1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: Well, coming everybody to a Friday Nation of Texans all 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: access one week ago tonight, I say that right when 3 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: we can go, Yeah, when we can go. From tonight, 4 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: the Texans added Davis Mills and Nico Collins. Oh, it 5 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: feels like it was about a year ago and that happened. 6 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: It was just last week. The NFL Draft is over 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 1: and in the books, and we are going to talk 8 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: about quarterbacks tonight. We're also going to have a well 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: in the lab tonight. The Texans made a transaction to 10 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: kick it off. I got the boss, my partner, the 11 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: voice of the Texans, Mark Vannier, Mark, good afternoon. How 12 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: are you doing, my friend? You know, Johnny. Somebody was 13 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: asking me, like, oh, you guys do Texans stuff every 14 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 1: night of the year. Really, I'm like, yeah, I mean 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: there's never there's never a shortage of material, Like we 16 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: could just go all day, all the time. I just 17 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: got off a zoom call with some football ops people, 18 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: just shooting the breeze about the history of the franchise, 19 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: and you know, I could have done four hours on 20 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,279 Speaker 1: that pretty easily without a script. That would have been 21 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: I was. I wish I would have been there for 22 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: that because I'd have been like, hey, Mart, tell him 23 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: about this one. Tell them about this. Tell them about 24 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: that twenty fifteen game up in Indie, Tell them about that, 25 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:10,000 Speaker 1: Tell them what that was like. Tell them about the 26 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: twenty nineteenth Sunday Night game when we beat New England 27 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 1: for the first time in ten years. Well, you know, 28 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: I would have been like flame of flame, just like 29 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: Stoke in the Embers. You know, that would have been 30 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: kind of fun, your own hype man. But the thing 31 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: is about the history of this team. So it's year 32 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: twenty right here. We are going into year twenty, still 33 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: the youngest franchise in the league. Obviously we still can't 34 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: we still can't drink. But you know, you look at 35 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: moments from O two oh three, oh four, and people 36 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: who work in this building, there are a lot of 37 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: young people in this building who were very young when 38 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: those moments happen, Like three, we beat the Carolina Panthers 39 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: and they went to the Super Bowl in this building, 40 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: and to me, it feels like ten minutes ago. And 41 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: to them it's like, yes, I was a toddler at 42 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,000 Speaker 1: the time, and thank you very much for that information. 43 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: Uh yeah, I can't imagine it's going through the draft 44 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: and seeing the dates of birth of these particular players 45 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: was just like, oh my god, I was. And of 46 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: course then you had players Asante, Samuel Junior, you know, 47 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 1: Joe Joe Horne's son, jac Horne. Seeing sons of players 48 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 1: that you know, you you covered, you called games, and 49 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: it's like, oh my god, I am I am way 50 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 1: too old for this whole league. Smokes Mark. Texans made 51 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: a transaction. As we transition out of talking about the history, 52 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: we start talking about the present and the future of 53 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: the organization. The Texans made it official today they signed 54 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: Neville Hewitt. Now, if you're going wait a second, Neville Hewett, 55 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: that name doesn't sound familiar. Well, it's a linebacker who 56 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 1: played for the New York Jets the last three years. 57 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: The fact we saw him in twenty eighteen, well, over 58 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,799 Speaker 1: the last two years, Neville Hewitt started twenty eight of 59 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: thirty two games. He was hurt for four or you know, 60 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: out for four. He would played twelve in twenty nineteen, 61 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 1: but in twenty eight games he started two hundred nine tackles. 62 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: Over those twenty eight games, he had one hundred thirty 63 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: four tackles. Last year, he had two sacks. Last year's 64 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 1: six tackles for a lost six two two thirty four 65 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:27,519 Speaker 1: comes in, Mark, I, you know, we talked about it. 66 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: I think last night. Actually there were still three spots. 67 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: They had eighty seven players on the roster and three 68 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: spots left, and they got out and signed a tackle 69 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 1: machine from the New York Jets. Your overall thoughts, well, 70 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: you have ten linebackers in the linebacking room, Johnny, these 71 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: zoom calls, okay, how many? How many? How many little 72 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: little photos? Could he get up there? A little video screens? 73 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: Can he get up there? You know? The offensive line thirteen, 74 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: ten wide receivers, six team defensive linemen, ten linebackers, and 75 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 1: fifteen dbs. You know, that's just incredible. I'm really glad 76 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: if i'm fairbarn right now, I'm like, well, three special 77 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: teamers and I'm one of them. Baby, We're in good 78 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: shape over here. But the competition, they want competition, They 79 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: got it. You add Hewittt to the mix, like you said, 80 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: tackling machine. So is Zach Cunningham. Look, I think there's 81 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,400 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff you're throwing in the in the 82 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:29,920 Speaker 1: broth here in the soup. You're gonna have to pick 83 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: some out because you only have fifty three and then 84 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 1: you know you're still gonna get practice squad and we 85 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: don't really know all the details on the flexibility this 86 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: year of moving people up and down between the practice 87 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 1: squad and active roster and everything. You know, last year 88 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: you had a lot of flexibility. You can protect players. 89 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: I gotta think there's gonna be I don't know something. 90 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:50,840 Speaker 1: It's not gonna be a normal year. Let's just put 91 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: it that way, which will help the Texans. But I 92 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: like this because you have a lot of places you 93 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: can go. You know, you have a lot of options. 94 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,479 Speaker 1: And I gotta think, here's the thing with what they've 95 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 1: done free agency wise, I gotta think with all these guys, 96 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: there's a good team somewhere in there, right, you know, 97 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: there's a team that can be productive, competitive, can be 98 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: a surprise here and there, better than a lot of 99 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:17,919 Speaker 1: people think. I mean, I see a lot of names. 