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Speaker 1: Happy Friday.

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Speaker 2: Everybody, Welcome into another initiat of Texans All Access. I'm

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Speaker 2: your host, John Harris, Football on the on the Sideline Reporter,

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Speaker 2: and I love this edition because, well it's a bonus edition. Basically,

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Speaker 2: when you get into playoffs, every single All Access show

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Speaker 2: is just bonuses for you Texans fans. Welcome in John,

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Speaker 2: along with the Voice of the Texans, Mark Vandermier.

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Speaker 1: Mark, did you realize because this.

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Speaker 2: Hit me today when I was writing my by the Numbers,

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Speaker 2: I didn't realize this. This will be your first fifteenth

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Speaker 2: playoff game, Call the Texans.

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Speaker 3: Oh, you're adding up the number of games in all

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Speaker 3: the postseasons. Interesting, Yeah, fourteen to date. It's a lot

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Speaker 3: of games.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, six and two wild card round. Unfortunately owen sixth

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Speaker 2: in divisional round. This will be the fifteenth one, first

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Speaker 2: one at Pittsburgh, first road wild card.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's mouthful. That is super interesting to me.

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Speaker 3: And as well as you've played here, you are on

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Speaker 3: the road because the Jags are played so well, and

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Speaker 3: we all thought the Jags. I don't want to speak

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Speaker 3: for everybody, but I did after that game where Davis

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Speaker 3: Mills ran it in and then Trevor Lawrence got his

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Speaker 3: soul removed by Will Anderson and Sheldon Rankins at the

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Speaker 3: end of that game. Yeah, well, apparently he reinstalled it.

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Speaker 3: You did, he uploaded a new soul because he's playing

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Speaker 3: better than ever and they're on a roll and they'll

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Speaker 3: host the Buffalo Bills this weekend while the Texans are

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Speaker 3: looking forward to Monday Night and I am so looking

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Speaker 3: forward to this one. You know, you said spot the ball.

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Speaker 3: I like that. I think it doesn't matter, just go

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Speaker 3: out there and play. I believe these guys have a confidence,

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Speaker 3: a vibe about them that is going to carry them

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Speaker 3: a long way. Now we'll see what that all means

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Speaker 3: when you take the field on Monday night and beyond.

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Speaker 3: But I like the way they are acting, behaving, the

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Speaker 3: way they appear to be feeling because we're not in

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Speaker 3: that locker room other than media availability, but the real

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Speaker 3: moments happened away from that sure, and I think that

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Speaker 3: they're ready for the moment.

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Speaker 2: Johnny, I agree with you, And I think it's interesting

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Speaker 2: because when you think back to that Jacksonville game, when

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Speaker 2: you think about to three and five. At that point

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Speaker 2: we had beaten the forty nine ers, but we had

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Speaker 2: lost to the Broncos. We had this three game home

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Speaker 2: stand and we sat there and thought, man, you have

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Speaker 2: to have to win two out of three. You have to,

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Speaker 2: like it is a mathematical necessity that you win two

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Speaker 2: out of three. Yeah, and here you are giving up

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Speaker 2: a punt return, giving up early points because of an interception,

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Speaker 2: because of a fumble, and a kickoff.

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Speaker 1: You all these things go badly.

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Speaker 2: And when I found I thought about this after the fact,

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Speaker 2: especially in the second half, there was absolutely zero panic.

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Speaker 1: Meanwhile, I'm on the sidelines losing my mind.

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Speaker 4: What do we do?

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Speaker 2: I mean, I just I'm losing my mind. I can't

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Speaker 2: believe we're playing this way. But then I just look

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Speaker 2: over and I just see there's no panic. It's just

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Speaker 2: they sprint out there for defense, they sprint back out

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Speaker 2: there for offense. Nico Collins is trying to get everybody

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Speaker 2: going out to the huddle. And Nico doesn't say a

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Speaker 2: whole lot, but I just remember him one time. He

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Speaker 2: pat everybody in the back and was like, man, Okay,

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Speaker 2: they still think they can win this. Maybe I think

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Speaker 2: they should win this, and obviously to throw the Higgins

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Speaker 2: gets them to within eleven with a whole fourth quarter

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Speaker 2: to play, and I thought it's possible, but then they

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Speaker 2: went proved it. But what I what stood with me

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Speaker 2: was the lack of panic. There was no oh man,

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Speaker 2: we're in trouble. There was no kind of hanging their heads.

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Speaker 2: And that is the moment to me where it turns

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Speaker 2: and it's like, yeah, we kind of knew we were

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Speaker 2: It was like okay, yeah, And it's kind of been

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Speaker 2: that way the rest of the year. We feel like,

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Speaker 2: no matter what happens, you can hit us with a

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Speaker 2: haymaker early on, you could throw it deep to Qui

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Speaker 2: have a return for a touchdown like the Buffalo Bills had,

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Speaker 2: and yet we're not gonna panic.

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Speaker 1: We're fine.

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Speaker 2: They responded to the return of Ray Davis with one

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Speaker 2: of the best drives of the year against the Buffalo

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Speaker 1: I mean, how huge is that one.

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Speaker 2: There's so many moments like that, but I kind of

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Speaker 2: cool for school. But you go out there, first drive,

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Speaker 2: matter of fact, and the ball snap, you take care

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Speaker 2: of business. You come back, offense goes down and scores,

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Speaker 2: and you just take care of business with each in

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Speaker 2: every drive, offense, defense, and hopefully that's the way that

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Speaker 2: they approach us one and go after it because when

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Speaker 2: they play that way, they don't make mistakes. There's a

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Speaker 2: flow to the offense for the most part, and the

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Speaker 2: defense is just looking and you hit anything in a

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Speaker 1: And I like watching that team play. See.

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Speaker 3: I think the defense they're gonna figure it out. Even

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Speaker 3: if Rogers makes some plays early. I believe they will

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Speaker 3: figure this thing out. I believe they will find a

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Speaker 3: way to get to them, find a way to slow

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Speaker 3: him down, if not destroy that pocket and make life

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Speaker 3: key to me, see, I assume that is gonna happen now,

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Speaker 3: maybe not to the degree I'm dreaming about, which is

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Speaker 3: single digits points or less. You can donut on the scoreboards.

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Speaker 1: A donut and scoreboarders.

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Speaker 3: Satisfying, so satisfying anyway, I'll get back to this. The

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Speaker 3: offensive line for the Texans plus tight ends backs. The

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Speaker 3: way you have to protect for CJ and allow CJ

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Speaker 3: to get going is as critical as anything else in

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Speaker 3: this game. And you can talk about, well, you gotta

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Speaker 3: run the football to make that happen, keep them off balanced,

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Speaker 3: play action whatever. We're gonna have nicka leeon. We'll talk

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Speaker 3: about that stuff. So I'm sure he'll give us the

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Speaker 3: entire game plan. Please don't because I don't want the

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Speaker 3: Steelers to have it, but I'd like to know some things.

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Speaker 3: But I think that's as important as anything else in

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Speaker 3: this game, and may be more important because I think

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Speaker 3: everybody will feed off that if they see that the

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Speaker 3: Texans are getting some yardage on the ground. And it

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Speaker 3: doesn't have to be crazy good, but it has to

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Speaker 3: be good, has to be productive, have to have some

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Speaker 3: sustained drives. Even if you drive down the field and

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Speaker 3: stick up a three to start this game, that's something.

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Speaker 3: And I think threes are going to be important in

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Speaker 1: Absolutely. It's gonna be tough.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna be tough to go to the length of

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Speaker 3: issue sometimes in the red zone. Sometimes I think they're

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Speaker 3: getting better. In fact, it would not surprise me if

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Speaker 3: they do that, I think they can ride that into

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Speaker 3: the finish. Because just like the Charger game, when they

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Speaker 3: hit those two haymakers early, we felt like fourteen might

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Speaker 3: be enough. That could do it. Fourteen could do it.

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Speaker 1: It almost was. It almost was.

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Speaker 3: So you know, if you didn't have the turnovers in

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Speaker 3: the second quarter, it might have been. But the point

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Speaker 3: is this, you land an early haymaker here. I know

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Speaker 3: they have Rogers, but hey, the defense with a lead,

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Speaker 3: let's eat all right. I want to see that, and

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Speaker 3: I don't. I can't predict anything. I just predict that

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Speaker 3: they will play well. The Houston Texans will play well

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Speaker 3: in this game. Is it enough? We'll all find out together.

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Speaker 3: Maybe Rogers has the fountain of youth and maybe make

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Speaker 3: some incredible throws and everything if they get beat. I

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Speaker 3: want that to be the reason why the Steelers played

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Speaker 3: out of their minds good. Not the Texans made mistakes

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Speaker 3: that allowed them to do that. Texans got to reduce

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Speaker 3: the errors and just play their game. And their game

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Speaker 3: is winning these games in the teens, these twenty to seventeen,

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Speaker 3: twenty to sixteen, seventeen to fourteen type games. That's them

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Speaker 3: right now. And maybe it'll be a lot more lopsided

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Speaker 3: than that. Who knows, but I do predict that it'll

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Speaker 3: be somewhere. That's the one prediction I will make, Okay,

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Speaker 3: somewhere in the high teens. That kind of thing.

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Speaker 1: I think. I think, I mean, I think you're right.

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Speaker 2: I think if the Texans do not turn the ball

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Speaker 2: over and special teams keeps everything under could makes a

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Speaker 2: couple of plays basically plays the way it has for

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Speaker 2: the last how many ever weeks, then I feel like

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Speaker 2: it's going to be very difficult for the Steelers to

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Speaker 2: beat you. Yeah, but you can't turn it over. And look,

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Speaker 2: I know that, you know, CJ. I CJ was.

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Speaker 1: It was interesting talking with CJ.

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Speaker 2: It was interesting hearing what CG had to say at

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Speaker 2: way this offense you know, really kind of I don't

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Speaker 2: want to say, is forced to play. But I think

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Speaker 2: in large part is the smart way to go about it,

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Speaker 2: and that is you have this defense, don't waste it

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Speaker 2: by giving the opponent the ball as you did against Jacksonville.

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Speaker 2: You throw the early pick, you had the kickoff return

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Speaker 2: fumble right after that. Now you compound it everything with

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Speaker 2: the punt return later on. But if you just even

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Speaker 2: if you go three and out punt, that can be

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Speaker 2: successful because at some point your defense is going to

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Speaker 2: give you the I have. You can hit the right

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Speaker 3: I don't want to see it every time, obviously, but

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Speaker 3: hunting is not a bad thing for this football team.

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Speaker 3: To me. A big part of the game plan is

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Speaker 3: don't turn it over, punt clean, cover well, let your

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Speaker 4: I believe because.

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Speaker 3: If you look at the Steelers return game, it has

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Speaker 3: not been the highlight reel type stuff. Okay, the Texans

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Speaker 3: have a way better situation at return than the Steelers

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Speaker 3: do kick off and punts, and I think that if

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Speaker 3: you get one good one out of nol I'm talking

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Speaker 3: to it, even a forty five point fifty yarder, get

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Speaker 3: the ball near or at midfield once during this game

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Speaker 3: and you get one plus one in the turnover margin,

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Speaker 3: I think that could be enough. That could be enough

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Speaker 3: to win this football game. Again plus one and a

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Speaker 3: big return at least to midfield area. I think that

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Speaker 3: could be enough the way your defense is playing. Now,

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Speaker 3: we assume the defense will play well. I know there

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Speaker 3: are things to worry about. Jalen Warren's a good back.

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Speaker 3: You can't let them eat what happened with Ashton gent.

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Speaker 3: Come on, you can't compare that game to this game.

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Speaker 3: These are young men. I know Demko has them coached

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Speaker 3: really well, but there's an element of are you up

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Speaker 3: for this one? The way you're up for the Chiefs,

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Speaker 3: the Chargers, the Colts, Well, this is the playoffs. They're ready.

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Speaker 3: You know. There's been a lot of jet fuel burned

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Speaker 3: in this streak, and the fact that they got through

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Speaker 3: the Raiders and Cardinals unscathed in the one loss department,

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Speaker 1: Agree with they won.

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Speaker 3: You shouldn't have to apologize ever for getting a victory.

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Speaker 3: So let's keep going. Here go Monday night. We've talked

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Speaker 2: bit with our game preview, but quick thoughts on playoff

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Speaker 2: Texans Invitational moves to Charlotte as the Rams take on

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Speaker 1: You give the Panthers a shot here. I mean, look,

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Speaker 3: They're big underdogs. Yeah, and they forced turnovers, that's what

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Speaker 3: Yeah, right, they might not be, but it doesn't matter

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Speaker 2: But Rams, Okay, Packers go to the Bears. The Packers

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Speaker 3: Wait, why is this?

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Speaker 2: I think because your love didn't play. It was Malik Willis. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: At home in the postseason Soldier Field, the place is

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Speaker 3: the end, right, So are you saying, Bears?

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Speaker 3: Are you asking me to pick or who I'm rooting for,

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Speaker 1: Get a playoff win.

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Speaker 3: I'd like to see that too, I'd I do. You know,

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Speaker 2: Okay, let's talk about this one. Bill's Jaguars. I told

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Speaker 1: Game of the weekend. I think this is this is

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Speaker 2: I do think Jacksonville wins because I feel like the

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Speaker 3: I've been waiting for the Jags to stumble and they

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Speaker 3: won't do it. It won't do it, haven't done it, won't do.

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Speaker 3: The win at Denver was good for them, get it.

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Speaker 3: That was a heck of a win for them, So

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Speaker 2: That's when I knew they were a different squad. It

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Speaker 3: If you're forcing me to pick this game, I would

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Speaker 7: Now?

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Speaker 3: Look, I'd love to be at home, I know, if

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Speaker 1: You do.

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Speaker 3: But you know what, the Texans at Jacksonville at some point.

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Speaker 3: Can we match up with them in the second round?

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Speaker 3: No, you can.

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Speaker 2: Oh wait a second, wait second, way second. If the

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Speaker 1: Game I have would be a oh my God said, I.

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Speaker 3: Have a lot of confidence in that. For some reason,

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Speaker 2: That was self inflictation. I want to see that so badly. Okay,

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Speaker 2: the last two games. Tell me of these two which

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Speaker 3: But Chargers feel that way, Johnny, because I kind of

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Speaker 3: I know it's tough, They're all tough. These are good teams,

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Speaker 3: want to sign up for. So we'll see. Look, I'd

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Speaker 3: I'd prefer those two over at Denver.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, because I can't sleep in Denver. But somebody you

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Speaker 8: You've got playoff experience now under your belt. What changes

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Speaker 9: It's win or go home.

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Speaker 7: You know you win, you continue to go, you lose

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Speaker 8: And do you guys feel like the experience of this

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Speaker 9: I feel like in the back of our head. It may,

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Speaker 7: It pass doesn't matter whether we won nine games trail

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Speaker 8: This is a privilege that has to be earned. You

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Speaker 8: and you guys have to account for yourselves and take

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Speaker 7: You just described it. I mean, that's the best feeling

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Speaker 7: We're gonna lean on each other, lean on the guys

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Speaker 8: Aaron Rodgers one of the best to ever do it.

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Speaker 8: A lot of people think he's playing his best football

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Speaker 9: I mean, he's just he's got it. I mean he's

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Speaker 7: He's been playing for a long time, and he hasn't

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Speaker 9: He's in the playoffs once again.

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Speaker 7: He's got his team rallied around him and he's playing

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Speaker 7: go out there and just compete. It's good on good.

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Speaker 8: Maybe a key or two to matching up a DK Metcalf,

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Speaker 7: Yeah, sir, I feel like he's a really good player,

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Speaker 8: Wants Demiko said, this is great physical old school football

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Speaker 9: So we gotta do is wake up Sunday or Monday morning.

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Speaker 8: And the trust factor that you guys have built in

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Speaker 7: I feel like a trust factor comes from OTAs and

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Speaker 9: What's the reason that you know?

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Speaker 7: This man comes out to work every day and plays

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Speaker 7: So we just feed off each other.

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Speaker 10: Have fun and enjoy it.

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Speaker 2: Man, Thank you, Thank you all right, great stuff from

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Speaker 1: Now Mark and I dove a little bit into the game.

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Speaker 1: Now we're about to.

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Speaker 2: Go full throttle, peel it back, Modella matchups matches firm

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Speaker 2: Sleepers right here in our game preview.

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Speaker 3: Game preview, Bring on the playoffs. Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 3: Monday Night in the Steel City, Johnny, throw the records out.

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Speaker 3: Everyone's talking about how the Steelers did in the regular season,

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Speaker 3: It doesn't matter anymore. It's playoff time and you've got

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Speaker 3: gonna be stars shining. Be ready for anything Monday Night,

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Speaker 3: Well I think you just said it.

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Speaker 2: Be ready for anything when the team with Aaron Rodgers,

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Speaker 2: who Arthur Smith we've seen a long time as the

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Speaker 2: offense coordinators with the Titans for a while, pull out

442
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Speaker 2: all the stops. When you're an underdog at home, what

443
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Speaker 2: do you got to lose? Everybody thinks you're gonna win

444
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Speaker 2: the game. You're gonna you know, the team of the

445
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Speaker 2: road is coming right in. The Texans are kind of

446
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Speaker 2: the hot thing with all the national media, and the

447
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Speaker 2: Steelers are sitting there going, okay, we played football over

448
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Speaker 2: here too.

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Speaker 1: We're pretty good. You know.

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Speaker 2: You see all the banners up top. Yeah, we've played

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Speaker 2: football here before. So it's gonna be a Rockets environment

452
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Speaker 2: on Monday Night. In fact, that was the last time

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Speaker 2: I was on the sidelines, was back in twenty fourteen.

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Speaker 2: We get a Monday night game against the steel and

455
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Speaker 2: it was a Steelers team at the time that I

456
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Speaker 2: remember getting in a cab and the cab driver was

457
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Speaker 2: just going crazy about how bad the Steelers were It's like, oh,

458
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Speaker 2: the Steelers are so bad this year, I don't even

459
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Speaker 2: know you guys are gonna smash them.

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Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden they caught hot.

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Speaker 2: They got hot, they caught fire, and they won that

462
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Speaker 2: game and then won like seven in the next eight,

463
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Speaker 2: got into the playoffs and got all the way to

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Speaker 2: TAVC Championship game. So with a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers,

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Speaker 2: you can never take anything for granted. Team coach by

466
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Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin, you can't take anything for granted. You got

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Speaker 2: to go up there and bring your a game and

468
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Speaker 2: go up there and knock them out decisively.

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Speaker 3: All right, my Medello matchup. What's interesting to me about

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Speaker 3: this matchup. The Steelers and Texans have a very similar

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Speaker 3: number of sacks against the opponent, and they allow a

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Speaker 3: very similar number of sacks, and the Texans doing a

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Speaker 3: much better job lately. As we all know, I protected

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Speaker 3: a quarterback. Rogers does not turn the ball over much

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Speaker 3: at all. He's got almost a half season now, not

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Speaker 3: quite but without throwing an interception. He has been act

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Speaker 3: a few times. But let's go here. The ability of

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Speaker 3: the Texans offensive line whoever else, is past protecting CJ

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Speaker 3: included getting rid of the football to keep TJ. Watt

480
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Speaker 3: and Highsmith and frames off of him so you can

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Speaker 3: keep matriculating the ball down the field.

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Speaker 1: You know, I was gonna go with my bidela matchup.

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Speaker 2: I was gonna go with the Texans offensive interior against

484
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Speaker 2: Keanu Benton, Derek Harmon, the rookie out of Oregon, and

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Speaker 2: oh yeah, the other guy, Cam Hayward just playing like

486
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Speaker 2: an absolute animal at the age of thirty six.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it feels like he's.

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Speaker 2: Been in the league for eighty years and yet this

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Speaker 2: guy produces week after week after week.

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Speaker 1: I was gonna go there, but.

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Speaker 2: Then you start talking about the offensive line, you know,

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Speaker 2: giving up sacks, those kind of things, getting getting Daron Rodgers.

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go here.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna go DK Metcalf against and I want to

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Speaker 2: say question mark, but against the Texans dbs And how

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Speaker 2: do the Texans How does the Texans defensive staff account

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Speaker 2: for DK Metcalf.

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Speaker 1: Do they want to double him?

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Speaker 2: Do they want to have one of the corners travel.

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Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be really interesting how they go

501
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Speaker 2: about that. But wherever DK Metcalf lines up, he's gonna

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Speaker 2: get the football. My guess is he's gonna get fourteen

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Speaker 2: to fifteen targets. He's gonna probably make eight to ten catches,

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Speaker 2: and they're gonna try and get him in a situation

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Speaker 2: where he can catch and run and then becomes the

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Speaker 2: most difficult running back to tackle. And they got a

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Speaker 2: couple of them. They are really tough to tackle. But

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Speaker 2: he's six four, two hundred and twenty five pounds who

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Speaker 2: runs four to three. They want him with the ball

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Speaker 2: out in space, making plays, running through defensive backs. They're

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Speaker 2: gonna get the ball to him how many different ways,

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Speaker 2: countless ways. The Texans DB's are gonna have their hands

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Speaker 2: full with him. The flip side, he's gonna have trouble

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Speaker 2: with the Texans dbs as well.

