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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, Welcome to the Damico Ryan Show, and it's

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Speaker 1: a happy one.

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Speaker 2: Why not.

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Speaker 1: You're going to the playoffs for the third consecutive season,

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Speaker 1: the Texans going in as a wild card for the

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Speaker 1: first time and on the road in round one for

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Speaker 1: the first time, because that's what wild cards do. You

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Speaker 1: don't host as a wild card unless you get to

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Speaker 1: the second round and you get other things to happen.

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Speaker 1: We can get into that later. The matter at hand

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Speaker 1: is beating the Pittsburgh Steelers Monday night in Pittsburgh. Huge

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Speaker 1: opportunity for the Texans to take on the AFC North champs.

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh won it with the dramatic win and maybe traumatic

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Speaker 1: for the Ravens, but a dramatic win for the Pittsburgh

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Speaker 1: Steelers at home. Now you go into their place. A

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Speaker 1: lot of Houston professional football postseason history in Steel City,

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Speaker 1: and the Texans haven't won there since two thousand and

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Speaker 1: two when they had that wacky wild three defensive touchdown

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Speaker 1: game Aaron Glenn with two pick six's in that one

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Speaker 1: and they won twenty four to six. That was the

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Speaker 1: only time they beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh, and that

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Speaker 1: was a playoff bound Steeler team. So just weird stuff,

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Speaker 1: but nothing weird about your Texans having the best defense

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. They finish first in total yards, just

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Speaker 1: barely second in points per game allowed. The Rams got

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Speaker 1: them by two tenths of a point because the Rams

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Speaker 1: had that really terrific defensive performance against the forty nine

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Speaker 1: ers in I'm Gotta Have It Division championship game Saturday,

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Speaker 1: while the Texans took on the Colts didn't necessarily have

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Speaker 1: to have it, played a lot of reserves, allowed thirty points, whatever,

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Speaker 1: that doesn't matter. What really matters is you're in the

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Speaker 1: playoffs again underhead coach Demiko Ryans. What a start to

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Speaker 1: his Texans tenure. And now you've got to go on

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Speaker 1: the road in the postseason. They've done it before. Of course,

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Speaker 1: last year, the year before in cold weather environments, tough teams.

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Speaker 1: They didn't win those games, but they played pretty well

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Speaker 1: last year in stretches, and they were tied with the

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Speaker 1: Ravens the year before that ten ten at the break,

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Speaker 1: couldn't get the job done in the second half. You

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Speaker 1: feel like they exercised some of those winning a cold

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Speaker 1: weather game on the road well as opposed to a

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Speaker 1: cold weather game in Houston, but at Kansas City not

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Speaker 1: so long ago that was a big win in primetime

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Speaker 1: and other big wins on the road. Chargers colts. Here

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Speaker 1: you go in the postseason on the road, so let's

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Speaker 1: get to it. Presented by AMG Bank, the official business

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Speaker 1: bank of the Houston Texans, here's our conversation with head

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Speaker 1: coach Jimiko Ryans coach, We're gonna talk a lot about

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Speaker 1: the victory over Indy to wrap up the regular season,

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Speaker 1: but it's so special to be in the postseason. Over

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Speaker 1: half the league is done. The Texans move on your thoughts.

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Speaker 3: Couldn't be more proud of our team right to earn

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Speaker 3: the right to be in the playoffs and to still

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Speaker 3: be working.

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Speaker 4: It's fun, it's exciting, and it's.

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Speaker 3: Something you earn and you can't no one can take

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Speaker 3: that away from you. So I'm excited.

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Speaker 4: Man, That's what you work for.

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Speaker 3: You work hard in training camp thinking about these moments

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Speaker 3: like how do you persevere throughout the season. How do

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Speaker 3: you have a storm of you know, injuries and different

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Speaker 3: things losses, Like how do you weather the storm to

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Speaker 3: still be ready to roll in the playoffs having the

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Speaker 3: majority of your guys having them available and ready to

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Speaker 3: go into playoffs. Man, I couldn't be more excited right

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Speaker 3: now the.

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Speaker 5: Coach I want to ask you about and actually this

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Speaker 5: after the game, yes, but we don't go into it

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Speaker 2: How difficult to challenge this was?

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Speaker 5: You knew you're in the playoffs, you knew there's a

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Speaker 5: shot at the division, but then there's a Jacksonville game,

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Speaker 5: the Titans game. You knew you wanted to keep guys healthy,

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Speaker 5: but yet you still wanted your team to compete.

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Speaker 2: You got all these kind of cross streams going on.

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Speaker 5: How tough was it to kind of get through the week,

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Speaker 5: get through that moment of we got to compete, but

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Speaker 5: you know what, I gotta get some guys, maybe some

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Speaker 5: you gotta go to them in the playoffs. How tough

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it takes me back to like the Raiders week

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Speaker 3: challenging from a standpoint of you know, how do you

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Speaker 3: motivate the guys, get them up and going knowing that oh,

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Speaker 3: you feel like, oh, we should beat this team. We're

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Speaker 3: playing the Raiders, and now you play the coach like, oh, well,

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Speaker 3: we really don't have anything to play for it. Well,

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Speaker 3: how do you motivate them to get the guys going, hey, well,

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Speaker 3: we don't know what's going to happen in the game,

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Speaker 3: you know, versus the Titans and the jack So we

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Speaker 3: got to go for it right.

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Speaker 4: We don't want to sit here and not go for

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Speaker 4: it and.

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Speaker 3: Look up it's like, oh something wild happened and Tennessee

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Speaker 3: beat Jacksonville and we missed an opportunity to win our division.

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Speaker 3: So the mindset of the mentality was we're going for

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Speaker 3: And you know, Jacksonville got up pretty good. But it's

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Speaker 3: still for me and my seat. I'm never going into

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Speaker 3: any competition, you know, to lose, all right. I'm playing

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Speaker 3: checkers at home with my kids, and like we're playing checkers,

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Speaker 3: I'm trying to win, No, go trying to win. I'm

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Speaker 3: a competitor. So even though know you have that moment, Okay, man,

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Speaker 3: the Jacks are up pretty good, that game is over. Like, man,

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Speaker 3: I still struggle with taking our guys out right, But

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Speaker 3: I knew I had to do it. I knew it

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Speaker 3: was the right decision to try to get some guys out,

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Speaker 3: but man, I still want to win the game. Like,

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Speaker 3: I'm not leaving here letting Indy come in our house

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Speaker 3: and in their season on a good note by by

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Speaker 3: I'm so happy for all the guys who got in.

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Speaker 3: It took everybody, different guys and different moments. Man stood

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Speaker 3: to ended how we ended it was. It was a

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Speaker 3: that game.

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Speaker 1: Tell us about your new defensive end to EJ speed there.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was that was one. Just in the moment

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Speaker 3: Barnett, he was he was gassed at the time because

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Speaker 3: we took Will and the kneel off and Burnett was

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Speaker 4: Burnett and d Horton, they were rolling on this.

