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Speaker 1: Hello, Texans, Welcome to the Tamico Ryans program. It's a

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Speaker 1: huge week for the Texans. It's Colts Week. Need I

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Speaker 1: say more?

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Speaker 2: I will say more.

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Speaker 1: The Texans at this point last year done with the Colts.

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Speaker 2: But now you.

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Speaker 1: Begin the season series on Sunday, November thirtieth, and the

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Speaker 1: regular season finale wraps up the season series with the

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Speaker 1: Colts as God intended Colts Texans matchups down the stretch

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Speaker 1: of the season. Here we go and the Colts are

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Speaker 1: eight and three after losing to the Chiefs. They are

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Speaker 1: still in first in the AFC South by a game

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Speaker 1: over Jacksonville. We'll get to them in a few moments,

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Speaker 1: and then it's your Houston Texans at six and five. Now,

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Speaker 1: the Texans play the Colts twice. Like we just said,

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Speaker 1: they're done with the Jags, and the Jags play the

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Speaker 1: Colts twice. This is getting very interesting. If you win Sunday,

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Speaker 1: no matter what the Jags do Sunday, you will be

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Speaker 1: within a game of first place, but it'll be a

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Speaker 1: first place tie with the Jags and the Colts. We

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Speaker 1: don't have to get into all this right now. The

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Speaker 1: most important thing is that the Texans keep winning. That's

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Speaker 1: following the victory over the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night,

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Speaker 1: which was phenomenal with the eight sacks tying a team

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Speaker 1: record against Josh Allen. So we're going to hear from

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Speaker 1: the head coach, of course, John Harrison and I sat

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Speaker 1: down with him. We're gonna hear from nd Kalou, former

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Speaker 1: Tamiko Ryan's teammate, his thoughts on the situation, and the

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Speaker 1: coach had his press conference today. Question number one was

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Speaker 1: about CJ Stroud. The coach said that CJ and Jalen

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Speaker 1: Petrie are still in the concussion protocol.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 1: CJ and Petrie were at practice last week limited and

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Speaker 1: CJ was at an appearance at the Houston Texans YMCA

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Speaker 1: on Friday, so we'll see how things go. There's no

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Speaker 1: injury report released until Wednesday afternoon, after the official first

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Speaker 1: they are not required to put out an injury report.

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Speaker 1: Want it to be clear on that. So with all

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Speaker 1: that being said, let's talk Texans here improving offense defense

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Speaker 1: that his lights out. Now they're two tenths of a

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Speaker 1: point behind the Rams now for the top scoring defense

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Speaker 1: in the league. It's pretty close, and they're still the

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Speaker 1: will allowed. They're playing phenomenal football. Let's just put it

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Speaker 1: that way, and let's visit now with the head coach,

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Speaker 1: Demiico Ryans coach, how's it going.

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Speaker 4: Hey, going great? Man, Good to see you, guys.

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Speaker 1: Good to see It's been a few days since the

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Speaker 1: Texans have played, and it's Colts week. It's a huge

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Speaker 1: game coming up. But let's review a little bit about

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Speaker 1: what happened against Buffalo. Coach, everything came together and on

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Speaker 1: a short week, I'd be really proud of that.

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Speaker 4: They're really proud of the preparation. That's why they are

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Speaker 4: approached to the game. I thought our guys handle it

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Speaker 4: like outstanding. They attacked the days the right way. They

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Speaker 4: took care of their bodies the right way. I mean,

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Speaker 4: guys are healthy guys. I felt the energy. I felt

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Speaker 4: I'm most proud of the preparation, right and then because

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Speaker 4: when you prepare the right way, then you can go

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Speaker 4: out and play well. And that's what the guys did.

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Speaker 4: They played really well, play complimentary football every though although

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Speaker 4: everything didn't go right for us in that game. That's football,

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Speaker 4: the ebbs and flows, the ups and downs of the game.

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Speaker 4: But for us to come out, you know, we get

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Speaker 4: nobody's head down, all come like man. Offense came back out,

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Speaker 4: signs of a really good team. And that's what I

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Speaker 4: want to continue to see us doing, playing complimentary, uplifting

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Speaker 2: Coach.

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Speaker 5: One of the things that stands out so much and

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Speaker 2: Like, hey, let's just go.

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Speaker 5: Everybody seemed to have a spot where they were going,

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Speaker 6: How intelligent was the pass rush to get after him?

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Speaker 4: And when you see a guy like Josh Allen has

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Speaker 4: it's something we've been harping on as a defense. Defensive

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Speaker 4: don't bury our head. Let's make sure we're keeping our

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Speaker 4: talk about four guys rushing together. So with those sacks

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Speaker 4: they did a much better job, probably our best job

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Speaker 4: and that's when our guys won their one on ones

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Speaker 4: but they closed, they finished on the quarterback and it's

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Speaker 4: a beautiful job of four guys rushing together. That's what

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Speaker 1: How do you coach that though, because in a basketball setup,

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Speaker 1: you might say you're gonna get your points, just play

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Speaker 1: within the offense. Right with defense, you're gonna get your sacks.

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Speaker 1: Just play within what we're trying to do.

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Speaker 4: That's very true. Everybody just has to first and foremost,

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Speaker 4: Like I thought, it was a scheme that we don't

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Speaker 4: He does a great job of coordinating the games and

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Speaker 4: and it forced Josh to where he could have stepped

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Speaker 4: Kaitlyn got the pick.

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Speaker 5: Along those lines, Coach, when it was it was evident,

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Speaker 2: Josh was getting frustrated.

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Speaker 5: He was getting frustrated with couldn't get out of there,

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Speaker 5: He couldn't run around and get away from everything. Did

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Speaker 6: Wounded animal like man, we got to pounce right now.

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Speaker 5: Did you guys sense his we talked about Davis Calm

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Speaker 5: from him, Josh, you could kind of see it was

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Speaker 5: getting really frustrated with what was happening. Did you kind

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Speaker 2: We kind of got him.

