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Speaker 1: Welcome into Texans All Access. On a Tuesday, DPCD be

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Speaker 1: back with you along with Mark VanderMeer Drew Doherty.

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Speaker 2: Hello guys, back to back wins.

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Speaker 1: Hello there, victory Tuesday, and you know, I know we're

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Speaker 1: still talking about Sunday's game against the Steelers. I feel

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Speaker 1: like there was so much to unpack from that game.

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Speaker 1: We're certainly going to get into all that on All

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Speaker 1: Access as well as look around the AFC South because

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Speaker 1: it is, man, it's very tight in the division around us.

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Speaker 2: But first, you guys, how about this week?

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Speaker 1: Five quarter of the season is done and now you're

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Speaker 1: gonna stretch of NFC South.

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Speaker 2: Games coming up.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's sort of a quarter because it used to

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Speaker 3: be so pretty with the sixteen games.

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Speaker 4: I like having seventeen, but it used to be so easy.

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Speaker 3: Now it's not quite a quarter, and next week it's

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Speaker 3: beyond a quarter. I don't know what the percentage is,

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Speaker 3: but you've played four games and you're two and two,

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Speaker 3: and so is everybody else in the division.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: And if you'd just said, hey, after four you're going

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Speaker 6: to be two and two, I think a lot of

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Speaker 6: people would be cool with that.

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Speaker 5: And are you.

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Speaker 3: Totally cool I'm totally five. Especially they got it.

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Speaker 2: What if, even healthy, we would have been okay with it.

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Speaker 2: But what if you.

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Speaker 1: Said, Okay, you're gonna have four starters out on your

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Speaker 1: O line, your secondary is gonna be completely banged up.

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Speaker 1: You got a rookie quarterback, brand new head coach, brand

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Speaker 1: new offensive coordinator, brand new staff. And oh, you're playing

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Speaker 1: the Steelers at Baltimore, Indianapolis, Jacksonville.

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Speaker 6: And two of those wins, the two wins are just dominating.

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Speaker 5: Yep, wire to wire.

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Speaker 6: You had the lead victories and fun victories too.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, there's a lot.

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Speaker 6: Of When you score thirty points in each game, fun

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Speaker 6: has been had. And when you only allow six and

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Speaker 6: one and seventeen, another fun has been had. The way

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Speaker 6: they want it just takes it to a whole new level.

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Speaker 6: Winning's fun no matter what. But the way they won

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Speaker 6: just gorgeous.

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Speaker 3: I don't even know how to process all of it, really,

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Speaker 3: I've been not struggling with that but just doing it.

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Speaker 3: And it's so enjoyable. Like you said, Dre, just to

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Speaker 3: think about it in retrospect a couple of days ago.

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Speaker 4: The way you won, why day, all.

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Speaker 3: The attention the Texans are getting They're not getting all

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Speaker 3: the attention in the league right now, but people are

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Speaker 3: starting to notice. And I knew this would happen the

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Speaker 3: day after not as many people notice in the national

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Speaker 3: media scene, but another day as they look a little deeper.

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Speaker 4: Hey, wait a.

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Speaker 3: Minute, the Texans are two and two, and hey c J.

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Speaker 3: Stroud is lighting it up, and hey, what's going on?

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Speaker 3: Two and two in the division, tied for first. This

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Speaker 3: is pretty impressive stuff. Then you look at the power

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Speaker 3: rankings coming out today and I saw them at fifteenth

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Speaker 4: I don't know where they are and all.

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Speaker 3: The others, but they've really taken a gigantic leap. And look,

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Speaker 3: the power rankings mean absolutely nothing, but it's fun to follow.

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Speaker 2: I mean CG.

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Speaker 1: Stroud's birthday today, he's twenty two. I feel like he

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Speaker 1: is the gift to the Texans so far this year.

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Speaker 1: Twelve hundred over twelve hundred yards, passing six touchdowns, no interceptions,

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Speaker 1: and just he's just been so much fun to watch

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Speaker 1: and cover. I mean just seeing him through I know

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Speaker 1: on the broadcast, I love hearing Andre Wear's reactions to

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Speaker 2: He is wow.

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Speaker 1: And it's in a minute since undera where has been

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Speaker 6: It's been fantastic. And it's just you just mentioned he's

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Speaker 6: twenty two. Now, I think back to when I was

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Speaker 6: twenty two. I was I was a jackass until.

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Speaker 5: The age of thirty eight. I find that twenty two

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Speaker 6: It's remarkable. And also he's the youngest player on the team.

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Speaker 6: He's also the first Houston Texan to ever have been

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Speaker 6: that's another thing to think about. This guy was the

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Speaker 5: Is doing what he's amazing.

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Speaker 3: I was born slightly before at nine to eleven. I

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Speaker 3: can't really relate to that. But that's a nice little

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Speaker 3: note right there. Drew and to be so young and

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Speaker 3: so wise as c. J. Stroud is, he's an old soul. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: he's crediting the entire offensive line in his press conference

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Speaker 3: after the game by name, not just saying the old

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Speaker 3: for them and who doesn't want to play for him

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Speaker 3: and with him and getting the foxhole with him and

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Speaker 3: win NFL games. These guys are all buying in, and

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Speaker 3: it starts with the head coach and the whole organization. Really,

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Speaker 3: but the Demico effect is real and you're seeing it

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Speaker 3: and I can't wait to see where it goes.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you can see that someone has talked to a

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Speaker 6: lot of like all these players, but especially these rookies,

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Speaker 6: because he talks about the offensive line and what they

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Speaker 6: then on the same press conference he throws out the

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Speaker 6: love for the city and it's kind of a nod

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Speaker 6: to yeah, I know, you guys have been through some

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Speaker 6: he's just doing his best to bring more people back

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Speaker 6: into the fold. It's gonna take some time, understandably, but

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Speaker 6: you can see these results. You can see the goodwill

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Speaker 6: on the field, which is what's the most important, but

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Speaker 6: all the right notes off the field as well.

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Speaker 1: Andy and I were talking about that, I said, I've

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Speaker 1: never heard a player talk about doing stuff for the

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Speaker 1: fans and for the city by relating to their own

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Speaker 1: sports fandom, and he related it to being a Lakers fani.

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Speaker 2: He's like, I don't want people piling on my.

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Speaker 1: Team, and I want I don't want people to I

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Speaker 1: want people to feel like they can wear their Texans

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Speaker 1: gear with pride and you know, we want to come

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Speaker 1: out here and we want to win.

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Speaker 2: And I think in those along those same lines.

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Speaker 1: A few weeks ago, he was just talking about why

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Speaker 1: the winning is just so important, not just to the

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Speaker 1: everybody's families. Yeah, that's why he says pressure is a privilege.

