1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,559 Speaker 1: To be able to take it to that next level. 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,160 Speaker 1: That's what I'm excited about. Rosalvamental wide open across the 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: five peas in touchdown, two stand fires. Underneath this is 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: intercepted back to back possessions with picks for this Texans defense. 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: Takeaway number three on the day. Game day is every day, 6 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: five nights a week. They hits keep on coming. No, 7 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 1: it's Texans all excess. Well, Hello Texans, good evening, We 8 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: are alive. It is a beautiful thing to have you 9 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: with us today. Mark Vanderman, John Harris with you along 10 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: with because it's Thursday night and this is just the 11 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 1: way we roll on Thursdays. The General, John McClain, Sports Radio, 12 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: Sixten dot com, Gallery Sports dot Com. We also have 13 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: a two hour show tonight, second hour. We'll get you 14 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: caught up on some of the things Lovey Smith had 15 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: to say this week, ed Nick as Sarrio and a 16 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: little Andrey Johnson preview from something We're gonna have a 17 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,920 Speaker 1: little special visit tomorrow night. But he comments on the 18 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: rookies tonight. You want to hear that. Also what Tray 19 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 1: Moon Smith had to say about the difficult week for 20 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: all NFL players. But none other. I mean, really, DeMar Hamlin, 21 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: what he has been through this week and what he's 22 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: going through right now, highly encouraging news today as he 23 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: is doing a lot better than he was. He's not 24 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: out of the woods yet, he's still on a ventilator, 25 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 1: but he's able to communicate. It is outstanding news. And gentlemen, 26 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: good evening, and John, let's start here general as we 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: get into the improvement of DeMar Hamlin. What a positive side. 28 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: And I think everybody kind of has chills about this. 29 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: It's so good to hear he was dead during the game, 30 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 1: and the doctors that did the news conference to day 31 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,720 Speaker 1: poured out that the Bill's trainer, a game member's name 32 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: is the one that went out for farms. CPR saved 33 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: his life then before the other medical people could get 34 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: out there and you're as hard as you stop beating 35 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 1: in no pulse, they saved his life. What I would 36 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: love to know, and we'll know this is pretty soon, 37 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: is when he was coherent enough for his parents to 38 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: tell him son that twenty five hundred dollars you we're 39 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,799 Speaker 1: trying to raise for toys. Guess what it is now? 40 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: I think it's over seven million. He's going to be 41 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: blown away. The doctor said, Now the key thing just 42 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: to get him out of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 43 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: get him back to Buffalo where he can start to 44 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 1: do rehab. Nobody has a clue if he'll be able 45 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 1: to play again. But boy, the medical personnel did an 46 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: incredible job, and I just know the NFL is going 47 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: to be honoring them at the Super Bowl. General, had 48 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: you ever seen anything like that in your life, what's 49 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: the closest thing if you hadn't seen anything, what's the 50 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: closest thing that you'd ever seen or experience that was 51 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 1: anywhere near with to more Hamlin went through him Monday 52 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: morning at Football Well, doctor James Muntz and the others 53 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,840 Speaker 1: save Gary Kubiak's life on the sideline at halftime in 54 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: two thousand and thirteen. I've seen a lot of players 55 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: get the wrong hint and ended up being partially or 56 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: permanently paralyzed, And hopefully I am gonna be able to 57 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: come back and leave normal life, maybe even play again. 58 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: I saw Chris Browner, the former an HL player, he 59 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,760 Speaker 1: got hit in the chest and all this happened to him. 60 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: He was on ESBN explaining the whole thing that happened 61 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: to him. He was able to come back to play. 62 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: And I believe there was a soccer player that needed 63 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:33,360 Speaker 1: seventy minutes of CPR and managed or to him on 64 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: the pitch and he was able to come back eventually. 65 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: So football, course is such a rough game. You never know, 66 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: you know he's going to want to play again. And 67 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: even though players insurance this is if you're vested runs 68 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: out five years after you retire, I would imagine he's 69 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: going to be taken care of as long as he 70 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: needs to be taken care of. And it seems kind 71 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: of callous to think about the playoffs, but the fact 72 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: is their reports there's gonna cancel that game I could 73 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: never begin, which means of Kansas City beats the Raiders 74 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,320 Speaker 1: in Las Vegas, they're gonna get home Fill advantaged again. 75 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: And the Bills, of course had beaten Kansas City, and 76 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: we're hoping it worst to get a tie with him, 77 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: so they win the head to d tiebreaker. Nods are 78 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: that's not gonna happen. John McClain joining us general, let's 79 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: get into it then, and it's just so great tomorrow 80 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: Hamlin's approving for so many different reasons and it's you know, 81 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: it's gonna be like Adrian and Rocky too. Maybe. I mean, 82 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 1: he can really inspire the Bills and they're gonna want 83 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: to win for him and for each other and for 84 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: the fan base. But that game not being resumed is 85 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 1: one thing. The Competition Committee is reported the meeting as 86 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: we speak, to go over seating. So what do you 87 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: think is the best way to get it done? Is 88 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,440 Speaker 1: it winning percentage? Is it one of these ideas where 89 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: you let eight teams in each conference now based on 90 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: this because it's unprecedented, and why not do it the 91 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: way you did it in nineteen eighty two when you 92 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: had that nine game strikes shortened season. What are your 93 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: thoughts on maybe some of the best ways to approach 94 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: this as they see the playoffs. You want to approach 95 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: it in the manner in which it affects the least 96 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,559 Speaker 1: amount of people, and you want to do what's best 97 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: for the player. Players want to play, you know, once 98 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,719 Speaker 1: they know he's not going to die, they want to play. 99 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:34,679 Speaker 1: They're great about compartmentalizing, whether it's an injury, the death 100 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: of a loved one, contract situation, trade being lost for 101 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: the season. They just have a knack for it because 102 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: they've been doing it for so long, and you know, 103 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 1: the Bills want to play and they want to play 104 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: for tomorrow. And I do a weekly show in San Antonio, 105 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: which is Cowboy Country, and I said, there's a lot 106 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: of your listeners don't want to hear this, but right now, 107 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills are married because team. And I think 108 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: when teams, when fans, teams are eliminated, they'll become Bills 109 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: fans because everybody will be pulling for the Bills. What 110 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,599 Speaker 1: a story it would be if they could win for 111 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: DeMar Win a super Bowl first time ever after losing 112 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: four in a row, or even just get there, and 113 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: it'll be very, very emotional for them, and at some 114 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: point maybe he's able to come back and sit on 115 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,960 Speaker 1: the bench or come back and address the team somehow. 116 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: But it will be incredibly emotional for the Bills. And 117 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: we'd all love to see and play seventeen games, but boy, 118 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 1: it's going to be tough. And the truth is, if 119 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 1: you cancel those games, that works against the Bengals and 120 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: the Bills. Somebody said, because that game doesn't exist, the 121 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: Bengals would win the division over the Ravens. The Ravens 122 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: beat them twice. Well, I think we all would agree. 123 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: Right now, the Bengals are held a lot better than 124 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 1: the Ravens. It looks like the Mark Jackson's not gonna 125 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 1: play again, and and so Cincinnati is the best team. 126 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 1: I'm not sure it's a three team race between Kansas City, 127 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: Buffalo and Cincinnati and then the NFC. It's gonna be 128 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: San Francisco in Philadelphia. People Cowboy fans are hoping, but 129 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: you know, it's been twenty six years since they've been 130 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Who's counting. Nobody's cawding on Minnesota even 131 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: though they're twelve and four, but they're negative. They got 132 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: a neighvor negative point ratio. So I think the AFC 133 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: is much better than the NFC. There's gonna be so 134 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: much interest, and I think the best thing is to 135 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: do is just like it would be a tie man 136 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,680 Speaker 1: general a FC South Championship game is this weekend. We'll 137 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 1: get down a second. But you mentioned Lamar Jackson. What 138 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: do you think happens in Baltimore? Do you think? I 139 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: don't say the worm is turned at all, but I 140 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 1: know I was thinking, Okay, they'll just they'll get it done. 141 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: They'll get to the last minute in the summer and 142 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: they'll get it done. But I just I don't know. 143 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: Maybe it's the vibe I'm getting. What do you think 144 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: happens with Lamar Jackson in Baltimore. He wanted all guaranteed 145 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: money like Watson. They weren't gonna do it. They told 146 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: him Watson's an outlier, and so if they don't get 147 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: it worked out, they can just franchise him. They can 148 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 1: franchise him two years in a row. And I was 149 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: watching speculation from former players on ESPN yesterday that he's 150 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: protecting himself for his contract. Now, I can't imagine that 151 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: because he's such a competitor. He suffered a knee injury 152 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:38,439 Speaker 1: and John Arball never has anything. New. Fact is he's 153 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: not practicing. If he doesn't practice, he's not gonna play. Now. 154 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: Maybe he'll come back in the playoffs and lead him 155 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: to a super Bowl victory, but you know he didn't 156 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: actually Aaron judge it on himself and then come back 157 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: and have his best season because of the injury. But 158 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: everything I hear they want to resign him. He's respected 159 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: and beloved by his teammates and coaches and I but 160 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 1: he unless he comes down and his demands not having 161 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: an agent Hurts and two and then they just might 162 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: be franchised next year. By the way, I'm gonna ask 163 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: you guys questions. I sent a columns on Gallery sports 164 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: dot com in which I picked my postseason awards and 165 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: told whine and because next week they p all ProTeam, 166 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,800 Speaker 1: they vote on it, uh two days after the season ends. 167 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna ask both of you. Mark first, who's 168 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: your MVP MVP of the NFL general. I really haven't 169 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: thought about this much, but I would say it's probably 170 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: Brock Party Now, I'm kidding about that. I'm k egg 171 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Patrick Mahomes, me too, John, I'll go 172 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: Jealor Hurts until he missed two games. I just couldn't 173 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:56,800 Speaker 1: pick him when missing two games and everybody else's gone 174 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 1: the distance Offensive Player of the Year with always make 175 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: sure it's not a quarterback. Certainly not the MVP. I 176 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 1: picked Justin Jefferson, the receiver from the Vikings. Yeah, I'll 177 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: go with thou In general, I think it's Justin Jeffers. 178 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,959 Speaker 1: I think that's a good one. You know, there have 179 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: been years where obviously the running game you know Derrick 180 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: Henry in twenty twenty or twenty twenty one. Uh, Jonathan Taylor. 181 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: I'm sorry twenty twenty for Henry. Twenty twenty one, Jonathan 182 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: Taylor was tremendous. Um, But I think Justin Jefferson's proven 183 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,559 Speaker 1: that he is arguably the best non quarterback in the 184 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: league this year. He's been incredible. Mark, Okay, so let's 185 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 1: do this here. I want to know what you think 186 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: Johnny brought up the AFC South Championship game. Wait a minute, 187 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: I'm asking you for your pick. Oh wait, what my 188 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 1: m VP I gave you Patrick Mahomes. No, we both 189 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: took Justin Jefferson. Yeah, there's no way I'm not picking 190 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,839 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson, all right, because that okay, I don't want 191 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:03,679 Speaker 1: to confusion because you're so caught up in the AFC South. 192 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: You're defensive player of the Year. Mine was Nick Bosa. Yeah, 193 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 1: general about it. I think Nick Bosa is probably that guy. 194 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: If it's not him, Uh, Michael Parsons is probably right there. Um. 195 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: I think Fred Warners had a pretty good year for 196 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, but I think Bosa has been unbelievable. 197 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: To be honest, that I'm gonna go with Jail and Petrie. 