1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,719 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody? Welcome in to a Wednesday 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: edition of Texans All Access SIAM your host John Harris, 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,480 Speaker 1: football analyst and silent reporter John Harris from the Honday 4 00:00:09,480 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: Texans Radio studio, and I love getting to join you 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,079 Speaker 1: after a Texans win. That is so much more fun 6 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: than the opposite, which is losing. The Texans get to 7 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: win on Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys. We've talked 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:25,639 Speaker 1: about that on Monday. On Tuesday, we'll talk a little 9 00:00:25,680 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 1: bit about it today because Mark Vandemer is going to 10 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: join me later on and we talk about it on 11 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: Texas Monday, but then we don't get back together for 12 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 1: the rest of the week basically, so I really Wednesdays 13 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: we sit down frombout fifteen minutes. We talk about it 14 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: off air, but on the air Tuesday, they're at fud 15 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 1: Rutgers Wednesday. I have the show, Thursday, he has the show, 16 00:00:44,159 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: than Friday after the show, and so we really don't 17 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: get a chance to talk. So we'll talk about that, 18 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 1: so a little bit of residual from that game. We'll 19 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: also have Brian Gaine on with us, who spent a 20 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: year last year with the Buffalo Bills. Before he came 21 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: back to Houston be the general manager of your Houston Texans. 22 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: So Brian will be with us. We also will go 23 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: behind enemy signlines with dpcity. This week it's Chris Brown. 24 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: Chris with AH Bills Insider lead writer Buffalo Bills dot Com. 25 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: So Chris is in the building over in Buffalo. He 26 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: knows what's going on, so we'll talk to him and 27 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 1: our Goyboddy Andre Where will also join the show. So 28 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: we've got plenty for you and a lot to discuss. 29 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: So let's kick it off like we always do with 30 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 1: our hot Reads. That's right, Hot Reads brought to you 31 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: by Geico. Fifteen minutes can save you fifteen percent or 32 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: more on car insurance. All right, Usually on Wednesday we 33 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: start with a head coach, Bill O'Brien, but today we're 34 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: gonna well, we're gonna start with the news the day 35 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: and probably the most anticipated I don't know, press conference 36 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: if you will, that we've had in a while. Really, 37 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: how's DeShawn Watson doing well? Deshaun was asked today whether 38 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: he expected to play on Sunday afternoon against the Buffalo Bills. 39 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: For sure, short, sweet and to the point right there, 40 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson saying he expects to play against Buffalo. Now 41 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: we'll get to injury reporting a little bit, but he 42 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: was limited on the injury report. Does not mean that 43 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: he won't give it a go on Sunday. But obviously 44 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: you're looking for long term health, and after what happened 45 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:26,399 Speaker 1: last year, obviously everybody wants to keep Deshaun protected. He 46 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: was asked a little later on about finding a balance 47 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: between being aggressive and protective. It's a fine line between 48 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,720 Speaker 1: you know, trying to you know, I guess the situation 49 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: out of game because you know it was early on 50 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: in the game where we had those you know, two 51 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: opportunities to get in. I was trying to make it in. 52 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: But you know, if you put that same situation in 53 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: overtime and it's four for one and you know we 54 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: need a touchdown and boughts in my hands, you're gonna 55 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: want me to kind of you know, getting that getting 56 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 1: that end zone. So it's a fine line. You know, 57 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: you gotta pick up spice and pick situations. But you know, 58 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: those guys did a good job of being stingy and 59 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: not let me in and and uh, you know they 60 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: just just you know, to me out. So one of 61 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 1: the things that the sean hasn't internalized, as anybody on 62 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: the offensive side hasn't internalized, how do we get better 63 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 1: in the red zone. He discussed out on onesdayqum no 64 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 1: negative plays, no sacks, no plentities, and I mean just trust, 65 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: just trust what we see. I mean, just kind of 66 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: play a little faster, you know, things to feel get smaller. Uh, 67 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 1: the holes kind of closed up quicker, and we just gotta, 68 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: you know, get on the same page. And you know, 69 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: you know, an offense, it might be one person that's 70 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: off off page and it can keep ruin the whole play. 71 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: So once we get on the same page and trust 72 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 1: what it will be in the in the coaching stuff, 73 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:47,440 Speaker 1: you know, have playing up front, you know, for us 74 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: to get in in the touchdown and the end zone, 75 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: and you know we'll be just fine. So just kind 76 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: of keep working, keep pushing and as sooner, let it's 77 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 1: gonna clip, all right. It's here from one of the 78 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: NFL's sack leaders with six, JJ Watt. There are three 79 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 1: guys with six sacks in the league, and two of 80 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: them are the sons of John and Connie Watt JJ 81 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: of course and TJ. Youngest brother, TJ's got six after 82 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: a three sack game up in Pittsburgh. JJ's got six 83 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: after a one sack game against Dallas. He's had six 84 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,120 Speaker 1: in his last three games. Oh, the other guy, Geno Atkins, 85 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 1: the guy who almost who almost sent Shawn Watson's heart 86 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: through his spine last year. And what did Shawn Watson 87 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 1: do after that? He ran forty nine yards for a 88 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: touchdown that changed everything for the Houston Texans on that 89 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: particular night up in Cincinnati. But I digress as we 90 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,679 Speaker 1: talk about our man, JJ Watt, who discussed his younger 91 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: brother TJ. Winning AFC Defensive Player of the Week. I 92 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: don't have any wages or anything. It's his birthday this 93 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: week coming up, so I had to give him a 94 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: birthday present, so I sent him. All right, I can't 95 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: tell you because it's not his birthday yet, so no, 96 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 1: I can't tell you. But no, I mean he got 97 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 1: he got. I think today he got his second AFC 98 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: you know, player of the week or whatever. But I 99 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: mean I got the player of the month last month. 100 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: I think that's I think that's a little cooler for sure, JJ. 101 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: It is definitely cooler, And I'm curious as to what 102 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: he got his younger brother, like, what do you get? 103 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,520 Speaker 1: What do you get like a millionaire brother? What does 104 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: one millionaire brother get another millionaire brother. I don't know. 105 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: I don't think about that a little bit. I wish 106 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:30,720 Speaker 1: JJ was my brother. I'd like to get something kind 107 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: of cool from my birthday. Nobody around here ever remembers 108 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: my birthday. But but I'm old, so it doesn't really matter. 109 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: What does matter is this defense getting better and better 110 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 1: by the week. JJ said, we haven't reached our full 111 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: potential yet. I still don't think we've reached what we're 112 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: capable of playing. I still think that when we look 113 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,159 Speaker 1: at the film, when we watch and we try and 114 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: analyze what we can do better, I think there's a 115 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: lot of things we can do better. So I think 116 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: we can still play a lot better. But I do 117 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: think that against a good offense, especially a good running 118 00:05:56,760 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 1: offense like that, I think we did a good job, 119 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: but I think we have a better I read you 120 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: the numbers before eight for seventeen and five for one. 121 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: That's what the Texans defense held Ezekiel Elliott two in 122 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. Over time. That's eight for seventeen eight 123 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: touches for seventeen total yards, five runs for one yard. 124 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: That's how good the defense was at the end of 125 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 1: the game. It needs to be even better as this 126 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: team goes forward, especially it's a team like the Buffalo Bills. 127 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: And I say especially against a team like like the Bills, 128 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: because they're gonna capitalize the turnovers, They're gonna dink in dunk, 129 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: They're just gonna do anything they can to move the football. 130 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: That's all they really want to do. Anything they get 131 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 1: offensively is grave. Look, they only have six touchdowns all year. Six, 132 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: that's it. Six. So this defense can rise up and 133 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: just shut it down and give the offense opportunities to 134 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: move the football and keep that defense out there for 135 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: the Bills for walks, it's a really good defense. So 136 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: JJ's right. The defense has not reached its full potential, 137 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 1: but it is certainly on the way to doing that. 138 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 1: There's no question about that. All right, let's move on 139 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: to DeAndre Hopspins. I mean Hopkins, well, I say Hopspins 140 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,160 Speaker 1: because if you haven't seen the video that we have 141 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: up at Houston Texans dot com, our Twitter account, our 142 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: Instagram account, it is fantastic. My man Jay McDevitt put 143 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,520 Speaker 1: together one heck of a video of DeAndre spinning through 144 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 1: all these different scenes and it is absolutely fantastic. It's 145 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: like thirty seconds and I wish he would have gone 146 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 1: on for three minutes. It was unbelievable what he was 147 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,679 Speaker 1: able to come up with. He talked in the locker 148 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: room today and he said, well, spinning that was that 149 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: was sort of easy, honestly, just instinctively. You know, all 150 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: it takes is a glint sometimes for you to know 151 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: where someone is. I'm playing football for so long, you 152 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: kind of anticipate the hit like that. One of the 153 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: things that still fascinates me about that play was he 154 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: spun away from Tank Lawrence, DeMarcus Lare's defensive end and 155 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: the tackle was made by Layton Vandersch, not secondary guys. 156 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: The spin away was from la from Lawrence and the 157 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: tackles made by Vanderesh pretty impressive. First of all, that 158 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: those guys got down and to make the play, but 159 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: hop spinning away from Lawrence, that's one that everybody will remember. 160 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: There's no question. We talked to coach Bill O'Brien about this, 161 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: but he, as I do, as everybody kind of watches 162 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: sometimes we fear when DeAndre has the ball and he's 163 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: running yards after the catch. Coaches said he's really improved 164 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: on that. But DeAndre holds that ball with one hand. 165 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 1: But he said that's cool because his one hand most 166 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: of the time is stronger than most people with two. Oh, 167 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: I got five four eggs hand, so sometimes me holding 168 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: them in one hand strongling in some people holding in two. 169 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: One of the things DeAndre noted in his talk with 170 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: the media today was how explosive this offense is. Stulphin 171 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: is definitely explosive. You got key key will Lamar and Blue. 172 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 1: You know, this is one of the most social offenses 173 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 1: I've been in since I've been here. But it also 174 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: will be the first to tell you gotta get it 175 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:03,839 Speaker 1: done in the red zone. He's gotta find ways to 176 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: execute on me down there in the end zone. That's 177 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: the hardest place to score, you know. But like you said, 178 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: our yards were a top offense in the NFL. But 179 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 1: it doesn't you know, show once to get to the 180 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,480 Speaker 1: red zone. That's something you know, we got a long 181 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: season to work on. Of course. DeAndre was asked if 182 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: he had any doubt whether Deshan would be ready to 183 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: go on Sunday. No, not at all. He's one of 184 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: the toughest guys on his team, but you know it 185 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 1: plays quarterback. Sometimes he can't defend itself. But you know, not, 186 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: no doubt in my mind at all. Of course, I 187 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: mentioned a little while ago the DeAndre hop Spins video, 188 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 1: which is just outstanding, and it went viral, as it 189 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: should because it's just glorious. It was the number one 190 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: video of all the videos in the NFL, and that 191 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:49,959 Speaker 1: was on top of Drew Brees video breaking the record. 192 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: It's gone beyond that. It's incredible. So DeAndre has asked 193 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 1: what he thought about the video. I love it, man, 194 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: I love it. We gotta gotta keep it going, man, 195 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: I love it. I think that was my favorite one 196 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 1: though Ballerina with it the music, that was a good one. 197 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 1: You think you look good to hey man, I don't know. 198 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 1: I'm blessed. I don't think I can feel the two too. Yeah, 199 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if I want to see Hop into either. 200 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: So there you go, all right through our next hot read, 201 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: and it is the injury report. All right, let's get 202 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:23,040 Speaker 1: to it. Three DMPs. We knew about Aaron Coleman, Brian 203 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 1: Peters they've been hurt for a while. Javeon Clowney sick today, 204 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: was not at practice. Limited participants Kiki will Griff, DeAndre 205 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: j Joe, Lamar Miller, Deshaun, Charie Wright, Sammy Coach, Kareem 206 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: Brennan Scarlett were all full participants on the Bill side. 207 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 1: Not a whole lot going on. Two elder Statesmen in 208 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: the league, the Renz Alexander Kyle Williams getting a rest 209 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 1: on Wednesday. These will keep an eye on because it 210 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: consists of three fourths of the starting secondary or at 211 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: least a half of the secondary, with Micah Hide and 212 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: Tredevious White, but also Raphael Bush with a shoulder issue. 