100 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 1: I know, you put all this stuff together and pick 101 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: out the best ones, the guys who are performing at 102 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: the highest possible level of training camp. Let's see where 103 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: it takes them. Yeah, no doubt. And you know when 104 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: I look at I look at our lads, that's usually 105 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: where you look at the depth chart, I sometimes need 106 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,679 Speaker 1: to be reminded of who's on the team. Well, our lads, 107 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:42,480 Speaker 1: what they do, what they have is next to the 108 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: player's name. If they're new and they don't have a 109 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: number yet, they just put zero zero right, double lot 110 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: and it is just double lot, doublet double lot. I mean, 111 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: it's it's all over the place. I mean just I 112 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: mean between the rookies that they've added, and they the 113 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 1: rookies in green, so they got the rookies and then 114 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 1: they've got the undrafted free agents that they've signed. But 115 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 1: it's just double zeros all over place. And you look 116 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: at linebacker and all like if I'm thinking about inside 117 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 1: linebacker in particular, Zach Cuttingham after and Nate Hall after that, 118 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: Christian Christian Kirksey, Garrett Wallow, Tay Davis, Camu, Grugier Hill KPL, 119 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 1: Kevin Pierre Lewis, Joe Thomas, Hardy Nickerson Junior, and now 120 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: Neville Hewitt. Those are all new. There's only two returning 121 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: quote unquote inside linebackers is Zach Cuttingham and Nate Hall. 122 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:43,480 Speaker 1: That's it. Everybody's everybody's new on the on the inside. Now, 123 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: I don't know how they're gonna figure out, you know, 124 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: where does Jacob Martin play. Does he play more of 125 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 1: a will linebacker or does he try and gain weight 126 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 1: become a defensive end. Jordan Jenkins will be a defensive end. 127 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 1: They list him here as a sam linebacker, you know, 128 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 1: And that's some of that stuff's gonna have to work 129 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: itself out. But when you look at just the inside guys, 130 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: guys that play off the ball, they're all new but 131 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: Zach basically, which is a fascinating proposition. And I'm curious 132 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: to see how that will all go. But you add 133 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: the leading tackler from another defense, you gotta had one 134 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: hundred and thirty four tackles. It's not a bad deal. 135 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: I'll go ahead and take it. He's number eighty eight 136 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: on you know, your ninety man roster. He's an eighty 137 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: eighth player. You got two more spots. But nevill Hu 138 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 1: can play that much, not much. I know he could play. 139 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: And I'm excited to throw him in the mix and see, 140 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: you know, see what's there. And I'm gonna stop using 141 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: the word excited because I was making a joke about 142 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: it yesterday. But it's intriguing to see what all they 143 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: have with all these number of players, and he goes 144 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: back to the draft too, there's a lot of talk about, oh, 145 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,200 Speaker 1: we gotta prove the defense got improved defense. Will you 146 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 1: look at this one, two, three, four. It's like seventeen 147 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,800 Speaker 1: or eighteen guys with double lot next to their name, 148 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: meaning they're new. So there was already a focus put 149 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: on the defensive side even going into the draft. So 150 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: from that perspective, they continue to add with nevill Hewitt 151 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: going on that side of the ball. All right, Mark, 152 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: I wrote an article today and I actually started working 153 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: on this. I started working on this yesterday a little 154 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: bit because I got to think, in you know, the 155 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: schedule is going to be released next Wednesday, so we're 156 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 1: five days away from what the twenty twenty one schedule 157 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: is going to look like, and we know the teams 158 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: were playing. We cross over with the NFC West and 159 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,839 Speaker 1: the AFC East. We also match up with Cleveland and 160 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: the Chargers because of where we felt in the division, 161 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: and we get an extra home game because we match 162 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: up with the third place team in the AFC South, 163 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: that being in Carolina Panthers. That game will be at home. 164 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: So seventeen games for the first time, and I got 165 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: to thinking about the quarterbacks that we're going to face, 166 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: and I started thinking about last year's quarterbacks, and Mark, 167 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: it's a stark contrast. Here are a couple. Here are 168 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 1: a couple of things that stood out. In twenty twenty, 169 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: the Texans faced four quarterbacks that were league MVPs four, 170 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: including the guy that won it last year, Aaron Rodgers. 171 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: We faced him in that particular year. So we faced Mahomes, 172 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:33,920 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton. As it sits right now, 173 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, how many are we gonna face 174 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:43,679 Speaker 1: former league MVPs one And that might be zero if 175 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:46,959 Speaker 1: Cam Newton doesn't have that job taken away from him 176 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: from Matt Jones. So we faced four league MVPs last year. 177 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:58,959 Speaker 1: This year only one and maybe not maybe not any Right, 178 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: here's the the other one that This is the other 179 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: one that kind of stood out to me. First round quarterbacks. 180 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: The Texas facing twenty twenty so quarterbacks that were drafted 181 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: in the first round in twenty twenty so we faced 182 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: thirteen quarterbacks last year. Of those thirteen, ten we're first 183 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: round quarterbacks. First round drafted in the first round. Ryan Tannehill, 184 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers, Lamar Jackson, Big Bend, 185 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: Cam Matt Stafford, Baker Mayfield, and Mitchell Trubisky. We all 186 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: forget about that one. In twenty twenty one, if Trey 187 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 1: Lance beats out Jimmy Garoppolo, we will face thirteen of 188 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: fourteen quarterbacks that were drafted in the first round. Only 189 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: one quarterback we will face in twenty twenty one was 190 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,199 Speaker 1: not drafted in the first round. Can you name him? 191 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 1: Argue be the best quarterback we will face this year, 192 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: and we have not beaten him either time we have 193 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:22,719 Speaker 1: faced him in ten or twenty seventeen. Who's the best 194 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 1: quarterback they're playing? Think NFC West. All right, So Russell 195 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 1: Wilson's a third round draft choice. Okay, got it? Thank you, 196 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: Thank you for getting me back on track. Johnny. Yeah, 197 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 1: you're facing Staffer this year. You're facing Kyler Murray in 198 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 1: that division. And you mentioned with the forty nine ers, 199 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: if Garoppolo plays, there's your second rounder. But you mentioned it, 200 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 1: Trey Lance could start for them. Geez, mac Jones, Well, 201 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 1: Mac Jones or Campbeat's first rounders, all right, but first 202 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: rounders don't mean everything. It's not the first round that's 203 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: the problem. It's you know, the MVP thing is definitely 204 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: a strong take about last year's and you're right, this 205 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: year doesn't feel as murderers rowe ish in the quarterback department. 