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Speaker 1: What is up? Good people of Houston, Welcome into a

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Speaker 1: Wednesday edition of Texans All Access. I am your host,

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Speaker 1: John Harris, Football Ana's sideline reporter and so glad to

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Speaker 1: be with you on Battle Red Thursday night. Eve. So

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Speaker 1: we got a lot to do on the show this

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Speaker 1: evening and to get it all in, and I mean,

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Speaker 1: we've got tons. We've got Dave Zangaro, who used to

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Speaker 1: be with CS in Houston, who now covers the Eagles

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Speaker 1: up there in Philly. He's gonna join Deep City. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna have a little deep slant with Troy Harriston. We

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Speaker 1: are gonna have Mark stopping by from My Keys to

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Speaker 1: the Game. We've got Drew's final Word, which is gonna

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Speaker 1: be a Traymont Smith, and we got a Drews dozen

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Speaker 1: with Traymont Smith. We have so much going on. Oh

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Speaker 1: did I forget made Behind the Mike's Merrill Reese with

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Speaker 1: Mark Vannimer. That is gonna be an absolute blast. I

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Speaker 1: love hearing Merrill's voice and to hear him discussing with Mark.

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Speaker 1: That's gonna be really really fun. Now we're gonna start

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Speaker 1: the show with the dilemma because every single last All

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Speaker 1: Access show before a game. We start with Lovey Smith,

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Speaker 1: but every single Wednesday we start our show, which m

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Speaker 1: Nick Caserio. So this gets dicey. So I flipped the

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Speaker 1: coin and it came up Beard instead of Vest to start.

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna hear from Lovey Smith right off the

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Speaker 1: bat who talked with Mark Vandermer coach. Here you are

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Speaker 1: playing to Philadelphia Eagles. Let's talk about their rushing attack.

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Speaker 1: They have Miles Sanders, Jellen Hurts runs the ball, but

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Speaker 1: it's not like he's Lamar Jackson. How do you expect

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Speaker 1: to defend against him? What do you expect out of

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Speaker 1: that attack? Well, you mentioned Miles Sanders. I mean that's

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Speaker 1: enough in itself. I think he would be a good

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Speaker 1: running back in any system. But with all the weapons

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Speaker 1: every one of those. It's just opened things up. So

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Speaker 1: you have to honor, you have to honor the past,

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Speaker 1: and that just opens up some holes inside. And then

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Speaker 1: when just in general, the rushing attack that they had

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Speaker 1: like that that can hit them and go to distance,

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Speaker 1: it's tough. How does the short week affect the look

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Speaker 1: kind of attack. I just don't think you know this

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Speaker 1: but just an option. The only part is different is

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Speaker 1: you're constantly practicing that throughout. That leads you to this

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Speaker 1: short week. How about facing their defense? How tough are they?

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Speaker 1: What do you anticipate from them up front in particular? Well,

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Speaker 1: I was going to say it starts up front. It

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Speaker 1: All that makes it tough. Coach. We touched on this

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Speaker 1: during your show. But playing in primetime, I know we

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Speaker 1: Thanks a lot of good luck, appreciate it. Excellent stuff

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Speaker 1: there from Lovey and from Mark. Now time catch up

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Speaker 1: with general manager at Nick Cassio. Now, because it's a

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio Texans general manager Nick Cassio. Nick, good to see.

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Speaker 1: I know it's a short week, a lot of work

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Speaker 1: whoever you're going to face that particular Sunday. In this case,

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Speaker 1: to that next thing. Nick, We've had Thursday games for

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Speaker 1: So Nick's an offensive coach, has a really good staff. UM.

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Speaker 1: I'd say Nick's involved pretty much in everything. UM. Shane

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Speaker 1: very smart, intuitive players. So inevitably he makes the right

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Speaker 1: decision based on what he sees and it puts a

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Speaker 1: lot of tacks and stress on the defense. Nick, we

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Speaker 1: appreciate you wearing battle red sort today during this your

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Speaker 1: thoughts on the red helmet, I mean that kind of

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Speaker 1: juices up the players probably a little bit. Yeah, I'm

435
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Speaker 1: not a big fashion guy, so that's probably work but

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Speaker 1: anytime you kind of change that ticket, if you had

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Speaker 1: that out there, introduced something a little bit new, so

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Speaker 1: adds a little bit of fervor and energy. So maybe

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Speaker 1: it'll give us a chance to play better. But any end,

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Speaker 1: it's going to come out of execution, not what color

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Speaker 1: jerseys and helmets were wearing. So it's probably more for

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Speaker 1: the fans more than anything else. We need a red vest,

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Speaker 1: that's what we need. Thanks a lot for joining us,

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Speaker 1: good luck, Thanks guys. I got a feeling after his

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Speaker 1: response to that, We're probably not gonna see a red

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Speaker 1: vest on Thursday night. I'm not holding out hope, but

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Speaker 1: maybe just a vest, just a vest is cool. I

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Speaker 1: got my gear ready, I got my h Town gear

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Speaker 1: ready to go for Thursday night, So I'm pumped about that.

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Speaker 1: Now each and every Friday before a game, I do

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Speaker 1: my keys to the game. But each every Wednesday I

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Speaker 1: sit down with Mark and we kind of chat through

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Speaker 1: a number of things going on with the team, that's

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Speaker 1: going on, with the game coming up, what's going on

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Speaker 1: the NFL. So I thought, let's merged the two. Let's

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Speaker 1: bring Mark in and do keys the game that's next

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Speaker 1: right here on Texan to all Access. Welcome back to

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Speaker 1: a Wednesday edition of Texas All Access from Nday Texans

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Speaker 1: Radio Studio. I am John, that is Mark. Each and

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Speaker 1: every Friday, Mark, I do a segment called Keys to

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Speaker 1: the Game, and I do it, give my music going,

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Speaker 1: I talk about the keys. But this is a little

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Speaker 1: This is a little different because it's Thursday night and

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Speaker 1: you and I usually do a segment on Wednesday kind

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Speaker 1: of talking about the game that's gonna happen on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: So I thought, what a better marriage than Keys to

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Speaker 1: the Game with you along. So I'm gonna present my

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Speaker 1: Keys to the Game, and I want you to chime

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Speaker 1: in and give me your thoughts on these particular keys.

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Speaker 1: Let's go. So give me my music. There it is it? Yeah? Well,

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Speaker 1: NFL music in the background always pumped up a little bit.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about keys game against the Eagles.

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Speaker 1: This Eagles offense six NFL one hundred, one hundred fifty

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Speaker 1: yards per game on the ground, two hundred forty six

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Speaker 1: through the air. That's tenth third overall, with a shade

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Speaker 1: under four hundred yards per game. They've only lost two

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Speaker 1: turnovers wholely smokes hot. Let's start here with a guy

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Speaker 1: that I am. I already loved because of how he

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Speaker 1: handled the situation Alabama, how he handle the situation in Philly,

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Speaker 1: and how that offense is growing around him as he grows.

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Speaker 1: The first key of this game is Jalen Hurts quite

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Speaker 1: obviously channel be high school coming back home. Jalen Hurts

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Speaker 1: has not only become mark a guy that can run,

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Speaker 1: but his throwing acumen, as he showed last week against Pittsburgh,

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Speaker 1: is off the charts. I'm really worried about what he's

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Speaker 1: gonna do on Thursday. Yeah, well, I'm worried if I'm

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Speaker 1: every Philadelphia opponent every week, because what he's done is

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Speaker 1: what you want to see everybody do when he's on

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Speaker 1: your team. Is get better right twenty twenty? Look at

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Speaker 1: the numbers, just over fifty percent completion rate? Is he

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Speaker 1: really did? A guy on him thinks they'll give him

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Speaker 1: another year. A year ago, we talked about this last

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Speaker 1: night on Texans All Access. A year ago, they wanted

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Speaker 1: to Shaun Watson. They wanted to make a deal. There

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Speaker 1: was reportedly an offer on the table. It didn't go

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Speaker 1: through various reasons, maybe Watson didn't want to go there.

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Speaker 1: That was actually one of the reports. But the point

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Speaker 1: is they didn't even believe in him this much exactly

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Speaker 1: a year ago. Well a year later, He's a terrific quarterback.

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Speaker 1: They're a terrific team. They've got chemistry. He's a leader,

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Speaker 1: and I like what you said, Johnny, the way he

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Speaker 1: handled himself in college. He's like one of those guys.

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Speaker 1: Watson was kind of like this too. Let's be honest.

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Speaker 1: When you played that many big games in college and

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Speaker 1: have been through some situations like Hurtz has, well, you

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Speaker 1: come into the league already with some it's not professional experience,

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Speaker 1: but let's be honest, it kind of is. Right when

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Speaker 1: you're playing in front of big crowds, big programs, big games,

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Speaker 1: and a situation where he transferred to another big time

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Speaker 1: program and played for Lincoln Riley. My goodness, that's a

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Speaker 1: lot of experience already, and they're building so nicely from him.

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Speaker 1: I think the biggest upset here with the Eagles is

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Speaker 1: Siriani's introductory press conference versus the results he's getting. My goodness,

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Speaker 1: because a lot of people just wrote them off based

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Speaker 1: on that. You can't write off people based on a

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Speaker 1: sound bite. The point is Hurts is awesome. He's dangerous.

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Speaker 1: He can run it, he can throw it, he can

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Speaker 1: throw it really well, and they're scoring a lot of points.

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Speaker 1: My gosh, you better find a way to slow down

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Speaker 1: that running game. Hope that you can get something going

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Speaker 1: on third down defensively and take it from there. So

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Speaker 1: each and every week I come up with kind of

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Speaker 1: a little kitchy title for each of my keys. So

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Speaker 1: the first one was it hurts because he's true. That's

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Speaker 1: about Janalen Hurts. The second one is just again question mark,

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Speaker 1: do you know who that refers to? Again? Question Quinn?

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Speaker 1: No offense, stay with these, staying with Eagles offense. Don't

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Speaker 1: take another running back another running backs? Who did we

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Speaker 1: see for two times a year that killed a Brown?

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Speaker 1: Because there is And look, we watched him developed too

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Speaker 1: as a rookie. Interesting, you know, catch and run guy.

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Speaker 1: He can. Yeah, it looks looks like he's got some

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Speaker 1: pretty good hands. He can make some big plays. We'll

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Speaker 1: see how he develops well. He's developed, ladies and gentlemen.

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Speaker 1: And that draft weekend deal looks phenomenal for the Eagles

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Speaker 1: right now. I don't care what you give up when

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Speaker 1: you're getting that kind of production out of a human being,

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Speaker 1: as long as he stays healthy for them. Look, it's

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Speaker 1: early and I'm gonna go back to this point a

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Speaker 1: lot with them. There's seven and oh good for them.

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Speaker 1: You know, we talked about the Bengals being eight no

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Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen. I get it. But the point is

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Speaker 1: they're off to a phenomenal start. They gotta keep it going.

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Speaker 1: They'll be the first to tell you this doesn't matter.

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Speaker 1: They got to play well in December in January obviously,

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Speaker 1: but you couldn't answer for a better start from a team,

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Speaker 1: no doubt. A J. Brown was phenomenally a three touchdown

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Speaker 1: catches against the Steelers last week, and seeing that as

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Speaker 1: warming up for the Texans, I'm like, yeah, yeah, he's

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Speaker 1: a Texans killer. Yes, we saw what he did against

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Speaker 1: the Texans in the twenty twenty, especially the finale that

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Speaker 1: long past that got them into field goal range where

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Speaker 1: they hit the think off the upright and think off

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Speaker 1: the crossbar and throw for the game winner. That catch

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Speaker 1: he had Dawnfield just showed me that he's not Andre Johnson,

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Speaker 1: but he kind of reminds me of Andre Johnson. He's

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Speaker 1: sort of a sub Andre Johnson, and I look, I

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Speaker 1: like his work, but not against the Texans. I really gosh.

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Speaker 1: He's been tremendous against the Texans. The only time the

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Speaker 1: Texans had successes in twenty twenty one when Dez King

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Speaker 1: hit him in the ribs and knocked him out of

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Speaker 1: the game in twenty twenty one up there in the rain,

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Speaker 1: and we end up winning that game. So how do

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Speaker 1: you account for a J. Brown? Oh, you might have

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Speaker 1: to give some help. You might have to give some

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Speaker 1: help to Sting. If it's Sting, if it's Nels, I

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Speaker 1: don't care who it is. How do you give him

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Speaker 1: help when you got to load the box against Miles Sanders?

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Speaker 1: Oh exactly, Well, maybe maybe Staying can do some things here.

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Speaker 1: And that's that. That's the test. That's the test. Number

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Speaker 1: three overall gonna get test on Thursday, and that becomes

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Speaker 1: super important because of what comes at number three, three

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Speaker 1: hundred four reasons why the Texans have to, as I

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Speaker 1: put here in my key, confront them violently. Last week

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Speaker 1: against it doesn't even feel like last week. It was

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Speaker 1: just four days ago. The Texans gave up three hundred

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Speaker 1: plus rushing yards to Tennessee Titans. I felt like one

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Speaker 1: thing that was lacking outside of tackling Mark was at

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Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, confronting that offensive front with violence.

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Speaker 1: Football violence, mind you, but violence getting off of blocks.

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Speaker 1: I feel like the last couple of drives, I felt

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Speaker 1: like they finally started showing some of that. Now you

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Speaker 1: had some young dudes on the interior, but you got

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Speaker 1: vetch at defensive end. They've got to take their game

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Speaker 1: up and attack this offensive line violently, because that offensive

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Speaker 1: line with Kelsey Dickerson, Simalu, Lane Johnson, and Jordan Mailata,

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Speaker 1: if you don't attack them violently, they will stop a

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Speaker 1: mud hole in you. They will stomp you. And if

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Speaker 1: you think Tennessee's offensive line did that, wait until you

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Speaker 1: see these guys. So if you don't answer forced with

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Speaker 1: four violence with violence, it's gonna be a long freaking

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Speaker 1: night for that defensive front. Wrong kind of game to

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Speaker 1: play four days after you played the Tennessee Titans and

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Speaker 1: that was so physical. Look win or lose. You knew

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Speaker 1: this was going to be tough in terms of the

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Speaker 1: region aspect of it. Recovery getting ready to play a

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Speaker 1: Thursday night game against another physical team. Physical in a

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Speaker 1: different way, but physical nonetheless, So better get ready, Johnny

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Speaker 1: in some ways. This is not about This is not

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Speaker 1: about the x's and ohs. This is about rising up

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Speaker 1: whatever energy you have. How much does it mean to

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Speaker 1: you national television. I thought they'd be much more up

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Speaker 1: for the Tennessee game. Maybe they were up for it.

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Speaker 1: They were just out manned, they were just overwhelmed whatever.

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Speaker 1: Maybe they were that much that maybe they were up enough.

