1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the show that gets you 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: involved in a very deep way, sometimes with your Houston Texans. 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 1: Sometimes how about all the time. Usually we're in the 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: Hunday Texans Radio studio at NRG Stadium, but now on 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: the road, like we were at the Combine a few 6 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: weeks ago, we are in Phoenix at the NFL annual 7 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: meeting nicknamed the Owners Meetings, and a lot to discuss 8 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: over the next few days. Tomorrow we'll go heavy on 9 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien, who will meet the media in the morning. 10 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 1: John McLean's going to join us later in the week, 11 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,120 Speaker 1: of course, and Brian Gaine will join us as well. 12 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,159 Speaker 1: In tomorrow's episode of the show. Tonight a good one. 13 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 1: Let's start out with this Albert Brier from MMQB. We've 14 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,680 Speaker 1: had him on before, and we start off talking about 15 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: Nick Foles going to the Jaguars, because he wrote about 16 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 1: that recently and he wasn't really surprised that Foles ended 17 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: up in North Florida. I mean, I think sort of 18 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: the tell for me was when they restructured Marcel Darius 19 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: and they picked up Class Campbell's option. Everyone knew they 20 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: had a Campush You down the Pike and that there's 21 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: almost like a traffic champ of contracts, right like, and 22 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: something was going to have to give, and you can 23 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: go one of two directions. You can either start to 24 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 1: retool a little bit and look towards the future, or 25 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: you can kick the can down the road and try 26 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: to take another shout with your core. And it was 27 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: very clear that the Jaguars when they picked up Claius 28 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 1: this option when they restructure Darius, that they were because 29 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 1: those are older players, they were going to go forward 30 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 1: with the court that they had, and that means you 31 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,120 Speaker 1: need a quarterback who can come in and win now. 32 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:38,400 Speaker 1: And there was one quarterback out there who had institutional 33 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: knowledge of what they're going to do on offense because 34 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: John d. Philippo was hired as the offensive coordinator there 35 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: they were together in Philadelphia, and so I Foles made 36 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: all the sense of the world. I mean, it's this 37 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: high end with the high end of you know, Patrick 38 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: Mahomes or Deshaun Watson or one of the young quarterbacks 39 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: is no. But if you feel like you've got a 40 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: one or two year window left with the core that 41 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: you have, you start have to get a guy in 42 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: there who's not going to be going through some massive 43 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: acclamation a period, and so that's why Foles made sense 44 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: for them, because they are sticking with the core and 45 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: they need somebody who could produce right now. How surprised 46 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: were you at the kind of season the Colts had 47 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: and where do you think they're headed. I think that 48 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: they are in as good a spot right now as 49 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,120 Speaker 1: any team in the NFL. If you look at their 50 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: cap situation, if you look at the young talent on 51 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: their roster, some of the players that have come along, 52 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: some of the players that I think will continue to 53 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: get better, and then their their situation with the draft picks. 54 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: It's I mean, it's ridiculous what Chris Bowler has been 55 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: able to do there in two years. Obviously, having Andrew 56 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 1: luckhealthy is a big part of that, but beyond just that, 57 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 1: you're looking at, I mean, an offensive line that's gonna 58 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,280 Speaker 1: effect fixed now, which I mean, lookally had a long 59 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: way to go just a year ago, so that's effectively 60 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: fixed now. A defense that has Darius Leonard as kind 61 00:02:55,880 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 1: of the nerve center, and you know, a draft class 62 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: from last year that I mean, I think could go 63 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: down as one of the best draft classes of the 64 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: last decade when you talk about getting Quentin Nelson and 65 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,840 Speaker 1: Darius Lander, two first team All proses rookies, you know, 66 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 1: and then the second wave of them, Braden Smith, their 67 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: starting right tackle, Taekwon Lewis, who you know contributed as 68 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: a as a three technique, Terrey who came in him 69 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: was a was a productive edge rusher for them. So 70 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: you've got all that, all the young talent. Then you've 71 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: got a couple of guys who've been coming off of 72 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: injuries or who are coming off of injuries, and Dion 73 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: Kane and Mollie Cooker who I think could take it 74 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: to another level, right, plus a ton of cat flexibility, 75 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 1: plus three picks in the first two rounds. It's I 76 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: think it's been a while since we've seen a team 77 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,840 Speaker 1: sitting on this amount of capital. What about the Texans 78 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: from where you sit, Yeah, and look, I think the 79 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: Texans are in good shape. They clearly had needs coming 80 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: into this offseason. And you know, one of the areas 81 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: of need they addressed in free agency that was the secondary. 82 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: And you know, they lose Tyrn Matthew, who you know, 83 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: I know they wanted to keep, but they bring in 84 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: Tayshaun Gibson at a fraction of what it would cost 85 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: to hang on to Matthew. They bring in Bradley Roby, 86 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: who's got high end ability, on a proved deal. So 87 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: they did address their secondary. They maintain some flexibility there. 88 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,680 Speaker 1: And I mean, at this point, it looks like the 89 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: offensive line, which to me is the other huge area 90 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: of need, it's gonna have to be addressed in the draft. 91 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,600 Speaker 1: The good news is that I think in the first 92 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,039 Speaker 1: three rounds this year's draft, there are a lot of 93 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: guys who he may not have a superstar left tackle, 94 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: but they're gonna be a lot of guys who gonna 95 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: be year one offensive line starters, which we haven't had 96 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: the last couple of years. Albert Brier joining us on 97 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,360 Speaker 1: Texans Radio. Your job has changed over the last half 98 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: dozen years. So what do you like about this now? 99 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: Because you get to go inside sometimes they let you 100 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: in the building to look around a little bit. And 101 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 1: what is that like for you? I mean for me, like, honestly, 102 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: I have to just take a step back and appreciate 103 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: it from time to time, because, um, if you had 104 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 1: told me that I'd be doing some of the stuff 105 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: that I'm doing, which is you know my job now. 106 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: Fifteen years ago, I would have been signed me. I 107 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 1: would have said, sign me up for that, you know. 108 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: And so it's it's changed over the years. I think 109 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,119 Speaker 1: the challenge for all of us is we're all sitting 110 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: on this content that you know, can be really, really great, 111 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: and we got to figure out, with people in our 112 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: twenties and the thirties, how do we how do we 113 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 1: deliver it to them? You know. And I'm still in 114 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: my thirties, so I'm I'm not I'm not an old man, 115 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:35,119 Speaker 1: but I'm older than you know, a lot of people 116 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 1: that are gonna be in our core audience over the 117 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: next few years. And so um, you know, I've always 118 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: felt like our job is to take people where they 119 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,160 Speaker 1: can't go and give them information they can't get anywhere else. 120 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: And I that's always the goal for me, um, and 121 00:05:50,440 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: that hasn't changed from being a beat writer covering the Cowboys, 122 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: covering the Patriots, to then you know, being you know, 123 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: a national reporter at the Boston Globe and then the 124 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 1: NFL networking now my job at MMQB. The challenge going 125 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 1: forward isn't how do I know, how do I gather information? 