213 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: He was out last week, so that meant that Dean 214 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: Marlowe had a step in and start because Micah Hyde 215 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: was out of the ball game and Marlowe played and 216 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: then got cut yesterday. Tough weekend for Dean Marlowe. But 217 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: Raphael Bush, Micah Hyde and Tredavious White on the limited 218 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: side for the Buffalo Bills. So there you go. That 219 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 1: is your injury report and your final hot read. Hot 220 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,800 Speaker 1: Reads brought to you by Geico. Appreciate them for sponsoring 221 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: our Hot reads All right we get back, It's time 222 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: to go behind enemy sidelines with DP suitors. This week 223 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 1: it's Chris Brown. Let's Chris Brown with his h Chris Brown, 224 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills Insider. You can read his work at Buffalo 225 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: Bills dot com and he will give us his thoughts 226 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: on what he sees from this two and three Buffalo 227 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: Bills team. Very good defense, offense needs some work, but 228 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: they all believe. And Sean McDermott, we'll talk to Chris 229 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: Brown next. We go behind Enemy Sidelines on Texans All 230 00:11:51,920 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: Access calling out Houston area teachers. Want to bring a 231 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 1: little Texas football in your classroom, then sign up for 232 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 1: Toro's Math Drills, presented by Conico Phillips. Toros Mathris is 233 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: a video series designed to help third and fourth graders 234 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: learn how to tackle math in the classroom. Go to 235 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: Houston Texas dot com slash Toros Mathterrills to learn more. 236 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: Big thanks to Conico Phillips for putting the two together, 237 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 1: football and math. I am proof positive that you can 238 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: do that and it'll work. You want to be sideline 239 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: reporter and football analysts like me, John Harris, you can 240 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 1: do that, and Conico Phillips is making it happy. All Honestly, though, 241 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,640 Speaker 1: learning math through football is one of the easiest ways 242 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,839 Speaker 1: to get kids to understand because they can watch a 243 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: game and they can see the stats and the numbers 244 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 1: and things that pop up, and it's really easy. Then 245 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: sometimes you step out of it and you see it 246 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: out of context, it doesn't make quite sense. But if 247 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:19,320 Speaker 1: you can bring it back to football and say, well, hey, 248 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins had nine catches for one hundred and fifty 249 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: one yards, how do you figure out how many yards 250 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,320 Speaker 1: per catch you made? It's just really easy to do it. 251 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: So appreciate Knico Phillips for being a part of that. 252 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 1: All right, it's time to go behind enemy sidelines with 253 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: dep City This week it is Chris Brown. No, not 254 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 1: Texans kick or Chris Brown, and not hip hop extraordinariy 255 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: hip hop artists extraordinary and dancer extraordinariy. Chris Brown, not 256 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: either one of those two. I'm talking And not Chris Brown, 257 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 1: the running back you played for the Texans. I'm talking 258 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: Chris Brown of Buffalo Bills dot Com, who gives us 259 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 1: the skinny on the Buffalo Bills, the upcoming opponent on 260 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: Sunday Deep you take it away. All right, Well, you 261 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,360 Speaker 1: know since Brian Gaine left, how different does that Bill's 262 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: team look from the twenty seventeen playoff team against Jacksonville 263 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,200 Speaker 1: last year. I know that's a big connection that the 264 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:10,240 Speaker 1: Texans have with the Bills heading into Sunday's game. Yeah, 265 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,560 Speaker 1: I mean, there was pretty heavy turnover in the off season. Obviously, 266 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: they moved on from Tyrod Taylor trading into Cleveland, and 267 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: they no longer have Preston Brown, who was there starting 268 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: with a linebacker for the better part of the last 269 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: four seasons. So in those spots are their top two 270 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: draft choices, Josh Allen, a quarterback and Tremaine Edvans had 271 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 1: been a linebacker. And they've had some wholesale changes on 272 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. Also on the offensive 273 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 1: side of the ball. The two most notable losses on 274 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: offense or probably the two starting offensive lineman Eric Wood 275 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: and Richie Incognito. And then on defense, you know, you've 276 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: got a new nickel corner and tarn Johnson their fourth 277 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: round draft choice, and you've got some new guys up 278 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: on the defensive line in Star Lotulele who came over 279 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,760 Speaker 1: in free agency, as well as Trent for the defensive 280 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: ends who came over from Washington. Yeah, let's talk about 281 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: Josh Allen. One of the most notable changes there at 282 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: quarterback right now, He's got more rushing touchdowns than passing touchdowns. 283 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: What have you seen from the rookie quarterback? How is 284 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 1: he progressed since he took over that starting role for Buffalo? Yeah, 285 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,520 Speaker 1: I mean, like most rookie quarterbacks, he's been a little 286 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: up and down. Had a great performance against Minnesota and 287 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: the upset win back in week three, came back down 288 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: to earth in week four at Green Bay. Last week 289 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: in the one point win over Tennessee, they kind of 290 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: just asked him to manage the game and put most 291 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 1: of the offensive load on the offensive line and the 292 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,440 Speaker 1: running game. They ran over forty times and Josh only 293 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:49,280 Speaker 1: attempted about nineteen passes, but they controlled the clock, controlled 294 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, and did just enough offensively to 295 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: lift them to a last point victory on a field goal. 296 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: And it's gonna be interesting to see if that's how 297 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 1: they choose to continue going forward, or if they choose 298 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: to put a little bit more on Josh's plate in 299 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: each successive week. What was that transition like for him, 300 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: this offseason didn't seem like he was treated as a starter. 301 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: But does that make it a little bit more difficult 302 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: for him to sort of get into rhythm with the 303 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: season already underway and him being named starter the way 304 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: that he was. Yeah, I mean it was a three 305 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: way competition, you know, all through the off season and 306 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: training camp and the preseason with AJ McCarron and with 307 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: Nathan Peterman, and Peterman was named the starter in Week 308 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: one because he was the best player in the preseason, 309 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: but unfortunately for him, it didn't translate to the regular season, 310 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,200 Speaker 1: and you know, they turned to Josh after that because 311 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: AJ McCarron had already been traded to Oakland, so you know, 312 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: that's kind of where he had to kind of pick 313 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,400 Speaker 1: up on the fly. And so yeah, I mean I 314 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: think he can make the argument that, you know, not 315 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: being the starter from the day he walked in the 316 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: door may have put him behind in terms of rep out. 317 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean he's kind of learning on the 318 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:06,919 Speaker 1: fly here, and you know, I think he knows what 319 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,360 Speaker 1: he's up against, and I think his teammates around him 320 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: do as well, so they're all trying to rally around 321 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,360 Speaker 1: them and bring them along as best McCAT I saw 322 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: the news of the quarterback signing Derek Anderson, he signed 323 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: to a one year deal. What would his role be 324 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: and what do they think that he can bring to 325 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: that quarterback room. Yeah, I think what they're looking at 326 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: here is a mentor type, someone who's been around, been 327 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 1: in that role before, and I think Derek Anderson checks 328 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,840 Speaker 1: all the boxes. You know, was in the league for 329 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: a long time and served as a mentor to Cam 330 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 1: Newton when he was the first overall pick of the 331 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers in two thousand and eleven and basically served 332 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 1: you know, as his veteran mentor for the better part 333 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: of six years. And jam Brand had been and head 334 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 1: coach Sean McDermott saw that firsthand in Carolina, so they 335 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 1: know him very well. And even offensive coordinator Brian Dable 336 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: knows him, having worked with him back in two thousand 337 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:08,119 Speaker 1: and nine when they were both with the Cleveland Browns organization. 338 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: So there's a lot of familiarity with Derek, which I 339 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: think is what made this a natural signing for them, 340 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: one they feel comfortable with even though they're already a 341 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: month into the season. And so I think Derek in 342 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,920 Speaker 1: that quarterback room is going to be able to communicate 343 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 1: some of the nuances of the game to Josh as 344 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: he's trying to learn on the flies. We mentioned the Bills. 345 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,679 Speaker 1: You mentioned the thirteen twelve win over Tennessee. Lesson, they 346 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:36,159 Speaker 1: totally did the Texans a solid vice defeating their division rival. 347 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,520 Speaker 1: There what was the key to the Bills defense limiting 348 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: the Titans of just two hundred and twenty one yards 349 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:44,240 Speaker 1: and only field goals for the day. They weren't able 350 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: to find the end zone. But what did that Bills 351 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 1: defense do well in Sunday's win? Yeah, I mean they 352 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:53,400 Speaker 1: really didn't let Tennessee run the ball at all, and 353 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 1: then you know, the game kind of fell on Marcus 354 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: Marioger's shoulders to kind of carry the load, move the 355 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 1: ball and score points. And he and the passing weapons 356 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: for the Titans were really ineffective for much of the day. 357 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 1: I mean, Tradevious White essentially shut down. Cory gave us 358 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: you know who was coming off a nine catch, one 359 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty six yard performance in a game winning 360 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:18,920 Speaker 1: touchdown in overtime the week before, and he didn't shadow 361 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: on for the entire game. But when he did. Corey 362 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,479 Speaker 1: Davis did not even log a reception. He finished with 363 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 1: four for forty nine, which is still pedestrian overall. But 364 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: none of those catches came against Tredavious White, who really 365 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:34,720 Speaker 1: has become a shutdown corner. It's going to be a 366 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: very interesting matchup because I fully anticipate the Bills are 367 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:41,919 Speaker 1: going to have Trdavious White shadow DeAndre Hopkins for the 368 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 1: entire game. So that'll be a matchup to watch for sure. 369 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,239 Speaker 1: And then you know, the rest of the defense did 370 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 1: a really good job of forcing turnovers. I mean they 371 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: forced two fumbles and an interception, got all of those 372 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:57,959 Speaker 1: and that translated into ten points for the Bills. So 373 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: you look at it at the end, I mean, those 374 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: three turnovers were critical to the outcome of the game, 375 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: with the Bills winning just thirteen to twelve. Sure, let's 376 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,199 Speaker 1: look at the offensive side of the ball too. It 377 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: looked like the run game got going a little bit there. 378 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 1: Lashawn McCoy twenty four carries, I think the weeks leading 379 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: up to it, that's more than what you've gotten in 380 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 1: all those weeks combined. Right for the season, How did 381 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 1: the Bills? How did the Bills all of a sudden 382 00:20:20,160 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: decide to get him involved in and what took so long, Well, 383 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:27,199 Speaker 1: I mean, I think what was part of the problem was, 384 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,000 Speaker 1: first of all, Leshawn missed one of the games. He 385 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 1: missed the Minnesota games do some cracked rib cartilage, so 386 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: he was out for that game. And in the first 387 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 1: two games in the season, the Bills got whacked early 388 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: in both of those games and they were way behind 389 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: on the scoreboard. And as you know, when the deficit 390 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: gets like that, offensive coordinators tend to rely on the 391 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 1: passing game and throwing it around to try to get 392 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:50,960 Speaker 1: back in the game. And so you know, before the 393 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: first quarter was over in Week one against Baltimore and 394 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: Week two against the Chargers, the Bills were down by 395 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:00,639 Speaker 1: double digits, and I think they just aded, let's turn 396 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: to the passing game, seat we can get back in it, 397 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: and they kind of abandoned the run. And then I 398 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 1: think after getting shut out in Green Bay in Week four, 399 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 1: again abandoning the run, they decided, look, we've we've got 400 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: to ride the horse, and the best offensive player we 401 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 1: have is Lushan McCoy. So they made a concerted effort 402 00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 1: to use him early and often. This past week, and 403 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: while the yards for carry average wasn't effective, they were 404 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: effective in controlling the clock, staying in manageable down in 405 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 1: distance and then enabled the offense to stay on the 406 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 1: field longer, even though they probably weren't happy with their 407 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 1: point total at the end of the day. Yeah, and 408 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,439 Speaker 1: what does it say about that Bill's OH line. They 409 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 1: were able to get one hundred and forty four yards 410 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: on the ground between McCoy and Josh Allen and their 411 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 1: running backs by committee, but they also just gave up 412 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: one sack in the game. You know, how are they 413 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,399 Speaker 1: looking and what's going to be their biggest challenge? Obviously 414 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,680 Speaker 1: they're gonna be facing jj Watt and jeneviean clinning. But 415 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: how has that O line looked so far this year? Well, 416 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,919 Speaker 1: it did not look very good for the first few weeks. 