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Speaker 1: Whatever the case is. They gave up over three bills

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Speaker 1: in rushing. Man gotta find a way to be strong

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Speaker 1: physical point of attack, like you said, And that's easier

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Speaker 1: said than done against this team. Yeah, no doubt. Let's

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Speaker 1: flip it over to the Eagles defensive side. Now, they

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Speaker 1: gave up one hundred fifteen yards per game on the ground.

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Speaker 1: That's right in the middle. That's close to the middle.

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Speaker 1: It's fifteenth in the end. They do give up some

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Speaker 1: yards in the ground, however, it's a no fly zone.

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Speaker 1: One hundred and eighty three point four yards per game

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Speaker 1: through the year. That's fourth. That makes them fourth in

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Speaker 1: the league, just under three hundred yards per game. Here's

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Speaker 1: a massive and I'll get to this key in a

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Speaker 1: little bit. You know what their turnover margin is, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's it's the first in the league's fourteen. Okay, so

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Speaker 1: I said this when we'll get this key in a

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Speaker 1: long way too. My first thought was when Drew brought

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Speaker 1: it up, I'm like, well, that's because Trevor Lawrence turned

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Speaker 1: the ball over four times. If you take those four

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Speaker 1: fumbles that Trevor Lawrence had, they're still first. They're still first.

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Speaker 1: They're still first in the league. And I'll get to

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Speaker 1: why that matters in a second. Obviously we know why

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Speaker 1: I takeaways matter, but you put the math behind it,

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Speaker 1: you're like the first one. First key for the Eagles

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Speaker 1: defense rejuvenated. When Darius Slay was with the Lions at

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Speaker 1: the end of his Lions run, it was kind of like,

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Speaker 1: and maybe it was you had some Lions stench on him.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but Darius Slay wasn't thought to be

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Speaker 1: one of the top corners in the league. James Bradberry

635
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 1: was so lowly thought of by the new Giants management

636
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Speaker 1: they just let him go, like go ahead, just well,

637
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Speaker 1: we're done, and he's signs with the Eagles. Now the

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00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 1: Eagles have arguably the best pair of corners in the league,

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Speaker 1: and Darius Slay and James brad Berry, how does that happen.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's one of those Howie Roseman things where

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Speaker 1: he goes out and he's like, can is there an inefficiency?

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Speaker 1: We need a corner. We liked what we've seen from

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Speaker 1: Darius Slay and we think getting here in Philly, surrounding

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Speaker 1: him with some talent, it's gonna make him better. The

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Speaker 1: Bradberry one is kind of the one that's a little

646
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Speaker 1: a little mystified because he was just not good with

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Speaker 1: the Giants. Also when he gets to Philadelphia and it

648
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Speaker 1: just fits, and we saw that mark in twenty eleven,

649
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Speaker 1: what happened. Jjoe comes over. Now Jjo was good with

650
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Speaker 1: the Bengals, but Jjoe comes over, Daniel Manny comes over,

651
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Speaker 1: and those two guys were even better than they were

652
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Speaker 1: in their two other stops. Now there was pass rush

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Speaker 1: help in them out too. There you go. And also

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Speaker 1: and also Bryce McCain add him to that because he

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Speaker 1: played a whole lot better in a year where they

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Speaker 1: drafted a couple of corners to try to replace him,

657
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Speaker 1: but he rose his game up. Johnny. I think the

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Speaker 1: hardest thing for a GM or any talent value leader

659
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Speaker 1: must be who's the guy who's got those skills, Who's

660
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 1: not playing well, but he's going to resurrect his career

661
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Speaker 1: somehow and play much better. I don't know how you

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Speaker 1: predict that. I don't know what metrics you have that

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Speaker 1: lead you into that thought process of this is the

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Speaker 1: guy who's gonna up his game or re up his game.

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Speaker 1: It's so hard to tell, but they're doing it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: there's no question those guys have been doing it. Slam

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Speaker 1: Brad Berry. It's gonna be an interesting matchup for this

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Speaker 1: passing game against especially those two. CJ. Garter Johnson, I've

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Speaker 1: always been a fan of Now he talks a lot

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Speaker 1: I don't always love, but he's a really interesting guy

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Speaker 1: at safety for that team. And if they get some

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Speaker 1: pass rush, which leads me to key number two and

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Speaker 1: I same key as the other one, it's again question Mark,

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Speaker 1: and it's the guy that you did mention, Robert Quinn. Yep,

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Speaker 1: because the Texas will be facing Robert Quinn for the

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Speaker 1: second time this year. They face him in Week three

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Speaker 1: at Chicago, and Larry Tunson did a really nice job

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Speaker 1: of slowing him down. And this is one of the

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Speaker 1: things about facing edge rushers this year, Mark, because the

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Speaker 1: fact that if you've got a pretty good edge rusher.

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Speaker 1: If you want to get him involved, you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: to do some things with some t E stunts, some

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Speaker 1: ET stunts to get them moving on the inside. Because

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Speaker 1: if you're gonna go one on one against Titus and

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Speaker 1: go against Laramie, you're gonna have issues. Robert Quinn found

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Speaker 1: it out in the game at Chicago. So what has

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Speaker 1: Robert Quinn learned from that matchup in Chicago and Laramie

688
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Speaker 1: did a really nice job against him, And what does

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Speaker 1: he bring forward as he goes against Laramy Tunsil this time?

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Speaker 1: That is gonna be I think a major key for

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Speaker 1: the Texans offense and slowing Robert Quinn down. And how

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Speaker 1: does Jonathan gain him? The defensive coordinator scheming up for

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Speaker 1: Quinn to get him loose, maybe moves him to Titus decide,

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Speaker 1: Maybe he moves him inside. So I'm curious to see

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Speaker 1: how the Eagles end up deploying Quinn because he doesn't

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Speaker 1: have to play every down. He could play just spot nows.

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Speaker 1: He needed to play on pass rushdowns, and I think

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Speaker 1: that makes him very very dangerous, especially along what else

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Speaker 1: they have on that defense. You know what he's learned,

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Speaker 1: You know what they've learned. You know what Gannon has learned?

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Speaker 1: All right, it's one thing on the edge. What edge

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Speaker 1: rusher has destroyed the Texans this year? Nobody really, nobody, right, nobody,

703
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Speaker 1: but you know how they've been getting destroyed. And you

704
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Speaker 1: know this right here it is listeners, Fletcher Cocks, Javon Hargrave.

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Speaker 1: Stop those dudes from getting up the middle because up

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Speaker 1: the middle pressure has been killing the Texans when they've

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Speaker 1: had issues in the backfield, pressure wise, like they did

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Speaker 1: against the Tennessee Titans. Mills not able to step into

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Speaker 1: throws or sometimes maybe I don't want to say he's

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Speaker 1: reluctant to do it sometimes because there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: traffic in there. But whatever the issue is, we all

712
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Speaker 1: saw what happened when those two big, beefy guys spend

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Speaker 1: a lot of time in the Texans backfield. You can't

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Speaker 1: have that happen up the middle because on the edges,

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Speaker 1: you're right, Laramie and Titus have been doing a pretty

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Speaker 1: decent job against some of the bigger names in the league. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it's a matter of holding up inside and when

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Speaker 1: Quinn does loop inside or do some things coming inside,

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Speaker 1: Texans interiors got to be able to handle that. Hopefully

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Speaker 1: a Jay can't be ready to go to help against

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Speaker 1: whatever they've got. But man, Fletcher Cox. I love the

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Speaker 1: story about Fletcher Cox. When Robert Quinn got to Philadelphia,

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Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox walked over to his locker room and introduced

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Speaker 1: himself and said, hey man, just so you know, we

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Speaker 1: practice hard here and walked away. It's like, okay, leader

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Speaker 1: right there. No doubt he's been He's seen some things. Now.

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Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox has been in Philadelphia for a while, so

728
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Speaker 1: is Brandon Graham, so he got to account for him

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Speaker 1: as well. And the last key against the Eagles defense

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Speaker 1: I titled will take that obviously refers to the takeaways

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Speaker 1: that the Philadelphia Eagles have. So I did some some

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Speaker 1: math on this. It's pretty easy. They have a plus

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Speaker 1: fourteen turnover margin right in seven games. So if you

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Speaker 1: do the math on that, that means they've had two

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Speaker 1: per game extra possessions per game over the opponent. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: not like this, not like this offense needs it, right

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Speaker 1: because they're still getting yards. This is not fantom scoring

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Speaker 1: by the Eagles. They get yards round, they get some

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Speaker 1: yards here, and they're good defensively. Likely said, they have

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Speaker 1: allowed some rushing yards, but you don't score points against them,

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Speaker 1: and in large part because they are turning you over.

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Speaker 1: But they also play good red zone defense. Johnny, the

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Speaker 1: thing about the turnover margin, you brought this up. If

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Speaker 1: they don't get those four from Trevor Lawrence, they're still

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Speaker 1: in first place by four total takeaways, ahead of the

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Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. In fact, the Texans are tied for fifth

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Speaker 1: in turnover margin, but that's at plus three. That's eleven

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Speaker 1: behind the first place Philadelphia Eagles, who are just setting

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Speaker 1: the world on fire. This is incredible what they're doing.

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Speaker 1: Ball security is always at a premium making smart decisions.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna kind of fly in the face of that

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Speaker 1: a little bit. I don't want to turn the ball

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Speaker 1: over three the Eagles, but there's a part of me

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00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 1: that just wants to wants Davis Mills to let his

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00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 1: freak flag file a little bit. Yeah, just let it go.

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Speaker 1: Just whatever, And I know all weeks. Look, they get takeaways,

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Speaker 1: they get takeaways. Take care of football. Take yes, take

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00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,279
Speaker 1: care of the football is right. But if you keep

759
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,920
Speaker 1: tiptoeing into the room, you ain't going anywhere, right, So

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00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to go in a bus eight hundred

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Speaker 1: pound grill in the mouth. Bruce Arians here you go,

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Speaker 1: no risk, no risk it, no biscuit. That's probably the

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Speaker 1: best way to finish this. Mark, nice job chiming in

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Speaker 1: on my Keys to the Game. I love it. Maybe

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Speaker 1: I'll bring you back for a guest appearance a little

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Speaker 1: bit later in not only the show, but for Keys

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Speaker 1: to Game later down the road. All right, coming up next,

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Speaker 1: it's a little Drew's dozen. This time it's with number

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Speaker 1: one Traymond Smith. Next right here in Texas All Access.

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Speaker 1: Jump right back into this Wednesday. They should have Texas

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Speaker 1: All Access. I'm John Harris Football on us. Saw the reporter,

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Speaker 1: glad to be with you. That was fun to share

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Speaker 1: Keys to the Game with Mark, and you handled it

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Speaker 1: very well with all the music going, because you know,

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Speaker 1: sometimes it could be distracting, I guess, but I love

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Speaker 1: it. It It gets me in the mood, if you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean. So let's leave that behind it. Let's

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Speaker 1: move ahead. We're gonna hear from Traymond Smith with a

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Speaker 1: little Drews does in it just a second, but we

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Speaker 1: gotta get to the status report for this game. On Thursday.

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Speaker 1: Texans have five players out of this one, Grayland, Arnold,

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Speaker 1: maliek Collins, Nico Collins, Neville Hewitt dealing hamstring and Justin

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Speaker 1: McCrae suffered a concussion that game last week against Tennessee

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Speaker 1: tit so. Five players are out. Three are questionable, including

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Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks. He was a DNP on Wednesday and Tuesday

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Speaker 1: as well. Christian Harris Desmond King were both full participants

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Speaker 1: today in a walk through they were They're both questionable. A. J.

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Speaker 1: Cann is back, which is great. Roy Lopez's shoulder he

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Speaker 1: was a full participant today. He is back as well

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Speaker 1: for the Eagles. The big fellow Jordan Davis out, jose

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Speaker 1: As Scott cornerback out. Everybody else that seems is very

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Speaker 1: very healthy. Hey, so go and there a little banged up.

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Speaker 1: See what you're made of. See what happens with Brandon Cooks,

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Speaker 1: wide receiver, questionable for this game. Now. A guy that's

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Speaker 1: not an injury report. He's Traymont Smith. You little Drew's

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Speaker 1: dozen with Drew Doherty Drew so here, one of the

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Speaker 1: greatest special team enfranchise history. Tremont Smith, You're ready for

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Speaker 1: some Jenger, Yes, sir, I ain't played in a minute,

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Speaker 1: but I'm ready Marvel a DC. I'm not big in neither,

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Speaker 1: but I definitely have to go Marvel. Okay, you got

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Speaker 1: a favorite one? No, I don't like I said, I'm

802
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Speaker 1: not big into it, but if anything, it would be Marvel.

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Speaker 1: Which teammate is the best hype man who get you up?

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Speaker 1: I go Tavia Thomas. Okay, t Thomas. What's he do? How?

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Speaker 1: So he just he just says stuff that you know

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Speaker 1: that you're getting under my skin, that it made me

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Speaker 1: go play mad and just go make a play. So

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00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,480
Speaker 1: he gives an example. He'd like, you look real weak

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Speaker 1: on that last play, like go make a play, or

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00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 1: you missed that tackle, like stop missing the tackle. Making

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Speaker 1: a tackle. He supposed to have four or five tackles

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Speaker 1: this game. So he'll just say something a little like that.

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Speaker 1: Was he in your ear before you pop that ball?

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Speaker 1: He was just emphasized, I need to make a play.

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Speaker 1: And then he was like, your mom's in the stand,

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Speaker 1: go make a play. And he was like after the play,

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Speaker 1: he was like, your mom need to come to every game.

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Speaker 1: You always make a play with your mom here. So okay,

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Speaker 1: that's good. That's one of the few times when you

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Speaker 1: can invoke somebody's mom and make him play better, and

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Speaker 1: you know you're not not pissing somebody off. Where was

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Speaker 1: your mom in for? And it's in Alabama? Okay? Best

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Speaker 1: concert you have been to? I'd say twenty eighteen. I

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00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,399
Speaker 1: went to the Drake and Future concert. What a time

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Speaker 1: to be alive. Wow? Where was that? It was in Dallas?

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Speaker 1: It might have been It was twenty sixteen, Actually twenty sixteen.

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Speaker 1: So you're show in common college, sir. It sounds like

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Speaker 1: fun an certain life, not bad. What's your favorite TikTok dance?

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Speaker 1: I don't have. Look, I don't even have TikTok on

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Speaker 1: my phone. Honestly, there's nothing wrong with that. Yes to

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Speaker 1: social media for me, I'm thriving. You're thriving. We don't

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Speaker 1: need TikTok. There you go. What would your walk up

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Speaker 1: song being? Right now? I will go future March Madness.

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Speaker 1: Oh okay, it's anything future. Okay. So you said right now?

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Speaker 1: Was it something else recently? Oh? It changed up. It

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Speaker 1: depends on how you know. Game day. I wake up

837
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Speaker 1: that morning, I have a certain song or a certain

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Speaker 1: list that I go through. So is that one of

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Speaker 1: the ones you're listening to you right now? I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: listening to that every time, though, Future March Madness. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna listen to that every time. All right, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: have to look that up. Who is your celebrity lookalike?

