1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: Hello and welcome. It's Texans All Access the program, keeping 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: you up to date on your Houston Texans. I'm Mark 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: Vandamer with you this evening. John McClean will join us 4 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: in just a moment. Here a lot to cover tonight. 5 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: We are inside in urg Stadium, across the hallway from 6 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: the locker room, the trainer's room near the weight room, 7 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: which was being revamped under new strength and rehabilitation coach 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: Luke Richardson, who came over from the Denver broncos Man. 9 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: They're really doing a lot to that weight room, and 10 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: I'm sure Bill O'Brian will talk about that when offseason 11 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: conditioning gets going April sixteenth. Everybody's looking forward to that. 12 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: We've discussed that previously. News and notes, Joe Webb signs 13 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: with the Texans. Quarterback so much fun to watch at UAB. 14 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: You might remember when the Coogs were in Conference USA 15 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: with UAB and Joe Webb was playing in that league 16 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: and in this league, he's stuck around because he could 17 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: play special teams and offense. He could play other stuff 18 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 1: than quarterback, but he can still play some quarterback for you. 19 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: So it'll be really interesting to see how the Texans 20 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: use Joe Webb when he gets in to the building 21 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: and they start implementing this new offense, the general and 22 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:04,480 Speaker 1: I will talk about what they're gonna do with this 23 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: offense if anything. Yeah, they're gonna do some stuff. And 24 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: the Wall Street Journal story, I'm not really going to 25 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: talk about that tonight because this program's about football and 26 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: fun and keeping it light really and keep it it 27 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: XS and o's as much as possible. I'm just I 28 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 1: know I'm gonna be asked about this when I'm on 29 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: with Seth and Mike on Sports Radio six ten Friday morning. 30 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 1: The headline misrepresentation of what this story is just really 31 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: bothers me. And I can elaborate on this later, But 32 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: I mean, mister McNair to say that it's just an 33 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: apology retraction without saying that he says he was talking 34 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: about the league office and not the players, it makes 35 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: it sound like he's telling the players to go pound Sam. 36 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: That's not true. I mean, he says he was talking 37 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: about the league office when he made those comments at 38 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: the owners meeting in the fall, And to just say 39 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: that he's retracting an apology, he just makes it sound 40 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: like he's out to get players or something or out 41 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: against the players, and that's bad. It's clickbait, really, and 42 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: it's I get clickbait. We all do it, we all do. 43 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: But when you do clickbait and it hurts someone's reputation, 44 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: I just think it's wrong. That's my personal opinion. Anyway, 45 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: we will talk more about that as the day's progress. 46 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure you've heard enough of it today. Let's talk 47 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: some football here with the general from the Houston Chronicle. 48 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 1: John McLean. How's it going? John Marcot? Couldn't be better? 49 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: How are you doing very well here to talk about 50 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: football tonight? We're gonna talk about football this evening because 51 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: we could all use a little football talk. And General 52 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: John Harris and I last night we're going over to 53 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,119 Speaker 1: the Texans depth chart as we see it right now, 54 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: and I really don't think that it's going to change 55 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:47,800 Speaker 1: all that much based on the draft, right because if 56 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: it would, you would say they're drafting a starter, an 57 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: immediate starter. I mean, I'd love them to draft several starters, 58 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 1: but down the line, an immediate starter I think is 59 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: doubtful unless there are wholesale injuries that we don't know 60 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: about right now. Let's not would that they're healthy or 61 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: they're gonna be healthy opening day. Your thoughts on that though, 62 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: the likelihood of drafting somebody who starts opening day barring injury. 63 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: I turned in another MOG draft number seven, Aaron Wilson. 64 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: I'd been doing them every week seven and we'll do 65 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: him right up till to the day of the draft, 66 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 1: and I do every week a left tackle to start off. 67 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: And so we saw Charles Spencer win the left tackle 68 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,919 Speaker 1: job immediately in two thousand and six a third round pick, 69 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: So I'm not saying it's out of the question. If 70 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:37,880 Speaker 1: they did, then Julian Davenport would probably move to right tackle, 71 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: or the first pick in the third round could move 72 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: to He could start at right tackle. Because you got 73 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: Seantrell Henderson, his st started one game in two years. 74 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: He got Kendall Lamb. I don't think he's gonna start. 75 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: And maybe if Derek Newton came back the way he 76 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: was before surgery on two legs and played the way 77 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: he used to, of course he would start. But they 78 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: don't know. If Derek come back, what left could play guard, 79 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: could play tackles, So that's an if. But I think 80 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: there's a good chance when you consider Davenport with two 81 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: starts in his career and Henderson with twenty seven but 82 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: only one in the last two years. Are your starters. 83 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: There is a chance for a rookie to do that now. 84 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: I have a story on our website that's Houston Chronicle 85 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: dot com slash TXs N and we're writing special stories 86 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: for that, and I did one on Brian Gaine talking 87 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: about scouting offensive tackles today compared to the way it 88 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: used to be when all of them played in a 89 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: three point stance. Today, so many playing a two point stance, 90 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 1: and when you are scouting them, what you have to 91 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: look for based on the style of play you have. 92 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: And of course they're having to scout them. They're not 93 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,160 Speaker 1: gonna say we're taking a left tackle or we're using 94 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: a pick in the third round on the tackle, but 95 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: we know they will. And so I think the left 96 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:01,679 Speaker 1: tackle there's a chance that because of need, he could start, 97 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 1: whether it's right or left side. And then could a 98 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 1: safety come in here and beat out Andre Howe. There's 99 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: so many corners. No corner is going to step in 100 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: and start as a rookie. I don't think defensive line, 101 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: you got your big three. I still think they need 102 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,400 Speaker 1: another defensive lineman. In fact, one of my three third 103 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:24,400 Speaker 1: round picks this week, I'm not gonna tell you, Oh, 104 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: you'd have to go to my mock draft mar and 105 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: see is a defensive end. I've done that a couple 106 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: of times because they don't. You know, if you look 107 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: at the Texans, he got JJ coming back, Christian coming 108 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:39,359 Speaker 1: back off injuries, readers, the nose tackle, the Brandon Dunne 109 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: they said played a lot better at the end the 110 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: last year when he played. But you still you need 111 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: another one at Joel Heath Angelo Blackson still on the roster. 