417 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,679 Speaker 1: Coach McDermott actually challenged that offensive line heading into this 418 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: past week's game. He said, look, we have lost the 419 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: battle at the line of scrimmage in our first four 420 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:18,640 Speaker 1: games and that has to change. You can't win football 421 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: games if you don't establish the line of scrimmage. So 422 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: it was an outright challenge to a players and they 423 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: responded this past week. So you know, what you have 424 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 1: is an offensive line that I think righted itself this 425 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 1: past week. Are they going to be able to duplicate 426 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,679 Speaker 1: it against the defensive line the caliber at Houston that 427 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: remains to be seen. But knowing the pass pressure that 428 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,399 Speaker 1: you know that group can generate, it wouldn't surprise me 429 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: if they looked at their blueprint from last week against 430 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: Houston or at last week against Tennessee and try to 431 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: replicate it to some degree, once again relying on a 432 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: running game, because it's very clear to me they do 433 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,480 Speaker 1: not want to put too much on Josh Allen's plate. 434 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: So if they can ride Les Shan McCoy effectively along 435 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 1: with Chris Ivory, who ran very well for them last week, 436 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: as a complimentary rushing option, they would prefer to do 437 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:13,240 Speaker 1: that and then just make short, easy reads the task 438 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:16,119 Speaker 1: for Josh Allen in the passing game. What about that 439 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,680 Speaker 1: group of Bills receivers. Obviously, Kelvin Benjamin traded to the 440 00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 1: Bills this offseason, and then we saw the news about 441 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,560 Speaker 1: Corey Coleman, who ultimately didn't end up working out for them. 442 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: What's the state of the Bills wide receivers group. And 443 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: do you see a favorite emerging there for Josh Allen 444 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: right now? Yeah, it's a group that unfortunately has been lacking, 445 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: not getting a whole lot of separation on a consistent basis. 446 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:42,640 Speaker 1: Kelvin Benjamin has had the case of the drops from 447 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 1: time to time, and so it's really kind of rendered 448 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: the passing game ineffective and to a large degree the 449 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: last few weeks. I don't know that there's a true 450 00:23:55,080 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 1: favorite there. Zay Jones has kind of madels more and 451 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: more as the week as the weeks have gone on, 452 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 1: but nobody's really blowing the cover off of any defense 453 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 1: in the passing game right now. So I would say 454 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,880 Speaker 1: it's very much a work in progress, all right, Chris, 455 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: we talked about the weeks leading up to Sunday's win 456 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 1: against the Titans. It seemed like a lot of extreme 457 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:25,159 Speaker 1: wins and extreme losses that week one lost to Baltimore 458 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 1: and then that huge upset at Minnesota and then a 459 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,199 Speaker 1: twenty two to nothing loss at Green Bay. What have 460 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,679 Speaker 1: you seen? Can you see the forest through the trees 461 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: just yet? What have been the keys to the winds 462 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: and what's gone wrong in those losses this year? I mean, 463 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:41,160 Speaker 1: the keys to the victories have been the takeaways. They've 464 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: given short fields to the offense, and they've cast in 465 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: with points. When they don't get takeaways, the offense has 466 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:53,439 Speaker 1: a difficult time scoring from the traditional drive start locations 467 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,960 Speaker 1: like their own twenty five after a touchback, just because 468 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 1: they haven't been able to be consistent enough and enough 469 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 1: positive plays together to get into scoring territory. So it's 470 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,480 Speaker 1: a brand new offense under a new offensive coordinator, Brian Dable, 471 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,719 Speaker 1: So you know, it's it's a work in progress, and 472 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 1: I think they're starting to gain some traction for the 473 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 1: coordinator and Dable understanding the weaponsy as it is, disposal 474 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: and how best to use them. You have a rookie 475 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 1: quarterback who's learning on the fly, you know. And I 476 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: think the players are still trying to get their head 477 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,000 Speaker 1: wrapped around, you know, this offensive system where they can 478 00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: execute it as efficiently as possible. So that's really what's 479 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: at work here more than anything else. So really, the 480 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: Bills in a nutshell are a team that is relying 481 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 1: on their defense to hold them in games, get them 482 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,719 Speaker 1: a few turnovers, and then hope that's enough to get 483 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 1: enough points on the board to post to win So 484 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 1: the ideal scenario for the Bills this weekend is to 485 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: kind of have the same formula as they did last week, 486 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 1: a grind it out type game where they're running the 487 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: football effectively enough to keep the offense on the field 488 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,040 Speaker 1: and then have the defense hold that opposing offense and 489 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,879 Speaker 1: check and keep points to a minimum. All right, good stuff, 490 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: Chris Brown, Bills Insider, lead reporter for Buffalo Bills dot Com. Chris, 491 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 1: appreciate the time, and we'll see you here on Sunday. Yep, 492 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: we'll see this weekend. Take here. Now, there is good 493 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 1: stuff from Chris Brown, Buffalo Bills insider and lead writer 494 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: for Buffalo Bills dot Com. Coming up next to my 495 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 1: man Russell Baxter at Backs football Guru on Twitter, Fansided 496 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: and fell spin Zone. He writes it, he talks it, 497 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: and he joins me next right here on Texas All 498 00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: Access about six forty on Wednesday evening you get to 499 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,439 Speaker 1: hear from my man Russell Backster. Welcome back to a 500 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,200 Speaker 1: Wednesday edition of Texans All Access from the Honday Texans 501 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,959 Speaker 1: Radio studio, and that man joins us right now, NFL 502 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: spin Zone, Fansided. You follow on Twitter at Backs Bax 503 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,959 Speaker 1: football Guru. It's my buddy Russell, Baxter Russell. How you doing, 504 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: my man? Well, I'm doing very good. It was a 505 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:07,439 Speaker 1: fascinating week around the NFL, especially in the AFC Divisional wise, 506 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: and especially the AFC South, where you know, a couple 507 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,040 Speaker 1: of weeks ago there's a No. One three Texans team 508 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: and then a few weeks later, everybody in the division 509 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 1: loses except the Texans and lo and behold. That's why 510 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:26,639 Speaker 1: I insist that season ending today thing. It's just I 511 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: always laughing season ending today after five weeks like game 512 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 1: who cares? Who really cares? Russell? Who wants the season 513 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: to end? I know that's the thing. I understand. Get 514 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: complain and complain and complaints waiting for football to get here. 515 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: And then five weeks into it, you're like, if the 516 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,119 Speaker 1: season ended today, Yeah, exactly, I don't. I don't get it. 517 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 1: We got a lot of football to play, and of 518 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,960 Speaker 1: course there's a lot of handwringing over the first three 519 00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,479 Speaker 1: weeks and the Texans had to get two overtime wins, 520 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,800 Speaker 1: but Russell, they were able to get them against two 521 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,119 Speaker 1: teams the Colton Cowboys. That if you had to be 522 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 1: at any two teams on the schedule. Those are two 523 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,159 Speaker 1: teams teams that fans definitely wanted to get that done. 524 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: They got a lot of struggles down inside the goal 525 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:10,239 Speaker 1: of ghost situations, but Russell, it felt like Sunday they 526 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: were just kind of like this ticking time bomb, like 527 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 1: waiting to explode. They never really got there. But the 528 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,920 Speaker 1: Texas have been moving the ball on everybody. But more importantly, 529 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 1: the defense really came up large. And I'll give you 530 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: a number. Ezekiel Elliott ran the ball five times in 531 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter overtime combined, he ran for one yard. 532 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,919 Speaker 1: Maybe this defense has finally got the bats in the 533 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,560 Speaker 1: belfry out, and maybe they've got the cobwebs all gone, 534 00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 1: and maybe they're ready to kind of hit their stride. 535 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: What do you think of the Texans on Sunday night. Well, 536 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 1: the thing that it's very very encouraging is, you know, 537 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 1: we saw the previous two years JJ Watt trying to 538 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,360 Speaker 1: come back to be j J Watt, and now all 539 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: of a sudden, ironically, by the way, there's three players 540 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:56,320 Speaker 1: in the NFL with six Stacy and Atkin, a Watt 541 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: and a watch. Yeah, exactly. It's actually pretty funny. But 542 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 1: more importantly, it's JJ in terms of the Texas and 543 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 1: showing that form that we saw a couple of years ago, 544 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 1: three times Defensive Player of the Year. You know, no setback, 545 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: no setback at all. Deshaun Watson looks like he's getting 546 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: a little more comfortable. Although some of that play calling. Listen, 547 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:26,080 Speaker 1: if you were a play calling specialist, Texas was not 548 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 1: the state to be in Sunday night because as much 549 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,600 Speaker 1: as heat as Bill O'Brien was getting, obviously Jason Garrett 550 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: got even more in overtime when they opted to punt 551 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 1: and so on. So you know, there's a lot of 552 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 1: head coaches all over Twitter and Facebook as we know, 553 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 1: but in this case understandably so it just it was 554 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: an exciting game, John, but almost for all the wrong reasons. 555 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 1: It was very physical, It was hard thought. I mean, 556 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 1: it was really as if the player on both sides 557 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 1: and not many of them are from Dallas or from 558 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: Houston and kind of get the rivalry between the two cities. 559 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: But it felt like they sort of got it with 560 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: the way that they played on Sunday Night, Russell, which 561 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 1: was kind of nice. Let's talking about the Cowboys for 562 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,280 Speaker 1: a second. Jason Garrett obviously getting a lot of heat, 563 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 1: but offensively, if Ezekiel Elliott doesn't really get rolling for 564 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: that team, Russell, it strikes me as an offense that 565 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,600 Speaker 1: is really going to struggle now that it has no 566 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: Jason Witten and no Dez Bryant. Yeah, they're very limited, 567 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,440 Speaker 1: and we kind of felt that way. A lot of 568 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: people at least felt that way going into the season 569 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: with the amount of wide receiver should say, lack of 570 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: wide receiver experience. And obviously Witten, I mean, all he's 571 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 1: done is catched the fourth most passes in NFL history 572 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 1: and been a safety valve for a team for fifteen years. 573 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: You just can't lose that and make up for it immediately, 574 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:56,720 Speaker 1: you know. And it's one thing if you're the Chicago 575 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 1: Bears and you never really had it the last few 576 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: years you brought in, you know, Taylor Gabriel and Alan 577 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: Robinson and Trey Burton. It's different when you've become accustomed 578 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 1: to it as Dak had the previous two years, and 579 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 1: now two components are gone. So they struggled to throw 580 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,160 Speaker 1: the football the other night. They really ran into a 581 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,280 Speaker 1: buzz saw in terms of a team that was able 582 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 1: to stop the run. And if you stop the run 583 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 1: with Dallas right now, they're they're in a lot of trouble. 584 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,200 Speaker 1: You know, They're they're not scoring points. They are struggling 585 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 1: in a big way. And we have seen them now 586 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:36,680 Speaker 1: on the road against a couple of teams where they're 587 00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: offense just failed to show up. Yeah, no, da, we're 588 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 1: talking to their buddy Russell, Baxter Russell. There was so 589 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: much that happened on Sunday, and two things that stood 590 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,520 Speaker 1: out to me. Number one, the Kansas City Chiefs put 591 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,480 Speaker 1: a hurting on Jacksonville and number two to Cincinnati. Bengals 592 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,600 Speaker 1: come from behind down seventeen to nothing. And when I 593 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,360 Speaker 1: say roared back, they roared like the Bengal Tigers that 594 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 1: they are for a win over Miami. And I don't 595 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 1: think Miami's all that good. I think Jacksonville's probably just 596 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 1: a tinge overrated. But of those two teams, Kansas City 597 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: or Cincinnati, which one do you think has more staying power? 598 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: In other words, which one do you think at the 599 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:15,920 Speaker 1: end of the year could be eleven and five, twelve 600 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:20,640 Speaker 1: and four Cincinnati or Kansas City. Ge Well, we're obviously 601 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 1: going to find out something about both of them. As 602 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: the Chiefs Bengals game was moved to prime time. Yep, 603 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: you know and listen. Cincinnati I think has gotten has 604 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: been forgotten about last year, got off to that o 605 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 1: and three start, couldn't score touchdown in their first two games, 606 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,480 Speaker 1: but they finished seven to nine and knocked the Lions 607 00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 1: and the Ravens at the playoffs the last two weeks. 608 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 1: Yea the only team to beat him so far as Carolina. 609 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 1: I thought that was a huge comeback win rebound wise, 610 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 1: and now they're all alone in the division. I think, 611 00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 1: as strange as it sounds, Cincinnati I think is the 612 00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 1: more well balanced team, but Kansas City's offense is so 613 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 1: overwhelming it makes up for a lot of their defensive efficiencies. 614 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: And if the Chiefs can get takeaways, which they did 615 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 1: last week, you know, it's a whole different ball game. Well, 616 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,040 Speaker 1: I think we're gonna find out. Not that we don't 617 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,920 Speaker 1: know anything about the Chiefs, but I understand trepidation. It's 618 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 1: a third time in six years under Andy Reid they've 619 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,360 Speaker 1: started at least five and out. They were nine and 620 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 1: o twenty thirteen, they were five and oh last year, 621 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: and now five and oh this year. This feels a 622 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: little different because of their explosiveness. But they got New 623 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,560 Speaker 1: England and they got Cincinnati these next couple of weeks, 624 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 1: and you know the encouraging sign if you're backing the Chiefs. 