198 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 1: Actually I'm kidding. I'm kidding, Um, I like botha to Look, 199 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: we always go for the guy the sexy stats, right, 200 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: the guys with the sacks, and hey, how about Hassan 201 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,120 Speaker 1: Reddick finishing second in the league. Well he might not 202 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: finish that way, but eight sacks guys and double figures, 203 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: yeah them, yeah, and he leads them and that's pretty 204 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: strong stuff. So I'm upset. Okay, people are gonna go 205 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: crazy when I picked Aidan Hudginson for defensive minkey over 206 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: Sauce Garden Gardener because Hudginson not only has seven a 207 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: half sacks, He's got three interceptions more than Sauce Gardner. Okay, 208 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: amc South, what do you want to know? All right here? 209 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: It is Tennessee's getting some people back, including but not 210 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: limited to, Derek Henry. They won't have Ryan Tannehill for 211 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,480 Speaker 1: the game. They're gonna start Josh Jobs. So you tell me, 212 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: does Tennessee have a legit shot? I feel like they 213 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: really do. I think this is a big moment for Jacksonville, 214 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: and I would not be I'm gonna favor Jacksonville. I'm 215 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: gonna pick Jacksonville, but it would not surprise me. I 216 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: really am tempted to take Tennessee in this game, not 217 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: that I want to see them win it, but I 218 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: think they can and I think they're good game planners 219 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: and they'll be ready for this one. I agree with you. 220 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: I did big Doug Peterson as my coach of the 221 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: Year because if they win this game, they'll go from 222 00:12:56,920 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: three wins to nine wins. And he's done a great 223 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: job in a really bad situation with Urban Meyer and 224 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,839 Speaker 1: helped him turn around Trevor Lawrence. But Mike Rabel is 225 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 1: a great coach, as you guys know. Derry Henry's had 226 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:13,439 Speaker 1: two weeks to rest. If they go in there and win, 227 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: it won't surprise me. But I'm going with the Jaguars 228 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: as well. Yeah, I think the Jaguars are playing so 229 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: much better. It's amazing in the division to play teams. 230 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: You know, we played the Titans a little bit closer. 231 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: It was eight weeks apart, play the Jaguars twelve weeks apart, 232 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 1: and it looked like a different team. I can only 233 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 1: imagine what the what the cults are gonna look like 234 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: general when you look at the AFC South beyond this 235 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 1: championship game and the things that are gonna happen within 236 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 1: the division with some key decision makers being replaced. Obviously, 237 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,880 Speaker 1: Colts got to find a coach in Frank Reich. The 238 00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 1: Titans got to find a GM to follow John Robinson. 239 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 1: When you look at the AFC South and how it 240 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: could and then you got the quarterback situation. How many 241 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: teams do you think three and four teams are with 242 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 1: new quarterbacks next year? I think we asked you last 243 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 1: week where Derek Carr would be one of them, But 244 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: I'm not going to ask you that who and what 245 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: do you think those teams end up doing? As in, 246 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:11,480 Speaker 1: do they get a veteran, did they get a rookie? 247 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 1: How do they go about doing it? In Tennessee in 248 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:18,319 Speaker 1: Indianapolis in particular, Texans obviously need a quarterback. They'll use 249 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: their top pick. I hope it's first overall on the 250 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: quarterback they want. I hope it's Bry's young. The Coults, 251 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: I think, are tired of going veteran. They're gonna be 252 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 1: bad enough where they may have to trade up a 253 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: little bit, but they need to get a young quarterback 254 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: that they can develop. Titans are more in line for 255 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: an older one like Derek car Jimmy Garoppolo because of 256 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry his birthday twenty nine to day, still going strong. 257 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: They have a lot of veteran players, but boy, their 258 00:14:45,640 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: problems not on defense. It's kind of like the Texas 259 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:51,000 Speaker 1: their problems on offense. They need a lot of help 260 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 1: on offense and starting at quarterback. And so I think 261 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: we're gonna see significant changes on Titans offense, on the 262 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: Colts offense and the Texans offense right now. As bad 263 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: as the Colts have been, they're better than the Texans 264 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: in offense, rushing, passing, defense, against the run, and against 265 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: the past. Texans are twelfth against the past, Colts are ten. 266 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 1: Texans have allowed to few touchdown passes in the league twelve. 267 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 1: And the biggest discrepancy in these two teams this is 268 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: one of the Colts of Law Squod six in a row. 269 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: They're minus thirteen in turnover differential, worst than NFL. Texans 270 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: are only minus one. Usually a team has got the 271 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,720 Speaker 1: worst record in the league, that's the one that's minus thirteen, 272 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: and the Texans have done a great job. If Davis 273 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: Mills ever learns out a hold the ball when he's running, 274 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: they would have been. Plus, it's a weird deal general 275 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: this week and the Texans playing the Colts with both 276 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: franchises in this state, and the last time it happened 277 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: record wise similarly was twenty seventeen. They both was four 278 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: and twelve. But we all know the Colts swept the 279 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: Texans that year. But here are the Colts and it's 280 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: very weird. Any predictions on how this offseason is gonna go, 281 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: Jeff Saturday, no way. And also I want to attach 282 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: that I'm gonna attach this question to that one. Frank Reich. 283 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: Will he be a head coach in the league next 284 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,480 Speaker 1: year or an offensive coordinator thoughts. I think he'll be 285 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator, work his way up back up to 286 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: being the head coach, and I think he'd be a 287 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: good one. He was a good one before. I'd love 288 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: to have Frank Reich as my offensive coordinator. He did 289 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: a great job coach in Philip Rivers as a quarterback coach, 290 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: great job coaching Nick Foles as a quarterback coach under 291 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: Doug Peterson, and plus he's a great guy. But I'm 292 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: not so sure that we saw the quotes from Jim 293 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: Harbaugh today, and to me, that's talking to recruits. If 294 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: they said David Tepper Carolina reached out to him. If 295 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,399 Speaker 1: Jim Ersy wanted Harbaugh to come back to Indianapolis and 296 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: he's in their Ring of honor as a player, would 297 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: he do it? Would he do it with an owner 298 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: who meddles as much as Ersay does. I don't know, 299 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: but if he really wants to come back to the NFL, 300 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: you know, they do have a lot of talent on 301 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: that team, and that would be a good one to 302 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,360 Speaker 1: come back to because their biggest need. Of course, as 303 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 1: a quarterback, there'll be a position to draft one of 304 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 1: the top guys, probably the one that Texans don't draft. General. 305 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:31,919 Speaker 1: I just got through getting caught up on hard knocks, 306 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: which was the JJ special retirement. I just think they 307 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,680 Speaker 1: do such a good job with hard knocks, which leads 308 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: me to this question. There have been there's been some noise, 309 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: and I think there's an article on ESPN if that's 310 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 1: where I saw it about Cliff Kingsbury's future there with 311 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals. He re upped either a year ago 312 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 1: or two years ago, I can't remember, but he's under 313 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: contract for a number of years. What happens in Arizona? 314 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: Is it over for Cliff? What do they do there 315 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,920 Speaker 1: with the Cardinals. It's not his fault that he's had 316 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,879 Speaker 1: to play four quarterbacks because of injuries. It's not his 317 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: fault that they don't have a very good running game, 318 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: that DeAndre Hopkins missed the first six games, now he's 319 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: hurt at the end of the season. It just depends 320 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: on what Michael Bidwell, the owner, thinks he can get 321 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: done if Kingsbury comes back. I feel like he's fired, 322 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: I tweeted two days ago. They and m should wait 323 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 1: and see what happens with Kingsbury and hiring him as 324 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,600 Speaker 1: a play caller an offensive coordinator. Instead they go out 325 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 1: and hire Bobby Petrino, and Cliff I think will be 326 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:37,639 Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator, just a matter whether it's going to 327 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 1: be in college or he'll be an offensive coordinator in 328 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: the NFL. He's a great guy, if you saw it 329 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 1: from watching the Hard Knocks. Some people thinks he needs 330 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 1: to explode more than two players out that that's not 331 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,119 Speaker 1: who he is, and they know that, and he is 332 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: a player's coach. But I think he's going to be fired, 333 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: and I even though he's going to have so much 334 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 1: money because of that contract. It's amazing. I mean, people 335 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: signs contracts to get fired a year later, and he 336 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: and Steve Kim both were extended and Kim of course 337 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: took a medical leave. Don't know if he'll be back there, 338 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: but I'm sure Kingsbury's gonna land on his feet, whether 339 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: it's as a head coach in college football or a 340 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:24,159 Speaker 1: coordinator in the NFL. It's interesting because we all know 341 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: what happened last time he was a head coach in 342 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 1: college football. But somehow this experience cleanses him to make 343 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 1: him better next time around. But I get it. John 344 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 1: mcclaim with US General Andre Johnson, we were all there 345 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: at the press conference today. He'll be on tomorrow night's 346 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:42,120 Speaker 1: Texans All Access. What is your gut reaction, gut feel. 347 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: I'm using Johnny's terminology here to a degree on Andre's 348 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: chances this year versus last year. This is a pretty 349 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: crowded group in the finalists. What are you thinking? When 350 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,560 Speaker 1: I presented Andrea last year, I was worried about how 351 00:19:57,560 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: the committee would take everything. And when he made the 352 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 1: cut from fifteen to ten and Reggie White and Tory 353 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: Ault did not even though Reggie White had Tony Dungee 354 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: and billed PAULI and on the committee pushing for him. 355 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: I felt better now when he didn't make the next 356 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: cut to five to be in dudgeon on the first ballot, 357 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: I didn't. I wasn't surprised because committee basically said, look less, 358 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: we got a lot of people we need to take 359 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: care of. Let's do it now. I see this group now, 360 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: I think Joe Thomas and Drrell Reevas or locks. That 361 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: would leave three other spots. If he gets past the 362 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: first cut. With Reggie Wayne and Tory Alt, he's the 363 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:36,480 Speaker 1: only receiver again, and there's a lot of defensive players. 364 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:40,280 Speaker 1: And I and I keep Andrea informed every step of 365 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 1: the way about what I'm doing, who's going to help me, 366 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 1: what numbers I'm using, and so, in fact, in his 367 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 1: answers today, use some of my speech, think about not 368 00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: put back who he played with a quarterback. And it's 369 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: easy to argue against Reggie Wayne and Halt, both of 370 00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: whom are deserving, But my god, that all of fame 371 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 1: receiver opposite them, all of fame quarterbacks, Tory Halt at 372 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame left tackle, Hall of Fame running back 373 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame coach Indianapolis had Pete Manning and Marvin Harrison. 374 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 1: Tony Dunzi's in the Hall of Fame, Eddard James is 375 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame, and Andre Johnson played with 376 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: the only Hall of Famer he'll play with. Is J. J. 377 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: Watt all right? General role play this. I'm a skeptic. 378 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,120 Speaker 1: Andre Johnson should knock on the Hall of Fame, which 379 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:41,360 Speaker 1: is not true. He should convince me otherwise because he 380 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 1: has several important stats in which it's Andre Johnson and 381 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:52,440 Speaker 1: Jerry Rice, Andre Johnson and Marvin Harrison. And there's several 382 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 1: stats in which he is ahead of other Hall of 383 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,679 Speaker 1: Fame receivers. I wrote to in my story Dale Gallery 384 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,439 Speaker 1: sports dot Com and it's you know, I'm giving away 385 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:08,600 Speaker 1: my presentation. But that's okay because this is coming up 386 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: in a couple of weeks. And if you want to 387 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: compare him to the greatest receivers in history or in 388 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame, he deserves to be in the 389 00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. And while he didn't get to play 390 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: with Peyton Manning and Kurt Warner, the only receiver opposite him, 391 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 1: no receiver opposite him ever even had nine hundred yards 392 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:31,239 Speaker 1: much less, played with Isaac Bruce and Marvin Harrison, and 393 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: his best quarterback ever was match Shop. And in my presentation, 394 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: I go overall, I'll go over all of them. Okay, 395 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: I'm convinced. I'm convinced he's going off Fame. You gotta 396 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: vote for him. Of course, I am good. He's in 397 00:22:47,440 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: my five. Got your vote. Very nice. General, you're feeling 398 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,120 Speaker 1: about this week's game with the Cults, who's gonna take 399 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 1: it on Sunday? You got to pick them all? So 400 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 1: who are you gonna pick between the Texans and India 401 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:06,400 Speaker 1: on the road. Well, on my Hugtopia podcast with Sean Pendergast, 402 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: I picked him last week against the Jaguars to win, 403 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,760 Speaker 1: hoping they would lose. So I picked him beat Indie, 404 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:16,199 Speaker 1: hoping they'll lose and get the first overall pick. And 405 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:20,000 Speaker 1: so I've been wrong on I think every no, I've 406 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: been right. I haven't been wrong much at all. I 407 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 1: was wrong on the opening game because I picked the Colts, 408 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 1: and then I was wrong on the Titans and who 409 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: else did they beat the Jaguars the first time I 410 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:35,480 Speaker 1: took Jacksonville. So I've been right on him a lot. 411 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 1: And I hope I'm wrong in the last two no offense, 412 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 1: but I want Nickossario to have his choice player in 413 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: the country. I don't want the Bears to have it. 414 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: And been in opening being open forbidding and seeing teams 415 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:54,000 Speaker 1: like Indianapolis give up enough to leak frog the Texans 416 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 1: and get Bryce Young and or c J. Strout because 417 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: he's a great prospect as well. You know, let the 418 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: Colts have Will Levis and Anthony Richardson. Yeah, we'll see 419 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 1: what happens there. General, such a pleasure to catch up 420 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 1: as always, and great talking about the good news regarding 421 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,919 Speaker 1: DeMar Handling. We appreciate the time. What do you have 422 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: going on in your various platforms, Glory Sports dot com, 423 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:22,399 Speaker 1: Sports Radio sixteen. I'm writing a column on Gallery Sports tomorrow. 