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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, Welcome to the Demico Ryan Show, presented by

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Speaker 1: AMAG Bank, the official business bank of the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: As we hit the off season on the program, that

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Speaker 1: means this is the last one. Unfortunately, I was hoping

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Speaker 1: the last one would be in three weeks, but that

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Speaker 1: is not going to be the case because the Texans

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Speaker 1: are done. Losing to the Patriots on Sunday in Foxborough.

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Speaker 1: Very tough one to take, no doubt, because we were

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Speaker 1: all riding high ten game winning streak going in Texans

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Speaker 1: dynamite in the fourth quarter of these games, but fourth

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Speaker 1: quarter against New England did not go the way they

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Speaker 1: wanted it to. They were down five entering that final

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Speaker 1: frame and needed to make a stop. The Patriots started

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Speaker 1: to drive late in the third. In the fourth that

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Speaker 1: continued and they got a touchdown with that amazing throw

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Speaker 1: in catch kase Shaan Boody with the reception in the

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Speaker 1: end zone and that made it a two score lead.

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Speaker 1: The Texans could not get closer. But here they are

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Speaker 1: going into the off seasons. We have a lot to

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Speaker 1: cover with the head coach. What happened to the game

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Speaker 1: against the Patriots? What happened good this season? They want

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Speaker 1: to see continue and what needs to improve in the

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Speaker 1: offseason as well. Let's get to it all our conversation

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Speaker 1: with head coach Jamiko Ryans joining us in the studio.

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Speaker 1: Head coach Tamiko Ryans, coach, great to see you. Season

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Speaker 1: is over, unfortunately, but we have a lot to cover here.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with the game against New England. Did not

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Speaker 1: go the way you wanted it to. Too many turnovers,

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Speaker 1: missed opportunities. Is that how you saw it?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's exactly how I saw it.

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Speaker 3: We had multiple chances there in that game to get

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Speaker 3: back in and then to win the game. But when

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Speaker 3: you look at the first half right, definitely didn't go

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Speaker 3: out we wanted it to go at all. Turn the

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Speaker 3: ball over way too many times. Really the pick six,

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Speaker 3: that's the one that really hurts you the most when

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Speaker 3: you turn it over, but then you.

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Speaker 4: Give up the points.

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Speaker 2: So that was tough.

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Speaker 3: But as we've been in a lot of tough games

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Speaker 3: throughout this year, always say halftime coming like, we gotta

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Speaker 3: flush it and now forget what happened in the first

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Speaker 3: half and let's come back out and let's finish the

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Speaker 3: right way. And we had an opportunity to do that

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Speaker 3: in that game, felt like we came out the second half,

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Speaker 3: had a really you know, good drive to start. It

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Speaker 3: would a like to finish it with a touchdown. Didn't happen,

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Speaker 3: but we got points, right and then we take the

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Speaker 3: ball away we're driving down. So it was you know

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Speaker 3: a lot of good in that game. You know, look

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Speaker 3: at the defense. You look at Will and the Nil,

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Speaker 3: the way they you know, got after the quarterback, the

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Speaker 3: way they shriped sacked at the ball. We had a

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Speaker 3: couple and sometimes the ball just has to bounce your way,

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Speaker 3: so to speak to Nil and We'll both had shrip

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Speaker 3: sacks and the ball is literally right there underneath in

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Speaker 3: the underneath them in their grass, and it kind of

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Speaker 3: But man, I'm so proud of the effort of those guys.

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Speaker 3: They kept battling, giving us a chance after chance to

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Speaker 3: get back in the game. So didn't go, of course,

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Speaker 3: how we wanted it to go. But really proud of

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Speaker 3: the team, you know, just throughout the season for us,

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Speaker 3: you know, not starting great, but finding a way, learning

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Speaker 3: We did that and you know, we just had some

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Speaker 3: miscues there in the biggest moment and not having you know,

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Speaker 3: your not having Nico was a huge miss for us.

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Speaker 3: And when we lost Dalton there was another guy, you know,

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Speaker 3: I think CJ's security blanket.

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Speaker 2: He's been there all season. Not having him was also tough.

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Speaker 3: So things you have to battle through, you know, in

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Speaker 3: we just got to execute better.

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Speaker 5: Coach, when you mentioned Will's name, it made me think

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Speaker 5: back to him as a rookie, and I mean he's

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Speaker 5: And I remember watching him and he was a relentless competitor.

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Speaker 5: But it feels like his game is really kind of

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Speaker 5: really developed since he's got here in twenty twenty.

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Speaker 3: Three and we'll Will start off as just you know,

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Speaker 3: And that's where I've seen will take a huge step

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Speaker 3: when it comes to getting after the quarterback, like having

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Speaker 3: the savvy moves, not just the one trick pony, but

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Speaker 3: the tackle, but his ability to get the strip sacked

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Speaker 3: this year was I mean, he had to be the

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Speaker 3: best in the league, had to get the most shrip

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Speaker 3: the football. He learned that over time and it's been

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Speaker 3: now the best in the league at doing it.

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Speaker 2: So it just goes to show man a.

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Speaker 3: Guy who you know, drafted really high, you know, and

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Speaker 3: he's come in each year and he's wanted to improve

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Speaker 3: and he's put in the work to improve, and you've

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Speaker 3: seen that improvement. You've seen that growth, and now he's

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Speaker 3: one of the best edge players in the league.

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Speaker 1: Coach, you talked about it after the game. Getting to

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Speaker 1: that moment, the moment where you can advance even deeper

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Speaker 1: into the playoffs and you won ten games in a row,

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Speaker 1: very difficult to do. You mentioned it. You learn how

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Speaker 1: to win together, but taking that to that next level

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Speaker 1: is very difficult obviously, and you just weren't able to execute.

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Speaker 4: What are you.

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Speaker 1: Looking to see offensively moving forward into next year? Again

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Speaker 1: not turning the ball over, of course, but I know

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Speaker 1: you want to see more consistency running the football that

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt about it. Mark, It starts there.

