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Speaker 1: Texans All Access from the Hunday Texans Radio Studio. I

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Speaker 1: am your host, John Harris. Glad to be with you

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Speaker 1: yet again, last Texans show before Sunday kickoff noon right

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Speaker 1: here at NRG Stadium. That's where I am. That's where

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Speaker 1: the Hunday Texans Radio Studio is. And I'm telling you

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Speaker 1: we got so much for you. It's our Kids Day.

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Speaker 1: So if you've got kids, man send him to the game.

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Speaker 1: I can't tell you how much we have Kickoff and

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Speaker 1: Chevron Kids Corner pettings. There's a there's a decam petting

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Speaker 1: zoo going on this weekend. You can be Texans ambassadors

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Speaker 1: and cheerleaders stopped by the Toros Kids Club tent and

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Speaker 1: the Chevron Kids Corner before eleven that's located in the boulevard.

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Speaker 1: Their paper Toro headbands courtesy of Texas Children's Hospital. National

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Speaker 1: anthem is gonna be sung by the Houston Girls Chorus.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have that girl Lelee there. Oh oh, oh,

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Speaker 1: oh boy. I almost forgot on Kids Day. This is

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Speaker 1: huge fifth annual Toro's Mascot Bowl featuring the Tigers from

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Speaker 1: the spring Banch Memorial Sports Association and your favorite local

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Speaker 1: Houston mascots. I cannot wait. I love mascot ball. I know,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. You guys know I'm a football head

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Speaker 1: that I probably shouldn't. I love Mascot Bowl. The irony

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Speaker 1: the mascots and head the face plan in Toro many

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Speaker 1: way way back in the day, scored a touchdown, then

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Speaker 1: no Christian McCafferty in this one on the field, but

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Speaker 1: not a halftime. But you get the point. It's kid's day.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a blast, so y'all take advantage of that.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be pretty fun for your kids. So if

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Speaker 1: a take a kid with you, because it's a kid today.

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Speaker 1: We have a theme for every game. It's something that

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Speaker 1: Light Plaza before the game. So plenty of stuff going

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Speaker 1: on with this one. Kickoff is at noon. Got the

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Speaker 1: pregame show on radio starting at nine o'clock with Rick

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Speaker 1: Campbell and Seth Payne. I'll jump on, Drey jumps On,

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Speaker 1: for you going on this weekend. Most importantly the game

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Speaker 1: definitely check that out now. On tonight's show, We're a

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Speaker 1: jam Pack, we got Kenny Stills in our Deep Slant

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Speaker 1: Credit Union first glance Keys to the Game. Mark's gonna

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Speaker 1: every single game straight up and against the spread this weekend,

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Speaker 1: and then our final segments, the players segment. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: have my football Story Jordan Nakens. That's a video series

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Speaker 1: put together by my friend Tyler Start, who does a

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Speaker 1: Bescar TV aka Player Reporter sponsored by Arctic, and we've

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Speaker 1: got the Final Word with Drew Dorty in this week.

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Speaker 1: Of course, it had to be Justin Reid with his

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Speaker 1: So let's kick off the show today with our Hot Reads.

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Speaker 1: wonderful award earned for Lonnie Johnson Junior. The NFLPA started this,

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Speaker 1: He ran him very well, hit those slants behind the

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Speaker 1: linebackers that were diving on Christian McCaffrey. The RPO game

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Speaker 1: is coming. Here's what I would say, if it's possible,

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Speaker 1: make him give it and then let the big guys

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Speaker 1: up front stop the run. Make him give it. Take

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Speaker 1: away the throw because the throw turns into a twelve

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Speaker 1: fifteen yard game. If you run it, you run it

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Speaker 1: right into the teeth of a really strong front seven.

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Speaker 1: So RPO game is coming. See if you could force

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Speaker 1: the force the run out of that and not to throw.

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Speaker 1: I know it's instinctive to just jump on that run,

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Speaker 1: but if you can hesitate just a split second and

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Speaker 1: then react, they'll take the throwaway and it'll force him

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Speaker 1: to run and you can stop the zone all the

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Speaker 1: game long. I mentioned earlier, Kyle Allen has really kind

439
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Speaker 1: of unlocked the box for Greg Olson. Two touchdowns last week,

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Speaker 1: Olson's first two touchdowns of the season, and he was

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Speaker 1: able to do with Kyle Allen. He threw four touchdowns

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Speaker 1: on the day, one of DJ Moore and two to

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Speaker 1: Greg Olson. Deshaun Gibson's gonna be big. This is one

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Speaker 1: of the reasons why Deshaun Gibson was signed in the offseason.

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Speaker 1: He's a guy that can help slow down tight ends.

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Speaker 1: He has a great track record against tight ends. This

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Speaker 1: is to Shaun Gibson's game to show what he can

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Speaker 1: do covering Greg Olsen. If you take the security blanket

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Speaker 1: of Greg Olson away, especially down the red zone from

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Speaker 1: Kyle Allen, it's gonna be a tough day for him.

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Speaker 1: Number four. One of the things I felt like the

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Speaker 1: Texans did a great job of on Sunday against the

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Speaker 1: Chargers was changing up the pass rush combinations. Now, most

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Speaker 1: of the time JJ and Whitney were both included in

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Speaker 1: the mid but there were times where it was Jake

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Speaker 1: Martin with Wit and JJ with Amena Who. Then it

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Speaker 1: was Reader with Amena who, Whitney and JJ. Then sometimes

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Speaker 1: it was what Jacob Martin, Whitney and Amena who. There

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Speaker 1: are a lot of different combinations, so spinning the dial

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Speaker 1: kind of takes on a new meaning, and this week

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Speaker 1: it's more about keep changing those pass rush combinations because

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Speaker 1: you can move JJ around with certain guys out on

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Speaker 1: the field, you can move Whitney around with certain guys

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Speaker 1: out on the field. You can move Charles Amna who

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Speaker 1: with certain guys out in the field, but keep changing

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Speaker 1: that combination such that the Panthers don't get comfortable. And

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Speaker 1: the Panthers are starting a new left tackle, a rookie

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Speaker 1: at left tackle, and they're also starting a left tackle

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Speaker 1: at right guard, so there are changes on an offensive line. Look,

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Speaker 1: there's still some excellent talented OFFENSI line. Greg Little left

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Speaker 1: tackle is an excellent athlete. But if you show them

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Speaker 1: some different things and confuse them and go, man, I've

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Speaker 1: never seen that before, that's possible, then in his game

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Speaker 1: he's going to see something that he's never seen before.

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Speaker 1: Keep throwing those pass rush combinations. It keeps everybody fresh,

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Speaker 1: it keeps the rush fresh, and it starts to get

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Speaker 1: to Kyle out at some point where he's looking at

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Speaker 1: the rush and not downfield. Then you will have one

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Speaker 1: and last, and certainly not least on the Texans defensive side,

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Speaker 1: Curtis Samuel DJ Moore deep threats. They are big time

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Speaker 1: deep threats. They're not complete and total polished receivers. Yet

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Speaker 1: they're not the Keenan Allen gonna make him missing a

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Speaker 1: phone booth, great route runner, complete polished receiver. These guys

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Speaker 1: are good athletes that can make plays anywhere on the field,

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Speaker 1: especially deep and down the field. Take that away. Nothing deep.

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Speaker 1: Now Dj Moore didn't have a long touchdown the other day.

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Speaker 1: It was on dagger route inside guy taken off outside

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Speaker 1: guy running the deep dig sort of creates a pick

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Speaker 1: or a rub route essentially, and then more caught it,

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Speaker 1: found a seam and took off. Nothing deep, absolutely nothing

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Speaker 1: did not allow anything deep against the Chargers won that

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Speaker 1: ball game. Now, they did catch some things in front

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Speaker 1: of you. That happened, But if you come up and

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Speaker 1: make tackles, you can live with it that you're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to do. But nothing deep over your head can

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Speaker 1: not happen, cannot cannot happen either way. You get the point.

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Speaker 1: All right, Let's flip it over to the Texans offense

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Speaker 1: and start with number one. Most of the time we

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Speaker 1: say you can't let game wreckers wreck the game. Well,

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Speaker 1: Luke Keekley's a different kind of game wrecker. He does

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Speaker 1: it with his speed and his IQ. This guy knows

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Speaker 1: what you're doing sometimes before you even know what you're doing.

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Speaker 1: And I think a great example of that was against

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals. I could tell that I could tell the

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Speaker 1: wheels were spinning in his mind, like I know what

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Speaker 1: this is like. He was kind of moving around almost

507
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Speaker 1: like Bobby Bruschane and waterboard like. He was just kind

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Speaker 1: of trying to shake out the sounded his head. And

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Speaker 1: then he popped up and he was like and he pointed,

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Speaker 1: like right before the ball snapped, point at where the

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Speaker 1: ball is going to go. He told his linebacker where

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Speaker 1: it was gonna go, and the ball went right there.

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Speaker 1: This guy is brilliant. They've got to get a hat

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Speaker 1: on Luke Keakley. Every single play somehow someway, whether it's

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Speaker 1: Gillespie at fullback, whether it's one of the guards, whether

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Speaker 1: it's a tackle, depending on the play concept, whether it's

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Speaker 1: Nick Martin guard or at center. You've got to get

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Speaker 1: a hat on fifty nine. He knows where the ball

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Speaker 1: is going and if you don't occupy him, you're going

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Speaker 1: to be in a world a hurt. Secondly, Brian Burns

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Speaker 1: is a rookie edge defender, had a sack last week.

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Speaker 1: Does a pretty good job off the edge. He is quick,

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Speaker 1: he is fast, he is a little lanky, and he's

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Speaker 1: a little light. Run right at him outside zone. Let

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Speaker 1: Lamy bang on him a little bit outside zone. Let

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Speaker 1: Titus Howard bang on him a little bit. That's gonna

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Speaker 1: be something. I think that can help. If you can

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Speaker 1: start loosening the edge running at Brian Burns because of

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Speaker 1: his size, now you can power stresh situation. Zack guy's

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Speaker 1: gonna pay his ears back and come. He's gonna be trouble.

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Speaker 1: But if you run right at him, you wear him down,

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Speaker 1: you slow him down. You kind of win in both ways.

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Speaker 1: Number three and we'll see what happens with Dante Jackson here,

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Speaker 1: but you can take advantage of him being aggressive with

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Speaker 1: double moves. Dante Jackson is terribly aggressive. He is a

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Speaker 1: really good football player with a tremendous amount of speed,

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Speaker 1: and he trusts at speed and takes some chances. But

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Speaker 1: double moves you can get him on the other side.

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Speaker 1: Bradbury's the other way. He'll give you some stuff in front,

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Speaker 1: take it. Take the stuff in front, Take what he

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Speaker 1: gives you. Take the deep shot on the double move

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Speaker 1: against Dante Jackson. If he's gonna play number four. We

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Speaker 1: say this every week. Get rid of the ball quickly,

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Speaker 1: move quickly, snap the ball quickly. Put the utmost pressure

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Speaker 1: on that defense. It's the second week and row on

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Speaker 1: the road. Go a little bit more up tempo, see

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Speaker 1: what they can handle, and then put it on him.

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Speaker 1: It's a second straight road trip. They had to go

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Speaker 1: back home to Carolina and then come back to Texas.

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Speaker 1: They were an Arazon the last week, and then go

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Speaker 1: back on the road. They started both games at home.

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Speaker 1: Now they get two on the road. Do everything quickly,

553
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Speaker 1: be efficient and quick and forced them to have to

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Speaker 1: adapt to you. So try a little bit more up tempo,

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Speaker 1: but do things quickly. Bother your hands quickly. First down,

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Speaker 1: let's go up tempo. Let's put them on the defensive

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Speaker 1: a little bit from that perspective. Last since, certainly not least,

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Speaker 1: I don't really want to trifle with Eric Reid. I

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Speaker 1: still think he's one of the better safeties in the league.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to mess with him. But Trey Boston.

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Speaker 1: I watched him last year because I was considering whether

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Speaker 1: the Texans should take a look at him before they

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Speaker 1: signed to Sean Gibson, and I thought, man, Tray Boston,

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Speaker 1: let's see what he's got. What I saw on tape

565
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Speaker 1: was a guy that can be had by this offensive

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Speaker 1: particular thirty three Trey Boston is a good safety. I

567
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Speaker 1: think his best days are behind him. I think you

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Speaker 1: can have some opportunities going against him. I isolate him

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Speaker 1: in coverage with maybe some shifts and some motions and

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Speaker 1: some personnel groups. I think there's gonna be something there

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Speaker 1: to attack him in the passing him. The Texans found

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Speaker 1: to do that last week against the Chargers, especially with

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Speaker 1: Roderick Teamer. I think if they're able to find Trey

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Speaker 1: Boston in the passing game, they're gonna have a ton

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Speaker 1: of success. The second ardor doesn't give up a lot

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Speaker 1: in the passing game. But they haven't face this Texans

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Speaker 1: group yet. That's a whole different animal. Speaking of of

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Speaker 1: Texans receivers, how about Kenny Stills. Yeah, he sat down

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Speaker 1: for a deep sunt interview of the week. While for

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Speaker 1: mathdrills to learn more. Welcome back to the show on

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Speaker 1: this Friday evening. Thank you so much for listening. I

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Speaker 1: am in the Hunday Texans Radio studio. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: John Harris, football analyst and silent reporter for your Houston

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Speaker 1: Texans and it's time for a Deep Slant Interview of

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Speaker 1: the week. Been waiting for this one. I knew that

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Speaker 1: at some point dpcity was going to sit down with

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Speaker 1: Kenny Stills, and here it is, Kenny Stills with Deep

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Speaker 1: City for a Deep Slant interview the week sponsored Bikes Finity.

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Speaker 1: The Deep Slant one on one presented by Xfinity. Our

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Speaker 1: guest today, Kenny Stills. Welcome Kenny. Never had you in

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Speaker 1: studio and I've never gotten a chance interview, so I'm

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Speaker 1: actually really excited about this. Thank you for having me. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so first thing I got to ask you is about

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Speaker 1: your game day fashion because some of the players have

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Speaker 1: thrown you into the mix of players to watch on

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Speaker 1: game Day, one being Whitney Merciless who said, Hey, Kenny

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Speaker 1: Stills really bringing the game day looks. So you grew

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Speaker 1: up in California, you played in Miami. What's sort of

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Speaker 1: your fashion style? If you had to describe it, I

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Speaker 1: like to kind of just push push the limit, push

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Speaker 1: the envelope on different looks, being able to just try

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Speaker 1: out different things and you know, see what fits, what

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Speaker 1: looks good, and yeah, I guess just kind of pretty straightforward.

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Speaker 1: But is there anything that you like absolutely would not wear? No? No,

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Speaker 1: I think it's fun to be able to try different

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Speaker 1: things and see what looks good. It's pretty interesting how

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Speaker 1: a lot of brands are making things that are like

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Speaker 1: for man, men and women, so um, you know, I

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Speaker 1: think it's fun to try like, sorry of a unisex

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Speaker 1: sort of a look right. Yeah, I like the intersex stuff,

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Speaker 1: and you know, I look at some of the old

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Speaker 1: school like prints and money Krabits and those types of

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Speaker 1: dudes for inspiration. But I think, like, deep down inside,

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Speaker 1: I'm just a California kid. I like vans and vans too,

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Speaker 1: vans and no shirt and board shorts and I'm good,

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Speaker 1: all right. So what does Dean Sanders say? Look good,

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Speaker 1: feel good, play good? I'm paraphrasing, but it's something along

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Speaker 1: those lines. So you show up for Monday night football

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Speaker 1: and you I don't know if many people knew what

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Speaker 1: to expect of you because you've been here for a

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Speaker 1: week and this is a pretty good wide receiver group.