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Speaker 1: I feel like this is gonna be an assured soon

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Speaker 1: the CJ. Stroud quote pressure is a privilege. He said,

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Speaker 1: I have so much pressure on myself because all these

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Speaker 1: to play well, Like I just can't let them down either,

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Speaker 1: and I just it's who.

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Speaker 7: Is this guy he's at all too And the fact

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Speaker 7: that and Indy and I were discussing this as well,

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Speaker 7: like how when you go back to the draft, was

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Speaker 7: there not more of a conversation.

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Speaker 2: For him being the number one overall pick.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that any of the other guys in

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Speaker 1: the conversation, you know, shouldn't be the number one pick.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying I don't know why there wasn't more

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Speaker 1: because I don't think the way that he's throwing, the

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Speaker 2: This just seems like this is who he is.

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Speaker 3: I have to admit I have not dug deep into

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Speaker 3: not take him, right, I didn't know what they were

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Speaker 3: but I didn't really get into all of it because

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Speaker 3: But this is a level that I haven't seen. And

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Speaker 3: I don't know if I've seen a rookie question like this, right,

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Speaker 3: And you know, I think of the really impressive rookies

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Speaker 3: of them, on a very short list. He's right up

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Speaker 3: there with any of them when you think about what

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Speaker 3: he's saying, how he's executing. What is another because they

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Speaker 3: talking about what Connor Barwin, Sean Cody, Oh, this JJ Watt,

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Speaker 3: Well here's CJ saying I'm the leader and the pressure's

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Speaker 3: on me. But he's not saying it to stand apart.

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Speaker 3: He's standing together as one with everybody else. And back

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Speaker 3: to your point about the fans, DP Dimiko Ryan said

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Speaker 3: on his show and the videos up on YouTube, and

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Speaker 4: Dimiko Ryan said, yesterday, we.

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Speaker 3: Knew we needed to change the way the fans feel

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Speaker 3: when they leave the building that's not acceptable to us.

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Speaker 4: As c J. Stroud would say, that ain't playing.

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Speaker 3: So they are committed to making us as fans. I'll

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Speaker 3: put us as fans in this conversation feel better. And

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Speaker 3: how can you not respond to it. I think everybody

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Speaker 3: feels it together. It is right now and it's just

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Speaker 6: It's it really is remarkable when you think about that,

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Speaker 6: every time you left the building last season you were disappointed.

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Speaker 6: The tie was a major, major disappointment to start the.

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Speaker 2: Season, specially how it went down with him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a catch up tie is different than a tie

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and then you tack on a game at the

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Speaker 6: the game earlier this season. It's been a long long time,

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Speaker 6: so to impress upon the players the way he did,

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Speaker 6: Dimiko ryans about the importance of getting to win. I

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Speaker 6: mean that that just makes it all the sweeter to

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Speaker 6: see him come out and get that. And kind of

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Speaker 6: to follow up on your your CJ. Stroud stuff, think

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Speaker 6: of all this stuff he's gone through in his life,

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Speaker 6: and then when he gets to college, he's got two

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Speaker 6: or three years of being the quarterback of a professional team,

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Speaker 6: Ohio State, professional franchise, where they are what they mean

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Speaker 6: to that state. That's a professional franchise. If you're the

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Speaker 6: quarterback at Alabama, you're the quarterback of a professional franchise.

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Speaker 6: University of Texas to a degree, I mean those places

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Speaker 6: in particular. So he's he's been through it to a degree,

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Speaker 6: and I hadn't seen it on the field the same way.

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Speaker 6: But yeah, he's got some of that that polished because

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Speaker 6: of what he's had to go through.

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Speaker 1: Six hundred and forty four days without a win, long

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Speaker 1: terim And I was talking to Jake Hanson because he

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Speaker 1: And I love that Damiko Ryans because he played for

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Speaker 4: We all know it.

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Speaker 6: Why can't you you have a great quarterback? It's not

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Speaker 3: And when you see the ensemble effort, i'll call it

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Speaker 2: Let me get you excited, Mark.

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Speaker 1: Okay, it's week five, which means you might get some

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Speaker 3: So you're gonna have some decisions to make, Nick Cassario

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Speaker 4: It's collective effort and you just have to go with it.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 3: It's a long season from here. It's thirteen games left

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Speaker 4: But we're all here for it.

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Speaker 2: Can overcome anything.

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Speaker 1: You can overcome any injury because you started off the

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Speaker 1: After the game, Like almost immediately after the game, I

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Speaker 3: But man, it's just fun to watch right now.

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Speaker 6: You make a great point about, Yeah, you've gone through

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Speaker 6: The Steelers came into this game led the NFL in

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Speaker 6: He's putting us in the right situation. He's getting the

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Speaker 5: It's it's really.

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Speaker 1: It's the Texans' largest margin of victory over Pittsburgh in

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Speaker 4: Well, how about how young they are?

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Speaker 4: But they got through it.

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Speaker 3: They did not let them into the end zone, they

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Speaker 3: forced field goal tries, they stopped them on fourth down.

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Speaker 3: This was a magnificent performance and one thing I really liked.

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Speaker 3: And we could talk about this too last week. It

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Speaker 3: wasn't like I was worried, but I knew they'd have

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Speaker 3: to address Okay, as Spencer Tillman would say, running with

446
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Speaker 3: a full cup of success, right or a cup full

447
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Speaker 3: of success?

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Speaker 4: I think they both work either way.

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Speaker 3: But having some success and then are you going to

450
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Speaker 3: get fat and happy? Right?

451
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Speaker 2: How Mark likes his opponents be fat and havis.

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Speaker 4: The Texans were not fat and happy.

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Speaker 2: They don't get fat and happy, Mark.

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Speaker 3: They were all out on Pittsburgh. They got a taste

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Speaker 3: of it and want more. And I got a feeling

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Speaker 3: that we're seeing the opposite of fat and happy. We're

457
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Speaker 3: seeing Ooh, I like this. Let's get in earlier, Let's

458
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Speaker 3: do more rehab let's do more regent whatever we need

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Speaker 3: to do more re of and get ready for the

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Speaker 3: next one because we want to repeat this feeling. That's

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Speaker 3: the feeling I'm getting from this bunch. And look it's

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Speaker 3: week five, it's early, but let's keep going.

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Speaker 6: You know, if you run with that success and you

464
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Speaker 6: spill some of that success, like he's talking about, that's

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Speaker 6: a quick way to get yourself an apple and a

466
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Speaker 6: road map to steal another, Spencer Tillman an apple love.

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Speaker 6: He's got a bunch of smoke through a keyhole. He's

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Speaker 6: got some got some good ones, shout out, Spencer.

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Speaker 2: Hey, you know I was gonna say, you know who's

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Speaker 2: not fat happy right now?

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Speaker 5: Who's that?

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Speaker 2: Well, I'll let you make your point and then I'll say.

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Speaker 5: Oh, I want to hear who this is. Yeah, one

474
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Speaker 5: little trivia tidbit for me.