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Speaker 3: We we got we didn't run the ball well at all, right,

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Speaker 3: and that's been a formula for our success, like we've

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Speaker 3: ran it and we had some success, especially in the

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Speaker 3: and we we get nothing from the run game. And

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Speaker 3: so if the run game isn't working, you getting stuff,

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Speaker 3: you get stuff. People may think, well, why are you

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Speaker 3: throwing it so well with us? What's our other options

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Speaker 3: And so you know you try to balance out that

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Speaker 3: to see our rushing game improve, for sure. Think that

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Speaker 3: run the football. But it comes to owning the line

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Speaker 3: of scrimmage, right, And now I think our offensive line

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Speaker 3: will definitely improve this year. From a pass protection perspective.

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Speaker 3: We got much better quarterback was not sacked as much

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Speaker 2: Huge improvement in that area.

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Speaker 3: It will get steals, take strides in the running game

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Speaker 3: and getting better there with the upfront running the ball,

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Speaker 3: also the backs. All across the board, we can improve

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Speaker 5: I'm glad you brought the offense line coach. I was

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Speaker 5: on with Vikings play by play man Paul Allen and

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Speaker 5: being in Minnesota, he asked me about Arianta Airrsrie. He said, Hey,

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Speaker 5: what'd you think of Ariantae? And I told him what

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Speaker 5: I thought from this year. What you see from him

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Speaker 5: is rookie year playing the majority of the year out

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Speaker 5: strikes me as the kind of guy that you like

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Speaker 4: All about ball.

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Speaker 5: He cares a lot, and he goes out there and

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Speaker 5: he plays his guts out. Who would you thought about

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Speaker 3: I thought it was really impressive and for a rookie

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Speaker 2: Really worry about him a lot.

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Speaker 3: He held his own going against some really good rushers

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Speaker 3: finished really well, and just as a rookie, if this

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Speaker 3: is a start to where Tay is, Man, I'm excited

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Speaker 3: to see, you know, how he improves moving forward. But Man,

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Speaker 3: to get a young guy left tackle of his caliber,

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Speaker 3: it's really a I mean, there's a blessing for us

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Speaker 3: to get him at the spot where we got him

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Speaker 3: and for him to be as consistent as he was

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Speaker 2: You don't get that much from a rookie.

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Speaker 3: And so I'm proud of his consistency, proud of his growth,

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Speaker 3: excited to see him take that next step.

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Speaker 1: Looking at right tackle, coach, it looked like Trent Brown

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Speaker 1: was one of those true game time decisions. He was

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Speaker 1: working out before the game, trying to test it out,

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Speaker 1: see if he could go. We all wanted to see

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Speaker 1: him go against his former team, and that was gonna

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Speaker 1: how do you determine that?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, with Trent man, I tested first and foremost based

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Speaker 4: Again, when a.

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Speaker 3: Guy has that type of mindset, I wanted to give him,

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Speaker 3: As I said, I wanted to give him that last

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Speaker 3: up until the last minute to see if he could go,

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Speaker 3: because I know how effective he could have been for us.

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Speaker 3: And he pushed, he pushed, and he tried to go,

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Speaker 3: but the ankle is just and it couldn't hold up.

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Speaker 3: But man, I'm thankful for Trent, thankful for him just

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Speaker 3: hurt by not being able to go. AD meant a

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Speaker 3: lie to him and to see a guy you know,

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Speaker 3: be in that position, I hurt for him because I

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Speaker 3: know how much it meant.

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Speaker 4: For him coach, for for an organization.

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Speaker 5: Most times two individuals end up having the most noise

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Speaker 5: around them, one being dead coach, one being the quarterback.

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Speaker 4: You've been around it, you were a player. You know

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Speaker 4: noise means nothing.

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Speaker 5: But with younger players, and obviously you know CJ's what

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Speaker 5: twenty four, twenty three, twenty four at this point, how

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Speaker 5: that's always out there for quarterbacks, but coming off a

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Speaker 5: will go through this offseason to just Hey, the noise,

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Speaker 5: this means nothing. You and I talk about what the

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Speaker 3: But I told him in my office, like, hey, it

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Speaker 2: And you also got to understand, like what were.

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Speaker 2: That didn't go right for you. Right, let's take them moment.

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Speaker 3: Let's write those down or what we have to improve on,

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Speaker 1: Coach Dalton Schultz led your team in receptions this season,

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Speaker 2: Really, Yeah, for sure, we tried to work through that.

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Speaker 3: You know, losing Brevin and this that really hurt us.

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Speaker 3: With Dalton Man, I'm proud of him. I'm proud of

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Speaker 5: Coach, I feel like when I talked to people from

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Speaker 5: And I remember the very first day at training camp,

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Speaker 4: It feels like he's gotten better and better and better.

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Speaker 2: Our teams are going to attack me in coverage.

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Speaker 3: He stepped up big time. His coverage improved as the

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Speaker 3: He worked on it every single day, worked on it,

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Speaker 5: I'm supposed to ask you about tackling, so I'm gonna

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Speaker 5: ask you about it now. Twenty twenty five Texans tackling

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Speaker 2: I'm happier with our guys.

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Speaker 1: Did that, Coach, what's the day after the last game,

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Speaker 3: It is hard to meet with everyone. So I had

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Speaker 3: during this time meeting with players, everybody has a different

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Speaker 3: it's all personal. Right now, you take that step away

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Speaker 2: So it's where are you in your career?

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Speaker 3: And that's what's that's what's cool about how Nick and

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Speaker 4: Sure, one long big day. It is.

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Speaker 3: It's every year for me, like we're going all in

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Speaker 3: Improve our roster, improve our process, and we're going all

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Speaker 4: You talked about being in here every single day.

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Speaker 5: I remember seeing Kamari Lassiter and Kaylen Bulock every single

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Speaker 4: It's like that's ingraining them.