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Speaker 1: Future Future? Yeah? I go future is We always wear

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Speaker 1: heads all the homee Okay, who has the cleanest locker

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Speaker 1: on the team? Can? I can't say myself? Of course

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna n free. I hang up all my stuff

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Speaker 1: all the time, but behind me, Jay, I'll try to

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Speaker 1: keep it as nice. Okay, that's good for effort. Who's

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Speaker 1: who's got the messiest TC or Grayland Caviro or Gray

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Speaker 1: lan rd? Okay, you're great, Lan bad? He just got

851
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Speaker 1: too much clothes keeping it all on the dB TTC

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Speaker 1: right here, I'm in the middle, and then gray Land

853
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 1: on the other side. So it's like you're surrounding my

854
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 1: nest year stuff. I always in my locker, he always

855
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,839
Speaker 1: taking my slide. It's bad. It's all bad. Yeah, at

856
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 1: least you'all get along. Yeah, I know, good thing. I'd

857
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: be to be ugly. If not, it's going down. Were

858
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:42,359
Speaker 1: you a Disney or Nickelodeon kid growing up? What came

859
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 1: on Nickelodeon Like SpongeBob. Right, that sounds right. Yeah, I

860
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 1: was Nickelodeon. Okay, Nickelodeon. SpongeBob. Yeah, SpongeBob. You get a

861
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:54,239
Speaker 1: favorite SpongeBob character himself, like Squidward anything, Noah, that's cool,

862
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:59,280
Speaker 1: he's bad vibes, babes, perfect player. At a barbecue restaurant,

863
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,920
Speaker 1: baby macaroni and cheese. I like sausage a lot, so

864
00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:05,080
Speaker 1: I get the sausage links. Okay, you gotta have a

865
00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 1: piece of bread, piece of bread, spicy barbecue, sauce, any

866
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 1: sort of dessert. I don't do this. I'm not a

867
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 1: big not a sweet guy, not a sweets guy at all.

868
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,320
Speaker 1: As Wow. Interesting, Okay, what's the best piece of advice

869
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 1: you've ever been given? Control what you can control. It's good.

870
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,320
Speaker 1: It's a lot of things that's not you know, you

871
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 1: got to just deal with and you just you gotta

872
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,880
Speaker 1: keep going and push through and always come with a

873
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:27,759
Speaker 1: good energy, good vibes and good things to happen. Nice.

874
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 1: Do you remember who gave you that advice? Or when

875
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:32,359
Speaker 1: one of my college coaches? And it's just always stuck

876
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,600
Speaker 1: with me, and I just always catch myself saying it's

877
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,920
Speaker 1: still to this day. So Yeah, that's great advice. To

878
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,799
Speaker 1: control what you can control. It's hard to like stay

879
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,920
Speaker 1: stay with that, but yeah, that's that's good advice. Favorite

880
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 1: nick name, Oh yeah, what do you got? One way?

881
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,239
Speaker 1: One way because of your number one or something else?

882
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:50,520
Speaker 1: Got it in college? Okay, it started off. I was

883
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 1: number one in college. My friends used to call me

884
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,239
Speaker 1: oom slice. I was like, that's kind of hard to say.

885
00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:57,279
Speaker 1: It's ton twisted, and then looked at the street side

886
00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:00,359
Speaker 1: one day, one way, looked at my I'm going one way.

887
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 1: I like one way, and you go north and south

888
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 1: and I go north and south. So I've been one

889
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: way every since. That's a great I like that. See

890
00:41:05,200 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 1: my Instagram name too, that's good stuff that you got

891
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 1: any other nicknames show time? It used to be show time?

892
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: I mean you got cool nicknames I get, Like, my

893
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 1: nickname is Grandpa. Grandpa is my Facebook name RF Facebook?

894
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 1: I don't got an He's winning the nickname battle, definitely.

895
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 1: I'm gonna try to win the Jinga battle, but I

896
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:29,800
Speaker 1: don't know I was going down. Well, you're making plays,

897
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 1: you're winning Jinga. Great to see it one way, Thank

898
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:37,160
Speaker 1: you so much. Appreciate that. Traymont Smith straight winning man,

899
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 1: Drew just keeps losing. Man, Drew's gotta win some at

900
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:41,840
Speaker 1: some point. All right, we got one one hour to go.

901
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,959
Speaker 1: We're gonna have a little Troy Harriston with Deep City.

902
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:48,200
Speaker 1: We got a little Dave Zangaro who covers the Eagles

903
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 1: with dpcitu. We also got the final word but Drew

904
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 1: Doherty and we're gonna kick off this for second hour

905
00:41:54,400 --> 00:42:00,440
Speaker 1: with Merrill Reese, long time legendary Philadelphia Eagles voice play

906
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,359
Speaker 1: by play man for them, our play by play legend

907
00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 1: Mark Vandomir will sit down with Merrill Reese. Next men

908
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:09,240
Speaker 1: behind the mic soun Texans All Access. Welcome back everybody

909
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:12,320
Speaker 1: this Wednesday, the show Texans All Access Second Hour coming

910
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 1: at your host, John Harris, Football on a sideline reporter

911
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,200
Speaker 1: and one of the biggest fans of NFL films. And

912
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 1: I've been watching NFL films for as long as as

913
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: I can remember, and when I was a wee lad,

914
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 1: I remember, and this was in the late seventies, early eighties.

915
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 1: I remember seeing highlights of the late seventies Eagles and

916
00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:34,880
Speaker 1: Dick Vermiel, who just loved his players, very emotional, and

917
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: I remember the voice in the background sounded so cool,

918
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:39,960
Speaker 1: And that was Merrill Reee. He's been the voice of

919
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,800
Speaker 1: the Eagles for a long long time and does a

920
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:47,879
Speaker 1: tremendous job. I love listening to the Eagles broadcast when

921
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 1: I'm out and about on a bye week or like

922
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:51,600
Speaker 1: this week could be a mini bio. Typically were listening

923
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,719
Speaker 1: on a Sunday Love listen to Merrill Reese. You know

924
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:56,320
Speaker 1: how much I love Mark Vandomir and those two chopped

925
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:59,879
Speaker 1: it up for this game on Thursday Nights Men behind

926
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 1: Mike's Mark. With Merrill now joining us right now in

927
00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 1: Texans Radio, it's voice of the Philadelphia Eagles, Meryll Reese, Merrill,

928
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,359
Speaker 1: wonderful to have you on. How's it going, my friend?

929
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:13,839
Speaker 1: It's going the way you would think seven and oh

930
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,000
Speaker 1: what seemed to be going. It's been a remarkable season

931
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: so far. Mark, Yeah, and you've been through a lot

932
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,440
Speaker 1: of them since nineteen seventy seven. So what do you

933
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:25,279
Speaker 1: make of this bunch. What's your overall assessment of what

934
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 1: you've seen so far. I know we still have the

935
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,560
Speaker 1: majority of the regular season to go, but what a start, Merrill.

936
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:34,360
Speaker 1: It's been amazing. Seven or oh equals the best start

937
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:37,919
Speaker 1: in the franchise history. And they are a good football team.

938
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,640
Speaker 1: I won't try to steer away from that. They are

939
00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 1: a good football team. They've done a great job answering needs.

940
00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:48,080
Speaker 1: Howard Roseman, the general manager, went out and he plugged

941
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 1: improvements into areas that really needed to be upgraded. That's

942
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:55,800
Speaker 1: what he did in the off season, both offensively and

943
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,400
Speaker 1: the d and the defense has certainly been a big difference.

944
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 1: And while there's a lot of uncertainty among the fans

945
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,880
Speaker 1: and some of the media about the future of Jalen

946
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 1: Hurts after his first couple of seasons, I think that

947
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 1: that question has been settled. He is a man and

948
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:15,240
Speaker 1: he is having an outstanding season. Yeah, let's talk about

949
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,879
Speaker 1: his development, because you look at the numbers two years ago,

950
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,480
Speaker 1: then last year he ascends, he gets better, he improves.

951
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 1: What do you attribute that too? And can you just

952
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:28,160
Speaker 1: discuss the general rise of his ability? Well, I think

953
00:44:28,239 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 1: I attributed to number one the work ethic about a

954
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 1: young player who really wants to be the best, About

955
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:40,320
Speaker 1: a guy who wants to spend time every day winning

956
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:43,919
Speaker 1: the practice, winning the game winning, wants to get better

957
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 1: every single game. That's what Nick Sirianni, the coach, practice

958
00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:52,200
Speaker 1: preachers he talks about let's win today, and Jalen Hursts

959
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 1: has brought into that. Although he's a coach's son, he's

960
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 1: always been a winner at every level. All he needed

961
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 1: was an opportunity. I think Mark, we tend to judge

962
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:05,640
Speaker 1: quarterbacks too quickly. People after a couple of games said, well,

963
00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 1: he doesn't have the arms frames, he doesn't have armed talent.

964
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 1: He doesn't make decisions fast enough. You look back at

965
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:15,239
Speaker 1: the really top quarterbacks. You look at Aaron Rodgers at

966
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:18,239
Speaker 1: the beginning of his career. He when he arrived in

967
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:23,600
Speaker 1: Green Bay, he was drafted in two thousand and five,

968
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:26,839
Speaker 1: and he really didn't play until two thousand and eight.

969
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:29,799
Speaker 1: He sat behind Brett Barrup and learned. You look at

970
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:32,279
Speaker 1: Drew Brees and a couple of years Drew Brees will

971
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:35,280
Speaker 1: I'll be sure, I'm sure to be a first ballot

972
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:38,440
Speaker 1: of Hall of Famer. Drew Brees was just so so

973
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,960
Speaker 1: when the Chargers drafted him in the second round out

974
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:45,200
Speaker 1: of Purdue, and it wasn't until four years later where

975
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:48,680
Speaker 1: they let him go. He almost signed with Miami, but

976
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 1: did not meet their physical examination requirements. They still were

977
00:45:53,600 --> 00:45:57,400
Speaker 1: worried about the shoulder injury and then he ends up

978
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:01,320
Speaker 1: in New Orleans and teams up with Sean Payton and

979
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 1: started upon a Hall of Fame career. I think you

980
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:07,160
Speaker 1: have to be patient. You have to once in a while.

981
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:09,880
Speaker 1: Once in a while you have someone like Justin Herbert

982
00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:14,520
Speaker 1: who takes the NFL by storm, or you take somebody

983
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 1: like Joe Barrow who ends up in the Super Bowl

984
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 1: in the second year of his career. But that is

985
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:25,160
Speaker 1: that really is the exception rather than the rule. But

986
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:28,800
Speaker 1: by large, you have to be patient with young quarterbacks.

987
00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:32,480
Speaker 1: Look what we're seeing right now in Seattle with Gino Smith.

988
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:36,760
Speaker 1: He was considered a bust at one point, had didn't

989
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:39,640
Speaker 1: show anything really with the New York Jets, and here

990
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:42,360
Speaker 1: he is with Seattle and he's leading that team. So

991
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:46,080
Speaker 1: it does happen. Jalen Hurts has talent, He's got an

992
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:50,800
Speaker 1: outstanding arm, he's bright, he is a tireless worker. Meryl

993
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:54,120
Speaker 1: reis joining us on Texans Radio. Let's talk about Nick Sirianni.

994
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,319
Speaker 1: You've been around all these coaches with the Eagles over

995
00:46:56,360 --> 00:47:00,480
Speaker 1: the years, Meryl and Dick vermil and Andy Reid, Doug Peterson.

996
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:05,280
Speaker 1: What a Serrianti bring into the table, A passion for football. Again,

997
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,319
Speaker 1: you're talking about a coach's son who grew up as

998
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:12,280
Speaker 1: a as a Jim Ratt, somebody who just loved playing

999
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:15,719
Speaker 1: football and went to a small college and then began

1000
00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:21,240
Speaker 1: his coaching career and took all the prerequisite steps, became

1001
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:25,359
Speaker 1: a good wide receiver coach with Indianapolis and has finally

1002
00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:29,279
Speaker 1: got the chance when the Eagles were tipped off about him.

1003
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:33,440
Speaker 1: He obviously had people who were spouting the phrases of

1004
00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:36,200
Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni, and they liked what they saw, They liked

1005
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,920
Speaker 1: what he heard. They heard he came here as very

1006
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:42,640
Speaker 1: first press conference. You really walked away scratching your head

1007
00:47:42,719 --> 00:47:47,160
Speaker 1: because he seemed really so young and so raw in

1008
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:51,920
Speaker 1: terms of his means of communicating with the media and

1009
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:55,200
Speaker 1: love watching him last year, they struggled at the beginning

1010
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:58,919
Speaker 1: of the season and everybody was after him at that time,

1011
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:03,719
Speaker 1: but the team really brought into his message and he

1012
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:07,799
Speaker 1: has great communication skills, he has a love for the game,

1013
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:12,160
Speaker 1: He has the right sense of authority. They like him

1014
00:48:12,360 --> 00:48:15,920
Speaker 1: and respect them. That's a very important combination. And he

1015
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:20,920
Speaker 1: surrounded himself with very good assistant coaches, including Jonathan Gannon,

1016
00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:24,320
Speaker 1: who was the defensive coordinator and Shane Sikan who was

1017
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:28,840
Speaker 1: the offensive coordinator, and they have just again they have

1018
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: built the team piece by piece and they started to

1019
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:35,879
Speaker 1: progress around the middle of last season, ended up making

1020
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:39,760
Speaker 1: the playoffs, probably made the playoffs because the playoff format

1021
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,840
Speaker 1: admitted an expert team. But they had a nine and

1022
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:47,000
Speaker 1: eighth season last year and then went down on the playoffs,

1023
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:50,120
Speaker 1: lost Badley to Tampa Bay, went back and added some

1024
00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:54,000
Speaker 1: very important pieces in this soft season, and the product

1025
00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:56,799
Speaker 1: of that is a good football team, a very good

1026
00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:59,799
Speaker 1: football team. I tell people, the NFL is a war

1027
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:03,880
Speaker 1: patrician and you have to be lucky in the injury department,

1028
00:49:03,920 --> 00:49:08,479
Speaker 1: which they have been until yesterday. They lost an important piece,

1029
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:11,719
Speaker 1: Jordan Davis for maybe four to six weeks with a

1030
00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:14,840
Speaker 1: high ankle string of number one draft choice, and that

1031
00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:18,080
Speaker 1: will hurt them. But for the most part they have

1032
00:49:18,320 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 1: stayed healthy. Meryl Reid's voice of the Philadelphia Eagles, joining

1033
00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:25,480
Speaker 1: us on Texans Radio. Meryll, Let's talk a little bit

1034
00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:28,600
Speaker 1: about the history of things here and the NFC East.