126 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 1: How do I, you know, play the foundation for my job. 127 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: It's how do I take the information I have and 128 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 1: deliver it? And that part of it's fascinating because I 129 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 1: don't think any of us know where it's going to 130 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: go in the next five or ten years. Well, it's 131 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: funny because we just heard the league briefing today about streaming. 132 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: Now you can stream in market games on your phone, 133 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: and there was some capability of that previously, but now 134 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: it's just gonna be widespread. Yeah, And I think that 135 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: that's I mean, that's enormous just because look, I've got 136 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: a four year old and a two year old, right 137 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 1: and they I can't spell their name, they can't write 138 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: their names yet, and they can work an iPad, you know. 139 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: And I see it more and more with the people 140 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: that UM with, with younger people that they aren't watching TV. 141 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: You know. I've got a fourteen year old nephew who 142 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: watches everything on a phone or an iPad and watches 143 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: everything through YouTube and everything else. And so that part 144 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: of it, I think is it's incumbent on everyone who's 145 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: involved in any form of entertainment to be cognizant of 146 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: what's going on there. I think the other thing that's 147 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: interesting just from my perspective, and this is like for me, 148 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: like this is something I've noticed my own behavior is 149 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: everybody is doing everything on the go. Everybody wants to 150 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 1: be able to do multiple things at once. And so 151 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: you know, that's why I think like podcastings are really 152 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: is going to be something that we're looking at going 153 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: forward because and I think it's gonna be a big 154 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 1: focus for everybody because that's something I can do when 155 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: I'm in my car, it's something i can do when 156 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 1: I'm going for a run, It's something i can do 157 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: while I'm doing something else. And so you know, there's 158 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: I think a lot of interesting things about the way 159 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: that everybody's consuming media now that you know presents challenges 160 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: and opportunities for all of us. What about these meetings here, 161 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: Albert Brier joining us, What about these meetings with overtime? 162 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: Where do you sit on that overtime debate. I don't 163 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: think there's much of a chance that the Chief's proposal 164 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: passes just because I don't think they want to add 165 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: more snaps to games. There's the player's safety thing, there's 166 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: also the length of game argument, and I think they 167 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: like overtime where it is um. You know, I can 168 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: understand saying, well, you know the way offense is being played, 169 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: and now the defenses are such a disadvantage. But and look, 170 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,680 Speaker 1: if you can it's you're not asking the team. You're 171 00:08:27,720 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: not asking a defense to keep the other team out 172 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: of the end zone and you're asking to keep them 173 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: or you're not asking another team to keep a team 174 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: from scoring, You're asking them to keep him out of 175 00:08:35,040 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: the end zone, right, which, like I, if a team 176 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 1: is gonna go seventy or eighty yards on you, I 177 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: don't have a ton of sympathy for for for you 178 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:48,199 Speaker 1: for not getting an extra possession. And so I think 179 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: that's the way the league feels. I think there's again 180 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: the player's safety element to it. So my guess is 181 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:54,840 Speaker 1: there's not going to be a change here. What about replay? 182 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 1: What about challenge is challenging? Tass interference? I think pass 183 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 1: interference is the one that like they're really looking hard 184 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,839 Speaker 1: at just because you know, they did a study. They 185 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: ran analytics on this, predictive analytics on this, and they 186 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: looked at it and said, okay, like how do we 187 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: how do we how would we break down the fifty 188 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: most impactful penalties of twenty and eighteen, and half of 189 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: them were defensive past interference. Half of the penalties were 190 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,320 Speaker 1: defensive past interference. And so you know what they've done 191 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,719 Speaker 1: is they've i think nine of the seventeen nine and 192 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: the seventeen proposals on the books right now for rules 193 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: changes relate to replay. What they what that does is 194 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: it sort of gives the owners kind of this like 195 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 1: buffet of options too, to pick and choose what they 196 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: want in an expanding replay. There are staunch opponents to replay. 197 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: Maybe nothing changes. If anything does change, I would say 198 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: it just based on what I've heard on what they 199 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,120 Speaker 1: see as important and what they see as impactful, it 200 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 1: would probably be something having to do with past interference. 201 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: You and I spoke in Boston in twenty thirteen. Yeah, 202 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 1: that was where the Texans, well, really Houston, the city 203 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,439 Speaker 1: of Houston got the Super Bowl bit, and you told 204 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 1: me then, you said, the league is just so into 205 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: this year round thing and they'll do whatever they can 206 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: to strengthen it. Do you think the combine is one 207 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 1: of those things that's going to change moving forward? And 208 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: we've heard different versions of what could happen. Maybe the 209 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,679 Speaker 1: medical stuff stays in Indian. Yeah, the rest of it, 210 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: I think there's been I think there's been, like there's 211 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 1: been a lot of fighting back and forth on that, 212 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: and it's really I mean, it's a football versus business argument, 213 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: which I think is I mean, we've seen over the 214 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: years business usually wins out. This to me is interesting 215 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: because it's so functional. You know, like there's such a 216 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 1: functional value of the combine to everyone who works in 217 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,120 Speaker 1: the league, right, and there's the function of the social 218 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: part of it. But from a player of valuation standpoint, 219 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: the functional value is that you're getting in apples to 220 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,600 Speaker 1: apples comparison of everyone in the same setting, and not 221 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:58,440 Speaker 1: just in one year, but you can compare it to 222 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 1: past years too, So guys are running on the same surface, 223 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 1: guys are jumping off the same turf, guys are like 224 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: everything is apples to apples, and that sort of build 225 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 1: up of data is important. And then you know, there's 226 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 1: the stuff that we don't see which is most important 227 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: to teams, which is the medicals and the interviews. And 228 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,520 Speaker 1: Indie's got that part down to a science. It's not 229 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: easy to administer three hundred thirty some odd physicals in 230 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: four days and that thing is very tightly wound. And 231 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 1: so that's why they're talking about the idea of keeping 232 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: the medicals and feel in Indie and then going elsewhere 233 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 1: with the rest of the combine. But now you ask 234 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: the question, are you wearing the kids out? Is that 235 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: fair to the kids who are part of this process. 