424 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: Five reasons that I have the Hogs, I'm the Frogs 425 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 1: upsetting Georgia and the last one is gonna be so 426 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 1: mad as Mac and one nine Meghan, and then I've 427 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:38,240 Speaker 1: got one on Andre Johnson that is on Gallery Sports 428 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: and then on Sports Radio sixteen dot com. Got a 429 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: bunch of stuff about that Texans and Colts in the 430 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: first overall pig and love you Smith's future and a 431 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,440 Speaker 1: lot of things about the Texans on Sports Radio sixteen 432 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:56,000 Speaker 1: dot Com. Guys, thank you very much as always, thank 433 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 1: you general. Coming up, it's Who's Better Hall of Fame 434 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: edition and some other current day stuff as well as 435 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 1: John Harris will give his thoughts. It's all coming up 436 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:15,159 Speaker 1: here on Texans Radio. Texans Radio the Drive continues. All right, 437 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: Marco Vandamer and John Harris with you. Great to have 438 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: you listening. Let's do Who's Better Johnny, And this is interesting. 439 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this. I'm gonna we never do this. 440 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,439 Speaker 1: We never talk about who's more likely to win in 441 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: the Texans matchup. We just stay away from that kind 442 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 1: of talk. We talk about matchups, we talk about factors involved. 443 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 1: But I'm gonna give you this, Who's better, better chance 444 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: to win Sunday, the Indianapolis Colts or the Houston Texans. 445 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,720 Speaker 1: I bring this up because I find it surprising from 446 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 1: a Vegas standpoint that the Cults are favored in this game, 447 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 1: despite the fact that they're starting Sam Ellinger and I 448 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 1: just get this vibe with the Colts that they're looking 449 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: forward to tea times in Cabbo. But maybe I'm wrong 450 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 1: about that, And I know the Texans did not play 451 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: well against the Jags, but I think the Texas Texans 452 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: can rise up one more time, straight me out here, 453 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 1: better chance to win. I'm not going to I think 454 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 1: you're you're dead on it. I think ESPN, the ESPN 455 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: does one of those things with their app where they 456 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: they have like a pie and they cut it up 457 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: percentage like percentage chance of winning. And the Texas have 458 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,120 Speaker 1: a seventy four percent chance of winning in the COLT 459 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: seven twenty six percent chance. So I think it's the 460 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 1: Texans in large part because Sam Ellinger is still sort 461 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: of a mystery for most people. Now in city of Houston, 462 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 1: state of Texas, people know who Sam Ellinger is. They 463 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 1: remember him as the Texas Guttie give him the ball 464 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: on quarterback power run running back who played quarterback for 465 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: the Texas Longhorns. But he is now starting for the 466 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:01,120 Speaker 1: third yeah, third time commanders at home. He played well 467 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: in a loss, then he went on the road of 468 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 1: the Patriots and it looked awful. And then the other 469 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,120 Speaker 1: day he got in against the Giants, coming in for 470 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: Nick Foles and it wasn't great, but he threw his 471 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,520 Speaker 1: first touchdown. Now he's back in controlled environment inside. I 472 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: think Eliger is going to be a problem just because 473 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,160 Speaker 1: he can make plays out of structure and that's always tough. 474 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,360 Speaker 1: But you mentioned the Colts not wanting to be there. 475 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: All right, let's run this down real fast for the Colts. 476 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 1: All right, here we go. Okay, follow with me. Tie. 477 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: The Texans in the first game missed the game winning 478 00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 1: forty three yard field go and OT got blanked in 479 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,119 Speaker 1: Jacksonville again where they haven't won it forever. Beat the 480 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. The potential number one CFC lost both 481 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 1: games to the Titans bench their former MVP quarterback installed 482 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,920 Speaker 1: the first time starter fired, their head coach and offensive coordinator, 483 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: hired a head coach you'd never coached in the NFL, 484 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: turn an offensive analyst, slashed assistant into the play caller, 485 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: reinstated the original starting quarterback. Upset, the Raiders lost two 486 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,240 Speaker 1: score lead to former Colts OC and current Eagles head 487 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 1: coach Nick Sirianni. The next week, gave up thirty three 488 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 1: point to the fourth quarter of the Cowboys LULA thirty 489 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: three point lead, the largest bone lead to history the 490 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: NFL to The Vikings lost All Pro running back Jonathan 491 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: Taylor for the remainder that you're in that Vikings loss. 492 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: Replace the starting quarterback again with former Super Bowl MVP quarterback. 493 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 1: Former Super Bowl MVP quarterback gets hammered and knocked out 494 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,199 Speaker 1: of a twenty eight point loss on the road. You 495 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 1: don't think the Colts want this one to be over? Yeah, 496 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: they want it to be over very well. Put okay, 497 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 1: who's better better? Week eighteen quarterback situation? I could phrase 498 00:28:31,840 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 1: it another way because you always do it to me 499 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: like this. You have one game to win. Who's your choice? 500 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: Get ready for this? Multiple choice? Sam Ellinger, Nathan Peterman, 501 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 1: Sam Howe, Josh Dobbs. You pick a guy to win 502 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: for you. I know who you're gonna pick here, go ahead, 503 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 1: Josh Dobbs. I think Josh Dobbs will. I think he 504 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 1: played well the other night against the Cowboys. I mean 505 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: it wasn't you know, it wasn't Brock Purty like in 506 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 1: the first game. But then again, Brock Purdy he's got 507 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 1: it down to talent around him, and Josh Dobbs was 508 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: making do with nothing. Really, I mean, there was nothing 509 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: on that field with Josh Dobbs the other night. So 510 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,200 Speaker 1: if they can get Trey Loon Burke's back. If they 511 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 1: can get Derek Henry back and they're a little bit healthier, 512 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: then maybe they can do a little bit more. And 513 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 1: I think the other thing keep in mind is there's 514 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: still gonna be a lot of talent on that field 515 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 1: for Tennessee that's been in big momentstead have been in 516 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:33,280 Speaker 1: AFC championship games, that they've played in big games. There 517 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: aren't very many on that side for the Jacksonville Jaguars 518 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,959 Speaker 1: that have and the pressure has now shifted. The Jaguars 519 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: have been going through this thing with no care in 520 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:45,520 Speaker 1: the world. I mean, there were what three and whatever 521 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: they were, three and six, three and nine came or 522 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: what it was, and all of a sudden they got hot. 523 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 1: So I mean they've been playing with house money this 524 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 1: whole time, and now all of a sudden the pressures flipped. 525 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: Now they're the seven point hundred dog. They're the ones 526 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 1: playing at home. They could get and Josh Dobbs is 527 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:03,160 Speaker 1: a kind of quarterback that can do enough to make 528 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 1: it frustrated. Now, I do think that Sam Howe is 529 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:08,840 Speaker 1: gonna play and and and give it. You know, there's 530 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:13,040 Speaker 1: Sam Ellinger with better passing acumen sort of thing. And 531 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 1: he'll push the Cowboys a little bit. But this is 532 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 1: when the Cowboys got to have I think the commanders 533 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: after kind of the standing ins the last few weeks 534 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 1: of you know, Heinikey starts and then all of a 535 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: sudden they go back to Carson Wentz and he looks 536 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 1: like garbage. And now they're out of the playoffs. And 537 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: Ron Rivera didn't know whether all that kind of stuff. 538 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: So I think the commanders are, you know, there's one 539 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 1: foot off the door ready for that thing to be over, 540 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,440 Speaker 1: and the Cowboys got allout to play for it. Now. 541 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,040 Speaker 1: I think Howell will play, but I think Dobbs gives 542 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 1: his team the best shot. Nathan Peterman forget it as 543 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: just for just forget it. Ellenori battle. I mean he 544 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 1: will battle. He'll he'll give the Colts a few plays. 545 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,720 Speaker 1: He just doesn't throw it well enough. Um. I think 546 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 1: that's what separates him at this point. And he's got 547 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: Michael Pittman Junior, and he's got out Pierce Paris. Campbell 548 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 1: has done some things. He's got his tight ends, so 549 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: he's got his guys to throw to a little bit. 550 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: But his offensive line, I mean, I don't know what 551 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 1: happened at offensive line. It's been garbage and there's no 552 00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:08,680 Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor and that was the identity of that football team. 553 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: There's no Jonathan Taylor. So I'm gonna go with Josh Dobbs. 554 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 1: I think Mike Rabel's selling point this week is, you 555 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,600 Speaker 1: know what, guys, we've had our losing streak. Nobody expects 556 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,320 Speaker 1: us to win. We are now the We're now right 557 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: where we want to be, and that is the forgotten, 558 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 1: the underdog. This is this is what we are. This 559 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: is the Titans, and we're gonna rise up and win 560 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 1: this one. So I'm gonna give Dobbs the edge, and 561 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: that all right, Johnny. Let's continue with who's better, what's better? 562 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 1: Better scenario to address the situation in the AFC, and 563 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,360 Speaker 1: we'll just go ahead and say there will be no 564 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: makeup of Bengals Bills, So what's better winning percentage? Let 565 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,920 Speaker 1: eight teams in per conference and go without a buy 566 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,880 Speaker 1: and just go with sixteen teams total, making it to 567 00:31:55,960 --> 00:32:00,800 Speaker 1: try to quote make it fair or have that scenario 568 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 1: where you get your choice if you're the top seed 569 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: between a home field throughout or a buye. What's the 570 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: better scenario in your opinion. I like the last one. 571 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: I like that one. I like there. I like for 572 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,520 Speaker 1: there to be a choice. I think that would be 573 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 1: really interesting. Do you want to buy or do you 574 00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: want to play at home? And I do think that 575 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 1: both Buffalo and Kansas City, given their druthers, would probably 576 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 1: pick playing at home because Buffalo has got a distinct 577 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: weather advantage. Kansas City think about this. What's Patrick mahomes 578 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 1: record in playoff games away from Arrowhead Stadium? Hasn't had 579 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 1: to do it? Yes, do it? It's right, zero zero. 580 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: The only road game he's played has been in the 581 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 1: super Bowl in those playoff games. So we don't even 582 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 1: know what Kansas City would be on the road in 583 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,200 Speaker 1: the playoffs with Patrick Mahomes. We know they probably be 584 00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:01,360 Speaker 1: pretty good, but I think they love the fines of Aarhead. 585 00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 1: We have been in that situation. We have seen what 586 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: that crowd is like at a divisional playoff round at 587 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 1: Kansas City. It's not pretty for the opponent at all. 588 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,360 Speaker 1: So from that standpoint, I think both teams would probably pick. 589 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,120 Speaker 1: This is my guest that they would probably pick to 590 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 1: play at home, and Buffalo in particular because that advantage 591 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:29,400 Speaker 1: is distinct. Plus if you look at the Buffalo situation. 592 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously we all know why they didn't finish 593 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: the game on Monday, and we know what Buffalo has 594 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 1: been through. But they played a quarter of that game, 595 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 1: so I don't want to say they got their bye 596 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:44,800 Speaker 1: week there, but they had an opportunity for three quarters 597 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,680 Speaker 1: to not get get any further banged up. So I'm 598 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 1: curious what the NFL goes with at that point. I 599 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 1: like the choice. I love that. I love them having 600 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: the opportunity to say what's more important, the buy or 601 00:33:56,600 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 1: home field that I absolutely love. I cannot imagine not 602 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: taking the option to skip a week I automatically get 603 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: into round two. I've got to take that option every time. 604 00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: I know I'm not gonna get a home field throughout, 605 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 1: but geez, that's hard to pass up, you know. Meanwhile, 606 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,480 Speaker 1: the team with home field throughout can get bumped off 607 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 1: Week one and they're out, so that no longer applies. 608 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 1: I would always take the bye in that situation, especially 609 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: since well I'm gonna about to talk myself out of 610 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:28,440 Speaker 1: it now. How many times does the BUYE team not 611 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,920 Speaker 1: make it right? It happens a lot about well, I 612 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,920 Speaker 1: say the BUYE team. You know, we've only been in 613 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:37,480 Speaker 1: this situation once but or a few times. But here 614 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 1: is the deal. I think that it's too tempting not 615 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,400 Speaker 1: to take to be able to skip a week like 616 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: and just get automatic entry into the next round, even 617 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: though it doesn't work a lot of the time. It's 618 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 1: hard to say, yeah, I'm gonna put my guys out 619 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,359 Speaker 1: there for a sixty minute game this weekend and take 620 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 1: my chances that way. I think it's a very difficult decision. 