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Speaker 6: The last time you'd beaten the Steelers was week four

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Speaker 6: of twenty eleven. The last time you've beaten the Falcons

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Speaker 6: was week five, which we're entering of twenty nineteen. So

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Speaker 6: kind of fun the way those things are a lining up.

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Speaker 4: Oh, I like that about the very random.

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Speaker 1: I remember Tampa Bay well as well. To your point

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Speaker 1: about the Falcons. They are the opposite of fat happy

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Speaker 1: right now, because I felt like after the first two weeks,

483
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Speaker 1: everybody was in on the Falcons. They were in on

484
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Speaker 1: Arthur Smith and the mustache. They've lost to in a row.

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Speaker 1: They beat Carolina at home twenty four to ten. They

486
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Speaker 1: beat Green Bay twenty five to twenty four at home,

487
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Speaker 1: but the last two games have been pretty low score.

488
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Speaker 1: They lost Detroit so is twenty. They lost to the

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Speaker 1: Jags in London, and now they're getting a lot of

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Speaker 1: questions about whether or not Desmond Ritter is going to

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Speaker 1: be the quarterback here in week five. And the fact

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Speaker 1: that Arthur Smith has to come out and say, yes,

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Speaker 1: we're stigging with Desmond Ritter makes me think that there's

494
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Speaker 1: a trouble afoot there in Atlanta. And I'm not really

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Speaker 1: sure which is the real Atlanta team, because it seems

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Speaker 1: like they're the first Mark calls its semi quarter ish

497
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Speaker 1: of yes or games. It's been two different Falcons teams.

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Speaker 3: Well, I think schedule has something to do with this,

499
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Speaker 3: right because when I look at what the Falcons have done,

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Speaker 3: they beat Carolina in the open. Our opening week is

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Speaker 3: weird anyway, but they beat Carolina. Okay, congratulations, Carolina's having

502
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Speaker 3: a tough time of it. And they beat the Green

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Speaker 3: Bay Packers good win twenty five twenty four. But the

504
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Speaker 3: Packers aren't quite the Packers, are they. Then they lose

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Speaker 3: to the Lions, only putting up six. They lose to

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Speaker 3: the Jags in London, only putting up seven and allowing

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Speaker 3: twenty plus each of those two games.

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Speaker 5: So that's really good.

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Speaker 4: Detroit's really good.

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Speaker 3: I think that Ritter has had some problems right They're

511
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Speaker 3: still running the ball. They ran it pretty well against

512
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Speaker 3: the Jaguars, but it wasn't enough. You start falling behind.

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Speaker 3: It's all about third downs. You can get a good

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Speaker 3: running game going. Look at all those games last year

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Speaker 3: where Pierce had a good game, but they lost anyway

516
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Speaker 3: the Texans because they couldn't convert third downs, or they

517
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Speaker 3: turned it over or whatever the case may be. They

518
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Speaker 3: couldn't finish drives, they couldn't bust through in the red zone.

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Speaker 3: The Texans are doing those things right now. They're not

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Speaker 3: even running it as well as they want to. But

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Speaker 3: as they take on the Falcons, I think that the

522
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Speaker 3: defense has some opportunities here. You just have to be

523
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Speaker 3: sure that Bejon doesn't wreck the game for you offensively,

524
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Speaker 3: and they don't capitalize on what he's been able to do.

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Speaker 3: Because when I look at their pass catchers, when I

526
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Speaker 3: look at Drake London and Kyle Pitts, and you know,

527
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Speaker 3: they've got some guys who can really do some damage

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Speaker 3: through the air. They have our old buddy John who

529
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Speaker 3: Smith on the team. They have Mac Hollins who played

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Speaker 3: well against the Texans as a dolphin. They've got some

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Speaker 3: guys who can do damage. But if you can control

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Speaker 3: ritter or get to in the backfield, got some chances here.

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Speaker 6: I'm fascinated by and you'll never really know the effect

534
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Speaker 6: of it, but I'm fascinated by the effects of the

535
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Speaker 6: trip home from London. I mean they didn't Normally you

536
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Speaker 6: get to buy that week after you play a game.

537
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Speaker 6: They didn't want it, and they didn't want it. So

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Speaker 6: they're getting the Texans, and I wonder how the sleep

539
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Speaker 6: schedules are doing. Are they back on their their routine.

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Speaker 6: Are they that's a long flight, long flight.

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Speaker 3: After a lot of it is We've done that long

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Speaker 3: flight after a win, but after a win. It was long,

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Speaker 3: but it was a good flight because it was a

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Speaker 3: victory and we had to buy and we had to

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Speaker 3: buy it right. Texans didn't respond well after the buye.

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Speaker 3: They lost to Baltimore, blastly blasted by Yeah, blown out

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Speaker 3: by Baltimore. So I think a lot of coaches feel like, look,

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Speaker 3: these are young men. Give them a couple of days.

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Speaker 3: They'll get back on their sleep schedules. Coming back this

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Speaker 3: way is a lot easier than going over there as

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Speaker 3: far as the sleep adjustment. So maybe it works out

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Speaker 3: for them energy wise, but on the field, execution wise,

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Speaker 3: I'm hoping not. Well.

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Speaker 1: One team's going to stay in London for the next

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Speaker 1: week or so.

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Speaker 2: We'll get into the Jags. We we'll on the AFC self.

557
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Speaker 1: But next, I want to get your guys' takes on

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Speaker 1: first quarter ish awards that you want to hand out

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Speaker 1: to teams, to this team, to players, to multiple players.

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Speaker 2: To coaches, whoever you want to give them to.

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Speaker 1: So let's come back with first quarter ish awards right

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Speaker 1: after this come up on Texans All Access, don't go anywhere.

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Speaker 2: We're back with more.

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Speaker 1: Texans All Access heading into week five, back to back wins.

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Speaker 1: We are riding high and I have not done this

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Speaker 1: in a while. On Texans All access. We're going to

567
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Speaker 1: give out some awards, all right, because you know what,

568
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Speaker 1: it's never too early.

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Speaker 2: To give out awards.

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Speaker 5: Noatbody who loves you the way deep Citu loves giving

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Speaker 5: out little awards like these.

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Speaker 2: I wish we had awards ceremony music.

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Speaker 1: I wish that we could show you this. I wish

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Speaker 1: we had actual trophies, but we don't. So you just

575
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Speaker 1: come to settle for our accolades and our words of

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Speaker 1: encouragement as we give out some first quarter ish because

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Speaker 1: Mark says is not technically your first quarter awards?

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Speaker 2: To who you think really deserves some accolades?

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Speaker 4: Do you have the category?

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Speaker 6: You know what?

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Speaker 2: Most I'll make him up as we go.

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Speaker 5: How about that? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Okay, most underrated player slash coach in the first quarter.