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Speaker 5: It's it's amazing to see a bunch of mini Damiko ryants.

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Speaker 4: Like we'd like to say, all right, let's there.

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Speaker 3: You gotta of course start with the Thursday Night versus

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Speaker 1: Coach. You have this great disposition, this even demeanor, very positive,

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Speaker 1: very uplifting to those around you and us included. I'll

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Speaker 1: speak for Johnny on this one. There they are the

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Speaker 1: Texans at zero and three and you're the same guy,

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Speaker 1: and three and five and you're the same guy. Is

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Speaker 1: that a conscious effort or are you just the same guy?

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Speaker 1: You have to come in here, all right, we're owing three.

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Speaker 1: Don't lose it because I would have a difficult time

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Speaker 1: with that, But you tell.

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Speaker 3: Us I try to be the same guy, And yeah,

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Speaker 3: I get upset at times and I'm but I just

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Speaker 3: stick back to like man as the leader of this team,

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Speaker 3: And well, how do I want guys to see me.

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Speaker 3: I want to see that I'm unfazed by you know it,

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Speaker 3: maybe zero and three, but that doesn't matter. Like we're

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Speaker 3: gonna still attack this thing in the same way. I

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Speaker 3: believe in what we're teaching. I believe in our process,

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Speaker 3: and I know it works. So let's stick to it.

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Speaker 3: Let's keep working, and we'll we'll come out of it

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Speaker 3: the right way. And so it's you got to be

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Speaker 3: the same every day. I don't think anyone wants to

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Speaker 3: be around a leader who's kind of up and down

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Speaker 3: right in the ways. It's not good for anybody. So

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Speaker 3: I'm always remains as steady as I can throughout this,

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Speaker 3: throughout this this role as a head coach, man, I

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Speaker 3: enjoy it, and I just want to be able to

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Speaker 3: be impactful as a leader.

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Speaker 4: And however I can do that.

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Speaker 3: I want to make sure I'm impacting people in a

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Speaker 3: positive way, and I think the only way to do

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Speaker 3: that is you got to show up with joy every

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Speaker 3: single day, no matter when lost.

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Speaker 4: Like it's easy to get down that.

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Speaker 2: I'm telling the guys, man, we lost the game.

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Speaker 4: It's easy.

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Speaker 3: My kids, I call home, my kids are they're distraught,

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Speaker 3: they're crying like it's but it's tough when you see that.

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Speaker 4: You know, as a.

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Speaker 3: Parent, you still it's like, man, like they are, they're

478
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Speaker 3: all in right right, But also tell them like I

479
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Speaker 3: understand that, yeah, Dad, we wanted to win that game.

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Speaker 2: It didn't happen.

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Speaker 3: And that's that's like everything doesn't always go your way,

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Speaker 3: and it's how do you respond when it doesn't go

483
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Speaker 3: your way? You got to pick your head up and

484
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Speaker 3: you have to keep moving. And that's what I wanted

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Speaker 3: to tell them, and that's for everybody. Yeah, does life

486
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Speaker 3: always go how we want it? No, we have our

487
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Speaker 3: ups and downs throughout life. But man, be happy that

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Speaker 3: we're still here, We're still breathing. You got another chance to,

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Speaker 3: you know, keep improving and impacting and helping somebody else.

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Speaker 1: Coach.

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Speaker 5: It's a long season, Mark Can I talk about this

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Speaker 5: all the time. It's long for us. We can only

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Speaker 5: imagine that it's not that much longer for you. When

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Speaker 5: the season's over. I can imagine that it's kind of

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Speaker 5: like catch my breath. Yet, with all the different coaching

496
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Speaker 5: changes and movements and personnel and all this kind of

497
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Speaker 5: stuff that goes on in the league, you might lose

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Speaker 5: a coach to a different team or a different opportunity,

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Speaker 5: or you may want to move on from a coach.

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Speaker 4: And how tough is this time? Right now?

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Speaker 5: Now the season is over, when you have to sit

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Speaker 5: down and evaluate all the different groups, all the different

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Speaker 5: different areas within the organization to take a look at

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Speaker 5: and try and figure out how to move forward.

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Speaker 4: We say it all the time. Every year is different.

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Speaker 5: So getting ready for twenty twenty six. How tough is

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Speaker 5: that starting that? What day is today?

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Speaker 4: I don't know what today is the same thing coming back?

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Speaker 5: How tough is this next few days to get that

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Speaker 5: jump start at twenty twenty six?

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Speaker 3: I wish I could just take a deep breath after

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Speaker 3: the season is over, but unfortunately it doesn't happen, and

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Speaker 3: it actually speeds up and there are a lot of

514
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Speaker 3: decisions that have to be made and very swiftly, and

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Speaker 3: it's tough. This is probably the this is for me.

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Speaker 3: This is the toughest week because you go through the season,

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Speaker 3: it is long and stuff, but you get a consistency

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Speaker 3: going and you have your you know, you hit your

519
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Speaker 3: stride where the weeks are the same. But now it's like, man,

520
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Speaker 3: a lot of decisions have to be made and they're

521
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Speaker 3: not easy at all, whether it's it's what personnel coaches.

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Speaker 3: It's tough and everybody understands that. You know, it changes

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Speaker 3: every year, but it's not. It's not easy on the

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Speaker 3: head coach during this time, during.

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Speaker 2: This time of year.

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Speaker 3: So oh, you guys, pray for me and be with

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Speaker 3: me because this is a tough time. But we will

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Speaker 3: make it work. Work with a lot of good people.

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Speaker 3: That's what makes it hard, the people that you work with.

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Speaker 3: When you work with good people, it's always hard for

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Speaker 3: changes to occur, but you know, it always happens. So

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Speaker 3: I've just learned that over throughout my playing career, coaching career.