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Speaker 3: It's like, man, there's a lot of reps and Barnett

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Speaker 4: So it's like, who's EJ get out there?

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Speaker 3: EJ looks back at me like really, coach, like just

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Speaker 3: So EJ got out there for a couple of reps.

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Speaker 3: Just show man team players, right, that's what you need.

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Speaker 3: You need guys who are willing to do whatever it

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Speaker 3: takes right to get it done. In such a wow moment,

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Speaker 3: you know you don't have everybody available, but EJ steps up,

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Speaker 3: goes out, plays a few snaps of defensive end. Actually

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Speaker 3: So credit to EJ.

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Speaker 1: Flashback twenty eleven season finale, first Texans playoff team. It's

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Speaker 1: the Week seventeen game at the time, doesn't really help

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Speaker 1: the Texans, but Garrett Graham ends up playing a little

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Speaker 1: defensive end in that game because Kubiak was trying to

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Speaker 1: put it all together. Similar situation, running out of bodies.

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Speaker 1: You only have so many players you can use.

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Speaker 3: You know, I did think about that throughout this. I

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Speaker 3: thought about this is like, man, who else could play

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Speaker 3: defense for us? I can use British or Harrison. I'm

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Speaker 3: trying to think of the offensive guys that I maybe

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Speaker 3: would have had to pull over and play defense. But

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Speaker 3: good thing we didn't get to that moment.

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Speaker 5: I'm glad you brought up British. Yeah, because he gets

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Speaker 5: in there. You know, first couple of carries that can

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Speaker 5: got stuffed. But then he has that run Coach, off

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Speaker 5: to the left where he kind of sliced in between

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Speaker 2: You saw man a little bit of burst. He really

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Speaker 2: came in and gave you something. Would you see from British.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Man, I was really excited to see some of

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Speaker 3: the runs that he had, specifically that twenty yard run there.

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Speaker 3: He did exactly what you want to do as a run.

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Speaker 3: He did a great job of pressing the outside and

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Speaker 3: I call it you slash, you make one cut and

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Speaker 3: you get vertical. It was a really nice run by

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Speaker 3: him to get a big twenty yard game we needed

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Speaker 3: the most, and Kayler was like, let's just keep giving

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Speaker 4: So he had run after run.

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Speaker 3: He had a nice little spin move about four plays later,

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Speaker 3: so he did. He did a really nice job of

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Speaker 3: taking advantage of the opportunities he had and has some

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Speaker 1: What he ran well for you in the first half, Coach,

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Speaker 1: and he's got that lateral quickness. Can you talk about

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Speaker 1: his style a little bit and how it's developed over

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Speaker 3: He does what he does, have his little jump cut

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Speaker 3: a little you know, he makes guys missing a whole

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Speaker 3: little bit, and it's uh, each that's the cool thing

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Speaker 3: about running backs. Each guy has his own little unique

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Speaker 3: Jawar he's more of a speed one cut guy, and

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Speaker 3: you get Woody he can make guys miss with the

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Speaker 3: lateral quickness that he has. And Chubb comes in just

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Speaker 4: So it's really cool. You got guys, especially.

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Speaker 3: Defensively, trying to defend different running backs and different running styles.

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Speaker 3: It really when you mix it up on guys with

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Speaker 5: What kind of style of his new running back, Tommy

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Speaker 5: Togia guy downhill Man, coach.

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Speaker 4: We saw him.

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Speaker 5: I saw him going the huddle and I immediately, like

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Speaker 5: Mark toky ice in they can full back and then

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Speaker 5: he doesn't get the touchdown there, but he gets on

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Speaker 2: I thought it was a great story.

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Speaker 5: You told me after the game about the emotional outburst

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Speaker 5: of emotional moment for everybody, everybody kind of celebrating with

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Speaker 5: Tommy doing his you know, as for Samoe and uh

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Speaker 5: you know, uh celebration. What was that like for you?

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Speaker 5: Kind of watching it all unfold seeing him get in

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Speaker 3: Man, it was such a cool moment because as a coach,

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Speaker 3: you man, my mind is always racing throughout the week,

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Speaker 3: and you know, coach Papa Veas comes and was like, man,

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Speaker 3: can we use Tommy on a short yard And I'm like,

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Speaker 3: of course, that's that guy.

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Speaker 4: He's very dependable. He's gonna do we ask him to do.

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Speaker 3: Of course, let's use Tommy, and let's make sure he

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Speaker 3: gets one to carry as well. So we had him

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Speaker 4: Were you down there?

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Speaker 2: They're looking forward to that moment.

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Speaker 1: It's something extra for them in addition to everything else,

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it definitely. It definitely makes the defensive players

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Speaker 5: Definitely that there's definitely that a guy that did catch

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Speaker 5: But he gets an interception yesterday. We haven't seen Elijah

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Speaker 3: Yeah, really impressive story for Elizah me out Elijah. He

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Speaker 3: But he did such a great job, you know, in

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And Johnny mentioned Rod right. We talked to him

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Speaker 2: That's what he said.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 3: I want our guys to be accountable to each other.

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Speaker 3: I put on displays like, hey, what are you supposed

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Speaker 3: I'm putting everybody else in a bad spot. Nothing to

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Speaker 5: Of course, at an interesting moment, it ended up being

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Speaker 5: After the incompletion, I could see CJ was probably more

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Speaker 5: is that kind of what you's going through right now,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, those are the plays I feel like as players,

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Speaker 4: It was like that. That chess matching is like oh

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Speaker 3: Moment from a mental standpoint that gets you fired up right,

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Speaker 3: and from that look. They had a lot of zero

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Speaker 3: I think CJ is probably more frustrated at all, Man.

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Speaker 1: Coach, having been to the postseason with a lot of

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Speaker 3: And Mark, I'm hoping it helps a lot, Man, because

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Speaker 3: I can't say we haven't been there, done that, right.

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Speaker 3: We're going to Pittsburgh House.

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Speaker 4: What you want.

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Speaker 3: It's such a historic place, great tradition, great fans. We

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Speaker 5: Coach, I know you haven't had time, as none of

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean Aaron's he's a Hall of Fame quarterback.

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Speaker 3: understands coverages, knows the weakness and stuff those.

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Speaker 4: Coverages and where you're supposed to be.

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Speaker 3: So for us, you know, as you face them, for

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Speaker 3: our defense, Like, guys just have to understand it's not

443
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Speaker 3: about Aaron Rodgers. It's just about playing your defense. How

444
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Speaker 3: we play defense, Like, make him have to deal with us. Yes,

445
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Speaker 3: they're good players. He's a good They got a good team,

446
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Speaker 3: good offensive unit. We have a good defense. Like that's

447
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Speaker 3: going to be the matchup. Like, and can we make

448
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Speaker 3: him play can we force make can we you know,

449
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Speaker 3: force him under some duress. Can we make him make

450
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Speaker 3: some bad decisions, make some bad throws and can we

451
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Speaker 3: capitalize on those?

