1
00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:15,200
Speaker 1: Let's light side touchdown here. It's Texans All Exus Texans

2
00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:18,880
Speaker 1: All Access presented by dyke In, keeping Houstonians comfortable with

3
00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,599
Speaker 1: the latest cooling and heating products designed to save energy

4
00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,840
Speaker 1: and to improve indoor air quality inside your home. Check

5
00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,960
Speaker 1: out their outstanding limited warranties and financing options that your

6
00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,120
Speaker 1: local dealer and learn more at dyke In loves Houston

7
00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,720
Speaker 1: dot com, d ai k i N loves Houston dot

8
00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:40,880
Speaker 1: com dyke In. Here's the show. Welcome in, Everybody to

9
00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:45,199
Speaker 1: a Friday edition, a playoff Friday edition of Texans All

10
00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,159
Speaker 1: Access from the Honday Texans Radio studio and each and

11
00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,880
Speaker 1: every Friday and on the way out all the way

12
00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,000
Speaker 1: through is going to be a playoff Friday edition of

13
00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:56,640
Speaker 1: Texans All Access because then once we get to the

14
00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,440
Speaker 1: off season, all the off season Texans All Access. So

15
00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,280
Speaker 1: welcome in, everybody. I am your host, John Harris, football analyst,

16
00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:08,520
Speaker 1: sideline reporter for your Houston Texans, preparing for Saturday afternoons

17
00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:15,480
Speaker 1: matchup with the Buffalo Bills Wild Cards. Saturday is nearly here.

18
00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,600
Speaker 1: We are less than twenty four hours away. Basically, in

19
00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,720
Speaker 1: twenty four hours we'll know whether the Texans will move

20
00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:29,360
Speaker 1: on or pack up and have moving day out of

21
00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,520
Speaker 1: the locker room on Sunday, which is a depressing day.

22
00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,880
Speaker 1: I mean depressing. The only time that locker clean up

23
00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:46,080
Speaker 1: day was halfway enjoyable was in twenty seventeen because you wanted,

24
00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,240
Speaker 1: you wanted twenty seventeen to be over and done. Just

25
00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,040
Speaker 1: put it away, put it to bed, go gone, don't

26
00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:58,400
Speaker 1: want it. That's pretty much about the only time, because

27
00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,120
Speaker 1: that season just went. We couldn't wait to get twenty

28
00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,320
Speaker 1: eighteen because we knew we were getting a bunch of

29
00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,760
Speaker 1: guys back off injured reserve for twenty eighteen. So it

30
00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:08,600
Speaker 1: was like, Okay, we just gotta get clock clean up

31
00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,119
Speaker 1: day over with and then we'll move on this one.

32
00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:14,800
Speaker 1: Not really, especially with the talent in that locker room.

33
00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,520
Speaker 1: I know this team, this organization has been thinking about

34
00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,520
Speaker 1: bigger things, but you got to take care of business

35
00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:27,280
Speaker 1: on Saturday against a very good Buffalo Bills team, a

36
00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,760
Speaker 1: young team still, it's a team know went to the

37
00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,840
Speaker 1: playoffs a couple of years ago. But of the twenty

38
00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,160
Speaker 1: two guys that started the game for the Buffalo Bills,

39
00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:44,320
Speaker 1: only five in two years remain only five. I think

40
00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:50,040
Speaker 1: the Texans from the twenty twelve playoffs. They have Whitney

41
00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,120
Speaker 1: JJ J Joe. They've got three guys from twenty twelve,

42
00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,680
Speaker 1: this is two years ago. They've only got one start

43
00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,840
Speaker 1: of that remains as Deon Dawkins left tackle. And they've

44
00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,760
Speaker 1: got four defense to starters that remain. Jerry Hughes a

45
00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,240
Speaker 1: defensive end, and then the three secondary guys, Davious White,

46
00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:11,280
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer, and Mike hud Those guys have those the

47
00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,639
Speaker 1: only guys remaining. So what Sean McDermott and Brandon Bean

48
00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,040
Speaker 1: did was get to the playoffs, find a way to

49
00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,760
Speaker 1: get to the playoffs, build up the momentum at Town,

50
00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:25,160
Speaker 1: and then they essentially said, here's our foundation, tear it

51
00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:27,840
Speaker 1: down and build it back up. They went got a quarterback,

52
00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,040
Speaker 1: they went and got their inside linebackers stud in the

53
00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:34,840
Speaker 1: first round last year, and then they added a ton

54
00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:40,080
Speaker 1: of players this offseason, guys like John Smoke Brown, They

55
00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,920
Speaker 1: drafted Cody Ford. Those two guys have been instrumental on

56
00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,280
Speaker 1: the offense. Dawson Knox was drafted at tight end, Devin

57
00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:51,880
Speaker 1: Singletary has taken over at running back. They then supplemented

58
00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:56,480
Speaker 1: what they had on defense with a tremendous, tremendous editions

59
00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:00,040
Speaker 1: on offense in twenty nineteen. Now, they've not scored a

60
00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,960
Speaker 1: ton of points lately, but they're capable of putting up

61
00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:06,360
Speaker 1: enough with that defense to beat you on any given day.

62
00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:11,200
Speaker 1: Where the Texans have been inconsistent, the Bills have been

63
00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,400
Speaker 1: very consistent. I'm not gonna score a ton of points,

64
00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,040
Speaker 1: but they can put pressure on you offensively and defensively.

65
00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,039
Speaker 1: You're gonna see one of the best units in the

66
00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:25,240
Speaker 1: entire league, no doubt, and it will continue to get

67
00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,640
Speaker 1: better with a secondary that should be together for a

68
00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,839
Speaker 1: while with tradevious White Employer in Hide. As I just mentioned,

69
00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,159
Speaker 1: those three guys are as good as it gets. White

70
00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,760
Speaker 1: arguably the best corner in the league. Hide Employer maybe

71
00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,760
Speaker 1: the best safety duo in the league. Tremaide Edmonds is

72
00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,120
Speaker 1: a small forward playing linebacker who in his second year

73
00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,279
Speaker 1: has now taken over as the shot caller, the guy

74
00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:48,760
Speaker 1: in the middle for that defense. Matt Milano is one

75
00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,680
Speaker 1: of more underrated linebackers in the league. And the front.

76
00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,320
Speaker 1: They can go eight deep on the front, eight deep

77
00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,640
Speaker 1: on the front, and all of them they just keep

78
00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:01,000
Speaker 1: firing them at you. Trent Murphy, Jerry he use, Lorenzo

79
00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,640
Speaker 1: Alexander move up in rush, Corey legit At Oliver, who

80
00:05:04,640 --> 00:05:07,240
Speaker 1: we all know in the city of Houston. Then you've

81
00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:11,080
Speaker 1: got the big guys Starlotulea, Jordan Phillips. They can throw

82
00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:15,480
Speaker 1: waves at you, and that's very difficult because in the

83
00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,080
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, when you're tired, you've been banging pads all day.

84
00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,240
Speaker 1: Here they are rolling a fresh four up front, Like,

85
00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:26,200
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, that gets tough. That's why that defense

86
00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,839
Speaker 1: has been so very good. I think. I think the

87
00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,200
Speaker 1: start of the units, the secondary, the linebackers take a

88
00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:37,400
Speaker 1: backseat to No. One, and that defensive line has depth, versatility,

89
00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,080
Speaker 1: and a lot of ability that will make this a

90
00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:45,960
Speaker 1: true playoff competition. Two very good teams, both ten and six,

91
00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,839
Speaker 1: both kind of going through hills and valleys at certain

92
00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,800
Speaker 1: point to Texans more so than the Bills meeting in

93
00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:57,360
Speaker 1: Houston three thirty five on Saturday. So let's talk a

94
00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:00,640
Speaker 1: little bit more about that matchup through this show. We're

95
00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,279
Speaker 1: gonna go behind enemy sidelines in our next segment with

96
00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:07,960
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, not kicker, Chris Brown, not rapper, singer Chris Brown.

97
00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,520
Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Buffalo Bill's Insider with our good friend, Deep City,

98
00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,760
Speaker 1: I will give you my keys to the game on

99
00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:17,440
Speaker 1: both sides of the ball and special teams. I also

100
00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,040
Speaker 1: their playoff games this weekend. There are three other playoff games,

101
00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,359
Speaker 1: and I've got to play for you perhaps the worst

102
00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:29,680
Speaker 1: weather forecast you've ever heard in your life. I'll play

103
00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,279
Speaker 1: that for you in our predictions segment because I Drew

104
00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,520
Speaker 1: Doherty sent it to us and I wanted to just puke.

105
00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:39,520
Speaker 1: I mean I wanted to vomit, and then we will

106
00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:44,800
Speaker 1: have an Our final word this week is with Whitney Merciless.

107
00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:52,080
Speaker 1: He has been a tear in the playoffs every single year.

108
00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,320
Speaker 1: I mean even the year the Texas lost to the

109
00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,160
Speaker 1: Chiefs thirty to nothing. Here he had three sacks in

110
00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,000
Speaker 1: a game. He was dominant. Next year against the Raiders,

111
00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:02,600
Speaker 1: he was back there, Sack and Connor Cook. So we'll

112
00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:04,960
Speaker 1: hear from Whitney Merciless and have a little Texas juwbox

113
00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,919
Speaker 1: here with the locker rooms. Got to say about a

114
00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,680
Speaker 1: few things. We'll hear from DJ Reader. He spoke in

115
00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:15,400
Speaker 1: the locker room on Fridays today Friday, Thursday, I think

116
00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,600
Speaker 1: he was in there. So we'll hear a little bit

117
00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:22,120
Speaker 1: from DJ. We'll hear from Zach Cuttingham. Brent Scarlett talked

118
00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:24,000
Speaker 1: about Josh Allen, so we'll have a little bit of

119
00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:27,160
Speaker 1: that in our Texas Audio Juwbox in the final segment

120
00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:30,200
Speaker 1: of the show as well. But to get started with

121
00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:32,320
Speaker 1: eating our hot reads, and they have brought to you

122
00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,000
Speaker 1: by Geiko fifteen minutes can save fifteen percent or more

123
00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:38,120
Speaker 1: on motorcycle and or car insurance. In each and every Friday,

124
00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,720
Speaker 1: we start off with the head coach of your favorite

125
00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,640
Speaker 1: football club, he said, Texans. It is Bill O'Brien coach.

126
00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,800
Speaker 1: Here we go. How has the week of preparation been

127
00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:49,680
Speaker 1: for you in the squad? It's been good. It's been good.

128
00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:51,320
Speaker 1: These guys have been very locked in. They know that

129
00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,960
Speaker 1: it's going to be a very tough game, challenging game.

130
00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,559
Speaker 1: But I can't ask any more of what these guys

131
00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,160
Speaker 1: have given us this week, no doubt about it. I

132
00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,000
Speaker 1: know you want to get off to a great start,

133
00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,080
Speaker 1: but you have a good team that rolls with the punches,

134
00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:03,880
Speaker 1: and you credit the shot for much of that. But

135
00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:05,600
Speaker 1: they all seem to have that attitude that no matter

136
00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:07,600
Speaker 1: what happens, it'll work out. They do, they really do.

137
00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,560
Speaker 1: It's a mentally tough team. It's a team that plays

138
00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,960
Speaker 1: the next play, plays the next game. Um, you know,

139
00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,120
Speaker 1: I think that there's no doubt about that. There's a

140
00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,200
Speaker 1: good mixture of veteran leadership in the locker room with

141
00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,080
Speaker 1: some good young players. And obviously we've got a quarterback that, uh,

142
00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,560
Speaker 1: you know, the game's never over with, so you know

143
00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,000
Speaker 1: we're we're that type of team. How do you get

144
00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,480
Speaker 1: ready for the off scheduled nature of Josh Allen and

145
00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:28,680
Speaker 1: what he does. It's a big challenge. You've got to

146
00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,800
Speaker 1: be very discipline in your past rush lanes. You've got

147
00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:32,720
Speaker 1: to do a good job of understanding that you know,

148
00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,319
Speaker 1: you can't rush by the quarterback, You've got got to

149
00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:37,360
Speaker 1: rush to the level of the quarterback. I think that's

150
00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,040
Speaker 1: a that's gonna be a big part of the game,

151
00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,520
Speaker 1: is being being very disciplined in our rush lanes, being

152
00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,439
Speaker 1: disciplined with our games up front, all those things that

153
00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:44,800
Speaker 1: will be a big part of the game. They are

154
00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:46,880
Speaker 1: a top ten running team and he's a big part

155
00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,000
Speaker 1: of that. But the backs are talented as well. Absolutely.

156
00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,440
Speaker 1: I mean, you've got Singletary and then one of the

157
00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:52,120
Speaker 1: best backs of all time in Frank Gore. I mean,

158
00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,080
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to do a good job tackling. Tackling

159
00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,359
Speaker 1: is gonna be a big part of this game. Whoever

160
00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,720
Speaker 1: is the better tackling team will be the team that wins.

161
00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,959
Speaker 1: And you know, I think that think that their running

162
00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:03,400
Speaker 1: game is especially with Josh. I mean, Josh's rushed the

163
00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,400
Speaker 1: five hundred yards. It's got nine rushing touchdowns. I mean,

164
00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,839
Speaker 1: so you're talking about a lot of threats running the ball.

165
00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,800
Speaker 1: So we gotta do a great job, all right. Their defense,

166
00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,720
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago, you face that tough front

167
00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:15,640
Speaker 1: in Tampa. Is it similar upfront with them? How is

168
00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,000
Speaker 1: it different? You know, look, I think it's a different defense.

169
00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,480
Speaker 1: I think it's more comparable to the Colts. I think

170
00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,439
Speaker 1: that that's the type of defense, and it's a very

171
00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,800
Speaker 1: disciplined defense. They do what they do, they do it

172
00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,199
Speaker 1: very well. You're gonna have to earn every yard. You're

173
00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,040
Speaker 1: gonna have to be disciplined. You're gonna have to break tackles.

174
00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:31,920
Speaker 1: They're gonna be there. They're gonna be there to tackle.

175
00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:33,840
Speaker 1: You're gonna catch the ball, They're gonna be there. You know,

176
00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:35,760
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to get your pads down in the

177
00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:37,839
Speaker 1: running game, and you're gonna be a very discipline team.

178
00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:39,520
Speaker 1: I think that's a big thing. You gotta feel like

179
00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,920
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, the field position part of things. The

180
00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,400
Speaker 1: kicking game is bigger than ever. Kicking game will be big.

181
00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,800
Speaker 1: I think, you know, they have a really good returner

182
00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,120
Speaker 1: and Andre Roberts kickoff. You kick it in the end zone,

183
00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,280
Speaker 1: he'll still bring it out. Our punting is gonna have

184
00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:52,880
Speaker 1: to be big when we when we have to punt,

185
00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:54,520
Speaker 1: we've got to do a good job of flipping the field.

186
00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,040
Speaker 1: Brian's done that all the year. That's gonna be a

187
00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:57,720
Speaker 1: big part of the game. So yeah, that field position

188
00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,640
Speaker 1: is a big part. All right, Final factors, What do

189
00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,480
Speaker 1: you think is gonna take to advance? Yeah, I think, look,

190
00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,120
Speaker 1: I think it's the team that takes care to ball

191
00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:04,840
Speaker 1: the best. I think it's a team that limits the

192
00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,760
Speaker 1: pre snap penalties and really has none of those, you know,

193
00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:09,600
Speaker 1: And I think it's the team that tackles well. And

194
00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,640
Speaker 1: then special teams will be a big factor in the game.

195
00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,439
Speaker 1: So I think, you know, taking care of football is

196
00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,439
Speaker 1: gonna be big for us. We're we're eighteen and one

197
00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,280
Speaker 1: when we don't turn the ball over, So let's be

198
00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:18,880
Speaker 1: nineteen and one. You know, let's take care of the

199
00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,400
Speaker 1: ball and let's let's make good decisions for the team.

200
00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:23,319
Speaker 1: Coach takes a lot. Good luck, Thank you, Annie. I

201
00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,000
Speaker 1: always try and engage how the Texans will fare over

202
00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,880
Speaker 1: the weekend. Kind of judging by coaches demeanor through the week.

203
00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,520
Speaker 1: He's at a poker face all week long. I mean

204
00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,760
Speaker 1: all week long, he's at a poker face. Haven't been

205
00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,400
Speaker 1: able to read him, which I know, maybe he's good.

206
00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:40,600
Speaker 1: I kind of like it, to be honest with you.

207
00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,520
Speaker 1: So there's coach O'Brien with Mark Vanerby. All right, let's

208
00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,120
Speaker 1: get to our next hot read and that will be

209
00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:54,080
Speaker 1: the status report. Give this out each and every Friday.

210
00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:58,319
Speaker 1: And it came out late yesterday, so it's time to

211
00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,920
Speaker 1: get into who's gonna be there and who is not.

212
00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:05,200
Speaker 1: Playoff football is a little different. Typically you don't see

213
00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,000
Speaker 1: guys out of a matchup, and that's the case in

214
00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:12,240
Speaker 1: this one. There were no DMPs yesterday at the final practice.

215
00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:20,120
Speaker 1: There's nobody listed as out for either team. For the Bills,

216
00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:25,480
Speaker 1: Real Fast Shack Lawson Tie and Secky, Andre Roberts and

217
00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,480
Speaker 1: Levi Wallace. Wallace starter Shack, a very key piece of

218
00:11:29,520 --> 00:11:32,680
Speaker 1: that defensive line, one of those eight deep on the

219
00:11:32,760 --> 00:11:36,800
Speaker 1: defensive line, tight Zechi a backup offensive lineman, and Andre

220
00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:41,000
Speaker 1: Roberts a very good kick returner. Those guys all very

221
00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:44,000
Speaker 1: important to the Bills. You don't recognize those names, in

222
00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,560
Speaker 1: particular Wallace being a starter. If Wallace is not able

223
00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,880
Speaker 1: to go, that means Kevin Johnson more than likely is

224
00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:53,320
Speaker 1: gonna play at that other corner spot opposite tradevious White.

225
00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,360
Speaker 1: If you're gonna wait, I know that named Kevin Johnson. Well, yes,

226
00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,160
Speaker 1: he was a former Texan and I hate seeing him

227
00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,360
Speaker 1: over there with the Buffalo Bills. It was one of

228
00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:02,880
Speaker 1: my favorite dudes locker room. I guarantee that Kevin Johnson's

229
00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:05,319
Speaker 1: cue rating in that locker room was very, very high.

230
00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,760
Speaker 1: He was the guy that everybody loved in that Texans

231
00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:10,800
Speaker 1: locker room and now played for the Bill. So we'll

232
00:12:10,840 --> 00:12:13,560
Speaker 1: keeping on that with Levi Wallace. But those are the four,

233
00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:19,320
Speaker 1: No Josh Allen, Devin Singletary, nobody like that listed now

234
00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:22,960
Speaker 1: for your Texans. A couple of key things to remember.