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Speaker 3: It's just for the past twenty years. Every year the

534
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Speaker 3: team is different, and no matter what team you're on,

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Speaker 3: it's always changing. So it's part of the business, part

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Speaker 3: of what we have to go through. Uh, not easy

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Speaker 3: for me at all, but I'll handle it the right way.

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Speaker 1: Well is it because after a regular game with a

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Speaker 1: game the next week, I'm focused on that opponent. Now

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Speaker 1: I gotta look back at the whole body of work,

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Speaker 1: the entire season and look at the entirety of next season.

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Speaker 1: In addition to that, it's a.

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Speaker 3: Lot, a lot to digest in a short amount of time.

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Speaker 3: It is a lot to di just but also as

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Speaker 3: I look, I mean, you have to take a you know,

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Speaker 3: you have to take back and you have to step back, sorry,

547
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Speaker 3: and take a wide view of see like.

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Speaker 2: Man, it was a really cool year, a really impressive year.

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Speaker 4: Really.

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Speaker 3: I mean, to start zero and three and everybody is

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Speaker 3: in the tank or you can't make the playoffs. Nobody's

552
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Speaker 3: ever done this, and you never done and to see

553
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Speaker 3: guys just keep working and to get it to.

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Speaker 4: Oh we can't do this, some we do it. We

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Speaker 4: keep going.

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Speaker 3: We get on a nice win streak here the end

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Speaker 3: of season. So it's really cool when I talk about

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Speaker 3: you know, as a leader, you want to see growth,

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Speaker 3: you know, from your players, from the staff, Like I

560
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,159
Speaker 3: truly saw growth in our entire team and finding a

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Speaker 3: way to win. And that's the cool part about being

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Speaker 3: a leader, like how are you growing? And I saw

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Speaker 3: the trajector of our team growth this year, and that's

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Speaker 3: what I'm most proud of.

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Speaker 1: You had so many great fourth quarters, ten game winning streak,

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Speaker 1: clutch fourth quarters, the point differential, we all know that number.

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Speaker 1: And the Pittsburgh game was amazing. Two in the fourth quarter,

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Speaker 1: and the guys believed and there was a lot of

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Speaker 1: pressure because you had no margin for error, like you said,

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Speaker 1: three and five, oh and three, right.

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Speaker 4: No more.

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Speaker 2: We played playoff football.

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Speaker 4: For a long time.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, very truth.

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Speaker 3: Think that was after the Denver After the Denver game,

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Speaker 3: it was like, oh, man, like this is tough sledding,

577
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Speaker 3: but man, we just believed in each other. Everybody kept

578
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Speaker 3: working the right way and things started to turn and

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Speaker 3: you started finishing in the fourth quarter the right way,

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Speaker 3: and you know, we look up and man, we have

581
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Speaker 3: a chance to win a division like right. They didn't

582
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Speaker 3: think we will be here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and so it was an impressive year by everybody.

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Speaker 1: AMG Bank asked coach question of the week. Coach, it's

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Speaker 1: the off season, so we just talked about it. You

586
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Speaker 1: don't have much time to do anything, but eventually you might.

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Speaker 1: Do you have any other hobbies? Have we talked about this?

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Speaker 1: Do you like to fish? Do you like to do

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Speaker 1: anything else? I know you don't golf that much.

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Speaker 4: Not a good golfer. Man's coaching take so much of

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Speaker 4: your time.

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Speaker 3: It's hard to It's hard to find hobbies because as

593
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Speaker 3: soon as this is over, it's like, okay, we're on

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Speaker 3: the free agency and.

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Speaker 4: We're on to the draft.

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Speaker 2: But man, I really just.

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Speaker 3: Kick back and just really enjoy just spending time with

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Speaker 3: the family, watching the kid watching their sports, you know,

599
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Speaker 3: trying to help them out with their flag football. I

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Speaker 3: can't help with gymnastics.

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Speaker 1: I just watch that's high stress watching that stuff.

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Speaker 2: It is.

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Speaker 3: But if I can't get out in golf, I do

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Speaker 3: I do enjoy just the time of being on the course.

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Speaker 3: Not like I said, not great at golf, but just

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Speaker 3: being able to get away, take a vacation somewhere.

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Speaker 2: It's also always always fun too.

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Speaker 1: Coach. Thanks so much for all the visits this year

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Speaker 1: and for such an exciting season, an unforgettable campaign. We

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Speaker 1: will never forget the twenty twenty five Houston Texans season.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 4: Appreciate you guys.

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Speaker 2: Always enjoy every week.

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Speaker 3: You guys made this fun eating every week no matter

615
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Speaker 3: when or loss, always found being all with you guys,

616
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Speaker 3: so you're the best to do it.

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Speaker 4: So thankful to be here with you, guys.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate it. Thanks, coach. Thank We have plenty more

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Speaker 1: coming up on The Demico Ryan Show, including the head

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Speaker 1: coach at the podium and thoughts from Endy Kalou, who

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Speaker 1: will weigh in on what happened yesterday and what needs

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Speaker 1: to happen in the future. It's Texans Radio. Back to

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Speaker 1: it here on the Demiico Ryan Show, presented by Image.

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

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Speaker 1: It's the last one. The Texans finished the season twelve victories.

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Speaker 1: In the regular season, they picked up the playoff win

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Speaker 1: a week ago tonight. This is amazing. What a week

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Speaker 1: it's been. You have that Monday night win at Pittsburgh,

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Speaker 1: all the hype going into the Patriots game, but unable

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Speaker 1: to win at New England. Let's check in Andy Kalou.

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Speaker 1: We visit with him John Harris and I on the

632
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Speaker 1: hun Day Texans radio studio on his thoughts on the

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Speaker 1: game and the offseason.

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Speaker 5: I think, Indy, this is the thing. And I kept

635
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Speaker 5: thinking about this on a plane and on the US

636
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 5: over this defense was so damn good and it's so

637
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Speaker 5: physical and in some sense, I don't want to say lucky,

638
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 5: but lucky because they weren't banged up much this year.

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Speaker 5: And how long does a great defense stay a great defense?

