1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, and welcome. It's Texans All Access here at 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: NRG Stadium in the Hyundai Texans Radio Studio. It is 3 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: great to be back in Houston, and I think everyone 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:13,600 Speaker 1: can relate to this. When you leave town, it's fun 5 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: to go away, it's fun to visit other places. It's 6 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: nice to see how the other half, or more than 7 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: half lives. But there's nothing like coming home to Houston, Texas. 8 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 1: There really isn't. It's home. It's the greatest place on earth. 9 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,640 Speaker 1: And my buddy Chris Vaughan actually told me this when 10 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: I moved here. He said, this is the greatest city 11 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: in America. And I thought, what I mean, Yeah, I 12 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 1: kind of like it here, but the greatest city in America. 13 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: And you just don't know until you live here. And 14 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,960 Speaker 1: I've always said this about Houston. Place to visit, right, 15 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,480 Speaker 1: you could argue it might not be the best place 16 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: to visit objectively in the United States of America, but 17 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: it's the best place to live. It's the best place 18 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: to reside. And I think Houstonians by and large agree 19 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: with this. But I'm not here to talk about that. 20 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: I'm here to talk about this on the program tonight. 21 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: We have reaction from Hello, Brian and Brian Gaine on 22 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: the signing of Brandon Wheedon. That'll be in the second segment, 23 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: and in the third segment, John Harris comes in for 24 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: a visit. Let's catch up with Johnny. Haven't spoken to 25 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: him on the air all week long, looking forward to it. 26 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: We'll also have Johnny on tomorrow, of course, and to 27 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: our Friday roundup program. But let's start off with the 28 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: general from the Houston Chronicle, John McLean. How's it going, 29 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: John Mark, It's great. I came back from Orlando today. 30 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: I've had multiple stories every day. Got another one Brian 31 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 1: Gaine on Sunday talking about kind of players. He's looking 32 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: for specific positions like left tackle, like tight end. What 33 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 1: they want, what might be out there when they pick. 34 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 1: So I've got that Sunday, and I've got a We 35 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: have a new website called Texas Sports Nation. Everything's being 36 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 1: tweeted out. In my first contribution to it is why 37 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: I believe Bill O'Brien is the coach first will be 38 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 1: the firstball coach in Houston to lead a team to 39 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Oh boy, I hope it happens, and 40 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 1: happens soones of me talking about Bill and a lot 41 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: of this. I mean, we know O'Brien here, and it's 42 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: amazing to me he gets more respect around the league 43 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: than he does locally. And I talked to people about 44 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: him at at the Combine, and I talked to him 45 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: a lot about him at the owner's meetings, because you know, 46 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: we spend so much time hanging out, and it's interesting 47 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 1: that he is respected around the league for a lot 48 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 1: of reasons. And everybody says, now that he has a 49 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: franchise quarterback, you're going to get a good indication of 50 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: how good of a coach Billy can be. What were 51 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 1: these meetings like for you? You've covered so many anything 52 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: different new the state of the league. What jumps out 53 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,920 Speaker 1: to you about this year's version of the NFL meetings? John, 54 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: I don't get out much. I didn't stay on site. 55 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: I stated a fairfield and sweets by the Sea World 56 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: about five minutes away. But I like to say up 57 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:03,160 Speaker 1: there with the Ritz and of JW. Marray, i's plenty 58 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: of room. You can talk to people and can catch 59 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: them coming out. There's a lot of places to rome 60 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: and I like it. I like the coach's breakfast. Always 61 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: don't like it. I know you don't either. Nobody in 62 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: the media like doing All thirty two for one hour. 63 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: I thought it was crazy. And then I never did 64 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: get over to the NFC. I wanted to ask questions 65 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: over there. One of the things I'm doing for this 66 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 1: Texas Sports Nation site is I talked to the other 67 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: AFC South head coaches about Watson and my lead on 68 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: my stories about Maron saw him first, and Moron saw 69 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: him that his worse. But Maron said, there were things 70 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: you saw that you knew, like holy I put bleep 71 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: and and so I thought that was very interesting what 72 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: he thought. And then he and Frank Wright, of course 73 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: Vrabel knows him the best, and I give you a 74 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: little tip. Rabel. I said, what did he do that 75 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: impressed you the most? And Mike said, giving his heck 76 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: to the women in the cafeteria who lost everything and 77 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: in Hurricane Harvey. And he explained why because we knew 78 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: he was athletic, but we came here we got to 79 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: see his character and his personality, and he said, you 80 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: could tell he and his mom and his family had 81 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 1: been people, had done things for them when he was young. 82 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 1: Now he wants to do things for people and that's 83 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: the kind of guy you want on your team. Then 84 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: of course he talked about his ability, but and Frank 85 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,320 Speaker 1: Reich saw him from as far. But Frank being a 86 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: former quarterback, he said, he's always interested in quarterbacks, and 87 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: he watched him in college and even though the Eagles, 88 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: where he was the offensive coordinator, won a Super Bowl 89 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,919 Speaker 1: didn't need a quarterback, he watched him and talked to 90 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: him anyway at the combine just because he was fascinated. 91 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: So he talked about him. Also talked about Andrew Luck, 92 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: who they all expect to be back, right. I told him, 93 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: I said, you know, the Texans is our only team 94 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: in the in the league that wants he Andrew back, 95 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: And he looked at me. I said, because presents three 96 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 1: and oh against him, and he started laughing and as in, 97 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: of course, I'm kidding. Nobody wants to see Andrew Bakas 98 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,599 Speaker 1: and the fact he's such a great guy. So isn't 99 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 1: the division margin? You know, this is going to be 100 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: so much better with the quarterbacks, bag so much more 101 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:20,799 Speaker 1: exciting and competitive. While we're on the subject of the division, 102 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 1: Doug Moron and Bill O'Brien, I know you've written a 103 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 1: lot about their relationship. We've talked a lot about it, 104 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,679 Speaker 1: but it's one thing to write about it and reflect 105 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: out it that way, but to see them interact with 106 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: each other. And I met missus Marone, and I saw them. 107 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 1: You know, they were obviously fraternizing, the Marons and the O'Brien's, 108 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: but it's just funny to be in that environment and 109 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: see them interact. Tell you something Moron told me. As 110 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: soon as I sit at his table, he just stops. 