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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program that gets you

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Speaker 1: inside NRG Stadium. Mark Vandermer with you tonight as we

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Speaker 1: talk Texans free agency, the draft coming out before you

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Speaker 1: know it, and joining us tonight because it's Thursday, it's

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Speaker 1: the general. We need a Thursday General jingle from the

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Speaker 1: Houston Chronicle. It's John McLean. How's it going, job, It's

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Speaker 1: going great. Mark is always thank you very much for

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Speaker 1: having me. Well, it's always a pleasure. And Johnny's been

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Speaker 1: doing the show for the last few days, and you know,

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Speaker 1: he's had a lot of a lot of excitement, you know,

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Speaker 1: basically reading the ticker, reading Twitter. Everyone's out there saying,

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Speaker 1: what's a ticker? You know, Milo Hamilton used to call

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Speaker 1: baseball games right off the ticker tape right and there's

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Speaker 1: a single to left with the sound effects and everything

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Speaker 1: when the team's on the road. But I just thought

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Speaker 1: i'd bring that up because I said ticker. But Johnny's

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Speaker 1: just reading. He's able to read Twitter. So and so

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Speaker 1: signs so and so and this and that and the

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Speaker 1: other thing. Can't talk fast enough. I know so much

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Speaker 1: news breaking and he gets Tayshaun Gibson on the air

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Speaker 1: and everything But here we are tonight talking about what

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Speaker 1: the Texans have done so far, what's going on around

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Speaker 1: the league so far, what's going on around the AFC South,

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Speaker 1: And you and I have not had a chance to

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Speaker 1: chat about this stuff. So let's go John. First of all,

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Speaker 1: Gibson signs with the Texans. Let me backtrack. They lose

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Speaker 1: Tyrn Matthew to the Chiefs. Obviously they wanted them, but

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Speaker 1: not at whatever money the Chiefs were willing to give.

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Speaker 1: Just read between the Lions. Here your thoughts on that,

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Speaker 1: and then what happened as they got Tashaun Gibson. The

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Speaker 1: Texans offered Tyron Matthew eleven million a year. That was

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Speaker 1: four million more than he made last season on that

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Speaker 1: one year prove it contract, and he did. And then

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Speaker 1: when the Chiefs offered him fourteen I wouldn't offered Tyron

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Speaker 1: Matthew fourteen, but I wouldn't have offered Lander Collins eighty

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Speaker 1: eight million either, And of course they wanted to keep him.

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Speaker 1: He's gone. But Brian Gaine has a depth chart, just

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Speaker 1: like Bill O'Brien has a depth chart during the season,

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Speaker 1: and it's free agents. And Sean Gibson they've seen him

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Speaker 1: every game. Six games over the last three years started,

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Speaker 1: every game started the playoff game, went to the Pro

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Speaker 1: Bowl with Cleveland, had missed a game since his last

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Speaker 1: year with the Browns, and one of the things I

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Speaker 1: like about him Mark is tight ends. When you think

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Speaker 1: about the way zach ertz abused the Texans secondary in

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Speaker 1: that Philadelphia game last year, like what was it, twelve catches,

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Speaker 1: one hundred and ten yards, two touchdowns. Having a safety

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Speaker 1: who can cover tight ends is going to be terrific,

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Speaker 1: especially when that guy's big. He's a little over five eleven,

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Speaker 1: he's about two twelve to fourteen, and he's durable, and

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Speaker 1: as you know, the Texans need durable players. So I

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Speaker 1: like Gibson. They got him half about half of what

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Speaker 1: they could have had for Matthew and Brian Gaine's gonna

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Speaker 1: sign more players. People are like a panic because he

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Speaker 1: didn't go out there and sign a bunch of Brian's

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Speaker 1: being very judicious as he was last year. And it

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Speaker 1: bothers me when people say, well, Texans won't spend money.

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Speaker 1: They were willing to spend a lot on Nate Soldier

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Speaker 1: and people should be glad they didn't. Chid's got it

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Speaker 1: because he had the worst season of his career, John,

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Speaker 1: When you look at the Chiefs and why they wanted

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Speaker 1: Matthew so badly. Obviously Eric Berry no longer with them,

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Speaker 1: But when they had those key games, the Patriots in Foxborough,

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Speaker 1: the Patriots at home in the AFC Championship game, difficulty

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Speaker 1: in stopping the opponent, they're hoping Matthew makes the difference

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Speaker 1: or a difference. And I'm happy Tiring got the money.