235
00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,880
Speaker 1: Number one, JJ Watt was activated to the fifty three

236
00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,120
Speaker 1: man roster, and it has been well documented this week

237
00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,160
Speaker 1: that he is gonna give it a go. In fact,

238
00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,640
Speaker 1: on Thursday, he was moved to a full participant in

239
00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:40,280
Speaker 1: practice along with Jacob Martin, who's in. That's great news.

240
00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:44,480
Speaker 1: Kenny Stills, he's in, that's great news. Jordan Thomas, who

241
00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,559
Speaker 1: was sick on Wednesday back on Thursday, he's in. Laramie

242
00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,200
Speaker 1: Tunso with that ankle is in. And if somebody has

243
00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,560
Speaker 1: that experience going against the Bills as Laramie Tunsil, he's

244
00:12:53,559 --> 00:12:56,200
Speaker 1: seen him twice for the last four years, three years,

245
00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:58,840
Speaker 1: six and seventy eighth. Yeah, they faced him six times now,

246
00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,760
Speaker 1: once they guarded and twice over at tackle, multiplied by

247
00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,240
Speaker 1: two because he faced him in the AFCs touncils in

248
00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,160
Speaker 1: And what a full participant in practice he is in now?

249
00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,560
Speaker 1: How much JJ plays? Yeah, that we can't answer that,

250
00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:18,440
Speaker 1: we do not know. But my gauge on it is

251
00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:22,280
Speaker 1: essentially that JJ will bang of pads a little bit early.

252
00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:24,319
Speaker 1: I don't know if he'll start, but I'll bang of

253
00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,199
Speaker 1: pads early, kind of see where he is coming to

254
00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,480
Speaker 1: sideline and say yes or no or hey, I can

255
00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:33,040
Speaker 1: do this, I can't do this. I feel good about this,

256
00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,400
Speaker 1: that's good about this, or I can go one hundred percent.

257
00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,000
Speaker 1: That's when I think we'll see either what maybe on

258
00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,679
Speaker 1: a pitch count play count, or he'll be in there,

259
00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:44,440
Speaker 1: as Coutcher Bryant said, a little bit more than anybody expects.

260
00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:53,320
Speaker 1: Now that leads us to the questionable category for Saturday.

261
00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,760
Speaker 1: You got Bradley Roby, Jonathan Joseph both corners. Now, my

262
00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,320
Speaker 1: guess is that j Joe will be ready to go

263
00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,320
Speaker 1: for sure. Robie remains to be seen. I don't know

264
00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,280
Speaker 1: the last we saw him in Tampa Bay. I believe

265
00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:07,680
Speaker 1: he played that entire game, but then we didn't see

266
00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,400
Speaker 1: him against Tennessee in week seventeen, So hopefully that week

267
00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,480
Speaker 1: of rest was good for him. But both of them

268
00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,520
Speaker 1: are questionable. Jordan n Aikins was moved to the injury report,

269
00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,880
Speaker 1: limited with a hamstring. Now hopefully that's not something that

270
00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,320
Speaker 1: had happened on Thursday halfway through and ends up being

271
00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,040
Speaker 1: a lingering thought on Saturday and he's not able to go,

272
00:14:27,120 --> 00:14:29,000
Speaker 1: because that would be a big loss for the offense.

273
00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,720
Speaker 1: Considering that I think he could be a guy that

274
00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,800
Speaker 1: does have some success. He did possibly the running backs

275
00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,640
Speaker 1: in the receiving game. And then Jalilla died. Now Jalila

276
00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:43,120
Speaker 1: Die becomes very important. He's also questionable because of the

277
00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:46,040
Speaker 1: news this week about Deshaun Gibson to Sean Gibson placed

278
00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,960
Speaker 1: on IR as JJ Watt moved to the fifty three

279
00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,280
Speaker 1: man roster. Now, he gap had been playing with a

280
00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:55,680
Speaker 1: myriad of injuries, a ton of things, his wrist, hand,

281
00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:57,640
Speaker 1: whatever he had going on there. He had a cast

282
00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,480
Speaker 1: on his hand, his back that he hurt against indian Apolis.

283
00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,800
Speaker 1: He'd been playing with I think a transverse break process

284
00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:08,720
Speaker 1: breaks something like that in his back since the Indianapolis

285
00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,720
Speaker 1: game and really gutting it out. So they placed him

286
00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,320
Speaker 1: on IR and your natural thought as well, Jalil steps

287
00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,640
Speaker 1: up into the safety spot. He plays next to Justin Reid,

288
00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:21,120
Speaker 1: third safety Mike Adams A J. Moore also in there

289
00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:24,600
Speaker 1: as well. Okay, we'll survive, We'll be okay, love that

290
00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:26,520
Speaker 1: t get but we don't. We'll survive. Well, now you

291
00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,360
Speaker 1: gotta deal with Jalil, deal with that achilles. He went

292
00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,640
Speaker 1: down in that game against Tennessee, got off the field

293
00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:36,680
Speaker 1: by himself, and at that point I don't remember seeing

294
00:15:36,720 --> 00:15:39,640
Speaker 1: him go back in, So that one is worth keep

295
00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,920
Speaker 1: an eye on a die. Aikins Jonathan Joseph Bradley Roby,

296
00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:45,960
Speaker 1: and then, of course the one everybody wants to know about,

297
00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:47,600
Speaker 1: his Will Fuller. Trust me when I tell you this

298
00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,880
Speaker 1: one is going to be a true game time decision.

299
00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,800
Speaker 1: We will all find out an hour and a half beforehand.

300
00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,600
Speaker 1: I have no read on it whatsoever, but will Fuller

301
00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,560
Speaker 1: truly questionable for this one and our final hot read.

302
00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,640
Speaker 1: And oh I love this one because he's my dude.

303
00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:12,160
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins makes first Team All Pro, third time first team.

304
00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:16,480
Speaker 1: He had a second second team in twenty fifteen. That's

305
00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:22,240
Speaker 1: phenomenal stuff by DeAndre Hopkins. First team All Pro for

306
00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,280
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen DeAndre Hopkins. He was the only Texan to

307
00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:31,320
Speaker 1: earn honors on first or second team. DeAndre Hopkins third

308
00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:35,120
Speaker 1: time first team All Pro. He and Michael Thomas the

309
00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,640
Speaker 1: two wide receivers on the team. That is just great stuff.

310
00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:39,960
Speaker 1: All right? Those are hot reads brought to you by

311
00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:42,920
Speaker 1: Geico fifty miss say fifteen percent more on car and

312
00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,120
Speaker 1: or motorcycle insurance. We get back, I will give you

313
00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,960
Speaker 1: my first Community Credit Union first Bands, Keys to Win

314
00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:52,120
Speaker 1: or the Buffalo Bills on Wildcards Saturday. That's next on

315
00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,480
Speaker 1: Texans All Access let's dive right back into this Friday

316
00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,360
Speaker 1: edition of Texas All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio.

317
00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,640
Speaker 1: I am your host, Sean Harrison. It's time for this

318
00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:06,920
Speaker 1: week's first Community Credit Union First Glance Keys to the

319
00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:12,000
Speaker 1: Game ACCU, the official credit union of the Houston Texans.

320
00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,160
Speaker 1: It's time to learn a little bit about the Buffalo

321
00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:19,800
Speaker 1: Bills and how to beat this team on Saturday. Let's

322
00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:23,320
Speaker 1: start with facing the Buffalo Bills defense. I don't think

323
00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:28,160
Speaker 1: there's anybody stepping into that building on Saturday that doesn't

324
00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,960
Speaker 1: think the matchup is going to be the Texans offense

325
00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:34,479
Speaker 1: against the Bills defense. So let's talk about that Bills

326
00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:38,640
Speaker 1: defense and how the Texans will move the ball effectively

327
00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:41,399
Speaker 1: against them to help them get a win. Now, the

328
00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,400
Speaker 1: Bills defense is tenth in the league, giving up one

329
00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,280
Speaker 1: hundred three point one yards per game. They're fourth in

330
00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:51,160
Speaker 1: the league and giving up one hundred and ninety five

331
00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,080
Speaker 1: point two yards per game through the air, less than

332
00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:57,520
Speaker 1: two hundred total offense less than three hundred two d

333
00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:59,399
Speaker 1: ninety eight point two yards per game. That's third in

334
00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:05,680
Speaker 1: the league. They've generated about this twenty three turnovers fourteen interceptions.

335
00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,760
Speaker 1: Have talked about that secondary and how good that secondary is.

336
00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:14,119
Speaker 1: They are very very difficult to prepare for. They've got

337
00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,760
Speaker 1: fourteen interception, not all by the secondary, but a good

338
00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:21,280
Speaker 1: majority of them. They're plus four in turnover margin. Now

339
00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,120
Speaker 1: key number one. I'm gonna give you some Pop Warner stuff,

340
00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,480
Speaker 1: but it applies more maybe than ever against this defense.

341
00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:36,879
Speaker 1: Offensive line tight ends even receivers downfield. You cannot quit

342
00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:42,920
Speaker 1: on blocks. The Bill's defense will take it snap to whistle,

343
00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:50,359
Speaker 1: all of them. They are relentless. The rushers don't stop coming.

344
00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,399
Speaker 1: The guys up front don't stop fighting off blocks until

345
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,000
Speaker 1: the ball is until that whistle is blown. They will

346
00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,960
Speaker 1: bring four, five, six guys to the football attack. When

347
00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,560
Speaker 1: Carlos hide Duke Johnson, any ball carrier, and when they

348
00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:11,240
Speaker 1: rushed the quarterback Jerry Hughes, Trent Murphy, they just keep coming.

349
00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,320
Speaker 1: They never quit, Ed Oliver, that was a hallmark his game.

350
00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:20,520
Speaker 1: Givers Houston never stop so offensively, you've got to block

351
00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:23,359
Speaker 1: them until the whistle. I know a lot of times

352
00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,760
Speaker 1: the offensive line sometimes they're like they got a clock

353
00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,400
Speaker 1: in their head, like okay, the ball should be gone.

354
00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,400
Speaker 1: They stopped. They turn around and Sean still out the ball.

355
00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,000
Speaker 1: So it's kind of twofold. This week. You got to

356
00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:35,479
Speaker 1: against a team that is as relentless as any you're

357
00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:40,760
Speaker 1: gonna find. Stay on those blocks. Simple sounds like Pop

358
00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,880
Speaker 1: Warner stuff. Sometimes pop Warner stuff. Not doing Pop Warner

359
00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:47,920
Speaker 1: stuff gets you beat. Stay on blocks against the relentless crew.

360
00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,280
Speaker 1: Give the Shawn Watson time to throw the football, give

361
00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,359
Speaker 1: your offense, give your ball carriers opportunities. Because one thing

362
00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:59,159
Speaker 1: I think that the Texans found against Tennessee when the

363
00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:03,560
Speaker 1: run game really got going, Carlos Hide was really good

364
00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,919
Speaker 1: at kind of Levion belling the thing, being very patient.

365
00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:09,880
Speaker 1: You see Levion belly gets very gets kind of get

366
00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,000
Speaker 1: it up in the line and he kind of waits

367
00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,040
Speaker 1: and then waits for the blocks to develop, and then

368
00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,359
Speaker 1: food he goes. And so it sort of helped out

369
00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:18,239
Speaker 1: the offensive line. They just knew if they stayed on

370
00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,320
Speaker 1: a block that Carlos would make the cut off of it,

371
00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:23,520
Speaker 1: and he did. That's what they got to do in

372
00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,399
Speaker 1: the run game. In the past game, They've got to

373
00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,960
Speaker 1: stand those blocks. If they feel like they've run the

374
00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,920
Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes or Try Murphy by the Sean, they got

375
00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:32,640
Speaker 1: to stay on it because those guys will work right

376
00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:36,600
Speaker 1: back to him. They are relentless and as in the

377
00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:41,080
Speaker 1: side as they attack the ball carrier, they attacked the ball.

378
00:20:41,359 --> 00:20:43,800
Speaker 1: I don't know how many times I saw guys, said

379
00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:47,440
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer do this on Rex birkehead. They punch at

380
00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,520
Speaker 1: the football, the peanut tilman punch the peanut punch. They

381
00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:54,080
Speaker 1: will punch the ball out. If they're coming from behind,

382
00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,760
Speaker 1: they're gonna punch it out. If they're coming from your side.

383
00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,000
Speaker 1: Anytime that you don't see them, they're gonna punch it out.

384
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,600
Speaker 1: And even if ball carry do see them, they're gonna

385
00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:07,280
Speaker 1: punch the ball out. Ball security ke number two. It's

386
00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,000
Speaker 1: just kind of interesting. In watching the Patriots game, the

387
00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,440
Speaker 1: Patriots fell behind the fourth quarter after Josh Allen hit

388
00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:17,320
Speaker 1: John Smoke Brown for a long touchdown. The Patriots were down,

389
00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,240
Speaker 1: but they didn't just go to the passing game. They

390
00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,040
Speaker 1: went actually the complete opposite direction. They went in twenty

391
00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,040
Speaker 1: one personnel, a fullback and a running back, and one

392
00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,520
Speaker 1: of the affirmation impounded the football. Now, I said earlier,

393
00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,280
Speaker 1: the Bills give up one hundred and three yards per

394
00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:36,760
Speaker 1: game on the ground. That's a good number, a really

395
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:40,600
Speaker 1: good number. But the Patriots when they had to have it.

396
00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,200
Speaker 1: They went to that twenty one personnel and pounded the rock.

397
00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,760
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised to see Bill O'Brien do that

398
00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:51,960
Speaker 1: against the Bills as well, Keen. Number three, the Bills

399
00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:58,640
Speaker 1: do a great job of staying discipline. They play responsibility football,

400
00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,040
Speaker 1: and when I saw him against the Baltimore Ravens, they

401
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:05,439
Speaker 1: did a great job of playing responsibility football. So the

402
00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:08,119
Speaker 1: Texans are gonna have to find some wrinkles off of

403
00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,719
Speaker 1: some of the zone reach stuff, some of the RPO stuff.

404
00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:13,240
Speaker 1: There's gonna have to be additional wrinkles that they've brought

405
00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,639
Speaker 1: in to capitalize on the Bills being that discipline in

406
00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,880
Speaker 1: what they do. It's almost like you know where they're

407
00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,320
Speaker 1: gonna be because they're gonna be that disciplined against you.

408
00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,119
Speaker 1: So if you know where they're gonna be, come up

409
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,400
Speaker 1: with a wrinkle where they're not simple right. Number four,

410
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,439
Speaker 1: the pass catchers. I'm talking running backs, tight ends, wide receivers,

411
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,600
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, Kenny Steels, anybody who plays hopefully will Fuller.

412
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,120
Speaker 1: They have got to be ready at the catch point

413
00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:44,320
Speaker 1: to battle for every catch for Davious White, Micah Hide,

414
00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,719
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer, Levi Walls, Kevin Johnson. They will be in

415
00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,760
Speaker 1: phase all game long. I want to talk about being

416
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:55,439
Speaker 1: in phase basically in position to make a play on

417
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:59,320
Speaker 1: the ball when the ball arrives. These Texans receivers have

418
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:01,960
Speaker 1: got to be strong to catch point. They got to

419
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,159
Speaker 1: go up and get it, hang on, and then do

420
00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:08,640
Speaker 1: something after the catch at the catch point. They've got

421
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 1: to be super strong. In number five and maybe the

422
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 1: most important thing, how can the Texans stretch this defense vertically?

423
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:25,080
Speaker 1: Whether will full or place or not? Stretching them vertically,

424
00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:30,520
Speaker 1: moving those safeties back just a bit. With such length

425
00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,440
Speaker 1: of the linebacker positions from and Edmonds in particular, they

426
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,640
Speaker 1: can cover some ground on the interior. Edmonds can move

427
00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,320
Speaker 1: and he covers like ten yards in three steps, and

428
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:43,000
Speaker 1: he's got this huge wingspan. Milano is great in past coverage.

429
00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:48,320
Speaker 1: But if you increase the area in which they have

430
00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:52,480
Speaker 1: to cover, because the safeties have to move back to

431
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,120
Speaker 1: cover some deep routes and help on deep routes because

432
00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,879
Speaker 1: they're scared of getting beat deep, then you've got an

433
00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,120
Speaker 1: opportunity to find open area is in the passing game.

434
00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 1: But if you get to a point where you can't

435
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,240
Speaker 1: stretch him vertically, and the safeties are camped down somewhere

436
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,679
Speaker 1: between twelve to fifteen and they're really not even backpedaling.

437
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,440
Speaker 1: Those safeties are the linebackers that length, They really kind

438
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:16,320
Speaker 1: of take away your passing lanes. There's really nowhere to

439
00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:18,399
Speaker 1: throw the ball in the intermediate areas of the field.

440
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,400
Speaker 1: So stretch them vertically. Now, if you have Will, then

441
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 1: obviously that's what Will does. Will is very very good

442
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,600
Speaker 1: at that. But you may not have Will. So you've

443
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 1: got to find a way to do it. Whether a

444
00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,560
Speaker 1: top whether it's Stills, whether it's one of the receivers

445
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,320
Speaker 1: we saw on Sunday, maybe it's Qt or Steven Mitchell

446
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,920
Speaker 1: or down at Carter that can do it. But somebody's

447
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:40,720
Speaker 1: got to stretch them vertically and back them up a

448
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,560
Speaker 1: little bit so you can hit those intermediate areas with

449
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,800
Speaker 1: your tight ends, maybe with your running backs, and definitely

450
00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,840
Speaker 1: with your wide receivers. All right, let's flip it over.

451
00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 1: Let'll talk about the Bills offense and how to slow

452
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:54,160
Speaker 1: that group down. Now, running the football, they can do

453
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:56,120
Speaker 1: that one hundred twenty eight point four yards per game

454
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,040
Speaker 1: or eighth in the NFL. Josh Allen is a big

455
00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,680
Speaker 1: part of that. He's run for over five hundred yards

456
00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:03,199
Speaker 1: this year. Five ten, I think is the number. He

457
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,520
Speaker 1: did that in fifteen games. He playing the sixteenth game,

458
00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 1: so you're talking about thirty five to forty yards, kind

459
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,760
Speaker 1: of like Deshan for the Texans that Josh Allen brings

460
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,200
Speaker 1: to the mix. So running backs under one hundred yards,

461
00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,040
Speaker 1: but the eighth in the NFL running the ball just

462
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,000
Speaker 1: over two hundred yards. Throwing the ball in twenty sixth

463
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 1: in the league. Total offense three hundred and thirty yards

464
00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,600
Speaker 1: per game. That's twenty fourth in the league. They've lost

465
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,480
Speaker 1: nineteen turnovers, twelve interceptions, and they have lost seven fumbles.