111 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: So he's talking to from Jacksonville, starts ripping Bill. And 112 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: a friend of mine, Tony Grossing from Cleveland, was in 113 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: my room. He'd left his bags in there, and I'm 114 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: transcribing tape and Doug is just kill and Bill, and 115 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: Tony doesn't know who it is, and he goes. He 116 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: stops on his phone. He goes, who is that? What 117 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: a story? I said, it was one problem. They're best friends. 118 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: And something Maron said, You know those guys when they 119 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: were GA's Road and I think of Boltswagen and they 120 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: worked to one or two every morning for George O'Leary 121 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: and and Maron said, there was a moment in which 122 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: Billy and I at the combine we're in a room 123 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: and I look up and I said, can you believe it? 124 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,359 Speaker 1: Look at this room? How did we get here? What 125 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: are we doing here? Yeah, and just remembering where they 126 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: came from, and I think that's really good. And listening 127 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: to him. O'Brien was born with a silver spoon with prep, 128 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: went to Brown, I went to Division three. I had 129 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: to watch the socks and the jocks. I'll guarantee you 130 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 1: he's never watched the sock and a jock. And as 131 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: the team's getting as the Jaguars now are good and 132 00:06:57,839 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: the Texans will be good again with us and healthy, 133 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: it's gonna make the rivalry. He said, there's nobody I 134 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: like beating more than Bill O'Brien, And I hope there's 135 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 1: nobody he likes beating anyone more than me. But our 136 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 1: friendship will be forever. You mentioned Frank Reich and the Colts, 137 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: and yeah, Andrew luck. It appears like everything's on track 138 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: for him to be back on track right now, but 139 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: as you know he could. There's always a chance of 140 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: a setback. There is, and you know, I don't want 141 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: to be hopeful for that. I mean, this is somebody's health, 142 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: So you want to see Andrew a Houstonian. We know 143 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 1: his dad and everything. You want to see him be healthy. 144 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: But it is interesting to follow, and I think that 145 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: team could be a little bit of a thorn in 146 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: the side of everybody else in the division. I mean, 147 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: they're gonna be tough to beat if Andrew luck is healthy. 148 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: And he's never been on a team with a losing 149 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: record since Stanford in the NFL. You know, even they 150 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: were eight and eight with him. Yeah, and when the 151 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:51,640 Speaker 1: Texans were nine and seven, they were one game out. 152 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: And so I think that Andrew will make them And 153 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:00,080 Speaker 1: people won't believe this, but I'm gonna say it. It 154 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: was just capable of winning the division as the Jaguars, 155 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 1: Titans and Texans. What about Brandon Weedon coming back? John 156 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: We talked about backup quarterback for a long time. Then 157 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: the reports came out earlier this week, the tweets and 158 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: everything that Weedon would be back as the backup. But 159 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 1: they're not done yet at the signal caller position, right, 160 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: you don't think they are. What do you think they're 161 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 1: gonna do? Maybe draft a guy? How about that I 162 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: did in my vandermock Did you really I drafted the 163 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 1: kid from Virginia. Where'd you have him draft? I actually 164 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: ran my entire Vandermok by Brian Gane and he was 165 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: like interesting, Like I don't think he liked it at all, 166 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: but I'm sure he's gonna say, now you need to 167 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: change this. Put this guy here. So where'd you have 168 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: a quarterback going in one round? Yeah? In the sixth round? Yeah, 169 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 1: with one of those three sixth round picks. I think 170 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: they're done. If he likes Heine, why is Heinik still 171 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: around if they're gonna draft somebody, Well, you keep him 172 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: around until you draft somebody. How about that? Yeah? I 173 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: think Brandon is coming back here to be number two. 174 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: And last year I know he was upset. You know, 175 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 1: he got cut the last roster reduction. Thought they would 176 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: keep three. And I'm guessing now, after what they've gone 177 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: through with multiple quarterbacks every year but twenty sixteen, that 178 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:14,680 Speaker 1: they're going to keep three. I really want them to 179 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: keep three. I'm going to heavily request that. Good your 180 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,320 Speaker 1: next mark that you run by Brian Gaine. Be sure 181 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: until Brian keep three. I've been public about this. I 182 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: want to keep three. I've said it until they can 183 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: get through a season with one quarterback, fully healthy all 184 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:34,040 Speaker 1: the way throughout. You gotta keep three guys, because last 185 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:36,880 Speaker 1: year they lost Whedon. He would have definitely played for 186 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: them at some point with the way things went down. 187 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: Let's hope it doesn't come to that, but you need 188 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: the insurance. People are always on Whedon and in every 189 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: talk show I've done, why in the world Brandon Whedon? 190 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:53,440 Speaker 1: I said the last time he played, he won two 191 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: games and we saw him three touchdowns, no interceptions, and 192 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: they like him. I mean both of them were here. 193 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: Brian Gaine was here when he did that. Bill of 194 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 1: course was here. He knows the system, he knows the coaches, 195 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: he knows Watson. He was with him from the draft 196 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 1: through the last cut last year, so familiarity. And when 197 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 1: they saw him play last he won. He came off 198 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: the bench to win the first game at Jackson Mill. 199 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:22,679 Speaker 1: Then who was at Tennessee and they were not going 200 00:10:22,679 --> 00:10:25,400 Speaker 1: to the playoffs of course, But the fact is they 201 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,559 Speaker 1: seem behind the scenes they knowing better than anybody else. 202 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 1: That's who they wanted. They could add Matt Moore, who 203 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: was in on it, that's a guy thought they might 204 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 1: take all along, but they liked Weeding better. What about 205 00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: left tackle. Do you think Julian Davenport he's the guy 206 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: if they start, If they play this week, he gets 207 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: the first shot a training camp, the offseason program, and 208 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: he's got to take advantage of it. They'll they'll draft 209 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: to tackle. I'm assuming with the first pick they have. 210 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 1: Everymark draft I've done, I turned into six one last night, 211 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: I have another tackle and I also have him in 212 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: my mock draft this week of taking um another tight end, 213 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:07,319 Speaker 1: this one's Notre Dame. Last week with Stanford, I started 214 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: off Gauzeki, He's not gonna be there in the third 215 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: round from Penn State, but after the combined explosion he had. 216 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: But I am taking Alex Capot from Humboldt State, a 217 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: tackle who can play guard, and I still think they 218 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 1: need a guard. And I talk to some kid's city 219 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 1: people and they loved Fulton. Andy Reid said, they're gonna 220 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: love