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Speaker 4: Where we want. Yeah, we definitely saw the frustration on

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Speaker 4: this game was all about, you know, remain a discipline

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Speaker 4: and the reason the guys were able to rust that way.

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Speaker 4: I don't think enough gets said about the coverage piece

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Speaker 5: Miles said something when he was in here I thought

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Speaker 5: By the and he's like, there's the first play, and

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Speaker 5: then when he starts to scramble, that's the second play.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you are. And that's where I talk about you

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Speaker 4: have to cover them twice. He's gonna hit his back foot, Okay,

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Speaker 2: We're on him.

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Speaker 4: The ball isn't coming out now the second place he

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Speaker 4: really tired. As well as a defense, how.

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Speaker 1: About defending against the run coach, because he had that

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Speaker 1: long run James Cook, But other than that, you had

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Speaker 2: On a lot better against the ground game.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they got us. We're in a short yardist call there.

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Speaker 4: You know, guys were thinking sneak and he bouts out.

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Speaker 4: But for the most part, uh, I thought, you know,

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Speaker 4: we held James Cook and check. I mean, he's a

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Speaker 4: he's faster, more physical, than you think. He's a really

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Speaker 4: game was there in the fourth quarter. It's third and two,

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Speaker 4: Tommy slips through it makes a huge stop right to

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Speaker 4: Kamari comes up and he sets the edge on their

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think Kamari saw him in the locker room

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Speaker 2: Taking on a split blocker, and he just took him on.

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Speaker 6: They did a really good job. Coach, what do you

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Speaker 1: During the winning streak, Davis had the early pick against Jacksonville.

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Speaker 4: It's always for me the key to winning the game.

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Speaker 4: of those turnovers as well? And our offense been doing

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Speaker 2: But that's okay, we'll get there.

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Speaker 5: As he's pretty many nice play to tip it to

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Speaker 6: I mean that one's incredible.

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Speaker 4: we're getting there. The red zone, this guy gotten better.

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Speaker 5: Coach on Friday, I know you don't reside in the

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Speaker 3: What did this? Well?

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Speaker 5: You couldn't miss it because it was all over the

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, you have to. Body's patting you on the

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Speaker 4: We can't hang our hats and just rest on one game.

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Speaker 1: Yes, we have the little matter of the Colts coach,

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Speaker 4: And the thing that stacks out to me is, man,

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Speaker 5: sort of changed with those two being in the lineup

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Speaker 5: versus when they didn't have.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the biggest thing I think you know in any

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Speaker 4: defensive cord now when you get two corners of their caliber, Okay,

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Speaker 4: now I can let's lock up. Let's lock up, Let's

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Speaker 4: get in a little bit more man coverage. So they will.

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Speaker 4: They have shown to play more man coverage, so a

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Speaker 4: Sauce has done a good job of I've I had

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Speaker 4: you know, I've had Sharvaria's in San Francisco. He's a

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Speaker 4: really good player, talented guy. Both are big, big corners

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Speaker 4: when you see them in person, both big, long corners, physical,

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Speaker 4: So that's the change up that you see more not

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Speaker 4: as much zone.

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Speaker 1: Okay, well, here we are playing them, and what is

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Speaker 1: different about Jonathan Taylor as opposed to some of the

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Speaker 1: other backs you've seen, You've done a good job. And

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Speaker 1: Derek Henry Christian McCaffrey, you know, they're very different.

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Speaker 2: And JK.

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Speaker 1: Dobbins and we talked about cook. What about Jonathan Taylor

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Speaker 1: and what he specifically brings to the.

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Speaker 4: As I watch him, I'm just okay, they're gonna make this.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, he breaks.

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Speaker 4: It's like, guys are there, Guys are there to make plays,

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Speaker 4: and he just finds a way to slip through a

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Speaker 4: block and slip through a tackle and continue to just

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Speaker 4: run past the defense. Like he's extremely fast, he's physical.

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Speaker 4: You talk about a contact balance when people are getting

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Speaker 4: when backs get hit, some backs easily fall to the ground.

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Speaker 4: Taylor just has his knack and when he does get hit,

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Speaker 4: he can stay up like one his balance being on

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Speaker 4: one leg even at a time, like he just finds

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Speaker 4: a way to continue to press forward to make plays.

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Speaker 4: So I talk about swarm all the time and who

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Speaker 4: we are defensively, Like you cannot assume that one guy

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Speaker 4: has him tackled, Like everybody has to come to the party.

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Speaker 4: You have to show up and always you have to

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Speaker 4: finish him to the ground. If you didn't finish him

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Speaker 4: to the ground, he's not good enough. He's still going.

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Speaker 4: So that'll be the key this week, Coach.

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Speaker 5: We've come from behind in a game this year against you,

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Speaker 5: we fell behind and then obviously roared back in the

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Speaker 5: fourth quarter. We've had games where, like Baltimore, we got

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Speaker 5: out ahead, and in this series the last couple of years,

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Speaker 5: we've landed the major haymaker early, like we've landed the

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Speaker 5: shot you know, Taniko deep in twenty three up there

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Speaker 5: here landing a big blow early.

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Speaker 2: How important is that?

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Speaker 5: I know, you gotta play sixty minutes, but to be

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Speaker 5: able to get you know, in Rocky four, when Rocky

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Speaker 5: finally gets a shot of the Russians like the Russians

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Speaker 5: cut well, it changed the fight. Obviously it's movie, but

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Speaker 5: you get the point. How important is it to land

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Speaker 5: that first shot on them?

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Speaker 4: You know, it's so important. I go back to your

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Speaker 4: question and what's different for them, and I think that's

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Speaker 4: what they've done this year, Like in the first half

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Speaker 4: of games, that's what they've done. They've thrown those big

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Speaker 4: haymakers and they've jumped out to huge leads in games

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Speaker 4: right and when when they're not doing that, that's when

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Speaker 4: the games have been closed and come down to the

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Speaker 4: fourth quarter, so that'll be huge for us. We got

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Speaker 4: to come out, we got to strike first, and we

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Speaker 4: got to continue to strike because we know that's what

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Speaker 4: they're trying to do, and that's what's worked for them

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Speaker 4: throughout this year. They've thrown that hay maker and that's

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Speaker 4: what allowed them to be in the spot they're in.