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Speaker 1: You know, he did that one year proven deal. It

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Speaker 1: worked out. He was a great leader, tremendous. The PFW

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Speaker 1: April Football Writers in America we voted him our Good

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Speaker 1: Guy a ward because he was so pop, so cooperative

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Speaker 1: and available and good when we interviewed him. And so

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Speaker 1: Gibson's a veteran too. You know, he gonna be twenty

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Speaker 1: nine years old. He's been around now. I don't he's

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Speaker 1: not gonna be I don't think a dynamic leader like Matthew,

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Speaker 1: but very few are. But I can't wait to see

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Speaker 1: him get in here. And he is the only Matthew

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Speaker 1: is the only player that Texans have lost. When you

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Speaker 1: don't make contract offers to others, that's not a good

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Speaker 1: term for losing. I call it departures. Now, what about

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Speaker 1: Kareem going to Denver? And it's not like they've had

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Speaker 1: a trade Kareem Jackson for Bradley Roby. But it works

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Speaker 1: out that way in a sense that they signed your guy,

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Speaker 1: you signed one of their guys. I know they play

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Speaker 1: a different type of position. They're a different type of player.

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Speaker 1: You could call them both cornerbacks, of course, but I

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Speaker 1: know they are different. The Texans viewed Kareem as a safety.

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Speaker 1: They did not make him a contract offer. They thought, Okay,

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Speaker 1: if we have Matthew, Justin Reid and Andre Howe, that's

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Speaker 1: undrafted free agents will be safeties. But Kareem was bitter.

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Speaker 1: He talked to Mark Berman. He was he felt a

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Speaker 1: little disrespected, but he should be happy because he got

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Speaker 1: a really good deal twenty three million guaranteed from Thebroncos

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Speaker 1: if that Kareem counting guaranteed money, he will have made

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Speaker 1: over about seventy five million in his tenth season, and

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Speaker 1: hope it works out great for him because Kareem had

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Speaker 1: his best season, but at this point he was not

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Speaker 1: looked at as a corner. Here up there, they're looking

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Speaker 1: at him as a corner, especially one he can cover

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Speaker 1: slight receivers. All right, John, what about Bradley Roby? Coming?

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Speaker 1: Here are your thoughts? Got him on a one year,

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Speaker 1: ten million dollar proven year for him. I think that's great.

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Speaker 1: He had offers I know from the Steelers, I think

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Speaker 1: from the Browns and one other team. They were multi

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Speaker 1: When he was playing with Chris Harris Junior and to

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Speaker 1: was really good. And then last year when he got

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Speaker 1: to play in start, whole time he was up and down.

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Speaker 1: But the Texans wanted to get younger and they wanted

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Speaker 1: to get faster, and he ran that four to three

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Speaker 1: And I like guys on one year deals or in

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Speaker 1: If they don't play well, you're very suspective. Guy in

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Speaker 1: But I think that maybe in a new scheme with

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Speaker 1: kind of like their own personally imposed franchise tag if

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Speaker 1: you will not for a top dollar necessarily like Tyron

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Speaker 1: Matthew last year or seven million dollars reportedly. But the

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Speaker 1: thing is, he always said he was betting on himself.

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Speaker 1: He bet he won because he got a nice deal,

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Speaker 1: So good for him. With Bradley Robie, maybe the same

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Speaker 1: thing happens. He plays really well, he gets a great

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Speaker 1: deal either here or somewhere else. So from his perspective,

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Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense. And John Harris telling me,

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Speaker 1: So we'll see how that goes. Maybe it's a t

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Speaker 1: y guy kind of thing. For the Houston Texans. I

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Speaker 1: don't know how they're going to handle him. I don't

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Speaker 1: know where they're gonna put him. You set outside, Okay,

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Speaker 1: I think Aaron Colvin has to prove it as well.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna prove it year because he's in the second

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Speaker 1: year of this deal. Didn't stay healthy last year. So

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Speaker 1: they're going to draft a corner when John Based on

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Speaker 1: what they've done so far, I think they still signed

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Speaker 1: somebody in free agency is not going to be as

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Speaker 1: big a name in all likelihood, But what do you think,

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Speaker 1: how soon does a corner come off the board for

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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. I agree with you, they're gonna sign

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Speaker 1: another cornerback. They need competition, they need bodies, and I

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Speaker 1: think in the draft people wonder, well, why didn't they

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Speaker 1: go after Trent Brown. Well, they checked him out early on.

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Speaker 1: They heard the kind of money he was looking for.

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Speaker 1: They weren't gonna pay it for a guy played well

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Speaker 1: one year in his career and still might be a

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Speaker 1: better right tackle than a left tackle. They believe that

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Speaker 1: Chandrell Henderson is going to be the right tackles, so

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Speaker 1: they got to look at the left and there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of tackles in the draft. There's not left tackles

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Speaker 1: I could still see them using two pigs, maybe a

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Speaker 1: they'll draft at least two. Well, when you look at

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Speaker 1: be Julian Davenport holding it down while a rookie is

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Speaker 1: if they do nothing, you're likely looking at two new starters. Henderson,

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Speaker 1: things happen. Everything went wrong as far as health acquisition

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Speaker 1: back to this. Dwayne Brown, once upon a time took

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Speaker 1: how to play left tackle. Now, look, I know he's

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Speaker 1: playing better than year two and three, But who was

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Speaker 1: Dwayne in year one? John? Who was he platooning with?