621 00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:01,880 Speaker 1: It's tougher than you're right, Mark, It's tougher than I 622 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 1: that I made it out. The thing is, in a 623 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,480 Speaker 1: in a regular situation, you get the best of both worlds. 624 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 1: You get to buy because you have had the best 625 00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:13,279 Speaker 1: regular season. You get to buy, and you get to 626 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,880 Speaker 1: play at home for the remainder of it. So that 627 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,840 Speaker 1: just you know, goes to show the other thing. I wouldn't. 628 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:20,680 Speaker 1: I would hope, but I don't know if this was 629 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 1: in your scenario. But you know, the neutral site could 630 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,040 Speaker 1: be very interesting. Oh yeah, that could be really interesting 631 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:28,680 Speaker 1: if they go to a neutral site. If it ends 632 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:32,200 Speaker 1: up being you know, a situation where Buffalo played, you know, 633 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:34,400 Speaker 1: because of the no contests or However, they're gonna you know, 634 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,720 Speaker 1: record this game on Monday night that they didn't finish, 635 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,920 Speaker 1: make it a neutral site, that would be that would 636 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 1: be interesting and see what they could do for a 637 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 1: neutral site sort of game. And you know, Buffalo in 638 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,640 Speaker 1: Kansas City, you would think Indianapolis makes a lot of 639 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,760 Speaker 1: sense to play that game at Indianapolis. It's whether control, 640 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 1: that's inside, etc. But that would be the other one. 641 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: And you know what I mean, I'm just I'm just 642 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 1: I like a little different, like, oh, an ANFC championship 643 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,760 Speaker 1: game in a neutral site. Okay, I'm curious how this goes. 644 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:05,799 Speaker 1: You know, a Buffalo had to play that game in 645 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:09,080 Speaker 1: Detroit where Buffalo is the home team and Cleveland was 646 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 1: the await team, and then we have to Detroit. I 647 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,360 Speaker 1: was curious how that was gonna go. Just something different 648 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 1: makes me pretty curious. So, I mean, the NFL's obviously 649 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,840 Speaker 1: got a rule on this, and rule on this relatively quickly. 650 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,360 Speaker 1: So um, we'll see what ends up happening. As you've said, 651 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: and I'll echo those thoughts. The news about DeMar Hamlin 652 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 1: today was just I mean, I had a lump in 653 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,040 Speaker 1: my throat just so happy, you know, shedding almost tears 654 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,720 Speaker 1: of joy for him and his family and for the Bills, 655 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 1: and the Bills went out to practice after talking to 656 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:45,440 Speaker 1: m DeMar Hamlin's father on Zoom, and the thought was 657 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 1: that the Bills went out there and they just it 658 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,680 Speaker 1: was like they had a weightlifted off their shoulders. That 659 00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:53,600 Speaker 1: there's still concern about DeMar Hamlin and there needs to be, 660 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,400 Speaker 1: and our thoughts and prayers have just they've worked and 661 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,760 Speaker 1: the Bills medical team saving his life. Hearing more about 662 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,960 Speaker 1: the situation and what they actually did it is just incredible. 663 00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,520 Speaker 1: But hearing from the doctors today kind of brought it 664 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 1: into focus. But it just the Bills, you know, te 665 00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,360 Speaker 1: Higgins even you know, kind of had seemingly a burden 666 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:14,960 Speaker 1: kind of lifted off of him. So we'll see how 667 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,239 Speaker 1: that manifests itself this week because the Bills play the 668 00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,040 Speaker 1: Patriots and I think the Bengals are finishing with the 669 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:22,080 Speaker 1: Ravens and what ends up happening. But the NFL's got 670 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,160 Speaker 1: a rule on something pretty quickly, and how they're gonna 671 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,200 Speaker 1: do this, Yeah, it could be tonight, could be anytime 672 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,160 Speaker 1: in the next ten minutes, who knows. And can you 673 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 1: imagine when the Bills here from Hamlin himself with them 674 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:37,799 Speaker 1: they're gonna run through walls. I mean, I think they're 675 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:39,680 Speaker 1: gonna be a very tough team to stop anyway. And 676 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,399 Speaker 1: that's you know that that is adrid and Rocky too. 677 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:45,200 Speaker 1: I hate to, you know, draw from a fictional piece there, 678 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,719 Speaker 1: but it kind of it's its own thing. Obviously. It's 679 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: so serious and we're praying that he comes all the 680 00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:54,480 Speaker 1: way back as quickly as possible. All right. Next up, 681 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:57,520 Speaker 1: Andre Johnson goes mano a'mano with the Hall of Famers 682 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,280 Speaker 1: and John Harris decides who's in. That's what we're going 683 00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:04,360 Speaker 1: in rapid fire fashion. Next here on Texans Radio. No 684 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:09,320 Speaker 1: back with more on Texans Radio. All right, Mark foundermaron 685 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,680 Speaker 1: John Harris with you. Let's do this. Andre Johnson a 686 00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,440 Speaker 1: finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Super Bowl 687 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,120 Speaker 1: Week we find out if he gets in. Didn't get 688 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:20,680 Speaker 1: in last year, got so close, Let's see what happens 689 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:25,680 Speaker 1: this year. Johnny John McClean said that he thought Dwight 690 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:31,880 Speaker 1: Freeney and Joe Thomas are locks. Right, let's did I 691 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,160 Speaker 1: say Dwight free I said, you know why, because I'm 692 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:37,560 Speaker 1: haunted by Dwight Freeney Yes, he's in by Nightmares. Yeah, 693 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:41,279 Speaker 1: it's Darrelle Revis, of course. But I'll start there, all right. 694 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,360 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna give you a name, and you say, 695 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: between this person and Andre Johnson, whether it's a yes, 696 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:51,120 Speaker 1: Andre's ahead of him in this vote in all likelihood 697 00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:54,560 Speaker 1: if he meaning fifty fifty ish or no. This guy's 698 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,319 Speaker 1: probably going in ahead of Andre, you know, at least 699 00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:59,200 Speaker 1: in order we all agree Andrey deserves to be in 700 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,799 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. Wondering when it's gonna happen. All right, 701 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:06,640 Speaker 1: So let's just say Joe Thomas and Durell Reeves they're in, Okay, yea. 702 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,360 Speaker 1: Let me go with Dwight Freeneye. Dwight Freeneye versus Andre, 703 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:12,279 Speaker 1: what do you think? And this is gonna be quick 704 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,319 Speaker 1: because I want to do them. I know I like 705 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:19,320 Speaker 1: Dwight freenye, but no Drey okay, Rodde Barber, No Drey 706 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:29,000 Speaker 1: Jared Allen close, that's very very I'm still gonna go popular. Yeah, 707 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,719 Speaker 1: A lot of this is popularity contest, you know, all right, 708 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:35,879 Speaker 1: Devin Hester Fellow Miami Hurricane. I think if Devin did 709 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,320 Speaker 1: more offensively, I think I'd be more apt to push 710 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,040 Speaker 1: for him. I mean, it's the greatest return guy there's 711 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:42,320 Speaker 1: ever been, and there's a spot for him in the 712 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:43,800 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. But not in front of one of 713 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:47,120 Speaker 1: the great receivers of all time, like Andre tory Holt. 714 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,200 Speaker 1: What do you think they'll do? No, No, I agree, No, 715 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:52,640 Speaker 1: I think the reputation the great show on turf. But 716 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,040 Speaker 1: the second gotta go in the Hall of Fame. From 717 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,839 Speaker 1: that team he had Marshall fall, Kurt Warner, I mean 718 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:01,839 Speaker 1: a receiver, he's the second receiver. No, y, yeah, yeah, yeah, 719 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:05,080 Speaker 1: I mean that team is low dead Albert Lewis corner 720 00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:09,759 Speaker 1: with the Chiefs and the Raiders. Dre Okay, I like this. 721 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:12,239 Speaker 1: I liked where this is headed. Zach Thomas. It's gotta 722 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,000 Speaker 1: be Dre right, Yeah, it's Dre For some reason, Zach 723 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:17,839 Speaker 1: Thomas is is. I think Zach Thomas is a Hall 724 00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,560 Speaker 1: of Famer. If Ryan Lockers all famer, Zach Thomas is 725 00:40:20,560 --> 00:40:22,799 Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer. But I'm not putting him over Dre. 726 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,279 Speaker 1: I would have put her locker in front of dre 727 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:30,640 Speaker 1: Okay DeMarcus where now, DeMarcus where I think it should 728 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:33,480 Speaker 1: go in. I think he'd be the third one. To me, 729 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:35,919 Speaker 1: I was shocked he didn't get him last year. Marcus 730 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:37,920 Speaker 1: where the great pass rushers of all time. I'm going 731 00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,880 Speaker 1: to Marcus where as my third pick? All right, so 732 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:45,640 Speaker 1: we got three ahead of them. Reggie Wayne Nope, Yeah, 733 00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:48,120 Speaker 1: I think I think the committee they're gonna look at 734 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:51,360 Speaker 1: it like this. Andre Johnson's gotta go ahead of Reggie Wayne. 735 00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,200 Speaker 1: He just does yes again. Loaded. It's kind of like 736 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:57,200 Speaker 1: the Tory hold in a different way, loaded team, et cetera. 737 00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:05,160 Speaker 1: These are interesting. Darren Woodson Cowboys, Trey Yeah, I'm Drey. 738 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:10,320 Speaker 1: Played in the inaugural Texans game. Patrick Willis, linebacker for 739 00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,719 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, stopped his career early. Oh that's 740 00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:15,640 Speaker 1: the thing, And that's that's a hard one because it 741 00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:18,560 Speaker 1: kind of falls into the gail, says Trrell Davis. Patrick 742 00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,400 Speaker 1: Willis was that good, But I'm not gonna put him 743 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,240 Speaker 1: in front of Dre. Dre's got a full career, full 744 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:27,000 Speaker 1: loaded stats, and I just don't know that you can 745 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,359 Speaker 1: make a case for Patrick Willis where you're gonna convince me, Yeah, 746 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,799 Speaker 1: he should go in in front of Andre Johnson. I 747 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,279 Speaker 1: do think, even though it's a small body of work, 748 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,879 Speaker 1: Patrick Willis should go on the Hall of Fame, but 749 00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:40,440 Speaker 1: I think Drey should go in front of him. Super 750 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:45,680 Speaker 1: Bowl season participation wise and u NFC Championship game season 751 00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,400 Speaker 1: for Patrick Willis. And that's it. That's the whole list, 752 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:52,520 Speaker 1: that's Andre versus everybody. So we basically have this could 753 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:56,759 Speaker 1: be so good, this could be so exciting. Please get in. Yeah, 754 00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:59,040 Speaker 1: the week of the Super Bowl we find out I 755 00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,200 Speaker 1: mean either names you know, you know why because they're 756 00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,959 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame candidates. We're down to the finalists. Heck, 757 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,959 Speaker 1: the semifinalists. They're all awesome. If you're on the initial list, 758 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,640 Speaker 1: you're awesome. Even if you're not on that list, you 759 00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:14,880 Speaker 1: could be awesome if you're a multi pro bowler. That's 760 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:18,279 Speaker 1: how tough this is. You know. Seeing Andrea up there 761 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,160 Speaker 1: and then you and I caught up with him in studio, 762 00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:22,480 Speaker 1: I kind of got chills over that. I thought, man, 763 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,040 Speaker 1: we could be right there with this Hall of Fame 764 00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:28,320 Speaker 1: Texan and the first one to get in, then Wattle 765 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:33,080 Speaker 1: get in, and Hollylujah and Don Coreel who's listen, this 766 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,640 Speaker 1: is one of my favorite coaches ever. Senior finalist. I 767 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:41,000 Speaker 1: am excited about the prospect of Air Correll's architect to 768 00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,360 Speaker 1: get in. All right, Johnny, that's gonna do it for 769 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,720 Speaker 1: the show I know tomorrow, and you've got your keys. 770 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:48,400 Speaker 1: What else do we have, Andre Johnson, Well, give me 771 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:51,320 Speaker 1: the rest of the Andrea Johnson, we have Lara Overton, 772 00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:57,560 Speaker 1: We're going to have Tremont Smith. I know Drew Dorty is. 773 00:42:58,040 --> 00:42:59,799 Speaker 1: I'm going to interview with the player and a Cara. 774 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,319 Speaker 1: The player is. I didn't hear who was gonna be. 775 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,839 Speaker 1: Maybe it was Grenard. No, he did hear Grenard last week, 776 00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,839 Speaker 1: So either way, there'll be a couple of players. There'll 777 00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:11,600 Speaker 1: be Laura Overton, we'll hear from Lovey. You'll get a 778 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:13,440 Speaker 1: chance to catch up with him with the pregame interview. 779 00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,719 Speaker 1: So plenty of stuff for Friday night, And of course 780 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:20,120 Speaker 1: it's the last Friday Night all access episode of the season, 781 00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:22,680 Speaker 1: so I'll try and blow it out best I can. 782 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:25,279 Speaker 1: All right, and I'll set up the rest of the 783 00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:27,680 Speaker 1: lineup for the weekend with the Texans TV stuff and 784 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,520 Speaker 1: Texans Monday, which will be our last radio day before 785 00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:33,919 Speaker 1: the day after the Super Bowl is we'll go dark 786 00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:36,719 Speaker 1: for a while. But six ten always has your back. Okay. 787 00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:39,400 Speaker 1: Next up, we're gonna catch up with some of the 788 00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:41,719 Speaker 1: things Lovey Smith had to say earlier in the week, 789 00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:44,600 Speaker 1: and this is good stuff because different listening audience. Nick 790 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:48,160 Speaker 1: Casserio as well, Andrey Johnson little teas for tomorrow night. 791 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:50,160 Speaker 1: What did you have to say about the Texans rookies? 792 00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,920 Speaker 1: You want to hear this also Traymont Smith. How difficult 793 00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:56,480 Speaker 1: has this been with the Damar hamlet situation going on? 794 00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:59,400 Speaker 1: Obviously the most difficult for him, but with players around 795 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,320 Speaker 1: the league and with players in the building at NRG Stadium, 796 00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:04,960 Speaker 1: it's all coming up here. Thank you Chris for producing. 