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Speaker 1: With a wins coach, this time of year, we get

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Speaker 1: the possible distraction of holidays and just interfering with the

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Speaker 1: game of football. Possibly, But I know your family, man

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Speaker 1: and everything, So how do you handle Thanksgiving with the team?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it's always tough, right because my focus is

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Speaker 4: strictly on Indianapolis. The guys probably think I'm crossing that

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Speaker 4: young guys, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving, but I understand, you know,

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Speaker 4: Thanksgiving how important of a holiday. It is, the family time,

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Speaker 4: everybody being around, like it's truly a special time of year,

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Speaker 4: one of my favorite holidays. Just you see the joy,

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Speaker 4: the smiles on everyone's faces. So I really enjoy it.

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Speaker 4: But I also understand, like that's for the family.

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Speaker 3: I love you guys.

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Speaker 4: Put me a little plate to the side, and well,

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Speaker 4: we're working. We'll be working. I will try to keep

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Speaker 4: our schedule as normal as possibles come in and work,

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Speaker 4: and then we'll just cut our afternoon meetings to allow

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Speaker 4: guys to go and have lunch with their families. Investigase,

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Speaker 4: don't eat too much, guys, Please don't understand. You know,

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Speaker 4: we have a big one ahead of us, and that mindset,

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Speaker 4: our focus has to be on Indianapolis. We're gonna take

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Speaker 4: a moment, of course, We'll always take a moment to

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Speaker 4: be grateful things that we're thankful for on Thursday, really

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Speaker 4: thankful for family, friends and just the love that everybody's

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Speaker 4: shown us. But we also know our family is gonna

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Speaker 4: be much more fired up and much more excited if

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Speaker 4: we come out with the win on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: True like the mGy Bank Ask Coach Question of the Week.

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Speaker 1: So you're an Alabama alum, so you have to invite

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Speaker 1: one of the following Auburn alums. Oh thanks, Okay, So

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Speaker 1: you have the choice of one of these four Bo Jackson,

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Speaker 1: Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, Charles Barkley, Cam Newton.

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Speaker 1: We'll have to pick one of those four Auburn of

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Speaker 1: lums to sit with your Bama family.

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Speaker 4: But if you pick Cam, you have to wear one

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Speaker 4: of his hats. Oh man, that'll be sweet. Well man,

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Speaker 4: that's a tough one. So many great guys. I'm gonna

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Speaker 4: roll Bo Jackson.

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Speaker 2: I'll come roll Bowl just because Bo.

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Speaker 4: He can seal with my family because he knows my family.

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Speaker 4: We're from the same hometown. He's a customer. We actually

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Speaker 4: both got inducted into the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame

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Speaker 4: together beautiful earlier this year in May, and his family

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Speaker 4: couldn't be there, so he said, hey, Miko, can I

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Speaker 4: use your family? And he said, family, can you stand

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Speaker 4: up for me?

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Speaker 2: Bos a great guy.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 4: Bo's great guy. He played football with my uncles in

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Speaker 4: high school. So hometown guy. I'll go with him.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely outstanding coach likes a lot of good luck to

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Speaker 1: you guys. What a great story from the coach about

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Speaker 1: Bo Jackson from his hometown and the Cotton Bowl Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame story and all of that. All right, coming

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Speaker 1: up more from the head coach a little bit later

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Speaker 1: with John Harris the postgame interview, which is very timely

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Speaker 1: still trust you'll have to wait to hear it. Indy

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Speaker 1: Kallou is going to join us some info on Texans cults.

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Speaker 1: It's all happening next here on Texans Radio. Back to

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Speaker 1: it here on the Damico Ryan Show, presented by Amage Bank,

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Speaker 1: the official business bank of the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 2: And to reiterate.

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Speaker 1: At his press conference today, coach Dimiko O Rians was

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Speaker 1: asked about CJ Stratt. He said, CJ Straud and Jalen

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Speaker 1: Petrie are still in the concussion protocol. We all know

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Speaker 1: they were at practice last week. Let's hope for the best,

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Speaker 1: and you can assume some things with them being limited

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Speaker 1: in practice last week and CJ doing an appearance at

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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans YMCA and Friday, but you know, we'll wait,

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Speaker 1: we'll find out together on Wednesday. Official injury report comes

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Speaker 1: out Wednesday afternoon. That might not even tell the whole story,

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Speaker 1: who knows. But again, no matter what you're taking on

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Speaker 1: the horseshoe on Sunday, Texans Colts High Noon. Anyway, let's

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Speaker 1: talk about the whole situation with nd kalou our visit

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Speaker 1: with him starting off with his reaction to the defensive performance,

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Speaker 1: in particular what he saw on Thursday night against the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 7: You know what, every week, the defense just makes a

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Speaker 7: statement stating that they are the best defense the Texans

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Speaker 7: have seen. I remember a few weeks ago I was

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Speaker 7: debating with a buddy of mine and he brought up,

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Speaker 7: you know, one defense or one year where it could

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Speaker 7: have been that year. But every week I'm saying, it's

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Speaker 7: just proving that the defense we're watching now as Houston

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Speaker 7: Texan fans or just football fans, it is the best

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Speaker 7: we've seen in program history. And I think after a

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Speaker 7: while it's not even going to be debatable.

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Speaker 5: And do you want to ask you this. It felt

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Speaker 5: like they had Josh the pass rush. And when people

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Speaker 5: talk about a pass rush, oh, they just you know,

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Speaker 5: it's this great move. It's just great athleticism, it's this

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Speaker 5: great power and strength and all that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 5: I don't know that when you get eight sacks that

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Speaker 5: it wasn't about the intelligence in how they were going

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Speaker 5: about rushing Josh Allen that if one guy I was

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Speaker 5: rushing high side, that they made sure they got the

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Speaker 5: other side was rushing a low so they maybe pushed

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Speaker 5: him up and pushed him into each other. They blitzed

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Speaker 5: Stingley one time he stepped up. Henry Toatoa knew it.