236 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: I'm elsewhere. Yeah, yeah, And so like I think you 237 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: know this, this football versus business argument exists in a 238 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 1: lot of different realms in the NFL and has over 239 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: the years, and normally business wins, but there's so so 240 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: much functional value to the combine. I think this is 241 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: one where the football people will try and fight back. 242 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: They don't have the power, but they will try and 243 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 1: fight back. One more for you, Rob Gronkowski retirement not 244 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: really that much of a surprise, or were you taking 245 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: back now? I mean, I'm not shocked. I know how 246 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: difficult getting through twenty eighteen was for him, and I 247 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 1: think a huge part of this was how hard that 248 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: six and a half months was and the idea of 249 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: staring down the barrel of it again and knowing what 250 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:24,839 Speaker 1: he had to get head to do to get through 251 00:12:24,920 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: last year with the back with a sigh injury. You know, 252 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 1: he just it took everything that he had to get 253 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: to the end of the season and to play like 254 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: he did in the playoffs, and he still wasn't what 255 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: he had been in the past. And so I think 256 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: this was do I really want to go through all 257 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: of that again? And I'll be honest, like I thought 258 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: he was going to retire after I talked to him 259 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 1: at the end of the Super Bowl, and the further 260 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: we got away from that, the more I started to 261 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: waive or like, maybe he's really thinking about coming back. 262 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 1: Maybe he's and you just piece by piece by piece 263 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,800 Speaker 1: by piece, he thought maybe he's coming back. And I 264 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:06,800 Speaker 1: think my guess is the road led him back to 265 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: where he began, which was the season was very difficult 266 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,199 Speaker 1: to get through. I just don't know if I want 267 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 1: to do that again. And so maybe he'll come back 268 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: in November or December when it's not six and a 269 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: half months that he's staring at. But I do think 270 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 1: that this is something. I mean, this is this decision 271 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: was two years in the making, so I'm not I'm 272 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: not totally surprised by it. I apologize if I've missed it, 273 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: But have you called a shot on Belichick Brady either 274 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: or when they might be done. Have you ever done that? No, 275 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 1: I'm sure people in Houston would love to know. Yes, 276 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: I mean, I just tell you I don't. I think 277 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: there's a good chance that Belichick out last Brady. I 278 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,679 Speaker 1: think Brady's plan hasn't changed. His plan is to play 279 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,599 Speaker 1: till he's forty five. That number is not an arbitrary 280 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 1: That numbers based on science. That numbers based on a 281 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: lot of work that he and his team have done 282 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: in determining how long athletes could play. And so I 283 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: think he wants to play in ten to play till 284 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: forty five. Is it possible over the next two years 285 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 1: or three years he wakes up one morning and says, 286 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: I don't want to do it anymore. Yeah, is it possible? 287 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: He falls off a little bit, and he said this 288 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: himself and says, I don't want to suck. Yeah, that's possible. So, 289 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: like I think Brady, there's a little bit of a variable. Bill, 290 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: I would have told you a year ago, like the 291 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: end is near and now like honestly, seeing how I 292 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: think how much he enjoyed last year's team, and how 293 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: much he enjoyed last season, and how he's got that 294 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: building wired. I'm not sure he knows what he's done 295 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: yet because it's not like it's turnkey, but it's easier 296 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: now than it was to flip the switch and get 297 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: the operation going. And I mean he loves what he's doing. 298 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: Like that part of it. I think it's really really important. 299 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: And if you love what you're doing, then you've got 300 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: the thing down to a science, and you can still 301 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: afford to go to Barbados on the first day of 302 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: free agency, then I can see why you can keep going. Albert, 303 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: thanks a lot for joining us. You got there's Albert 304 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: Breer from MMQB dot com coming out plenty on the 305 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: AFC South, Jim Wyatt of Titans Online, Dan Leberfeld, who 306 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: covers the Jets and the NFL nationally for Serious XM 307 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: NFL Radio, but also Jets Confidential on the AFC and 308 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: the NFL at large. It's all happening on the way 309 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: on Texans Radio. We're in Phoenix at the NFL Annual Meeting, 310 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: and there's a time difference here, so it's still the afternoon. 311 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: It's still beautiful here. It's unbelievable actually, but it'll be 312 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: hotter than hades in just a couple of months, as 313 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: it will in Houston, but a different kind of heat. 314 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: It's a dry heat. Don't let anybody convince you of that. 315 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: It's brutal here in the summer. I'd much rather be 316 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,640 Speaker 1: in Houston. Anyway. It is nice here, and it's also 317 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: nice to catch up with Jim Wyatt from Titans Online. 318 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: Used to work for the Tennessee and he's covered the 319 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: Titans since nineteen ninety nine. We all know what happened 320 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: that year. So some really good years early for him 321 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: covering the team. That a little bottoming out period, some 322 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: success lately, but not enough to their liking. So let's 323 00:15:56,800 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 1: kick it off with Jim Wyatt from Titans Online. It 324 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: was a special stretch at the beginning, you know, from 325 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: ninety nine to two thousand and three, when the team 326 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: first moved into the new Downtown stadium became the Titans. 327 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: The team went to playoffs four times in five years, 328 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:13,040 Speaker 1: went to a couple of AFC Championship games, and went 329 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 1: to a Super Bowl. Had great stars, you know, from 330 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: Steve McNair to Eddie George, the Javane Curse to Frank 331 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: Watchak and I think people in Nashville thought Okay, this 332 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: is how it's going to be from here on. Our 333 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: we go to playoffs every year and it doesn't work 334 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,400 Speaker 1: that way. You know, the general manager at the time, 335 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: you know, Floyd Reese and Jeff Fish, the head coach, 336 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: they did everything they could to kind of keep that 337 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: team together, you know, through restructuring contracts to try to 338 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: make a run and try to win a Super Bowl. 339 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: And eventually it came time, you know, to pay the 340 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: price by doing that, and they had to make a 341 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 1: lot of roster moves and then you know, had some 342 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: draft picks from pac Man Jones to Vince Young that 343 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: earned in the draft that kind of set the course 344 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 1: for some struggles. And now I do feel like after 345 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: another changeing head coach, you know, heading last year and 346 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: Mike Rabel, that team is has kind of found its 347 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 1: footing again and is building back toward some good things. 348 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: You know. It's funny you say struggles, but when you 349 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: look at that six when Vince Young was drafted oh eight, 350 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 1: you had to Kerry Collins here with thirteen and three. 351 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 1: I had a ten and six in there with playoffs. 