466
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:31,360
Speaker 1: Now Allen has put the ball in the turf fourteen times,

467
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 1: they've lost seven fumbles, so he's gotten some of them back,

468
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,920
Speaker 1: but at some point he could cough one up. You

469
00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,240
Speaker 1: gotta get on it. Number one key to stopping the

470
00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 1: Bill's offense, kind of similar to the defense. You got

471
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:47,040
Speaker 1: to realize that with Josh Allen in particular, no plays

472
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,040
Speaker 1: over a guy like Devin Singletary running the football, and

473
00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,879
Speaker 1: no play is over until that guy's on the ground.

474
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:54,920
Speaker 1: You cannot think that you're gonna throw a shoulder in

475
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,199
Speaker 1: Devin Singletary, he's going down. You can't think that you

476
00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,399
Speaker 1: throw a shoulder into Josh Allen, he's going down. You

477
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,240
Speaker 1: can't think that if you've turned to sling Josh Allen

478
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,960
Speaker 1: to the ground, he might because he's athletic enough, he

479
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,720
Speaker 1: might just stand right up and run. You've got to

480
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 1: wrap them up and bring them to the ground. Key

481
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:15,679
Speaker 1: number two forced the ball out of Allen's hand before

482
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 1: he's ready to throw it. In other words, make sure

483
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:23,959
Speaker 1: that his decision making is happening Boom boom. You're not

484
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,080
Speaker 1: let him sit back there and get in rhythm. Rax

485
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,120
Speaker 1: got to show him a different picture play after play

486
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:35,639
Speaker 1: after play. And then teams that had success against the Bills,

487
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 1: the Browns, the Ravens, they had success when they brought

488
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 1: some heat. That might mean you've got to put guys

489
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:47,680
Speaker 1: on islands cover an these fast receivers, but you've got

490
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,000
Speaker 1: to bring some heat that will hasten the decision making

491
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,600
Speaker 1: process for Josh Allen. You've got to be able to

492
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:56,560
Speaker 1: do that other thing about Josh Allen real fast when

493
00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:00,240
Speaker 1: he rolls right, he's not rolling the run. He's looking

494
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,080
Speaker 1: to throw when he goes right, especially to the right.

495
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:06,480
Speaker 1: When he goes right, he's looking to throw, so secondary

496
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:12,440
Speaker 1: do not relax when that happens. Number three Singletary, number

497
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,440
Speaker 1: twenty six, to me, is the key and everything they do.

498
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: They have really amped up his touches against New England.

499
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,200
Speaker 1: I think he was gonna no Baltimore. He had fourteen

500
00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:26,680
Speaker 1: carries and he had eight catches or eight targets, six catches.

501
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,120
Speaker 1: They want him to have the football. He's a rookie,

502
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,040
Speaker 1: but he is tough to bring down. He's quick to

503
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:35,880
Speaker 1: make him missing a phone booth. He is very difficult

504
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,200
Speaker 1: to stop. Singletary is a key, but he Number four

505
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:43,040
Speaker 1: Cole Beasley is an issue, a major issue. When he

506
00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,600
Speaker 1: gets in trouble. Josh Allen looks for Cole Beasley in

507
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,040
Speaker 1: the slot. Think Julian Edelman and whatever you did against Julian,

508
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: it gets to the point where Beasley's hurting you, you

509
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,520
Speaker 1: might have to go to that similar scheme to slow

510
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:57,120
Speaker 1: down Cole Beasley last. Its certainly not least the deep

511
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 1: threat I mentioned for the Texans. The Bills have it.

512
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,680
Speaker 1: They have a guy named John Smoke Brown. They will

513
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:08,360
Speaker 1: throw him the football down the field. Now Allen's down

514
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,639
Speaker 1: the field, accuracy has not been great lately, but against

515
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 1: the Patriots, he dropped one about fifty yards right on

516
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,960
Speaker 1: a dime for a key touchdown. And with a defense

517
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,159
Speaker 1: like the Bills, they don't need much. So Josh Allen

518
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:23,000
Speaker 1: makes hits one deep ball, that's one too many, especially

519
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 1: to a guy like Smoke Brown. Keep him in front

520
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,440
Speaker 1: and then go up and challenge at the catch point.

521
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,199
Speaker 1: He's not a big guy, so go up at the

522
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 1: catchpoint get that ball out of his hands. He got

523
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 1: an opportunities to slow down on this Bill's offense. All right,

524
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,080
Speaker 1: there you go. Tho's your first Community Credit Union First

525
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:38,320
Speaker 1: Glance Keys to the Game was brought to you buy

526
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 1: First Community Credit Union, Official Credit Union of the Houston Texans.

527
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 1: We get back. Let's go behind the enemy sidelines with

528
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 1: deep city with Chris Brown. Look about flow bills right

529
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,440
Speaker 1: here in Texans all Access. This is one of the

530
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 1: toughest time of year for some of my favorite people,

531
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:56,280
Speaker 1: and those are the teachers in this fair city of Houston.

532
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,960
Speaker 1: Now you know why is this so tough, Well, you've

533
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 1: been most of them been off for a couple of

534
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 1: weeks and a lot of them got to go back

535
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 1: to school on Monday. So they're like, oh man, last weekend,

536
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 1: I gotta go back to school. But it's okay. I'm

537
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: gonna help you out. This is for all my Houston

538
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: teachers out there. You want to bring a little Texas

539
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: football to your classroom and sign up for Toro's Mathros

540
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 1: was sented by Conico Phillips. Toros Matros. The video series

541
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 1: is signed to help third and fourth graders learn how

542
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 1: to tackle math in the classroom. Go to Houston Texas

543
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 1: dot com slash Toros Matros to learn more. So when

544
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 1: you get back on Monday or maybe even Tuesday, got

545
00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 1: you covered, go to Toros Matros telling you you want

546
00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 1: to teach math. You want to see your kids light up.

547
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 1: Start bringing this Shaun Watson and DeAndre Hopkins and JJ

548
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 1: Watt into the classroom. I mean virtually speaking, they'll love

549
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: it and they'll learn. Trust me, I've done it. I

550
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,560
Speaker 1: did it with older kids. I did it with my

551
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 1: kids teaching them calculus. It can work. So just telling

552
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 1: you all right, So I'm gonna behind enemy sidelines with

553
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 1: dpcity and this week from Buffalo bills dot Com. He's

554
00:29:57,560 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 1: covered the Bills for a long time. It is cz

555
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,680
Speaker 1: Brown deep be taken away. I know the mood in Buffalo.

556
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:05,360
Speaker 1: How does this compare to twenty seventeen, because I remember

557
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 1: when the Bills made it then that town went crazy,

558
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,640
Speaker 1: But this year they locked up their spot a little

559
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 1: bit earlier in the season. Is the mood about the same?

560
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,320
Speaker 1: What our emotions like in the city? Yeah, I mean

561
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 1: I think it was different in twenty seventeen because it

562
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 1: was completely unexpected. It was year one under coach McDermott.

563
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 1: The team was kind of rebuilding itself, rebranding itself, but

564
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:33,680
Speaker 1: to get in with a good deal of luck, they

565
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,719
Speaker 1: needed some help to do it. And the fact that

566
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,760
Speaker 1: it had been a seventeen year playoff droughte it just

567
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,320
Speaker 1: set off fireworks here in Buffalo. I still remember coming

568
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 1: back from Miami to the airport in what was New

569
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 1: Year's Day, and it was two degrees in Buffalo, snow

570
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,760
Speaker 1: on the ground, and you had about seven hundred and

571
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 1: fifty one thousand people at the airport going absolutely bananas

572
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 1: at one in the morning. So it was pretty nuts

573
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:03,320
Speaker 1: back then. This year, I think people were hopeful this

574
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 1: could be a playoff team. I think a lot of

575
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: people viewed it as this is a team that's building

576
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: towards something and really going to go for broke in

577
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 1: twenty twenty. So some are of the opinion that this

578
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 1: kind of happened a year earlier than anticipated in terms

579
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:21,840
Speaker 1: of win total and success. But people are soaking it

580
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,480
Speaker 1: up for sure. Yeah, the Bills turned their season around

581
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 1: last year, they finished six and ten. This year they

582
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 1: finished ten and six. A lot of the same playmakers

583
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 1: because these two teams faced each other last year. But

584
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 1: what do you see as the biggest differences from last

585
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:38,160
Speaker 1: year's team to this year's team underhead coach Sean McDermott. Yeah,

586
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: I mean, I think after the twenty eighteen season, they

587
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:44,080
Speaker 1: knew they had to get some support for Josh Allen

588
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball. The offensive line

589
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: was abysmal. They could not win at the line of

590
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 1: scrimmage in almost any game last year, and so they

591
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 1: knew they had to retool that. They knew they were

592
00:31:56,640 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 1: devoid of competent weapons at the receiver position, so they

593
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: knew they had to make some additions there and that's

594
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 1: where the majority of their free agent acquisitions were, you know,

595
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:11,400
Speaker 1: John Brown, Cole Beasley, and then on the offensive line,

596
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: you know, you added Mitch Morse. You added players like

597
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: Clinton Spain, guys that have playoff experience, not just game experience.

598
00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: Even a veteran like Tie and Secy kind of platooning

599
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:26,000
Speaker 1: at the right tackle spot with the rookie Cody Ford.

600
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 1: So they really retooled their entire offense. I mean week one,

601
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 1: there were nine new starters. The only holdovers from the

602
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 1: year prior were left tackle Dan Dawkins and John Allen.

603
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 1: Everybody else was new, and so it took some time

604
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,720
Speaker 1: for that side of the ball to gel. But you know,

605
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:45,840
Speaker 1: as they came down the stretch here, you could kind

606
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 1: of really see the offense gain an identity and that's

607
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 1: really been probably the biggest difference from last year's spot. Yeah,

608
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: Josh Allen in his second season, he's really turned around

609
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 1: that touchdown to interception ratio. Last year twelve interceptions at

610
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 1: ten touchdown this year twenty touchdowns in just nine interceptions.

611
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,200
Speaker 1: Where have you seen the most growth in his development

612
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: now in year two, Yeah, I think it's his short

613
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 1: to intermediate passing game. Obviously, Josh game into the draft class,

614
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:19,480
Speaker 1: you know in twenty eighteen as this supremely gifted, physical

615
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 1: player who could throw the ball a mile and everybody said, oh, well,

616
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:26,760
Speaker 1: that's what the Bill's offense is going to be. He's

617
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 1: just going to chuck it down the field and run

618
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 1: around and buy time with his legs because he's an athlete.

619
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 1: And I think a lot of credit has to go

620
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 1: to offensive coordinator Brian Dable and quarterbacks coach Ken Dorsey

621
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:42,320
Speaker 1: for recognizing that the way to be efficient in this

622
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,720
Speaker 1: league is with a competent short to intermediate passing game

623
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 1: and then when the opportunities present themselves, take a few

624
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 1: shots down the field. And Josh, to his credit, has

625
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 1: improved his short to intermediate accuracy, which had been a

626
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: problem for him in his rookie season. Now I'm not

627
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: saying his ball location is perfect every time, but being

628
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:06,400
Speaker 1: a fifty two percent passer as a rookie, I thought

629
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 1: if he could get somewhere between fifty eight and sixty

630
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,880
Speaker 1: percent and a second year, this offense would function a

631
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 1: whole lot better. And that has proven to be the case.

632
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 1: But what we cannot dismiss is, yes, you know, you

633
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 1: look at his passing touchdown total, but he's got another

634
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,839
Speaker 1: nine touchdowns rushing, which led the league among quarterbacks. I

635
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 1: know Deshaun had seven himself for Houston this year. But

636
00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:31,319
Speaker 1: he is unquestionably the best athlete on the offense for

637
00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:34,800
Speaker 1: this Bill's team, and they don't ignore that and don't

638
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,880
Speaker 1: dismiss it. So while he has improved in the short

639
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,400
Speaker 1: intermediate passing area, there are still designed runs in the

640
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,840
Speaker 1: offense for Josh Allen to make a difference with his life.

641
00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 1: Se I'm glad that you mentioned that the nine rushing touchdowns,

642
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 1: it's outstanding leads. It leads the Bills right, and rushing

643
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,719
Speaker 1: touchdowns this year, what about Allen? Now, last year, for

644
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,399
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, that was his first playoff appearance. This year

645
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,560
Speaker 1: it'll be the first playoff appearance for Alan. What do

646
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:00,160
Speaker 1: you think the biggest challenge is going to be as

647
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 1: he makes his playoff debut against the Texans. I think

648
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 1: the key thing is for him not to be too

649
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 1: jacked up. There were a couple of games earlier this

650
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:14,439
Speaker 1: season where he was just way overhyped for a football game.

651
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 1: I go back to Week four against the New England Patriots.

652
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,759
Speaker 1: You know, everybody's all hyped up. The Bills were off

653
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: to a three and oh start. Everybody's so anxious to

654
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 1: see the Bills or anybody for that matter, finally slay

655
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 1: the dragon, so to speak, in terms of the Patriots

656
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 1: that I think Josh put too much of that on

657
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,479
Speaker 1: himself and the result was four turnovers in a game

658
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 1: that they absolutely could have won but ended up losing

659
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 1: sixteen to ten. And there were some other games this

660
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 1: season in the first half where you could just tell

661
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,799
Speaker 1: he was too jacked up. He's airmailing balls over the

662
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:52,800
Speaker 1: heads of receivers because there's just too much adrenaline flowing

663
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 1: through him. And I think down the stretch this year

664
00:35:55,920 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 1: he was able to internally calm him himself down, be

665
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:05,239
Speaker 1: strict with his internal clock and with his own adrenaline

666
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 1: rushing through his veins and just settling down. So I

667
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,719
Speaker 1: really think the key for him is to have a

668
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 1: sense of urgency, but balance that out with being internally

669
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,719
Speaker 1: calm in his head. And if he can get off

670
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 1: to a good early rhythm in the passing game, take

671
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 1: the easy completions, and keep his offense on the field,

672
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 1: I think that will go a long way toward him

673
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 1: and the offense having success against the Texas well. Chris,

674
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:38,440
Speaker 1: it seems like everyone has been talking about the Bills

675
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 1: defense this year. There was a lot of buzz surrounding them.

676
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 1: Even midway through the season, it started getting a little

677
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 1: bit louder and louder. It's been under construction, it's now revamped.

678
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: It's so dangerous. There's a mix of young players plus

679
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 1: some seasoned veterans. Is this the most talented pass rush

680
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 1: that you've seen with the Bills? And what makes them

681
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 1: so DIFFICU? Well, what's gonna be the biggest challenge for

682
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 1: a guy like Deshaun Watson that's facing them? Yeah, I

683
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 1: mean it's a competent pass rush. I don't think there's

684
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 1: any question about that. I think they're somewhere in the

685
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 1: top ten in sacks this year, but it's not what

686
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,400
Speaker 1: they necessarily hang their hat on. I mean, if you

687
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,720
Speaker 1: look at this defense from front to back, it's built

688
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 1: to stop the pass. And the strongest part of their

689
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:26,800
Speaker 1: defense is unquestionably their secondary. You've got Micah Hi, Jordan Poyer,

690
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 1: who might be the most underrated safety in football, along

691
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,720
Speaker 1: with Tredavious White, you know who's going to the Pro Bowl.

692
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:37,359
Speaker 1: Those three guys have played together for three seasons. They

693
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,440
Speaker 1: know each other like the back of their hand. They

694
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:43,319
Speaker 1: have nonverbal communication. They can improvise because of that, and

695
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: because they know the system so well, and they really

696
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 1: are the lynchpin of the team. But I think people

697
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,240
Speaker 1: forget because the Bills were unsuccessful last year as a team,

698
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,879
Speaker 1: going six and ten. So's the top five defense last year.

699
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 1: So their top five again this season. And you know,

700
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: they were number two against the past in twenty eighteen.

701
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 1: I think they're number three this year. So you know,

702
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 1: you look at it and how it all shapes out.

703
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:14,280
Speaker 1: This is a complete team defense. It's not a defense

704
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: that is riddled with you know, star power that are

705
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: household names across the league. But what they have are

706
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:26,560
Speaker 1: a bunch of strong, above average players that embrace the

707
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 1: grind and are selfless. And you saw what you have

708
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:34,279
Speaker 1: is a pass rush where you really can't necessarily key

709
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:38,440
Speaker 1: on any one guy because everybody across the front is

710
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,400
Speaker 1: capable of making a play. And then you have linebackers

711
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:46,080
Speaker 1: who were brought in here to stop the pass. They

712
00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:49,000
Speaker 1: can run and hit. You've got Matt Milano and Tremaine

713
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:51,840
Speaker 1: Edmonds who are three down linebackers who can run around,

714
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,440
Speaker 1: cover line or cover running back, cover tight end, even

715
00:38:55,520 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 1: cover certain receivers in a pinch. So you've got, You've

716
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:04,879
Speaker 1: got versatility and team speed, and that's really what makes

717
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 1: all the difference in the world for what is again

718
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 1: a top five defense with the Bills. Yeah, you mentioned

719
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: the secondary. Tredavious White, Bill O'Brien said in his press

720
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: conference this week, one of the best cornerbacks in the league.

721
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 1: He's got six interceptions this season. What makes him such

722
00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 1: a standout in that secondary? I think he is a

723
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 1: very cerebral player. A lot of players, especially young ones

724
00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 1: that we see in this league, often make the mistake

725
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,760
Speaker 1: of relying solely on their athletic ability to carry them,

726
00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:40,400
Speaker 1: and Tredavious from day one never did that. He is

727
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 1: a film junkie. He will gobble up tape until his

728
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,400
Speaker 1: eyes are ready to follow him the head because he

729
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 1: knows it gives him an advantage. And what he uses

730
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 1: that film study for the most is to give him

731
00:39:55,880 --> 00:40:00,760
Speaker 1: the opportunity to take a chance at the right time.

732
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 1: He's not a risky or reckless cornerback that's always trying

733
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:09,880
Speaker 1: to make an interception, but he uses his film study

734
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:13,400
Speaker 1: to find the exact right time in a game to

735
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,360
Speaker 1: make a play when his team needs it the most.

736
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:21,359
Speaker 1: Other than that, he is fundamentally sound. You are not

737
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:25,759
Speaker 1: going to get anything cheap on Trudavias White ever, and

738
00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,759
Speaker 1: it's why he's had almost six hundred coverage snaps and

739
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 1: has not given up a touchdown. Now, I know the

740
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: Bills last year against the Texans largely had Trudevia's shadow,

741
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, and for the most part he held DeAndre

742
00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:41,840
Speaker 1: in check. Now, he did have a touchdown late, but

743
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 1: if you watch that play, it's just a beautifully executed

744
00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 1: back shoulder throw from Deshaun Watson to DeAndre Hopkins. Trudavias

745
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:53,680
Speaker 1: has good coverage, it's just a better throw and a

746
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:56,520
Speaker 1: better catch and better execution by the offense. And on

747
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 1: plays like that, you just kind of tip your hat.