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Speaker 5: Henry walks into a sack because Josh's got to avoid

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Speaker 5: the blitz. It felt like the intelligence in the pass

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Speaker 5: rush was even higher than the physical capabilities, which are awesome,

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Speaker 5: But they were so smart in how they attacked Josh.

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Speaker 5: How does that manifest itself in a game like that

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Speaker 5: that you have to be smart when rushing him, knowing

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Speaker 5: how to rush him, and then making all that payoff.

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Speaker 7: No, everything you said, and especially because it was against

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Speaker 7: Josh Allen, arguably the most athletic.

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Speaker 3: Quarterback in the NFL.

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Speaker 7: And I know people are going to say, oh, Lamar Jackson, Yes,

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Speaker 7: I'm considering Lamar Jackson. But when I talked about athleticism,

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Speaker 7: and Lamar Jackson is the most athletic quarterback in the NFL.

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Speaker 7: But when I talk about athleticism, I'm not just talking

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Speaker 7: about speed. I'm talking about strength of vision. Josh Allen

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Speaker 7: when he tucks that ball, he turns into a tight end. Typically,

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Speaker 7: when you're playing a guy like Josh Allen, who's very athletic,

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Speaker 7: who's very mobile, who picks up the yards with his legs,

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Speaker 7: you do a more conservative rush, you know, you do

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Speaker 7: what sometimes they call a mush rush or a muddle rush,

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Speaker 7: where you just don't want to create lanes for him

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Speaker 7: to run through. So to be able to have that

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Speaker 7: many sacks against that type of quarterback, it's just what

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Speaker 7: you said, John, It's not just the athleticism. It's not

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Speaker 7: just the oh that was a great rip move or

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Speaker 7: that was a great spin move. It was like, no,

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Speaker 7: that was intelligent. Guys understood the rushing lanes that he has.

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Speaker 7: Henry Toatoa understood what his lane was. As far as

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Speaker 7: attacking Josh Allen, I saw a couple of times where

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Speaker 7: Aziz al Shair was spying him and did a masterful

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Speaker 7: job when it comes to the pursuit, you know, the

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Speaker 7: angles and understanding which way where your cutoff point is

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Speaker 7: because he will outrun you if you take bad angles.

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Speaker 7: So no, I'm glad you brought that up because it

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Speaker 7: wasn't just about and there was a lot of it,

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Speaker 7: trust me, there was a lot of.

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Speaker 3: Ooh did you see that Daniel Hunter move?

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Speaker 7: So it was like, man, these guys were coached up

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Speaker 7: well and they truly understood the angles. You know, the

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Speaker 7: angles that they had to take to bring down somebody

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Speaker 7: like Josh Allen. If you would have told me, hey,

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Speaker 7: at some point, the Texans are going to have a

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Speaker 7: game where they have X amount of sacks, you know,

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Speaker 7: eight sacks in one game. I would have thought it

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Speaker 7: was going to be the quote unquote traditional quarterback that

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Speaker 7: assists in the pocket. I dang sure what I've guessed

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Speaker 7: that it would have been against Josh Allen. I would

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Speaker 7: have thought more, what's the guy over Kansas City, Patrick Mahomes,

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Speaker 7: Like I could see Patrick Mahomes even though he can

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Speaker 7: move around, but you know he'll he'll take a sack

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Speaker 7: or two because he's letting plays extend so he can

653
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 7: make something happen. But Josh Allen probably would have been

654
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 7: my last guess if you put their their schedule in

655
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,760
Speaker 7: front of me and said, which one of these quarterbacks

656
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 7: will they sack eight times in one game?

657
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 4: Andy?

658
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 1: The Texans have done well against a lot of running

659
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: backs this year, Derek Henry, Christian McCaffrey. They did well

660
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 1: against JK. Dobbins against Cook, second leading rusher in the league.

661
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 1: He had over one hundred and forty five on you know,

662
00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 1: one run that was damaging, no question about it. But

663
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: I thought as the game war on, they did well

664
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Speaker 1: against the run. Your thoughts on tackling Jonathan Taylor having

665
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:14,080
Speaker 1: to get after him now in Indianapolis, that offensive line

666
00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 1: is good. What do you think in this weekend with

667
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 1: the swarm mentality.

668
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,480
Speaker 7: The same thing that I was talking about the running

669
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 7: lanes for the quarterbacks and really being cognizant of knowing

670
00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 7: the running lanes, you really have to have that same

671
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,560
Speaker 7: thought when you start talking about this week of practicing

672
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,000
Speaker 7: and preparing, when we talk about playing against the run

673
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 7: and really having gap integrity, really discussing, hey, if the

674
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 7: second guy is going to go for the ball, you know,

675
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:40,880
Speaker 7: we see it a lot more where these guys are

676
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 7: punching the ball out, you better make sure that first

677
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,800
Speaker 7: guy has them wrapped up because I've also seen some

678
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,880
Speaker 7: bad plays where guys were trying to make a big

679
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 7: play where they're punching the ball and they're not thinking

680
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,200
Speaker 7: about securing the tackle on the running back.

681
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 3: You have to do that with Jonathan Taylor.

682
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 7: I mean, all the guys that you just mentioned obviously

683
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:01,320
Speaker 7: great running backs, but I think Taylor's having a better

684
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,840
Speaker 7: year than you know, obvious statement of the day, than

685
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 7: any of those guys this season, and you have to

686
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 7: stop them. Daniel Jones having a pretty good season. You know,

687
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 7: he's reclaiming his name but to me, everything starts and

688
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:16,480
Speaker 7: stops with Jonathan Taylor. So he's gonna be very very

689
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 7: important talking about wrapping up the fundamentals, making sure you

690
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 7: have multiple hats on the ball, carry and whin. It's

691
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 7: Jonathan Taylor because he can be the reason that if

692
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 7: you don't win the game, it's because he's the one

693
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 7: who took over, put the team on his shoulders, and

694
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 7: it's picking up those chunk yards.