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Speaker 1: So that to me is the Medela matchup on my side, what.

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Speaker 3: About gain Well catching all those passes and running the ball.

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Speaker 3: But with him and Warren, Warren's quietly put together a

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Speaker 3: nice season, not getting a lot of fanfare, but you

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Speaker 3: gotta down that running attack so you can get to

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Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers right.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: I think between Jalen Warren one of the more underrated

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Speaker 2: players in the league.

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Speaker 1: Not just a running back, one of the more unerrated players.

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Speaker 2: Very difficult to tackle, gain well, difficult attack for a

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Speaker 2: different reason. He just makes you miss out in space.

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Speaker 2: He's got that hesitation. Start stop. Think that's gonna be

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Speaker 2: tough out in space. And then you got DK. I

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Speaker 2: think between those three couple other targets to Fryarmouth, that's

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Speaker 2: where the targets and that's where the touches are going.

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Speaker 1: It's those four guys.

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Speaker 2: One of those four guys is going to catch the

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Speaker 2: ball or make a play out of the backfield running

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Speaker 2: the ball. If you shut the run down, they can

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Speaker 2: still run the ball by throwing quick screens out to DK,

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Speaker 2: by getting the ball in a checkdown to gain well

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Speaker 2: to using Warren in the screen game, they could still

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Speaker 2: get running yards, just doing it a different way. And

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Speaker 2: I expect them to do that against his Texans.

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Speaker 3: Defense Mattress firm sleepers of the game. And I say

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Speaker 3: that in plural because I'm going to go with the

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Speaker 3: two defensive tackles here with Sheldon Rankins and Tommy TOGII

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Speaker 3: and also Lucky fo two. Let's go some sam Owens

544
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Speaker 3: swarm in their defensive interior, putting pressure on that pocket.

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Speaker 3: Make sure that Aaron Rodgers cannot step up as much

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Speaker 3: as he wants to. You know what happens. Then look

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Speaker 3: what happened on Sunday night football when they played for

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Speaker 3: the AFC North Championship, and the times they did get

549
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Speaker 3: to Rogers in the backfield, bad things happened to the

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Speaker 3: Steelers got to get the pressure on the Ravens couldn't

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Speaker 3: do it. You know, the Texans have the personnel to

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Speaker 3: do it, especially at this time of year. Get after him,

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Speaker 3: crush that pocket like a tin can.

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Speaker 2: My sleeper is gonna end up being a match from

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Speaker 2: sleeper is gonna end up being Jaalen Nole.

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Speaker 1: And it's for everything.

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Speaker 2: It's not just as a receiver, but it's punt returns,

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Speaker 2: it's kickoff returns in that building at night, tracking the

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Speaker 2: football first of all, making sure you've got to clean catch,

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Speaker 2: but then doing something positive with it.

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Speaker 1: After you make the catch.

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Speaker 2: Now, kickoff returns obviously a little bit easier than punt returns.

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Speaker 2: But he's gotta be big in the return game. But

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Speaker 2: this offense again to Chargers. The big play had down

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Speaker 2: the field for a touchdown in the first quarter against

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Speaker 2: the forty nine Ers. He had one of his better games,

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Speaker 2: he's come up and made big plays as a receiver.

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Speaker 1: This is one of those opportunities for him because.

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Speaker 2: I feel like, yeah, yeah, they know all about Nico Collins,

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Speaker 2: and hey, Jayon Higgins has got everybody's attention with his

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Speaker 2: size and speed on the outside, But.

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Speaker 1: What about the rookie number fourteen? Yep? What about him?

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Speaker 2: You have answers for all of the wide receivers that

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Speaker 2: the Texans can now throw at the Steelers, and that's

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Speaker 2: one thing the Texans have really not been able to say,

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Speaker 2: the last couple of playoff years, They've not really been

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Speaker 2: able to take a full compliment of receivers into those

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Speaker 2: particular playoff games, and it's cost him at times. But

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Speaker 2: now they bring in knock On Wood a healthy group

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Speaker 2: of wide receivers, and I think for that reason, Nico

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Speaker 2: Higgins are gonna get They'll get some targets, but they're

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Speaker 2: also going to get a lot.

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Speaker 1: Of attention from the Steelers secondary.

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Speaker 2: But I think Jalen Nole is the one to watch

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Speaker 2: who can end up making some big plays out of

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Speaker 2: the slot.

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Speaker 3: Honorable mention. You never know how things play out, of course,

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Speaker 3: but a lot of people think this is a game

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Speaker 3: in the height right, and you saw what happened between

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Speaker 3: the Ravens and the Steelers at Pittsburgh. Field goal kicking,

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Speaker 3: place kicking extra point, very big. The operation has to

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Speaker 3: go smoothly here. Those three guys, Austin Brankman and his

593
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Speaker 3: rookie year doing a nice job replacing John Weeks this year,

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Speaker 3: Tommy Townsend and mister field goal to Emmy Fairbairn more

595
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Speaker 3: field goals than anybody else in the league since he

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Speaker 3: joined the league. And he's also got more fifty yard

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Speaker 3: plus bombs. And I don't know if you can rely

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Speaker 3: on the bombs in this one as much as usual,

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Speaker 3: but maybe you can, because this could be a field

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Speaker 3: goal game. Get ready be as perfect as you possibly can.

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Speaker 2: That is a great point, mark and I think we've

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Speaker 2: talked to De Miko about this over the years. You know,

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Speaker 2: what's the line you have to get to, Like, if

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Speaker 2: you're a defense, what's the line you have to defend.

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Speaker 2: I remember talking about Cam Little for the Jaguars the

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Speaker 2: fifty in the building. It's like, what's the line you

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Speaker 2: have to defend? And Frank Ross came orbit said the

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Speaker 2: fifty when the game outside at night in the in

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Speaker 2: the cold, that line moves further down the field, which

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Speaker 2: forces your offense to then move the ball into those areas.

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Speaker 2: I'm not really gonna feel comfortable. And this has nothing

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Speaker 2: to do with Kenny fairmirn All. It has to do

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Speaker 2: with A. That stadium and b just the weather. Boss

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Speaker 2: Feld confident forty five yards are beyond.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Boswell's one of the best in the business from

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Speaker 3: Rice and he's an extra point that was critical until

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Speaker 3: they had the miss from the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: So I'm with you.

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Speaker 3: Inside the thirty five thirty yeah, okay, but thirty five

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Speaker 3: is still a fifty three yard field goal be if

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Speaker 3: you have the eight yards and the ten yards to

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Speaker 3: the red zone if you're following it home, So that

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Speaker 3: is critical. You're right, You've got to get the ball

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Speaker 3: at least in that field goal zone. It's another zone,

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Speaker 3: Johnny be the red zone, the landing zone, the field

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Speaker 3: goal zone. We'll call it that anyway. That's Texan Steelers

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Speaker 3: Monday night. It's playoff time in Houston, Baby go Texans.

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Speaker 2: Of course, we gave you great stuff. What else would

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Speaker 2: you expect? Okay, coming up next, a guy who play

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Speaker 2: a big role on Monday Night offensive coordinator Nick Cayley

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Speaker 2: sits down with Mark and Iinex.

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Speaker 1: Right here on Texas All Access.

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Speaker 2: What's up, everybody, Welcome back to a Friday issyear of

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Speaker 2: Texas All Access where typically we're about forty eight hours

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Speaker 2: away from game day. But I don't really want to

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Speaker 2: do the math. But when I play that Sunday. We're

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Speaker 2: playing on Monday night, seven fifteen, kickoffs Central time. If

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00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:24,359
Speaker 2: you're in Pittsburgh eight fifteen. If you're going to the game,

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00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 2: bundle up. Be nice to the Steelers fans. They're an

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00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:33,439
Speaker 2: ordinary lot, but they're a fun lot as well, so

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Speaker 2: it's gonna be fun.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you being with me.

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Speaker 2: John Harris foot Plaanalo sidline reporter for your Houston Texans.

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Speaker 2: And now it's time to catch up with offensive coordinator

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Speaker 2: Nick Cayley. We had a blast talking to coach right.

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Speaker 3: Here in studio with offensive coordinator Nick Keley. Coach, great

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Speaker 3: to see how's it going you guys?

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Speaker 1: Great? Great, how you guys doing?

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Speaker 3: It's playoff times, So tell us how do things change

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Speaker 3: prep wise for a game like this? You want to

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Speaker 3: keep the routine, you turn it up a notch. How

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Speaker 3: do you handle the coach?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: No, nothing, and you try to keep the consistent routine

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Speaker 5: that you know we've had all along the way. I mean,

656
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Speaker 5: that's the biggest thing is we've talked about being process

657
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Speaker 5: oriented and try to keep things saying not you know,

658
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,959
Speaker 5: every every week. You know, it's about consistency, it's about discipline,

659
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 5: it's about practicing the right way, and that's what we're

660
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Speaker 5: trying to.

661
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Speaker 4: Do, Coach.

662
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Speaker 1: I heard one of your former bosses, Sean mcvahn, a podcast.

663
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Speaker 2: He talked about when he first went to the Rams,

664
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Speaker 2: he had an idea in his mind of what he

665
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Speaker 2: thought his offense was going to be. He thought it

666
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Speaker 2: was going to be a bunch of twelve personnel. He

667
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,400
Speaker 2: got out there and he's like, man, I got Cooper

668
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 2: Cup and I got Robert Woods, and his offense in

669
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Speaker 2: his mind sort of changed and they evolved from what

670
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Speaker 2: he thought it was going to be to what it

671
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Speaker 2: actually ended up being.

672
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Speaker 1: Have you gone through any of that kind.

673
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Speaker 2: Of moment where you thought, Okay, it's going to be

674
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Speaker 2: like this, but man, as the season's gone on, we've

675
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 2: kind of changed and become this.

676
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Speaker 1: Has that kind of happened in a sense, Yeah, I

677
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Speaker 1: think so to a degree. I mean, we have.

678
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Speaker 5: You know, I always had a framework in my mind

679
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Speaker 5: of how you know, I envisioned, you know, things playing

680
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 5: out schematically, usage of personnel, and then you know, right

681
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,400
Speaker 5: out the gate, you know, you you sit there and

682
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 5: instead of having you know, multiple tight ends, you know,

683
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 5: down Revian right out the gate, Cade goes down Week one,

684
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Speaker 5: you know, and you know, line had some changes throughout

685
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Speaker 5: the year, so mixing Jumbo talk about a youth movement

686
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Speaker 5: there at certain positions.

687
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Speaker 1: So I think it's it's our job.

688
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Speaker 5: To evolve and kind of you know, be able to

689
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Speaker 5: go with the flow and be able to fit guys

690
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Speaker 5: in and work around the players that we have.

691
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Speaker 1: So you have a framework, but things happen.

692
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Speaker 5: It's the NFL, it's a long season, so you're always

693
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Speaker 5: ready to adjust, and you know, kind of finally found

694
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Speaker 5: our identity as we move forward throughout the middle part

695
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Speaker 5: of the season.

696
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Speaker 3: As an offense, you have the fewest giveaways in the

697
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Speaker 3: history of the franchise coach and that's a remarkable accomplishment.

698
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Speaker 3: Yet still making big plays and you still want to

699
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Speaker 3: take risks. For lack of a better way of putting it,

700
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Speaker 3: How do you put all of that together?

701
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Speaker 5: I think, you know, you preach decision making, you preach discipline.

702
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Speaker 5: We don't ever want to take the aggressiveness out of anybody,

703
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Speaker 5: whether it's calling the player or our play style of

704
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 5: you know, being able to you know, really pin our

705
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,280
Speaker 5: ears back and go. But you talk about, you know,

706
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:51,480
Speaker 5: first thing, we want to take care of the ball,

707
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Speaker 5: and that that's an everybody thing, right. That's starts with

708
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Speaker 5: pass protection. That's setting inside out, not letting internal runners

709
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Speaker 5: to the quarterback. That's taking care of the ball out

710
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Speaker 5: in the open field. That's the quarterback transitioning in the

711
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 5: pocket with two hands. That's knowing when to take the

712
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,320
Speaker 5: check down, et cetera and take the profit. So we

713
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 5: preached that in a variety of ways. It's a testament

714
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Speaker 5: to our players and I think it's you know, I'm

715
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Speaker 5: proud of them. I'm proud of the way that they've

716
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Speaker 5: competed and they've taken care of the football and which

717
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 5: got to keep that going.

718
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 1: Coach, what are your thoughts on the evolution and the

719
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Speaker 1: growth of c J. Straw this year.

720
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Speaker 5: I'm really proud of him. You know, he's gotten better

721
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Speaker 5: every single week. I've said it from the time I

722
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Speaker 5: first met him in the spring. You know, you don't

723
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Speaker 5: have a ton of you know, live exposures in terms

724
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 5: of real, real practices until you get the fall. But

725
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 5: he's an ultimate competitor. He loves football. It's got a

726
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 5: great mind. But I've just seen a maturation and a

727
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 5: growth and just you know, every week's gotten better and

728
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 5: better and better, and just I've been so proud of him.

729
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 5: The discipline, the poise, no flinch mentality, He's always the same,

730
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 5: you know, regardless of the circumstances and situations in the game.

731
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Speaker 5: And you know, his best football is out in front

732
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Speaker 5: of him. Man, he's he's a He's a hell of

733
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Speaker 5: a player and really lucky that we got him.

734
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Speaker 3: I want to ask you about the rookie receivers, but

735
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Speaker 3: I have to talk about Nico Collins first, because this

736
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Speaker 3: is one of the best players in the NFL, and

737
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,080
Speaker 3: he's so clutch coach those catches that he has and

738
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Speaker 3: give Stroud and everybody else credit to. But toward the

739
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 3: end of games, when you're trying to kill clock or whatever,

740
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 3: there's a lot that goes into that. Even though you're

741
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 3: not scoring at the end of that you're running out

742
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Speaker 3: the clock in victories very often.

743
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean he's as good as there is in

744
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 5: the world. I mean, he's he's dependable, he's a phenomenal teammate.

745
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 5: He works hard day in and day out. What he

746
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 5: does on Sunday, I mean he does every single day

747
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 5: on the practice field. And I don't think it's by

748
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 5: coincidence that he just shows up and makes plays. I mean,

749
00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 5: the guy's a tremendous player. He's an elite player. He's

750
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Speaker 5: a great teammate. And I mean, whenever you know his numbers,

751
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,760
Speaker 5: call he's done nothing but come through and deliver. And

752
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 5: we have so much trust and faith in him, and

753
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Speaker 5: he's just he's done a phenomenal job.

754
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Speaker 4: Coaches.

755
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Speaker 2: Might sound like a strange question, but I'm always fascinated

756
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Speaker 2: by this. I did this a long long time ago,

757
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Speaker 2: and I just it was the most fun I probably

758
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Speaker 2: have in my life, and that was call him plays.

759
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Speaker 1: When do you know what the next play call is

760
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Speaker 1: going to be?

761
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Speaker 2: Like? What's your problem says for? How you know what

762
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 2: you want the next play call to be? Is it

763
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Speaker 2: down a distance where you're on a field. What do

764
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Speaker 2: you want to know before you make that call? Into

765
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Speaker 2: your quarterbacks.

766
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Speaker 5: Years, I think you always want to know what the

767
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 5: situation is and to your point, okay, it's it is

768
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Speaker 5: down in distance, it is uh, you know, it could

769
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Speaker 5: be fields on Are you in the low red area?

770
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Speaker 5: Have you just hit a chunk from the you know,

771
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Speaker 5: minus forty five and now you're into the you know,

772
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Speaker 5: the the plus ten and now you're into the high

773
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Speaker 5: red area.

774
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Speaker 6: You know.

775
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Speaker 5: And it also is circumstantially driven to you know, what's

776
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Speaker 5: the situation in the game, what's the score, how much

777
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 5: time is it. So there's there's a bunch of different

778
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 5: things that go into it, and I would say I'm

779
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 5: always trying to process and sequence those plays and stay

780
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Speaker 5: ahead of.

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Speaker 1: It in the moment.

782
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Speaker 5: And then you also have an opportunity when we come

783
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Speaker 5: off the field. I'm always reviewing what we just did,

784
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 5: what's well, how how the flow of the game's gone,

785
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 5: where we're at in the game, and then what I'm

786
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:47,400
Speaker 5: trying to get off in terms of certain plays and

787
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Speaker 5: have a you know, have a loose idea of what

788
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Speaker 5: I want to do in terms of sequencing when we

789
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Speaker 5: start the next drive, in terms of drive starters, et cetera.

790
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Speaker 3: Coach offensive line has been a theme throughout the off

791
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Speaker 3: season and training camp. During the season, and I know

792
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Speaker 3: you've had different configurations, but the running backs that you have,

793
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 3: I've seen production out of just about everybody, and the

794
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,960
Speaker 3: old line's got to get some credit for that as well. Right,

795
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 3: it's a concert effort, in concert effort with everybody and ensemble.

796
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Speaker 3: But to notice what you've been able to do on

797
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,760
Speaker 3: the ground with British, with Jawar, of course with Woody

798
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Speaker 3: and Nick, it's impressive to see the growth, the progress.

799
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's you know, proud of those guys.

800
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Speaker 5: I think it's it takes everybody and those guys it's

801
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:25,880
Speaker 5: a next man up mentality.

802
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:27,280
Speaker 1: I mean, been really proud.

803
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Speaker 5: I know, you know whoever it's been in there, you

804
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 5: know Woody, Nick, you know Dare, you had Juar. I mean,

805
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:36,839
Speaker 5: those guys have all been in there, British and they've

806
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,240
Speaker 5: all given us quality reps when we needed it the most.

807
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 5: And that's the thing that I'm most proud about. And

808
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 5: it's a testament to the offensive line, the cohesiveness, the

809
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 5: fundamentals that are continually getting improved. I mean, Cole Popovich

810
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,800
Speaker 5: does an outstanding job. I think he's one of the

811
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 5: best offensive line coaches in football. Have a long history

812
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:54,719
Speaker 5: with him. I believe in him and the guys do

813
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,280
Speaker 5: that you watch the tape and just consistently improving across

814
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 5: the board, being able to you know, deliver you know,

815
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 5: double teams to the second level capture combination blocks, and

816
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 5: the backs are just.

817
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,399
Speaker 1: Doing a great job of continuing to grow along with them.

818
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,919
Speaker 5: And I think it's been everybody growing together and we've

819
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 5: needed it and we just got to keep it going.

820
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Speaker 1: Could you mentioned Kole Popovich and the offensive line.

821
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Speaker 2: Obviously, you know, Jake does some great job with the

822
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Speaker 2: tight ends, Dandy running backs, Ben those are guys that

823
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Speaker 2: I don't know how much experience you had with before

824
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Speaker 2: you got here. And then you have Drawd Johnson and

825
00:35:25,239 --> 00:35:27,759
Speaker 2: Jerry working with quarterbacks. What's it been like working with

826
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 2: this offensive staff this year?

827
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Speaker 1: That's been great.

828
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Speaker 5: You know, it didn't have a lot of exposure outside

829
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Speaker 5: of you know, Cole and Jerry Schaplinsky have been you know,

830
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 5: we spent a lot of time with those guys prior

831
00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 5: to coming here. But it's been good, you know, just

832
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 5: getting to know each other in the spring, getting to

833
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 5: you know, really strip everything down to the studs from

834
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Speaker 5: a language standpoint, uh, you know, from a obviously an

835
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 5: offensive scheme, standpoint, and then really just pour into each

836
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:50,160
Speaker 5: other and continue as a staff.

837
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Speaker 1: I feel like no one really has any egos.

838
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,720
Speaker 5: We're all trying to do what's right for the players

839
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 5: to help our team, and you know, we set those

840
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:57,879
Speaker 5: things aside and we arrive at the best things.

841
00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 1: Uh, you know what we're trying to do.

842
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 5: And I've been really happy being with the growth of

843
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 5: our staff, just like players. I mean, you're you're the

844
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,919
Speaker 5: more time on task you have, the better chemistry you build,

845
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 5: and just trying to continue to improve as a staff,

846
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 5: just like the players.

847
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 3: Are putting together the game plan for this matchup with

848
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:15,799
Speaker 3: the Steelers. Were you watching the Sunday night football broadcast thinking, Okay,

849
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,680
Speaker 3: I'm getting ready for the Ravens, Okay, I'm getting ready

850
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 3: for the Steelers. Okay, I'm getting ready for How was

851
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 3: that for you? And just can you talk about putting

852
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:23,480
Speaker 3: together this game plan for Pittsburgh?

853
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 4: Sure?

