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Speaker 1: What's going on? Everybody. Welcome in to a Friday night

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Speaker 1: show the Texas All Access from the Hyunday Texans Radio

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Speaker 1: Studio mobile. Addition, Yeah, that's right, John Harris, your host

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Speaker 1: out here in Los Angeles on his way to Las Vegas.

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Speaker 1: So I'm like the Drake song Houston, Atlanta, Vegas, except

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Speaker 1: take the Atlanta out, put the Los Angeles in, and

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Speaker 1: boom you got us, Well, you got me. That's my

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Speaker 1: weekend Houston, La Vegas, coming back hopefully with a w

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Speaker 1: Allegian Stadium for the first time, just to see the

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Speaker 1: whole vibe, just to be out on a strip and

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Speaker 1: kind of see just what a Saturday is like the

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Speaker 1: day before an NFL game, and that's seeing what it's

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Speaker 1: So it's gonna be the fourth different location that we

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Speaker 1: will have played the Raiders in regular season game the

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Speaker 1: last four games twenty fourteen, Oakland, twenty sixteen, Mexico City,

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Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, Houston, and of course twenty twenty two going

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Speaker 1: out to Las Vegas. So we got a lot to

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Speaker 1: do on today's show, Mark obviously is gonna be here

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Speaker 1: with me, and just a little bit, we're gonna hear

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Speaker 1: from Jerry Hughes doing a little Drews dozen. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: have Jerry later. We're gonna have Houston met this minutes.

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Speaker 1: We have got Eddie Pascal who covers the Raiders like

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Speaker 1: no other with dpcity. So we got a lot to do.

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Speaker 1: But it's a Friday show before a game. I think

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Speaker 1: even last week when we did have a game, we

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Speaker 1: had Lovey Smith. Maybe not, but every Sunday that we

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk to Lovey Smith, kick off the show

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Speaker 1: and market a chance to catch up with the head

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Speaker 1: coach your Houston Texans says he gets ready for this

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Speaker 1: trip to Las Vegas, Mark Coach, Before we talk about

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Speaker 1: the game itself, how has practice been coming off the

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Speaker 1: bye preparing for this game against the Raiders the bye week,

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Speaker 1: Mark has gone exactly what we wanted to. You know,

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Speaker 1: last week in and practice Sam and let the guys

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Speaker 1: get away, you know, rechards of batteries, all of that.

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Speaker 1: They were excited to start back. You know, we got

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Speaker 1: a short practice in Monday and wins that we got

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Speaker 1: back on our regular game week routine, three excellent days

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Speaker 1: of practice. Excellent. Well, when you look at the radar offense,

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Speaker 1: I would say which is more important to stop? The

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Speaker 1: passing game with Derek Carr the running game with Jacobs.

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Speaker 1: They're equally important. I'm sure. But let's start with Jacobs here, coach,

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Speaker 1: because he's tough to bring down. Yes, we go into

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Speaker 1: every game, we have to be able to stop the run.

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Speaker 1: We want to be able to stop the run. You

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Speaker 1: can't let it. We know a team eventually will have

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Speaker 1: to pass, but to you know, for them to be

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Speaker 1: able to do both is pretty hard. So we're gonna

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Speaker 1: go in. Jacob is an excellent one of the best

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Speaker 1: the run, so we need to stop it and then

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Speaker 1: we get them in those passing situations come through. What

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Speaker 1: are some of the challenges in facing car and his

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Speaker 1: receiving group in particular, just you know, you have a

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Speaker 1: with that, then when he's throwing to the arguably maybe

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Speaker 1: don't know whether Waller is going to play or not,

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Speaker 1: but this have excellent skill to go along with that

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Speaker 1: running game. Of course it makes it hard with you

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Speaker 1: against this Raider's front what they present to you? It

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Speaker 1: to you know, give Damon an opportunity to just like

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Speaker 1: talking about stopping their run, we need to establish our

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Speaker 1: have to be have to play our best game because

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Speaker 1: we know where we have on the other side. Coach,

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Speaker 1: throughout the course of this season. Yes, they've been pretty

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Speaker 1: consistent on what we've gotten from our special teams throughout

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Speaker 1: and it's just not talk when we talk about, you know,

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Speaker 1: the four phase, our fans really being involved and having

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Speaker 1: the third phase our special teams. You know, sometimes offense

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Speaker 1: play better. So we'll need the special teams are important,

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Speaker 1: and it's not just lip service that we put to it. Well,

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of Texans fans that are making

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Speaker 1: this trip. Coach, what does that do for the players

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Speaker 1: and the coaches when they see some fans in the stands,

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Speaker 1: some home support the road. Does that give you little

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Speaker 1: extra juice? It definitely does. And every time we've gone

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Speaker 1: excited about them showing up for us. Coach, thanks a

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Speaker 1: lot for joining us. Best of luck anytime. Now. One

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Speaker 1: Raiders is defensive end Jerry Hughes. Well, Jerry stopped by

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Speaker 1: with Drew Doherty for a little Drew's dozen. Well, have

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Speaker 1: Jerry football side later. This is Drew dozen side of

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Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes. Right now, Drew Doherty and this is Jerry Hughes.

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Speaker 1: He's a dozen, that's the Houston Texans. He's leading the

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Speaker 1: team with four sacks. He's from here. He's Sureland proud

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Speaker 1: and played his college ball at tcure US squad. Your

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Speaker 1: last year there. But let's talk about this. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: play some jinger. You're doing all right and doing all right? Man,

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Speaker 1: doing great? How are you feeling I'm feeling great. Let's

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Speaker 1: bo You're gonna ask a question. I'll ask a question

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Speaker 1: jinga jena. It's like this game. It's all about strategy.

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Speaker 1: You gotta know which block to grab without teetering it

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Speaker 1: We got a lot of athletes on dese fans. I

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Speaker 1: a scary sight with the football. You green, you've been

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Speaker 1: You've been playing possum on us. We haven't heard about this,

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Speaker 1: right a, right, guys, not us. Okay, what is your

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Speaker 1: most used emoji? Most used emoji? Two hands up. It's

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Speaker 1: just because it's you can't go wrong with it. It

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Speaker 1: I like that. I didn't think about that. Genius, true genius.

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Speaker 1: All right, let me see where can I go? Favorite nickname? Oh,

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Speaker 1: the favorite nickname? I do? I do Man. I grew

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Speaker 1: because I'm a junior. You know, my dad's family is big,

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Speaker 1: I do my switch blade myself. What would your superpower be,

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Speaker 1: Jerry oh Man, This is the easiest question to have.

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Speaker 1: I'm a big X Man Wolverine fan, so that regenerative power,

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Speaker 1: used to say. But it was always making a great

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Speaker 1: That's a great bit of it. And what was the

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Speaker 1: like it taking it back, favorite potato chip flavor, favorite

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Speaker 1: potato chip, Garden sausa. Okay, it's a no. One. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's like it's more so on an Sunship kind of yeah. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: sunship kind of band. It's not like your typical lay

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Speaker 1: so and we eat super healthy. It's so healthy but

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Speaker 1: in college, who doesn't make the late night runs the

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Speaker 1: Texan if you're not hitting Water Burger late night. Let's

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Speaker 1: be honest. So, yeah, what's the late night or what was? Oh,

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Speaker 1: would go with a triple cheeseburger. Okay, chicken ships to

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Speaker 1: wash it down? Yeah, I was gonna say, take me back,

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Speaker 1: take me back to memory lane, right, pow Are you

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Speaker 1: going to keep it health? Because the chicken ships are

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Speaker 1: now if he's out in San Francisco, maybe they use

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Speaker 1: him in a different way. I said this a long

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Speaker 1: time ago. Bout Christian McAffrey. When Christian McCaffrey running back,

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Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey has done, he very easily can go to

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Speaker 1: the slot and become a slot receiver whenever he wants to.

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Speaker 1: So I still think there's more value in Christian McCaffrey

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Speaker 1: there that even if you know what, We're not gonna

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Speaker 1: handle the ball fifteen to seventeen times, but we're gonna

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Speaker 1: hand it to him eight times and then throw it

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Speaker 1: to him another sixty eight. I mean that works too.

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Speaker 1: The forty nine ers to your point. I mean I

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Speaker 1: understood the Trey Lance thing because I'd love Trey Lance.

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Speaker 1: I would have done that. I would have done a

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Speaker 1: similar thing for Trey Lance, anticipating that he was gonna

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Speaker 1: be my guy over Jimmy Garoppolo. I you go all

438
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Speaker 1: in sometimes and sometimes it craps out and it's not

439
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Speaker 1: even your fault. I mean, how can you I mean,

440
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Speaker 1: you got hurt in the first game. I don't know

441
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Speaker 1: what you can you know? I mean, do you do

442
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Speaker 1: you make the deal for Trey Lance even before that?

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Speaker 1: I mean that's a that's a different question for a

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Speaker 1: different day. But they made the deal for Trey Lance.

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Speaker 1: They now made the deal for Christian McCaffrey. To your point,

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Speaker 1: the Rams were the team in the running, which made

447
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Speaker 1: me think, what picks do the Rams have? Yeah? Make

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Speaker 1: that deep, right, what picks could they have made? Well?

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Speaker 1: How about this? The forty nine ers gave up a second,

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Speaker 1: a third, and a fourth this year in the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty three draft, and then I believe a fourth in

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty four draft. That leaves the forty nine

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Speaker 1: ers without a pick until the compensatory portion of the

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Speaker 1: third round. That's amazing, That's amazing. Wild. How is their

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Speaker 1: pre draft hype video gonna go? Remember last year the

456
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Speaker 1: Rams had no picks and they're like, we're gonna steal

457
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Speaker 1: the draft. We're not really participating in the draft, right, long,

458
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Speaker 1: wait till you get a selection, and look, nobody's getting

459
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Speaker 1: any younger in this league. This is going to be

460
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Speaker 1: really interesting to follow to see how it hurts them

461
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Speaker 1: moving forward if their dreams don't come true, especially right Yeah,

462
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Speaker 1: exactly if you have to start rebuilding, reloading, whatever, and listen,

463
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Speaker 1: why am I saying, if Johnny you always have to

464
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Speaker 1: start doing that. I don't know how this Rams thing ends.

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Speaker 1: At least they got a Super Bowl out of it,

466
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Speaker 1: but it might not be pretty coming up in a

467
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Speaker 1: couple of years now. They've delayed. It's kind of like

468
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Speaker 1: they're Alan Greenspan and the Fed. They've delayed the inevitable

469
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Speaker 1: for so long, the hike of interest rates, meaning the

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Speaker 1: decay of free agent signings, and the wear and tear

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Speaker 1: effect it has on their team because a lot of

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Speaker 1: people predicted doom for them two three years ago. Right,

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Speaker 1: but they won the Super Bowl last year. They went

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Speaker 1: all in on Stafford because they kept going, they kept

475
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Speaker 1: on printing money. Oh boy, I love this analogy. But

476
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Speaker 1: will it? Will things come to roost eventually for the

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Speaker 1: Rams and I'm here to follow it. I'm I'm really

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Speaker 1: excited to see how that plays out for them. It's

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Speaker 1: one of those great stories that's going to continue to

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Speaker 1: develop them. Okay, so watch this with the Rams. Aaron

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Speaker 1: Donald retires. Let's say they go nine and eighth this year,

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Speaker 1: because that's what they're on track to do. We're gonna

483
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Speaker 1: try to go on nine and eight. They're not a

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Speaker 1: great football team. They're very average football team this year.

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Speaker 1: Aaron Donald retires. Yeah, at Stafford's elbow doesn't get much better,

486
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Speaker 1: not getting any younger offensive line. They have no way

487
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Speaker 1: to bolster the offensive line because they have the draft picks.

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Speaker 1: That thing's going to cave in a year or two.

489
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Speaker 1: And you watch, Sean McVay is going to be up

490
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Speaker 1: in the broadcasting booth before too long because it's gonna crumble.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna do a Sean Payne thing, like he could

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Speaker 1: see it coming. They made it all in, They made

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Speaker 1: it all in for Christian McCaffrey, and they didn't get him.

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Speaker 1: Now they gotta watch the forty nine ers get him.

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Speaker 1: It's just the forty nine ers will have Jimmy, like

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Speaker 1: you said, play quarterback, and you're like, man, But the

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Speaker 1: West is kind of a crapshoot right now. I mean

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Speaker 1: three three and three and three are the Rams and

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Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers fighting it out the same number

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Speaker 1: of losses the Texans app and they're a top NFC

501
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Speaker 1: West and neither team playing all that well. I can

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Speaker 1: see the forty nine ers with McCaffrey. They have him

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Speaker 1: under contract till twenty twenty five. We know contracts can

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Speaker 1: be can change and edit and adjust and all that

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Speaker 1: kind of stuff, but they've got with McCaffrey still a

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Speaker 1: pretty young Core. I mean McCaffrey is a little of these.

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Speaker 1: Twenty seven. I think twenty six, twenty seven, Debo's young,

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Speaker 1: Nick Bosa's young. Still, Fred Werner's still got years left,

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Speaker 1: so they still have a relatively young team. But they

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Speaker 1: gotta it's gotta be Jimmy Garoppolo. And now on the

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Speaker 1: other side, the Panthers. The Panthers had a first and

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Speaker 1: a second and then didn't have a pick until the

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Speaker 1: fifth round because of the trades for Sam Darnold and

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Speaker 1: for Baker Mayfield. Neither one of those has worked out,

515
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Speaker 1: but they recoup those draft picks. They now have more

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Speaker 1: than likely a top five pick, oh first first round.

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Speaker 1: Then they have two seconds. They now have a third

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Speaker 1: fourth to replace that. Now the Panthers have an opportunity

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Speaker 1: to replenish, and they might not be done. I've heard

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Speaker 1: both sides of the Dj Moore thing. Dj Moore is

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Speaker 1: going to be shopped. DJ Moore is staying he's a

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Speaker 1: foundation piece. I don't know. I think they should keep

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Speaker 1: that defense together and if they got to blow it

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Speaker 1: up offensively, blowed up offensively. But they're an interesting spot.

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Speaker 1: But Scott Fitterer getting a two or three, four and

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Speaker 1: a future four from McCaffrey. Bravo, my man, bravo. Good

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Speaker 1: terrific deal for the Panthers, not going anywhere. You have

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Speaker 1: an asset that you just can't afford. It's it's a

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Speaker 1: luxury you can't afford. Go ahead and move it. And

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Speaker 1: I think this gets their fans excited about the future

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Speaker 1: new head coach picks to work with. A terrific deal

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Speaker 1: for the Panthers, outstanding and good for them that they

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Speaker 1: had a market to work with with teams competing against

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Speaker 1: each other for the services of McCaffrey. Now you brought

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Speaker 1: up the mcveig thing, and I'm wondering how the free

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Speaker 1: contract is with Amazon ten million dollars a year. They're

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Speaker 1: going to back up the brinks to day. Oh, it's

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Speaker 1: gonna happen. It's gonna happen very very soon. Appreciate Mark

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Speaker 1: for stopping by. Now it's time for some keys to

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Speaker 1: the game. I got you next right here, Texans All

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Speaker 1: Access Wing back to Friday editions of Texans All Access

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Speaker 1: from the Hunday Texans Radio Studio Mobile edition. John Harris here,

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Speaker 1: Glad to be with you from the West Coast, getting

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Speaker 1: ready for this game against the Raiders. And before we

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Speaker 1: get into our Keys to the Game, I want to

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Speaker 1: acknowledge the fact that we got a lot of fans

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Speaker 1: Houston and love the Texans, and well I'm one of

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Speaker 1: those as well. As we get ready to take on

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Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Raiders every single Friday, I sit down

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Speaker 1: and I give you my Keys to the game. Now.