the way he comes to work and does his job. 221 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,439 Speaker 1: He said, one of my favorite players. He said. He 222 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: doesn't say a whole lot, he just does his job. 223 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: I talk to some people from the Chiefs and they 224 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: think he's a better center than guard and the Saints 225 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: and also if he'd gone back there was no guarantee 226 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,839 Speaker 1: he was gonna start with Mitch Morris coming back, and 227 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: then Cineo Calamette. They loved him. The Saints loved the 228 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: guy because he played different positions. And Bill O'Brien's all 229 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,439 Speaker 1: about versatility where he can get it, and he kind 230 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,040 Speaker 1: of went out of his way to talk about I 231 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: let tell a little bit more at that breakfast and 232 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 1: then and Bill said they're gonna have four news starters 233 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: and offensive line, which I thought was very interesting. Couple 234 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: of chiefs. People think Jeff Allen be a better right 235 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: tackle than he has a guard, and it I don't 236 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: expect Jeff to be around. And then Chandrell Henderson's an 237 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: interesting when Mark, you know, twenty seven, starts his first 238 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:23,839 Speaker 1: two years and then he had the suspensions and the 239 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: Crows disease and two surgeries, and so he is a 240 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: hungry guy on to one year contract. I love guys 241 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: on one year contracts because you're gonna get the very 242 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 1: best they have. Everything's at stake for them. And if 243 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,720 Speaker 1: he's going to be able to play again and pick 244 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 1: up where he was early in his career, this is 245 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: the time to do it at right tackle for the Texans. Then, 246 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: of course Bill talked about Derek Newton, but everybody talks 247 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: about how hard Derek's work and how great he looks physically, 248 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,599 Speaker 1: But even in the offseason conditioning, if he's able to 249 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: run around until they put pads on him at training 250 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,599 Speaker 1: camp and seem in those drills, they're not going to 251 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: have a good idea of whether he can come back 252 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: or not. And if he buys at what level, well, 253 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: it could all work out very well. The luck of 254 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: last year wouldn't be great. They got these three new 255 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 1: guys and they and Derek Newton. Newton gets to come back, 256 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: and then they're gonna draft at least two, including the 257 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:18,959 Speaker 1: guy with the first pig and third round, so we're 258 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: gonna see a totally different offensive line. Stick around. Reaction 259 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 1: from Bill O'Brien and Brian Gaine on the signing of 260 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: Brandon Whedon. He's back with the Houston Texans. More from 261 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 1: the General John Harris coming up. It's all happening on 262 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,719 Speaker 1: Texans Radio. So much fun to be back in the 263 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,240 Speaker 1: building NRG Stadium here in the Hunday Texans Radio studio. 264 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: Mark Vandermer with you on Texans All Access. Back to 265 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 1: the General John McClain in just a moment. John Harris 266 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,040 Speaker 1: coming up in the next segment. So we'll have a 267 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,080 Speaker 1: lot to talk about tonight. I mean, the owners meetings, 268 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 1: in the books, the rules changes everything. And Brandon Wheedon 269 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: back with the Houston Texans. That's a good site. I mean, 270 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: you don't want to have to use brand in Wheedon. 271 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 1: He's insurance. But you need good insurance at backup quarterback. 272 00:14:04,640 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: We've seen that here way too often. I had a 273 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 1: chance to visit with Bill O'Brien at the NFL meetings. 274 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: I asked him about the addition of Wheedon, the readdition 275 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:15,839 Speaker 1: of Wheaton to the Texans roster. Brandon's a guy that 276 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: we're obviously very familiar with, a really good pro He's 277 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 1: He's played a lot for us. I mean, he won 278 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: a couple of games for us, you know, two years ago. 279 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:26,960 Speaker 1: This is a guy that that brings a great attitude 280 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: into the meeting room, knows our offense. He was here 281 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: even though, like I said, we're changing a little bit. 282 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: He has an understanding of the foundation in the offense, 283 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: and so when he was available, we felt like it 284 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: made sense to bring him back to Houston. Billow, Brian 285 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 1: and Orlando talking about Brandon Whedon being back with the Texans. 286 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:46,200 Speaker 1: Now Brian gained the general manager, he's the guy who 287 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: inked the deal to bring Brandon back. Well, Brandon somebody 288 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: that we're familiar with because he was in our program 289 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: in the past, has been a backup player for us 290 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: in previous seasons, has actually gone out and won a 291 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: game or two for us when he's hand to play. 292 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: Brandon's a good teammate. He's got good arm strength, he's 293 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 1: got size, he's got pocket passability. We feel he'll be 294 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: a good contributor to the offense. I'm equally to the 295 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 1: quarterback room and be a resource for Deshaun Watson. Well, 296 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: there you have it, hearing from Texans brass on Brandon 297 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: Whedon being back with the Houston Texans and what's his 298 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 1: record with the Texans. Some people say two and oh, 299 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: but he did not get the start against Indie when 300 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: the Texans beat the Colts for the first time. So 301 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: I call it one point seven five at ozho, maybe 302 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: one and a half an ozho. He came into the 303 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: game of the first half when t J. Yates got 304 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 1: herb finished it off through the touchdown pass to Jail 305 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: and Strong. They got the win. They played outstanding defense 306 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: that day. By the way, it was sixteen to ten 307 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: the final. Anyway, it's great to have Brandon Whedon back. 308 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: Great guys gonna be out of the show. Exclusive interview 309 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: tomorrow and I with Brandon wheedon, so we look forward 310 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: to that. We also look forward to John McClean being 311 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: on the show each and every Thursday night. General, let's 312 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: get back to the conversation here. All right, rules changes, 313 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: the catch rule, it is changed. It is different. Now 314 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 1: I we all feel better about this, he says, with 315 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: a question mark at the end of the sense. Going 316 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: to the ground doesn't mean anything anymore. So that's the 317 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: best thing. There'll still be controversy did he control the 318 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: ball before it got knocked out? But when it goes 319 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: to the ground, it doesn't matter. So that's the main 320 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 1: thing to remember. No more Dez Bryant, no more Jesse James, 321 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: no more Calvin Johnson. And I'll say it's just about time. 322 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: It's about time. But there are other examples as well, 323 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: fumbles that would have, could have should have occurred, or 324 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: fumbles that will not occur. There are going to be 325 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 1: a bunch of different plays that are going to make 326 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: us recall this rule change in the coming years, and 327 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: that's gonna be fun again. I'll use a question mark 328 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: on that. What about this helmet situation? John, how difficult 329 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: to officiate? What do you think transpires after all of 330 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: this that's gotten the most attention? And if, as Roger 331 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: Gndale said yesterday he mentioned twice in his last news conference, 332 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: we want to take the head out of the game. 333 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: The helmet needs to be a protective vice and not 334 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 1: a weapon. They did consult officials, Union said they didn't, 335 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: you know, they weren't consulted like they'd like to be 336 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 1: a part of everything. And I do believe when you 337 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: change rules, you should have the union involved. You should 338 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:18,320 Speaker 1: have players involved. And it's gonna be hard to legislate 339 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: because they don't know the exact language. Right now, what'll 340 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: get a guy kicked out? We know? And I don't 341 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: like the targeting and rule in college sometime you have 342 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: to figure intent. Too often a receiver will do drop 343 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: his head at the last instant, get hit in the 344 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 1: head and they blame it on the guy doing the tackling. 345 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: And of course defensive players don't like it. I saw 346 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 1: him squealing like crazy last night on ESPN, the NFL 347 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 1: Network about the injustice of the rule. And it can 348 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 1: be an offensive player too, And so how can anybody 349 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: quival with trying to do something to protect players from injury. Yeah, 350 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: I think it's a big safety thing, of course, but 351 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,640 Speaker 1: you're right. I mean so often in college you'll see 352 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: a player that's going lower and the defender probably doesn't 353 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 1: even see where he's going at that point, but he 354 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 1: is leading with the helmet. The crown of the helmet 355 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: rule really didn't do a whole lot. You know, you 356 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 1: never really saw that called that much. I know it 357 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: has been called, but we thought it was gonna be 358 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 1: a bigger deal than it became. I don't know, it's 359 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 1: gonna be interesting. I mean a lot of people think 360 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 1: that this game is getting way too unphysical, not physical enough. 361 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 1: They're doing away with some of what makes this game great. 362 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: How do you see it? Because you've seen a lot 363 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 1: of developments in this league. Also, it helps the offense. 364 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: You know, they wanted it's all about scoring and touchdowns 365 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 1: and points, and this should help the offense. If you 366 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:39,880 Speaker 1: go low, you hit him in the knees. They don't 367 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 1: like it. I don't know player alive or players not 368 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 1: alive that I used to know who wouldn't rather get 369 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: hit in the head than the knees. And I think, 370 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 1: is it's gonna happen. Sometimes it'll be on purpose, they'll 371 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 1: kick the guy out. A rule that I like was 372 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,719 Speaker 1: the one that would have ejected Gronkowski and Mike Evans 373 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: for their cheap shots against tradevious White and buff against 374 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 1: buff Buffalo and Marshall and Lattimore in New England of 375 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,120 Speaker 1: New Orleans. How those officials didn't keep those kick those 376 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: two guys out for egregious non football penalties was ridiculous. 377 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: Now that office in New York can tell the officials 378 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: get that guy out of there now this one. Maybe 379 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: they'll decide by the meetings in Atlanta in May that 380 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 1: that the New York can weigh in on this as well, 381 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: not just the officials on the field. I just don't 382 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,639 Speaker 1: want them to take so much time to decide. Basketball 383 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 1: can take so long for them to be at the 384 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 1: scorers table and look at it, and you'd just love 385 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: to see a system where it just sort of flows. 386 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 1: I kind of like the way they're doing it now 387 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: from the League Office. I believe hockey was first with that, 388 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:48,880 Speaker 1: because when you come back from commercial, it's over. They're 389 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: not still under the hood looking at all these replays. 390 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: The key is they don't want to slow the game 391 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: down anymore. It already is all right. Other things that 392 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:01,359 Speaker 1: we observed here at the NFL meetings, and you know, 393 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: it's fun to see all the executives around. It's fun 394 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:06,200 Speaker 1: to see Elway and those guys around. Brian Gaine able 395 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: to hobnob at the general managers for the first time 396 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: at the owner's meeting, and Bill Belichick actually showed up 397 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: at the coach's breakfast, which did not happen. Lest left 398 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: Earley last year he was scouting. He got up left Earle. 399 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: Mike Rabe was next to him, and he's like, oh, 400 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: can I go Nope, you're a rookie. You haven't won 401 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,359 Speaker 1: all the Super Bowls like him, and well, hope you've 402 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: won three, but no, you guys stick around. Well, you know, 403 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: it's interesting because Rabel for a while I heard that 404 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: he made a comment because Paul Kaharski and Jim White 405 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: were the only two guys around him for a big 406 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:38,840 Speaker 1: stretch of time, and a lot of coaches were like 407 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 1: that because the room was thinned. Now with all thirty 408 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: two going at once, you know, all the national media 409 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: guys cannot just converge on these tables conferenced by conference 410 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:49,639 Speaker 1: the way they were able to in the past. So 411 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,959 Speaker 1: it does thin the media participation out a little bit. 412 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:54,720 Speaker 1: The only good thing about that you don't have to 413 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: get up to crack and dawn two mornings in a row. 414 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,920 Speaker 1: What I heard and saw a lot of interesting things 415 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:04,640 Speaker 1: on the AFC side never got over. I was went 416 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 1: over and watched Brabel and how he was handling those guys. 417 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: But you're right now, Bill O'Brien. I started off with 418 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 1: him for thirty minutes, and Bill got a lot of attention. 419 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: And if you look at the transcript, my god, where 420 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: is Riley McCarron in New England? He must have gotten 421 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 1: five questions about how good Riley McCarron can be for 422 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: the Patriots. And I'm like, where donna hear that name? 423 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, he used to be with the Texas. And 424 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: I'm looking at all these things. They're saying, well, can 425 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 1: he do this? Can he do that? Of course, Bill 426 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 1: saying nothing but great things. And then he kept getting 427 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: the same questions over and over about Watson where he 428 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: is health wise. And I think Billy O'Brien early in 429 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: his career might not have had the patience he had 430 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: Tuesday because it was driving me crazy just reading it. 431 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: And of course he had a lot on Tyran Matthew, 432 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,920 Speaker 1: who I wrote about today, him talking about him because 433 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 1: Bill was not at the news conference here. That was 434 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:04,240 Speaker 1: Brian Gaine, and so I was interested in what he 435 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: had to say about it. But it h it was 436 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: fun those guys. A lot of news comes out of there. 