1035
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:31,360
Speaker 1: You've seen the ebb and flow of this division. The

1036
00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:33,840
Speaker 1: Texans will play every team in the division, starting with

1037
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:37,359
Speaker 1: the Eagles on Thursday night and where's the NFC East

1038
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:40,280
Speaker 1: at right now? Obviously the Eagles have the best record.

1039
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:42,160
Speaker 1: What do you think of the rest of the squads,

1040
00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:45,520
Speaker 1: because it seemed to be a very good season for

1041
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:49,359
Speaker 1: this division. Well it is. I say that they went

1042
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:52,760
Speaker 1: from the NFC Least, which they were a couple of seasons,

1043
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:55,279
Speaker 1: to go to the NFC Beasts. Now that may be

1044
00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:59,480
Speaker 1: overstating it, but the Eagles are very good. The Cowboys

1045
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:04,040
Speaker 1: are very good, the Giants, despite their loss to Seattle

1046
00:50:04,120 --> 00:50:07,040
Speaker 1: at Seattle, are very good. And then the fourth team,

1047
00:50:07,080 --> 00:50:10,719
Speaker 1: of course, is the Washington Commanders, who were terrible and

1048
00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:13,040
Speaker 1: here they are. They're on a winning Strea because they've

1049
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,279
Speaker 1: even the record as board for they have a very

1050
00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:19,319
Speaker 1: good coach, Ron Rivera. He stays patient with them, He's

1051
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,920
Speaker 1: made the moves they have had to make. I think

1052
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,880
Speaker 1: that the Carson Wentz had a lot of struggles going on,

1053
00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:31,640
Speaker 1: and Taylor Heineke has really awakened that team. Meryll, you've

1054
00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:34,240
Speaker 1: been the voice of the Eagles since nineteen seventy seven,

1055
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:36,760
Speaker 1: and now, if you don't mind me saying, you're eighty

1056
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:39,960
Speaker 1: years old. So what is the key to being so good?

1057
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:43,000
Speaker 1: So energetic? Carrying on the way you do at a

1058
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:45,840
Speaker 1: high level doing what you do for the Eagles, and

1059
00:50:45,960 --> 00:50:47,840
Speaker 1: I know you're still Are you still co owner of

1060
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:51,520
Speaker 1: a radio station outside of town. I am. I'm managing

1061
00:50:51,640 --> 00:50:57,440
Speaker 1: partner's AM station that also does a lot of online

1062
00:50:58,239 --> 00:51:01,799
Speaker 1: television work, so we have but we do all kinds

1063
00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:04,520
Speaker 1: of high school games, all kinds of sports. I mean,

1064
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:07,640
Speaker 1: I run it. I don't really go on the air

1065
00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:10,520
Speaker 1: here except for one football show a week, but it's

1066
00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:13,000
Speaker 1: a lot of fun. The age doesn't mean a thing

1067
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:14,919
Speaker 1: to me. I still play one hundred rounds of golf

1068
00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:19,680
Speaker 1: a year, so that's pretty good, and and walk courses

1069
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:23,360
Speaker 1: what I at that type of course. But I love it.

1070
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:27,600
Speaker 1: I still have the passion that I had throughout my

1071
00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:31,280
Speaker 1: life for football, for all sports, but especially for football,

1072
00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 1: and it's it's just fun. I look forward to every season.

1073
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:38,920
Speaker 1: I look forward to every game. I have no plans

1074
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,120
Speaker 1: to retire anytime. I always kids and say they'll hot

1075
00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:44,560
Speaker 1: to remove me with a crane. But it's it's what

1076
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:47,600
Speaker 1: I love to do more than anything else in the world.

1077
00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:52,200
Speaker 1: And I really feel great every Sunday when I go

1078
00:51:52,280 --> 00:51:54,320
Speaker 1: to a stadium or on a Thursday night, whatever it

1079
00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:57,720
Speaker 1: is that I'm doing, what I'd rather be doing than anything.

1080
00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:00,880
Speaker 1: How about where the league is at right now in

1081
00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:04,560
Speaker 1: terms of the popularity of the NFL. And of course

1082
00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:08,080
Speaker 1: you did that first Super Bowl with Ron Jaworski against

1083
00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:10,920
Speaker 1: the Raiders. And by the way, what was it the

1084
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:13,960
Speaker 1: nineteen eighty season, the Astros and Phillies got together in

1085
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:16,600
Speaker 1: the postseason, and now they're together in the World Series.

1086
00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:20,719
Speaker 1: But versus the Phillies, versus the rest of the Philadelphia

1087
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:24,160
Speaker 1: sports landscape, the Eagles then and the Eagles now, How

1088
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:27,279
Speaker 1: has it changed, if at all? Well, I think it's

1089
00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:31,600
Speaker 1: it has grown to the point where even though the

1090
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:34,640
Speaker 1: Phillies are in the World Series, and even though this

1091
00:52:34,880 --> 00:52:38,000
Speaker 1: is the city right now is talking about having gone

1092
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:42,960
Speaker 1: through Red October meaning Phillies Red and the Phillies are

1093
00:52:43,160 --> 00:52:45,880
Speaker 1: right now the darlings of the sports fan. But I

1094
00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:48,520
Speaker 1: don't think that I'm exaggerating when I say that this

1095
00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:52,080
Speaker 1: is an Eagles city first and foremost. This is the

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00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:57,759
Speaker 1: most popular sport enfranchise in this city. There's no doubt

1097
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:02,080
Speaker 1: about that. They used to talk about baseball being America's pastime,

1098
00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:06,320
Speaker 1: but I think football honestly has passed that. And what

1099
00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:09,879
Speaker 1: about college basketball in Philly? Merrill because I know that. Look,

1100
00:53:09,880 --> 00:53:11,319
Speaker 1: I used to do a lot of games there when

1101
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:13,400
Speaker 1: I was working in the Atlantic ten and the nineties.

1102
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:15,480
Speaker 1: But I know even before that, you're talking about double

1103
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:17,839
Speaker 1: headers at the Palestra and the history of it all

1104
00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:22,080
Speaker 1: in that city. Where is it at now versus then? Mark,

1105
00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:25,800
Speaker 1: It's not as great it really, I was with you

1106
00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:27,960
Speaker 1: in those days. I did a lot of Big Five

1107
00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:31,360
Speaker 1: basketball games when I was a student and sports director

1108
00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:34,120
Speaker 1: of w rt I at the student station at Temple University.

1109
00:53:34,160 --> 00:53:36,759
Speaker 1: I used to do a double header on Wednesday night,

1110
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,879
Speaker 1: a Penn game on Friday night, a double header run

1111
00:53:38,960 --> 00:53:43,759
Speaker 1: Saturday night. I mean, it was huge. It's really, to

1112
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:47,280
Speaker 1: be honest with you, I'm sure the other four schools

1113
00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:51,120
Speaker 1: wouldn't like me to say this, but it's the Big Five.

1114
00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:54,920
Speaker 1: But it really is the big one in Villanova and

1115
00:53:55,480 --> 00:53:59,799
Speaker 1: the other four. Temple has some interesting prospects this year.

1116
00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:04,640
Speaker 1: Ten is really a good IVY League program. LaSalle and

1117
00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:09,279
Speaker 1: Saint Jose have watched their programs deteriorate to a point

1118
00:54:09,360 --> 00:54:13,160
Speaker 1: where they're really not on the level with I don't

1119
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:17,040
Speaker 1: think they're at the level well Temple temples a bit above,

1120
00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:20,040
Speaker 1: but there's still there's still they haven't been a tournament

1121
00:54:20,120 --> 00:54:24,279
Speaker 1: team for several years. Aaron McKee the former Sixers. They're

1122
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:27,080
Speaker 1: head coach. Frank Dumpy had been there for many years

1123
00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:30,600
Speaker 1: and before him, John Cheney. But they're they're fighting to

1124
00:54:30,719 --> 00:54:35,360
Speaker 1: become relevant again. Villanova has been the team winning the

1125
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:38,680
Speaker 1: two national championship games. But we'll see how they are

1126
00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:41,600
Speaker 1: right now because this will be their first year in

1127
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:45,000
Speaker 1: a long time without Jay Wright, who retired from the

1128
00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:49,439
Speaker 1: coaching professions, going to be doing some television and it's

1129
00:54:49,800 --> 00:54:53,000
Speaker 1: a new head coach. So again, they do have a

1130
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:56,239
Speaker 1: strong program and we'll see if he can sustain it.

1131
00:54:57,160 --> 00:54:59,520
Speaker 1: Merrill reis voye of the Philadelphia Eagles, joining us on

1132
00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:02,880
Speaker 1: Texas Radio. A couple of other things here. Andy Reid

1133
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:06,680
Speaker 1: and Donovan McNabb. They had so much success for the Eagles,

1134
00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:09,440
Speaker 1: but didn't win the big one. Merrill, how are they

1135
00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:13,280
Speaker 1: regarded in Philadelphia now? Because I know for a while

1136
00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:17,399
Speaker 1: there was some anger I or whatever, frustration maybe among

1137
00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:22,080
Speaker 1: the fan base. How do they regard Reid and McNabb now? Well,

1138
00:55:22,239 --> 00:55:25,760
Speaker 1: it's a world where it's what did you do lately?

1139
00:55:26,719 --> 00:55:30,120
Speaker 1: Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb went to five NFC championship

1140
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:35,080
Speaker 1: games and the Super Bowl, So he is regarded right

1141
00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:37,160
Speaker 1: now as a great coach. We see what he's done

1142
00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:39,160
Speaker 1: in Kansas City. There's note that he's a Hall of

1143
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:43,080
Speaker 1: Fame coach. He's the winningest coach in Eagles history. So

1144
00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:48,120
Speaker 1: Andy Reid is still regarded with great respect. Donovan, I think,

1145
00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:52,359
Speaker 1: for the most part, is respected and really revered by

1146
00:55:52,400 --> 00:55:54,879
Speaker 1: the fans. If you look at the media guy that's

1147
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:57,800
Speaker 1: sitting to my left and check the record books, he

1148
00:55:58,000 --> 00:56:01,760
Speaker 1: holds almost every passing record in the history of this team.

1149
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:06,799
Speaker 1: Donovan was a outstanding quarterback and I think he one

1150
00:56:06,880 --> 00:56:10,040
Speaker 1: day will receive consideration for the Hall of Fame. But

1151
00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:14,000
Speaker 1: they move on. Listen, there's a statue outside the stadium

1152
00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:16,719
Speaker 1: of Nick Foles about to run a play called the

1153
00:56:16,760 --> 00:56:19,840
Speaker 1: Philly Special that we all know about from a Super

1154
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:23,680
Speaker 1: Bowl fifty two. So Nick won the Super Bowl, but

1155
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:27,799
Speaker 1: really was not a starting quarterback here except in an

1156
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:32,960
Speaker 1: emergency situation back in twenty seventeen. But Nick has a

1157
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:36,760
Speaker 1: lot of popularity here, and of course watching Jalen Hurts,

1158
00:56:37,120 --> 00:56:40,600
Speaker 1: he is the new star in town. They've surrounded him

1159
00:56:40,640 --> 00:56:44,560
Speaker 1: with great talent. This is probably as good an offensive

1160
00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:48,000
Speaker 1: line as there is in the National Football League. I

1161
00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:52,080
Speaker 1: mean they are very, very good. The wide receiver corps

1162
00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:55,520
Speaker 1: is the best I've been around, maybe the best in

1163
00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:58,239
Speaker 1: the history of the Philadelphia Eagles. And I made that

1164
00:56:58,400 --> 00:57:02,040
Speaker 1: statement one day and somebody said to me, wait a minute,

1165
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:05,800
Speaker 1: you work with Mike Quick, he's your analyst in the booth.

1166
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:09,600
Speaker 1: And didn't he team up one year with Harold Carmichael,

1167
00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:12,759
Speaker 1: who last year went to the Hall of Fame. I said, yes,

1168
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:16,320
Speaker 1: they did, but it was Mike's rookie year in which

1169
00:57:16,360 --> 00:57:19,880
Speaker 1: he only had ten receptions, and it was pretty much

1170
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:23,160
Speaker 1: at the end of Harold Carmichael's great career, so they

1171
00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:26,240
Speaker 1: were not together at their prime. If you look at

1172
00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:30,200
Speaker 1: these two, primarily if you look at Devontae Smith, the

1173
00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:33,000
Speaker 1: number one draft Quick from last year, and A. J.

1174
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:38,080
Speaker 1: Brown with whom they traded to get with Tennessee, those

1175
00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:42,400
Speaker 1: two are absolutely dynamite. And you have Quez Watkins in

1176
00:57:42,480 --> 00:57:46,080
Speaker 1: the slot. He's the speed receiver. But the other dangerous

1177
00:57:46,200 --> 00:57:50,280
Speaker 1: receiver is Dallas Goddard at the tight end. He's close

1178
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:52,840
Speaker 1: to being in that elite close. Yeah. I was going

1179
00:57:52,920 --> 00:57:54,960
Speaker 1: to ask you about A. J. Brown because we've seen

1180
00:57:55,040 --> 00:57:58,000
Speaker 1: him many times before as a Tennessee Titan doing damage

1181
00:57:58,040 --> 00:58:00,800
Speaker 1: against the Texans. Is there anybody and compare him too

1182
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:04,040
Speaker 1: that you've seen before. He's so physical. I thought he

1183
00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:06,480
Speaker 1: was a little bit like Andre Johnson in a way

1184
00:58:06,720 --> 00:58:08,680
Speaker 1: as he was starting to develop. But I don't know

1185
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:11,480
Speaker 1: what thoughts you might have. Well, the thought that people

1186
00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:15,840
Speaker 1: here have when you listen to talk radio and you

1187
00:58:15,960 --> 00:58:18,440
Speaker 1: speak with some of the fans, they're comparing him to

1188
00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:23,040
Speaker 1: t O Terrell Owens, who when he teamed with Donovan

1189
00:58:23,120 --> 00:58:29,040
Speaker 1: McNabb the first year, was absolutely tremendous, big, strong athletic.

1190
00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:33,200
Speaker 1: That's what AJ Brown is. The only difference is that

1191
00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:37,880
Speaker 1: AJ Brown is a very mild mannered, unassuming guy off

1192
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:42,680
Speaker 1: the football field and a to developed into a very

1193
00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:45,760
Speaker 1: divisive personality. Mari one more for you. What do you

1194
00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:47,960
Speaker 1: think of Thursday night games? As the team has to

1195
00:58:48,080 --> 00:58:52,160
Speaker 1: hit the road on Wednesday, so it's a very short week,

1196
00:58:52,680 --> 00:58:55,000
Speaker 1: got to be on the road, kind of a long trip.