112 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: I think if Joel stays healthy, he's pretty good too. 113 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 1: You know, it's it really is difficult. You're right, they're 114 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: gonna get some rookies in here, maybe a draft choice, 115 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,279 Speaker 1: maybe not. Watkins is gonna come back, so we'll see 116 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: how that plays. I think there's some validity to what 117 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: you say. Now back to the old line here for 118 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 1: a moment. What did you make out of Bill O'Brien's 119 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,040 Speaker 1: comments on Derek Newton. You know, I'd like to interpret 120 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: what he says about injuries ahead of schedule. He said 121 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: he's worked very hard to get back, but he was 122 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:19,080 Speaker 1: noncommittal about when that might occur. Bill has not changed 123 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,720 Speaker 1: what he said about Derek Newton going back to the 124 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,840 Speaker 1: middle of the last season, how hard he works. He's 125 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: in there every day. He's there early in the morning, 126 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: leaves at night, and he has not changed it. And 127 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,239 Speaker 1: I've been told that Derek has totally changed his body, 128 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: and he looks you know, he was always he was 129 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: six six three fifteen three twenty and the fact that 130 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: he couldn't do anythings with his legs for so long, 131 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: he didn't gain weight, and so that shows a lot 132 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 1: of discipline. He wants to come back. And when they 133 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: get out in the OTAs if he can run around, 134 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: that's great, But until he puts on the pads and 135 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: play some in preseason, they're not gonna know. And then 136 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: they'll have a better I did just how far along 137 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: he is. What a great deal for the Texans it 138 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: would be if Derek could indeed come back, But that 139 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,479 Speaker 1: cannot have any effect on the draft. So, like Brian 140 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: told me, he said, just because we signed offensive lineman 141 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: and defensive bags doesn't mean we won't draft those positions. 142 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: And so of the positions that could start, you know, 143 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: it took cunning him a while, but he was a two. 144 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: Took Watson run game, he was a one. Brian did 145 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: not rule out the possibility. He said, we're wide open 146 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,200 Speaker 1: with those three third round picks. If somebody at the 147 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 1: end of the second round wanted to deal and there 148 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: was a guy they had to have, then he would 149 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: package a deal and move up. He also said, there's 150 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: a possibility when you got the fourth pick in the 151 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: third round, that might be valuable for somebody, and maybe 152 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: he would trade down and get an extra pick. You know, 153 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: you got three in the six you got everything, but 154 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: what a fifth got three threes, a four, three sixes 155 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: in a seven eight overall and that so it's a 156 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: possibility he could go into the second round or down 157 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: in the third. Well, you brought up a lot of 158 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 1: stuff right there, and I think it's interesting when you 159 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: look at the end of the second round, if there's 160 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: somebody there, could they move up. There's so many teams 161 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:16,920 Speaker 1: with a couple of second round picks, so you could 162 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 1: see them maybe moving back and stockpiling for next year 163 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: or deeper in this draft, because it is a deep 164 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: draft in a bunch of positions. Running back is won 165 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: and you brought up two thousand and six when Charles 166 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 1: Spencer was taking top of the third round along with 167 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: Eric Winston back to back, and Spencer was a TABB starter, 168 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: a decade starter from day one. Injuries derailed him. Wally 169 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: Lundy actually started opening day for the team. He was 170 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: the sixth round draft choice at running back. You never 171 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: know what's going to happen, and they were desperate. Yeah, 172 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 1: they were no offense to Wally. But the Texans need 173 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: this year, as we've said for weeks now, a third 174 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:55,800 Speaker 1: back who can run, is quick, who can catch. If 175 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,720 Speaker 1: he could return, that's great. Well that's what Tyler Irvin 176 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: was supposed to do. Tyler didn't do it his rook 177 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: He blew out his knee last year and was gone 178 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 1: all year. Maybe he'll come back and make and be 179 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 1: that guy. You know, Alfred Bleue, I know would like 180 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: to come back, but I don't think Alfred's what they're 181 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: looking for. And you just got to have somebody's different 182 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: from Foreman and Miller. And I thought it was interesting 183 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: when Bill O'Brien said the NFL meetings the first time 184 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: he'd said Foreman's supposed to be back for the started camp. Yeah, 185 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: we hadn't heard that. He didn't say he's ahead of schedule, 186 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: but that must be on schedule. Only two that I've 187 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,719 Speaker 1: heard him say ahead of schedule or Watson and Watt. Yep. 188 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,839 Speaker 1: He raved about Watt's work ethic and that's nothing new. 189 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 1: We all knew about this. This is information that's already 190 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:42,959 Speaker 1: been recorded. All right, let me get your take on this. 191 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: Because Deshaun Watson, we all saw what he did. We've 192 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 1: talked about it a lot. What about the offseason and 193 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator scouting and looking over the tape and 194 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,319 Speaker 1: trying to find ways to stop Watson. What's your reaction 195 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 1: with Bill O'Brian said about retooling, rebuilding, restarting a soft 196 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,679 Speaker 1: starting from scratch. They're gonna run the wishbone. No they're not, 197 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: but stuff like that. What's your reaction. I'm glad you 198 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 1: brought that up because two national media outlets have made 199 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: a big deal out of Bills saying he's gonna change 200 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: the offense. So what is he gonna do? Go to 201 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: the veer the wishbone. Why would Bill O'Brien, a smart 202 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: guy who went to Brown changing offense in which the 203 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: quarterback was on a pace for forty three touchdown passes, 204 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: and they were averaging thirty four points in his six 205 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 1: starts in thirty nine his last five. Why would he 206 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: change it? Well, Number one, what could he change? They're 207 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: already multiple. They play multiple tight ends, multiple receivers. They 208 