, I need to know if
Speaker 1: I'm drinking soda and popcorn, I need to go take
Speaker 1: a break. About ninety minutes in pause the movie.
Speaker 5: That's a week.
Speaker 2: What if you're in a three hour football game, you
Speaker 2: have to go take a break?
Speaker 5: I get that time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, baseball game, do you have to take a break?
Speaker 2: If it's three hours and it's good, it flies by.
Speaker 2: And I guarantee both of you guys are sharp enough
Speaker 2: to love Openheim.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I definitely want to see that. I mean, there's
Speaker 5: no doubt I want to see that.
Speaker 2: You see it in the theater?
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, Yeah, I want to see in the theater. No,
Speaker 3: no doubt. I want to go to the movies. I
Speaker 3: just you know, it's well season. I haven't had a
Speaker 3: chance to go to the movie. Speaking of football, chaed
Speaker 3: Reuter is a writer for NFL dot Com and he
Speaker 3: was looking at the rookie class and he did some
Speaker 3: projections for the players and quarterbacks. Guys that can register
Speaker 3: stats would you, guys take this right out of the shoot?
Speaker 3: Take this CJ. Stroud's numbers in twenty twenty three. Would
Speaker 3: you take this, Okay, thirty four hundred passing yards, twenty
Speaker 3: one touchdowns, fourteen interceptions, three hundred and fifty rushing yards,
Speaker 3: three rushing touchdowns. Just knowing that right there, general, would
Speaker 3: you take that for CJ. Stroud as a rookie.
Speaker 2: He's a rookie, of course.
Speaker 1: Johnny, I think I'll take it. Twenty one. I'd like
Speaker 1: to see a few more. But with the rushing touchdowns
Speaker 1: off setting it close to twenty five total touchdowns, I
Speaker 1: think Pierce will score a bunch. That's a positive scenario.
Speaker 1: The fourteen what was it, fourteen.
Speaker 5: Pick fourteen picks?
Speaker 1: I guess I'll have to live with it. He's a rookie.
Speaker 1: You know it's rookies. You just don't know. It's weird
Speaker 1: because Cam Newton has a rookie threw for over four
Speaker 1: thousand yards.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Twenty eight interception, Oh ouch, that's a lot of interception.
Speaker 3: That's I mean, I would take that. I would take that.
Speaker 3: Here's the numbers that came up with Brece Young. Okay,
Speaker 3: thirty seven hundred passing yards, twenty three touchdowns, eleven interceptions,
Speaker 3: same rushing yards three hundred and fifty one more rushing
Speaker 3: touchdown for rush.
Speaker 1: Give me Richardson, Now, give me richards because there's no
Speaker 1: way all three of them are going to have that
Speaker 1: kind of success. But let's see what he says about that.
Speaker 3: Richardson thirty one hundred passing yards Okay, twenty touchdowns, yeah,
Speaker 3: fifteen interceptions okay, six hundred and fifty rushing yards, eight
Speaker 3: rushing touchdowns. So essentially, he averages less than he averages
Speaker 3: less than two hundred yards a game. CJ's right at
Speaker 3: two hundred yards a game. It's like, was it like
Speaker 3: one hundred and eighty a game?
Speaker 1: What's Richardson's rushing yard total against?
Speaker 5: Six to fifty.
Speaker 2: That's a lot of have like close to a thousand.
Speaker 1: That's a lot of yards. You'll think you're.
Speaker 2: Gonna have more than that. Give me a break, Bills
Speaker 2: and Lamar Jackson. He's gonna be running all the time,
Speaker 2: number one, because he can't read defenses. You had, so
Speaker 2: when the first receivers not open, he'll take out. And
Speaker 2: he doesn't have a running back.
Speaker 5: He's not gonna hit thirty one hundred passing yards. That's
Speaker 5: a thing. I think he's gonna have more than six fifty.
Speaker 2: Think he'll rush for a lot more than six fifty.