748
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 1: So it's going to be a supremely intriguing matchup on Saturday,

749
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 1: for sure. I can't wait to see that matchup. I

750
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 1: think that's going to be a lot of fun to

751
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,600
Speaker 1: watch DeAndre Hopkins and White or whoever White has to

752
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 1: a cover. I want to ask you real quick about

753
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,279
Speaker 1: Kevin Johnson, because we saw what he was able to

754
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,759
Speaker 1: do his rookie year. There was so much potential. He

755
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:19,279
Speaker 1: was so physical as a cornerback, but unfortunately with all

756
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:21,640
Speaker 1: the injuries that he's dealt with over the last few years.

757
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,479
Speaker 1: Things just didn't work out with him in Houston. How

758
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 1: is he doing in Buffalo? How is Sean McDermott using

759
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:31,479
Speaker 1: him in that defense in the secondary right now? Yeah,

760
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 1: So he was battling all through training camp with Levi

761
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: Wallace for the right starting right cornerback position. Levi came

762
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 1: in as an undrafted rookie twenty eighteen and was just phenomenal,

763
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:49,480
Speaker 1: really impressed people and is a perfect fit for this defense,

764
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 1: which is based on a lot of his own concepts.

765
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 1: So he's just such a smart player. He held onto

766
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 1: that starting job. It wasn't that Kevin Johnson had a

767
00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 1: poor training camp or a poor preseason. Levi Wallace just

768
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 1: had a better one, and so he wound up being

769
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:07,600
Speaker 1: the starter on the outside opposite to Davious and they

770
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:10,320
Speaker 1: used Kevin a little bit in the slot, but ultimately

771
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,720
Speaker 1: tarn Johnson, the incumbent there, held on to that job,

772
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:17,439
Speaker 1: and so what Kevin became was the first guy off

773
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:20,640
Speaker 1: the bench in the event of an injury or if

774
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:23,600
Speaker 1: opponents decided to spread the field and go five wide

775
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:27,479
Speaker 1: or go with four by one receiver sets. He would

776
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:30,239
Speaker 1: come on the field there and then whenever somebody had

777
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,440
Speaker 1: to miss a play or somebody got nicked up and

778
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 1: missed time, Kevin Johnson replaced him. And that's what happened

779
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:40,080
Speaker 1: last week against the Jets in the season finale when

780
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 1: Levi Wallace suffered the ankle injury. But I will tell

781
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:46,280
Speaker 1: you this, around mid season, Kevin Johnson's play in practice

782
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:50,800
Speaker 1: was so good that they started platooning Kevin with Levi Wallace,

783
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,520
Speaker 1: and so Levi would start the game play the first

784
00:42:53,520 --> 00:42:56,880
Speaker 1: two series defensively, and then they would rotate Kevin Johnson

785
00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:00,319
Speaker 1: in because he earned that opportunity. And Kevin, you know,

786
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:03,399
Speaker 1: knock On Wood, has been able to stay healthy. He

787
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:08,759
Speaker 1: raves about the sports science and the load management and

788
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:12,160
Speaker 1: the athletic training staff that they have here in Buffalo.

789
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 1: He thinks it's going to help him prolong his career

790
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:18,040
Speaker 1: and put the injury bug behind him. And you know,

791
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,279
Speaker 1: to this point, knock On Wood, it's done so great

792
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 1: stuff there from Chris Brown, who covers the bills from

793
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:27,719
Speaker 1: all angles TV radio. He does it all. They're in

794
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:32,800
Speaker 1: Buffalo for that organization and great stuff there. Appreciate Deepcity

795
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:37,000
Speaker 1: stopping by with her behind Enemy Sidelines Interview of the week.

796
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:39,720
Speaker 1: All right, when we get back, the Voice of Texas,

797
00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 1: Mark Vanimer, is going to join me to talk all

798
00:43:41,760 --> 00:43:45,520
Speaker 1: about this one on Saturday. When I'm next on Texans Access,

799
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:47,680
Speaker 1: we'll go back to a Friday initiation of Texas All

800
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:51,000
Speaker 1: Access from the Hounday Texans Radio Studio. I am your host,

801
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 1: football analysis silo reporter Jean Harris getting ready for Saturday

802
00:43:55,920 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 1: afternoon three thirty five kickoff. Three thirty five kickoff on

803
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 1: ABC thirteen or ESPN. It's the Night Football Crew Joe

804
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 1: Tessa tour and Booker McFarland and Lisa Salters covering the game.

805
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:12,320
Speaker 1: Texas have been in this one a few times before,

806
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:16,760
Speaker 1: but the Texans at three thirty five, three thirty five,

807
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:19,360
Speaker 1: make sure you got that locked in. Looking for a

808
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:22,640
Speaker 1: noon game Like last week it was three twenty five,

809
00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 1: This one's a ten minutes later three thirty five sou

810
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:30,240
Speaker 1: looking forward to the playoff game against the Buffalo Bills.

811
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 1: There is also as you're listening to this, going to

812
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:36,239
Speaker 1: be we're gonna have, oh man, the guests that we're

813
00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:38,800
Speaker 1: gonna have on Texas and Limited tomorrow for a pregame show.

814
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:42,640
Speaker 1: Oh Baby, It's gonna be fun, really gonna be fun.

815
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: A KEI wilize you one dream is in. He is in.

816
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:50,719
Speaker 1: We've also got another guest that I can't I'm not

817
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:55,640
Speaker 1: at liberty to say who it is that's joining us,

818
00:44:56,400 --> 00:45:01,440
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be very very very cool, very cool.

819
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:04,399
Speaker 1: I can't give any hints. I can't even I mean

820
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 1: it will it will be unveiled later. I'll say it

821
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 1: that way. We'll be unveiled later who is going to

822
00:45:09,760 --> 00:45:12,279
Speaker 1: join us on Unlimited? But that's our pregame show if

823
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,720
Speaker 1: you haven't had a chance to catch it at dbcit

824
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 1: who runs it and does a great job here from Drew.

825
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:20,759
Speaker 1: You get the inactives, and then I pop on to

826
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,640
Speaker 1: answer any last minute question Who's in, who's out, what

827
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:26,239
Speaker 1: to look for, all that kind of stuff. I feel

828
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 1: like I've answered every question you could possibly have about

829
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:32,560
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills and this matchup, but there will always

830
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 1: be some final questions that need to be answered. So

831
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:37,920
Speaker 1: I get a chance to do that with our chat

832
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:40,640
Speaker 1: chat presented by Trascos during Texas Unlimits. So you definitely

833
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:47,040
Speaker 1: want to check that out tomorrow tomorrow. Unfortunately I missed.

834
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,319
Speaker 1: If you're hearing this Now. I had a nice little

835
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:53,120
Speaker 1: rally over at City Center Playoff rally that was over

836
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:55,680
Speaker 1: at seven o'clock. So unfortunately missed that, But make up

837
00:45:55,719 --> 00:46:00,239
Speaker 1: for it by being a tailgate, getting loud early in

838
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 1: your seats and cranking this thing up, and I mean

839
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,960
Speaker 1: really cranking it up. That's gonna be fun. Now, speaking

840
00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:13,840
Speaker 1: of cranking it up, my buddy Tyler Suttarth, who is unbelievable,

841
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:17,359
Speaker 1: putting together hype videos. And he might have a better

842
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:20,520
Speaker 1: better name for him, but to me, they're hype videos.

843
00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 1: Now you gotta see this to really get the full effect.

844
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:31,920
Speaker 1: But man, I'm telling you, just listening to this hype

845
00:46:31,960 --> 00:46:35,640
Speaker 1: video to get you going for this game is it's

846
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:37,799
Speaker 1: off the charts. Take a listen to what my man

847
00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:44,480
Speaker 1: Tyler Suttarth put together. There's just something about Houston that

848
00:46:44,600 --> 00:46:51,240
Speaker 1: can't be explained. We are ambitious. I introduced to you

849
00:46:51,239 --> 00:47:00,479
Speaker 1: you're Houston Texans. We are dedicated, we are driven out.

850
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:12,279
Speaker 1: I was just we are inspired sixty one. We are

851
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:20,719
Speaker 1: dream us Waters the most decorated world's gymnast. We are

852
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:23,880
Speaker 1: used instatral. I want to start fundraising, but I promise

853
00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:25,879
Speaker 1: you it is so much bigger than just one man.

854
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 1: We are a family, Hopkins, say hi to mom again. Touchdown.

855
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:43,360
Speaker 1: Above all, we are Texans. Touchdown, Texas. That's when you

856
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:52,799
Speaker 1: think you've seen it all. Tustains, don't show watching purpos.

857
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:05,239
Speaker 1: Now let's see how good you are. You heard a

858
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:07,879
Speaker 1: few voices in there. Obviously there's some play by play

859
00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:11,399
Speaker 1: calls there, Craig Ackerman of the Rockets saying that James

860
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:13,960
Speaker 1: Harden hit sixty one. You heard that. You heard Marv

861
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 1: Albert give you the news when the Rockets won an

862
00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:21,399
Speaker 1: NBA championship back in ninety five. You also heard jose

863
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,880
Speaker 1: L Twove. You heard a came the dream lies you won.

864
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 1: You also heard Simone Biles kick that all off, and

865
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:30,960
Speaker 1: of course the voice of the Texans, Mark Vandermer and

866
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:33,600
Speaker 1: Andre Ware mixed in there. Tyler Stutter did a good

867
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:36,120
Speaker 1: job putting that together. And I am ready to run

868
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:38,520
Speaker 1: through a brick wall after hearing that. That was so

869
00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:41,839
Speaker 1: so good. Now that's one of four games that will

870
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:45,000
Speaker 1: happen this weekend. And you know how I feel about

871
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:49,160
Speaker 1: picking the Texans game. I don't pick it straight upper

872
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,640
Speaker 1: against the spread. I do that for all the other games.

873
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:56,880
Speaker 1: So let's start in Foxborough. Massachusetts where a New England

874
00:48:56,920 --> 00:49:01,800
Speaker 1: Patriots await the Tennessee Titans. Now there are a couple

875
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:05,280
Speaker 1: of fan bases that are just there. They great the nerves.

876
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:10,920
Speaker 1: Your High State Buckeyes have like this, five percent of

877
00:49:10,960 --> 00:49:15,480
Speaker 1: their fan base that are just the worst, absolute worst.

878
00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:20,439
Speaker 1: They It's ridiculous. And in large part Ohio State fan

879
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:24,920
Speaker 1: is also Browns fans, so you get that. But Patriot

880
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:30,719
Speaker 1: fan is spoiled. Titan fan is on the right way

881
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:33,399
Speaker 1: of saying it. But last weekend left kind of bad

882
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,600
Speaker 1: taste in my mouth about Titans fans. Oh they's been

883
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:38,640
Speaker 1: down for a long time and now they made the playoffs.

884
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:42,279
Speaker 1: It's like, oh, look at us. Take a listen to

885
00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:48,840
Speaker 1: this weather report in Nashville that was done yesterday. I

886
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:51,239
Speaker 1: believe it's yesterday morning or this morning. Take a listen

887
00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:55,520
Speaker 1: to this. It's gonna two years ago the Titans went

888
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:58,160
Speaker 1: to New England for a playoff game. Two years later,

889
00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:01,399
Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Way to in scenario, we actually have two

890
00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:05,960
Speaker 1: storm systems coming into New England, Hurricane Henry and also

891
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:11,440
Speaker 1: Typhoon Tannehill. It's a meteorological masterpiece because these two combine

892
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 1: create one mega storm called the Titan there'll be so

893
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 1: much storm search it produces so many Titans touchdowns the

894
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:24,600
Speaker 1: end of this crying Tom Brady, remember my friends, one

895
00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:29,279
Speaker 1: thing to tighten up. Let's go Okay. I heard that,

896
00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 1: and I just want I hope the Patriots Winness by fifty.

897
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:35,040
Speaker 1: And I can't stand the Patriots, but I can't stand

898
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:40,319
Speaker 1: the Titans at all. And that didn't help matters. Look,

899
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:43,120
Speaker 1: it's a weather guy's having some fun in Nashville, you know,

900
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:48,839
Speaker 1: more power to him. But Hurricane Henry and Typhoon Tannehill.

901
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:53,359
Speaker 1: I know the Patriots are banged up. Julian Edeman's gonna

902
00:50:53,400 --> 00:50:55,319
Speaker 1: have to play in this game. Everybody is hot on

903
00:50:55,360 --> 00:50:57,680
Speaker 1: the Titans because they got on a hot win street.

904
00:50:57,680 --> 00:50:59,480
Speaker 1: Here's the thing about the Titans, and this is what

905
00:50:59,560 --> 00:51:03,880
Speaker 1: I've like trying to understand this. They won four in

906
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 1: a row there eight five. We were eight five. We

907
00:51:07,600 --> 00:51:09,520
Speaker 1: went up to play them, and we won a game

908
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,800
Speaker 1: by three, but at ten point lead with two minutes

909
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:17,839
Speaker 1: left through two interceptions in the end zone, basically pounded them.

910
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:21,520
Speaker 1: The next week, the Saints went in down fourteen nothing

911
00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:24,720
Speaker 1: then outscored him thirty eight to fourteen. So the Saints

912
00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:26,840
Speaker 1: and two biggest games all year that the Titans got

913
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:30,960
Speaker 1: throttled in their own building. They come to Houston and

914
00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:35,040
Speaker 1: they beat a stripped down Texas team, and now everybody thinks.

915
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:39,239
Speaker 1: Everybody thinks that the Titans are gonna go up to

916
00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:43,360
Speaker 1: beat New England. I'm not buying it. Yes, I know

917
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:45,520
Speaker 1: the Dolphins did it last week. I'd get it, and

918
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:48,480
Speaker 1: the Patriots struggled to beat the Bills. The Bills are

919
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:51,160
Speaker 1: a good football team. The Patriots are favored by five.

920
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:53,319
Speaker 1: I think the Patriots are gonna unleash a can and

921
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:56,759
Speaker 1: beat them by two touchdowns at a minimum. I know

922
00:51:56,840 --> 00:51:58,919
Speaker 1: that the Patriots have not gotten the Super Bowl coming

923
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:01,200
Speaker 1: out of a third seat, having playing wild card weekend,

924
00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:02,880
Speaker 1: and there have been times. The last time I can

925
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:04,760
Speaker 1: remember them playing a wild card weekend was two thousand

926
00:52:04,760 --> 00:52:08,879
Speaker 1: and nine and the Ravens went in and just destroyed them. Hey,

927
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:11,200
Speaker 1: I think this Patriots team is better. B I don't

928
00:52:11,239 --> 00:52:14,120
Speaker 1: think the Titans are on level with the Ravens. But

929
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:17,000
Speaker 1: with Derrick Henry back and running for two hundred and

930
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:20,480
Speaker 1: eleven yards against a scaled down version of Texans defense,

931
00:52:20,520 --> 00:52:24,720
Speaker 1: and then a J. Brown continuing to play well, everybody

932
00:52:25,239 --> 00:52:29,080
Speaker 1: is leaning towards the Titans. In fact, this line has

933
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:31,080
Speaker 1: gone from like six and a half or seven down

934
00:52:31,080 --> 00:52:34,799
Speaker 1: to five. I'm not buying it. I think the Patriots

935
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:37,480
Speaker 1: to ride the arm of Tom Brady. They beat the

936
00:52:37,520 --> 00:52:39,440
Speaker 1: Titans by a couple of touchdowns. It won't be like

937
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 1: the division around two years ago or was a complete mismatch.

938
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:44,200
Speaker 1: The Titans will stay in this thing at least a

939
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:46,960
Speaker 1: little bit. But the Patriots are gonna win this thing

940
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:49,640
Speaker 1: by two touchdowns. And then I can stop listening to

941
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:52,759
Speaker 1: the damn Titans and they're talking about let's go take

942
00:52:52,760 --> 00:52:55,320
Speaker 1: everything all Yeah, good luck with that, all right. So

943
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:58,000
Speaker 1: we want to the NFC that Titans Patriots game will

944
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:01,279
Speaker 1: be Saturday night after Texans and Bills. And if the

945
00:53:01,280 --> 00:53:03,360
Speaker 1: Texans win, and you want to know wins that because

946
00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:06,000
Speaker 1: it will determine where the Texas would go if they

947
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:08,760
Speaker 1: beat the Bills the following week, they go to Baltimore

948
00:53:08,760 --> 00:53:10,080
Speaker 1: and play on a Saturday night or would they go

949
00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:12,359
Speaker 1: to Kansas City and play on a Sunday afternoon. That

950
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:15,160
Speaker 1: will all be determined ay. If they win, be the

951
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:18,320
Speaker 1: winner of Titans Patriots. Titans win, Texas will go to

952
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:22,480
Speaker 1: Kansas City. If the Patriots win, Texas will go to Baltimore,

953
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:24,919
Speaker 1: So just keep that in mind, all right. NFC games

954
00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:27,600
Speaker 1: are on Sunday. The Vikings take on the Saints. I

955
00:53:27,640 --> 00:53:31,040
Speaker 1: think the Vikings are gonna get pounded. I think the

956
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:33,400
Speaker 1: Saints are seven a half point favorite for a reason

957
00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:35,719
Speaker 1: they should be more. I think they win this thing

958
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:40,200
Speaker 1: by double digits. I think they pound the Vikings into submission.

959
00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:43,480
Speaker 1: I think Dalvin Cook, whether he plays or not, is

960
00:53:43,480 --> 00:53:47,160
Speaker 1: going to be banged up, very banged up. I think

961
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:49,960
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins in a big game. Forget about. I saw

962
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:52,719
Speaker 1: a quarterback ranking I talked with Mark about that had

963
00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:56,880
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins ranked ahead of Deshaun Watson as one of

964
00:53:56,920 --> 00:54:00,080
Speaker 1: the top twelve quarterbacks of the twelve quarterbacks left, not

965
00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:03,319
Speaker 1: even close. Kirk Cousins should be number twelve. I put

966
00:54:03,400 --> 00:54:05,160
Speaker 1: Josh Allen in front of him, and Josh has not

967
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:09,160
Speaker 1: played in a playoff game. Kirk Cousins, no way. There's nothing,

968
00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:12,160
Speaker 1: nothing about Kirk Cousins that inspires confidence in me that

969
00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:14,600
Speaker 1: he's gonna get it done against the Saints. Not even close.