1197
00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:57,200
Speaker 1: What do you think of Thursday night in general and

1198
00:58:57,320 --> 00:59:00,440
Speaker 1: this situation in particular. Well, I think it's tough. I

1199
00:59:00,560 --> 00:59:04,840
Speaker 1: think it's tough to play football with three days rest,

1200
00:59:05,320 --> 00:59:08,680
Speaker 1: you know, counting the travel, it's a four day bridge

1201
00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:10,840
Speaker 1: between the Sunday game and the Thursday Night came. I

1202
00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:13,880
Speaker 1: think it's very, very tough. And there are a lot

1203
00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:17,000
Speaker 1: of Thursday night games over the years that they've done

1204
00:59:17,040 --> 00:59:19,480
Speaker 1: it that did not go well and people thought it

1205
00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:22,320
Speaker 1: was a product of the players not being rested and

1206
00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:25,680
Speaker 1: play at their best. But recently we have seen some

1207
00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:29,960
Speaker 1: good for Thursday night performances and there's no reason why

1208
00:59:30,000 --> 00:59:31,960
Speaker 1: this shouldn't be a good game. And in triaging game,

1209
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:34,840
Speaker 1: I know that youth is down right now one five

1210
00:59:34,920 --> 00:59:38,120
Speaker 1: and one, but they've got a bright young quarterback. And

1211
00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:41,520
Speaker 1: to tell you the truth, Mark, you just never know.

1212
00:59:42,160 --> 00:59:44,640
Speaker 1: I mean Nick Siriannie doesn't say to the team go

1213
00:59:44,760 --> 00:59:46,600
Speaker 1: out and be eight. No, let's see if you can.

1214
00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:50,160
Speaker 1: Let's see if you can be an undefeated team for

1215
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:51,840
Speaker 1: eight weeks in a row. What he says to the

1216
00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:56,600
Speaker 1: let's go one and oh, concentrate on one game. And

1217
00:59:56,760 --> 01:00:00,040
Speaker 1: I still believe that this is a game that we

1218
01:00:00,200 --> 01:00:03,880
Speaker 1: used to talk about in terms of on any given Sunday,

1219
01:00:03,960 --> 01:00:08,200
Speaker 1: On any given Sunday, a team can any team can

1220
01:00:08,360 --> 01:00:11,920
Speaker 1: beat any other team. And that's only expanded into in

1221
01:00:12,120 --> 01:00:16,920
Speaker 1: any given Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and late in the season Saturday.

1222
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:19,800
Speaker 1: Absolutely Merrill thanks so much for the time. We look

1223
01:00:19,840 --> 01:00:22,880
Speaker 1: forward to seeing you here in Houston. Thanks Mark the

1224
01:00:23,160 --> 01:00:27,240
Speaker 1: Venra Ball, Merrill Reese, there's a time in Philadelphia? Is

1225
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:31,640
Speaker 1: Merrill Reese with the Eagles? Harry Callis with the Phillies.

1226
01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:35,880
Speaker 1: You talking about legendary voices that Todd Callis's father, Todd Callis,

1227
01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:39,480
Speaker 1: who calls games for the Houston Astros on TV. Great,

1228
01:00:39,680 --> 01:00:42,400
Speaker 1: great pipes, great voice, is a tremendous job. His dad,

1229
01:00:42,440 --> 01:00:44,680
Speaker 1: Harry Callis, is another legendary voice. But man, for a

1230
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:47,480
Speaker 1: long time he was Merrill Reese and Harry Callis in Philadelphia.

1231
01:00:47,560 --> 01:00:50,960
Speaker 1: Who what voices those were? All? Right? Coming up next,

1232
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:56,280
Speaker 1: it's Troy Hairston, rookie from Central Michigan. Former co Defensive

1233
01:00:56,400 --> 01:00:58,120
Speaker 1: Player of the Year in the MAC the last couple

1234
01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:00,680
Speaker 1: of years. He's not playing offense, and he sat down

1235
01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:02,560
Speaker 1: to do a little deep slant with Deep City. That's

1236
01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:06,920
Speaker 1: next to Texans All Access to Wednesday Texas All Access

1237
01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:09,400
Speaker 1: coming at you. I'm your host, John Harris Football. I

1238
01:01:09,440 --> 01:01:12,880
Speaker 1: know a sideline reporter. It's also a battle Red battle

1239
01:01:12,960 --> 01:01:17,320
Speaker 1: Red Thursday Night Eve game tomorrow. Let's come me on Amazon,

1240
01:01:17,440 --> 01:01:19,240
Speaker 1: but you can see it on my twenty obviously you

1241
01:01:19,280 --> 01:01:21,680
Speaker 1: can get it live on Sports Trade six ten, Mark

1242
01:01:21,760 --> 01:01:24,600
Speaker 1: Andre and myself calling the game. You have the pregame

1243
01:01:24,640 --> 01:01:27,600
Speaker 1: with Seawan and Seth and then afterwards you'll have Sean

1244
01:01:28,040 --> 01:01:30,480
Speaker 1: and Clint Stern on a post game. So should be

1245
01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:34,320
Speaker 1: it should be an interesting night all around. And looking

1246
01:01:34,360 --> 01:01:38,440
Speaker 1: forward to this gentleman playing and that would be Troy Harriston.

1247
01:01:39,120 --> 01:01:45,560
Speaker 1: Troy Harriston fullback, Troy Harriston co MAC Defensive Player of

1248
01:01:45,640 --> 01:01:48,920
Speaker 1: the Year. Wait a second edge rusher, Yeah, ed rusher

1249
01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:53,000
Speaker 1: turned fullback and it's worked out splendidly for this offense

1250
01:01:53,040 --> 01:01:54,840
Speaker 1: when thirty four is in the game. Well, Deep City

1251
01:01:55,040 --> 01:01:57,440
Speaker 1: sat down for a Deep sunt interview the week with

1252
01:01:57,840 --> 01:02:01,720
Speaker 1: the rookie from Central Michigan Deep It's a Deep sign

1253
01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:04,280
Speaker 1: one one presented by Xfinity. My guests this week fullback

1254
01:02:04,440 --> 01:02:06,560
Speaker 1: Troy Hairston and Troy. I don't know if you know this,

1255
01:02:06,720 --> 01:02:08,640
Speaker 1: but a lot of the players get asked who has

1256
01:02:08,680 --> 01:02:11,240
Speaker 1: the best hair on the team in another segment that

1257
01:02:11,320 --> 01:02:14,400
Speaker 1: we do, and everyone has picked you so far. Really,

1258
01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:16,280
Speaker 1: I didn't know if you knew that, but I felt

1259
01:02:16,280 --> 01:02:18,360
Speaker 1: like that was something that you could appreciate. No, I

1260
01:02:18,480 --> 01:02:21,439
Speaker 1: definitely appreciate that was the last person I thought would

1261
01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:23,560
Speaker 1: you picked. So is there a lot of time that

1262
01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:26,919
Speaker 1: goes into your haircare routine? Not a bunch, not a bunch.

1263
01:02:27,040 --> 01:02:29,680
Speaker 1: It's as a pretty simplest and a ponytailer. I let

1264
01:02:29,760 --> 01:02:31,800
Speaker 1: it down. I always let it down for games. So yes,

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01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:35,080
Speaker 1: you do nothing too crazy though, just normal. We were

1266
01:02:35,120 --> 01:02:37,560
Speaker 1: googling your pictures at Central Michigan because there's a lot

1267
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:39,400
Speaker 1: of as you know, a lot of Chippawas around here.

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Speaker 1: Tyler Marcott, our videographer producer extraordinariy, he wanted to do

1269
01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:45,520
Speaker 1: this whole interview with you and I would not let

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01:02:45,640 --> 01:02:48,560
Speaker 1: him because this is my interview. But we were talking

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Speaker 1: about you at Central Michigan. You were He said you

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01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:54,959
Speaker 1: were a Chippewa legend, which you were because you first

1273
01:02:55,000 --> 01:02:58,040
Speaker 1: team All Mac as a defensive end and then Cole

1274
01:02:58,080 --> 01:03:00,600
Speaker 1: Mac Defensive Player of the Year. Now you come in,

1275
01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:04,040
Speaker 1: you're fullback and you're dominating at fullback. So how have

1276
01:03:04,160 --> 01:03:06,960
Speaker 1: you been able to make that transition look so easy? Well,

1277
01:03:07,040 --> 01:03:10,000
Speaker 1: I wouldn't say legend. I just got out. So the

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01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:12,840
Speaker 1: Chip was call you their legends, So I appreciate that.

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01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:16,080
Speaker 1: I'm flattered, but it's just doing what I know how

1280
01:03:16,120 --> 01:03:18,000
Speaker 1: to do best, and that's just grind and work hard,

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01:03:18,040 --> 01:03:22,280
Speaker 1: and I guess play for someone other than myself, you know,

1282
01:03:23,160 --> 01:03:25,240
Speaker 1: I know the game of football is bigger than one person,

1283
01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:27,680
Speaker 1: so I just take that mindset to everything I do

1284
01:03:27,880 --> 01:03:29,760
Speaker 1: and it just kind of worked out for me. So

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01:03:30,200 --> 01:03:32,840
Speaker 1: transitioning from offense to defense, I mean, was that a

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01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:36,520
Speaker 1: hard transition for you to make defense to offense or sorry,

1287
01:03:36,560 --> 01:03:39,240
Speaker 1: defense offense. Yes, yeah, it's definitely a hard transition. It's

1288
01:03:39,240 --> 01:03:41,840
Speaker 1: a different world. Even everything down from the play calling

1289
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:45,120
Speaker 1: is different. I responsibility, keys, all that stuff, So it's

1290
01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:48,000
Speaker 1: it's a it's a totally new world and it took

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01:03:48,040 --> 01:03:50,520
Speaker 1: a lot of studying and a lot of films watching

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01:03:50,600 --> 01:03:52,800
Speaker 1: film to kind of get it down. I'm still learning,

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01:03:53,120 --> 01:03:54,760
Speaker 1: all right. Yeah, you've done a lot of blocking, a

1294
01:03:54,800 --> 01:03:57,200
Speaker 1: lot of tackling. So which one's more fun? Which one

1295
01:03:57,240 --> 01:04:03,480
Speaker 1: do you enjoy more? Honestly, I'm miss defense, but tackling

1296
01:04:03,560 --> 01:04:06,040
Speaker 1: is more fun. Tackling is fun. Yeah, Tackling is fun

1297
01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:08,640
Speaker 1: because that's what I've done most of my life. But

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01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:12,200
Speaker 1: it's also just as fun to block. For Damian Pierce,

1299
01:04:12,280 --> 01:04:15,560
Speaker 1: So I'm glad you brought up Damian Pierce. Because you've

1300
01:04:15,640 --> 01:04:17,680
Speaker 1: always just talked about him with so much joy, and

1301
01:04:17,720 --> 01:04:19,920
Speaker 1: he talks about you the same way. You guys have

1302
01:04:20,000 --> 01:04:22,480
Speaker 1: a really nice friendship that I think you and I

1303
01:04:22,600 --> 01:04:24,440
Speaker 1: were talking about in the locker room one day. You

1304
01:04:24,520 --> 01:04:27,560
Speaker 1: said it started off in rookie mini camp, just the

1305
01:04:27,680 --> 01:04:30,080
Speaker 1: two of you, the two of you learning this offense,

1306
01:04:30,280 --> 01:04:32,920
Speaker 1: being the only rookies in that room. Yeah. We So

1307
01:04:33,440 --> 01:04:37,080
Speaker 1: I had started here as a linebacker and Damien was

1308
01:04:37,160 --> 01:04:40,000
Speaker 1: by himself in that room during training camp, and everybody

1309
01:04:40,040 --> 01:04:42,080
Speaker 1: knows training camp as a grind. So when I have

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01:04:42,200 --> 01:04:45,120
Speaker 1: finally transition, he had came up to me, and I

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01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:47,560
Speaker 1: haven't talked to DP at that time a lot. He

1312
01:04:47,640 --> 01:04:49,440
Speaker 1: came up to me. He's like, I'm so glad you

1313
01:04:49,560 --> 01:04:50,960
Speaker 1: in this room with me because now we can do

1314
01:04:51,040 --> 01:04:53,760
Speaker 1: this together. And so ever since then, we hit it off.

1315
01:04:53,840 --> 01:04:56,520
Speaker 1: We work hard, we talked to each other, we communicate,

1316
01:04:56,600 --> 01:04:59,960
Speaker 1: will we got chemistry back there is as every since

1317
01:05:00,040 --> 01:05:03,080
Speaker 1: ste has been click right right away, so and use

1318
01:05:03,160 --> 01:05:05,000
Speaker 1: and he says that when you're blocking from you always

1319
01:05:05,080 --> 01:05:07,160
Speaker 1: he always you always check with him afterwards like how

1320
01:05:07,320 --> 01:05:10,520
Speaker 1: is that? How was that for you? Every play? Yeah?

1321
01:05:11,080 --> 01:05:14,000
Speaker 1: And I think he I think sometimes I feel like

1322
01:05:14,080 --> 01:05:17,560
Speaker 1: I can get annoying about it, but it's like for me,

1323
01:05:17,880 --> 01:05:21,880
Speaker 1: like whatever I gotta do to propel him to where

1324
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:23,680
Speaker 1: he needs to be or do what he need to

1325
01:05:23,720 --> 01:05:25,560
Speaker 1: do and do what he do best and run that

1326
01:05:25,640 --> 01:05:28,000
Speaker 1: ball the way he do. I try to perfect it.

1327
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:30,760
Speaker 1: So after every play that we run in the game,

1328
01:05:30,840 --> 01:05:32,840
Speaker 1: after every play we run into practice, what'd you see?

1329
01:05:32,920 --> 01:05:35,160
Speaker 1: How does this look? Do you want me to stem

1330
01:05:35,280 --> 01:05:36,680
Speaker 1: this way? Do you want me to give more of

1331
01:05:36,720 --> 01:05:38,760
Speaker 1: an inside look? How does it look? So I just

1332
01:05:38,840 --> 01:05:40,880
Speaker 1: try to get his perspective so I know what I'm

1333
01:05:40,920 --> 01:05:43,000
Speaker 1: doing next time I go out in block firm. So

1334
01:05:43,200 --> 01:05:45,360
Speaker 1: we saw you catch a few passes as well, So

1335
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:47,560
Speaker 1: what was that like for you to get involved in

1336
01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:49,800
Speaker 1: the offense in a little bit of a different way? Um,

1337
01:05:49,880 --> 01:05:53,040
Speaker 1: it's cool. I mean I'm used to mostly playing without

1338
01:05:53,080 --> 01:05:56,280
Speaker 1: the ball, so Pep always says like, you gotta learn

1339
01:05:56,320 --> 01:05:58,240
Speaker 1: how to play without the ball to be able to

1340
01:05:58,240 --> 01:06:00,919
Speaker 1: get a shot, to get to get the bass. So yeah,

1341
01:06:01,120 --> 01:06:04,320
Speaker 1: just is this something that I do to help my team?

1342
01:06:04,560 --> 01:06:06,040
Speaker 1: You know what I mean? I know a lot of

1343
01:06:06,120 --> 01:06:08,680
Speaker 1: defenses aren't expecting it, So yeah, I think Pep. Pep

1344
01:06:08,760 --> 01:06:10,400
Speaker 1: is the one that said we don't talk about you enough.