352 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 1: There were some moments there, but couldn't get any real 353 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: traction staying in the postseason consistently. Yeah, you're exactly right, 354 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: because it had been since, you know, since the playoff 355 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: win in Kansas City at the end of the two 356 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:30,040 Speaker 1: thousand and I guess seventeen season team and not won 357 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: a playoff games since two thousand and three. I mean, 358 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: because it was the number one seed in two thousand 359 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,480 Speaker 1: and eight that started off ten and oh that you 360 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 1: mentioned with kry Collins, finished thirteen and three, but lost 361 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 1: in the first round to the Ravens and really not 362 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:47,600 Speaker 1: had sustained success. Had some moments, I mean, Vince Young 363 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 1: did some really good things for the Titans, especially as 364 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:55,640 Speaker 1: a rookie, you know, let some dramatic comebacks, showed some 365 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 1: signs that he might be the guy, but really just uh, 366 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 1: you know, and part of this because because of him, 367 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,120 Speaker 1: I think he's the first admitute that maybe he wasn't 368 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: mature as he needed to be at that time to 369 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: help the Titans get over the hump, and as a result, 370 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 1: the team found himself picking another quarterback in Jacoba Hacker 371 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: not too far down the road. Locker had injury histories 372 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: that never really did Panadi either, and you know now 373 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 1: and Marcus Mariota head into year five, the team still 374 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,200 Speaker 1: hopes that he is that guy, but obviously he has 375 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: something to prove himself in to twenty nineteen Jim Wyrett, 376 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: Titans Online joining us on Texans Radio. Okay, so Ryan 377 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 1: Tannehill comes in. You mentioned Marcus Mariota and speaking of flashes, 378 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:36,479 Speaker 1: we've seen a lot of good stuff out of him, 379 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:39,199 Speaker 1: but we've seen the injuries as well and maybe some 380 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,400 Speaker 1: consistency issues. How do you define his career so far 381 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: and what is the Tannehill dynamic going to be like 382 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: with him in the building. Well, it's interesting because the 383 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: day the team traded for Ryan Tannehill, John Robinson made 384 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: no mistake. He wanted to make it clear, Hey, we 385 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 1: told Ryan Tannehill he's coming here to be the backup. 386 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,480 Speaker 1: We told Marcus Mariota he's coming here to be the backup. 387 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 1: And I talked to Mike Graywell here at the owners 388 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 1: meetings yesterday on the very same subject, said, Hey, obviously, 389 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:08,200 Speaker 1: if Marcus is healthy, he's going to be our starter. 390 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 1: But at the same time they feel like Ryan Tanneyhill 391 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: gives the team an upgraded number two, taking over from 392 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: Blaine Gabbert from a year ago. This guy who started 393 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: in the league, has a similar skill set of Marcus Mariota. 394 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: Marcus's past to suggests that he's going to miss some 395 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 1: time and Ryan Tanneyhill can step in and play well 396 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 1: at least a team feels like if he has to. 397 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: But you know, the hope is that Marcus stays healthy, 398 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 1: takes that next step, starts to again show that he 399 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: can be this team's franchise quarterback moving forward. But he's 400 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 1: got to do it. What else does the offense need? 401 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: He lost de Lanny Walker early last season and that 402 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 1: really hurt you in the tight end department. And look, 403 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: the Texans saw you a week two. You you won 404 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: that game, but it wasn't exactly an offensive explosion for 405 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,800 Speaker 1: either team. So what are you looking for? Derrick Henry 406 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 1: look really good last year. He looked good. You know. 407 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:04,160 Speaker 1: The team I think needs some more stability and needs 408 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: more consistency at the receiver position. Signing Adam Humphreys in 409 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: free agency formerly with the Buccaneers to play the slot 410 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 1: should help him. He gives Marcus kind of a go 411 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,360 Speaker 1: to guy in the middle of the field. Getting Delaney 412 00:20:15,359 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: Walker back, as you mentioned, should help. And talk of 413 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 1: the GM here at the owner's meetings, who certainly expects 414 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: you know, I think they'll be careful with him through 415 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: the off season program, but they expect him to be back, 416 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: you know, in twenty nineteen and playing at a high 417 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,879 Speaker 1: level again. Corey Davis end of the year three, you know, 418 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,800 Speaker 1: I think he took a positive step in twenty and eighteen. 419 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:37,560 Speaker 1: So Marcus just needs some guys that he's comfortable with, 420 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: has you know, has had some playtime with. They need 421 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 1: to protect him better, and I think right now as 422 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: we sit here in March, the offensive line continues to 423 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: be a work in progress. The Titans signed Roger Saffold, 424 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: formerly at three AMS. They released Josh Klein, who's now 425 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 1: with the Vikings of Certainly have another guard spot to 426 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: be had there, and certainly you could see some shuffling there. 427 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: But UH need to be better up run, keep him 428 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 1: from getting hit a lot. Needs some more consistency as 429 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: far as pass catchers go. And as you mentioned Henry Man, 430 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: if he's able to play like he did in December, 431 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: that's going to help everybody. Jim Jim Wyatt joining US 432 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: Titans online here on Texans Radio. What about the defense, Jim, 433 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: when you look at them and you look at those 434 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: former Patriots corners you've added to it over the last 435 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: few years. Where are they going in twenty nineteen. Well 436 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:26,720 Speaker 1: signed Camera Awake. Who's going to help with the pass rush. 437 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 1: He's got ninety eight career sykes too away from one hundred. Uh, 438 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 1: you know, I think he's going to add some punch 439 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: to a pass rush that that needs to be better. 440 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: I think still need another big, nasty defensive lineman in 441 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 1: the middle to help take some of the pressure off 442 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: of Darrell Casey. The team signed resigned Kenny Vaccaro, which 443 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:51,080 Speaker 1: brings the you know, the secondary back intact. I think 444 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: at this point, I think edge rush is still in need. 445 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 1: As we look ahead of the draft, I think again 446 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: a big defensive lineman is a need. Having dean piece back, 447 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 1: you know, I think is a big positive in the defense. 448 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: I think the defense is ahead of the offense. Uh, 449 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: you know, as you look ahead back to the offense 450 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 1: for a moment. The loss of Lafleur is only one 451 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 1: year of Rabel's first year. But how does that affect 452 00:22:12,920 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: the team? It shouldn't affected that much. And I'm not 453 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:17,880 Speaker 1: taking trying to take anything thing away from Matt la Floor, 454 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 1: But what the Titans did is they promoted Arthur Smith, 455 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 1: who is a tight ends coach who and they're going 456 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: to run the same system, kind of same verbiage, terminology. 457 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,479 Speaker 1: The offense shouldn't change a lot and uh, and I 458 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 1: think that's one thing they wanted to do to try 459 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 1: to keep Marcus Mariota from having to deal with so 460 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:36,920 Speaker 1: much change. This will be his fifth play cooler in 461 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 1: going into his fifth season, and I think keeping author 462 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:43,679 Speaker 1: should help him be more comfortable. And I have to 463 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 1: deal with so much, you know, so much question questions 464 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: around him this offseason. Now, Jimmy, we talked about you 465 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: covering the Titans since nineteen ninety nine. That means you've 466 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: covered a lot of Titans Cults matchups and back in 467 00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: the day with McNair and Manning and those epic matchups. 