970
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:17,040
Speaker 1: Saints win this thing by ten or more, and then

971
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:21,759
Speaker 1: the Seahawks go to Philadelphia. The Seahawks are favored by

972
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:24,319
Speaker 1: one and a half. Now the Seahawks have lost three

973
00:54:24,360 --> 00:54:27,040
Speaker 1: out of the last four. The Eagles had to go

974
00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:29,120
Speaker 1: on a run at the end of the year. But

975
00:54:29,239 --> 00:54:33,799
Speaker 1: you got Carson Wentz throwing to guys that you know,

976
00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:36,839
Speaker 1: I don't want to say I want to say anything

977
00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:39,000
Speaker 1: about Greg war because Greg Ward's battled to get in

978
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:41,160
Speaker 1: the NFL. But let's put his way. Greg Ward was

979
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:44,359
Speaker 1: a backup. He's been throwing a bunch of backups and

980
00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:47,680
Speaker 1: they've been making plays and doing some unbelievable things. Carson

981
00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:50,440
Speaker 1: Wentz has played his guts out to get Philadelphia in

982
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:56,520
Speaker 1: this spot. Seattle was on the verge. Seattle was on

983
00:54:56,560 --> 00:54:59,400
Speaker 1: the verge of having a bye. No, actually not by

984
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:01,440
Speaker 1: They would have play this game at home, and they

985
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:03,560
Speaker 1: would have been playing Minnesota team they'd beat thirty seven

986
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:05,879
Speaker 1: thirty already earlier this year. Now they got to fly

987
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:10,440
Speaker 1: cross country and take on the Eagles at night or

988
00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:14,040
Speaker 1: later afternoon, and that's a team they already be in

989
00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:17,480
Speaker 1: Philadelphia earlier this year and their favorite by point and

990
00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:20,960
Speaker 1: a half. But I think Seattle is too good in

991
00:55:21,040 --> 00:55:22,920
Speaker 1: comparison to Philly at this time of year. I think

992
00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:27,680
Speaker 1: Philly plays really well this feels like seventeen fourteen. It

993
00:55:27,719 --> 00:55:30,320
Speaker 1: doesn't feel like this one's getting away from either team.

994
00:55:30,400 --> 00:55:32,359
Speaker 1: It feels like it's gonna be close to the vest

995
00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:35,400
Speaker 1: all day, which is scary for the Seahawks because Wins

996
00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:38,560
Speaker 1: can make some of those plays. But JD's gonna return

997
00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:40,320
Speaker 1: for the Seahawks. The Giants is gonna be ready to

998
00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:42,879
Speaker 1: go for the Seahawks. I do think that Connie played

999
00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:44,880
Speaker 1: on Monday Sunday night against the nine has been to

1000
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:48,520
Speaker 1: do anything, So I do think that will be a factor.

1001
00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:51,080
Speaker 1: I think Seattle finds a way they win this thing

1002
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:55,280
Speaker 1: by three. Philadelphia keeps it close, but like seventeen fourteen,

1003
00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:59,360
Speaker 1: sixteen thirteen, that kind of game that you would expect

1004
00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:02,880
Speaker 1: in Philly in the playoffs. It's tough. It's tough to

1005
00:56:02,920 --> 00:56:05,640
Speaker 1: beat the Eagles at the link, but I think Seattle's

1006
00:56:05,640 --> 00:56:11,439
Speaker 1: got a good combination of what the Eagles will struggle with,

1007
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:15,120
Speaker 1: especially without some of the big guns at wide receiver.

1008
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:21,919
Speaker 1: So we're rolling with the Texans obviously, Patriots to cover

1009
00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:24,719
Speaker 1: winn and cover, the Saints to win and cover, and

1010
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:28,439
Speaker 1: the Seahawks to win and cover. Going with all chalk

1011
00:56:28,800 --> 00:56:30,680
Speaker 1: is not a great thing, but I'm doing it this

1012
00:56:30,719 --> 00:56:32,919
Speaker 1: week because I feel pretty I feel really good about

1013
00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:36,240
Speaker 1: the Patriots and the Saints winning and covering the Seahawks.

1014
00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:38,920
Speaker 1: I'm a little on the fence about do you know,

1015
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:41,200
Speaker 1: wild card weekend, You're gonna have some road teams win.

1016
00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:44,560
Speaker 1: So I'm hoping that the road team that wins is

1017
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:48,640
Speaker 1: the Seahawks and the home teams whole court and the others.

1018
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:50,719
Speaker 1: Teleast made me look good. But either way, I either

1019
00:56:50,760 --> 00:56:53,480
Speaker 1: win my bet with the Patriots Titans, or the Titans

1020
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:55,239
Speaker 1: win and the Texans would end up winning and going

1021
00:56:55,280 --> 00:56:57,560
Speaker 1: to Kansas City. Either way it kind of win. But

1022
00:56:57,719 --> 00:57:00,000
Speaker 1: there you go. Those are your predictions for this weekend

1023
00:57:00,440 --> 00:57:03,440
Speaker 1: wild Card round. All right, we get back. We got

1024
00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:05,480
Speaker 1: plenty of doing the final segment of the show. We've

1025
00:57:05,480 --> 00:57:07,640
Speaker 1: got a final word with Drew Dorty in this week.

1026
00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:11,040
Speaker 1: It's a merciless plus little Texans audio box from the

1027
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:14,399
Speaker 1: locker room here from some key players as they get

1028
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:16,400
Speaker 1: ready for the Buffalo Bills on Saturday. We're back in

1029
00:57:16,440 --> 00:57:21,640
Speaker 1: a few We've got one final segment of this Friday

1030
00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:24,560
Speaker 1: edition of Texans All Access from Monday Texans Radio Studio.

1031
00:57:24,680 --> 00:57:28,200
Speaker 1: I am John Harris, Football and US and Sideline reporter

1032
00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:31,960
Speaker 1: for your Houston Texans, and we got a number of

1033
00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:36,160
Speaker 1: things to do tonight to finish up, and we're gonna

1034
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:38,520
Speaker 1: start with the final word now. Typically I play the

1035
00:57:38,560 --> 00:57:41,520
Speaker 1: final word last, Why don't play it first tonight? And

1036
00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:44,440
Speaker 1: it is with Drew Dorty every single week, and this

1037
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:47,840
Speaker 1: week it is with one of the best playoff players

1038
00:57:47,840 --> 00:57:51,000
Speaker 1: the Texans have had in their organization, and that is

1039
00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:56,720
Speaker 1: Whitney Merciless. We've got outside linebacker Whitney Merciless here with

1040
00:57:56,800 --> 00:57:58,800
Speaker 1: us and Whitney First things first, congrats on the deal.

1041
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:00,520
Speaker 1: I know it's about a week or so old and

1042
00:58:00,600 --> 00:58:02,840
Speaker 1: in the past, but that's not really anything that gets old.

1043
00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:05,920
Speaker 1: Pretty nice to hear it. And it's rare in the

1044
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:09,840
Speaker 1: NFL that you see a guy sign three long term

1045
00:58:09,880 --> 00:58:12,280
Speaker 1: deals with a team. What's that like? Yeah, it's just

1046
00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:14,760
Speaker 1: a blessing. I think God each and every day, especially

1047
00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:17,280
Speaker 1: you know, signing a third deal, especially with the same franchise,

1048
00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:19,440
Speaker 1: and just understanding the rarity of it going through the

1049
00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:22,120
Speaker 1: coaching changes. Sometimes you know, guys are up out the

1050
00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:24,240
Speaker 1: door because you don't fit into that culture and all that.

1051
00:58:24,600 --> 00:58:27,200
Speaker 1: So I'm thankful for the fact that the mcnara see

1052
00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:30,640
Speaker 1: me as you know, lifelong Texan. Also, nob he sees

1053
00:58:30,680 --> 00:58:33,240
Speaker 1: me that somebody who fits into the culture that that

1054
00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:36,120
Speaker 1: you know, they've been trying to instill in build here

1055
00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:38,280
Speaker 1: over the course of the years that since he's been here.

1056
00:58:38,440 --> 00:58:40,600
Speaker 1: So it's just been a blessing overall, no doubt. You

1057
00:58:40,640 --> 00:58:43,320
Speaker 1: talk about that culture, and you've been a huge part

1058
00:58:43,320 --> 00:58:46,040
Speaker 1: of the culture. Six of the last nine years Texans

1059
00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:49,080
Speaker 1: have won the AFC South. You're back in the playoffs,

1060
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:52,960
Speaker 1: playoffs or no stranger for you since twenty fifteen, You've

1061
00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:55,360
Speaker 1: led the NFL and sacks in the postseason. You've always

1062
00:58:55,400 --> 00:58:57,400
Speaker 1: been good as far as getting to the quarterback. What's

1063
00:58:57,400 --> 00:59:00,160
Speaker 1: it like being back in the playoffs just regardless of

1064
00:59:00,200 --> 00:59:02,640
Speaker 1: who you're playing, but being back in the postseason, Yeah,

1065
00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:04,760
Speaker 1: it feels good. Man. You know, you catch your second

1066
00:59:04,760 --> 00:59:06,320
Speaker 1: win around this time. You know, I have to going

1067
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:08,680
Speaker 1: through that grueling sixteen game season and all that, and

1068
00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:12,160
Speaker 1: now it's like, all right, well, the urgency just went

1069
00:59:12,400 --> 00:59:15,560
Speaker 1: up about about a thousand and right, and now it's

1070
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:18,160
Speaker 1: playing for all the marvels. Guys got to understand as

1071
00:59:18,200 --> 00:59:20,480
Speaker 1: far as the urgency that these games are played with,

1072
00:59:20,560 --> 00:59:24,360
Speaker 1: it played with everything is very, very critical stakes are

1073
00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:27,400
Speaker 1: very very critical. Execution is very very critical. It's all

1074
00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:30,040
Speaker 1: about the details. And so everybody in the locker room

1075
00:59:30,200 --> 00:59:34,040
Speaker 1: understands the severity as to executing our job at a

1076
00:59:34,120 --> 00:59:36,880
Speaker 1: high level and perfectly just about every single time and

1077
00:59:36,920 --> 00:59:39,280
Speaker 1: just continuing to play ball no matter if there's like

1078
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:42,200
Speaker 1: any adversity or whatnot. How important is that because you

1079
00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:44,800
Speaker 1: knew it, Jjo knew it, JJ Watt knew it. DeAndre

1080
00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:47,200
Speaker 1: Hopkins dow it. But earlier this week we heard Deshaun

1081
00:59:47,240 --> 00:59:50,080
Speaker 1: Watson and Justin Reed, guys who were in the playoffs

1082
00:59:50,120 --> 00:59:52,320
Speaker 1: for the first time last year, talk about just how

1083
00:59:52,400 --> 00:59:54,600
Speaker 1: much faster it is. How much more important is it

1084
00:59:54,640 --> 00:59:58,520
Speaker 1: to have everybody know just exactly how fast things are

1085
00:59:58,520 --> 01:00:01,120
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. It's important. Some guys don't know what

1086
01:00:01,160 --> 01:00:04,120
Speaker 1: it is to be in the playoffs, and so it's

1087
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:06,200
Speaker 1: just up to the leaders in the locker room in

1088
01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:10,320
Speaker 1: order to kind of ingrain that urgency as far as

1089
01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:12,560
Speaker 1: how critical each thing is going to be, especially in

1090
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:15,560
Speaker 1: this preparation period right now before we get to this

1091
01:00:15,600 --> 01:00:18,000
Speaker 1: first game. You know, Obi has said talked about that

1092
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:20,480
Speaker 1: in the meetings, and that's from all the coaches as

1093
01:00:20,520 --> 01:00:24,400
Speaker 1: far as having paying attention to meetings, understanding the details,

1094
01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:28,200
Speaker 1: how to executing at practice imperfectly, and if we mess

1095
01:00:28,240 --> 01:00:29,800
Speaker 1: it up, let's go ahead and redo it so that

1096
01:00:29,840 --> 01:00:32,800
Speaker 1: we get it right. And so that comes Sunday. You

1097
01:00:33,000 --> 01:00:35,200
Speaker 1: execute at a high level. Might mess up a player

1098
01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:38,200
Speaker 1: or two here, maybe, but at least minimizing a lot

1099
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:41,080
Speaker 1: of critical mistakes so that we have a high chance

1100
01:00:41,120 --> 01:00:43,280
Speaker 1: to win. Tell me about Josh Allen. He's the quarterback

1101
01:00:43,280 --> 01:00:45,720
Speaker 1: you'll face. Every quarterback in the NFL brings their unique

1102
01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:47,840
Speaker 1: set of challenges. What are his He's a strong guy

1103
01:00:47,880 --> 01:00:49,840
Speaker 1: in a pocket, hard to bring down. He's fast too

1104
01:00:49,920 --> 01:00:52,040
Speaker 1: for his size as well too, so we've got to

1105
01:00:52,080 --> 01:00:56,000
Speaker 1: be able to have discipline rush lanes when rushing a passer. Also,

1106
01:00:56,280 --> 01:00:57,880
Speaker 1: we feel like they're going to attack our edges as

1107
01:00:57,880 --> 01:01:00,600
Speaker 1: well too, So they've got a few quarterbacks game plays,

1108
01:01:00,880 --> 01:01:04,240
Speaker 1: shortyard of situations, also read zone situations as well too,

1109
01:01:04,280 --> 01:01:05,840
Speaker 1: So we've got to be able to keep an eye

1110
01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:08,400
Speaker 1: on him and not let him take off and run

1111
01:01:08,600 --> 01:01:11,080
Speaker 1: and compromise the defense. Setting the edge. Something you just

1112
01:01:11,120 --> 01:01:13,560
Speaker 1: talked about, something you've always been great at. How important

1113
01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:15,920
Speaker 1: is that in Saturday's game? Because you got Alan, like

1114
01:01:15,920 --> 01:01:18,120
Speaker 1: you mentioned, but they've got some backs in Singletary and

1115
01:01:18,280 --> 01:01:21,080
Speaker 1: future Hall of Famer Frank Gore, who can really do something.

1116
01:01:21,280 --> 01:01:24,760
Speaker 1: It's huge. I mean, if you if you don't stop

1117
01:01:24,760 --> 01:01:26,800
Speaker 1: that run, it's gonna be a long day. Honestly, We've

1118
01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:29,200
Speaker 1: got the mentality up front to make sure we managed

1119
01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:31,479
Speaker 1: to run game so that we getted them into third

1120
01:01:31,480 --> 01:01:33,560
Speaker 1: and long situations. And also for us, we've got to

1121
01:01:33,560 --> 01:01:35,439
Speaker 1: be able to get off third down once we get there,

1122
01:01:35,560 --> 01:01:37,520
Speaker 1: it goes hand in hand. So we've got to really

1123
01:01:37,640 --> 01:01:39,840
Speaker 1: be on our a game up front and in the

1124
01:01:39,840 --> 01:01:42,720
Speaker 1: back end. What's a playoff atmosphere like here at Energie Stadium,

1125
01:01:42,840 --> 01:01:46,680
Speaker 1: A Man, it's electrifying the atmosphere. It's undescribable. The fans

1126
01:01:46,680 --> 01:01:49,720
Speaker 1: are pumped up because now their team has a chance

1127
01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:51,880
Speaker 1: to go to the super Bowl. You know, when their

1128
01:01:51,880 --> 01:01:54,640
Speaker 1: team does win that Wildcards game, it's like, all right,

1129
01:01:54,640 --> 01:01:56,840
Speaker 1: we're we're on to the next one and can't wait

1130
01:01:56,920 --> 01:01:58,919
Speaker 1: for this team to you know, push on and get

1131
01:01:58,920 --> 01:02:01,800
Speaker 1: that hardware and get into that dance. Essentially, for us,

1132
01:02:01,840 --> 01:02:03,840
Speaker 1: we've got to understand, man, we can't let our fans

1133
01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:06,120
Speaker 1: down and we can't let ourselves down either. How specials

1134
01:02:06,120 --> 01:02:08,439
Speaker 1: are gonna be when he's on the field. Having jj

1135
01:02:08,560 --> 01:02:10,000
Speaker 1: wat back out there because you haven't seen him for

1136
01:02:10,040 --> 01:02:13,480
Speaker 1: about a half season. Yeah, huge, huge emotional leader for us.

1137
01:02:13,640 --> 01:02:17,080
Speaker 1: Also just a leader by representation, vocal leader, just all around.

1138
01:02:17,200 --> 01:02:19,080
Speaker 1: Really motivates a lot of guys and really brings the

1139
01:02:19,160 --> 01:02:21,760
Speaker 1: dynamic to our pastors as well to stopping a run.

1140
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:24,120
Speaker 1: And it's gonna be huge, especially what he just came

1141
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:27,080
Speaker 1: off of the injury, being activated now playing in the playoffs.

1142
01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:30,280
Speaker 1: It's pretty awesome, Whitney Merciless. It's the most wonderful time

1143
01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:32,080
Speaker 1: of the year and we're not talking about Christmas. It's

1144
01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:34,800
Speaker 1: January football. Best of luck to you. We know how

1145
01:02:34,840 --> 01:02:37,560
Speaker 1: well you play during the playoffs and good luck to you. Man,

1146
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:40,560
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Thank you. Really cool to hear from Whitney

1147
01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:43,560
Speaker 1: Merciless signing a four year deal. Man. That was such

1148
01:02:43,640 --> 01:02:45,960
Speaker 1: good news to get last week before the Tennessee game.

1149
01:02:46,200 --> 01:02:49,520
Speaker 1: Such good news. And now it's not making a pay

1150
01:02:49,600 --> 01:02:53,280
Speaker 1: off on Saturday against the Buffalo Bills. All Right, we're

1151
01:02:53,280 --> 01:02:59,480
Speaker 1: gonna close this show down with Little Texans Audio jukebox.

1152
01:02:59,800 --> 01:03:03,480
Speaker 1: Now that is an opportunity for me to get you

1153
01:03:03,560 --> 01:03:07,680
Speaker 1: some sound from the podium. Players stepping to the podium

1154
01:03:07,720 --> 01:03:12,320
Speaker 1: this week. Plenty of them did, and one in particular

1155
01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:16,800
Speaker 1: is JJ Watt. So I figure, know what, let's close

1156
01:03:16,840 --> 01:03:19,880
Speaker 1: it down with the one guy that everybody truly is

1157
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:22,840
Speaker 1: waiting to see what he does on Saturday and hear

1158
01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:27,200
Speaker 1: what he has to say about any number of things.

1159
01:03:28,080 --> 01:03:30,840
Speaker 1: Coming back to play the speech he gave a practice.

1160
01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:33,520
Speaker 1: In fact, let's start with that speech that he apparently

1161
01:03:33,560 --> 01:03:36,240
Speaker 1: gave at practice to the team. Here's what he had

1162
01:03:36,280 --> 01:03:38,200
Speaker 1: to say about it. I didn't really give a speech.