854
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,960
Speaker 5: Yeah, No, I mean I watched the game, you know,

855
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,799
Speaker 5: and I've watched enough of them where you don't, you know,

856
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,640
Speaker 5: anything can happen at any given moments. So whatever was gonna happen,

857
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 5: that's where we're gonna, you know, figure out at the

858
00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 5: end of that game and come in after the game

859
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:37,560
Speaker 5: and we know who we're gonna play. So you know,

860
00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:39,840
Speaker 5: then it was on to the Steelers and relative to

861
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 5: the game plan for you know, obviously them, they're really

862
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:42,720
Speaker 5: really talented defense.

863
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:44,240
Speaker 1: They've been doing it well for a long time.

864
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 5: You know, they have a tremendous amount of players on

865
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 5: that on that team, starting you know, up front, you

866
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:52,239
Speaker 5: look at what obviously you know, you got Hayward who

867
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Speaker 5: I mean, I think he's playing his best football, you

868
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,399
Speaker 5: hat high Smith. I mean, they're they're just an outstanding group.

869
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Speaker 5: And that There's a bunch of others too. You know,

870
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Speaker 5: you got Queen You, you know, Jalen Ring. I mean,

871
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,479
Speaker 5: there's a lot of good players on that team. And

872
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 5: and you know, you got to play good fundamental football,

873
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 5: all right. You got to continue to move the ball forward,

874
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 5: you got to protect the football, and you got to

875
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 5: go and you got to play one play at a

876
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 5: time and execute, you know, And that's that's how you

877
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 5: got to be disciplined. And so it's gonna be a

878
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,839
Speaker 5: great challenge, a great battle, but we're trying to play

879
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 5: our best football and play with great fundamentals and techniques

880
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 5: and and just can you know, continue to improve and

881
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 5: play at our be at our best on Monday night?

882
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:26,359
Speaker 4: Coach.

883
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,359
Speaker 2: I know you got kids, so I know if you're asked, hey,

884
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 2: who's your favorite kid, You're like.

885
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: I love them all equally.

886
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:33,840
Speaker 2: So I know when I asked this question, I know

887
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,680
Speaker 2: in your mind like, oh man, I love all these

888
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:38,799
Speaker 2: plays the same. But do you have a favorite play,

889
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,359
Speaker 2: like a play from this year for whatever reason that

890
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 2: stands out maybe more than any other. Maybe it was

891
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 2: because you saw something in film, maybe because it was

892
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 2: an adjustment you made. Do you have a favorite play

893
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 2: that stands out to you from this regular season?

894
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 3: Or he could give us two so you don't have

895
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,319
Speaker 3: to pick up Yeah, yeah, yeah, he.

896
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,880
Speaker 1: Is putting me on the spot. Yeah, oh man, because

897
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 1: there have been plenty.

898
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 2: I mean the third one to Higgins out in LA

899
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:06,840
Speaker 2: I mean that was that was fantastic. You know, the

900
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 2: throat of Woody against the Chiefs, you know, a touchdown,

901
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 2: that was.

902
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 1: A good one.

903
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 5: Yeah, I would say if I had to boil down one,

904
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 5: I think, uh, you.

905
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,759
Speaker 1: Know, the the third and short to.

906
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,279
Speaker 5: Higgins in l A. I think it was a great

907
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 5: That one stands out. It's probably recency bias, but but

908
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,880
Speaker 5: you know, the timing of it, just the opportunity to

909
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:32,920
Speaker 5: to start fast, which we've been preaching, you know, CJ.

910
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 5: You know, just letting it loose, good protection and just

911
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 5: a spark right out the gate. And I felt like

912
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,759
Speaker 5: you could feel it. You could feel there was a

913
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,359
Speaker 5: great energy about that play. And then we double down

914
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 5: and we come back with j Nole and you know

915
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 5: that that play a little more recent, but it was

916
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 5: an explosive play that really started everything the right way.

917
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 5: And you know, obviously had an opportunity after that game

918
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,720
Speaker 5: to get ourselves into the playoffs and and move forward.

919
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:57,759
Speaker 1: And the fact the Chargers, you're one of those things.

920
00:38:57,800 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 1: The Chargers don't give up big plays. No, they don't.

921
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: And you got two of them back to back too.

922
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 5: Yeah and yeah, and they have a great defense. Jesse

923
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:06,759
Speaker 5: Mento does a great job. And uh but if that's

924
00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:08,920
Speaker 5: the players execute, you know, I was proud of it,

925
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:10,839
Speaker 5: and it was a fun game, and you know, I'm glad,

926
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 5: glad we got the win.

927
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: But that play stands out, Yeah for sure.

928
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 3: How hard is it or satisfying maybe as a coach

929
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 3: to sort of let go because throw the bottle an Eco,

930
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 3: he breaks the tackle, well, you don't draw that up,

931
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 3: break this tackle. Yeah right, oh right, Davis run it

932
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 3: in from the fourteen yard line and take us home

933
00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 3: from there. I'm sure you had something called but he

934
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 3: read that. I'm sure it was an option too. So

935
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 3: those kinds of things.

936
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:34,280
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, those guys have made I mean, players

937
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 5: make plays. It's a player's game, and you know, you're

938
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 5: you're in the moment. And somebody was asking me about

939
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:40,840
Speaker 5: Davis's scramble et cetera. You know, at the end of

940
00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:42,279
Speaker 5: the game to go in and what he flipping and

941
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 5: finding and blocking at the end.

942
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:44,439
Speaker 6: It's and it's you.

943
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 5: Sit there, you somebody asked me, how did you and

944
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:47,839
Speaker 5: what were you feeling? Probably a lot like a lot

945
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,319
Speaker 5: of you guys were watching it too. You know, it's

946
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,879
Speaker 5: off schedule, and you're you know, it's an exciting part

947
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 5: of the game and a big moment and there's.

948
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 1: A lot of those.

949
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,440
Speaker 5: And we've got great, great players that have stepped up

950
00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:59,920
Speaker 5: all year, man, and you know, it's I'm excited for that.

951
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,919
Speaker 5: I'm more excited for them and hopefully keep it going.

952
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 2: I feel like I want to ask this question. I'm

953
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 2: going to phrase it in this way. What defensive player.

954
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 2: Are you not allowed to use on offense? Got Tommy

955
00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:12,279
Speaker 2: in there the other day?

956
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 1: I don't know.

957
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:15,319
Speaker 5: I mean, that's a Deniko question. I guess I've never

958
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 5: really asked him in that regard. But the other day,

959
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:20,280
Speaker 5: you know, Tommy's at full back. What's that like going

960
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 5: through that moment? Are you are you feeling anxiety? What

961
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:24,440
Speaker 5: do you what do you feel in like watching this,

962
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 5: like is this gonna work? How does this feel?

963
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 1: This is new?

964
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:28,959
Speaker 2: How does that feel when you're when you have Tommy

965
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,680
Speaker 2: out in the field and you've got that place.

966
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,759
Speaker 5: Exciting, exciting? I mean, and I think everybody on the

967
00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,439
Speaker 5: sideline you can tell too. As soon as they saw

968
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 5: him go in and report eligible, like, you know, everybody,

969
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 5: everybody was excited to so you know, it was it

970
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 5: was it was cool, it was a great moment. And

971
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 5: uh and then it was awesome the way he finished

972
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 5: the game, and you know, had the fumble recovery and

973
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 5: all that too. But no, I mean, Demiko is great.

974
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:50,240
Speaker 5: I mean, he's all about the team. So you know, yeah,

975
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 5: we'll see, We'll ask him. Maybe that's a good question

976
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 5: for me next week. Next week one more.

977
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 3: Everything is intertwined offense defense special teams. But what about

978
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,200
Speaker 3: special teams knowing that you have emy fair bearing in

979
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 3: the operation to execute field goals when you need him,

980
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 3: because it is part of it, no question.

981
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:05,319
Speaker 1: Sure.

982
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,280
Speaker 5: I mean he's he's as good as there is. He's clutch,

983
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 5: he is so totally calm in every situation.

984
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: And I'm glad we have him.

985
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,200
Speaker 5: And we've we've you know, we've stold out a few times,

986
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 5: had some self inflicted wounds and he's he's put him

987
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:17,759
Speaker 5: through there and built us out at times. So you

988
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 5: know this year and I mean he's incredible, and I

989
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:21,760
Speaker 5: mean he's a huge part of our team.

990
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 1: Glad, I'm glad he's he's.

991
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 3: A Texan outstanding coach. Thanks a lot, Thank you.

992
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:28,320
Speaker 1: Guys, Thank you guys. We always love when coach shows

993
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:28,960
Speaker 1: up in studio.

994
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 2: We had a chance talked to him when he signed

995
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 2: his contract and get an opportunity to talk to him here. Nickkeley, Uh,

996
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,880
Speaker 2: he's the best man. Appreciate what he brings to this offense.

997
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 2: And he's right, they've made a lot of strides, but

998
00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:45,439
Speaker 2: as he reiterated, it's still some more there. I feel

999
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 2: bad I kind of put him on the spot with

1000
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 2: that question about the offensive player of the Year. But

1001
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,799
Speaker 2: I do agree, I think it is that that Higgins play. Now,

1002
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 2: the third and sixteen at Tennessee is a great one,

1003
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:57,640
Speaker 2: that was just pure execution.

1004
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,280
Speaker 1: Is such a great throw from Davis.

1005
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:02,880
Speaker 2: But I'd love that third and one because there was

1006
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 2: a wrinkle they put on it that coach told us

1007
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 2: about later on, which was great and it really kind

1008
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:11,400
Speaker 2: of showed what coach Nick Keley's all about. And obviously

1009
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 2: his relationship to CJ. Stroud matter on that play for sure.

1010
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:19,440
Speaker 2: So good stuff there from Nick Cayley. All Right, we

1011
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 2: get back. Let's hit the injury report in some news

1012
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 2: around the NFL. We'll do that next on Texas All Access. Yes, sir,

1013
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 2: welcome back this Friday Nightshe of Texans All Access from

1014
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:31,960
Speaker 2: the Honday Texas Radio Studio.

1015
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris. Football.

1016
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 2: I know a sidin reporter getting ready for a trip

1017
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:43,840
Speaker 2: to Pittsburgh to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Monday Night football,

1018
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 2: the nation's stage all to themselves. So I guess the

1019
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,879
Speaker 2: Texas and Steelers, so everybody'll be watching that game will

1020
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:56,360
Speaker 2: be the final wild card weekend game. Have no idea

1021
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 2: what will happen afterwards, we'll have to let this weekend

1022
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:03,719
Speaker 2: play out that starts tomorrow with games in the NFC.

1023
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,400
Speaker 2: You've got the Rams at the Panthers. You've got Bears

1024
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:09,960
Speaker 2: taking on the Packers in Chicago. Then you've got the

1025
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 2: three games on Sunday, Bills at Jaguars.

1026
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,799
Speaker 1: Then I'm not sure the order of the other two.

1027
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,800
Speaker 2: I think the Chargers Patriots at night, and then the

1028
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:23,400
Speaker 2: afternoon game on Sunday is gonna end up being the

1029
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 2: Eagles taking on the Niners in Philly, and then of

1030
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:31,080
Speaker 2: course Texans on Monday night. So well, another results of

1031
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,319
Speaker 2: all those games will know what the games will be

1032
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,800
Speaker 2: the following week. It'll just be a Texans or Steelers

1033
00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:43,239
Speaker 2: going to hosting. We'll see what happens with those games.

1034
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 2: Because the Texans can play if they win any of

1035
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 2: I mean, it's a litany of teams that they could

1036
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,320
Speaker 2: play in the second round. The only thing they wouldn't

1037
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 2: play would be the Chargers. If they get a home game,

1038
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:00,719
Speaker 2: it would be the Bills and nobody else. Or it

1039
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:04,719
Speaker 2: could be at New England at Denver so or it

1040
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 2: could be at Jacksonville. So it could be any number

1041
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:09,799
Speaker 2: of things. So we'll keep her on that, Let's look

1042
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:14,120
Speaker 2: at the injury report, because well, there's always injuries, but

1043
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 2: I will say I feel like this injury report now,

1044
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:20,080
Speaker 2: it's not the status report. Typically Friday it's the status report,

1045
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:24,879
Speaker 2: but I feel like the injury report is improving if

1046
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:30,000
Speaker 2: nothing else because at practice, even in a limited capacity today,

1047
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:39,000
Speaker 2: Deniko Autrey, Trent Brown, Titus Howard, and Kamari Lasser. Now,

1048
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:42,080
Speaker 2: Kamari was in a locker room and you heard him

1049
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:44,320
Speaker 2: earlier the show, but he said I'm playing.

1050
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:45,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, I could have played.

1051
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:50,600
Speaker 2: Last week, but he understood. So Kamar being back in

1052
00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:55,560
Speaker 2: practice was a good thing. He is unbelievable and that

1053
00:44:55,760 --> 00:45:00,400
Speaker 2: is phenomenal to have him back. So Deniko, Trent tight Kamara,

1054
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:04,560
Speaker 2: they were limited participants. Full Austin Bringman and Johnny Carter,

1055
00:45:04,719 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 2: Arion Terra Shrie, Jamal Hill, Sheldon Rankins, Jalen Reid and

1056
00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:11,360
Speaker 2: Derek Stingley Junior were all full participants.

1057
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:12,320
Speaker 1: Curious to see.

1058
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,959
Speaker 2: Jalen Reid uh and my guess is that he would

1059
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:17,840
Speaker 2: be active on Monday night, so it'd be good to

1060
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 2: get the rookie back. Gave them a lot of good

1061
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 2: reps against Buffalo for hurting his arm against the she

1062
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 2: colts the next week, so curious and excited to see

1063
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 2: Jalen Reid and what he's got left now.

1064
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 1: The only DNP and.

1065
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:33,399
Speaker 2: This is second straight day and it's not surprising Juar

1066
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,719
Speaker 2: Jordan would dealing with that ankle issue. Zarah Franklin kind

1067
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,719
Speaker 2: of rolled on his ankle on a run that Juar

1068
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:43,360
Speaker 2: had up the middle, and I think it's been classified.

1069
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,680
Speaker 2: I think Aaron Wilson said high ankle sprain. I mean,

1070
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:48,440
Speaker 2: who's to say at this point, but I got a

1071
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:51,360
Speaker 2: feeling that might be a weak or two. Maybe we'll see.

1072
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:56,320
Speaker 2: But Juar the only DNP. No dnps on the Steelers side.

1073
00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 2: Cam Hayward, Isaiah Laudermilk, this is a big He was

1074
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:03,600
Speaker 2: a limited participant. He's been injured for a while at

1075
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:07,960
Speaker 2: John new Smith with a glute basically is butt. But

1076
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,399
Speaker 2: Cam Hayward back in the limited capacity, just working him back.

1077
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 2: I mean, the guy was drafted the same year as

1078
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 2: JJ Watt. He's been absolutely phenomenal. Everybody else in a

1079
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:22,920
Speaker 2: full capacity in practice, including TJ Watt. He will be

1080
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:24,400
Speaker 2: as close one hundred percent as he could be.

1081
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:26,120
Speaker 1: With that lung issue.

1082
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:29,960
Speaker 2: So that is your injury report news around the NFL

1083
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:34,360
Speaker 2: Dolphins have got a new GM. Well, they're expected to

1084
00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:39,759
Speaker 2: hire former Packers exec John Eric Sullivan, So keep an

1085
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:45,720
Speaker 2: eye on some Packers coaching candidates, namely Jeff Haffley down

1086
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:50,400
Speaker 2: in Green Bay. If things go sideways with Matt Lafleur somehow,

1087
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:52,959
Speaker 2: maybe Matt Leafloor ends up down in Miami, that would

1088
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:54,960
Speaker 2: be kind of tricky. There might have to be a

1089
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:59,720
Speaker 2: trade involved in that. But John Eric Sullivan, the soon

1090
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:05,480
Speaker 2: to be new general manager for the Miami Dolphins. Tennessee

1091
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:11,440
Speaker 2: Titans interviewed Mike McDaniel. That is gonna be interesting. Mike

1092
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:14,239
Speaker 2: McDaniel getting an interview with the Tennessee Titans on top

1093
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:21,240
Speaker 2: of others they've had, including today Jason Garrett, Wide range

1094
00:47:21,239 --> 00:47:23,439
Speaker 2: and a wide net. The Titans are thrown out there

1095
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Speaker 2: for a coaching opportunity. Okay, we get back a little

1096
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Speaker 2: Nick Cassario for you on a Friday evening.

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Speaker 1: That's next on Texans All Access. We got one our down,

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00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:33,880
Speaker 1: one hour left to go.

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Speaker 2: Right here on a Friday edition of Texans All Access

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00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:43,200
Speaker 2: from Texas Radio Studio, John Harris football Asadelaine reporters toime

1101
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 2: catch up with British Brooks second year man on North Carolina.

1102
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:49,280
Speaker 2: We had a good time talking to him about performance

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00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:51,920
Speaker 2: against the Colts. Getting ready for Monday night. Good stuff

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Speaker 2: from British right.

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Speaker 3: Here back at studio with us British Brooks, British. How's

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00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:57,080
Speaker 3: it going, Welcome to the playoffs.

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00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,239
Speaker 6: Appreciate you, Bluss, thank you all for having me.

1108
00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:01,840
Speaker 3: Well, we saw you out there against Indianapolis in the

1109
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:03,640
Speaker 3: season finale. How did it feel to get out there

1110
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:05,320
Speaker 3: in the second half and move people around?

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00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 11: Oh?

1112
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:06,400
Speaker 4: I feel great.

1113
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:08,200
Speaker 11: You know, it was blessed to have the opportunity to

1114
00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:10,319
Speaker 11: just go out there and just NBA running back again

1115
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,279
Speaker 11: in game for as many and what a minute since

1116
00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:14,960
Speaker 11: I actually touched the ball in game.

1117
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:16,360
Speaker 6: So it felt good. I felt natural.

1118
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:20,160
Speaker 2: So the first couple of runs didn't get much, and

1119
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:22,360
Speaker 2: then you hit that third run. You got off to

1120
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Speaker 2: the left side and you cut off the left foot

1121
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,520
Speaker 2: and you went in between the two Colts. It felt

1122
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:31,600
Speaker 2: like once you made that run, you're pretty confident guy regardless,

1123
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:33,759
Speaker 2: but it felt like, oh yeah, I'm back. Was that

1124
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:35,240
Speaker 2: kind of the run that kind of broke the seal

1125
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:36,799
Speaker 2: for you at that point, kind of getting at twenty

1126
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:38,640
Speaker 2: yarder where you kind of went between the two Colts.

1127
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:39,680
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, one hundred percent.

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Speaker 11: You know, I feel like being at running back, like

1129
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:43,360
Speaker 11: once you like get that one run where you like

1130
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:46,279
Speaker 11: you see it, it all naturally just comes back to it.

1131
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, what's it like being a full back and you're

1132
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:52,440
Speaker 3: in the eye formation and your assignment is to block,

1133
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:54,719
Speaker 3: You're not carrying the football, but you got to go

1134
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:57,680
Speaker 3: knock somebody down? Is it hard to find that person?

1135
00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 3: A lot of it depends on what's going on up front.

1136
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:02,799
Speaker 3: Take us through that British what that experience is like.

1137
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:03,840
Speaker 6: It's definitely different.

1138
00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:07,520
Speaker 11: Just you know, especially you know going through the line

1139
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:10,400
Speaker 11: and you might have a two hour or four you

1140
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:12,440
Speaker 11: gotta get around, or it might be a nose or

1141
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 11: depend on the play. It like, it's it's a lot

1142
00:49:14,719 --> 00:49:16,560
Speaker 11: that goes into it. So you just kind of like, man,

1143
00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:19,120
Speaker 11: like you run, You want to run full speed in there,

1144
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:21,640
Speaker 11: but then again you can't. So it just like you

1145
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:23,319
Speaker 11: gotta find your way through and then once you see

1146
00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:25,080
Speaker 11: your man, you gotta kind of speed up real fast.

1147
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 11: But it's definitely different. I wouldn't say it's it's hard,

1148
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 11: but it's definitely different.

1149
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:32,799
Speaker 2: You are a collision waiting to happen during football game,

1150
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:35,560
Speaker 2: no matter where you are on the field. But after

1151
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:37,880
Speaker 2: getting I'm not sure how many carries it was the

1152
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:41,600
Speaker 2: other day. Does your body feel any different after getting

1153
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:43,920
Speaker 2: ten to twelve carries in a game on top of

1154
00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:44,799
Speaker 2: what you already do.

1155
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 1: How does the body feel?

1156
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:45,960
Speaker 5: Nah?

1157
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:47,600
Speaker 6: I felt fine, like I feel fine now.