Speaker 1: Yeah, dang well, does he stay upright? He's gonna take
Speaker 1: a lot of hits with all that rushing, So we'll
Speaker 1: see six fifty.
Speaker 5: He'll take some hits. He'll deliver something too.
Speaker 3: So that Derrek Henry got hurt a couple of times.
Speaker 3: I know, I know, But Derek Henry is still kicking.
Speaker 3: The problem is, Derek Henry doesn't have to throw the ball.
Speaker 3: But I don't think he gets the thirty one hundred
Speaker 3: passing yards.
Speaker 1: That's a lot of passing yards while you're running for
Speaker 1: all that right.
Speaker 4: Thanks, all right?
Speaker 2: You're talking about who is six six four five quarterback?
Speaker 2: Oh's the same size.
Speaker 1: He's a big boy.
Speaker 3: Andrew luck When I interviewed him at the Pro Bowl,
Speaker 3: I couldn't get over it. You know what today is
Speaker 3: what it's the four year anniversary of when he retired.
Speaker 3: It's the luck of Versary, one of the greatest days
Speaker 3: in the history of my football life. Andrew Luckyllous stepping away, Charling.
Speaker 3: We were getting our butts kicked, and I remember I
Speaker 3: interviewed DeAndre Hopkins and got done with the interview. And
Speaker 3: right after I was done, usually you guys say like, hey,
Speaker 3: great job, Johnny, whatever, you say something, and you went
Speaker 3: we have massive news in the NFL.
Speaker 5: And I'm like, wait, what what happened?
Speaker 3: And all of a sudden, on the sideline, there are
Speaker 3: these groups of players all looking at JJ Watt's phone.
Speaker 5: They're all looking at each other like yeah, they'll look
Speaker 5: at each other like, oh my gosh, it's lucky.
Speaker 1: The headlight is what had his phone on the sideline? General,
Speaker 1: what do you have going on? In sports Radio six
Speaker 1: ten dot com?
Speaker 2: I have a Texans column about they've got to get
Speaker 2: the running game worked out because they haven't run the
Speaker 2: ball worth a darn in preseason and they've got to
Speaker 2: do a better job stopping to run. I know y'all
Speaker 2: never heard that, and they got to do it fast
Speaker 2: and it's got to start in New Orleans. Guys, thank
Speaker 2: you very much, as always.
Speaker 1: As always, General, thank you. Greg Grissom, the president of
Speaker 1: the Texans, joins us next to talk about the home opener,
Speaker 1: a special college football showcase that you didn't see coming,
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be awesome. Here at NRG Stadium and
Speaker 1: some other stuff as well. Plus we'll take a peek
Speaker 1: at the Saints with Chrissy Freud as Deep City visits
Speaker 1: with her. It's Texans Radio moving right along on Texans
Speaker 1: Radio tonight, Let's check in with the President of the
Speaker 1: Houston Texans, Greg Grissom, with everything that's going on with
Speaker 1: the organization. A busy few weeks. It's always busy, but man,
Speaker 1: this is the time of year, right preseason home game
Speaker 1: there was only one, but we've got a lot of
Speaker 1: events coming up. So let's get to it with Greg Grissom.
Speaker 4: Excited to be here and.
Speaker 1: We're in air conditioning, and we weren't a lot during
Speaker 1: training camp, but it was fun. We had a great time.
Speaker 1: How did it go for you? How did it go
Speaker 1: for the organization? Texans training camp this year?
Speaker 4: The word I would use for training camp with our
Speaker 4: fans was just energy, the energy and excitement. It was
Speaker 4: palpable out out of camp every practice. We had overflow
Speaker 4: crowds every day. You know, players engaging, fans engaging, you know,
Speaker 4: the McNair's everybody engaging and just having a great time
Speaker 4: watching this team work really hard to prepare for the season, Greg.
Speaker 3: Has Mark slipped you the one hundred for putting us
Speaker 3: at the fifty yard line in front field one?