1163
01:03:38,280 --> 01:03:40,440
Speaker 1: I broke it down at the end of practice. Somebody's

1164
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:43,360
Speaker 1: got to break it down every day, and yesterday it's

1165
01:03:43,400 --> 01:03:46,800
Speaker 1: my day, so I broke it down. There's really not

1166
01:03:46,880 --> 01:03:49,640
Speaker 1: much more to it than that. It was pretty standard. Yeah,

1167
01:03:49,240 --> 01:03:52,560
Speaker 1: I didn't think there was a whole lot there, to

1168
01:03:52,680 --> 01:03:55,240
Speaker 1: be honest with you about the whole all. He gave

1169
01:03:55,280 --> 01:03:58,480
Speaker 1: a speech at practice, so that I don't know what,

1170
01:03:58,800 --> 01:04:01,360
Speaker 1: You know what, what could he have said? Well, one

1171
01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:04,160
Speaker 1: of the things he could have said was telling his

1172
01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:08,600
Speaker 1: teammates and compelling his teammates to appreciate and grasp at

1173
01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:12,680
Speaker 1: the moment. Correct, that's correct. I mean I'm not gonna

1174
01:04:12,840 --> 01:04:14,840
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna go into details about what it was.

1175
01:04:14,920 --> 01:04:17,439
Speaker 1: It was just what I felt need to be said.

1176
01:04:17,480 --> 01:04:21,280
Speaker 1: I mean this, you know, it's very important. It's a

1177
01:04:21,320 --> 01:04:23,080
Speaker 1: huge week. I mean this is the NFL Playoffs. Twenty

1178
01:04:23,080 --> 01:04:25,560
Speaker 1: teams are at home, only twelve are left, so it's

1179
01:04:25,680 --> 01:04:28,840
Speaker 1: very very big. Yeah, there's no question it's big. And

1180
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:32,800
Speaker 1: JJ with this time off that he's had, it is

1181
01:04:32,840 --> 01:04:35,720
Speaker 1: a time off, I mean anytime missed because of the injury.

1182
01:04:36,120 --> 01:04:38,720
Speaker 1: I think everybody's kind of up in the air on

1183
01:04:38,880 --> 01:04:42,360
Speaker 1: what it's going to be except for JJ. The team,

1184
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:45,080
Speaker 1: the training staff, they all know they've got a game

1185
01:04:45,120 --> 01:04:47,880
Speaker 1: plan for sure for him this Saturday. I think we

1186
01:04:47,920 --> 01:04:49,000
Speaker 1: have a good plan. I think we have a good

1187
01:04:49,000 --> 01:04:53,280
Speaker 1: plan for how we're gonna utilize the game and how

1188
01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:55,960
Speaker 1: we're gonna go throughout the game. I think today was

1189
01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:57,440
Speaker 1: a good day for me. I mean today was my

1190
01:04:57,440 --> 01:04:59,560
Speaker 1: first day in pad, swearing pads out there on the field,

1191
01:04:59,560 --> 01:05:01,440
Speaker 1: and it felt it was good. I went through a

1192
01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:03,440
Speaker 1: lot of tests that I wanted to go through personally,

1193
01:05:03,560 --> 01:05:05,920
Speaker 1: just mentally. You know, when you're coming back from you

1194
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:07,760
Speaker 1: got to go through some test mentally to make sure

1195
01:05:07,800 --> 01:05:09,440
Speaker 1: that you're you can do the things you want to do.

1196
01:05:09,480 --> 01:05:10,920
Speaker 1: And today was a really good day for that. I

1197
01:05:10,960 --> 01:05:13,000
Speaker 1: felt really good out there, did a whole bunch of

1198
01:05:13,000 --> 01:05:15,880
Speaker 1: different stuff to try and simulate what's going to happen

1199
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:18,000
Speaker 1: in the game, and I felt very good in all

1200
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:19,960
Speaker 1: those things, So very pleased with the word's eye. And

1201
01:05:20,040 --> 01:05:23,280
Speaker 1: of course he is excited to be back into playoffs,

1202
01:05:23,280 --> 01:05:25,960
Speaker 1: to make his comeback in the playoffs. I'm really excited

1203
01:05:25,960 --> 01:05:27,920
Speaker 1: about it. I mean, I'm really really excited. You know,

1204
01:05:28,080 --> 01:05:30,200
Speaker 1: anytime you're away from the game and you get a

1205
01:05:30,280 --> 01:05:32,640
Speaker 1: chance to go back into it, you have so much appreciation,

1206
01:05:32,720 --> 01:05:35,720
Speaker 1: so much excitement for it, and this is no different.

1207
01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:37,560
Speaker 1: I'm so excited to get back out there with my guys,

1208
01:05:37,600 --> 01:05:39,440
Speaker 1: to get back out there and try and help the

1209
01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:41,000
Speaker 1: team win. I mean, it's all about the team, and

1210
01:05:41,080 --> 01:05:42,880
Speaker 1: that's that's what I'm so excited about. It is just

1211
01:05:43,360 --> 01:05:46,880
Speaker 1: being at practice, being able to practice and get excited

1212
01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:49,560
Speaker 1: and joke around and just normal stuff. I just I

1213
01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:51,520
Speaker 1: love being around the guys, and so I just can't

1214
01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:53,440
Speaker 1: wait to be out there in a game and to

1215
01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:55,360
Speaker 1: do whatever I can to help this team win. And

1216
01:05:55,440 --> 01:05:58,200
Speaker 1: what's it going to feel like to feel all of

1217
01:05:58,280 --> 01:06:02,640
Speaker 1: that emotion and passion from the fans and whether he's

1218
01:06:02,640 --> 01:06:05,720
Speaker 1: gonna be emotional. What's he senses all that? Yeah, of course,

1219
01:06:06,440 --> 01:06:09,720
Speaker 1: I'm definitely gonna. It's such a fine line in sports.

1220
01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:12,040
Speaker 1: You know, you have to have the adrenaline and use

1221
01:06:12,080 --> 01:06:15,080
Speaker 1: the adrenaline and harness that adrenaline because it can help

1222
01:06:15,080 --> 01:06:17,480
Speaker 1: you do incredible things and it can elevate your game

1223
01:06:17,520 --> 01:06:19,960
Speaker 1: to a new level. But you also have to at

1224
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:22,600
Speaker 1: the same time balance that with calmness and focus, because

1225
01:06:22,640 --> 01:06:25,360
Speaker 1: if you let it get too far out ahead of you,

1226
01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:28,600
Speaker 1: you know you're gonna you can tire yourself out, or

1227
01:06:28,640 --> 01:06:31,640
Speaker 1: you can trick yourself into doing something you shouldn't be

1228
01:06:31,640 --> 01:06:33,200
Speaker 1: doing because you think you're gonna make a big play.

1229
01:06:33,280 --> 01:06:35,640
Speaker 1: So I think for me, it's all about balancing that,

1230
01:06:35,720 --> 01:06:37,600
Speaker 1: and I think over the course of my career that's

1231
01:06:37,640 --> 01:06:39,760
Speaker 1: something that comes with time. It's not really something that

1232
01:06:39,800 --> 01:06:42,160
Speaker 1: you can learn right out of the gate. And so

1233
01:06:42,280 --> 01:06:45,120
Speaker 1: it's all about balance, and it's going to be harnessing

1234
01:06:45,120 --> 01:06:48,800
Speaker 1: that energy, that excitement, using it and getting the crowd excited,

1235
01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:52,200
Speaker 1: getting everybody excited, but at the same time remaining calm

1236
01:06:52,240 --> 01:06:54,520
Speaker 1: and focused on the task at hand and not letting

1237
01:06:54,520 --> 01:06:56,880
Speaker 1: it get away. And the task at hand is to

1238
01:06:56,960 --> 01:07:00,439
Speaker 1: slow down Bill's quarterback Josh Allen, who JJ saw four

1239
01:07:00,440 --> 01:07:02,680
Speaker 1: a half had a sack on him last year. Here's

1240
01:07:02,680 --> 01:07:04,960
Speaker 1: what JJ had to say about the Bill's quarterback. Yeah,

1241
01:07:05,000 --> 01:07:07,480
Speaker 1: he can do both things well and it's obviously got

1242
01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:09,840
Speaker 1: great arm strength, he can move around, he can run

1243
01:07:09,960 --> 01:07:12,080
Speaker 1: very well. I think he has over five hundred yards

1244
01:07:12,120 --> 01:07:15,280
Speaker 1: rushing on the year, so he's very talented. And as

1245
01:07:15,320 --> 01:07:17,440
Speaker 1: a pass rusher, you know your goal is to get

1246
01:07:17,440 --> 01:07:18,920
Speaker 1: home and get the sacks, but at the same time,

1247
01:07:18,960 --> 01:07:20,680
Speaker 1: you also have to be smart about how you're rushing,

1248
01:07:20,760 --> 01:07:23,920
Speaker 1: especially with the guy like this, So just be indiligent

1249
01:07:23,960 --> 01:07:25,680
Speaker 1: about ourass rush lanes and all of us having a

1250
01:07:25,760 --> 01:07:30,200
Speaker 1: plan together and doing our best. That is the one

1251
01:07:30,240 --> 01:07:31,600
Speaker 1: thing that we haven't talked a whole heck of a

1252
01:07:31,680 --> 01:07:34,640
Speaker 1: lot about. These guys have all played together this year.

1253
01:07:34,680 --> 01:07:36,400
Speaker 1: It's not as if JJ's played for the first time.

1254
01:07:36,920 --> 01:07:38,960
Speaker 1: It's just has been in a while. So they're gonna

1255
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:41,200
Speaker 1: have to kind of work those kinks out and how

1256
01:07:41,240 --> 01:07:43,800
Speaker 1: they work together. They got to go back to hey, man,

1257
01:07:43,880 --> 01:07:46,280
Speaker 1: you remember how we did this ten weeks ago, twelve

1258
01:07:46,320 --> 01:07:48,520
Speaker 1: weeks ago. I think they'll be fine, though, I think

1259
01:07:48,520 --> 01:07:53,120
Speaker 1: they'll be fine. One last one from JJ and he

1260
01:07:53,200 --> 01:07:56,440
Speaker 1: was asked, obviously everybody wants to know about pregame introductions,

1261
01:07:57,200 --> 01:07:59,360
Speaker 1: it's the offense is turned. So I don't know if

1262
01:07:59,400 --> 01:08:02,680
Speaker 1: the offense will be introduced first, I don't know. And

1263
01:08:02,840 --> 01:08:07,080
Speaker 1: if it is introduced first, does JJ somehow find his

1264
01:08:07,160 --> 01:08:09,720
Speaker 1: way on the offensive side of the ball. That'd be

1265
01:08:09,760 --> 01:08:13,240
Speaker 1: a story. No, I think I'm I think I'm gonna

1266
01:08:13,240 --> 01:08:15,919
Speaker 1: stick the defense. Doesn't mean I'm gonna score touchdown though,

1267
01:08:15,920 --> 01:08:18,799
Speaker 1: you know, wouldn't ever, that would be a great story,

1268
01:08:19,040 --> 01:08:20,920
Speaker 1: And it would be great if he could put a touchdown,

1269
01:08:21,080 --> 01:08:22,400
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, if he puts it, if he gets

1270
01:08:22,400 --> 01:08:24,320
Speaker 1: in the end zone. I mean, first of all, it's

1271
01:08:24,320 --> 01:08:25,680
Speaker 1: gonna be the north end zone if it's in an

1272
01:08:25,760 --> 01:08:27,799
Speaker 1: end zone, because that's where he shows all his touchdowns.

1273
01:08:28,280 --> 01:08:31,120
Speaker 1: But it wouldn't matter. A touchdown against Buffalo Bills. I'll

1274
01:08:31,120 --> 01:08:34,240
Speaker 1: take it. Had one in fourteen. Last touchdown in fact

1275
01:08:34,240 --> 01:08:39,240
Speaker 1: that he scored was twenty fifteens. All right, yeah, twenty fifteen,

1276
01:08:39,360 --> 01:08:42,120
Speaker 1: So maybe get this thing cranked up in twenty twenty

1277
01:08:42,240 --> 01:08:44,240
Speaker 1: to get in the end zone yet again. A big

1278
01:08:44,240 --> 01:08:46,639
Speaker 1: thanks to you everybody participated on the show, to Mark,

1279
01:08:46,680 --> 01:08:49,679
Speaker 1: to Drew, to Whitney, to JJ, to DP, to Chris Brown,

1280
01:08:50,160 --> 01:08:52,679
Speaker 1: to all of you out there, thank you so much.

1281
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:55,559
Speaker 1: Big One Tomorrow starts to three thirty five pregame show

1282
01:08:55,560 --> 01:08:58,400
Speaker 1: at twelve thirty five on Sports Radio six ten, Texas Unlimited,

1283
01:08:58,560 --> 01:09:00,599
Speaker 1: on our social channels, and on He's to Texas dot

1284
01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:03,000
Speaker 1: Com about hour before the game. Appreciate you guys so

1285
01:09:03,040 --> 01:09:05,200
Speaker 1: much for listening. We'll see tomorrow and it's always go Texans.

1286
01:09:05,960 --> 01:09:07,400
Speaker 1: We got one hour down and one hour to goo

1287
01:09:07,439 --> 01:09:09,519
Speaker 1: on It's Friday issue of Texans All Access from the

1288
01:09:09,640 --> 01:09:14,720
Speaker 1: Hunday Texans a radio studio and on a Friday evening, well,

1289
01:09:14,760 --> 01:09:16,639
Speaker 1: you know it's gonna be me John Harris, football analst

1290
01:09:16,640 --> 01:09:20,400
Speaker 1: and silo, the reporter and my partner play by play

1291
01:09:20,479 --> 01:09:23,200
Speaker 1: voice of the Houston Texans, and has been that since

1292
01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:26,719
Speaker 1: the beginning. It is Mark vander Meer. Mark, we are

1293
01:09:27,120 --> 01:09:30,479
Speaker 1: less than twenty four hours away. Twenty four hours from now,

1294
01:09:30,560 --> 01:09:32,960
Speaker 1: we'll know where the Texans have beating the bills. How

1295
01:09:33,040 --> 01:09:35,599
Speaker 1: you're feeling, you know, Johnny, I feel actually pretty good.

1296
01:09:35,680 --> 01:09:38,160
Speaker 1: My feelings I've learned this long ago don't mean anything.

1297
01:09:38,360 --> 01:09:40,320
Speaker 1: They have nothing to do with the outcome of the game,

1298
01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:43,160
Speaker 1: so it doesn't matter anyway. But I just think it's

1299
01:09:43,160 --> 01:09:45,719
Speaker 1: the kind of game the Texans should win there at home,

1300
01:09:46,200 --> 01:09:48,439
Speaker 1: and nothing's easy in the NFL, and you hear me

1301
01:09:48,479 --> 01:09:50,720
Speaker 1: say that every day. I just feel like this is

1302
01:09:50,760 --> 01:09:53,400
Speaker 1: a gut of out, low scoring kind of game, fourth

1303
01:09:53,479 --> 01:09:57,519
Speaker 1: quarter crunch time, and I just think at home, Deshaun Watson,

1304
01:09:57,720 --> 01:10:01,040
Speaker 1: second time to the postseason. Look last year, it's a memory,

1305
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:02,760
Speaker 1: and I know it has very little to do it

1306
01:10:02,800 --> 01:10:05,439
Speaker 1: this year, but they don't want to repeat what happened

1307
01:10:05,520 --> 01:10:07,680
Speaker 1: last year. And I just think they'll find a way

1308
01:10:07,680 --> 01:10:09,840
Speaker 1: to get over the hump and get into the divisional round.

1309
01:10:09,960 --> 01:10:12,040
Speaker 1: That's just my thought right now, but we'll see how

1310
01:10:12,040 --> 01:10:14,760
Speaker 1: it shapes up. On Saturday afternoon, when we were heading

1311
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:18,920
Speaker 1: into last year's game, how are you feeling? I was

1312
01:10:18,920 --> 01:10:21,639
Speaker 1: hoping you wouldn't bring this up, because I actually felt

1313
01:10:21,640 --> 01:10:24,400
Speaker 1: pretty good about last year, only because, all right, they

1314
01:10:24,400 --> 01:10:27,559
Speaker 1: lost to the one at home at home in the

1315
01:10:27,600 --> 01:10:30,439
Speaker 1: regular season, and then they go back on the road,

1316
01:10:30,439 --> 01:10:32,800
Speaker 1: they beat the Jets, had the rally late to do it,

1317
01:10:33,080 --> 01:10:35,639
Speaker 1: and then they have that shootout with Philly and they

1318
01:10:35,720 --> 01:10:37,639
Speaker 1: lose because they can't make the stop. But I thought

1319
01:10:37,920 --> 01:10:40,160
Speaker 1: the offense will be fine. They got to find a

1320
01:10:40,200 --> 01:10:41,680
Speaker 1: way to play better d at home. I knew it

1321
01:10:41,680 --> 01:10:43,000
Speaker 1: was Andrew Luck and I knew it was gonna be

1322
01:10:43,080 --> 01:10:45,519
Speaker 1: tough with the Colts. When t Y Hilton came to

1323
01:10:45,560 --> 01:10:47,920
Speaker 1: the stadium and the clown mask, I thought, they're gonna

1324
01:10:47,920 --> 01:10:50,400
Speaker 1: be so set, They're gonna be Forest Winner car at

1325
01:10:50,439 --> 01:10:54,559
Speaker 1: fast times at Ridgemont High upset. But they weren't mean

1326
01:10:54,600 --> 01:10:57,200
Speaker 1: I'm sure they were upset, but they they got upset

1327
01:10:57,560 --> 01:11:00,160
Speaker 1: at home. The Colts were able to run the football.

1328
01:11:00,200 --> 01:11:02,240
Speaker 1: They hit t y early, but that was about it.

1329
01:11:02,240 --> 01:11:04,800
Speaker 1: He just did damage on that initial drive and that

1330
01:11:04,880 --> 01:11:07,880
Speaker 1: was all really and the Texans couldn't execute on offense.

1331
01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:09,960
Speaker 1: Then the face mask that wasn't called, and I still

1332
01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:12,559
Speaker 1: think that might might have changed the game at least

1333
01:11:12,600 --> 01:11:14,920
Speaker 1: a little bit, given them a little bit more of

1334
01:11:14,960 --> 01:11:17,360
Speaker 1: a chance in the second half. And as bad as

1335
01:11:17,360 --> 01:11:19,160
Speaker 1: it was, we remember how that game was, they had

1336
01:11:19,160 --> 01:11:22,679
Speaker 1: some chances. They got the ball in Indie territory, unable

1337
01:11:22,720 --> 01:11:26,160
Speaker 1: to close the deal and score points and get closer,

1338
01:11:26,200 --> 01:11:28,400
Speaker 1: and that that was what it was. I just think

1339
01:11:28,439 --> 01:11:32,080
Speaker 1: it's a better team now, more talent, Watson's a year older,

1340
01:11:32,200 --> 01:11:35,720
Speaker 1: more mature in terms of football playing experience, mature and

1341
01:11:35,760 --> 01:11:38,240
Speaker 1: they should be able to get the job done. Should, though,

1342
01:11:38,320 --> 01:11:40,280
Speaker 1: as we all know, is a word that shouldn't exist

1343
01:11:40,320 --> 01:11:42,320
Speaker 1: in the NFL. The Bills are so tough. You and

1344
01:11:42,320 --> 01:11:44,160
Speaker 1: I were going over and how many games they've won,

1345
01:11:44,200 --> 01:11:47,360
Speaker 1: scoring less than twenty the fact that they've lost six

1346
01:11:47,400 --> 01:11:49,679
Speaker 1: games and five of them were a touchdown or less.