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: got the wildcat, they play lineman at the line, they 209 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 1: play lineman his tight ends, they have multiple running backs, 210 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: they do motion reverses. So what are they going to 211 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 1: change to? What he meant was And I'm guessing he's 212 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: not going to the veer, the wishbone or the wildcat 213 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: full time is because teams have seen the seat now 214 00:10:59,280 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: that they ad wrinkles. And one of the things that 215 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,719 Speaker 1: I like about O'Brien he talked about this a lot 216 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: in the past because he had a quarterback with watson 217 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: skill set. He asked his coaches offense defense. He asked, Watson, 218 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: think back to when you saw or coached or coached 219 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,240 Speaker 1: against a quarterback with this kind of skill set, and 220 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 1: if you can remember a play or a formation that 221 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,439 Speaker 1: stood out to you, let me know, we'll study it, 222 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 1: we'll run it by DeShawn. So they were always looking 223 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: for ways to be creative. And when I've gone back 224 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 1: to look at Watson's touchdowns and big plays on Houston 225 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: Texans dot com. Of course, some of the things they 226 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: did in the backfield with faking and people in motion 227 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: was so creative. Now are they going to stop that? 228 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: Because the defensive guys were running in all directions like 229 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 1: Keystone cops and Watson was throwing ball down the field. 230 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: Plus a lot of things Deshaan does are instant. And 231 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:03,240 Speaker 1: I asked Mike Vrabel at the owner's meetings, and I 232 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,959 Speaker 1: wrote this last week, if because of what you know 233 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: about watch, you saw him every day in practice, will 234 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 1: that help you stop him? He said he does things 235 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: that Billy and Sean Ryan can draw up. He says 236 00:12:19,040 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: he does things that we're like. Just because you know 237 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: him and you've seen him doesn't mean you can stop him. 238 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:27,959 Speaker 1: He talked about what a challenge it's going to be, 239 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: and he said, when Deshaun had the ball, we thought 240 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: the play was not over. When he was in the game, 241 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 1: we thought the game is not over as long as 242 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,240 Speaker 1: he had the ball. And I think most of us, 243 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,439 Speaker 1: all of us thought that based on what we saw. 244 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: So there's no way Bill O'Brien is changing his offense. 245 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,599 Speaker 1: He's just looking for different things to try. He reminds me, 246 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: and Vrabel said the same thing. Where does this come from? 247 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: Bill said, we got to forget about last season. Well, 248 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,959 Speaker 1: what we did last season has got nothing to do 249 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: with this season. Rabel goes, what the Titans did last 250 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: season's had nothing to do with this season. You start 251 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: over every year, start from scratch. Where they get that 252 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,559 Speaker 1: from Belichick? Right, But I think Belichick is right about this. 253 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:15,319 Speaker 1: I think that's an NFL truism. There's no question that 254 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: year to year things change, and injuries and board the 255 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,120 Speaker 1: Patriots you want to talk about change. We'll get to 256 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: them in a later segment. Back to the offense here 257 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: for a moment, John the plan at tight end because 258 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: they cannot be done. You know, Zach Conk I don't 259 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 1: think is gonna get a ton of playing time, but 260 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: you never know. You never know who emerges from Jack 261 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 1: Doyle's claim no waiver exactly. So you could have somebody 262 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: like that surface and be very productive. But with Ryan 263 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: Griffin and Stephen Anderson coming back, you have to figure 264 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: they're gonna draft somebody. Maybe another veteran comes in and 265 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: blocking draft pickers a blocker, and I'm glad you brought 266 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,199 Speaker 1: that up, Mark, because I will be writing about that 267 00:13:53,440 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 1: next week, about Brian Gaine talking about scouting tight ends 268 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: today because of the way the colleges play. And if 269 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: you are since you have Ryan Griffin, who's a good 270 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: receiver and a willing blocker, and Steven Anderson, who's really 271 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 1: an h back, he's a receiver, not a blocker, it 272 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: stands to reason you're looking for us to c J. F. 273 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: Doorwood's type, which would be a bigger guy who can 274 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: block and has a chance to catch be developed. Well, 275 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,880 Speaker 1: the problem is colleges don't put those guys out. So 276 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 1: does it make you take two one blocker and one 277 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: receiver or And this was very interesting what he said now. 278 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: I can't wait to write this next week. He was 279 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: talking about the things you look for, the intangibles, the size, weight, speed, coachability, 280 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: football character and all those things as opposed to and 281 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: a lot of that will have to do with is 282 00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: he a willing blocker, is he a tough guy? Will 283 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: he put his face in there? Will he take people on? 284 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:56,680 Speaker 1: And he may not have ever been asked to, or 285 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: he may have been asked to do it very little 286 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: because that offense wanted to the line up in the slot. 287 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: But if you see that and you think he has 288 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:08,440 Speaker 1: the football characteristics to do that, then then you draft 289 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: him and you teach him. And so I just I 290 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: think it's fascinating, specifically tight end and tackle, how it's 291 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 1: changed for scouts based on the way college programs play today, 292 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 1: not all of them Stanford, Florida State, Michigan State. You know, 293 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: you can get traditional guys there, but there's so many 294 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 1: more in the pool. The general stays with us. Let's 295 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: talk about a bunch of things, including, but not limited 296 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,560 Speaker 1: to new uniforms for the Titans. No, we're not gonna 297 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 1: limited to that. It's Texans Radio continuing on the program 298 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: here from the Hunday Texans Radio Studio with John McClain. Tonight, 299 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: Mark Vandermayer with you, John, one final thought of the 300 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: tight end situation, and you were mentioning how hard it 301 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: is to find tight ends in today's college football landscape. Well, 302 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,880 Speaker 1: basketball players, that's been a pool they've dipped into. Everybody 303 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: wants to find the next Antonio Gates. What about that 304 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 1: side of it? Another example, Rico gathers from the Cowboys 305 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: who played basketball at Baylor. Baylor, who I thought was crazy, 306 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: never had a prayer, but they kept him on the 307 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 1: practice squad and they like him. He looked like a 308 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: tighty and he wasn't tall thin, you know. He was 309 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: like six six and two eighties. So there are guys 310 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: out there. The Texans have not brought in those kind 311 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: of guys before because there's so many tight ends. I 312 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: was there's a couple Damon Schultz and Stanford. I had 313 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 1: Texans taken him. He's a big guy. He just looks 314 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: like he'd be a blocker. And this week I didn't 315 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 1: have a tight end. Had had the offensive tackle, the safety, 316 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 1: and then a defensive end. But I've had a tight 317 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: end just about every week. And they don't take a 318 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:43,520 Speaker 1: tight end a third round. I'm pretty sure it's gonna 319 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: be in the fourth round, all right. Continuing in no 320 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: particular order. The Titans have new uniforms, but they don't 321 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: look that new to me. No, they don't look that different. 