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Speaker 1: So it's like, okay, great, we've got Kenny Stills. You

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Speaker 1: come in, you make some big catches, you score that

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter touchdown, and your first touchdown as a text

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Speaker 1: and against a team that drafts. Did you how cool

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Speaker 1: was that moment for you? Were you surprised at all

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Speaker 1: by help quickly you assimilated into this offense. I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: say that I was surprised. It was a you know,

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Speaker 1: it's overwhelming feeling. But people don't know this. My first

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Speaker 1: touchdown in the NFL was against Tom Brady and the

637
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,200
Speaker 1: Patriots in a similar situation could have been a game winner,

638
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 1: like a walk off situation, and we gave the Patriots

639
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 1: the ball back twice under like two minutes and twenty seconds,

640
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,280
Speaker 1: and the Patriots beat us. And so that game really

641
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,560
Speaker 1: reminded me of of that. You know, you give a

642
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame or a future Hall of Fame quarterback

643
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 1: the ball with any time in the clock, they have

644
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,080
Speaker 1: an opportunity to come back and win the game. So

645
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 1: it was overwhelming experience and obviously, you know, wish that

646
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 1: we would have won, but you understand that you play

647
00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: against a future Hall of Famer and you know it's

648
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 1: too much time. Anytime, there's too much time left on

649
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:53,800
Speaker 1: the clock. Well, you did win a few games after that.

650
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 1: I haven't been in LA. You had that really cool

651
00:31:56,240 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 1: fleet flicker play, which was surprised because you think it

652
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 1: wouldn't work, but I was reading the stats on it's

653
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 1: actually pretty successful. How fun was it to be a

654
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:06,480
Speaker 1: part of that? Have you ever been a part of

655
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 1: any trick plays like that before? Off the top of mine,

656
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: I know of one, actually, I wonder if that's the

657
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 1: one you're going to mention. Trying to think off the

658
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: top of my head, I can't think of any. Okay,

659
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 1: last year, didn't you throw a touchdown? A touchdown? And

660
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 1: then I don't know if you had another flee place? Yeah? No,

661
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 1: And then we have the Miami Miracle, which is like, oh, oh, yeah,

662
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 1: Well I didn't even think about that way, But yeah,

663
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't think of those as trick plays.

664
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Speaker 1: We've we've practiced out a bunch and I guess metha

665
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 1: on the balls at trick play. But I played quarterback

666
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 1: growing up, so I don't see it as a trick player.

667
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,239
Speaker 1: But the defense it does all right. So that's one

668
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:43,760
Speaker 1: thing that I've heard a lot about you is sort

669
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,960
Speaker 1: of your hard work, your preparation, how much you put

670
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 1: into the game. What was that first week like for you,

671
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 1: because I imagine it's pretty tough. You get traded, you

672
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: think you're gonna be with Miami, but then all of

673
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,440
Speaker 1: a sudden you show up in Houston and then you

674
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 1: not only have to learn a new playbook, you've got

675
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: to learn a new city, a new stadium, new teammates

676
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,719
Speaker 1: and everything. What was the What were those first few

677
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,640
Speaker 1: days like for you? I'm not gonna lie. Those first

678
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 1: few days were a lot. You know, it's you felt

679
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 1: like there wasn't enough time in the day as far

680
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,520
Speaker 1: as trying to meet people and you know, make the

681
00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 1: right impression on people and learn the offense and figure

682
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 1: out where to go in the building and just like

683
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,960
Speaker 1: everything everything's new, and so it was a lot. But

684
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:24,280
Speaker 1: I knew that at the end of the day, I

685
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 1: was just playing football and get to get the opportunity

686
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 1: to play on Monday night and have an extra day

687
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 1: to prepare and and then play against a team that

688
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 1: drafted me. I just wanted to go out there and

689
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 1: play and do my job and be somebody that the

690
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: team could count on to make a play. And so

691
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 1: what's what I've been trying to do. Did it make

692
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 1: it easier that Laramie was also with you and you

693
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:43,840
Speaker 1: had Carlos, had a few other guys that were sort

694
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 1: of in the same situation. It wasn't just you by

695
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 1: yourself trying to catch up. You know, whenever you go

696
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,320
Speaker 1: somewhere new with a friend and a good friend, it

697
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 1: makes it a lot easier for you. What were those

698
00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 1: can you meet like an example of what like a

699
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:58,240
Speaker 1: day was like for you the first because Bill O'Brien

700
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: said you were here prettier, you were here pretty late. Yeah,

701
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 1: what were those out working hours like early on? And

702
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: maybe they still are that way. I don't know. It's

703
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:10,320
Speaker 1: gotten a little bit better. I mean like seven o'clock

704
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 1: to like eight or nine when it comes to like

705
00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,800
Speaker 1: getting treatment and watching film and then meeting with the

706
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,840
Speaker 1: coaches extra so I know my assignment on the plays

707
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 1: and what they expect out of me. So it was

708
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 1: a challenge, but I like a challenge, and you know

709
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: this is it's been a lot of fun for me.

710
00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 1: We have a really great team with cool guys and

711
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 1: a good staff, and everyone in this building has been

712
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 1: really nice and made it really easy for us to transition.

713
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien said this week when you first got here, said,

714
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:42,120
Speaker 1: we're just having Kenny learned his packages. He's got certain packages,

715
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: not unpacking the entire playbook at once. But this week

716
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:46,759
Speaker 1: he was asked about it and he said, O, Kenny

717
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 1: knows the whole playbook like he knows this offense. Do

718
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:50,759
Speaker 1: you feel like you know the whole offense. It's not

719
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 1: been that long. I know a majority of it. And

720
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 1: if I don't know, and DeShawn needs me to do something,

721
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 1: I understand, and I've seen enough film to go out

722
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,240
Speaker 1: there and execute it. And I've played a bunch of football,

723
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:04,440
Speaker 1: and you know, at the end of the day, it's

724
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:08,040
Speaker 1: all football. Like everyone calls it something different, but we're

725
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,680
Speaker 1: not reinventing the wheel. It's just ball and all the

726
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: rock combinations are the same. So a matter of just

727
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,279
Speaker 1: getting on the same page of the quarterback and you know,

728
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:19,400
Speaker 1: just executing. I saw stat you are tied for first

729
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:22,839
Speaker 1: among players in the NFL in thirty plus yard receptions

730
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:25,920
Speaker 1: and the Texans ranked second in the NFL with thirty

731
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:29,320
Speaker 1: plus yard receptions. Would you say that that's your strength?

732
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: Maybe getting separation and all the steady that you do

733
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 1: with What is the biggest strength you think of your game? Oh,

734
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,920
Speaker 1: just like that at tension to detail. And I've always

735
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: kind of thought of myself as a really detailed receiver

736
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 1: and not the most like athletic be gifted. I'm fast,

737
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,000
Speaker 1: but I mean I'm not like one of the guys

738
00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 1: with the big hands or you know, like a crazy

739
00:35:53,239 --> 00:35:55,399
Speaker 1: big frame or anything. So I try to make sure

740
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 1: that my game is extremely detailed and I'm on the

741
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:02,359
Speaker 1: same page of the quarterback. So I think the deep

742
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 1: stuff just comes from a good good play calls. You know,

743
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 1: we got Chick plays in and Rick plays Yeah. Yeah,

744
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 1: you know, the coaches call on the right places at

745
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,560
Speaker 1: the right time. What about Deshaun Watson. It seems like

746
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,040
Speaker 1: the two of you have such a good chemistry and

747
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,759
Speaker 1: it's it almost seems effortless, which I know it's not

748
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: because you have put in the time. But how do

749
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 1: you make that work? How do you how does it

750
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: look so effortless and easy and actual between the two

751
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,759
Speaker 1: of you, considering you didn't have the off season to

752
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,919
Speaker 1: really work with him on timing and stuff like that. Yeah,

753
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 1: I mean, the kid's a baller. Like That's that's really

754
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:37,719
Speaker 1: all it comes down to. We we put the time

755
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 1: in that practice and I'm getting a lot of the

756
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,719
Speaker 1: reps um, you know, throughout the week. But he's just

757
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,320
Speaker 1: a baller. We don't. I mean, we've probably missed on

758
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: a couple of throws even in practice. So um, what

759
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 1: we're seeing on the field and the games is what

760
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,480
Speaker 1: we're getting in practice, and so um yeah, I mean

761
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: I can't say I can't say like enough good things

762
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,759
Speaker 1: about him. One of the things that I knew about you,

763
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,040
Speaker 1: and I think a lot of people knew about you

764
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: coming here, was how active you were in the community.

765
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:04,799
Speaker 1: You were named the Walter paint Man of the Year

766
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins in twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen. You get here,

767
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 1: you meet with the Houston Police Chief, Art Osservato, and

768
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,839
Speaker 1: he had a lot of really nice things to say

769
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 1: about you. What did you hope to accomplish out of

770
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 1: that meeting? Why was it so important to sort of

771
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,800
Speaker 1: continue that? Yeah, it was important for me to just

772
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:22,400
Speaker 1: introduce myself and let him know that, you know, I

773
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,840
Speaker 1: was here and I could be somebody that um, you know,

774
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,320
Speaker 1: we can work together to build relationships in our communities,

775
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 1: and it's important, um, you know for me to have

776
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 1: those conversations that way, you know, something positive or negative

777
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:36,880
Speaker 1: goes down. Um you know, I have his number and

778
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:38,600
Speaker 1: I can reach out to him and figure out how

779
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:41,360
Speaker 1: we can work together to work towards solutions. And I

780
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 1: think that's the biggest thing for me is um, you know,

781
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:47,360
Speaker 1: solutions and accountability and you know, I try to do

782
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 1: everything that I can be in a football player or

783
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,360
Speaker 1: somebody with the platform and that people look up to

784
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:56,160
Speaker 1: to try and um, you know, do good by other

785
00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:59,680
Speaker 1: people and to influence people, you know, to to you

786
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:02,759
Speaker 1: know each other the right way, and you know, try

787
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,279
Speaker 1: and make every place that we're in a better place.

788
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:08,200
Speaker 1: And so I think that's just part of you know,

789
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: who I am and what I'm trying to do. Have

790
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 1: you always been that way or when? When did you

791
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,279
Speaker 1: really start to just think that this is something I

792
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:15,879
Speaker 1: got to really make time for you. Seems like you've

793
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 1: got so many only so many hours in a day

794
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 1: and you're sort of putting it everywhere, but you know,

795
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 1: obviously you've made it a priority. When did you decide

796
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,520
Speaker 1: or how did you come about thinking that that was

797
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:29,320
Speaker 1: something that you really wanted to focus on. Um, I

798
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,120
Speaker 1: think that it's been something that's been a part of

799
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,399
Speaker 1: me for a long time when I really like look

800
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:37,360
Speaker 1: back at you know, who I am. But also I

801
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,680
Speaker 1: think as I've started to see how other athletes were

802
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:45,319
Speaker 1: using their platform, I really, you know, wanted to start

803
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: doing the same thing and using mind and understanding that

804
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: people look up to us and you know, look at

805
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 1: us to see how we're acting and how we treat people.

806
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 1: And so if I can, you know, do my part

807
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,279
Speaker 1: and lead by example, then you know, I can hope

808
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 1: that other people will only do the same thing. One

809
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 1: of the first times you spoke to the media here,

810
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 1: you got a few questions about it, and you said,

811
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 1: you know, just check out my website if you want

812
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 1: to know more. And I actually went to your website.

813
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,320
Speaker 1: I read about it, and there was like a documentary

814
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,480
Speaker 1: on you which I watched, and I thought, I'm going

815
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 1: to ask him about activism and all this. But it

816
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 1: really goes into great detail to explain how you came

817
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,400
Speaker 1: about doing all these things. But I think for people listening,

818
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 1: there are a lot of people with causes that are

819
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: important to them. What sort of advice would you give

820
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 1: them on how to get started or how to find

821
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: that one thing that they can really contribute to. And

822
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 1: how do you i mean everyone's busy, how do you

823
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 1: make time for it all? Yeah? I think as you

824
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 1: start with, like I said earlier, just trying to find,

825
00:39:41,920 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: you know, one thing you can do a day or

826
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 1: a week, and then from there, I think it starts

827
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:49,320
Speaker 1: to kind of just snowball, you know. For me, it

828
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 1: was being at every community service event that we did

829
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,839
Speaker 1: in Miami, and it's being at every community service event

830
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,960
Speaker 1: that we do here in Houston. And then you start

831
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,040
Speaker 1: to meet people that are like minded and are just

832
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: sit in the same types of things that you care about,

833
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,239
Speaker 1: and you start to connect with them, and then that

834
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 1: circle becomes bigger and bigger, and so you just figure

835
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 1: out what you're passionate about, you know, things that you

836
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 1: care about. For me, it's single parent households, it's you know,

837
00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 1: community police relations, it's you know, teachers and education. Like

838
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 1: you figure out those things that you that you care about,

839
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 1: you get on Google and you research those nonprofit organizations

840
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,720
Speaker 1: and I figure out ways that you can get involved,

841
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: and then you just show up and you put your

842
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 1: heart into it and then it all comes back to you.

843
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:33,920
Speaker 1: Have you plan on continuing that in Houston? I know

844
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,480
Speaker 1: you had done some drive alongs and like a road

845
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:40,160
Speaker 1: trip when you were in Miami. You plan on doing

846
00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:41,839
Speaker 1: some more of that stuff here? I know it's really

847
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:43,840
Speaker 1: busy right now in the season, but you're doing community

848
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 1: stuff on the Tuesdays. What is sort of your long

849
00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 1: term plan as far as that. Have you had a

850
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 1: chance to think about it? Yeah, so I'll continue my

851
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,800
Speaker 1: community service road trip which we do after the season.

852
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 1: It's like two weeks long, and trying to figure out

853
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,120
Speaker 1: if I'm going to start here in Texas and do

854
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,600
Speaker 1: some more work in Texas or just continue work throughout

855
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: the South. But you know, there's a program that I'm

856
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 1: working on with the police chief. You know, I'm trying

857
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: to get put together and present to him, and you know,

858
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: maybe reaching out back to the guys in Miami and

859
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 1: trying to get this program you know, going there too.

860
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,200
Speaker 1: And so there's always a bunch of little things that

861
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:20,600
Speaker 1: I'm working on and trying to identify organizations here that

862
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 1: I can work with and start to educate myself on

863
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: what's going on. In Houston. So, like you said, there's

864
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:27,920
Speaker 1: not enough time in the day, but I'm trying to.

865
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,720
Speaker 1: I'm trying to figure it out and you know, schedule

866
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,400
Speaker 1: myself and take care of the things and prioritize the

867
00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:35,279
Speaker 1: way that I need to. I think you've pretty much

868
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 1: made everybody feel like an underachiever and not taking making

869
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 1: good use of time because you're doing so much. Before

870
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:42,479
Speaker 1: I let you go, I want to ask you about

871
00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:46,840
Speaker 1: a touchdown celebration that Jordan Nakens had against the Chargers,

872
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 1: and I think we tweeted out the video. He jumped

873
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 1: into the crowd and it looked like a lot of fun,

874
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,840
Speaker 1: except your mom was actually in the crowd getting trampled.

875
00:41:56,320 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: Is she okay? First of all, ye, she's hilarious. I

876
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,200
Speaker 1: think somebody like exchanged tickets with her or something so

877
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,759
Speaker 1: she could be in the front row. And so after

878
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 1: the game, I go up there and she's like, did

879
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:12,400
Speaker 1: you just seem to get tramped? Okay, great, Yeah, she's hilarious.

880
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:14,439
Speaker 1: If you watched the video she you could just watch

881
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 1: her facial expression because she's excited and then all of

882
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 1: a sudden she's getting jumped on and she's like, WHOA, Well,

883
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 1: she wasn't mad or anything. She was totally taking it in.

884
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:24,359
Speaker 1: And you can tell it's your mom because she's wearing

885
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 1: the number twelve. J I just had to ask what

886
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: she was all right? She was great? All right, good stuff.

887
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:30,479
Speaker 1: We look forward to seeing more from you this season. Kenny.

888
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:34,839
Speaker 1: That's luck. Thanks Kenny. That is a tremendous story about

889
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 1: Kenny's mom. I absolutely love hearing that story about Kenny's

890
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,280
Speaker 1: mom being in the front row and just getting mauled.