Speaker 5: Has he done that yet?
Speaker 4: I think it's going to cost him a little bit
Speaker 4: more now, you know, we let him there, but now
Speaker 4: he wants to stay there. So yeah, so we'll see
Speaker 4: what that's worth as we move forward to next year.
Speaker 3: Greg, you mentioned energy. That was probably because we were
Speaker 3: right there. I think we were able to sense that
Speaker 3: energy throughout practice because they were all around us at
Speaker 3: you know, eight thirty in practice at nine it was
Speaker 3: probably even at eight doors open, people.
Speaker 5: Just flocked in.
Speaker 3: But I always know there's after action reports and things
Speaker 3: like that. Or is there anything that you want to
Speaker 3: add to the mix, because and I ask you that
Speaker 3: because of this twenty twenty two Cow's cookout just started
Speaker 3: seemingly organically and now all of a sudden, I mean,
Speaker 3: there are lines of people waiting. Are there things that
Speaker 3: you want to continue to add to training camp that
Speaker 3: you think will make sense for the fans or for
Speaker 3: Mark or for anybody else?
Speaker 4: Well, yeah, well, well it's always about Mark. We know that.
Speaker 4: But but you and I know that's right. But yes,
Speaker 4: there's always things that we want to add and we
Speaker 4: want to look and see what is you know, we
Speaker 4: we do a number of surveys, so we always take
Speaker 4: the feedback, always listening to our fans. We're always focusing
Speaker 4: on how we can get better and all that we
Speaker 4: that we do. And so we're actually getting the more
Speaker 4: of the gathering mode right now, just trying to understand
Speaker 4: and use all the data that we've gathered, and we'll
Speaker 4: evaluate and figure out what's the right approach moving forward.
Speaker 4: But we, as you know, we've made tremendous improvements over
Speaker 4: the last couple of years, all all about trying to
Speaker 4: make a better experience for our fans, the players' families,
Speaker 4: you guys, everyone, and so you know, I would expect
Speaker 4: that there'll be something new. I don't know exactly what
Speaker 4: it is yet, but I promise that the team and
Speaker 4: you know, Disney, Harris, Wan Rodriguez, Haley Kraigel, our whole
Speaker 4: team that put all that together do a great job
Speaker 4: and they're hard at work on how we can make
Speaker 4: it better.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 1: Season premiere was new last year and it's even newer
Speaker 1: this year as you kick off the season on the
Speaker 1: stadium floor.
Speaker 4: Correct, Yeah, it was a great event last year. Evolution
Speaker 4: of our old team luncheon into a night event, have
Speaker 4: all our players you know, getting dressed up, which is fun.
Speaker 4: So this year move in it from the Houston Methodist
Speaker 4: Training Center to this NRG Stadium floor. Just gonna be
Speaker 4: an exciting event. And the best part about it is
Speaker 4: with the leadership of Hannah McNair and and all the
Speaker 4: other vice chairmans of the event, just to to do
Speaker 4: great things for our community and inspire hope in Houston
Speaker 4: and through our foundation, and just really grateful for all
Speaker 4: the players support of that evening and everybody who's who's
Speaker 4: making it a great night.
Speaker 1: You didn't talk about dueling pianos though, and Hannah did.
Speaker 4: Yes, there is. There will be dueling pianos. There'll be
Speaker 4: all kinds of fun things. I think a bunch of
Speaker 4: you know, fun sneakers that are everybody's being encouraged to wear.
Speaker 4: So you know, who knows, But I know it'll be
Speaker 4: a great night and exciting evening.
Speaker 3: Gregor didn't hit me probably until I guess after the
Speaker 3: game Saturday and David Brady over the announcement or the
Speaker 3: PA said we'll see Indianapolis Colts week two the season.
Speaker 5: And I went whoa man.