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Speaker 2: That's really contributed.

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Speaker 4: Let's do both?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I think we we should definitely put

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Speaker 1: in both.

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Speaker 2: I have I could give you one of each.

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Speaker 1: Should I start? Yeah, go ahead, I'm going to give

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Speaker 1: one to Bobby Slowick.

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Speaker 4: Is he underrated right now?

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Speaker 5: I don't think people.

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Speaker 1: I think nationally people have not noticed. But I think

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Speaker 1: people it's still Demiko Ryans's team. I think we followed

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Speaker 1: the team, but I think Bobby Slowick has done a

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Speaker 1: phenomenal job with the play calling and the coaching, especially

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Speaker 1: with all the injuries, and I think this scheme a

598
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Speaker 1: lot of people question, is Bobby slow going to be

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Speaker 1: able to do it. He's not approven offensive coordinator. He's

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Speaker 1: coming from San Francisco. Is Kyle Shanahan calling the plays?

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Speaker 1: I think that he has really done an outstanding job

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Speaker 1: through the first four games and mixing things up despite

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Speaker 1: the injuries and even just with the run game struggling.

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Speaker 1: Which would bring me to my Player Award. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: give it to Damian Pierce because I don't think we've

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Speaker 1: talked about him enough. In fact, we haven't even talked

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Speaker 1: about him at all today. And he got things going

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Speaker 1: and he had some nice runs in these last two.

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Speaker 3: Weeks, but this is for the quarter, and you weren't

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Speaker 3: seeing that kind of production through the first three game and.

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Speaker 1: He still stuck with it. Though, yes, I think he

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Speaker 1: still ran really really hard line. No, I can argue

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Speaker 1: with you on that one because I feel like it

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Speaker 1: was there, we just didn't see it, but he was

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Speaker 1: trying to get into his rhythm and he persisted.

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Speaker 3: I'll also win the argument for you. Other teams know

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Speaker 3: they have to stop Damian Pierce, so that opens things up.

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Speaker 3: If I'm an opponent, especially the first two three weeks

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Speaker 3: facing the Texans, I'm thinking, well, what.

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Speaker 4: Do they have? I know they have that guy thirty one.

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Speaker 4: He's really good.

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Speaker 3: We got to stop him, and that might open things

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Speaker 3: up because it still makes play action work for you.

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Speaker 3: Even if he's not getting his yards, he's getting the

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Speaker 3: attention and maybe sucking up the linebackers and you get

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Speaker 3: guys open underneath or wherever you're throwing it to.

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Speaker 4: So yeah, I like that.

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Speaker 3: I think he's somewhat underrated, understated right now based on

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Speaker 3: what he's been in the past.

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Speaker 4: I can go with that.

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Speaker 5: I'm going to beat those awards. I have better awards

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Speaker 5: than you, DBC. I'm throwing my.

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Speaker 2: Come up with a category off second.

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Speaker 6: Flaming spear into the turf at midfield on this one.

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Speaker 6: Underrated coach Chris Strauss. I guarantee you the audience it's

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Speaker 6: listing right now is like, what's he coach?

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Speaker 5: I'll tell you what.

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00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:20,160
Speaker 6: He coaches the offensive line. The last two weeks, zero

639
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:24,119
Speaker 6: sacks allowed, hooked that guy up. That is outstanding coaching

640
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Speaker 6: because what have we seen around here for the last decade.

641
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,359
Speaker 6: We've seen offensive lines that have struggled at times. So

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Speaker 6: what he's done, especially the last two weeks, especially what

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Speaker 6: we saw last week with t J. Watt and those

644
00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 6: guys rolling in here zero allowed. I don't think we

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Speaker 6: can talk about that enough. Chris Strausser gets that for

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Speaker 6: the coach.

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Speaker 5: Am I underrated player? Yeah, Steven Nelson?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, absolutely Nationally, He's absolutely under nationally.

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Speaker 5: That's what I'm looking two picks now.

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Speaker 6: He really he ended that first drive for the Steelers

651
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Speaker 6: this last week and really just spurred things on. You're

652
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Speaker 6: up seven to nothing, he ends the drive, you kick

653
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Speaker 6: a field goal, Bang, they're down double digits, very very

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Speaker 6: early in this thing. And then when they throw his

655
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Speaker 6: way the rest of the game, he's breaking up passes.

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Speaker 6: The passes that come his way are usually incomplete. He's

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Speaker 6: doing an outstanding job. He was named a captain. A

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Speaker 6: lot's going on with Steven Nelson. That is great, And

659
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Speaker 6: I don't think as many people know about him that

660
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Speaker 6: should know about him.

661
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 5: So he's mine.

662
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:28,440
Speaker 4: I like that.

663
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Speaker 3: I like that from a national perspective, yes, I like that,

664
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Speaker 3: I would say from a local, regional perspective, I'd put

665
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:39,800
Speaker 3: Robert Woods in the underrated category because you know, Nico's

666
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 3: making a lot of noise. Dell has his flowers from

667
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 3: the locals, and he's made big plays for this team,

668
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 3: but so is Robert Woods. I mean, they went into

669
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 3: the Pittsburgh game all tied with fifteen catches a piece.

670
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:52,959
Speaker 3: Nico is blown up. We can talk about Nico being

671
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 3: underrated nationally in a moment.

672
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:57,080
Speaker 4: But Robert Woods. I've just got a feeling.

673
00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,480
Speaker 3: That in that receiver's room and just around the Texans ranch,

674
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 3: Robert Woods is really influential.

675
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,160
Speaker 5: He's the leader. It's been said that he is the

676
00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 5: leader in that room.

677
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 3: He's a steadying force. He knows where everybody's supposed to be.

678
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 3: They put him in there when they need a sure

679
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,840
Speaker 3: catch punt in a fair catch situation. Deep you know,

680
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 3: Dell's the return guy, but if it's not an obvious

681
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 3: return situation or return potential situation, they put Robert Woods

682
00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,680
Speaker 3: in there to make sure the ball is caught and

683
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 3: just keep things solid, steady. I like that for this group,

684
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:33,000
Speaker 3: especially with Nico. Look, Nico's been here, this is year three,

685
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 3: but it feels like and it's an extended rookie campaign

686
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 3: for Nico coming back from twenty twenty one because we

687
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 3: saw major flashes of this, but now you're seeing it

688
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,040
Speaker 3: every week out of Nico Collins, and that goes back

689
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 3: to the underrated nationally sign. I'm sure somebody must be

690
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 3: talking about him, but I haven't seen it yet. Nico

691
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 3: Collins deserves national look, not the Pro Bowl bid right now,

692
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,719
Speaker 3: but national acknowledgement for what he's done so far. He's

693
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 3: top five in the league and receiving yards just big

694
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 3: play after big play man. That yard per catch average

695
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 3: is sick and let's see.

696
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 2: More, all right.