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Speaker 4: So it's a good challenge for us. They'll get Metcalf back.

453
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Speaker 3: Who's been a good, you know, outside receiver, made a

454
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Speaker 3: lot of big plays. Well, man, I'm excited for our

455
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Speaker 3: guys to get this opportunity going against Aaron Rodgers, one

456
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Speaker 3: of the best quarterbacks played the game.

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Speaker 2: I like that it's a five star matchup because we're there.

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Speaker 5: They like to use that slogan back in eight it's

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Speaker 5: a five star matchup because we're in it. So I'd

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Speaker 5: like to thought, Hey, it's a five star matchup because

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Speaker 5: we're in you know it.

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Speaker 1: Coach, one of your big weapons is Kaemi Fairbairn, who

463
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Speaker 1: drilled six field goals in the regular season finale. Amazing

464
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Speaker 1: stuff throughout the course of the season, and you needed

465
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Speaker 1: almost every one of his field goals and then something

466
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Speaker 1: from matthew Wright as well. To get to where you are.

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Speaker 1: And now you go to Pittsburgh, which is a tough

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Speaker 1: place to kick. Boswell's been there for a century. But

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Speaker 1: there were miskicks in the Sunday Night game. Can you

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Speaker 1: go over the process of how these guys get accustomed

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Speaker 1: to the environment with the operation with Brinkman and Tommy

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Speaker 1: Townsend and Emy, and how they go about their business

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Speaker 1: to be prepared for these situations.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, for our specialists.

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Speaker 3: Man. That's I mean, nobody practices as much as their

476
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Speaker 3: as much on their craft as those guys. Like when

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Speaker 3: you talk about the snap, the hole, the kick, like

478
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Speaker 3: why does it look so automatic in these games? Those

479
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Speaker 3: guys are all while we're doing offensive defensive reps, they're

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Speaker 3: off on another field. They're working their snap coach Ross

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Speaker 3: and Will. They're working with those guys on all the

482
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Speaker 3: different trying to make it tough on them as best suppossible,

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Speaker 3: walking in front of emmy to make it make it hard,

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Speaker 3: make the kicks as tough as possible. And you know,

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Speaker 3: it takes a lot of work. It takes a lot

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Speaker 3: of time, and they put the time in to make

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Speaker 3: it look easy, Like you don't you kick six field

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Speaker 3: goals and they make it look easy. Those guys spend

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Speaker 3: a lot of time to make it look that way,

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Speaker 3: and it's gonna be for them.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 3: We go into you know, a game on a road,

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Speaker 3: like those guys are out there before everybody else comes

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Speaker 3: on the field.

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Speaker 4: They're out there.

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Speaker 3: They're checking the weather, checking the win and to see

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Speaker 3: what those conditions are and how they have to make

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Speaker 3: some adjustments as well. So very prepared, very detailed very

499
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Speaker 3: hard workers in the background a lot. But when the

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Speaker 3: game is on the line, as we saw last night,

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Speaker 3: I mean, their kicker goes down and never missed, like

502
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Speaker 3: he misses the extra point and Baltimore makes a huge

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Speaker 3: play on fourth down and seven to get them in

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Speaker 3: rains and their kicker MI. So Emy's done a great

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Speaker 3: job of making it look easy.

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Speaker 4: But we know in all those.

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Speaker 3: Even in inside outside, it doesn't matter, those are always

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Speaker 3: tough plays to make. And we're thankful to have Emy

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Speaker 3: because he makes it look so he makes it look

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Speaker 3: so easy, but we know he does a he has

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Speaker 3: a really tough job, and we're very thankful for him.

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Speaker 3: And like you said, our season wouldn't have gone away

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Speaker 3: is gone without him scoring the points that he scored

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Speaker 3: for us.

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Speaker 5: Coach, I know where and when does it matter to

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Speaker 5: you take this ball club anywhere? Anytime play football game?

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Speaker 5: Does it help to have like typically play it Saturday

518
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Speaker 5: at three thirty. I think that's well known. But now

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Speaker 5: we're playing Monday at eight o'clock. You got a couple

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Speaker 5: more days to kind of let some bumps and bruises

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Speaker 5: heal a little bit. I mean, in a sense, does

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Speaker 5: that does help a little bit to play Monday night,

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Speaker 5: to have a little extra time after a long season.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it does help, get in an extra

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Speaker 3: day of rest. I think it does help us as

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Speaker 3: a team and to get our guys out in the

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Speaker 3: game on Sunday. Health So, you know, we should be

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Speaker 3: well rested and our guys should be feeling good going

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Speaker 3: in on Monday night. I mean, that's that's how you

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Speaker 3: want to be going in the postseason. So we're in

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Speaker 3: a good spot health wise. So and now it's a

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Speaker 3: matter of going out and just playing well.

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Speaker 1: I know all the players, coaches, you like your routines, habits,

534
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Speaker 1: et cetera. Playoffs, is it important to keep it the same?

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Speaker 1: Do you take it up a notch? How do you

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Speaker 1: handle it, coach, because everybody's gonna try to take it

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Speaker 1: up a notch on the field, So what do you

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Speaker 1: do to make sure you're ready for that moment.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we keep it all the same, Like as we's

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Speaker 3: mentioned here before on the show, Like because it's a

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Speaker 3: Monday game, will kind of push it out and make sure,

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Speaker 3: you know, we keep our.

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Speaker 4: Week as normal as possible.

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Speaker 3: So our normal work week will start on Thursday and

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Speaker 3: we'll we'll go from there. I think as athletes becal

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Speaker 3: professional athletes, you get into your routine and your habits,

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Speaker 3: and you never want to throw guys off of their routine.

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Speaker 3: So that's why I try to keep our schedule as

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Speaker 3: normal as possible. But we should get some well needed

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Speaker 3: rests and a normal work week. Let's work really well

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Speaker 3: throughout the week, because as I always say, how you

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Speaker 3: work throughout the week shows up, you know, on game day.

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Speaker 1: All right, the Amgy Bank ask coach question of the

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Speaker 1: week and coach. Kids are going back to school this week, right,

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Speaker 1: and that's a good thing for so many parents can't wait.

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Speaker 1: But you said Pittsburgh and history in the same sentence.

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Speaker 1: Was history or favorite subject?

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Speaker 2: Was it math?

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Speaker 1: Was it something else? What was your favorite subject in school?

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Speaker 1: Or maybe most tolerable?

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Speaker 3: Shout out to all the moms who are excited for kids' conections,

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Speaker 3: Thank you to me. But no, my favorite subject in

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Speaker 3: school was math. Okay, I really like math. Math kind

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Speaker 3: of it came easy to men. That was the subject

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Speaker 3: that I like. And now, man, my son, he's he's

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Speaker 3: a math wizard.