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Speaker 1: I do this within my article Know Your Foe, And

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00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,879
Speaker 1: it's always a fun article put together because it just

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Speaker 1: helps to be prepared for Sundays, so it's kind of homework,

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Speaker 1: and yet it gives me an opportunity to talk about

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Speaker 1: this game ahead of time and really dive in. I

567
00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:36,880
Speaker 1: always said that Friday is the show that we dive

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Speaker 1: really head first into this matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Speaker 1: And Man, I'm telling you, I am fighting saying Oakland.

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Speaker 1: I'm fighting it. So I gotta keep saying Las Vegas,

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Speaker 1: Las Vegas, Vegas. Baby, Jack Pott, gotta just go that way. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So give me my music. My music is right there.

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Speaker 1: Let's get into these keys of the game. Let's talk

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Speaker 1: about this Raiders offense. It's Raiders offense is led by

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Speaker 1: Derek Cars. Then there's just twenty fourteen. We have faced

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Speaker 1: him each of those years. Beat him in fourteen in

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Speaker 1: the playoff game. We did not beat him in the

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Speaker 1: regular season game Mexico City. He beat us in twenty nineteen,

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Speaker 1: we beat him in twenty twenty two. Hopefully we continue

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Speaker 1: the streak of beating Derek Carr. Josh Jacobs has been fantastic.

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Speaker 1: We're talking about both of those guys. And just a

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Speaker 1: second about the Adams was traded to the Raiders in

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Speaker 1: the off season by the Packers. Thanks Packers. We really

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Speaker 1: needed that, and he's been what they expected. The results

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00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 1: have not been what they expected. Now the offensive line,

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00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,760
Speaker 1: that's a little different issue. They're averaging one hundred twenty

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Speaker 1: one yards per game on the ground, that's fourteenth in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, passing at about two forty that's eleventh in

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Speaker 1: the league. And overall they're generating about three hundred and

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Speaker 1: sixty one yards per game. That's tenth in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: They have five turnovers. Five turnovers through five games, so

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Speaker 1: one a game we need to take away. They're average

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Speaker 1: and won a game, so let's go get one, if

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00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:58,719
Speaker 1: not more against the Raiders. Now, keys to stopping the Raiders.

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Speaker 1: I got a little alliteration, and here jolt Josh. Now

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Speaker 1: Josh is Josh Jacobs running back for the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Speaker 1: And I have talked about Josh Jacobs and people will

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Speaker 1: ask me, well, you know, I haven't seen Josh Jacobs

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Speaker 1: or I saw him few years ago. What like, give

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Speaker 1: me a comparison. Well, look on the Texan sideline, look

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Speaker 1: at number thirty one, look at Damian Pierce, and you

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00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 1: have a pretty good idea. Now, the running styles are

603
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: little little different. I think Damien is a little shiftier

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Speaker 1: getting from one gap to the other. He sees something.

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Speaker 1: I think his visions a little better. But Jacobs is

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Speaker 1: a big hammer to stop Josh Jacobs. And it's interesting

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Speaker 1: because I this, I wrote, I Know your Foe, and

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Speaker 1: then I was watching more of the Raiders today and

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Speaker 1: I noticed something as I was watching him. But one

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Speaker 1: of the things I said, and know your phoe talking

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Speaker 1: about these keys in the game. He is a downhill

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Speaker 1: guy now. He is more agile than I guy like

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Speaker 1: Leonard Fournee Leonard Furnande is just a big tank that

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Speaker 1: goes downhill. And if you can slow the tank down

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Speaker 1: and he's got to pick a different gap, Fournette's done well.

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Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs is similar. If you take away his initial

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Speaker 1: gap and he's got to slow down the line of scrimmage,

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Speaker 1: you've got a really good shot of slowing him down.

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Speaker 1: The Broncos did at a few times, especially early in

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Speaker 1: the game, where they cut off his initial path. He

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Speaker 1: had to stop breakdown and find a different hole. That's

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Speaker 1: where he and Damian are different. Damian can find that

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Speaker 1: other hole pretty quickly. Sometimes Damian gets a little too

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Speaker 1: anxious to find that Jacobs is a little slower to

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Speaker 1: find that, but God's on the second and third level.

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Speaker 1: They got to come up and tackle Josh Jacobs. It

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Speaker 1: gets ugly, but the Texans must must stop Josh Jacobs

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Speaker 1: or it's going to be a disaster of an afternoon

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Speaker 1: out in Las Vegas. They have to stop him. They

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Speaker 1: have to make this offense one dimensional. Why well, they

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Speaker 1: also have to deny Davante Adams. Now, one on one

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Speaker 1: situation to get Davanta Adams are not a good way

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Speaker 1: of living. You're not living right if you're one on

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Speaker 1: one all day long with Davante Adams, just one guy

635
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 1: on Davante, you can't. But here's the problem. If you

636
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 1: let Jacobs get going, then the front seven has got

637
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: a really buy in and at that point you might

638
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 1: get Jao and Petrie having to buy in to stop

639
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs. That does then leave one on one coverage

640
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 1: against Davante Adams, and that's not good. The front seven

641
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 1: has to really take care of the business against the run,

642
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 1: leaving Jayo and Petrie to help on DeVante wherever he is.

643
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 1: And I don't know, it would feel like size matchup

644
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. It would lean Derek Stingley

645
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 1: go one on one with Davante. Now, the Raiders will

646
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: move him around and do some different things to try

647
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: and get some coverage declarations. Okay, Devantes is in the

648
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 1: slot and that's where Stingley is. He didn't normally play there.

649
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: We gotta feel on that's man coverage. So there might

650
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: be some things that they give away with that, and

651
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 1: the Raiders will try to figure that out. But if

652
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,480
Speaker 1: they're gonna go one on one, it's gonna be sting

653
00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: But he's got to have a little bit of help

654
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,280
Speaker 1: to have somewhat of a successful day against Devanta Adams.

655
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 1: Patrick Surtan did a really nice job, but even then,

656
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,360
Speaker 1: DeVante was able to get a couple of back shoulder

657
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 1: fades on him. Derek Carr's really good at throwing, though,

658
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:17,120
Speaker 1: So you've got to essentially separate the responsibility for stopping

659
00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 1: the Raiders in front. Seven's got to stop Josh Jacobs.

660
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,800
Speaker 1: Secondary's really got to focus on slowing down DeVante Adams.

661
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,320
Speaker 1: And I know that sounds simple and it's definitely not easy,

662
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 1: but they are intertwined. If Jacobs gets going, now the

663
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:34,000
Speaker 1: secondary is effective because they've got to help on Jacobs

664
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 1: and now DeVante can get going. If DeVante gets going,

665
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,720
Speaker 1: now the secondary is going to vote to him, and

666
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 1: then the run game maybe gets going. So those two

667
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 1: units almost have to play. I would say two separate games,

668
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 1: but that's almost what they're doing, where they come together

669
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 1: as the last keep that's chasing car. Derek Carr is

670
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: a really good athlete. You see him run with the football.

671
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,080
Speaker 1: You could tell that guy's got speed, he's got a

672
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 1: jilly I mean, he's got capability as a quarterback. But

673
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: he doesn't love to scramble. He only does it when

674
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 1: he has to. And he'll pick up a scramble on Sunday,

675
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 1: I promise you where it's third and seven and he'll

676
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 1: get out of the pocket and he'll end up scrambled

677
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 1: for first down. It's not what he loves to do,

678
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: but he'll do it. But getting pressure on him is

679
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 1: of the utmost. I've said this earlier talking to Mark,

680
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: but the average and half a sack of game for

681
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 1: the last two games he won sack of two games

682
00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: before that, they were three plus in a game. They

683
00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 1: got to get back to that number. They really didn't

684
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 1: pressure Trevor Lawrence with blitz. They didn't bring five a lot.

685
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 1: They didn't do a lot, but Lovey has shown at

686
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 1: different times with quarterbacks that I'll be in the pocket,

687
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 1: like Justin Herbert. They'll bring some blitz and maybe that

688
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 1: helps the pass rush. Maybe that opens things up. Now,

689
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 1: once Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars became one dimensional having

690
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 1: to come from behind. The running game had been slow

691
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:53,520
Speaker 1: down in the second half, then that pass rush really

692
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 1: got there and frustrated him. They get sacks, but they

693
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: really frustrated and made a move off the spot, batted

694
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: down a pass or two, and then on the hill,

695
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,239
Speaker 1: Mary had him moving so much that he couldn't even

696
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 1: get the ball twenty five yards down field. So the

697
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: past rows had moments. The past rows has to be

698
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,439
Speaker 1: dominant against this group. Colt Miller left tackles very very good,

699
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 1: but other guys across the front. I think those Texans

700
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:15,920
Speaker 1: front guys can go ahead and win those matchups, and

701
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 1: that's going to be paramount winning your one on one

702
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 1: matchups against that group, such that you can chase car

703
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,680
Speaker 1: all over the field and maybe he'll throw you one,

704
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 1: maybe he'll make a mistake, or at least the offense

705
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 1: is discombobulated because he's got to move and it's off rhythm,

706
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:34,560
Speaker 1: and that might be the best thing that comes out

707
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 1: of that. All right, slip it over and face the

708
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:39,279
Speaker 1: Raiders defense. It's the Raiders defense sets giving up one

709
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 1: hundred and three yards per game on the ground. That's

710
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:43,880
Speaker 1: fifth in the NFL. Keep in mind the Jags were

711
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 1: giving up less than a hundred, which I think was

712
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:50,120
Speaker 1: fourth in the NFL, and Damian Pierce had ninety nine

713
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 1: yards against him. He went over one hundred and lost

714
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,439
Speaker 1: a few as they were trying a round the clock,

715
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 1: but he had a hundred yard game against him, So

716
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:58,280
Speaker 1: not scared by that. But here's a number two. Fifty

717
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 1: six yards per game through the air they allow, that's

718
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:05,360
Speaker 1: twenty fourth, and they lost the starting corner in Nate Hobbs.

719
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 1: They give up about three sixty per game, that's twenty

720
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 1: second in the league. And they only have three turnovers

721
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: generated two interceptions in the fumble. Their minds too overall

722
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 1: in turnover margin. The guy for them well is the

723
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 1: first key, and the first key. I asked the question

724
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:26,319
Speaker 1: the best Max Crosby plays defensive end. Everybody knows Chandler Jones.

725
00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:28,640
Speaker 1: I don't know that there are a lot of Raiders

726
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,440
Speaker 1: names defensively that you go, oh, yeah, that guy, that guy.

727
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 1: I don't know if they have a bunch of those guys,

728
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 1: but they have this guy. They have Max Crosby, and

729
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:40,919
Speaker 1: he is an absolute dude. He has six sacks thus

730
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:45,720
Speaker 1: far through five games. The Raiders have eight as a team.

731
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 1: He has seventy five percent of the Raiders sacks. Monday

732
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 1: night against his former Eastern Michigan teammate Andrew Wiley, he

733
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: just spun Wiley around all game. They try to chip

734
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,320
Speaker 1: on him. He beat Wiley inside. They went one on

735
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 1: one and Crosby beat him with power. Then he went

736
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 1: one on one. Crosby beat him with a deac and

737
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: a rip underneath on the outside. Crosby is the absolute

738
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:13,800
Speaker 1: real deal. Now the Texans have a true positive on

739
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 1: this offense. It's those two tackles. It's larimy tonsil and

740
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 1: it's tight as Howard. That said, they still may need

741
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:24,759
Speaker 1: some help with Crosby because Crosby can absolutely wreck the game.

742
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 1: I think he is one of the three best edge

743
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 1: rushers in the league, and they really cannot allow him

744
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 1: to wreck the game. Is he the best man? That's

745
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 1: left up to interpretation in some sense. I think he's

746
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 1: very close, and I think with his twitch, his length,

747
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:42,480
Speaker 1: his power, his relentless nature getting into the quarterback, the

748
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:44,839
Speaker 1: only way Davis Mills is going to be throwing from

749
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 1: a stand up position is if ninety eight gets blocked

750
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:49,880
Speaker 1: all day now. I want to go back to that

751
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 1: number I talked about for a second key two fifty six.

752
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,440
Speaker 1: That's how many yards per game the secondary for the

753
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 1: Raiders is giving up, and they're without an eight Hobbs.

754
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 1: I think there's an opportunity to hear from the Texans

755
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: to win matchups all day A. Meek Robertson's a very

756
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,919
Speaker 1: good player. He's only five eight. On the other side,

757
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:10,799
Speaker 1: you got Rock you've seen who really hasn't played well

758
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: since he's got into the NFL. He's six foot. So

759
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:15,879
Speaker 1: how the Raiders plan to match up one of those

760
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,400
Speaker 1: two on Nico Collins is something to keep an eye on.

761
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,240
Speaker 1: I would imagine they'll go with you seen against Nico,

762
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 1: but he's given up four inches. That's got to be

763
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: something they could take advantage of. Against the Jags, Tyson

764
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 1: Campbell's six three, that's only given up an inch and

765
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 1: Nico still went over him and lost him for a

766
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,560
Speaker 1: big catch on third down in that game. So I

767
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 1: would imagine how the Raiders match up, especially in man coverage,

768
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: and how they're gonna do that. It's gonna be very interesting.

769
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 1: But I think the Texans can throw the ball on

770
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 1: them and last, it's certainly not at least they got

771
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 1: to be able to throw the ball, and hopefully it

772
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,239
Speaker 1: doesn't come to that. Hopefully they got third and twos

773
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 1: and third and threes they convert. But I put this third.

774
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 1: It's not last. It actually could be first, But I

775
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,319
Speaker 1: want to give the Raiders because it's no your vote.

776
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: The fote is obviously the Raiders. But converting on third down,

777
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 1: the importance can verting on third down can made one

778
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 1: maybe two. You change percentage points from what the Texas

779
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,319
Speaker 1: were twenty five percent to thirty nine percent in one game,

780
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,719
Speaker 1: and you see what happens now. It really was kind

781
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: of the tale of two games. Really from third down

782
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 1: conversion standpoint, the Texans were zero point zero percent. They

783
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 1: were Bluetarski in the first half on third down conversions.

784
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: In second half they were sixty percent conversion percentage. I

785
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: think it's like fifty five percent. They were five. I

786
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 1: think it's five for eight and they had three key

787
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: ones on a touchdown drive. There's no secret. You convert

788
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 1: on third down, you got an opportunity to win a

789
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,320
Speaker 1: football game. And that's what the Texans has got to

790
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,839
Speaker 1: be able to do third down conversions for this team.

791
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,400
Speaker 1: Sometimes it doesn't correlate. Sometimes teams are converting third downs,

792
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 1: but they're setting for field goals in the red zone

793
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:52,719
Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. This is not that team.

794
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:54,680
Speaker 1: When this team convert on third down, they go, they

795
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:56,759
Speaker 1: go down to get big points. I don't know why

796
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:58,239
Speaker 1: it's that way, it's just that way with this team.

797
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,800
Speaker 1: So let's make some third downs. Let's get that percentage

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00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,800
Speaker 1: up to forty forty five percent consistently, and let's do

799
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:05,839
Speaker 1: it from the outset. Let's don't have to wait till

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00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,080
Speaker 1: the second half to start making some third downs. And yes,

801
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:13,239
Speaker 1: we'll take gifts like Trayvon Walker gated Texans. I'd rather

802
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 1: not have to do that. Let's convert those things, and

803
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 1: if you get third and ones, let's make those things.

804
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,839
Speaker 1: Let's make third and one. Let's make third and threes.

805
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:22,640
Speaker 1: Let's make third and sevens. Now you get the third

806
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:24,839
Speaker 1: and twelve, third and fifteen, I understand not getting those,

807
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,719
Speaker 1: but third and six third and seven third and two

808
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 1: third on those are those are what the Texans have

809
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: faced a lot of this year and have not gotten them.