322 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: The font is a little bit different. I think the 323 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: colors are the same, right, The font is a lot different, 324 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: and they have a navy blue on it, which they 325 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: really like. I love navy blue. I love the Texans colors. 326 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:05,400 Speaker 1: I love the bull I love it would be deep 327 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: steal everything about the uniform. And I remember how fired 328 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,680 Speaker 1: up fans were when Bob McNair unveiled it in What 329 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: a big deal it was downtown and the Titans have 330 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: had this build up, they league a little bit and 331 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,600 Speaker 1: the fans just were through the roof wanting to know. 332 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: And they put on a big show downtown, brought in 333 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:27,200 Speaker 1: current flight players, former players. And when I saw him, 334 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: you know, I don't pay that much attention to anybody's 335 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: uniforms other than the Texans saw him thinking, Okay, I 336 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: see that blue. I see the Titans, the sword, the 337 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: state flag, and I see they call it Titans blue, 338 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: which is the light blue. I call it Columbia. It's 339 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:46,400 Speaker 1: Columbia blue. That's broadcast and kind of as a tribute 340 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: to the past, although they taught me they don't think 341 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: that has anything to do with it, but I knew 342 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: Bud Adams it was important to him to have that 343 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 1: color in the initially, and I'm assuming Amy Adams Trunk, 344 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: Budd's daughter who runs the show, did it as a 345 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: tribute to or dead and oilers, but nothing was said. 346 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 1: Oilers were never brought up. But they were happy, and 347 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 1: I kind of liked the font. It was different, and 348 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 1: people were critical of it, but it didn't It didn't 349 00:18:12,080 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: bother me. You know. He showed Marcus Mariota wearing his 350 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: number eight, and I looked at it and I thought, 351 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:19,360 Speaker 1: it's a little That was the only thing I could 352 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 1: tell now that is different other than the Navy helmet. Yeah. 353 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:26,840 Speaker 1: Just don't make it hard for the announcer to read 354 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 1: those uniforms. That's all I ask because some of these 355 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 1: college teams out there. I get complaints from my friends 356 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 1: to do college football broadcasts where you can't see the number, 357 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,920 Speaker 1: there's no contrast in number color, or not enough in 358 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: number color against the uniform color. I don't know how 359 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 1: they do it at Baylor because at Baylor, when they 360 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 1: have these black uniforms, the names and numbers are in 361 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: black and I can't see them on high definition TV. Yeah, 362 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,359 Speaker 1: so what's the point then, don't even have numbers? No, 363 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: have the numbers. I was kidding about that. Don't be 364 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: like the Patriots a hard program. Yeah, well you still 365 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: just you still can't see. It doesn't help you, doesn't 366 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: help you at all. But the Titans had a lot 367 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,640 Speaker 1: of fans out there for the big unvailing, so that's 368 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,080 Speaker 1: good for them. Mike rabels out kind of dancing on 369 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:12,600 Speaker 1: the stag Georgia line. Yep, it was Mike's really gotten 370 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 1: into Nashville. I thought it was interesting. Ian Jen and 371 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 1: their boys the year before it had gone the vacation 372 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: in Nashville to see a concert, and so they liked 373 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 1: it to begin with. But they put on a great 374 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: show in a music city where he has so many 375 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 1: famous acts there, and a lot of them they liked. 376 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 1: The Titans. Predators have the best record in the NHL. 377 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: The playoffs are about to begin, so they're really pumped 378 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: in that uniform thing. Man, oh man, I guess when 379 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:41,920 Speaker 1: the time comes, if they tweaked the Texans uniforms, it'll 380 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 1: be a huge deal too. It'll be a huge deal, 381 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,119 Speaker 1: all right. So John, how many primetime games? Well, let 382 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: me phrase it this way. What team in the AFC 383 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,600 Speaker 1: South it gets the most primetime games this year when 384 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: the schedule comes out within a couple of weeks. The 385 00:19:55,480 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 1: Jaguars with Blake Bortles and there's let's be honest, there's 386 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: no team in the division's going to be more exciting 387 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: than the Texans with Watson and people people love Watson. 388 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: He's universally respected. The league knows how they played. They 389 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:15,680 Speaker 1: know they average thirty nine points in his last five starts. 390 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: All of them were hurt last year except for Bordals, 391 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 1: and Mariota has been hurt every year. And so if 392 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck was going to play sixteen games, I still 393 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:30,159 Speaker 1: don't think that it would get Indie on the most games. 394 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna say the Texans because of Watson and 395 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: Watt and the players coming back in the way. They 396 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 1: were so exciting offense. You know, it's funny because when 397 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,959 Speaker 1: you play the NFC East and you're playing the defending 398 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: Super Bowl champions, everybody's gonna play the Cowboys. You wonder 399 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 1: about these primetime games because Tennessee, Hey, they want to 400 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: playoff game. Jaguars went to the FC Championship. You said 401 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,480 Speaker 1: what you said about the Texans, So whose game versus 402 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: Dallas gets on primetime? Dallas will have the max, of 403 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 1: course they always do, no matter what the record was 404 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 1: or will be. So it's fun stuff to discuss and 405 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,120 Speaker 1: to try to figure out because the Cowboys are coming 406 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: here and John Harris and I were talking about it 407 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,640 Speaker 1: this opening night. Do you reminisce and rekindle that two 408 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: thousand and two matchup on a Sunday night. Do you 409 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: do that on NBC to start the season. You could 410 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,639 Speaker 1: see that as a possibility, although I would think that 411 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: NBC would want to make sure that Watson was playing 412 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 1: before they committed to that kind of thing. And the 413 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 1: schedule is going to come out within a couple of weeks, 414 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:30,360 Speaker 1: Like I said, yeah, I'm guessing Tuesday after this coming Tuesday. 