437 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,360 Speaker 1: And because like I go, like Davenport, like he never 438 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,399 Speaker 1: said deonte Foreman is supposed to be ready for the 439 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: start of the season, he did that. So it's the 440 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 1: only time a coach ever has to sit for an 441 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: hour with the media and can't move. Yeah, I'll put 442 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,360 Speaker 1: that in air quotes. Although Van's Joseph I was out 443 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: getting a cup of coffee. He was taking a break 444 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: to the I to go to the bathroom. I didn't 445 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: see him go to the restaurom, but I think it 446 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: was just taking a break out some air. One thing 447 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 1: the difference is, and I've been doing these since eighty four, 448 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 1: is there's so many more cameras. Team send their websites 449 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,840 Speaker 1: like the Texans, and I did interviews with a lot 450 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 1: of team websites when they're asking about current or former 451 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 1: players in the Hall of Fame, and uh, I was, 452 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: and I'm always happy to do that. But it's just 453 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: amazing him any teams have websites and how much money 454 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: they spend to come to those events like y'all do 455 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: to bring the best possible coverage you can to Texans fans. 456 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 1: John one other note from the AFC here that team 457 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: out of the AFC North might they threaten for the 458 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 1: AFC title. I mean, after all, they did lose in 459 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: the divisional round and they like to be heard from 460 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,120 Speaker 1: the AFC North with the Steelers. Of course, the Steelers 461 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 1: are capable every year. You know, Baltimore doesn't scare anybody anymore. 462 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 1: Cincinnati doesn't scare anybody anymore. Somebody said that all they 463 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 1: want in Cleveland is to win about five games so 464 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 1: Mike Brown can hire Hugh Jackson back after he gets 465 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 1: fired by John Dorsey after next season the Browns. The 466 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: Browns draft stuff was a lot of speculation. Would they 467 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,960 Speaker 1: take Sam Darnold. There's some people think Josh Allen There's 468 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: one school thought they won't take Sequon Barkley with a 469 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: fourth pick if he's available, which I don't understand at all. 470 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:02,840 Speaker 1: There's talk they would trade down from four. Well, they 471 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,639 Speaker 1: already got three twos and maybe they need multiple picks 472 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: the next year because there's such a rebuilding process there. 473 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 1: But listening all the draft speculation, that was one of 474 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 1: the most fun things we do because everywhere we go 475 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 1: people are talking about it. Now they're not talking about 476 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: the Texans because he don't have the first two picks. 477 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: But I said, well, those first two pigs are Deshaun 478 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: Watson and Tyran Matthew because they got ten million in 479 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: cap space from Cleveland and they used seven of it 480 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: on Matthews. So look at it like that, and I 481 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 1: sent him. Put a blog on Crown dot com today 482 00:24:40,119 --> 00:24:43,360 Speaker 1: with Doug Moron talking about Aaron Colvin and how much 483 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,959 Speaker 1: he likes him, how much he hated to lose him. 484 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: You know. But when you're spending the money like they're 485 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:52,239 Speaker 1: spending spending on Andrew norwell somebody's got to go. Now. 486 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: They've signed d J. Hayden to try to take his place, 487 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,360 Speaker 1: and the Hayden's not near as good as Colvin, John, 488 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: what are you up going out of the chronicle? You 489 00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: mentioned Sunday Cowards Nations Sunday O'Brian Gaine tomorrow. I'm working 490 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,919 Speaker 1: on that. I have a thing on our Texas Sports 491 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: Nation going to be the AFC South coach is talking 492 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,479 Speaker 1: about Watson and I have an Aaron Colvin blog up 493 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: there and Aaron Wilson's doing things about position, about position. 494 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:18,639 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. Good to be back. I echo 495 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: that it's good to be back, all right. John Harris 496 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: is going to come in next a few things from 497 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: the NFL meetings, and you hear about TV ratings now. 498 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 1: The league is very aware of what's going on with 499 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: the television ratings, and I think that one thing has 500 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: to be pointed out here. When you look at the 501 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:39,680 Speaker 1: last ten years of NFL television, the ratings from the 502 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: two thousand and six season to the twenty sixteen and 503 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 1: seventeen seasons, they're up overall, and you would expect that 504 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: to be the case. Right, of course, of course they 505 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,719 Speaker 1: should be up from ten years ago. You're growing, right, 506 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 1: primetime television everything, but the National Football League is down 507 00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: so much. The NFL, despite the recent little bit of 508 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 1: a Rowan in ratings, and I say a little bit 509 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 1: because that's what the TV executives look at it as. 510 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 1: Despite that, the dominance of the NFL over everything else 511 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,679 Speaker 1: on television has never been greater. The gap has never 512 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: been wider between NFL TV ratings and the rest of 513 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 1: primetime television. Now, one of the executives brought this up 514 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:23,400 Speaker 1: during the meetings that young people gen Z, they don't 515 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: even know what primetime is. When you say primetime to 516 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: a kid who's eighteen nineteen, what's primetime? Well, primetime television 517 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 1: is standard eight to ten, seven to ten, you could 518 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: put it in there. Now. I grew up on the 519 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,439 Speaker 1: East Coast time zone, so forgive me for that. But whatever. 520 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: These kids today, Okay, I'm going get off my lawn here, 521 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 1: they don't know what primetime is. Prime Time for them 522 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 1: is wherever they have their phone, whatever time they have 523 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,520 Speaker 1: to possibly watch a program. By the way, right now, 524 00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 1: I'm kind of binging Ozark on my phone and it's great, man, 525 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 1: what a great series. Wow, I'm early on. I'm only 526 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,920 Speaker 1: three episodes in, so don't spoil it for me. John Harris, 527 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,360 Speaker 1: don't spoil it for him. He's coming up next here. 528 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,679 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the meetings. Let's talk about what's up 529 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,239 Speaker 1: with the Houston Texans and the recent changes. It's all 530 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:13,560 Speaker 1: happening on Texans Radio, back on Texans All Access here 531 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 1: the hometown Hyundai Texans Radio studio. So wonderful to be 532 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: back in Houston with my friend John Harris. How's it 533 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 1: going with Johnny? It is going well, Mark, last this 534 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: week has been sort of weird because I'm I'm a 535 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: creature habit, I think we all are. And you did 536 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 1: the show on Monday and it really kind of threw 537 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 1: me off. I'm sorry, I did it from Orlando. No, 538 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,920 Speaker 1: it's all kind of hijack the whole show. No, it's fun. 539 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,639 Speaker 1: You had all kinds of you had great stuff, and 540 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 1: you you had to do it. I mean you had to. 541 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:42,840 Speaker 1: I want to hear about your time in Orlando. We'll 542 