697
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 1: I got another category for you, most likely to win

698
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 1: an award, award most.

699
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 4: Likely to win. Well.

700
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,480
Speaker 3: CJ won Offensive Rookie of the Month and then he

701
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:20,360
Speaker 3: follows it up the next week with another Offensive Rookie

702
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 3: of the Month type performance. So we'll see if he

703
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 3: makes Offensive Rookie of the Week. I'm not sure the

704
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,479
Speaker 3: year awards come out tomorrow. I think that he's certainly

705
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,720
Speaker 3: a front runner right now for Offensive Rookie of the Year.

706
00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,600
Speaker 6: Sexans continue to do what they're doing. They've won the

707
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 6: last two games. They don't lose another game if they.

708
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Speaker 5: Win let's go.

709
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 4: I like that, thinking all.

710
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 1: About just like, let's let's just take it and run

711
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 1: with it. Mark's trying to bring everybody back in Let's

712
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 1: just go. I was I think, with the way things

713
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 1: are going, why not have Demko Ryan's Now this is

714
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: obviously the Texans have to make quite a bit of

715
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 1: a run for the rest of the year.

716
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 2: Coach of the year with what he's been able to

717
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 2: do with.

718
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 3: A let's go coach of the quarter, shall we? I

719
00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 3: mean you went quarter. Oh you're saying most likely they'll

720
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 3: win on an award award. I'm sorry, most.

721
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 2: Four games through four games.

722
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,320
Speaker 1: We're just going to extrapolate these four games and extend

723
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 1: them through the rest of the year.

724
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 3: I mean, they're two and two, they're not three and one,

725
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 3: They're not four and oh. All right, So I'm being

726
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 3: Devil's advocating, but my vote is with you because knowing

727
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 3: what this franchise, this team has been through, knowing what

728
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 3: they're going through with the injuries, he's done a hell

729
00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 3: of a job to go to Jacksonville and like you

730
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 3: pointed out early drew not only win but win like that.

731
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 3: And I thought the Pittsburgh game, I thought, if they

732
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 3: win against Pittsburgh, it's going to be twenty one to twenty.

733
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 3: It's going to be this bloodbath, you know, just a

734
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 3: slug fest, and you come out ahead somehow with the

735
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 3: years of bloodbath. All right, they completely dominated them and

736
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 3: that was not on my Bengo card, and maybe it

737
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:00,080
Speaker 3: should have been, because now that's going to be a

738
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,160
Speaker 3: Bengo card every week that this team is capable of

739
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 3: this performance.

740
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,040
Speaker 4: That's another thing about all.

741
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 3: This right now, Okay, you're not expected to do that

742
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 3: every week, but we know you can possibly do that

743
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 3: every week that club, those clubs are in your bag,

744
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 3: So go ahead, give it your all, see what you

745
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 3: can do. But yeah, he's certainly a candidate for that

746
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 3: right now through four games.

747
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: All right, I got another award for you, new Pro

748
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 1: Bowl award for you mentioned earlier. Nico Collins. At the

749
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,719
Speaker 1: rate that he's going, why not, no doubt, I say,

750
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 1: for all leagues are now very wise to Nico Collins

751
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:34,680
Speaker 1: and are picking him up, and I think the rest of.

752
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 2: The league if he continues playing this way.

753
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 1: You know, I interviewed him a few weeks ago and

754
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: he's not surprised by what he's able to do.

755
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 4: I don't think he should be.

756
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 3: Demiko talked about it last night on his show, and

757
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 3: Drew is doing a story.

758
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 4: Have you completed that yet or you're going too soon?

759
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 3: On Nico Collins and and Drew said, this is full disclosure.

760
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,480
Speaker 3: Drew said, you got to throw it anymore, throwing something

761
00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 3: about Nico for the coach right to see what he

762
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 3: said about his first impressions and where it is now.

763
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 4: And I thought it was a great answer he gave.

764
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 3: Nico said, they know, I mean, coach said they noticed

765
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 3: Nico catching a lot of passes outside the numbers and

766
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:14,400
Speaker 3: being really effective. But Dimico said, we knew there was

767
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 3: more there. There's more, and there's a lot more. Nick

768
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 3: Cassario told us and his visit with us that the

769
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,959
Speaker 3: ability to break tackles is huge. Nico's ability to catch

770
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 3: and he's just got to get vertical right away because

771
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 3: he is. His yack potential is strong and you've seen

772
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 3: that right look at the final touchdown breaks tackles along.

773
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Speaker 4: The way to the age.

774
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Speaker 5: He said, he's like Mike Alstatt, the old Tampa baby.

775
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 3: Oh yes, pull back's that's saying a lot right there. Look,

776
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,920
Speaker 3: I've always compared him to AJ Green. Maybe there's more

777
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 3: to it than that, though, right, maybe there's more than

778
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 3: AJ Green there. As far as that side of things,

779
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 3: I'm not saying he's AJ Green.

780
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 5: But you're saying he's Randy Moss. But no.

781
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 3: But as soon as as soon as he does this

782
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 3: over the course of a season, which is going to

783
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 3: be tough to keep up this pace, but I'm here

784
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:03,120
Speaker 3: for it. If he does something like this, those names,

785
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:05,200
Speaker 3: those comparisons are really going to start flying.

786
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 6: Maybe it's a tag team version. And Nico had his

787
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:10,839
Speaker 6: one hundred yard game, and then it went to Tank

788
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,400
Speaker 6: Dell having one hundred yard game at Jacksonville. Back to Nico,

789
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 6: So what's this. What's to say Tank Dell doesn't get

790
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,160
Speaker 6: one hundred plus this week? So I'll put Tank Dell.

791
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 6: I like it in the Pro Bowl conversation conversation.

792
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,640
Speaker 4: Why not sending two receivers to the program?

793
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:25,799
Speaker 2: Never too early conversation that we're having.

794
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 6: You get a I've handed VP, I've handed out a Pro.

795
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 2: Bowl, I've handed out Coach of the Year. We had

796
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:33,759
Speaker 2: out Offensive Rookie of the Year.

797
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 1: All right, second quarter player to watch award, the player

798
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,800
Speaker 1: that you think is going to have a breakout second quarter.

799
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 3: Well he's been He's been noticed already. But Henry to

800
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 3: with too. Like we saw it early in OTAs, he

801
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,279
Speaker 3: knew where to be training camp looked good, but is

802
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:51,360
Speaker 3: it really going to happen?

803
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 4: You know, the Demico comparisons were coming up.

804
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,279
Speaker 3: You gotta tap the brakes for anybody with that because

805
00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:00,000
Speaker 3: he was defensive rookie of the Year. But I think

806
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,320
Speaker 3: I think through the course of games played and more reps,

807
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:06,799
Speaker 3: Toto is showing you something here that whatever you saw

808
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 3: in OTA's as far as the way they line up,

809
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 3: because nobody's tackling anybody in OTAs. You're starting to see

810
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 3: it in real games now. And Johnny's been raving about that.