1345
01:06:10,680 --> 01:06:13,440
Speaker 1: I think he called you a ball of butcher knives,

1346
01:06:13,440 --> 01:06:16,800
Speaker 1: a rolling ball of butcher knives, or something like along

1347
01:06:16,880 --> 01:06:19,040
Speaker 1: those lines, and I thought that was really funny. But

1348
01:06:19,120 --> 01:06:21,200
Speaker 1: what does that mean to you? To know that the

1349
01:06:21,320 --> 01:06:23,240
Speaker 1: coaches are looking at what you're doing and they see

1350
01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:24,760
Speaker 1: so much value even if you don't have the ball

1351
01:06:24,800 --> 01:06:26,200
Speaker 1: in your hands, and what you're able to do. I

1352
01:06:26,280 --> 01:06:28,760
Speaker 1: think it's important that that I know that the coaches

1353
01:06:28,800 --> 01:06:32,000
Speaker 1: trust me and that they're they're counting on me, And

1354
01:06:32,120 --> 01:06:34,320
Speaker 1: that's all I want, Like, I want to be able

1355
01:06:34,360 --> 01:06:35,919
Speaker 1: to people to be able to trust me and count

1356
01:06:35,960 --> 01:06:37,760
Speaker 1: on me and know that when it when it comes

1357
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:39,800
Speaker 1: down to it, I'm gonna make the plays I need

1358
01:06:39,840 --> 01:06:41,320
Speaker 1: to make or make the blocks I need to make.

1359
01:06:41,400 --> 01:06:44,000
Speaker 1: So I love that your story at Central Michigan started

1360
01:06:44,040 --> 01:06:46,800
Speaker 1: off with you as an equipment manager. Yeah, how much

1361
01:06:46,840 --> 01:06:48,880
Speaker 1: has that really shaped too you are as a player.

1362
01:06:48,960 --> 01:06:51,120
Speaker 1: It seems like you're so unselfish off the field, but

1363
01:06:51,360 --> 01:06:53,560
Speaker 1: you have a chance sort of watch the game from

1364
01:06:53,720 --> 01:06:55,720
Speaker 1: from a distance and then get involved in it. I mean,

1365
01:06:55,920 --> 01:06:57,760
Speaker 1: how has that just sort of molded your your view

1366
01:06:57,760 --> 01:07:00,360
Speaker 1: on getting to play in the NFL. Now I'm big believer,

1367
01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:04,040
Speaker 1: and everything happened for a reason. I think that that

1368
01:07:04,240 --> 01:07:07,120
Speaker 1: gave me some type of appreciation for the game on

1369
01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:12,040
Speaker 1: the level after high school. It showed me, like, I guess, like,

1370
01:07:13,120 --> 01:07:15,720
Speaker 1: you're not bigger than anyone, because I started off as

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01:07:15,720 --> 01:07:18,880
Speaker 1: an equipment manager. Like anybody, it doesn't matter who you

1372
01:07:18,920 --> 01:07:21,040
Speaker 1: don't know where people can end up. So it just

1373
01:07:21,120 --> 01:07:23,840
Speaker 1: showed me like to stay humble and keep your head

1374
01:07:23,880 --> 01:07:27,120
Speaker 1: down on grind and anybody can can do whatever they

1375
01:07:27,280 --> 01:07:29,640
Speaker 1: put their mind to as long as they work hard

1376
01:07:29,720 --> 01:07:32,400
Speaker 1: enough at it. So you're undrafted, you're a linebacker. Now

1377
01:07:32,440 --> 01:07:34,840
Speaker 1: you're a fullback. You're a really important part of this offense.

1378
01:07:35,400 --> 01:07:36,760
Speaker 1: I read a story that you were living in a

1379
01:07:36,840 --> 01:07:39,960
Speaker 1: townhouse with your dad. Are you still living with your dad?

1380
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:44,360
Speaker 1: How's that going? Still okay? Are still roomies? And that

1381
01:07:44,520 --> 01:07:47,520
Speaker 1: you had not very much furniture. You're kind of, you know,

1382
01:07:47,680 --> 01:07:50,560
Speaker 1: like sort of saving your money or I don't know

1383
01:07:50,600 --> 01:07:52,200
Speaker 1: what you would call it. Is that being minimal Is

1384
01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:54,880
Speaker 1: that being frugal? What is that? I guess it's a

1385
01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:58,400
Speaker 1: kind of a minimalist idea. But at the time, you know,

1386
01:07:58,640 --> 01:08:01,200
Speaker 1: as undrafted, you don't get that big signing bonus, so

1387
01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:03,880
Speaker 1: you know, for me, it was like more of like

1388
01:08:04,040 --> 01:08:06,640
Speaker 1: whatever I needed in the house, which was a mattress

1389
01:08:06,680 --> 01:08:09,720
Speaker 1: and a TV and Wi Fi. So okay, whatever that was,

1390
01:08:10,080 --> 01:08:12,520
Speaker 1: that's what I got, and I just that's all I

1391
01:08:12,640 --> 01:08:13,880
Speaker 1: needed because most of the time I was going to

1392
01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:15,840
Speaker 1: be here anyway. You're not really at home much anyway,

1393
01:08:15,920 --> 01:08:18,040
Speaker 1: especially during the season. How does having your dad help

1394
01:08:18,120 --> 01:08:22,040
Speaker 1: you out? Does he watch film? Does he like coach

1395
01:08:22,120 --> 01:08:23,679
Speaker 1: you up? Or will you go home? Do you guys

1396
01:08:23,720 --> 01:08:26,880
Speaker 1: have conversations, you do dinner, We we do, We do talk.

1397
01:08:27,120 --> 01:08:29,559
Speaker 1: But sometimes I got to remind him as a different level,

1398
01:08:29,720 --> 01:08:32,040
Speaker 1: so like he'll be like, what what do you think

1399
01:08:32,040 --> 01:08:34,519
Speaker 1: about this? Not give him my insight or whatever. He

1400
01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:37,240
Speaker 1: will watch some plays over and stuff like that. But

1401
01:08:37,360 --> 01:08:39,719
Speaker 1: most most of the time, honestly, when we talk about

1402
01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:42,679
Speaker 1: football is because he's playing me and DP and Madden.

1403
01:08:43,120 --> 01:08:46,080
Speaker 1: Oh is that right? Yeah? Yeah, And that's surreal. That's

1404
01:08:46,160 --> 01:08:49,000
Speaker 1: crazy to me. So to see yourself in mad literally

1405
01:08:49,160 --> 01:08:52,160
Speaker 1: Damien literally yeah, like me in front of Damien, Like

1406
01:08:52,479 --> 01:08:54,800
Speaker 1: that's crazy. All right, So what's the new furniture that

1407
01:08:54,840 --> 01:08:57,280
Speaker 1: you've got to have? You added anything else besides the mattress?

1408
01:08:57,479 --> 01:09:00,519
Speaker 1: I got a ping pong table, in a living room. Okay,

1409
01:09:01,120 --> 01:09:03,120
Speaker 1: I'll make you better in the locker room a little bit.

1410
01:09:03,200 --> 01:09:05,479
Speaker 1: I've played a couple of times. So okay, I got

1411
01:09:05,560 --> 01:09:10,880
Speaker 1: a sectional for for a decent price, TV stand, another TV,

1412
01:09:11,520 --> 01:09:14,000
Speaker 1: just necessities. I got a bed frame now, so no

1413
01:09:14,120 --> 01:09:17,720
Speaker 1: longer mattress on the floor. Yeah. So my dad brought

1414
01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:19,880
Speaker 1: my PC and I got a little desk and you're

1415
01:09:19,880 --> 01:09:21,840
Speaker 1: all set up. Yeah all right, So now you're all

1416
01:09:21,880 --> 01:09:23,640
Speaker 1: set up in Houston. I know you haven't had a

1417
01:09:23,680 --> 01:09:25,800
Speaker 1: lot of free time, but like for fans that are listening,

1418
01:09:25,840 --> 01:09:27,920
Speaker 1: what do you like to do when you're not playing football,

1419
01:09:27,960 --> 01:09:31,599
Speaker 1: when you're not at home? Honestly, I've gotten a couple

1420
01:09:31,680 --> 01:09:35,000
Speaker 1: of chances to do it. But the museums around here, yeah,

1421
01:09:35,640 --> 01:09:38,519
Speaker 1: it's real nice. I missed out on the Um. I

1422
01:09:38,560 --> 01:09:41,559
Speaker 1: went to the Natural History Museum. Okay, I missed out

1423
01:09:41,600 --> 01:09:44,519
Speaker 1: on the Egyptian exhibit. Okay, so I have to go

1424
01:09:44,680 --> 01:09:46,720
Speaker 1: back and go see that. Okay, I've been told it's

1425
01:09:46,760 --> 01:09:49,599
Speaker 1: pretty good. It's pretty good. Okay, I haven't seen it myself. Yeah,

1426
01:09:49,920 --> 01:09:51,920
Speaker 1: I know. There was a NASA exhibit that was sort

1427
01:09:51,960 --> 01:09:53,800
Speaker 1: of traveling. It was at Rice for a little while.

1428
01:09:54,360 --> 01:09:57,760
Speaker 1: NASA obviously you can check out your museum. Guy, what

1429
01:09:57,880 --> 01:09:59,960
Speaker 1: have you thought about Houston coming from Michigan to Houston.

1430
01:10:00,200 --> 01:10:05,000
Speaker 1: It's different, It's definitely different. Houston's huge. Like I have,

1431
01:10:05,479 --> 01:10:10,360
Speaker 1: like really discovered very small portion of Houston. I'm only

1432
01:10:10,400 --> 01:10:14,080
Speaker 1: familiar with around nurg and around the Rice Village area.

1433
01:10:14,600 --> 01:10:17,200
Speaker 1: But I'm hoping to branch out when we really get

1434
01:10:17,240 --> 01:10:20,080
Speaker 1: some time so see some more stuff. And I know

1435
01:10:20,160 --> 01:10:22,080
Speaker 1: there's a lot I'll here to do, so all right,

1436
01:10:22,080 --> 01:10:23,960
Speaker 1: I mean, if you need any suggestions, I would just

1437
01:10:24,040 --> 01:10:26,800
Speaker 1: go on Twitter and ask fans because people have lots

1438
01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:29,680
Speaker 1: of opinions. There's lots to do in Houston poles now,

1439
01:10:29,760 --> 01:10:31,760
Speaker 1: so you can do polls and you'll get a lot

1440
01:10:31,800 --> 01:10:33,560
Speaker 1: of feedback. Try It's been a pleasure to get to

1441
01:10:33,640 --> 01:10:34,880
Speaker 1: know you a little bit better. Best elect for the

1442
01:10:34,920 --> 01:10:37,880
Speaker 1: rest of season. Thank you. He sounds like a sweet guy, huh.

1443
01:10:38,080 --> 01:10:42,519
Speaker 1: I mean just nice, very cordial. Love his voice. But

1444
01:10:42,680 --> 01:10:45,479
Speaker 1: on the field, that dude is a hammer. He is

1445
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:47,559
Speaker 1: bringing the funk when he comes and hits people. Man,

1446
01:10:47,600 --> 01:10:51,040
Speaker 1: it is nice nice to watch. Also nice a little

1447
01:10:51,080 --> 01:10:53,240
Speaker 1: double dip on our final segment, we always have Drew

1448
01:10:53,280 --> 01:10:56,640
Speaker 1: Doherty's final word on a Friday, the last segment of

1449
01:10:56,760 --> 01:10:59,360
Speaker 1: All Access before our game. But we also have to

1450
01:10:59,439 --> 01:11:02,360
Speaker 1: have our enemy Sidelines piece, which we usually have Friday.

1451
01:11:02,479 --> 01:11:04,639
Speaker 1: We got to get that in because well, we want

1452
01:11:04,720 --> 01:11:06,360
Speaker 1: to know what's going on for this game. So let's

1453
01:11:06,360 --> 01:11:09,800
Speaker 1: hear from Dave Zangarow who covers the Eagles and treymont

1454
01:11:09,880 --> 01:11:11,840
Speaker 1: Smith doing the final word of Jew Dorry. That's next

1455
01:11:11,880 --> 01:11:15,560
Speaker 1: on Texans A Access. We got one fall segment this

1456
01:11:15,680 --> 01:11:17,640
Speaker 1: edition of Texans All Access. We got a lot to

1457
01:11:17,720 --> 01:11:20,400
Speaker 1: do in it because we typically have Jew Dorty's final word.

1458
01:11:21,280 --> 01:11:23,719
Speaker 1: We also have to get in our Behind Enemy Sidelines

1459
01:11:23,720 --> 01:11:26,000
Speaker 1: because we play Thursday, so behind Enemy Sidelines are gonna

1460
01:11:26,000 --> 01:11:27,880
Speaker 1: do any good on Friday, we have to have it

1461
01:11:27,880 --> 01:11:30,320
Speaker 1: on Wednesday before Thursday game. So we're gonna kick off

1462
01:11:30,360 --> 01:11:32,720
Speaker 1: this segment with Dave Zangara, who used to cover the

1463
01:11:32,800 --> 01:11:35,600
Speaker 1: Texans back when csaid Houston was a thing. Then he

1464
01:11:35,680 --> 01:11:37,479
Speaker 1: moved back home to Phillies be covered the Eagles. Does

1465
01:11:37,520 --> 01:11:40,040
Speaker 1: a great job at dpcity went Behind Enemy Sidelines with

1466
01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:44,200
Speaker 1: Dave Zangaro, our buddy talking Eagles. We're going behind Enemy

1467
01:11:44,240 --> 01:11:46,880
Speaker 1: Sidelines this week. I'm catching up with Dave Zangarow. He

1468
01:11:46,920 --> 01:11:51,120
Speaker 1: covers the Eagles for NBCP Sports Philadelphia. Dave used to

1469
01:11:51,240 --> 01:11:55,040
Speaker 1: cover the Texans a long, long time ago, and now

1470
01:11:55,080 --> 01:11:57,679
Speaker 1: we meet again, except for on opposing sidelines. Dave, how's

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Speaker 1: it going. I'm doing well. How are he? It was

1472
01:11:59,640 --> 01:12:02,800
Speaker 1: a long time ago, right, I mean twenty twelve to fourteen.

1473
01:12:02,880 --> 01:12:05,320
Speaker 1: I was there, Yeah, I think right when I started

1474
01:12:05,360 --> 01:12:07,240
Speaker 1: in thirteen. You were here for the first two years

1475
01:12:07,320 --> 01:12:11,800
Speaker 1: with CSN. Yeahs a short lived CSN Houston days. Yeah,

1476
01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:14,400
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of talented people left when

1477
01:12:14,760 --> 01:12:16,360
Speaker 1: that shot down. But I'm glad to see you still

1478
01:12:16,479 --> 01:12:18,479
Speaker 1: out there covering the Eagles, and we get to catch

1479
01:12:18,560 --> 01:12:21,479
Speaker 1: up every every few years. So let's talk about this

1480
01:12:21,600 --> 01:12:24,479
Speaker 1: Eagles team, the only undefeated team remaining in the NFL.