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 1: get to that, but I want to get your thoughts 543 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: on this. Last night, we did our Wednesday night draft, 544 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:49,360 Speaker 1: right if you remember, last week we did our American 545 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: Dude Draft. Yeah, and you're part of that. Dudes. Last 546 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 1: night we did the Football Guilty Pleasures Draft, all right, 547 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,440 Speaker 1: So you have to explain this. I heard you, know, 548 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: I actually heard you on Triple three when I landed, 549 00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,080 Speaker 1: you are promoting this and I never have to hear 550 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 1: the draft. Well, if you just think about what got 551 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,400 Speaker 1: me thinking about it was there's certain things about football 552 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:14,400 Speaker 1: that you just you just absolutely love and sometimes hard 553 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: to explain. But I thought about the idea that Drew 554 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,680 Speaker 1: had about tailgate food and I was like, man, tailgate 555 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 1: food is a definitely guilty pleasure for people. Now. I 556 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 1: don't go out to the tailgates. I mean you know 557 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 1: that I'm in the once I get it in building 558 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 1: hours before a game. I don't either so much going on, 559 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: I can't do it. So I was like, man, maybe 560 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,920 Speaker 1: tailgate food is like a guilty pleasure, and I hit me. 561 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, man, a guilty pleasure to think 562 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: about a guilty pleasure is and then just apply to football, right, 563 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: And so we did four rounds. I had four. My 564 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 1: first one was The Bomb because I love seeing the Yeah, 565 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,040 Speaker 1: and it really made me think about it when Will 566 00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 1: caught that touchdown pass against the Seahawks. Yeah. So the 567 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: Bomb America's game on NFL Network. That is a definitely 568 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: guilty pleasure for me. Keith Jackson. Keith Jackson was I 569 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 1: mean he's the best and my Actually this is the 570 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 1: end of the third round, but I said it for 571 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,520 Speaker 1: the end because my guilty pleasure. I could listen. I 572 00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,680 Speaker 1: could listen to this all day. I've told you this. 573 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,680 Speaker 1: I think it's your best call ever when aj Boyan 574 00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: makes the interception in Indianapolis. Went and found the cut 575 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: and I played it and it's fantastic, And it was 576 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: funny because Deep then chimed in and she said that 577 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 1: every time that we're in Lucas Oil, she said, she 578 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:33,400 Speaker 1: sees you before the game, you see she sees you 579 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 1: at halftime, and you're just kind of this ball of nerves. 580 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: And obviously I don't get I could hear it, but 581 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,080 Speaker 1: it was like when he makes that interception and the 582 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: Texas are finally gonna win in Indianapolis and all that 583 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 1: that meant for that particular season in twenty fifteen, but 584 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: then beyond that, it was exercising all the demons, and 585 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,120 Speaker 1: it was like when he makes interception and slides down 586 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 1: and you just let it all out, and I was like, 587 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: I could listen to that forever. So that was my 588 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: That was my last guilty pleasure. That those are my four. 589 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: I'm so honored to be part of that. Yeah, I 590 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: really am, you know, as I think about it, and 591 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 1: some of it's not relieving, guilty, you know, the things 592 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: I really love about football that aren't necessarily you know, 593 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,560 Speaker 1: the in the flow of the game, but being an 594 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,240 Speaker 1: NRG stadium and some of the video board stuff, I 595 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: gotta tell you, I love. I love the opening last 596 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 1: year in the Cube was so good, and you know, 597 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 1: i'd seen it several times before we ever aired it 598 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 1: in the building itself, and we used it for our 599 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 1: preseason television broadcasts. But something about being in the building 600 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 1: and seeing that, and I always want to see the 601 00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 1: guys come out of the tunnel, and I don't always 602 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,000 Speaker 1: get to because we're actually on the air doing and 603 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,320 Speaker 1: we don't describe them coming out of the tunnel because 604 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 1: it's not good radio. I read the starting lineups and 605 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 1: we have to go over it in a more verbal 606 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 1: radio sense. But I love watching that stuff, you know, 607 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:53,880 Speaker 1: that that extracurricular outside the line stuff, the showmanship in 608 00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 1: the building. I really do enjoy that. I love old 609 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 1: not just old NFL films, but old NFL broadcasts because 610 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 1: they do run those. It's funny because Sean McManus, who 611 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 1: runs CBS Sports was at the NFL Owners meetings and 612 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,880 Speaker 1: I could have listened to him for days, just talk 613 00:31:11,920 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: about sports TV. They have this CBS All Access product 614 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:21,360 Speaker 1: where you can watch everything. You pay for it, but 615 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,720 Speaker 1: you can watch everything. And everybody's going into the digital 616 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: space because they know that the cord cutters are out there. 617 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: And not only can you watch old NFL stuff, you 618 00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: can watch old episodes of Mash, any program that was 619 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 1: on CBS Mash All in the Family. I'm really speaking 620 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 1: to my people who grew up in the seventies here, 621 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,440 Speaker 1: not that I did. All in the Family, Mary Tyler, Moore, 622 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,040 Speaker 1: Bob Newhart show all of that stuff on this CBS 623 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: All Access app. Wow about that. That would be a 624 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 1: guilty pleasure for some I thought DP had dB had 625 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 1: some really good ones. She had Touchdown Celebrations, which was 626 00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: on my list. Yeah, that was on my list. That 627 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:57,600 Speaker 1: was a really good one. And especially the fact that 628 00:31:57,640 --> 00:32:00,880 Speaker 1: they've kind of come back in recent years. I thought 629 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: that was really good. Drew had as one of his 630 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 1: honorable mentions. I think he would probably put it in 631 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 1: his four Snow Games. Yeah, whenever there's snow during a 632 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: game and obviously we're not gonna get that much. Half 633 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 1: the season's already out if you count Indianapolis nine, sixteenth 634 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 1: of the year is pretty much out. But we went 635 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: to Green Bay in twenty sixteen and have a snow 636 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 1: game and that was one of the few in Texas history. 