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Speaker 2: He's good.

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Speaker 3: He doesn't He was doing some work one night and

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Speaker 3: he was it was tough work. He was doing some

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Speaker 3: percentages and this's like, son, you just use a calculator.

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Speaker 4: No, no, no, I can't use a calculator. So he's

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Speaker 4: very sharp guy.

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Speaker 3: So I'm learning a lot from him too, say better

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Speaker 3: at math than I was.

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Speaker 2: Very good coach.

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Speaker 4: Thanks a lot, good luck, Thanks guys enjoying.

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Speaker 1: Don't think that's the end of hearing the head coach

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Speaker 1: on this program, because we'll have Johnny's conversation with him

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Speaker 1: right after the game.

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Speaker 2: That's always special.

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Speaker 1: Demiko Ryan's in the locker room right after the victory

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Speaker 1: after the regular season ends, and a whole lot more,

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Speaker 1: a visit with Henry Toe of Toe and also one

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Speaker 1: of the unsung heroes in the victory against the Colts.

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Speaker 1: It's all coming up here on Texans Radio. Right back here,

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Speaker 1: the Damico Ryans Program, presented by amateg he Banked the

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Speaker 1: official business of the Houston Texans. Let's take you inside

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Speaker 1: the locker room following the Texans victory over the Colts,

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Speaker 1: which wrapped up the regular season with a twelve and

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Speaker 1: five record and a nine game winning streak.

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Speaker 3: Hey man, I just want to say congratulations on the

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Speaker 3: heck of a regular season.

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Speaker 8: Man.

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Speaker 3: Everybody outstanding the jobs there, played the finish the season

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Speaker 3: the right way, all right, guys, hit a couple, I

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Speaker 3: mean a couple of really impressive feats, all right. There's

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Speaker 3: nine games in a row. That's tired for the longest

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Speaker 3: in Texans history. All right, outstanding the job there. Another

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Speaker 3: one for you, guys, we tied for twelve wins. Is

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Speaker 3: the tie for the most wins in the season as well.

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Speaker 3: Give yourselves a hand for that one too, guy.

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Speaker 7: You know, we did a lot of.

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Speaker 3: A lot of incredible things throughout this entire year, all right,

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Speaker 3: And that's credit to everybody in his room. Coaches play,

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Speaker 3: everybody in his room working together, all right, and that

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Speaker 3: that game is kind of representative of how our season

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Speaker 3: is being like it. They looked great there to start,

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Speaker 3: but everybody, nobody blinks.

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Speaker 7: Everybody just keep battling.

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Speaker 3: And that's what I love about this team, Like, no

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Speaker 3: matter what we're up against, no matter how we have

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Speaker 3: to go out and find a way to win games.

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Speaker 3: You guys do that, man, when the games online, find

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Speaker 3: a way to close it out. And that's all that

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Speaker 3: matters going forward. I don't care how it looks. It's

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Speaker 3: about getting the dub each and every time. We step

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Speaker 3: on this grass again. All right, that's the mindset we have.

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Speaker 3: And I love everybody for the way you guys go

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Speaker 3: out and play.

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Speaker 7: All right.

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Speaker 3: A couple couple of things in for man another impressible

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Speaker 3: all right, get me a ball here, all right?

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Speaker 7: This ball first? And goals?

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Speaker 3: See this guy man most tied for most field goals

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Speaker 3: in a season.

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Speaker 7: All right, Kami kyami, Why yeah, maybe.

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Speaker 4: We can't.

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Speaker 3: We can't do it without him, right that goals man,

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Speaker 3: We can't take it for granted. Today made six field goals,

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Speaker 3: tied for the most he's had in a game.

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Speaker 7: So house craz joab Cami raight job Gray up all right,

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Speaker 7: and one more I'm in with this so called it

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Speaker 7: on Friday.

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Speaker 3: We tried to get him in the end zone earlier,

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Speaker 3: but SEEZ called is audible all right, and he took your.

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Speaker 7: Touch down the way. But Tommy d yeh right man,

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Speaker 7: great job. Wait to end the game right there?

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Speaker 3: Amen, Hey, all to the next right, we got the playoffs. Guy,

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Speaker 3: We don't know exactly who we're playing or when we're playing,

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Speaker 3: so we'll come in tomorrow.

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Speaker 7: They treated like a day after game. We'll watch this

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Speaker 7: from flush it. We still got a lot to improve

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Speaker 7: on from this game right here. So we always take.

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Speaker 3: A look at it, learn from it, flush it, get

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Speaker 3: our lift in and then we'll see who we played.

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Speaker 3: Probably figure that out tonight. Okay, what outstanding regular season? Now,

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Speaker 3: that's what we all worked for right here in front

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Speaker 3: of us. How we going to finish this name one

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Speaker 3: at a time? Everybody locked in, os in front. Let's

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Speaker 3: go on the hunt Man Gray.

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Speaker 7: Tom Amen Texas.

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Speaker 2: There's the head coach, to Beeko. Ryan's in the locker room.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 1: Around that time, maybe after that speech, Henry Toe of

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Speaker 1: Toea visited Texans post game with Sean Pendergast and Clint Sterner,

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Speaker 1: And here's how some of that conversation went.

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Speaker 9: Could you guys have envisioned twelve and five when you

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Speaker 9: guys got off to the zero and three start?

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Speaker 10: I love it might sound crazy, but yeah, like I

660
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Speaker 10: feel like just because the group of guys that we

661
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Speaker 10: had in this locker room, we know what we had,

662
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Speaker 10: Like although we had those three losses, like there were

663
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 10: one score of loss games, like, we knew exactly the

664
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Speaker 10: pieces that we need to fix, the tweaks and turns

665
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,240
Speaker 10: that we needed, and we made those adjustments like there

666
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 10: was no doubt or fear about us being in the

667
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Speaker 10: position that we are now because we have the right

668
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 10: guys in the locker room to do with the great

669
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Speaker 10: coach staff that we have, so just really proud of everybody.

670
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Speaker 6: It's to be able to end it off this way.

671
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 2: Not in a row twelve or fourteen. What do you

672
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Speaker 2: guys do?

673
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Speaker 11: Because now the trick, right is is like you almost

674
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 11: got to remind yourself what it feels like, right, I

675
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 11: mean it's I mean, you guys have been on such

676
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 11: role and such a high and winning and whether you

677
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 11: play great or not not you personally with the team,

678
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:55,720
Speaker 11: you find a way to win.

679
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Speaker 2: You finish, you all went through all these different phases

680
00:29:57,560 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 2: of the year and win.

681
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Speaker 11: Any effort to to almost keep things in check or

682
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 11: is it just say man, let this thing ride?