811
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 3: Totoa pass breakup in the back of the end zone

812
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 3: on Carl Pickens, I mean George Pickens, not Carl.

813
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 4: That would have been something. I don't know if Carl

814
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 4: still can bring it like that.

815
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 1: But George drive. He had a couple of good breakups

816
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,160
Speaker 1: on that very dry.

817
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 3: And he's been pressed into more action no Denzel Paraman

818
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:34,520
Speaker 3: last couple of games, so I think he's won. That's

819
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 3: going to get a lot more attention as the year

820
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 3: goes on and maybe Will Ederson too. I know Will

821
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,279
Speaker 3: Anderson number three pick of the draft, He's going to

822
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:42,320
Speaker 3: get a ton of spotlight.

823
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,400
Speaker 4: But I heard somebody was one.

824
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 3: Of the other stations, maybe one of the other shows, saying, well,

825
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 3: he's only got one sack through four games. Come on,

826
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 3: just relax here, okay. I was the first one to

827
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 3: say when he got drafted. Remember what five sacks rookie year.

828
00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 3: Remember Mario Williams four sacks rookie year. Clowney hurt rookie year.

829
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,120
Speaker 3: Give it a minute here for will Anderson, He's got

830
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 3: to figure things out at defensive end and we'll see

831
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 3: where it goes.

832
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 6: I'm gonna go with Dalton Schultz. I think he's been

833
00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 6: fine that the first four games. I just think it's

834
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 6: a byproduct of these receivers are really good, and it's

835
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,719
Speaker 6: a byproduct of the offense doing what it does and

836
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,320
Speaker 6: there's only one football to pass around and spread around.

837
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,960
Speaker 6: So I think defenses will adjust to what they've seen

838
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 6: from Nico Collins, what they've seen from Tank Dell, to

839
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:28,920
Speaker 6: a degree, what they've seen from Robert Woods, and I

840
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,399
Speaker 6: think that's going to open things up for Schultz, maybe

841
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:32,480
Speaker 6: teaking Quittoriano on.

842
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 5: Those guys, but we'll go with Dalton Schultz. Hey, we

843
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 5: saw the.

844
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,840
Speaker 6: Nice right arm of Devin Singletary find him on Sunday

845
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 6: for a touchdown. I think there's more touchdowns, There's more

846
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,399
Speaker 6: yardage to come for the big tight end.

847
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 4: I like that.

848
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go a guy that we've mentioned his name

849
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:48,840
Speaker 1: here and there in the first quarter, but I just

850
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: feel like he's playing so well right now.

851
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,360
Speaker 2: Jonathan Garnard. He had the big fourth DLP stop.

852
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,320
Speaker 1: He had a baby, so now he can just focus

853
00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:00,759
Speaker 1: on the season because he's been just playing tremendously this

854
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 1: year and he's all dealt with injuries the past few years,

855
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:06,720
Speaker 1: and I feel like he feels so comfortable in the system.

856
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,640
Speaker 1: He loves playing in this defense, that big fourth down,

857
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:13,280
Speaker 1: yeah stop, and he's made some plays. But I feel

858
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,360
Speaker 1: like what we're seeing from Jonathan Gernard is sort of

859
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 1: what we had expected to see in previous years. And

860
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:19,480
Speaker 1: there was one year where he was on his way

861
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 1: to double digit sacks. Unfortunately got hurt. So I feel

862
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 1: like sky's the.

863
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:24,120
Speaker 2: Limit for Jonathan.

864
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,240
Speaker 3: I have to call you out on this. He had

865
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 3: a baby and now he can focus on the season.

866
00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,760
Speaker 3: Now the hard part. No, no, he had the easy

867
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 3: part before. Oh yeah, she's pregnant. He can focus on everything.

868
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,279
Speaker 2: No, no, no, you are misunderstanding me.

869
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 1: When guys have when guys have bait become fathers, I

870
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 1: feel like something changes when they're on the field, Like

871
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: it's it's not just about them playing well. They feel

872
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:47,839
Speaker 1: like they got to play for the family. They got

873
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 1: to play for the lineage.

874
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 2: So I saw talked. I talked to Brian Cushing.

875
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 1: About this back when Brian Cushield had a baby. Yeah,

876
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,840
Speaker 1: back in twenty thirteen, and he said, and Brian Kushing

877
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 1: was already laser focus. But then it's just like he

878
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 1: took it to another level because he was like, I'm

879
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,279
Speaker 1: a dad and I got it. And I just feel

880
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 1: like that transformation sort of happens. And guys, he was

881
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 1: already there. JG was already there. But I just I'm

882
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:11,719
Speaker 1: really rooting for him.

883
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 3: He's climbing up the charts as one of my favorite

884
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 3: Texans ever, just as a person.

885
00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 2: Should already be there.

886
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,359
Speaker 4: Yeah, well, you know, of.

887
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,719
Speaker 3: Course they're all there, okay, but I'm I'm ranking them

888
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:26,320
Speaker 3: all time here on the Secret Vandermere Power Rankings.

889
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 4: Of favorite Texans.

890
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:31,360
Speaker 2: Ever, Favorite Texans share my rankings. That's his own award

891
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:32,760
Speaker 2: that we should do in the off season.

892
00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 1: Mark Vanderveer hands out awards for favorite Texans ever.

893
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,440
Speaker 3: But you know that the head coach has always ranked

894
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 3: extremely high. I'll tell you you know who my favorite is.

895
00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:44,759
Speaker 3: But you know it's a race for number two.

896
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 2: Oh Dre number one.

897
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 3: Of course he's number one, and everybody has to do

898
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 3: get up for Johnson's by far number one.

899
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:53,840
Speaker 2: Has I feel like Demico, Well, it's going to be

900
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:54,360
Speaker 2: Demico and.

901
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 4: JJ at the outside top five. You know this.

902
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 6: It's good seeing Andrea and his family there. I saw

903
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,760
Speaker 6: everyone was there, his mom, his daughter, his brother.

904
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 5: Was fun.

905
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 3: His daughter is future president of the United States. She's

906
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 3: in eighth grade. She's got a disposition. She's so much

907
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:16,399
Speaker 3: fun to be around. I mean she's really gregarious. I mean,

908
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,520
Speaker 3: Andre is a wonderful person to talk to. But it's

909
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 3: not like, yeah, yeah, she is just out there. I

910
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:27,280
Speaker 3: said that you're the voice of detections. You know she's

911
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 3: gonna be She's going to do some things.

912
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 6: She was with her her grandmother, Andre's mom, and I said,

913
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:33,760
Speaker 6: I hear you're coming for our jobs.

914
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:34,319
Speaker 5: Is that true?