468 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 1: And you zoom forward to today and there you are 469 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: with a chance to get to the postseason perhaps, and 470 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: the Colts able to get that late season surge going well, 471 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 1: almost like from Week seven on really, and the Texans 472 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 1: obviously got a taste of that as well. What do 473 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: you make of what's going on in Indy heading into 474 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 1: this season? We mean, Colts have been a thorn aside 475 00:23:20,280 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: for the Titans, especially Andrew Luck. Never beating Andrew Luck, 476 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: you know, beat him a couple of years, you know, 477 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: a couple of times the prior year when he was out. 478 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 1: But as long as Andrew luxmen with the Colts, he's 479 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 1: you know, he's given the Titans trouble. And the Titans 480 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: have got to be able to get over that hump 481 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: with Luck as quarterback. You know what the Colts have done, 482 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 1: and you know sign of Houston in free agency is 483 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,480 Speaker 1: going to help their defense as well. You know, I 484 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: expect them to be, uh you know, the top contender 485 00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:51,320 Speaker 1: probably in division again. But the Texans obviously there Jacksonville 486 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: is going to be better. I mean, they're not going 487 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:54,879 Speaker 1: to bottom out like they did this past season. So 488 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 1: the division, which not too long ago was kind of 489 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,479 Speaker 1: the laughing stock of the end FL, is now one 490 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: of the toughest divisions in the league. So when you'll 491 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: start to look at the schedule, I know, in years 492 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:07,159 Speaker 1: past you look at the schedule, one er who the 493 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: offseason opponents. I remember, one who the out of conference 494 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 1: opponents we're gonna because that would help determine whether the 495 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 1: schedule is tough or Now you look at the schedule 496 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: now and you count you know, six tough games on there. 497 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 1: So Titans have the work cut out for him, just 498 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: like the Texans and everybody else. Are you among those 499 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,520 Speaker 1: who say it's gonna work really well with Nick Foles 500 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: in Jacksonville or not as well as they think? Where 501 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: do you think that lands? I think, I mean, he's 502 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,880 Speaker 1: a great He's been great and uh, you know, certainly 503 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 1: respectful he did in Philadelphia. I'm a little skeptical. I mean, 504 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 1: I think, you know, things have been good around him 505 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: and in Jacksonville. You know, obviously he's stepping into a 506 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 1: team that struggled with last season and uh, you know, 507 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:50,080 Speaker 1: had some some locker room issues as well. And I'll 508 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: you know, if you can keep Leonard four Nette healthy there, 509 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: it kind of like the Titans having Dereck Kenner. If 510 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,640 Speaker 1: you can get the running game going, that's gonna make 511 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: things easier on folds. But you know, I'm I'm I 512 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 1: need to see it to kind of believe it. He's 513 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 1: an upgrade, There's no question about that, But how much 514 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: of an upgrade kind of remains to be seen. If 515 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: you were voting out overtime here at the NFL meetings. 516 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 1: Would you vote for an extra possession after the opponent 517 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 1: scores a touchdown on their opening drive, or keep it 518 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 1: the way it is, or go backwards to sudden death. 519 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 1: I would vote for an extra possession. I just hate 520 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 1: seeing games in uh in overtime where you know, just 521 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 1: like the you know, the Patriots and the Chiefs, where 522 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: one team gets the ball and they drive down, scoring 523 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: games over and the other team never sees the football. 524 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:33,879 Speaker 1: I mean, something has I'm not saying you go to 525 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 1: the college rule where you're and that's not in consideration, 526 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:38,679 Speaker 1: where each team gets a ball at the twenty and 527 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,879 Speaker 1: you can play forever. But I think each offense deserves 528 00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 1: a chance to score touchdown and to win the game. 529 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 1: So I hated seeing AFC Championship game like it did. 530 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: And I hope some others, you know, as far decision makers, 531 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 1: hated as much as I did. Jim, thanks a lot 532 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 1: for being with us. There's Jim Wyatt from Titans Online. 533 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: Good friend of the program coming up. Let's get into 534 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,679 Speaker 1: it with Dan Leberfeld. He's fun to talk to. Covers 535 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: the NFL for series XM. NFL Radio does a weekend 536 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 1: show for them. He writes for Jets Confidential. He knows 537 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 1: this league backwards and forwards, so we'll talk to him 538 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 1: about what's going on here at the NFL Annual Meeting 539 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: and other stuff from around the league. It's Texans All Access. 540 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 1: Great to have you listening to the program tonight, originating 541 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: from the city of Phoenix, the Greater Phoenix area where 542 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: the NFL is holding its annual meeting tomorrow. Plenty from 543 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien, who will meet the media in the morning. 544 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: We'll have him on. We'll have Brian gain on. So 545 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 1: a lot happening this week from Phoenix. Right now, let's 546 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 1: get to my buddy Dan Leberfeld, who actually went to UMass. 547 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: So it used to be the voice of the UMass Minutemen, 548 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: so we have that in common, among many other things. 549 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: He covers the NFL for Series XM NFL Radio. Here's Dan, 550 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: So it's great to see Ivany. We both have UMass 551 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: roots in some different ways. I went there and used 552 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 1: to call the games, and I no, University Houston now 553 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 1: has two of our best players. Yeah, how about that? 554 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 1: How about that? I mean, and they're they're kind of 555 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: you mass issue away because the building, it's the old building, 556 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,320 Speaker 1: but they renovated it. It feels new, and they just 557 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: got something really special going out with Kelvin Sampson and 558 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: for the first time and forever they're in the sweet sixteen. 559 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: It's awesome for them. Yeah, we had Grisham and Jarrow, 560 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 1: and it was like this big thing in U. Mass. 561 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: Had you get these two kids out of New Orleans 562 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 1: to go to U Mass. Well, well, don't we lasted 563 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 1: a year before they transferred to Houston. They're doing a 564 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 1: nice job for the Cougs, no doubt about it. All right, 565 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: let's talk about the Jets and then we'll talk about 566 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,720 Speaker 1: the league a little bit. The Texans visited New York 567 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,000 Speaker 1: late in the season. I thought Sam Darnold played pretty 568 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,119 Speaker 1: well in that game. What is your early review of 569 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,919 Speaker 1: Sam Darnald as the Jets quarterback? But what I wrote 570 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: late in the year, entering the Week seventeen game and 571 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,399 Speaker 1: the Jets played New England, I said, this is going 572 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: to be more of a litmus test for where he's at, because, 573 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: as you know, Vandy as the voice of the Texans. 574 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 1: It correct me if I'm wrong. The secondary was ravaged 575 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 1: at that point. Yeah, pretty bagged up. Yeah, I mean 576 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,680 Speaker 1: they had guys coming from the bus station playing was crazy. 