810
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 1: When they've gotten them, they've been successful putting big points

811
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:36,880
Speaker 1: up on the board and that's what they need to

812
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:40,279
Speaker 1: do against the Raiders on Sunday. All right, those are

813
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:41,799
Speaker 1: your keys to the game coming up. Let's go around

814
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:45,880
Speaker 1: the NFL hit a few news items, including recapping what

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00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: market I talked about the Christian McCaffrey trade to the

816
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 1: forty Niners. That's next right here on Texans All Access. Well,

817
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,759
Speaker 1: it wasn't quite a Friday news dump, but it was

818
00:39:57,800 --> 00:39:59,759
Speaker 1: pretty darn close. In fact, maybe on the East coast

819
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Speaker 1: was by that time, because late Thursday evening it happened

820
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Speaker 1: a trade. Welcome back to Texans All Access. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: John Harris Football on a sideline reporter, and there was

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Speaker 1: not a Texans trade, but there was a trade, a

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00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 1: big one involving a name. A lot of people know

824
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 1: because they played fantasy they may have had Christian McCaffrey

825
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 1: on their team in twenty nineteen or twenty eighteen one

826
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Speaker 1: league and they could give a huge thanks to Christian McCaffrey, Well,

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Speaker 1: he is now a forty niner. He goes over to

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Speaker 1: San Francisco. He played his college ball at Stanford. He's

829
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:32,920
Speaker 1: from state of Colorado, so he goes back to the

830
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Speaker 1: West coast, and in turn, the Panthers get a second,

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Speaker 1: a third, and a fourth in twenty twenty three and

832
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Speaker 1: a fourth in twenty twenty four. I said earlier with Mark,

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00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,359
Speaker 1: I felt like this is a good deal on both sides. Yes,

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Speaker 1: the forty nine is kind of going all in if

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Speaker 1: you will. I don't know. Some will look at it

836
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:53,160
Speaker 1: and think, well, they're going all in with a quarterback

837
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 1: that is you know, he's not the highest model of

838
00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:00,799
Speaker 1: car if you will, that's Jimmy Garoppolo. But he's been there,

839
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: he's been to the super Bowl, and maybe this helps Garoppolo.

840
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:04,680
Speaker 1: Maybe this helps the whole team. That's a three and

841
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 1: three football team, and the whole NFC West is not great.

842
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: Right now, they're two three and three teams, I think

843
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,560
Speaker 1: maybe three now. The Cardinals are three and four, I believe,

844
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:18,279
Speaker 1: so that division is there for the taking, and maybe

845
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 1: as McCaffrey gets more comfortable, they get into playoffs and

846
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: they can do what they did last year, but they'll

847
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:24,840
Speaker 1: get a little bit more either running back position potentially,

848
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:27,440
Speaker 1: So we'll see how that turns out for the Panthers.

849
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:29,759
Speaker 1: I think it was it was a must due there.

850
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 1: They had to replenish. They'd given up so many picks

851
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:36,280
Speaker 1: or Sam Darnld Baker Mayfield and gotten really nothing in return.

852
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:39,800
Speaker 1: So now they get something in return for McCaffrey. I

853
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:42,280
Speaker 1: think if you're the Panthers, you keep that defense together

854
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 1: and you go get some offensive pieces. We'll see what

855
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,360
Speaker 1: happens to DJ more. Robbie Anderson got traded to the

856
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:51,600
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals, got McCaffrey. Now we'll see what happens with

857
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:53,880
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield going forward. But they got

858
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 1: to reset the whole thing offensively, but defensively, they got

859
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: some dudes. They gotta just really leave that alone and

860
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 1: continue to bolster it. The offense needs a complete renovation,

861
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:06,880
Speaker 1: and it started last night with Christian McCaffrey. All right,

862
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 1: that's really your biggest around the NFL piece of news.

863
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,799
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals gotta win on Thursday night, scored forty two

864
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 1: points in the process. Couple Andy Dalton picks. Really the

865
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:18,840
Speaker 1: difference in that one, But that was about it. The

866
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,440
Speaker 1: big news, at least from our side of things. Texans

867
00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:24,760
Speaker 1: taken on the Raiders on Sunday. Eddie Pascal, who covers

868
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:27,080
Speaker 1: the Raiders, will sit down with Deep City next on

869
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:29,880
Speaker 1: Texans All Access. We got one hour and down, one

870
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 1: hour left to go. Right here on a Friday issue

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Speaker 1: of Texans All Access. I'm your host, John Harris, Football

872
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 1: on a sidelode reporter, so glad to be with you

873
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:40,759
Speaker 1: from the West Coast. Took a little early trip out

874
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:42,239
Speaker 1: here to the West Coast to get ready for this

875
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:45,840
Speaker 1: game against the Las Vegas Raiders. And the guy that

876
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,320
Speaker 1: is out here on the West Coast, it covers the Raiders.

877
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:51,800
Speaker 1: It's kind enough to allow dpcity to go behind enemy sidelines,

878
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:54,600
Speaker 1: and that's Eddie Pascal, who covers the Raiders and does

879
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 1: a great job at Raiders dot Com. Here is Deep's

880
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:02,240
Speaker 1: conversation with insider Eddie Pascal for the Las Vegas Raiders.

881
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: We're going behind enemy sidelines with Eddie Pascal, team reporter

882
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 1: for the Las Vegas Raiders. Eddie, both of these teams

883
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 1: coming off a bye. How's the week been so hard

884
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 1: for the Raiders as they try to reset and get

885
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,279
Speaker 1: back on a winning streak, much like the Texans. Yeah,

886
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:18,280
Speaker 1: I mean, first off, it's great to see you again.

887
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:20,320
Speaker 1: I know that we're doing the audio only world, but

888
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:21,880
Speaker 1: it's great to see you via the zoom again. But

889
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,319
Speaker 1: we were talking about this earlier today where it's kind

890
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 1: of interesting. You don't see two teams coming off the

891
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 1: bye at the same time then playing each other the

892
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,319
Speaker 1: following week. So, like you said, the Texans coming off

893
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,080
Speaker 1: to buy, the Raiders coming off to buy. I'm a

894
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,720
Speaker 1: firm believer and I'm sure you are too. And whenever

895
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 1: the bye comes, it comes at the absolutely perfect time.

896
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 1: Whether it's week six, whether it's week eighteen, whatever it is, right,

897
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,239
Speaker 1: it always comes at the perfect time, and I think

898
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 1: for the Raiders it came at the perfect time. As

899
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 1: we sit here at one and four, a bit of

900
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 1: a surprising start. I think it's fair to say for

901
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:53,719
Speaker 1: the Silver and Black in twenty twenty two, but optimism

902
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:55,880
Speaker 1: is high still. I think that that coach Josh McDaniels

903
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:58,720
Speaker 1: has done a fantastic job of staying really even keel

904
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 1: preaching the message, and he talks about the marathon a lot,

905
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 1: and so yeah, I think obviously everyone here in this

906
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:05,440
Speaker 1: building set, you get back to get back to work,

907
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 1: and then play a football game again on Sunday. I mean,

908
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:09,759
Speaker 1: I disagree. I think Week six is really early. I

909
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:12,400
Speaker 1: wasn't even that tired yet. But see, I'm going to

910
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 1: talk to you Eddie, like come week like fifteen and

911
00:44:15,160 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 1: ask if you still wanted a week six by But

912
00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:18,920
Speaker 1: I digress. I want to ask about the one in

913
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:22,120
Speaker 1: four record, because it's all four losses for the Raiders

914
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:25,360
Speaker 1: have been by one score. Obviously we saw the Kansas

915
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,239
Speaker 1: City game. They've put up the numbers offensively. But what

916
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:29,840
Speaker 1: do you think has been the biggest issues for the

917
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 1: Raiders through these first five games? Man? I mean, you know,

918
00:44:32,760 --> 00:44:34,320
Speaker 1: we were talking about a lot last week and I

919
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 1: think obviously coming into this week a little bit too,

920
00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:37,400
Speaker 1: and we were like, well, how would you kind of

921
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:40,799
Speaker 1: describe this start for the Raiders in twenty twenty two,

922
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:42,799
Speaker 1: understanding we're only five games into it. But I think

923
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:44,520
Speaker 1: the perfect the word that keep coming to mind, or

924
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:47,120
Speaker 1: that kept coming to mind was was just surprising. A

925
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:49,040
Speaker 1: surprising start one in the sense that the team was

926
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:50,880
Speaker 1: one and four. I think this is a team that

927
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:52,880
Speaker 1: came in with a lot of expectations and you and

928
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: I both know that expectations really mean nothing in the

929
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 1: NFL where should they. But I think the other part

930
00:44:57,680 --> 00:44:59,439
Speaker 1: of it two is that it was just surprising how

931
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:02,440
Speaker 1: close all these games have been in the early going

932
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:05,319
Speaker 1: for the Raiders. Uh, you know, every single game they've played,

933
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:06,920
Speaker 1: like you said, a one position game, a game that

934
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,040
Speaker 1: could have gone either way, a game that comes down

935
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 1: to one play here, one play there. And you're talking

936
00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 1: about a completely different record in the early goings for

937
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:16,400
Speaker 1: the Raiders. And and it's just been, uh, you know,

938
00:45:16,520 --> 00:45:18,360
Speaker 1: just been an interesting start to the year. I mean,

939
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,120
Speaker 1: I think one thing that is really clear, the talent

940
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 1: is there for the twenty twenty two Raiders. There's no

941
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 1: doubt about that. To your point, the team has had

942
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 1: no issue putting up points. I think when they've got

943
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,560
Speaker 1: down into the red zone, that's where things have gotten

944
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:32,840
Speaker 1: a little funky at times. But between the twenties, the

945
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:35,239
Speaker 1: Raiders have done a fantastic job moving the ball. I

946
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:37,319
Speaker 1: think obviously you want to turn a lot of those

947
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,520
Speaker 1: field goals into touchdowns is something that over the past

948
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: couple of years has really kind of playued this team.

949
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 1: But I think, like I said, even at one and four,

950
00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:45,200
Speaker 1: I think optimism is high. I think that there's still

951
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:48,359
Speaker 1: a great sense of belief in that locker room, and like, hey,

952
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:50,120
Speaker 1: we obviously didn't have the type of start that we

953
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:51,920
Speaker 1: wanted to, but like you just said, there is a

954
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 1: lot of football to play with after this early by week,

955
00:45:54,640 --> 00:45:56,800
Speaker 1: I want to ask you about Davontae Adams because that

956
00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 1: was the blockbuster signing this off season, and you know,

957
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:03,360
Speaker 1: the Raiders obviously get a bit of good news that

958
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:05,719
Speaker 1: he looks like he won't be suspended for this week

959
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:08,120
Speaker 1: sixth game, which is kind of what we thought things

960
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: were aheaded when a police report was filed against and

961
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:13,040
Speaker 1: we saw obviously what happened with him pushing him a

962
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:14,759
Speaker 1: photographer at the end of the Kansas City game. But

963
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:17,840
Speaker 1: how would you assess just what he's meant to this offense.

964
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:20,680
Speaker 1: I know things haven't gone the way that maybe he

965
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 1: or Derek carrve wanted them to go, but just as

966
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:25,200
Speaker 1: far as it's fit in this offense and how much

967
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:27,920
Speaker 1: they've been able to rely on a weapon like him,

968
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:29,880
Speaker 1: and what it means that he will be there for

969
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,920
Speaker 1: this game, I mean, this dude's good, right. I think that,

970
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 1: like to put it, really really simply like, he is

971
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,759
Speaker 1: an incredible football player, and I think for us it's

972
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:39,520
Speaker 1: been a lot of fun since he got here, and obviously,

973
00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:41,200
Speaker 1: you know through training camp in the early start of

974
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:44,040
Speaker 1: the season, you watch him in practice, you watch him

975
00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:45,799
Speaker 1: in a game, and you're like, yo, like this guy

976
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 1: is very much the real deal. And you know, you know,

977
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:50,719
Speaker 1: people outside of us can rank, you know, say where

978
00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:52,879
Speaker 1: he ranks. He's the top top receiver, the top two,

979
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:56,160
Speaker 1: top three, whatever. He's an incredible football player. You look

980
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:58,120
Speaker 1: at his resume. He has done some incredible things in

981
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,279
Speaker 1: this league, and he's meant a lot to this Raiders

982
00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:02,120
Speaker 1: offense in the early goings of twenty twenty two. And

983
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:04,200
Speaker 1: there's no surprise there, I think from the fan base

984
00:47:04,239 --> 00:47:06,640
Speaker 1: and anyone in this building. I mean, you see what

985
00:47:06,760 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 1: he's done, like I said, historically, and what he can

986
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:11,360
Speaker 1: mean to this offense going forward. He's a stud I

987
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:14,040
Speaker 1: think that. You know, at this point, I think we're

988
00:47:14,080 --> 00:47:16,080
Speaker 1: starting to see really over the past two weeks, him

989
00:47:16,120 --> 00:47:18,799
Speaker 1: and Derek Carr getting a little more comfortable with each other,

990
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:20,840
Speaker 1: and both of them, to their credit, have said, you know,

991
00:47:20,960 --> 00:47:23,320
Speaker 1: since Jump Street, since Davante got here, Yeah, like we

992
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,799
Speaker 1: played a lot of football and together in college. Like, yes,

993
00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:27,520
Speaker 1: we're super tight off the field, but it's going to

994
00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:30,279
Speaker 1: take a little bit of time for to adjust to

995
00:47:30,360 --> 00:47:32,600
Speaker 1: playing in the NFL together. So I really think, like

996
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 1: I said, over the past couple of weeks, we've kind

997
00:47:34,239 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 1: of seen that maturation of that relationship on the field

998
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:39,839
Speaker 1: that feels like they're turning a corner. And I mean,

999
00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:41,400
Speaker 1: simply put, Davante is one of the best of what

1000
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:44,160
Speaker 1: he does in the NFL, and any team that he's on,

1001
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,520
Speaker 1: any offense that he's on, is a lot better. All right.

1002
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:48,680
Speaker 1: Derek Carr entering year nine, he was signed to a

1003
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,640
Speaker 1: contract extension this offseason. What have you thought about him

1004
00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:54,840
Speaker 1: so far? Eight touchdowns but four interceptions. How much of

1005
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 1: a concern are their turnovers for him? And what's his

1006
00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:00,920
Speaker 1: transition been like under Josh McDaniel. Yeah, I think, like

1007
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:03,000
Speaker 1: I said, Derek, you know, Derek, to his credit, is

1008
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:07,719
Speaker 1: always incredibly candid and incredibly you know, truthful, and you know, well,

1009
00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:09,800
Speaker 1: you know, outspoken about you know, kind of where he

1010
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:11,920
Speaker 1: is with everything. And and he said, look like it's

1011
00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:14,120
Speaker 1: going to take a while to get Josh's offense and said,

1012
00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:16,560
Speaker 1: incredibly complex offense. Josh mc daniels is the same, the

1013
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 1: same thing. But I really think that you look at

1014
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 1: what Derek has done, what Derek has meant for this team,

1015
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 1: this organization, for pat you know, the past nearly a decade.

1016
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:25,600
Speaker 1: One thing that is constant with Derek is it feels

1017
00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:27,920
Speaker 1: like whatever is thrown at him on the field, off

1018
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,320
Speaker 1: the field, good bad, somewhere in between. Like he's a

1019
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:31,839
Speaker 1: guy who's going to stay right here in the middle.