891
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,439
Speaker 1: I mean, that was It was such a cool moment

892
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 1: because Jordan jumps in the stands with the Texans fans

893
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: and Kenny's mom just happened to be sitting down in there.

894
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 1: And here's the thing about all the different shots that

895
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:54,359
Speaker 1: you saw, there are no Chargers fans in any of those.

896
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:56,959
Speaker 1: It was just such a such a cool moment. Son,

897
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:59,319
Speaker 1: Move on, gotta get it done on Sunday and get

898
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:01,840
Speaker 1: it dub against Carolina Panthers. How will the Texans do that?

899
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:06,280
Speaker 1: Mark Vandomir joins me next to talk about that. This weekend,

900
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:10,920
Speaker 1: and an old sports newspaper called The National Right here

901
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 1: in Texas Access, we had to the second hour of

902
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:16,960
Speaker 1: Texans All Access from the Hunday Texans Radio Studio. I

903
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,280
Speaker 1: am your host, John Harris, football analysts and sell the Reporter.

904
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:23,359
Speaker 1: Happy Friday to everybody, and happy Friday to my next guest,

905
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,960
Speaker 1: the voice of the Texans, Mark Vandomir. Markets are weekly

906
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 1: checking because you good a chance to do this too often.

907
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,439
Speaker 1: First of all, how are you doing emotionally? I'm okay.

908
00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,800
Speaker 1: Oh you're asking about like football in general and getting

909
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 1: ready for the big weekend. Yeah, just how you doing.

910
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:40,319
Speaker 1: I gave my gratitude speech yesterday, which I do every

911
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:42,399
Speaker 1: two or three weeks during the season, about it being

912
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,719
Speaker 1: a late in the week because it's the Thursday night

913
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 1: show yesterday, but today's Friday. And I love Fridays before

914
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,640
Speaker 1: game weekend, Shohnny. And in the old days, it was

915
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:54,440
Speaker 1: all about the newspaper. And I went to college in Boston,

916
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,280
Speaker 1: so I get the Boston Globe and the Boston Herald,

917
00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:00,120
Speaker 1: and USA today was not even a factor yet. And

918
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: look at all the games and the gold Sheet. Not

919
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 1: that I gambled, but I always wanted to know what

920
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 1: they had to say about it and all that stuff

921
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:11,840
Speaker 1: and the recaps and Lee Montville and Will McDonough and

922
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,359
Speaker 1: all these legendary people who At the time, I didn't

923
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: know they were legendary, but I was just soaking it

924
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,080
Speaker 1: all in, getting ready for a big football weekend. And

925
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 1: that's where we are right now. I'm so fired up. Okay,

926
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,440
Speaker 1: let me ask you this one. Yeah, so let's see

927
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:26,840
Speaker 1: if you remember this. It was not around long, but

928
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:30,759
Speaker 1: when it was around, I bought it every single day.

929
00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 1: The Nation, the National National. You remember the National. Yeah,

930
00:44:35,560 --> 00:44:39,160
Speaker 1: my freshman year of Browns nineteen ninety and they had

931
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:41,719
Speaker 1: a litany of writers. They threw money at this thing,

932
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:46,600
Speaker 1: and they were going to create a sports daily newspaper essentially,

933
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:51,239
Speaker 1: and I I'll never forget I would buy it, bought.

934
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,120
Speaker 1: I bought it as much as I could, but I

935
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:55,800
Speaker 1: would find it on Fair Street at Brown, and I

936
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:58,879
Speaker 1: would this is my ritual. I would find We played

937
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:02,080
Speaker 1: our our freshman games. They at the time, freshman weren't

938
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:04,120
Speaker 1: allowed to play varsity ball at Brown or in the

939
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:06,040
Speaker 1: ivy League. You couldn't play. You had to play but

940
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:08,360
Speaker 1: freshman team, but a freshman team, So you had to

941
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:11,239
Speaker 1: play freshman ball. And so where those games. Those would

942
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 1: be Friday afternoons, which is always kind of weird because

943
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:16,279
Speaker 1: you played here in Texas, you play Friday nights and

944
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:18,480
Speaker 1: now you're playing Friday afternoons. We didn't have lights or

945
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 1: that's where we played our practice fields. It's like it

946
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 1: was kind of odd. But either way, they're always gott

947
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:25,759
Speaker 1: of fun. When you got beyond your freshman year, you

948
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:27,360
Speaker 1: go out and watch those games on Friday, and you

949
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:29,000
Speaker 1: could watch the freshman and how they were. It was

950
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:30,759
Speaker 1: always kind of cool. But that was always my ritual.

951
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 1: I would go down there street. There was a like

952
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,359
Speaker 1: a stop in shop or whatever. I would pop into

953
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:38,959
Speaker 1: and I would get the National. I would go down

954
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,200
Speaker 1: to dunkin Donuts. I would do the New England thing.

955
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:42,880
Speaker 1: I would go to Dunkin Donuts. I would get a

956
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,279
Speaker 1: couple of donuts and orange juice. I would sit in

957
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:47,400
Speaker 1: there and I would read the National. I would continue

958
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 1: on to the to the field house. I get ready

959
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:52,239
Speaker 1: we play a game that afternoon. That was but the

960
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:56,719
Speaker 1: National was tremendous, sure it was, but they forgot one

961
00:45:56,800 --> 00:45:59,919
Speaker 1: key thing. Well you get through that much money at it, yeah,

962
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 1: throw money out of it. I mean they got all

963
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:05,240
Speaker 1: this talent together, phenomenal, but they forgot to sell the advertising. Whoops,

964
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 1: whoa is that important in this business? It sounds sounds familiar,

965
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:15,160
Speaker 1: reminds me of something, but I can't I can't place it. Uh.

966
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,560
Speaker 1: I'd like to ask you this question going into the weekend,

967
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 1: because I know how you and I are feeling doesn't

968
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:25,920
Speaker 1: always matter to coach your Brian the team, but we

969
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 1: are always how about never ever ever, but we're around

970
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:31,719
Speaker 1: the team, so we kind of get a vibe from

971
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 1: the team as we go through the week. What's your

972
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,920
Speaker 1: vibe going into this game against Carolina business it's a

973
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:39,840
Speaker 1: business week. That's a good one, because that's kind of

974
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:41,799
Speaker 1: how that's a that's kind of aways feeling too. It's

975
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:44,040
Speaker 1: a business week. They're coming off a big win, and

976
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 1: I think it was an exhausting win. Really, it was

977
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:49,399
Speaker 1: an exhausting day. Had you lost this one, I think

978
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,960
Speaker 1: it would have been really costly. And I know everything

979
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:53,719
Speaker 1: turns on a dime and you're within a hair of

980
00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:56,040
Speaker 1: losing it or whatever whatever the case is. You won

981
00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:58,839
Speaker 1: the game and you never have to apologize for winning.

982
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:00,959
Speaker 1: I thought it was a tremendous as victory, a great

983
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:03,719
Speaker 1: stand by the defense. Offense came up big in the

984
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:05,880
Speaker 1: second half when it had to. We don't have to

985
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:10,000
Speaker 1: recap it, but coming off a very physical game, a

986
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:12,799
Speaker 1: hot game like that. We've talked a lot about the heat.

987
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:16,040
Speaker 1: I think they really need. The region thing was utterly

988
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:19,279
Speaker 1: crucial this week that they do that properly, get right

989
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:22,320
Speaker 1: back to work, get ready for Carolina. This one is

990
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 1: a tough one. Carolina feeling good after a Wayne coming

991
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:28,319
Speaker 1: in here. They feel like with Kyle Allen they got

992
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:31,279
Speaker 1: something maybe I'm not gonna use the word special, but

993
00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 1: certainly effective. And they feel like this division is gettable

994
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,880
Speaker 1: because yes, the Saints did beat the Seahawks, but come on,

995
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:43,000
Speaker 1: with Teddy Bridgewater, it's not the same thing. And now

996
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:45,680
Speaker 1: you're playing a backup quarterback if you're Carolina, and then

997
00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:48,480
Speaker 1: you got Jamis Winston and who knows what Atlanta really is.

998
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:51,440
Speaker 1: So so far, not so good for them, although they

999
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:53,800
Speaker 1: beat I don't have to get onto all that stuff,

1000
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:56,719
Speaker 1: the transitive stuff. But the point is this, this is

1001
00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:59,680
Speaker 1: a huge Week four game. Let's go saddle up and go.

1002
00:48:00,239 --> 00:48:03,200
Speaker 1: It's funny because all year long we talk about the

1003
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:06,040
Speaker 1: schedule and how it might play out, and you thought,

1004
00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 1: maybe Caroltta coming in here with Cam Newton healthy, what

1005
00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:11,600
Speaker 1: would they be like. It's still a very tough game

1006
00:48:12,160 --> 00:48:14,839
Speaker 1: and I'll use my example with the Colts here through

1007
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:18,440
Speaker 1: three weeks, had Andrew Luck been playing and you had

1008
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:21,680
Speaker 1: the exact same results, you'd say, all right, that's a

1009
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:23,799
Speaker 1: great start for them. Yeah, it's too bad they lost

1010
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:26,800
Speaker 1: with the Chargers in overtime. So forget about the quarterback,

1011
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 1: forget about the whole situation. This is a tough game.

1012
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:31,520
Speaker 1: This team can play defense. No one has thrown it

1013
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,720
Speaker 1: for more than one eighty nine on them. Yeah, that's

1014
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 1: that's a little bit concerning now. They The one that

1015
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:41,799
Speaker 1: I kind of I kind of do my doghead turn

1016
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:44,600
Speaker 1: on is the Rams game. Like, none of the Rams

1017
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:47,160
Speaker 1: not throw the ball on them, scored thirty points, but

1018
00:48:47,280 --> 00:48:50,040
Speaker 1: they ran the ball right, that's what teams have been

1019
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:52,040
Speaker 1: running on them. They've been running on them. If you

1020
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:54,560
Speaker 1: would have told me before the year, pick your poison

1021
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:56,719
Speaker 1: and pass a run, I would have picked. I would

1022
00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:59,439
Speaker 1: have picked pass all day because I would have felt like, yeah,

1023
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:01,759
Speaker 1: you can get after a secondary. But that front seven

1024
00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:04,880
Speaker 1: is gonna be tough to run on. They've got Gerald

1025
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:08,320
Speaker 1: McCoy up front, they got Keiklely a linebacker, Shack Thompson

1026
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:09,840
Speaker 1: a linebacker. This is gonna be a tough front to

1027
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:12,440
Speaker 1: run on it's been completely opposite. Now, we've seen that

1028
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:15,879
Speaker 1: throughout the years, you know, change. We saw that last year.

1029
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:18,200
Speaker 1: The Giants ran all over us in Week three and

1030
00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:20,799
Speaker 1: then nobody else did until the playoff game. Last year,

1031
00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:23,160
Speaker 1: nobody ran on us, So it kind of flipped back

1032
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:26,759
Speaker 1: to what we expected. I do think even though they

1033
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,360
Speaker 1: haven't given up much through the air, I think you

1034
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 1: can get after them in the passing game. Now you

1035
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:34,719
Speaker 1: gotta protect and Brian Burns is a Rookie's got some

1036
00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:37,759
Speaker 1: explosive abilities. Bruce Servan's gonna be in this game. He's

1037
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:39,400
Speaker 1: gonna play for the first time all year. And you

1038
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:42,520
Speaker 1: got Jeral McCoy. He's gonna be a handful for whoever inside.

1039
00:49:42,760 --> 00:49:44,359
Speaker 1: But for the first time in a while, I feel

1040
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:47,720
Speaker 1: like the offensive line can pick up what they're bringing.

1041
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:50,600
Speaker 1: Like offensive line can go toe to toe with those

1042
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:53,439
Speaker 1: guys and look, are you gonna get beat for sacks? Yeah?

1043
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:56,160
Speaker 1: Every offensive line gives up sacks. I mean, even the

1044
00:49:56,239 --> 00:49:58,000
Speaker 1: Cowboys line of the nineties that was maybe the best

1045
00:49:58,040 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 1: one we ever saw. They gave up sacks. So you're

1046
00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:02,279
Speaker 1: gonna give up sacks, You're gonna give up pressures at

1047
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:04,080
Speaker 1: some point, what you can't do is give up the

1048
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:08,200
Speaker 1: five six, seven sack game. That just completely stone walls

1049
00:50:08,239 --> 00:50:12,080
Speaker 1: your offensive right. And this team, this team Carolina had

1050
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 1: eight sacks last week. Now it was against Arizona, so

1051
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:18,680
Speaker 1: just take that into consideration. It's not the eight sacks

1052
00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:20,399
Speaker 1: so much. It's the fact that they seem to come

1053
00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:23,080
Speaker 1: from everywhere, right, They're coming from all over the place,

1054
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:25,880
Speaker 1: So you better be ready. And I think that the

1055
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,960
Speaker 1: Texans being two and one, it speaks volumes about the

1056
00:50:29,080 --> 00:50:31,200
Speaker 1: way they have handled things on the offensive line and

1057
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:33,440
Speaker 1: coached it up. Because yeah, they've given up some sacks

1058
00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 1: for the first couple of games, but we talked about

1059
00:50:36,040 --> 00:50:38,160
Speaker 1: week two, it wasn't that crazy and two of them

1060
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:41,160
Speaker 1: were tapped downs. Week one was tough in New Orleans.

1061
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:43,920
Speaker 1: We knew it would be in that dome. But they've

1062
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:46,399
Speaker 1: done a good job putting this thing together. Mike Devil

1063
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:48,480
Speaker 1: is doing a good job. And I know it's funny

1064
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:51,359
Speaker 1: because I see all the comments and everything. People are

1065
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:53,239
Speaker 1: reluctant and I know it's only week three. I'm not

1066
00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:55,880
Speaker 1: ready to crown these guys, but people are reluctant to

1067
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:57,800
Speaker 1: say anything good about them. That was a good performance

1068
00:50:57,840 --> 00:51:00,360
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Yeah, you know, you can say that was

1069
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:02,719
Speaker 1: a good performance. You're allowed to You're allowed to say

1070
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:06,560
Speaker 1: that they coached well and played well. Yeah, and you

1071
00:51:06,640 --> 00:51:09,880
Speaker 1: know week two to that end, Clay's Campbell had no

1072
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,320
Speaker 1: sacks and really didn't do a whole lot against you.

1073
00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:15,240
Speaker 1: Then it turns around has three sacks against the Titans

1074
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:17,560
Speaker 1: and the Jags have nine sacks against Tennessee the following

1075
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:19,840
Speaker 1: week after they really only had two sacks against you

1076
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:23,960
Speaker 1: in Week two. They were getting after against Tennessee. Yeah,

1077
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:28,040
Speaker 1: and so you slowed that group down. So to me,

1078
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:32,160
Speaker 1: the what you know, I used this phrase a lot

1079
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,640
Speaker 1: of times, the new normal. The new normal might end

1080
00:51:34,719 --> 00:51:37,080
Speaker 1: up being that this offensive line is gonna be pretty good. Look,

1081
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:39,560
Speaker 1: it took a while for people last year to look

1082
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:42,040
Speaker 1: at the Indianapolis Colts and say, oh, yeah, that's a

1083
00:51:42,080 --> 00:51:43,840
Speaker 1: pretty good offensive line. And then all of a sudden,

1084
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:46,280
Speaker 1: when they had strung it together for a few games

1085
00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:48,359
Speaker 1: and everybody jumped on the bandway it was like, oh,

1086
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:50,200
Speaker 1: look at this offensive lit Indianapolis is one of the

1087
00:51:50,320 --> 00:51:52,279
Speaker 1: better ones in the league. Well, yeah, it had been

1088
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:55,799
Speaker 1: good pretty much from the time that we played them

1089
00:51:55,840 --> 00:51:58,880
Speaker 1: in Week four on. But people really didn't kind of

1090
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,440
Speaker 1: jump on board because it's like, where's a rookie left guard,

1091
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:03,520
Speaker 1: there's a rookie right. And it's a slow process too,

1092
00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:05,600
Speaker 1: isn't it, Johnny. Yeah, Like you don't see it until

1093
00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:09,239
Speaker 1: almost the whole amount of hay is in the barn. Right,

1094
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:11,799
Speaker 1: you don't really see it because what you're looking at

1095
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:14,680
Speaker 1: here is week to week. It's kind of like people

1096
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:17,080
Speaker 1: tell me, well, the Texans didn't really get the city

1097
00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:19,719
Speaker 1: going last year. Well, I understand, because they were all

1098
00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:23,359
Speaker 1: in three and until you're even five, you know, five

1099
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:26,839
Speaker 1: and three, that's the halfway point. Still five and three,

1100
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:29,480
Speaker 1: which is not a bad record at all, but you

1101
00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:31,800
Speaker 1: have to climb out of the ditch to do it.