206 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: But they're still good. You know, Ryan Tannehill's good wins 207 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,960 Speaker 1: if he's playing well, is good enough to make you miserable. 208 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: If they're running the ball, playing good defense. Yeah, Well, 209 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz first of all, has to be healthy. Second 210 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 1: of all, he has to he has to get back 211 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 1: on track. And who's to say he's gonna do that? 212 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: The Pro Bowl doesn't The Pro Bowl doesn't mean everything. 213 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: But to your point, Pro Bowl quarterbacks the Texans faced 214 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty at least made a Pro Bowl ten. 215 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: Ten of the thirteen had previously been in the Pro Bowl. Tannehill, Rivers, 216 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 1: Cam Stafford, Mahomes, Lamar, Aaron Rodgers, Big Bend, Kirk Cousins, 217 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: and also Mitchell Trubisky. He made it. From twenty eighteen. 218 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 1: All three quarterbacks in twenty seventeen were Pro Bowl in 219 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. In twenty twenty one, only six have gone 220 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,079 Speaker 1: to the Pro Bowl. Wow, I made I did my 221 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: math wrong here at seven. But of those, Wentz is one, 222 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,480 Speaker 1: Cam Newton is one. And you look, you don't know 223 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,120 Speaker 1: what's gonna happen with Cam. He may not even be 224 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: that guy. But Tannehill, Wentz, Cam Stafford, Tyler Murray, Josh 225 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 1: Allen and Russell Wilson. And what got me thinking about 226 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: this was who are the two Who are the two 227 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,079 Speaker 1: best quarterbacks the Texans are gonna face? Actually I thought 228 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: about who are the four best quarterbacks the Texans are 229 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:40,600 Speaker 1: gonna face. I was like, okay, well faced, Russell Wilson 230 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 1: pretty good, oh, Josh Allen okay? And then I was like, wait, okay, 231 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:49,000 Speaker 1: who's after that? Because last year, when we thought about 232 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:53,439 Speaker 1: the first four games of the year, we knew we 233 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: were facing mahomes Lamar big Ben and Kirk Cousins and 234 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,719 Speaker 1: down the road it was gonna be Aaron Rodgers. And 235 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: I look at this year and go, it's Russell Wilson, 236 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 1: it's Josh Allen. Okay, all right, Herbert's good. But it's 237 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 1: year two. You know, Tannehill, we've you know, we've never 238 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: had a game with Tannehill, which it's not been a 239 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: close one. It's always been whether you know he's been 240 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: you know, I mean every game tanne Hill has been 241 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 1: four games. Every game has been a gut buster. Even 242 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: the last the two last year came down to the final, 243 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: final minutes and went to overtime. So you know, Tannehill 244 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: has not been a guy that just you know, puts 245 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 1: us to sleep. But it's Wilson, it's Allen and after 246 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: that it's like, oh, okay, here's the other one. We 247 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: faced one rookie last year. Do you know who he was? 248 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 1: I think Jaguars. Uh wait, last year you faced a rookie. 249 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: Last year we faced one rookie. It was Jake Luton. 250 00:14:56,040 --> 00:15:00,280 Speaker 1: Remember that we went to Jacksonville Jake Luton. That was 251 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: one of the four victories. Right, I forgot about right, 252 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: he's not anymore. No, I know, there's a possibility that 253 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: we faced four rookies. Possibility of facing four rookies with 254 00:15:13,480 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: the potential of five games against rookies Max Jones, Lance 255 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: Zach Wilson and then Trevor Lawrence twice. We can face 256 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: rookies five times in twenty twenty one. Now that's always 257 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: a great thing. But five rookies in twenty twenty one 258 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 1: versus last year, we faced four league MVPs, including the 259 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: guy who won the MVP last year and Aaron Rodgers. 260 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: I love facing the rookies because you know they're playing 261 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,560 Speaker 1: for the New England. Patriots are another story. You know, 262 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: you face Matt Jones with the Patriots, you're always worried 263 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: about that they have all the opt out guys coming back. 264 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: They should be a lot better than they were in 265 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. But Jaguar, they're gonna be better, but there's 266 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: still not a juggernaut. Okay, they have to prove that. 267 00:16:05,280 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: The Jets come on, you know they're gonna be trying 268 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:13,160 Speaker 1: to improve quickly under Zach Wilson. Uh. The forty nine ers, though, yeah, 269 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: they're kind of loaded. You know, they are loaded up. 270 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: And when I say loaded, I mean automatic Super Bowl 271 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: but certainly winning record ready if they have their guys 272 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: back healthy, you know, along with I don't care who's 273 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: playing quarterback. In fact, at this point, I might be 274 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: more worried about Garoppolo playing against the Texans, depending on 275 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: where that game sits, than Trey Lance. So we'll see. Yeah, 276 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just to me, it was interesting thinking 277 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: about what a murderers row of quarterbacks. It was last year, yeah, 278 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 1: versus and and have we done this exercise, we would 279 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: have talked about Joe Burrow being part of it. We 280 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: didn't face him. We had talked about I guess Gardner 281 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: Minshew being part of it. We only faced him once, 282 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: you know so, and I think at the time I 283 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: only Cam Newton had gotten in New England at that point, 284 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: so we didn't we didn't know we'd faced Cam. That 285 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: might be jareds did him. I mean, who knows. But 286 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 1: the gist of it is this twenty twenty one slate 287 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: of quarterbacks that were facing, albeit good, is certainly certainly 288 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 1: not what it was last year. I mean not even close. 289 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: There's one Super Bowl ring and it's by the third round, 290 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: and that's Russell Wilson. But other than that, it's just 291 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 1: it's guys that have potential in year two. Look, we 292 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: might see two a takeoff, might see Justin Herbert do 293 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,239 Speaker 1: again what he did as a rookie, which would make 294 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: him one of the top five quarterbacks in the league. 295 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,639 Speaker 1: And of course you know there's Kyler Murray down in Arizona. 