1481
01:12:25,000 --> 01:12:27,360
Speaker 1: When you were covering this team back in training camp,

1482
01:12:27,439 --> 01:12:28,840
Speaker 1: if I would have said to you at this point

1483
01:12:28,880 --> 01:12:31,200
Speaker 1: in the season that they were undefeated, what would you

1484
01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:34,640
Speaker 1: have been? Surprised? Yeah, surprised that they hadn't found a

1485
01:12:34,760 --> 01:12:37,360
Speaker 1: loss yet, but not surprised that they were good because

1486
01:12:37,840 --> 01:12:40,320
Speaker 1: we knew that this roster was very good. You looked

1487
01:12:40,360 --> 01:12:43,120
Speaker 1: at the roster on paper and you thought, Okay, this

1488
01:12:43,240 --> 01:12:45,880
Speaker 1: is a team that probably should win the division, should

1489
01:12:45,920 --> 01:12:48,360
Speaker 1: be able to get into the playoffs and maybe make

1490
01:12:48,400 --> 01:12:51,800
Speaker 1: a run. But they've been even better than I thought

1491
01:12:51,880 --> 01:12:54,639
Speaker 1: they'd be, and a big reason for that is Jalen Hurts.

1492
01:12:55,000 --> 01:12:58,920
Speaker 1: Houston's Jalen Hurts. He's been performing so well this year.

1493
01:12:59,040 --> 01:13:02,360
Speaker 1: He's really taken a bit step in year two. Really

1494
01:13:02,439 --> 01:13:05,040
Speaker 1: for him, it's year two as a starter. So yeah,

1495
01:13:05,160 --> 01:13:07,559
Speaker 1: the step that he's take and it helps obviously having

1496
01:13:07,600 --> 01:13:10,120
Speaker 1: a j. Brown as a true number one receiver. But

1497
01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:13,599
Speaker 1: a big reason for their success this year has been

1498
01:13:13,600 --> 01:13:16,600
Speaker 1: the quarterback. You know, when you just look at his

1499
01:13:16,680 --> 01:13:19,720
Speaker 1: stats through this year, just even coming off of Sunday's game,

1500
01:13:19,880 --> 01:13:23,839
Speaker 1: career high four touchdown passes, but touchdown to interception ratio

1501
01:13:23,880 --> 01:13:26,759
Speaker 1: has been really good for him this year. What's impressed

1502
01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:29,120
Speaker 1: you the most about him here in year three? I mean,

1503
01:13:29,160 --> 01:13:31,000
Speaker 1: I feel like it wasn't that long ago that there

1504
01:13:31,040 --> 01:13:33,840
Speaker 1: were questions surrounding whether or not he was the guy.

1505
01:13:33,960 --> 01:13:37,240
Speaker 1: But what's really stood out to you about him this year? Yeah,

1506
01:13:37,280 --> 01:13:39,799
Speaker 1: it was the question before this year. It was because

1507
01:13:40,080 --> 01:13:42,000
Speaker 1: you know, he's in his third year in the NFL,

1508
01:13:42,120 --> 01:13:44,760
Speaker 1: so you have the opportunity to sign him to an

1509
01:13:44,800 --> 01:13:48,240
Speaker 1: extension after the season, and it's pretty rare for quarterbacks

1510
01:13:48,280 --> 01:13:50,439
Speaker 1: to go into that lame duck year, so you're thinking

1511
01:13:50,560 --> 01:13:53,439
Speaker 1: he's got to really prove himself. And we're seven games in,

1512
01:13:53,520 --> 01:13:56,599
Speaker 1: it's like there's no question anymore. He's the guy. As

1513
01:13:56,680 --> 01:14:00,240
Speaker 1: far as the touchdown interception thing, what's impressed me most

1514
01:14:00,360 --> 01:14:02,320
Speaker 1: is that when you see a guy who doesn't have

1515
01:14:02,320 --> 01:14:05,439
Speaker 1: a lot of interceptions, you would assume that he's not

1516
01:14:05,560 --> 01:14:09,000
Speaker 1: taking chances and that he's playing it really safe. And

1517
01:14:09,080 --> 01:14:10,840
Speaker 1: I don't think that's a good way to play football either.

1518
01:14:10,920 --> 01:14:13,760
Speaker 1: You want to avoid turnovers, but you don't want to

1519
01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:16,880
Speaker 1: lose that aggressiveness. The impressive thing about him is that

1520
01:14:17,080 --> 01:14:19,880
Speaker 1: he has been aggressive. They are throwing it down the

1521
01:14:19,960 --> 01:14:23,160
Speaker 1: field quite a bit, and he's taking some chances, but

1522
01:14:23,880 --> 01:14:27,160
Speaker 1: he's also being smart and he's not taking on necessary ones.

1523
01:14:27,240 --> 01:14:31,440
Speaker 1: He's not taking the chances that would turn into turnovers.

1524
01:14:31,520 --> 01:14:34,320
Speaker 1: He hasn't fumbled either, which is a really big deal

1525
01:14:34,400 --> 01:14:36,960
Speaker 1: for a guy who runs as much as he does.

1526
01:14:37,080 --> 01:14:40,120
Speaker 1: So to me, it's more than just the passing, touchdowns interceptions.

1527
01:14:40,200 --> 01:14:44,800
Speaker 1: It's total touchdowns to takeaways or turnovers. He hasn't turned

1528
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:48,599
Speaker 1: the football over. It's been just really efficient but at

1529
01:14:48,680 --> 01:14:52,479
Speaker 1: times explosive quarterback play all right. Obviously you mentioned A J. Brown.

1530
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:55,640
Speaker 1: He's like the big addition to that offense, you know,

1531
01:14:55,760 --> 01:14:58,080
Speaker 1: and we saw what he did on Sunday, three touchdowns

1532
01:14:58,160 --> 01:15:01,880
Speaker 1: all before halftime. Chemistry between the two of them. How

1533
01:15:02,160 --> 01:15:05,080
Speaker 1: surprising has it been And was there a point where

1534
01:15:05,080 --> 01:15:07,240
Speaker 1: you thought, okay, this is this is looking really good

1535
01:15:07,320 --> 01:15:10,559
Speaker 1: or was it like that from day one? It's really cool. Actually,

1536
01:15:10,640 --> 01:15:13,920
Speaker 1: those two have been really really close friends for a while.

1537
01:15:15,040 --> 01:15:18,080
Speaker 1: They call each other best friends, and they've you know,

1538
01:15:18,160 --> 01:15:21,439
Speaker 1: they've always worked out together in the offseason, but you

1539
01:15:21,479 --> 01:15:24,280
Speaker 1: never really know, you know it. They were still in

1540
01:15:24,400 --> 01:15:27,160
Speaker 1: training camp trying to figure out how to build that

1541
01:15:27,320 --> 01:15:30,799
Speaker 1: together and all those timing things. But it came together

1542
01:15:30,920 --> 01:15:34,719
Speaker 1: pretty quickly. I mean in training camp it was pretty

1543
01:15:34,760 --> 01:15:39,920
Speaker 1: evident that they figured this out, and Jalen really trusts him.

1544
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:43,839
Speaker 1: You can see that a couple of those passes on Sunday,

1545
01:15:44,520 --> 01:15:48,200
Speaker 1: A J. Brown wasn't open, but Jalen trusted him. They

1546
01:15:48,200 --> 01:15:50,639
Speaker 1: go up and get the football. A J. Brown has

1547
01:15:50,800 --> 01:15:54,559
Speaker 1: one of those like convenience store hang signs and his locker,

1548
01:15:54,680 --> 01:15:58,760
Speaker 1: like right above his locker says always open, and John

1549
01:15:58,960 --> 01:16:02,639
Speaker 1: Jalen believes he'll throw it up to him, and even

1550
01:16:02,800 --> 01:16:05,799
Speaker 1: beyond that, I mean, the AJ Brown slant has become

1551
01:16:06,479 --> 01:16:10,680
Speaker 1: a cheat code for this offense. It's pretty much always there.

1552
01:16:10,720 --> 01:16:13,080
Speaker 1: He has such a big body that if you put

1553
01:16:13,120 --> 01:16:15,160
Speaker 1: it on him and you give him an opportunity to

1554
01:16:15,240 --> 01:16:17,000
Speaker 1: guess some yards after the catch, he's going to do it.

1555
01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:21,479
Speaker 1: And Miles Sanders, I guess you can't really neglect talking

1556
01:16:21,479 --> 01:16:23,599
Speaker 1: about him because a run game rings seventh and rushing

1557
01:16:23,680 --> 01:16:26,599
Speaker 1: yards with him. How has he really emerged this season

1558
01:16:26,680 --> 01:16:29,920
Speaker 1: for that Eagles offense. He's been good and look he has.

1559
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:33,200
Speaker 1: He's had kind of a weird career because a lot

1560
01:16:33,280 --> 01:16:36,040
Speaker 1: of injuries. He's missed nine games over the last two years.

1561
01:16:36,200 --> 01:16:38,559
Speaker 1: So the thing he really needed to prove this year

1562
01:16:38,680 --> 01:16:40,680
Speaker 1: was he can stay healthy, and he's done that through

1563
01:16:40,720 --> 01:16:43,840
Speaker 1: seven games. We'll see if that continues. But he's picking

1564
01:16:43,920 --> 01:16:47,240
Speaker 1: up yards and big chunks. He's improved as a runner

1565
01:16:47,320 --> 01:16:49,160
Speaker 1: since I saw him as a rookie a few years ago.

1566
01:16:49,240 --> 01:16:53,200
Speaker 1: He's gotten more patient. He's understood just to take the

1567
01:16:53,320 --> 01:16:55,639
Speaker 1: yards that are there. He used to try to bounce everything,

1568
01:16:55,800 --> 01:16:57,280
Speaker 1: and you can do that in college a little bit,

1569
01:16:57,360 --> 01:17:00,280
Speaker 1: but sometimes guys get rude awakenings when they get to

1570
01:17:00,360 --> 01:17:03,840
Speaker 1: the NFL and you're not able to just how run

1571
01:17:03,960 --> 01:17:06,360
Speaker 1: everyone anymore. These guys are really good at this level

1572
01:17:06,439 --> 01:17:09,360
Speaker 1: and he's learned that. And that offensive line the Eagles

1573
01:17:09,439 --> 01:17:12,920
Speaker 1: have as good as Jalen Hurts has been, as good

1574
01:17:12,920 --> 01:17:15,759
Speaker 1: as A. J. Brown has been, Miles Sanders and DeVante Smith.

1575
01:17:15,920 --> 01:17:19,040
Speaker 1: That offensive line is still the star of the show.

1576
01:17:19,360 --> 01:17:23,880
Speaker 1: It's probably the best in the league. And they don't

1577
01:17:23,880 --> 01:17:26,160
Speaker 1: do any of this without them, and they know that.

1578
01:17:26,320 --> 01:17:30,519
Speaker 1: I mean, they have really from all five spots. They're

1579
01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:35,960
Speaker 1: getting really solid play. Jason Kelsey's thirty four, but he's

1580
01:17:36,000 --> 01:17:38,320
Speaker 1: still arguably the best center in the league. They had

1581
01:17:38,360 --> 01:17:41,519
Speaker 1: the best right tackle in the NFL, and Lane Johnson

1582
01:17:42,400 --> 01:17:45,080
Speaker 1: and everyone else, I mean, Lannon Dickerson, Jordan my Lot

1583
01:17:45,120 --> 01:17:46,320
Speaker 1: and I as you could say Moll who had been

1584
01:17:46,439 --> 01:17:49,320
Speaker 1: very good too. So I mean that unit is playing

1585
01:17:49,479 --> 01:17:51,799
Speaker 1: really well right now. It's a huge key to their success.

1586
01:17:52,080 --> 01:17:55,200
Speaker 1: I gotta mention the Eagles defense. They are plus fourteen

1587
01:17:55,439 --> 01:17:58,719
Speaker 1: in turnover differential. I mean, that is an insane number,

1588
01:17:59,200 --> 01:18:01,200
Speaker 1: especially at this point in the season. They've got sixteen

1589
01:18:01,280 --> 01:18:04,479
Speaker 1: takeaways on the year. What's made them so effective at

1590
01:18:04,520 --> 01:18:07,439
Speaker 1: taking the ball away? Yeah, takeaways can be tricky. Because

1591
01:18:07,640 --> 01:18:09,720
Speaker 1: they're a little fickle. I don't know if you can

1592
01:18:09,840 --> 01:18:14,320
Speaker 1: count on that rate of production all year. Sometimes they

1593
01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:18,120
Speaker 1: come and go, but they're opportunistic and they have it's

1594
01:18:18,160 --> 01:18:20,320
Speaker 1: a good combination to have a pass for us they

1595
01:18:20,360 --> 01:18:23,920
Speaker 1: can affect the quarterback, and then a secondary that has

1596
01:18:24,000 --> 01:18:26,519
Speaker 1: some ballhawks they can take it away. And that's what

1597
01:18:26,600 --> 01:18:30,000
Speaker 1: we've seen. The front is good enough to get after quarterbacks,

1598
01:18:30,000 --> 01:18:32,280
Speaker 1: and even when they're not getting sacks, they've done at

1599
01:18:32,280 --> 01:18:35,000
Speaker 1: that much higher rate this year. They are affecting them

1600
01:18:35,040 --> 01:18:38,200
Speaker 1: and they're forcing them into some bad throws. Then on

1601
01:18:38,280 --> 01:18:40,360
Speaker 1: the back end you have guys like Darius Slay and

1602
01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:44,479
Speaker 1: James Bradbury and Vante Maddox and CJ. Gardner Johnson all

1603
01:18:44,600 --> 01:18:48,240
Speaker 1: ready to pick off passes. It's working the way it

1604
01:18:48,360 --> 01:18:52,519
Speaker 1: was designed to work right now, and that's been very encouraging.

1605
01:18:52,680 --> 01:18:57,000
Speaker 1: Last year, their defense was they were trying to live

1606
01:18:57,080 --> 01:18:59,559
Speaker 1: by the phiosophy to not get beat by big plays,

1607
01:19:00,120 --> 01:19:02,400
Speaker 1: and they did that. The problem was they weren't getting

1608
01:19:02,400 --> 01:19:05,400
Speaker 1: the takeaways and it really just led to these long,

1609
01:19:06,080 --> 01:19:10,640
Speaker 1: backbreaking drives that left them on the field forever. They

1610
01:19:10,720 --> 01:19:13,479
Speaker 1: got worn down against some really great quarterbacks last year.