577 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: He took advantage of that. They also played green Bay 578 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 1: late in the year. He took advantage of that. Green 579 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 1: Bay one came back and won, but green Bay Secondary 580 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: was absolute mess. Most of the guys were in ir 581 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 1: are out that we new England was healthy and their 582 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,679 Speaker 1: New England. Right, they lose thirty eight three. Yeah, so 583 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:21,720 Speaker 1: he's got a lot of work to do. He's got 584 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 1: a lot of potential, but I don't think they can 585 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 1: say as we sit here right now that he's definitely 586 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback. He has the earmarks to one, but 587 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 1: he's got some work to do well. It's just amazing 588 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: because these guys get anointed so quickly these days, and 589 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: I think when you look at the early success of 590 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: a Mahomes or even Deshaun Watson, sometimes it skews everybody 591 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 1: to think that, oh, it should happen right away for 592 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: these kids, but it does take a while sometimes to develop. Yeah, 593 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 1: I mean you're talking about Sam Darnold was twenty one 594 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:52,560 Speaker 1: years old, came out after his red shirt sophomore year. 595 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 1: I think he has what it takes, but last year 596 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: more interceptions than touchdowns and remember USC, he had a 597 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: little bit of a problem with throwing picks, so he's 598 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: got to straighten that out. He's got to make his 599 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 1: stats look where there's a lot more tds than picks. 600 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: All right. Continuing with the Jets, Dan Leverfeld with us 601 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 1: from Jets Confidential and Serious XM NFL Radio. What about 602 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 1: Adam Gase coming to New York? Did that surprise you? 603 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: What is that like so far? What's it going to 604 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,800 Speaker 1: be like in the future. I was a little surprised, 605 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: but you know, looking back at I don't have a 606 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: big problem with it. You know, more stuff came out 607 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 1: about Mike McCarthy at the end in Green Bay over 608 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: the last few months, where it was not the right decision, 609 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,800 Speaker 1: the fact that Aaron Rodgers was changing plays in the huddle. 610 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 1: I understand, he's Aaron Rodgers. And then the thing that 611 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: happened at his stepson's basketball game, right, and just other 612 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,920 Speaker 1: things about and then you had David bach Terry the 613 00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 1: left tackle, saying that we don't have accountability here. So oh, look, 614 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: I'm not looking to beat up on Mike McCarthy, but 615 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 1: the Jets need accountability and they need discipline, and the 616 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 1: thing I like about Adam Gaze, though things got pretty 617 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 1: bad at the end there. For the most part, he's 618 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 1: an accountability guy you think about it. There was one 619 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 1: game where their offensive line struggle. He cut two offensive 620 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 1: linemen after the game. One of them was Billy Turner, 621 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:14,479 Speaker 1: who's turned into a pretty good player. But he got 622 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 1: rid of two offensive linemen after the game to send 623 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 1: a message. He traded Jagia, who wouldn't run the right plays. 624 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,440 Speaker 1: He got rid of the wide receiver at Landry who 625 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 1: kind of did his own thing. Jets need that. Jets 626 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,479 Speaker 1: need accountability. If you're not getting the job done, your 627 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 1: butts on the bench. They haven't had that in a while. 628 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: And do you think the Gaze Darnold's combination will be 629 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,239 Speaker 1: pretty productive. He's a good guy to work with as 630 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,600 Speaker 1: far as quarterbacks go, Yeah, you would think so. Yeah, 631 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:43,480 Speaker 1: he's considered one of those quarterback whisperers. Now you can 632 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 1: question whether he got through to Tannehill. You know, whether 633 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,680 Speaker 1: that worked out. The Tannehill wasn't terrible there. I mean 634 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 1: his record was around five hundred from that mistake and 635 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: more tds than interception. Couldn't stay healthy, consistent, and you know, 636 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: being from Texas, the guy was a wide receiver most 637 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,880 Speaker 1: of his time at Texas A and m SO, and 638 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 1: then he goes to Miami. He's supposed to be the savior. 639 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 1: I think he played quarterback for a year and a 640 00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: half in college, and then he has new coordinators and 641 00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 1: new playbooks thrown at him every year in Miami. That's 642 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 1: no way to develop a quarterback. So Tannehill get a 643 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:17,719 Speaker 1: chance to sit back for a couple of years and 644 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 1: reprogram himself in Tennessee. Maybe you'll see him at some point. 645 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 1: Dan Leberfeld Serious x M, NFL Radio and Jets Confidential 646 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,360 Speaker 1: joining us. All right, so Gronk retires? Is he the 647 00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: greatest tight end ever? Do you like these arguments? No? 648 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 1: I know this show. I do in serious with the 649 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: vic I don't like these hypothetical debates. So we try 650 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 1: to deal with reality and meat potatoes. So it doesn't 651 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,240 Speaker 1: to me. It doesn't really matter, Like when you debate 652 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 1: Magic Johnson or Larry Bird or Michael Jordan or lebron 653 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 1: doesn't really matter. They're all great. Yeah, what are we 654 00:31:49,760 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 1: gonna always solve at the end? We can't give you 655 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 1: a definitive answer anyway. I was going out on Twitter 656 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: earlier today, I said, Kellen Winslow in his prime. I mean, 657 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 1: how could you argue with that? You know, in the 658 00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: in the dead ball and fell Era. This guy's putting 659 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:03,920 Speaker 1: up a believable numbers. And as a little kid, I 660 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 1: was at the game. I know you were Miami, said Lara, 661 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 1: or you were in you did the Hurricanes. Yeah, I 662 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:12,880 Speaker 1: was at that game as a little kid when he 663 00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,800 Speaker 1: was helped off the field. You were at that at 664 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:16,840 Speaker 1: the game of the old Arts. Believable. I mean, that 665 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 1: might be the greatest tight end performance ever, although Gronks 666 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 1: had many. Now, what does the Gronk retirement due to 667 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: the division? If anything? Really it's New England, so we 668 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,880 Speaker 1: always assume that they can not recreate Gronk, but recreate 669 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,560 Speaker 1: success somehow. Your thoughts, well, the Jets always had trouble 670 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,440 Speaker 1: covering him, so it certainly helps the Jets. They're not 671 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 1: going to get a player of that magnitude. I mean, 672 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: if he's not the greatest of all the time, he's 673 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: one of the top three and they really couldn't cover him. 674 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 1: They picked Darren Lee in the draft to cover Gronk 675 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 1: and it didn't work out because not many people on 676 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 1: the planet can cover Gronks. They picked a player with 677 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 1: that in mind, then it didn't work out. Brutal Dan Leberfeld, 678 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: serious x NFL Radio and Jets Confidential joining us now 679 00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:59,760 Speaker 1: the AFC South as you look at it from a far, 680 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:01,160 Speaker 1: but you look at the whole league because you do 681 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: national radio and such, the cults. When you look at 682 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: their success last year, bouncing back from one in five 683 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 1: and you look at what they did in the playoffs 684 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: to the Texans, what are you thinking moving forward for 685 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: this team? How are they going to be? I think 686 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 1: they're going to be outstanding. I mean last year was 687 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: supposed to be a rebooting year and look how good 688 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: they were. The GM is outstanding. I mean he just 689 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:25,959 Speaker 1: said Chris Ballad is such a great job. He fixed 690 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: that offensive line, find right, and look look at the 691 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: results when you give Andrew Luck that kind of past 692 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:36,800 Speaker 1: protection they hit on that linebacker from South Carolina State Leonard. 