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Speaker 1: What was he doing? Right? He was platooning with another

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Speaker 1: guy and then later became this stalwart franchise left tackle.

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Speaker 1: I am not putting that on Davenport, don't get me wrong,

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Speaker 1: but I'm just saying guys do improve with practice, time, effort,

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Speaker 1: and it's no gimme, It's no given, but it is possible.

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien was asking to combine, would you rather bring

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Speaker 1: in somebody new or have your guy improven enough to

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Speaker 1: do a job. He said, you always want your guy

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Speaker 1: to improve first. Now, Davenport going through what he did

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Speaker 1: last year. He give up a lot of sacks, committed

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Speaker 1: a lot of penalties, but he had some good blocks too,

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Speaker 1: And there's no way he's not gonna be better in

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Speaker 1: his third year than he was in his second. Still,

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Speaker 1: they would prefer he'd be the swing tackle that a

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Speaker 1: rookie starts on the left side, Henderson on the right side,

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Speaker 1: Davenport would be the swing tackle. I wouldn't mind seeing

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Speaker 1: Kendall Lamb he brought back to add competition at tackle.

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Speaker 1: I believe Rankins will start at left guard, Zach Fulton

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Speaker 1: will start at right Guarden called Zack Martin in the middle,

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Speaker 1: Nick Nick, Yes, Sack, Zach would start at guard, not

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Speaker 1: saying there. Nick Martin would start at center. And the

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Speaker 1: line is gonna be better and Watson will be better

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Speaker 1: at getting rid of the ball, which will help the line. John,

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Speaker 1: you look at the defensive line. Let's go there quickly.

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Speaker 1: Christian Covington is now Dallas cowboy, which just it's really

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Speaker 1: good for him. He needs to play in a four

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Speaker 1: very wise. And I'll bet you when it's all said

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Speaker 1: and done, he'll sign for five unrestricted free agents and

429
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Speaker 1: people go, oh, who is that guy? That guy's that thing,

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Speaker 1: and then they'll probably help him and they'll be real

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Speaker 1: good again. Well, it is so early and it's hard

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Speaker 1: to say anybody got a true leg up. Jacksonville just

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Speaker 1: based on the fact that they signed a quarterback that

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Speaker 1: could mean all the difference in the world for them.

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Speaker 1: And I'm with you that Bortles will make a good

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Speaker 1: backup for somebody. He's played so much football and apparently

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Speaker 1: he's a really good guy, so that would mean maybe

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Speaker 1: a good backup somewhere if I'm him. It's not like

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Speaker 1: he's got case Keenham clout and I hesitate to call

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Speaker 1: it Cloud, but Case Keenam still has enough unknowns and

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Speaker 1: upside to say I could be a starter somewhere like Washington.

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Speaker 1: Although Jake Gruden said we're still gonna look in the

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Speaker 1: draft or we possibly could look in the draft at quarterback.

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Speaker 1: What about that and what about portals? First of all,

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Speaker 1: I was kind of hoping to Texans would get Tyrod Taylor.

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Speaker 1: Yeah in here, but any quarterback there, he knows. The

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Speaker 1: only way he's playing is if there's an injury to Watson.

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Speaker 1: Watson proved last year. It's going to be really hard

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Speaker 1: to get him out of the lineup. And so it

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Speaker 1: takes an older guy like Brandon Whedon to understand his

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00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,560
Speaker 1: lot in life. You're supposed to be like an extra coach.

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Speaker 1: You work like you're starting, you work like crazy, but

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Speaker 1: you know you're like an extra coach on the field.

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Speaker 1: And Brandon Weeden is a really good relationship with Bill

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Speaker 1: O'Brien and Deshaun Watson. And I think I would like

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Speaker 1: to see Blake Bortles come here. Just saw I could

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Speaker 1: ask Jadeveon Clouney what he thinks about it. And Bortles.

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Speaker 1: I've went to his pro day and I was around

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Speaker 1: him quite a bit because I thought the Texans might

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Speaker 1: draft him, and I really liked him a lot. People

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Speaker 1: in Jacksonville who cover him and in the office says

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Speaker 1: a tremendous guy. I'm guessing he's gonna want to go

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Speaker 1: somewhere like where if some young quarterbacks struggled, he might

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Speaker 1: get some tape and maybe two or three games like

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Speaker 1: Buffalo and Independent. What if if Arizona kept Josh Rosen,

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Speaker 1: I would think that would be a good spot to

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Speaker 1: go be Josh Rosen's backup and maybe San Francisco with

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Speaker 1: Garoppolo coming off that big knee injury. But I don't

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Speaker 1: see him go into a situation where he's told you're

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Speaker 1: not there's no chance for you to play. Why Tyrod

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Speaker 1: Taylor to the Chargers. I don't understand it. Maybe he

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Speaker 1: thinks Philip Rivers is gonna be gone in a year

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Speaker 1: or two. But Rivers is the most durable quarterback in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. If you have any any wish to try

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Speaker 1: to get in a game, you don't play behind Philip Rivers.