1158
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:49,959
Speaker 11: And it was just like even at practice, I still

1159
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:52,360
Speaker 11: I'm Scout team running back, Scout team fullback, whatever they

1160
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:55,000
Speaker 11: need to do. So it wasn't like I wasn't just

1161
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:58,359
Speaker 11: like I was strictly a fullback. So I already had

1162
00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:00,719
Speaker 11: like my ball handling skin. It was what came back

1163
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 11: and my feetwork were coming back. And uh, once Juar started,

1164
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:06,799
Speaker 11: you know, moving up, he was getting rest with like

1165
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:08,520
Speaker 11: the ones and stuff. I was taking most of the

1166
00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:10,319
Speaker 11: reps and I was fine with that because it just

1167
00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:12,960
Speaker 11: helped me more just getting back in my rhythm.

1168
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:15,880
Speaker 3: How is it being a running back on the scout team?

1169
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:19,360
Speaker 3: And I gotta think it's different earlier in the season

1170
00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:21,480
Speaker 3: when you're padded up as opposed to later in the

1171
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:23,600
Speaker 3: season when you're trying to preserve the bodies a little

1172
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:26,200
Speaker 3: bit more as a football team. So what about that

1173
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:28,399
Speaker 3: phase you're getting to play out the.

1174
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:29,799
Speaker 1: Card take us through that.

1175
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:33,520
Speaker 11: I feel that there's no difference, like really going against

1176
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:36,880
Speaker 11: that defense, dude, like they don't they don't let up

1177
00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:37,960
Speaker 11: anything in practice.

1178
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:39,799
Speaker 1: They try to be yeah, yeah, okay.

1179
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:40,320
Speaker 6: There's no difference.

1180
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:42,480
Speaker 11: So it was just kind of like once I got

1181
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:45,120
Speaker 11: out there, like Sunday, it was like, I mean, I

1182
00:50:45,160 --> 00:50:47,480
Speaker 11: go against the best defense every day, Like I'm not

1183
00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:49,800
Speaker 11: really worried about what somebody else is gonna do, like

1184
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:52,920
Speaker 11: already seen seeing it. I didn't have to block wheel,

1185
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:55,239
Speaker 11: I don't have to try the juke disease like I

1186
00:50:55,239 --> 00:50:56,879
Speaker 11: didn't try to do all these things.

1187
00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:57,800
Speaker 1: I was like, this is the best defense.

1188
00:50:57,840 --> 00:51:00,160
Speaker 11: I'm not worried about, like what's really going on with

1189
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:00,759
Speaker 11: anybody else?

1190
00:51:01,160 --> 00:51:03,160
Speaker 2: Prittish as soon as we got in the playoffs, We're

1191
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:05,839
Speaker 2: going to the playoffs and obviously beat the Didneapolis coach,

1192
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:09,719
Speaker 2: we maintained the streak. But last year you didn't have

1193
00:51:09,760 --> 00:51:11,920
Speaker 2: that opportunity to play in the playoffs.

1194
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:14,520
Speaker 1: Your first year here. What does it mean to get

1195
00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:15,480
Speaker 1: back to the playoffs.

1196
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:18,400
Speaker 2: You get an opportunity to play in environment like you're

1197
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:19,520
Speaker 2: gonna play in on Monday night.

1198
00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:21,920
Speaker 11: It means a lot because you know, like a lot

1199
00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:24,400
Speaker 11: of the vests. You know, haven't made a lot of playoffs,

1200
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:27,480
Speaker 11: so it's definitely a blessing just to be here my

1201
00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:29,640
Speaker 11: first full year and go to a playoff game, So

1202
00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:32,880
Speaker 11: it is definitely a blessing. And then going against a

1203
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:35,960
Speaker 11: team like the Pittsburgh Shailers, it was like a staple

1204
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:39,000
Speaker 11: in the NFL, So it is definitely, you know, a

1205
00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:40,400
Speaker 11: happy a happy thing from you.

1206
00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:43,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, when you play full back, you're sort of an

1207
00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:46,399
Speaker 3: honorary offensive lineman too. So what is it like being

1208
00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:49,680
Speaker 3: around those guys? Do you have a relationship with them?

1209
00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:50,560
Speaker 3: How does all that work?

1210
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:50,680
Speaker 1: Oh?

1211
00:51:50,719 --> 00:51:51,840
Speaker 6: Yeah, them my dogs.

1212
00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:56,279
Speaker 11: Man Juice literally tied his blake all them, Like, all

1213
00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:59,040
Speaker 11: them guys, man, they cool, Like we chop it up

1214
00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:01,160
Speaker 11: on the way on the bus. Is like, everybody's cool.

1215
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:04,960
Speaker 11: There's no there's no like, no me guys on his team.

1216
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:06,439
Speaker 11: So everybody's talking. Everybody's cool.

1217
00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 3: You know you're not in my group that kind of thing, right,

1218
00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:13,440
Speaker 3: No clicks, no clicks, no clicks. Now, what about the

1219
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 3: defensive line. We observe that the defensive line, they're super tight.

1220
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:18,000
Speaker 3: They're like a lot of old lines on a lot

1221
00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:20,520
Speaker 3: of teams. I mean, they really a together bunch. What

1222
00:52:20,600 --> 00:52:22,480
Speaker 3: about those guys, and what do you think when you

1223
00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:24,640
Speaker 3: see a guy like Danil Hunter, you know, been in

1224
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:27,359
Speaker 3: the league a decade and he's still making plays at

1225
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:29,279
Speaker 3: an extremely high level.

1226
00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:31,480
Speaker 11: And like I'd be wanting to ask him what's the secret?

1227
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:35,080
Speaker 11: Like literally, because like I mean, you see the dude

1228
00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:39,080
Speaker 11: like he's look like a like he can go another

1229
00:52:39,120 --> 00:52:41,799
Speaker 11: ten years literally, So like when you see somebody like that,

1230
00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:44,400
Speaker 11: like just setting the example for like somebody like Will,

1231
00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:48,440
Speaker 11: and Will's constantly trying to improve himself for every day.

1232
00:52:48,440 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 11: So it's just like, dang, you see the work ethic

1233
00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:52,359
Speaker 11: and if you keep working, you'll see where to get you.

1234
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:55,239
Speaker 2: Every time I hear somebody talking about Danil, always think

1235
00:52:55,239 --> 00:52:57,399
Speaker 2: about that picture that's in your team auditorium room.

1236
00:52:57,520 --> 00:52:59,040
Speaker 6: M m oh the yeah on.

1237
00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:03,480
Speaker 2: Lab honkey, because there will be media members that come

1238
00:53:03,560 --> 00:53:06,799
Speaker 2: here and that's where coach that's where Coach Ryan's does

1239
00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:09,560
Speaker 2: his post game and they'll take pictures of that and

1240
00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:12,680
Speaker 2: they he's fascinating, and I just always chuckle with them

1241
00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:16,759
Speaker 2: because there's the deal with that arm just taking Lad

1242
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:17,880
Speaker 2: mccacky's helmet.

1243
00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:21,000
Speaker 1: In a completely different way.

1244
00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:26,040
Speaker 2: British, you guys on special teams have been so good

1245
00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:28,120
Speaker 2: the last couple of years. I mean, you guys, there

1246
00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:30,120
Speaker 2: are a couple of moments this year. Obviously it wasn't

1247
00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:33,480
Speaker 2: the standard where you guys are used to. But what's

1248
00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:36,440
Speaker 2: made special teams so good? You think this year with

1249
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:37,080
Speaker 2: the group.

1250
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:39,440
Speaker 11: You have, I think just us being a lot of

1251
00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:43,319
Speaker 11: you know, a bunch of dogs, man like. And one

1252
00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:44,960
Speaker 11: thing that I started knowsing like during the season, like

1253
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:46,439
Speaker 11: we play off of each other a lot of times,

1254
00:53:46,480 --> 00:53:48,200
Speaker 11: Like you might be on the field and he'd be like, hey, if.

1255
00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:50,360
Speaker 6: I do this, just just be on the lookout.

1256
00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:52,040
Speaker 11: So like, I feel like we play a lot of

1257
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:53,239
Speaker 11: you know, we play off of each other a lot,

1258
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:54,840
Speaker 11: you know, And Frank coach is as hard you know,

1259
00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:58,160
Speaker 11: and he's enthusiastic literally twenty four to seven. So and

1260
00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:00,800
Speaker 11: he's like he was this all the time. We're the

1261
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:03,360
Speaker 11: one on the field, so he gonna call it and

1262
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:05,600
Speaker 11: then how it plays out, just go be a dog,

1263
00:54:05,800 --> 00:54:06,279
Speaker 11: go get it.

1264
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:10,560
Speaker 3: You're on kick coverage and kick return, right, So what's

1265
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:13,640
Speaker 3: the difference as far as the mentality that goes into

1266
00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:17,000
Speaker 3: it Because you're five yards apart, so sometimes you're I'm

1267
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:20,120
Speaker 3: trying to help get the ball carrier free. Other times

1268
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:22,200
Speaker 3: you try to go get them, So tell us about

1269
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:22,879
Speaker 3: that part of it.

1270
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:25,920
Speaker 11: I feel like, I mean like in the game of football,

1271
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:28,239
Speaker 11: there's no difference to me. I mean I feel like

1272
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:32,880
Speaker 11: I'm always in some sort of the fight, if that

1273
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:35,680
Speaker 11: makes sense. I mean, yeah, I don kick return I'm in.

1274
00:54:36,320 --> 00:54:38,239
Speaker 11: I'm usually within the first five yards. I don't think

1275
00:54:38,239 --> 00:54:40,960
Speaker 11: I'll be back the returner, so and I'm usually somewhere

1276
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:42,360
Speaker 11: in the course. So it's like, all right, I'm in

1277
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:45,960
Speaker 11: a fight. And then I get you know, playing four backers,

1278
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,000
Speaker 11: I'm almost like the same. So it's like, once I

1279
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:50,239
Speaker 11: see somebody come up, I know they trying to get

1280
00:54:50,239 --> 00:54:52,759
Speaker 11: my they trying to get j No, and I can't

1281
00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:54,879
Speaker 11: let that happen. So it's just like we're just gonna

1282
00:54:54,920 --> 00:54:55,799
Speaker 11: sit here and be in a fight.

1283
00:54:56,280 --> 00:54:59,680
Speaker 3: Were you happy when the rules changed and you're able

1284
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:02,800
Speaker 3: to do that be five yards apart as opposed to

1285
00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:04,719
Speaker 3: the old style of doing things, because when you were

1286
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:07,200
Speaker 3: in college, you have the fair catches in college, but

1287
00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:09,480
Speaker 3: it was more of a standard kickoff when you did

1288
00:55:09,480 --> 00:55:11,600
Speaker 3: have the ball returnable if you will.

1289
00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:14,560
Speaker 6: Yeah, nah, I was I like the old version better.

1290
00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:18,239
Speaker 2: Oh you deal like build up speed, Oh you find

1291
00:55:18,239 --> 00:55:19,839
Speaker 2: somebody different coach jerseys.

1292
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:22,520
Speaker 11: And you got enough time to really do whatever you want,

1293
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:24,759
Speaker 11: Like in a new system, like they kick it all

1294
00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:26,600
Speaker 11: way to the left, and I'm the three on the right,

1295
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:29,120
Speaker 11: probably not gonna make it play in the old system,

1296
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:30,840
Speaker 11: I can. I can fold. I got enough time to

1297
00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:33,600
Speaker 11: fold all the way over there and make it play

1298
00:55:33,719 --> 00:55:34,399
Speaker 11: or impact to.

1299
00:55:34,320 --> 00:55:38,720
Speaker 2: Play Monday night football Sunday night football when the lights

1300
00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:42,279
Speaker 2: go on. How different is a quote unquote night game,

1301
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:45,920
Speaker 2: primetime game British versus playing a nude on a Sunday.

1302
00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:49,480
Speaker 11: I try to approach him all of the same way.

1303
00:55:49,560 --> 00:55:51,640
Speaker 11: I mean, I don't to me, I don't really care

1304
00:55:51,640 --> 00:55:53,560
Speaker 11: what time we play, as long as we playing.

1305
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:55,799
Speaker 2: That's the biggest shock of all that you don't care

1306
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:58,280
Speaker 2: when you playing to spot the ball right right right?

1307
00:55:58,360 --> 00:55:59,760
Speaker 11: So I just I mean, I just try to approach

1308
00:55:59,760 --> 00:56:03,279
Speaker 11: them all. I mean, I know people love the night

1309
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:06,239
Speaker 11: games a lot better. I mean, and it'll definitely be

1310
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,840
Speaker 11: a great atmosphere, yep. So I mean to me, it

1311
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:09,640
Speaker 11: really don't matter to me.

1312
00:56:09,960 --> 00:56:12,719
Speaker 3: So you were at North Carolina your entire college career, right,

1313
00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:16,239
Speaker 3: and you finished up in twenty twenty three, and the

1314
00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:19,399
Speaker 3: portal did exist, you know, it's crazier than ever right now.

1315
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:21,759
Speaker 3: But how crazy was it getting and was there any

1316
00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:25,799
Speaker 3: temptation to enter the portal go somewhere else? Were your

1317
00:56:25,800 --> 00:56:28,600
Speaker 3: teammates doing that? What was that experience like for you

1318
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:30,480
Speaker 3: toward the latter part of your college career.

1319
00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:33,120
Speaker 11: Nah, it was definitely a lot of temptation. I mean,

1320
00:56:33,280 --> 00:56:35,680
Speaker 11: especially once I started playing a lot more on offense.

1321
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:39,759
Speaker 11: And my dad's a high school coaching my high school.

1322
00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:43,040
Speaker 11: So like, of course colleges were like trying to hit

1323
00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:46,000
Speaker 11: him up and do certain things. But I mean I

1324
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:48,520
Speaker 11: wanted to be a un see, I ain't. I'm not

1325
00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:51,120
Speaker 11: the type of dude to just be like leave up

1326
00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:53,719
Speaker 11: and leave my boys or and then Mac was a

1327
00:56:53,719 --> 00:56:56,319
Speaker 11: big part of why I stay, you know, being close

1328
00:56:56,320 --> 00:56:56,640
Speaker 11: to him.

1329
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:59,240
Speaker 6: I mean, you can really do my room. It's always

1330
00:56:59,239 --> 00:57:00,920
Speaker 6: like I might as well just stay all right.

1331
00:57:00,960 --> 00:57:02,680
Speaker 3: So we're in Texas. A lot of people love Mac

1332
00:57:02,680 --> 00:57:04,560
Speaker 3: Brown for what he did at the University of Texas,

1333
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:06,680
Speaker 3: and I know he is at North Carolina twice tell

1334
00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:09,480
Speaker 3: us about Mac Brown. Give me a Mac Brown commercial

1335
00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:10,880
Speaker 3: if you will to go.

1336
00:57:11,280 --> 00:57:12,120
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'll tell you that.

1337
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:16,800
Speaker 11: And he cares a lot about people, like he actually

1338
00:57:16,800 --> 00:57:19,720
Speaker 11: cares so shoot, I can go all, I can go

1339
00:57:20,080 --> 00:57:21,720
Speaker 11: oh Dale, mac Man, that's my guy.

1340
00:57:22,240 --> 00:57:25,720
Speaker 3: So he really gets to know you as individuals, not

1341
00:57:25,920 --> 00:57:27,880
Speaker 3: just numbers and players.

1342
00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:30,720
Speaker 6: Me his favorite literally really yeah.

1343
00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:32,880
Speaker 3: Which he's good to know for. Run into Mac Brown,

1344
00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:34,120
Speaker 3: That's right, we will at some point.

1345
00:57:34,200 --> 00:57:36,360
Speaker 6: You run into him. Ask him about the about the

1346
00:57:36,400 --> 00:57:37,600
Speaker 6: golf court he lent me.

1347
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:41,600
Speaker 2: I remember meeting Mac the very first time I was

1348
00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:43,080
Speaker 2: It was two thousand and eight, so it was luck

1349
00:57:43,160 --> 00:57:46,840
Speaker 2: time agil and he walked over and we had never

1350
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:50,080
Speaker 2: interviewed him, never met him. He walked over as doing

1351
00:57:50,080 --> 00:57:52,640
Speaker 2: the show with my guy, Sean Pendergast. He walked over

1352
00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:54,640
Speaker 2: and he's like, hey John, how you doing? Hey Sean,

1353
00:57:54,680 --> 00:57:55,120
Speaker 2: how you doing.

1354
00:57:55,240 --> 00:57:58,320
Speaker 1: We looked at each other like how does he know us?

1355
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:01,720
Speaker 2: And we talked them for about ten to twelve minutes,

1356
00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:04,320
Speaker 2: and he walked away and we both looked at.

1357
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:06,200
Speaker 1: Each other and went, we love this guy.

1358
00:58:06,840 --> 00:58:09,280
Speaker 2: And you know, when you're in radio, you're not supposed

1359
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:11,800
Speaker 2: to find any favor with one or the other. But

1360
00:58:11,880 --> 00:58:14,280
Speaker 2: I just remember thinking, I like Mac Brown a lot,

1361
00:58:14,480 --> 00:58:16,400
Speaker 2: and I loved when he went to North Carolina because

1362
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:18,120
Speaker 2: I thought, you know, he's going back where he had

1363
00:58:18,240 --> 00:58:21,760
Speaker 2: been can he kind of have the same success, and

1364
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:24,440
Speaker 2: it sounds like obviously he did with his players, they

1365
00:58:24,480 --> 00:58:25,800
Speaker 2: loved him forever, right.

1366
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:28,320
Speaker 3: Don't you think that's a huge part of it though,

1367
00:58:28,360 --> 00:58:31,760
Speaker 3: because you watch guys in the portal and guys who

1368
00:58:31,760 --> 00:58:34,600
Speaker 3: are going to three, four five schools. In some cases,

1369
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:37,800
Speaker 3: what is your opinion of that? Now, it might be

1370
00:58:37,880 --> 00:58:40,560
Speaker 3: right for them, but it just seems like you got

1371
00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:42,720
Speaker 3: so much out of staying in one place for so long.

1372
00:58:42,840 --> 00:58:45,360
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, everybody has an opinion on a transfer portal.

1373
00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:48,160
Speaker 11: It is crazy to see dudes go to four or

1374
00:58:48,160 --> 00:58:50,400
Speaker 11: five different schools, But I mean everybody has a different

1375
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:53,280
Speaker 11: route to, you know, get to the NFL and do

1376
00:58:53,320 --> 00:58:55,480
Speaker 11: what's best for them. I mean, like I said, for me,

1377
00:58:55,840 --> 00:58:58,200
Speaker 11: I wanted to stay at Carolina because I already, you know,

1378
00:58:58,600 --> 00:59:01,360
Speaker 11: made a foundation there, I knew people around there.

1379
00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:04,200
Speaker 6: I'm from North Carolina. So it wasn't like I'm finna

1380
00:59:04,240 --> 00:59:06,800
Speaker 6: go off and go to Virginia or something.

1381
00:59:06,600 --> 00:59:09,760
Speaker 1: Like, Oh man, why why is Virginia catching strays? Man

1382
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:11,960
Speaker 1: Son guy got his master's from a Virginia I know.

1383
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:14,040
Speaker 3: But he's a tar heel, you know what I'm saying.

1384
00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:16,400
Speaker 3: But you said it. You have a history there, and

1385
00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:19,600
Speaker 3: when you're done with your playing career in North Carolina,

1386
00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:22,280
Speaker 3: you're always a tar heel were there forever.

1387
00:59:22,120 --> 00:59:25,360
Speaker 2: Right, and that is hugely important you live in the

1388
00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:26,440
Speaker 2: state of North Carolina.

1389
00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:26,720
Speaker 11: Uh.

1390
00:59:26,840 --> 00:59:28,320
Speaker 1: Speaking of North Carolina, I know.

1391
00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:31,640
Speaker 2: You guys didn't cross over a lot, but Elijah Hussey

1392
00:59:31,840 --> 00:59:33,040
Speaker 2: last week gets the interception.

1393
00:59:33,440 --> 00:59:34,520
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of a lot of fans are

1394
00:59:34,520 --> 00:59:36,880
Speaker 1: probably like, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, who is this guy?

1395
00:59:36,920 --> 00:59:38,040
Speaker 1: You know we didn't get a chance to see him

1396
00:59:38,040 --> 00:59:40,000
Speaker 1: the preseason. Would you tell us about Elijah?

1397
00:59:40,040 --> 00:59:41,560
Speaker 6: Oh yeah, that's my daughter too. I think I was

1398
00:59:41,560 --> 00:59:43,680
Speaker 6: there Carolina maybe two years.

1399
00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:44,040
Speaker 1: I think.

1400
00:59:44,280 --> 00:59:45,760
Speaker 6: Uh.

1401
00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:48,240
Speaker 11: I feel like, man, he like I said, man, he

1402
00:59:48,280 --> 00:59:51,440
Speaker 11: worked for it. He got his opportunity and he took

1403
00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:53,920
Speaker 11: advantage of that. Like I can't wait till he gets

1404
00:59:53,920 --> 00:59:55,680
Speaker 11: more opportunities. I still want to see him punk return.

1405
00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:57,640
Speaker 11: I'll be telling people like he like he can.