296 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: But this is not Mahomes, Jackson Rodgers big Bend. Now, 297 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: like we were looking at it last year going into 298 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 1: the season. No, it's not. And I just think that 299 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 1: with a quarterback, you know, when you look at guys 300 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: like Wentz and Tannehill in the division, so much of 301 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: it has to do with every quarterback. Really, how well 302 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: your team is playing, you know what the setup is 303 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,239 Speaker 1: around you. Yet Stafford last year in Detroit, you beat him. 304 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 1: You know we're talking about this last year. Yeah, you're 305 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 1: gonna play Stafford on Thanksgiving when the schedule came out, 306 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: and that could be a really tough game. And you know, 307 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: not that it was an easy game, but yet a 308 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: defensive score with the Watt pick six and you're able 309 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 1: to get over on Detroit that day. You played really 310 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 1: good offense against them. I just think Stafford with the 311 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: Rams is a real booby trap. I think Murray in 312 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: Arizona could be really difficult to deal with if he 313 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: takes that jump that he's looking for. And then you know, Seattle, Seattle, 314 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: at least you get them here. And then he looked 315 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,440 Speaker 1: at the forty nine ers like we talked about, you know, 316 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: they got a lot, they got a lot going for 317 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,880 Speaker 1: them two years after going to a Super Bowl. So look, 318 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 1: I think that it's definitely not last year. I hated 319 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: the setup with the first four games. Last year they 320 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: went on four obviously, but they're all tough, Johnny, And 321 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: we don't know what the Texans have. Like how we 322 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: were just talking about it. How do you evaluate the 323 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: Texans when you really can't identify exactly what they're gonna 324 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 1: be trotting out there? And you know, we know the 325 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: big story and everything, but even in you know, the 326 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: nuances of the whole thing, it's really difficult to pinpoint 327 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: at this point. I would love to see their depth chart. 328 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: You talked about our lads. Yeah, I want to see 329 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 1: the you know, I want to sneak into a football 330 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: room and see what they got up there and whatever 331 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: they got up there. You know, it's going to change 332 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,119 Speaker 1: a ton because they got to get these guys on 333 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: the field. But man, it's it is going to be fun. 334 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,600 Speaker 1: And I just hope and the schedule comes out Wednesday, 335 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 1: and by the way, Wednesday seven o'clock Central schedule will 336 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 1: have it for you on all of our social media 337 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: digital media platforms. I just want to have some chance 338 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,399 Speaker 1: of getting out of the gate with some success and 339 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: just take it from there, you know, just take whatever's coming, 340 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 1: but take it from there because I just feel like 341 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 1: some early success. You know, it's gonna help any team, 342 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 1: but particularly this team. Who would you not You asked 343 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 1: me that to night. Who would I want to see 344 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: in the first three games? Who would you not want 345 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: to see in any of the first three games? Well, 346 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: McClain said that he wants to see them open at Arizona. No, 347 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: thank you, all right, I decline that invitation. I don't 348 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: really want to open at Cleveland either. I hate to 349 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 1: put it that way. You know, Um, you're playing Cleveland 350 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: out of the AFC North as the similar finished game, 351 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 1: and I just I don't know. I'd rather not deal 352 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,400 Speaker 1: with them right then. It wouldn't break my heart or anything, 353 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 1: you know. I always say I want to open an Indy. 354 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: I want to open an Indy, and they've never done it, 355 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: right that we've never Yeah, that's right, we've never opened 356 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: in Indie. Indy has opened here two times in two 357 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: two eleven, but we've never opened up there. I would 358 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: take that. I would rip off that band aid in 359 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: the division because I don't know. Oh, if you know 360 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,359 Speaker 1: they're gonna have it all together, you don't know who 361 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: has it all together on opening day. But look what 362 00:21:07,119 --> 00:21:09,600 Speaker 1: happened to them last year. They lost to the Jaguars 363 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,479 Speaker 1: on the road on opening Day. Now they ended up 364 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: having a playoff season. Of the Jags that was their 365 00:21:13,560 --> 00:21:17,920 Speaker 1: only victory. But someone explained that to me. I don't know, 366 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: but I'm with you from that perspective. You open with 367 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:25,080 Speaker 1: them on the road. They have all the pressure on them. 368 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: Division game. You gotta win the division game at home. 369 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 1: It's the first one. I mean went I mean the 370 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 1: pressure that they would be feeling, and Wentz would be feeling, 371 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: I would I'm I'm kind of with you on that one. 372 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: You could sneak I'd be all right with that. You 373 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 1: could sneak up on people this year, right, you could 374 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:44,440 Speaker 1: definitely sneak up on people. I mean, I hate to 375 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:48,000 Speaker 1: play this game, but how many games just based on 376 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,800 Speaker 1: opponent alone, where you sit there because you don't know 377 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,120 Speaker 1: it's hurt or whatever when you go into that particular week, 378 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 1: if their quarterbacks hurt or whatever. But how many games 379 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 1: did you make the Texans favorites in? I mean, like, 380 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: it's it's not high number. Let's just put it that way, right. 381 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,119 Speaker 1: That means you can sneak up on some people. And 382 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: like we said, I think we said at a previous show, 383 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 1: you wouldn't mind the Jags early because I mean, what 384 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: are they going to be early, right, you know, trying 385 00:22:11,160 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 1: to get their identity straightened out with Trevor Lawrence and 386 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 1: whatever Urban Meyer is going to do. It just can't 387 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: be so automatic for them, right, So that might not 388 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: be a bad way to open either. Again, early success, 389 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: and you know it's so obvious to say, but please early, late, 390 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:31,359 Speaker 1: middle success. Thank you. I can't believe. I cannot believe 391 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: you said Colts first one opener at Indian I'm like, no, 392 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: wait a second, I think you've got me coming around 393 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 1: on that. I think I might want that one to 394 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: start with, because why not. I mean, yeah, rip the 395 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: band in right off, and they've you have a pretty 396 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: good cool of what they're going to be doing. It's 397 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,239 Speaker 1: just Carson Wentz is going to be a different guy 398 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 1: pulling the trigger, that's all. But you're gonna they're gonna 399 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 1: be doing the same thing. Nobody's gonna have any idea 400 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,879 Speaker 1: what going in. Any clue they might see in a 401 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: preseason game that's not gonna be much. And maybe that 402 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 1: element of surprise in some sense and maybe a bunch 403 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 1: of guys coming together for the Texans. It's a great 404 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: it's a great group and they're better together than maybe 405 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,159 Speaker 1: just individually. You know who's to say, But man, you 406 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 1: got me coming around on that. Mark, you do got me. 407 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: You have me coming around on that, which I would 408 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: never I never would have thought that. You've always talked 409 