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Speaker 1: Who was the backup last year. Yeah, good question. The

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Speaker 1: most anonymous player in the NFL is whoever backs up

478
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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers? Who even when he had a scope on

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Speaker 1: his knee in two thousand and seven, he still played

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Speaker 1: in the championship game in New England. Yeah, so that's

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Speaker 1: not gonna happen for him. He's in all likelihood not

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Speaker 1: gonna see the football field except for the preseason. And

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Speaker 1: he's a guy who can play. I think you know,

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Speaker 1: it's not he's going to be a franchise quarterback, but

485
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Speaker 1: he's played a bunch of football and he can certainly

486
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Speaker 1: help a team right now. John McClean stays with us.

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Speaker 1: We didn't get to Cleveland, we didn't get to some

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Speaker 1: of the other soap opera stuff around the league. Plenty

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Speaker 1: more coming up about the Texans here on Texans Radio.

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Speaker 1: Always having fun here in the Hyunday Texans Radio Studio.

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Speaker 1: Mark Vandamer with you with the General. John McClain. Hey,

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Speaker 1: car sponsorship and Bob Abertathy, my friend down there, really

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Speaker 1: doing a great job for us in Junior Achievement April

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Speaker 1: eighth for that golf tournament at South Shore Harbor. All right, General,

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Speaker 1: let's get into this. We've been talking a lot about

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Speaker 1: the Texans and free agency where some of their players

501
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,679
Speaker 1: have been going. We talked about Kareem going to Denver

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Speaker 1: and Tyrn Matthew to the Chiefs in Christian Covington to

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys, just to get started here. But let's

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Speaker 1: talk about some other squads not in the division in

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Speaker 1: the AFC Cleveland making the most noise of any team

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Speaker 1: as they make the deal for Odell Beckham Junior. What

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Speaker 1: did you think of that? And what the Giants got

508
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Speaker 1: in return for obj? First of all the my champions

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Speaker 1: for March or as a four way tag Browns, the Raiders,

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Speaker 1: the Jets, and the Bills. The Bills have added seven

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Speaker 1: players around Josh Allen. Now, I've never seen so many

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Speaker 1: trades before free agency. It's been a flurry of trades.

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Speaker 1: And would Antonio Brown being the most prominent, then Odell

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Speaker 1: Beckham Junior trumps him because he was from the Giants.

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Speaker 1: He's gone to Cleveland. If they had traded ob J

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Speaker 1: to Buffalo or Arizona, it wouldn't been near as big

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Speaker 1: a deal. But people are so excited about the Browns.

518
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Speaker 1: I covered the NFL when the Browns were good every

519
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Speaker 1: year getting their hearts broken in the AFC Championship game

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Speaker 1: against den Bernie Cos Are hey, Brian Sipe fumble Brian's

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00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:07,480
Speaker 1: pipe or read right, whatever it's called intercepted by Mike

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Speaker 1: David Jobs should have kicked the field goal and Brian

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Speaker 1: pipe was one time? What's upon a time? The MVP

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Speaker 1: of the NFL of the Cardiac kids, can you believe that.

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Speaker 1: I mean you can because you were there watching it.

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Speaker 1: But the Cleveland Browns at the MVP of the league

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Speaker 1: and they didn't even want a championship. Well, but they

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00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,600
Speaker 1: were the playoffs every year. The NFL is better, better

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Speaker 1: and more interesting when the Browns are good, their fans

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Speaker 1: are great, the city's tremendous football town. And now everybody

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Speaker 1: is so excited. All my friends who covered that team

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Speaker 1: for years, they are just giddy about what's happening in

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Speaker 1: So does it implode or not. One thing that I

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Speaker 1: would be worried about is you have a first time

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Speaker 1: head coach and even though he's been a Freddie Kids

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Speaker 1: has been a veteran assistant coach, but he's got some

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Speaker 1: personalities to manage and that could be something. Well, it'll

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Speaker 1: be a work in progress. Now. The Jets, they're not

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Speaker 1: gonna make the playoffs and they're not gonna catch the Patriots,

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Speaker 1: but Levion Bell has made them better. They put weapons

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Speaker 1: around Sam darl which is important. The Raiders are going

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Speaker 1: to be very interesting with Tyrrell Williams and then Antonio

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Speaker 1: Brown and Trent Trent Brown, and they've spent a lot

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Speaker 1: of money. All those teams were bad. Usually when bad

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Speaker 1: teams spend a lot of money, it bites them in

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Speaker 1: the butt down the road when they get salary cap issues.

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Speaker 1: But at this time a year a lot of it.

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Speaker 1: You're doing it for your fans, your ticket sales, your media,

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Speaker 1: and the Browns are gonna be fun. And let's see.