1406
00:59:57,760 --> 01:00:00,720
Speaker 6: He's a legit punk return in my in my wow,

1407
01:00:01,040 --> 01:00:01,920
Speaker 6: he can he can go.

1408
01:00:02,240 --> 01:00:02,520
Speaker 1: Man.

1409
01:00:02,720 --> 01:00:05,680
Speaker 3: Well, if not the next few weeks, then maybe training

1410
01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:07,360
Speaker 3: camp we'll see if maybe truly.

1411
01:00:07,480 --> 01:00:09,320
Speaker 1: But I mean just to see him step in and

1412
01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:10,840
Speaker 1: do some good things.

1413
01:00:11,160 --> 01:00:13,280
Speaker 2: I'd imagine this former teammate guy that you know that,

1414
01:00:13,280 --> 01:00:14,840
Speaker 2: ha'd be pretty cool to see him make some place.

1415
01:00:14,920 --> 01:00:19,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, British. When this team was owing three, when you

1416
01:00:19,120 --> 01:00:21,200
Speaker 3: were going through some of the struggles, it seemed like

1417
01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:23,760
Speaker 3: the guys never got down. They never hung their heads.

1418
01:00:23,760 --> 01:00:26,440
Speaker 3: They said, they just keep playing week to week and

1419
01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:29,520
Speaker 3: look what's happened. Can you take us back there or

1420
01:00:29,600 --> 01:00:31,600
Speaker 3: is it just the same thing week to week with

1421
01:00:31,640 --> 01:00:34,040
Speaker 3: you guys? Yeah, now you're winning, but you've always had

1422
01:00:34,080 --> 01:00:36,440
Speaker 3: the same attitude. Is that what it's like, because it

1423
01:00:37,120 --> 01:00:40,120
Speaker 3: seems that way from the outside looking into the locker.

1424
01:00:39,840 --> 01:00:44,919
Speaker 11: One hundred percent. I mean like nobody really like say,

1425
01:00:45,080 --> 01:00:48,720
Speaker 11: like just throw the season away. Like even when we

1426
01:00:48,760 --> 01:00:52,040
Speaker 11: played Jacksonville and we ended up coming back. When we've

1427
01:00:52,080 --> 01:00:53,480
Speaker 11: got in the locker room, it was like the first

1428
01:00:53,560 --> 01:00:56,640
Speaker 11: time like when everybody was like, nobody was like, we're

1429
01:00:56,680 --> 01:00:59,800
Speaker 11: gonna lose. Yeah, I've never seen that. Everybody came in

1430
01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:01,720
Speaker 11: why I was just chilling. I think we're down too.

1431
01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:04,280
Speaker 11: Everybody was chilling. It was just like, Hey, we're goin

1432
01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:05,800
Speaker 11: to go back out here and we're finna get it up.

1433
01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:08,760
Speaker 11: I heard I heard like nobody was down. Nobody was

1434
01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:11,680
Speaker 11: like game over. Like that was the first time why

1435
01:01:11,720 --> 01:01:13,760
Speaker 11: I sat there and I just like everybody.

1436
01:01:13,480 --> 01:01:14,240
Speaker 4: Knew were go win.

1437
01:01:14,760 --> 01:01:17,520
Speaker 2: It's amazing to think about considering how how bad things

1438
01:01:17,560 --> 01:01:20,240
Speaker 2: did end up getting, especially in the second half. Okay,

1439
01:01:20,560 --> 01:01:22,800
Speaker 2: I think about this a lot with you, in particular,

1440
01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:26,520
Speaker 2: because you hit like a mac truck. So you can

1441
01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:32,480
Speaker 2: either score from the one yard line or you can

1442
01:01:32,560 --> 01:01:36,040
Speaker 2: have a viral quote unquote knockout hit on kickoff that

1443
01:01:36,240 --> 01:01:39,320
Speaker 2: goes viral for everybody to see. What would it rather

1444
01:01:39,360 --> 01:01:42,640
Speaker 2: What would you rather have? The one yard touchdown or

1445
01:01:43,120 --> 01:01:44,600
Speaker 2: the viral knockout hit on kill.

1446
01:01:44,520 --> 01:01:46,200
Speaker 3: The viral knockout hit is going to get a lot

1447
01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:50,560
Speaker 3: of love and a lot in the meeting room. He knows. Okay, well,

1448
01:01:50,560 --> 01:01:52,160
Speaker 3: all right, I'm not trying to build a kid.

1449
01:01:53,040 --> 01:01:54,360
Speaker 6: What's this? What's the game scenario?

1450
01:01:54,520 --> 01:01:54,640
Speaker 1: Like?

1451
01:01:54,680 --> 01:01:57,120
Speaker 6: We we down? We oh?

1452
01:01:57,280 --> 01:01:58,600
Speaker 1: Is it a game when he touchdown?

1453
01:01:58,720 --> 01:02:01,080
Speaker 2: Okay, it's a one yard run for a touchdown in

1454
01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:02,000
Speaker 2: the second quarter.

1455
01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:05,560
Speaker 1: It is a viral hit that happens in the.

1456
01:02:05,400 --> 01:02:07,320
Speaker 2: Fourth quarter, as we just took the lead on a

1457
01:02:07,360 --> 01:02:08,560
Speaker 2: Kymie fairbarand field goal.

1458
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:11,160
Speaker 1: Context is important here.

1459
01:02:12,560 --> 01:02:13,280
Speaker 3: Given the whole.

1460
01:02:13,160 --> 01:02:16,400
Speaker 6: Quarter, that's when in the league, that's when we need

1461
01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:16,680
Speaker 6: the most.

1462
01:02:17,280 --> 01:02:19,040
Speaker 3: Take one of the big highlights of the year is

1463
01:02:19,360 --> 01:02:22,640
Speaker 3: Petrits hit right, trees hit in the Kansas City.

1464
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:25,800
Speaker 2: Got special teams. Uh this year you've you had one

1465
01:02:26,240 --> 01:02:28,960
Speaker 2: in the Niners game. I think it was you had one.

1466
01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:31,720
Speaker 2: It's like, oh my god. Uh, EJ's had a couple.

1467
01:02:31,880 --> 01:02:34,680
Speaker 2: Dylan had one the other day. I know, you guys

1468
01:02:34,720 --> 01:02:37,160
Speaker 2: don't fly down there and like, oh, we're gonna hurt

1469
01:02:37,200 --> 01:02:40,320
Speaker 2: somebody or whatever, but it feels like you guys have

1470
01:02:40,400 --> 01:02:43,200
Speaker 2: this collective thought of we're gonna go make that returner

1471
01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:44,120
Speaker 2: feel us.

1472
01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:44,840
Speaker 1: Is that true?

1473
01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:45,480
Speaker 6: Yeah?

1474
01:02:45,600 --> 01:02:48,280
Speaker 11: I always like I've always told myself, like I had

1475
01:02:48,280 --> 01:02:50,720
Speaker 11: a coach in college, coach Dick Pin. He was like,

1476
01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:53,920
Speaker 11: when you get there, get there pissed off. So like that,

1477
01:02:54,440 --> 01:02:57,600
Speaker 11: I've literally kept that in my head since my freshman year.

1478
01:02:57,760 --> 01:02:59,120
Speaker 6: When I get there, I'm gonna be pissed off.

1479
01:02:59,240 --> 01:03:01,360
Speaker 3: Good motivation and British thanks a lot for joining us.

1480
01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:01,840
Speaker 1: Good luck, Star.

1481
01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:02,680
Speaker 6: I appreciate Joe.

1482
01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:05,640
Speaker 1: That was fun catching up with British Brooks all right.

1483
01:03:05,680 --> 01:03:08,200
Speaker 2: Coming up, the man who went out and signed British

1484
01:03:08,280 --> 01:03:10,200
Speaker 2: Brooks when he was an a drafted free agent out

1485
01:03:10,200 --> 01:03:13,160
Speaker 2: of North Carolina is Nick Cassario. Got some good stuff

1486
01:03:13,240 --> 01:03:16,160
Speaker 2: from Nick, including his scouting report on the Steelers coming

1487
01:03:16,200 --> 01:03:20,280
Speaker 2: up next on Texans All Access. Happy Friday, everybody, welcome

1488
01:03:20,280 --> 01:03:22,360
Speaker 2: back to Texas All Access. I'm your host, John Harris

1489
01:03:22,400 --> 01:03:25,760
Speaker 2: foot Payal, a sideline reporter. It's time to catch up

1490
01:03:25,760 --> 01:03:27,760
Speaker 2: with Nick Cassari. We had such a good time talking

1491
01:03:27,800 --> 01:03:30,240
Speaker 2: with him, and I love his scouting report for the

1492
01:03:30,280 --> 01:03:33,400
Speaker 2: opponent this week. We have not played the Pittsburgh Steelers

1493
01:03:33,400 --> 01:03:36,240
Speaker 2: at all this year, so this is Nick giving his

1494
01:03:36,280 --> 01:03:40,640
Speaker 2: thoughts on the Steelers and plenty other things about the

1495
01:03:40,680 --> 01:03:43,120
Speaker 2: game against the Colts last Sunday, et cetera. Here's Nick

1496
01:03:43,160 --> 01:03:44,720
Speaker 2: Cassio with me and Mark.

1497
01:03:44,640 --> 01:03:47,280
Speaker 3: In studio with US now executive vice president and general

1498
01:03:47,320 --> 01:03:50,040
Speaker 3: manager Nick Cassario. Nick, good to see you. How's it going.

1499
01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:51,400
Speaker 10: Good to see you go to still be talking, I

1500
01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:52,200
Speaker 10: means we're still playing.

1501
01:03:52,240 --> 01:03:54,880
Speaker 3: So yeah, we're still doing this and that's an awesome thing.

1502
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:57,600
Speaker 3: Onto the postseason and let's just put a bow on

1503
01:03:57,680 --> 01:04:00,760
Speaker 3: the game against the Colts to wrap up the regular season.

1504
01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:02,640
Speaker 3: What you see in that one that you liked and

1505
01:04:02,880 --> 01:04:05,560
Speaker 3: things that the coach and you and the whole organization

1506
01:04:05,640 --> 01:04:07,080
Speaker 3: want to see go better moving forward.

1507
01:04:07,120 --> 01:04:08,880
Speaker 10: Yeah, the good part was able to finish the game

1508
01:04:09,080 --> 01:04:11,040
Speaker 10: in a positive manner. Kind of went back and forth

1509
01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:13,360
Speaker 10: there a little bit in the second half. The first

1510
01:04:13,440 --> 01:04:15,680
Speaker 10: half was really about the explosive plays. You know, gave

1511
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:17,840
Speaker 10: up a number first third down, gave up a sixty

1512
01:04:17,880 --> 01:04:21,160
Speaker 10: six hour touchdown pass Piers. Offensively, we were able to

1513
01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:23,920
Speaker 10: move the ball, score points, you know, and put ourselves

1514
01:04:23,920 --> 01:04:26,200
Speaker 10: in the position you know, we play. The game was competitive,

1515
01:04:26,280 --> 01:04:28,560
Speaker 10: ended up playing a number of players once kind of

1516
01:04:28,560 --> 01:04:30,640
Speaker 10: a man a Jacksonville game kind of got out of

1517
01:04:30,640 --> 01:04:32,640
Speaker 10: hand there a little bit. So at that point, you know,

1518
01:04:32,720 --> 01:04:34,440
Speaker 10: it's just trying to figure out how we manage the game.

1519
01:04:34,480 --> 01:04:35,880
Speaker 10: But you still want to go out there and try

1520
01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:38,200
Speaker 10: to win, and the players aren't on the field there

1521
01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:39,560
Speaker 10: at the end. You know, we did as much as

1522
01:04:39,560 --> 01:04:41,280
Speaker 10: we could. Davis did a good job of getting the

1523
01:04:41,280 --> 01:04:44,720
Speaker 10: offense in the field goal territory and position to kick

1524
01:04:44,720 --> 01:04:47,160
Speaker 10: the winning field goal, and riablexkewed and then finished it

1525
01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:48,840
Speaker 10: off there with you know, Tommy's play at the end.

1526
01:04:48,880 --> 01:04:50,720
Speaker 10: They kind of put a bow on it. So nice

1527
01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:51,080
Speaker 10: way to do.

1528
01:04:51,120 --> 01:04:53,040
Speaker 2: It, yeah, definitely a nice way to do it. Nick,

1529
01:04:53,080 --> 01:04:55,800
Speaker 2: I want to ask you about a couple of players. Well,

1530
01:04:55,840 --> 01:04:58,360
Speaker 2: I'll start with one player that really nobody had seen

1531
01:04:58,400 --> 01:05:01,440
Speaker 2: all ye long. You haven't played a lot rookies, undrafted rookies,

1532
01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:02,680
Speaker 2: so not a lot of people knew a lot.

1533
01:05:02,560 --> 01:05:03,520
Speaker 1: About Elijah Hussey.

1534
01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:06,640
Speaker 2: He has the interception, he comes in, makes some plays,

1535
01:05:06,640 --> 01:05:08,200
Speaker 2: He's got to play for an extended period of time.

1536
01:05:08,200 --> 01:05:09,720
Speaker 2: The smile on his face at the end of the

1537
01:05:09,760 --> 01:05:11,880
Speaker 2: game was just amazing, just getting to play in the NFL.

1538
01:05:12,040 --> 01:05:13,880
Speaker 2: What can you tell us about Elijahussey would you guys

1539
01:05:13,880 --> 01:05:15,640
Speaker 2: see in the draft process and what do you like

1540
01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:17,520
Speaker 2: about how he's progressed here?

1541
01:05:17,760 --> 01:05:20,440
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean interesting story. I mean, he obviously had

1542
01:05:20,440 --> 01:05:22,480
Speaker 10: a pretty good career there in North Carolina, then was

1543
01:05:22,520 --> 01:05:24,720
Speaker 10: injured really late. I think he got hurt in the

1544
01:05:24,760 --> 01:05:27,960
Speaker 10: All Star Game in January, so we knew he was

1545
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:29,600
Speaker 10: going to kind of be out for an extended period

1546
01:05:29,640 --> 01:05:31,480
Speaker 10: of time. But we felt this is a player if

1547
01:05:31,480 --> 01:05:33,160
Speaker 10: we had the opportunity to at least get in the

1548
01:05:33,160 --> 01:05:35,360
Speaker 10: building and work with then you know we were going

1549
01:05:35,400 --> 01:05:39,120
Speaker 10: to allocate some resources. So we signed him after the draft,

1550
01:05:39,320 --> 01:05:41,960
Speaker 10: understanding unlikely he was going to be able to play

1551
01:05:41,960 --> 01:05:44,720
Speaker 10: football this year, but he really he attacked the rehab,

1552
01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:47,800
Speaker 10: did a great job with the sports performance staff, and

1553
01:05:47,880 --> 01:05:50,240
Speaker 10: got to the point where we're able to start his clock.

1554
01:05:50,520 --> 01:05:52,760
Speaker 10: And then he went through practice, and after a period

1555
01:05:52,840 --> 01:05:54,840
Speaker 10: of time we felt he was healthy enough to go

1556
01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:57,240
Speaker 10: out there and at least practice, put him on a

1557
01:05:57,240 --> 01:05:59,720
Speaker 10: practice squad, and then we put him on a roster.

1558
01:05:59,800 --> 01:06:01,520
Speaker 10: There at the end, it's saying this time of year,

1559
01:06:01,600 --> 01:06:03,760
Speaker 10: you have a little bit of jockeying players kind of

1560
01:06:03,800 --> 01:06:06,240
Speaker 10: going on and off practice squads or even reserve future

1561
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:09,000
Speaker 10: type players, So put them on the roster. And we

1562
01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:11,120
Speaker 10: were in a position where we kind of knew how

1563
01:06:11,160 --> 01:06:14,080
Speaker 10: we're gonna handle the game at corner. But smart kid,

1564
01:06:14,080 --> 01:06:18,240
Speaker 10: really instinctive, was productive in North Carolina, you know, went

1565
01:06:18,280 --> 01:06:21,560
Speaker 10: out there and made a few plays. So credit to him,

1566
01:06:21,600 --> 01:06:24,080
Speaker 10: credit to the coaches for getting him ready a player

1567
01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:27,240
Speaker 10: thinking has a bright future. So we're glad he's here.

1568
01:06:27,560 --> 01:06:29,880
Speaker 3: The Colts were making some plays the other day, but

1569
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:33,120
Speaker 3: the Texans made the plays to win. How important is

1570
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:39,120
Speaker 3: that despite thirty points on the board or whatever happened defensively, offensively, whatever,

1571
01:06:39,320 --> 01:06:41,840
Speaker 3: to pull out the game at the end, How important

1572
01:06:41,880 --> 01:06:44,040
Speaker 3: is that just mentally, psychologically whatever.

1573
01:06:44,160 --> 01:06:46,160
Speaker 10: Sure at the bottom line is it's do you make

1574
01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:48,520
Speaker 10: the winning players or do you not? And You will

1575
01:06:48,560 --> 01:06:51,040
Speaker 10: talk about the Steelers and the playoffs here in a minute,

1576
01:06:51,040 --> 01:06:54,000
Speaker 10: but the playoffs are ultimately about It's not the best team,

1577
01:06:54,040 --> 01:06:56,160
Speaker 10: it's a team that executes the best and do you

1578
01:06:56,200 --> 01:06:58,280
Speaker 10: make enough winning plays to at the end of the

1579
01:06:58,280 --> 01:07:00,400
Speaker 10: game put yourself in a position where or you have

1580
01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:04,040
Speaker 10: the opportunity to advance. So it applies to the regular season,

1581
01:07:04,080 --> 01:07:06,400
Speaker 10: it applies to the preseason. But our players has done

1582
01:07:06,400 --> 01:07:08,160
Speaker 10: a pretty good job here over the last kind of

1583
01:07:08,160 --> 01:07:11,680
Speaker 10: two to three months being able to finish game regardless

1584
01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:14,280
Speaker 10: of the circumstance, regardless of what has happened earlier in

1585
01:07:14,280 --> 01:07:16,840
Speaker 10: the game. When it gets to the fourth quarter, do

1586
01:07:16,960 --> 01:07:20,000
Speaker 10: we do enough? Can we execute the right way, play

1587
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:23,200
Speaker 10: with the right technique, make good decisions and ultimately come out,

1588
01:07:23,320 --> 01:07:25,360
Speaker 10: you know, with the victory. And you know, our player

1589
01:07:25,400 --> 01:07:26,720
Speaker 10: has done a pretty good job of that here over

1590
01:07:26,720 --> 01:07:27,640
Speaker 10: the last few months.

1591
01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:31,040
Speaker 2: There's always something about big guys carrying the ball that

1592
01:07:31,120 --> 01:07:33,880
Speaker 2: everybody gets excited about. I remember when you were at

1593
01:07:33,880 --> 01:07:36,000
Speaker 2: the Patriots, Dan Conley had that one kickoff return and

1594
01:07:36,040 --> 01:07:36,920
Speaker 2: everybody went nuts.

1595
01:07:36,920 --> 01:07:38,240
Speaker 1: It's been a highlight for years.

1596
01:07:38,840 --> 01:07:40,880
Speaker 2: What was it like seeing Tommy ramble with that ball

1597
01:07:41,040 --> 01:07:43,400
Speaker 2: to the end zone and then the reaction from everybody.

1598
01:07:43,080 --> 01:07:46,800
Speaker 10: Yeah, pretty fitting. You know, there's a guy literally doesn't

1599
01:07:46,800 --> 01:07:49,840
Speaker 10: say much at all, just shows up, He does his job,

1600
01:07:49,880 --> 01:07:53,560
Speaker 10: and he works on every single play, whether it's in

1601
01:07:53,600 --> 01:07:56,760
Speaker 10: the game, whether it's in practice. So to see a

1602
01:07:56,800 --> 01:07:59,480
Speaker 10: player get rewarded with something like that, and you could

1603
01:07:59,480 --> 01:08:02,320
Speaker 10: see the out of emotion and support from essentially the

1604
01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:06,200
Speaker 10: entire sideline, it was because really about it was about scoring,

1605
01:08:06,240 --> 01:08:08,200
Speaker 10: but really it was about Tommy and kind of what

1606
01:08:08,240 --> 01:08:11,600
Speaker 10: he's about. And it kind of is a microcosm of

1607
01:08:11,680 --> 01:08:15,160
Speaker 10: our team has season in some respects, so nobody's worked

1608
01:08:15,240 --> 01:08:17,639
Speaker 10: harder than Tommy. He's had a really good year. He's

1609
01:08:17,680 --> 01:08:20,320
Speaker 10: really helped our team, He's helped our defense and more

1610
01:08:20,479 --> 01:08:21,880
Speaker 10: fortunate that we have him here.

1611
01:08:22,240 --> 01:08:27,360
Speaker 3: Nick, what changes in the postseason as far as maybe intensity, prep, whatever,

1612
01:08:27,479 --> 01:08:29,880
Speaker 3: or is it just really important to keep level headed,

1613
01:08:29,960 --> 01:08:32,320
Speaker 3: keep the routine, and just get fired up and play

1614
01:08:32,320 --> 01:08:32,760
Speaker 3: a good game.