797 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,040 Speaker 1: We'll keep it going. One more hour no Thursday Night 798 00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:11,120 Speaker 1: Football tonight. It's Texans Radio Texans All Access Hour two 799 00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:13,040 Speaker 1: on a Thursday, and it's the first hour two on 800 00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:15,239 Speaker 1: a Thursday we've had all season long, because there is 801 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:19,480 Speaker 1: no more Thursday Night football on the campaign with us 802 00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:21,880 Speaker 1: being in week eighteen now, and what a week eighteen 803 00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:25,440 Speaker 1: it's been so far. Obviously, the game's scheduled to go 804 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:29,480 Speaker 1: on this weekend as planned with what happened Monday Night 805 00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:33,160 Speaker 1: Football with Damar Hamlin going down cardiac arrest. But the 806 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:36,360 Speaker 1: news better as the week goes along, and that is 807 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,960 Speaker 1: a terrific thing to hear. So in this hour, we 808 00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,000 Speaker 1: thought we'd get you caught up on some things you 809 00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:44,080 Speaker 1: probably missed, including but not limited to, some of the 810 00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:47,640 Speaker 1: things Lovey Smith had to say earlier this week and 811 00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:50,200 Speaker 1: not related to Hamlin. We heard those comments a bunch 812 00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:54,040 Speaker 1: this week. But let's get back into the games that were, 813 00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:57,520 Speaker 1: the game that will be on Sunday against the Indianapolis 814 00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:00,600 Speaker 1: Coltson let's start right here. His thoughts on has been King. 815 00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,480 Speaker 1: He had a pick on Sunday, one of the bright 816 00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:06,960 Speaker 1: spots and the loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the 817 00:45:07,040 --> 00:45:10,200 Speaker 1: kind of campaign King has had and what you expect 818 00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,839 Speaker 1: moving forward here. Yes, Daz does a lot for us. 819 00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:14,800 Speaker 1: You know, he's a returner and he gets a chance 820 00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:18,280 Speaker 1: to return, you know, puts four us. But he's also 821 00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:21,319 Speaker 1: you know, I start in the corner and it's about 822 00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:22,839 Speaker 1: taking the ball away. I think we took the ball 823 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:25,960 Speaker 1: away a couple of times yesterday. I mean, and we've 824 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,520 Speaker 1: been one of the best teams that doing that. We've 825 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:31,080 Speaker 1: been a top ten type team for many years doing 826 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:32,960 Speaker 1: that taking the ball away, and this year is the 827 00:45:33,040 --> 00:45:36,160 Speaker 1: same as one of the things. But it's a big 828 00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:40,040 Speaker 1: part DA's interception yesterday. Of course, it was big. He 829 00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:43,160 Speaker 1: has excellent hands. Your returner, you should have good hands, right, 830 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:47,239 Speaker 1: He has that and we'll need that this week. It's 831 00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:52,000 Speaker 1: always about the turnover ratio. Previous week of course big 832 00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:55,359 Speaker 1: ones for us. This week not as many, but we're 833 00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:59,080 Speaker 1: released on the board. Coach, I know you don't hate 834 00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:03,240 Speaker 1: the Colts like the individuals like I do, like he does. 835 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:07,400 Speaker 1: He hates the Colts, but this has been a rivalry 836 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,239 Speaker 1: for the last probably ten twelve years, kind of going 837 00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:12,719 Speaker 1: back and forth. Your time in week one, now you 838 00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:15,359 Speaker 1: face him in the last week. How much different are 839 00:46:15,360 --> 00:46:18,960 Speaker 1: the teams over those seventeen weeks going into week eighteen, 840 00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,640 Speaker 1: and how forward you look to playing the Colts? Well, 841 00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:24,719 Speaker 1: look forward their division opponent. They don't have as much 842 00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:27,439 Speaker 1: of a history, maybe a mark as you have with them, 843 00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:31,080 Speaker 1: but we understand the division opponent and how important that is. 844 00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:35,680 Speaker 1: How much say improved since then? You know, they've had 845 00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:38,160 Speaker 1: a difficult season, just like we have to. A lot 846 00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:41,680 Speaker 1: has happened, you know, with them, But they run the 847 00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:44,040 Speaker 1: same offense, so they haven't really changed any of that 848 00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:46,600 Speaker 1: on what they're committed to, committed to the run steal. 849 00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:49,719 Speaker 1: They have had a revolving door a little bit at 850 00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:52,640 Speaker 1: the quarterback position, but most of their defen I think 851 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:55,600 Speaker 1: they played good defense throughout the year. The offensive line 852 00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:58,200 Speaker 1: is pretty much in tech, so we know where we're 853 00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,920 Speaker 1: gonna get. It's always tough when you go on the road. Well, 854 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:02,399 Speaker 1: I was going to ask you about knowing what you're 855 00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:04,720 Speaker 1: gonna get because they are so different and three different 856 00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:08,000 Speaker 1: starting quarterbacks, two head coaches, a partridge in a peartree 857 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:10,520 Speaker 1: or not that. But it is just very different in 858 00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:12,400 Speaker 1: terms of personnelity because I'm looking at some of the 859 00:47:12,440 --> 00:47:15,400 Speaker 1: guys who were making plays or not for them yesterday 860 00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:18,760 Speaker 1: and it's a lot of different names. They were there 861 00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,440 Speaker 1: on the death chart, but it's a different style of play. Yeah, 862 00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:23,120 Speaker 1: and I say that's the case from a lot of 863 00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:25,399 Speaker 1: teams just late in the year. You know, Andrew's half 864 00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:30,479 Speaker 1: kicked in and amongst other things. But just defensively, their front, 865 00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:32,960 Speaker 1: it's pretty much intact on what we'll see. Darris Lennon 866 00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:37,080 Speaker 1: hadn't played in the long period of time. And then offensively, 867 00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:41,640 Speaker 1: their receivers are healthy now. Of course Jonathan Taylor's not there, 868 00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:45,400 Speaker 1: but they are. They still we watched start watching video 869 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,680 Speaker 1: from there. They're still running in the same offense that 870 00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:50,640 Speaker 1: they ran earlier. Well, you faced Taylor enough in college, 871 00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:52,400 Speaker 1: and we've seen enough of them here with the Colts, 872 00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:54,279 Speaker 1: So we're done with Jonathan Taylor for a little while. 873 00:47:54,640 --> 00:47:57,440 Speaker 1: That's okay. But they got a Texas boy playing quarterback 874 00:47:57,440 --> 00:47:59,400 Speaker 1: and Sam Ellinger and you got is a guy that 875 00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:02,279 Speaker 1: at Tech relied on his wheels a little bit. As 876 00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:04,359 Speaker 1: you face quarterbacks this year, coach, you've kind of seen 877 00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:08,080 Speaker 1: all types, but Sam is a little different that they 878 00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:09,880 Speaker 1: will scheme up some runs for him and do some 879 00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:11,839 Speaker 1: different things. What are your thoughts about facing a guy 880 00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:13,960 Speaker 1: that we haven't faced, but we know he's got some 881 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:16,880 Speaker 1: definite running skill and if you focus too much on that, 882 00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:19,279 Speaker 1: he can throw it as well. Well, that's what you're right, 883 00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:22,320 Speaker 1: he's week As we go in, you have to identify 884 00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:25,359 Speaker 1: what type of quarterback we're playing, and you're right, we're 885 00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:27,920 Speaker 1: playing a quarter Of course, all the quarterbacks will be 886 00:48:27,960 --> 00:48:29,960 Speaker 1: able to throw the ball, but he is one that 887 00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,960 Speaker 1: can move the chains with his feet, with his legs, 888 00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:35,520 Speaker 1: and so we have to be ready for that different 889 00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:38,399 Speaker 1: game plan. You know, we have teams on their heels 890 00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:40,040 Speaker 1: a little bit based on who we have at the 891 00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,719 Speaker 1: quarterback position. From play to play really, so got to 892 00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:46,359 Speaker 1: be ready for that. If he's a guy along the 893 00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:49,000 Speaker 1: lines of them being different. I'm gonna ask you a 894 00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:51,279 Speaker 1: question the way Johnny asks me a question. If you 895 00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:53,719 Speaker 1: had to pick one tape that you could use to 896 00:48:53,760 --> 00:48:56,839 Speaker 1: prepare for this game, last week's or the Colt's tape 897 00:48:56,880 --> 00:49:00,000 Speaker 1: against the Giants or a week one against the Texans, 898 00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,560 Speaker 1: which one would you use? Well, we're gonna use both. 899 00:49:02,560 --> 00:49:04,879 Speaker 1: We're gonna look at We're gonna look at the first one, 900 00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:08,040 Speaker 1: of course, but I really, we really believe in what 901 00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:11,280 Speaker 1: have you done lately? Okay, So we're gonna start working 902 00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:13,520 Speaker 1: our way back from this last game. Yeah, you see 903 00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:15,399 Speaker 1: the question. I make them tough on him, a little 904 00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:17,520 Speaker 1: bit tougher than that one. You handle that well, coach. 905 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:21,319 Speaker 1: I know, this time of year, whether you're having a 906 00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:23,480 Speaker 1: great season or whether you're having a tough season, when 907 00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:25,839 Speaker 1: you're getting to the end of a season because of 908 00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:28,600 Speaker 1: how things change in LENAFL or whether it's college or wherever, 909 00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:30,799 Speaker 1: it's a tough life for a coach to live in 910 00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,360 Speaker 1: some sense because you don't know what's gonna happen. You 911 00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:36,200 Speaker 1: don't know you know what's gonna happen next whether you're 912 00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:38,759 Speaker 1: doing well you're not. How tough is this part of 913 00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:41,440 Speaker 1: the year for you being a coach with the number 914 00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:43,200 Speaker 1: of staff members you're having all that kind of stuff. 915 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:44,440 Speaker 1: How tough is it at this part of the year, 916 00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:46,520 Speaker 1: no matter what's going on. I mean, it's tough, but 917 00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:48,920 Speaker 1: that's you know, you know, what we sign up for. 918 00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:50,400 Speaker 1: It's a part of it. In the end of the 919 00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:55,399 Speaker 1: year evaluations and then you look at your record. All 920 00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:58,000 Speaker 1: of those things is just your know, it's just normal 921 00:49:58,080 --> 00:50:01,440 Speaker 1: part of end of the year people that involved in 922 00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:04,480 Speaker 1: sports and in our case in football, it's just part 923 00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:06,799 Speaker 1: of what it is and you look forward to it. 924 00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:09,400 Speaker 1: As soon as you get to that spot, you start 925 00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:12,560 Speaker 1: moving on. I mean going forward to the next year. Well, 926 00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:15,959 Speaker 1: you've been really good about painting the picture of what's 927 00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:18,799 Speaker 1: at stake and entering the final three games with those 928 00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:21,920 Speaker 1: divisional opponents. Coach talked about the AFC South and having 929 00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:23,920 Speaker 1: a winning record in the division and that's still on 930 00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:26,920 Speaker 1: the table for you here as you take on the Colts. 931 00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:28,799 Speaker 1: That's a big carrot at the end of the year 932 00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:31,480 Speaker 1: to walk out of that building feeling good about what 933 00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:34,399 Speaker 1: just happened. Yes, and that's what we're I mean it's 934 00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:37,279 Speaker 1: down to one game, and of course we split with 935 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:41,879 Speaker 1: the Titans, we split with the Jaguars, and of course 936 00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:44,600 Speaker 1: we have a tie versus the Coat, so getting one 937 00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:48,960 Speaker 1: more win against that third division opponent is big. That's 938 00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:51,960 Speaker 1: if we need some motivation for this last game. Of 939 00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:54,000 Speaker 1: course I should give it to it. Well, you get 940 00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:56,239 Speaker 1: you have that symmetry going. That's the one thing, you know, 941 00:50:56,360 --> 00:50:58,920 Speaker 1: math guy, that's I like the symmetry. But we can 942 00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:01,839 Speaker 1: shake it up with a women nice Yeah. Absolutely, Coach, 943 00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:05,439 Speaker 1: We're having Jake Hanson on the Players Show, So tell 944 00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:07,120 Speaker 1: me a little bit about him, because I know you 945 00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:12,040 Speaker 1: have history at Illinois here obviously he says, well, when 946 00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:14,360 Speaker 1: he first worked for you or worked with you, you 947 00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:17,560 Speaker 1: didn't have the beard. But he said, very much the 948 00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:20,399 Speaker 1: same guy, just at a pro level. So you tell 949 00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:23,399 Speaker 1: us about Jake college Jake, And I felt Jake because 950 00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:25,640 Speaker 1: he was a three time captain at Illinois and here 951 00:51:25,640 --> 00:51:27,719 Speaker 1: he is as an undrafted rookie trying to make a 952 00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:29,840 Speaker 1: name for himself. If you if you talk about a 953 00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:32,000 Speaker 1: guy being a captain that long, it kind of tells 954 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,440 Speaker 1: you what his makeup is all about. That's what I 955 00:51:34,480 --> 00:51:37,680 Speaker 1: saw then, So a guy that's from a football family. 956 00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:42,400 Speaker 1: Football is important to his entire family. Very supportive that way, 957 00:51:42,920 --> 00:51:46,920 Speaker 1: very coachable, and he could play. I mean he bought into, 958 00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:49,520 Speaker 1: you know what, we were trying to get accomplition on 959 00:51:49,560 --> 00:51:52,320 Speaker 1: the defensive side of the football. I knew that he 960 00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:55,480 Speaker 1: would have a career in NFL, would be his next 961 00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:59,200 Speaker 1: stop after college. And he falled through some injury. So 962 00:51:59,239 --> 00:52:02,080 Speaker 1: he's gone to fall through adversity, all those things you 963 00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:05,920 Speaker 1: need to go go through. He has. And just like 964 00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:07,919 Speaker 1: the way he's playing right now. You know, I liked 965 00:52:08,160 --> 00:52:10,800 Speaker 1: a lot of our young players are playing, but really 966 00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:12,640 Speaker 1: like what some of the Jake and some of the 967 00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:15,120 Speaker 1: other guys doing. Coach, I'm taking a second to trying 968 00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:17,319 Speaker 1: to imagine you without the beard. I can't. I can't 969 00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:20,320 Speaker 1: do it. I can't, I can't do it. But along 970 00:52:20,360 --> 00:52:23,560 Speaker 1: those lines with Jake, but also rookies, in particular first 971 00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:27,239 Speaker 1: year guys, they've gone from the playing their final game 972 00:52:27,280 --> 00:52:30,720 Speaker 1: in college. They went right into draft process, they get drafted, 973 00:52:30,719 --> 00:52:32,879 Speaker 1: they get to go through right into OTAs. They maybe 974 00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:34,520 Speaker 1: had a little bit of a break before training camp. 975 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:36,319 Speaker 1: They've been going for a while. What's kind of the 976 00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:38,080 Speaker 1: advice you give to the young guys that have gone 977 00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:41,040 Speaker 1: through that process. When the season ends, what's the most 978 00:52:41,080 --> 00:52:43,799 Speaker 1: important thing for them to have to do. Is it 979 00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:45,520 Speaker 1: important to get away for a little bit and just 980 00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:47,080 Speaker 1: get football behind him? What do you what do you 981 00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:50,280 Speaker 1: expect from those guys? What do you want from those guys? Well, absolutely, 982 00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:53,320 Speaker 1: there's a things they need to do is get away. 983 00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:55,839 Speaker 1: First off, you need to it's been a long year. 984 00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:58,560 Speaker 1: You're right. You mentioned all the things they went through 985 00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:02,160 Speaker 1: from the end of their college careers. I mean, combine 986 00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:07,000 Speaker 1: all star games, might work out, and then trying to 987 00:53:07,120 --> 00:53:10,040 Speaker 1: learn how to be a professional football player. So it's 988 00:53:10,080 --> 00:53:12,080 Speaker 1: been a long stretch and there's a period of time 989 00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:15,880 Speaker 1: but and then before you know it, all season is starting. 990 00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:17,920 Speaker 1: But first thing is to get away a little bit 991 00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:20,160 Speaker 1: and then start getting your mindset for when you're going 992 00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:23,359 Speaker 1: to start working out again. I think once you start 993 00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:25,640 Speaker 1: working out, just in general, where you an NFL player 994 00:53:25,719 --> 00:53:28,280 Speaker 1: or not, you never get too far away from taking 995 00:53:28,320 --> 00:53:30,440 Speaker 1: care of your body and not getting too far away 996 00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:33,600 Speaker 1: from that. And none of our players will, well, a 997 00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:35,600 Speaker 1: lot of them like to work out wherever they're from 998 00:53:35,719 --> 00:53:38,400 Speaker 1: or with other guys and other trainers and things like that. 999 00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:40,759 Speaker 1: I imagine some of them can just work out here. 1000 00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:43,359 Speaker 1: But what do you think of that when they're working 1001 00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:47,240 Speaker 1: out together away in South Florida or you're in Texas 1002 00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:49,840 Speaker 1: but not at the facility and trying to keep themselves 1003 00:53:49,840 --> 00:53:52,360 Speaker 1: in shape or get themselves in shape for the oncoming campaign. 