915
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,040
Speaker 6: And she kind of smiled and you know, nodded, but yeah,

916
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 6: her mom Andre's mom was no on in her head,

917
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,680
Speaker 6: like yeah, she's got got a thing or two to her.

918
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,240
Speaker 2: Sh It was so fun to see the legends.

919
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 1: I saw Kush on the sideline with all three of

920
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: his boys and I said, are these you're three? And

921
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 1: then he pointed to the baby. The baby looks they

922
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 1: all look like siblings. They're so adorable.

923
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 2: I mean, I feel like I.

924
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 5: Love having the The baby had four tackles.

925
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 3: On someday, they should take a family photo with bloody face,

926
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:03,359
Speaker 3: you know, Halloween. Yes, that's a great we should all

927
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:04,760
Speaker 3: be Brian Cushing bloody face.

928
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:06,680
Speaker 2: All right, we're gonna take a break. We come back

929
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 2: one more segment.

930
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,720
Speaker 1: I don't know if we can beat Brian Cushing's baby

931
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:12,359
Speaker 1: with a bloody face for Halloween, but we will try.

932
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 2: We're going to go around the AFC South.

933
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:16,200
Speaker 1: It's a hot mess. We'll try to sort it out

934
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 1: for you. It's all coming up. One more segment of

935
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 1: Texans All Access. One final segment of Texans All Access.

936
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 1: I wanted to go around the AFC South, but I'm

937
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,759
Speaker 1: about to subject you to more Taylor Swift talk because

938
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: Mark Van Rmuir insists that he has an opinion.

939
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 2: What would you buy it?

940
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,839
Speaker 3: Tuesday night, Texans All Access. When else am I going

941
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:34,919
Speaker 3: to talk about Taylor Swift every day of the week.

942
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 3: Texans Monday, after beating the Steelers and inducting Watt into

943
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 3: the Ring of Honor, I'm not bringing up Lover. Okay,

944
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:45,880
Speaker 3: I'm not doing that, but I will tonight. Just this

945
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 3: brief thing when I saw the game's Sunday night and

946
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,400
Speaker 3: she's in the box watching the Chiefs play the Jets,

947
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,800
Speaker 3: and then they go to a commercial. They had several

948
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 3: commercials promoting her content in them, and I thought, the

949
00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:01,800
Speaker 3: other thing is this I'm seeing a lot more Travis

950
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:03,720
Speaker 3: Kelsey and national commercials lately.

951
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:05,919
Speaker 4: He's doing one for Pfizer in the vaccine. He's doing

952
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:06,440
Speaker 4: another one.

953
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 3: I think he's on the State farm commercials now with Mahomes.

954
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:12,160
Speaker 3: I'm thinking, I'm not saying they're doing it for publicity,

955
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 3: but they know darn well that this is good for

956
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 3: both of them, this synergy they're creating. I know she

957
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 3: doesn't need it, DP she doesn't need it, but I

958
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 3: guarantee you this. There are a lot of people that

959
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 3: aren't quite in her scope that are noticing her, and

960
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,880
Speaker 3: it helps everybody. It all boats rise with that tide

961
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:34,400
Speaker 3: and whatever camera they have on the suite. Can you

962
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 3: imagine this, NBC, They're saying, listen, we need one camera

963
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,880
Speaker 3: Taylor camp on the suite at all time, at all times. Now,

964
00:41:44,160 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 3: they could probably broadcast a channel with just that and

965
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:50,279
Speaker 3: people would watch it. I'm sure they would, but they

966
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,799
Speaker 3: can't do that, I guess, but they cut to that

967
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:53,319
Speaker 3: shot off.

968
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 2: It's a lot.

969
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,840
Speaker 1: And you know what, Mark, last week, it's funny that

970
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 1: you have this opinion because last week I remember you

971
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 1: saying it's so nice for Taylor Swift to just be

972
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 1: a girlfriend, just go to the games and be a girlfriend.

973
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:07,920
Speaker 1: I was like, change, Mark, there is more you do

974
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:08,840
Speaker 1: not understand.

975
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:10,520
Speaker 2: This is this is very methodical.

976
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 1: A lot of things are happening here and now I

977
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 1: love that you're seeing the pr publicity.

978
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:16,720
Speaker 2: That everyone's getting.

979
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:19,640
Speaker 1: As far as Taylor Swift, I think it's becoming too

980
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,080
Speaker 1: I think the market is getting a bit oversaturated with

981
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:22,720
Speaker 1: Taylor Swift.

982
00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:22,919
Speaker 5: Mark.

983
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 2: I hate to say it, it's a lot. I was

984
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 2: even over it.

985
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,960
Speaker 1: I kind of just wanted to watch the game and

986
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,560
Speaker 1: it was just focused on.

987
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:32,439
Speaker 5: My question. Is this now? Mark?

988
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,319
Speaker 6: You have gone on record multiple times over the last

989
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 6: decade talking about how Madonna is the greatest.

990
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 5: And lyrics awful opinions about close is Taylor Swift to Madonna?

991
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 4: Now?

992
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,200
Speaker 3: Madonna has one of the strongest X factors of all time,

993
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,200
Speaker 3: Meaning she's not a great singer, dancer, writer, but she's

994
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:54,719
Speaker 3: got something about her that propels her above all.

995
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:57,160
Speaker 4: No in her career.

996
00:42:57,560 --> 00:42:59,760
Speaker 5: No, we're about to fight, Mark, Go ahead, I'm serious.

997
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:02,319
Speaker 3: She's doesn't mean she's bad deep, but she's got the

998
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:03,720
Speaker 3: combination of everything.

999
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 4: Taylor Swift though.

1000
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 2: She can't say she can't do.

1001
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,440
Speaker 3: Taylor Swift though, has you know a ton of that stuff?

1002
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,279
Speaker 3: She's amazing. Come on, she's a really good writer. But

1003
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:16,400
Speaker 3: she's not like one of my favorite vocalists. What the

1004
00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:17,480
Speaker 3: songwriters ever?

1005
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:19,840
Speaker 2: Swifty?

1006
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 4: I am not a swiftye.

1007
00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:24,760
Speaker 3: And favorite all time female vocalist. Look, I'm a throwback.

1008
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 3: I like Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell. Joni Mitchell is

1009
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:30,120
Speaker 3: the greatest songwriter ever. By the way, I love Stevie Nicks.

1010
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 5: Where's Linn's Dead?

1011
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:34,279
Speaker 3: She doesn't really right though, does she? She's a good

1012
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:36,800
Speaker 3: singer just wanted to get me in trouble with you.

1013
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:40,879
Speaker 1: We're never going to finish this AFC South I had,

1014
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:41,840
Speaker 1: I had.

1015
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 2: A point to make up a let's put Mark in

1016
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 2: a bad mood.

1017
00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:51,239
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor is reported to return to practice on Wednesday.