1615
01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:34,400
Speaker 10: It's funny to me when I were talking about this,

1616
01:08:34,479 --> 01:08:36,200
Speaker 10: the reality is you don't all of a sudden do

1617
01:08:36,240 --> 01:08:41,000
Speaker 10: anything magically different. Everybody understands what's at stake. Everybody understands it's,

1618
01:08:41,240 --> 01:08:43,519
Speaker 10: you know, win or go home. So in the end,

1619
01:08:43,800 --> 01:08:47,719
Speaker 10: you have to execute more plays for the duration of time,

1620
01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:50,479
Speaker 10: and you have you can't have too many lapses because

1621
01:08:50,479 --> 01:08:53,040
Speaker 10: you have some lapses the enny of the game. There's

1622
01:08:53,080 --> 01:08:55,760
Speaker 10: no next week. So it really comes down to the

1623
01:08:55,840 --> 01:08:59,080
Speaker 10: teams that execute the best consistently.

1624
01:08:58,479 --> 01:09:00,000
Speaker 4: Over the course of four quarters.

1625
01:09:00,360 --> 01:09:03,719
Speaker 10: Are you doing the right things that correspond to winning.

1626
01:09:03,840 --> 01:09:06,400
Speaker 10: That's what the focus is. So everybody can talk about

1627
01:09:06,439 --> 01:09:08,880
Speaker 10: experience and all of the other things, what's happened in

1628
01:09:08,920 --> 01:09:11,479
Speaker 10: the past, the reality is none of that matters. What

1629
01:09:11,600 --> 01:09:13,960
Speaker 10: matters is how you play in the moment, and you

1630
01:09:14,040 --> 01:09:17,080
Speaker 10: really literally have to play each play with the utmost

1631
01:09:17,080 --> 01:09:20,479
Speaker 10: focus and concentration because you really never know when that

1632
01:09:20,560 --> 01:09:22,639
Speaker 10: play is going to be the differentiating factor.

1633
01:09:23,200 --> 01:09:25,519
Speaker 2: So there's a chance we could have played any number

1634
01:09:25,560 --> 01:09:28,240
Speaker 2: of teams in the playoffs. We've been a rematches with

1635
01:09:28,280 --> 01:09:31,320
Speaker 2: a lot of them, but now it's Pittsburgh, which makes

1636
01:09:31,360 --> 01:09:32,679
Speaker 2: this question that much more.

1637
01:09:32,560 --> 01:09:33,280
Speaker 1: Fun to ask.

1638
01:09:33,320 --> 01:09:36,880
Speaker 2: The scouting report on the Pittsburgh Steelers and a guy

1639
01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:38,880
Speaker 2: quarterback that a lot of people know, but there are

1640
01:09:38,880 --> 01:09:40,720
Speaker 2: a lot of names that people don't know, especially some

1641
01:09:40,800 --> 01:09:43,360
Speaker 2: key positions. They do have some stars, but they've also

1642
01:09:43,400 --> 01:09:45,200
Speaker 2: got some guys that do some work, some dirty work,

1643
01:09:45,280 --> 01:09:47,439
Speaker 2: especially on the inside on defense. Nick, give us a

1644
01:09:47,439 --> 01:09:50,320
Speaker 2: scouting report on this week's payoff opponent, the Pittsburgh Steelers.

1645
01:09:50,360 --> 01:09:52,400
Speaker 10: Sure, say, first off, it's probably one of the most

1646
01:09:52,439 --> 01:09:54,800
Speaker 10: storied programs in history of sports. I mean, you're talking

1647
01:09:54,800 --> 01:09:57,360
Speaker 10: about a a team that's had three head coaches over

1648
01:09:57,360 --> 01:10:01,760
Speaker 10: the course of their existence. What coach Tomlin has done

1649
01:10:01,800 --> 01:10:04,360
Speaker 10: over the last twenty years, honestly probably going to be

1650
01:10:04,400 --> 01:10:07,719
Speaker 10: harder to duplicate that. I mean, he's a great coach.

1651
01:10:07,760 --> 01:10:09,639
Speaker 10: He gets his teams ready to play. They're as consistent

1652
01:10:09,680 --> 01:10:11,920
Speaker 10: as any team in the league. Like him and Omar

1653
01:10:11,960 --> 01:10:13,720
Speaker 10: have had a deal with some different things relative to

1654
01:10:13,760 --> 01:10:15,639
Speaker 10: the team construction and kind of putting the team together.

1655
01:10:16,479 --> 01:10:19,600
Speaker 10: But they won the North. They beat a number of

1656
01:10:19,640 --> 01:10:22,720
Speaker 10: good teams offensively. I mean everything starts with Aaron. They

1657
01:10:22,720 --> 01:10:25,640
Speaker 10: obviously brought him in the offseason for a reason to

1658
01:10:25,720 --> 01:10:27,680
Speaker 10: play in games like this, to play in games like

1659
01:10:27,680 --> 01:10:30,599
Speaker 10: they did Sunday night. I'd say he's still playing at,

1660
01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:32,360
Speaker 10: you know, a really good level. And you're talking about

1661
01:10:32,360 --> 01:10:35,240
Speaker 10: a Hall of Fame quarterback that's probably as smart as

1662
01:10:35,439 --> 01:10:38,040
Speaker 10: an instinctive as any quarterback that's played in the history

1663
01:10:38,040 --> 01:10:39,880
Speaker 10: of our game. I don't think he's trying on a

1664
01:10:39,960 --> 01:10:42,479
Speaker 10: reception since like the Chargers game, so it's been like

1665
01:10:42,520 --> 01:10:45,439
Speaker 10: six to seven games, so it's the history of his career.

1666
01:10:45,479 --> 01:10:48,320
Speaker 10: He doesn't turn the ball over, but accurate as hell,

1667
01:10:48,479 --> 01:10:51,160
Speaker 10: smart as hell you gotta be. I mean, if he

1668
01:10:51,240 --> 01:10:53,080
Speaker 10: sees what you're doing, I mean, he's going to take

1669
01:10:53,080 --> 01:10:55,639
Speaker 10: advantage of it. So he's played well and he's honestly

1670
01:10:55,680 --> 01:10:58,680
Speaker 10: showed a lot of toughness playing with the wrist and

1671
01:10:58,680 --> 01:11:01,200
Speaker 10: the skill wise, they've had moving parts. But really the

1672
01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:03,840
Speaker 10: big acquisition with DK trading for him in the offseason,

1673
01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:06,639
Speaker 10: it was big, fast, really productive, and they have kind

1674
01:11:06,640 --> 01:11:08,840
Speaker 10: of added some players throughout the course that they have

1675
01:11:08,880 --> 01:11:13,400
Speaker 10: added theeling they brought val, this scantling in Calvin Austin's

1676
01:11:13,439 --> 01:11:14,719
Speaker 10: kind of been a little bit of a main stay

1677
01:11:14,720 --> 01:11:17,000
Speaker 10: there who's kind of a dual threat punt returner. He

1678
01:11:17,040 --> 01:11:19,800
Speaker 10: made the big play there winning reception there the other night.

1679
01:11:20,720 --> 01:11:22,280
Speaker 10: So they've had some kind of moving parts in a

1680
01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:24,759
Speaker 10: tight end. I mean, Friar Muth and Washington and Washington

1681
01:11:24,840 --> 01:11:27,160
Speaker 10: got hurt, but you know, Friar Roots probably is consistent

1682
01:11:27,160 --> 01:11:30,240
Speaker 10: and dependable tight enders in the league, and it really

1683
01:11:30,280 --> 01:11:32,400
Speaker 10: probably have as good a one to two punch at

1684
01:11:32,479 --> 01:11:34,679
Speaker 10: running back as anybody in the league. I mean, Warren

1685
01:11:34,760 --> 01:11:38,280
Speaker 10: is a really underrated player. Good runner, really strong, good

1686
01:11:38,280 --> 01:11:41,360
Speaker 10: contact balance, and they signed Gainwell who was in Philadelphia

1687
01:11:41,400 --> 01:11:44,360
Speaker 10: last year. Kind of plays in passing situations. I think

1688
01:11:44,400 --> 01:11:47,200
Speaker 10: he leads them in receptions, not necessarily yards, but he's

1689
01:11:47,200 --> 01:11:49,800
Speaker 10: a big part of the passing game. A good young

1690
01:11:49,840 --> 01:11:52,240
Speaker 10: offensive line. They've drafted a handful of players there in

1691
01:11:52,280 --> 01:11:55,759
Speaker 10: the front, so it presents some challenges offensively. On defense,

1692
01:11:55,800 --> 01:11:58,320
Speaker 10: I mean, this looks like a Steelers defense. Everything starts

1693
01:11:58,360 --> 01:12:01,439
Speaker 10: with the front. Say you probably have two Hall of

1694
01:12:01,439 --> 01:12:03,479
Speaker 10: Fame players on that side of the ball, their future

1695
01:12:03,520 --> 01:12:05,960
Speaker 10: Hall of Famers and TJ. TJ. And I'd say Cam

1696
01:12:06,040 --> 01:12:08,360
Speaker 10: Hayward for sure. I mean, nobody's been as consistent and

1697
01:12:08,439 --> 01:12:12,479
Speaker 10: as durable and it's productive as any defensive player in

1698
01:12:12,640 --> 01:12:15,320
Speaker 10: the league. He's still playing at a high level. But

1699
01:12:15,400 --> 01:12:18,040
Speaker 10: really it's Watt and high Smith, you know, on the edges,

1700
01:12:18,080 --> 01:12:21,200
Speaker 10: and Herbig's giving him some good snaps. Queen's had another

1701
01:12:21,240 --> 01:12:24,639
Speaker 10: one hundred plus tackle season. Wilson, who doesn't even play

1702
01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:28,480
Speaker 10: on every down, also had one hundred tackles in the secondary.

1703
01:12:28,479 --> 01:12:31,160
Speaker 10: You know, traded for Ramsey there in the offseason and

1704
01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:34,519
Speaker 10: kind of swapped him for Minka Joey Porters giving him

1705
01:12:34,560 --> 01:12:36,320
Speaker 10: some good play in their perimeter. They've kind of had

1706
01:12:36,360 --> 01:12:40,960
Speaker 10: some moving parts on the other corner spot. It's Sante, Samuel, Brandon, Eckles,

1707
01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:43,560
Speaker 10: some different folks. But I mean there's this is a

1708
01:12:43,600 --> 01:12:47,040
Speaker 10: really strong defense, strong in the front, make it hard

1709
01:12:47,080 --> 01:12:49,519
Speaker 10: on you, and in a kicking game, have one of

1710
01:12:49,560 --> 01:12:51,519
Speaker 10: the best kickers in the league and may honest, you

1711
01:12:51,520 --> 01:12:54,320
Speaker 10: could put Chris Boswell and Kayimi up there as two

1712
01:12:54,320 --> 01:12:57,200
Speaker 10: of the best kickers in the league. And then Scronic

1713
01:12:57,360 --> 01:13:00,320
Speaker 10: is the Pro Bowl representative in the AFC his twenty

1714
01:13:00,360 --> 01:13:03,280
Speaker 10: some odd tackles. So this is a good football team.

1715
01:13:03,280 --> 01:13:07,360
Speaker 10: They're tough, they're physical, they're strong, and playing on a road,

1716
01:13:07,360 --> 01:13:09,920
Speaker 10: playing that environment certainly gonna be difficult, but a lot

1717
01:13:09,920 --> 01:13:13,120
Speaker 10: of respect for the organization and what they've done, you know,

1718
01:13:13,160 --> 01:13:14,000
Speaker 10: you know, for the sport.

1719
01:13:14,600 --> 01:13:16,680
Speaker 3: Nick Rogers is one of those guys who stands at

1720
01:13:16,680 --> 01:13:18,719
Speaker 3: the line of scrimmage and says a bunch of stuff

1721
01:13:18,800 --> 01:13:21,160
Speaker 3: and there's a lot going on there and it feels

1722
01:13:21,160 --> 01:13:22,320
Speaker 3: like you got to be in the league at least

1723
01:13:22,320 --> 01:13:24,760
Speaker 3: ten years to do stuff like this. Because I look

1724
01:13:24,800 --> 01:13:27,320
Speaker 3: at Brady when he did it, Manning when he was

1725
01:13:27,400 --> 01:13:31,639
Speaker 3: doing it, and Drew Brees and maybe Stafford. It seems

1726
01:13:31,680 --> 01:13:34,759
Speaker 3: like to get that kind of expertise takes a long

1727
01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:35,360
Speaker 3: long time.

1728
01:13:35,439 --> 01:13:37,519
Speaker 10: No, it absolutely doesn't mean we talked about this. You know,

1729
01:13:37,640 --> 01:13:40,160
Speaker 10: with Philip Rivers, you know how they were playing offensively.

1730
01:13:41,880 --> 01:13:43,639
Speaker 10: When you're in the league for a number of years,

1731
01:13:43,680 --> 01:13:46,120
Speaker 10: you're probably seen just about everything, right, and if you

1732
01:13:46,200 --> 01:13:48,759
Speaker 10: play in the same system or same offense, it's gonna

1733
01:13:48,800 --> 01:13:50,960
Speaker 10: have to evolve over time. So you're gonna have to

1734
01:13:51,080 --> 01:13:53,920
Speaker 10: change some of the vernacular how you call things. Some

1735
01:13:54,040 --> 01:13:57,639
Speaker 10: dummy calls because defenses are just as astute as the offense.

1736
01:13:57,680 --> 01:14:00,479
Speaker 10: So if they hear something enough, they're gonna be able

1737
01:14:00,520 --> 01:14:03,080
Speaker 10: to say, Okay, well we think we know what they're doing.

1738
01:14:03,240 --> 01:14:05,880
Speaker 10: So it's a it's a cat and mouse game you're playing,

1739
01:14:06,280 --> 01:14:08,040
Speaker 10: all right, a k give him one thing, make him

1740
01:14:08,080 --> 01:14:11,000
Speaker 10: think it's one thing, and then do something else. But

1741
01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:13,800
Speaker 10: when you play quarterback for twenty years in the NFL,

1742
01:14:14,360 --> 01:14:16,800
Speaker 10: you probably learned some tricks to the trade along the way.

1743
01:14:17,800 --> 01:14:21,000
Speaker 10: That's part of playing the position. This isn't like college,

1744
01:14:21,040 --> 01:14:23,440
Speaker 10: where you know it's just everybody looked at the sideline.

1745
01:14:23,479 --> 01:14:26,000
Speaker 10: I mean there's you know, some other dynamics that are involved.

1746
01:14:26,040 --> 01:14:28,840
Speaker 10: So I mean again, Aaron is as smart and instinctive

1747
01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:31,400
Speaker 10: probably a player as there has been in this league.

1748
01:14:32,120 --> 01:14:35,559
Speaker 10: I'd say him and Tom, the players that you mentioned, Tom, Drew, Phillip,

1749
01:14:35,840 --> 01:14:38,920
Speaker 10: they all kind of fall into that category, you know,

1750
01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:41,679
Speaker 10: and that's why they've had the careers and the success

1751
01:14:41,720 --> 01:14:42,280
Speaker 10: that they've had.

1752
01:14:42,439 --> 01:14:45,320
Speaker 2: Nick, you mentioned Cam Heyward, and he's a guy that

1753
01:14:46,040 --> 01:14:49,439
Speaker 2: he's been so consistent in his career, but it feels

1754
01:14:49,520 --> 01:14:52,400
Speaker 2: like the last couple of years he's been even better

1755
01:14:52,439 --> 01:14:54,400
Speaker 2: than he's been at any point in his career. And

1756
01:14:54,400 --> 01:14:57,120
Speaker 2: obviously he's older than he's ever been, but it feels

1757
01:14:57,160 --> 01:14:59,920
Speaker 2: like he's as much as people want to talk about TJ.

1758
01:15:00,200 --> 01:15:02,120
Speaker 2: And obviously high Smith and then you mentioned herbig. I'm

1759
01:15:02,120 --> 01:15:04,439
Speaker 2: glad you did, because he can be a problem. It

1760
01:15:04,479 --> 01:15:07,439
Speaker 2: feels like it all revolves around Cam Hayward ninety seven.

1761
01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:09,960
Speaker 10: You're not wrong, Johnny, and I'd say not that she.

1762
01:15:10,120 --> 01:15:13,040
Speaker 10: Everybody just looks at statistics in production, but he actually

1763
01:15:13,080 --> 01:15:15,080
Speaker 10: look at it on paper. He's had two of the

1764
01:15:15,080 --> 01:15:17,760
Speaker 10: best years of his career the last two seasons in

1765
01:15:17,880 --> 01:15:21,720
Speaker 10: terms of sacks, total pressures, tackles. I mean he's a

1766
01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:24,360
Speaker 10: high volume tackler, which is a defensive tackle. You don't

1767
01:15:24,360 --> 01:15:27,960
Speaker 10: always see that. He's just so instinctive, he's so smart.

1768
01:15:28,120 --> 01:15:31,080
Speaker 10: He's got a really good playing style. He's very strong,

1769
01:15:31,439 --> 01:15:33,320
Speaker 10: he's hard to move, he has a good understanding. It's

1770
01:15:33,320 --> 01:15:36,040
Speaker 10: almost like the inverse of the quarterbacks we were talking about,

1771
01:15:36,080 --> 01:15:39,000
Speaker 10: but it applies to Hayward. You know, Klayus Campbell kind

1772
01:15:39,040 --> 01:15:41,400
Speaker 10: of the same things. This guy's been in league fifteen, sixteen,

1773
01:15:41,479 --> 01:15:44,759
Speaker 10: seventeen years. They've seen just about everything, so they probably

1774
01:15:44,760 --> 01:15:46,600
Speaker 10: have an understanding of what's going on. They use that

1775
01:15:46,640 --> 01:15:50,280
Speaker 10: their advantage, and he's been as durable as any player

1776
01:15:50,280 --> 01:15:52,960
Speaker 10: in the league. So honestly, he probably I don't want

1777
01:15:52,960 --> 01:15:55,519
Speaker 10: to say it's underrated, but probably people don't talk enough

1778
01:15:55,520 --> 01:15:58,760
Speaker 10: about Cam Hayward as much as they should, because he

1779
01:15:58,800 --> 01:16:01,519
Speaker 10: impacts the game as much any defensive tackle that's in

1780
01:16:01,560 --> 01:16:02,320
Speaker 10: our league currently.

1781
01:16:02,600 --> 01:16:05,840
Speaker 2: It's funny, I'd actually been thinking about this before the game,

1782
01:16:05,880 --> 01:16:08,439
Speaker 2: watching him against the Ravens, and like man, Hayward's so

1783
01:16:08,680 --> 01:16:12,519
Speaker 2: dominating he does worry me a ton, and then Nick

1784
01:16:12,560 --> 01:16:14,479
Speaker 2: stepped in and well, my worry went to an all

1785
01:16:14,520 --> 01:16:17,400
Speaker 2: time level, because Hayward has been that good and Nick

1786
01:16:17,520 --> 01:16:20,960
Speaker 2: just emphasized it right there. Coming up next, I need

1787
01:16:21,000 --> 01:16:25,479
Speaker 2: to feel good and that means Tomko Ryans right here

1788
01:16:25,720 --> 01:16:28,400
Speaker 2: on a Friday edition of Texas All Access. We go

1789
01:16:28,479 --> 01:16:31,519
Speaker 2: on final segment this edition of Texans All Access before

1790
01:16:31,720 --> 01:16:34,920
Speaker 2: another hour of Texas All Access, but with Mark vandermir

1791
01:16:35,000 --> 01:16:37,760
Speaker 2: I'm your host this evening, as I am eaching every

1792
01:16:37,800 --> 01:16:40,839
Speaker 2: Friday evening John Harris Football on All the Side line reporter,

1793
01:16:41,400 --> 01:16:43,200
Speaker 2: and each every Friday, I want to feel good, whether

1794
01:16:43,240 --> 01:16:45,160
Speaker 2: it's raining, whether it's sunny, where there's a game, where

1795
01:16:45,200 --> 01:16:47,479
Speaker 2: there's a bye week, whether it's the offseason, and that

1796
01:16:47,600 --> 01:16:51,000
Speaker 2: means feel good Friday with the Miko Ryans right here.

1797
01:16:51,200 --> 01:16:53,920
Speaker 3: With us in studio. Head coach Demiko Ryans of the

1798
01:16:53,960 --> 01:16:57,760
Speaker 3: Houston Texans, bound for the playoffs. Done with the regular season, coach,

1799
01:16:57,760 --> 01:17:00,719
Speaker 3: We're going to talk a lot about the victory over

1800
01:17:00,920 --> 01:17:03,280
Speaker 3: Endy to wrap up the regular season, but it's so

1801
01:17:03,560 --> 01:17:06,880
Speaker 3: special to be in the postseason. Over half the league

1802
01:17:06,960 --> 01:17:10,599
Speaker 3: is done. The Texans move on your thoughts.