695
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 5: Indeed, during a preseason broadcast, either you or me a

696
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 5: lot of times both mentioned how good of an insurance

697
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 5: policy Davis Mills was. If Davis ever had to play,

698
00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 5: or had to play going forward as CJ got knocked out,

699
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 5: god forbid, or something happened, Davis could step in.

700
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 2: He's improved.

701
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 5: I remember that Minnesota game. He had that really nice

702
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 5: drive at the beginning and we thought, man, okay, we've

703
00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,080
Speaker 5: seen a lot of progress with Davis. He just had

704
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 5: to play in a game until the last three weeks.

705
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 5: And now it appears CJ will be back for Sunday

706
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 5: against the Colts, and look, Davis might have to play again.

707
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 5: But in the end, he as a starter is three

708
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,640
Speaker 5: and oher he bails him out against Jacksonville makes enough

709
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 5: great throws against Tennessee on the final drive, and he

710
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,760
Speaker 5: did just enough the other night against the Bills to

711
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 5: get wins. What do you think it says about Davis

712
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 5: Mills and what do you think it says about us

713
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,640
Speaker 5: that we saw the plan and knew the plan one

714
00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 5: hundred percent from way back when in preseason.

715
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:32,720
Speaker 2: How smart we are about that?

716
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 7: Well, what it says about us is that we're best

717
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,360
Speaker 7: in the business, and you know, we're kind of like

718
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 7: profits when it comes to scene into the future and

719
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 7: understanding what you have. When people when the Larry and

720
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,880
Speaker 7: Staffords were down on Davis Mills, Yeah, I'm calling you out,

721
00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 7: Larry and Stafford.

722
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 3: You know, we said just hold on.

723
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 7: You know, this is the reason why you're excited to

724
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 7: have a backup with experience who has starter experience though

725
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 7: he's not a starter, because this is what you want

726
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 7: out of your backup. So all jokes aside, but this

727
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 7: is what you want and the reason you and I.

728
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 7: I can't speak for you, but I think you're gonna

729
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 7: agree with me. You and I were comfortable with Davis

730
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 7: Mills just being here in Houston for as long as

731
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 7: he has going through the ups and downs as a starter,

732
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,440
Speaker 7: being benched getting back under center, Like, you want your

733
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,480
Speaker 7: backup to have experience and to have talent, and Davis

734
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 7: Mills is a talented guy, Like there isn't anybody saying that.

735
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 7: You know, if he starts, he's going to be all pro.

736
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 7: But you want your backup typically just look it. Ideally,

737
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,600
Speaker 7: if you have a backup play three games, you say

738
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 7: to yourself, we hope he could go too and one.

739
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:37,960
Speaker 7: You know, we hope you could go too and one.

740
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 7: But because of this defense, because of the team aspect,

741
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 7: and because of the way he played, they went three

742
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 7: and oh, so this is what you want. Give him

743
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 7: a pat on the back, give him the clipboard, and said, man,

744
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 7: you did a great job, and you've also bought yourself

745
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 7: a couple more years in this thing called the NFL,

746
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,120
Speaker 7: which is good on the individual level. Now what does

747
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 7: that mean for CJ. Strath?

748
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 3: You better step up, like you better step up when

749
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 3: you get under.

750
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 7: Center, because no one will say it in that building.

751
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 7: And I'm sure these young guys are looking at social media.

752
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,719
Speaker 7: They're wondering what everybody is saying, even though they claim

753
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:14,799
Speaker 7: they don't listen. Like the pressure is on and I

754
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,359
Speaker 7: love that because it makes the team better when your

755
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 7: starter comes back and you know that your backup was

756
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 7: a part of three victories in a row, was a

757
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 7: part of the reason. Now your team is in the hunt,

758
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 7: you better get under center and you better leave this

759
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:29,359
Speaker 7: team to a victory because you don't want to hear

760
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 7: all that negative noise out there. And again, I know

761
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 7: they claim they don't listen, but they do. So what

762
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 7: I really love about it, John, is to put the

763
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:38,600
Speaker 7: pressure on your starting quarterback.

764
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,640
Speaker 1: It's funny because there was a lot of attention paid

765
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 1: to CJ's expression on the sideline or after the game

766
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:47,279
Speaker 1: in the locker room.

767
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 2: I mean, come on, he just seriously, have you ever

768
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 2: seen it?

769
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,439
Speaker 1: Doesn't he's just observing. He was six for ten when

770
00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 1: he left the game against Denver. He played extraordinary football

771
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 1: against the forty nine ers. I know they wanted to

772
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 1: score even more points, but they won that game. And

773
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,719
Speaker 1: he played well in the three game Homestand now he

774
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,279
Speaker 1: comes back in d And you talked about pressure, but

775
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: what about sheer ability here? I got a feeling when

776
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 1: he gets in the huddle today at practice, it's going

777
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 1: to be hey, boys, how's it going?

778
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,800
Speaker 2: Whatever? Practice they construct today.

779
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,279
Speaker 1: What do you think though, trying to get ramped up

780
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:24,279
Speaker 1: with the line, improving.

781
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:26,239
Speaker 2: Running game a little bit better, things, getting.

782
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,800
Speaker 1: A little rosier up front with Woody Marx and Trent

783
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 1: Brown at right tackle and everything they're doing. Everything they're

784
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,399
Speaker 1: putting together and plugging CJ. Stratt into the middle of.

785
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 7: That, that's what makes it exciting. Now, Look everything I said,

786
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 7: keep in mind, if there's any debate on sports talk

787
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 7: radio today, regardless of the station or the show, stating

788
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 7: whether or not at CJ should start, that's just ridiculous,

789
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 7: you know, because of what you just mentioned Mark, the

790
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:56,319
Speaker 7: physical ability, the ceiling. But like we all said, what

791
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 7: Janet Jackson said, what have you done for me lately?