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Speaker 5: That to me is like, Okay, this defense was otherworldly.

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Speaker 5: You start running up against salary cap issues and then

642
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Speaker 5: maybe some you know, guys start to get a little older,

643
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Speaker 5: et cetera. I think that's the frustrating part for me, Andy,

644
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Speaker 5: is that this and.

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Speaker 4: I believe in windows.

646
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 5: Like the windows, you try and keep the window up

647
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 5: open as much as possible.

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Speaker 4: And this is still a pretty young defense.

649
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Speaker 5: But you got incredible play from Tommy Togii Henry Toatoa

650
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Speaker 5: was absolutely amazing this year. Nakuon came in at the

651
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Speaker 5: end of the year. Nak wanted a huge play on Sunday.

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Speaker 5: I want to say yesterday, but it feels like it's

653
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Speaker 5: all one big day, long day. I just that that's

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Speaker 5: my worry in d And I'm not not to bring

655
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Speaker 5: everybody down, but it's like, I loved watching this defense.

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Speaker 4: You and I call the preseason games.

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Speaker 5: We only got to see it together a little bit,

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Speaker 5: but we watched it all throughout the year. It's such

659
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Speaker 5: a balanced unit at all three levels. I just worry

660
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,960
Speaker 5: about how long you can keep that defense together due

661
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,120
Speaker 5: to contracts, health, and especially because you're gonna have to

662
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 5: pay in some way, shape or form, whether it's money

663
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,840
Speaker 5: or draft picks to the offensive side to get it right.

664
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Speaker 5: And I just worry about, Man, did you lose the window?

665
00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 5: This was the opportunity. It was gonna be Sirrett Stidham

666
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:40,160
Speaker 5: next week in Denver.

667
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:40,959
Speaker 1: Stop.

668
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 4: I know I'm stopping, so I want indeed to react.

669
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Speaker 1: Stop on Stidham. Go ahead, And.

670
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Speaker 6: Now you know, did John like what you just said

671
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 6: is why I felt? So you know, I had that

672
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,680
Speaker 6: bad feeling in the pit of my stomach is because

673
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 6: of what you just said. To expect this defense to

674
00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,680
Speaker 6: play next season the way they played this season ridiculous,

675
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 6: because this was a magical season, and a big part

676
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 6: of it was the health. It's a big part of

677
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 6: it was to be this late in the year and

678
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,160
Speaker 6: to still have your nucleus intact, to have the guys

679
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 6: that were injured, the peatrits in the world coming back

680
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,640
Speaker 6: right on time. You can't expect that to happen every year.

681
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 6: And you mentioned Tommy Togi. I there is a point

682
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 6: yesterday during the game where I looked over to the

683
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 6: person next to me and I said that dude just

684
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 6: made a lot of money this year, and more than

685
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 6: likely we seen it. It's probably not gonna be here

686
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 6: with Houston Texas. I'm not sure what the status is

687
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 6: on his contract, but that was a guy that was

688
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 6: on a year to year deal for most of his career,

689
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,959
Speaker 6: and I think he just made himself some money. Henry

690
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,440
Speaker 6: told told like, you're not going to see the same guys.

691
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:41,640
Speaker 5: Now.

692
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 6: You might see the same superstars, but I just don't

693
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 6: expect every year for the defense to perform the way

694
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 6: they did this year. And That's why you have that

695
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 6: bad feeling that you really missed that window. You missed

696
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 6: that opportunity to take advantage of that.

697
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 1: Tommy's under contract, so that's good.

698
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,120
Speaker 5: Yeah, you got him on her contract. What he He's

699
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:01,520
Speaker 5: inactive for the first two weeks.

700
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, so through the twenty twenty sixth season, Tommy is

701
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 1: under contract. That is good news. And I will share

702
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,479
Speaker 1: with you in the next segment a list of pending

703
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,239
Speaker 1: free agents. Now they could sign these guys before they

704
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:15,959
Speaker 1: hit the market, but I will share with you the

705
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 1: defense is pretty short up here now, not everybody, but

706
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 1: they got a lot of guys coming back who are

707
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 1: going to make a lot of plays and they should

708
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: be really good again.

709
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Speaker 4: You know what, It's interesting you say that, Mark.

710
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,760
Speaker 5: I'm having a really hard time this morning, even though

711
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 5: it's been a long freaking day talking about the damn

712
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 5: offseason instead of talking about the Bronx.

713
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 1: See I really, oh see I have I'm not completely

714
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: turning the page yet, don't get me wrong, but I

715
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: know that this is a program, right, we just got

716
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 1: through three years. Look, I am extremely disappointed. It's so

717
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,240
Speaker 1: tantalizing to think about what this week was going to

718
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,120
Speaker 1: be like yes, you don't get to have that. So

719
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 1: we have to have the funeral for this season. It

720
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 1: ended yesterday. It's over. It's a finality. And deed more

721
00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 1: on this stuff, because the offense clearly was a problem.

722
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,720
Speaker 1: Now I know they were banged up, but some bad plays.

723
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: They just needed to hold it together and they didn't.

724
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 1: What's the remedy? I guess that's a long answer, but

725
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,120
Speaker 1: what did you think and what do you think needs

726
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 1: to happen moving forward?

727
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 4: Here? They got to fix this stuff.

728
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 6: No, you have to fix it, and y'all already mentioned

729
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 6: you're gonna have to spend some capital and draft picks

730
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 6: on the offensive side of the ball. And with the

731
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 6: guy the most important position on the team, you have

732
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 6: to work with him in the offseason and just kind

733
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 6: of understand what happened, you know, whether it's the quarterback, coach,

734
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 6: the offensive coordinator. It's not just the quarterback, it's also

735
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 6: the people who are developing him. CJ is a good quarterback,

736
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,320
Speaker 6: like this is a guy that I expect to lead

737
00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:45,720
Speaker 6: a franchise to the Promised Land before his career is over.