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Speaker 1: Do the Raiders come here? No they don't. Oh wait

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Speaker 1: a minute, yes they do. Yes, because it's the opposite

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Speaker 1: of three years ago when the Texas played them in

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Speaker 1: Mexico City was a Raider game. Texans are not going

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Speaker 1: to play the Browns, and that's too bad. After the

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Speaker 1: excitement of the game last year. Here they've beating the

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Speaker 1: Browns the last two years decisively. But Cleveland, I'm wondering

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Speaker 1: how many the NFL schedules about done? Now do they

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Speaker 1: run back in there and all of a sudden give

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Speaker 1: oak and another appearance or two? Do they give the

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Speaker 1: Browns the maximum appearances, which I bet they do, and

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Speaker 1: the Jets, you know thinks, get the masks and just

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Speaker 1: and the Jets, because they're in New York, might get

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Speaker 1: a couple more. And the Giants they get a one

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Speaker 1: in the three. What if they draft Dwayne Haskins with

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Speaker 1: the first pick. Then there's nothing like a young quarterback

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Speaker 1: taking how to get people fired up. And then what

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Speaker 1: if they draft with the Browns pick dk Metcalf the

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Speaker 1: top receiver. Would that help ease the pain tee? And

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Speaker 1: they added Golden Tates so people would start there would

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Speaker 1: be more of a buzz about the future. And and

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Speaker 1: one of the things that Texans fans should be excited

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Speaker 1: about Denver, which was looking for an offensive tackle to

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Speaker 1: play opposite Garrett Balls and a lot of people had

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Speaker 1: the Broncos taking a tackle with the tenth pick instead

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Speaker 1: of a quarterback. When they signed Juan James from Miami

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Speaker 1: playwright tackle, Texans don't have to worry about them taking

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Speaker 1: a tackle off the board. Oh good points, I thought,

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Speaker 1: and I watched that like crazy, and I told Mike Munchak,

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Speaker 1: their new line coach. He was in town for Texas

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Speaker 1: Special Olympics Bank when I said, whatever you do, do

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Speaker 1: not take an offensive tackle. And they signed Juan James,

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Speaker 1: so I'm sure he told Elway they don't want us

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Speaker 1: to sign one, so let's don't. I was just thinking

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Speaker 1: about Joe Flacco's record in this building, because he will

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Speaker 1: lead the Broncos in here when they do visit whenever

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Speaker 1: that date is. Those dates will come out in about

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Speaker 1: a month. Oh, I can't wait for the schedule to

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Speaker 1: come out. This is gonna be good. And to see

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Speaker 1: how many dates the Texans tough schedule. Yeah, that's a

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Speaker 1: tough schedule. But they're all tough, you could say. But

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Speaker 1: you're right when you look at the quarterbacks, when you

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Speaker 1: look at some of the outstanding playmakers that aren't quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: that they face on the schedule, it is really difficult.

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Speaker 1: All right. Some other things here, and I like what

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Speaker 1: you said about Cleveland maybe getting the max because you

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Speaker 1: look around the AFC North, Lamar Jackson's going to get

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Speaker 1: his share of primetime exposure. You would think the Steelers

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Speaker 1: are still the Steelers. But let me go here with you,

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Speaker 1: Antonio Brown, Levion Bell, how did they do? Because I

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Speaker 1: was flying back today picked up a USA today. Sorry, General,

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Speaker 1: I only did it because I was traveling and they

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Speaker 1: didn't have the chronicle in the airport in which I

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00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 1: was flying from to Houston. So I read that and

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00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: I saw two columns and they both were different, differing

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Speaker 1: opinions on how Bell and Brown did. Some people are

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Speaker 1: applauding how they did that. They played the system and

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Speaker 1: they won. Others are saying they didn't really win. I

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Speaker 1: mean you could argue that Antonio Brown, yea, he got

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Speaker 1: out of there and everything, but he's with the Raiders.

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Speaker 1: He's with the Raiders. How good could that be? And

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Speaker 1: as far as Levion Bell, I still say you lost

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Speaker 1: a year of approximately fifteen million dollars in your pocket

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Speaker 1: and your playing career, which is so valuable to the

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Speaker 1: rest of your life. In my opinion, Antonio Brown had

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Speaker 1: no guaranteed money. Now he's got thirty million guaranteed, so

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Speaker 1: he won playing with the Raiders. No, he was all

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Speaker 1: about the money. They took the only offer they could

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Speaker 1: get at three and of five because the Raiders, with

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Speaker 1: only ones willing to give his agent, Drew Rose now

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Speaker 1: is thirty million guaranteed. Buffalo wouldn't do it. That's why

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Speaker 1: that deal fell through. So Antonio Brown won financially, must

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Speaker 1: be that's all he cared about. As far as Levian Bell,

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Speaker 1: it was so interesting. He didn't play last year because

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Speaker 1: he didn't want to get hurt so he could cash

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Speaker 1: in on big bucks. Earl Thomas played got hurt. Everybody

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Speaker 1: said he's not gonna get the big bucks Thomas did,

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Speaker 1: Bell did not. Bell was one in the fifteen sixteen

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Speaker 1: seventeen million range. He got down around thirteen and you're

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Speaker 1: never gonna make that money up. But he got thirty

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Speaker 1: five million guaranteed. So what he set out a year,

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Speaker 1: he's got all that guaranteed money. So what if he's

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Speaker 1: gone from Pittsburgh. Do you know the last time Bell

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Speaker 1: and Brown and Big Ben were on the field together,

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Speaker 1: they got beat by Jacksonville in the playoffs at home.