1020
00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:34,319
Speaker 1: He's a guy that's going to captain this offense, get

1021
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:35,879
Speaker 1: them up and down the field, and get them where

1022
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:37,440
Speaker 1: they need to go. Now, we were talking about some

1023
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:39,840
Speaker 1: of the red zone I don't want to say issues,

1024
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:41,960
Speaker 1: but some of the red zone shortcomings we've had in

1025
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:44,040
Speaker 1: the early going. And I think him and him and

1026
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:45,480
Speaker 1: Josh mc daniels be the first to say, like we

1027
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 1: have to be better in the red zone. There hasn't

1028
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:49,239
Speaker 1: really been much of an issue, like I said, moving

1029
00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:51,120
Speaker 1: the ball between the twenties, and he has a lot

1030
00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 1: of fantastic weapons. Josh Jacobs is playing out of his

1031
00:48:53,719 --> 00:48:56,000
Speaker 1: mind right now, which I think helps everything on the

1032
00:48:56,080 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 1: offensive side of the football. But I think that you know,

1033
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:00,640
Speaker 1: Derek is just getting more come and like I said,

1034
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:02,640
Speaker 1: that relationship with him and Davante on the field, the

1035
00:49:02,719 --> 00:49:05,200
Speaker 1: understanding of hey, yeah, we balled at at Fresno State

1036
00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:07,000
Speaker 1: and we did some awesome things a decade ago, like

1037
00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:09,279
Speaker 1: this is different now. And I think that you see

1038
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:11,279
Speaker 1: Derek getting more comfortable with Davante, and I also think

1039
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,359
Speaker 1: you see Derek getting a lot more comfortable with Josh

1040
00:49:13,400 --> 00:49:15,479
Speaker 1: McDaniels asking him to do All right, let's talk about

1041
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:17,680
Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels, because he takes over his head coach, and

1042
00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:19,439
Speaker 1: you and I both know when there's new head coach

1043
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:21,719
Speaker 1: in charge, they sort of put their own stamp on

1044
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:24,640
Speaker 1: the team and bring their own personality into the locker room.

1045
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:26,800
Speaker 1: How would you sort of describe what that's like with

1046
00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:29,719
Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels in charge. Yeah, I think the two things

1047
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:31,600
Speaker 1: that really come to mind when you talk about Josh

1048
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:33,520
Speaker 1: is and I think Dave Zugger you can kind of

1049
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:35,719
Speaker 1: lump into this conversation as well as the new general

1050
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 1: manager of the Las Vegas Raiders. I think attention to detail.

1051
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:41,080
Speaker 1: The end. It's I know it's such a cliche in

1052
00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:43,560
Speaker 1: the NFL, but I think we've really seen since they

1053
00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:45,919
Speaker 1: got here now, gosh, call it nine months ago, whatever.

1054
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:48,640
Speaker 1: It's been a really you know, top to bottom organizationally

1055
00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:52,799
Speaker 1: attention to the little things, the understanding that, hey, yes,

1056
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:55,359
Speaker 1: we want to go out there and play and ball

1057
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,120
Speaker 1: out on Sunday and win a lot of football games.

1058
00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:59,760
Speaker 1: But it really has to start in during the offseason.

1059
00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:02,759
Speaker 1: Pro it's got to start during training camp. Understanding that

1060
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:05,440
Speaker 1: we have to do things our way, do it the

1061
00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:07,840
Speaker 1: right way, understand why we're doing it, and then do

1062
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:10,080
Speaker 1: it repeatedly. And so I think that attention to detail

1063
00:50:10,120 --> 00:50:11,759
Speaker 1: is one thing that really stands out. And then just

1064
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:15,080
Speaker 1: the value that this front office has put on versatility,

1065
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:16,960
Speaker 1: guys that can do a lot of things. I mean,

1066
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:18,279
Speaker 1: you look at the offensive line. I think it's a

1067
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:20,520
Speaker 1: perfect place to kind of start that conversation where Dylan

1068
00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:23,120
Speaker 1: param who's the Raider's first pick of the twenty twenty

1069
00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:25,200
Speaker 1: two NFL Draft, since they got rid of a few

1070
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:27,279
Speaker 1: picks to go get to Vante, is a guy that

1071
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:29,480
Speaker 1: we've heard from day one, a dude who can do

1072
00:50:29,520 --> 00:50:31,320
Speaker 1: a lot of different things, can move around on that

1073
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:34,359
Speaker 1: offensive line, and we've seen it already in twenty twenty two.

1074
00:50:34,560 --> 00:50:36,640
Speaker 1: And so I think that the understanding of how much

1075
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:38,640
Speaker 1: that this, like I said, this front office is values.

1076
00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 1: Versatility is something that's really stood out to us. And

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00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:43,560
Speaker 1: I think finally, Dave Ziegler's talked about this a lot,

1078
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:45,960
Speaker 1: and Josh echoed him for sure. He goes, you know,

1079
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:50,399
Speaker 1: we're constantly evaluating the process. We're constant, constantly evaluating how

1080
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:52,560
Speaker 1: we do things and where the goal is to always

1081
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:55,120
Speaker 1: get better and to not stay static and to understand

1082
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:58,200
Speaker 1: that the process is a living, breathing organism, much like

1083
00:50:58,239 --> 00:51:00,400
Speaker 1: the roster is. So I think for me, you know,

1084
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:02,920
Speaker 1: like I said, nine months into this, it's been a

1085
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:05,080
Speaker 1: really positive start for those guys. I know, I'm sure

1086
00:51:05,080 --> 00:51:06,520
Speaker 1: that they wish they had a little more wins at

1087
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:08,920
Speaker 1: this point in the season, but I think that the

1088
00:51:09,239 --> 00:51:11,359
Speaker 1: foundation that they're building is really bright, and I think

1089
00:51:11,360 --> 00:51:12,600
Speaker 1: if you're a fan of the Silver and Black, you

1090
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:15,879
Speaker 1: have to be really optimistic and positive about where where

1091
00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:17,640
Speaker 1: this ship is going. All right. Well, one of the

1092
00:51:17,719 --> 00:51:20,800
Speaker 1: findings that Ziggler did this offseason on defense Chandler Jones

1093
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:23,960
Speaker 1: bringing him in for that pass rush. But match Crosby's

1094
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,680
Speaker 1: putting up some impressive back numbers so far, So what

1095
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:29,719
Speaker 1: can you tell us about that pass rush duo of

1096
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,120
Speaker 1: Jones and Crosby together what they're able to do. Yeah,

1097
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:35,080
Speaker 1: I mean Max is just, you know, similar to Josh Jacobs,

1098
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:36,839
Speaker 1: Like Max is playing out of his mind right now.

1099
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:39,279
Speaker 1: And I think that they're you know the nature of

1100
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:40,640
Speaker 1: the beast. And you've done this a long time just

1101
00:51:40,760 --> 00:51:42,320
Speaker 1: like I have. Where you there's kind of an assumption

1102
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:45,080
Speaker 1: where a guy gets paid right the direct deposit hits

1103
00:51:45,120 --> 00:51:46,839
Speaker 1: and oh maybe he's a different kind of dude. Blah

1104
00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:48,680
Speaker 1: blah blah, where's the production gonna go? And Mice has

1105
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:50,640
Speaker 1: been quite the opposite. And I've told this story a

1106
00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:52,880
Speaker 1: couple of times where the day that Max came in

1107
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:55,080
Speaker 1: to sign his extension, and we didn't know that he

1108
00:51:55,120 --> 00:51:57,200
Speaker 1: was going to sign that the extension that day, I

1109
00:51:57,320 --> 00:51:58,759
Speaker 1: had to be here early for something, so I like

1110
00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:01,279
Speaker 1: rolled in at like six forty five and there was

1111
00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:03,239
Speaker 1: a car behind me at the security line and it

1112
00:52:03,320 --> 00:52:06,080
Speaker 1: was Max Crosby, who is getting a workout in literally

1113
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:09,399
Speaker 1: three four hours before he signed his big dog, big

1114
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:12,320
Speaker 1: money extension. And I think that that just kind of

1115
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:15,160
Speaker 1: encapsulates Max in a nutshell, like who he is, what

1116
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:18,160
Speaker 1: he stands for. He's now a proud dad. Had had

1117
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:20,919
Speaker 1: a little baby during the bye week, and so he's

1118
00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:22,560
Speaker 1: just you know, like I said, he's he's playing out

1119
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:25,680
Speaker 1: of his mind. You know. Chandler Jones one of the

1120
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:27,759
Speaker 1: big kind of free agent signings that the Raiders brought in,

1121
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:29,920
Speaker 1: and the stacking numbers haven't been there, right. I think

1122
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:32,120
Speaker 1: that anyone who has access to the Internet and can

1123
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:34,360
Speaker 1: look up stats can see that. But I think, similar

1124
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:36,719
Speaker 1: to Davante and Derek kind of turning that corner. It

1125
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:39,160
Speaker 1: feels like, really over these past two, you know, two

1126
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,960
Speaker 1: and a half games for Chandler, the pressures are increasing.

1127
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:44,520
Speaker 1: I think he's kind of finding his footing and Patrick

1128
00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:47,440
Speaker 1: Graham's defense and understanding what the expectation is for him,

1129
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:50,000
Speaker 1: what he needs to do, how he needs to do it.

1130
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:52,120
Speaker 1: And I think that if we can get Max and

1131
00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:54,319
Speaker 1: Chandler rocking at the same time, like this defensive line

1132
00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:56,160
Speaker 1: has a chance to do some some pretty impressive things

1133
00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:58,400
Speaker 1: come game day. I mentioned Josh Jacobs back to that

1134
00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:01,480
Speaker 1: games of one hundred yards rush, so you know, I

1135
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:04,040
Speaker 1: believe he's top three the Raiders are top three, or

1136
00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:07,080
Speaker 1: he's top three in rushing yards. What makes that ground

1137
00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:10,759
Speaker 1: game so effective? With Jacob Starrell Man, I mean, he

1138
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:12,359
Speaker 1: is just you know, for lack of a better term,

1139
00:53:12,440 --> 00:53:14,480
Speaker 1: like he is just playing. He's playing out of his mind.

1140
00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:16,080
Speaker 1: I mean, we have back to back games now of

1141
00:53:16,160 --> 00:53:19,640
Speaker 1: him setting career highs. The guy is just, you know,

1142
00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:23,400
Speaker 1: runs incredibly hard. I think has some underrated vision, a

1143
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:25,640
Speaker 1: little more slippery than you would think, Like obviously it

1144
00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:28,080
Speaker 1: doesn't really kind of have that like home run type

1145
00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:30,480
Speaker 1: speed air quotes, But he's a dude who just finds

1146
00:53:30,560 --> 00:53:34,200
Speaker 1: a way to gain yards after content like he's running angry,

1147
00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:36,160
Speaker 1: like all those all those cliches we hear on the

1148
00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:38,440
Speaker 1: networks every day, like that is exactly what he's doing.

1149
00:53:38,719 --> 00:53:41,120
Speaker 1: And I think, what when Josh is running the way

1150
00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:44,359
Speaker 1: that he's running, it just opens up this entire offense, right.

1151
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:46,719
Speaker 1: It gives Derek a little more room to operate. It

1152
00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:49,520
Speaker 1: gives the offensive line more confidence to say, hey, like

1153
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: we can, We're in a rhythm, we're in a groove.

1154
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:54,680
Speaker 1: They're able to do their thing. It gives Davante more

1155
00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:56,640
Speaker 1: chance to go make plays one on one. So I

1156
00:53:56,680 --> 00:53:59,000
Speaker 1: think Josh Jacobs really, over the first five weeks of

1157
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:00,840
Speaker 1: this season, has really been the catalyst for what this

1158
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:03,560
Speaker 1: team wants to do offensively, and for good reason. Derek

1159
00:54:03,560 --> 00:54:05,239
Speaker 1: and DeVante are gonna get a lot of the people

1160
00:54:05,239 --> 00:54:07,800
Speaker 1: are gonna talk about them a lot, Darren Waller, Hunter, Renfroe.

1161
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:09,799
Speaker 1: But like, really, like I said, at this point, as

1162
00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:12,759
Speaker 1: we sit here in mid October, Josh Jacobs has really

1163
00:54:12,800 --> 00:54:14,400
Speaker 1: been the engine that makes this thing rock and roll.

1164
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:16,359
Speaker 1: All righty, I mean, I know you when you were

1165
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:18,919
Speaker 1: with Oakland and now you're there in Vegas, So what's

1166
00:54:19,440 --> 00:54:21,120
Speaker 1: the transition? And like you got a couple of seasons

1167
00:54:21,160 --> 00:54:23,520
Speaker 1: when you're a bill playing, yeah, a stadium. What's it

1168
00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:25,840
Speaker 1: like for the players and for the staff living in Vegas?

1169
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:28,399
Speaker 1: I mean, does it eventually get old? You just sort

1170
00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:30,800
Speaker 1: of ignore that there's all this other fun stuff happening

1171
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:33,520
Speaker 1: outside of work. How is that? Well, I'm listen, I'm

1172
00:54:33,560 --> 00:54:35,200
Speaker 1: like the worst guy ass Like I'm an old man.

1173
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:37,360
Speaker 1: So like I'm in bed at like and I'm thirty

1174
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:39,320
Speaker 1: every night. Like if I'm up at ten on a weekend,

1175
00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:42,920
Speaker 1: like something's gone terribly wrong. Yeah exactly. So like in

1176
00:54:43,120 --> 00:54:45,719
Speaker 1: that sense, like I'm very I'm very well suited to

1177
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:48,000
Speaker 1: life here in the desert. But no, I mean it's

1178
00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:50,359
Speaker 1: been it's been a lot of fun. It's been. Um,

1179
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:51,799
Speaker 1: you know, I tell people all the time that VAT

1180
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:54,319
Speaker 1: has been really really good, as this organization has been

1181
00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:56,480
Speaker 1: really good to me and my family, like it has been.

1182
00:54:57,160 --> 00:54:59,760
Speaker 1: I think with any move, with any transition, there's always

1183
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:02,040
Speaker 1: kind that level of fear of like, well, what's it

1184
00:55:02,080 --> 00:55:04,279
Speaker 1: going to be like? You know, I obviously didn't spend

1185
00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:06,319
Speaker 1: a ton of time in here, a ton of time

1186
00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:08,480
Speaker 1: here in Vegas outside of work stuff, so you have

1187
00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:10,480
Speaker 1: to figure out, Hey, what grocery store do I go to?

1188
00:55:10,560 --> 00:55:12,359
Speaker 1: Where am I gonna get my dry cleaning done? Things

1189
00:55:12,440 --> 00:55:14,759
Speaker 1: like that. But I think one thing that I've I've

1190
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:17,879
Speaker 1: really been pleasantly surprised about, especially coming from the Bay Area,

1191
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:20,200
Speaker 1: is like just this sense of community that's here in

1192
00:55:20,239 --> 00:55:22,960
Speaker 1: southern Nevada, especially in Las Vegas. You know, it's obviously

1193
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:25,840
Speaker 1: a smaller city than where we came from in Oakland

1194
00:55:25,880 --> 00:55:28,320
Speaker 1: and San Francisco and the East Bay, but there's just

1195
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:30,719
Speaker 1: such a sense of community, the essuch a sense of

1196
00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:33,759
Speaker 1: civic pride here and I think that that's been really

1197
00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:36,399
Speaker 1: cool for us to kind of watch, not not from AFAR,

1198
00:55:36,520 --> 00:55:38,440
Speaker 1: but that first year during the COVID season where we

1199
00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:40,560
Speaker 1: were all staying in our house and we didn't really

1200
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:42,000
Speaker 1: do a whole heck of a lot. But now as

1201
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:45,000
Speaker 1: we're kind of re emerging in a pretty substantial way,

1202
00:55:45,239 --> 00:55:47,280
Speaker 1: just to kind of see, like I said, this community,

1203
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:50,000
Speaker 1: what this team, this organization means to the people here,

1204
00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:53,080
Speaker 1: the Golden Knights, the Aces too as well. Like, it's

1205
00:55:53,080 --> 00:55:56,680
Speaker 1: been really really fun to kind of embark on this journey.