738
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 6: But for whatever reason, we just didn't see it consistently

739
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 6: this year. There were flashes after his concussion protocol, We're like,

740
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 6: oh man, he's back, he looks good, he looks comfortable

741
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:57,960
Speaker 6: in the pocket, and then we see what we saw

742
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 6: the last two weeks. So whatever it is, whether it's

743
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:04,960
Speaker 6: a sports psychologist, whether it is talking to him about

744
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 6: his mental approach, there's something that has to be done

745
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 6: to get him to play towards his ceiling a little

746
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,719
Speaker 6: bit more consistently. Now that's just one man. Obviously, there's

747
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 6: some issues with the offensive line. You want more consistency

748
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 6: out of the running back position, and I think they

749
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 6: have the pieces at the running back position. But let's

750
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 6: be real, if we're gonna be honest with ourselves and

751
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,560
Speaker 6: the people listening, it starts with the guy under center,

752
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 6: and they need to get him to be more consistent.

753
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 5: Indy, how much do you think it hurt the offense

754
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 5: not having Nico to start and then losing Dalton Schultz

755
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,880
Speaker 5: after the first series, second series, maybe in the game

756
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 5: for the majority of the game. Losing Dalton Schultz his

757
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,400
Speaker 5: two top receivers, the two guys he leaned on the

758
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 5: most that I would imagine where at least Dalton was

759
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:49,279
Speaker 5: in this one A big part of the game.

760
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Speaker 1: Plan.

761
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 5: How much do you think it impacted him without Nico

762
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 5: and without Dalton.

763
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:54,720
Speaker 4: Oh, that's huge.

764
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,320
Speaker 6: I mean Nico, y'all know, I'm a huge Nico man.

765
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 6: There aren't too many wide receivers out of the AFC,

766
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 6: the entire conference that I'm taking over Nico. And not

767
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,480
Speaker 6: to have him this late in the season in a

768
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 6: huge game in you England, that's big, not just for

769
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 6: the numbers that he puts up, but the attention that

770
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 6: the defense has to pay Nico Collins. When you have

771
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,839
Speaker 6: Nico on the field, then he becomes that guy one

772
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 6: that's gonna make big plays and two that your safety

773
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 6: has to cheat over, and it's going to open up

774
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 6: your other receiver. So it's not just oh, he's gonna

775
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 6: have five catches one hundred yards. He's opening things up

776
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,959
Speaker 6: for Xavier Hutchinson, He's opening things up for Christian Kirk

777
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 6: because of the fact that he's that huge presence out there.

778
00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, and look, you got some good performances this year

779
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: from the rookies. Now, Noel didn't have any catches yesterday

780
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 1: on one target, and that's one that is a kind

781
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,360
Speaker 1: of kind of a head scratcher really, because Noel's a

782
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,720
Speaker 1: big playmaker. I know, only so many balls to go around,

783
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 1: but CJ threw the rock forty seven times. And I

784
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,759
Speaker 1: get it that Higgins has to get ten targets, which

785
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 1: he did. Hutchinson's gonna get his share. He got thirteen

786
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 1: in this game. I hope that maybe they could find

787
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 1: a way to get the ball in the hands of

788
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 1: some playmakers. Maybe it's easier said than done. But what

789
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 1: about the rookies. Higgins know the job they did Woody

790
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 1: Marks to the course of the season yesterday. It wasn't

791
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: materializing though with the ground game, but they did get

792
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,440
Speaker 1: some good performances overall, and Urser, who was holding a

793
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,399
Speaker 1: dat at left tackle this year. You just didn't get

794
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,759
Speaker 1: the oomph that you needed in this particular game and

795
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:25,839
Speaker 1: a few others. But we are talking about a ten

796
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,600
Speaker 1: game winning streak heading into yesterday in New England.

797
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 6: Now, I like that you bring that up because in

798
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 6: two weeks from now, or when the entire NFL season

799
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 6: is over, Mark and we're talking about the upcoming draft,

800
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 6: it's gonna feel good to know that you don't have

801
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 6: to go draft a wide receiver because of Nico and

802
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 6: these young guys and what they've shown. And they're gonna

803
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,719
Speaker 6: be a year older. You know, they're gonna have that

804
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,879
Speaker 6: experience of starting a season three games down zero to three,

805
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 6: going on a ten game winning streak like that does

806
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:58,360
Speaker 6: a lot for your maturity. You learn a lot. So

807
00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,400
Speaker 6: you're gonna have some second year players that were a

808
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:03,960
Speaker 6: big part of that streak that're gonna have kind of

809
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 6: that veteran mentality. So I am excited about the young

810
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 6: guys on this football team. And it makes some of

811
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 6: these picks that we're going to see, or some of

812
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 6: these free agent signings where you could really attack the

813
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,800
Speaker 6: necessities and you don't have that many holes to feel

814
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 6: and d.

815
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: Losing in the playoffs reflect as a player the pain

816
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: of losing in the postseason. You are part of some

817
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 1: losses in the postseason. Hate to bring it up right now,

818
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 1: but you tell me what that's like when it comes

819
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,719
Speaker 1: to a screeching halt because your whole body is projecting,

820
00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: your mind, projecting into next week. We got to get

821
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 1: to next week, and all of a sudden, there is

822
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 1: no next week. What's that like?

823
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,279
Speaker 6: No, that's tough, because the closer you get to the

824
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,839
Speaker 6: big dance, the harder it is to accept the fact

825
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,359
Speaker 6: that you're not going so there. You know, I've been

826
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,960
Speaker 6: part of many teams where you lose in the playoffs

827
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,799
Speaker 6: and it hurts worse than not even making the playoffs.