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Speaker 1: During their whole time together, they won three playoff games.

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Speaker 1: One was over aj mccaren, one was over Alex Smith,

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Speaker 1: and the other wasn't over another backup quarterback. So when

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Speaker 1: you think about all that firepower, they didn't do dearly come.

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Speaker 1: They didn't come near accomplishing what most people would have expected.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know for the Steelers that'll be that

641
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 1: big of a loss. I think they're so good they'll

642
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:31,720
Speaker 1: be able to find a way to make up for it.

643
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Speaker 1: But you hope those guys do well. Belle's not going

644
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 1: to go to the playoffs. I'm assuming Brown's not going

645
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: to the playoffs and Bell was. He didn't attack people

646
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 1: on social media. But if Brown gets say, midway through

647
00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 1: the season, they're three and five or two and six,

648
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,400
Speaker 1: and he's not getting anywhere near the balls that he

649
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: expects to get from Derek Carr. Will he start complaining?

650
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 1: Will he be late? Will he miss meetings? I tell

651
00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 1: you something. I'm old fashioned, and I'm assuming you'll agree

652
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 1: with me, and maybe a lot of the listeners do

653
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 1: and maybe don't. But the way Antonio Brown got out

654
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 1: of Pittsburgh by trash and his head coaches, quarterback, the organization,

655
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:14,800
Speaker 1: quitting on the team the last game, being late to practice,

656
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,239
Speaker 1: and as Mike Tomlin's fault, he enabled him. But I

657
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,880
Speaker 1: don't like that. There's so many people forgiving him that

658
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 1: they don't even mention that. When they talk about Antonio

659
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,280
Speaker 1: Brown being a great receiver, they forget all those headaches.

660
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Speaker 1: And I don't think he can just dismiss it. No,

661
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 1: you can't dismiss it. To me, it shows a bad

662
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,480
Speaker 1: working relationship. He had his reasons, and you know me,

663
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,360
Speaker 1: I think Big Ben has an awful lot to do

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Speaker 1: with this. He's the common denominator there. But put that

665
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: aside for the moment you go to another team and say, well,

666
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 1: look it was like that with them, it'll be different

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00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 1: with you. Oh really, Okay, let's see Because it's the Raiders,

668
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Speaker 1: And based on what I saw between John Cruden and

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Speaker 1: Derek Carr just from Afar, I was a little worried.

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00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:59,560
Speaker 1: I thought that could be a little shaky. And let's

671
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 1: just see what happens this year. Who is going to

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Speaker 1: be the quarterback for the Raiders? Is it gonna be

673
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Speaker 1: Derek Carr? Moving forward? Are they gonna make a move,

674
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Speaker 1: Are they gonna draft somebody? I don't know what they're

675
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 1: gonna do. They have an awful lot of picks. You

676
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,919
Speaker 1: could still have some wheeling and dealing. What's gonna happen

677
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:15,200
Speaker 1: with Teddy Bridgewater? By the way, he's from Miami. He

678
00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 1: was gonna go back to New Orleans. The way they

679
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:23,240
Speaker 1: just redid Drew Brees's contract next year, his cap figures

680
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: over forty million, so they're not gonna keep him around.

681
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 1: They would have to redo it again. But he's shown

682
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,239
Speaker 1: no signs of slowing down. So do you want to

683
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Speaker 1: be a backup behind Drew Brees where you're not gonna play,

684
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 1: or do you want to go Miami where you are

685
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: going to and get good money into your hometown. So

686
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Speaker 1: I can't wait to see. And it's not like Teddy

687
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:45,920
Speaker 1: Bridgewater is a greater or even a real good quarterback.

688
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: It's been a long time since he's played regularly. I

689
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 1: can't make it my franchise guy. But if i'm him

690
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 1: and somebody's offering that a chance, yes, do you want

691
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:58,239
Speaker 1: him over Ryan Tannehill? I think right now, I gotta

692
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 1: take my chances with Buddy, all right. I would keep

693
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:06,359
Speaker 1: both and welcome the competition. And Bridgewater gets it, see

694
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Speaker 1: what you could get. I think I gotta I gotta

695
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 1: get tanne Hill out of town. That's how I feel

696
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: Ryan tanney Hills backup here. Sure. I mean, as long

697
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Speaker 1: as I feel like psychologically he'll fit in culture wise,

698
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 1: as long as I feel that way, I get a

699
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 1: good report on him in that department that he's okay

700
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Speaker 1: with being the backup, like we said, like Bortles might be,

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00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 1: I'm all right with that. I'm fine with that because again,

702
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Speaker 1: a backup who's played a lot of ball, I feel

703
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: good about it. And he's had some good games. Yeah.