1102
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:33,640
Speaker 1: And by the way, speaking of we're just bringing up

1103
00:52:33,640 --> 00:52:36,200
Speaker 1: the Jags, they'll play the Broncos this weekend, right, Yes,

1104
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:39,000
Speaker 1: So if you're owing three, you're in the ditch. If

1105
00:52:39,040 --> 00:52:43,040
Speaker 1: you're owing four, you're sliding into the abyss. Right, it's

1106
00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:46,439
Speaker 1: a lot deeper. It's I mean, obviously record wise, it's worse,

1107
00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:48,960
Speaker 1: but it changes the complexion of your season, and that

1108
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:51,839
Speaker 1: game I think is actually sneaky. It's a sneaky hot

1109
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:55,719
Speaker 1: game as far as good competitive game because Denver they

1110
00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:58,279
Speaker 1: know it's at stake here. This is an elimination game

1111
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,640
Speaker 1: almost you know, you go owing four or forget about

1112
00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:03,600
Speaker 1: a new head coach. Yeah, and he's under a lot

1113
00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:05,560
Speaker 1: of fire in elway and did you make the right

1114
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:08,319
Speaker 1: decision and all of that stuff, and then you can't

1115
00:53:08,320 --> 00:53:10,440
Speaker 1: even play the backup quarterback, you know, the way the

1116
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:13,800
Speaker 1: year started out and everything. So the Jags they have

1117
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:16,359
Speaker 1: an opportunity here, but again, Denver is gonna be fighting

1118
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:19,480
Speaker 1: for it's two thy nineteen life. Yeah, you gotta hope

1119
00:53:19,520 --> 00:53:22,280
Speaker 1: that Jacksonville, that altitude gets to some of those pass rushers.

1120
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:25,400
Speaker 1: And at that point with Caroline coming in here, and

1121
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:27,440
Speaker 1: I thought about this as I wrote my know year

1122
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:30,600
Speaker 1: foe today? Is he gonna be weird to see Caroline

1123
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:33,600
Speaker 1: without Cam Newton, see him up close because we only

1124
00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:35,359
Speaker 1: see him every four years. See that's the thing though

1125
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:37,719
Speaker 1: that and I know you see Cam Newton on national

1126
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:40,360
Speaker 1: television a lot. But to me, I looked at the

1127
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:42,440
Speaker 1: history of the two teams and I wrote about it

1128
00:53:42,520 --> 00:53:45,719
Speaker 1: this week in the Daily Brew and Jake delm back

1129
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:48,640
Speaker 1: in oh three and then you looked at well, Camp

1130
00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:51,279
Speaker 1: didn't come around till twenty ten, right, so you're left

1131
00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:53,880
Speaker 1: twenty eleven, So that's right, that's right. That was his

1132
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:56,040
Speaker 1: rookie year. That was the game you lost after the clincher,

1133
00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:59,120
Speaker 1: And then I'm thinking of the other meeting and oh seven,

1134
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:01,319
Speaker 1: I think that was the him there. I think so yeah,

1135
00:54:01,719 --> 00:54:04,640
Speaker 1: But it's just sure. I've watched a lot of Carolina football,

1136
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:07,959
Speaker 1: you know, with the Kerry Collins and then with the Loam,

1137
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:11,919
Speaker 1: so I don't think it'll be that weird. But and look,

1138
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:15,040
Speaker 1: we've you we're used to seeing teams with reserve quarterbacks

1139
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:16,759
Speaker 1: coming here and some of them give the Texans a

1140
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:18,799
Speaker 1: lot of problems. And we went over this before they

1141
00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:20,759
Speaker 1: played Minshew a couple of weeks ago, and I've talked

1142
00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:22,920
Speaker 1: about it with Bill O'Brien. Hey, you had Minshew a

1143
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:24,919
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. Now you have another mystery date

1144
00:54:25,239 --> 00:54:27,560
Speaker 1: at quarterback here where you don't have a whole lot

1145
00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:29,960
Speaker 1: of tape on him. Well, I watched an Arizona game.

1146
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:32,360
Speaker 1: He has a couple throws. It's a lot like Minshew.

1147
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:35,640
Speaker 1: It's it's a really good comparison because there's some throws

1148
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:37,320
Speaker 1: where you go who you know, you kind of do

1149
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:39,439
Speaker 1: that doghead turn, you know when a dog see something

1150
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:41,759
Speaker 1: that's kind of interesting. Dog kind of turns his head like, WHOA,

1151
00:54:41,960 --> 00:54:44,000
Speaker 1: what's that? I kind of did that. Watching Kyle Allen,

1152
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:45,839
Speaker 1: there are a couple of throws. He makes the throw

1153
00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:48,120
Speaker 1: to DJ More and a dagger out going across the

1154
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,840
Speaker 1: middle and the dig that is just on point. I

1155
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:53,759
Speaker 1: mean it's yeah, I don't even he's throwing the ball

1156
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:58,520
Speaker 1: to dj More, but the linebackers running with the vertical

1157
00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:00,759
Speaker 1: up the field and he has even turn his back

1158
00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:03,480
Speaker 1: and literally Moore catches the ball in front of that

1159
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,960
Speaker 1: guy and then runs behind him as he the guy

1160
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:07,759
Speaker 1: that doesn't even know the ball has been completed. He's

1161
00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:09,960
Speaker 1: just run and Alan saw it and Allen saw it.

1162
00:55:10,239 --> 00:55:11,880
Speaker 1: But he makes a throw to Greg Olson back in

1163
00:55:11,920 --> 00:55:13,839
Speaker 1: the end zone for a touchdown, and you think, man,

1164
00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:15,960
Speaker 1: here's the other thing that Kyle Allen is doing that

1165
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:17,840
Speaker 1: that Cam was not able to do. And I know

1166
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:20,239
Speaker 1: Cam wanted to, but I just think physically he was

1167
00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:22,600
Speaker 1: not able to. And that's unlocked the greatness of Greg

1168
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:25,680
Speaker 1: Olsen because two touchdowns last week, they're getting him involved

1169
00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:27,719
Speaker 1: out in the field as well. Wasn't just red zone

1170
00:55:27,719 --> 00:55:29,840
Speaker 1: stuff they were they were going to Greg Olson and

1171
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:33,359
Speaker 1: look It's not as if the Panthers have this tremendous

1172
00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:36,760
Speaker 1: receiver corps. They don't have Mike Williams and dontrelle Inman

1173
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:39,239
Speaker 1: and Keenan Allen like that, and Travis Benjamin like the

1174
00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:41,960
Speaker 1: Chargers do. They've got two guys, two young guys that

1175
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:43,520
Speaker 1: have been on the league for a little bit. They

1176
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:45,560
Speaker 1: kind of know what they're doing but kind of don't

1177
00:55:45,560 --> 00:55:48,560
Speaker 1: at the same time. But they're vertical threats. They're not

1178
00:55:48,719 --> 00:55:51,080
Speaker 1: polished threats. They're not Keenan Allen. I don't care who

1179
00:55:51,120 --> 00:55:53,240
Speaker 1: they are, but they've got They've got some athletes a receiver,

1180
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:56,520
Speaker 1: but Olson Alan has kind of unlocked that a little bit,

1181
00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:59,160
Speaker 1: and I'm like, dang it, now we need to Sean Gibson,

1182
00:55:59,239 --> 00:56:00,960
Speaker 1: the tight end killer, to step up and take on

1183
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:03,480
Speaker 1: Greg Olsen and take on a challenge and keep Oolston

1184
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:05,680
Speaker 1: from having a big game. Olsen can catch a touchdown

1185
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:08,480
Speaker 1: then do a report on it on the sideline afterwards.

1186
00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:12,560
Speaker 1: I mean, he's that good, right, And look, receivers, I

1187
00:56:12,600 --> 00:56:15,240
Speaker 1: don't care where they're from. I've lived through Keeling Cole

1188
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:19,520
Speaker 1: and Zach Pascal and whoever these guys say it. Twenty

1189
00:56:19,600 --> 00:56:22,879
Speaker 1: ten Chargers say it. There's you're a two two. I've

1190
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:25,359
Speaker 1: lived through guys like that who have towarded this team

1191
00:56:26,040 --> 00:56:30,960
Speaker 1: so historical precedence. You look at that, it's happened before.

1192
00:56:31,160 --> 00:56:33,560
Speaker 1: You can't let it happen again. You gotta get heat

1193
00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:35,799
Speaker 1: on Kyle Allen. It's funny, Johnny, because you know there

1194
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:38,160
Speaker 1: he is an aggie, a cougar. You look at Cam

1195
00:56:38,239 --> 00:56:40,960
Speaker 1: Newton who is at Florida and Blynn and then Auburn,

1196
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:43,440
Speaker 1: and you look at Minshew a couple of weeks ago

1197
00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:46,040
Speaker 1: in all the places he's been. Maybe that's the new thing. Yeah,

1198
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:47,919
Speaker 1: get me a quarterback who has been to as many

1199
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:51,320
Speaker 1: schools as possible because they grow up, they learn, and

1200
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:54,440
Speaker 1: I'm just joking around, but sometimes that does help. Maybe

1201
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:56,200
Speaker 1: I don't know, but the number one pick in the

1202
00:56:56,280 --> 00:56:59,120
Speaker 1: draft was a transfer, Kyle murt Kyler Murray, the number

1203
00:56:59,160 --> 00:57:01,880
Speaker 1: one picked the year before, Baker Mayfield was a transfer.

1204
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:05,000
Speaker 1: Interesting quarterbacks are doing that more often, and obviously we

1205
00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:07,239
Speaker 1: see at the University Houston with Derek King, don't know

1206
00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:09,200
Speaker 1: if he's going to transfer, but he's sitting out the

1207
00:57:09,280 --> 00:57:12,040
Speaker 1: rest of the year, choosing your red shirt without an injury.

1208
00:57:12,360 --> 00:57:17,280
Speaker 1: We're seeing more of that because because that's you can

1209
00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:19,280
Speaker 1: only have one quarterback to place. So what are you

1210
00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:21,360
Speaker 1: gonna do if you're not getting your opportunity. I'm gonna move.

1211
00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:23,240
Speaker 1: And that's what Minshu did at East Carolina. He was like,

1212
00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:25,080
Speaker 1: I'm done, I'm going to Alabama, gonna be a backup,

1213
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,640
Speaker 1: and then Mike Leach caledon. The rest is history. Kyle Allen.

1214
00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:29,960
Speaker 1: I knew that Kyle Allen, if you if he got

1215
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:33,400
Speaker 1: an opportunity, if he got the opportunity, he had every

1216
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:35,560
Speaker 1: asset you were looking for. He just was in a

1217
00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:37,360
Speaker 1: really bad situation at A and M. And then he

1218
00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:39,280
Speaker 1: got the University of Houston and it just didn't work

1219
00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:41,520
Speaker 1: out at all and he didn't get the job back.

1220
00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:44,160
Speaker 1: Major Applewhite went with a different guy, and he never

1221
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:46,720
Speaker 1: got an opportunity to get it back. I know. I mean,

1222
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:49,800
Speaker 1: it's incredible. We've seen it happen before, but maybe not

1223
00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:52,360
Speaker 1: to that extent. Maybe not to that extent. We've seen

1224
00:57:52,440 --> 00:57:55,160
Speaker 1: guys drop down fcs or transfer somewhere else. You know,

1225
00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:57,120
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco did that. He went from pitt to Delaware

1226
00:57:57,280 --> 00:57:59,160
Speaker 1: and then blew up Delaware. I don't know that we've

1227
00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:01,400
Speaker 1: ever seen a quarterback that has had a ton of

1228
00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:04,720
Speaker 1: success going somewhere and then having great success in college.

1229
00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:08,040
Speaker 1: We've seen quarterbacks who haven't played much in college do

1230
00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:11,560
Speaker 1: stuff like Matt Castle right some yeah, yeah, but those guys.

1231
00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:14,200
Speaker 1: The castles are few and far between. This one with

1232
00:58:14,360 --> 00:58:16,200
Speaker 1: Kyle Allen. If he turns in to be a player,

1233
00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:18,800
Speaker 1: that's a whole different ball. Sounds like a line from

1234
00:58:18,840 --> 00:58:23,280
Speaker 1: a Game of Thrones. The castles are few and far between. Mark,

1235
00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:26,280
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thanks. Coming up next, let's do our predictions

1236
00:58:26,360 --> 00:58:28,320
Speaker 1: straight up and against the spread for every game in

1237
00:58:28,400 --> 00:58:31,040
Speaker 1: the NFL this weekend. A few teams on buys, but

1238
00:58:31,120 --> 00:58:32,680
Speaker 1: plenty of teams playing. Will do that next right here

1239
00:58:32,720 --> 00:58:35,320
Speaker 1: in Texas All Access. Welcome back to this Friday edition

1240
00:58:35,360 --> 00:58:38,480
Speaker 1: of Texans All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio.

1241
00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:41,760
Speaker 1: I am your host, John Harris. Glad to be with you,

1242
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:44,720
Speaker 1: as I always am. As funny catch up with Mark.

1243
00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:47,720
Speaker 1: We do that once a week. Really we have each

1244
00:58:47,760 --> 00:58:49,560
Speaker 1: other's shows and we really do get a chance to

1245
00:58:49,640 --> 00:58:53,280
Speaker 1: bounce on him until Friday. So we hopped in together

1246
00:58:53,360 --> 00:58:55,720
Speaker 1: to talk about the game. So that was that was fun.

1247
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:57,720
Speaker 1: I always look forward to that. Now there are plenty

1248
00:58:57,840 --> 00:59:02,200
Speaker 1: of other games going on in the NFL this weekend.

1249
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:05,640
Speaker 1: You had one last night. Eagles get to come from

1250
00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:07,920
Speaker 1: behind victory and the Packers come out of the shoot

1251
00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:11,280
Speaker 1: just firing. They get in the end zone, they take

1252
00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:14,040
Speaker 1: a lead, They take I think it was ten and

1253
00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:16,440
Speaker 1: nothing lead. Eagles score, make a ten seven, they could

1254
00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:18,960
Speaker 1: field goals thirteen seven, Eagles score, make it fourteen seven,

1255
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:20,600
Speaker 1: and then you kind of go back and forth, back

1256
00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:23,480
Speaker 1: and forth. But the Eagles pulled out the thirty four

1257
00:59:23,800 --> 00:59:28,080
Speaker 1: twenty seven win last night at Lambeau on a short week.

1258
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:31,160
Speaker 1: That's a heck of a road win for the Philadelphia Eagles.

1259
00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:33,760
Speaker 1: They scored in the fourth quarter to give them a

1260
00:59:33,800 --> 00:59:36,520
Speaker 1: thirty four twenty seven lead, and that would do it.

1261
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:39,200
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz not a huge day, one hundred and sixty

1262
00:59:39,240 --> 00:59:42,720
Speaker 1: yards passing, but he did throw for three touchdowns. Jordan

1263
00:59:42,760 --> 00:59:45,600
Speaker 1: Howard had two rushing, He did at one receiving, which,

1264
00:59:45,640 --> 00:59:47,200
Speaker 1: by the way, let's at least me to this question

1265
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:51,400
Speaker 1: real quick. You can review pass interference right. Here's the

1266
00:59:51,480 --> 00:59:53,680
Speaker 1: one that I think needs to be start that needs

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00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:56,600
Speaker 1: to start getting reviewed by teams are the pick plays.