683
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,800
Speaker 10: No, no, no, We get checked every week, like I mean,

684
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 10: our coaches that have text us every week Tomiko and

685
00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 10: sit up in the team meeting and make sure that

686
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 10: we know exactly where we messed up.

687
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,880
Speaker 6: You know the standard of the team and where we're

688
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 6: supposed to be.

689
00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 10: Like, we get checked every week, no matter if it's

690
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,360
Speaker 10: a win, Like we know the stand of our team

691
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 10: like there's a standard that we have to upheld uphold

692
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,240
Speaker 10: every single week. And I think that's a beautiful thing

693
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Speaker 10: about you know, this organization is like we we start

694
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Speaker 10: for greatness, Like no matter how ugly it looks like,

695
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 10: we want to achieve greatness. So this is a testament

696
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 10: to our coach staff and the players that we have

697
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 10: in this locker room.

698
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Speaker 9: For you personally, you know, the last couple of weeks,

699
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 9: because Dimko talked about it during the week about talking

700
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Speaker 9: to you specifically after the Raiders game. You may not

701
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 9: have had your best game against the Raiders. You might

702
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 9: have had your best game against the Chargers last week.

703
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 9: So that was a that was a nice bounce back

704
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 9: for you. I guess get we had Demko's perspective on

705
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 9: it last week, it's your perspective on it. Just the

706
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 9: game you had, going from the Raiders game to the

707
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 9: game you had where you were one of the best

708
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 9: players on the field against the Chargers.

709
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,640
Speaker 10: Yeah, that Raiders game was embarrassing And that's just flat

710
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 10: out how I felt about it. It was just super embarrassing

711
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:09,000
Speaker 10: for me to be able to put that kind of

712
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,240
Speaker 10: football out there. That's not who I am, That's not

713
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,200
Speaker 10: who I was raised to play that kind of football,

714
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Speaker 10: So being able to bounce back, you know, I kind

715
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 10: of held that personal. So I was going back home.

716
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:19,600
Speaker 10: You know, I just felt like it was a great

717
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 10: reset button. And you know, I think the intention with

718
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:24,960
Speaker 10: me was just to focus on the little details and

719
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,480
Speaker 10: and those details kind of put me in that game

720
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,560
Speaker 10: that I had, So that whole entire week was just

721
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 10: a detailed thing for me. So I was really happy

722
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 10: with that, with that performance, you know, I was just

723
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 10: happy we were able to clinch a playoff birth with that.

724
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,960
Speaker 10: But yeah, man, that again was ugly, and being able

725
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 10: to bounce back the charge was a blessing.

726
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 6: So it was huge.

727
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 11: Hey, talk talk a little bit about ultimately the swarm mentality,

728
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 11: but I mean, I've been around and heard a lot

729
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 11: of coach speak and and and even I was an

730
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 11: offensive player, but listen to the coach speak on the

731
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 11: defensive side of the football. Everybody rallies to the ball,

732
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 11: everybody quote unquote swarms. But this team does it to

733
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 11: a whole diferent level. And I would argue that if

734
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 11: you look at if you cover the team and you

735
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 11: watch you guys every week. To me, there's two guys

736
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 11: that stand out, that do it even at at a

737
00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 11: at a crazier level than one of them's you and

738
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 11: Kamari last I mean, you jump off the tape, you

739
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:15,880
Speaker 11: jump off the TV. Everybody's great, not minimizing what anybody

740
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,800
Speaker 11: else does, but you two are on a on a

741
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,200
Speaker 11: whole different level. Just how unique is it You've been

742
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 11: in some great programs. How unique is it to be

743
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 11: in a defense where that many guys are truly bought in?

744
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 11: And it's not just to any degree with any player.

745
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 11: It's not just coach speaking.

746
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 6: Man, it's it's huge. Man.

747
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 10: Like like you said, I've been at Tennessee, even at Alabama,

748
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 10: been with some dogs, you know, but being able to

749
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 10: be here with the most dogs of the dogs, like, like, man,

750
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 10: that's that's huge for me. So, like, I think the

751
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 10: biggest thing with us is, like we scared that if

752
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:49,479
Speaker 10: we're not at the ball, like we're gonna look at

753
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 10: each other like damn, why didn't you at the ball?

754
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 6: Like why didn't you run it? Like that's the standard

755
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 6: that we have it.

756
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 10: So being able to just have that swarm that get

757
00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 10: to the ball, that like that nastiness of our defense man,

758
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,720
Speaker 10: that's that's just who we are. That's our identity. Like

759
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 10: we practice like that. If you cut on the practice tape,

760
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 10: you see guys running for the ball twenty yards down

761
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 10: the field. But that's just the ideenta that we have.

762
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 10: So being able to have eleven guys twelve guys like

763
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 10: whoever's rotating in there coming in and doing that, Like, man,

764
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 10: that's huge and it's hard to find.

765
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:15,440
Speaker 6: Okay, So you guys finished.

766
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 9: The game today playing with I think like seven defensive

767
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 9: backs on the field. I mean you had a couple

768
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 9: of dbs that were playing the linebacker spots out there. Essentially,

769
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 9: What does it say about your team you're able to

770
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:26,920
Speaker 9: close out a game when you're you know, because you

771
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 9: because obviously one of the focal points of the second

772
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 9: half was making sure that the front line guys go

773
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 9: into the playoffs healthy. So it looks like, you know,

774
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,800
Speaker 9: you're piecing together with everybody else has to play a role.

775
00:33:36,640 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 4: In this thing.

776
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 9: What's it say about you guys that you're you know,

777
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 9: you're finishing the game out there with guys kind of

778
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 9: playing out a position.

779
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 10: Yeah, man, we just got some dudes that want to

780
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 10: play football. Yeah, yeah, And that's a beautiful thing. Man,

781
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 10: we just got some guys that want to go out

782
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 10: there and just play football. And when you have a

783
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 10: team like that, no matter what we're playing, like EJ.

784
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 10: Speed went out there and played d end of Day

785
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 10: like he was out there and lining that at the

786
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 10: seven tak.

787
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Speaker 6: You know, we just got guys that want to play football.

788
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Speaker 10: And no matter if it's I'm back there at Stay,

789
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 10: you know, we just got all players and that's that's huge.

790
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 11: Hey, I want to ask you specifically about about hip

791
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 11: drop tackles. I know it's been a couple of years

792
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:09,800
Speaker 11: ago as a big conversation in football, and I'm watching

793
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 11: the game today and it seems that two things stood out.

794
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,320
Speaker 11: It seems like is Indianapolis had about.

795
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:15,799
Speaker 2: Three or four of them.

796
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:17,799
Speaker 11: I think the one that Gerard Jordan got hurt on

797
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 11: actually was kind of a wrap around, but it was

798
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 11: still the hip drop technique.

799
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 2: But it made me think about it.