704
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 1: Ryan tanney Hill, if you look back, has had some

705
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:39,440
Speaker 1: really good games quarterback to ten and six playoff team,

706
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Speaker 1: And of course it puts him closer to college station.

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00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:44,759
Speaker 1: It does, the Aggies will love it, sell a lot

708
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 1: of Aggie tickets, although there's you know, every game sold out.

709
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: So I don't know what you're gonna do about that

710
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 1: particular situation. Who finishes second in the AFC East based

711
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: on what we know right now? Right now, I'm going

712
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 1: to say, uh, Jets j e t s Jets, Jets Jets.

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00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:08,320
Speaker 1: I briefly mentioned it earlier, Jake Gruden saying quarterback is

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00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,840
Speaker 1: not out of play in the draft. Do they draft

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Speaker 1: a quarterback or is Keenam gonna be the guy? I

716
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,480
Speaker 1: guess the I think they're gonna draft cases the one

717
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:20,800
Speaker 1: a mercenary now, yeah, one, one and done. Alex Smith.

718
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 1: You don't know if he's gonna come back in two years.

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00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,160
Speaker 1: You don't know what condition he'll be in. Yes, he's

720
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 1: got you're paying him a lot of money, but you

721
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,279
Speaker 1: wouldn't have to pay the rookie a lot. So I

722
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 1: think where they're picking at thirteen, they're gonna take a quarterback,

723
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 1: all right, Dak Prescott's dog. No, never mind about that.

724
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 1: What about the Philadelphia Eagles? Are they going to regret

725
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 1: the whole thing with falls they had to do it.

726
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 1: I get it, they had to do this, but does

727
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: it work with them? And Wentz long terming Wentz is

728
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 1: Remember Wentz got hurt in college too, so he's been

729
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 1: hurt a lot. They get The key is Nate Sudfeld

730
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 1: their third quarterback. They said he's ready to move up.

731
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Speaker 1: You hope he never has to play, but can he

732
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,400
Speaker 1: help them win, win and getting the playoffs and win

733
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,040
Speaker 1: a playoff game the way Nick falls did, That'd be

734
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:07,280
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure on him if wins can't stay healthy.

735
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 1: But I think in the NFC East, and I look

736
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Speaker 1: at that division, the Giants and Redskins or at the bottom,

737
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,880
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys and the Eagles would be competing. Remember

738
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,799
Speaker 1: last year when the Texans went to FedEx Field, the

739
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 1: Redskins were six and three and in first place in

740
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 1: the division. They Smith gets injured for the season and

741
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 1: their season goes straight down the toilet. So they were

742
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: pretty good at that point. Wow, San Francisco, John, if

743
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 1: Garoppolo plays the bulk of the season and they don't

744
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: have a winning season, is Shanahan in trouble at that point?

745
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 1: I don't think so. I think unless John Lynch is,

746
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:47,320
Speaker 1: I think they'll show a little more patience because Garoppolo

747
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,760
Speaker 1: missed most of the last season, and everybody loves Kyle,

748
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,720
Speaker 1: so I would think, no matter what happens this season,

749
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:56,880
Speaker 1: he'll be back in two and twenty. You think the

750
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 1: Seahawks will be picked ahead of the forty nine ers

751
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 1: in most of the preseason, Yeah, I thought last year

752
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 1: they'd have a losing record. I thought Pete Carroll did

753
00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: the best coaching job he'd ever done. You know, they

754
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: rebuilt their offensive line, couldn't run early, then they started

755
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 1: running really well. Russell Wilson I think at thirty one

756
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: touchdown passes or thirty seven, somewhere in the thirties. So

757
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,839
Speaker 1: I think, yes, John Schneider has done a really good

758
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 1: job rebuilding that defense. And they got to start thinking

759
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 1: about Russell Wilson a third contract, and it's gonna cost

760
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 1: them a lot of money. All right. I mentioned Dallas briefly,

761
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 1: but give me a little take on what they've done

762
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 1: so far. They haven't done anything of note, and that's

763
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:39,320
Speaker 1: because they got to worry about Ezekiel, Elliott, Amari Cooper,

764
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,799
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott, Byron Jones. They're really good corner They got

765
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: some to take care of, some of their guys coming

766
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: up in the next year, so they they've been very,

767
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:52,479
Speaker 1: very judicious about their money, and I think that's smart. John.

768
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 1: What do you have going out in the Houston Chronicle?