625 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 1: John Is Patrick Mahomes did not throw a touchdown pack 626 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:51,080 Speaker 1: last week through two picks and they still managed to 627 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 1: put thirty points on the board. Russell, how do you 628 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 1: make out what's going out with Pittsburgh and Leveon Bell 629 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,040 Speaker 1: and James Connor now playing very very well? Big and 630 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: said today he wants snaps for James Connor even when 631 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: Leveon Bell does come back. They get a must win 632 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons and Connor was absolutely awesome. 633 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,560 Speaker 1: How do you think this all plays out? Mike Toma 634 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,759 Speaker 1: got fined, Antonio Brown has been disgruntled, but then he 635 00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,080 Speaker 1: kind of quieted down after the win. Do you think 636 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: things kind of settle in with Pittsburgh or do you 637 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,760 Speaker 1: think this is kind of be a team to watch 638 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,760 Speaker 1: kind of off the field the rest of the season. 639 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:33,240 Speaker 1: I think they're a week by week team in terms 640 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 1: of what we could see. Listen, they have not won 641 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,279 Speaker 1: a game in the conference yet they are O one 642 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,920 Speaker 1: one in the division John Last year they was six 643 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,640 Speaker 1: and o in the division. Now here comes the team 644 00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:47,479 Speaker 1: that they've really kind of had their number, and they've 645 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,680 Speaker 1: had their number in Cincinnati. Yeah, and the Steelers have 646 00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 1: won sixth straight from the Bengals, including that wild playoff 647 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:57,399 Speaker 1: game or some people referred to the Monte's perfect game. Yes, 648 00:34:57,600 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: of course, fifteen among those six straight wins are four 649 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:05,400 Speaker 1: straight at Cincinnati. In fact, this even goes back beyond 650 00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,399 Speaker 1: when Ben Roethlisberger there the Steelers, including two playoff wins 651 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 1: at Cincinnati sixteen and two at Cincinnati dating back to 652 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 1: two thousand and two, they've actually had a better record 653 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,880 Speaker 1: at Cincinnati than they've had at Pittsburgh against the Pickles. 654 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 1: So this is they need to make amends for that 655 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:32,239 Speaker 1: home playoff loss to the Ravens, and they need to 656 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:35,480 Speaker 1: get out of this funk that they're in on again, 657 00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 1: off again, on again, off again. You know, beating that 658 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 1: Land in Tampa Bay is great, but in Land and 659 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay aren't in the conference. They've got to tie 660 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:44,719 Speaker 1: in the conference. They've got a loss to the home 661 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 1: of loss to the Ravens, which they're going to have 662 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,360 Speaker 1: to try to make up for that somehow. But I 663 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: just think they're week the week. I think their defense 664 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,359 Speaker 1: at times can get a lot of sacks and make 665 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,080 Speaker 1: some big plays. And last week, you know, they got 666 00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,000 Speaker 1: the fumble recovery in the end zone. They also got 667 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: a block punt that set up a score via their 668 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,840 Speaker 1: special teams. But I just think they're very, very jekyl 669 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:08,680 Speaker 1: and high, and it's a very outspoken checkal and it's 670 00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:12,360 Speaker 1: a very loud hide. No question, do you make the 671 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 1: same I guess. I don't know if you'd said the 672 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,279 Speaker 1: same thing about Philadelphia, but Philadelphia took one on the 673 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,040 Speaker 1: chin of the Vikings. The defendant champs are two and three. 674 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,520 Speaker 1: We talked about them before the year and Mike I 675 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,759 Speaker 1: told me, we'll see how they deal with success right 676 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,719 Speaker 1: now not dealing exceedingly well with success. What do you 677 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,840 Speaker 1: think of the Eagles? They got the Giants on Thursday 678 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,560 Speaker 1: night in New York, a team that also has got 679 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 1: some issues off the field as well. But what do 680 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,680 Speaker 1: you make of the Eagles going forward? Russell, Well, you know, 681 00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,400 Speaker 1: it's a team that really relies on its offensive and 682 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,160 Speaker 1: defensive lines. And it's not that they haven't played well, 683 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:50,280 Speaker 1: but you know, two games in Nick Foles was shaky 684 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,800 Speaker 1: against Tampa Bay. They brought Carson Wentz back. Carson Wentz 685 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:57,440 Speaker 1: to me, looks very, very rusty, not that he still 686 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,960 Speaker 1: can't throw the football, but you know, pocket presence, feeling 687 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 1: heat getting sacked. I think he's cooped up the ball 688 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,080 Speaker 1: a couple of times on fumbles so far, one that 689 00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:11,200 Speaker 1: got returned by Lynnville Josepher a touchdown last week. So 690 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:14,879 Speaker 1: they seem like they're not all in sync right now. 691 00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,560 Speaker 1: That's the thing that kind of strikes me. And listen, 692 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:19,600 Speaker 1: we all know it hard to repeat. Everybody wants talk 693 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,000 Speaker 1: about the Super Bowl hangover, YadA, YadA, YadA. I get 694 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:25,560 Speaker 1: all that, but this isn't strange, is it, Sam. This 695 00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:28,000 Speaker 1: isn't the team that went into the postseason last year. 696 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 1: It's a different team. And this was a team that 697 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,480 Speaker 1: also had its share of free agent departures. I know 698 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 1: they traded for Michael Bennett. I know they brought in 699 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:40,239 Speaker 1: Hellodi Nada, but they don't have Vinny Curry, they don't 700 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:44,360 Speaker 1: have bo Allen. You know that they tried to you know, 701 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,600 Speaker 1: Alshon Jeffrey has been in an out of the lineup. 702 00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:50,920 Speaker 1: So they aren't the team that we got used to seeing. 703 00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,480 Speaker 1: You know, against Minnesota, against New England when they lit 704 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:59,600 Speaker 1: up the scoreboard for you know, seventy nine points. But again, 705 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,680 Speaker 1: it's a and as we know, no one in the 706 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,759 Speaker 1: NFC East is exactly pulling away with anything right now. 707 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,760 Speaker 1: But that you know, that's kind of part for the course. 708 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:12,440 Speaker 1: Remember this is a division that's been one by the 709 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:16,320 Speaker 1: team that finished last the previous year, five in the 710 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,719 Speaker 1: last six seasons. Boy, if that trend is going to hold, 711 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:22,200 Speaker 1: the Giants better pick up their game. Now. We saw 712 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:24,799 Speaker 1: the good Giants here. Other teams have not seen the 713 00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:28,520 Speaker 1: good Giants. That's that's for sure. Russell Atlanta wanted four. 714 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:31,719 Speaker 1: Is it as simple as just too many injuries down 715 00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:35,840 Speaker 1: in Atlanta on that defensive particular, Yeah, I think I 716 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,200 Speaker 1: know that not an excuse when you lose your two 717 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,799 Speaker 1: of your starting safety's your middle linebacker and last week 718 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:45,440 Speaker 1: no Grady Jarard is a matter of fact, that's huge. 719 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,279 Speaker 1: They've given up one hundred and twenty one points the 720 00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,319 Speaker 1: last three games. It's not And last week was really 721 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:55,319 Speaker 1: the first time we saw them other than Philadelphia not 722 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 1: score a lot of points. They actually, you know, when 723 00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:00,400 Speaker 1: we scored seventeen points against the Steelers against it you know, 724 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,880 Speaker 1: not a great Steelers defense as well. I think the 725 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:06,520 Speaker 1: wear and tear of forty three thirty seven and thirty 726 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,680 Speaker 1: seven thirty six kind of caught up with them on 727 00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,560 Speaker 1: the road last week. Now, I mean, they're they got 728 00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,120 Speaker 1: a chance at their home again that the next couple 729 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 1: of weeks they played Tampa Bay, they'd have a Monday 730 00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:21,960 Speaker 1: nighter with the Giants. You know, the Saints are You 731 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:25,680 Speaker 1: know that Tampa Bay Buccaneers loss in Week one is 732 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:27,480 Speaker 1: well in the rear view of mirror and so on, 733 00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,440 Speaker 1: but I think a lot of it is. You know, 734 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:35,160 Speaker 1: it's funny. Atlanta's big bugaboo in that Week one game 735 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:38,319 Speaker 1: was the red zone problem. Yep. Now it's the end 736 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:41,839 Speaker 1: zone problem. The end zone that they're trying to protect. Yeah, 737 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:43,799 Speaker 1: I can speak all to those gold and going red 738 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:46,040 Speaker 1: zone issues, because if the Texans could score the ball 739 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,279 Speaker 1: in the red zone or in goal to go situations, 740 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:50,239 Speaker 1: they'd be five and over right now and be one 741 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,480 Speaker 1: of the teams that everybody was talking about in the NFL. 742 00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:54,799 Speaker 1: But they're not. Russell a team the Texans played in 743 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:58,440 Speaker 1: Week one viewing a Patriots, then lost the next two 744 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,239 Speaker 1: after that, and you thought, this is the year some 745 00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,480 Speaker 1: people did and this is not the year, because it 746 00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:06,760 Speaker 1: feels like the Patriots have then cranked it into Patriots gear. 747 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:08,880 Speaker 1: What do you think of the way they're playing and 748 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,160 Speaker 1: are they as dangerous as maybe they've ever been with 749 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,719 Speaker 1: Sony Michelle now in the fold. I don't know if 750 00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:16,040 Speaker 1: there as dangerous as they've ever been. I was actually 751 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:19,399 Speaker 1: in Foxborough for the game last week, and they had 752 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,520 Speaker 1: the twenty four three league and suddenly was twenty four seventeen. 753 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:26,959 Speaker 1: So I think they're a work in progress, but that's 754 00:40:27,200 --> 00:40:29,080 Speaker 1: par for the course when it comes to the Patriots. 755 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,560 Speaker 1: They have scored thirty eight points each of the last 756 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:35,840 Speaker 1: two games, but I think defensively they still have some holes. 757 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:37,919 Speaker 1: They had a hell of a time trying to cover 758 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,959 Speaker 1: Eric Ebron, Yeah, the other than eight ye who's found 759 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,279 Speaker 1: new life with the Indianapolis Colts. So I'm trying to 760 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:48,600 Speaker 1: imagine Travis Kelsey on Sunday night in Foxboro, and we 761 00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:50,319 Speaker 1: all know what happened with the Chiefs win in there 762 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:53,120 Speaker 1: last year. They were, you know, getting pushed around a 763 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,000 Speaker 1: little and then all of a sudden, bing bang, bing, 764 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,960 Speaker 1: five hundred and thirty seven total yards and forty two 765 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:02,200 Speaker 1: points and they knocked the Patriots off in the first 766 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:06,160 Speaker 1: game of the season, So I think New England's starting 767 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:09,680 Speaker 1: to get into its offensive flow. And listen, playing against 768 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:13,640 Speaker 1: Kansas City's defense, it's not you're not exactly running into 769 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:17,640 Speaker 1: the fearsome forsom. So I would expect like a lot 770 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:21,120 Speaker 1: of these games this year. Another while back and forth 771 00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:26,239 Speaker 1: pinball game, Kansas City stay undefeated. I mean that would 772 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:29,799 Speaker 1: be pretty you know, if they wind up winning this week, 773 00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,200 Speaker 1: that means they would have in the span of six 774 00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:35,640 Speaker 1: weeks knocked off the other three teams that won their 775 00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:39,760 Speaker 1: division in twenty seventeen. Yeah, that's pretty impressive. Patrick Mahomes 776 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,960 Speaker 1: and the offense get to dumb. The defense was special 777 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,600 Speaker 1: for Kansas City and the Kansas City will play Cincinnati 778 00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,160 Speaker 1: on Sunday Night the following week. I believe that's gonna 779 00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,239 Speaker 1: be in Kansas City. But either way, it's gonna be 780 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,960 Speaker 1: very fun to watch that ball game. It'll be more 781 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:53,719 Speaker 1: fun to Texas get to win and I can watch it, 782 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,520 Speaker 1: sit back and relax and watch it after last Sunday night, 783 00:41:56,719 --> 00:42:00,239 Speaker 1: stressful Sunday night. Russell, I really appreciate it, my friend, 784 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,239 Speaker 1: and thank you very much for joining me at Backs 785 00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:05,560 Speaker 1: football guru Fansided Nfel Spin Zone. Amando's at all RB. 786 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,919 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, buddy. As we move into our 787 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:11,560 Speaker 1: second hour of the show, Joining us next will be 788 00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:15,440 Speaker 1: Brian Gaine, general manager of your Houston Texans, who has 789 00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:18,719 Speaker 1: an intimate knowledge of the Buffalo Bills after spending last 790 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:22,319 Speaker 1: year with them up there in Central New York. Brian 791 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:24,400 Speaker 1: Gaine joins us for the game plan next on Texans 792 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,799 Speaker 1: All Access. We've got one hour in the books. As 793 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,719 Speaker 1: we start our second hour of Texans All Access, I 794 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,160 Speaker 1: remain with you your host, John Harris, football a ls 795 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:35,760 Speaker 1: A Sidelot reporter, and thank you so much for being 796 00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:40,960 Speaker 1: with me. Buffalo Bills coming up on Sunday, and there's 797 00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:43,719 Speaker 1: there are a few people in the building that have 798 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:48,319 Speaker 1: a pretty good working knowledge of the Buffalo Bills. Now, 799 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,560 Speaker 1: this league changes so often that we've probably had people 800 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,799 Speaker 1: along the way that I've been with Buffalo maybe a 801 00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:57,360 Speaker 1: few years ago. But Sharie Wright played with the Bills 802 00:42:57,400 --> 00:43:00,479 Speaker 1: just last year. Now, Seantrelle was hurt, but he played 803 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:03,359 Speaker 1: for the Bills the last four years or so. There 804 00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,120 Speaker 1: is some intimate knowledge shared in that locker room. Not 805 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:09,000 Speaker 1: a ton, but there's one man in particular who was 806 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:12,840 Speaker 1: there with the Bills for an entire year, and he's 807 00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,400 Speaker 1: got some very good intel and obviously knows the Texans 808 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:16,960 Speaker 1: because he's been here for a while and he is 809 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:21,239 Speaker 1: our general manager, Brian Gaine. It's time for the game 810 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:24,480 Speaker 1: plan with Brian Gaine. Mark Vandemir sat down with the 811 00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:28,120 Speaker 1: Texans GM Mark ticket away. Brian, after watching what the 812 00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,080 Speaker 1: team goes through each of the last two weeks, what 813 00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:31,960 Speaker 1: are your thoughts. I mean, that's a lot of football 814 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,759 Speaker 1: you've been playing in a couple of weeks, about ten 815 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:37,759 Speaker 1: quarters worth. Sure played two overtime games, found a way 816 