1206
00:55:56,719 --> 00:55:58,640
Speaker 1: And like I said, this, the great state and vad

1207
00:55:58,680 --> 00:56:00,360
Speaker 1: has been very good to us so far. And I

1208
00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:01,880
Speaker 1: can't see what I can't wait to see what else

1209
00:56:01,880 --> 00:56:03,880
Speaker 1: we got coming down. It's been kind of fun watching

1210
00:56:04,239 --> 00:56:06,640
Speaker 1: Las Vegas turn into an NFL tow I got, yeah,

1211
00:56:06,760 --> 00:56:10,400
Speaker 1: for sure. Eddie, appreciate the time, Thanks so much, and

1212
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:13,920
Speaker 1: thank you all right, great stuff there from Eddie Pascal

1213
00:56:14,320 --> 00:56:17,200
Speaker 1: of the Raiders, gracious enough to spend some time with

1214
00:56:17,320 --> 00:56:20,960
Speaker 1: dpcito DP going behind enemy sidelines. All right, we get back.

1215
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:23,120
Speaker 1: We got a ton of games going on this weekend

1216
00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:24,960
Speaker 1: in the NFL. We're gonna pick them straight up and

1217
00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:28,400
Speaker 1: against the spread next right here on Texans All Access.

1218
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:32,880
Speaker 1: All right, it's time to dive into the NFL this

1219
00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:38,040
Speaker 1: weekend with our picks and predictions straight up and against

1220
00:56:38,080 --> 00:56:41,239
Speaker 1: the spread for fun, for fun. I've got to emphasize

1221
00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:45,000
Speaker 1: that because it's Raiders and Las Vegas and yes, but

1222
00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:47,600
Speaker 1: it's for fun. It's also a good way to talk

1223
00:56:47,600 --> 00:56:51,239
Speaker 1: about what's going on in the NFL. So I John

1224
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:54,320
Speaker 1: Harris Football, anal Sidown reporter. We'll pick every game in

1225
00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:56,560
Speaker 1: the NFL, straight up and against the spread. Now, I

1226
00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:58,840
Speaker 1: would have picked the Cardinals to beat the Saints and

1227
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:02,160
Speaker 1: cover the spread. So I'm going to claim one, and oh,

1228
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:06,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna claim it. But but you know you can

1229
00:57:06,960 --> 00:57:08,399
Speaker 1: take that with a grand of saft. But I would

1230
00:57:08,440 --> 00:57:10,640
Speaker 1: have picked that one. I'm very honest with you. I'll

1231
00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:12,719
Speaker 1: tell you what I think, and I tell you that

1232
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:15,040
Speaker 1: one would have been. That would have been a Cardinals.

1233
00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:17,880
Speaker 1: So get me my music because I need that, and

1234
00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:22,240
Speaker 1: it's time to rock. Let's go. Let's start in the

1235
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:28,600
Speaker 1: AFC South, where the Colts are taken on the Titans. Now,

1236
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,400
Speaker 1: it sounds as if the Colts will have their two

1237
00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:34,640
Speaker 1: running backs back, Jonathan Taylor and Nim Hines. You know,

1238
00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:37,440
Speaker 1: Dean Jackson did some good things against the Jaguars. They

1239
00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:40,240
Speaker 1: get their top two running backs back. But I'll be

1240
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:42,880
Speaker 1: brutally honest with you. This game being in Nashville, the

1241
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:47,440
Speaker 1: Titans coming off a bye, getting fresh getting healthy, all

1242
00:57:47,480 --> 00:57:49,240
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff that comes with a bye, and

1243
00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:51,640
Speaker 1: the Titans have owned the Colts. Now you would think, okay,

1244
00:57:51,680 --> 00:57:53,320
Speaker 1: well it's got to turn at some point. I just

1245
00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:55,560
Speaker 1: don't think the Colts are a great football team this year.

1246
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:58,720
Speaker 1: They've won games against teams that they probably should be

1247
00:57:58,760 --> 00:58:01,560
Speaker 1: blowing out. Yes, it's been without Jonathan Taylor, and Taylor

1248
00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:04,600
Speaker 1: comes back fresh, but I think the Titans have the

1249
00:58:04,680 --> 00:58:08,040
Speaker 1: type of defense is slow Taylor down. I think he

1250
00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:11,720
Speaker 1: won't go off, and therefore the Titans will end up

1251
00:58:11,720 --> 00:58:14,560
Speaker 1: winning a very close game. Now the spread is two

1252
00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:16,480
Speaker 1: and a half. I think this is a three or

1253
00:58:16,520 --> 00:58:18,080
Speaker 1: four point game. It's not more than that, but it

1254
00:58:18,200 --> 00:58:19,440
Speaker 1: is more than two and a half. So it's good

1255
00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:23,040
Speaker 1: the Titans a win and a cover in Nashville against

1256
00:58:23,120 --> 00:58:25,280
Speaker 1: the Colts. All right, let's go to Cincinnati, where a

1257
00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:28,400
Speaker 1: couple of three and three teams are meeting up. It's

1258
00:58:28,440 --> 00:58:31,040
Speaker 1: the Falcons coming off a big win against the forty

1259
00:58:31,120 --> 00:58:33,240
Speaker 1: nine ers taken out of the Bengals. Bengals are six

1260
00:58:33,280 --> 00:58:35,200
Speaker 1: and a half point favorites in this one. But the

1261
00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:37,480
Speaker 1: Bengals had a big win against the Saints came from

1262
00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:39,720
Speaker 1: beyond Mr Chase with catching run that got them the

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Speaker 1: thirty to twenty six win. The Falcons were really really good.

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00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:48,640
Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota was really really good. He's not facing the Saints,

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Speaker 1: He's facing the Bengals, and I think that's gonna be

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00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:54,439
Speaker 1: problematic for Mariota. The Bengals, with Joe Burrow leading away,

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00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:57,560
Speaker 1: will get the win and the cover at home against

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00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:59,800
Speaker 1: the Falcons. Lions taking on the Cowboys. Lions come off

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00:58:59,800 --> 00:59:02,360
Speaker 1: from high week one and four, and the last time

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00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:04,880
Speaker 1: we saw the lines, they put up a huge goose

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00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:08,120
Speaker 1: egg against the Patriots, So I think that changes because

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00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:10,320
Speaker 1: Ben Johnson and that offense have got it roll in

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00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:12,680
Speaker 1: this year. So it's a shame they couldn't get it

1274
00:59:12,760 --> 00:59:15,640
Speaker 1: done up in New England. But now it's the Cowboys,

1275
00:59:15,680 --> 00:59:17,640
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys are coming back home, and it sounds

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00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:20,400
Speaker 1: as if Dak Prescott, he at least has said he's

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00:59:20,800 --> 00:59:23,560
Speaker 1: starting Dallas, is a six and a half point favorite. Again,

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00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:25,480
Speaker 1: I like the six and a half, not a seven

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00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:27,320
Speaker 1: and a half starting with the Cowboys to win this

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00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:31,160
Speaker 1: by a touchdown or more. Cowboys cover that number. Packers

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00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:34,320
Speaker 1: taken on the Commanders, and I'll say this, Commanders will

1282
00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:37,240
Speaker 1: start Taylor Heineke, and we'll see what that does for

1283
00:59:37,360 --> 00:59:39,520
Speaker 1: the Commanders. Might give them a little bit of a

1284
00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:42,480
Speaker 1: little bit of an edge early, but it won't matter.

1285
00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:44,280
Speaker 1: The Packers have got to find a way and this

1286
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:46,320
Speaker 1: is not a great football team. The Packers are taken

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00:59:46,360 --> 00:59:48,640
Speaker 1: on the Packers four and a half point favorites. I'm

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00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:50,360
Speaker 1: not totally sure how the Packers are going to do it,

1289
00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:51,960
Speaker 1: but I do think the offense will get back on

1290
00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:56,360
Speaker 1: track kind of. They'll get jolted back into kind of

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00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:58,920
Speaker 1: the right gear, if you will. Packers will go get

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00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:01,200
Speaker 1: that win and they'll get to cover on the road

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01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:05,080
Speaker 1: at the Commanders. This one has me perplexed because it's

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Speaker 1: a team that has not played well. It looks sort

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01:00:08,360 --> 01:00:11,560
Speaker 1: of wayward. That's the Tampa Bay Buccaneers got beat by

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Speaker 1: the Packers. Then following week they got beat by the Chiefs.

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01:00:15,480 --> 01:00:17,880
Speaker 1: Two losses in a row. They did come up with

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01:00:17,960 --> 01:00:20,840
Speaker 1: a win against the Falcons, but then they turned right

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01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:23,400
Speaker 1: back around and went to Pittsburgh and got beat twenty

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01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:25,840
Speaker 1: eighteen to go back on the road to an NFC

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01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:29,400
Speaker 1: South for the Panthers just traded Christian McCaffrey. They've already

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01:00:29,440 --> 01:00:32,640
Speaker 1: fired Matt Rule. The Panthers are a mess. The Panthers

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01:00:32,800 --> 01:00:37,360
Speaker 1: defense can keep it close relatively speaking. That defensive unit's

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01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:39,840
Speaker 1: got some dudes on it. The numbers thirteen, I don't

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01:00:39,840 --> 01:00:41,800
Speaker 1: like that number at all. I think the Buccaneers win this.

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01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:44,120
Speaker 1: So chuck up a win for Tom Brady to Bucks.

1307
01:00:44,920 --> 01:00:47,200
Speaker 1: But chuck up a cover for the Panthers. Now, how

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01:00:47,240 --> 01:00:50,320
Speaker 1: are they gonna get that cover? Beyond me, no idea,

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01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:52,640
Speaker 1: but it's gonna happen. They're gonna get a cover. The

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01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:56,880
Speaker 1: over runner this is thirty nine unless the Buccaneers get there.

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01:00:57,160 --> 01:00:58,880
Speaker 1: I don't know how they're gonna get over that thirty

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01:00:58,960 --> 01:01:01,440
Speaker 1: nine number. But give the Panthers a cover at home

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01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:03,560
Speaker 1: against the Bucks. Here the Bucks that win on the road.

1314
01:01:03,680 --> 01:01:06,760
Speaker 1: Giants taken on the Jaguars. No, Jaguars have been struggling,

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01:01:07,320 --> 01:01:10,640
Speaker 1: struggling after a few losses. After starting two and two,

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01:01:10,720 --> 01:01:14,560
Speaker 1: they lost to the Texans, actually started to one, they

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01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:16,760
Speaker 1: lost the Eagles, then they lost to the Texans, and

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01:01:16,800 --> 01:01:19,160
Speaker 1: then last week they lost to the Colts thirty four

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01:01:19,160 --> 01:01:21,439
Speaker 1: to twenty seven. Now the Jaguars are better and they're

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Speaker 1: playing in Duval County. The Giants have been hot. The

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01:01:24,320 --> 01:01:26,760
Speaker 1: Giants have been finding a way to win each week,

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01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:29,160
Speaker 1: and there's something special about that, but at some point

1323
01:01:29,800 --> 01:01:32,840
Speaker 1: you run out of magic. Is that this week no

1324
01:01:33,320 --> 01:01:35,560
Speaker 1: Jackson's favored by three. I think the gymn go down there.

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01:01:35,640 --> 01:01:38,520
Speaker 1: They love being underdogs. They will beat the Jaguars by

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01:01:38,600 --> 01:01:40,080
Speaker 1: four or more to the Giants to win and a

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01:01:40,120 --> 01:01:45,640
Speaker 1: cover on the road. Browns the Ravens. Let's go Ravens.

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01:01:46,040 --> 01:01:49,560
Speaker 1: Let's go Ravens. Ravens are fair about six and a half,

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01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:52,360
Speaker 1: unlike the other games that were six and a half

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01:01:52,400 --> 01:01:54,760
Speaker 1: point favorites earlier. I think the Browns will get inside

1331
01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:58,880
Speaker 1: that number rivalry games. These teams are very close in

1332
01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:02,360
Speaker 1: talent counter scripts. He's not big between them if there

1333
01:02:02,520 --> 01:02:04,720
Speaker 1: is anything at all. And whenever that's the case, I

1334
01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:06,480
Speaker 1: think I'm gonna give the Browns a cover on the road.

1335
01:02:06,480 --> 01:02:09,200
Speaker 1: I think the Browns, the Browns gotta fight now more

1336
01:02:09,280 --> 01:02:12,280
Speaker 1: than any other time. I think the Ravens win this,

1337
01:02:12,320 --> 01:02:14,480
Speaker 1: which should be great. That's all we need here in Houston.

1338
01:02:14,560 --> 01:02:17,120
Speaker 1: We just need Browns losses, Ravens win. But the Browns

1339
01:02:17,160 --> 01:02:19,320
Speaker 1: are gonna get that covered. The Jets are taking on

1340
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:22,120
Speaker 1: the Broncos and one of the afternoon games. Now the

1341
01:02:22,200 --> 01:02:25,760
Speaker 1: line is even now looking at this. Earlier in the week,

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01:02:25,800 --> 01:02:27,640
Speaker 1: the Broncos were favorite, but now the line's even. I

1343
01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:30,000
Speaker 1: think that's going to show some of the respect from

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01:02:30,040 --> 01:02:32,760
Speaker 1: the Jets. And I like that because I'm gonna go

1345
01:02:32,960 --> 01:02:36,000
Speaker 1: Broncos here. I don't think the Broncos are a great

1346
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:37,840
Speaker 1: football team. They had to play on Monday night, didn't

1347
01:02:37,840 --> 01:02:40,520
Speaker 1: look great, couldn't score. There's been a lot of talk

1348
01:02:40,560 --> 01:02:43,480
Speaker 1: about the New York Jets, and eventually start reading your

1349
01:02:43,520 --> 01:02:46,480
Speaker 1: press clippings. Eventually you start holding up championship belts and

1350
01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:49,160
Speaker 1: taking pictures with your rookies, and that comes back to

1351
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:52,000
Speaker 1: bite in the backside. I think the Broncos are gonna

1352
01:02:52,040 --> 01:02:54,720
Speaker 1: get this win, and because Steven they're gonna win. With

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01:02:54,800 --> 01:02:57,480
Speaker 1: the win, they're gonna cover. Broncos beat the Jets, they

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01:02:57,600 --> 01:03:02,200
Speaker 1: slow that train down. Other afternoon games, Seahawks taking out

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01:03:02,200 --> 01:03:05,040
Speaker 1: the Chargers. Charges are fair by five at home against

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01:03:05,040 --> 01:03:06,919
Speaker 1: the Seahawks. The Seahawks, I think it've been surprising. They're

1357
01:03:06,960 --> 01:03:10,000
Speaker 1: getting better play for Gino Smith than anybody expected. They're

1358
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:12,000
Speaker 1: getting great play from Ken Walker now that he's healthy

1359
01:03:12,040 --> 01:03:13,800
Speaker 1: and in the lineup. He was really tough last week.

1360
01:03:14,160 --> 01:03:15,760
Speaker 1: I think the Seahawks can put up some points on

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01:03:15,800 --> 01:03:17,760
Speaker 1: the board. But the Chargers are gonna get this win

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01:03:17,840 --> 01:03:20,200
Speaker 1: at home. They got the Monday night win, they get

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01:03:20,240 --> 01:03:22,160
Speaker 1: to stay at home. The Seahawks got to travel. I

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01:03:22,280 --> 01:03:24,200
Speaker 1: think that's enough. Chargers win this. It's gonna be a

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01:03:24,240 --> 01:03:27,640
Speaker 1: fun game. I think this is like thirty four, twenty seven,

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01:03:27,880 --> 01:03:29,920
Speaker 1: forty one, thirty four, something like that. They're gonna be

1367
01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:31,760
Speaker 1: some points scored, ins games to take the over, but

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01:03:31,840 --> 01:03:33,600
Speaker 1: the Chargers are gonna get that win at home and

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01:03:33,640 --> 01:03:36,040
Speaker 1: go to five and two. Fun game in the afternoon.