792
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 7: We all know what they've Mills has done for this

793
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 7: team lately. So I think the pressure is on and

794
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 7: I'm that much more excited about playing the Indianapolis coach

795
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,360
Speaker 7: with CJ. Stroud coming back under center, especially knowing that

796
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 7: there's gonna be that voice in the back of his head, Hey,

797
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 7: your backup just went three and oh and we need

798
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 7: to go another three and oh stretch so we can

799
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,800
Speaker 7: really get back into this playoff hunt. And with that ability,

800
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 7: that he has, and like you said, the way he

801
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,760
Speaker 7: was playing before the injury, it's gonna be very exciting.

802
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:30,400
Speaker 7: I'm more excited now going into this Coast game, with

803
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,880
Speaker 7: the way the defense is playing, with the way Woody

804
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 7: Marx is emerging as a guy that you can truly

805
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,760
Speaker 7: trust to get positive yards, and now with CJ.

806
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:39,840
Speaker 3: Stroud under center.

807
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 7: But I do like the fact that that there's still

808
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 7: that pressure, like I still have to prove myself.

809
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:47,720
Speaker 3: You know, he still has to prove himself.

810
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 5: Andy, I want to ask you about one of your

811
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,319
Speaker 5: former teams, but I want to ask you the mentality

812
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 5: you have a twenty one nothing leader or one of

813
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:57,360
Speaker 5: your rivals, you're really kind of grinding them into dust.

814
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 5: They come back, you don't score a point, they come

815
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 5: back and beat you twenty four to twenty one, as

816
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 5: the Cowboys beat the Eagles. I don't know if you've

817
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 5: ever had a situation. I'm sure you had at some

818
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 5: point in your career where your team had a big

819
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 5: lead and then they lost it. What's the biggest What's

820
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,239
Speaker 5: the biggest thing a team has to do when they

821
00:37:16,280 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 5: gaggle lead like that like the Jaguars did to the Texans.

822
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 5: What's the biggest thing that they've got to do during

823
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:25,280
Speaker 5: the week to let that to not let that linger

824
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:27,520
Speaker 5: so they can move on or they can, you know,

825
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,720
Speaker 5: be the team they were before when they were getting

826
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,000
Speaker 5: that lead. The Eagles are kind of a mess, and

827
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 5: now they've got this on top of it.

828
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 2: How do they respond?

829
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:36,400
Speaker 3: How do they rebound?

830
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,799
Speaker 7: It's funny you bring that up, but John, because as

831
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 7: soon as you mentioned, have you ever been in the

832
00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:44,880
Speaker 7: game like that? Unfortunately it was against the Cowboys. I

833
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 7: mean when I was in Washington, we had a huge

834
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:52,280
Speaker 7: lead against the Cowboys going into the fourth quarter and

835
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 7: we somehow lost it. They tied the game and went

836
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 7: into overtime and we lost the game. And I just

837
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 7: remember being dumbfound and just walking around in a daze

838
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:03,600
Speaker 7: for like a day or two, like, how in the

839
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 7: world did we lose that game?

840
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 3: And it's that old cliche.

841
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,240
Speaker 7: I don't know if you used it as a coach,

842
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 7: but I feel like I've heard it every level that

843
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:14,719
Speaker 7: I played, from high school, college, pros, where a coach

844
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:17,000
Speaker 7: is keep your foot on the jugular. You know, you

845
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,800
Speaker 7: have to keep your foot on the jugular. For those listening,

846
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,839
Speaker 7: basically just saying just keep killing your opponent. But it's

847
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 7: easier said than done. And when I say easier, I'm

848
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,359
Speaker 7: not even talking physically. Mentally, it's tough. When you're up

849
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,160
Speaker 7: twenty one points, you're thinking, there's a part of you,

850
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 7: there's a whisper that's like, Okay, you got this, just

851
00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,840
Speaker 7: don't lose it. You know, you're getting that mentality where

852
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:41,880
Speaker 7: you're not playing to win, you're just playing not to lose.

853
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,040
Speaker 7: And you can't have that mentality, especially like a team

854
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 7: like the Cowboys, there are a bunch of front runners.

855
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 7: Like when things get going well, the momentum starts to build,

856
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 7: they start to get excited, they start to feel like

857
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:56,399
Speaker 7: they can do anything, and they proved it yesterday. So now,

858
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 7: as far as moving on this, in my opinion, John

859
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:03,680
Speaker 7: is a game where if you're the Philadelphia Eagles, you

860
00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:05,960
Speaker 7: watch it as a coaching staff and you say, okay,

861
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 7: how in the world did we not score a single

862
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 7: point in the second quarter? I mean, excuse me, second half,

863
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,880
Speaker 7: in the second half, and then you fix it. But

864
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 7: as a team you just tell them, hey, guys, we're

865
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,640
Speaker 7: better than that, and let's just move on to the

866
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 7: next Because that's such a hard film to watch. You

867
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:25,360
Speaker 7: want to be so focused on getting out of that space,

868
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,800
Speaker 7: getting out of that headspace, because you don't want it

869
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 7: to continue to creep in to your team and for

870
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,959
Speaker 7: them to get all antsy when they're up by fourteen points,

871
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 7: to start thinking, oh, we've already given this one up,

872
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 7: and then what it does has that reverse effect where

873
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 7: you start to play little too cautious. You need to

874
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 7: just show the great plays you made to get up

875
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:47,360
Speaker 7: twenty one nothing and just say, hey, we've made some things,

876
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,839
Speaker 7: made some changes. As coaches, this will not happen again.

877
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:54,359
Speaker 7: I put that more on the coaches as far as

878
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 7: preparing to make sure it doesn't happen in the future.

879
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:58,880
Speaker 7: Then I put it on the players, but definitely on

880
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 7: the players. The actual game. Not being able to score

881
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 7: any points in the second half, that's ridiculous.