00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:40,960 Speaker 1: to win in both contests, So we played a lot 817 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:43,160 Speaker 1: of snaps here on offense and defense. So like the 818 00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:45,839 Speaker 1: health and the well being of the team in terms 819 00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:48,719 Speaker 1: of the recovery is a significant focus of our week 820 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:50,880 Speaker 1: here as we try to get our players ready to 821 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,600 Speaker 1: play the Bills. But we we've we've won two games 822 00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:55,560 Speaker 1: in a row. We feel real, real good about that. 823 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,360 Speaker 1: We got our first home victory. That first home victory 824 00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:03,040 Speaker 1: was it came off the win that we had on 825 00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:05,879 Speaker 1: the road in the division in Indie. So we feel 826 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:07,800 Speaker 1: like a lot of positive things have gone on. Nothing's 827 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:09,680 Speaker 1: been perfect. I know there's a lot of places that 828 00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:12,720 Speaker 1: we can improve on. But coming off our first division 829 00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,520 Speaker 1: road win and now our first home and here in 830 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,359 Speaker 1: a tune game homestand versus a pretty hot Bills team. 831 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:20,440 Speaker 1: Now they went and they beat the Titans here this 832 00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:23,279 Speaker 1: past week they had a home game versus Titans. So 833 00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:24,880 Speaker 1: we're gonna do everything we can here to get our 834 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:28,399 Speaker 1: players ready to play on Sunday versus a competitive team 835 00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:30,760 Speaker 1: in the Buffalo Bills. When you look at the situation 836 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:34,080 Speaker 1: in the secondary, Cavan Webster leaves the game early, so 837 00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:37,200 Speaker 1: you have to shuffle the deck instantly in the game. 838 00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:40,200 Speaker 1: And obviously played well against the Dallas Cowboys. What about 839 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:42,439 Speaker 1: moving forward? You have a lot of different possibilities. Sure, 840 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,160 Speaker 1: we think we have in versatile secondary. If you look 841 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:47,000 Speaker 1: at the parts that we have, we have a lot 842 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,440 Speaker 1: of guys and are in our dB group that our 843 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:53,000 Speaker 1: corner slash safety types number one, number two. Some of 844 00:44:53,000 --> 00:44:55,239 Speaker 1: our corners can play outside and inside, and so that 845 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:58,120 Speaker 1: gives us a very good game day versatility when you 846 00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:01,600 Speaker 1: only dress forty six players. So we think that we 847 00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:04,600 Speaker 1: have some internal solutions, but we'll all will measure those 848 00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:08,240 Speaker 1: versus some some external solutions we crossed rand our players 849 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:11,400 Speaker 1: so that they're playing multiple positions so that when and 850 00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:13,920 Speaker 1: if moments occur that they're they're ready to go when 851 00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:16,880 Speaker 1: when that bell rings. So we think we have some 852 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:19,920 Speaker 1: some internal solutions to solve some of our injury situations. 853 00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,160 Speaker 1: But hats off to Shariss right to come into the 854 00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:24,120 Speaker 1: game and answer the bell when when he had to 855 00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,520 Speaker 1: go in very early in that contest. You put a 856 00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:28,080 Speaker 1: game plan and you're counting on a guy to be 857 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:30,600 Speaker 1: there for sixty five seventy five snaps and boom, he's 858 00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:32,680 Speaker 1: gone on the second player of the game. And that 859 00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:36,120 Speaker 1: was an unfortunate timing situation for Cavon, But Shariss stepped up, 860 00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:39,479 Speaker 1: played competitively, had a few pass break breakups. I wasn't 861 00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:42,040 Speaker 1: on some tackles. It was an important part of the 862 00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,360 Speaker 1: reason why our defense played well yesterday. You have to 863 00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,839 Speaker 1: feel good about the versatility of the tackles too, because 864 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,520 Speaker 1: Davenpork got started left tackle and played well. You still 865 00:45:49,560 --> 00:45:51,960 Speaker 1: have rank and I know Roderick Johnson you let go 866 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:53,560 Speaker 1: of him to make room on the roster, but you 867 00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:55,480 Speaker 1: still have four tackles on this roster, so you have 868 00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:57,799 Speaker 1: to play these things very carefully, right, you do. And 869 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:01,160 Speaker 1: then we go back and we always talk about player development, 870 00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:03,360 Speaker 1: go back to the plan when we get players in 871 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:05,960 Speaker 1: our building, about how we're going to develop our players, 872 00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:08,600 Speaker 1: young players from years one through three so that we 873 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,239 Speaker 1: can maturate and have them ascend at a rapid pace. 874 00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:14,640 Speaker 1: So from our strength and conditioning program to what we 875 00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:16,840 Speaker 1: do with them in the classroom, the extra time that 876 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:20,239 Speaker 1: they spend on the practice field getting more repetitions to 877 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,839 Speaker 1: get game ready, and that's a significant part of our 878 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:27,520 Speaker 1: program here. We talk about it. We institutionalized process so 879 00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:31,000 Speaker 1: that we are always focusing on the player development element 880 00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:32,919 Speaker 1: of how we ascend our players and have them ready 881 00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:35,440 Speaker 1: when the bell rings. How much time do you and 882 00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:38,320 Speaker 1: Bill spend talking about injuries, because I got to imagine 883 00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:41,000 Speaker 1: that's a big part of the conversation. It is, and 884 00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:42,920 Speaker 1: you've heard me say this in the past. We are 885 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:45,880 Speaker 1: always contingency planning so that when and if we have 886 00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,680 Speaker 1: to make those tough decisions, that we have internal solutions 887 00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:52,200 Speaker 1: and we'll always measure them versus external solutions. And one 888 00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:54,680 Speaker 1: thing I've shared in the past is what some others 889 00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:57,040 Speaker 1: is with our practice squad, we really truly believe it's 890 00:46:57,040 --> 00:47:00,400 Speaker 1: our developmental squad. It's almost like our TRIPLEA farms systems, 891 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,080 Speaker 1: so that if we have an internal solution, we'd always 892 00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:05,400 Speaker 1: want to promote from within, so to make sure that 893 00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:07,279 Speaker 1: those players are ready one and if we need to 894 00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,880 Speaker 1: pull those guys up. We're very active with studying the 895 00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:12,040 Speaker 1: waiver wire. We're always studying the waiver wire to see 896 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:15,759 Speaker 1: if there's any options outside the building that we could 897 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:19,520 Speaker 1: address some some depth situations here with the roster, and 898 00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:21,759 Speaker 1: we're always having tryouts and workouts, you know, we will 899 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:24,320 Speaker 1: do that basically every Monday and Tuesday, always trying to 900 00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:27,400 Speaker 1: see what's out there to improve the team. If you 901 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,680 Speaker 1: ever have to sign a player from another team's practice squad, 902 00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:33,120 Speaker 1: I gotta think the deeper you go into the season, 903 00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:35,400 Speaker 1: it gets a little trickier because all the tape you 904 00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:37,920 Speaker 1: have on him, you don't get their practice tape right, 905 00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:40,600 Speaker 1: so it's all from previous work correct. So a lot 906 00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:42,719 Speaker 1: of the work we do in preseason scouting, when you're 907 00:47:42,760 --> 00:47:45,640 Speaker 1: studying practice squad players during the season, very often that 908 00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:48,520 Speaker 1: film exposure that you get is from the month of 909 00:47:48,560 --> 00:47:50,920 Speaker 1: August because now that they're on practice squads, they're not 910 00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:54,680 Speaker 1: getting regular season snaps. You also lean on your college information, 911 00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,560 Speaker 1: your college evaluation of the prospects, and then you have 912 00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,400 Speaker 1: that careful blend of what you thought of them as 913 00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:02,960 Speaker 1: a prospect, as a as a young draftable player, and 914 00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:05,200 Speaker 1: then how how they did in the preseason versus their 915 00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:07,680 Speaker 1: peers here at the NFL level. The other part of 916 00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:09,480 Speaker 1: that is just the vision of how they fit on 917 00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,319 Speaker 1: your team. We can talk about a prospect with all 918 00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:14,799 Speaker 1: his heightweight, speed, his talent, but how does he fit 919 00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:17,040 Speaker 1: into our system, our scheme? What jobs will he do? 920 00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:18,640 Speaker 1: What will he do in base? What will he doing? 921 00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:22,040 Speaker 1: So what about fourth down? All those things are impactful 922 00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:23,520 Speaker 1: because if you're going to bring a guy to your 923 00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:25,880 Speaker 1: team from another team's practice squad, you're making a spot 924 00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:29,480 Speaker 1: of album for him under fifty three man roster. So, 925 00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:33,520 Speaker 1: playing Buffalo, how much do you get involved this week 926 00:48:33,640 --> 00:48:36,040 Speaker 1: versus other weeks? You're involved every week, Brian, but you 927 00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:39,000 Speaker 1: worked for this organization just last year. That knowledge has 928 00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:41,440 Speaker 1: to help as you prepare for this game. Sure, like 929 00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:43,640 Speaker 1: any other week, we will always bill an eye with 930 00:48:43,640 --> 00:48:46,000 Speaker 1: with the coaching staff. We'll always talk about the other 931 00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,760 Speaker 1: team's personnel, and you know that naturally, that's my background 932 00:48:49,239 --> 00:48:52,400 Speaker 1: I do. I'm intimate knowledge on the college profiles of 933 00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,560 Speaker 1: the players, their their pro playings, prospectives as well. But 934 00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:58,120 Speaker 1: as it relates to the Bills specifically, just because I 935 00:48:58,200 --> 00:48:59,880 Speaker 1: was there for for a last season, I do have 936 00:48:59,920 --> 00:49:01,799 Speaker 1: a lot of intimate knowledge on their players and their 937 00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:04,919 Speaker 1: rosters the organization. So there'll be a time and place 938 00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:07,600 Speaker 1: where we'll share those things and multiple talk about that. 939 00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:10,799 Speaker 1: I'm about to answer your question. Yes, you know, I 940 00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:13,719 Speaker 1: will have some some information to provide, But at the 941 00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:15,160 Speaker 1: end of the day, it comes down to blocking and 942 00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,160 Speaker 1: tackling on Sunday. It really comes down to the blocking 943 00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:21,120 Speaker 1: and the tackling and how we do with those matchups 944 00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:23,160 Speaker 1: and how we execute on Sunday. Well, you pick the 945 00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:24,880 Speaker 1: right year to be at Buffalo because it had to 946 00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:26,600 Speaker 1: be exciting to be with that organization when they get 947 00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:28,359 Speaker 1: to the playoffs for the first time in a long time, 948 00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:31,040 Speaker 1: with great respect like that. You know, I could say 949 00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:32,840 Speaker 1: thank you to the Bergoula family for giving me that 950 00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:35,840 Speaker 1: opportunity to be there, and we had a wonderful experience 951 00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:38,280 Speaker 1: in Buffalo. I'm from the state of New York originally, 952 00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:40,719 Speaker 1: so it was nice to get back east and have 953 00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:43,400 Speaker 1: family and friends nearby, and then we went to the 954 00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:46,960 Speaker 1: playoffs after a seventeen or eighteen yard eighteen year drought. 955 00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:50,879 Speaker 1: But equally, you know, wonderful opportunity to come back here 956 00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:53,880 Speaker 1: to Houston. We loved it here, enjoyed it here. It'll 957 00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:56,480 Speaker 1: be unique week and experience for me because I made 958 00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:59,279 Speaker 1: a lot of friends in the organization. But when it 959 00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:00,920 Speaker 1: comes down to sun name, we kicked the ball that 960 00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:02,839 Speaker 1: I know, we're gonna want to win another you don't 961 00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:05,560 Speaker 1: want to win, and we'll just hope for the best 962 00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:07,640 Speaker 1: and hopefully we'll come out on the winning side. Let 963 00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,600 Speaker 1: me ask you about Deonta Foremant because he's on the 964 00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:12,480 Speaker 1: pup and working out trying to get back. So what 965 00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:16,359 Speaker 1: is the process there as to when he can get 966 00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:18,520 Speaker 1: back and how he can get back on the field. Sure, 967 00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:21,560 Speaker 1: so he's recover recovering from an achilles injury from last 968 00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:24,040 Speaker 1: year that carried over to this year. And when they 969 00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:26,680 Speaker 1: returned to camp and a player doesn't pass they're physical, 970 00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,880 Speaker 1: we placed them on the active pup list and then 971 00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:31,560 Speaker 1: we had to make the decision at the end of 972 00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:34,200 Speaker 1: the fifty three man cut down whether he could come 973 00:50:34,239 --> 00:50:36,000 Speaker 1: on to the Act of fifty three or would you 974 00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:39,399 Speaker 1: carry him there for on the pup list. So he's 975 00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:43,480 Speaker 1: currently on our pup list and you right around after 976 00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:46,840 Speaker 1: this next game, basically game six, we have a you 977 00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:50,279 Speaker 1: can execute a twenty one day window where he can 978 00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:53,040 Speaker 1: return to practice, and then we can make a decision 979 00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:56,320 Speaker 1: thereafter about when he returns to the fifty three man roster. 980 00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:59,239 Speaker 1: That decision doesn't have to come after this week. It 981 00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:02,600 Speaker 1: can come seven, week eight, week nine. But once you 982 00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:06,600 Speaker 1: institutionalize the decision to give him that twenty one day window, 983 00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:10,040 Speaker 1: it then starts at that point. So we decided to 984 00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:12,120 Speaker 1: do that next week. The week after two or three 985 00:51:12,160 --> 00:51:14,640 Speaker 1: weeks from now that that twenty one day window starts, 986 00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:17,040 Speaker 1: and then you have to make the decision whether he 987 00:51:17,080 --> 00:51:19,080 Speaker 1: comes back at a fifty three once you ignite the 988 00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:21,839 Speaker 1: twenty one day window. So we'll see how it goes. 989 00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:25,440 Speaker 1: We're optimistic that that'll happen this season. I can't predict when, 990 00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:27,880 Speaker 1: but we think that if we can get him back 991 00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:30,000 Speaker 1: to the fifty three man here, he certainly could carve 992 00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:31,800 Speaker 1: out a contributing role here in the second half of 993 00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:34,120 Speaker 1: the season. Now, for the guys on injured reserve, you 994 00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:36,480 Speaker 1: can bring back two and you have to wait a 995 00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:39,200 Speaker 1: specific amount of time. Can you wait a little longer 996 00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:41,680 Speaker 1: to bring back somebody perhaps if you're waiting they're not 997 00:51:41,719 --> 00:51:44,920 Speaker 1: completely healed yet, or whatever the situation is. He answers. Yes, 998 00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:47,640 Speaker 1: we get two of those options throughout the year, and 999 00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:49,399 Speaker 1: we have a few guys that we can do that with. 1000 00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:53,240 Speaker 1: Some of our injured reserve guys were season ending injuries, 1001 00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:55,719 Speaker 1: but there's a few others that were not, and down 1002 00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:58,160 Speaker 1: the road we are going to have that flexibility with 1003 00:51:58,200 --> 00:51:59,960 Speaker 1: a few select players. All right, let me ask you 1004 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,520 Speaker 1: about Kami fairbearon because each of the last two weeks 1005 00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:05,560 Speaker 1: he kicks game winners in overtime. They weren't super long, 1006 00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:09,040 Speaker 1: but these are pressure kicks, Brian, When you evaluate a kicker, 1007 00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:10,799 Speaker 1: is it the kind of thing where you don't know 1008 00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:13,720 Speaker 1: until you see it. You're based out on college clutch kicking, 1009 00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,320 Speaker 1: because there is that clutch element of being a place kicker. 