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Speaker 1: We'll see how much Christian McCaffrey plays in this one.

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01:03:38,200 --> 01:03:40,560
Speaker 1: The forty nine Ers gonna visit from the Chiefs. These

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01:03:40,600 --> 01:03:42,320
Speaker 1: two met in the Super Bowl a couple of years ago.

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01:03:42,920 --> 01:03:46,360
Speaker 1: Kansas City is a two point favorite on the road. Now,

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01:03:46,440 --> 01:03:49,160
Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers have not played exceptionally well. I'm

1375
01:03:49,240 --> 01:03:52,560
Speaker 1: not totally buying the Chiefs as being that team this year,

1376
01:03:53,360 --> 01:03:55,200
Speaker 1: but I'll take him in this one. I think McCaffrey

1377
01:03:55,240 --> 01:03:57,000
Speaker 1: will take a week or so. But once they get

1378
01:03:57,040 --> 01:04:00,560
Speaker 1: the McCaffrey, I Yuke Deebo, Samuel George Kid thing down.

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01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:03,000
Speaker 1: Oh look out, Steelers are going to the Dolphins in

1380
01:04:03,040 --> 01:04:06,040
Speaker 1: Sunday night. I like Steelers getting inside the number of seven,

1381
01:04:06,440 --> 01:04:09,160
Speaker 1: but the Dolphins getting a win at home. Close ball game,

1382
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:11,320
Speaker 1: probably three or four point game, but give the win

1383
01:04:11,400 --> 01:04:13,440
Speaker 1: to the Dolphins, but a cover to the Steelers and

1384
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:15,760
Speaker 1: then bearrass Patriots. Forget it. I didn't care what the

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01:04:15,840 --> 01:04:19,200
Speaker 1: number was, taking the Patriots over the Bears. Sounds like

1386
01:04:19,280 --> 01:04:22,400
Speaker 1: Mac Jones might be back for this one. So looking

1387
01:04:22,440 --> 01:04:25,240
Speaker 1: forward to that. Patriots covered the seven a half and

1388
01:04:25,600 --> 01:04:28,439
Speaker 1: get a win. All right, when we get back, we're

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01:04:28,560 --> 01:04:30,720
Speaker 1: going to do Houston Methodist Minutes. We're gonna hear also

1390
01:04:30,920 --> 01:04:33,240
Speaker 1: from Jerry Hughes as we get ready for the Raiders.

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Speaker 1: That's next the Texans All Access. Yes, sir, we got

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Speaker 1: one final segment this Friday edition of Texans All Access.

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01:04:40,360 --> 01:04:43,120
Speaker 1: I'm John Harris, your host, and so glad to be

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01:04:43,200 --> 01:04:44,400
Speaker 1: with you. Now. We got a lot to do. In

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01:04:44,480 --> 01:04:47,160
Speaker 1: this final segment, We're gonna kick it off with Mark

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01:04:47,280 --> 01:04:51,840
Speaker 1: van Amer's Houston Methodist Minutes. He sits down with one

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01:04:51,840 --> 01:04:54,160
Speaker 1: of the great doctors in this week. It's a discussion

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01:04:54,440 --> 01:04:58,240
Speaker 1: on concussions. It's his Methodist Minutes, and joining us today

1399
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:01,880
Speaker 1: it's doctor Kenneth Fidel, old friend of the program, of course,

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01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:05,960
Speaker 1: talking concussions now, and doctor, how's it going great? Mark?

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01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:09,400
Speaker 1: How about yourself doing well? And let's talk about concussions

1402
01:05:09,440 --> 01:05:11,680
Speaker 1: because this is a hot topic. It always seems to be,

1403
01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:14,360
Speaker 1: but very hot right now, doctor, with what's happened with

1404
01:05:14,480 --> 01:05:16,880
Speaker 1: certain quarterbacks and other players in the league. And I

1405
01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:19,960
Speaker 1: want to start here with a two situation. I know

1406
01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:23,160
Speaker 1: they revamped the rules after this, but he had something

1407
01:05:23,200 --> 01:05:26,080
Speaker 1: that a lot of people speculated was a taxia when

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01:05:26,120 --> 01:05:29,400
Speaker 1: he wobbled after getting up from a big hit in

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01:05:29,480 --> 01:05:32,439
Speaker 1: the Bills game, and that was a sign that maybe

1410
01:05:32,480 --> 01:05:34,400
Speaker 1: he shouldn't have gone back into the game. What can

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01:05:34,440 --> 01:05:36,400
Speaker 1: you tell us about a taxia? What that is and

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01:05:36,480 --> 01:05:40,040
Speaker 1: how it applies. Yeah, a taxia, by definition, is an

1413
01:05:40,120 --> 01:05:44,240
Speaker 1: imbalance misstep in your walking. And I think the important

1414
01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:47,560
Speaker 1: thing to focus there is the imbalance or feeling off

1415
01:05:47,600 --> 01:05:51,280
Speaker 1: balance or wobbliness of the gate. So when a player

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01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:55,120
Speaker 1: gets hit and they have difficulties standing up and they

1417
01:05:55,280 --> 01:06:00,800
Speaker 1: wobble like kind of veering off, that is often a

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01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:03,840
Speaker 1: sign of concussion and is considered now a no go

1419
01:06:04,160 --> 01:06:09,480
Speaker 1: sign that happens the player is done for that competition.

1420
01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:13,040
Speaker 1: Is it hard to diagnose these on the fly, sometimes

1421
01:06:13,120 --> 01:06:15,480
Speaker 1: for certain doctors. I know you can't speak for everybody,

1422
01:06:15,600 --> 01:06:18,160
Speaker 1: but I know we have baselines and things like that,

1423
01:06:18,680 --> 01:06:20,560
Speaker 1: and maybe the right thing to do is air on

1424
01:06:20,640 --> 01:06:22,720
Speaker 1: the side of caution. But what are your feelings on

1425
01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:26,960
Speaker 1: the diagnosis on the fly of concussion? The critical thing

1426
01:06:27,080 --> 01:06:29,320
Speaker 1: is on the fly, when you have tons of time

1427
01:06:29,560 --> 01:06:32,320
Speaker 1: in an office, it's a lot easier. But on the

1428
01:06:32,480 --> 01:06:36,320
Speaker 1: sidelines on the pitch, it is very challenging. You have

1429
01:06:36,360 --> 01:06:39,919
Speaker 1: to think you have players who are potentially not going

1430
01:06:40,040 --> 01:06:42,800
Speaker 1: to be open and honest with you about the symptoms,

1431
01:06:43,240 --> 01:06:46,640
Speaker 1: and it makes it very challenging to find that objective

1432
01:06:46,840 --> 01:06:52,400
Speaker 1: data all the time, particularly in that very short time

1433
01:06:52,480 --> 01:06:56,520
Speaker 1: frame that they usually have to diagnose the concussion, So

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01:06:56,640 --> 01:06:59,840
Speaker 1: it can be very very hard. Sometimes, tell me about

1435
01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:02,360
Speaker 1: treatment now, is there anything that you can share with

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01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:06,640
Speaker 1: us about innovation or advancement in the way we treat

1437
01:07:06,880 --> 01:07:10,560
Speaker 1: concussion right now? The way we recover from concussions, Yes,

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01:07:10,880 --> 01:07:16,280
Speaker 1: they're absolutely Concussions are treatable, and the most important part

1439
01:07:16,320 --> 01:07:20,520
Speaker 1: in determining the treatment is a pretty extensive evaluation to

1440
01:07:20,720 --> 01:07:25,280
Speaker 1: find out what's wrong. Concussions are a multi system injury,

1441
01:07:25,360 --> 01:07:28,160
Speaker 1: affecting a lot of different parts of the body. The brain,

1442
01:07:28,280 --> 01:07:32,400
Speaker 1: the neck, the eyes, eye movement, balance, so we have

1443
01:07:32,520 --> 01:07:35,840
Speaker 1: to understand what's wrong. A lot of times there are

1444
01:07:36,040 --> 01:07:40,440
Speaker 1: therapies for eye movement, for dizziness disorders, for neck injuries,

1445
01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:44,640
Speaker 1: and in terms of the brain, we still like a

1446
01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:47,360
Speaker 1: good amount of rest for the first forty eight to

1447
01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:51,520
Speaker 1: seventy two hours and then selectively increase their level of

1448
01:07:51,640 --> 01:07:55,120
Speaker 1: physical and cognitive of activity. It's like Goldilocks, not too

1449
01:07:55,200 --> 01:07:58,320
Speaker 1: little but not too much. Yep, I'm familiar with that.

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01:07:59,120 --> 01:08:02,880
Speaker 1: Tell me something. The Houston Methodist Concussion Center, give us

1451
01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:05,280
Speaker 1: a little update the progress. I was there when it

1452
01:08:05,400 --> 01:08:08,760
Speaker 1: opened with Jim Nance and big ceremony because it was

1453
01:08:08,880 --> 01:08:12,200
Speaker 1: such a great medical achievement in this community, in the

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01:08:12,280 --> 01:08:16,240
Speaker 1: Houston Methodist community and beyond. Jim Nance was a huge

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01:08:16,320 --> 01:08:19,679
Speaker 1: supporter of the Houston Methodist Concussion Center is very vital.

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01:08:19,840 --> 01:08:23,200
Speaker 1: In the beginning part of our concussion Center, we've grown.

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01:08:23,360 --> 01:08:27,280
Speaker 1: We've grown a lot. We have about fifteen doctors and

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01:08:27,400 --> 01:08:31,560
Speaker 1: that see concussions throughout the Houston Methodist system and we

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01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:35,479
Speaker 1: evaluate and treat well over two thousand concussions a year

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01:08:35,600 --> 01:08:40,599
Speaker 1: through our system. We now have a teleconcussion program where

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01:08:40,760 --> 01:08:44,960
Speaker 1: with athletic trainers we are evaluating patients in about a

1462
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:48,120
Speaker 1: three hundred mile radius around Houston that takes us all

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01:08:48,160 --> 01:08:52,880
Speaker 1: the way to Louisiana, takes us west past Corpus Christy

1464
01:08:53,080 --> 01:08:57,160
Speaker 1: north and west as well, so we've really grown there.

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01:08:57,240 --> 01:09:02,920
Speaker 1: We have some research going on looking at imaging balanced disorders.

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01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:05,880
Speaker 1: We have a program down that we're working with Ukrainian

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01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:10,320
Speaker 1: neurse psychologists in their concussions of their military and civilians

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Speaker 1: as well. Doctor thank you so much for the information.

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Speaker 1: That's great stuff. We appreciate it. Thank you. That's doctor

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Speaker 1: Kenneth Fidel of Houston Methodist. It's the official healthcare provider

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01:09:19,800 --> 01:09:24,080
Speaker 1: of the Houston Texans, Houston Methodist Leading Medicine. Appreciate doctor

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01:09:24,160 --> 01:09:28,160
Speaker 1: Kenneth Fidel for joining Mark discussing something that's been a

1473
01:09:28,200 --> 01:09:31,160
Speaker 1: big discussion point here in the NFL, that being the

1474
01:09:31,200 --> 01:09:33,479
Speaker 1: concussions to a tungo violo is one of those and

1475
01:09:33,680 --> 01:09:35,360
Speaker 1: looks the violent game. Those are gonna come up and

1476
01:09:35,479 --> 01:09:37,599
Speaker 1: you gotta hope the NFL handles it right. They obviously

1477
01:09:37,640 --> 01:09:40,200
Speaker 1: didn't in that case with TWA and hopefully they're going

1478
01:09:40,240 --> 01:09:41,519
Speaker 1: to get it right going forward with the NFL and

1479
01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:44,080
Speaker 1: the NFLPA getting on the same page, with things as

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01:09:44,280 --> 01:09:47,639
Speaker 1: they go forward. Now a guy we talked to you earlier.

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01:09:48,760 --> 01:09:52,200
Speaker 1: We did Drew dozen, Drews dozen Jerry Hughes. Now it's

1482
01:09:52,240 --> 01:09:56,280
Speaker 1: time for football only, Jerry Hughes. It's the final word

1483
01:09:56,360 --> 01:09:59,560
Speaker 1: with Drew Doherty talking to Jerry Hughes. Jerry, great to

1484
01:09:59,560 --> 01:10:01,680
Speaker 1: see how was the buy for you guys? How did

1485
01:10:01,680 --> 01:10:03,120
Speaker 1: it all go for you? Oh? It was great. It

1486
01:10:03,200 --> 01:10:05,200
Speaker 1: was nice to kind of get away for a short stint,

1487
01:10:05,280 --> 01:10:07,960
Speaker 1: you know, kind of refresh the mind, let the body rest.

1488
01:10:08,080 --> 01:10:11,000
Speaker 1: I think everybody just kind of stayed around watching football,

1489
01:10:11,080 --> 01:10:13,519
Speaker 1: just plugged into the NFL just because we just love it.

1490
01:10:13,680 --> 01:10:15,439
Speaker 1: At this point in your career, you've been around you

1491
01:10:15,479 --> 01:10:17,400
Speaker 1: how much self scouting do you do? How much improvement

1492
01:10:17,439 --> 01:10:20,960
Speaker 1: do you see from you know, going through a bye week? Oh? Tons,

1493
01:10:21,000 --> 01:10:23,120
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean that's probably the one opportunity we

1494
01:10:23,240 --> 01:10:24,680
Speaker 1: get to kind of really run through some of that

1495
01:10:24,800 --> 01:10:26,800
Speaker 1: old game film and really just see some of our

1496
01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:30,080
Speaker 1: tips and tendencies, what offensive players are looking like, and

1497
01:10:30,160 --> 01:10:31,680
Speaker 1: see how we can kind of correct some of the

1498
01:10:31,800 --> 01:10:34,160
Speaker 1: other mistakes that we've been making as players, to kind

1499
01:10:34,200 --> 01:10:36,160
Speaker 1: of just elevate our game. Five games in, What do

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01:10:36,200 --> 01:10:38,200
Speaker 1: you like about this defense? With twelve games, what do

1501
01:10:38,240 --> 01:10:40,040
Speaker 1: you want to see improved? No, man, I like how

1502
01:10:40,160 --> 01:10:42,080
Speaker 1: fast we come out. I like how you know we're

1503
01:10:42,120 --> 01:10:45,439
Speaker 1: always coming out with some intent, whether it's to get

1504
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:48,000
Speaker 1: the ball out score on defense, we always come with

1505
01:10:48,120 --> 01:10:50,600
Speaker 1: the purpose. Now it's just about finishing more games so

1506
01:10:50,720 --> 01:10:52,599
Speaker 1: we can collect more wins. And I just like how

1507
01:10:52,640 --> 01:10:55,479
Speaker 1: we just never quit no matter what. Even dating back

1508
01:10:55,520 --> 01:10:57,679
Speaker 1: to Week one and went to five quarters, we didn't

1509
01:10:57,680 --> 01:10:59,920
Speaker 1: get the outcome, but it was still just guys fighting

1510
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:01,680
Speaker 1: and we show up to work every day. So I

1511
01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:04,080
Speaker 1: like that from this young team. All Right, the game

1512
01:11:04,120 --> 01:11:05,840
Speaker 1: you want to finish now is against the Oakland Raiders.