1268
00:59:57,200 --> 01:00:00,440
Speaker 1: The pick play was so overt on that row to

1269
01:00:00,600 --> 01:00:03,920
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard and they never reviewed it, they never challenged it.

1270
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:05,680
Speaker 1: I might have been something that I would have done.

1271
01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:08,040
Speaker 1: And it's on a scoring play, so I wonder if

1272
01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:10,360
Speaker 1: that if you should have to throw the flag on

1273
01:00:10,520 --> 01:00:13,640
Speaker 1: something like that. Now, the Eagles got one overturned, which

1274
01:00:13,800 --> 01:00:16,640
Speaker 1: was led to which I think was the trying to

1275
01:00:16,640 --> 01:00:19,800
Speaker 1: remember which touchdown it was, but either way, I think

1276
01:00:19,800 --> 01:00:22,600
Speaker 1: it was the Yeah Jordan had not Jordan Howard touchdown.

1277
01:00:22,640 --> 01:00:25,760
Speaker 1: It was the Dallas Goddard touchdown down the middle. I

1278
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:28,880
Speaker 1: think there was a flag that they then picked up.

1279
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:33,960
Speaker 1: So thirty four twenty seven Eagles get the win over

1280
01:00:34,040 --> 01:00:37,160
Speaker 1: the Packers on Thursday night. All right, now we'll get

1281
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:38,600
Speaker 1: to the other games. There are some teams on gonna

1282
01:00:38,600 --> 01:00:40,600
Speaker 1: by this week under the Jets are gonna buy this week,

1283
01:00:40,840 --> 01:00:42,840
Speaker 1: so we don't have as many games as we typically do,

1284
01:00:43,080 --> 01:00:46,160
Speaker 1: but we use this segment to it's sort of our

1285
01:00:46,200 --> 01:00:48,800
Speaker 1: way of going around the NFL, but talking about the

1286
01:00:48,880 --> 01:00:50,959
Speaker 1: games that are gonna happen. I make a prediction straight

1287
01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:53,960
Speaker 1: up and against the spread, and we're gonna start. Oh,

1288
01:00:54,040 --> 01:00:58,360
Speaker 1: I need my music first, you got my music? Music? Please? There?

1289
01:00:58,360 --> 01:01:02,600
Speaker 1: It is, all right, Let's start with AFC South Tennessee Titans.

1290
01:01:02,640 --> 01:01:06,360
Speaker 1: Going to NFC South Atlanta Falcons. The two South divisions

1291
01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:08,600
Speaker 1: are matched up this year. Obviously, we played the Saints

1292
01:01:08,600 --> 01:01:10,640
Speaker 1: already and we're playing the Panthers and Falcons and back

1293
01:01:10,640 --> 01:01:12,320
Speaker 1: to back weeks. Well, the Titans are going on the

1294
01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:14,800
Speaker 1: road to take on the Falcons. Titans have lost two

1295
01:01:14,960 --> 01:01:17,439
Speaker 1: in a row. They lost to the Colts last week

1296
01:01:17,760 --> 01:01:20,600
Speaker 1: and the week before that they lost. I'm sorry, they

1297
01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:22,760
Speaker 1: lost to the Jaguars last week and the Colts the

1298
01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:25,400
Speaker 1: week before that. So now they go to the NFC South.

1299
01:01:25,920 --> 01:01:29,000
Speaker 1: This is a must win for both teams. Atlanta got

1300
01:01:29,040 --> 01:01:32,840
Speaker 1: beat by Indianapolis up in Naptown last week. The Titans,

1301
01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:35,040
Speaker 1: like I said, got beat by Jacksonville on a Thursday

1302
01:01:35,160 --> 01:01:38,000
Speaker 1: night and really got beat down. And now they got

1303
01:01:38,080 --> 01:01:41,800
Speaker 1: to go to Atlanta. This feels like a circle the

1304
01:01:41,840 --> 01:01:46,120
Speaker 1: Wagons game for the Titans. The Falcons are so tempting.

1305
01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:48,920
Speaker 1: They're three and a half point favorite. I'm gonna take

1306
01:01:48,960 --> 01:01:51,520
Speaker 1: the Titans to cover that they're gonna get inside the

1307
01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:53,000
Speaker 1: three and a half. This feels like a three to

1308
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:55,680
Speaker 1: one point game, doesn't feel like more than that. So

1309
01:01:55,680 --> 01:01:58,760
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Falcons to win, Titans to cover,

1310
01:01:58,880 --> 01:02:02,600
Speaker 1: to get inside that three half Patriots and Bills this one.

1311
01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:08,440
Speaker 1: I know that the Muffalo areas just pumped. This could

1312
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:12,040
Speaker 1: be three and oh. They've won the state of New York.

1313
01:02:12,560 --> 01:02:15,160
Speaker 1: They win last week against the Bengals at home. Now

1314
01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:17,160
Speaker 1: they get a second straight home game and it's against

1315
01:02:17,200 --> 01:02:22,040
Speaker 1: the Patriots. This Patriots team, though, is so this is

1316
01:02:22,040 --> 01:02:25,560
Speaker 1: a very good Patriots team. Patriots are seven point favorite.

1317
01:02:26,080 --> 01:02:29,120
Speaker 1: I hate doing this, but I'm taking the Patriots straight

1318
01:02:29,240 --> 01:02:32,120
Speaker 1: up and against the spread. I think Buffalo, for a

1319
01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:34,760
Speaker 1: few drives, will keep it close, but this feels like

1320
01:02:34,840 --> 01:02:36,760
Speaker 1: it's going to end up being somewhere between ten to

1321
01:02:36,880 --> 01:02:38,960
Speaker 1: fourteen points, probably not much more than that that. The

1322
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:41,120
Speaker 1: Bills will keep it a little bit close at first,

1323
01:02:41,440 --> 01:02:43,680
Speaker 1: but in the end, the Patriots will score in the

1324
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:45,320
Speaker 1: fourth quarter a couple of times, and then I'll put

1325
01:02:45,320 --> 01:02:46,920
Speaker 1: it out of reach and stick the Patriots to win

1326
01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:50,960
Speaker 1: and cover over the Buffalo Bills. The undefeated Kansas Chiefs

1327
01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:55,480
Speaker 1: kick on the undefeated Detroit Lions. Yeah, undefeated, They've got

1328
01:02:55,560 --> 01:02:57,880
Speaker 1: one tie, but the Chiefs of three and oh Lions

1329
01:02:57,920 --> 01:03:00,560
Speaker 1: two oh and one. Lions get a big win again

1330
01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:04,080
Speaker 1: last week to move into this one. Two oh and

1331
01:03:04,320 --> 01:03:08,800
Speaker 1: one and await the visit from the New England. The

1332
01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:12,680
Speaker 1: Kansaony Chiefs now Patrick Mahomes, and this is interesting. Patrick

1333
01:03:12,760 --> 01:03:17,919
Speaker 1: Mahomes has not played inside in a while, like Kansa

1334
01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:21,360
Speaker 1: City's games are all outside. I can't remember last time,

1335
01:03:21,480 --> 01:03:25,240
Speaker 1: if ever, he's played inside. Well, that might even bad

1336
01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:28,760
Speaker 1: news for Detroit because on that turf, the Legion of

1337
01:03:28,920 --> 01:03:31,640
Speaker 1: Zoom as they're calling the receivers out in Kansas City

1338
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:33,920
Speaker 1: might have a fuel day in this one. I think

1339
01:03:34,000 --> 01:03:37,440
Speaker 1: this is when reality hits for the Lions. I think

1340
01:03:37,480 --> 01:03:39,120
Speaker 1: the Chiefs are gonna win this one. I think they're

1341
01:03:39,120 --> 01:03:41,760
Speaker 1: gonna win it by ten or more. That's more than

1342
01:03:41,840 --> 01:03:43,360
Speaker 1: six and a half. So let's take the Chiefs to

1343
01:03:43,440 --> 01:03:46,680
Speaker 1: go on the road and win. Look, I'm ready for

1344
01:03:46,800 --> 01:03:49,880
Speaker 1: a Lions upset. It's happened before. Last year they beat

1345
01:03:49,920 --> 01:03:52,120
Speaker 1: the Patriots at home, in fact, put a number on them.

1346
01:03:53,040 --> 01:03:55,000
Speaker 1: This is a little different group they're facing with the

1347
01:03:55,080 --> 01:03:57,160
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. So I'm taking the Chiefs to win

1348
01:03:57,360 --> 01:04:00,080
Speaker 1: and to cover on the road, like the Patriots to

1349
01:04:00,120 --> 01:04:02,120
Speaker 1: win and cover on the road. So the Lions will

1350
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:03,760
Speaker 1: fall to two one and one after this one. Chiefs

1351
01:04:03,760 --> 01:04:06,560
Speaker 1: stay undefeated. The Raiders are going to take on the Colts. Now.

1352
01:04:06,640 --> 01:04:09,240
Speaker 1: The Colts are banged up. No Darius Leonard and this

1353
01:04:09,360 --> 01:04:12,400
Speaker 1: one he is out. T Y Hilton is going to

1354
01:04:12,480 --> 01:04:15,720
Speaker 1: be a game time decision. He is questionable. They've got

1355
01:04:15,800 --> 01:04:19,240
Speaker 1: some injury issues in Indianapolis. It's the Raiders. It doesn't matter.

1356
01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:21,000
Speaker 1: The Cults are favored by six and a half. The

1357
01:04:21,040 --> 01:04:23,040
Speaker 1: Colts are gonna win by more than six and a half.

1358
01:04:23,120 --> 01:04:26,520
Speaker 1: Don't fall into that trap. It's gonna happen. The Colts

1359
01:04:26,760 --> 01:04:28,400
Speaker 1: take to win. They go to three and one, and

1360
01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:30,520
Speaker 1: hopefully the Texans will keep pace and stay at top.

1361
01:04:30,640 --> 01:04:33,120
Speaker 1: Dafcs out together at three and one. Chargers go to

1362
01:04:33,160 --> 01:04:35,640
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. Make this one easy. The Chargers are favored

1363
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:38,360
Speaker 1: by fifteen. It's a long cross country trip. The Chargers

1364
01:04:38,360 --> 01:04:40,320
Speaker 1: have lost two in a row. They will take out

1365
01:04:40,400 --> 01:04:43,720
Speaker 1: their frustration on the Miami Dolphins. Melvin Gordon will not

1366
01:04:43,960 --> 01:04:46,040
Speaker 1: play in this one. I don't think it matters. I

1367
01:04:46,120 --> 01:04:49,240
Speaker 1: think the Chargers pass rush game gets to Josh Rosen.

1368
01:04:49,480 --> 01:04:51,320
Speaker 1: I think the Chargers will end up winning this one

1369
01:04:51,360 --> 01:04:55,920
Speaker 1: by more than fifteen. So another road favorite covering a

1370
01:04:56,080 --> 01:05:00,320
Speaker 1: big number, covering fifteen. Redskins Giants Giants favored by three.

1371
01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:04,120
Speaker 1: Danny dives As are calling Daniel Jones now in New York,

1372
01:05:04,240 --> 01:05:05,640
Speaker 1: and that's sure. I'd like that. Let's just call it

1373
01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:09,400
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones awesome ballgame in his first game as a rookie,

1374
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:11,920
Speaker 1: led the Giants to a win, come from behind win

1375
01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:13,760
Speaker 1: down twenty eight to ten, bottom all the way back

1376
01:05:13,800 --> 01:05:16,480
Speaker 1: to win thirty two thirty one down in Tampa. The

1377
01:05:16,600 --> 01:05:19,560
Speaker 1: Redskins down much better. The Redskins are kind ofmired in it.

1378
01:05:19,720 --> 01:05:22,120
Speaker 1: But this has got to be a must win situation

1379
01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:26,320
Speaker 1: for the Redskins for whoever plays quarterback. Case Keenan was

1380
01:05:26,320 --> 01:05:28,240
Speaker 1: banged up earlier this week. Could it be Colt McCoy.

1381
01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:29,880
Speaker 1: I don't know. If they go to Dwayne Haskins. There's

1382
01:05:29,880 --> 01:05:32,080
Speaker 1: a report this week saying that the coaching staff didn't

1383
01:05:32,080 --> 01:05:36,000
Speaker 1: want Haskins, but front office did. It's a mess in Washington,

1384
01:05:36,200 --> 01:05:38,920
Speaker 1: the Giants with Daniel Jones. I heard Bob Poppa say this,

1385
01:05:39,040 --> 01:05:40,520
Speaker 1: he's the voice of the Giants. I heard him say

1386
01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:43,400
Speaker 1: this earlier this week. He said, you know this gives

1387
01:05:43,480 --> 01:05:46,440
Speaker 1: Giants fans hope. I'm all for hope. So let's go

1388
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:48,000
Speaker 1: with the Giants to cover that three and get to

1389
01:05:48,040 --> 01:05:52,520
Speaker 1: win in the Meadowlands against NFC East foe Washington Redskins.

1390
01:05:52,600 --> 01:05:56,800
Speaker 1: The Browns go to Baltimore. Baltimore gets beat last week

1391
01:05:56,840 --> 01:06:00,280
Speaker 1: against Kansas City, got it within five, had the Chiefs

1392
01:06:00,320 --> 01:06:02,840
Speaker 1: with a third down. If they get a stop, they

1393
01:06:02,880 --> 01:06:04,520
Speaker 1: get the ball back with a chance to go down

1394
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:07,160
Speaker 1: and win with a touchdown. And can't stop the Chiefs

1395
01:06:07,200 --> 01:06:11,080
Speaker 1: on a screen. But Baltimore fought back. Lamar Jackson did

1396
01:06:11,120 --> 01:06:14,120
Speaker 1: some good things and fighting back, and the Browns loss

1397
01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:16,440
Speaker 1: to the Rams. All kinds of things are going wrong

1398
01:06:16,520 --> 01:06:18,680
Speaker 1: with the Browns right now. Play calling has been tough,

1399
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:22,160
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield has been rough behind center. They're just not

1400
01:06:22,480 --> 01:06:24,720
Speaker 1: jelling as everybody thought. I think the defense is a

1401
01:06:24,760 --> 01:06:27,439
Speaker 1: little better than people thought. But I think the Ravens

1402
01:06:27,480 --> 01:06:29,160
Speaker 1: are gonna get this win. I know the Browns want

1403
01:06:29,160 --> 01:06:30,480
Speaker 1: to go there and put a number on the Ravens

1404
01:06:30,560 --> 01:06:33,640
Speaker 1: after the Ravens one night game in Week seventeen last year.

1405
01:06:33,680 --> 01:06:35,960
Speaker 1: I just don't think it's gonna happen now. The numbers

1406
01:06:36,000 --> 01:06:38,440
Speaker 1: too rich for me. Baltimore is favored by seven. I

1407
01:06:38,520 --> 01:06:40,160
Speaker 1: do think Baltimore is gonna win, but I think the

1408
01:06:40,200 --> 01:06:42,600
Speaker 1: Browns are gonna get inside that number. So go with

1409
01:06:42,720 --> 01:06:45,240
Speaker 1: the Browns to cover the seven, but the Ravens to

1410
01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:48,480
Speaker 1: win outright. Panthers Texans Texans favored by four. You know

1411
01:06:48,520 --> 01:06:50,600
Speaker 1: I feel about this Harten. Heead take Texans to win

1412
01:06:50,720 --> 01:06:52,800
Speaker 1: and to cover, and I'll spend too much time talking

1413
01:06:52,840 --> 01:06:56,520
Speaker 1: about that game, because you know I'm not gonna change

1414
01:06:56,600 --> 01:07:00,240
Speaker 1: my thoughts. That's the last of your new games. Three

1415
01:07:00,280 --> 01:07:04,240
Speaker 1: oh five you got. You don't really have much. You

1416
01:07:04,320 --> 01:07:06,360
Speaker 1: have one game in the afternoon that looks like it's

1417
01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:08,439
Speaker 1: halfway decent, but we gotta go through them. Also, let's

1418
01:07:08,440 --> 01:07:14,600
Speaker 1: do it. Tampa Bay Buccaneers are nine point dog at LA.