415 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: That's what based on the past, what it would be. 416 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: And that's interesting about injuries, I mean everything, we think 417 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 1: de Sean's coming back, but no offense to Brandon Whedon. 418 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: They don't put them National Championship game on with Brandon 419 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:47,640 Speaker 1: at quarterback, so that, yeah, that's very interesting. Maybe they'd 420 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,880 Speaker 1: be more reluctant or put the Texans on not early right, 421 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: put them on in the middle or later. But Jacksonville, 422 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 1: because the Jaguars took New England to the limit to 423 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: go the Super Bowl, I would think the Jaguars would 424 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 1: be right up there with the Texans. But they're still 425 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 1: the Jaguars absolutely Jacksonville, and um, would the Texans game 426 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: at Philadelphia be a good game to put on National TV. 427 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 1: Will the NFC East have a national television game against 428 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: the Texans? I mean against the AFC SA. I think 429 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: the well, the the NFC East will definitely have a 430 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: national TV game or two against the AFC South. It's 431 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: just a matter of which one job Gibson. One of 432 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:29,600 Speaker 1: them would be with Jacksonville and one of them would 433 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: be with Houston. I mean, all those NFC East teams 434 00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:37,960 Speaker 1: are good TV draws. When you look at the Redskins, yeah, 435 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: I mean you have all of that, and there's a 436 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,199 Speaker 1: reason why that division is what it is. The marquee 437 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: value is so strong, it's gonna be fun to follow. 438 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,480 Speaker 1: We all love doing it, all right, let's stick in 439 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: the AFC as a whole. Right now. With the Patriots, 440 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: it's really interesting to watch what's going on and all 441 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:57,360 Speaker 1: the losses they've had, the Cooks trade, John, what's your 442 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: take on that and where the Patriots are right now? 443 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 1: Because yeah, they have all these draft choices. But if 444 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 1: I'm a Patriots fan and I'm not, I'm thinking, well, 445 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 1: what are we doing here? What's the plan? How are 446 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: we going to get this thing going? Yeah, you still 447 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: have number twelve, but what is the not long term plan? 448 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: The short term plan to have some success in twenty eighteen. 449 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,239 Speaker 1: What if you're Tom Brady and you're thinking, you let 450 00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 1: both my offensive tackles go. You let one of my 451 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: clutch receivers Danny m and Dola go. You let my 452 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,919 Speaker 1: best deep threat, Brandon Cooks go. Now, Cooks has been 453 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,920 Speaker 1: like Sammy White with three teams in three years. There's 454 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: got to be something there. There's a reason for that, 455 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: besides just money. I don't know what it is. Everybody said, well, 456 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 1: they didn't want to pay a wide receiver fourteen to 457 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: sixteen million a year because they're gonna have to play Gronk. 458 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 1: He's got two years left. Gronk's unhappy. Of course, it's 459 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:49,280 Speaker 1: about money. He's grossly underpaid for his production. Edelman's coming back, 460 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: but he's a slot receiver who is the speed guy 461 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 1: outside somebody's Mike Mitchell's back. They got hogging, So what 462 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: they weren't the deep thread a thousand yard seven touch 463 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,440 Speaker 1: down receiver like Brandon Cooks was, who personally beat the 464 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,440 Speaker 1: Texans on the last drive of the game. So I 465 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: don't know. That's just very curious. You know that Bill 466 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: Belichick gets the benefit of the doubt some people are 467 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 1: acting like they're going to trade up and get the quarterback. 468 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: To people I trust to cover the team said, no, 469 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: they got too many needs. They haven't had number one 470 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: picks the last two years because of trades. They need 471 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: to replenish. John Archie three sides at the Ravens. Your thoughts. 472 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: I'm glad. I'm glad he got a job. You know. 473 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,800 Speaker 1: I did a story with him last year. He wanted 474 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 1: to come here when the Texans had to have quarterbacks. 475 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,879 Speaker 1: He was sitting out because nobody wanted him. All he 476 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 1: wanted was a tryout, just to show him where he 477 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,720 Speaker 1: was physically, to talk to them, to tell him where 478 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 1: he was. Baltimore signed him. A great example. People always saying, well, 479 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: the backups got to have the same skill set as 480 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 1: a starter. No they don't. We saw that here last year. 481 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:54,320 Speaker 1: There was nothing wrong with the system and the play 482 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: calls for Watson after he replaced Savage, and their skill 483 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 1: sets not the same. So Griffin goes in there with 484 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: Joe Flacco. It doesn't cost him any money. Mallett was 485 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:08,479 Speaker 1: the backup. He's unrestricted, so I was happy for him. 486 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 1: I hope he goes in there. He's just turned twenty eight, 487 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 1: and he'll make the most of that opportunity. Yeah. I 488 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: wonder what Mallett's future is, but I don't wonder too often. Okay, 489 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,320 Speaker 1: let's and I do root for Ryan, I really do. 490 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 1: I wish him the best. I hope things work out 491 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: for him. I think he's got a ton of talent. 492 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 1: Johnny Manzell and what he said about Cleveland drafting him, 493 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: I mean, this blows me away. You're trying to get 494 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 1: back into the league and then you say something like 495 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 1: that about a team. He was doing really well in 496 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 1: his tour to try to repair his image, but he's 497 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,200 Speaker 1: done one too many interviews, and you know, if you 498 00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,239 Speaker 1: talk a lot, you're gonna say something, and he did 499 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,320 Speaker 1: to Dan Patrick, and in essence, Cleveland should have done 500 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: its own work. You'd know I didn't study the playbook 501 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: and come and come in and sleep and sleep habits 502 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,640 Speaker 1: and all that. Well. I think everybody knew that anyway, 503 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 1: but I thought it was just a stupid thing for 504 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 1: him to say, and he's been jazztised over it. Best 505 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: thing in there. It sounds like he's still going to 506 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: go to Canada, which I've advocated from day one. Go 507 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: up there. And played for June Jones coach at Hamilton 508 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,400 Speaker 1: for two years. Come back unrestricted at twenty seven after 509 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,440 Speaker 1: he played well and showed everybody gonna work hard and 510 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: steady now. And good for him if he does. But 511 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: I think he's done enough interviews. He doesn't keep to 512 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 1: just keep rehatching everything. Go to Canada, be good up there. 