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: about going up there in September, but to start up there, boy, 410 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,880 Speaker 1: all right, five days away. But we do know him 411 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,679 Speaker 1: more like we will face Carson Wins and if it's 412 00:23:35,720 --> 00:23:39,120 Speaker 1: not him, it's Jacob Eieson, that would be kind of fun. 413 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 1: Mark appreciate, Thank you very much. Thanks Seanny. All Right, 414 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,280 Speaker 1: we get back. We're going in the lab. Man Drew 415 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: Dorry and I talked about a number of different things 416 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: about the draft and moving on and a couple of 417 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,400 Speaker 1: guys from that draft that we well that we take 418 00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: a hanker into. We'll do that next right here on 419 00:23:55,840 --> 00:24:00,480 Speaker 1: Texans Axcess Karen Texans Axis, Karen Texans Axis Ar Texas 420 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,680 Speaker 1: Well back this Friday at the Texas All Access from 421 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: the Hyunday Texans Radio Studio, the mobile version. Yeah, after 422 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,480 Speaker 1: crib on a Friday night, A nice Friday night, a 423 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: beautiful Friday night. It's why you live in Houston. This 424 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: is why you live in Houston. I'm your host, John Harris, 425 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 1: Football Outside the Reporter, draft Expert, whatever you want to 426 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: call me, and also one half of the in the 427 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 1: Lab podcast, and on this week's edition with I'm Andrew Doherty, 428 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: we talked about a couple of Pack twelve players that 429 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,160 Speaker 1: were drafted and why we like them. But let's start 430 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 1: with Davis Mills, the guys from in Loop Landry Locker. 431 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 1: John Lopez had a fun interview with David Shaw, their 432 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:42,680 Speaker 1: head coach, who we have interviewed in the past when 433 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:45,640 Speaker 1: we took Justin Reid the safety when we went back 434 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 1: to Stanford in the offseason a couple of seasons ago 435 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: with Justin Reid followed him around campus, so he's got 436 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: a familiarity and had a familiarity with the Texans and 437 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,399 Speaker 1: has for a while. That popped up and was i 438 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: think strengthened with the addition of pet Hamilton, who was 439 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: with Shaw for three seasons, two of which as is 440 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:10,320 Speaker 1: OC and the one before that. I think he was 441 00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: a you know, an assistant and so was Shaw. So 442 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 1: those guys know each other and they're very, very tight, 443 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: and that meant a lot. And you've also heard about 444 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:24,040 Speaker 1: how Andrew Luck and David Mills worked together in the 445 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: offseason at times. Luck's from here played at Strafford. We 446 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: all know that. And when you look at the highlights, 447 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 1: if you just kind of take everything out of context, 448 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: you get a look at what David s. Mills does 449 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:39,320 Speaker 1: and you think that sort of reminds me of a 450 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,360 Speaker 1: skinnier Andrew. Look the way he moves, the way he throws. 451 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,640 Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's Andrew Luck, not saying that. I'm 452 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,640 Speaker 1: saying it's reminiscent of it. But there's lots and lots 453 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,439 Speaker 1: of connections, and there is an upside that the Texans 454 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 1: think is there, and they're intrigued by it, no doubt. 455 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: After Lanard and John did an interview with David Shaw 456 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: and I know coach saw through Brian Awards. We've had 457 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 1: him I don't know how many times, and yeah, another connection. 458 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: He's so good to us, he told us, I think 459 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: in one of the last years he was there, He's like, 460 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 1: you know, because the way the process worked, at least 461 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 1: back when I was on the committee was you had 462 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 1: to accept being a finalist. You had to accept being 463 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 1: in Houston to be a finalist. And he finally just 464 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: told the group, He's like, look, if you guys have 465 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: voted on me to be a finalist, I'm there. Just 466 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: don't even You don't even have to call an ask, 467 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: you just have to tell me when it is. And 468 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: I was just like, man that I just had to 469 00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 1: have most respect for him because we had coaches that 470 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 1: would tell us to comment and then back out just 471 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: because they didn't want to go or they lost a 472 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: bowl game or some nonsense like that, and Coach Shaw 473 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: was always there. And so I know coach Shaw and 474 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,720 Speaker 1: his connection to Houston's is a good one and I 475 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:51,160 Speaker 1: love him. I would, you know, if in a next life, 476 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 1: if I could ever work with him closely on a 477 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:54,919 Speaker 1: day to day basis, I think that would be very, 478 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: very cool, because I think he's just everything that is 479 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 1: good about coaching and good about leading other human beings 480 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: and younger human beings. I think he's great, good at 481 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: what he does, no doubt, and I don't I don't 482 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: take what he says with a grain assualt at all, 483 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: because I think there's a way that he could say 484 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: if he didn't care for a guy, or he wasn't 485 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 1: happy with a guy. I think there would be a 486 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: way that he could say it without losing credibility, without 487 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 1: losing in credibility with his team, etc. So when he 488 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,439 Speaker 1: says things about Davis Mills, I take it one hundred percent. 489 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: That said, there's only one of the persons that I 490 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 1: trust more. David shows me. And when I saw Davis 491 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: Davis Mills play, I there was so much to like 492 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: about him. I just I love this throwing motion. I 493 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: just loved how smooth he was. And I remember, really, 494 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 1: I mean, I'd watched him during the year. There's a 495 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,159 Speaker 1: difference in watching him when you're on the road late 496 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 1: at night, lyne in bed watching standard UCLA and you 497 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: can make a mental note like wow, he looks really good. 498 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: But when you then decide I'm gonna look at this guy, boom, 499 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: like here he goes. This is the one thing I'm focusing. 500 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: I'm looking at everything. Look at his feet is dropped, 501 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,639 Speaker 1: his mechanics, everything at the line of scrimmage. I'm like, man, 502 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,040 Speaker 1: this guy's this guy's pretty good. I wish he would 503 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,120 Speaker 1: have gone back. He would have been a first round 504 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 1: pick and maybe we would have had an opportunity to 505 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:20,639 Speaker 1: draft him with a first round pick next year. I 506 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 1: just didn't think that we would have an opportunity to 507 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 1: draft him. I thought I thought he would eventually be 508 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,880 Speaker 1: gone the way that quarterbacks were, the way that quarterbacks 509 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 1: are going off the board, even though I did have 510 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: him a shade outside the Hunter. Actually I had him 511 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 1: in the hundred, but when I moved some things around 512 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,679 Speaker 1: and popped the one on one. But I thought as 513 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,000 Speaker 1: the draft was approaching, I was like, the more I 514 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,880 Speaker 1: watched him, the more I felt like, and he's not 515 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: gonna be there for us. When he was, I was like, man, 516 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 1: this is the ultimate. This is sort of quarterback bitcoin. 