1419
01:07:15,600 --> 01:07:19,280
Speaker 1: That number feels really low. The Rams are coming off

1420
01:07:19,320 --> 01:07:21,280
Speaker 1: a big ball game on Sunday night against the Browns.

1421
01:07:21,320 --> 01:07:23,640
Speaker 1: There's a physical game. But now they get Tampa Bay

1422
01:07:23,720 --> 01:07:27,240
Speaker 1: coming out west after Tampa Bay blew one last week

1423
01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:29,760
Speaker 1: the New York Giants and Tampa Bay under Bruce Arians

1424
01:07:29,880 --> 01:07:32,920
Speaker 1: is probably a little bit better than I expected. But

1425
01:07:33,120 --> 01:07:36,000
Speaker 1: they just two and they've lost two games that you

1426
01:07:36,040 --> 01:07:38,080
Speaker 1: could argue maybe they shouldn't have lost it definitely should

1427
01:07:38,080 --> 01:07:39,560
Speaker 1: not have lost that last one of the Giants. But

1428
01:07:39,640 --> 01:07:42,320
Speaker 1: if anybody knows the Rams, it's Bruce Arians. He's gonna

1429
01:07:42,360 --> 01:07:44,520
Speaker 1: have a beat on the Rams at least a little bit.

1430
01:07:44,560 --> 01:07:46,280
Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna matter. The Rams are gonna

1431
01:07:46,280 --> 01:07:48,400
Speaker 1: cover that nine and win in the college team to

1432
01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:51,439
Speaker 1: go to four and oh. Now I've seen some people

1433
01:07:51,520 --> 01:07:54,320
Speaker 1: say this is their upset of the week. The Seattle

1434
01:07:54,360 --> 01:07:57,160
Speaker 1: Seahawks are getting a visit from the Arizona Cardinals. The

1435
01:07:57,160 --> 01:07:59,040
Speaker 1: Seahawks are two no going to the game against New

1436
01:07:59,160 --> 01:08:02,680
Speaker 1: Orleans with his backup quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, and the Seahawks

1437
01:08:02,800 --> 01:08:06,400
Speaker 1: cannot take advantage of it. They were beat down early,

1438
01:08:06,640 --> 01:08:09,080
Speaker 1: made a comeback, couldn't win it fell to two and one.

1439
01:08:09,160 --> 01:08:12,400
Speaker 1: The Cardinals lost last week the team that textas to

1440
01:08:12,440 --> 01:08:15,640
Speaker 1: play the Carolina Panthers. Cardinals fell to o two and one.

1441
01:08:16,240 --> 01:08:18,639
Speaker 1: Some people thinking this could be an upset spot for Arizona.

1442
01:08:19,080 --> 01:08:20,960
Speaker 1: I'm not one of them. I think Seattle is gonna

1443
01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:23,200
Speaker 1: get this win. I think they're gonna harass Kyler Murray

1444
01:08:23,880 --> 01:08:27,200
Speaker 1: on the road. Could be a weather situation up in Seattle.

1445
01:08:27,280 --> 01:08:29,559
Speaker 1: That's not something that offense I think for Arizona can

1446
01:08:29,640 --> 01:08:31,840
Speaker 1: handle all that well. So let's go with Seattle to

1447
01:08:31,920 --> 01:08:33,559
Speaker 1: cover the five and a half and get to win

1448
01:08:33,720 --> 01:08:36,760
Speaker 1: over the Arizona Cardinals. This probably the best game of

1449
01:08:36,800 --> 01:08:41,920
Speaker 1: the afternoon. Vikings at Bears. Did the Bears find the

1450
01:08:42,040 --> 01:08:46,120
Speaker 1: secret sauce last week? Let's see they get to win

1451
01:08:46,200 --> 01:08:48,160
Speaker 1: over Washington on Monday night, then they get the visit

1452
01:08:48,200 --> 01:08:50,200
Speaker 1: from the Vikings. This will be low scoring, so take

1453
01:08:50,240 --> 01:08:52,960
Speaker 1: the under Bears favored by two. I'm gonna go with

1454
01:08:53,080 --> 01:08:56,040
Speaker 1: the Bears in this one. Oh they don't know that.

1455
01:08:56,240 --> 01:09:00,519
Speaker 1: Love that, but it means I'm picking its Trubisky over Cousins.

1456
01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:02,719
Speaker 1: I really want to go with Dalvin Cook in that offense.

1457
01:09:02,760 --> 01:09:04,680
Speaker 1: I just feel like Cousins in some way, shape or

1458
01:09:04,720 --> 01:09:06,600
Speaker 1: former is gonna give Chicago an opportunity to win it.

1459
01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:09,400
Speaker 1: So let's go with Chicago to win by more than two.

1460
01:09:09,520 --> 01:09:13,120
Speaker 1: So win and cover for the Chicago Bears. The Jags

1461
01:09:13,160 --> 01:09:15,120
Speaker 1: at one in two, the Broncos at oz and three.

1462
01:09:15,200 --> 01:09:18,360
Speaker 1: Denver's favored by three in this Jalen Ramsey is out

1463
01:09:18,560 --> 01:09:25,160
Speaker 1: dealing with his myriad situations. You don't know, but at

1464
01:09:25,240 --> 01:09:28,000
Speaker 1: least Jalen Ramsey's out. But can Denver take advantage of it?

1465
01:09:28,560 --> 01:09:32,680
Speaker 1: I don't know, but it's at home. I think altitude's

1466
01:09:32,680 --> 01:09:34,360
Speaker 1: gonna be a factor. I think that'll slow down the

1467
01:09:34,400 --> 01:09:36,439
Speaker 1: pass for us. Clays Campbell is going home. He's from

1468
01:09:36,479 --> 01:09:38,519
Speaker 1: the Denver area. But I don't think it's gonna matter.

1469
01:09:38,560 --> 01:09:42,000
Speaker 1: I think Denver is gonna win a very ugly thirteen

1470
01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:44,559
Speaker 1: to nine, seventeen to twelve kind of game that'll win

1471
01:09:44,680 --> 01:09:47,240
Speaker 1: by more than three. So let's give Denver to win

1472
01:09:47,439 --> 01:09:49,320
Speaker 1: the first of the year for them dropping the Jags

1473
01:09:49,360 --> 01:09:50,840
Speaker 1: to one in three, which would be kind of nice.

1474
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Speaker 1: And then your Sunday evening game, Cowboys Saints No. Drew

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01:09:55,680 --> 01:09:57,680
Speaker 1: Brees Dallas is favored by two and a half on

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01:09:57,720 --> 01:09:59,640
Speaker 1: the road. I'm gonna ride the Cowboy. I can't play him.

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01:09:59,640 --> 01:10:02,040
Speaker 1: We'll say I'm gonna ride the Cowboys until they buck me.

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01:10:02,439 --> 01:10:04,280
Speaker 1: And I think in New Orleans is gonna be tight,

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01:10:04,800 --> 01:10:07,720
Speaker 1: but I think they'll harass Teddy Bridgewater. I think Dak

1480
01:10:07,760 --> 01:10:09,640
Speaker 1: has kind of found some of the secret sauce. I

1481
01:10:09,760 --> 01:10:11,240
Speaker 1: know New Orleans wants a little bit of revenge for

1482
01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:13,080
Speaker 1: what happened last year in a primetime game, but I

1483
01:10:13,120 --> 01:10:15,599
Speaker 1: think the Cowboys are gonna get this win and cover

1484
01:10:15,760 --> 01:10:18,559
Speaker 1: that two and a half point spread Monday night. Actually,

1485
01:10:18,600 --> 01:10:21,639
Speaker 1: this is this is one of my favorites, though, Steelers Bengals.

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01:10:21,680 --> 01:10:23,679
Speaker 1: I think the Steelers are gonna pound the Bengals. Steelers

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01:10:23,680 --> 01:10:25,560
Speaker 1: are only favorite by three and a half. I know

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01:10:25,640 --> 01:10:27,320
Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph won't do a ton, but I think he'll

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01:10:27,320 --> 01:10:30,320
Speaker 1: do enough, and it'll be enough by three and a

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01:10:30,360 --> 01:10:32,880
Speaker 1: half points or more. Let's take the Pittsburgh Steelers to

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01:10:32,960 --> 01:10:35,920
Speaker 1: win and to cover. All Right, we get back on

1492
01:10:36,080 --> 01:10:39,720
Speaker 1: Texans All Access. It'll be the Players segment, final word

1493
01:10:39,760 --> 01:10:42,519
Speaker 1: of June Doherty, my football Story and b SCAR TV

1494
01:10:42,640 --> 01:10:44,640
Speaker 1: aka Player Reporter. How that for you? Next? Right here

1495
01:10:44,640 --> 01:10:50,400
Speaker 1: in Texas All Access on a final segment on this

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01:10:50,520 --> 01:10:54,360
Speaker 1: Friday evening edition of Texans All Access, I'm your host,

1497
01:10:54,479 --> 01:10:57,240
Speaker 1: John Harris Football and also Slid Reporter for your Houston Texans.

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01:10:57,360 --> 01:10:59,400
Speaker 1: Glad to be with you. And on the finals segment,

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01:10:59,439 --> 01:11:02,760
Speaker 1: each Erry, I turn it over to the players. We

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01:11:02,880 --> 01:11:05,320
Speaker 1: have a little bit of my football story. We've got

1501
01:11:05,439 --> 01:11:08,240
Speaker 1: Player Reporter, and we got the final Word with Drew Doherty,

1502
01:11:08,320 --> 01:11:11,840
Speaker 1: and we're gonna go in that particular order. We're gonna

1503
01:11:11,880 --> 01:11:14,679
Speaker 1: start with my football Story. Now. This is the series

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01:11:14,680 --> 01:11:19,320
Speaker 1: put together by my man Tyler Suttarth. He is unbelievable,

1505
01:11:19,520 --> 01:11:23,679
Speaker 1: film shoots edits, puts everything together. He does our documentary

1506
01:11:23,720 --> 01:11:26,280
Speaker 1: series the fifty three and he put together this my

1507
01:11:26,439 --> 01:11:30,160
Speaker 1: football story. This is great stuff. I was riveted listening

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01:11:30,240 --> 01:11:32,720
Speaker 1: to Jordan Aikins story. I knew he played baseball, I

1509
01:11:32,800 --> 01:11:34,840
Speaker 1: knew he played UCF and obviously John from the third

1510
01:11:34,920 --> 01:11:38,280
Speaker 1: round from the Texans, but I didn't really know everything

1511
01:11:38,320 --> 01:11:41,920
Speaker 1: that he talks about in this including a cameo visit

1512
01:11:42,000 --> 01:11:44,679
Speaker 1: if you will by Russell Wilson. Here's my football story.

1513
01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:50,120
Speaker 1: Jordan Nakins pick. In the twenty eighteen NFL Draft, the

1514
01:11:50,240 --> 01:11:55,240
Speaker 1: Houston Texans select Jordan Aikins, tight end Central Florida and

1515
01:11:55,400 --> 01:11:58,800
Speaker 1: he throws to Alfield. That's good, Oh my goodness at

1516
01:11:58,840 --> 01:12:03,639
Speaker 1: the thirty five yard by Akids touchdown, Houston. Jordan nakeds

1517
01:12:03,760 --> 01:12:09,080
Speaker 1: our kid. Hello, Jordan nakeds Welcome to the NFL. Wow.

1518
01:12:09,720 --> 01:12:12,240
Speaker 1: Growing up in Georgia, it was a very country. It

1519
01:12:12,360 --> 01:12:14,800
Speaker 1: was very competitive, and we always compete. We always go

1520
01:12:14,840 --> 01:12:17,439
Speaker 1: at it and football is actually a lesson for my mom.

1521
01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:19,519
Speaker 1: She said that me and all my brothers were always

1522
01:12:19,560 --> 01:12:21,680
Speaker 1: broke too much stuff around the house, so she threw

1523
01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:23,679
Speaker 1: us on the football field to teach us a lesson.

1524
01:12:24,040 --> 01:12:25,640
Speaker 1: We fell in love with the game and never came

1525
01:12:25,680 --> 01:12:27,599
Speaker 1: off the field. I'm throwing me down the field, add

1526
01:12:27,960 --> 01:12:32,080
Speaker 1: he's got a mad first own a kids. Baseball is

1527
01:12:32,120 --> 01:12:33,800
Speaker 1: one of them. One love. You know. I played it

1528
01:12:33,840 --> 01:12:36,000
Speaker 1: since I was three. I got drafted twenty and ten,

1529
01:12:36,160 --> 01:12:38,000
Speaker 1: third round, one hundred and third pick over all the

1530
01:12:38,240 --> 01:12:40,840
Speaker 1: Texas Rangers. You know, just to grind that hard and

1531
01:12:40,920 --> 01:12:43,040
Speaker 1: you just watch your dream come try before your odds.

1532
01:12:43,080 --> 01:12:48,360
Speaker 1: It was very special. Now. I struggled really bad my

1533
01:12:48,479 --> 01:12:50,840
Speaker 1: rookie year. I really worked hard at it. I loved

1534
01:12:50,880 --> 01:12:53,240
Speaker 1: the game, but at some moment, you know, just a

1535
01:12:53,360 --> 01:12:56,360
Speaker 1: love for the game kind of faded. Russell Wilson came

1536
01:12:56,439 --> 01:12:58,160
Speaker 1: to a spring training with US, and he came out

1537
01:12:58,240 --> 01:12:59,760
Speaker 1: and he spoke to the team, and I raised my

1538
01:12:59,840 --> 01:13:01,920
Speaker 1: hand and I asked him, when did you know it

1539
01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:03,439
Speaker 1: was the right time for you to leave the sport

1540
01:13:03,479 --> 01:13:05,640
Speaker 1: and go back to the Gridaun, And he said, I

1541
01:13:05,720 --> 01:13:07,840
Speaker 1: honestly kind of answer that question. It's just a gut

1542
01:13:07,880 --> 01:13:09,880
Speaker 1: feeling that you would have. And I knew exactly what

1543
01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:13,160
Speaker 1: feeling him talking about. I always had that gut feeling

1544
01:13:13,280 --> 01:13:15,240
Speaker 1: Russell was talking about, and I just needed to hear

1545
01:13:15,280 --> 01:13:17,599
Speaker 1: it from someone else who was going through the same situation.

1546
01:13:17,680 --> 01:13:20,040
Speaker 1: I was left. He looks he throws down field, man

1547
01:13:20,160 --> 01:13:22,519
Speaker 1: is there. Jordan Nikins got a touchdown. You see him.

1548
01:13:23,439 --> 01:13:25,400
Speaker 1: I went back to school to just give returns to

1549
01:13:25,479 --> 01:13:28,120
Speaker 1: the gridiron and get my degree. Football was always there

1550
01:13:28,160 --> 01:13:30,280
Speaker 1: to lean back on. So it basically just taught me

1551
01:13:30,439 --> 01:13:33,240
Speaker 1: that no matter how many skills or talents that you have,

1552
01:13:33,560 --> 01:13:35,880
Speaker 1: you know, never give up on anything. If you have

1553
01:13:36,080 --> 01:13:38,400
Speaker 1: many dreams, you know, if one don't work out, you

1554
01:13:38,439 --> 01:13:41,320
Speaker 1: can definitely fulfill the next. I've learned to not just

1555
01:13:41,479 --> 01:13:43,760
Speaker 1: playing one goal. I just go, you know, because you

1556
01:13:43,840 --> 01:13:45,560
Speaker 1: never know what God has the store for you. A

1557
01:13:45,840 --> 01:13:50,160
Speaker 1: nice capturing iron our third and one by Jordan Aikins.