513 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:28,720 Speaker 1: Like you said, you're still a young man coming back 514 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,040 Speaker 1: with a chance to play in the league. And talk 515 00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:34,119 Speaker 1: to Doug Flutie about that, who was way past thirty 516 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:35,879 Speaker 1: by the time he got back with a chance to 517 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,080 Speaker 1: participate in the NFL. And Moon was twenty eight when 518 00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: he came from Canada. Twenty eight year old rook and 519 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: he's a Pro Football Hall of Famer, not for what 520 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 1: he did in Canada. Has nothing to do with Canada, 521 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: although it did that come up in the conversation at all. No, No, 522 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,119 Speaker 1: I mean lesbian at there's a Canadian Football League all 523 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: of name, and there's Pro Football of Fame. It is 524 00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 1: an NFL All of Fame, even though the name is different. 525 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 1: It doesn't hurt though to say yeah, I won five 526 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: great couples hurt him. But when I presented him, I 527 00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 1: didn't bring it up. Yeah, they all knew. I thought it. Honestly, 528 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 1: I thought it might be kind of consulting. It's insulting 529 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: pointing out that, well, he didn't win one here, but 530 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,640 Speaker 1: he won five in Canadida. Yeah, so I left that out. 531 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 1: That's a good point, I guess. Yeah, I could say, 532 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 1: I could see that. You don't need to do that. 533 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 1: It worked. There haven't been too many players who have 534 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: been really good up there and really good in the NFL. 535 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:28,959 Speaker 1: It's even hard to say Flute he was really good 536 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: in the NFL. He was good in the NFL and 537 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: very exciting in the NFL, but not great in the NFL. 538 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,719 Speaker 1: He couldn't do here what he did up there. Cameron 539 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: Wake has been really really good for the Dolphins. So 540 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,680 Speaker 1: there have been some who started there and came here. 541 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,719 Speaker 1: Moon of course being the most prominent. Okay, all right, 542 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: other things from around the National Football League. Anything peaking 543 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 1: your interest this week because we're all waiting for the schedule, John, 544 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 1: I mean, the schedule is going to be key, and 545 00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: I think for a variety of reasons, I want to 546 00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: see when these games are that the Texans have to 547 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 1: play on the road and look cold weather. It sometimes 548 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: is a big factor, sometimes not. Historically, the Texans have 549 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 1: done pretty well when the temperature is below forty or 550 00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,399 Speaker 1: thirty degrees historically. I don't know if that has anything 551 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,119 Speaker 1: to do with what's gonna happen with this team, but 552 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 1: when you look at where they're going this year, I 553 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: want to see, you know, how close the dates are together. 554 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:22,440 Speaker 1: When you go to Washington to Foxboro to Foxboro to 555 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 1: Washington to Philadelphia two the Jets, those are four trips 556 00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 1: to the Northeast, And I think everybody's eager to see 557 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: when they're gonna sit in the schedule. Are they gonna 558 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 1: be in the back half of the season when it's colder, 559 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:36,159 Speaker 1: when you have some snow games potentially, I don't know, 560 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: but we're all waiting to find out. I'm eager to that. 561 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: But I'm also of course the draft. The top of 562 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: the first round, you know, there's so much going on 563 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 1: about which quarterback will Cleveland take? And then will the 564 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 1: Giants take a quarterback? Will they take Sequon Barkley or 565 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:55,960 Speaker 1: Bradley Chubb or will they trade down to a team 566 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: that wants a quarterback. In my latest mock draft, I 567 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 1: have them taken one too. Where do you have Lamar 568 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 1: Jackson going. I have him going to U first round, Miami, Okay, 569 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 1: Mayfield going to Denver, and the other three. I have Donald, 570 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 1: Rosen and Alan the first three, and then I have 571 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: um Denver taking Baker Mayfield. Mayfield is more like Keenham 572 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 1: the offense you're gonna run for. Case would be ideal 573 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: to me to run with Mayfield, and if you wanted that. 574 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:31,440 Speaker 1: They're just similar quarterbacks. And uh, Baker's got a better arm, 575 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: of course, and and he's supposed to be good right away. 576 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 1: But I'd look at those two and I think, and boy, 577 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: Case would be great for helping him develop having him 578 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,640 Speaker 1: as a teammate. And then I had Lamar Jackson going 579 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: to Miami. I've had him going to Arizona. I've had 580 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 1: him going to Buffalo. A lot of people still think 581 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: Buffalo as the team's gonna trade up to get Alan 582 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 1: or Rosen if Donald goes to Cleveland first. Overall, I 583 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: don't know how Cleveland can by pass Say Barkley with 584 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,280 Speaker 1: that fourth pick o up. There's trying to do this. 585 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 1: John Dorsey, the new general manager, comes from green Bay. 586 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: Ted Thompson, a longtime green Bay general manager, was a 587 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: protege of Ron Wolf. Ron Wolf never took him back 588 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: in the first round. Therefore Ted Thompson didn't take him 589 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: back in the first round. Therefore John Dorsey wouldn't do it. 590 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 1: And I said, man, man, well, look making his way 591 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,320 Speaker 1: too complicated. Barkley is the best prospect in the draft. 592 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 1: No position helps a great a young quarterback more than 593 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: a great running But who's the young quarterback? Why? Well, 594 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,960 Speaker 1: everybody thinks it's gonna be Donald. They're trying to act 595 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: now like it could be Josh Allen. But everything I'm 596 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:42,440 Speaker 1: hearing is Donald and and and so Barkley would help 597 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 1: any team the head of young quarterback. So I just 598 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: don't know. How can you at four pass up the 599 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: best player in the draft. All Right, the general stays 600 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: with us, and we're gonna have a little fun next segment. 601 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: He's gonna weigh in on our draft from last night. 602 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 1: He might not even know what it was about, you remember, 603 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 1: don't you? Everybody waited on it on social medio. We'll 604 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: do that next on Texans Radio. Final Act tonight here 605 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: on Texans All Access from the Hyundai Texans Radio Studio 606 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 1: with John McClain from the Houston Chronicle. Joining us. Mark 607 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: Vandermer with you. Okay, let's do this last night and 608 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 1: every Wednesday night prior to the draft, we do a 609 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 1: draft of a different kind of thing, not necessarily football players. 