800
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Speaker 11: I'll try to few everything from a Texans lens right

801
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 11: because of covering you guys. So everything relates back to y'all, good, bad,

802
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 11: are and different. Everything relates back y'all. But I think

803
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 11: about you guys on I very rarely, if ever see

804
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 11: a Texan player have even attempt to hip drop and

805
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 11: so it just put me in spowars. What are your

806
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 11: thoughts on that? And do you guys, does Demiko do

807
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 11: you guys have focused on that or any drill specific

808
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 11: drills y'all do to eliminate that, Like what y'all what

809
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,760
Speaker 11: y'all's you know outlook on that tackle?

810
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:52,319
Speaker 10: That's a good one, I mean, because that's such a

811
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 10: hard rule. Like as a defender, you it's just natural

812
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,759
Speaker 10: to to poy a way down to get somebody down.

813
00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 6: You know, your whole goal is to get the guy

814
00:34:59,000 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 6: on the ground.

815
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,279
Speaker 10: But man, for us as a team, like we don't

816
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:04,399
Speaker 10: we don't really harp on it as much. We teach

817
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,160
Speaker 10: body on body, like get your body on him, wrap

818
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:08,360
Speaker 10: your arms around, and drive.

819
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:10,240
Speaker 6: For five like the old school way.

820
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,879
Speaker 10: Ye try for five, drive for five, put your face

821
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 10: on him and drive for five. Like that's how Demico teacher,

822
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 10: and that's how we that's how we all know how

823
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:18,359
Speaker 10: to tackle. I mean, if you come on the tape

824
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:20,360
Speaker 10: like we just got guys putting a face on, you know,

825
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 10: on somebody and then trying to drive him to the ground.

826
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:24,319
Speaker 6: So I mean, that's the technique that we.

827
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 10: Demico preaches and and like, I think we have an

828
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:27,680
Speaker 10: aggressive as a team.

829
00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 2: Well you do, because I mean I noticed stuff like

830
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:33,440
Speaker 2: that and I just didn't watching them. Dude, I'm like, damn,

831
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,359
Speaker 2: that had to hurt your war day to hurt this gun.

832
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 11: Like you know that it is possible to get out

833
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:38,920
Speaker 11: of the game because the Texans don't do it.

834
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 6: Texans don't do it, and the other team's all cheat.

835
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:44,400
Speaker 7: Yeah, I said that.

836
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 6: I don't want to.

837
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Speaker 9: I don't want you find for just sitting here with

838
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 9: an idiot like me. A couple of we'll get you

839
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 9: out of here in a minute, a couple of things

840
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 9: I touchdown. Yeah, okay, what was that? Give us your

841
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 9: perspective standing on the bench of that whole thing?

842
00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,839
Speaker 4: How happy are you for I'm running on the side.

843
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 4: I'll want to tick marks while he's running over there.

844
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 6: So I hope believe you know, it's like the whole

845
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 6: team was.

846
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 2: I saw coaches.

847
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:11,880
Speaker 10: Yeah, they throw up everybody, so man, you know, and

848
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 10: it's such a blessing because like he's those those guys

849
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 10: that are our team that goes under the radar, that

850
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 10: doesn't get all the recognition, that goes out and does.

851
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:19,399
Speaker 6: The dirty work.

852
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 10: But he's just so consistent this play, our d line

853
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 10: wouldn't be the same without him.

854
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,239
Speaker 6: Like, man, he's a huge piece to this team. So

855
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 6: you know, if be able to.

856
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 10: See him and run there people people don't know he

857
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 10: faster than you think, like he'll go out there and

858
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,400
Speaker 10: run you down. But IM being able to see him

859
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:36,359
Speaker 10: and go get that touchdown man, and just a hard

860
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:37,839
Speaker 10: work that he puts in and be able to end

861
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 10: that season off with a bang, and it was huge.

862
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 9: He's all energy, man, he's all energy. Last thing before

863
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 9: we before we let you go. I don't normally do this,

864
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:47,239
Speaker 9: but my wife is texting me right now, so I

865
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 9: promised her I would tell you. She is a huge

866
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 9: fan of your wife's TikTok, A huge fan and she

867
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 9: and by and by proxy she loves you. She loves

868
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 9: your dog, and she loves all the work you guys

869
00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:58,400
Speaker 9: do in the community.

870
00:36:58,440 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 4: Yeah.

871
00:36:58,600 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 6: I appreciate that.

872
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 10: I appreciate that of my life over and enjoyed that.

873
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:02,720
Speaker 10: I'm gonna tell my wife that she was in his interview.

874
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 9: She was part of big smile on her face, like

875
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 9: giving me all exclamation points, talk account, I will, I

876
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,839
Speaker 9: will good deal. So uh, where's the watch party tonight

877
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:13,800
Speaker 9: for Ravens and Steelers?

878
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 10: Shouts, man, my life. Actually good fun tonight. So some

879
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 10: good fun tonight. But yeah, you know, was it a game?

880
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 10: And wherever you go, you go, right, we go, we go.

881
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:25,880
Speaker 10: You'll be ready to go.

882
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 9: Henry Toto, a Texans linebacker, we got to take a

883
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 9: belt pick with you before you go, so we'll do that.

884
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,440
Speaker 1: I love those championship belt picks that Sean and Clint

885
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 1: take with the guests after victories for the Houston Texans.

886
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 1: Very cool as they have a player visiting in the

887
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:43,040
Speaker 1: hun Day Texans radio studio after these games at home

888
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 1: and they get him on the phone when the Texans

889
00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 1: are on the road. Let's hope for a happy conversation

890
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 1: on the phone late night Monday. Can't wait for that.

891
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 1: Texans at Steelers coming up more with Damiko Ryans and

892
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: John Harris after the game. Also the Amagey Bank amazing

893
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: play of the game. I think you could probably predict

894
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 1: which one this is, and a visit with an unsung

895
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: hero from the victory over the Colts. It's all coming

896
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,600
Speaker 1: up here on Texans Radio. One more segment here tonight

897
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 1: on the Demico Ryan Show. Presented by amig Bank. Now,

898
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,320
Speaker 1: before we get to the head coach and Johnny after

899
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 1: the game and our unsung hero that we've been promoting,

900
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,560
Speaker 1: how about the Magy Bank Amazing play of the game,

901
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 1: presented by amag Bank, the official business bank of your

902
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:28,320
Speaker 1: Houston Texans. Now, this happened at the very last moments

903
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,399
Speaker 1: of the game, when the Colts had a Stanford band

904
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: threat or lateral palooza, or whatever you want to call

905
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,759
Speaker 1: it these days. You know what's coming, a pass, some laterals,

906
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 1: a prayer, and this is what happened. Two receivers left,

907
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 1: three to the right, five seconds to go, first down,

908
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 1: Colts at their twenty five.

909
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:47,799
Speaker 2: Leonard over the middle.