637 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,320 Speaker 1: And that was really cool because I told the story 638 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,040 Speaker 1: about my father in law. My father in law is 639 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,360 Speaker 1: not a big football fans, not a big sports fan, 640 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: likes basketball because it lis in North Carolina and grew 641 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:34,240 Speaker 1: up with with North Carolina basketball, David's and basketball. But 642 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: anytime there would be a snow game on, he would 643 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: text me, He's like, Johnny, Yes, Channel eleven, snow game, 644 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:45,280 Speaker 1: it snowing in Cleveland the NFL. Like you can on 645 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 1: Matten you could do that for a long time. I 646 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: think you probably still can't. You can manipulate the weather 647 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 1: playing snow and playing mud or whatever it is. But 648 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,239 Speaker 1: but yeah, it was good. And so they just got 649 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,400 Speaker 1: me thinking about all the different things that and there's 650 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,400 Speaker 1: some for me that are personal that I didn't want 651 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,160 Speaker 1: to get into, Like you talked about coming out of 652 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: the tunnel. One of my favorite, one of my favorite 653 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 1: moments of any Sunday is when I'm walking down the 654 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,160 Speaker 1: service level and I'm getting ready to go out on 655 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: the field, and I see the same people, I see 656 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: the security guards, i see the same police officers, and 657 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,680 Speaker 1: I'm going through the tunnel and then energy opens up 658 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:18,560 Speaker 1: and it's like, all right, it's time to go. I mean, 659 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: that kind I'm feeling is so cool. It is so cool. 660 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:23,360 Speaker 1: You know, it's funny you bring that up, because you know, 661 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 1: for us doing what we do are outside the lines 662 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,480 Speaker 1: pleasures of being part of this thing, different from fans. 663 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:32,600 Speaker 1: And by the way, we'll talk about fans. I got 664 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: a great idea for the league, by the way, and 665 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:36,479 Speaker 1: in just a moment, in just a moment, I'll give 666 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,680 Speaker 1: you my great idea for the NFL. But the game 667 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 1: day experience on the road taking the bus over for 668 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 1: me is such a joy. It really is. That feeling 669 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: of being on the bus and I got the headphones 670 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 1: on and I'm cranking like Either Zeppelin, Deep Purple. Yeah. 671 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: I do that. I do that old classic rock stuff. 672 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: It fires me up for the game. That's just what 673 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:57,720 Speaker 1: I do. That's got to be a question when we 674 00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,600 Speaker 1: get players in here, we gotta find out what what's 675 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: their high music what's the what's their pregame hype music? 676 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: What are they listening to on the way over? You 677 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: know what? That's absolutely key. I tell the story all 678 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 1: the time about Dashawan going to Cincinnati, being on the 679 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,960 Speaker 1: bus and he's a few rows in front of me, 680 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,360 Speaker 1: and he's getting ready to start, and he's got his 681 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,839 Speaker 1: beats on and he's just listening, and you could tell 682 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 1: every now and again his head would just kind of 683 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:21,120 Speaker 1: go side to side. It was like, yeah, it's on. Yeah, 684 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,319 Speaker 1: like that really gotta be charged up for that game. 685 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,320 Speaker 1: Like he's ready to go. See to go off to 686 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,960 Speaker 1: and say, hey, why don't you listen to this? I 687 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:29,719 Speaker 1: wasn't gonna now, I wasn't gonna mess with him at 688 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,319 Speaker 1: that point. He had the velvet, he had the velvet 689 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,760 Speaker 1: tuxedo on. He looked dressed, and he could really ruined 690 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,279 Speaker 1: his vibe if he had suggested something else for I mean, 691 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,279 Speaker 1: you don't want to talk about It's like talking to 692 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: the picture. Yeah. The day of the game, you don't 693 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:43,880 Speaker 1: do that. That's a that's a rule in the clubhouse. 694 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 1: You don't talk to the quarterback. You cannod give him 695 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,480 Speaker 1: the old what's up smile? Just that's it just an 696 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: all right, so what's your idea? All right? My idea, 697 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 1: my idea. And I think it's pullaffable. Okay, that's a 698 00:34:56,640 --> 00:35:01,360 Speaker 1: new word, pullaffable at the NFL med and people have 699 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 1: to understand what it's like here, you know, as someone 700 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 1: who started in this business calling high school games in 701 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: a car on a hill. Okay, I didn't do every 702 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:12,880 Speaker 1: game like that, but I did a couple. Yeah, But 703 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 1: I always think about that kind of stuff when I'm 704 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,480 Speaker 1: there at a hotel like this and I'm online getting 705 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:23,480 Speaker 1: food with Andy Reid and Roger Goodell and just random 706 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,759 Speaker 1: you know, who's you of the National Football League? You know, 707 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,560 Speaker 1: you're in the men's room and there is Zel Away 708 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 1: and there. You know, it's just unbelievable. You know, it's 709 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:34,400 Speaker 1: everywhere you turn there's some NFL superstar type person and 710 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: it boggles the mind. And they're wearing like Aloha shirts 711 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,359 Speaker 1: or some of them are in a jacket and tie 712 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:41,120 Speaker 1: depending on the meeting that they have to go to, 713 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,440 Speaker 1: and they're just everywhere, and it's just fascinating to me. 714 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 1: I think a fan needs to see this, But fans 715 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,920 Speaker 1: can't see this, they can't be part of it. But 716 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,440 Speaker 1: if you could pick a fan and a guest to 717 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,840 Speaker 1: be able to go to certain events at the owner's meetings, 718 00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 1: stay in the hotel, be around them if you can. 719 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 1: You couldn't do it with all thirty two teams getting 720 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,040 Speaker 1: a fan to go, because that's just thirty two sets 721 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,239 Speaker 1: of that's sixty four people, and that's just too many 722 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,120 Speaker 1: people getting selfies and stuff. But my wife, okay, my wife, 723 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:14,280 Speaker 1: half of her family obviously in her side as opposed 724 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,359 Speaker 1: to my side, but her side are they're Eagles fans. 725 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 1: Are all in Philadelphia Eagles fans. She went up to 726 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:20,480 Speaker 1: she wanted to get a picture of her and Doug 727 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 1: Peterson and said it to all of them. Yeah, I mean, 728 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,120 Speaker 1: that's just totally eat your heart out. Doug Peterson and 729 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,360 Speaker 1: she was shy about it. I was like, listen, you know, 730 00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,200 Speaker 1: you're a beautiful woman. You could do whatever you want to. 731 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,960 Speaker 1: She went up and asked Peterson's wife and she said, 732 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,040 Speaker 1: I'll take the picture. She took the picture, and she said, yeah, 733 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:40,319 Speaker 1: but stuff like that for like one fan, you could 734 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,280 Speaker 1: get away with some of that. I think that everybody 735 00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 1: there would put up with that. You couldn't do it 736 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,400 Speaker 1: with a large number because it would just get too crazy. 737 00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,480 Speaker 1: The big reception on Monday night at the NFL meetings. 738 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:51,719 Speaker 1: Media is in there, so you'll have like the Eden 739 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,759 Speaker 1: Rappaports and James Palmers and people like that mingling with 740 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,320 Speaker 1: the owners and the coaches, and it's everything's off the 741 00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,799 Speaker 1: record there, but you know, if something wants, if somebody 742 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:01,600 Speaker 1: to go on the record, I'm sure they can. But 743 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,440 Speaker 1: it's a very casual kind of thing, you know, in 744 00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:08,000 Speaker 1: their world. Casual. Yeah, it's just bizarre. Like there I am, Johnny. 