1004 00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:54,160 Speaker 1: I know if you're if you live here in town, 1005 00:53:54,200 --> 00:53:57,520 Speaker 1: of course, we have the best facility that you could 1006 00:53:57,520 --> 00:54:03,000 Speaker 1: possibly want to train, So come back here. But at 1007 00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:06,120 Speaker 1: the same time, before all season program starts, if you 1008 00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:08,080 Speaker 1: want to get away a little bit, and people live 1009 00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:11,320 Speaker 1: for a lot of different places, you're to travel, find 1010 00:54:11,360 --> 00:54:14,680 Speaker 1: someplace where you can work out and eventually though, you 1011 00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:17,640 Speaker 1: need to come back and get home the routine that 1012 00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:21,600 Speaker 1: you know. And for us, you know our Houston, Texan 1013 00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:25,120 Speaker 1: routine and let our guys, our strength conditioning staff and 1014 00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:27,800 Speaker 1: Trish all the people here get their hands back on you. 1015 00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:30,080 Speaker 1: Is it strange as a coach when you have that 1016 00:54:30,160 --> 00:54:33,360 Speaker 1: period where you can't talk football with them, and maybe 1017 00:54:33,360 --> 00:54:35,759 Speaker 1: the strength and conditioning coach is the guy who sort 1018 00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:38,840 Speaker 1: of takes over at that point, but you're not supposed 1019 00:54:38,880 --> 00:54:41,600 Speaker 1: to or allowed to talk football with them until they 1020 00:54:41,640 --> 00:54:44,239 Speaker 1: come back for the offseason conditioning program. Right, I don't 1021 00:54:44,280 --> 00:54:46,640 Speaker 1: think it's I know, I think everybody looks forward to 1022 00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:48,640 Speaker 1: that time. They need a break from us, we need 1023 00:54:48,640 --> 00:54:52,040 Speaker 1: a break from them. But really to just get away. 1024 00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:55,120 Speaker 1: I mean that's the best thing you can do mentally, 1025 00:54:55,239 --> 00:54:57,759 Speaker 1: just to take a mental break from all of that 1026 00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:01,560 Speaker 1: and just you know, you know a little bit. I 1027 00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:05,000 Speaker 1: think that's some muss. You know, in every all season coach, 1028 00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:08,080 Speaker 1: the CBA has changed over the years, I know when 1029 00:55:08,440 --> 00:55:11,480 Speaker 1: when you started as head coach versus what it is 1030 00:55:11,560 --> 00:55:13,640 Speaker 1: right now. If there's something that you would like to 1031 00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:15,640 Speaker 1: be that you would like you and your staff to 1032 00:55:15,760 --> 00:55:18,320 Speaker 1: be allowed to do during the offseason, is there something 1033 00:55:18,320 --> 00:55:20,279 Speaker 1: that stands out more than any other would you like 1034 00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:22,680 Speaker 1: to be able to kind of do some some teaching 1035 00:55:22,680 --> 00:55:25,040 Speaker 1: of some ball or something like that. What how has 1036 00:55:25,080 --> 00:55:26,879 Speaker 1: it changed and what would you like to see changed 1037 00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:29,120 Speaker 1: if you could. Now it's changed an awful lot. I 1038 00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:30,920 Speaker 1: kind of like the way we're are in all season 1039 00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:33,480 Speaker 1: really right now. We talked about time away. It's been 1040 00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:37,560 Speaker 1: a long year, you know, seventeen games preseason games. It's 1041 00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:41,160 Speaker 1: been a long year. So for the guys to get 1042 00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:43,719 Speaker 1: away and you know, we we haven't been on the 1043 00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:46,440 Speaker 1: normal conditions for a period of time, you know, COVID 1044 00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:49,279 Speaker 1: has you know, seemed like it's not a review mirror now, 1045 00:55:50,239 --> 00:55:52,920 Speaker 1: but there's enough time. But if the guys come in 1046 00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:55,960 Speaker 1: when all season programs start for us to get everything 1047 00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:58,640 Speaker 1: done that we need. Next up, we'll get you caught 1048 00:55:58,680 --> 00:56:00,520 Speaker 1: up with more of what Lovey Smith had to say 1049 00:56:00,520 --> 00:56:03,520 Speaker 1: this week about the game that will be on Sunday 1050 00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:06,120 Speaker 1: when the Texans take on the Colts, some more offseason 1051 00:56:06,200 --> 00:56:09,840 Speaker 1: planning stuff, and right out of the shoot. Next sneak 1052 00:56:09,880 --> 00:56:14,160 Speaker 1: peek at tomorrow's show with Andre Johnson's thoughts on the rookies, 1053 00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:16,640 Speaker 1: what did he have to say about the class of 1054 00:56:16,719 --> 00:56:21,279 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, That and more coming up Texans Radio. Well, 1055 00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:23,080 Speaker 1: for the first time this year, you get a two 1056 00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:26,360 Speaker 1: hour show on Thursday night because there's no Thursday night football. 1057 00:56:26,360 --> 00:56:28,560 Speaker 1: It's the only time this year because we'll go dark 1058 00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:31,319 Speaker 1: after Monday until the day after the Super Bowl on 1059 00:56:31,360 --> 00:56:34,160 Speaker 1: Texans Radio. But of course Sports Radio six ten always 1060 00:56:34,239 --> 00:56:39,040 Speaker 1: here entertaining you. Speaking of entertaining Andre Johnson, we've visited 1061 00:56:39,080 --> 00:56:41,759 Speaker 1: with him. You're gonna hear this on Friday's show, but 1062 00:56:41,960 --> 00:56:45,440 Speaker 1: I'm giving you a little sneak peek here. Andre Johnson's 1063 00:56:45,480 --> 00:56:48,560 Speaker 1: thoughts on the twenty twenty two rookie class. What does 1064 00:56:48,600 --> 00:56:52,840 Speaker 1: he think of Petree, Pierce and company moving forward into 1065 00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:57,920 Speaker 1: Texans future. I like him a lot. I think this class, 1066 00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:02,799 Speaker 1: a rookie class, will be the class that kind of, 1067 00:57:03,760 --> 00:57:07,400 Speaker 1: you know, gets this organization headed in the right direction. 1068 00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:13,080 Speaker 1: A lot of talent, and I think this year for 1069 00:57:13,120 --> 00:57:17,960 Speaker 1: them to get the playtime and the reps that they 1070 00:57:18,040 --> 00:57:22,680 Speaker 1: got to get, the way that the games went, so 1071 00:57:22,720 --> 00:57:25,360 Speaker 1: all of those things that you know, you look at 1072 00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:29,080 Speaker 1: that happened this season, those all learning lessons. So now 1073 00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:31,800 Speaker 1: you get to you know, they come in next year, 1074 00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:37,600 Speaker 1: they'll be way ahead. There's Andre Johnson Pro Football finalists. 1075 00:57:37,640 --> 00:57:39,400 Speaker 1: He's gonna find out that week at the super Bowl 1076 00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:42,000 Speaker 1: if he makes it to Canton this year or not. 1077 00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:44,440 Speaker 1: Let's all hope for the best man. That would be 1078 00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:47,120 Speaker 1: so much fun to be in Canton for that and 1079 00:57:47,160 --> 00:57:48,960 Speaker 1: also play in the Hall of Fame game and all 1080 00:57:49,000 --> 00:57:51,480 Speaker 1: of it. I just cannot wait for Andrey Johnson to 1081 00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:55,320 Speaker 1: be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and 1082 00:57:55,440 --> 00:57:58,919 Speaker 1: again extended visit with him Friday Night Show. You don't 1083 00:57:58,960 --> 00:58:02,760 Speaker 1: want to miss it. It is great stuff. Also great 1084 00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:05,800 Speaker 1: hearing Lovey Smith's thoughts on the offseason. Let's get back 1085 00:58:05,840 --> 00:58:07,880 Speaker 1: into some of the things you might have missed that 1086 00:58:07,880 --> 00:58:10,720 Speaker 1: the head coach had to say this week, and this 1087 00:58:10,800 --> 00:58:15,200 Speaker 1: is about his own personal offseason routine. After that, we'll 1088 00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:17,680 Speaker 1: hear some from Nick Cassario, just like the players, every 1089 00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:21,640 Speaker 1: a period of time where I'm not as discipline as 1090 00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:24,080 Speaker 1: I probably need to be, and that's with what I 1091 00:58:24,120 --> 00:58:26,360 Speaker 1: put in my body and just working out a little bit. 1092 00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:29,600 Speaker 1: But never get that too. It's the lives. It's the 1093 00:58:29,640 --> 00:58:33,320 Speaker 1: lifestyle that I've you know, chosen that I stay with 1094 00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:36,640 Speaker 1: pretty much year round. All all right, well, I've got 1095 00:58:36,680 --> 00:58:39,720 Speaker 1: the Amerge Bank asked coach question of the week. This 1096 00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:42,880 Speaker 1: is about officials, and we don't want to get you 1097 00:58:42,880 --> 00:58:45,360 Speaker 1: in trouble or anything, but take us through for the 1098 00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:49,000 Speaker 1: fans who don't know. On a game day, when do 1099 00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:51,120 Speaker 1: you meet with the officials prior to the game and 1100 00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:53,840 Speaker 1: what kind of things are discussed. What can you tell 1101 00:58:53,880 --> 00:58:57,880 Speaker 1: us about those meetings and conversations, coach, Well, normally on 1102 00:58:57,920 --> 00:59:01,280 Speaker 1: a normal game day, the officials about an hour and 1103 00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:04,560 Speaker 1: a half so before the game, the officials start by 1104 00:59:04,560 --> 00:59:07,919 Speaker 1: the dressing room and I talk with them. They ask 1105 00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:10,960 Speaker 1: questions you know, I give them the captains or any 1106 00:59:11,040 --> 00:59:14,640 Speaker 1: unusual plays that are formations that they need to be 1107 00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:18,560 Speaker 1: aware of, Okay, any concerns that I might have. Those things. 1108 00:59:20,120 --> 00:59:22,920 Speaker 1: Then after that and normally two officials come there, the 1109 00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:25,520 Speaker 1: two that will normally be on our sideline for the 1110 00:59:25,560 --> 00:59:27,560 Speaker 1: first half, So we get to know each other a 1111 00:59:27,600 --> 00:59:30,640 Speaker 1: little bit then, even though we all know each other anyway. 1112 00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:35,920 Speaker 1: So that's what normally happens. Once I now, once I 1113 00:59:36,040 --> 00:59:38,040 Speaker 1: normally come out on the field about maybe an hour 1114 00:59:38,160 --> 00:59:41,560 Speaker 1: before the game, and then I will actually talk to 1115 00:59:41,600 --> 00:59:46,040 Speaker 1: the referee. Then casual conversation a little bit. He'll same thing, 1116 00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:48,720 Speaker 1: He'll ask me any concerns you have. Let's have a 1117 00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:52,040 Speaker 1: good game today. That's pretty much it. Once the game starts. 1118 00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:55,920 Speaker 1: We of course, we you know, we respect officials and 1119 00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:58,800 Speaker 1: the job that they have to do. We definitely don't 1120 00:59:58,840 --> 01:00:00,960 Speaker 1: always agree with it, but that's a part of it 1121 01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:03,280 Speaker 1: all the way. Coach, we were playing Dallas a few 1122 01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:06,760 Speaker 1: weeks back, I guess we were within the ninety minute window. 1123 01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:09,120 Speaker 1: J Ron Kurst, Now, he ended up playing a game, 1124 01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:12,040 Speaker 1: but as he was going through warmups, he tweaked something 1125 01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:15,760 Speaker 1: and he didn't finish warmups. If that wouldn't happened for 1126 01:00:15,800 --> 01:00:18,360 Speaker 1: you guys. That's it. I mean, he's just he would 1127 01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:19,920 Speaker 1: just as if you got hurt in a game. You 1128 01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:21,680 Speaker 1: can't bring another guy up at that point, even though 1129 01:00:21,680 --> 01:00:23,960 Speaker 1: it's in warmups, correct, you know you have to designate 1130 01:00:24,040 --> 01:00:25,880 Speaker 1: the guys that are inactive about an hour and a 1131 01:00:25,920 --> 01:00:29,480 Speaker 1: half before the game and after that is something happens, 1132 01:00:28,520 --> 01:00:32,280 Speaker 1: as you know, that's it. That's happened a few times 1133 01:00:32,320 --> 01:00:36,439 Speaker 1: on what happened in that Dallas game with US too 1134 01:00:36,480 --> 01:00:42,160 Speaker 1: safeties many years ago with that and but normally, you know, 1135 01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:45,880 Speaker 1: you have a couple of different it would take a 1136 01:00:45,880 --> 01:00:48,040 Speaker 1: couple of different injuries or before you really get in 1137 01:00:48,120 --> 01:00:51,080 Speaker 1: the truck, how many voices do you like in the headset? 1138 01:00:51,320 --> 01:00:53,280 Speaker 1: What do you like to hear and what do you 1139 01:00:53,360 --> 01:00:55,960 Speaker 1: kind of not block out but tune out in the 1140 01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:57,720 Speaker 1: sense that I don't need to hear that stuff. I 1141 01:00:57,720 --> 01:00:59,640 Speaker 1: need to hear this stuff. What can you tell us 1142 01:00:59,640 --> 01:01:03,360 Speaker 1: about that? Well, I mean modern technology now I really 1143 01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:07,440 Speaker 1: have everyone is talking, I have going on constantly. Really 1144 01:01:07,760 --> 01:01:09,680 Speaker 1: now I can talk to whoever I would like to, 1145 01:01:09,880 --> 01:01:12,520 Speaker 1: or you can cut whoever you don't want to talk to. 1146 01:01:13,120 --> 01:01:16,240 Speaker 1: There's different challenges, like I have a challenge for defense. 1147 01:01:16,360 --> 01:01:18,920 Speaker 1: I have a challenge for the offense and special teams, 1148 01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:22,040 Speaker 1: and then someone up top just looking for you know, 1149 01:01:22,240 --> 01:01:25,880 Speaker 1: challenges and things like that. So modern technology allows you 1150 01:01:25,920 --> 01:01:28,320 Speaker 1: to do an awful lot nowadays. How do you handle 1151 01:01:28,360 --> 01:01:30,960 Speaker 1: defensive adjustments while the offense is on the field when 1152 01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:32,920 Speaker 1: you sort of want to pay attention to the offense, 1153 01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:35,880 Speaker 1: but you want to fix or adjust something on the defense. 1154 01:01:35,920 --> 01:01:38,919 Speaker 1: How does that go? Well? The position coaches hand those 1155 01:01:39,040 --> 01:01:42,320 Speaker 1: We're constantly talking about it. Once our defense comes off, 1156 01:01:42,320 --> 01:01:44,920 Speaker 1: they go to the sideline each position. We have one 1157 01:01:44,960 --> 01:01:47,480 Speaker 1: position coach on the sideline for each group. They go 1158 01:01:47,560 --> 01:01:49,600 Speaker 1: through it there. I kind of steal here what they're 1159 01:01:49,600 --> 01:01:52,720 Speaker 1: talking about, and I'm always keeping my mind on what's 1160 01:01:52,760 --> 01:01:54,880 Speaker 1: happening on the field at that time. And these commercial 1161 01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:56,760 Speaker 1: breaks are long, right, you have a lot of time 1162 01:01:56,760 --> 01:01:58,600 Speaker 1: to talk to a lot of time doing it, but 1163 01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:01,520 Speaker 1: you have a lot of time throughout it's normally not 1164 01:02:01,800 --> 01:02:04,680 Speaker 1: much of an issue. Are watching him a Delo commercial 1165 01:02:04,720 --> 01:02:07,200 Speaker 1: and you're going our adjustments? Okay, we've talked to the 1166 01:02:07,200 --> 01:02:12,960 Speaker 1: football coach. Rolling Stone magazine is it b They put 1167 01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:16,360 Speaker 1: out a list of the two hundred greatest singers of 1168 01:02:16,480 --> 01:02:20,160 Speaker 1: all time, two hundred greatest singers of all time. I 1169 01:02:20,240 --> 01:02:22,680 Speaker 1: do this with Mark. I call gut reaction. Okay, I 1170 01:02:22,720 --> 01:02:25,560 Speaker 1: want your gut reaction to numbers one and two. Number 1171 01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:33,880 Speaker 1: one Aretha Franklin, Number two, Whitney Houston. Uh, Aretha Franklin. Absolutely, 1172 01:02:33,960 --> 01:02:37,400 Speaker 1: I'm a little older, so I would. I would say 1173 01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:41,400 Speaker 1: a wreath to Franklin. Um, there'll probably be another group 1174 01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:46,120 Speaker 1: before I would go Whitney Houston. Really, I think pure voice, 1175 01:02:46,280 --> 01:02:50,320 Speaker 1: Whitney Houston. This got him going this morning. She could 1176 01:02:50,320 --> 01:02:53,760 Speaker 1: do anything, you know. She the voice is so good, 1177 01:02:53,800 --> 01:02:55,960 Speaker 1: the range. But I can't argue whether we have a 1178 01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:59,000 Speaker 1: tile behind you, like Queen of Soul or something like that. 1179 01:02:59,080 --> 01:03:02,720 Speaker 1: You get over there read it was pretty special. It's 1180 01:03:02,760 --> 01:03:05,240 Speaker 1: like talking about who are the best wide receivers in history? Right? 1181 01:03:05,480 --> 01:03:08,160 Speaker 1: Some of it is subjective, right, they're kind of artists. 