828
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 6: Like right now, the Texans, the players, they feel worse

829
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 6: than the Llas Cowboys, and they sucked all year, but

830
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 6: they knew they sucked. They knew they weren't going to

831
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,200
Speaker 6: the playoffs. They knew they weren't going to the super Bowl,

832
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 6: so they didn't really have those dreams. They didn't really

833
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 6: they weren't that close to touching it. Like the Houston

834
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,360
Speaker 6: Texas that there's something about the further you go in

835
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 6: the playoffs, the harder it is for your season to

836
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 6: be over, which you know doesn't sound like it makes

837
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 6: There's not much logic there, like the further you go,

838
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:25,879
Speaker 6: the better season you had. But the closer you are

839
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 6: to feeling it, to knowing that this thing could be

840
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 6: a reality, and then it's just ripped away from you.

841
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:31,879
Speaker 4: So it's tough.

842
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,080
Speaker 6: It's going to bother you the entire off season. There

843
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,440
Speaker 6: were some years where we really felt like we had

844
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 6: a team good enough to make it to the super Bowl,

845
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 6: and when you lose, you can't even watch you can't

846
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 6: even watch the rest of the season. Like there are

847
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,439
Speaker 6: teams where excuse me, seasons where I wasn't a big

848
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 6: go out of town guy, but I really made sure

849
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 6: when the playoffs were on, I kept myself busy because

850
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:56,400
Speaker 6: it hurt too much and I didn't want to be

851
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,759
Speaker 6: around any televisions where I was gonna look at the

852
00:38:58,800 --> 00:38:59,879
Speaker 6: game or watch the game.

853
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 4: I felt that way. Last night. Mark looked at me

854
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 4: on the plane.

855
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:05,800
Speaker 5: We were still sitting there, and he goes, you watching

856
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 5: in Icago and I and I said, you know, and

857
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 5: I was like, I don't want to watch.

858
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:14,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't want to watch this. I really don't.

859
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 4: And then I turn it on.

860
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:17,839
Speaker 5: I'm glad I did because I was reminded how much

861
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 5: I love football and I watched that incredible ending. This

862
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 5: one's for both of you, and we might get into

863
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,800
Speaker 5: this a little bit more later. Who is your Texans

864
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 5: MVP for twenty twenty five? Because look, it was a

865
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,920
Speaker 5: ten game winning streak. They won twelve out of you

866
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,719
Speaker 5: know twelve other last fourteen in the regular season. The

867
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,840
Speaker 5: win at Pittsburgh will be a one one that we

868
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:41,800
Speaker 5: remember forever. It's tough because it was an opportunity squander.

869
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,560
Speaker 5: But when we get further away from the tough loss

870
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,560
Speaker 5: of yesterday, I think we'll look back and go Man,

871
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,480
Speaker 5: there were a lot of really cool things that.

872
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 4: Happened this year.

873
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 5: Who is your Indie Culu MVP of the Texans season?

874
00:39:56,719 --> 00:40:00,719
Speaker 6: Man, that's tough and the easy there's like, oh, just

875
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Speaker 6: give it to the entire defensive unit or the defensive coordinator.

876
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Speaker 6: But to choose one guy, I have to go Will Anderson.

877
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Speaker 6: Like for me, it was gonna be between Will Anderson.

878
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 6: You know Petree, but he missed some time so well,

879
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,920
Speaker 6: even with the way he played yesterday. Will Anderson and

880
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,359
Speaker 6: the impact that he has on a game. He has

881
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 6: the impact like an offensive player, but from the defensive

882
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 6: side of the ball. So I'm gonna go Will Anderson

883
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 6: with that one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's on offense, maybe, Nico, No, nice watch your over.

885
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:35,200
Speaker 1: I was gonna say Will. If I had to pick

886
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:38,239
Speaker 1: a position group, it's the D line, the engine. The

887
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:40,960
Speaker 1: secondary is impressive too, and linebackers not bad. I mean

888
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 1: that defense is amazing. We all know that. And I

889
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,840
Speaker 1: think the fact that it's difficult to answer says something

890
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: about this team. Now, if the quarterback was you know,

891
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 1: thrown for four thousand yards and did miss the three

892
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:54,680
Speaker 1: games and all that. Well, you know, we'd look at

893
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:58,120
Speaker 1: that on a twelve win team, but this team was

894
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,439
Speaker 1: clearly highlighted or carried by the defense. And I thought

895
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,759
Speaker 1: the offense did a really good job of killing the

896
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:07,640
Speaker 1: clock Layton games, of not turning the ball over for

897
00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 1: a big stretch, because Strad threw a pick in the

898
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,080
Speaker 1: Colts game in the first half and then shut down

899
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 1: the interceptions until the Charger game, and then it flashed

900
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: again in the Pittsburgh game and obviously against the Patriots.

901
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 1: So that turnover bug Johnny and n D in the

902
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: last three road games was absolutely killer. And D you

903
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 1: have to address you mentioned it. You've got to talk

904
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 1: to CJ. You've got to coach him in the offseason.

905
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: I don't know what you do, but he's got to

906
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,799
Speaker 1: figure that out because he was pressing, he was trying

907
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:37,799
Speaker 1: to do some things that he shouldn't have tried to do.

908
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,279
Speaker 1: I get it, you want to make plays, but it

909
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,280
Speaker 1: wasn't happening. So you got to figure that out.

910
00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:46,480
Speaker 6: And again I want to emphasize that it's not just CJ.

911
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:48,279
Speaker 6: I think it's a team effort. When it comes to

912
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 6: developing quarterbacks, especially quarterbacks that you know are good and

913
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,799
Speaker 6: can be, you know, true leaders of a team. So

914
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 6: you have to sit down with the coaches whatever coach

915
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 6: I don't know whichever coach, which really works with him

916
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:04,120
Speaker 6: on a daily basis and understand, Okay, what are we

917
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 6: teaching him on a day to day basis? How are

918
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 6: we trying to reach him? Are we doing it the

919
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 6: right way? Because he is too good of a player

920
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:12,879
Speaker 6: to play like that when the game really matters.

921
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 1: And what you're dealing with yesterday, No Nico, no Brown?