745 00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:11,560 Speaker 1: I'm in these rooms with billionaires and millionaires and little 746 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:15,880 Speaker 1: old me listening to Roger Goodell welcome everybody and introducing 747 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 1: everybody to the twenty eighteen season because it's the beginning 748 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 1: of the new league year. It's just really amazing to 749 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 1: be a part of that, and I think fans would 750 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,040 Speaker 1: like that. It's interesting you brought up the Eagles because 751 00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:26,840 Speaker 1: that was gonna be my suggestion. Give it to the 752 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,000 Speaker 1: team that wins a Super Bowl. Oh, offer up to 753 00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 1: the team that wins a super Bowl. When you mentioned Eagles, 754 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 1: I was like, oh man, he's not my idea, but no, 755 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:37,080 Speaker 1: that's that's what you do. You give it to the 756 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:38,880 Speaker 1: team that ends up winning the Super Bowl. I think 757 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 1: that's one of the coolest things that I found. And 758 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:43,800 Speaker 1: I've never been in the owners meetings, but having gone 759 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 1: going to the Senior Bowl and going to the Combine 760 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:51,520 Speaker 1: has that feeling for me. Now at those, obviously you 761 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:54,040 Speaker 1: see a lot of scouts and one of those. See 762 00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,840 Speaker 1: more people at those because you're seeing all the supports staff. 763 00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:00,319 Speaker 1: This is just owners, coaches, GM pretty much and you're 764 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:03,480 Speaker 1: talking about the the highest of the high of the 765 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:07,160 Speaker 1: organization there, which to me makes it even more Um. 766 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,320 Speaker 1: I don't want to say, not what's what I'm looking for? 767 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,560 Speaker 1: Not pull offable, but that's the one that you would 768 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,359 Speaker 1: love to go to because you're seeing even more high 769 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,120 Speaker 1: profile people there. You know, the Combine would be good 770 00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:22,399 Speaker 1: because like you get, you get the college athletes. Don't 771 00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 1: bother them because they have to work out. That's it's 772 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,440 Speaker 1: a job interview. But still, I mean, if you if 773 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,640 Speaker 1: you offered up and I think they've started that. They 774 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,840 Speaker 1: they let some fans come in and watch the I 775 00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,000 Speaker 1: think it's the quarterback throwing session. I know that there 776 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,000 Speaker 1: are some writers that get to watch the throwing session, 777 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,400 Speaker 1: but that's pretty cool, but it's it's still sort of 778 00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:42,799 Speaker 1: a selective event. But if if one group, if if 779 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,040 Speaker 1: one small group, you know, like you said, a fan, 780 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,160 Speaker 1: and guess we're able to do that and go be 781 00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,319 Speaker 1: it you know, combine or be it the the owners beans. 782 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:53,000 Speaker 1: I think owners means be really cool because that's when 783 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,200 Speaker 1: you get to see the owners out and about which 784 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,080 Speaker 1: you don't see that at the Combine. You don't see 785 00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,759 Speaker 1: that at the Senior Bowl. Um, you know, you get 786 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:01,640 Speaker 1: this all the GMS and obviously you get to see 787 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,640 Speaker 1: that them at the Combine and most of the Senior Bowl. 788 00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,120 Speaker 1: But that to me is the coolest thing about those 789 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,759 Speaker 1: two events because wherever you look, and that's got to 790 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,640 Speaker 1: be our tradition. At the Senior Bowl, there's a waffle 791 00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,600 Speaker 1: house kind of right off one of the main roads. 792 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,840 Speaker 1: I can't remember what that road is, but all you 793 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:16,680 Speaker 1: gotta do once you come out of the waffle houses, 794 00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:18,920 Speaker 1: go down like two blocks, take a rite and then 795 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,719 Speaker 1: you're right at Latin People Stadium. And so when you 796 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,440 Speaker 1: got to stop at the waffle house. So yeah, so 797 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,439 Speaker 1: we made it our tradition that every Wednesday we stop 798 00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,440 Speaker 1: at the waffle house. Now do you order waffles at 799 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,920 Speaker 1: the waffle house? I do yeah, I think you have to. 800 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:35,000 Speaker 1: I do. But the actually guy like Joe jam Roll 801 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,560 Speaker 1: will will order like everything on the menu, like he's 802 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,719 Speaker 1: got three plates in front of him. I'd get I 803 00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,440 Speaker 1: have my. I have mine. In fact, they told me 804 00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,279 Speaker 1: that I sort of created one. They call it the 805 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,200 Speaker 1: Buckeye because they put chocolate chips and peanut butter chips 806 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:48,680 Speaker 1: on it. It's terrible for you. But I get my 807 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,759 Speaker 1: running before I go. But the first year we went, 808 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,080 Speaker 1: we go sit down in our booth and there's Tod Bowls, 809 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,759 Speaker 1: hey coach of the Jets. He having waffle house. He 810 00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,480 Speaker 1: can blend in. I saw him the airport yesterday and 811 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,000 Speaker 1: he was with like regular people just chatting and I 812 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:03,719 Speaker 1: don't even know if they knew who he was. He 813 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,040 Speaker 1: is so down to earth, is such a great guy. 814 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:11,200 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what other thing. Yeah, well you can do. 815 00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:13,360 Speaker 1: And you know, like you never expect to see a 816 00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,520 Speaker 1: celebrity at a waffle house. Jamie roots president of this organization. 817 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,880 Speaker 1: He goes to these NFL meetings and there's a president's session, 818 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,920 Speaker 1: probably several, but he actually invited me in to sit 819 00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:26,160 Speaker 1: an in on one. Oh and so I felt like 820 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,000 Speaker 1: I felt like Bud Fox when he gets into that 821 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,200 Speaker 1: meeting and they're breaking up Blue Star. Yeah, you know, 822 00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:33,920 Speaker 1: I felt like, wait a minute, I'm in this thing 823 00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:37,719 Speaker 1: and they're talking about ticketing and marketing and you know, 824 00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:40,960 Speaker 1: all this high level stuff, the air track, you know, 825 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,960 Speaker 1: stuff that I don't really get involved in my job 826 00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:45,800 Speaker 1: at all, most of it. But it was really interesting 827 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,279 Speaker 1: and I felt really privileged to be in there that 828 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,440 Speaker 1: I don't know if they'd let a fan in that one, 829 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,839 Speaker 1: but that meeting was so well run. The President's thing, Yeah, 830 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:57,000 Speaker 1: it was so well run. Were you the only non pros? 831 00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:00,560 Speaker 1: They have some executives and they had some communications directors 832 00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,759 Speaker 1: of communications and things like that. They had a few, 833 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:07,360 Speaker 1: but they go through information so quickly and just detailed, detailed, 834 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:08,960 Speaker 1: detailed detail. Here it is here, it is here. You 835 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:10,400 Speaker 1: feel like you're in a lecture and it's like I 836 00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:13,319 Speaker 1: gotta take notes fast because it's gonna go zoom right 837 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:17,600 Speaker 1: over my head. And they get pretty deep quickly, Like 838 00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:20,880 Speaker 1: in ninety minutes. They did five huge topics and knocked 839 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:22,680 Speaker 1: them all out, and it was really well done. And 840 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:24,560 Speaker 1: they even had a sense of humor about it too, 841 00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,560 Speaker 1: So I applaud them all. Right, Johnny that's all the 842 00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:29,400 Speaker 1: time we have for today, but I know you and 843 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,279 Speaker 1: I will talk very soon. We will absolutely all right. 844 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,680 Speaker 1: That's gonna be it for the program tonight and tomorrow. 845 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:39,080 Speaker 1: We will be back on the show tomorrow. Brandon Whedon, 846 00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:41,879 Speaker 1: you've heard of him. Also on the show tomorrow. Dan 847 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:45,520 Speaker 1: Leverfeld from Serious x M NFL Radio and Jets Confidential 848 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:48,279 Speaker 1: and other stuff. It's all happening on Texans Radio. Thanks 849 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:51,440 Speaker 1: for listening. Gallant at Night is next, Go Texans