1010 00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:18,680 Speaker 1: It's not just about the leg strength and practice ability 1011 00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:21,600 Speaker 1: when it comes to specialists. When we evaluate players at 1012 00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:23,799 Speaker 1: the college ranks, we're always going to break down the 1013 00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:26,439 Speaker 1: physical dimensions in terms of their talent, their skill set, 1014 00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:29,000 Speaker 1: their ability to execute the kicks, and we'll study that 1015 00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:31,920 Speaker 1: as it relates to their critical factors and position specifics 1016 00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:35,480 Speaker 1: that we deem necessary at the position to succeed at 1017 00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:37,759 Speaker 1: this level. But the other part of the profile is 1018 00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:41,920 Speaker 1: their mental makeup, which is critical and because the guy's 1019 00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:43,759 Speaker 1: got to be wired right to go out there and 1020 00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:47,720 Speaker 1: execute those types of situations. And I'm proud of Kayami 1021 00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:50,360 Speaker 1: because in two situations. Now he did it on a 1022 00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:52,920 Speaker 1: road and now he did at home in critical moments 1023 00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:55,880 Speaker 1: at critical junctures in the game. And to be honest, 1024 00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:58,200 Speaker 1: this last game, he came out, he missed his first kick, 1025 00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,080 Speaker 1: but for some reason I felt like he was to 1026 00:53:00,239 --> 00:53:01,879 Speaker 1: have to come back and make a kick for us. Well, 1027 00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:04,480 Speaker 1: ironically enough, he did, and he kept us in the 1028 00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:07,840 Speaker 1: game with those kicks that he made. So the physical profile, 1029 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:11,240 Speaker 1: there's no denying he has the leg talent, the distance 1030 00:53:11,320 --> 00:53:15,000 Speaker 1: to lift, the accuracy. He has those things. It's it's 1031 00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:17,480 Speaker 1: how guys are, their mental makeup and how they're wired. 1032 00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:21,120 Speaker 1: And this guy is the same guy every day, consistent, flatline, 1033 00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:24,279 Speaker 1: good mental toughness, And that's a profile that sometimes you 1034 00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:26,560 Speaker 1: got to be around those players, see those players in 1035 00:53:26,640 --> 00:53:29,799 Speaker 1: person to figure that out, and speak to sources and 1036 00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:32,759 Speaker 1: speak to references to get those things confirmed. Some of 1037 00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:34,480 Speaker 1: the best kickers of the league are the guys who 1038 00:53:34,520 --> 00:53:36,759 Speaker 1: have the physical talent, but also they're wired right. Their 1039 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,920 Speaker 1: mental makeup is on point. Brian, thanks a lot for 1040 00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:41,120 Speaker 1: joining us. Good luck this week. Thank you. I thought 1041 00:53:41,120 --> 00:53:44,480 Speaker 1: that interesting note that Brian made about Kayami the leg strength, 1042 00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:48,040 Speaker 1: he can bomb it. I've seen him hit field goals 1043 00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:50,720 Speaker 1: fifty eight fifty nine and make it by good five 1044 00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:53,520 Speaker 1: to seven yards. Now he hasn't made one during a 1045 00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:56,799 Speaker 1: game from that distance, but the one I believe it 1046 00:53:56,840 --> 00:54:00,640 Speaker 1: was Tennessee. I think it was Tennessee. That ball the distance, 1047 00:54:00,680 --> 00:54:03,040 Speaker 1: it just ended up being wide right by by yard 1048 00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:05,400 Speaker 1: yard and a half. So he's got the leg strength. 1049 00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:07,200 Speaker 1: I mean every kickoff goes through the back of the 1050 00:54:07,280 --> 00:54:09,759 Speaker 1: end zone nearly, so he's got the leg. But when 1051 00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:13,120 Speaker 1: you see fairbaron you're like, wait, if you didn't know that, 1052 00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:16,160 Speaker 1: it's Kindamy, You're like the equipment guy, like what's he 1053 00:54:16,239 --> 00:54:17,799 Speaker 1: doing in this locker room, and you realize, no, no no, no, 1054 00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:19,960 Speaker 1: that's the kicker. That's the guy that you see bomb 1055 00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:22,040 Speaker 1: it on a weekly basis. He's got a leg, there's 1056 00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:24,560 Speaker 1: no question about that. Hopefully this week he won't have 1057 00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:28,000 Speaker 1: to hit a game winner and overtime game winning regulation 1058 00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:29,120 Speaker 1: I could live with. I just want to go to 1059 00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:32,520 Speaker 1: overtime again. Man, done with the overtime games for this year. 1060 00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:34,359 Speaker 1: Had enough of them, at least the Texans or two 1061 00:54:34,360 --> 00:54:36,560 Speaker 1: and o on those, I'd like to win one in regulation. 1062 00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:39,040 Speaker 1: But good stuff there from Brian Gaine. Mark's gonna stick 1063 00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:42,840 Speaker 1: around with me, will give our residual thoughts on the 1064 00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:45,279 Speaker 1: win over the Cowboys, and then start talking about the 1065 00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:48,520 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills next. Right here in Texans Access, we'll go 1066 00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:51,120 Speaker 1: back to a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access from 1067 00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:54,439 Speaker 1: the Hyunday Texans Radio studio. I am your host this evening, 1068 00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:57,080 Speaker 1: John Harris, football an els and salient reporter, So glad 1069 00:54:57,120 --> 00:54:58,839 Speaker 1: to be joining you talking about a two and three 1070 00:54:58,840 --> 00:55:01,399 Speaker 1: football team as opposed to I don't know a one 1071 00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:04,880 Speaker 1: in four or even owing five football team. Right now, 1072 00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:07,080 Speaker 1: you hear that voice, the voice of Texans Mark van 1073 00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:11,680 Speaker 1: muer Hey, Mark, how about this special gift and hopefully 1074 00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:16,960 Speaker 1: you didn't miss it, But earlier this evening on NFL 1075 00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:19,440 Speaker 1: miked up. Guess who was miked up for the game 1076 00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:23,640 Speaker 1: on Sunday against the Cowboys. Me? No, Well, you're always 1077 00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:28,240 Speaker 1: miked up. You're always miked up. His name rhymes with Schmillmobrian. 1078 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:31,480 Speaker 1: I love this stuff. I love hearing what he has 1079 00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:35,840 Speaker 1: to say, especially in these situations. And by these situations, 1080 00:55:35,880 --> 00:55:38,719 Speaker 1: I mean a pressure cooker at home that we win, 1081 00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:40,759 Speaker 1: that we win. Yeah, yeah, I don't want to see 1082 00:55:40,760 --> 00:55:42,560 Speaker 1: the lost stuff, no, thank you. I saw it in 1083 00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:44,120 Speaker 1: the locker room. I was reminded. I saw something on 1084 00:55:44,160 --> 00:55:45,960 Speaker 1: Twitter earlier today and they showed a little snippet of 1085 00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:49,440 Speaker 1: the game winner and it's two voices. It's yours and his, 1086 00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:52,279 Speaker 1: which is always kind of interesting for me. But I 1087 00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:57,200 Speaker 1: saw in the locker room. I saw him hand something 1088 00:55:57,400 --> 00:56:00,200 Speaker 1: to Mike, and I was like, that's a microphone. Oh, 1089 00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:02,319 Speaker 1: I wonder if he's miked up. So I kind of 1090 00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:05,520 Speaker 1: had I kind of had an idea, but I got 1091 00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:07,040 Speaker 1: on my DVR, having a chance that I've been here 1092 00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:08,400 Speaker 1: all day so I haven't had a chance to go. 1093 00:56:08,480 --> 00:56:10,319 Speaker 1: But I will definitely watch that, and I'm sure he'll 1094 00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:12,120 Speaker 1: go up on our social media channels. So I'm looking 1095 00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:14,680 Speaker 1: forward to that. But him miked up can be very 1096 00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:16,600 Speaker 1: very very good. Even though he didn't like it, he 1097 00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:18,839 Speaker 1: can be very good. Oh of course, he's great. He's 1098 00:56:18,840 --> 00:56:21,440 Speaker 1: one of the very best we've ever seen. Now, speaking 1099 00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:25,120 Speaker 1: of social media channels, the Hopkins Spin a Rama video 1100 00:56:25,200 --> 00:56:28,360 Speaker 1: Goodness has blown up. It was the number one post 1101 00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:32,200 Speaker 1: and it got double. This is Yesterday got double with 1102 00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:36,360 Speaker 1: the Drew Breese Jersey going to Canton post gott double 1103 00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:39,200 Speaker 1: and it was created by Jay McDevitt and our video cruise. 1104 00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:41,960 Speaker 1: Congrats to them for doing such an outstanding job on that. 1105 00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:44,920 Speaker 1: And it's all over Houston, Texas dot Com, all our 1106 00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:47,719 Speaker 1: social media channels. It's so brilliant. It's brilliant. It's just 1107 00:56:47,840 --> 00:56:51,840 Speaker 1: hops spinning and yet all these different arenas. The dirty 1108 00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:54,520 Speaker 1: Dancing thing and you know, you don't recommended the dirty 1109 00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:57,920 Speaker 1: dancing thing. Was Tyler Marcott, who's like twenty two years older. 1110 00:56:58,000 --> 00:56:59,960 Speaker 1: Do you know about not putting baby in the corner? 1111 00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:02,160 Speaker 1: I don't know, but he got it right. And he said, 1112 00:57:02,360 --> 00:57:04,319 Speaker 1: I made sure that Jay used the new one. And 1113 00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:06,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, of course, I mean the old one, the 1114 00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:08,080 Speaker 1: old one. Rather of course you're gonna make sure he 1115 00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:10,399 Speaker 1: uses the old one. But how did you know, well 1116 00:57:10,520 --> 00:57:13,160 Speaker 1: do that? It's interesting you bring that up because this 1117 00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:15,600 Speaker 1: is a long, long time ago. But you remember Steve Miller, 1118 00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:18,920 Speaker 1: band of course, Fly Like an Eagle. So I'm driving. 1119 00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:21,040 Speaker 1: This is back when I was teaching coach and I 1120 00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:23,680 Speaker 1: was driving this group of kids around and Fly Like 1121 00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:26,280 Speaker 1: an Eagle came on. The came on the radio, right, 1122 00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:28,400 Speaker 1: And so I would always kind of like this is 1123 00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:30,760 Speaker 1: before you when you were in a car, I would 1124 00:57:30,800 --> 00:57:32,360 Speaker 1: tell you what was on the you know what was 1125 00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:33,920 Speaker 1: on the radio with right, it would just tell you 1126 00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:36,800 Speaker 1: the channel. And so the song came on and I 1127 00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:40,440 Speaker 1: was like, oh, this is such a great song. And 1128 00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:42,560 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, the kids are kind of listening 1129 00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:45,520 Speaker 1: at quiet No listen to it. Oh yeah. Seal was like, no, 1130 00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:50,760 Speaker 1: Eagle is They were like Seal space Jam And I 1131 00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:52,960 Speaker 1: was like no, because it was probably a year or 1132 00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:55,320 Speaker 1: two after Space Jam and come out and I'm like no, 1133 00:57:55,320 --> 00:57:57,560 Speaker 1: no, no no, no, this is Fly Like an Eagle Steve 1134 00:57:57,600 --> 00:58:00,440 Speaker 1: Miller band. That was at that moment that I was like, 1135 00:58:00,560 --> 00:58:02,680 Speaker 1: I'm I feel really old right now. And that was 1136 00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:04,160 Speaker 1: a long time ago. It was a long time ago. 1137 00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:07,920 Speaker 1: What are you now, ancient m what's the what's the 1138 00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:10,320 Speaker 1: equivalent of a male cougar? I don't know either way. 1139 00:58:10,560 --> 00:58:15,040 Speaker 1: Um Mark gutting out that win against Dallas as we've 1140 00:58:15,040 --> 00:58:16,960 Speaker 1: had time to kind of step back away from it, 1141 00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:19,439 Speaker 1: because in the moment, it's like you threw it down 1142 00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:21,280 Speaker 1: to me at one point and I was like, I can't, 1143 00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:23,720 Speaker 1: like I can't even stand up down here. I mean, 1144 00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:26,000 Speaker 1: I'm pacing and going back and your report at one 1145 00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:29,160 Speaker 1: point was I can't even I can't breathe dot dot dot. 1146 00:58:29,240 --> 00:58:31,920 Speaker 1: I was like, I don't know what it's This is nuts, 1147 00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:36,600 Speaker 1: And I now, I don't know. Three days since, I 1148 00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:38,960 Speaker 1: don't know that I've really even recovered from it. But 1149 00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:42,160 Speaker 1: just knowing that we won that game has given me 1150 00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:45,000 Speaker 1: good feelings for the last few days. As you've had 1151 00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:46,480 Speaker 1: a chance to step back from it. What are your 1152 00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:48,880 Speaker 1: overall thoughts from it? Well, I think it's, uh, it's 1153 00:58:48,920 --> 00:58:52,200 Speaker 1: an epic game. You know, it's not perfectly played, as 1154 00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:57,640 Speaker 1: we all know. Everyone talks about the red zone woes situations. 1155 00:58:57,760 --> 00:59:01,200 Speaker 1: I get that, but I pointed this out last night Johnny, 1156 00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:05,440 Speaker 1: that you know, the defense played great and the offense 1157 00:59:06,160 --> 00:59:08,000 Speaker 1: racked up a lot of yards and did enough for 1158 00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:10,000 Speaker 1: you to win the football game. And I think that 1159 00:59:10,040 --> 00:59:14,120 Speaker 1: you can never say that if you come up short 1160 00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:16,040 Speaker 1: on one of those drives. And yeah, you don't want 1161 00:59:16,040 --> 00:59:17,520 Speaker 1: to have to kick a field goal. You want to 1162 00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:20,760 Speaker 1: score a touchdown. Everybody knows this, but you've had the ball. 1163 00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:24,040 Speaker 1: And as opposed to the Giants game where you're going 1164 00:59:24,040 --> 00:59:25,280 Speaker 1: three and out, three and out, three and out of 1165 00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:26,760 Speaker 1: the first half and they get the ball back and 1166 00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:28,640 Speaker 1: your defense starts to get a little gassed and they 1167 00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:31,280 Speaker 1: start to make hey as opposed to that, well, you 1168 00:59:31,320 --> 00:59:33,600 Speaker 1: win the time of possession battle the other night, right, 1169 00:59:33,880 --> 00:59:35,520 Speaker 1: So even though you didn't score as much as you 1170 00:59:35,520 --> 00:59:37,840 Speaker 1: wanted to, you didn't cash in with those touchdowns. You 1171 00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:39,960 Speaker 1: did have the ball and you emptied the clock on 1172 00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:42,400 Speaker 1: their side of things, as you played a great defensive 1173 00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:45,200 Speaker 1: performance and held Elliott to fifty plus yards and the 1174 00:59:45,240 --> 00:59:47,560 Speaker 1: whole bit and half his yard per carry average and 1175 00:59:47,600 --> 00:59:51,720 Speaker 1: everything else. And now in Dallas, they're really really just 1176 00:59:52,360 --> 00:59:55,440 Speaker 1: befuddled over what to do about Dak Prescott and the 1177 00:59:55,480 --> 00:59:59,200 Speaker 1: wide receiver situation and everything else. So to me, I thought, 1178 00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:01,760 Speaker 1: the offense, yeah, they wanted to score more points, but 1179 01:00:01,840 --> 01:00:03,360 Speaker 1: they did enough to win the game. And when you 1180 01:00:03,440 --> 01:00:05,440 Speaker 1: needed a big play at the end, you got it. 1181 01:00:05,600 --> 01:00:08,600 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins off the arm of Watson, the tremendous catch 1182 01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:10,000 Speaker 1: and run. I mean, that's one of the plays that 1183 01:00:10,040 --> 01:00:13,800 Speaker 1: we'll remember forever. Really Yeah, Okay, here's your quiz question, 1184 01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:18,360 Speaker 1: Dregorio give him credit for this. Okay, how many times 1185 01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:21,920 Speaker 1: did Ezekiel Elliott touched the ball in overtime, fourth quarter 1186 01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:24,880 Speaker 1: and overtime? I think it's eight eight, but I heard 1187 01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:27,240 Speaker 1: him say this on the air last night on our 1188 01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:31,960 Speaker 1: seventeen yards total, that's total touches, seventeen yards in the 1189 01:00:32,320 --> 01:00:34,600 Speaker 1: what is the fourth quarters, quarter and overtime? How many 1190 01:00:34,680 --> 01:00:39,320 Speaker 1: rushes five? And how many yards one? One yard total? 1191 01:00:39,440 --> 01:00:42,320 Speaker 1: One yard that defense. And this was the concern that 1192 01:00:42,360 --> 01:00:45,040 Speaker 1: I had Mark going back and thinking about it, was 1193 01:00:45,120 --> 01:00:50,439 Speaker 1: the fatigue factor because in Indianapolis it was evident how 1194 01:00:50,680 --> 01:00:56,240 Speaker 1: tired and gas that unit was, and then they found 1195 01:00:56,400 --> 01:00:58,880 Speaker 1: some resolve to end up getting to stop in overtime 1196 01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:01,480 Speaker 1: before they could kick the field, will win it? You 1197 01:01:01,560 --> 01:01:03,600 Speaker 1: did not see that on Sunday night. Then I went 1198 01:01:03,640 --> 01:01:05,760 Speaker 1: and I looked at the play chart and I realized 1199 01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:10,400 Speaker 1: why in regulation they only faced fifty three plays? That 1200 01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:13,440 Speaker 1: was it, wow, fifty three? So in defense in total 1201 01:01:13,480 --> 01:01:16,360 Speaker 1: they faced sixty. Well that goes back to my point. 