1558
01:13:56,320 --> 01:13:58,120
Speaker 1: Last week, it didn't even dawn on me that Jordan

1559
01:13:58,200 --> 01:14:02,240
Speaker 1: had his first touchdowns in his career. We did our interview,

1560
01:14:02,760 --> 01:14:05,880
Speaker 1: great game, two touchdowns at three catches, block pretty well,

1561
01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:08,400
Speaker 1: did a great job all day long, and then as

1562
01:14:08,400 --> 01:14:10,240
Speaker 1: he was walking away, he's like, wait a second, those

1563
01:14:10,280 --> 01:14:11,880
Speaker 1: are your first two year career because he didn't have

1564
01:14:11,920 --> 01:14:14,960
Speaker 1: any as a rookie. He had a couple in the preseason,

1565
01:14:14,960 --> 01:14:16,840
Speaker 1: but didn't have any regular season, and he didn't have

1566
01:14:16,840 --> 01:14:18,400
Speaker 1: any through the first couple of games. I'm like, oh,

1567
01:14:18,520 --> 01:14:20,120
Speaker 1: your first touchdowns of your career, and he turned on

1568
01:14:20,240 --> 01:14:22,040
Speaker 1: They're like, yeah, I was like, that was such a

1569
01:14:22,080 --> 01:14:24,760
Speaker 1: cool moment to kind of share with him that realization

1570
01:14:24,840 --> 01:14:26,920
Speaker 1: of yeah, the first touchdowns to his career and hopefully

1571
01:14:27,080 --> 01:14:30,080
Speaker 1: there are plenty more. Three for the tight ends. That

1572
01:14:30,240 --> 01:14:33,080
Speaker 1: was kind of nice. Now, as Jordan Naken somebody you

1573
01:14:33,120 --> 01:14:36,280
Speaker 1: would swap places with for a day, Well, that's our

1574
01:14:36,320 --> 01:14:38,880
Speaker 1: key question on player reporter or player reporter brought to

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Speaker 1: not overpriced. Now you may know it as player reporter,

1578
01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:52,640
Speaker 1: we know it as b scar TV. Brennan Scarlett with

1579
01:14:52,760 --> 01:14:55,519
Speaker 1: that question, if you could trade places with a teammate

1580
01:14:55,640 --> 01:14:59,599
Speaker 1: for a day, who would it be? Hello, we are

1581
01:14:59,720 --> 01:15:03,519
Speaker 1: bad with another segment of the scar TV. I have

1582
01:15:03,720 --> 01:15:09,080
Speaker 1: my first guests. The name is Whitney Merciless aka why

1583
01:15:09,360 --> 01:15:11,080
Speaker 1: how are you doing man? I'm doing well. You got

1584
01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:13,519
Speaker 1: a couple of questions for me. I got a couple

1585
01:15:13,520 --> 01:15:16,640
Speaker 1: of questions for you. Mom. My first question for you,

1586
01:15:16,760 --> 01:15:19,080
Speaker 1: money is how are you feeling man? I'm feeling good.

1587
01:15:19,120 --> 01:15:21,439
Speaker 1: You know I'm feeling good. You groovy and too? You

1588
01:15:21,520 --> 01:15:25,160
Speaker 1: can switch places with any teammate, Who would you switch

1589
01:15:25,240 --> 01:15:27,439
Speaker 1: places with for a day? J? J? He got a

1590
01:15:27,479 --> 01:15:30,160
Speaker 1: lot of money. JJ does have a lot of money.

1591
01:15:30,200 --> 01:15:32,400
Speaker 1: I'd like to switch places with you, man, I want

1592
01:15:32,400 --> 01:15:34,240
Speaker 1: to see what you're like. Is like, Bro, you just

1593
01:15:34,280 --> 01:15:37,840
Speaker 1: signed a new deal. Man, you swagged out, Man, I'm

1594
01:15:37,880 --> 01:15:40,120
Speaker 1: telling you coming heavy with the drift dog D four.

1595
01:15:40,520 --> 01:15:42,200
Speaker 1: He's got some swag to him. I'd like to see

1596
01:15:42,240 --> 01:15:45,919
Speaker 1: the filter his eyes. You know, it's a different perspective.

1597
01:15:46,280 --> 01:15:49,240
Speaker 1: You see how JJ lives his days. Is that something

1598
01:15:49,280 --> 01:15:51,800
Speaker 1: you'd like to do? I would live differently. I just

1599
01:15:51,880 --> 01:15:54,920
Speaker 1: want the money in the house. How about the dogs?

1600
01:15:54,960 --> 01:15:57,720
Speaker 1: Are you're not a real dog parent? He didn't do

1601
01:15:57,880 --> 01:15:59,280
Speaker 1: take none of the time and do the real tricks

1602
01:15:59,360 --> 01:16:01,120
Speaker 1: with him, learn how to do stuff. He just sent

1603
01:16:01,200 --> 01:16:08,200
Speaker 1: them off. That's me. You're gonna have to answer to

1604
01:16:08,280 --> 01:16:10,640
Speaker 1: that in the meeting, I hope. So that's why I

1605
01:16:10,720 --> 01:16:14,000
Speaker 1: said it. This is a strange question because you're d hot,

1606
01:16:14,640 --> 01:16:17,960
Speaker 1: But if you could switch places with any teammate for

1607
01:16:18,080 --> 01:16:21,880
Speaker 1: a day, who would it be fucking switch places? I'm

1608
01:16:21,920 --> 01:16:25,840
Speaker 1: going with I'm going with JJ. He like the mayor.

1609
01:16:25,880 --> 01:16:28,400
Speaker 1: He basically the president. So I want to see how

1610
01:16:28,439 --> 01:16:31,479
Speaker 1: it feel to be the mayor, you know, just just

1611
01:16:31,720 --> 01:16:35,800
Speaker 1: like you know, Houston's best athlete ever of all time

1612
01:16:36,080 --> 01:16:38,439
Speaker 1: for one day. I'm pretty sure that'd be cool. Would

1613
01:16:38,479 --> 01:16:40,160
Speaker 1: you have a pool party at JJ's house if you

1614
01:16:40,280 --> 01:16:42,920
Speaker 1: were jjol does see That's what I'm saying. He's got

1615
01:16:42,960 --> 01:16:44,960
Speaker 1: all the purse because he got all the person of

1616
01:16:45,080 --> 01:16:47,479
Speaker 1: nice pool, nice house, a lot of money. But hot.

1617
01:16:48,120 --> 01:16:50,600
Speaker 1: I mean, if he's the president, you like you the

1618
01:16:50,760 --> 01:16:53,640
Speaker 1: governor at least now I'm I'm more like, you know,

1619
01:16:53,720 --> 01:16:59,439
Speaker 1: I'm in the Senate somewhere. I'm like advisor might be

1620
01:16:59,560 --> 01:17:04,960
Speaker 1: like assistant to like the senator or something House of representatives. Possibly,

1621
01:17:05,160 --> 01:17:07,479
Speaker 1: you know, I'll take that. That will be wrapping up

1622
01:17:07,520 --> 01:17:14,000
Speaker 1: our session today. Please feedback constructive criticism. How can I improve?

1623
01:17:14,080 --> 01:17:16,600
Speaker 1: How can I get better? You know? Shout out to

1624
01:17:16,760 --> 01:17:22,040
Speaker 1: Kjack TV. That is the inspiration Kjack TV. But it's

1625
01:17:22,080 --> 01:17:27,000
Speaker 1: be Scart TV, baby, and we are rolling out. I

1626
01:17:27,160 --> 01:17:29,599
Speaker 1: love that Brendan gives a shout out to Kareem Jackson

1627
01:17:29,640 --> 01:17:32,840
Speaker 1: and Kjack TV. In which you can't see you can

1628
01:17:32,840 --> 01:17:35,080
Speaker 1: see on a video. I would I would advise you

1629
01:17:35,200 --> 01:17:37,760
Speaker 1: for my football story and play reporter. Go watch the

1630
01:17:37,880 --> 01:17:42,400
Speaker 1: videos on Houston Texan dot Com. They're fantastic Acually. DeAndre

1631
01:17:42,520 --> 01:17:45,439
Speaker 1: Hopkins doing the interview, he looks like he's actually in

1632
01:17:45,520 --> 01:17:47,840
Speaker 1: the Secret Service. He's got these black shades and just

1633
01:17:48,000 --> 01:17:53,679
Speaker 1: standing there stoically. It's hilarious. But when Brendon Scarlett gives

1634
01:17:53,720 --> 01:17:55,800
Speaker 1: a shout out to Kjack TV kind of piles his

1635
01:17:55,960 --> 01:17:58,439
Speaker 1: chest and points up with this guy, it's hilarious. So

1636
01:17:58,560 --> 01:18:00,760
Speaker 1: you gotta go check that out. But yeah, Cream was

1637
01:18:01,040 --> 01:18:03,800
Speaker 1: tremendous as player reporter. He's now doing it Denver. But

1638
01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:06,800
Speaker 1: we got Brent Scarlett, we got b scar TV. Now.

1639
01:18:07,040 --> 01:18:09,400
Speaker 1: The final word I say for Drew Dohrty each and

1640
01:18:09,439 --> 01:18:11,040
Speaker 1: every week and you're like, wait, Dure's not a player.

1641
01:18:11,160 --> 01:18:14,240
Speaker 1: Well he has the final word with a player, and

1642
01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:20,599
Speaker 1: this week it's a guy that is about as overly

1643
01:18:20,680 --> 01:18:23,519
Speaker 1: excited for this one. Why because his brother's going to

1644
01:18:23,560 --> 01:18:26,120
Speaker 1: be on the other side. That's right, Justin Reid will

1645
01:18:26,160 --> 01:18:29,720
Speaker 1: face his brother for the very first time. Those guys

1646
01:18:29,760 --> 01:18:32,120
Speaker 1: were separated by a few years. Eric played his ball

1647
01:18:32,160 --> 01:18:34,640
Speaker 1: at LSU early in his career, then he went to

1648
01:18:34,800 --> 01:18:36,760
Speaker 1: forty nine Ers, ended up with the Panthers last year,

1649
01:18:37,000 --> 01:18:39,320
Speaker 1: had a great end of the year. They brought him

1650
01:18:39,320 --> 01:18:41,000
Speaker 1: back for this year as well, and glad to see

1651
01:18:41,080 --> 01:18:43,160
Speaker 1: him there because he's doing a tremendous job for them.

1652
01:18:43,479 --> 01:18:46,240
Speaker 1: Justin gets to the Texas last year's first in the NFL,

1653
01:18:46,320 --> 01:18:48,639
Speaker 1: so they were separated by a few years. But Justin

1654
01:18:48,800 --> 01:18:52,599
Speaker 1: cannot wait to see his brother on the other side

1655
01:18:52,600 --> 01:18:53,880
Speaker 1: of the field. This is gonna be a good one.

1656
01:18:53,920 --> 01:18:57,240
Speaker 1: Here's the final word, Drew Dorty this week, Justin Reid, Well,

1657
01:18:57,280 --> 01:18:59,080
Speaker 1: look who it is, or listen who it is. It's

1658
01:18:59,120 --> 01:19:01,840
Speaker 1: safety just Read And who else could we pick for

1659
01:19:02,080 --> 01:19:05,400
Speaker 1: this game? You're playing your brother Eric Read, although you

1660
01:19:05,439 --> 01:19:06,640
Speaker 1: won't be on the field at the same time. He

1661
01:19:06,680 --> 01:19:09,360
Speaker 1: plays defense as well. But the Carolina Panthers in town.

1662
01:19:09,800 --> 01:19:12,599
Speaker 1: Let me be the five thousand, nine hundred eighty fourth

1663
01:19:12,680 --> 01:19:15,679
Speaker 1: person to ask you about this gonna be a special,

1664
01:19:15,760 --> 01:19:18,760
Speaker 1: special day, is it not? Man incredibly special first time

1665
01:19:18,800 --> 01:19:20,560
Speaker 1: that will ever be on the same field at the

1666
01:19:20,600 --> 01:19:23,519
Speaker 1: same time. How tough is this for your parents, you think? Um?

1667
01:19:23,680 --> 01:19:25,719
Speaker 1: I don't think it will be too tough on him, because,

1668
01:19:26,080 --> 01:19:28,200
Speaker 1: like you said, we're not going directly against each other,

1669
01:19:28,400 --> 01:19:30,439
Speaker 1: so I'm sure they'll be out there supporting both of us.

1670
01:19:30,760 --> 01:19:33,600
Speaker 1: I'm buying their tickets though, so they should hopefully have

1671
01:19:33,760 --> 01:19:36,320
Speaker 1: on the Houston Colors. There you go. And we've heard

1672
01:19:36,520 --> 01:19:39,200
Speaker 1: earlier in the week that your brother said you've never

1673
01:19:39,720 --> 01:19:42,000
Speaker 1: beaten him at anything, And I am not buying that.

1674
01:19:42,040 --> 01:19:44,639
Speaker 1: You're a high achiever. I think you've beat him at right. False.

1675
01:19:44,720 --> 01:19:46,680
Speaker 1: That's just how competitive we are though, But I will

1676
01:19:46,760 --> 01:19:48,439
Speaker 1: say that he has a long running streak on me

1677
01:19:48,760 --> 01:19:51,000
Speaker 1: and certain things like he's better than like maybe Mario

1678
01:19:51,120 --> 01:19:54,160
Speaker 1: Kart he got me in basketball, I'm unbeatable and connect four.

1679
01:19:54,400 --> 01:19:57,360
Speaker 1: There you go. Okay, your brothers, I mean, if you

1680
01:19:57,800 --> 01:20:00,240
Speaker 1: are in the NFL or if you're just a regular brother,

1681
01:20:00,560 --> 01:20:04,360
Speaker 1: you more likely than not have been super super competitive

1682
01:20:04,400 --> 01:20:07,840
Speaker 1: with this guy. I'm guess like we used to even

1683
01:20:07,920 --> 01:20:09,719
Speaker 1: grow up, like we had a friend down the street

1684
01:20:09,880 --> 01:20:12,200
Speaker 1: name Scott and his friend Ja, I mean his little

1685
01:20:12,240 --> 01:20:14,639
Speaker 1: brother J. And we used to even trade teams where

1686
01:20:14,640 --> 01:20:16,200
Speaker 1: I will play with Scott and he will play with

1687
01:20:16,280 --> 01:20:17,840
Speaker 1: j since we're run the same age and we run

1688
01:20:17,920 --> 01:20:20,120
Speaker 1: two on twos all day, you know. So my whole

1689
01:20:20,200 --> 01:20:23,519
Speaker 1: life we've always just been outside playing games, competing him

1690
01:20:23,560 --> 01:20:27,120
Speaker 1: and my other brother Ryan and Shaq. We always competing

1691
01:20:27,160 --> 01:20:29,080
Speaker 1: at something, all of us. What is it with the

1692
01:20:29,120 --> 01:20:32,080
Speaker 1: Texans and brothers. It's you, it's J. J. Watt, It's

1693
01:20:32,120 --> 01:20:35,519
Speaker 1: a J. Moore, Nick Martin, Darren Fells brother played in

1694
01:20:35,560 --> 01:20:38,320
Speaker 1: the league for a decade. You know, yeah, Jacob Martin.

1695
01:20:38,360 --> 01:20:40,000
Speaker 1: He's got a brother with the Saints. What is it

1696
01:20:40,040 --> 01:20:42,400
Speaker 1: about the Texans and their brothers? Yeah, I know, it's

1697
01:20:42,439 --> 01:20:45,160
Speaker 1: been a lot of them this year. Nick already had

1698
01:20:45,240 --> 01:20:48,040
Speaker 1: his game, AJ had his game, JJ had his game.

1699
01:20:48,360 --> 01:20:51,599
Speaker 1: Even the coaches, Delon and his dad played each other.

1700
01:20:51,720 --> 01:20:54,320
Speaker 1: And now it's my turn. It's right Tim Kelly and

1701
01:20:54,600 --> 01:20:56,639
Speaker 1: his brother with the Titans will be up later. Okay,

1702
01:20:56,720 --> 01:20:59,920
Speaker 1: let's talk about this actual matchup. Kyle Allen, rookie quarterback.