910
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: He goes to Josh downs takes them across the thirty

911
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:53,920
Speaker 1: laterals back to Pittman. Pittman throws it back to Leonard,

912
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 1: he gets rid of the ball.

913
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 2: Togy I picks it up.

914
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,799
Speaker 4: Togy I crossed the five togy I into the end.

915
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 12: Touchdown Tommy togy I to end the game and the

916
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 12: Texans win their twelfth What a way to finish the season.

917
00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 12: There was no going down for Tommy togy I. Tommy

918
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,880
Speaker 12: Togya was gonna house that baby and That's exactly what

919
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:23,920
Speaker 12: he did. Oh, the entire team celebrating in the end

920
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:25,720
Speaker 12: zone with Tommy Togia.

921
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 4: Nine wins in.

922
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,319
Speaker 8: A row for the Texans as they wrap up the

923
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 8: regular season with a band a franchise tying nine game

924
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 8: winning streak, franchise tying twelfth win on the season, and

925
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:44,360
Speaker 8: they could not have finished any better.

926
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Speaker 1: There's our amagy bank amazing play of the game. And

927
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:49,960
Speaker 1: now you know the whole story if you haven't heard it.

928
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 1: Tommy TOGII was in at full back earlier in a

929
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: goal to go situation they practiced on Friday, how to

930
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 1: give the ball to Tommy get a touchdown for Tommy

931
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 1: as a big, bruising full back. But CJ didn't give

932
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,240
Speaker 1: the ball to Tommy. Kind of got out of that play,

933
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,880
Speaker 1: ranted in himself. Anyway, Tommy gets his touchdown anyway on

934
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,880
Speaker 1: the very last play of the game. Now, before we

935
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,439
Speaker 1: get to the head coach and Johnny wrapping it up

936
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: in the locker room or right outside of it after

937
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,640
Speaker 1: the game, how about Elijah Hussey. You're thinking, who is

938
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,839
Speaker 1: this guy? Undrafted free agent corner Coach talked about him

939
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,400
Speaker 1: in the first segment, kind of banged up to start

940
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 1: the offseason, and they brought him along. They thought maybe

941
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 1: he was going to be a twenty twenty six player.

942
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: But he's healthy now and he played in the game.

943
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,600
Speaker 1: And before the game, Andre and I always talk about, Hey,

944
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:39,080
Speaker 1: who's your reliant power player? And I went deep into

945
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 1: the depth chart because I thought a lot of guys

946
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,200
Speaker 1: are going to play in the game against the Colt

947
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:45,359
Speaker 1: So I picked Elijah Hussey and he ended up having

948
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:50,080
Speaker 1: an interception. Now, Andre picked Xavier Hutchinson, who led everybody

949
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 1: in receiving, So I guess he won the little battle.

950
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 1: We have an unofficial contest here who's going to pick

951
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,279
Speaker 1: the best reliant power player? In any case, Hussey did

952
00:40:57,320 --> 00:41:00,080
Speaker 1: a good job with that first career pick. And here

953
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,359
Speaker 1: a brief conversation with Heat and Johnny in the locker

954
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 1: room after the game.

955
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 4: First of all, wives, I'm just catching how's this win?

956
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:05,799
Speaker 4: Field man?

957
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 2: Feels amazing.

958
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 13: It feels good that we can come on and finish

959
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,920
Speaker 13: the season like this, finish on a strong.

960
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:12,360
Speaker 4: Note going to the playoffs.

961
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,120
Speaker 13: You know, listen, confidence and come in hungry.

962
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 14: How'd you feel kind of being out there in second half,

963
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 14: kept flying around and making plays.

964
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 4: I spell the interception a second.

965
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 14: But Sun, I feel to get back out there and

966
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,439
Speaker 14: come back badge feel good.

967
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:25,080
Speaker 4: I'm not gonna lie.

968
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,279
Speaker 13: I feel good to be back Like I got woke

969
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,359
Speaker 13: up with a tackle a little kickoff before I got in,

970
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 13: so I was like, shoot the rust off, and you know,

971
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:32,920
Speaker 13: they felt amaze and just to be out there with

972
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 13: the boys.

973
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 4: And just be able to go play.

974
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:37,680
Speaker 14: Okay, do take me through the interception. Balls got voting

975
00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 14: in the air. We see somebody diving. We're not sure

976
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:41,760
Speaker 14: who it is. Take me through the interception.

977
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:44,600
Speaker 13: Yeah, I seen the ball getting chipped in the air.

978
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,839
Speaker 13: Bad ball like bat and ball. Shoot, I've seen ball

979
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 13: go get ball. And I was like I just had

980
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 13: to go make a diving kitch and.

981
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 1: Bring it on in and bring it in. He did

982
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 1: for his first career interception. Here's Johnny and Tamiico Ryans

983
00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:57,399
Speaker 1: right after the game.

984
00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,440
Speaker 5: One of the things that you've talked with me and

985
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 5: Mark out and we had Rod and studio and he

986
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:05,680
Speaker 5: brought this up as well. He talked about the standard.

987
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 5: The standard is high. It doesn't matter whether you haven't

988
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,400
Speaker 5: played all year, like Elijah Hussey, you got to go

989
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:13,839
Speaker 5: in and make a play, doesn't matter if you know

990
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 5: CJ goes out, David, you got to step up and

991
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 5: make plays. Again, the standard is high. You were expected

992
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:23,440
Speaker 5: in this building to match that standard. And Rod reiterated

993
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 5: what you've been talking about, and it felt like today's

994
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,359
Speaker 5: game was kind of the perfect example of that.

995
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, it was. It was a great example of that.

996
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,920
Speaker 3: I try to make sure our guys understand there's a

997
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:37,160
Speaker 3: high standard. Our coaches, players. They probably think I'm never satisfied,

998
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:40,719
Speaker 3: but that's that's okay. I have to push.

999
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,440
Speaker 4: Them for for even more, for greatness.

1000
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:45,319
Speaker 3: We're not just settling for mediocre because we're trying to

1001
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 3: do great things. You gotta keep pushing and that's what

1002
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:49,080
Speaker 3: you know.

1003
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 4: That's what I'm gonna do.

1004
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:53,400
Speaker 3: And our guy stepped in and no matter who was

1005
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,280
Speaker 3: in there, it was never a point of old resting

1006
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 3: starters this There's no never a point where it's like, oh,

1007
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:01,320
Speaker 3: I don't care if we don't win this game like that,

1008
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:02,839
Speaker 3: that's never crossing my mind.

1009
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:03,520
Speaker 4: We sued up.

1010
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 3: We're trying to win the game every single time, no

1011
00:43:05,560 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 3: matter who's out there, and that's what the guys proved today.

1012
00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 5: Offensively, get off to a pretty good start, five straight

1013
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 5: scoring drives. But as you said, hey, we got to

1014
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:15,920
Speaker 5: get more than field goals.