1018
00:43:51,360 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 4: I want more strif harmony.

1019
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:55,239
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1020
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 1: The Colts too, and too, just like the Texas, just

1021
00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 1: like the Titans, just like the Jags, and they're going

1022
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:01,440
Speaker 1: to face the Titans.

1023
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 4: They look dangerous. Man, the Colts do?

1024
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 3: They look like I know they lost last time out to.

1025
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,000
Speaker 6: The game was over when I did the highlights in

1026
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:14,319
Speaker 6: the second he.

1027
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 3: Came back behind Richardson. Richardson's numbers don't look that good,

1028
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,160
Speaker 3: but he gets some things done. I don't know how

1029
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 3: long it can last. The way he plays, you know who,

1030
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,080
Speaker 3: he reminds me of a little bit Vince Young. The

1031
00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:28,040
Speaker 3: way the offense runs with him and the way he

1032
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,200
Speaker 3: runs with the ball but still makes some really key

1033
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 3: throws and everything like that, And it reminds me of

1034
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 3: rookie Vince Young. So look, you can do a lot

1035
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,400
Speaker 3: of things. Vince has a winning record as a starter.

1036
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:39,440
Speaker 3: I mean, he won a lot of games in this league.

1037
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 3: So we'll see how it goes for the Colts.

1038
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 2: Okay, about the Titans.

1039
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:45,200
Speaker 1: Two weeks ago, Titans looked terrible, couldn't get anything going

1040
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 1: on offense. Now they're coming off a twenty seven to

1041
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,839
Speaker 1: three win against the Bengals in Week four.

1042
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:53,080
Speaker 2: So what do we think about the Titans. I'm not

1043
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 2: really sure what to make of them yet.

1044
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:55,080
Speaker 4: Really good defense.

1045
00:44:55,120 --> 00:44:57,279
Speaker 3: If Derek Henry's running the ball well, which he did

1046
00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:59,439
Speaker 3: against the Bengals, Tannehill's good enough.

1047
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:00,800
Speaker 4: He still threw pick anyway.

1048
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:05,399
Speaker 3: But if Derrick Henry is slowed down or it's hard

1049
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 3: to shut him down, but you slow them down enough,

1050
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 3: I don't think Tannehill's good enough to win games against

1051
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 3: good teams. But when I look around the league, I'm

1052
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:14,720
Speaker 3: not seeing a lot of great teams that they're about

1053
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 3: five six good, really good teams. And then you have

1054
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:21,240
Speaker 3: this mishmosh going on where everybody's trying to find themselves

1055
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 3: and we don't really know how it's all gonna end up.

1056
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 3: So I think I think the Titans, Colts, Texans, Jacks.

1057
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,520
Speaker 3: You know, you're all two and two right now. Maybe

1058
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:31,840
Speaker 3: the division's up for grabs here, it's only four games in.

1059
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:34,439
Speaker 3: You know, talk to us in. We're gonna talk every

1060
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,719
Speaker 3: week anyway, but in four or five weeks we'll get

1061
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 3: a much better picture of how it's really gonna go down.

1062
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 3: And then still you could go on a second half

1063
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 3: run like the Jags did last year and make some

1064
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 3: impressive things happen.

1065
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:47,799
Speaker 6: I'm still cloudiest on the Titans. I don't know what

1066
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:49,440
Speaker 6: to make of them all the way. I know they're

1067
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:53,400
Speaker 6: two and two, but I just can't trust what that

1068
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:55,719
Speaker 6: they're gonna keep doing this and do this consistently.

1069
00:45:55,840 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 3: I think the difference between them and the other three teams.

1070
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:00,720
Speaker 3: The other three teams have quarterback upside, but even Lawrence

1071
00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 3: still right if he performs consistently well. Richardson upside obviously,

1072
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:09,439
Speaker 3: c J. Stroud continuing to go up. You know who

1073
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:11,440
Speaker 3: the Titans quarterback is and what he can do. That's

1074
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 3: why you need Henry to produce, or the ground game

1075
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:17,960
Speaker 3: in general, because it's probably not gonna happen with just Tannehill.

1076
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:19,160
Speaker 3: And I hate to say that thin guy's won a

1077
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:22,040
Speaker 3: lot of games too, but it's a balanced effort in Tennessee.

1078
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:23,320
Speaker 2: What do you think of the Jags?

1079
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:25,680
Speaker 1: I felt like before the season started, we heard eleven

1080
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:30,239
Speaker 1: wins gonna be the runaway AFC South champions. And now

1081
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:32,479
Speaker 1: the Jags, I mean, yeah, they you know, they beat

1082
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:34,720
Speaker 1: the Falcons. Now they're gonna stay in London. They're gonna

1083
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:38,799
Speaker 1: face the Bills. Well, you know, it's not an easy

1084
00:46:38,840 --> 00:46:41,320
Speaker 1: schedule for them. They've got Okay, they've got the Bills.

1085
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:45,080
Speaker 1: They've got three more games, including New Orleans and Pittsburgh,

1086
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:47,080
Speaker 1: and then they have a Week nine by like, what

1087
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:49,439
Speaker 1: are the Jags going to do here in the second quarter?

1088
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:51,799
Speaker 3: And who is their NFC West team? Maybe the forty

1089
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:55,160
Speaker 3: nine ers, Yeah it is. They have those first place teams, right,

1090
00:46:55,640 --> 00:46:58,359
Speaker 3: So they played the Chiefs already lost to them. They're

1091
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:00,920
Speaker 3: gonna play the Bills and we'll see what happens in London.

1092
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:02,799
Speaker 3: They're going to play the forty nine ers. That's a

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Speaker 3: tougher schedule because they won the division, So we'll see

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Speaker 3: how that plays out for them. Look, I still think

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00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:09,800
Speaker 3: they have a lot of talent. They bounced back really

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Speaker 3: well after losing to the Texans.

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Speaker 1: I think it's funny that everyone thought that the AFC

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Speaker 1: North would be just the division that was going to

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Speaker 1: be the toughest, and I.

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Speaker 2: Feel like the AFC South is people are pleasantly surprised.

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Speaker 3: Everyone's certainly an NFC South. Look, I mean, the Tampa

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Speaker 3: Bay Buccaneers are doing better than you thought, and Falcons

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Speaker 3: started out well.

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Speaker 4: It changes week to week.

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Speaker 3: Like I said, it's a mishmash with a lot of teams,

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Speaker 3: and we'll see where it goes.

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Speaker 1: All right, We'll see where it goes, and we'll see

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Speaker 1: where Texans matchup goes. Because John Harris always has fun

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Speaker 1: win or loss. But I'm sure he's been having a

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Speaker 1: lot of fun the last two weeks as he puts

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Speaker 1: together the best of Texans matchup that's coming up next,

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Speaker 1: that's going to do it for Texans All Access. Thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for listening, and as always, go Texans