693 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 1: I mean, when I think about the draft coming up, 694 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: he keeps going from my head. Other teams have to 695 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:46,000 Speaker 1: find the next Darius Leonard. What I'm saying is not 696 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 1: just a really good player, but instant coffee comes right in. Yeah, 697 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,680 Speaker 1: because bro Vandy, you've covered so many rookies, how many 698 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: come right in and you give them the car keys 699 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 1: and they're off and running. He Jj Watts rookie year. 700 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 1: In the playoffs, he exploded, but it wasn't magic from 701 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,920 Speaker 1: the get go. Was good, but it wasn't magic until 702 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,000 Speaker 1: the playoffs and then year or two. I means it 703 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 1: takes a while for these guys. Jets had a tight 704 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:10,960 Speaker 1: end last year who they picked out of one of 705 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 1: your former stopping grounds for you. Chris Herndon played like 706 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:17,400 Speaker 1: a first round tight end. Who would have funked it? 707 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: He was a fourth round pick. That school was a 708 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: good reputation for producing tight ends David and Joe Coup 709 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,200 Speaker 1: and a bunch of other guys. But he didn't run 710 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,760 Speaker 1: the forty because he was coming off an MCL injury, 711 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,359 Speaker 1: so he got downgraded in the draft. He's a first 712 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:34,240 Speaker 1: round talent, so they had they had their own Darius 713 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:37,760 Speaker 1: Leonard in a different position. This guy, he's a tremendous blocker, 714 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 1: He's got deep speed and go down the seam. Fourth round. 715 00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 1: So how do you find that secret sauce to find 716 00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,239 Speaker 1: those guys that can come right in? Like who was 717 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:47,919 Speaker 1: the guy with the Texans? The last couple of years 718 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:51,360 Speaker 1: of game right in in any position aside from the quarterback, 719 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 1: and was able to do it from the get go. 720 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 1: It's really difficult to pick a guy who's been able 721 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,160 Speaker 1: to do that. You've seen flashes here and there, but 722 00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,760 Speaker 1: it's tough for all teams. New York market. The Giants 723 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: make the deal. Was it a good deal to ship 724 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,600 Speaker 1: ob j to Cleveland for the Giant? Why? I went 725 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 1: on a big rant last week on the radio show 726 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,880 Speaker 1: The VIC on Sirius XM. I'm like, all these people 727 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:16,840 Speaker 1: ripping the Giants, Let's see No, It's like, well, the 728 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: big question for the Jets owner yesterday Christopher Johnson, I 729 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 1: wasn't here yet. I arrived this morning. He talked yesterday, 730 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,399 Speaker 1: was could you guys have a chance to take over 731 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,760 Speaker 1: the town. Now, let's not write the Giants off so fast. 732 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,880 Speaker 1: First of all, Odell Beckham, the coach wanted him out 733 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 1: of there. Jay Glazer had that story a month earlier. 734 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,839 Speaker 1: Jay glazers close with Pat Churmer. When Jay Glazer had 735 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:39,799 Speaker 1: a twice ago this is happening right. He wants to 736 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,799 Speaker 1: get his locker room back. Landon Collins was another guy 737 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,719 Speaker 1: that talked a little too much. He got those two 738 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,400 Speaker 1: guys out of the locker room. He wants to do 739 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,360 Speaker 1: it his way. And let's see what they do with 740 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: the two first round picks before we decide how the 741 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 1: Giants did out of all us, Let's see how it 742 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:57,799 Speaker 1: turns out. Giants to me are not that bad when 743 00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,920 Speaker 1: you look at the fact. Yeah, they traded a great receiver. 744 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,880 Speaker 1: Evan Ingram at tight end could be a star. The 745 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,080 Speaker 1: running back could be a star. Shepherd is a good 746 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:10,120 Speaker 1: number two receiver. Golden takes a good football player. Yeah, 747 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,760 Speaker 1: it's not like they're devoid of talent. I'm not putting 748 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 1: them in the Super Bowl. But I don't think the 749 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,279 Speaker 1: situation with the Giants is as bad as some people 750 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,480 Speaker 1: delete you to believe. But let's see how it turns out. 751 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,520 Speaker 1: It's like who won the Khalil Mack trade last year. 752 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:24,920 Speaker 1: Let's see what the Raiders get first exactly. You have 753 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,279 Speaker 1: to see what they do with the picks. They gotta 754 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:27,600 Speaker 1: trapped well, and then you got to give that a 755 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:30,320 Speaker 1: year or two or more. All Right, what about Cleveland 756 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,200 Speaker 1: though from their perspective, are you seeing this whole thing 757 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,960 Speaker 1: working or does it go in another direction? Your thoughts? Well, 758 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:39,120 Speaker 1: I think it's a huge challenge for rookie head coach 759 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,759 Speaker 1: and a quarterback entering his second year to try to 760 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 1: balance all that. And you get the sense reading the 761 00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,239 Speaker 1: tea leaves that Beckham is not that into being there. 762 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:50,279 Speaker 1: He had that weird Instagram post the other day, right, 763 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:55,719 Speaker 1: and then he took it down. Barkley said he's not 764 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,080 Speaker 1: happy about it. His friend see Quon Barkley on The 765 00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,560 Speaker 1: Football Giants, that he's not happy the trade. So and 766 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,239 Speaker 1: now he wants a new contract. That one I don't get. 767 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,959 Speaker 1: He just signed they see Julio. Yeah, but that doesn't 768 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,719 Speaker 1: make it. That's such a bad opted, Vandy. He just 769 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:12,120 Speaker 1: got a monster deal a year ago. He wants a 770 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,800 Speaker 1: new contract now. Yeah, well he sees a guy getting 771 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,640 Speaker 1: traded like Antonio Brown got traded the new deal. Well 772 00:37:17,880 --> 00:37:20,279 Speaker 1: you never know. I mean, these guys, he's not even 773 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 1: drying the contract. Not a bad point. Dan Leberfeldt, Serious 774 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,760 Speaker 1: x F NFL Radio, speaking of speaking of Antonio Brown 775 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:31,040 Speaker 1: and the Raiders, it's really interesting to me. Yeah, they 776 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,080 Speaker 1: trade Mac, they get the picks, then they really make 777 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:37,040 Speaker 1: a monster deal for Brown. So it felt like, oh, 778 00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:38,960 Speaker 1: we're rebuilding. Oh wait a minute, we're not we want 779 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,759 Speaker 1: to win right now. I don't know where you think 780 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:43,520 Speaker 1: they're at and how they're positioning themselves. Obviously they want 781 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:45,799 Speaker 1: to go to Vegas with a huge splash, and I 782 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 1: get that the stadium's going to be incredible, But what 783 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:51,840 Speaker 1: about the Raiders. Well, it's all about Derek Carr. You know, 784 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:55,759 Speaker 1: was writing that editorial about the Jets and Darlad Go. 785 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,640 Speaker 1: You can add all these weapons and you get all excited, 786 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: but it's a quarterback driven league. Unless Darnold takes the 787 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,920 Speaker 1: next step or Derek Carr takes the next step. I 788 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:06,759 Speaker 1: know he's at the point now where you would think 789 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,919 Speaker 1: he is what he is, There's something missing at Derek Carr. 790 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 1: I didn't think they should I should I was on 791 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,200 Speaker 1: the record saying this. They should have paid Mac first 792 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,600 Speaker 1: and waited on Derek Carr d a year left in 793 00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:19,359 Speaker 1: his contract. I didn't think he was settled science As 794 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,239 Speaker 1: far as the kind of player, he is too much 795 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:22,839 Speaker 1: of a dink and dunk guy to me. I don't 796 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,399 Speaker 1: know if you if the Texans played them the last week, 797 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,480 Speaker 1: you know, we played them in sixteen in Mexico City 798 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:30,840 Speaker 1: and he actually went fairly deep a couple of times 799 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,560 Speaker 1: and it worked out well. Now, it was a weird night, 800 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:35,120 Speaker 1: but he I gotta give him all the credit in 801 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,799 Speaker 1: the world. He looked all world that night as a 802 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,719 Speaker 1: leader and a playmaker, and the Texans it was a 803 00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,640 Speaker 1: close game. It was good. Everybody has those games. The 804 00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,200 Speaker 1: last time I saw Blake Bartles, he looked like a 805 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:48,440 Speaker 1: combination from Aaron Rodgers Tom Brady Breas put together against 806 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:52,879 Speaker 1: the Jets in Jacksonville, I go, this guy's tremendous. What's 807 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,759 Speaker 1: everyone's so negative about him? He was unbelievable if he 808 00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 1: saw the highlights of that game. But everything was working. 