1015
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:17,880
Speaker 4: You get the field goals from Kanye.

1016
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 5: Obviously, that last offensive drive with Davis, I think he

1017
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,319
Speaker 5: was one for seven going into that drive. Then he

1018
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,160
Speaker 5: hit Hutch. He makes the big play there that gets

1019
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 5: him down in range and then British carried it from there.

1020
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:29,240
Speaker 2: That drive right.

1021
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:32,399
Speaker 5: There, Juli, anything new about Davis Mills on that drive

1022
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 5: to kind of pick up the offense when you really

1023
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:34,319
Speaker 5: need it.

1024
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 4: Seen him do it before.

1025
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 3: He did it again and the little meals magic therefore

1026
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:41,800
Speaker 3: was again at the end, you know, when they're selling

1027
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 3: out for the run. We had some opportunities to throw

1028
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,760
Speaker 3: the football and you're always kind of hesitant as a coach.

1029
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:48,239
Speaker 3: You don't want the ball to get tipped up in

1030
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 3: that in that moment, right You want to make sure

1031
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,879
Speaker 3: it's a secure, safe pass. And Davis did a really

1032
00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 3: great job of putting the ball on the receivers where

1033
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:58,800
Speaker 3: they couldn't miss it. Like it was really great execution

1034
00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 3: by him, great execution out of receivers right when they

1035
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:03,719
Speaker 3: didn't think we were throwing in but we were able

1036
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 3: to throw it to take advantage of what they were

1037
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 3: giving us. There and that's how we're able to drive now.

1038
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:11,000
Speaker 3: So you know, with Davis in in that moment, man,

1039
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 3: it was cool to see and fit in for our season.

1040
00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 3: You know, he was the guy who gave us that

1041
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:18,360
Speaker 3: he was turning point in our season versus Jacksonville. And

1042
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:22,000
Speaker 3: now to finish our season right with Davis with an

1043
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:24,880
Speaker 3: incredible two minute drive to end the game, it was awesome.

1044
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 5: Every single game is kind of like a choose your

1045
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:30,880
Speaker 5: own adventure in a sense, so there's always like built

1046
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 5: in stress and decisions and things that go with the game.

1047
00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:38,279
Speaker 5: How difficult was this one coach knowing, look, we got

1048
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 5: we got bigger games coming up. We got to keep

1049
00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:44,160
Speaker 5: guys healthy, but I want us to go win this game.

1050
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:46,759
Speaker 5: How how tricky was that balanced throughout the week and

1051
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:47,240
Speaker 5: then today?

1052
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, it was.

1053
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:49,920
Speaker 3: You know, throughout the week I told her, I, God,

1054
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:53,360
Speaker 3: we're playing right, because everything is we got to go

1055
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:54,160
Speaker 3: win the division.

1056
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 4: Hopefully Tennessee, you.

1057
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:57,920
Speaker 3: Know, does something wild and comes up with a win

1058
00:44:58,080 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 3: versus Jacksonville.

1059
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,319
Speaker 4: What we're seeing at the didn't go that way.

1060
00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,279
Speaker 3: And you know, as you're thinking about those things from

1061
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,520
Speaker 3: my seeds, also, we got to go play well, So

1062
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:09,640
Speaker 3: I did not like how we played, you know, defensively,

1063
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,120
Speaker 3: it's getting too many explosive plays there.

1064
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:14,160
Speaker 4: The first third down and throw the ball over our head.

1065
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:16,759
Speaker 3: It's like, we got to play sound defensively. I don't

1066
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 3: care who's out there, what the moment is. You got

1067
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 3: to go out and execute your job the right way.

1068
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 3: And so we got a lot of things to clean up.

1069
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:25,279
Speaker 3: You know, we clean it up off of a win.

1070
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:29,279
Speaker 3: But I feel like, let's eliminate explosive plays offense. We're

1071
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 3: getting the striking distance, Let's find a way to get

1072
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:32,319
Speaker 3: in the end zone a little bit more.

1073
00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:36,440
Speaker 5: Okay, last one, Tommy Choky gets his touchdown. Yeah, that

1074
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:38,320
Speaker 5: was incredible. I don't know that I've seen the stadium

1075
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,839
Speaker 5: react away they did, and the sideline react the way

1076
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 5: they did.

1077
00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 6: How cool moment was that?

1078
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:45,319
Speaker 3: Man? That maybe the moment of the year right there

1079
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:48,200
Speaker 3: for me. Oh, I thought we were gonna get Tommy

1080
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:51,359
Speaker 3: a touchdown earlier. We were working plays on Friday, try

1081
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:53,799
Speaker 3: to get him in. Thought he had a little goal

1082
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:57,080
Speaker 3: line played designed for him. It didn't work out that way.

1083
00:45:57,120 --> 00:46:01,359
Speaker 3: Cej stole it from him, and so yeah, I told

1084
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:03,920
Speaker 3: the guys on Friday, man, nobody, our team is going

1085
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 3: to be super exciting when Tommy gets in the end zone.

1086
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:09,840
Speaker 4: So I was thinking it was gonna be offensive.

1087
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,920
Speaker 3: Play, but little did I know it would be the

1088
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:16,320
Speaker 3: last play, last play in the game on defense. Tommy

1089
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:19,800
Speaker 3: scoops it and scores. And that's why our whole sideline

1090
00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:22,680
Speaker 3: takes off to celebrate him. Man, great moment, great way

1091
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:24,960
Speaker 3: to end our regular season here in front of our

1092
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:26,920
Speaker 3: fans at home with such an exciting player.

1093
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:29,120
Speaker 4: Now it's on the playoffs, coach, I appreciate your time.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, thanks for enjoying it.

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Speaker 1: Everybody, just take a moment to be grateful. Third consecutive

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Speaker 1: year in the playoffs with that man at the helm

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Speaker 1: of this franchise, plus Nick Caserio in year five doing

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Speaker 1: everything he has done to help build this roster to

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Speaker 1: what it is, one of the very best in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: And the Texans in the postseason again, and man, you

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Speaker 1: could have had a division championship, but those Jags got

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Speaker 1: a little pesky, and by a little, I mean a lot.

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Speaker 1: They haven't lost since the Texans beat them, rallying from

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Speaker 1: that nineteen point deficit at NRG Stadium, an amazing run

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Speaker 1: by them. Maybe we'll see you again Jaggs, so stay

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Speaker 1: tuned for more playoffs. Monday night at Pittsburgh coming up

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Speaker 1: more Texans All Access and Tuesday night at six Owen

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Speaker 1: Daniels at the Texans Team Shop Live, Johnny and I

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Speaker 1: visit with the tight End, greatest tight end team history,

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Speaker 1: third all time leading receiver behind Andrey Johnson and DeAndre Hopkins.

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Speaker 1: Tuesday at six Texans Team Shop. Thanks for listening, Go Texans,