Speaker 3: It literally is that that's the next game that's taken place,
Speaker 3: that we got a lot before we get there. But
Speaker 3: I know that we're always we're always preparing for that
Speaker 3: first game, then the excitement that goes with the first
Speaker 3: regular season game, and it will come in Week two
Speaker 3: against Indianapolis, and I know there's gonna be so much
Speaker 3: they're available for our fans and for everything going on
Speaker 3: for that day. How how's that preparation going for a
Speaker 3: game in the building.
Speaker 4: I can't wait. I mean, I do think we game
Speaker 4: presentation wise, we're gonna unveil something, uh you know that
Speaker 4: I think will be very exciting, very different than what
Speaker 4: we've done in the past pregame as uh just the
Speaker 4: legend of the Bull maybe a little bit of a
Speaker 4: hint there. And so let's see how we can create
Speaker 4: a storyline that we haven't created in the past. So
Speaker 4: I'm really excited to see that. And really, John, what
Speaker 4: I'm most excited and I and I feel very confident
Speaker 4: it will be that way is a full house energized hopefully,
Speaker 4: you know, reminding everybody to get in early, you know,
Speaker 4: welcome this team and and let's let's create nrg's home
Speaker 4: field advantage, like we know it, know it can be
Speaker 4: and has been in the past. And uh, we can
Speaker 4: see you know, tickets, tickets are going for there's there's
Speaker 4: there's a limited number when I say limited, like less
Speaker 4: than five hundred kind of limited left that that are available.
Speaker 4: And so I just really would encourage everybody if they're
Speaker 4: thinking about it, go act now.
Speaker 1: Well. Plus, it's the Colts, right, I know, we get
Speaker 1: up for all the games, but there's something extra with
Speaker 1: the Horseshoe.
Speaker 4: Correct, I mean, isn't that's your favorite team to beat?
Speaker 5: Mark?
Speaker 1: Absolutely, yeah, absolutely, let's have at it.
Speaker 4: Yeah, anyway, And so hey, it's a division game. You know,
Speaker 4: it's our home opener. Uh, you know, it's the kickoff game.
Speaker 4: We'll be doing a lot of things leading up to that.
Speaker 4: There'll be a lot of new things, you know, for
Speaker 4: fans to experience. But really, let's get this place jumping
Speaker 4: and we'll do our best to create the environment and
Speaker 4: I know the team will do their best on the
Speaker 4: field to make sure that that everybody has a great day.
Speaker 5: All right.
Speaker 1: There is a game at NRG Stadium though before that,
Speaker 1: and that would be September eighth, and this is really unique.
Speaker 1: I think this is super cool. The Mexico Football Showcase.
Speaker 4: Mexican Mexican College Football Show.
Speaker 1: Because college football from Mexico be played it in RG Stadium.
Speaker 4: Correct, Correct. This was something kind of happened organically. Actually,
Speaker 4: the the NFL gentleman who runs the Super Bowl for
Speaker 4: the league, a gentleman named Peter O'Reilly, reached out to
Speaker 4: us and said, Hey, we have an idea. We'd love
Speaker 4: to talk to you guys about working with Monterey Tech
Speaker 4: and tigrez uh in ONEFA, which is the kind of
Speaker 4: the NCAA of college football in Mexico. Uh. They want
Speaker 4: to play their first sanctioned you know, not a non
Speaker 4: exhibition game in the United States, and they want to
Speaker 4: play it in our G stadium. Would you guys be
Speaker 4: willing to partner with us? And we're like yes, and
Speaker 4: and so really excited about it. I think it's been
Speaker 4: a great experience. We've got a there's a lot of
Speaker 4: conversations going back with these these schools. They were here
Speaker 4: last Saturday doing a site visit. Great to meet their
Speaker 4: athletic director and a couple of the players that will
Speaker 4: play on the field. They get to play on an
Speaker 4: NFL Stadium, and then we get to engage in Monterey.