1513
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:07,920
Speaker 1: Tell us about the challenge the Deer car and that

1514
01:11:07,960 --> 01:11:10,000
Speaker 1: offensive line brings for you. You know, they do a

1515
01:11:10,040 --> 01:11:12,400
Speaker 1: great job of getting Josh Jacob's going. I mean, he's

1516
01:11:12,479 --> 01:11:14,559
Speaker 1: one of the top backs in this league. And then

1517
01:11:14,920 --> 01:11:17,200
Speaker 1: Derek car you know, giving him time to kind of

1518
01:11:17,320 --> 01:11:19,400
Speaker 1: rely on that run game and then he can get

1519
01:11:19,439 --> 01:11:21,880
Speaker 1: the ball downfield to Davante Adams, And so we know

1520
01:11:21,960 --> 01:11:24,080
Speaker 1: what that offensive line of leaning heavy on their run,

1521
01:11:24,120 --> 01:11:26,000
Speaker 1: we're gonna have a We're gonna have to bring our

1522
01:11:26,040 --> 01:11:27,840
Speaker 1: heart hats out pretty much because we know it's going

1523
01:11:27,920 --> 01:11:29,840
Speaker 1: to be a run game. And then once we're able

1524
01:11:29,840 --> 01:11:31,400
Speaker 1: to shut down that run, you gotta get ready just

1525
01:11:31,439 --> 01:11:33,439
Speaker 1: to kind of get after car and just be nasty

1526
01:11:33,520 --> 01:11:36,640
Speaker 1: with it. How when did you start eating healthier when

1527
01:11:36,680 --> 01:11:39,280
Speaker 1: I got to the NFL? So ye bet? Yeah, I

1528
01:11:39,320 --> 01:11:41,360
Speaker 1: mean when we're in college. Who doesn't make the late

1529
01:11:41,479 --> 01:11:43,400
Speaker 1: night runs to Taco Bell and water Burger. I mean,

1530
01:11:43,479 --> 01:11:45,080
Speaker 1: you're not a texting if you're not hitting water Burger

1531
01:11:45,160 --> 01:11:47,599
Speaker 1: late night. Let's be honest. So, yeah, what's the late

1532
01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:50,800
Speaker 1: night or what was the night you're gonna take me

1533
01:11:50,840 --> 01:11:52,280
Speaker 1: out a fat boy bench. I'm gonna go with a

1534
01:11:52,320 --> 01:11:56,680
Speaker 1: triple cheeseburger, Okay, chicken strips to start off with a

1535
01:11:56,840 --> 01:12:02,800
Speaker 1: fry and a powred to wash it down. Yeah, the

1536
01:12:02,840 --> 01:12:04,720
Speaker 1: power though, to keep it healthy because the chicken ships

1537
01:12:04,720 --> 01:12:07,479
Speaker 1: are so good too. You can't go wrong with those. Yeah,

1538
01:12:07,600 --> 01:12:10,040
Speaker 1: you gotta finish on that. Texans. We're gonna get nasty

1539
01:12:10,120 --> 01:12:12,600
Speaker 1: against the Raiders Sunday in Las Vegas. Oh yeah, I

1540
01:12:12,720 --> 01:12:15,720
Speaker 1: mean Jerry Hughes getting real nasty on Derek Carr a

1541
01:12:15,800 --> 01:12:19,120
Speaker 1: couple of Eustonians. Derek Carr went to clements before he

1542
01:12:19,200 --> 01:12:20,880
Speaker 1: moved back out the Baker's Field and finish his high

1543
01:12:20,880 --> 01:12:25,040
Speaker 1: school years there. And Jerry Hughes actually man Fort Bean County. Baby,

1544
01:12:25,360 --> 01:12:28,920
Speaker 1: that's right. Jerry Hughes went to Austin High School which

1545
01:12:28,960 --> 01:12:32,519
Speaker 1: is in Fort beIN County, the Ford Independent School District.

1546
01:12:32,600 --> 01:12:37,080
Speaker 1: So we'll matchup of former ben Independent School District stars

1547
01:12:37,280 --> 01:12:42,080
Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes and Derek Carr on Sunday. That's gonna be very,

1548
01:12:42,200 --> 01:12:44,320
Speaker 1: very fun. But we're gonna close down the show with

1549
01:12:44,439 --> 01:12:48,720
Speaker 1: a visit with Warren Moon. Warren was named one of

1550
01:12:48,920 --> 01:12:52,759
Speaker 1: the Gridiron Legends by Lone Star Sports Entertainment Tax Acts

1551
01:12:53,120 --> 01:12:57,320
Speaker 1: Tax Act Texas boll Gridiron Legend Class of twenty twenty two.

1552
01:12:57,760 --> 01:13:01,000
Speaker 1: Warren Moon in that class, Elmo right in there too,

1553
01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:05,519
Speaker 1: Tall Jones in that class, Rodney Hampton among others. And

1554
01:13:05,640 --> 01:13:09,080
Speaker 1: Warren Moon chopped it up with Mark on any number

1555
01:13:09,160 --> 01:13:10,840
Speaker 1: of topics. And this is really fun stuff. So I

1556
01:13:10,880 --> 01:13:13,080
Speaker 1: thought would bring it back for Friday so you could

1557
01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:15,360
Speaker 1: hear what Warren had to say. It's great stuff. Marv

1558
01:13:15,439 --> 01:13:19,120
Speaker 1: v Any Mere with Warren Moon right now. Warren Moon

1559
01:13:19,280 --> 01:13:22,400
Speaker 1: joining us right now in Texans Radio. Warren, first of all,

1560
01:13:22,640 --> 01:13:26,880
Speaker 1: welcome and congratulations on being a Texas gridiron legend. I

1561
01:13:26,960 --> 01:13:28,840
Speaker 1: know that has to be special to you. You've had

1562
01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:31,599
Speaker 1: so many honors in your life, but here's another one,

1563
01:13:31,760 --> 01:13:34,280
Speaker 1: and what are your thoughts on this? Well, first of all,

1564
01:13:34,400 --> 01:13:36,840
Speaker 1: thanks for having me on the show, Mark, And yeah,

1565
01:13:36,840 --> 01:13:39,800
Speaker 1: it is quite an honor because you know, whenever you

1566
01:13:39,920 --> 01:13:43,080
Speaker 1: can get, you know, put in the same company as

1567
01:13:43,080 --> 01:13:46,440
Speaker 1: a mean Joe Green or Earl Campbell or Mike Singletary

1568
01:13:46,560 --> 01:13:48,439
Speaker 1: or some of the other great names that are that

1569
01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:52,719
Speaker 1: are gridiron legends, it's something that makes you feel very special.

1570
01:13:52,920 --> 01:13:57,080
Speaker 1: So to be involved in this, uh, this group of

1571
01:13:57,160 --> 01:13:59,599
Speaker 1: guys that I'm going in with this year, with Rodney Hampton,

1572
01:13:59,720 --> 01:14:04,120
Speaker 1: guy as I played against, Ed two Tall, Jones, Santana Dotson.

1573
01:14:04,280 --> 01:14:06,160
Speaker 1: I mean, all these guys were great players in their

1574
01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:10,160
Speaker 1: own right and really contributed a lot to Texas football.

1575
01:14:10,280 --> 01:14:12,640
Speaker 1: So it's just an honor and a privilege to be

1576
01:14:12,680 --> 01:14:14,760
Speaker 1: a part of that group. Warren, You've lived a lot

1577
01:14:14,840 --> 01:14:17,960
Speaker 1: of places, But what does Houston mean to you? I

1578
01:14:18,120 --> 01:14:20,759
Speaker 1: know you come back here and I know you're involved

1579
01:14:20,800 --> 01:14:23,760
Speaker 1: in Brothers in Arms with Andre Ware and Vince Young,

1580
01:14:23,800 --> 01:14:25,719
Speaker 1: and I'll ask you about that as well. How special

1581
01:14:25,800 --> 01:14:27,760
Speaker 1: it is to be doing that with those guys and

1582
01:14:27,880 --> 01:14:31,240
Speaker 1: Patti Smith. But what about this city and your relationship

1583
01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:34,960
Speaker 1: with it, Warren, Well, this is where my NFL career started,

1584
01:14:35,040 --> 01:14:37,600
Speaker 1: and you know, Bud Adams with the Oilers gave me

1585
01:14:37,680 --> 01:14:40,639
Speaker 1: the opportunity to come to the NFL, and I want

1586
01:14:40,680 --> 01:14:43,840
Speaker 1: to make the most of that opportunity. And we had

1587
01:14:43,880 --> 01:14:46,240
Speaker 1: some really good years here as far as playing football,

1588
01:14:46,320 --> 01:14:49,160
Speaker 1: but also got very involved in the community. This was

1589
01:14:49,200 --> 01:14:52,439
Speaker 1: a community that was really good to me over the years,

1590
01:14:52,520 --> 01:14:55,120
Speaker 1: and we were able to do some really great things

1591
01:14:55,200 --> 01:14:58,280
Speaker 1: for young people here in the community. So this place

1592
01:14:58,320 --> 01:15:00,400
Speaker 1: will always have a special place in my heart, even

1593
01:15:00,400 --> 01:15:03,639
Speaker 1: though I don't live here year round, but my family

1594
01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:07,040
Speaker 1: still lives here. My four kids and my eight grandkids

1595
01:15:07,120 --> 01:15:09,080
Speaker 1: all still live here because they were kind of born

1596
01:15:09,120 --> 01:15:12,400
Speaker 1: and raised here during my playing days, so they decided

1597
01:15:12,439 --> 01:15:14,800
Speaker 1: to stay here and I visited here quite a bit.

1598
01:15:14,840 --> 01:15:19,479
Speaker 1: I just went to my middle school grandsons middle school

1599
01:15:19,560 --> 01:15:22,160
Speaker 1: football game last night. They won a championship out in

1600
01:15:22,760 --> 01:15:27,000
Speaker 1: uh in Sugarland, and my granddaughter as a cheerleader on

1601
01:15:27,080 --> 01:15:30,200
Speaker 1: the on the team for the for the football team,

1602
01:15:30,280 --> 01:15:31,720
Speaker 1: so I got a chance to see both of them

1603
01:15:31,880 --> 01:15:33,920
Speaker 1: last night. And I come back for all types of

1604
01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:36,800
Speaker 1: different functions that they have, and it's just a great

1605
01:15:36,840 --> 01:15:38,280
Speaker 1: city to come back and visit. I have a lot

1606
01:15:38,320 --> 01:15:42,640
Speaker 1: of great relationships here friends wise, and also with the

1607
01:15:42,760 --> 01:15:46,719
Speaker 1: foundation that we're doing with Andre and uh and and Vince.

1608
01:15:46,800 --> 01:15:49,240
Speaker 1: So there's just a lot of different reasons why I

1609
01:15:49,320 --> 01:15:51,360
Speaker 1: come back to the city, a lot of positive reasons

1610
01:15:51,400 --> 01:15:53,439
Speaker 1: in this city always, like I said, have a special

1611
01:15:53,520 --> 01:15:55,960
Speaker 1: place in my heart. Well, and you have a special

1612
01:15:56,080 --> 01:15:59,120
Speaker 1: place in the hearts of Houston fans. Weren't what about

1613
01:15:59,200 --> 01:16:01,200
Speaker 1: roughing the past today. I'm just going to get right

1614
01:16:01,240 --> 01:16:04,160
Speaker 1: into it here, because when you played, the rules were different.

1615
01:16:04,520 --> 01:16:08,400
Speaker 1: Protection of quarterbacks, what the dbs could do to the receivers,

1616
01:16:08,840 --> 01:16:11,160
Speaker 1: and as much production as you had, I got a

1617
01:16:11,200 --> 01:16:13,960
Speaker 1: feeling it would be a lot greater in this era.

1618
01:16:14,120 --> 01:16:17,960
Speaker 1: Your thoughts, you know, I understand why they're trying why

1619
01:16:18,040 --> 01:16:20,479
Speaker 1: they're trying to protect the quarterback the way they can,

1620
01:16:20,479 --> 01:16:22,800
Speaker 1: because we're in a very vulnerable position when we throw

1621
01:16:22,880 --> 01:16:26,400
Speaker 1: the football. We're a big part of team's success. So

1622
01:16:26,479 --> 01:16:30,840
Speaker 1: when the starting quarterback goes down, there's a big gap

1623
01:16:31,200 --> 01:16:34,400
Speaker 1: in a football team between the starter in the backup quarterback,

1624
01:16:34,439 --> 01:16:36,880
Speaker 1: and the league wants to see quality play out there.

1625
01:16:36,960 --> 01:16:38,519
Speaker 1: The fans want to see that as well, so I

1626
01:16:38,640 --> 01:16:41,120
Speaker 1: understand why they're trying to protect these guys, but they

1627
01:16:41,240 --> 01:16:43,680
Speaker 1: still are football players and that's something that has to

1628
01:16:44,400 --> 01:16:48,200
Speaker 1: be taken into consideration. I think whenever there's a rough

1629
01:16:48,240 --> 01:16:51,760
Speaker 1: in the passer penalty, I think there should be it

1630
01:16:51,800 --> 01:16:54,800
Speaker 1: should be reviewed. There's no question about it, because these

1631
01:16:54,880 --> 01:16:58,400
Speaker 1: defensive players, they're really at a They're really hamstrung as

1632
01:16:58,439 --> 01:17:00,360
Speaker 1: far as how you can hit a quarterback. You can't

1633
01:17:00,400 --> 01:17:02,519
Speaker 1: hit them low anymore because you don't want to take

1634
01:17:02,560 --> 01:17:04,639
Speaker 1: out their knees. You can't hit them high anymore because

1635
01:17:04,640 --> 01:17:07,200
Speaker 1: you might hit them in the head. You can't drive

1636
01:17:07,280 --> 01:17:09,640
Speaker 1: them to the turf anymore because you might fall on

1637
01:17:09,760 --> 01:17:12,000
Speaker 1: top of them and hurt them. So I think all

1638
01:17:12,080 --> 01:17:16,200
Speaker 1: these penalties should be reviewed right away because the officials

1639
01:17:16,240 --> 01:17:20,920
Speaker 1: are seeing it, you know, firsthand, in live, full speed action.

1640
01:17:21,080 --> 01:17:24,599
Speaker 1: But I think if you replay it, you'll be able

1641
01:17:24,640 --> 01:17:26,200
Speaker 1: to see that some of these guys are trying to

1642
01:17:26,320 --> 01:17:28,080
Speaker 1: do the right thing. And I think there's been an

1643
01:17:28,120 --> 01:17:32,200
Speaker 1: overreaction to what happened with Tua and his concussion of

1644
01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:36,320
Speaker 1: the last two weeks ago that now everything is being

1645
01:17:36,520 --> 01:17:39,599
Speaker 1: amplified as far as quarterbacks being hit, and you didn't

1646
01:17:39,600 --> 01:17:42,680
Speaker 1: see that prior to that, So I really think the

1647
01:17:42,800 --> 01:17:44,840
Speaker 1: rule needs to be changed. I know it probably won't

1648
01:17:44,880 --> 01:17:47,439
Speaker 1: happen this season, but I really think they need to

1649
01:17:48,479 --> 01:17:51,839
Speaker 1: review everything that happens on quarterback hits because these defensive

1650
01:17:51,880 --> 01:17:54,360
Speaker 1: players are trying to do the right thing, but you

1651
01:17:54,479 --> 01:17:56,880
Speaker 1: have to remember when a guy three hundred pounds is

1652
01:17:56,880 --> 01:17:58,800
Speaker 1: coming at your full speed, it's kind of hard for

1653
01:17:58,920 --> 01:18:01,519
Speaker 1: him to let up at the same time trying to

1654
01:18:01,560 --> 01:18:03,400
Speaker 1: get the quarterback down to the ground. So it's a

1655
01:18:03,520 --> 01:18:05,880
Speaker 1: very touchy situation something that I think needs to be

1656
01:18:06,000 --> 01:18:11,160
Speaker 1: looked at every time it happens. Warren Moon joining us Warren.

1657
01:18:11,880 --> 01:18:15,639
Speaker 1: The eras are changing as we speak. Tom Brady might

1658
01:18:15,760 --> 01:18:18,200
Speaker 1: be it is last year. We don't know, but might

1659
01:18:18,280 --> 01:18:21,519
Speaker 1: be its last year. Aaron Rodgers is not getting any younger.