1703
01:21:00,120 --> 01:21:01,519
Speaker 1: What have you seen from him so far? We know

1704
01:21:01,560 --> 01:21:03,680
Speaker 1: how diligent yard we're looking at tape. What do you

1705
01:21:03,720 --> 01:21:05,439
Speaker 1: see from the rookie? Yeah, I think he's done a

1706
01:21:05,479 --> 01:21:07,599
Speaker 1: good job for him so far. Really, sitting in the pocket,

1707
01:21:07,680 --> 01:21:09,639
Speaker 1: he has a little bit of kind of what Minshew

1708
01:21:09,720 --> 01:21:12,200
Speaker 1: had in him. That he has ability to scramble a

1709
01:21:12,240 --> 01:21:14,320
Speaker 1: little bit, although that's not what he prefers to do.

1710
01:21:14,680 --> 01:21:16,280
Speaker 1: He'd rather sit in the pocket and throw it. So

1711
01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:17,800
Speaker 1: we just have to give him some looks, make him

1712
01:21:17,840 --> 01:21:19,840
Speaker 1: uncomfortable and like you said, it's only the second game

1713
01:21:19,880 --> 01:21:22,400
Speaker 1: he's playing, so it's really a lot like the Jaguars game.

1714
01:21:22,760 --> 01:21:25,080
Speaker 1: Really show a lot of disguises, make him have to

1715
01:21:25,120 --> 01:21:27,880
Speaker 1: figure out what defense we're in after the ball is snaps,

1716
01:21:27,880 --> 01:21:30,040
Speaker 1: so that way, maybe he holds onto the ball a

1717
01:21:30,120 --> 01:21:32,080
Speaker 1: little bit longer and we can go and have a

1718
01:21:32,120 --> 01:21:33,560
Speaker 1: bunch of sax on him. Now that you've been in

1719
01:21:33,600 --> 01:21:36,759
Speaker 1: the league for over a season, you've seen your sheriff

1720
01:21:36,840 --> 01:21:39,320
Speaker 1: of rookie quarterbacks last year, now this year, what's it

1721
01:21:39,439 --> 01:21:41,840
Speaker 1: like for you because you were just a rookie seven, eight,

1722
01:21:41,960 --> 01:21:44,120
Speaker 1: nine months ago. Yeah right, it hasn't been too long,

1723
01:21:44,200 --> 01:21:46,559
Speaker 1: you know, in this interests perspective looking back on it now,

1724
01:21:46,720 --> 01:21:49,720
Speaker 1: but especially early into the season, things are always new,

1725
01:21:49,800 --> 01:21:51,680
Speaker 1: you know. There's nothing like when you're actually playing under

1726
01:21:51,680 --> 01:21:54,360
Speaker 1: the lights on Sunday or Monday or Thursday. So for

1727
01:21:54,560 --> 01:21:57,080
Speaker 1: us as a defense, we just got to take advantage

1728
01:21:57,080 --> 01:21:58,519
Speaker 1: of that keep him on his toes. I think one

1729
01:21:58,560 --> 01:22:00,360
Speaker 1: of the better things we did against the jack Wires

1730
01:22:00,520 --> 01:22:02,600
Speaker 1: is we got a sack on the first series and

1731
01:22:02,720 --> 01:22:05,479
Speaker 1: I feel like that frazzle the Minshew kid for the

1732
01:22:05,560 --> 01:22:06,880
Speaker 1: rest of the game because it made him feel like

1733
01:22:06,880 --> 01:22:08,840
Speaker 1: he had to get the ball out quicker and early,

1734
01:22:08,880 --> 01:22:10,880
Speaker 1: and wouln't able to let him get comfortable. So that's

1735
01:22:10,880 --> 01:22:12,200
Speaker 1: the same thing we're gonna have to do this week.

1736
01:22:12,240 --> 01:22:15,160
Speaker 1: We want to get pressure on early, attack him, make

1737
01:22:15,280 --> 01:22:16,600
Speaker 1: him feel it, and make him want to get the

1738
01:22:16,640 --> 01:22:18,240
Speaker 1: ball out quicker and we can make some plays off

1739
01:22:18,240 --> 01:22:20,599
Speaker 1: of that. Now, your brother's not the only familiar faci'll

1740
01:22:20,600 --> 01:22:22,960
Speaker 1: see on Sunday across the ball from guy you're gonna

1741
01:22:23,000 --> 01:22:27,639
Speaker 1: have to priay tackle is Christian McCaffrey, a proud Stanford cardinal. Wow,

1742
01:22:27,760 --> 01:22:32,479
Speaker 1: he can play. Yeah, what are the threats? Super dynamic guy,

1743
01:22:32,640 --> 01:22:35,000
Speaker 1: very athletic. They have him play all over the field.

1744
01:22:35,080 --> 01:22:37,280
Speaker 1: He'll play on the outside, he'll play in the slot,

1745
01:22:37,320 --> 01:22:39,439
Speaker 1: he'll play in the backfield. He'll run between the tackles

1746
01:22:39,479 --> 01:22:41,519
Speaker 1: that haven't run outside of the tackles. So it's really

1747
01:22:41,560 --> 01:22:43,680
Speaker 1: a guy that we need to focus on an id

1748
01:22:43,800 --> 01:22:45,800
Speaker 1: and know where he's at every single play and make

1749
01:22:45,840 --> 01:22:48,680
Speaker 1: sure we have guys on him as a defense. How

1750
01:22:48,800 --> 01:22:51,400
Speaker 1: much are you guys gelling? Is it just a matter

1751
01:22:51,479 --> 01:22:55,360
Speaker 1: of time and getting to actually play together full full games,

1752
01:22:56,360 --> 01:22:59,840
Speaker 1: because we didn't have the full defense together until week one.

1753
01:23:00,040 --> 01:23:02,120
Speaker 1: Like I didn't play any of the preseason games, GiB didn't.

1754
01:23:02,360 --> 01:23:03,920
Speaker 1: And now that we're starting to have a few pelts

1755
01:23:04,040 --> 01:23:06,120
Speaker 1: under our belt and we're really starting to learn about

1756
01:23:06,160 --> 01:23:09,280
Speaker 1: each other more, our tendencies, how to close those windows

1757
01:23:09,360 --> 01:23:11,200
Speaker 1: even quicker and just play off of each other better.

1758
01:23:11,360 --> 01:23:12,840
Speaker 1: How much pride do you guys take and what you

1759
01:23:12,920 --> 01:23:15,240
Speaker 1: were able to do the second half as a whole.

1760
01:23:15,520 --> 01:23:17,120
Speaker 1: You only give up three points to a guy who's

1761
01:23:17,160 --> 01:23:18,960
Speaker 1: going to be in canned someday, Philip Rivers and they

1762
01:23:19,000 --> 01:23:21,439
Speaker 1: still had Keenan Allen as well. Second half as a whole,

1763
01:23:21,680 --> 01:23:23,760
Speaker 1: but really on that last drive too, you keep them

1764
01:23:23,760 --> 01:23:25,439
Speaker 1: out of the end zone. Yeah, and that's huge, and

1765
01:23:25,520 --> 01:23:27,720
Speaker 1: that's what we pride ourselves on doing. It's just going

1766
01:23:27,760 --> 01:23:30,040
Speaker 1: out and playing regardless of what the situation is. We

1767
01:23:30,160 --> 01:23:31,880
Speaker 1: have to play a full sixty minutes. That's been the

1768
01:23:31,960 --> 01:23:34,560
Speaker 1: motto ever since the Saints game, whenever they won with

1769
01:23:34,640 --> 01:23:36,800
Speaker 1: thirty seconds left on the clock. Our model the whole

1770
01:23:36,840 --> 01:23:39,320
Speaker 1: season has been the full sixty minutes and the last

1771
01:23:39,360 --> 01:23:41,040
Speaker 1: two games we've rallied and done that. So we just

1772
01:23:41,080 --> 01:23:44,120
Speaker 1: need to continue to do that and really just keep

1773
01:23:44,479 --> 01:23:48,439
Speaker 1: taking steps forward and improving to create a tougher defense.

1774
01:23:48,479 --> 01:23:50,400
Speaker 1: All right. We love to see that tough defense. We're

1775
01:23:50,400 --> 01:23:52,439
Speaker 1: going to see it on the field at ENRG Stadium

1776
01:23:52,479 --> 01:23:55,479
Speaker 1: on Sunday against the Panthers. Justin Reid, best of luck,

1777
01:23:55,600 --> 01:23:57,720
Speaker 1: and we will talk to you again very soon. Thanks man.

1778
01:23:58,160 --> 01:24:00,280
Speaker 1: As we mentioned earlier in the show, Justin has been

1779
01:24:00,280 --> 01:24:04,360
Speaker 1: a full participant in practice getting everything done and he

1780
01:24:04,479 --> 01:24:07,200
Speaker 1: needs to. And I've said this, and I've heard people

1781
01:24:07,240 --> 01:24:09,160
Speaker 1: say this in the radio, which I tend to agree

1782
01:24:09,160 --> 01:24:11,240
Speaker 1: with because it's been my thought in philosophy is that

1783
01:24:11,840 --> 01:24:14,560
Speaker 1: the shoulder may be an issue all year long, but

1784
01:24:15,120 --> 01:24:17,720
Speaker 1: it's just gonna be what kind of pain threshold is

1785
01:24:17,720 --> 01:24:21,040
Speaker 1: he gonna have? Now I can speak to one shoulder

1786
01:24:21,200 --> 01:24:24,960
Speaker 1: ailment that I had, and it's an ac joint. I

1787
01:24:25,040 --> 01:24:28,000
Speaker 1: can't remember the long name for it, but it called

1788
01:24:28,040 --> 01:24:31,040
Speaker 1: your ac joint. And I landed on mine on my

1789
01:24:31,240 --> 01:24:33,519
Speaker 1: left shoulder. In fact, I can still I can still

1790
01:24:33,600 --> 01:24:36,519
Speaker 1: feel it on my shoulder. When I was a sophomore

1791
01:24:36,560 --> 01:24:38,720
Speaker 1: in college and I was playing. We were playing a

1792
01:24:38,760 --> 01:24:40,680
Speaker 1: game and I made a tackle and I came down

1793
01:24:40,800 --> 01:24:43,040
Speaker 1: on it and it was as painful as anything in

1794
01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:45,519
Speaker 1: your life. You could play with it if you get

1795
01:24:45,600 --> 01:24:47,600
Speaker 1: hit directly on it. I mean it hurts. Now. I

1796
01:24:47,640 --> 01:24:50,560
Speaker 1: don't know what exactly Justin as dealing with, but that

1797
01:24:51,320 --> 01:24:53,360
Speaker 1: anything with your shoulder and how much you have to

1798
01:24:53,439 --> 01:24:57,320
Speaker 1: rely on your shoulders can be extremely painful. But Justin

1799
01:24:57,360 --> 01:24:59,880
Speaker 1: as a full participant in practice, he is ready to go.

1800
01:25:00,400 --> 01:25:03,920
Speaker 1: I know this is one that he has been desperately

1801
01:25:04,160 --> 01:25:06,920
Speaker 1: waiting for and looking forward to, desperately looking forward to

1802
01:25:07,040 --> 01:25:08,599
Speaker 1: to face his brother on the other side. Now they

1803
01:25:08,600 --> 01:25:11,800
Speaker 1: won't go directly against one another, but just the opportunity

1804
01:25:11,840 --> 01:25:13,280
Speaker 1: to see his brother on the other side of the field.

1805
01:25:13,280 --> 01:25:16,120
Speaker 1: I think that's been pretty cool for JJ to see

1806
01:25:16,200 --> 01:25:18,920
Speaker 1: Derek last week, Danton to see his dad, Anthony Lynna,

1807
01:25:18,960 --> 01:25:21,479
Speaker 1: the Chargers AJ Moore to see c J. Moore when

1808
01:25:21,520 --> 01:25:23,439
Speaker 1: we played them in the preseason. So I think it's

1809
01:25:23,479 --> 01:25:25,080
Speaker 1: pretty cool when you get a chance to see your

1810
01:25:25,080 --> 01:25:28,120
Speaker 1: brother on their side. Zach Martin, Nick Martin, So yeah,

1811
01:25:28,120 --> 01:25:30,680
Speaker 1: we've had some brother battles and this one is going

1812
01:25:30,720 --> 01:25:32,600
Speaker 1: to be a pretty staunch one to two safeties. And

1813
01:25:32,680 --> 01:25:36,080
Speaker 1: how about that Eric read Justin, Reid Landing Collins, the

1814
01:25:36,160 --> 01:25:38,519
Speaker 1: Redskins all went to the same high school. How about

1815
01:25:38,600 --> 01:25:42,240
Speaker 1: that they've produced some safeties. That's a pretty good lineage.

1816
01:25:42,600 --> 01:25:45,000
Speaker 1: Right there. That kind of linked them all because they

1817
01:25:45,080 --> 01:25:47,600
Speaker 1: went Eric Reid to Landing Collins at Justin Reid, so

1818
01:25:48,040 --> 01:25:50,000
Speaker 1: they're all linked having gone to the same high school.

1819
01:25:50,000 --> 01:25:52,200
Speaker 1: So there must be something that they definitely have going

1820
01:25:52,240 --> 01:25:54,599
Speaker 1: on that high school for sure, down to Baton Rouge.

1821
01:25:54,720 --> 01:25:58,559
Speaker 1: But good stuff there. From play reporter Bread Scarlet from

1822
01:25:58,560 --> 01:26:00,840
Speaker 1: my football story Jordan Nakins. Of course the final Word

1823
01:26:00,880 --> 01:26:04,080
Speaker 1: with Drew Doherty this week justin Reid. All right, that's it, folks,

1824
01:26:04,840 --> 01:26:08,880
Speaker 1: game Sunday noon kick. It's Kids Day, so there's a

1825
01:26:09,080 --> 01:26:11,680
Speaker 1: bunch of stuff going on, bringing your kids. They got

1826
01:26:11,680 --> 01:26:14,479
Speaker 1: all kinds of activities going on everywhere around the stadium.

1827
01:26:14,560 --> 01:26:16,519
Speaker 1: That Carlile is going to be there. If you don't

1828
01:26:16,560 --> 01:26:18,280
Speaker 1: know who that is, don't worry about it, because I'm

1829
01:26:18,280 --> 01:26:19,680
Speaker 1: not sure that I knew who it was when I

1830
01:26:19,840 --> 01:26:22,080
Speaker 1: was told about her. But we're gonna have a good time.

1831
01:26:22,320 --> 01:26:24,960
Speaker 1: You're actually in pregame, might see Lil John Harris up

1832
01:26:25,000 --> 01:26:27,360
Speaker 1: on the board. You definitely will see Chester Pitts and

1833
01:26:27,600 --> 01:26:31,000
Speaker 1: Drew Doherty the cartoon versions at halftime. So you definitely

1834
01:26:31,000 --> 01:26:32,400
Speaker 1: want to be there for Kids Day. It's gonna be

1835
01:26:32,400 --> 01:26:34,599
Speaker 1: a fun time and hopefully when we walk out of there,

1836
01:26:34,760 --> 01:26:37,800
Speaker 1: there will be a W in that column, making it

1837
01:26:38,160 --> 01:26:40,599
Speaker 1: three and one for your Texans. A lot of people

1838
01:26:40,640 --> 01:26:43,639
Speaker 1: to thank for tonight. I think Mark vander Mere, Bill O'Brien,

1839
01:26:43,760 --> 01:26:47,080
Speaker 1: Kenny Stills, Deepe City. Gotta thank Drew Doherty, Gotta thank

1840
01:26:47,120 --> 01:26:50,919
Speaker 1: Brent Scarlett, Justin Reid, Jordan Nakins, my man Tyler Suttarth

1841
01:26:50,960 --> 01:26:53,000
Speaker 1: for putting my football story together. You guys are the

1842
01:26:53,000 --> 01:26:55,360
Speaker 1: best who appreciate you so much. We'll see on Sunday.

1843
01:26:55,479 --> 01:26:57,599
Speaker 1: Enjoy the weekend, everybody, and as always, go Texans.