1611
01:19:13,479 --> 01:19:16,439
Speaker 1: They haven't faced great quarterbacks this year, but this season

1612
01:19:16,479 --> 01:19:20,000
Speaker 1: the differences. They're finally getting stops, they're finally getting turnovers,

1613
01:19:20,439 --> 01:19:23,160
Speaker 1: and they've been a much improved unit. Dave, I guess

1614
01:19:23,200 --> 01:19:25,320
Speaker 1: I have to mention that there was a World Series

1615
01:19:25,360 --> 01:19:27,800
Speaker 1: game going on at the exact same time as our game,

1616
01:19:27,880 --> 01:19:30,160
Speaker 1: so these two markets are both in a bit of

1617
01:19:30,200 --> 01:19:33,760
Speaker 1: a buyd Phillies fans, Astros fans, Eagles fans, Texas fans. Well,

1618
01:19:33,840 --> 01:19:36,839
Speaker 1: what are people in Philly saying about the rain delayed

1619
01:19:36,920 --> 01:19:39,960
Speaker 1: cancelation that has now got two big games and these

1620
01:19:40,000 --> 01:19:43,120
Speaker 1: two markets going up against each other head to head. Yeah,

1621
01:19:43,240 --> 01:19:45,240
Speaker 1: I mean, it was a shame to see that game

1622
01:19:45,840 --> 01:19:48,920
Speaker 1: get postponed, but what are you gonna do? Rain happens.

1623
01:19:49,240 --> 01:19:51,400
Speaker 1: It'll be fun to have both games going on at

1624
01:19:51,439 --> 01:19:53,760
Speaker 1: the same time. I'm sure you know the updates will

1625
01:19:53,880 --> 01:19:56,639
Speaker 1: come through at NRG Stadium and we'll hear cheers one way,

1626
01:19:56,720 --> 01:19:59,040
Speaker 1: or it'll be confusing for the players. I'm sure, Like,

1627
01:19:59,240 --> 01:20:01,840
Speaker 1: who are they cheer? You're in a TV time out

1628
01:20:01,960 --> 01:20:04,360
Speaker 1: and the crowd starts cheering because the Astros for a

1629
01:20:04,479 --> 01:20:07,960
Speaker 1: runner or something. Yeah, it's I know there were some

1630
01:20:08,120 --> 01:20:10,080
Speaker 1: people who were a little bummed from Philly who were

1631
01:20:10,160 --> 01:20:13,400
Speaker 1: planning on going out for the football game and then

1632
01:20:13,600 --> 01:20:17,360
Speaker 1: staying potentially because the baseball game would have been the

1633
01:20:17,520 --> 01:20:19,840
Speaker 1: next day. But now that's so it's screwing up some

1634
01:20:19,960 --> 01:20:22,800
Speaker 1: plans for people. But it is kind of cool to

1635
01:20:22,880 --> 01:20:26,760
Speaker 1: have both cities worried about two sports right now. It's

1636
01:20:26,800 --> 01:20:28,479
Speaker 1: weird for me too because I have so many friends

1637
01:20:28,520 --> 01:20:32,000
Speaker 1: back in Houston and it's been fun this week for sure. Yeah,

1638
01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:34,439
Speaker 1: it's it's been a crazy week, so I don't think

1639
01:20:34,479 --> 01:20:36,040
Speaker 1: anyone thought it was going to line up the way

1640
01:20:36,080 --> 01:20:39,000
Speaker 1: that it did. But here we are. Dave appreciate the time.

1641
01:20:39,080 --> 01:20:42,880
Speaker 1: He's Dave Zangaro. He covers the Eagles for NBC Sports Philadelphia. Dave,

1642
01:20:42,920 --> 01:20:45,559
Speaker 1: always a pleasure catching up with you. You too, Thanks,

1643
01:20:45,960 --> 01:20:48,439
Speaker 1: and of course you know, we gotta finish this show

1644
01:20:48,960 --> 01:20:52,439
Speaker 1: with Drew Doherty's final word. Drew set down with Traymon

1645
01:20:52,439 --> 01:20:55,519
Speaker 1: and Smith talked about this matchup with Philadelphia. Thanks so much.

1646
01:20:55,560 --> 01:20:58,200
Speaker 1: It's time to break down the game to come. We're

1647
01:20:58,200 --> 01:21:00,280
Speaker 1: gonna do so with defensive back and one of the

1648
01:21:00,320 --> 01:21:03,240
Speaker 1: best special teamers in Texans history. It's Tremont Smith. Triman,

1649
01:21:03,320 --> 01:21:05,679
Speaker 1: good to be with you. Let's talk about your welcome.

1650
01:21:05,960 --> 01:21:08,759
Speaker 1: Let's talk about where this team is headed, the mind frame,

1651
01:21:08,920 --> 01:21:11,080
Speaker 1: all that stuff. Tough game on Sunday, but you gotta

1652
01:21:11,080 --> 01:21:12,880
Speaker 1: flip around and get ready for Thursday night. Or how

1653
01:21:13,120 --> 01:21:14,960
Speaker 1: how nice is that that you get to flush things

1654
01:21:15,040 --> 01:21:17,000
Speaker 1: like you do? It was good, you know either, you know,

1655
01:21:17,120 --> 01:21:19,960
Speaker 1: coming off that lost division lost one we should have

1656
01:21:20,040 --> 01:21:22,559
Speaker 1: won and had the ability to win. We just got

1657
01:21:22,640 --> 01:21:24,519
Speaker 1: to start off faster and just do the little things,

1658
01:21:24,600 --> 01:21:28,360
Speaker 1: you know, let's penalties, convert on turnovers, converting the raison,

1659
01:21:28,479 --> 01:21:30,000
Speaker 1: just a little stuff like that. So once we get

1660
01:21:30,040 --> 01:21:31,320
Speaker 1: that role and we would be good. You know, it's

1661
01:21:31,360 --> 01:21:33,400
Speaker 1: the only way we can't go is up since we

1662
01:21:33,560 --> 01:21:35,920
Speaker 1: just lost. So I'm excited about that. You know, y'all

1663
01:21:35,960 --> 01:21:38,280
Speaker 1: often hear the phrase things are never as bad as

1664
01:21:38,320 --> 01:21:39,720
Speaker 1: they see them, and they're never really as good as

1665
01:21:39,720 --> 01:21:41,519
Speaker 1: they seem either. So with all that in mind, and

1666
01:21:41,600 --> 01:21:44,000
Speaker 1: it's kind of a perfect thing to think about who's

1667
01:21:44,000 --> 01:21:45,479
Speaker 1: coming to town and what you guys just did. Right,

1668
01:21:45,680 --> 01:21:47,880
Speaker 1: it's pretty pretty accurate. Right, Once we watched the family

1669
01:21:47,920 --> 01:21:49,920
Speaker 1: actually broke it down, Like you said, they didn't look

1670
01:21:49,960 --> 01:21:52,240
Speaker 1: as bad as we thought it was watching it come Sunday,

1671
01:21:52,320 --> 01:21:54,600
Speaker 1: But you know, we got a good upon the coming in.

1672
01:21:54,760 --> 01:21:56,800
Speaker 1: Of course, one of the best team in the NFL

1673
01:21:56,920 --> 01:21:58,600
Speaker 1: right now, if you go by ricords. So we just

1674
01:21:58,720 --> 01:22:00,599
Speaker 1: got to read our keys, you know, a little things.

1675
01:22:00,640 --> 01:22:04,040
Speaker 1: Don't penalize these ourselves and just wrap up, make tackles,

1676
01:22:04,320 --> 01:22:06,080
Speaker 1: eliminate the big plays. You're a perfect guy to talk

1677
01:22:06,080 --> 01:22:08,080
Speaker 1: to you because you play defense. You play special teams.

1678
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Speaker 1: Let's start with the defensive side of things. This offensive

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01:22:11,200 --> 01:22:13,799
Speaker 1: attack that they have. Jalen Hurts, he's a special quarterback.

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Speaker 1: He does many different things very very well. What do

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01:22:16,560 --> 01:22:19,040
Speaker 1: you see. What's the challenge that presents itself when you

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01:22:19,120 --> 01:22:21,080
Speaker 1: face a guy like Hurts. I think our disguises are

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01:22:21,120 --> 01:22:23,360
Speaker 1: going to be big for us. Stopping the run, play

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01:22:23,479 --> 01:22:27,120
Speaker 1: him in long management, I mean long, non manageable third downs,

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01:22:27,479 --> 01:22:29,080
Speaker 1: make them try to air it out. They got good

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01:22:29,120 --> 01:22:32,760
Speaker 1: receivers and Quaiz Walkings. Of course, the tas a j brown.

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01:22:32,840 --> 01:22:34,880
Speaker 1: But as long as we minimize them today big games

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01:22:34,880 --> 01:22:36,760
Speaker 1: and keep the D ball offer us, we'll be real

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01:22:36,800 --> 01:22:38,960
Speaker 1: good and gaps sound in the run game. How trick

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01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:40,519
Speaker 1: he's that to prepare for a team like the for

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01:22:40,600 --> 01:22:42,280
Speaker 1: an offense like that that has You mentioned a few

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01:22:42,280 --> 01:22:44,280
Speaker 1: of the receivers, but the running backs are, the tight

1693
01:22:44,400 --> 01:22:47,200
Speaker 1: ends are excellent. Offensive line fantastic. It's tough that. I mean,

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01:22:47,240 --> 01:22:48,720
Speaker 1: we all just got to be on our keys and

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01:22:48,840 --> 01:22:50,880
Speaker 1: just do all the little things right, just from being

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01:22:50,960 --> 01:22:54,000
Speaker 1: in our gaps, from making open field tackles because they're

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01:22:54,000 --> 01:22:57,400
Speaker 1: gonna have open plays eventually in the game throughout because

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01:22:57,560 --> 01:22:59,479
Speaker 1: and we just got to make those tackles in plays

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01:22:59,680 --> 01:23:02,040
Speaker 1: especial teams wise, you don't get to seven or oh

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01:23:02,200 --> 01:23:04,240
Speaker 1: if you're not doing things well there. What do you

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01:23:04,280 --> 01:23:08,120
Speaker 1: see from the Eagles? They got a great special teams coordinator,

1702
01:23:08,120 --> 01:23:10,439
Speaker 1: a great special team scheme. You know, they got a

1703
01:23:10,520 --> 01:23:13,000
Speaker 1: great kicker in Elliott. I played with them for a

1704
01:23:13,040 --> 01:23:15,000
Speaker 1: little bit, actually did an off season with them, so

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01:23:15,080 --> 01:23:17,559
Speaker 1: I'm pretty familiar with their system. But you know, they

1706
01:23:17,720 --> 01:23:20,519
Speaker 1: they're coached to play hard, be disciplined. So we just

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01:23:20,600 --> 01:23:23,040
Speaker 1: got to come out there. I'll physical them and I'll discipline.

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01:23:23,120 --> 01:23:25,880
Speaker 1: It seems like every time there's a special team snap

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01:23:25,960 --> 01:23:29,280
Speaker 1: this year, you're either knocking the ball list or tackling

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01:23:29,320 --> 01:23:32,000
Speaker 1: the return or getting a return or really I say

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01:23:32,040 --> 01:23:34,000
Speaker 1: getting return. They're kind of scared to kick to you

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01:23:34,080 --> 01:23:36,640
Speaker 1: almost after they saw the touchdown last year. What's this year?

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01:23:36,720 --> 01:23:39,519
Speaker 1: Been like on special teams because despite the record, special

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01:23:39,560 --> 01:23:41,519
Speaker 1: teams has been excellent for the Texas. Yeah, we're just

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01:23:41,560 --> 01:23:43,200
Speaker 1: trying to be We're just trying to be a this

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01:23:43,280 --> 01:23:45,080
Speaker 1: spark for our team. You know, we've been out to

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01:23:45,120 --> 01:23:47,040
Speaker 1: a lot of slow starts, whether we start on defense

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01:23:47,160 --> 01:23:49,280
Speaker 1: or offense. So and you know, special teams always come

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01:23:49,320 --> 01:23:50,920
Speaker 1: first no matter how you start the game. So we

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01:23:51,080 --> 01:23:53,920
Speaker 1: pride ourselves into taking the field being the energy, being

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01:23:54,000 --> 01:23:56,679
Speaker 1: that energy spark for the team. And we take pride

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01:23:56,680 --> 01:23:58,640
Speaker 1: in that. All right, how much of a spark you

1723
01:23:58,720 --> 01:24:00,880
Speaker 1: think those battle red helm are gonna give you? Guys? Oh,

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01:24:01,080 --> 01:24:02,840
Speaker 1: I can't wait, and I'm taking my home right after

1725
01:24:02,880 --> 01:24:04,519
Speaker 1: the game, taking your home after the game. You're gonna

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01:24:04,600 --> 01:24:07,000
Speaker 1: keep it all right, sold Darwin. I love that about

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01:24:07,000 --> 01:24:08,680
Speaker 1: a ray though. It's it's gonna be a great look.

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01:24:08,680 --> 01:24:10,320
Speaker 1: And I love the raate end zones as well. Yeah,

1729
01:24:10,360 --> 01:24:12,400
Speaker 1: those look cool, he says. He told Darwin that's, of

1730
01:24:12,439 --> 01:24:14,760
Speaker 1: course the guy who's running the equipment room, and it's

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01:24:14,800 --> 01:24:15,960
Speaker 1: kind of a guy that runs it all if you

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01:24:16,080 --> 01:24:18,240
Speaker 1: if you think about it, well, trim On, we really

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01:24:18,280 --> 01:24:20,719
Speaker 1: appreciate the time. Thanks so much. Best of luck against

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01:24:20,720 --> 01:24:23,360
Speaker 1: the Eagles, So thanks for having me, and thank you Tremond,

1735
01:24:23,560 --> 01:24:25,760
Speaker 1: and thank you Drew, and thank you Dpe and thank

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01:24:25,800 --> 01:24:28,760
Speaker 1: you Dave saying Garl, thank you Troy Harriston, thank you Mark,

1737
01:24:28,960 --> 01:24:32,120
Speaker 1: thank you Lovey, thank you Nick, and hopefully we're saying

1738
01:24:32,160 --> 01:24:35,400
Speaker 1: thank you Texans. After a huge win against the Eagles

1739
01:24:35,479 --> 01:24:38,400
Speaker 1: on Thursday night, bat a red helmets. It's gonna be cool,

1740
01:24:38,960 --> 01:24:41,400
Speaker 1: red end zones. We're Houston. The end zone has never

1741
01:24:41,520 --> 01:24:44,240
Speaker 1: been there before. A lot of first and hopefully it'll

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01:24:44,280 --> 01:24:48,240
Speaker 1: be the first win at home at Energy Stadium this year.

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01:24:48,320 --> 01:24:50,920
Speaker 1: Would be great to see. Appreciate everybody. Thank you so

1744
01:24:51,040 --> 01:24:52,719
Speaker 1: much for listening. We'll see you next time and as always,

1745
01:24:52,760 --> 01:24:53,240
Speaker 1: go Texans.