1182 01:03:08,400 --> 01:03:13,320 Speaker 1: It is subjective subjective for a reason. And again a 1183 01:03:13,360 --> 01:03:15,480 Speaker 1: lot of times it can tell you with direction, we're 1184 01:03:15,520 --> 01:03:18,120 Speaker 1: gonna go well. Number three on the list with Sam Cook. 1185 01:03:18,200 --> 01:03:22,000 Speaker 1: I remember that, and I remember nine was Otis Reading 1186 01:03:22,120 --> 01:03:24,600 Speaker 1: and ten was Al Green. Yeah, I would, I would 1187 01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:28,880 Speaker 1: go Otis Redding Before I would go Otis Redding. Uh. 1188 01:03:29,280 --> 01:03:32,840 Speaker 1: Al Green and then I would go Sam Cooke, But 1189 01:03:33,040 --> 01:03:35,080 Speaker 1: is Marvin Gay on the outside of that grub and 1190 01:03:35,160 --> 01:03:38,800 Speaker 1: Gay and then Marvin Gay and then Marvin Gay. Okay, 1191 01:03:38,880 --> 01:03:42,680 Speaker 1: we gotta respect coaches opinion, absolutely, absolutely, coach takes a lot. 1192 01:03:42,680 --> 01:03:45,000 Speaker 1: Good luck. All right, there's some of the best of 1193 01:03:45,160 --> 01:03:48,040 Speaker 1: Lovey Smith before we caught up with him about the 1194 01:03:48,120 --> 01:03:51,240 Speaker 1: Damar Hamlin situation. This is just general stuff from his 1195 01:03:51,400 --> 01:03:53,480 Speaker 1: radio show that you might have missed. And you might 1196 01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:56,560 Speaker 1: have missed this because on Tuesday we had an extended 1197 01:03:56,640 --> 01:03:59,160 Speaker 1: visit with general manager Nick as Serio, and of course, 1198 01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:03,360 Speaker 1: the demand our Hamlin situation came up big time. And 1199 01:04:03,400 --> 01:04:05,600 Speaker 1: one of the questions Johnny asked, and we'll hear a 1200 01:04:05,640 --> 01:04:07,960 Speaker 1: bunch of this here with Nick Casserio, but one of 1201 01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:11,760 Speaker 1: the questions he asked was about getting the players back 1202 01:04:11,800 --> 01:04:15,880 Speaker 1: into the flow playing professional football after witnessing such a 1203 01:04:16,040 --> 01:04:19,960 Speaker 1: horrifying thing on Monday night. What that's going to be like? 1204 01:04:20,400 --> 01:04:23,400 Speaker 1: Things to think about while you're trying to resume the 1205 01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:26,200 Speaker 1: business of the National Football League. What you have to 1206 01:04:26,320 --> 01:04:29,120 Speaker 1: You can't put yourself in their shoes, because we're not 1207 01:04:29,720 --> 01:04:33,160 Speaker 1: what they do, their elite players, their elite athletes, And 1208 01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:34,800 Speaker 1: to be able to go out there and perform at 1209 01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:39,080 Speaker 1: elite level. There's still a human aspect that's involved. So 1210 01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:42,680 Speaker 1: how they feel, what's their mindset? What can we do 1211 01:04:42,800 --> 01:04:45,920 Speaker 1: to help them? I mean, I give a tremendous him. 1212 01:04:45,960 --> 01:04:48,160 Speaker 1: I was happening to be watching some of the coverage 1213 01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:50,640 Speaker 1: last night, and I thought the way that Ryan Clark 1214 01:04:50,760 --> 01:04:54,120 Speaker 1: sort of articulated what was happening from a player's perspective 1215 01:04:54,120 --> 01:04:57,600 Speaker 1: and how eloquent it was under trying circumstances, I thought 1216 01:04:57,680 --> 01:05:00,520 Speaker 1: was absolutely incredible, and it kind of puts him perspective 1217 01:05:00,600 --> 01:05:04,120 Speaker 1: from a player's view, these are the things that they're 1218 01:05:04,160 --> 01:05:06,200 Speaker 1: thinking that they have to go through. And I think 1219 01:05:06,240 --> 01:05:08,720 Speaker 1: as a team, as a staff, you have to be 1220 01:05:08,800 --> 01:05:11,760 Speaker 1: cognizant of some of those things that a player might 1221 01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:13,840 Speaker 1: be going through, and you just have to provide a 1222 01:05:13,880 --> 01:05:16,560 Speaker 1: sounding board. You have to have a certain degree empathy 1223 01:05:16,960 --> 01:05:19,000 Speaker 1: and you just have to be able to provide them 1224 01:05:19,080 --> 01:05:21,120 Speaker 1: sort of a sounding board where they can go and 1225 01:05:21,160 --> 01:05:24,640 Speaker 1: if they feel a certain way, you have to understand 1226 01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:27,240 Speaker 1: that and do the best you can to modify and 1227 01:05:27,280 --> 01:05:32,320 Speaker 1: adjust accordingly. So it's there's no playbook for something like this. 1228 01:05:32,520 --> 01:05:34,960 Speaker 1: You just have to listen. You have to open your mind. 1229 01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:36,920 Speaker 1: You got to open your heart, and you have to 1230 01:05:36,960 --> 01:05:40,200 Speaker 1: be willing to I would say, understand and embrace the 1231 01:05:40,320 --> 01:05:43,280 Speaker 1: perspective of the player and what they might be dealing 1232 01:05:43,280 --> 01:05:46,960 Speaker 1: with and how that affects them potentially moving forward as 1233 01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:50,200 Speaker 1: it pertains to going on the field. As we're all 1234 01:05:50,240 --> 01:05:53,680 Speaker 1: praying for Hamlin's recovery. Nick in the league, there's a 1235 01:05:53,720 --> 01:05:56,960 Speaker 1: domino effect that can happen schedule wise and all of that, 1236 01:05:57,040 --> 01:05:59,880 Speaker 1: and everybody's thinking about it's Tuesday, and here's Week eight 1237 01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:03,200 Speaker 1: team coming up. And I know the Texans aren't directly involved, 1238 01:06:03,200 --> 01:06:05,400 Speaker 1: but you never know what happens with scheduling and things 1239 01:06:05,440 --> 01:06:08,240 Speaker 1: like that. How does that stuff go down? The League 1240 01:06:08,280 --> 01:06:11,000 Speaker 1: office is obviously going to decide these things, but they 1241 01:06:11,040 --> 01:06:13,240 Speaker 1: have to get input from teams, and teams have to 1242 01:06:13,240 --> 01:06:16,680 Speaker 1: get input from players. Correct. Yeah, the league, I would say, 1243 01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:21,680 Speaker 1: in these particular situations, they're very thoughtful, I would say, 1244 01:06:21,680 --> 01:06:23,520 Speaker 1: about how they approach it. So they have to take 1245 01:06:23,560 --> 01:06:27,440 Speaker 1: all the variables into the equation and ultimately they'll do 1246 01:06:27,480 --> 01:06:29,960 Speaker 1: what they feel is in the best interests of everybody involved. 1247 01:06:29,960 --> 01:06:32,680 Speaker 1: So from a club perspective, that's all we can do 1248 01:06:32,840 --> 01:06:35,720 Speaker 1: is sort of lean on the league. For there, I 1249 01:06:35,720 --> 01:06:40,320 Speaker 1: would say guidance and ultimately whatever decision is made, you 1250 01:06:40,360 --> 01:06:43,280 Speaker 1: just have to be prepared to adjust and handle accordingly. 1251 01:06:43,320 --> 01:06:45,960 Speaker 1: So whatever it is, so they have a tough job. 1252 01:06:46,240 --> 01:06:47,640 Speaker 1: The league does a great job. I would say, if 1253 01:06:47,680 --> 01:06:51,400 Speaker 1: communicating and messaging about how things will proceed moving forward 1254 01:06:51,520 --> 01:06:55,240 Speaker 1: on a much I would say smaller, smaller scale. What 1255 01:06:55,360 --> 01:06:58,080 Speaker 1: we went through in Tennessee, there was some communication and 1256 01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:01,400 Speaker 1: dialogue back and forth, and then ultimately decision that was made. 1257 01:07:01,440 --> 01:07:04,840 Speaker 1: So I think first and foremost you're thinking about the 1258 01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:07,200 Speaker 1: individual and the people and the player, And I would 1259 01:07:07,200 --> 01:07:10,440 Speaker 1: say in this case, the Buffalo bills. Anything beyond that, 1260 01:07:10,640 --> 01:07:13,720 Speaker 1: I think over the course of the of the day 1261 01:07:14,840 --> 01:07:17,240 Speaker 1: and time, we'll get a little more guidance in direction 1262 01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:20,120 Speaker 1: and whatever the league decides than you know, we'll adjust 1263 01:07:20,120 --> 01:07:23,680 Speaker 1: and handle accordingly. Nick, obviously this is there's no way 1264 01:07:23,720 --> 01:07:27,440 Speaker 1: to transition to something smoothly, and so I will try 1265 01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:29,280 Speaker 1: and bridge him if I can. But I was thinking 1266 01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:33,040 Speaker 1: about this the other day amongst you know, general managers 1267 01:07:33,040 --> 01:07:35,080 Speaker 1: in the league, you guys obviously are the only people 1268 01:07:35,160 --> 01:07:38,600 Speaker 1: that know that job in particular, how much communication you 1269 01:07:38,640 --> 01:07:40,919 Speaker 1: have kind of throughout the league, just talking about whether 1270 01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:43,800 Speaker 1: it's matters like this, or whether it's a scheduling thing, 1271 01:07:43,880 --> 01:07:46,360 Speaker 1: or whether it's how often do you communicate with general 1272 01:07:46,400 --> 01:07:50,000 Speaker 1: managers or people of that ilk throughout the league. It's 1273 01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:53,919 Speaker 1: a good question. It probably varies depending on the time 1274 01:07:53,960 --> 01:07:56,520 Speaker 1: of the year. Let's say, when you have during the 1275 01:07:56,600 --> 01:07:59,560 Speaker 1: off season and you have opportunities to get together with 1276 01:07:59,680 --> 01:08:01,880 Speaker 1: other people throughout the league, whether it's the combine, where 1277 01:08:01,880 --> 01:08:05,080 Speaker 1: it's the All Star Games, you may have some dialogue 1278 01:08:05,120 --> 01:08:07,919 Speaker 1: and discussile with some people that you have some familiarity 1279 01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:13,080 Speaker 1: with about i would say, scheduling practice, seeing practice, ideas, drills, 1280 01:08:13,280 --> 01:08:16,519 Speaker 1: things of that nature. I'd say in season, there probably 1281 01:08:16,560 --> 01:08:20,840 Speaker 1: isn't as much a dialogue, but maybe you reach out 1282 01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:24,479 Speaker 1: to somebody about that they've practiced a certain way, or 1283 01:08:24,560 --> 01:08:27,080 Speaker 1: you have crossover with or hey, what about this, what 1284 01:08:27,160 --> 01:08:30,080 Speaker 1: have you done in this particular situation. So it's probably 1285 01:08:30,120 --> 01:08:32,479 Speaker 1: case by case. So it's say it's probably done more 1286 01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:34,720 Speaker 1: in the off season where you have a little bit 1287 01:08:34,720 --> 01:08:37,719 Speaker 1: more crossover, But as far as in season goes, each 1288 01:08:37,720 --> 01:08:40,439 Speaker 1: team operates a certain way, how they put together to schedule, 1289 01:08:40,520 --> 01:08:43,360 Speaker 1: how they practice, how they meet, what to do. I 1290 01:08:43,360 --> 01:08:46,240 Speaker 1: would say in any emergency situation, or what resources do 1291 01:08:46,280 --> 01:08:48,720 Speaker 1: they have available, and then if there's something there that 1292 01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:51,320 Speaker 1: makes sense that you can incorporate into your program, then 1293 01:08:51,320 --> 01:08:53,519 Speaker 1: you certainly consider. I think everybody is kind of looking 1294 01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:56,519 Speaker 1: for best practices, what can we do to improve, what 1295 01:08:56,560 --> 01:09:00,439 Speaker 1: can we do to make strides in certain areas. To 1296 01:09:00,560 --> 01:09:03,960 Speaker 1: your question, John, it does happen. It probably happens at 1297 01:09:03,960 --> 01:09:06,840 Speaker 1: different points of the year. On a larger scale. Well, 1298 01:09:06,960 --> 01:09:10,040 Speaker 1: players do to get back in on Wednesday, and you've 1299 01:09:10,040 --> 01:09:11,840 Speaker 1: got a game to get ready for after that with 1300 01:09:11,880 --> 01:09:14,760 Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. It's the final game of the season. Nick, 1301 01:09:14,840 --> 01:09:17,080 Speaker 1: what kinds of things are you looking for after what 1302 01:09:17,200 --> 01:09:21,000 Speaker 1: happened against Jacksonville? Is we allow ourselves to talk about 1303 01:09:21,000 --> 01:09:23,639 Speaker 1: the game a little bit here and see how it goes. Yeah, 1304 01:09:23,760 --> 01:09:25,800 Speaker 1: it's been a while since we've played the Colts, so 1305 01:09:25,960 --> 01:09:29,240 Speaker 1: going back to Week one, so they've changed from where 1306 01:09:29,240 --> 01:09:32,880 Speaker 1: they started the season to where they are now. Let's say, 1307 01:09:32,920 --> 01:09:35,639 Speaker 1: from a big picture perspective, there's still some core things 1308 01:09:35,680 --> 01:09:39,000 Speaker 1: that I would say have remained the same. So we've 1309 01:09:39,080 --> 01:09:41,280 Speaker 1: changed as well. So you kind of have to look 1310 01:09:41,280 --> 01:09:42,960 Speaker 1: at what happened earlier in the year, kind of have 1311 01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:45,599 Speaker 1: an understanding, and then really look at the last however, 1312 01:09:45,640 --> 01:09:49,120 Speaker 1: many weeks of games that the opponents played and try 1313 01:09:49,120 --> 01:09:51,000 Speaker 1: to get an idea of where they are as a team. So, 1314 01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:54,519 Speaker 1: like I said, they've undergone some change on a larger 1315 01:09:54,600 --> 01:09:58,599 Speaker 1: scale from coach Reich to go into coach Saturday. They've 1316 01:09:58,760 --> 01:10:01,240 Speaker 1: had a number of changes they've made personnel wise and 1317 01:10:01,320 --> 01:10:03,400 Speaker 1: a player front, So you still have to go through 1318 01:10:03,439 --> 01:10:06,320 Speaker 1: and kind of go through your process and prepare for 1319 01:10:06,360 --> 01:10:08,479 Speaker 1: the opponent and prepare for what you're going to see, 1320 01:10:08,479 --> 01:10:11,720 Speaker 1: both the personnel wise and then schematically as well. So 1321 01:10:12,439 --> 01:10:13,880 Speaker 1: I would say as a team, they still have a 1322 01:10:13,880 --> 01:10:16,479 Speaker 1: lot of really good players who've played really good football, 1323 01:10:16,560 --> 01:10:19,880 Speaker 1: especially on the defensive side of the ball. So they're 1324 01:10:19,920 --> 01:10:22,920 Speaker 1: in the top I don't know ten and most categories defensively, 1325 01:10:22,960 --> 01:10:25,920 Speaker 1: so they've they've played well on defense. They've had a 1326 01:10:25,960 --> 01:10:28,479 Speaker 1: lot of injuries that have affected the probably what's going 1327 01:10:28,520 --> 01:10:31,600 Speaker 1: on offensively. They've kind of had three different quarterbacks that 1328 01:10:31,640 --> 01:10:34,120 Speaker 1: have played, so it looks like, you know, Sam's going 1329 01:10:34,160 --> 01:10:37,280 Speaker 1: to play this weekend, Nick played last week, and mattis 1330 01:10:37,280 --> 01:10:39,920 Speaker 1: played throughout the course of the year. So it started 1331 01:10:39,960 --> 01:10:42,200 Speaker 1: the individual players look at what they're doing from a 1332 01:10:42,200 --> 01:10:45,080 Speaker 1: schematic standpoint and how they're incorporating. I would say maybe 1333 01:10:45,080 --> 01:10:47,040 Speaker 1: some of the newer players, but there definitely have been 1334 01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:50,560 Speaker 1: some constants and some consistent players. We talked about defensively, 1335 01:10:51,000 --> 01:10:53,439 Speaker 1: I mean offensively, I mean Pittman's been a pretty constant, 1336 01:10:53,560 --> 01:10:56,160 Speaker 1: a pretty big constant from the beginning, so he's probably 1337 01:10:56,160 --> 01:10:58,080 Speaker 1: been one of their best players. And for the most part, 1338 01:10:58,160 --> 01:11:00,720 Speaker 1: the offensive line has remained in hack. They've had some 1339 01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:04,080 Speaker 1: changes in the left tackle. Losing Jonathan you knows, hurt 1340 01:11:04,120 --> 01:11:07,160 Speaker 1: them a little bit than a quarterback situation. They've kind 1341 01:11:07,160 --> 01:11:09,320 Speaker 1: of had multiple guys in there, so kind of look 1342 01:11:09,360 --> 01:11:10,680 Speaker 1: at their team, look at where they are, look at 1343 01:11:10,680 --> 01:11:13,920 Speaker 1: how they're playing. The week one is a little bit 1344 01:11:13,920 --> 01:11:17,719 Speaker 1: of a reference point, but we're seventeen however, many weeks removed, 1345 01:11:17,720 --> 01:11:19,759 Speaker 1: so it's a little bit of a different team. Texans 1346 01:11:19,800 --> 01:11:22,880 Speaker 1: general manager Nick Kisserio, and we will hear more from 1347 01:11:22,960 --> 01:11:25,439 Speaker 1: him in the next segment, as we visited with him 1348 01:11:25,479 --> 01:11:29,799 Speaker 1: on Tuesday, the day after the Damar Hamlin cardiac arrest 1349 01:11:29,880 --> 01:11:32,920 Speaker 1: on Monday. The news much better as the week progresses. 1350 01:11:32,960 --> 01:11:37,120 Speaker 1: That's good stuff. No Thursday night football, tonight, Saturday football 1351 01:11:37,200 --> 01:11:41,080 Speaker 1: scheduled obviously, Sunday scheduled Texans at the Cults at noon, 1352 01:11:41,280 --> 01:11:43,759 Speaker 1: and we'll get into that more with Nick among other 1353 01:11:43,880 --> 01:11:47,439 Speaker 1: things next here on Texans Radio. Hitting the final segment 1354 01:11:47,479 --> 01:11:50,360 Speaker 1: here on Texans All Access tonight with a no Thursday 1355 01:11:50,479 --> 01:11:55,160 Speaker 1: Night Football Night, and we'll have more Texans All Access 1356 01:11:55,200 --> 01:11:58,640 Speaker 1: Friday night at six with special guest Andre Johnson. And 1357 01:11:58,760 --> 01:12:01,640 Speaker 1: also in that show, the Deep Sled interview with Treymond 1358 01:12:01,800 --> 01:12:06,120 Speaker 1: Smith that'll appear. So let's hear a little tease from 1359 01:12:06,200 --> 01:12:09,040 Speaker 1: that as Deep City who catches up with Tremond and 1360 01:12:09,080 --> 01:12:12,679 Speaker 1: they're talking about the week that was and is with 1361 01:12:12,760 --> 01:12:17,000 Speaker 1: everyone having a great deal of attention, prayers, thoughts on 1362 01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:20,760 Speaker 1: the Damar Hamlin situation. Tremont obviously not a typical game 1363 01:12:20,760 --> 01:12:23,360 Speaker 1: week like you guys have normally had. So what has 1364 01:12:23,360 --> 01:12:25,439 Speaker 1: this week been like for you personally just as you 1365 01:12:25,479 --> 01:12:28,840 Speaker 1: sort of process the news with everything that happened with Damar. Oh, 1366 01:12:29,200 --> 01:12:31,960 Speaker 1: it's just it's hard, you know, it's just real tough, 1367 01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:34,479 Speaker 1: and I just I look for updates every second, like 1368 01:12:34,600 --> 01:12:36,600 Speaker 1: just to make sure he's doing okay, and it just 1369 01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:39,600 Speaker 1: still prayers, prayers and thoughts to go to him and 1370 01:12:39,680 --> 01:12:42,040 Speaker 1: his family. But I've just seen some good news from him, 1371 01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:45,000 Speaker 1: so that I was as good news. It's always good. Sure, 1372 01:12:45,120 --> 01:12:47,320 Speaker 1: that's so encouraging when we do get those little bits 1373 01:12:47,320 --> 01:12:49,160 Speaker 1: of news. Were you watching the game when it happened? 1374 01:12:49,160 --> 01:12:51,040 Speaker 1: Did you see it? Life? I just came back from 1375 01:12:51,040 --> 01:12:52,920 Speaker 1: the store, so I just missed it, but okay, and 1376 01:12:52,960 --> 01:12:54,559 Speaker 1: I watched the play over and it would make me 1377 01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:57,080 Speaker 1: sick to my stomach because it was just so routine, 1378 01:12:57,160 --> 01:12:59,360 Speaker 1: like it was such a routine tackle, routine play it 1379 01:12:59,400 --> 01:13:01,479 Speaker 1: looked like. And that's how scary you can get, like 1380 01:13:01,640 --> 01:13:04,320 Speaker 1: just the blink of us. So I know Levey had 1381 01:13:04,320 --> 01:13:06,519 Speaker 1: talked about you guys did not did not practice. Then 1382 01:13:06,680 --> 01:13:09,439 Speaker 1: you had a day off, but everyone got together and 1383 01:13:09,439 --> 01:13:12,040 Speaker 1: shared their stories about playing with Demorrow Hamlin. Several of 1384 01:13:12,080 --> 01:13:14,080 Speaker 1: your teammates had played with them at the collegiate level, 1385 01:13:14,160 --> 01:13:16,960 Speaker 1: high school and even in the pros. What was that like? 1386 01:13:17,080 --> 01:13:19,040 Speaker 1: Did that sort of help sort of move the process 1387 01:13:19,040 --> 01:13:21,360 Speaker 1: along a little bit? Yeah, and it still was saddening 1388 01:13:21,479 --> 01:13:23,680 Speaker 1: just to see them go knowing they're really going through it. 1389 01:13:23,720 --> 01:13:26,040 Speaker 1: I knew of him, but I just I didn't know him, 1390 01:13:26,040 --> 01:13:27,360 Speaker 1: like I didn't play with him or anything. I just 1391 01:13:27,439 --> 01:13:29,439 Speaker 1: knew of him. We got a couple of mutual friends. 1392 01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:31,519 Speaker 1: But yeah, just to see what they was going through, 1393 01:13:31,560 --> 01:13:34,200 Speaker 1: and I could I can't imagine the feeling they felt 1394 01:13:34,240 --> 01:13:38,120 Speaker 1: when they did see that on national TV. So it's signy. Obviously, 1395 01:13:38,120 --> 01:13:39,880 Speaker 1: you got one more game left to play, So now 1396 01:13:39,920 --> 01:13:41,640 Speaker 1: how do you turn the page and get ready for 1397 01:13:41,640 --> 01:13:44,000 Speaker 1: any Nowtplus, it seems like the routine sort of come 1398 01:13:44,040 --> 01:13:45,759 Speaker 1: back a little bit for you players around the building 1399 01:13:45,760 --> 01:13:48,160 Speaker 1: as we've gotten news of DeMar Hamlin getting a little 1400 01:13:48,160 --> 01:13:49,880 Speaker 1: bit better. But what is that like for you as 1401 01:13:49,920 --> 01:13:51,599 Speaker 1: you prepare for this final game? We still just got 1402 01:13:51,600 --> 01:13:54,759 Speaker 1: to play it like like before that that freak accident happened. 1403 01:13:54,800 --> 01:13:56,840 Speaker 1: You know, if you get the if you go out 1404 01:13:56,840 --> 01:13:58,840 Speaker 1: there and you think too hard, I feel like that's 1405 01:13:58,880 --> 01:14:01,680 Speaker 1: when bad things go wrong. So we just got to 1406 01:14:01,720 --> 01:14:05,320 Speaker 1: just know what we're doing and play fast and physical. 1407 01:14:05,400 --> 01:14:08,920 Speaker 1: There's Traymont Smith, who you will see on Sunday one 1408 01:14:09,000 --> 01:14:11,800 Speaker 1: more time for the twenty twenty two Texans to try 1409 01:14:11,800 --> 01:14:13,719 Speaker 1: to get a victory, try to get their third victory 1410 01:14:13,720 --> 01:14:18,240 Speaker 1: of the year. By now you know draft order situation. Look, 1411 01:14:18,439 --> 01:14:21,000 Speaker 1: we can't avoid this kind of talk, so let's just 1412 01:14:21,080 --> 01:14:24,000 Speaker 1: have the talk. Texans currently have the number one pick 1413 01:14:24,040 --> 01:14:27,400 Speaker 1: in the draft if the season ended today, Chicago number two. 1414 01:14:27,479 --> 01:14:31,800 Speaker 1: The Texans cannot pick any lower in the draft then second. 1415 01:14:31,840 --> 01:14:35,080 Speaker 1: With that first pick that they'll have in the first round. 1416 01:14:35,080 --> 01:14:37,639 Speaker 1: They also have Cleveland's pick, as you know, Cleveland currently 1417 01:14:37,680 --> 01:14:40,439 Speaker 1: selecting twelfth, but that can change as they will take 1418 01:14:40,479 --> 01:14:44,200 Speaker 1: on the Pittsburgh Steelers this weekend. Go Pittsburgh. Now for 1419 01:14:44,240 --> 01:14:49,320 Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. If the Texans win and Chicago loses, 1420 01:14:49,800 --> 01:14:52,400 Speaker 1: then the Texans will pick second in the draft. They'll 1421 01:14:52,400 --> 01:14:55,759 Speaker 1: have three wins, Bears have three. Texans have that tie, 1422 01:14:55,800 --> 01:14:59,840 Speaker 1: which skews the winning percentage in their favor, meaning they're 1423 01:15:00,120 --> 01:15:02,479 Speaker 1: quote better team than Chicago, even though they lost head 1424 01:15:02,520 --> 01:15:05,439 Speaker 1: to head, doesn't matter in this case. That tie changes everything, 1425 01:15:05,720 --> 01:15:07,720 Speaker 1: so the Texans would pick no lower than second. If 1426 01:15:07,760 --> 01:15:11,000 Speaker 1: the Texans and Chicago do the same thing this weekend, 1427 01:15:11,000 --> 01:15:13,200 Speaker 1: they both win, they both lose, well, then the order 1428 01:15:13,240 --> 01:15:15,479 Speaker 1: stays the same as the Texans will have the first 1429 01:15:15,520 --> 01:15:18,720 Speaker 1: selection in the twenty twenty three draft and that will 1430 01:15:18,760 --> 01:15:22,519 Speaker 1: take place in Kansas City. Of course, Nick Cassari owned 1431 01:15:22,520 --> 01:15:25,720 Speaker 1: company will be here in Houston, and we'll follow it 1432 01:15:25,760 --> 01:15:27,719 Speaker 1: all along, you know how we do our draft coverage. 