769
00:39:54,280 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 1: Aaron Wilson and I have six mock draft is on

770
00:39:56,719 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: Taxans Sports Nation. I have ranked the AFC South quarterbacks

771
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,719
Speaker 1: on Texas Sports Nation. I'll live a mailbag boasted in

772
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 1: the morning. I live a Sunday column wrap up on

773
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 1: the Texas first week of free agency. Thank you very much. Wait,

774
00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 1: did you check out Astro spring training? I did. I

775
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: went to Astro's last weekend. Spent two games watching the Cardinals,

776
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 1: once at the Astro's ballpark in West Palm, the other

777
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 1: one against the Cardinals in their ballpark and Jupiter, and

778
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 1: I've always encouraged Astro fans to go. I just wish

779
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,720
Speaker 1: it wasn't in the middle of such a busy time

780
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 1: because I'd like to spend like a week over there

781
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 1: going around to different ballparks. But it is a tremendous experience.

782
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 1: We drove from Fort Myers to Orlando, so you had

783
00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:40,480
Speaker 1: drive through all those towns with all the ballparks, and

784
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: we stopped in winter Haven for lunch, and I'm thinking,

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00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 1: this is winter Haven, Florida. I mean I used to

786
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,879
Speaker 1: I used to cover the Detroit Tigers, and I'm looking

787
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 1: at the stadium. I could see it from the restaurant,

788
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 1: and there is a team Niagara I think it was

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Speaker 1: Niagara Community College. Niagara Community College was down there, and

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00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 1: they're all pumped up because they just one. And I'm thinking,

791
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 1: that's so great to see a Northern baseball team on

792
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 1: their spring. Can you imagine how much fun that is.

793
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 1: Get out of the Buffalo area and come down to Florida. Yeah,

794
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,439
Speaker 1: they were using the winter Haven stadium for all these

795
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 1: college teams, hot and cold, running college games for these

796
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 1: Northern teams mostly who just need the action, you know,

797
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,760
Speaker 1: they just need to get outside because it's been snowing

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00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 1: and they're you know, playing on an icy field in

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00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,400
Speaker 1: some cases. I don't know if anyone saw that Central

800
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 1: Michigan viral video. I've done that before. Around the NFL

801
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: league meetings. Spend a week driving around watching astros in

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00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,919
Speaker 1: different done Eden, winter Haven, watching them go to Port

803
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,439
Speaker 1: Saint Lucy. It's a cool time. It is a great

804
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 1: time if you can fight the crowds of the Snowbirds

805
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 1: and also the spring break. It's a very esoteric thing.

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00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 1: One more the Astros better or worse than last year.

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00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:46,760
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be hard to win more games,

808
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,759
Speaker 1: and they're pitching a suspect after the first two as

809
00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:52,879
Speaker 1: an Astro fans starting pitching worries me. So I'm gonna

810
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: say they're not gonna win a one hundred and three games. Well,

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Speaker 1: I'll be him. Ay made part for some of that stuff,

812
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:59,360
Speaker 1: especially JJ watch charity softball game because he pulls a

813
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:02,399
Speaker 1: good crowd there. That's whatever. Well, I think he could

814
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:05,839
Speaker 1: fill it up. Here's my advice to JJ unsolicited. You

815
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 1: get another few out of town celebrities coming in, one

816
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,360
Speaker 1: or two Hollywood people because he could do that trade

817
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 1: appearances right and bringing up Peyton Manning or something. Trade appearances.

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00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,439
Speaker 1: I think you fill up the building one or two

819
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:23,400
Speaker 1: of his country music superstar buddies. It's very full already,

820
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:28,319
Speaker 1: but it could be jam packed, no seats available. I

821
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:29,640
Speaker 1: think he could make it like that. I think he

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00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:31,879
Speaker 1: eventually will. There's no question. John text a lot. Thank

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Speaker 1: you very much. Mark. Well, there's the general John mcclaim

824
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Speaker 1: for our regular Thursday visit. Hey, this on the way out.

825
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,040
Speaker 1: We like to talk about flag football from time to time.

826
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:43,319
Speaker 1: This is a great sport that you need to try. Well,

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00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 1: maybe your kid does, but you could play too. Actually,

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Speaker 1: and I'm in the league down in New Territory of

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Speaker 1: the Sugarland area for Bend County, Texan Flag Football dot Com. Mattcastle,

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Speaker 1: not that Mattcastle, another Mattcastle and his crew do a

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Speaker 1: great job. My kid's been on a team for a while.

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00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,960
Speaker 1: I've been coaching it. My younger kid, my six year old,

833
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,359
Speaker 1: is about to start. And you've guys playing into their

834
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:09,000
Speaker 1: forties and fifties in some cases in this league. Not

835
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:12,400
Speaker 1: against those kids. They have different divisions. Calm down Texan

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Speaker 1: flag Football dot Com for more info on that. With

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Speaker 1: the league starting on March twenty fourth. All right, that's

838
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 1: gonna do it for the show, don't forget about tomorrow

839
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Speaker 1: night show at six. We will have Bradley robyon and

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00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:28,799
Speaker 1: Saturday on television eleven o'clock Saturday Night, ABC thirteen, it's

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Speaker 1: Texans three sixty. I'll be on the program with Drew Doherty.

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Speaker 1: Have a great night everyone, and go Texans.