517 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: This is sort of a quarterback doge coin or whatever. 518 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: It was sort of buying low and not really knowing. 519 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: I guess in some sense what you have. But I 520 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: know that he had gone back to Stanford because right 521 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,479 Speaker 1: after they did an interview, so many posted a tweet 522 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: and said, how do you know he would have been 523 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,719 Speaker 1: a first rounder? Nobody knows. Yeah, nobody knows anything. As 524 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,000 Speaker 1: Kyle Shannan said, nobody knows. We're gonna be here on 525 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 1: Sunday for Mother's Day. I mean, my gosh, thankfully we are. 526 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: We were and we are hopefully, but for sure, you 527 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: don't know that for sure, So you don't know anything 528 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: for sure. But I've been doing this for a long 529 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 1: time and I've seen quarterbacks go in the first round, 530 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 1: and I've seen how they've gotten to the first round. 531 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: Davis Mills had every trait you're looking for in the 532 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,640 Speaker 1: first round quarterback except experience. If he strung it together 533 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: for twelve thirteen weeks in the Stanford season, Stanford has 534 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: a great year, like I think they were going to 535 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: with Mills at quarterback, and he stays healthy and shows 536 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: all those skills, he's gonna go in the first round 537 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two. Promise, yeah, promise he's going the 538 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,360 Speaker 1: first round. So sure I can say that because oh, 539 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: you know, there's no risk. But I wouldn't say that 540 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: if I didn't believe he was gonna be that guy. 541 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 1: I could just tell you how good a quarterback I 542 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 1: thought he was. But I think this is a buy low, 543 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 1: sell high. And from that standpoint, Drew, if the Texans 544 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,240 Speaker 1: do hit on Davis Mills, I Davis Mills gets on 545 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: the field and you're like, I love this guy. I 546 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,760 Speaker 1: love what he can do. He needs more experience. With 547 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 1: more experience, he's gonna beat our guy. Whatever first round 548 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 1: picks you have in the future, you don't have to 549 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: spend him on a quarterback. I mean, that would be fantastic. 550 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: That would be the ultimate in playing the draft as 551 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 1: a pseudo football player stock market. If you will, that 552 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: Nickossario will have absolutely hit. And look if it doesn't hit, 553 00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: look at the third round quarterbacks that don't hit. I mean, 554 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: there's not a high expectation that he's going to but 555 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 1: if it does, it helps you out. If he doesn't, Okay, 556 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: it didn't work out, you move on. You draft another 557 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: quarterback at some other point, presumably or you know, some 558 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,720 Speaker 1: other thing works out at quarterback however it's going to go. 559 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: But if Davis does work out, that can change the 560 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: course of your franchise for however long. And it was 561 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,520 Speaker 1: a third round pick that did it. So I appreciate 562 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 1: the calculated risk taken, but in all honesty, I don't 563 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 1: know how high a risk it is considering what Davis 564 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,080 Speaker 1: Mills would have been after another year at stand for 565 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,280 Speaker 1: heavy stage and he only left. You only left because 566 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 1: the whole COVID situation threw everything up in the air 567 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 1: and it was such a disaster for Stanford. At the 568 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:09,120 Speaker 1: end of the year, they said the last three weeks 569 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 1: on the road and one all three games because Davis 570 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,520 Speaker 1: Mills was outstanding and he's like, I don't know what 571 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: I can do that anymore. I'm gonna go and then 572 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: he did cool with me, all right. So that's at 573 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 1: the front of the draft for the Texans. At the 574 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 1: bottom of the draft this year, they took a guy 575 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,400 Speaker 1: named Roy Lopez. He'd spent his first four years at 576 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: New Mexico State, played well there for the Aggies. It's right, 577 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: there's z Aggie's in New Mexico, there's z Aggie's in Utah. 578 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 1: There Zaggie's here. And then transferred because the Aggie's there, 579 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 1: we're not playing football this year. And he transferred because 580 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: of COVID to Arizona, closer to home where he grew 581 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,720 Speaker 1: up in the state of Arizona, Tempete and played really 582 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:49,479 Speaker 1: well and it was fun to see the stuff. He's well, 583 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 1: he's benched, you know, two twenty five thirty six times, 584 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: so he's super strong. He's there in the middle. He 585 00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: saw that he's a two time All State State champ wrestler. 586 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,120 Speaker 1: So know, he knows how to use his hands, leverage, balance, 587 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,040 Speaker 1: he's got good stamin all that stuff. And I listened 588 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: to his interview and he had he was just he 589 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: was very likable. He's very calm, very sharp comes out. 590 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 1: Oh his dad's a high school coach, and that makes sense, 591 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 1: you know here in the way he spoke and the 592 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:21,240 Speaker 1: way he interacted. And so then I texted my own pal, 593 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 1: Nick Skirfield, who used to work here as well as 594 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 1: former nose tackle Sean Cody, and I said, I like 595 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 1: this guy. We took in the sixth nose tackle from 596 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:40,000 Speaker 1: PAC twelve. Wacky hair, smart, lovable personality. Hispanic sounds sort 597 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: of familiar, abros. And Cody said, Cody, I saw the 598 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: dot dot dot on the iPhone pop right up and 599 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 1: Cody said, love it. He killed against sc this year, 600 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 1: called his name a bunch. And you gotta remember Sean 601 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: Cody is now the color commentator on usc football broadcast telecast. 