1803
01:17:10,439 --> 01:17:13,040
Speaker 12: And couldn't be more proud of our team right to

1804
01:17:13,040 --> 01:17:16,280
Speaker 12: earn the right to be in the playoffs and to

1805
01:17:16,400 --> 01:17:17,240
Speaker 12: still be working.

1806
01:17:18,120 --> 01:17:20,559
Speaker 4: It's fun, it's exciting, and it's.

1807
01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:23,360
Speaker 12: Something you earn and you can't no one can take

1808
01:17:23,400 --> 01:17:24,240
Speaker 12: that away from you.

1809
01:17:24,360 --> 01:17:27,320
Speaker 4: So I'm excited. Man, That's what you work for.

1810
01:17:27,439 --> 01:17:30,559
Speaker 12: You work hard in training camp thinking about these moments

1811
01:17:30,640 --> 01:17:31,040
Speaker 12: like how.

1812
01:17:30,960 --> 01:17:33,280
Speaker 4: Do you persevere throughout the season.

1813
01:17:33,360 --> 01:17:36,560
Speaker 12: How do you weather the storm of you know, injuries

1814
01:17:36,720 --> 01:17:39,120
Speaker 12: and different things losses, Like how do you weather the

1815
01:17:39,200 --> 01:17:42,960
Speaker 12: storm to still be ready to roll in the playoffs

1816
01:17:43,000 --> 01:17:47,280
Speaker 12: having the majority of your guys, having them available and

1817
01:17:47,400 --> 01:17:50,800
Speaker 12: ready to go in the playoffs? Man, I couldn't be

1818
01:17:50,800 --> 01:17:51,720
Speaker 12: more excited right now.

1819
01:17:51,960 --> 01:17:54,280
Speaker 2: Coach, I want to ask you about and actually this

1820
01:17:54,880 --> 01:17:56,920
Speaker 2: after the game, we don't go into it a little bit.

1821
01:17:57,680 --> 01:17:59,640
Speaker 1: How difficult to challenge this was?

1822
01:17:59,760 --> 01:18:03,120
Speaker 2: You're in the playoffs, you knew there's a shot at

1823
01:18:03,120 --> 01:18:06,320
Speaker 2: the division, but then there's a Jacksonville game, the Titans game.

1824
01:18:06,680 --> 01:18:08,479
Speaker 2: You knew you wanted to keep guys healthy, but yet

1825
01:18:08,520 --> 01:18:10,360
Speaker 2: you still wanted your team to compete. You got all

1826
01:18:10,400 --> 01:18:13,880
Speaker 2: these kind of cross streams going on. How tough was

1827
01:18:13,880 --> 01:18:15,880
Speaker 2: it to kind of get through the week, get through

1828
01:18:15,920 --> 01:18:19,160
Speaker 2: that moment of we got to compete, but you know what,

1829
01:18:19,200 --> 01:18:22,080
Speaker 2: I got to get some guys, maybe some rest gets

1830
01:18:22,120 --> 01:18:23,600
Speaker 2: gonna look at some other guys in case you got

1831
01:18:23,680 --> 01:18:25,600
Speaker 2: to go to them in the playoffs. How tough was

1832
01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:27,920
Speaker 2: it to kind of get through the week and then

1833
01:18:28,439 --> 01:18:29,400
Speaker 2: through Sunday.

1834
01:18:29,960 --> 01:18:32,240
Speaker 12: It takes me back to like the Raiders week where

1835
01:18:32,280 --> 01:18:34,559
Speaker 12: it's kind of like one of those weeks that's challenging

1836
01:18:34,600 --> 01:18:37,240
Speaker 12: from a standpoint of you know, how do you motivate

1837
01:18:37,280 --> 01:18:39,920
Speaker 12: the guys, get them up and going knowing that, oh,

1838
01:18:40,000 --> 01:18:40,599
Speaker 12: you feel like.

1839
01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:41,679
Speaker 4: Oh, we should beat this team.

1840
01:18:41,800 --> 01:18:44,760
Speaker 12: We're playing the Raiders, and now you play the coach like, oh, well,

1841
01:18:44,760 --> 01:18:46,800
Speaker 12: we really don't have anything to play for.

1842
01:18:46,920 --> 01:18:48,840
Speaker 4: Well, how do you motivate them to get the.

1843
01:18:48,800 --> 01:18:51,599
Speaker 12: Guys going, hey, well, we don't know what's gonna happen

1844
01:18:51,640 --> 01:18:53,600
Speaker 12: in the game, you know, versus the Titans and the

1845
01:18:53,680 --> 01:18:55,200
Speaker 12: jag So we got to go.

1846
01:18:55,240 --> 01:18:56,120
Speaker 8: For it right.

1847
01:18:56,120 --> 01:18:58,439
Speaker 12: We don't want to sit here and not go for

1848
01:18:58,640 --> 01:19:02,160
Speaker 12: it and look up it's like, oh, something wild happened

1849
01:19:02,200 --> 01:19:05,439
Speaker 12: and Tennessee beat Jacksonville and we missed an opportunity to

1850
01:19:05,439 --> 01:19:08,559
Speaker 12: win our division. So the mindset of the mentality was

1851
01:19:08,600 --> 01:19:11,320
Speaker 12: we're going for it right and we'll see where where

1852
01:19:11,320 --> 01:19:14,240
Speaker 12: we end up. And you know, Jacksonville got up pretty good,

1853
01:19:14,240 --> 01:19:16,920
Speaker 12: but It's still for me and my seat. I'm never

1854
01:19:17,000 --> 01:19:21,519
Speaker 12: going into any competition, you know, to lose. All Right,

1855
01:19:21,600 --> 01:19:24,880
Speaker 12: I'm playing checkers at home with my kids. I like,

1856
01:19:24,920 --> 01:19:27,000
Speaker 12: we're playing checkers. I'm trying to win.

1857
01:19:27,439 --> 01:19:28,120
Speaker 4: I'm trying.

1858
01:19:30,720 --> 01:19:33,880
Speaker 12: Trying to win. I'm a competitor. So even though you

1859
01:19:33,880 --> 01:19:37,559
Speaker 12: know you have that moment, Okay, Man, the Jacks are

1860
01:19:37,640 --> 01:19:40,240
Speaker 12: up pretty good. That game is over. Like, man, I

1861
01:19:40,479 --> 01:19:43,479
Speaker 12: still struggle with taking our guys out right, but I

1862
01:19:43,600 --> 01:19:45,040
Speaker 12: knew I had to do it. I knew it was

1863
01:19:45,080 --> 01:19:47,400
Speaker 12: the right decision to try to get some guys out,

1864
01:19:47,680 --> 01:19:50,040
Speaker 12: But man, I still want to win the game. Like,

1865
01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:53,120
Speaker 12: I'm not leaving here letting Indy come in our house

1866
01:19:53,200 --> 01:19:56,160
Speaker 12: and in their season on a good note by by

1867
01:19:56,200 --> 01:19:58,880
Speaker 12: beating us. I'm not going out that way. And so

1868
01:19:59,280 --> 01:20:02,439
Speaker 12: I'm so for all the guys who got in. It

1869
01:20:02,520 --> 01:20:05,960
Speaker 12: took everybody, different guys and different moments. Man stood up

1870
01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:08,120
Speaker 12: and made the plays we needed to make to win

1871
01:20:08,160 --> 01:20:11,080
Speaker 12: the game. So it was such an exciting win to

1872
01:20:11,320 --> 01:20:13,280
Speaker 12: ended how we ended it was. It was a really

1873
01:20:13,320 --> 01:20:16,280
Speaker 12: exciting victory and I'm so happy that we won that game.

1874
01:20:16,360 --> 01:20:18,599
Speaker 3: Tell us about your new defensive end to EJ. Speed

1875
01:20:18,720 --> 01:20:20,639
Speaker 3: coach there.

1876
01:20:20,880 --> 01:20:25,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, it was that was one. Just in the moment

1877
01:20:25,280 --> 01:20:25,960
Speaker 4: that happened.

1878
01:20:26,280 --> 01:20:29,120
Speaker 12: Barnett he was he was gassed at the time because

1879
01:20:29,120 --> 01:20:31,720
Speaker 12: we took Will and the kneel off and Barnett was

1880
01:20:31,800 --> 01:20:35,360
Speaker 12: rolling him and Barnett and de Horton they were rolling

1881
01:20:35,439 --> 01:20:36,960
Speaker 12: on the this. I was like, man, there's a lot

1882
01:20:37,000 --> 01:20:40,240
Speaker 12: of reps and Barnett just couldn't go anymore.

1883
01:20:40,320 --> 01:20:42,880
Speaker 4: So it's like, who's EJ. Get out there?

1884
01:20:43,000 --> 01:20:43,160
Speaker 6: Go?

1885
01:20:43,800 --> 01:20:47,320
Speaker 12: EJ looks back at me like really, coach, like just

1886
01:20:47,360 --> 01:20:49,000
Speaker 12: go set the edge. I know you can do it.

1887
01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:51,160
Speaker 12: So EJ got out there for a couple of reps.

1888
01:20:51,160 --> 01:20:54,679
Speaker 12: Just show man team players, right, that's what you need.

1889
01:20:54,720 --> 01:20:57,800
Speaker 12: You need guys who are willing to do whatever it

1890
01:20:57,840 --> 01:21:00,600
Speaker 12: takes right to get it done. And such a a

1891
01:21:00,680 --> 01:21:04,040
Speaker 12: while moment, you know, we don't have everybody available, but

1892
01:21:04,080 --> 01:21:06,479
Speaker 12: EJ step stuff, goes out plays a few snaps of

1893
01:21:06,560 --> 01:21:07,240
Speaker 12: defensive end.

1894
01:21:07,520 --> 01:21:10,160
Speaker 4: Actually did a good job backside of closing on one place,

1895
01:21:10,280 --> 01:21:11,599
Speaker 4: So credit to EJ.

1896
01:21:12,160 --> 01:21:17,040
Speaker 3: Flashback twenty eleven season finale, first Texans playoff team. It's

1897
01:21:17,160 --> 01:21:20,920
Speaker 3: the Week seventeen game at the time, doesn't really help

1898
01:21:21,000 --> 01:21:24,160
Speaker 3: the Texans, but Garrett Graham ends up playing a little

1899
01:21:24,200 --> 01:21:27,120
Speaker 3: defensive end in that game because Kubiak was trying to

1900
01:21:27,120 --> 01:21:29,920
Speaker 3: put it all together. Similar situation, running out of bodies.

1901
01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:31,360
Speaker 3: You only have so many players you can.

1902
01:21:31,360 --> 01:21:34,080
Speaker 12: Use, you know, I did think about that throughout this week.

1903
01:21:34,080 --> 01:21:36,439
Speaker 12: I thought about this, like, man, who else could play

1904
01:21:36,520 --> 01:21:39,880
Speaker 12: defense for US? I can use British or Harrison. I'm

1905
01:21:39,880 --> 01:21:42,120
Speaker 12: trying to think of the offensive guys that I maybe

1906
01:21:42,120 --> 01:21:44,080
Speaker 12: would have had to pull over and play defense.

1907
01:21:44,120 --> 01:21:46,160
Speaker 4: But good thing we didn't get to that moment.

1908
01:21:46,320 --> 01:21:48,800
Speaker 2: Well, I'm glad you brought up British. Yeah, because he

1909
01:21:48,840 --> 01:21:50,519
Speaker 2: gets in there. You know, first couple carries, they can

1910
01:21:50,520 --> 01:21:52,320
Speaker 2: get a whole lot, and kind of the second one

1911
01:21:52,360 --> 01:21:54,599
Speaker 2: got stuffed. But then he has that run coach off

1912
01:21:54,640 --> 01:21:57,080
Speaker 2: to the left where he kind of sliced in between

1913
01:21:57,080 --> 01:21:59,360
Speaker 2: those two Colts defenders and you saw man a little

1914
01:21:59,360 --> 01:22:02,000
Speaker 2: bit of burst. He really came in and gave you something.

1915
01:22:02,040 --> 01:22:03,280
Speaker 2: Would you see from British chanton?

1916
01:22:03,439 --> 01:22:03,599
Speaker 1: Yeah?

1917
01:22:03,920 --> 01:22:06,120
Speaker 12: Man, I was really excited to see some of the

1918
01:22:06,200 --> 01:22:08,920
Speaker 12: runs that he had, specifically that twenty yard run there.

1919
01:22:09,240 --> 01:22:11,200
Speaker 12: He did exactly what you want to do as a run.

1920
01:22:11,280 --> 01:22:13,439
Speaker 12: He did a great job of pressing the outside and

1921
01:22:13,479 --> 01:22:15,600
Speaker 12: I call it you slash, you make one cut and

1922
01:22:15,680 --> 01:22:18,479
Speaker 12: you get Vertical. It was a really nice run by

1923
01:22:18,600 --> 01:22:21,240
Speaker 12: him to get a big twenty yard game we needed

1924
01:22:21,240 --> 01:22:24,000
Speaker 12: the most and Kayler's like, let's just keep giving it

1925
01:22:24,040 --> 01:22:24,360
Speaker 12: to him.

1926
01:22:24,400 --> 01:22:25,720
Speaker 4: So he had run after run.

1927
01:22:25,760 --> 01:22:28,519
Speaker 12: He had a nice little spin move about four plays later,

1928
01:22:28,840 --> 01:22:30,720
Speaker 12: so he did. He did a really nice job of

1929
01:22:30,800 --> 01:22:33,920
Speaker 12: taking advantage of the opportunities he had. Had some really

1930
01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:36,720
Speaker 12: nice runs there to really put us in position to

1931
01:22:36,800 --> 01:22:37,599
Speaker 12: close that game out.

1932
01:22:37,920 --> 01:22:40,599
Speaker 3: What he ran well for you in the first half, coach,

1933
01:22:40,680 --> 01:22:43,400
Speaker 3: and he's got that lateral quickness. Can you talk about

1934
01:22:43,400 --> 01:22:45,400
Speaker 3: his style a little bit and how it's developed over

1935
01:22:45,439 --> 01:22:46,120
Speaker 3: the course of the year.

1936
01:22:46,200 --> 01:22:48,320
Speaker 12: He does what he does, have his little jump cut

1937
01:22:48,400 --> 01:22:51,400
Speaker 12: a little you know, he mixed guys missing a whole

1938
01:22:51,479 --> 01:22:54,720
Speaker 12: little bit, and it's each that's the cool thing by

1939
01:22:54,840 --> 01:22:58,280
Speaker 12: running backs. Each guy has his own little unique style

1940
01:22:58,439 --> 01:22:59,639
Speaker 12: that you really can't teach.

1941
01:22:59,680 --> 01:23:00,880
Speaker 4: Guys, you know, like.

1942
01:23:00,920 --> 01:23:04,400
Speaker 12: Jawar, he's more of a speed one cut guy, and

1943
01:23:04,439 --> 01:23:06,960
Speaker 12: you get Woody. He can make guys miss with the

1944
01:23:07,040 --> 01:23:10,800
Speaker 12: lateral quickness that he has, and Tub comes in just

1945
01:23:10,920 --> 01:23:12,000
Speaker 12: pounding getting.

1946
01:23:11,760 --> 01:23:14,320
Speaker 4: Five yards of carry. So it's really cool.

1947
01:23:14,360 --> 01:23:18,360
Speaker 12: You got guys, especially defensively, trying to defend different running

1948
01:23:18,360 --> 01:23:21,479
Speaker 12: backs and different running styles. It really when you mix

1949
01:23:21,520 --> 01:23:23,880
Speaker 12: it up on guys with which guys in it makes

1950
01:23:23,920 --> 01:23:25,360
Speaker 12: it tough on defenders as well.

1951
01:23:25,600 --> 01:23:27,960
Speaker 2: What kind of style is new running back Tommy Tokya

1952
01:23:28,080 --> 01:23:33,080
Speaker 2: guy downhill Man, Coach, we saw him.

1953
01:23:33,120 --> 01:23:34,800
Speaker 1: I saw him go in the huddle.

1954
01:23:34,560 --> 01:23:37,840
Speaker 2: And I immediately like Mark toky Ice in thinking full

1955
01:23:37,920 --> 01:23:40,320
Speaker 2: back and then he doesn't get the touchdown there, but

1956
01:23:40,360 --> 01:23:41,920
Speaker 2: he gets on the last play of the game.

1957
01:23:42,479 --> 01:23:43,479
Speaker 1: I thought it was a great story.

1958
01:23:43,520 --> 01:23:48,000
Speaker 2: You told me after the game about the emotional outburst

1959
01:23:48,080 --> 01:23:50,559
Speaker 2: basically from the sideline and everybody in the stadium was

1960
01:23:50,560 --> 01:23:54,080
Speaker 2: going crazy in that and what led to that kind

1961
01:23:54,080 --> 01:23:57,360
Speaker 2: of emotional moment for everybody, everybody kind of celebrating with

1962
01:23:57,400 --> 01:24:00,599
Speaker 2: Tommy doing his you know s for samoeing, you know,

1963
01:24:01,040 --> 01:24:03,600
Speaker 2: uh celebration. What was that like for you? Kind of

1964
01:24:03,600 --> 01:24:05,640
Speaker 2: watching it all unfold seeing him get in.

1965
01:24:05,640 --> 01:24:06,320
Speaker 4: The end zone.

1966
01:24:06,439 --> 01:24:09,200
Speaker 12: Man, it was such a cool moment because as a coach,

1967
01:24:09,360 --> 01:24:12,559
Speaker 12: right you, man, my mind is always racing throughout the week,

1968
01:24:12,680 --> 01:24:16,040
Speaker 12: and you know, coach Papavich comes and was like, man,

1969
01:24:16,040 --> 01:24:18,920
Speaker 12: can we use Tommy on a short yard? And I'm like,

1970
01:24:19,720 --> 01:24:22,960
Speaker 12: of course, that's that guy. He's very dependable he's gonna

1971
01:24:23,000 --> 01:24:25,519
Speaker 12: do we ask him to do. Of course, let's use Tommy,

1972
01:24:25,560 --> 01:24:28,400
Speaker 12: and let's make sure he gets one to carry as well.

1973
01:24:28,520 --> 01:24:30,560
Speaker 12: So we had him a couple of plays, or we

1974
01:24:30,600 --> 01:24:33,560
Speaker 12: had him blocking, you know, on the goal line. And

1975
01:24:33,880 --> 01:24:37,080
Speaker 12: when we got the when we got when Danil got

1976
01:24:37,120 --> 01:24:40,280
Speaker 12: the strip sack, Henry scooped up the fumble and we're

1977
01:24:40,320 --> 01:24:42,320
Speaker 12: there close to one or two yard line.

1978
01:24:42,320 --> 01:24:44,400
Speaker 4: I don't even remember. I just started telling k hey

1979
01:24:44,479 --> 01:24:45,080
Speaker 4: put Tommy.

1980
01:24:45,479 --> 01:24:48,240
Speaker 12: Let's make sure we get gets Tommy touchdown, because I

1981
01:24:48,280 --> 01:24:51,479
Speaker 12: told the guys on Friday practice. After Friday's practice when

1982
01:24:51,520 --> 01:24:54,679
Speaker 12: we ran those plays, and I told the entire team

1983
01:24:54,760 --> 01:24:56,559
Speaker 12: after I brought him up, I was like, man, look,

1984
01:24:57,120 --> 01:25:01,240
Speaker 12: I know guys get excited for touchdowns, but when Tommy

1985
01:25:01,360 --> 01:25:04,840
Speaker 12: gets his touchdown, our whole team is going to be

1986
01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:08,840
Speaker 12: fired up, and I want everybody throwing it, throwing up

1987
01:25:08,840 --> 01:25:11,760
Speaker 12: the celebration. And so I thought it would happen a

1988
01:25:11,800 --> 01:25:15,240
Speaker 12: little earlier on the on the fullback dive play.

1989
01:25:15,360 --> 01:25:16,160
Speaker 4: It didn't happen.

1990
01:25:16,200 --> 01:25:18,400
Speaker 12: In so it's very fitting that at the end of

1991
01:25:18,479 --> 01:25:21,040
Speaker 12: the game, the last play, Tommy gets it. And that's

1992
01:25:21,040 --> 01:25:24,400
Speaker 12: why our sideline just they erupted everybody. I mean, we

1993
01:25:24,479 --> 01:25:29,400
Speaker 12: got coaches, trainers, everything. See everybody running down there. Were

1994
01:25:29,400 --> 01:25:32,160
Speaker 12: you down there? I see you down there? I would

1995
01:25:32,280 --> 01:25:35,280
Speaker 12: have but yeah, no, it was. It was such a man,

1996
01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:37,599
Speaker 12: it's such a cool moment. I just want a big

1997
01:25:37,680 --> 01:25:40,519
Speaker 12: picture of I want that frame of that last play

1998
01:25:40,560 --> 01:25:41,679
Speaker 12: of our regular season.