922
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:19,880
Speaker 1: Who Trent really important to the old.

923
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,400
Speaker 5: Live Yeah, I'm telling you that loss of Trent was

924
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:25,319
Speaker 5: a bigger figurativilyion literally than anybody's thought.

925
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:26,360
Speaker 4: He didn't ask me my MVP.

926
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Speaker 1: Oh, Johnny, I'm sorry, who's your Mvpmari Lassiter, That's a

927
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,120
Speaker 1: good one, Tomri lass it's a good one too.

928
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:34,200
Speaker 5: He's gonna be one of the top two corners he

929
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 5: insting next year.

930
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Speaker 1: There's some stuff with n D. Kalou. More from Your

931
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Speaker 1: Texans coming up. CJ. Stroud, Demico Ryans as we close

932
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Speaker 1: out the season on the Demico Ryan Show, It's Texans

933
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Speaker 1: Radio Final segment of the season here on the Demico

934
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Speaker 1: Ryan Show, as we check in with CJ. Stroud at

935
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Speaker 1: the podium after the game, Stroud throwing the four interceptions

936
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Speaker 1: plus a touchdown pass too many turnovers in the postseason

937
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,399
Speaker 1: for Stroud, he admits that he did make some big

938
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:03,000
Speaker 1: plays as they did beat Pittsburgh, and he had a

939
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Speaker 1: huge throw late to Christian Kirk and that one who

940
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 1: had a monster afternoon. The Texans got over four hundred

941
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 1: yards of offense in that one. Stroud had some moments,

942
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 1: but he had a lot of moments he wants back.

943
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:17,439
Speaker 1: So how does he reflect or deal with the ups

944
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:18,720
Speaker 1: and downs of the season.

945
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:22,160
Speaker 7: Yeah, I look back at this season and just you know,

946
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 7: just once again, just I can't just be anything but

947
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:27,239
Speaker 7: grateful for the teammates I have, the coaches that I have,

948
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,240
Speaker 7: you know, it's organizations, the city of Houston, the fans,

949
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 7: and I just know, I look back and I just

950
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 7: I just feel like I let people down and you know,

951
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,960
Speaker 7: not not happy with that, and you know it hurts,

952
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 7: and I'm not, you know, naive to it. You know,

953
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:44,720
Speaker 7: I didn't play my best this year. But I'm gonna,

954
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:47,680
Speaker 7: you know respond, I'm gonna you know, keep my my

955
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:49,839
Speaker 7: chest up, you know, my my my chin up high.

956
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:51,719
Speaker 7: And I'm gonna just keep batting for it, you know.

957
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,080
Speaker 7: You know, God be for me. Who can be against me?

958
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:56,360
Speaker 7: And I'm just gonna rely on that. But yeah, I

959
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,520
Speaker 7: think you know, even today, you know, just our team

960
00:43:59,719 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 7: doing great, you know, our defense, you know, getting stops,

961
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Speaker 7: you know, and not just being careless with the football.

962
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 7: I gotta get that fixed and something that I know

963
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Speaker 7: I can, so I'm gonna get that done.

964
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Speaker 1: Here's one from Damico Ryans at the podium after the game,

965
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Speaker 1: and he was asked if he considered making a change

966
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Speaker 1: at quarterback in the game.

967
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Speaker 2: No ce Jay's our guy.

968
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Speaker 3: I believe that he could come back out in the

969
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:23,279
Speaker 3: second half and flip it. I believe that he could

970
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,959
Speaker 3: play better, and he did that in the second half.

971
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Speaker 3: He did play better. We had some positive drives there

972
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Speaker 3: in the second half because I believe that he would

973
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Speaker 3: do that, and he did that. And as I always

974
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Speaker 3: tell our guys at halftime, it really it doesn't matter

975
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Speaker 3: what happened in the first half. You have to flush it,

976
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:42,600
Speaker 3: remove it, and you just have to go out and

977
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Speaker 3: finish the right way.

978
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Speaker 4: And I told her, We've been there before.

979
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Speaker 3: We've been in situations much more dire than this, and

980
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 3: we were able to bounce back. So you know, in

981
00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:53,000
Speaker 3: my mind, there was no doubt in my mind that

982
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Speaker 3: we would be able to overcome that.

983
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Speaker 1: And like we said earlier, they had it down to five,

984
00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:00,160
Speaker 1: but they could get no closer at New England. And

985
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Speaker 1: it ends a campaign that saw so many bright moments,

986
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Speaker 1: so many great games, unforgettable Sunday afternoons the Thursday night

987
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Speaker 1: are against Buffalo, the Sunday nighter against Kansas City on

988
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Speaker 1: the road. We'll never forget those games, and they can

989
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 1: draw from those experiences to do well again next year.

990
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 1: But it hurts right now because the city was so

991
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:26,200
Speaker 1: energized and so eager to break through to the AFC

992
00:45:26,280 --> 00:45:29,759
Speaker 1: Championship game. We'll have to wait. We'll have a busy offseason.

993
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Speaker 1: We're gonna have Texans All Access after this program. Then

994
00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:36,279
Speaker 1: we're dark until after the Super Bowl that Monday night.

995
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:38,319
Speaker 1: We'll be back at six PM to start off the

996
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Speaker 1: offseason programming of Texans All Access in the meantime weeknights

997
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Speaker 1: at six starting tomorrow, you're gonna get Area forty five

998
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Speaker 1: until after the Super Bowl. But after the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: You get area forty five and seven o'clock, so plenty

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Speaker 1: of area forty five for you as you can listen

1001
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Speaker 1: to Sean and Patrick do their thing. All right, that's

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Speaker 1: gonna do it for this season of The Damico Ryan

1003
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Speaker 1: Show special thanks to the head coach. What a great

1004
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Speaker 1: man to be around. Like we said in his opening

1005
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Speaker 1: segment on this program. Thanks to everyone who worked down

1006
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Speaker 1: the show. Have a great offseason. Go Texans.