602 00:32:58,080 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 1: So he said, he called his name a bunch. Send 603 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: my warmest wishes. If he needs any media slash branding advice, 604 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:09,360 Speaker 1: have him given me a ring. See So Sean Cody 605 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 1: approves of this pick, which that's I'm not saying that 606 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,120 Speaker 1: that that is is something that needs to go, but 607 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,240 Speaker 1: based on what Sean Cody did and what Sean Cody 608 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,880 Speaker 1: plays and what he's doing now, I like getting that 609 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,680 Speaker 1: that confirmation and affirmation from it, and I know you 610 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: really like the Lopez pick as well. What I think 611 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: is going to happen is I think he's gonna play 612 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,760 Speaker 1: pretty soon, maybe immediately, and I think he's gonna be 613 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,440 Speaker 1: here a while. And I think by virtue of the 614 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 1: position he plays, you're not gonna see twenty sacks a 615 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: year and thirty. But he's gonna be doing what he 616 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: needs to do and he's gonna help the rest of 617 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: the defense around him, and you're gonna be glad that 618 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: this guy is here. I can be totally wrong, might 619 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 1: not know what the hell I'm talking about. This is 620 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 1: all anecdotal, but I just got a feeling about this 621 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 1: guy that good things will happen with Roy Lopez. And 622 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:58,280 Speaker 1: one last thing, I do puntos extra, which is basically like, 623 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,880 Speaker 1: I asked two questions of our Spanish play by play voice, Yes, 624 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: Enrique Basquez, we do that on a weekly basis, and 625 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 1: I asked him I was like, tell me about Davis 626 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,400 Speaker 1: Mills and then tell me who you're most excited to 627 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,399 Speaker 1: see out of the other four draft picks. He said, well, 628 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,440 Speaker 1: and it is all Spanish. He said, well, you know obviously, 629 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: you know as a Mexican American, I'm really excited about 630 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,000 Speaker 1: Roy Lopez and to see what he did. And then 631 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,200 Speaker 1: he reeled off all his accomplishments and so I think 632 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:23,880 Speaker 1: it could be fun for a lot of different reasons. 633 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: And I'm excited to see Lopez and see what he 634 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:27,480 Speaker 1: can do on the field because this is that's a 635 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,239 Speaker 1: spot that they could they could use some help, just 636 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,239 Speaker 1: like you know, across the board on both sides of 637 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 1: the ball. I'm excited about what Roy Lopez might be 638 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:37,160 Speaker 1: able to do. Well. You know, I love putting video 639 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,960 Speaker 1: evidence with ANECDOLEA Evan, Yes you do. And you said, 640 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: you know you you asked me. We talk all the time. 641 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,320 Speaker 1: You asked the question the press conference about wrestling, and 642 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,160 Speaker 1: I was like, Drew just took one for me, man, 643 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 1: because that's that's one of my favorites. You you know, 644 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,400 Speaker 1: defensive lineman Leavens a lineman that I know have been 645 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 1: successful wrestlers. Offensive lineman have been successful wrestlers. I love 646 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: those guys. I love him. Creed Humphrey was that at 647 00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 1: Oklahoma when he's grown up in Oklahoma high schools, and 648 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,600 Speaker 1: Roy Lopez was that his dad was his wrestling coach, 649 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:10,399 Speaker 1: his football coach. So I go back on Sunday, because 650 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,840 Speaker 1: Saturday night I got home, I was combatos after everything, 651 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,360 Speaker 1: and get home and Sunday I'm like, all right, you know, 652 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,719 Speaker 1: I'm gonna see what I can find. So I find 653 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,360 Speaker 1: the USC game, ironically, the one that that's Sean called 654 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 1: and so so played down in a goal line. I 655 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: think it's in the first half. And you know, Arizona's 656 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:32,080 Speaker 1: got these jerseys that they're they're like the Texans colors. 657 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 1: You know, they're they're um, you know, battle red and 658 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,759 Speaker 1: deep steel blue. So you can't really see whether they're 659 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,520 Speaker 1: wearing the red with the blue numbers or the blue 660 00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 1: with the red numbers. You can't really see, like like 661 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: what numbers. So I'm looking for number fifty one, no one, 662 00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:48,000 Speaker 1: that's Roy's number fifty one. I can't. I can't find him. 663 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,359 Speaker 1: Really odd number four nose tackle by the way. Yeah. First, yeah, 664 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,279 Speaker 1: I know in the general a city, I don't have 665 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 1: to look at the secondary. So I'm kind of watching 666 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:56,600 Speaker 1: these three guys in the middle, and I'm trying to 667 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,760 Speaker 1: figure out which guy it is. The ball is snapped 668 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:03,239 Speaker 1: and I went that one. I knew immediately who it 669 00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:07,239 Speaker 1: was because he took the center and literally bent him 670 00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,719 Speaker 1: in half. I cannot wait to see Roy Lopez do 671 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,240 Speaker 1: that to a cult or a jaguar. Oh, I cannot 672 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,879 Speaker 1: wait to see. There's more of the podcast. You're gonna 673 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,160 Speaker 1: check it out Houston Texas dot com or however you 674 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,759 Speaker 1: consume your podcast, make sure you subscribe to In the Lab. 675 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,719 Speaker 1: That's Drew Doherty and myself. All right, we got a 676 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:27,680 Speaker 1: short one on the other side, and we are going 677 00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,040 Speaker 1: to go around the NFL. Still play your things happening 678 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:32,319 Speaker 1: one week after the draft of Dead next right here 679 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:36,279 Speaker 1: on Texas Axis, All Texas Axis. We got one final 680 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:40,160 Speaker 1: segment this Friday issue the Texans All Access. On this 681 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,840 Speaker 1: wonderful Friday evening. I don't even think there's a cloud 682 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:47,760 Speaker 1: the sky right now. It's so beautiful here in Houston, Texas. 683 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,520 Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris Football and a sideline reporter, 684 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:53,480 Speaker 1: draft guru, draft lover, whatever you want to call me, 685 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,560 Speaker 1: but glad to be with you. Let's go around the NFL. 686 00:36:56,600 --> 00:37:02,320 Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier the Texans signing today made official Neville 687 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:05,120 Speaker 1: Hewett one hundred and thirty four tackles last year for 688 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:09,000 Speaker 1: the Jets, started all sixteen games for the Jets, And yes, 689 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,560 Speaker 1: I know the Jets of the Jets, but I know 690 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 1: watching Nevill Hewett that dude could play, so on my 691 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:18,200 Speaker 1: docket today. And actually John McClay mentioned it last night too, 692 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: and we were kind of looking at each other in 693 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: the studio when he said that because we had not 694 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 1: heard anything, like, wait a second, we had been in 695 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,439 Speaker 1: a meeting all day, so we had not been caught 696 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 1: up on that, and so went during a break last 697 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 1: night and saw, yeah, okay, they're talking to Nevill Hewett. 