1999
01:25:41,760 --> 01:25:44,920
Speaker 4: Whatever. The excitement and joy on everyone's face.

2000
01:25:45,040 --> 01:25:47,400
Speaker 3: That's great. Coach. When you have that element that you

2001
01:25:47,520 --> 01:25:50,479
Speaker 3: install into a game plan and it is in there,

2002
01:25:51,040 --> 01:25:53,479
Speaker 3: does that help keep guys loose? They're looking forward to

2003
01:25:53,520 --> 01:25:56,720
Speaker 3: that moment. It's something extra for them in addition to

2004
01:25:56,760 --> 01:25:58,400
Speaker 3: everything else, all the hard work they have to go

2005
01:25:58,439 --> 01:25:59,519
Speaker 3: through to get ready for a game.

2006
01:25:59,600 --> 01:26:02,839
Speaker 12: Oh yeah, it definitely. It definitely makes the defensive players

2007
01:26:02,880 --> 01:26:05,080
Speaker 12: perk up. So now they're up, they're not sitting on

2008
01:26:05,120 --> 01:26:08,160
Speaker 12: the sideline like, hey Tommy is in. Well Tommy was

2009
01:26:08,200 --> 01:26:11,519
Speaker 12: actually on the defensive snap and then he's running towards

2010
01:26:11,560 --> 01:26:12,200
Speaker 12: the sideline.

2011
01:26:12,280 --> 01:26:13,799
Speaker 4: Was like, no, you stay out there.

2012
01:26:13,960 --> 01:26:16,599
Speaker 12: So all the defensive guys want to They perk up

2013
01:26:16,640 --> 01:26:19,080
Speaker 12: and they're excited to see you know him get it,

2014
01:26:19,120 --> 01:26:20,920
Speaker 12: get in it, get in on offense and try to

2015
01:26:20,960 --> 01:26:23,519
Speaker 12: make a play. You know, I know it's another guy

2016
01:26:23,560 --> 01:26:24,960
Speaker 12: that used to play here that used to get a

2017
01:26:25,000 --> 01:26:26,720
Speaker 12: lot of offensive players.

2018
01:26:26,800 --> 01:26:27,080
Speaker 3: J J.

2019
01:26:27,280 --> 01:26:29,479
Speaker 12: Watt, you know, scored a lot in the rezone, made

2020
01:26:29,479 --> 01:26:30,320
Speaker 12: a lot of big plays.

2021
01:26:30,439 --> 01:26:32,840
Speaker 2: Didn't worry We didn't worry you with the defensivelayers knocking

2022
01:26:32,880 --> 01:26:36,040
Speaker 2: at Nick Kelly's door this morning, what do you what

2023
01:26:36,080 --> 01:26:36,720
Speaker 2: do you got from me?

2024
01:26:37,080 --> 01:26:38,519
Speaker 1: What do you got from me? What can I what

2025
01:26:38,520 --> 01:26:39,000
Speaker 1: can I do?

2026
01:26:39,040 --> 01:26:40,559
Speaker 4: I got to show that they can catch the ball?

2027
01:26:41,520 --> 01:26:45,000
Speaker 2: This thing all right, definitely not There's definitely not a

2028
01:26:45,040 --> 01:26:47,200
Speaker 2: guy that did catch the ball. And I told Mark

2029
01:26:47,240 --> 01:26:50,599
Speaker 2: this this stat today, which I think is unbelievable, that

2030
01:26:50,720 --> 01:26:55,280
Speaker 2: Elijah Hussey has more interceptions in twenty twenty five than

2031
01:26:55,320 --> 01:26:58,439
Speaker 2: the entire New York Jets defense did, which is amazing

2032
01:26:58,439 --> 01:26:59,040
Speaker 2: to think about.

2033
01:26:59,479 --> 01:27:01,639
Speaker 1: But he gets an interception yesterday.

2034
01:27:01,680 --> 01:27:03,400
Speaker 2: We haven't seen Elijah for a long time, to have

2035
01:27:03,439 --> 01:27:05,559
Speaker 2: been dealing with injuries and then kind of getting him

2036
01:27:05,600 --> 01:27:07,519
Speaker 2: on the field. But he went on the field yesterday.

2037
01:27:07,520 --> 01:27:09,679
Speaker 2: He's a rookie. I'm sure things are flying a million

2038
01:27:09,720 --> 01:27:11,840
Speaker 2: miles an hour. And I thought it was interesting because

2039
01:27:11,840 --> 01:27:14,320
Speaker 2: I asked him about going out in the field, and

2040
01:27:15,320 --> 01:27:18,240
Speaker 2: you know, the expectation not being well, you know, you're

2041
01:27:18,240 --> 01:27:20,320
Speaker 2: a rookie, just go out there. No, the expectation was

2042
01:27:20,360 --> 01:27:21,799
Speaker 2: you go up there and you play like a Texan,

2043
01:27:22,160 --> 01:27:24,559
Speaker 2: and he said he kind of felt that that pressure,

2044
01:27:24,600 --> 01:27:28,240
Speaker 2: that responsibility to do that. Would you think watching him

2045
01:27:28,280 --> 01:27:30,000
Speaker 2: out there for a few snaps, the rookie getting an

2046
01:27:30,000 --> 01:27:30,960
Speaker 2: interception a big time.

2047
01:27:31,040 --> 01:27:34,479
Speaker 12: Yeah, really impressive story for Eliza. Mean, we we got Eliza.

2048
01:27:34,600 --> 01:27:37,519
Speaker 12: He was he was hurt, you know, during the draft,

2049
01:27:37,560 --> 01:27:40,320
Speaker 12: and so we're really thinking Eliza will be a probably

2050
01:27:40,320 --> 01:27:42,240
Speaker 12: a next year player for us. But he did such

2051
01:27:42,240 --> 01:27:45,479
Speaker 12: a great job, you know, in his rehab process, working hard,

2052
01:27:45,560 --> 01:27:48,599
Speaker 12: putting himself in position to go out and competing when

2053
01:27:48,600 --> 01:27:50,040
Speaker 12: he got on the practice field, he did a lot

2054
01:27:50,080 --> 01:27:52,280
Speaker 12: of good things and so you know, he earned an

2055
01:27:52,320 --> 01:27:54,479
Speaker 12: opportunity to go play. And when he went out there,

2056
01:27:54,520 --> 01:27:57,599
Speaker 12: I thought he played fast, he played physical, He flew

2057
01:27:57,640 --> 01:27:59,799
Speaker 12: around how Texans should fly around.

2058
01:28:00,400 --> 01:28:00,600
Speaker 4: You know.

2059
01:28:00,640 --> 01:28:03,320
Speaker 12: He made the huge interception for us, and also he

2060
01:28:03,400 --> 01:28:05,960
Speaker 12: made another huge play in the red zone where he's

2061
01:28:06,040 --> 01:28:09,280
Speaker 12: chasing down their receiver to you know, tackle him, knock

2062
01:28:09,360 --> 01:28:11,040
Speaker 12: him out of bounds to force him to have to

2063
01:28:11,120 --> 01:28:12,200
Speaker 12: kick a field goal there.

2064
01:28:12,520 --> 01:28:14,040
Speaker 4: You know, their their last drive.

2065
01:28:14,400 --> 01:28:16,960
Speaker 12: So two huge plays in the game comes from a

2066
01:28:17,040 --> 01:28:20,400
Speaker 12: rookie who hasn't got many reps, but he stepped in

2067
01:28:20,520 --> 01:28:23,080
Speaker 12: and he knew one thing. You're gonna play fast, You're

2068
01:28:23,080 --> 01:28:25,920
Speaker 12: gonna play physical, and great things happen because of that.

2069
01:28:26,160 --> 01:28:28,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, And Johnny mentioned Rod Right. We talked to him

2070
01:28:28,200 --> 01:28:30,519
Speaker 3: last week and he brought up a great point that

2071
01:28:30,640 --> 01:28:33,040
Speaker 3: if you don't do what you're supposed to do the

2072
01:28:33,080 --> 01:28:35,320
Speaker 3: way you want them to do it, coach, you're gonna

2073
01:28:35,360 --> 01:28:37,759
Speaker 3: stand out like a sore thumb. That's what he said.

2074
01:28:38,200 --> 01:28:41,120
Speaker 3: And is that sort of an accountability to each other

2075
01:28:41,320 --> 01:28:43,280
Speaker 3: that they have, and that's really what you want, right

2076
01:28:43,320 --> 01:28:46,320
Speaker 3: for them to be accountable to the players, not just

2077
01:28:46,400 --> 01:28:46,880
Speaker 3: the coaches.

2078
01:28:46,960 --> 01:28:49,600
Speaker 12: Yeah, for sure, I want our guys to be accountable

2079
01:28:49,600 --> 01:28:52,519
Speaker 12: to each other. Every single snap is not I tell

2080
01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:54,840
Speaker 12: the guy, it's not about me. It's not about us

2081
01:28:54,920 --> 01:28:58,040
Speaker 12: as coaches. So I put on displays like, hey, what

2082
01:28:58,080 --> 01:29:00,400
Speaker 12: are you supposed to be doing and why are you

2083
01:29:00,479 --> 01:29:03,320
Speaker 12: not doing it? By you not doing what you're supposed

2084
01:29:03,360 --> 01:29:07,240
Speaker 12: to do, it's not about like you're letting your teammate down.

2085
01:29:07,479 --> 01:29:09,880
Speaker 12: Like if he was thinking, you're supposed to be in

2086
01:29:09,920 --> 01:29:12,400
Speaker 12: this position and you're not. You're supposed to make this

2087
01:29:12,560 --> 01:29:15,960
Speaker 12: specific check or alert and you didn't like you're letting

2088
01:29:15,960 --> 01:29:16,960
Speaker 12: your teammates down.

2089
01:29:17,040 --> 01:29:19,360
Speaker 4: I want to put that pressure on.

2090
01:29:19,280 --> 01:29:22,639
Speaker 12: Them, on the guys to let them know like, man,

2091
01:29:22,720 --> 01:29:25,880
Speaker 12: well I can't do that. I'm putting everybody else in

2092
01:29:25,920 --> 01:29:28,400
Speaker 12: a bad spot. Nothing to do with coaches, but it's

2093
01:29:28,439 --> 01:29:31,760
Speaker 12: about the team and their teammates, Like you don't want

2094
01:29:31,760 --> 01:29:35,000
Speaker 12: to be that guy that I have to highlight unfortunately

2095
01:29:35,640 --> 01:29:38,840
Speaker 12: in a team meeting because it's something you're not doing

2096
01:29:39,680 --> 01:29:42,480
Speaker 12: that we don't coach, or something that we've talked about.

2097
01:29:42,160 --> 01:29:44,720
Speaker 4: Over and over again and you're not doing it right.

2098
01:29:44,800 --> 01:29:47,799
Speaker 12: Man, No, get it right, so you can put stuff

2099
01:29:47,840 --> 01:29:49,760
Speaker 12: on tape that your teammates can be proud of.

2100
01:29:50,439 --> 01:29:52,840
Speaker 2: Ur's an interesting moment ended up being a third down

2101
01:29:53,000 --> 01:29:54,719
Speaker 2: offensively that we didn't get.

2102
01:29:55,360 --> 01:29:56,880
Speaker 1: But I think it was like third and seven.

2103
01:29:56,920 --> 01:30:00,040
Speaker 2: We were going, we're going left to right, and the

2104
01:30:00,080 --> 01:30:01,840
Speaker 2: Holt showed, they showed pressure.

2105
01:30:01,840 --> 01:30:03,759
Speaker 1: They were showing seven at the last scrimmage that everybody

2106
01:30:03,840 --> 01:30:04,599
Speaker 1: up there and buying them.

2107
01:30:04,600 --> 01:30:07,960
Speaker 2: I remember was on the left side and as CJ

2108
01:30:08,120 --> 01:30:11,000
Speaker 2: is trying to evaluate what's going on, he moved Dary

2109
01:30:11,160 --> 01:30:13,760
Speaker 2: to the other side, and I guess you thought Biden

2110
01:30:13,880 --> 01:30:15,960
Speaker 2: was gonna end up dropping Well bid them blitzed, they

2111
01:30:16,240 --> 01:30:17,320
Speaker 2: dropped on the other end.

2112
01:30:17,760 --> 01:30:19,760
Speaker 1: After the incompletion, I could see CJ was.

2113
01:30:19,720 --> 01:30:22,840
Speaker 2: Probably more mad about that play than I had seen

2114
01:30:22,920 --> 01:30:25,599
Speaker 2: him about other plays, And it got me thinking about

2115
01:30:25,800 --> 01:30:27,160
Speaker 2: and I think it's a good question to ask you.

2116
01:30:27,200 --> 01:30:29,760
Speaker 2: When you were a player, you obviously made a ton

2117
01:30:29,800 --> 01:30:31,200
Speaker 2: of tackles all over the place.

2118
01:30:31,240 --> 01:30:33,880
Speaker 1: But I get the impression watching.

2119
01:30:33,680 --> 01:30:36,920
Speaker 2: CJ, like he's more happy when he sees a check,

2120
01:30:36,960 --> 01:30:39,400
Speaker 2: he sees something he uses his football IQ to beat

2121
01:30:39,439 --> 01:30:41,479
Speaker 2: a team and not just with his arm. Were you

2122
01:30:41,560 --> 01:30:43,760
Speaker 2: that way as a player, Like if you check to

2123
01:30:43,800 --> 01:30:46,320
Speaker 2: a play as opposed to, yeah, you ran a bunch

2124
01:30:46,320 --> 01:30:48,160
Speaker 2: of guys down and made tackles, But when you check

2125
01:30:48,240 --> 01:30:51,160
Speaker 2: to a play and then that check worked against the offense.

2126
01:30:51,240 --> 01:30:52,880
Speaker 2: Is that kind of what CJ's going through right now,

2127
01:30:52,960 --> 01:30:55,400
Speaker 2: kind of that cerebral game that he's playing in his

2128
01:30:55,439 --> 01:30:55,800
Speaker 2: head too?

2129
01:30:55,920 --> 01:30:57,920
Speaker 12: Yeah, those are the plays I feel like as players,

2130
01:30:57,920 --> 01:31:01,000
Speaker 12: you get most excited about the mental, the rebel plays

2131
01:31:01,040 --> 01:31:03,559
Speaker 12: where you know you're gonna make the athletic plays.

2132
01:31:03,560 --> 01:31:05,759
Speaker 4: You've done that like your entire life.

2133
01:31:05,880 --> 01:31:08,599
Speaker 12: That's why you're in the NFL because of your athletic

2134
01:31:08,640 --> 01:31:11,760
Speaker 12: ability and the physical traits that you have but when

2135
01:31:11,800 --> 01:31:14,880
Speaker 12: you study a team all week, right, and you know

2136
01:31:15,040 --> 01:31:17,880
Speaker 12: this specific look that you've seen on tape, you've study,

2137
01:31:18,000 --> 01:31:21,280
Speaker 12: you walk through it, you went through the checks, and

2138
01:31:21,320 --> 01:31:22,479
Speaker 12: then you get that look in.

2139
01:31:22,439 --> 01:31:24,960
Speaker 4: The game and it's like, oh man, this is it.

2140
01:31:25,240 --> 01:31:27,439
Speaker 12: Like and you make the proper check to put your

2141
01:31:27,439 --> 01:31:30,519
Speaker 12: team in a position to make a play like those

2142
01:31:30,560 --> 01:31:32,600
Speaker 12: are the plays you get. Yeah, I will say you

2143
01:31:32,600 --> 01:31:35,120
Speaker 12: get a little extra fired up for because it was

2144
01:31:35,200 --> 01:31:38,080
Speaker 12: like that chess matching. It's like, oh, I got you,

2145
01:31:38,479 --> 01:31:41,519
Speaker 12: I got you moment from a mental standpoint, that gets

2146
01:31:41,560 --> 01:31:44,360
Speaker 12: you fired up, right, And from that look. They had

2147
01:31:44,400 --> 01:31:47,360
Speaker 12: a lot of zero pressure looks that we had practiced

2148
01:31:47,360 --> 01:31:49,160
Speaker 12: throughout the week, and we had a lot of different

2149
01:31:49,160 --> 01:31:52,000
Speaker 12: answers for the zeros, and they dropped out on that

2150
01:31:52,080 --> 01:31:55,320
Speaker 12: specific one and we didn't. I think CJ is probably

2151
01:31:55,320 --> 01:31:56,400
Speaker 12: more frustrated at all.

2152
01:31:56,439 --> 01:31:56,639
Speaker 4: Man.

2153
01:31:56,680 --> 01:31:59,599
Speaker 12: That was a look that they kind of they got

2154
01:31:59,680 --> 01:32:01,280
Speaker 12: us on and you know, we thought it was zero

2155
01:32:01,360 --> 01:32:03,040
Speaker 12: but it wasn't. So it's a good job by the

2156
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Speaker 12: Colts of actually mixing up their look and switching it

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Speaker 12: up in that moment.

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Speaker 3: Coach having been to the postseason with a lot of

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Speaker 3: these guys before and having a quarterback making his fifth

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Speaker 3: playoff start. You're on the road. You've played on the

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Speaker 3: road in cold weather before, you won a game in

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Speaker 3: cold weather this year. How much does all of that

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Speaker 3: help as you venture to Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 12: And Mark, I'm hoping it helps a lot, man, because

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Speaker 12: I can't say we haven't been there, done that, right,

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Speaker 12: You can't say we've been on the road in a

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Speaker 12: tough environment and like we've been We've been on the road,

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Speaker 12: tough environments, cold you know, tough crowd like we've seen

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Speaker 12: all of that for the past couple of years, right,

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Speaker 12: and some of them we didn't come out on top,

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Speaker 12: and we know what we needed to do to correct that.

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Speaker 12: And you know, this year, thought we did a really

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Speaker 12: good job going up to Kansas City, tough environment, a

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Speaker 12: lot on the line, we found a way to get

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Speaker 12: a win. And so now it's like, man, we're here,

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Speaker 12: We're going to Pittsburgh House. Would you want It's such

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Speaker 12: a historic plays, great tradition, great fans. We get the

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Speaker 12: opportunity to go there on the road. It's gonna be cold,

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Speaker 12: it's gonna be.

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Speaker 4: Out there, like, let's go.

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Speaker 12: It's time for the Texans to put it all together

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Speaker 12: in the show that hey, we can go win our

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Speaker 12: game on the road in a tough environment in the playoffs, Like,

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Speaker 12: let's go get it done.

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Speaker 4: Coach.

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Speaker 2: I know you haven't had a time as none of

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Speaker 2: us have to get through Steelers scouting reports and all that,

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Speaker 2: but you do do the guy pulling the trigger facinghim

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Speaker 2: last year, you face him as a player, and that

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Speaker 2: being Aaron Rodgers. Some of the throws he made last night,

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Speaker 2: it's like, well, that's Aaron Rodgers. We know yet he's

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Speaker 2: forty two, yep, whatever the case might be. What her

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Speaker 2: thoughts about facing a guy that's got a lot of

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Speaker 2: rings around the tree. But man, he's won some games,

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Speaker 2: he's made some throws, and he's done that against us

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Speaker 2: at times too.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, I mean Aaron's he's a Hall of Fame quarterback,

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Speaker 12: he's won a Super Bowl, he's been at the highest level, right,

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Speaker 12: and he's done that because he's such.

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Speaker 4: A cerebral guy that we talked about already.

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Speaker 12: Very smart, understands disguises, understands coverages, knows the weakness and

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Speaker 12: stuff of those coverages and where you're supposed to be.

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Speaker 12: So for us, you know, as you face them for

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Speaker 12: our defense, like guys just have to understand it's not

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Speaker 12: about Aaron Rodgers. It's just about playing your defense. How

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Speaker 12: we play defense, like, make him have to deal with us. Yes,

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Speaker 12: they're good players. He's a good They got a good team,

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Speaker 12: good offensive unit. We have a good defense. Like that's

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Speaker 12: gonna be the matchup. Like, and can we make him

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Speaker 12: play can we force make can we you know, force

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Speaker 12: him to be under some durest Can we make him

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Speaker 12: make some bad decisions, make some bad throws, and can.

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Speaker 4: We capitalize on those? So we it's a good challenge

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Speaker 4: for us.

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Speaker 12: They'll get Metcalf back, who's been a good, you know,

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Speaker 12: outside receiver, made a lot of big plays. But man,

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Speaker 12: I'm excited for our guys to get this opportunity going

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Speaker 12: against Aaron Rodgers, one of the best quarterbacks to play

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Speaker 12: the game.

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Speaker 2: All right, asking to do appreciate the Miko and Nick

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Speaker 2: and British and Nick Cayley, Mark Vandermire, Greg Bailey, Gamorry Lassiter,

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Speaker 2: all you for listen.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you next time and as always, go Texans.