1202 01:01:16,400 --> 01:01:18,280 Speaker 1: Why because they got off the field and because the 1203 01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:20,800 Speaker 1: offense had the ball a lot, they had the ball 1204 01:01:20,800 --> 01:01:22,440 Speaker 1: a lot. Even though they didn't score as much as 1205 01:01:22,480 --> 01:01:23,920 Speaker 1: they wanted to, they had the ball a lot. The 1206 01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:26,040 Speaker 1: defense had to go, didn't have to go back out 1207 01:01:26,040 --> 01:01:28,320 Speaker 1: there right away. Okay, so let's leave the Cowboys game 1208 01:01:28,320 --> 01:01:31,480 Speaker 1: behind and start thinking about Buffalo. Okay, I'm gonna throw 1209 01:01:31,520 --> 01:01:35,760 Speaker 1: two scenaras at you because we don't know Shaun Watson plays, 1210 01:01:35,760 --> 01:01:39,600 Speaker 1: Shaun Watson does not play, or Shawn Watson plays Brandon 1211 01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:42,800 Speaker 1: Whedon plays. Yeah, going against Buffalo one of the I 1212 01:01:42,840 --> 01:01:46,360 Speaker 1: think if I think people won't recognize Buffalo as good 1213 01:01:46,360 --> 01:01:48,920 Speaker 1: as it is defensively just because they're kin off the 1214 01:01:48,920 --> 01:01:50,600 Speaker 1: beaten path. They're not one of the top teams in 1215 01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:53,720 Speaker 1: the league. Yep. I don't think people see Buffalo in 1216 01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:56,120 Speaker 1: that realm. But I'm telling you right now, with Jerry 1217 01:01:56,200 --> 01:01:59,920 Speaker 1: Hughes and Shack Lawson and Kyle Williams Matt Mlano at linebackers, 1218 01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:01,840 Speaker 1: I think one of the more underrated guys, Tremaide Edmunds, 1219 01:02:01,880 --> 01:02:04,160 Speaker 1: was a high draft pick, and that's secondary. He's got 1220 01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:07,680 Speaker 1: Trevious White, who's an All Pro already. This is a 1221 01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:12,080 Speaker 1: tough defensive challenge with the Sean, without the Seawan, and 1222 01:02:12,120 --> 01:02:15,840 Speaker 1: with Brandon Weedon do you approach it? Do you approach 1223 01:02:15,880 --> 01:02:18,200 Speaker 1: it differently? Because even if the Sean plays, you maybe 1224 01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:19,960 Speaker 1: don't want him get out of the pocket. Maybe you 1225 01:02:20,320 --> 01:02:22,200 Speaker 1: scale back someim of the things you're doing with the 1226 01:02:22,280 --> 01:02:24,800 Speaker 1: run game. If you plays, how do you approach it 1227 01:02:24,840 --> 01:02:27,120 Speaker 1: with or without the Shawan going against this buffalo? Well, 1228 01:02:27,320 --> 01:02:29,680 Speaker 1: I think no matter what the game plan is, Deshan 1229 01:02:30,040 --> 01:02:33,520 Speaker 1: does find a way to extend things and make plays. 1230 01:02:33,520 --> 01:02:35,640 Speaker 1: And I think there's no way, as Bill O'Brien would 1231 01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:38,880 Speaker 1: point out, that you can limit his competitiveness. And even 1232 01:02:38,920 --> 01:02:41,040 Speaker 1: if you tell him listen, throw it away, whatever, you know, 1233 01:02:41,040 --> 01:02:42,920 Speaker 1: he's gonna he's gonna roll out, He's gonna try to 1234 01:02:42,960 --> 01:02:45,360 Speaker 1: make plays because that's just who he is. So I 1235 01:02:45,720 --> 01:02:48,400 Speaker 1: hope to see him. We don't know what the injuries 1236 01:02:48,480 --> 01:02:50,640 Speaker 1: really are, how bad they are, that kind of thing. 1237 01:02:50,680 --> 01:02:52,560 Speaker 1: I don't care what you're reading on the injury report. 1238 01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:55,520 Speaker 1: You just don't. You can't read how badly it hurts, 1239 01:02:55,960 --> 01:02:59,200 Speaker 1: how bad, how bad the pain is, what his what 1240 01:02:59,480 --> 01:03:02,720 Speaker 1: is his threshold for tolerating such pair? I don't know 1241 01:03:02,760 --> 01:03:05,240 Speaker 1: all those things. Yeah, but to me, if Weedon plays, 1242 01:03:05,560 --> 01:03:08,280 Speaker 1: you know you could see this being one of those 1243 01:03:08,280 --> 01:03:11,800 Speaker 1: Bill O'Brian classic, thirteen ten type victories. You know, if 1244 01:03:12,120 --> 01:03:14,960 Speaker 1: you do get the win, I'll say this about Buffalo, 1245 01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:17,200 Speaker 1: and I know you're not just Lou holtzing this. I 1246 01:03:17,280 --> 01:03:19,320 Speaker 1: was on the air yesterday in San Antonio talking about 1247 01:03:19,320 --> 01:03:21,439 Speaker 1: their defense sixth raided in the league in total yards 1248 01:03:21,440 --> 01:03:23,960 Speaker 1: and everything, and they just accused me of being Lou Holtz, 1249 01:03:24,040 --> 01:03:27,080 Speaker 1: that I was just trying to oversell the Buffalo Bills. 1250 01:03:27,320 --> 01:03:29,920 Speaker 1: But what did I just say about offense? Right, offense 1251 01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:31,919 Speaker 1: stays on the field, it makes the defense a whole 1252 01:03:31,920 --> 01:03:34,080 Speaker 1: lot better. But the Bills offense is not staying on 1253 01:03:34,080 --> 01:03:36,800 Speaker 1: the field. They're twenty five percent in third down conversions 1254 01:03:36,840 --> 01:03:39,840 Speaker 1: this year. That's not a good number, right. You look 1255 01:03:39,880 --> 01:03:42,960 Speaker 1: at Josh Allen's two touchdowns, five picks. They're turning the 1256 01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:45,320 Speaker 1: ball over. Now they're getting turnovers, but they're turning the 1257 01:03:45,320 --> 01:03:47,360 Speaker 1: ball over and they've got the same record as the 1258 01:03:47,360 --> 01:03:50,840 Speaker 1: Texans and their offense is doing virtually nothing really joy 1259 01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:54,840 Speaker 1: So to me, that scares me even more about this defense. 1260 01:03:54,880 --> 01:03:57,360 Speaker 1: Can you imagine if the Bill's offense was really a 1261 01:03:57,520 --> 01:04:00,760 Speaker 1: going concern, if it was doing something I'll put them 1262 01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:03,840 Speaker 1: in air quotes. You could say that this defense certainly 1263 01:04:03,880 --> 01:04:06,520 Speaker 1: one of the best in the league without question. You 1264 01:04:06,520 --> 01:04:08,680 Speaker 1: could still say it now. That's how they've got their 1265 01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:11,880 Speaker 1: two wins. And you and I were in Minnesota two 1266 01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:16,360 Speaker 1: years ago. That place is a haunted house. I mean 1267 01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:18,960 Speaker 1: house of horrors, house of pain. I don't want to 1268 01:04:18,960 --> 01:04:21,200 Speaker 1: steal that because it's an astroom thing from bas gone by, 1269 01:04:21,240 --> 01:04:23,240 Speaker 1: but you get my drift. It was horrible to be 1270 01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:28,280 Speaker 1: in that joint skull, the chanting, the Stonehenge stuff they 1271 01:04:28,360 --> 01:04:29,880 Speaker 1: come out of at the beginning of the game. I'm 1272 01:04:29,880 --> 01:04:33,120 Speaker 1: going spinal tap on you here. So to me, I 1273 01:04:33,120 --> 01:04:35,640 Speaker 1: think that's an impressive win. I think beating the Titans 1274 01:04:35,640 --> 01:04:38,120 Speaker 1: because you know, they had the Titans undivided, the tension, 1275 01:04:38,120 --> 01:04:40,000 Speaker 1: and the Titans couldn't do anything about it or do 1276 01:04:40,120 --> 01:04:42,400 Speaker 1: enough about it. They lost the game. So the Bills 1277 01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:44,919 Speaker 1: are certainly a team that's coming in here in their 1278 01:04:44,960 --> 01:04:48,920 Speaker 1: minds nothing to lose. They feel like, all right, everyone 1279 01:04:48,960 --> 01:04:51,520 Speaker 1: thinks we're rebuilding anyway, and we kind of are, but 1280 01:04:51,600 --> 01:04:54,320 Speaker 1: let's just go to Houston and try to ambush them 1281 01:04:54,360 --> 01:04:56,720 Speaker 1: and come up with the upset. So I think it's 1282 01:04:56,760 --> 01:04:59,840 Speaker 1: a tough game no matter who starts A quarterback. Watson Weedon. 1283 01:05:00,160 --> 01:05:02,080 Speaker 1: If Joe Webb plays, I don't know what they do. 1284 01:05:02,120 --> 01:05:04,600 Speaker 1: And by the way, if Weeden ends up having to 1285 01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:07,000 Speaker 1: play this game, I want to see a Joe Webb package. 1286 01:05:07,040 --> 01:05:09,240 Speaker 1: I want to see Joe Webber said, I want to 1287 01:05:09,240 --> 01:05:11,640 Speaker 1: see Joe Webb play two or three series. I think 1288 01:05:11,640 --> 01:05:14,560 Speaker 1: that would be good. If Watson's not playing and Weedon 1289 01:05:14,600 --> 01:05:16,760 Speaker 1: has to start, just to throw in the Joe Webb 1290 01:05:16,800 --> 01:05:19,680 Speaker 1: equation a little bit. Let the Bills think about that. 1291 01:05:19,760 --> 01:05:22,520 Speaker 1: I'd almost if they knew. And I don't know what's 1292 01:05:22,520 --> 01:05:24,200 Speaker 1: gonna happen towards the end of the week, if it 1293 01:05:24,280 --> 01:05:26,680 Speaker 1: was an official that Watson was out, I'd almost want 1294 01:05:26,720 --> 01:05:28,360 Speaker 1: the Bills to know that Webb is playing so they 1295 01:05:28,360 --> 01:05:30,120 Speaker 1: didn't have to get ready for it. That would be 1296 01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:32,320 Speaker 1: something they would definitely have to get get ready for. 1297 01:05:32,920 --> 01:05:35,920 Speaker 1: I go back to that game against Tennessee back in 1298 01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:39,240 Speaker 1: twenty fifteen, and I think about Brandon in the preseason 1299 01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:41,800 Speaker 1: this year, and there were times where about Brandon looked 1300 01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:43,360 Speaker 1: pretty good in the preseason, and I thought there were 1301 01:05:43,360 --> 01:05:45,160 Speaker 1: times I was like that ain't got a little shaky. 1302 01:05:45,280 --> 01:05:47,680 Speaker 1: But part of that is and I think back to 1303 01:05:47,680 --> 01:05:50,720 Speaker 1: that game against Tennessee in twenty fifteen, he had hop 1304 01:05:50,920 --> 01:05:52,960 Speaker 1: and hop had had a heck of a game. He 1305 01:05:53,000 --> 01:05:54,640 Speaker 1: had a great game, and that I remember him going 1306 01:05:54,640 --> 01:05:56,520 Speaker 1: over Cody sends him on the end zone and then 1307 01:05:56,520 --> 01:05:59,600 Speaker 1: Brandon scrambled for a touchdown in that game and the 1308 01:05:59,680 --> 01:06:04,080 Speaker 1: four in that game. Thinking back to Brandon, if you remember, 1309 01:06:04,280 --> 01:06:08,120 Speaker 1: we had signed J. T. Daniels with Daniels J noj 1310 01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:10,720 Speaker 1: BJ Daniels had side b J Daniels and what do 1311 01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:12,520 Speaker 1: we do? Brandon would come out for a little bit, 1312 01:06:12,560 --> 01:06:14,840 Speaker 1: they put b J. Daniels in, They a quarterback run 1313 01:06:14,920 --> 01:06:16,800 Speaker 1: stuff with him, and then we'd even go back in 1314 01:06:16,840 --> 01:06:19,360 Speaker 1: the game and in Brandon. I don't want to say 1315 01:06:19,360 --> 01:06:21,479 Speaker 1: Brandon was flawless that day. And look, it's a little 1316 01:06:21,480 --> 01:06:24,400 Speaker 1: different Titans defense at twenty fifteen than the Bill's defense 1317 01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:27,000 Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen, but that formula was there. Now you've 1318 01:06:27,000 --> 01:06:29,520 Speaker 1: got a few more weapons that you can put with Hopkins, 1319 01:06:29,520 --> 01:06:33,600 Speaker 1: with Fuller, with Keiki, hopefully getting Lamar back, etc. I 1320 01:06:33,600 --> 01:06:37,160 Speaker 1: don't want to say that, I'm I don't want to. 1321 01:06:37,160 --> 01:06:38,920 Speaker 1: I don't want to go into a deep depression if 1322 01:06:38,960 --> 01:06:41,200 Speaker 1: DeShawn doesn't play. And a lot of fans because look 1323 01:06:41,520 --> 01:06:46,160 Speaker 1: watching Shawn Watson is it's I mean, it's a pleasure. 1324 01:06:46,600 --> 01:06:49,960 Speaker 1: I mean it's it's such it's such a pleasure to 1325 01:06:50,040 --> 01:06:52,520 Speaker 1: watch him play football, and I never want to take 1326 01:06:52,560 --> 01:06:54,680 Speaker 1: that for granted. There's a part of me that wants 1327 01:06:54,680 --> 01:06:56,680 Speaker 1: to see what Brandon Weeden's able to do with the 1328 01:06:56,720 --> 01:07:00,320 Speaker 1: first unit, with this group running the offense and letting 1329 01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:02,360 Speaker 1: Bill Brian craft the game plant if it is going 1330 01:07:02,400 --> 01:07:05,560 Speaker 1: to be branded around being in Buffalo Bills. Here's the 1331 01:07:05,560 --> 01:07:08,760 Speaker 1: other thing about facing the Bills too, even though they're 1332 01:07:08,760 --> 01:07:11,080 Speaker 1: in the ANFC East, we don't we haven't played him 1333 01:07:11,080 --> 01:07:14,200 Speaker 1: since the twenty fifteen We don't play him often. Secondary 1334 01:07:14,200 --> 01:07:18,040 Speaker 1: coach John Butler knows this team intimately. Brian day Ball, 1335 01:07:18,120 --> 01:07:21,120 Speaker 1: who was the offensive coordinator who was just Alabama just 1336 01:07:21,160 --> 01:07:23,960 Speaker 1: took over as offensive coordinator, was the offensive coordinator for 1337 01:07:24,760 --> 01:07:28,240 Speaker 1: Romeo Crenell in Kansas City, So day Ball is gonna 1338 01:07:28,280 --> 01:07:32,640 Speaker 1: know about Racks defense. So there's gonna be some intimate knowledge. 1339 01:07:32,640 --> 01:07:34,560 Speaker 1: And of course Brian Gaines on our side, he spent 1340 01:07:34,720 --> 01:07:37,080 Speaker 1: last year. Yeah up there. Charice Wright played for the 1341 01:07:37,080 --> 01:07:39,440 Speaker 1: Bills last year. There are a lot of connections, and 1342 01:07:39,480 --> 01:07:44,080 Speaker 1: I'm talking recent connections which make this really really interesting. 1343 01:07:44,120 --> 01:07:45,840 Speaker 1: But the question is gonna be all weak whether the 1344 01:07:45,880 --> 01:07:50,480 Speaker 1: Shan is able to go in this one and hopefully 1345 01:07:50,560 --> 01:07:52,080 Speaker 1: and you know, I think back to that Seattle game 1346 01:07:52,160 --> 01:07:55,040 Speaker 1: last year and then finding out towards ACL once you hurt, 1347 01:07:55,120 --> 01:07:57,000 Speaker 1: knew that you knew you weren't going to see him 1348 01:07:57,000 --> 01:07:58,840 Speaker 1: if the Shan doesn't play, And I remember that distinctly. 1349 01:07:58,880 --> 01:08:01,320 Speaker 1: We played the Colts last year right after he got hurt. 1350 01:08:01,360 --> 01:08:03,200 Speaker 1: He was on the sidelines, he was walking around on 1351 01:08:03,240 --> 01:08:05,040 Speaker 1: the sidelines. I just remember looking at him like, we're 1352 01:08:05,080 --> 01:08:06,720 Speaker 1: never gonna We're not gonna see you again this year? 1353 01:08:06,760 --> 01:08:10,240 Speaker 1: Are It just got me so upset. If he doesn't 1354 01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:12,600 Speaker 1: play and he's in street closing the sideline, I'll be like, 1355 01:08:12,680 --> 01:08:15,840 Speaker 1: okay next week, Yeah, okay, next week. It's not next 1356 01:08:15,880 --> 01:08:18,160 Speaker 1: year next week. Well, that's what they have to weigh. 1357 01:08:18,160 --> 01:08:21,000 Speaker 1: That's the medical people have to weigh. Whatever he's got. 1358 01:08:21,720 --> 01:08:24,280 Speaker 1: Is it going to help that much to sit him 1359 01:08:24,320 --> 01:08:27,200 Speaker 1: out one week or two or whatever it's gonna be, 1360 01:08:27,400 --> 01:08:30,200 Speaker 1: if it has to be anything, or do you just 1361 01:08:30,280 --> 01:08:32,200 Speaker 1: go ahead and do it because it's not gonna get 1362 01:08:32,240 --> 01:08:34,040 Speaker 1: any worse or better or whatever. I mean, things can 1363 01:08:34,040 --> 01:08:36,639 Speaker 1: always get worse, I guess, But that's a tough decision. 1364 01:08:36,680 --> 01:08:39,400 Speaker 1: That's an interesting decision, But your seasons on the line 1365 01:08:39,439 --> 01:08:41,720 Speaker 1: every week now because you used up whatever margin of 1366 01:08:41,840 --> 01:08:44,599 Speaker 1: error you have with the O and three start now 1367 01:08:44,640 --> 01:08:46,760 Speaker 1: after five games. If you were four and one going 1368 01:08:46,800 --> 01:08:49,400 Speaker 1: into this thing, you might feel a little different, but 1369 01:08:49,520 --> 01:08:51,439 Speaker 1: you're not. You're two and three and you have to 1370 01:08:51,520 --> 01:08:53,200 Speaker 1: have it to get back to five hundred, and you 1371 01:08:53,240 --> 01:08:55,839 Speaker 1: have that huge date with Jacksonville looming on the horizon, 1372 01:08:55,880 --> 01:08:58,600 Speaker 1: no doubt in Jacksonville's got to go to Dallas seemingly 1373 01:08:58,640 --> 01:09:01,840 Speaker 1: without four nette and death, without Corey Grant and with 1374 01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:03,960 Speaker 1: Blake Bortles. Did you see the video that was put 1375 01:09:03,960 --> 01:09:06,240 Speaker 1: out with the Benny Hill music. Oh, I watched the game. 1376 01:09:06,280 --> 01:09:08,840 Speaker 1: I didn't need I mean it was they show the 1377 01:09:08,840 --> 01:09:11,720 Speaker 1: throw that he makes that gets off the helmet for 1378 01:09:11,840 --> 01:09:15,400 Speaker 1: the interception. I don't know what he's doing. I remember 1379 01:09:15,400 --> 01:09:16,880 Speaker 1: when my kids were growing up and I was teaching 1380 01:09:16,920 --> 01:09:18,400 Speaker 1: him to throw. And I don't know if it was 1381 01:09:18,439 --> 01:09:21,479 Speaker 1: this way with with the vander kids, but my kids 1382 01:09:21,560 --> 01:09:23,960 Speaker 1: always wanted to step with the same foot they were 1383 01:09:23,960 --> 01:09:27,639 Speaker 1: throwing with. Yeah, that's what he did, That's what he did, 1384 01:09:27,920 --> 01:09:30,280 Speaker 1: and then he bounces it off. Aj Kant's helmet. It's like, 1385 01:09:30,320 --> 01:09:32,000 Speaker 1: you know, you deserve it when you do things like that. 1386 01:09:32,160 --> 01:09:36,240 Speaker 1: Has had some of the weirdest bounces, remember Mercilesses fo Yeah, yeah, 1387 01:09:36,280 --> 01:09:42,599 Speaker 1: the bumble, I mean, yeah, exactly so blake. And yet 1388 01:09:42,680 --> 01:09:44,760 Speaker 1: in December we went back there last year and he 1389 01:09:44,800 --> 01:09:47,679 Speaker 1: hammered us. I know, he made he complete every pass 1390 01:09:47,760 --> 01:09:49,439 Speaker 1: it gets new English year he completed and all those 1391 01:09:49,439 --> 01:09:51,519 Speaker 1: guys who were on the practice squad sleeping in cars 1392 01:09:51,600 --> 01:09:53,640 Speaker 1: or whatever a couple of months earlier just killed us. 1393 01:09:53,680 --> 01:09:56,439 Speaker 1: So we don't want to see that again. Yeah exactly. So, Yeah, 1394 01:09:56,439 --> 01:09:58,880 Speaker 1: they got to go to Dallas and then Tennessee gets 1395 01:09:58,920 --> 01:10:01,519 Speaker 1: a visit from the Ravens, so hopefully they can give 1396 01:10:01,600 --> 01:10:03,439 Speaker 1: us Baltimore and Dallas can give us a little bit 1397 01:10:03,439 --> 01:10:05,080 Speaker 1: of help the bring everybody back to her. I don't 1398 01:10:05,080 --> 01:10:06,960 Speaker 1: need to see the division as good as everyone thought 1399 01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:10,040 Speaker 1: they might be. I'd take like, let's just water this 1400 01:10:10,120 --> 01:10:13,519 Speaker 1: baby down, Okay, don't care. Mark appreciate it. Thanks Johnny. 1401 01:10:13,800 --> 01:10:17,479 Speaker 1: We have one final segment for our Wednesday show, and 1402 01:10:17,600 --> 01:10:20,519 Speaker 1: we devote that to our good buddy Andre Ware. Coming 1403 01:10:20,600 --> 01:10:38,320 Speaker 1: up next on Texans A Access, this week's stats Challenge 1404 01:10:38,360 --> 01:10:41,519 Speaker 1: is brought to you by Schlumberge. Visit Houston Texans dot 1405 01:10:41,520 --> 01:10:45,800 Speaker 1: com today to register to take the Stats Challenge. All right, 1406 01:10:45,840 --> 01:10:49,040 Speaker 1: I got a few things for you on the stats Challenge. 1407 01:10:49,479 --> 01:10:55,000 Speaker 1: Number one, eight for seventeen. Now, if I did a 1408 01:10:55,040 --> 01:11:00,680 Speaker 1: little further math on that, eight for seventeen is two 1409 01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:05,519 Speaker 1: two point zero two five two point zero two five 1410 01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:10,000 Speaker 1: yards per touch. Keep that in mind. Okay, the other 1411 01:11:10,040 --> 01:11:15,919 Speaker 1: stat is also five for one. That's zero point two 1412 01:11:16,280 --> 01:11:21,960 Speaker 1: yards per carry. Now what is that? Those are Ezekiel 1413 01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:27,320 Speaker 1: Elliott's numbers in the fourth quarter slash overtime combined, he 1414 01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:33,320 Speaker 1: had eight touches for seventeen yards. Eight for seventeen. That 1415 01:11:33,439 --> 01:11:38,439 Speaker 1: amounts to a two point zero two five yards per touch. Now, 1416 01:11:38,600 --> 01:11:42,639 Speaker 1: when I'm talking touches, I'm talking about runs and pass 1417 01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:45,280 Speaker 1: So whether he touched it in the run game, whether 1418 01:11:45,280 --> 01:11:47,240 Speaker 1: he touched it in the receiving game, every time he 1419 01:11:47,280 --> 01:11:51,320 Speaker 1: touched it two yards. That's it eight times in overtime 1420 01:11:51,840 --> 01:11:56,439 Speaker 1: and in the fourth quarter combined, five for one. What 1421 01:11:56,600 --> 01:11:58,920 Speaker 1: is that? That's the number of carries that he actually 1422 01:11:58,960 --> 01:12:03,280 Speaker 1: had five five carries for one yard. That amounts to 1423 01:12:03,400 --> 01:12:09,479 Speaker 1: zero point two yards per carry on those five carries 1424 01:12:09,880 --> 01:12:12,559 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter slash over time, in money time, 1425 01:12:12,680 --> 01:12:16,559 Speaker 1: the Texans defense was absolute money. Now I'm gonna give 1426 01:12:16,560 --> 01:12:21,920 Speaker 1: you another right here with the Buffalo Bills. The number 1427 01:12:22,040 --> 01:12:27,000 Speaker 1: is twenty five point four. Twenty five point four. What 1428 01:12:27,200 --> 01:12:31,719 Speaker 1: is that? That is the third down percentage conversion rate 1429 01:12:32,240 --> 01:12:38,040 Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills, eighteen of seventy one. On the 1430 01:12:38,080 --> 01:12:43,080 Speaker 1: flip side, opponents against the Bills are registering a forty 1431 01:12:43,120 --> 01:12:49,640 Speaker 1: five point six percent third down conversion number. Those are astounding, 1432 01:12:50,360 --> 01:12:54,280 Speaker 1: Those are astounding. That difference in third downs should amount 1433 01:12:54,320 --> 01:12:57,360 Speaker 1: to a Bills team being owned five yet two and three? 