1347
01:11:49,920 --> 01:11:53,080
Speaker 1: This is a very difficult out, very difficult team to play,

1348
01:11:53,360 --> 01:11:54,760
Speaker 1: and they're just gonna have to find a way to

1349
01:11:54,760 --> 01:11:56,880
Speaker 1: get it done. But you're at home, and this is

1350
01:11:57,320 --> 01:11:59,800
Speaker 1: what you need to do. I sort of feel like

1351
01:12:00,479 --> 01:12:03,559
Speaker 1: not playing a team a third time, I mean, because

1352
01:12:03,560 --> 01:12:06,480
Speaker 1: there was a possibility that it could have been the Titans. Yeah,

1353
01:12:06,520 --> 01:12:08,439
Speaker 1: for the third time in four weeks. And by the

1354
01:12:08,439 --> 01:12:10,640
Speaker 1: way I was, I was almost hoping it happened for

1355
01:12:10,800 --> 01:12:15,000
Speaker 1: one reason and one reason only, and that would have

1356
01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:18,360
Speaker 1: been that I don't think it's ever happened. I don't

1357
01:12:18,360 --> 01:12:22,200
Speaker 1: think it's ever happened in which a player would have

1358
01:12:22,240 --> 01:12:25,400
Speaker 1: faced a team four times in a year. It would

1359
01:12:25,400 --> 01:12:27,960
Speaker 1: have happened had we played the Titans again, because Vernon

1360
01:12:28,040 --> 01:12:33,080
Speaker 1: Hargraves would have accounted for four meetings with the Titans,

1361
01:12:33,080 --> 01:12:35,680
Speaker 1: because he played the one up in Tennessee with Tampa,

1362
01:12:35,800 --> 01:12:37,280
Speaker 1: then he played the two with US, and then a

1363
01:12:37,320 --> 01:12:39,519
Speaker 1: playoff game. Now maybe there's another playoff game at the

1364
01:12:39,600 --> 01:12:42,240
Speaker 1: end of this. I mean, who knows, But that would

1365
01:12:42,240 --> 01:12:45,400
Speaker 1: have been four times at about eight weeks that Vernon

1366
01:12:45,479 --> 01:12:47,800
Speaker 1: would have looked over there and seen the Tennessee Titans.

1367
01:12:47,840 --> 01:12:51,519
Speaker 1: So I wanted it for that reason and that reason alone,

1368
01:12:51,600 --> 01:12:53,479
Speaker 1: because that's a that's a pretty interest. I don't think

1369
01:12:53,520 --> 01:12:56,000
Speaker 1: that's I don't think that's ever happened. Elias would have

1370
01:12:56,080 --> 01:12:59,519
Speaker 1: to pour through a lot of stuff there. There's no way, though,

1371
01:13:00,120 --> 01:13:02,439
Speaker 1: you'd have to play a team three times and then

1372
01:13:02,479 --> 01:13:05,000
Speaker 1: have been traded so you played them one other time.

1373
01:13:05,479 --> 01:13:08,360
Speaker 1: I don't doesn't that doesn't that can't exist. Can't. Actually,

1374
01:13:08,439 --> 01:13:10,120
Speaker 1: it would be pretty easy to check. You just look

1375
01:13:10,160 --> 01:13:12,320
Speaker 1: for whoever played three and then look for the trades

1376
01:13:12,320 --> 01:13:15,440
Speaker 1: on those teams and then go back from there. Preseason

1377
01:13:15,479 --> 01:13:18,080
Speaker 1: wouldn't count, but there have been times when the Texans

1378
01:13:18,120 --> 01:13:19,920
Speaker 1: play the Saints in the preseason and they played the

1379
01:13:19,960 --> 01:13:24,120
Speaker 1: regular season. That kind of thing. Cowboys two, so maybe,

1380
01:13:24,240 --> 01:13:26,680
Speaker 1: but you know, that's an NFC, that's a cross conference

1381
01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:28,680
Speaker 1: kind of thing, so you wouldn't have it in that

1382
01:13:28,760 --> 01:13:31,120
Speaker 1: context unless you were playing them in a Super Bowl.

1383
01:13:31,160 --> 01:13:33,519
Speaker 1: I don't know, whatever, Maybe it's just one of those things.

1384
01:13:33,520 --> 01:13:35,960
Speaker 1: You're right, that would have been a freaky occurrence, and

1385
01:13:36,120 --> 01:13:38,639
Speaker 1: I'm kind of glad it didn't happen. I'd rather I'd

1386
01:13:38,760 --> 01:13:41,800
Speaker 1: rather play a team that we haven't played in the

1387
01:13:41,800 --> 01:13:44,000
Speaker 1: play that we haven't played during the season in the playoffs.

1388
01:13:44,120 --> 01:13:47,120
Speaker 1: I don't like rematches in the playoffs for some particular reason.

1389
01:13:47,200 --> 01:13:48,720
Speaker 1: But you know, it is, it is what it is.

1390
01:13:48,800 --> 01:13:50,599
Speaker 1: Didn't work out well with the Cults, did not work

1391
01:13:50,640 --> 01:13:54,800
Speaker 1: out well with Kansas City. No, those were in wildcard round.

1392
01:13:54,840 --> 01:13:57,679
Speaker 1: Now you get the divisional round, especially when you've played

1393
01:13:57,720 --> 01:14:00,559
Speaker 1: a first place schedule, you're gonna have a a rematch

1394
01:14:00,560 --> 01:14:02,720
Speaker 1: of some that you had it with the Raiders. How

1395
01:14:02,760 --> 01:14:04,920
Speaker 1: about that. But it was a different Raider team of

1396
01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:08,080
Speaker 1: a different quarterback by the time they got here. Yeah, No,

1397
01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:11,599
Speaker 1: that was definitely different all around. That was a different

1398
01:14:11,640 --> 01:14:14,400
Speaker 1: Raiders team. It's funny what those two teams went through

1399
01:14:15,000 --> 01:14:17,600
Speaker 1: Following that Mexico City game. The Texans went through the

1400
01:14:17,640 --> 01:14:21,680
Speaker 1: benching of brock Oswyler, the return of brock Oswylder. The

1401
01:14:21,880 --> 01:14:24,200
Speaker 1: Raiders went through a little bit of a dip and

1402
01:14:24,240 --> 01:14:28,080
Speaker 1: the injury to Derek Carr and also Matt mcloy and

1403
01:14:28,080 --> 01:14:30,719
Speaker 1: they had to go to Connor Cook So both teams

1404
01:14:30,720 --> 01:14:32,960
Speaker 1: had experienced a lot of stuff before they got to

1405
01:14:33,000 --> 01:14:35,880
Speaker 1: wild Card round. Man the NFL, week to week, it's

1406
01:14:35,920 --> 01:14:39,200
Speaker 1: such an adventure and in a month, so much changes.

1407
01:14:39,439 --> 01:14:42,439
Speaker 1: I was watching a sound bite of Watson after the

1408
01:14:42,439 --> 01:14:44,439
Speaker 1: Atlanta game and I thought it was gonna be the

1409
01:14:44,439 --> 01:14:46,920
Speaker 1: funny one where they overdubb his voice talking about the

1410
01:14:46,960 --> 01:14:49,320
Speaker 1: Falcons defense. But it was straight up. But anyway, I

1411
01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:52,559
Speaker 1: was taken. That was so long ago, eons ago, the

1412
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:54,800
Speaker 1: Texans played the Falcons. Well, you were. You were mentioned

1413
01:14:54,800 --> 01:14:58,040
Speaker 1: the other day about NFL Network was playing the top

1414
01:14:58,080 --> 01:14:59,560
Speaker 1: five games and one of the top five games it

1415
01:14:59,640 --> 01:15:03,160
Speaker 1: was the Saints. And it feels like that was last year. Yeah,

1416
01:15:03,240 --> 01:15:05,559
Speaker 1: it doesn't even feel like it was it was this

1417
01:15:05,760 --> 01:15:10,120
Speaker 1: year at all. It was last year. But yeah, exactly.

1418
01:15:10,360 --> 01:15:12,639
Speaker 1: But I mean to have played that game on Monday

1419
01:15:12,720 --> 01:15:14,400
Speaker 1: night and how good a game it was on that Monday,

1420
01:15:14,560 --> 01:15:16,479
Speaker 1: it feels like that was forever ago. I mean, the

1421
01:15:16,560 --> 01:15:19,600
Speaker 1: loss of Carolina feels like it was forever and I

1422
01:15:19,720 --> 01:15:22,479
Speaker 1: barely remember that. I do remember losing, but I barely

1423
01:15:22,479 --> 01:15:24,800
Speaker 1: remember that game. The even flow of it. Yeah, it

1424
01:15:24,880 --> 01:15:27,040
Speaker 1: wasn't flowing very well for the Texans that day. And

1425
01:15:27,080 --> 01:15:29,000
Speaker 1: you and I were talking about the Jacksonville game, the

1426
01:15:29,040 --> 01:15:31,040
Speaker 1: fact that you only scored thirteen points at that one

1427
01:15:31,120 --> 01:15:33,759
Speaker 1: and able to hang on with the two point conversion

1428
01:15:33,800 --> 01:15:35,760
Speaker 1: stop at the end that goodness they went for two.

1429
01:15:35,760 --> 01:15:38,639
Speaker 1: Although if they kicked it, I mean, you feel decent

1430
01:15:38,640 --> 01:15:41,320
Speaker 1: about your overtime chances at home, and it hadn't moved

1431
01:15:41,320 --> 01:15:45,040
Speaker 1: the ball at all. It was interesting about that Jacksonville

1432
01:15:45,040 --> 01:15:47,120
Speaker 1: game at home. Now, I don't know if we're gonna

1433
01:15:47,120 --> 01:15:49,639
Speaker 1: see Will Fuller on Saturday, and I mean that's gonna

1434
01:15:49,680 --> 01:15:51,640
Speaker 1: be left up in year until about an hour and

1435
01:15:51,680 --> 01:15:54,040
Speaker 1: a half before the game. As I've said earlier, that's

1436
01:15:54,040 --> 01:15:58,479
Speaker 1: when the decision come out tomorrow morning, whatever the case is.

1437
01:15:58,640 --> 01:16:01,280
Speaker 1: But you want to officially until that that little mini

1438
01:16:01,320 --> 01:16:05,240
Speaker 1: workout happens till two o five. But of the hops

1439
01:16:05,680 --> 01:16:12,080
Speaker 1: the Hopkins, Fuller Watson twenty games that they have played together,

1440
01:16:13,120 --> 01:16:18,160
Speaker 1: that Jacksonville game was the lowest amount of passing yards

1441
01:16:18,520 --> 01:16:21,040
Speaker 1: that the Texans have had when they had all three

1442
01:16:21,080 --> 01:16:24,439
Speaker 1: on the field together for Fuller, Hopkins, Watson and for

1443
01:16:24,520 --> 01:16:27,280
Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty eight yards that's bizarre. Well, that

1444
01:16:27,439 --> 01:16:29,360
Speaker 1: goes to show you what did we always say divisional

1445
01:16:29,360 --> 01:16:32,639
Speaker 1: opponents they know you and they can they can come

1446
01:16:32,720 --> 01:16:34,599
Speaker 1: up with the big upset. And that was a good

1447
01:16:34,640 --> 01:16:37,320
Speaker 1: defense that had Jalen Ramsey on it, and that defense

1448
01:16:37,360 --> 01:16:40,200
Speaker 1: started kind of feeling it in the second half. By

1449
01:16:40,240 --> 01:16:42,080
Speaker 1: the time we faced them in London, of course the

1450
01:16:42,120 --> 01:16:44,320
Speaker 1: defense had changed due to some trades and such. But

1451
01:16:44,840 --> 01:16:47,439
Speaker 1: in that in that Carolina game, you know one play

1452
01:16:47,479 --> 01:16:50,240
Speaker 1: that I actually I pulled up this morning and I

1453
01:16:50,280 --> 01:16:54,760
Speaker 1: was doing interview in Austin and Aaron Hogan asked me

1454
01:16:54,840 --> 01:16:58,760
Speaker 1: about j J Watt and for some reason, and he

1455
01:16:58,960 --> 01:17:02,120
Speaker 1: as he was mentioning JJ, he mentioned something about the team,

1456
01:17:02,400 --> 01:17:04,960
Speaker 1: are they going to be consistent, They'll get JJ wat back?

1457
01:17:05,000 --> 01:17:06,719
Speaker 1: Are they gonna be the team that lost to Carolina?

1458
01:17:06,920 --> 01:17:09,240
Speaker 1: And hearing JJ and hearing Carolina and then fought back

1459
01:17:09,240 --> 01:17:12,120
Speaker 1: through oh Man. In that game, JJ had a sack

1460
01:17:12,200 --> 01:17:16,240
Speaker 1: dead to rights and Kyle Allen ducked underneath him and

1461
01:17:16,280 --> 01:17:19,400
Speaker 1: then through for a first down and we couldn't get

1462
01:17:19,400 --> 01:17:21,000
Speaker 1: the we could get the ball back. We end up

1463
01:17:21,040 --> 01:17:23,280
Speaker 1: getting the ball back with like twenty seconds left. Oh

1464
01:17:23,680 --> 01:17:26,280
Speaker 1: And I was like, oh my gosh, that Carolina game

1465
01:17:26,320 --> 01:17:29,599
Speaker 1: had so many things wrong with it, so many things,

1466
01:17:29,880 --> 01:17:31,360
Speaker 1: but in that game we did have JJ, which it

1467
01:17:31,439 --> 01:17:35,800
Speaker 1: leads me to this question, we expect him from him tomorrow. Look,

1468
01:17:35,840 --> 01:17:39,240
Speaker 1: I expect him to play. I don't know, maybe forty.

1469
01:17:40,520 --> 01:17:42,559
Speaker 1: That's just my gut feeling, and I really don't know,

1470
01:17:42,680 --> 01:17:45,800
Speaker 1: So I'm not trying to leak anything here or guess

1471
01:17:45,840 --> 01:17:48,639
Speaker 1: with any kind of knowledge on how he works into

1472
01:17:48,680 --> 01:17:52,200
Speaker 1: the game plan. But I think he'll be there at

1473
01:17:52,280 --> 01:17:54,920
Speaker 1: key moments and have a chance to make plays. And

1474
01:17:55,640 --> 01:17:57,320
Speaker 1: I think that's all you can really ask for, have

1475
01:17:57,400 --> 01:18:00,000
Speaker 1: a chance to make plays. Right now, I'd be surprised

1476
01:18:00,439 --> 01:18:03,320
Speaker 1: if he's a game record tomorrow, But I guess nothing

1477
01:18:03,320 --> 01:18:05,760
Speaker 1: really should should surprise us with what, you know, what

1478
01:18:05,960 --> 01:18:09,040
Speaker 1: has risen from not exactly from stuff like this before

1479
01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:12,240
Speaker 1: within the season, but getting the cast off, you know,

1480
01:18:12,320 --> 01:18:14,960
Speaker 1: things like that where he's able to, you know, all

1481
01:18:15,000 --> 01:18:18,400
Speaker 1: of a sudden be jj Watt again. It's a lot

1482
01:18:18,479 --> 01:18:21,639
Speaker 1: to ask. It's so surprising to me, and I think

1483
01:18:21,640 --> 01:18:23,960
Speaker 1: it's a great story that he's able to make his

1484
01:18:24,040 --> 01:18:27,240
Speaker 1: way back, But the story is not yet completely written,

1485
01:18:27,240 --> 01:18:28,639
Speaker 1: and we'll see how it goes. I mean, if he's

1486
01:18:28,640 --> 01:18:32,400
Speaker 1: just out there as a body then was it worth it?

1487
01:18:32,479 --> 01:18:34,360
Speaker 1: You know? And only he could really answer that, and

1488
01:18:34,360 --> 01:18:36,240
Speaker 1: I guess only the team could based on the result

1489
01:18:36,280 --> 01:18:39,960
Speaker 1: that they're given. But it does give Buffalo a lot

1490
01:18:40,040 --> 01:18:43,280
Speaker 1: to prepare for. I mean, they would be idiots. Think

1491
01:18:43,280 --> 01:18:45,479
Speaker 1: about it from a Texans point of view, if you

1492
01:18:45,479 --> 01:18:47,320
Speaker 1: were facing a guy like JJ Watt, if it was

1493
01:18:47,520 --> 01:18:50,519
Speaker 1: Von Miller you were facing and you didn't know if

1494
01:18:50,520 --> 01:18:53,000
Speaker 1: he was going to be all Von or not, you'd

1495
01:18:53,040 --> 01:18:56,000
Speaker 1: be an idiot not to prepare for the full onslaught

1496
01:18:56,080 --> 01:18:58,760
Speaker 1: that he can bring, you know. So the Bills have

1497
01:18:58,840 --> 01:19:02,320
Speaker 1: to prepare for what JJ can possibly do a full potential,

1498
01:19:02,680 --> 01:19:05,200
Speaker 1: because if they don't, and what's able to display that

1499
01:19:05,320 --> 01:19:09,120
Speaker 1: even on occasion, well you're dead. So they got to

1500
01:19:09,120 --> 01:19:10,519
Speaker 1: be ready for it. And that's a good thing that

1501
01:19:10,560 --> 01:19:15,439
Speaker 1: they've had to spend time on it. That's exactly. I

1502
01:19:15,439 --> 01:19:18,400
Speaker 1: have no idea what JJ. I'd like to think JJ

1503
01:19:18,560 --> 01:19:20,639
Speaker 1: can be. JJ the one, the one that we all know.

1504
01:19:21,120 --> 01:19:23,720
Speaker 1: But it's his first game back since October, middle of

1505
01:19:23,720 --> 01:19:26,400
Speaker 1: October when he played went out in the second quarter

1506
01:19:26,400 --> 01:19:30,080
Speaker 1: of that Oakland game, and so look, he might be

1507
01:19:30,120 --> 01:19:33,040
Speaker 1: in condition, whether it's in football shape or not. We

1508
01:19:33,080 --> 01:19:34,960
Speaker 1: don't know. They did hit in practice one of the

1509
01:19:35,080 --> 01:19:36,920
Speaker 1: days they had shoulder pads on not I don't know

1510
01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:39,800
Speaker 1: how much they hit. So he's still gonna have to

1511
01:19:39,880 --> 01:19:44,080
Speaker 1: go through that process of where's my body, how am

1512
01:19:44,120 --> 01:19:46,400
Speaker 1: I feeling? Can I use all my moves? Can I

1513
01:19:46,479 --> 01:19:48,800
Speaker 1: use my hands? How is it? How is it reacting?