610 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 1: Last night it was football movie characters, John football movie characters, 611 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 1: and John Harris allowed us to actually pick guys like 612 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,600 Speaker 1: Gail Sayers, who's in Brian's Song. Okay, was portrayed in 613 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: Brian's Song by Billy D Williams. I don't know who 614 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: played him in the remake of that, but it doesn't 615 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 1: matter because it's no good. Yeah, nobody watched it. Everyone 616 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 1: remembers Billy D Williams. All right, So tell me this, 617 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: who do you think is the best fictional movie fictional 618 00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 1: quarterback portraye in a football movie? Because Johnny Harris went 619 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 1: with Paul Crewe, the Burt Reynolds Paul crew, not Adam Sandler, 620 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: and I think that has some bigger than Burt Reynolds. 621 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,840 Speaker 1: Is he really Yeah, Burt Reynolds is short. Well what 622 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: did he play at Florida State? Did he did he 623 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 1: actually play football? I don't know if that was Mad 624 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,880 Speaker 1: three he was a backup, but no, I would you know, 625 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 1: I'm thinking and everybody's all American. Dennis Quaid was the quarterback. 626 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, and Dennis is a great wait no, no, no, no, 627 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: no no, Dennis Quaid was a running back. He was 628 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: the great Ghost. Oh I forgot about the great ghost 629 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,320 Speaker 1: quarterback and everybody's all American. I don't know. Also Friday 630 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: Night Lights, who was the quarterback Varsity Blues. Paul Walker 631 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:36,920 Speaker 1: I think was a quarterback. Um, I would have I 632 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: picked him as my coach because he got Haston a 633 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: quarterback in the paper Lion. Oh really, the George Plimpton story. 634 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:50,719 Speaker 1: I think you want Ben hur and Moses as your 635 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 1: quarterback and uh um, so I'm I'm going way back 636 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,440 Speaker 1: on trying to think of football movie you know some 637 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: of these other ones man Is and uh Brian's song. 638 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: The original is still my all time favorite sports movie. 639 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 1: And because I would have to say Paul Crewe as 640 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 1: Adam Sandler, Adam's probably five ten and Bert Reynolds is 641 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: not a five tenu Bert, of course was in both 642 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 1: of them. There is a scene in the original Longest 643 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 1: Chart Briefly in which they're going to the line of scrimmage. 644 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,800 Speaker 1: I remember those guys back then were like two forty 645 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: two fifty sixty three, and they show you know, you 646 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: never show a shot on the ground, but there is 647 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:40,280 Speaker 1: a sideline shot just outside the offensive line that shows 648 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 1: Reynolds under center as he walks up. Oh my goodness, 649 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: he looks like he could jump up on the center's back. 650 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 1: And who was what? Tom Cruise played a defensive back 651 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: in all the right moves right, and we talk about him. 652 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:58,720 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna I gotta go with Adam Sandler because 653 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,959 Speaker 1: he was throwing a Michael or okay, a legitimate receiver. 654 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: He had Nelly who looked like a real running back. 655 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,000 Speaker 1: And of course the real reason I like Paul Crewe 656 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,360 Speaker 1: and the Longest Jard remake is pretty obvious. Let's go 657 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 1: with this, don't you need to say? Because I'm in 658 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,360 Speaker 1: it for the listeners that don't you know? Yeah, no, 659 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,920 Speaker 1: John McLean, that's one of the ten Hollywood movies. He's 660 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 1: in for a grand total of thirty seven seconds combined. Actually, 661 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,400 Speaker 1: every time the Rookie comes on with Dennis Quaid, I 662 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 1: have to show my wife, you know, there's the general. 663 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: Every time the Longest Yard comes from, recognize consider let 664 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,840 Speaker 1: much less Wade. You gotta be really good with that 665 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: DVR positive you knew, you know, you gotta like hit 666 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: it almost like before the scene gets there, otherwise you're 667 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 1: gonna miss it anyway. Anyway, we also have to pick 668 00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:46,080 Speaker 1: a coach in our fictional football movies. Jack Ward played 669 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:52,840 Speaker 1: George Hallis in the original uh Brian's song Varsity Blues. 670 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:57,360 Speaker 1: John Voight played you know that's player revolves, terrible gut coach, 671 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 1: a great coach that the players hated. Uh. You know 672 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: he was the Titans Denzel Washington. Da. We didn't pick him, 673 00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 1: but he's a great coach, Boom Washington and anything. So 674 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:13,319 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take Denzel Washington. Okay, yeah, nobody took him 675 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 1: last night. You know, you just reminded me though of 676 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: another football film, Uh odes a Permium. Yeah, Friday Night Lights, 677 00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:24,799 Speaker 1: Friday Night Lights. Um, My mind's gone blank. Billy Bob Thornton. 678 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,040 Speaker 1: Billy Bob did a great job based on the true 679 00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 1: character he did. Now, Um Alpaccino. Alpaccino was whatever his 680 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:36,359 Speaker 1: name is was Harris's. Dennis Quaid was in that as 681 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 1: was the coach there. Uh he was the quarterback at 682 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:45,000 Speaker 1: any given Sunday. Yeah, remember, and he was very undersized, 683 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,800 Speaker 1: so Dennis Quaid not that big either. Dennis is like 684 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:51,160 Speaker 1: five to nine. What all these Hollywood act and you 685 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:52,920 Speaker 1: know what, I've actually interviewed Dennis Quaid, but he was 686 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: sitting down Andre and I. There's a there's a video 687 00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 1: on YouTube of Andre if you google it, if your 688 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:02,840 Speaker 1: YouTube search, you'll see it. Folks, Andre Ware and myself 689 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: interviewing Dennis Quaid about the shortalls the Express. Yeah, he 690 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 1: plays the Syracuse head coach. The Dennis quaids is a 691 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,520 Speaker 1: good athlete and he's running for a lot of movies. 692 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,439 Speaker 1: And one of the things about the size. When Mark 693 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:24,760 Speaker 1: Wahlberg was signed to play in Um Invincible Invincible, people 694 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,120 Speaker 1: are like, my god, how could you pick him? He's 695 00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: so short? And that was another one I was in 696 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 1: and I found out nobody in Hollywood could catch football. 697 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,520 Speaker 1: And Wallberg's a really good athlete, so he could catch 698 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:38,680 Speaker 1: the football. So they had a limit on how big 699 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:42,080 Speaker 1: the lineman could be. The Harold Carmil Michael character six 700 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 1: eight in real life, I think he was like sixty three, 701 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,759 Speaker 1: and so all the lineman had to be shorter and 702 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:53,239 Speaker 1: smaller because they didn't wanted this big discrepancy. That's smart, though, 703 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: that's how you make a movie. Huh. And that and 704 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,560 Speaker 1: and I can't believe what they do with these actors though, 705 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,600 Speaker 1: to make him look taller like Tom Cruise all the 706 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,919 Speaker 1: characters around them. You know, you see Tom Cruise getting 707 00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,160 Speaker 1: in a fight with four or five guys, and I'm thinking, 708 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,520 Speaker 1: you know, these guys are all five five and five six, 709 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: and they're looking you know, they look like they're all 710 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:15,120 Speaker 1: six two or six three. Larger than life personalities, folks. 