1433 01:15:27,760 --> 01:15:30,800 Speaker 1: All right? Speaking of Nick, one more snippet here from 1434 01:15:30,800 --> 01:15:33,440 Speaker 1: our visit with the general manager of the Houston Texans 1435 01:15:33,600 --> 01:15:36,479 Speaker 1: as the Texans take on the Colts on Sunday and 1436 01:15:36,520 --> 01:15:40,080 Speaker 1: Sam Ellinger gets to start, and Johnny Harris asked Nick 1437 01:15:40,200 --> 01:15:43,439 Speaker 1: about facing Ellinger. Hey, you never know who you're gonna face, right, 1438 01:15:43,479 --> 01:15:45,120 Speaker 1: Coaches don't have to tell you the whole truth and 1439 01:15:45,200 --> 01:15:48,000 Speaker 1: nothing but the truth. It looks like it's Ellinger. But man, 1440 01:15:48,040 --> 01:15:50,040 Speaker 1: the Colts are a lot different than they were on 1441 01:15:50,120 --> 01:15:52,800 Speaker 1: opening Day. The Texans are a lot different. How does 1442 01:15:52,840 --> 01:15:56,240 Speaker 1: the general manager see the situation? Yeah, you have to 1443 01:15:56,240 --> 01:15:58,800 Speaker 1: prepare for everybody. So everybody that's on the team, that's 1444 01:15:58,800 --> 01:16:01,360 Speaker 1: on the active roster, yes, prepare for. There might be 1445 01:16:01,400 --> 01:16:03,640 Speaker 1: some players on the practice squad who have been elevated, 1446 01:16:03,720 --> 01:16:05,080 Speaker 1: so you have to kind of look at where they are, 1447 01:16:05,160 --> 01:16:08,760 Speaker 1: maybe from an injury standpoint, who's available. So just offensively, 1448 01:16:08,760 --> 01:16:11,479 Speaker 1: there's certain things that Sam does, maybe better than Nick does. 1449 01:16:11,520 --> 01:16:13,880 Speaker 1: So what they do with Sam in those particular situations, 1450 01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:15,800 Speaker 1: how you want to defend those plays, how you want 1451 01:16:15,800 --> 01:16:18,200 Speaker 1: to handle those plays. You certainly have to be ready 1452 01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:21,599 Speaker 1: for those. So in the running backs, I mean, really 1453 01:16:21,600 --> 01:16:24,639 Speaker 1: it's sort of turned over to some degree. They traded 1454 01:16:24,720 --> 01:16:28,800 Speaker 1: Naheim Jonathan's and I R. So then I have let's 1455 01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:31,439 Speaker 1: say three backs that weren't even either on the team 1456 01:16:31,520 --> 01:16:34,919 Speaker 1: or hadn't played that much. So I think understanding the personnel, 1457 01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:39,040 Speaker 1: understanding that player's strength, understanding their weaknesses, understanding how they've 1458 01:16:39,120 --> 01:16:41,680 Speaker 1: used the player within the scheme of what they're doing offensively, 1459 01:16:41,800 --> 01:16:43,960 Speaker 1: change a play caller, So all those things you have 1460 01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:48,000 Speaker 1: to factor in. Do you trust the information? All you 1461 01:16:48,000 --> 01:16:50,519 Speaker 1: can do is prepare for the team and prepare for 1462 01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:53,080 Speaker 1: the players. Just having an understanding and win that players 1463 01:16:53,080 --> 01:16:54,760 Speaker 1: in the game some of the things that he does well, 1464 01:16:54,760 --> 01:16:57,480 Speaker 1: and they might try to cater some things that accentuate 1465 01:16:57,640 --> 01:16:59,840 Speaker 1: what that player does well. How important is it you 1466 01:16:59,840 --> 01:17:03,080 Speaker 1: have one opportunity here to bounce back from the performance 1467 01:17:03,080 --> 01:17:07,160 Speaker 1: against Jacksonville for all the individuals involved in collectively as well, 1468 01:17:07,160 --> 01:17:09,360 Speaker 1: How important is that? Yeah? I think the big things. 1469 01:17:09,400 --> 01:17:10,479 Speaker 1: Just want to try to go out there and play 1470 01:17:10,520 --> 01:17:13,000 Speaker 1: good football, Try to play good consistent football. Try to 1471 01:17:13,000 --> 01:17:16,439 Speaker 1: do things that are required to win this particular week. 1472 01:17:16,520 --> 01:17:18,920 Speaker 1: So once we identify, you know, what we have to 1473 01:17:18,960 --> 01:17:20,920 Speaker 1: do on each side of the ball, offensively, defensively in 1474 01:17:20,960 --> 01:17:22,640 Speaker 1: the kicking game, then go out there and try to 1475 01:17:22,680 --> 01:17:25,840 Speaker 1: execute those things at a good level. So I think 1476 01:17:25,880 --> 01:17:28,679 Speaker 1: everybody's disappointed about what happened against Jacksonville. We didn't play 1477 01:17:28,760 --> 01:17:31,640 Speaker 1: very well. But now we have turned the page like 1478 01:17:31,720 --> 01:17:33,639 Speaker 1: we do every week and get ready for the next 1479 01:17:33,640 --> 01:17:36,040 Speaker 1: opponent and the next challenge in front of us, which 1480 01:17:36,080 --> 01:17:38,799 Speaker 1: are the Colts and some of the problems that they present. 1481 01:17:39,120 --> 01:17:41,759 Speaker 1: So I think I'm contractually obligated to ask you about rookies, 1482 01:17:41,920 --> 01:17:44,280 Speaker 1: but I'm gonna ask you about future rookies, and that 1483 01:17:44,360 --> 01:17:47,160 Speaker 1: being Shrine ball, Senior ball, those kind of things. I'd 1484 01:17:47,200 --> 01:17:50,160 Speaker 1: imagine Nick, you've already talked about being prepared for that, 1485 01:17:50,240 --> 01:17:53,040 Speaker 1: But we're getting ever so close to those opportunities where 1486 01:17:53,040 --> 01:17:55,200 Speaker 1: you get a chance to see these players up close. 1487 01:17:55,200 --> 01:17:57,760 Speaker 1: How much more preparation goes in from your angle to 1488 01:17:58,040 --> 01:17:59,640 Speaker 1: kind of get up to speed of who you're going 1489 01:17:59,680 --> 01:18:02,160 Speaker 1: to see those traditional All star games. Yeah, once the 1490 01:18:02,200 --> 01:18:03,920 Speaker 1: season is over, you kind of shift to sort of 1491 01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:07,559 Speaker 1: team building mode. We've gone through kind of an initial 1492 01:18:07,600 --> 01:18:10,360 Speaker 1: round of meetings here in December, identifying some of the 1493 01:18:10,439 --> 01:18:13,120 Speaker 1: needs and some of the different trades and characteristics that 1494 01:18:13,439 --> 01:18:15,160 Speaker 1: we need to maybe dig a little deeper on and 1495 01:18:15,200 --> 01:18:17,960 Speaker 1: study a little bit more, not necessarily on the field, 1496 01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:20,120 Speaker 1: but maybe some of the things from a football character 1497 01:18:20,200 --> 01:18:23,320 Speaker 1: background standpoint, the All Star Games are going to start 1498 01:18:23,320 --> 01:18:25,679 Speaker 1: to kick in the gear here. Actually even next week 1499 01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:28,760 Speaker 1: some of the I would say, us other All Star 1500 01:18:28,800 --> 01:18:32,120 Speaker 1: games that are part of it, PA CGS. I mean, 1501 01:18:32,120 --> 01:18:33,599 Speaker 1: there's a number of things, and then at the end 1502 01:18:33,640 --> 01:18:35,840 Speaker 1: of the month in January you have the East West 1503 01:18:35,880 --> 01:18:39,599 Speaker 1: and then it'll transition into the Senior Bowl. So essentially 1504 01:18:39,640 --> 01:18:41,400 Speaker 1: these kind of shift gears here a little bit and 1505 01:18:41,439 --> 01:18:45,840 Speaker 1: start the team building aspect of the offseason. So you know, 1506 01:18:45,880 --> 01:18:48,439 Speaker 1: we'll devote a lot of time and resources to that endeavor. 1507 01:18:49,600 --> 01:18:51,760 Speaker 1: The underclassmen will factor in here is well. I think 1508 01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:55,040 Speaker 1: there's been about fifty five sixty players that have officially 1509 01:18:55,040 --> 01:18:57,519 Speaker 1: come out and declared make themselves eligible for the draft. 1510 01:18:57,880 --> 01:18:59,799 Speaker 1: They have up until I want to say the sixteenth 1511 01:18:59,920 --> 01:19:02,439 Speaker 1: or seventeenth the officially declare. So once the bowl games 1512 01:19:02,439 --> 01:19:05,520 Speaker 1: are finished up here may see a few more declarations, 1513 01:19:05,520 --> 01:19:07,639 Speaker 1: so a few more players going to the pool. There's 1514 01:19:07,680 --> 01:19:09,559 Speaker 1: some players that are either going to go back or 1515 01:19:09,920 --> 01:19:12,519 Speaker 1: have said they're gonna they're in the transfer portal. So 1516 01:19:13,120 --> 01:19:14,800 Speaker 1: you may have thought that player was going to come out. 1517 01:19:14,880 --> 01:19:16,600 Speaker 1: You may have done some work during the fall, and 1518 01:19:16,640 --> 01:19:18,519 Speaker 1: now they're going to go back to school, no problem. 1519 01:19:18,640 --> 01:19:20,200 Speaker 1: All right, put them to bed here for a little bit, 1520 01:19:20,200 --> 01:19:22,160 Speaker 1: and let's focus on the group here that they're going 1521 01:19:22,200 --> 01:19:24,719 Speaker 1: to make themselves available if you're the draft here in April, 1522 01:19:25,120 --> 01:19:29,400 Speaker 1: all right. The unofficial official AFC Championship Game is AFC 1523 01:19:29,520 --> 01:19:31,600 Speaker 1: South Championship Game, I gotta be clear on that is 1524 01:19:31,600 --> 01:19:34,280 Speaker 1: Saturday night, Jacksonville hosting Tennessee. What do you think of 1525 01:19:34,280 --> 01:19:37,000 Speaker 1: the matchup? Yeah, I mean it's probably the two best 1526 01:19:37,040 --> 01:19:39,640 Speaker 1: teams in the division, you know, playing for the for 1527 01:19:39,800 --> 01:19:43,080 Speaker 1: the division championship. So kind of look at the arc 1528 01:19:43,160 --> 01:19:45,880 Speaker 1: of those two teams. It's kind of been a tale 1529 01:19:45,920 --> 01:19:48,400 Speaker 1: of two seasons for both teams. So Tennessee started well, 1530 01:19:48,479 --> 01:19:50,000 Speaker 1: kind of had a rough patch here, but they still 1531 01:19:50,000 --> 01:19:53,000 Speaker 1: have an opportunity. And then Jacksonville kind of started slowly 1532 01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:54,400 Speaker 1: and now they have won I don't know, it's four 1533 01:19:54,439 --> 01:19:56,839 Speaker 1: or five games in a row, and they put themselves 1534 01:19:56,840 --> 01:19:59,519 Speaker 1: in a position to play for a championship. So really 1535 01:19:59,720 --> 01:20:02,040 Speaker 1: that's all you're trying to do as a team in 1536 01:20:02,160 --> 01:20:04,880 Speaker 1: an organization to put yourself in a position to give 1537 01:20:04,920 --> 01:20:08,000 Speaker 1: yourself an opportunity to extend the season. So I think 1538 01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:11,080 Speaker 1: it'll be a good matchup to two good teams, two 1539 01:20:11,120 --> 01:20:13,559 Speaker 1: well coached teams, and the team that plays the best, 1540 01:20:13,560 --> 01:20:15,320 Speaker 1: the teams that makes the least amount of mistakes, the 1541 01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:19,040 Speaker 1: teams that executes best Situationally, that's the team that's probably 1542 01:20:19,040 --> 01:20:21,760 Speaker 1: gonna end up with the victory on Saturday. So it 1543 01:20:21,800 --> 01:20:25,000 Speaker 1: should be an interesting game to watch. We know the 1544 01:20:25,040 --> 01:20:28,000 Speaker 1: teams well, but it's the two best teams in the 1545 01:20:28,040 --> 01:20:30,280 Speaker 1: division that are playing for a championship for the right 1546 01:20:30,360 --> 01:20:34,559 Speaker 1: to advance and play meaningful football here in January. Nick, 1547 01:20:34,720 --> 01:20:36,519 Speaker 1: thanks a lot for joining us. Good luck this week. 1548 01:20:36,720 --> 01:20:39,400 Speaker 1: Thank you appreciate it. All right. There's some of our 1549 01:20:39,479 --> 01:20:42,400 Speaker 1: visit with general manager Nick Kasserio from earlier in the week. 1550 01:20:42,439 --> 01:20:45,760 Speaker 1: We were a bit subdued. The Damar Hamlin story had 1551 01:20:45,880 --> 01:20:48,920 Speaker 1: just broken the night before, the cardiac arrest on the 1552 01:20:48,920 --> 01:20:52,400 Speaker 1: field Monday night football at Cincinnati, and the news better 1553 01:20:52,479 --> 01:20:56,240 Speaker 1: as the week progresses, which is so awesome. I got 1554 01:20:56,360 --> 01:21:01,200 Speaker 1: chills today thinking about he writing the question did we 1555 01:21:01,320 --> 01:21:04,559 Speaker 1: win the game or not? When he woke up. That 1556 01:21:04,760 --> 01:21:08,200 Speaker 1: is unbelievable stuff. And let's just hope things continue to 1557 01:21:08,280 --> 01:21:10,880 Speaker 1: move in the right direction. We're praying for that, all right. 1558 01:21:10,880 --> 01:21:13,920 Speaker 1: Playoff picture stuff. You're tuning in right now thinking where's 1559 01:21:13,960 --> 01:21:17,320 Speaker 1: Thursday Night Football? There is no Thursday Night football this week, 1560 01:21:17,360 --> 01:21:20,200 Speaker 1: and that was originally planned. This is not a canceled 1561 01:21:20,280 --> 01:21:22,920 Speaker 1: game or a postpone game or anything. There was no 1562 01:21:23,040 --> 01:21:26,200 Speaker 1: Thursday night football set for Week eighteen. There will be 1563 01:21:26,280 --> 01:21:29,040 Speaker 1: Saturday football for Week eighteen. Now, I'm going to stay 1564 01:21:29,040 --> 01:21:32,360 Speaker 1: out of the AFC top seed picture because that obviously 1565 01:21:32,360 --> 01:21:35,120 Speaker 1: has a lot of moving parts to it. The AFC 1566 01:21:35,200 --> 01:21:37,200 Speaker 1: South Title game, you know, it's this weekend with the 1567 01:21:37,280 --> 01:21:41,599 Speaker 1: Jaguars and Titans playing. Now, the winner wins the AFC 1568 01:21:41,680 --> 01:21:45,599 Speaker 1: South right, but the Jaguars can still get in with 1569 01:21:45,720 --> 01:21:49,679 Speaker 1: some help even if they lose. I will explain how 1570 01:21:50,040 --> 01:21:52,439 Speaker 1: Titans have no other hope. They've got to win this game. 1571 01:21:52,479 --> 01:21:55,720 Speaker 1: With Josh Jobs starting, the Jags can still get in 1572 01:21:56,360 --> 01:22:01,400 Speaker 1: if the Dolphins, Patriots, and Steeler is all lose. That's 1573 01:22:01,439 --> 01:22:03,960 Speaker 1: kind of far fetched, but stranger things have happened. The 1574 01:22:04,000 --> 01:22:07,280 Speaker 1: Dolphins playing the Jets, the Patriots playing the Bills, and 1575 01:22:07,320 --> 01:22:09,519 Speaker 1: the Steelers are playing the Cleveland Browns. If they all 1576 01:22:09,560 --> 01:22:12,120 Speaker 1: lose and the Jaguars lose, they are in. That's why 1577 01:22:12,120 --> 01:22:15,200 Speaker 1: it was important for the Jaguars to win this past Sunday, 1578 01:22:15,200 --> 01:22:17,240 Speaker 1: people thought, wow, they don't really need the game. Yeah, 1579 01:22:17,240 --> 01:22:20,400 Speaker 1: they did, because they had a way in even if 1580 01:22:20,439 --> 01:22:24,080 Speaker 1: they lose the game to Tennessee in week eighteen. So 1581 01:22:24,320 --> 01:22:26,439 Speaker 1: they're hoping to get in with the win over the 1582 01:22:26,479 --> 01:22:28,360 Speaker 1: Titans and win the division and all of that and 1583 01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:30,719 Speaker 1: have a winning record for the first time since twenty seventeen. 1584 01:22:30,720 --> 01:22:32,719 Speaker 1: We'll see how it goes for them, all right, other 1585 01:22:32,920 --> 01:22:36,080 Speaker 1: seventh seed in the AFC possibilities this weekend. This is 1586 01:22:36,120 --> 01:22:38,400 Speaker 1: going to be fun to follow because the Patriots get 1587 01:22:38,439 --> 01:22:42,439 Speaker 1: in with a win over the Buffalo Bills, or if 1588 01:22:42,479 --> 01:22:49,400 Speaker 1: the Dolphins, Steelers, and Jets all lose and the Jaguars win. Okay, 1589 01:22:49,439 --> 01:22:51,320 Speaker 1: you got that. We'll have a quiz on this later. 1590 01:22:51,360 --> 01:22:53,519 Speaker 1: So they need a lot of things to happen if 1591 01:22:53,560 --> 01:22:55,519 Speaker 1: they lose to the Bills, but they can still get in. 1592 01:22:55,840 --> 01:22:58,559 Speaker 1: The Dolphins get in with a win against the Jets 1593 01:22:58,640 --> 01:23:01,559 Speaker 1: and a Patriots law to the Bills. Now, look, if 1594 01:23:01,560 --> 01:23:04,880 Speaker 1: they take care of business against the Jets, they are in. 1595 01:23:05,200 --> 01:23:07,800 Speaker 1: As long as the Bills beat the Patriots, and who 1596 01:23:07,800 --> 01:23:09,360 Speaker 1: knows how the Bills are going to be this weekend. 1597 01:23:09,640 --> 01:23:13,960 Speaker 1: The Steelers, if they beat the Browns and the Dolphins 1598 01:23:14,360 --> 01:23:19,920 Speaker 1: lose and the Patriots lose, they're in. So that's not 1599 01:23:20,000 --> 01:23:22,639 Speaker 1: so far fetched, right The Jets Dolphins thing, I don't 1600 01:23:22,640 --> 01:23:25,240 Speaker 1: care what the records are, who's in, who's out. That's 1601 01:23:25,280 --> 01:23:30,439 Speaker 1: always a real tremendous rivalry and hotly contested affairs. So 1602 01:23:30,439 --> 01:23:33,400 Speaker 1: we'll see how it goes. And we mentioned the Jaguar situation. 1603 01:23:33,479 --> 01:23:36,200 Speaker 1: They could still get in with the loss AFC North. 1604 01:23:36,280 --> 01:23:38,559 Speaker 1: I'm going to stay out of that stuff again because 1605 01:23:38,560 --> 01:23:41,800 Speaker 1: of the situation with Damar Hamlin, and we'll see how 1606 01:23:41,800 --> 01:23:44,280 Speaker 1: they adjust. As we head into the weekend with the 1607 01:23:44,439 --> 01:23:48,439 Speaker 1: NFC Eagles up for a top seed, forty nine Ers 1608 01:23:48,520 --> 01:23:51,479 Speaker 1: up for the top seed, Cowboys up for the top seed. 1609 01:23:51,560 --> 01:23:53,519 Speaker 1: Let's get into the seventh seed stuff. I'm not going 1610 01:23:53,560 --> 01:23:56,280 Speaker 1: to go over the top seed scenarios here, but the 1611 01:23:56,400 --> 01:23:58,360 Speaker 1: seventh seed. The Packers are in if they beat the 1612 01:23:58,360 --> 01:24:01,720 Speaker 1: Lions this week. Now, the Lions get in if they 1613 01:24:01,800 --> 01:24:06,120 Speaker 1: beat the Packers, but they need the Seahawks to lose 1614 01:24:06,479 --> 01:24:08,600 Speaker 1: to the Rams or tie. I'm going to keep the 1615 01:24:08,600 --> 01:24:10,640 Speaker 1: Ties out of this, So they need the Seahawks to 1616 01:24:10,680 --> 01:24:13,200 Speaker 1: lose to the Rams. That's going to be tough. Man 1617 01:24:13,200 --> 01:24:15,439 Speaker 1: the Rams. Do they have anything left? Is there more 1618 01:24:15,720 --> 01:24:19,920 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield magic in the night? And they also need 1619 01:24:19,960 --> 01:24:21,400 Speaker 1: a couple of other things. I'm not going to get 1620 01:24:21,439 --> 01:24:23,639 Speaker 1: into all that. And the Seahawks clinch with a win 1621 01:24:24,200 --> 01:24:27,320 Speaker 1: against the Rams and a Packer's loss or a tie 1622 01:24:27,400 --> 01:24:30,000 Speaker 1: versus the Lions. Again, we'll have a quiz on this later. 1623 01:24:30,040 --> 01:24:32,040 Speaker 1: And there's other stuff as well that could get the 1624 01:24:32,080 --> 01:24:34,280 Speaker 1: Seahawks in. So in other words, there are a lot 1625 01:24:34,320 --> 01:24:37,799 Speaker 1: of possibilities. There's a lot to watch for this weekend, 1626 01:24:37,800 --> 01:24:40,320 Speaker 1: and I think for the Houston Texans, you have a 1627 01:24:40,439 --> 01:24:43,840 Speaker 1: rare opportunity to beat the Colts. There have only been 1628 01:24:43,920 --> 01:24:47,719 Speaker 1: three victories for the Texans in Indianapolis in the history 1629 01:24:47,760 --> 01:24:50,800 Speaker 1: of the franchise. That's amazing. Gott to find a way 1630 01:24:50,800 --> 01:24:54,920 Speaker 1: to correct that. Twenty eighteen, twenty sixteen, twenty fifteen, that's it. 1631 01:24:55,240 --> 01:24:58,000 Speaker 1: There have been six other victories against the Colts. They've 1632 01:24:58,040 --> 01:25:01,560 Speaker 1: all been at an RG Stadium times. The Texans have 1633 01:25:01,680 --> 01:25:05,320 Speaker 1: beaten the Colts in twenty one years of play. This 1634 01:25:05,400 --> 01:25:07,880 Speaker 1: is game two of the season series. You know what 1635 01:25:07,960 --> 01:25:10,000 Speaker 1: happened in the first game. It was a tie, So yeah, 1636 01:25:10,040 --> 01:25:11,920 Speaker 1: there's one tie in the series. But you want to 1637 01:25:11,960 --> 01:25:14,160 Speaker 1: get a coveted win up there. I don't care about 1638 01:25:14,240 --> 01:25:17,400 Speaker 1: draft positioning right now. We'll see how it goes. And 1639 01:25:17,439 --> 01:25:19,519 Speaker 1: I want the rookies to get into the off season 1640 01:25:19,600 --> 01:25:22,200 Speaker 1: with a little oomph. We've played to that, Andrey Johnson 1641 01:25:22,280 --> 01:25:25,160 Speaker 1: cut earlier. I know not all the rookies are available here, 1642 01:25:25,640 --> 01:25:27,479 Speaker 1: and the second year guys as well. I'd love to 1643 01:25:27,479 --> 01:25:29,439 Speaker 1: see Nico out there. I love to see Damian Pierce 1644 01:25:29,479 --> 01:25:31,559 Speaker 1: out there. You're not going to see it, but the 1645 01:25:31,680 --> 01:25:34,919 Speaker 1: guys who are out there leave with a good feeling, 1646 01:25:35,640 --> 01:25:38,840 Speaker 1: good momentum going into the off season. Get a fresh 1647 01:25:38,880 --> 01:25:43,440 Speaker 1: class in here and really build for twenty twenty three 1648 01:25:43,520 --> 01:25:46,720 Speaker 1: and beyond for the Houston Texans. And tomorrow night, we're 1649 01:25:46,720 --> 01:25:48,880 Speaker 1: gonna have a Texans All Access program that'll be at 1650 01:25:48,880 --> 01:25:51,599 Speaker 1: six Andrey Johnson is our special guest to start it off. 1651 01:25:51,760 --> 01:25:54,040 Speaker 1: We'll also have treymont Smith and a bunch of other 1652 01:25:54,040 --> 01:25:58,800 Speaker 1: things available for you and programming notes. Final episode of 1653 01:25:58,880 --> 01:26:03,920 Speaker 1: Texans Extra Points is Saturday at ten thirty five. Sean pendergast, Denierre, 1654 01:26:03,960 --> 01:26:07,080 Speaker 1: the guests, Drew Doherty, the host, will go over everything 1655 01:26:07,120 --> 01:26:10,919 Speaker 1: related to the Colts game and other stuff. Also, Texans 1656 01:26:10,960 --> 01:26:15,200 Speaker 1: three sixty on that night, and Texans Game Day Sunday 1657 01:26:15,240 --> 01:26:20,400 Speaker 1: morning ten thirty on KPRC NBC two and Texans Inside 1658 01:26:20,439 --> 01:26:24,040 Speaker 1: the Game the final voyage of that ten thirty five 1659 01:26:24,240 --> 01:26:26,760 Speaker 1: on Sunday night. So we'll have a quiz on the 1660 01:26:26,920 --> 01:26:31,639 Speaker 1: playoff positioning and on our programming. Just kidding, Texans Monday 1661 01:26:31,640 --> 01:26:33,960 Speaker 1: on the radio. It'll be our final Texans Monday till 1662 01:26:33,960 --> 01:26:35,800 Speaker 1: the day after the Super Bowl. Then we start getting 1663 01:26:35,840 --> 01:26:38,519 Speaker 1: going with Texans All Access again weeknights at six but 1664 01:26:38,680 --> 01:26:41,719 Speaker 1: Texans Monday eight am and The Lovey Smith Show five 1665 01:26:41,880 --> 01:26:45,599 Speaker 1: pm on Monday to wrap up the season of Texans Radio. 1666 01:26:45,640 --> 01:26:47,840 Speaker 1: That's gonna do it for the show tonight. Thanks so 1667 01:26:47,920 --> 01:26:50,680 Speaker 1: much for listening, Have a great evening and go Texans.