1660
01:18:21,600 --> 01:18:25,080
Speaker 1: We've already said about it. Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers.

1661
01:18:25,400 --> 01:18:28,840
Speaker 1: What quarterbacks today really inspire you? Do you really like

1662
01:18:29,080 --> 01:18:32,920
Speaker 1: to watch play the game just as an observer? Well,

1663
01:18:33,040 --> 01:18:36,040
Speaker 1: I watched two of them on Sunday, Patrick Mahomes and

1664
01:18:36,720 --> 01:18:38,840
Speaker 1: Josh Allen. They're two of the best in the game

1665
01:18:38,920 --> 01:18:41,400
Speaker 1: right now. They can do it, you know, with their arms,

1666
01:18:41,439 --> 01:18:44,480
Speaker 1: they can do it with their legs. They're fierce competitors,

1667
01:18:45,080 --> 01:18:47,240
Speaker 1: and those are two guys that I would pay to

1668
01:18:47,320 --> 01:18:50,280
Speaker 1: go see. There's so many good young quarterbacks in the

1669
01:18:50,360 --> 01:18:52,559
Speaker 1: league right now. You know, you've got Lamar Jackson, You've

1670
01:18:52,560 --> 01:18:57,400
Speaker 1: got Joe Burrow, You've got Justin Herbert who just played

1671
01:18:57,520 --> 01:18:59,599
Speaker 1: last night. I mean, there's just so many good young

1672
01:18:59,640 --> 01:19:02,400
Speaker 1: ones coming along that the league. I think it is

1673
01:19:02,400 --> 01:19:04,760
Speaker 1: in very good shape at the quarterback position. But you

1674
01:19:04,840 --> 01:19:06,960
Speaker 1: do have these older guys that are starting to see

1675
01:19:07,000 --> 01:19:09,479
Speaker 1: their last year's come to an end, and they've had

1676
01:19:09,720 --> 01:19:13,680
Speaker 1: amazing careers. They have nothing to be ashamed of, and

1677
01:19:13,800 --> 01:19:15,639
Speaker 1: I just hope they don't play too long to where

1678
01:19:15,640 --> 01:19:18,000
Speaker 1: they're not playing up to the same standards they want

1679
01:19:18,040 --> 01:19:20,680
Speaker 1: to finish the game with. Well, we make a big

1680
01:19:20,800 --> 01:19:24,040
Speaker 1: deal now. You know, obviously Tom Brady's amazing at forty five,

1681
01:19:24,160 --> 01:19:26,800
Speaker 1: but you know, there you were playing late thirties into

1682
01:19:26,840 --> 01:19:29,800
Speaker 1: your forties. What did it take to do that? And

1683
01:19:30,040 --> 01:19:33,040
Speaker 1: would that be different now? I know we're talking about

1684
01:19:33,080 --> 01:19:36,800
Speaker 1: the nineties here as you started winding it down, but

1685
01:19:37,000 --> 01:19:40,360
Speaker 1: here we are in the twenties, and how has health

1686
01:19:40,439 --> 01:19:45,120
Speaker 1: and fitness and that side of things change in the league.

1687
01:19:45,160 --> 01:19:47,599
Speaker 1: Would that have helped you play even longer? Perhaps if

1688
01:19:47,640 --> 01:19:50,920
Speaker 1: you were playing today, never mind the rules, you know,

1689
01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:53,400
Speaker 1: it probably would have. I think so much more is

1690
01:19:53,479 --> 01:19:57,559
Speaker 1: known about our bodies as far as you know, being

1691
01:19:57,880 --> 01:20:00,960
Speaker 1: taking care of your bodies, the way the way you eat,

1692
01:20:01,040 --> 01:20:04,200
Speaker 1: the way you train, the way you take supplements, things

1693
01:20:04,280 --> 01:20:07,160
Speaker 1: like that. I think that has a big reason, has

1694
01:20:07,200 --> 01:20:09,639
Speaker 1: a lot to do with why Tom Brady is playing

1695
01:20:09,680 --> 01:20:11,360
Speaker 1: the way he is because of the way he takes

1696
01:20:11,400 --> 01:20:14,240
Speaker 1: care of himself. I think the game isn't a physical

1697
01:20:14,360 --> 01:20:16,800
Speaker 1: especially for the quarterback now, so that wear and tear

1698
01:20:16,920 --> 01:20:18,960
Speaker 1: that you have on your body is going to be less.

1699
01:20:19,479 --> 01:20:22,920
Speaker 1: That allows you to play longer because of the different

1700
01:20:23,000 --> 01:20:24,959
Speaker 1: rules in that and the way they protect a quarterback.

1701
01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:28,160
Speaker 1: And then the game itself it's more of a wide

1702
01:20:28,200 --> 01:20:31,640
Speaker 1: open passing game. It's it's more of a skills competition

1703
01:20:31,760 --> 01:20:35,400
Speaker 1: more so than a physical contest, I think, compared to

1704
01:20:35,800 --> 01:20:38,360
Speaker 1: the era when I played. So I think all those

1705
01:20:38,439 --> 01:20:40,920
Speaker 1: things combined, you're going to see a lot more players

1706
01:20:40,960 --> 01:20:44,400
Speaker 1: that a lot of different positions play longer than they

1707
01:20:44,520 --> 01:20:47,000
Speaker 1: probably did back in the day, only because the game

1708
01:20:47,080 --> 01:20:49,360
Speaker 1: doesn't require as much. You don't see guys have two

1709
01:20:49,520 --> 01:20:52,599
Speaker 1: days and in training camp anymore, they very rarely hit

1710
01:20:52,760 --> 01:20:55,880
Speaker 1: throughout the train throughout the regular season, So there's a

1711
01:20:55,960 --> 01:20:58,880
Speaker 1: lot less wear and tear on your body that is

1712
01:20:58,880 --> 01:21:00,720
Speaker 1: going to allow you to play a bit longer. So

1713
01:21:00,840 --> 01:21:04,280
Speaker 1: all those things combined, you're going to see players play longer.

1714
01:21:04,720 --> 01:21:06,760
Speaker 1: The only reason why they probably won't is they're making

1715
01:21:06,840 --> 01:21:09,000
Speaker 1: so much money now they don't have to play as long,

1716
01:21:09,040 --> 01:21:10,680
Speaker 1: and I think that would be the only reason why

1717
01:21:10,800 --> 01:21:13,800
Speaker 1: guys would retire a little bit early. A couple more

1718
01:21:13,880 --> 01:21:16,519
Speaker 1: for you here, Warren. I've been doing the Texans games

1719
01:21:16,520 --> 01:21:19,280
Speaker 1: with Andre Ware since the franchise started in two thousand

1720
01:21:19,280 --> 01:21:21,519
Speaker 1: and two, and he says nothing but great things about you.

1721
01:21:21,720 --> 01:21:23,840
Speaker 1: Tell me about your relationship with Drey and how it

1722
01:21:23,920 --> 01:21:27,000
Speaker 1: got started, because I know you were already well established

1723
01:21:27,439 --> 01:21:30,360
Speaker 1: as he was making his way Heisman Trophy and eighty nine,

1724
01:21:30,400 --> 01:21:33,479
Speaker 1: then making his way into the NFL. Yeah, Andre was

1725
01:21:33,479 --> 01:21:35,400
Speaker 1: at the University of Houston when I was playing with

1726
01:21:35,520 --> 01:21:37,880
Speaker 1: the Oilers, and I saw this young guy just kind

1727
01:21:37,880 --> 01:21:41,719
Speaker 1: of emerging and just taking off with this running shoot offense.

1728
01:21:41,800 --> 01:21:43,880
Speaker 1: He was just setting all kinds of records, throwing the

1729
01:21:43,920 --> 01:21:46,240
Speaker 1: ball all over the place, and I was a little

1730
01:21:46,280 --> 01:21:48,320
Speaker 1: bit jealous because of the offense that he was in

1731
01:21:48,520 --> 01:21:51,479
Speaker 1: and I'm watching, you know, what he was doing. I'm like, man,

1732
01:21:51,520 --> 01:21:53,280
Speaker 1: I would love to play in an offense like that

1733
01:21:53,720 --> 01:21:56,120
Speaker 1: in low and behold, you know. A couple of years later,

1734
01:21:56,240 --> 01:21:58,360
Speaker 1: Jack Party comes to the Oilers and we're running the

1735
01:21:58,439 --> 01:22:01,160
Speaker 1: same offense. But I had a chance to meet Andrea

1736
01:22:01,320 --> 01:22:04,920
Speaker 1: during his Heisman Trophy run and then we would work

1737
01:22:04,960 --> 01:22:07,360
Speaker 1: out in the off season sometime, and then before he

1738
01:22:07,439 --> 01:22:10,320
Speaker 1: got ready to go into the NFL Draft, we started

1739
01:22:10,360 --> 01:22:13,879
Speaker 1: working out together as well. We had the same attorney,

1740
01:22:13,920 --> 01:22:16,280
Speaker 1: Lee Steinberg, so that really brought us together, and I

1741
01:22:16,360 --> 01:22:20,040
Speaker 1: helped to recruit him, you know, for Leeda to represent him.

1742
01:22:20,120 --> 01:22:24,120
Speaker 1: So our relationship has been a long one. He's more

1743
01:22:24,240 --> 01:22:28,000
Speaker 1: like a little brother to me, and it's great to

1744
01:22:28,080 --> 01:22:30,479
Speaker 1: be involved with him in this community project we're doing

1745
01:22:30,560 --> 01:22:32,320
Speaker 1: with Brothers in Arms. We've had a lot of fun

1746
01:22:32,479 --> 01:22:35,240
Speaker 1: doing this as well. So our relationship goes back a

1747
01:22:35,320 --> 01:22:39,360
Speaker 1: long ways, but we're still, you know, together, great friends

1748
01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:41,559
Speaker 1: and doing some great things here in the Houston community

1749
01:22:41,640 --> 01:22:45,080
Speaker 1: to this day. Outstanding Warren Moon joining us. All right,

1750
01:22:45,120 --> 01:22:47,360
Speaker 1: one more for you, the Houston Texans. Warren, what do

1751
01:22:47,439 --> 01:22:50,120
Speaker 1: you make of what they're going through right now, obviously

1752
01:22:50,240 --> 01:22:52,439
Speaker 1: in a process here with Loveye Smith and his first

1753
01:22:52,520 --> 01:22:54,800
Speaker 1: year as head coach and Nick Cassios GM and his

1754
01:22:54,880 --> 01:22:56,960
Speaker 1: second year, what do you think of where the Texans

1755
01:22:57,000 --> 01:23:00,479
Speaker 1: are headed. Lovey Smith is a guy that I've known

1756
01:23:00,600 --> 01:23:02,479
Speaker 1: for a long time. I mean, he has a great

1757
01:23:02,520 --> 01:23:05,519
Speaker 1: relationship with his players. He knows how to hire really

1758
01:23:05,560 --> 01:23:08,320
Speaker 1: good coaches, knows how to handle the media very well.

1759
01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:10,240
Speaker 1: And you're talking about a guy that's been to a

1760
01:23:10,280 --> 01:23:12,360
Speaker 1: Super Bowl with a quarterback that you know, a lot

1761
01:23:12,400 --> 01:23:15,200
Speaker 1: of people have probably never heard of. But that's the

1762
01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:17,840
Speaker 1: type of coach that he was. So if he's given

1763
01:23:17,880 --> 01:23:19,960
Speaker 1: the chance to go along with Nick and those guys

1764
01:23:20,040 --> 01:23:22,840
Speaker 1: work together, I think this football team can start to

1765
01:23:22,960 --> 01:23:24,920
Speaker 1: now get on the path that they need to get onto,

1766
01:23:25,240 --> 01:23:27,920
Speaker 1: you know, to win football games. I really like Davis

1767
01:23:28,040 --> 01:23:30,280
Speaker 1: Mills is a young quarterback for the future. They just

1768
01:23:30,400 --> 01:23:33,320
Speaker 1: need to build some things around him. I was really

1769
01:23:33,360 --> 01:23:35,639
Speaker 1: impressed with the way he finished the season last year.

1770
01:23:36,600 --> 01:23:38,680
Speaker 1: Hasn't gotten off to as good a start this year

1771
01:23:39,320 --> 01:23:41,280
Speaker 1: as I thought he would, but he's done some really

1772
01:23:41,320 --> 01:23:44,200
Speaker 1: good things this year at times. So I think with

1773
01:23:44,400 --> 01:23:47,360
Speaker 1: patients and with guys built around him. He can be

1774
01:23:47,479 --> 01:23:49,519
Speaker 1: a guy for the future if they decide to go

1775
01:23:49,680 --> 01:23:53,840
Speaker 1: that direction. Sounds great. Warren, once again, congratulations on being

1776
01:23:53,880 --> 01:23:57,479
Speaker 1: a Texas Gridiron legend, and we appreciate the visit. Thanks

1777
01:23:57,520 --> 01:23:59,879
Speaker 1: so much, Mark, thanks for having me on man, appreciate

1778
01:23:59,920 --> 01:24:01,760
Speaker 1: it to you two, and good luck the rest of

1779
01:24:01,760 --> 01:24:04,080
Speaker 1: the way with the Texans. And that is as good

1780
01:24:04,120 --> 01:24:07,040
Speaker 1: a place to stop as any. Warren Moon wishing us

1781
01:24:07,280 --> 01:24:12,559
Speaker 1: luck against the Raiders. That's perfect game three oh five

1782
01:24:13,120 --> 01:24:16,439
Speaker 1: here in Houston Circle. It's not a one five, one

1783
01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:20,559
Speaker 1: twenty five twenty three oh five kick out in Las Vegas.

1784
01:24:20,640 --> 01:24:23,400
Speaker 1: If you're there on site, it's one oh five where

1785
01:24:23,439 --> 01:24:26,479
Speaker 1: your Texans colors be proud. Enjoy the trip to Las

1786
01:24:26,560 --> 01:24:28,920
Speaker 1: Vegas if you're going, if you're at home, cheer him on.

1787
01:24:29,120 --> 01:24:32,000
Speaker 1: Listen to Mark Andre and myself with the call starting

1788
01:24:32,040 --> 01:24:34,000
Speaker 1: at three oh five. You got the pregame with Seawan

1789
01:24:34,479 --> 01:24:37,280
Speaker 1: and Seth Pain and in the post game with Sean

1790
01:24:37,560 --> 01:24:39,559
Speaker 1: and Clint Starners. Hopefully they'll be great things to talk

1791
01:24:39,560 --> 01:24:42,160
Speaker 1: about in the post game. So let's get it. Let's

1792
01:24:42,200 --> 01:24:44,360
Speaker 1: go out to Las Vegas. Let's make this first trip

1793
01:24:44,439 --> 01:24:47,040
Speaker 1: out to Las Vegas a memorable one. Like it was

1794
01:24:47,160 --> 01:24:50,320
Speaker 1: for the Cardinals went up there and came back from behind,

1795
01:24:50,560 --> 01:24:52,720
Speaker 1: unlike it was for the Broncos who lost thirty two

1796
01:24:53,000 --> 01:24:56,000
Speaker 1: twenty three in Week four. Let's go get a w

1797
01:24:56,160 --> 01:24:58,080
Speaker 1: get number two of the year. We'll go make thanks

1798
01:24:58,120 --> 01:25:01,080
Speaker 1: to Warren Moon, to Mark Vanimir did Doherty, to Jerry Hughes,

1799
01:25:01,160 --> 01:25:05,720
Speaker 1: to DP City, Eddie Pascal, love you Smith and all

1800
01:25:05,800 --> 01:25:07,880
Speaker 1: of you for listening. Thank you so much. We'll see

1801
01:25:07,880 --> 01:25:09,679
Speaker 1: you next time and as always, go Texans.