1434 01:12:57,880 --> 01:13:07,759 Speaker 1: Why here's one? Seven interceptions? Seven interceptions. They have forced 1435 01:13:09,280 --> 01:13:13,680 Speaker 1: sixteen fumbles and gotten six of them. Are my numbers correct? On? That? 1436 01:13:13,760 --> 01:13:17,759 Speaker 1: Is that? For real? The opponents have fumbled sixteen times 1437 01:13:17,800 --> 01:13:21,200 Speaker 1: against the Bills and they've only well, first of all 1438 01:13:21,280 --> 01:13:24,519 Speaker 1: the fact that they have forced Holy smokes, they have 1439 01:13:24,640 --> 01:13:31,000 Speaker 1: forced almost over three fumbles a game. Oh my goodness, 1440 01:13:31,560 --> 01:13:33,360 Speaker 1: I don't know if that number is correct, and I 1441 01:13:33,400 --> 01:13:38,640 Speaker 1: guess it is. I mean, it's right there. Thirteen turnovers 1442 01:13:40,080 --> 01:13:43,640 Speaker 1: in five games they've generated and they've only given it 1443 01:13:43,720 --> 01:13:46,280 Speaker 1: up four times. If you want to understand the biggest 1444 01:13:46,280 --> 01:13:49,679 Speaker 1: stat in the NFL, that's it right there, my friends there, 1445 01:13:49,680 --> 01:13:52,639 Speaker 1: it is all right. We'll finish up our final segment. 1446 01:13:53,240 --> 01:13:55,200 Speaker 1: I'm your host, as I've said many times, John Harris, 1447 01:13:55,240 --> 01:13:57,760 Speaker 1: football analyst and sideline reporter, and I get to spend 1448 01:13:57,760 --> 01:14:01,519 Speaker 1: the afternoon with these next two gentlemen every Sunday, Sunday night, 1449 01:14:01,600 --> 01:14:03,760 Speaker 1: Monday night, depending on when the Texans are playing. I 1450 01:14:03,840 --> 01:14:06,200 Speaker 1: spend it with these two gentlemen, Love them dearly. And 1451 01:14:06,200 --> 01:14:08,240 Speaker 1: here's our buddy Andre where with the voice of Texans 1452 01:14:08,280 --> 01:14:12,759 Speaker 1: Markandemir dre coming off the Sunday night showdown with Dallas. 1453 01:14:13,240 --> 01:14:15,920 Speaker 1: What about a look ahead factor here against Buffalo? Does 1454 01:14:15,960 --> 01:14:18,320 Speaker 1: that kind of thing really exist with players? Because you 1455 01:14:18,360 --> 01:14:20,800 Speaker 1: have such a huge game with Jacksonville the following week, 1456 01:14:20,840 --> 01:14:23,320 Speaker 1: You're coming off a big emotional win over the Cowboys. 1457 01:14:23,400 --> 01:14:26,960 Speaker 1: How about that part of it? No, I don't the 1458 01:14:27,000 --> 01:14:30,800 Speaker 1: place the Texans are in. It's very much week the 1459 01:14:30,880 --> 01:14:34,160 Speaker 1: week and let's let's let's get back to five hundred 1460 01:14:34,479 --> 01:14:37,120 Speaker 1: and then we'll you know, proceed from there. But I 1461 01:14:37,120 --> 01:14:41,160 Speaker 1: don't think there's any look ahead towards Jacksonville because you know, 1462 01:14:41,200 --> 01:14:46,000 Speaker 1: who knows how the division shakes out. If Jacksonville gets 1463 01:14:46,040 --> 01:14:48,200 Speaker 1: beat this week and then you know, you don't know 1464 01:14:48,240 --> 01:14:50,799 Speaker 1: what you have if the Texans don't take care of business, 1465 01:14:50,840 --> 01:14:54,919 Speaker 1: because they're looking forward to Jacksonville, are looking past Buffalo 1466 01:14:55,000 --> 01:14:57,360 Speaker 1: to Jacksonville. So you want to make sure that you 1467 01:14:57,479 --> 01:15:00,160 Speaker 1: take care of what you can control. And I've think 1468 01:15:00,240 --> 01:15:02,960 Speaker 1: that's the place that this team is in. All right. 1469 01:15:02,960 --> 01:15:05,640 Speaker 1: What about Deshaun Watson taking all these hits. You know, 1470 01:15:05,680 --> 01:15:08,799 Speaker 1: it's funny because the past protection was pretty good against 1471 01:15:08,840 --> 01:15:11,479 Speaker 1: the Cowboys, but he likes to make plays. He likes 1472 01:15:11,479 --> 01:15:13,400 Speaker 1: to make plays with his feet. Billow Brian says, you 1473 01:15:13,400 --> 01:15:16,559 Speaker 1: don't want to douse his competitiveness, but you also have 1474 01:15:16,600 --> 01:15:18,080 Speaker 1: to find a way to protect him. So what do 1475 01:15:18,080 --> 01:15:20,280 Speaker 1: you think in that department? You know, I think it 1476 01:15:20,320 --> 01:15:24,080 Speaker 1: can help himself a lot in that regard. Just about 1477 01:15:24,400 --> 01:15:27,080 Speaker 1: getting rid of the football a little faster. We know 1478 01:15:27,200 --> 01:15:30,560 Speaker 1: that things up front aren't going to be absolutely perfect, 1479 01:15:30,800 --> 01:15:33,280 Speaker 1: but getting out of bounds a little bit faster than 1480 01:15:33,360 --> 01:15:36,080 Speaker 1: you when you do decide to run, and as well 1481 01:15:36,160 --> 01:15:38,680 Speaker 1: getting down so you can you can protect yourself and 1482 01:15:38,880 --> 01:15:43,200 Speaker 1: still be as dynamic, maybe even more so because you're 1483 01:15:43,200 --> 01:15:46,160 Speaker 1: a little bit healthier and you can play faster from 1484 01:15:46,200 --> 01:15:49,200 Speaker 1: not having taken hits. The thing about taking hits is 1485 01:15:49,240 --> 01:15:52,120 Speaker 1: that they may not it may not be immediate, it 1486 01:15:52,160 --> 01:15:54,679 Speaker 1: may be over the course of a couple of games, 1487 01:15:54,720 --> 01:15:58,120 Speaker 1: and over the course of those games, you also start 1488 01:15:58,160 --> 01:16:02,599 Speaker 1: to slow down as a player because you're being worn down, 1489 01:16:02,680 --> 01:16:05,479 Speaker 1: You're you're sore up until the point of the game 1490 01:16:05,640 --> 01:16:09,000 Speaker 1: or when the game kicks up. So it's it's an 1491 01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:13,200 Speaker 1: accumulation of hits that winds up hurtin you down the road, 1492 01:16:13,240 --> 01:16:16,200 Speaker 1: and not so much the immediate. So you know, just 1493 01:16:16,200 --> 01:16:19,960 Speaker 1: those things are listed. He can help himself tremendously. Andre 1494 01:16:20,040 --> 01:16:23,439 Speaker 1: as good as DeAndre Hopkins is, it appears that with 1495 01:16:23,600 --> 01:16:27,120 Speaker 1: Watson it's a whole new level. You know, we think 1496 01:16:27,160 --> 01:16:30,240 Speaker 1: about that catch and run against Seattle last year. You 1497 01:16:30,320 --> 01:16:31,760 Speaker 1: think about what you saw at the end of the 1498 01:16:31,800 --> 01:16:34,519 Speaker 1: game against the Cowboys. It's really fun to watch him 1499 01:16:34,600 --> 01:16:37,559 Speaker 1: running with the football. We've seen the toe tapping stuff before, 1500 01:16:37,600 --> 01:16:41,800 Speaker 1: but he's the all encompassing, complete game wide receiver. Yeah, 1501 01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:45,519 Speaker 1: he's uh, he's been fun to watch, you know, the 1502 01:16:45,680 --> 01:16:48,559 Speaker 1: entire time that he's been here, and he's just gotten 1503 01:16:48,640 --> 01:16:51,719 Speaker 1: better and better each and every year. You can see 1504 01:16:52,120 --> 01:16:55,680 Speaker 1: the tremendous confidence in which he plays the game with. 1505 01:16:56,040 --> 01:16:58,400 Speaker 1: I mean, in his mind and the way, even the 1506 01:16:58,439 --> 01:17:00,800 Speaker 1: way he walks, you can see it. He's the best 1507 01:17:00,800 --> 01:17:03,760 Speaker 1: player on the field. I mean, you know, we may 1508 01:17:03,840 --> 01:17:08,200 Speaker 1: think it's Deshaun Watson or somebody. No, in his mind, 1509 01:17:08,240 --> 01:17:11,599 Speaker 1: there's no doubt who owns the field. And he plays 1510 01:17:11,680 --> 01:17:14,080 Speaker 1: that way and you can see it in his body 1511 01:17:14,160 --> 01:17:17,439 Speaker 1: language is such that as a teammate you can seed 1512 01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:20,720 Speaker 1: from that and uh and you try to match it 1513 01:17:20,720 --> 01:17:23,160 Speaker 1: each and every day, each and every game. He's the 1514 01:17:23,240 --> 01:17:27,280 Speaker 1: perfect example for a young receiver trying to trying to 1515 01:17:27,320 --> 01:17:31,160 Speaker 1: come up in this in the NFL as well. I 1516 01:17:31,240 --> 01:17:35,680 Speaker 1: think the two of them are. I think DeAndre is 1517 01:17:35,720 --> 01:17:39,439 Speaker 1: going to benefit from Deshaun because he keeps plays alive 1518 01:17:39,960 --> 01:17:44,920 Speaker 1: and DeAndre is never not open, so he's going to 1519 01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:48,120 Speaker 1: make sure that I'm presenting. He's presenting himself to the 1520 01:17:48,240 --> 01:17:50,840 Speaker 1: quarterback each and every route, and when he sees him 1521 01:17:50,840 --> 01:17:54,680 Speaker 1: break the pocket, it's an opportunity not to have a 1522 01:17:54,760 --> 01:17:59,160 Speaker 1: play in, but to succeed and score or get close 1523 01:17:59,200 --> 01:18:01,879 Speaker 1: to scoring if I just moved myself in a position 1524 01:18:01,920 --> 01:18:05,160 Speaker 1: where this guy's gonna find me. So it's a marriage 1525 01:18:05,200 --> 01:18:08,759 Speaker 1: made in heaven that these two are playing together Andre 1526 01:18:08,920 --> 01:18:13,160 Speaker 1: every year that Romeo Crenells coordinated this defense. They've gotten 1527 01:18:13,280 --> 01:18:15,880 Speaker 1: better as the season has gone along. The last year 1528 01:18:15,880 --> 01:18:17,960 Speaker 1: it doesn't count because it was Rabel and also all 1529 01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:20,280 Speaker 1: the injuries and let's just throw that one out, and 1530 01:18:20,320 --> 01:18:22,720 Speaker 1: the Texans are coming out their best defensive performance, So 1531 01:18:22,760 --> 01:18:25,559 Speaker 1: you hope the improvement continues. Why do you think that is? 1532 01:18:25,720 --> 01:18:28,439 Speaker 1: We always talk about defense being breaking things down as 1533 01:18:28,439 --> 01:18:30,240 Speaker 1: opposed to building it up, and maybe they can get 1534 01:18:30,280 --> 01:18:32,639 Speaker 1: to mid season form faster, but they do get better 1535 01:18:32,680 --> 01:18:35,160 Speaker 1: as time goes along. Why do you think Yeah, I 1536 01:18:35,160 --> 01:18:37,160 Speaker 1: think it's because they start to stop the run a 1537 01:18:37,200 --> 01:18:39,200 Speaker 1: little better along the way, and that allows you to 1538 01:18:39,280 --> 01:18:43,679 Speaker 1: do some things from a schematic standpoint as well. When 1539 01:18:43,720 --> 01:18:48,800 Speaker 1: you have success on first down, now you pretty much 1540 01:18:48,960 --> 01:18:52,040 Speaker 1: can narrow down what a team likes to do on 1541 01:18:52,200 --> 01:18:54,360 Speaker 1: second down, and then you get them the third lung. 1542 01:18:54,400 --> 01:18:57,680 Speaker 1: You can get yourself off the field as well. You 1543 01:18:57,720 --> 01:18:59,320 Speaker 1: get to know the players that are here. There are 1544 01:18:59,520 --> 01:19:04,559 Speaker 1: are of players that you know what their strengths and 1545 01:19:04,680 --> 01:19:07,920 Speaker 1: weaknesses are over the course of time. So I think 1546 01:19:07,960 --> 01:19:10,160 Speaker 1: that helps in a in a tremendous way as well. 1547 01:19:10,240 --> 01:19:12,920 Speaker 1: But you're right, they've gotten better each and every every 1548 01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:15,720 Speaker 1: year and every season and it's kind of fun to 1549 01:19:15,760 --> 01:19:20,280 Speaker 1: watch it. Buffalo seems scary defense six in the league 1550 01:19:20,280 --> 01:19:24,080 Speaker 1: in total yards, and especially considering their offense really isn't 1551 01:19:24,120 --> 01:19:27,840 Speaker 1: doing much. I think that makes their defensive performance even 1552 01:19:27,880 --> 01:19:29,519 Speaker 1: more impressive. What do you think of that side of 1553 01:19:29,520 --> 01:19:31,559 Speaker 1: the ball for them? Yeah, it does. I mean they've 1554 01:19:31,600 --> 01:19:34,880 Speaker 1: got some playmakers on that side. Jerry Hughes comes to mind, 1555 01:19:34,920 --> 01:19:40,400 Speaker 1: like right away, you know, the Lorenzo Alexander. The secondary 1556 01:19:40,479 --> 01:19:45,080 Speaker 1: has been been outstanding. They've defended the run well, and that's, 1557 01:19:45,479 --> 01:19:48,080 Speaker 1: like I just mentioned it, that gives you a chance 1558 01:19:48,479 --> 01:19:50,960 Speaker 1: when you hold team still under one hundred other things 1559 01:19:50,960 --> 01:19:54,040 Speaker 1: around ninety six yards, the twelfth in the league in 1560 01:19:54,160 --> 01:20:01,200 Speaker 1: rush defension and overall I think somewhere somewhere around fifth 1561 01:20:01,800 --> 01:20:06,360 Speaker 1: in that category. So it's it's it'll be hard work 1562 01:20:06,400 --> 01:20:09,200 Speaker 1: to move the ball against this team. Now, Can they 1563 01:20:09,320 --> 01:20:13,360 Speaker 1: match what the Texans do offensively? No, I don't. I 1564 01:20:13,360 --> 01:20:16,040 Speaker 1: don't think so unless they hit some big plays a 1565 01:20:16,160 --> 01:20:19,280 Speaker 1: rookie quarterback. They do have a couple of playmakers in 1566 01:20:19,400 --> 01:20:25,519 Speaker 1: McCoy and Benjamin and and the likes. But this, on paper, 1567 01:20:26,120 --> 01:20:29,920 Speaker 1: this is one that you like going in everyone else, 1568 01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:33,640 Speaker 1: everyone before this has been kind of a concern, but 1569 01:20:33,720 --> 01:20:36,599 Speaker 1: this is one that you like. But the defense of 1570 01:20:37,240 --> 01:20:41,400 Speaker 1: the Bills certainly gives them a chance. Josh Allen, what 1571 01:20:41,479 --> 01:20:43,800 Speaker 1: did you think of him coming out of college? And 1572 01:20:44,040 --> 01:20:46,320 Speaker 1: I know the numbers don't look so pretty right now, 1573 01:20:46,360 --> 01:20:48,679 Speaker 1: but they do have two wins and he's the starting quarterback, 1574 01:20:48,760 --> 01:20:51,160 Speaker 1: So what do you think. Yeah, he's playing about like 1575 01:20:51,240 --> 01:20:53,920 Speaker 1: I thought he would a guy that didn't have a 1576 01:20:53,960 --> 01:20:56,960 Speaker 1: lot of starts in college, and they'rehitting a whole lot 1577 01:20:57,080 --> 01:21:00,240 Speaker 1: to go look for. The measurables are outstanding. I think 1578 01:21:00,360 --> 01:21:02,519 Speaker 1: sixty five is about two hundred and thirty five two 1579 01:21:02,600 --> 01:21:05,280 Speaker 1: hundred forty pounds, and he can run. That's the thing 1580 01:21:05,320 --> 01:21:09,040 Speaker 1: about it that I think, you know as a as 1581 01:21:09,080 --> 01:21:13,160 Speaker 1: a defense a defensive team, you may you can't fall 1582 01:21:13,200 --> 01:21:16,160 Speaker 1: asleep on the fact that at that size he's still 1583 01:21:16,640 --> 01:21:19,320 Speaker 1: a very good athlete and can move. I think he's 1584 01:21:19,320 --> 01:21:23,080 Speaker 1: got one hundred thirty five rushing yards this season along 1585 01:21:23,120 --> 01:21:26,080 Speaker 1: with three touchdown runs. So when things break down and 1586 01:21:26,200 --> 01:21:28,400 Speaker 1: you blitch him, he's big and strong enough to break 1587 01:21:28,439 --> 01:21:31,040 Speaker 1: tackles and then make some plays with his legs. But 1588 01:21:31,560 --> 01:21:36,479 Speaker 1: I've liked him. Craig Bowl is coaching college at North 1589 01:21:36,560 --> 01:21:41,160 Speaker 1: Dakota State. Certainly you know that he's actually coach to 1590 01:21:41,200 --> 01:21:42,960 Speaker 1: North Dakota State where I knew him, and then on 1591 01:21:43,040 --> 01:21:48,240 Speaker 1: to Wyoming. Speaks very very highly of Johnson and compares 1592 01:21:48,320 --> 01:21:51,120 Speaker 1: him to Carson Wentzon and the success that he had 1593 01:21:51,120 --> 01:21:54,240 Speaker 1: at North Dakota State kind of carried it over at Wyoming. 1594 01:21:54,280 --> 01:21:57,400 Speaker 1: But he's a Jesus tremendous athlete that and when you 1595 01:21:57,520 --> 01:22:00,720 Speaker 1: have the ingredients that he had as it gives you 1596 01:22:00,760 --> 01:22:04,400 Speaker 1: a chance to win. Andre where joining us on Texans Radio. 1597 01:22:04,479 --> 01:22:09,320 Speaker 1: Andre Now Drew Brees sets the all time passing yardage mark. 1598 01:22:09,840 --> 01:22:11,760 Speaker 1: And I don't mean to make you feel old, but 1599 01:22:12,000 --> 01:22:14,760 Speaker 1: ten years ago you and I interviewed him in New 1600 01:22:14,840 --> 01:22:17,280 Speaker 1: Orleans when the Texans were there for a week practicing 1601 01:22:17,280 --> 01:22:19,560 Speaker 1: with the Saints in the preseason, and I think it 1602 01:22:19,640 --> 01:22:22,120 Speaker 1: back to that time he was already an established quarterback. 1603 01:22:22,160 --> 01:22:24,280 Speaker 1: A year later he would win the Super Bowl, and 1604 01:22:24,360 --> 01:22:27,439 Speaker 1: now he's the all time passer in NFL history. Your 1605 01:22:27,479 --> 01:22:31,679 Speaker 1: thoughts on Breeze unbelievable. There couldn't be a better guy 1606 01:22:31,760 --> 01:22:35,559 Speaker 1: that this is happening too. He's always giving of his 1607 01:22:35,760 --> 01:22:41,480 Speaker 1: time and he has absolutely squeezed every ounce of athletic 1608 01:22:41,520 --> 01:22:44,879 Speaker 1: ability out of his frame. You know, he just described 1609 01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:47,080 Speaker 1: Josh Allen, who was the first round pick this year, 1610 01:22:47,160 --> 01:22:50,280 Speaker 1: the eighteenth overall, our seventh overall. I'm sorry, in the 1611 01:22:50,360 --> 01:22:53,880 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen job, he's sixth five. Drew Brees might be 1612 01:22:54,080 --> 01:22:57,120 Speaker 1: six foot, but he stands in there. And here's what 1613 01:22:57,200 --> 01:22:59,200 Speaker 1: I was thinking about the other day, kind of a 1614 01:22:59,320 --> 01:23:04,439 Speaker 1: question for you, what if, what if Nick Saban would 1615 01:23:04,439 --> 01:23:09,120 Speaker 1: have gotten Drew Brees signed in Miami, we might not 1616 01:23:09,240 --> 01:23:13,599 Speaker 1: have known Alabama to be what it is today because 1617 01:23:13,600 --> 01:23:16,320 Speaker 1: they've gone through a few more coaches in that time period. 1618 01:23:16,600 --> 01:23:18,640 Speaker 1: And Nick Saban may not ever have ever left the 1619 01:23:18,760 --> 01:23:22,240 Speaker 1: NFL because he got the quarterback that he needed to 1620 01:23:22,240 --> 01:23:25,479 Speaker 1: turn the Miami Dolphins around. And that's just kind of 1621 01:23:25,560 --> 01:23:28,559 Speaker 1: food for thought. But Drew Brees is just that good 1622 01:23:28,600 --> 01:23:31,920 Speaker 1: that I think not only in New Orleans would it 1623 01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:35,360 Speaker 1: have happened, but in Miami, where they actually did not 1624 01:23:35,520 --> 01:23:38,080 Speaker 1: pass him on a physical and he wound up with 1625 01:23:38,120 --> 01:23:40,599 Speaker 1: a New Orleans things. I think everything happens for a reason, 1626 01:23:40,840 --> 01:23:42,639 Speaker 1: but there's no doubt in my mind that he would 1627 01:23:42,680 --> 01:23:45,800 Speaker 1: have done the exact same things in Miami that he's 1628 01:23:45,840 --> 01:23:49,000 Speaker 1: doing in New Orleans. Incredible stuff, really, I think a 1629 01:23:49,000 --> 01:23:50,960 Speaker 1: lot of teams are kicking themselves that they didn't sign 1630 01:23:51,040 --> 01:23:53,320 Speaker 1: him as a free agent when he was available. I'm 1631 01:23:53,400 --> 01:23:55,960 Speaker 1: considering what he's done since. Drey, What do you have 1632 01:23:56,040 --> 01:23:57,760 Speaker 1: going out in college? I know you have to go 1633 01:23:57,800 --> 01:24:01,720 Speaker 1: to Manhattan, but not the one in New York. Yeah, 1634 01:24:01,320 --> 01:24:03,439 Speaker 1: that's it will be a fun trip. You know, you're 1635 01:24:03,439 --> 01:24:06,880 Speaker 1: talking two teams that are physical and the trenches. Though 1636 01:24:07,479 --> 01:24:10,200 Speaker 1: Oklahoma State they've actually run the ball a lot better 1637 01:24:10,240 --> 01:24:13,520 Speaker 1: than people give them credit for. It's actually pass protection 1638 01:24:13,560 --> 01:24:16,040 Speaker 1: that they've kind of struggled in. But they're traveling and 1639 01:24:16,200 --> 01:24:20,600 Speaker 1: there the homecoming date for Kansas State and the Wildcats 1640 01:24:20,640 --> 01:24:23,680 Speaker 1: this weekend, So being at home I think is a 1641 01:24:23,800 --> 01:24:29,600 Speaker 1: much needed time for Kansas State and then having Oklahoma 1642 01:24:29,680 --> 01:24:31,800 Speaker 1: State come in when you get some home cooking and 1643 01:24:31,840 --> 01:24:36,280 Speaker 1: then home homecoming for Kansas State. This is the right 1644 01:24:36,320 --> 01:24:39,280 Speaker 1: time to really get this season turned in the right direction. 1645 01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:42,000 Speaker 1: This will be a good, good football game to watch. Trey, 1646 01:24:42,080 --> 01:24:43,960 Speaker 1: thanks a lot, have a good one. We'll see you Sunday. 1647 01:24:44,080 --> 01:24:46,960 Speaker 1: All right, buddy, We're all looking forward to Sundays the 1648 01:24:47,000 --> 01:24:49,680 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills come to town. We'll break down more of 1649 01:24:49,720 --> 01:24:52,479 Speaker 1: this matchup on Friday evening, I'll give you my keys 1650 01:24:52,479 --> 01:24:54,519 Speaker 1: to the game. We'll talk to you a few more 1651 01:24:54,520 --> 01:24:58,439 Speaker 1: of the luminaries involved. Hopefully we'll hear from John Murphy, 1652 01:24:58,479 --> 01:25:01,080 Speaker 1: the voice of the Bills, So I love I think 1653 01:25:01,160 --> 01:25:02,840 Speaker 1: John is a He's a great dude. I got a 1654 01:25:02,880 --> 01:25:04,120 Speaker 1: chance to meet him at the Super Bowl a couple 1655 01:25:04,120 --> 01:25:06,560 Speaker 1: of years ago. They'd come down here. And of course Alcapacha, 1656 01:25:06,560 --> 01:25:08,439 Speaker 1: the Silent Reporter has got to be a good friend 1657 01:25:08,439 --> 01:25:11,000 Speaker 1: of mine from Afar, so looking forward to seeing them. 1658 01:25:11,040 --> 01:25:14,200 Speaker 1: So excitement abounds to see which team can get to 1659 01:25:14,400 --> 01:25:17,920 Speaker 1: five hundred, in which one will fall to two and four. 1660 01:25:18,439 --> 01:25:21,040 Speaker 1: Hopefully it's the Texans going to three and three, getting 1661 01:25:21,040 --> 01:25:24,400 Speaker 1: ready for their matchup with Jacksonville the following week. But 1662 01:25:24,479 --> 01:25:26,080 Speaker 1: you take him one at a time, and the next 1663 01:25:26,080 --> 01:25:28,639 Speaker 1: one in the schedule is Buffalo. We'll talk more about 1664 01:25:28,640 --> 01:25:31,479 Speaker 1: that throughout the rest of the week. Thank you very 1665 01:25:31,560 --> 01:25:35,080 Speaker 1: much for listing. A big thanks to DP, to Chris 1666 01:25:35,120 --> 01:25:38,720 Speaker 1: Brownabills dot Com, Tom a Man, Russell Baxter, to Mark VanderMeer, 1667 01:25:39,080 --> 01:25:41,560 Speaker 1: to Brian Gain, to Andre Ware of course to my 1668 01:25:41,640 --> 01:25:43,960 Speaker 1: guys back in studio. They do such a great job 1669 01:25:44,000 --> 01:25:45,559 Speaker 1: with all of this and keeping us on the air. 1670 01:25:45,680 --> 01:25:48,280 Speaker 1: Thank you very much everyone, and as always, go Texans.