Speaker 4: We've got a group going down there actually, you know,
Speaker 4: as we speak to to do some some you know,
Speaker 4: fan interactions in Monterey, in and around the university. So just
Speaker 4: a great way to showcase Houston and Monterey and the
Speaker 4: partnership together in the game of football.
Speaker 3: And the next day, if my math is correct, do
Speaker 3: you have to check me on this, I think yes,
Speaker 3: Sam Houston air.
Speaker 4: Force, that's correct. So Sam Houston's first ever FBS game
Speaker 4: hosted right here at NRG Stadium against air Force, and
Speaker 4: so it'll be a great night. So yeah, if you
Speaker 4: think about next week, we've got season premiere, we have
Speaker 4: the Mexican College Football Showcase and the Sam Houston Air
Speaker 4: Force game, all in a matter of about three or
Speaker 4: four days leading into let's go. Let's go beat the Ravens.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that'll be awesome. All right, Greg, we talked
Speaker 1: about the Colts game. The next home game after that
Speaker 1: for the Texans is the Pittsburgh Steelers and a guy
Speaker 1: named J. J. Watt and being inducted into the Ring
Speaker 1: of Honor? Is that all that's it?
Speaker 5: Would you like to.
Speaker 4: It's gonna be a great day. And you know, anytime
Speaker 4: you can can correct recognize our legends, and you know,
Speaker 4: obviously the statue of JJ and guys like Andre so
Speaker 4: great to see Jjo out at practices and the role
Speaker 4: that he's playing and all our former legends. But just
Speaker 4: to be able to welcome JJ back to Houston. I
Speaker 4: know it's important to him. He's been great, as we've
Speaker 4: kind of communicated him through with him throughout this process.
Speaker 4: Really want to make sure it's great for him and
Speaker 4: his family and allow our fans in the city of
Speaker 4: Houston to just recognize all that he's done for our
Speaker 4: organization but our community as a whole. And hopefully we
Speaker 4: get to beat the Steelers that day too.
Speaker 5: Oh that'd be nice.
Speaker 3: I mean with his brother on the other side, I mean,
Speaker 3: that would just be that would be absolutely fantastic.
Speaker 2: Great.
Speaker 3: I want to go back to something that you said
Speaker 3: earlier that's kind of been ruminating in my brain a
Speaker 3: little bit. You talked about the energy, and I think
Speaker 3: we've been feeling the energy, I think since Demiko was
Speaker 3: named the head coach, and then we've sensed it watching
Speaker 3: Demko and Nick work together. I think the fans finally
Speaker 3: got a chance to see that during during training camp,
Speaker 3: and I feel like that's powerful, and I feel like
Speaker 3: there are a lot I mean, I talk to the players.
Speaker 3: We had a couple of players in here during the
Speaker 3: off season. We're doing interviews with them, and we were
Speaker 3: talking about you know what it was, you know what
Speaker 3: it was like before. Now the three of us have
Speaker 3: seen that building rock before. We've seen it just blow
Speaker 3: our minds rock. And there were players. I'm like, look, man,
Speaker 3: this place a rock. There are a lot of people
Speaker 3: in our business opposite have not seen that. But in
Speaker 3: your opinion, where does that energy coming from? What's been
Speaker 3: what has contributed to kind of the feeling and the
Speaker 3: vibe of this sense probably Demiko has been higher.
Speaker 4: Well, I would go a little bit before that, and
Speaker 4: I would give a lot of credit to Kyle and
Speaker 4: Hannah and all the work that they've done to kind
Speaker 4: of get us in a position with Nick, with all
Speaker 4: of us, we've had a lot of changes, as you know,
Speaker 4: on the on the business side, so there's been a
Speaker 4: lot of work, kind of foundational work over the last
Speaker 4: year or two to kind of lead us to a
Speaker 4: point where the Demico effect, in Hannah's words, can can
Speaker 4: fully can fully take effect. And I mean, there's no
Speaker 4: question that Demiico is a catalyst for some of this energy.