711 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,560 Speaker 1: That's what these actors have. You reminded me though, of 712 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,920 Speaker 1: another football movie I forgot about from last night that 713 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,839 Speaker 1: this would have come in handy Warren Beatty and Heaven 714 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,319 Speaker 1: can wait. Oh yeah, you know he plays the uh 715 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:29,399 Speaker 1: it's not Vince Ferragamo, he plays whatever, the Rams quarterback. Yeah. 716 00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:33,400 Speaker 1: That was a really good one. Yeah. And to but 717 00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,359 Speaker 1: that story that he occupies the body of another human 718 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:41,200 Speaker 1: being after he dies. What about um the Cowboy movie? Oh, 719 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:45,120 Speaker 1: North Dallas forty Yeah with Mac Davis could have picked 720 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,480 Speaker 1: him as well. I'm playing at quarterback? Is Don Meredith? 721 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:49,879 Speaker 1: All Right? So a few things on the way out here. 722 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,439 Speaker 1: General as we talked, We've talked a bunch of about 723 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:54,800 Speaker 1: the Texans. We talked about the depth chart earlier. I 724 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:56,680 Speaker 1: want to come back to that for a moment in 725 00:37:56,840 --> 00:38:00,640 Speaker 1: your opinion right now. The Nickel defense, and we touched 726 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:02,799 Speaker 1: on it last week. I mentioned this, you have six 727 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,560 Speaker 1: guys going for five spots right here, if everybody's healthy. 728 00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:08,879 Speaker 1: When you have Kareem Jackson, Jonathan Joseph, Kevin Johnson, Andre Howe, 729 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:13,720 Speaker 1: the honey Badger, and who am I forgetting here? Aaron Colvin? 730 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,080 Speaker 1: Of course he assigned as a free agent. That's a 731 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,920 Speaker 1: pretty good situation in that defensive backfield for the Texans, 732 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:21,160 Speaker 1: and you're gonna have a couple more draft choices and 733 00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:23,680 Speaker 1: about him mostly coming in and he wants to play 734 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:25,880 Speaker 1: some dB. Of course. You know you're labeled a special 735 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:27,880 Speaker 1: teams guy. That's nice. I know I'm here to make 736 00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:29,719 Speaker 1: a difference on special teams, but I'd like to play 737 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,280 Speaker 1: in the field as well. Thank you. Don't forget trusts 738 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:36,480 Speaker 1: in Dayku yep, because most rookies, most players make their 739 00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:39,920 Speaker 1: biggest improvement between their first and second year, which is 740 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,760 Speaker 1: really gonna be fun to watch Watson and Cunningham and Foreman, 741 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:48,520 Speaker 1: but then watching to see what Dayku Davenport, what those 742 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:54,719 Speaker 1: guys do because Davenports has been given going into offseason program, 743 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:58,040 Speaker 1: He's been given a gift chance to start at left tackle, 744 00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:02,479 Speaker 1: and so can't count out Tresdent Decu. And they're gonna 745 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,160 Speaker 1: draft a safety in a guard. There's gonna be a 746 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:08,239 Speaker 1: lot of candidates, and they hope it'll be really, really 747 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,680 Speaker 1: tough cuts. And they're fired up about Anthony Midget, who 748 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 1: had been the backup dB coach now taken over for 749 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:20,879 Speaker 1: the fire John Butler. And right now, if they if 750 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,680 Speaker 1: they started today without any draft choices, you'd have hol 751 00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:29,920 Speaker 1: and the Honey Badger's safety and wood Aaron Colvin. The 752 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,640 Speaker 1: reason he came here was there going to give him 753 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,120 Speaker 1: a chance to see if he can play outside, not 754 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:38,680 Speaker 1: just inside. They got three guys that played slot corner 755 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,000 Speaker 1: a lot. Kaarem Jackson of course has done it in 756 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,440 Speaker 1: recent years here. Colvin was as good as slot corners 757 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,120 Speaker 1: there was in the NFL last year, and then the 758 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,239 Speaker 1: Honey Badger has done that a lot. And so that's 759 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:52,879 Speaker 1: three guys that could do it. And so I'm gonna say, 760 00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:56,320 Speaker 1: and I'm not I believe that Anthony Midget coming in 761 00:39:56,520 --> 00:40:00,400 Speaker 1: will have a profound effect on Kevin Johnson. The key 762 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:04,359 Speaker 1: for Kevin is Kenny stay healthy, and I'm gonna say 763 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:07,759 Speaker 1: Kevin is gonna be a starter, okay, And then I'm 764 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:11,160 Speaker 1: gonna say Colvin's going to be a starter. And then 765 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,920 Speaker 1: somebody else is gonna play slot, maybe Kaream like he 766 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:17,719 Speaker 1: has been. So I would say those would be your five. 767 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:21,160 Speaker 1: Jonathan would be an extra dB off the bitch. You 768 00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:23,200 Speaker 1: know the two things we always hate to talk about 769 00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:27,239 Speaker 1: in sports. I do anyway, injuries and contracts and to 770 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,520 Speaker 1: me and I hate the default to this, but it's 771 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,600 Speaker 1: one of those situations where I really believe if Kevin 772 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,239 Speaker 1: Johnson would just stay healthy, he'd be a heck of 773 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,400 Speaker 1: a player. It's just difficult to get that consistency you're 774 00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:39,480 Speaker 1: looking for if you're not on the football field on 775 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:42,560 Speaker 1: a consistent basis. Guess what. That sounded so obvious, but 776 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,359 Speaker 1: it's so true. It's because it's not like he's got 777 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:46,560 Speaker 1: this backlog of ability when he comes back from an 778 00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:49,919 Speaker 1: injury boom. He's a Pro Bowl caliber guy. He needs 779 00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,040 Speaker 1: to be able to play to show that. I think 780 00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:54,000 Speaker 1: he's got that potential. There's the reason why he's drafted 781 00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 1: in the first He's flashed and then last season need 782 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:58,800 Speaker 1: to not play well, and I think one of the 783 00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:02,080 Speaker 1: reasons was he came back and he wore a knee 784 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:03,760 Speaker 1: brace and he was talking about how much it limited 785 00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,360 Speaker 1: and then he took it off and he was grabbing it. 786 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,480 Speaker 1: He's holding and he's committing to many penalties. I think 787 00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,799 Speaker 1: he was trying to do too many things and then 788 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,560 Speaker 1: he would get frustrated with officials and argue that was 789 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,719 Speaker 1: not Kevin Johnson. I think coming back with a clear 790 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,840 Speaker 1: head is just as important, and I think Anthony Midget 791 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:22,560 Speaker 1: will help him do that. What do you have going 792 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,120 Speaker 1: on on the Chronicle. Let's see, we have mock Draft 793 00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,800 Speaker 1: number seven. I have a story today on Houston Chronicle 794 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:32,640 Speaker 1: dot com slash t xs in for Texas Sports Nation 795 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:36,120 Speaker 1: on Brian Gaine. I'll have one Friday with Bill O'Brien 796 00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:41,319 Speaker 1: talking about how you keep Deshaun Watson coaching him more 797 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:44,239 Speaker 1: to stay in the pocket but not stifling his creativity. 798 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:48,160 Speaker 1: And then Aaron Wilson's got stuff in there every day, 799 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:50,000 Speaker 1: and then we'll crank it up again next week and 800 00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,960 Speaker 1: thank you very much. There he is John acclay from 801 00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:54,640 Speaker 1: the Houston Chronicle that's going to do it for the 802 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,560 Speaker 1: show tonight. Gallant at Night is next. Have a great 803 00:41:58,600 --> 00:41:59,880 Speaker 1: evening and go Texan.