882
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 1: You know, Johnny, when you brought up in d playing

883
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 1: for a team that gave up a big lead, I

884
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:13,120
Speaker 1: was scared. But he did not play in the rosen Coppers, Okay, okay,

885
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 1: and he does not play. He is not stained with

886
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 1: the Rosencopter game.

887
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,960
Speaker 5: Okay, so maybe it's a different ending if he does.

888
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe it does, Okay, maybe it does.

889
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,879
Speaker 1: Could have done much better, better than a seventeen point lead,

890
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,800
Speaker 1: and the benefits of the mini buy Texans played Thursday,

891
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:30,440
Speaker 1: and I think at the weekend off, how does that.

892
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:34,279
Speaker 7: Help rest, rest and more rest, especially when you have

893
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,280
Speaker 7: a team like the Texans where you know, some felt

894
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 7: that the buye came a little too early. So now

895
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:44,040
Speaker 7: as you continue to get more bumps and bruises and contusions,

896
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,280
Speaker 7: you have some extra days that I just truly rest,

897
00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 7: and coming off a big win like that, I wouldn't

898
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 7: be surprised if Tamiko and the coaching staff, you know,

899
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,440
Speaker 7: maybe gave them an extra day off just to kind

900
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,399
Speaker 7: of get away and like you said, have that many

901
00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,319
Speaker 7: bye week because you come back so refreshed and as

902
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,439
Speaker 7: long as the season feels, when you get that week off,

903
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,520
Speaker 7: when you get three or four days off or even

904
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 7: two days off, you're actually rushing back to the facilities

905
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:09,840
Speaker 7: because you want to get back in it.

906
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 1: There's nd Kalou our weekly visit with him, Texans preseason

907
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: TV color commentator and of course former teammate of Demiko Ryans.

908
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,800
Speaker 1: Now we're going to get to the head coach next

909
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 1: with John Harris postgame interview. Really cool stuff as they

910
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: talk about the victory of the Bills and the big

911
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:30,799
Speaker 1: picture Texans at six and five, six games to go

912
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,440
Speaker 1: in the regular season, Let's go. It's next here on

913
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 1: Texans Radio. Final segment on the Damiico Ryans Show tonight,

914
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: And as we often do, we like to hear the

915
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,279
Speaker 1: conversation between John Harris and the coach after the game.

916
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 2: So let's hear it.

917
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 1: This is very timely stuff on the big picture and

918
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,840
Speaker 1: of course what happened against the Bills. Starting with the

919
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:49,840
Speaker 1: short week of prep.

920
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:53,239
Speaker 4: The short weeks are always such a hard win to

921
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 4: prepare for. I mean, I thought, our hats off to

922
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 4: our coaches, our players. They approach the week the proper way.

923
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 4: They handle themselves really well and had the guys everybody

924
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:03,200
Speaker 4: was prepared to ready to roll.

925
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,640
Speaker 5: I'm gonna say the best for last. So I want

926
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:07,040
Speaker 5: to go to the end of the first half. You

927
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,319
Speaker 5: know I talked about a little bit at halftime. They

928
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 5: get the kickoff return, We get the field and make

929
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,720
Speaker 5: it thirteen nine, They get to kickoff return sixteen thirteen.

930
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,279
Speaker 5: Look up, it's a minute thirty five left. All right,

931
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 5: can we go steal field? Go and tie this thing?

932
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,080
Speaker 5: And instead you go down and David hits Higgins. How

933
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,319
Speaker 5: big was that touchdown? Obviously in retrospect of the body

934
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:24,799
Speaker 5: was like, man, it was huge, But even at the

935
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 5: time we realized it was big.

936
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:29,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, at the time, like I really getting the ball

937
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:31,320
Speaker 4: in that moment, like they just made a big play.

938
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,239
Speaker 4: My biggest thing is like, Okay, let's not give them

939
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,960
Speaker 4: the ball back, so let's try to milk this car

940
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 4: just enough and then put ourselves in position to at

941
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 4: least kick the field goal. But for us to drive

942
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,520
Speaker 4: down and Davis hit a big pass, I think that

943
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:46,480
Speaker 4: was the ck and then to get hit the Higgins

944
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:49,040
Speaker 4: there and the end zone, and it was the beauty

945
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,439
Speaker 4: of a drive, and that was the most important drive

946
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:53,279
Speaker 4: of the game. It definitely was.

947
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 5: Defensively, I don't know, Coach, and I've watched them all

948
00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,360
Speaker 5: since twenty fourteen, I don't know that I've seen a

949
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 5: defensive line hunt the way your guys did.

950
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:04,440
Speaker 6: It was like one.

951
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:07,719
Speaker 5: Guy would maybe rush high and Josh would see it

952
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 5: and he'd step up.

953
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:09,520
Speaker 6: He'd stepped right into.

954
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 2: A red jersey.

955
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:13,080
Speaker 5: It was all over the place, and you had to

956
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:14,359
Speaker 5: have that kind of plan for a.

957
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:15,200
Speaker 2: Guy like that.

958
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:19,320
Speaker 6: But what really was the biggest key in rushing Josh.

959
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,000
Speaker 4: The biggest key what have been harping on with our

960
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,279
Speaker 4: defensive line is really like having your eyes up, like

961
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 4: we've done a great job being physical, knocking guys bag,

962
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:30,480
Speaker 4: but sometimes we have our eyes down and we don't

963
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 4: really see. They did an outstanding job of just brushing

964
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:36,279
Speaker 4: the quarterback with awareness, with their eyes up and being

965
00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 4: able to escape at the proper moment, because that's what

966
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:40,920
Speaker 4: Josh really gutted. A lot of people stepping up through

967
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 4: the A and B gaps. The tackles did a great

968
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,320
Speaker 4: job pressing the pocket. Wasn't a lot of room for

969
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:47,399
Speaker 4: him to step up, and the guys on the edge,

970
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:50,359
Speaker 4: they just kept rushing, kept rushing, kept rushing. And our

971
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 4: guys in the back end they covered really well, like

972
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,799
Speaker 4: there was nowhere for him to go with the football,

973
00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 4: and that allowed the d line to get those extra

974
00:43:57,719 --> 00:43:59,399
Speaker 4: seconds that they needed to get him down.