Speaker 4: And what the energy really the way that the players
Speaker 4: and the environment that he's creating for them to be
Speaker 4: their best, And and then all the support staff and
Speaker 4: and the work that Nick has done, and all our
Speaker 4: you know, our nutrition program and our weight program, and
Speaker 4: then you know, hopefully things we've been doing on the
Speaker 4: business side too, and the way that we've been working
Speaker 4: to listen to our fans and take care of our
Speaker 4: season ticket holders and our fan counsel and uh, you know,
Speaker 4: reimagine kind of how we represent ourselves to the city
Speaker 4: of Houston. So I think you put all those in
Speaker 4: in a mix and and you throw a catalyst like
Speaker 4: Demico on top of it, and that's what creates it.
Speaker 4: And and you know, hey, we all know that it's
Speaker 4: about winning games at the end of the day, and
Speaker 4: that's what we're here to do and to do that
Speaker 4: in a in a really powerful way. But it's great
Speaker 4: to feel the energy to get started. And like you said,
Speaker 4: there's nothing more important than getting an energized building, uh
Speaker 4: that that that we can have that environment for our players.
Speaker 1: To perform in all I want more for you about
Speaker 1: the game day experience because we had the one preseason
Speaker 1: game and sort of a soft opening for the boulevard,
Speaker 1: which is all been there, but you're really putting a
Speaker 1: lot more into the boulevard area, which is on the
Speaker 1: east side of the stage, of the southeast side, and
Speaker 1: the radio stage is out there. So that's how I
Speaker 1: noticed it.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's smart. So I mean, without getting too far
Speaker 4: into the weeds, we've kind of always had kind of
Speaker 4: disparate areas of activation or kind of you know, environment
Speaker 4: creating energy. You know, we had bud Light Plaza, we
Speaker 4: had the Boulevard, we had some things in other areas.
Speaker 4: And what we're testing is if we just consolidate and
Speaker 4: give everyone one place to go and say this is
Speaker 4: the place. This is if you you know, as you're
Speaker 4: coming into the building. You know, obviously we want people
Speaker 4: tailgating out in the parking lots and enjoying that, and
Speaker 4: we want people in the building early. But as you know,
Speaker 4: as everybody's navigating all those those experience and we're working
Speaker 4: really hard on making traffic as good as it possibly
Speaker 4: can be. But come check out the boulevard. It's where
Speaker 4: we're going to continue to just to build infrastructure and
Speaker 4: make it kind of a one stop place for people
Speaker 4: to enjoy the pregame atmosphere before they get into the stadium. Again,
Speaker 4: if I can, I can, I say it again, get
Speaker 4: in early. We want folks ready to go and and
Speaker 4: getting the juice going from the very beginning.
Speaker 1: There's nothing like it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but we know tailgating is obviously it's a big thing.
Speaker 3: So this one's for both of you. You can hold
Speaker 3: your answer mark for a little bit. If you have
Speaker 3: time to get out to a tailgate before a game.
Speaker 3: What's the one food you have to get at the tailgate?
Speaker 3: What's the one you want to have more than any
Speaker 3: other in a tailgate.
Speaker 4: I'm like a halopeno and cheese sausage guy, so I'm
Speaker 4: always kind of looking for for for the you know,
Speaker 4: the best halopeno and cheese sausage of some kind. Just
Speaker 4: you know, it's maybe a little off the beaten path,
Speaker 4: you know, not every tailgate has it. I know h
Speaker 4: GB serves some. You know, you can buy some amazing
Speaker 4: products there because I might do that on a frequent basis,
Speaker 4: but I'm always looking for that.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean them the same thing I like looking
Speaker 5: for the sausage.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so that's a smart tailgate food to eat because
Speaker 1: I'll go for the brisket with a lot of barbecue
Speaker 1: sauce and spill it all over myself and then go
Speaker 1: in and you know, it's a disaster, but.
Speaker 5: It tastes good.