809 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,360 Speaker 1: But you know what with the Raid's Antonio Brown. Everyone 810 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:04,399 Speaker 1: always says all the right things when they enter the building. Sure, 811 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:08,920 Speaker 1: it's like Antonio Brown goes to Derek Carr's house. They're 812 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,319 Speaker 1: having a love in at the house. Everybody's happy. What 813 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,640 Speaker 1: happens the first time or the second time when he's 814 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,200 Speaker 1: not getting him the rock, when he thinks he's over 815 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:18,560 Speaker 1: or it's a little low, or it's a little this, 816 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:20,920 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, the feelings get hurt a 817 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:24,120 Speaker 1: little bit more. Yeah, that will be interesting. Okay, rules 818 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:28,280 Speaker 1: changes are you in? Let's get everybody an extra possession, 819 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:32,400 Speaker 1: an overtime guy, or are you an old school sudden 820 00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,160 Speaker 1: death guy or somewhere in between. No, I like the 821 00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:38,120 Speaker 1: rule the way it is. Now, Okay, you can't overdo 822 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 1: the amount of time and overtime because the yeah, football 823 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,719 Speaker 1: is almost brutal sport, and we've got to get out 824 00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:46,840 Speaker 1: of there as soon as possible because it's going to 825 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 1: impact the next game if the overtime goes too long. 826 00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:51,480 Speaker 1: You know, these guys, as far as we're covering from 827 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:55,520 Speaker 1: the previous game, you go and have a really long overtime, 828 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:57,840 Speaker 1: it's going to impact the next game. So I like 829 00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,399 Speaker 1: the rule the way it is. What do you think 830 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,080 Speaker 1: I like sudden death the old way the old Well, 831 00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,279 Speaker 1: to me, it's just you know, play d kicking. What 832 00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,759 Speaker 1: about the fact that kickers are money from fifty five? Now, 833 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,520 Speaker 1: I mean that is tough. That is tough. So it does. 834 00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:13,480 Speaker 1: But the old stats had the team that won the 835 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:17,360 Speaker 1: toss winning more often than not, but they weren't winning 836 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:21,000 Speaker 1: it on the first possession, meaning the analytics said that 837 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:25,080 Speaker 1: there was a possession given, were given but earned by 838 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:27,960 Speaker 1: the opponent, but they just tended not to win on 839 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:31,040 Speaker 1: that possession. So yeah, the coin toss was an advantage, 840 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,760 Speaker 1: but you still were getting the ball if you're the opponent. 841 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:37,000 Speaker 1: And with the ten minute overtime, we were seeing the 842 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,480 Speaker 1: tie come into play. And the Texans beat the Colton 843 00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:43,080 Speaker 1: overtime at the Buzzer in week four, and in week 844 00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:45,319 Speaker 1: five they went to overtime with the Cowboys and it 845 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,640 Speaker 1: went pretty late as well, like all of a sudden. 846 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,560 Speaker 1: Well then back to back overtime weeks in that situation. 847 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:54,840 Speaker 1: Then they they went on the role they were in 848 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:58,480 Speaker 1: a nine game winning street, but it wasn't but it 849 00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:00,600 Speaker 1: wasn't pretty, you know, like Buffalo, that was a tough 850 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,000 Speaker 1: game for them after a Sunday night. Well whatever, you know, 851 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:05,399 Speaker 1: you won the game, but you know how the fans are. 852 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:08,160 Speaker 1: You won, but it was too close and it wasn't 853 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 1: the right amount of points and it was you know, 854 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:13,400 Speaker 1: Watson should have played better even though it had collapsed 855 00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:15,799 Speaker 1: long And that's just how the world goes. I mean, 856 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,440 Speaker 1: it's the NFL. But your take on the popularity of 857 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,280 Speaker 1: the league right now, I mean, I watched the NCAA 858 00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:24,239 Speaker 1: tournament this weekend and it's fantastic, But it feels like 859 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,640 Speaker 1: every weekend in the NFL is like that. Yeah, if 860 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:31,759 Speaker 1: they continue to develop more quarterbacks, that's the key, you 861 00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 1: know that, if these guys emerge, if Baker Mayfield continues 862 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:37,280 Speaker 1: to do what he did last year, if Sam Darnold 863 00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:41,000 Speaker 1: becomes a franchise quarterback, Kyler Murray coming out in this draft. 864 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,839 Speaker 1: The more guys like that, the more popular the league 865 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:45,640 Speaker 1: will be. We all know if Andy and you had 866 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:47,839 Speaker 1: a few years like that in Houston, when you have 867 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:53,200 Speaker 1: two pedestrian quarterbacks battling, sometimes it's like watching paint dry. 868 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,440 Speaker 1: So you need those elite, more elite quarterbacks. It's like 869 00:41:56,480 --> 00:42:01,040 Speaker 1: watching walls explode. Actually it hasn't citement, but sometimes in 870 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,160 Speaker 1: the wrong direction. Dan, thanks a lot for joining us. 871 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:08,480 Speaker 1: Anytime there's Dan Leberfeld from NFL Serious XAM Radio. I 872 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:10,919 Speaker 1: think they actually say it's serious XMNFL Radio. But they'll 873 00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,920 Speaker 1: forgive me for that because they're getting plenty of plugs 874 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,319 Speaker 1: and they're kind of competition in sort of a strange way. 875 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:18,080 Speaker 1: But when he's on on Sports Radio six ten, of 876 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:21,000 Speaker 1: course we have the Tom Time and stuff going on 877 00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:24,640 Speaker 1: on Saturday morning, so there's that. Also to Albert Breer 878 00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:28,720 Speaker 1: for being on the program today from MMQB, Jim Wyatt 879 00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:32,360 Speaker 1: from Titans Online now once again Bill O'Brien tomorrow, Brian 880 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:34,560 Speaker 1: Gaine as well, and you never know who else is 881 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:36,359 Speaker 1: going to show up. Plus, I'm gonna get plenty of 882 00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,959 Speaker 1: content from these meetings for the rest of the week 883 00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:42,280 Speaker 1: here on Texans All Access. Now a couple of other things. 884 00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:44,640 Speaker 1: We're all eager to see what's going to happen with 885 00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:48,759 Speaker 1: these rules changes, these proposals. Anyway, I just want to 886 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:51,040 Speaker 1: go on record saying I am not for this fourth 887 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,479 Speaker 1: and fifteen thing. If you don't know what this is, well, 888 00:42:53,880 --> 00:42:56,239 Speaker 1: instead of the onside kick possibility at the end of 889 00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:58,240 Speaker 1: the game and you're trailing, you get fourth and fifteen. 890 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:00,880 Speaker 1: I don't like this one little bit. Okay, you earned 891 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,560 Speaker 1: your way into a lead. Let's say you have a 892 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,920 Speaker 1: double digit lead, two score lead, let's just call it that, 893 00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:09,239 Speaker 1: and you have the Patriots, Say, as the opponent, they 894 00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,640 Speaker 1: score a late touchdown and you feel like you're doing 895 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:15,359 Speaker 1: your job stopping them in the old way, the current way. 896 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:17,840 Speaker 1: Unless they change this, well, they'd have to attempt an 897 00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:20,919 Speaker 1: onsidekick and recover to get the ball back. In this 898 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,319 Speaker 1: proposed change, they get a fourth and fifteen situation at 899 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:27,000 Speaker 1: their thirty five after they score that touchdown to cut 900 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,120 Speaker 1: it to a one score game, So now they keep 901 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:31,960 Speaker 1: the ball. Really, I know it's a fifteen yard make 902 00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,480 Speaker 1: or break play, but I don't want to deal with 903 00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,200 Speaker 1: that with anybody, especially some of these quarterbacks are gonna 904 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:40,239 Speaker 1: be facing this coming year in Mahomes and Brady. Why 905 00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:43,280 Speaker 1: can't he retire? And Andrew Luck and everybody else? Anyway, 906 00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:45,560 Speaker 1: that's my vote. Just thought you might like to hear 907 00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,160 Speaker 1: about that. Look it forward to tomorrow night's show and 908 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:51,360 Speaker 1: all the other stuff happening here from the NFL Annual 909 00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:55,880 Speaker 1: Meeting in Phoenix. Have a great night, everyone, and go Texans, 910 00:43:57,880 --> 00:43:58,279 Speaker 1: all right,