698 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:36,000 Speaker 1: And then today that signing becomes official, that becomes player 699 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:40,400 Speaker 1: eighty eight of nineties, so still two more and probably 700 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,319 Speaker 1: part of the reason that things went the way they did. 701 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,520 Speaker 1: Draft weekend, you think, oh, okay, they got eight draft picks, 702 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:48,719 Speaker 1: they're gonna sign someone. Drafteds. Nick Cassario had already gotten 703 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,279 Speaker 1: this roster where he wanted it to be with the 704 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,200 Speaker 1: number of veterans that he signed, and signed another one. 705 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:58,120 Speaker 1: And if anybody's gonna know about. I almost called Laton 706 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: Hewett the tennis player, Neville Hewett. It's gonna be nick 707 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:03,520 Speaker 1: as Sarrio and a lot of guys in the staff 708 00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,719 Speaker 1: that were with the Patriots who saw him twice a year. 709 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: It's a good football player, a very good linebacker, and 710 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,360 Speaker 1: he has brought into this situation with a lot of 711 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:16,960 Speaker 1: new faces at linebacker in addition to number forty one, 712 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:21,319 Speaker 1: Zach Cuttingham really the only holdover. I guess Nate Hall 713 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:22,839 Speaker 1: still here and they got a little bit of playing 714 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,200 Speaker 1: time last year, had a couple of sacks against Detroit, 715 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,360 Speaker 1: so hopefully nill getting there and compete. But this is 716 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 1: really truly a revamped linebacker corps. So if you look 717 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,480 Speaker 1: at it from man, last year's crew was Zach Cuttingham, 718 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:45,759 Speaker 1: Terrell Adams, Bernardick McKinney, Dylan Cole, and I know I'm 719 00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:51,719 Speaker 1: missing Brent Scarlett was outside. But Peter CALUMBAYI do I 720 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:54,160 Speaker 1: say him? I don't know if I said PK. It's 721 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:58,640 Speaker 1: completely revamped. That is completely and totally different. Zach and 722 00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: two other starters. Everything about it from a four three. 723 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:04,640 Speaker 1: So a lot of names added to the mix and 724 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:07,480 Speaker 1: we'll see how it works. Itself out. The rest of 725 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,840 Speaker 1: this off season saw a note from the NFL that 726 00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:15,280 Speaker 1: said there will be Obviously, the NFLPA and the NFL 727 00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:17,759 Speaker 1: have been discussing this, and there's been a little bit 728 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:21,360 Speaker 1: of sniping for both sides lately. Given the injury that 729 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:25,600 Speaker 1: happened to Juwan James, who injured his achilles working away 730 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:27,879 Speaker 1: from the building, he has placed on the NFI list, 731 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,960 Speaker 1: and that's gonna get kind of dicey, but it really 732 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 1: is kind of at the heart of the discussions between 733 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,920 Speaker 1: the players saying, look, we just need a virtual offseason. 734 00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,279 Speaker 1: We don't need to beat on campus if you will, 735 00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:42,839 Speaker 1: look what we did in twenty twenty, and the league saying, hey, 736 00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,960 Speaker 1: look it says in the CBA we have offseason conditioning, 737 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:51,360 Speaker 1: we have OTAs, we have mini camp, and that's our 738 00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,960 Speaker 1: off season. So we'll let that part work itself out. 739 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,320 Speaker 1: But there's been a lot of back and forth on 740 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:01,600 Speaker 1: that part, and hopefully Texans and thirty one other teams 741 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:03,080 Speaker 1: will be able to get on the field a little 742 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:07,799 Speaker 1: bit with whatever is there. Some teams already having their 743 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:11,880 Speaker 1: rookies on hand to do their rookie mini camp if 744 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,399 Speaker 1: you will. The Jets and that's a video. Today Zach 745 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,879 Speaker 1: Wilson throwing the Colts saw a couple of the Colts 746 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:24,160 Speaker 1: had their media availability, including Dayodengbo, who I don't believe 747 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,320 Speaker 1: he's gonna be ready because he tours Achilles in January. 748 00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:28,920 Speaker 1: I don't know when he's gonna be ready. But the Colts. 749 00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:32,480 Speaker 1: I watched their series that their version of Building the Texas. 750 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:36,880 Speaker 1: They watched their series. They really really liked Odengbo, and 751 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:38,560 Speaker 1: I could see why I was. I was a big 752 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:40,240 Speaker 1: fan of him watching him, but I knew that Achilles 753 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,120 Speaker 1: was going to be an issue. So if you buy 754 00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:45,120 Speaker 1: him again like a stock and you project it out, 755 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:47,320 Speaker 1: they get him back, it's gonna end up being a 756 00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,000 Speaker 1: first round talent that they got in the second round, 757 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,439 Speaker 1: they're gonna be able to do something with. So we'll 758 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:55,240 Speaker 1: see how that goes. Now, speaking of all that offseason stuff, 759 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:59,040 Speaker 1: when we get back and we get into training camp, well, 760 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:06,120 Speaker 1: the NFL today in maybe the biggest sign that things 761 00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:10,160 Speaker 1: might get back to normal sooner than later. The NFL 762 00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:16,080 Speaker 1: informed teams that they can hold training camp offsite again. 763 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,040 Speaker 1: You know what that means. We're going to a Greenbrier, baby. No, 764 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,600 Speaker 1: I don't know about that, But it does look like 765 00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:27,880 Speaker 1: the NFL is saying to its teams, Look, if you 766 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:29,560 Speaker 1: want to get off site for a training camp again, 767 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:31,640 Speaker 1: you've got to be able to You've got to put 768 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,600 Speaker 1: in your request. We'll look at it, assess it, and 769 00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,279 Speaker 1: we'll go from there. But man, that was good to see. Now, 770 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:40,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if that means entirely that teams can 771 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:45,520 Speaker 1: get together and do cross pollination scrimmages like they've done 772 00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:47,840 Speaker 1: in the past, like we did many many times. I 773 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:50,320 Speaker 1: would imagine you'd like to be able to do that. 774 00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:53,880 Speaker 1: I would think we'll see. I know when David Culley 775 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,200 Speaker 1: was with the Ravens, they did it with the Jaguars 776 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,319 Speaker 1: I think once, and they've done it some other times. 777 00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,640 Speaker 1: I know we did it with everybody under. The Patriots 778 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,840 Speaker 1: have done it with everybody. So Cassio's used to that. 779 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:07,839 Speaker 1: So we'll see. But and if Friday memo, obtained by 780 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,319 Speaker 1: the NFL Network Tom Perles Sara got it, the league 781 00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:14,400 Speaker 1: informed clubs is not permitting mixed gatherings of players and 782 00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:17,320 Speaker 1: coaches outside of the club facility during the offseason program. However, 783 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:22,400 Speaker 1: vaccinated staff members can get together. But they also went 784 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,520 Speaker 1: on to say that they will be allowed to conduct 785 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:28,520 Speaker 1: training camp away from their team facilities if they choose. 786 00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,320 Speaker 1: Now they do have to submit written request to the 787 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,759 Speaker 1: NFL to be able to do that. That's a big 788 00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:37,920 Speaker 1: step though, that's a massive step and hopefully moving us 789 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:42,920 Speaker 1: along and getting us to some normal territory at some particular, 790 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:47,680 Speaker 1: some particular point, and let's hope that happens. Appreciate you 791 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,279 Speaker 1: guys for listening to the show this evening and for 792 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,520 Speaker 1: all the draft stuff we did last week and then 793 00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:55,359 Speaker 1: continued down it too this week. Appreciate Mark for being here, 794 00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:57,320 Speaker 1: but man be poor keeping us on the straight and 795 00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,520 Speaker 1: narrow back and studio Drew and all the things we 796 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:02,560 Speaker 1: do on in lab. We really appreciate you guys support. 797 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,000 Speaker 1: Have a great week and everybody, and as always, to 798 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:05,600 Speaker 1: go Texas.