Speaker 1: So you're on the radio, so everything's fah for radio. Greg,
Speaker 1: thanks a lot of good luck.
Speaker 4: Thanks guys, appreciate it.
Speaker 1: There's the president of the Houston Texans, Greg Griss. Now
Speaker 1: the team heading four New Orleans on Saturday to play
Speaker 1: a Sunday night game at seven. It's live on Fox
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Speaker 1: the Odyssey app and a lot of apps. So let's
Speaker 1: talk about it. Deep b Situ visits with Chrissy Freud,
Speaker 1: who covers the Saints. Let's get a deep dive going
Speaker 1: on New Orleans next here on Texans Radio. Final segment
Speaker 1: on Texans All Access tonight with the Texans taking on
Speaker 1: the Saints in Week six. It's a little unusual, but
Speaker 1: it's happened before in franchise history, where you play a
Speaker 1: team in the preseason that you will face in the
Speaker 1: regular season, So let's get organized here and get to
Speaker 1: know the Saints a little bit better. Yeah, we'll see
Speaker 1: them up close in personal Sunday Night Live on Fox
Speaker 1: twenty six and Sports Radio six ten The Bowl one
Speaker 1: hundred point three FM. But what's going on with the Saints?
Speaker 1: Deep b Situ catches up with Saints insider Chrissy Freud.
Speaker 6: I'm catching up with Chrissy Freud. She covers the Saints
Speaker 6: for Saints Wire. Chrissy, A weird week for both of
Speaker 6: these teams. No joint practices, So how are the Saints
Speaker 6: hand sort of the free time this week? I mean,
Speaker 6: they still have practice, but they don't have the Texans
Speaker 6: in town. What does that sort of look like from
Speaker 6: your end?
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think it's kind of a normal week. It
Speaker 7: obviously is a little bit different as far as being
Speaker 7: able to go up against the other the team.
Speaker 8: I mean, they did have the joint practices against the
Speaker 8: Los Angeles Chargers last week, so I think it's obviously
Speaker 8: some type of the benefit whenever you have the ability
Speaker 8: to do that before the preseason game comes around. But
Speaker 8: at the same time, it's just like what's been said,
Speaker 8: there was a reason why these practices were canceled. There
Speaker 8: were some players banged up on both sides. Looking more
Speaker 8: at the Texans as far as that goes, so, I
Speaker 8: think that it really wouldn't have been productive for either side.
Speaker 8: And then it also I think, looking from the Texans perspective,
Speaker 8: is absolutely not and their best interest, not only for
Speaker 8: a game that at the end of the day, well
Speaker 8: it really doesn't matter, even though you'd like to get
Speaker 8: the win, but also moving into an important season for
Speaker 8: both teams that are looking to bounce back. I mean,
Speaker 8: you want as many people healthy as possible. One this
Speaker 8: is just the women's not worth the squeeze there. As
Speaker 8: far as holding joint practices.
Speaker 6: I feel like every time we go to New Orleans
Speaker 6: for joint practices, something bad happens. I mean, I still
Speaker 6: have a little bit of PTSD from Hurricane Harvey back
Speaker 6: in twenty seventeen, But the Saints were out west and
Speaker 6: there was a hurricquake.
Speaker 4: So how did that all go?
Speaker 6: Where the players affected at all?
Speaker 2: By that?
Speaker 7: I don't think so.
Speaker 8: I mean I think that in any instance where that happens,
Speaker 8: I think it makes people a little bit uneasy. I
Speaker 8: know that with Hillary coming and then as far as
Speaker 8: the earthquake goes and everything. There was a little bit
Speaker 8: of pushback just from some people in general, kind of
Speaker 8: like why are we playing this game?
Speaker 7: Why isn't this game rescheduled? Why is it a move?
Speaker 7: But don't we cancel it all together? Just as far
Speaker 7: as the environmental hazards that creates.