975
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:02,040
Speaker 5: One of the things you did, obviously, James got that

976
00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:04,960
Speaker 5: touchdown run early about forty five yards, but you locked

977
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,560
Speaker 5: in run wise, so you set up second and nine,

978
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 5: third and twelve. Stopping the run ended up being a

979
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:13,600
Speaker 5: big thing, and James got some of the rest of

980
00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:15,520
Speaker 5: the game. But not enough that it would slow your

981
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:16,439
Speaker 5: defensive line down.

982
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:18,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, hats off to James Man, he's a good player.

983
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:20,839
Speaker 4: Man seeing him in Perry, he's a little faster than

984
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 4: I expected. Fiz like, he's a really good runner. Made

985
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:25,480
Speaker 4: a couple of nice players, and I thought we settled

986
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:27,799
Speaker 4: down in the second half and really did a great

987
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:30,399
Speaker 4: job of closing on the backside where he got out

988
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,319
Speaker 4: a couple of times. So the guys did a really

989
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:35,399
Speaker 4: good job there winning those first downs to make it

990
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:38,359
Speaker 4: known pass situations, and we were able to really get

991
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:41,560
Speaker 4: some stops there. So this rushing coverage, it was great,

992
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 4: but you got to always stop the run first, and

993
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,320
Speaker 4: we did a better job of there in the second half.

994
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:47,319
Speaker 5: I always love coming in here because the first thing

995
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:49,320
Speaker 5: you see when you walk in this room is attack

996
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 5: the ball.

997
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,759
Speaker 6: And a guy did that in his second year. He

998
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 6: was all over the place.

999
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:56,800
Speaker 5: Now he got some helping disease in the first interception,

1000
00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:59,719
Speaker 5: but then he got the second interception late in the game.

1001
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,600
Speaker 5: But I think maybe the biggest play was that fumble

1002
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,040
Speaker 5: that he forced Onunkalu secure.

1003
00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:06,640
Speaker 6: How good was Kayln with those three turnovers?

1004
00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 4: Kaylan was lights out. It just reminds me of his collar.

1005
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,360
Speaker 4: When I remember studying him as a college player, and

1006
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:14,319
Speaker 4: all I saw was this guy in the middle of

1007
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:17,840
Speaker 4: the field just going like Raine, just taking the ball everything,

1008
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:20,799
Speaker 4: And to see him do that, it's like, man, that's

1009
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:23,680
Speaker 4: why I wanted this kid on our team, because I

1010
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:25,960
Speaker 4: knew he could change the game by taking the ball

1011
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:29,279
Speaker 4: and to do it three times when we needed it most.

1012
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:32,880
Speaker 4: Especially his game. We knew going in, like going against

1013
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:34,759
Speaker 4: the Bill, you have to take the football away. That's

1014
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:37,280
Speaker 4: how you win, that's how you stopped drawings. And Kaylan

1015
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:38,720
Speaker 4: man Auseise.

1016
00:45:38,400 --> 00:45:39,000
Speaker 3: Was pretty mad.

1017
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 4: I think these didn't even celebrate the first interception because

1018
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:44,799
Speaker 4: he felt like he should have picked it off. But

1019
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,240
Speaker 4: I say, man, we got the ball. Don't be so angry.

1020
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:49,840
Speaker 2: Let's two out of three weeks as he should have

1021
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:50,560
Speaker 2: had an interception.

1022
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:52,280
Speaker 5: So it got to get him on the jugs gun

1023
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:54,600
Speaker 5: because I just want to take a high level look

1024
00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:59,880
Speaker 5: at this season. After starting zero to three, bouncing by

1025
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:04,040
Speaker 5: six and two, now six and five wins over the Bills,

1026
00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 5: the Ravens, you know, key teams in the AFC, but

1027
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:10,200
Speaker 5: just playing better and more consistent football. At this point,

1028
00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:13,400
Speaker 5: how are you feeling about this team and where it

1029
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:14,280
Speaker 5: is right now.

1030
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 4: I'm feeling the confidence in our team. I'm seeing it.

1031
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 4: I think our guys are feeling that and seeing that. Okay,

1032
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,160
Speaker 4: we went out beat a really good opponent. Right, We've

1033
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:25,879
Speaker 4: been down in some games, been able to come back

1034
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 4: for us to really be in control most of this game,

1035
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:31,839
Speaker 4: and however, we need to close games out. I gains

1036
00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 4: our guys are feeling that, like whether it's an offense

1037
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:37,080
Speaker 4: driving down to end it, defense having to get stops.

1038
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 4: It's like we're playing football the right way. We're playing

1039
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:43,319
Speaker 4: as a team right and we just continue to do that,

1040
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:47,200
Speaker 4: continue to play complimentary, rely on each other, and just

1041
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:50,040
Speaker 4: finish games. That's been the difference down the stretch here.

1042
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:52,120
Speaker 4: We've been in this position. We were in this position

1043
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:54,200
Speaker 4: a lot at the beginning of the year. We did

1044
00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:57,040
Speaker 4: it finish. Now it's all about, Hey, whatever happens in

1045
00:46:57,080 --> 00:47:00,280
Speaker 4: the first half, forget it, erase it. Let's go out

1046
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:02,239
Speaker 4: out finish this game, come back with the win. Our

1047
00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:04,600
Speaker 4: guys been doing that consistently. Just want to continue to

1048
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:06,560
Speaker 4: ride the momentum and keep going.

1049
00:47:06,640 --> 00:47:09,520
Speaker 1: All right, there's Johnny Harris with coach Tamiko Ryans. After

1050
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:11,720
Speaker 1: the game, we're presented by amit G Bank, the official

1051
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,360
Speaker 1: business bank of the Houston Texans.

1052
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:14,520
Speaker 2: That's it for this program.

1053
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:19,239
Speaker 1: Texans All Access next and Monday Night Football Texans COLT

1054
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:22,560
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