1514
01:19:49,560 --> 01:19:52,559
Speaker 1: And I think early on in the first half in particular,

1515
01:19:52,600 --> 01:19:54,000
Speaker 1: I do agree with you. I do think it's going

1516
01:19:54,040 --> 01:19:56,479
Speaker 1: to be a situation in which they kind of all right,

1517
01:19:56,520 --> 01:19:58,479
Speaker 1: I'll see what you got. Let's kind of roll with it,

1518
01:19:58,640 --> 01:20:00,000
Speaker 1: and at some point he's gonna come here and tell

1519
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:02,160
Speaker 1: the sideline, look, I can do this. I got this.

1520
01:20:02,360 --> 01:20:04,720
Speaker 1: Let me go other than the second half. If they

1521
01:20:04,760 --> 01:20:07,200
Speaker 1: need it, then you go out there and he's full

1522
01:20:07,200 --> 01:20:09,400
Speaker 1: born a second half. If if you need it, but

1523
01:20:10,680 --> 01:20:14,200
Speaker 1: you said it, they have to prepare for him. It's

1524
01:20:14,200 --> 01:20:16,400
Speaker 1: a lot, you know. It's very similar to you used

1525
01:20:16,479 --> 01:20:18,200
Speaker 1: Von Miller's an example. I think it's very similar to

1526
01:20:18,240 --> 01:20:21,400
Speaker 1: the Texans in when von Miller. Von Miller was questionable.

1527
01:20:21,400 --> 01:20:24,080
Speaker 1: He had missed the game before the Texans, and there

1528
01:20:24,160 --> 01:20:26,080
Speaker 1: was some thought that maybe he's not gonna come back.

1529
01:20:26,280 --> 01:20:27,920
Speaker 1: He was only gonna play. He was one hundred percent

1530
01:20:28,479 --> 01:20:29,800
Speaker 1: and at a buddy mind, I was on the side.

1531
01:20:30,040 --> 01:20:32,439
Speaker 1: He was here from Brown and he was actually Bill's

1532
01:20:32,520 --> 01:20:35,640
Speaker 1: roommate in college. I saw him before the game and

1533
01:20:35,720 --> 01:20:38,160
Speaker 1: he goes. First thing Bill says, he walks out of

1534
01:20:38,160 --> 01:20:41,240
Speaker 1: the locker room, is von Miller's playing today? Oh man, Now,

1535
01:20:41,280 --> 01:20:43,800
Speaker 1: the Texans prepared for it. Von didn't have a great game,

1536
01:20:43,880 --> 01:20:46,360
Speaker 1: but they did had to spend all week preparing for it,

1537
01:20:46,400 --> 01:20:47,680
Speaker 1: and at least they were ready. But it was the

1538
01:20:47,720 --> 01:20:50,200
Speaker 1: first thing on his mind. Oh Man, von Miller's playing.

1539
01:20:50,720 --> 01:20:55,439
Speaker 1: So I guarantee you tonight, Cody Ford, Dion Dawkins, They're

1540
01:20:55,439 --> 01:20:56,920
Speaker 1: all gonna go to sleep thinking, oh man, I gotta

1541
01:20:56,920 --> 01:20:59,200
Speaker 1: face J. J. Watt tomorrow. Okay, here are the things

1542
01:20:59,240 --> 01:21:00,960
Speaker 1: I got to be able to do, right, I'm gonna

1543
01:21:00,960 --> 01:21:02,559
Speaker 1: am I gonna get some help? Am I not? You know,

1544
01:21:02,560 --> 01:21:04,280
Speaker 1: those are all things that they're gonna have to encounter

1545
01:21:04,360 --> 01:21:06,040
Speaker 1: during this game, which you're gonna be really interested to

1546
01:21:06,040 --> 01:21:11,040
Speaker 1: see how they handle that. And sometimes what just in

1547
01:21:11,320 --> 01:21:15,559
Speaker 1: name alone, in presence alone might be enough to free

1548
01:21:15,560 --> 01:21:17,759
Speaker 1: somebody else up to get to the quarterback well, because

1549
01:21:17,800 --> 01:21:20,160
Speaker 1: he might eat up a double team. But if they

1550
01:21:20,280 --> 01:21:23,160
Speaker 1: figure they can handle him because he's just not healthy

1551
01:21:23,280 --> 01:21:26,439
Speaker 1: enough to do business against a double team or warrant

1552
01:21:26,439 --> 01:21:28,639
Speaker 1: a double team. Then all of a sudden they switch

1553
01:21:28,680 --> 01:21:31,000
Speaker 1: pretty quickly because they're not dummies about it. So we'll

1554
01:21:31,000 --> 01:21:32,680
Speaker 1: see how that goes. You'd love to be able to

1555
01:21:32,680 --> 01:21:34,920
Speaker 1: get a big play early because of the Watt presence.

1556
01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:39,160
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, early this place will if Wat himself.

1557
01:21:39,920 --> 01:21:41,840
Speaker 1: I'm just thinking even a double team on him and

1558
01:21:41,840 --> 01:21:44,160
Speaker 1: with these freed up, and he goes ahead and does

1559
01:21:44,200 --> 01:21:47,360
Speaker 1: something or a mena who or whoever. So and here's

1560
01:21:47,360 --> 01:21:50,479
Speaker 1: the other thing. I really like sending extra people after

1561
01:21:50,479 --> 01:21:54,680
Speaker 1: the quarterback, especially a younger quarterback in this situation, you know,

1562
01:21:54,720 --> 01:21:58,599
Speaker 1: and you gotta get the big umbrella going the bracket

1563
01:21:58,760 --> 01:22:00,479
Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it. What do you call

1564
01:22:00,520 --> 01:22:06,880
Speaker 1: it now? The arc? Uh, just surround the guys. Yeah,

1565
01:22:06,920 --> 01:22:09,120
Speaker 1: and and claps the well on him quickly, make him

1566
01:22:09,160 --> 01:22:12,080
Speaker 1: look at you and not down field. And I think

1567
01:22:12,120 --> 01:22:14,800
Speaker 1: that's big. The two teams I thought that had some

1568
01:22:14,880 --> 01:22:19,519
Speaker 1: success against him were well three teams actually, the Browns,

1569
01:22:19,600 --> 01:22:23,360
Speaker 1: the Patriots, and the Ravens. And they sent heat. They

1570
01:22:23,400 --> 01:22:26,360
Speaker 1: sent heat and said deal with it. Well, we'll try

1571
01:22:26,360 --> 01:22:28,360
Speaker 1: and handle your receivers. One on one another. Patriots got

1572
01:22:28,360 --> 01:22:32,479
Speaker 1: burned once, Um and the Browns got burned once. John

1573
01:22:32,520 --> 01:22:35,439
Speaker 1: Brown passed on a blitz. I'm trying to remember what

1574
01:22:35,479 --> 01:22:37,599
Speaker 1: the front was. No, No, it was not a blitz.

1575
01:22:37,640 --> 01:22:40,960
Speaker 1: What happened was van Oy read it perfectly and and

1576
01:22:41,080 --> 01:22:46,320
Speaker 1: he stopped Alan from booting, and so Alan pulled up.

1577
01:22:46,880 --> 01:22:49,120
Speaker 1: Vanoy kept coming. Then a linebacker kept coming. I don't

1578
01:22:49,120 --> 01:22:50,800
Speaker 1: know if they brought blitz on that. That was a

1579
01:22:50,880 --> 01:22:52,760
Speaker 1: pure double team. I was supposed to be a double

1580
01:22:52,800 --> 01:22:56,439
Speaker 1: team on Brown on Brown, and he spun Gilmore around,

1581
01:22:56,880 --> 01:22:58,760
Speaker 1: and by spinning him around, he essentially got one on

1582
01:22:58,760 --> 01:23:01,639
Speaker 1: one on mccordion. Mccordy was shallow and Brown ran behind him.

1583
01:23:01,680 --> 01:23:04,080
Speaker 1: So that was his double team that Brown beat. I

1584
01:23:04,080 --> 01:23:06,280
Speaker 1: don't think it was pressure. I don't think, but when

1585
01:23:06,320 --> 01:23:09,080
Speaker 1: he's seen pressure, he is airmail deep throws. Now the

1586
01:23:09,080 --> 01:23:12,280
Speaker 1: one thing in Buffalo trying to navigate the wind. That

1587
01:23:12,320 --> 01:23:13,880
Speaker 1: can be kind of tough. Now, he did play why

1588
01:23:13,960 --> 01:23:15,439
Speaker 1: on me, so we should know it. But that's tough

1589
01:23:15,479 --> 01:23:18,880
Speaker 1: to try to navigate the wind, no conditions tomorrow. Look,

1590
01:23:18,920 --> 01:23:21,640
Speaker 1: this is yours roof closed to me. This is a

1591
01:23:21,640 --> 01:23:24,559
Speaker 1: field position game all the way. You got to find

1592
01:23:24,560 --> 01:23:27,599
Speaker 1: a way to just make him play on the long field. Look,

1593
01:23:27,600 --> 01:23:29,360
Speaker 1: you're gonna they're gonna make some plays. I mean, it's

1594
01:23:29,360 --> 01:23:31,000
Speaker 1: a playoff game. They're gonna make some plays. It's a

1595
01:23:31,000 --> 01:23:33,360
Speaker 1: good football team. They've won ten games. You just have

1596
01:23:33,439 --> 01:23:36,679
Speaker 1: to keep the damage at a minimum here, at big

1597
01:23:36,760 --> 01:23:41,120
Speaker 1: play minimum. And I've said it yesterday, twenty to me

1598
01:23:41,240 --> 01:23:44,160
Speaker 1: is the number you get twenty, you win the football game.

1599
01:23:44,560 --> 01:23:46,160
Speaker 1: I think the defense will be good enough to get

1600
01:23:46,200 --> 01:23:49,200
Speaker 1: that done. But again, it's a big assignment. Easier said

1601
01:23:49,200 --> 01:23:51,800
Speaker 1: than done, and it's gonna be a meat grinder offensive

1602
01:23:52,040 --> 01:23:55,200
Speaker 1: X factor to me, and I want to get yours

1603
01:23:55,720 --> 01:24:00,680
Speaker 1: offensive X factor tomorrow. Duke Johnson. I like that, and

1604
01:24:00,720 --> 01:24:02,280
Speaker 1: I think you can say that every week. You know,

1605
01:24:02,400 --> 01:24:04,960
Speaker 1: he makes plays. And you know we all want to

1606
01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:06,400
Speaker 1: see what he does as a receiver out of the

1607
01:24:06,400 --> 01:24:09,519
Speaker 1: backfield or however they line him up, they go five wide,

1608
01:24:09,520 --> 01:24:12,920
Speaker 1: they put him out, Um, I'll go Fells. I want

1609
01:24:12,920 --> 01:24:14,920
Speaker 1: to see it be a Fells game. They look, they

1610
01:24:14,960 --> 01:24:18,439
Speaker 1: sat Fells. Fells goes from who's this guy? I mean

1611
01:24:18,439 --> 01:24:21,120
Speaker 1: we all do from left left in the offseason, he

1612
01:24:21,160 --> 01:24:23,720
Speaker 1: had left left tackle too. Oh, we need to sit

1613
01:24:23,800 --> 01:24:26,719
Speaker 1: him in the final game that's meaningless because we need

1614
01:24:26,840 --> 01:24:28,920
Speaker 1: him tomorrow or next week in the playoffs. I mean

1615
01:24:28,920 --> 01:24:31,920
Speaker 1: that's pretty huge. That's a huge compliment to Fells good

1616
01:24:32,360 --> 01:24:36,479
Speaker 1: defensive X factor. I'm gonna say a guy we haven't

1617
01:24:36,479 --> 01:24:39,280
Speaker 1: seen for a few weeks, but Ardrick McKinney, and then

1618
01:24:39,280 --> 01:24:41,519
Speaker 1: I'm an X factor might be even too much big

1619
01:24:41,600 --> 01:24:46,360
Speaker 1: McKinney game. This is I mean Devin Singletary. Devin Singletary

1620
01:24:46,439 --> 01:24:48,640
Speaker 1: is a dude. I think people are gonna find it

1621
01:24:48,680 --> 01:24:51,040
Speaker 1: out in the twenty six. Is a dude. He is

1622
01:24:51,080 --> 01:24:54,559
Speaker 1: gonna be a problem for teams as his his career

1623
01:24:54,600 --> 01:24:55,960
Speaker 1: goes out. I know there's a lot of talking about

1624
01:24:56,000 --> 01:24:57,920
Speaker 1: Frank Gore and get all that, like oh the one two,

1625
01:24:58,280 --> 01:25:01,240
Speaker 1: No, no no, no, this is a one punch. It's Devin Singletary.

1626
01:25:01,280 --> 01:25:02,760
Speaker 1: This is a B MAC kind of game. It's a

1627
01:25:02,800 --> 01:25:06,280
Speaker 1: double cold tub game. You got B Mac and Cunningham.

1628
01:25:06,640 --> 01:25:09,760
Speaker 1: They are gonna feel this one because it's a sledgehammer team,

1629
01:25:09,840 --> 01:25:11,759
Speaker 1: you know, so you're gonna have to have those inside

1630
01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:15,360
Speaker 1: linebackers going crazy for you all afternoon long. Look, I

1631
01:25:15,360 --> 01:25:18,120
Speaker 1: think it's an easy pick to say Justin Reid because

1632
01:25:18,360 --> 01:25:20,559
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to hit some guys and I don't

1633
01:25:20,560 --> 01:25:22,080
Speaker 1: know how he does it. He won the d Block

1634
01:25:22,160 --> 01:25:24,639
Speaker 1: Courage Award. He's got that red jersey out in practice.

1635
01:25:24,680 --> 01:25:28,479
Speaker 1: He's been dealing with stuff all season long, but it

1636
01:25:28,479 --> 01:25:31,400
Speaker 1: doesn't stop him. It doesn't stop him from bringing the lumber.

1637
01:25:31,720 --> 01:25:33,439
Speaker 1: So I just think it's one and it's one of

1638
01:25:33,479 --> 01:25:35,720
Speaker 1: those games where I still expect some rotation in the

1639
01:25:35,720 --> 01:25:39,120
Speaker 1: defensive backfield, and not because of oh my gosh, coverage wise,

1640
01:25:39,720 --> 01:25:41,599
Speaker 1: we just don't know how to handle it. It's because

1641
01:25:41,880 --> 01:25:45,080
Speaker 1: it's gonna be so physical and everybody's gonna have to

1642
01:25:45,080 --> 01:25:48,120
Speaker 1: bring their tackling skills, the top tackling skills they've got.

1643
01:25:48,240 --> 01:25:50,960
Speaker 1: Because it's a Buffalo team that you know, it's it's

1644
01:25:50,960 --> 01:25:52,680
Speaker 1: an elementary to say you gotta keep a team in

1645
01:25:52,760 --> 01:25:55,360
Speaker 1: long down and distance. But for them, they're gonna try

1646
01:25:55,360 --> 01:25:57,040
Speaker 1: to move the football on the ground. And you know,

1647
01:25:57,080 --> 01:26:01,160
Speaker 1: Allan's rushed for over five hundred yards. I consider him

1648
01:26:01,200 --> 01:26:03,680
Speaker 1: like one of the running backs in this context. I

1649
01:26:03,720 --> 01:26:05,880
Speaker 1: think if Buffalo were smart, and I know they are,

1650
01:26:06,120 --> 01:26:08,559
Speaker 1: they watched that Denver game and thought, Okay, this is

1651
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:10,280
Speaker 1: what we can do. I mean, because I think that's

1652
01:26:10,640 --> 01:26:13,559
Speaker 1: that's probably our toughest that's probably our most that's probably

1653
01:26:13,560 --> 01:26:16,320
Speaker 1: our lousiest performance. That's the one you're probably looking at

1654
01:26:16,360 --> 01:26:18,519
Speaker 1: to say, Okay, how can we isolate guys in coverage?

1655
01:26:18,560 --> 01:26:21,200
Speaker 1: What can we do? And to me, Drew Locke and

1656
01:26:21,280 --> 01:26:26,439
Speaker 1: Josh Allen pretty similar, really very very similar. Especially arm

1657
01:26:26,479 --> 01:26:29,840
Speaker 1: strength in that plays a role. That plays a pretty

1658
01:26:29,880 --> 01:26:33,120
Speaker 1: big role because defensive backs have to know where do

1659
01:26:33,200 --> 01:26:35,320
Speaker 1: you like? Talking to Jjoe about that first throw to No.

1660
01:26:35,400 --> 01:26:37,519
Speaker 1: A fan in that game, He's like, I went to

1661
01:26:37,600 --> 01:26:39,719
Speaker 1: the spot where I thought I could pick it off,

1662
01:26:39,960 --> 01:26:42,040
Speaker 1: and that ball was by me. He said, the ball

1663
01:26:42,080 --> 01:26:44,160
Speaker 1: was by my hands. He said, That's what Locke can do,

1664
01:26:44,439 --> 01:26:46,000
Speaker 1: That's what Josh Allen can do. But at least they

1665
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:47,439
Speaker 1: saw Allan a little bit last yer, so there's a

1666
01:26:47,479 --> 01:26:49,840
Speaker 1: little bit a little bit of that. So Lock more

1667
01:26:49,880 --> 01:26:54,040
Speaker 1: accurate than Allen. Yeah, at least potentially, and he was

1668
01:26:54,080 --> 01:26:59,439
Speaker 1: on that day. Yeah, Allen's aifty eight pass Okay, Allen

1669
01:26:59,720 --> 01:27:02,559
Speaker 1: is not dialed in the way some other NFL passors are.

1670
01:27:02,640 --> 01:27:05,080
Speaker 1: Now we need him to be a fifty eight percent

1671
01:27:05,080 --> 01:27:07,320
Speaker 1: passer tomorrow. One or two throws can kill you, though,

1672
01:27:07,320 --> 01:27:09,000
Speaker 1: if the run of the football, well, so that's why

1673
01:27:09,000 --> 01:27:10,599
Speaker 1: I go back to that phase of the game. Yeah,

1674
01:27:10,640 --> 01:27:12,800
Speaker 1: you're right about that. Mark appreciate it, thank you. Thanks Johnny.

1675
01:27:12,840 --> 01:27:16,920
Speaker 1: All right, coming up next, my predictions for all playoff games,

1676
01:27:16,920 --> 01:27:18,840
Speaker 1: straight up, and he gets a spread coming up next

1677
01:27:18,880 --> 01:27:19,759
Speaker 1: on Texans Axis.