Speaker 8: But I think it ended up being not that bad,
Speaker 8: and I think that obviously the Saints were not horribly
Speaker 8: affected by It was a really close game, and then
Speaker 8: New Orleans came out on tops.
Speaker 6: Literally literally dodged a storm.
Speaker 4: So good to hear.
Speaker 6: All Right, So final preseason game, you know, heading into it,
Speaker 6: what are sort of the big questions that the Saints
Speaker 6: would like to have answered?
Speaker 2: You think?
Speaker 8: I think some of it comes down to the linebacker position.
Speaker 7: I think that when.
Speaker 8: We went into this preseason we kind of question some
Speaker 8: of the depth. But the free agent pickup Jalen Smith
Speaker 8: has shown some really good things. I think that he's
Speaker 8: moved on to be the front runner as the backup linebacker.
Speaker 8: I think that we also look to the running back position.
Speaker 7: I think the LS.
Speaker 8: Merriweather has done a good job there. But then we
Speaker 8: look at Kendre Miller as the one who's making the
Speaker 8: push to be.
Speaker 7: The backup guy.
Speaker 8: And then especially with Alvin Kamara he's suspended the first
Speaker 8: three games of the season, you want someone strong there.
Speaker 8: I think that he's shown some versatility fifty nine all
Speaker 8: purpose yards in this past game, so I think that
Speaker 8: that's going to be something to watch.
Speaker 7: I think we'll probably see him in limited.
Speaker 8: Time because I would like to think that's something that's
Speaker 8: kind of been a hashed out. And then also just
Speaker 8: continuing continuing to look at the overall performance across the
Speaker 8: offensive line and defensive line, there's been some depth issues
Speaker 8: multiple positions across both of those lines, and then also
Speaker 8: kind of a revolving door with injury. So I think
Speaker 8: that just who takes the field is going to be
Speaker 8: something to watch, and then kind of establishing as some
Speaker 8: of those up positions as well. And then we also
Speaker 8: look at the quarterback battle. I mean, I obviously Derek
Speaker 8: Carr is going to be the starter. I don't think
Speaker 8: that anyone's questioning that, which is why you haven't seen
Speaker 8: much of them, But that's probably going to continue to
Speaker 8: be a trend. But I think that Jamis Winston and
Speaker 8: Jay Canter are closer than some people may think Winston's
Speaker 8: got more experience.
Speaker 7: I think logically it's going to make more sense for.
Speaker 8: Him to open this season as the backup, especially after
Speaker 8: putting up a strong performance against Los Angeles.
Speaker 7: But at the same time, this is a.
Speaker 8: Quarterback he's shown to be inaccurate at times, a lot
Speaker 8: of decision making issues, just very inconsistent throughout his career,
Speaker 8: as a stat line in the film reflects, and so
Speaker 8: I think that even if j Caner doesn't push him
Speaker 8: for the number two spot immediately, I think that's going
Speaker 8: to be something to watch moving downline.
Speaker 7: I think that Hayter grew.
Speaker 8: Leaps and bounds as did CJ. Stroud on your side
Speaker 8: of the ball in the second in the second game.
Speaker 8: I think it's so funny because we think about the
Speaker 8: quarterback position and rookies and every single year, I see
Speaker 8: the same storyline in the first preseason game, Oh and
Speaker 8: such looks like he's strugg Lady, it's a rhythm and yeah,
Speaker 8: it's because we can't live in a world of instic
Speaker 8: gratification with the rookie quarterback.
Speaker 7: It's a really hard transition to make.
Speaker 8: They're playing alongside all these backups, your reserve offensive line,
Speaker 8: and so yeah, I mean they got to get their
Speaker 8: rookie jitters out and so if you're going to see
Speaker 8: an upward swing, you'd at least.
Speaker 7: Hope in the second game.
Speaker 1: All right, there's Chrissy Freud who covers the Saints for
Speaker 1: Saints Wire and visiting with our own d B Situ.
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