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Speaker 3: Happy New Year, League year underway three hours ago. Mark

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Speaker 3: And Johnny, let's start with the latest headline and of

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Speaker 3: by Mattress from the official sleep partner of the Houston Texans,

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Speaker 3: but Foster Moreau, the Island of Foster Moreau. He's a

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Speaker 1: end zone where Kymie made his field goal. Uh that

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Speaker 1: and I think near the end of the third quarter

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Speaker 1: that led to the field goal. I mean, that was

433
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Speaker 1: such a brilliant throw and it was needed throw. I mean,

434
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Speaker 1: he throws against Kansas City. I think one thing you

435
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Speaker 1: said that I find interesting is you know, what what

436
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Speaker 1: is the ceiling for not only CJ, but for this offense.

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Speaker 1: And obviously, once CJ gets to his ceiling, then I

438
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Speaker 1: think you're gonna see what the ceiling can be for

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Speaker 1: this offense. And I think when you obviously put that

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Speaker 1: together with the defensive ceiling, holy smokes. But you know

441
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Speaker 1: it's it when you look at one, two, three, four, five, five, five.

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Speaker 1: I'm a math, right. There have been five free agent

443
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Speaker 1: additions on defense, and I'll be like, well, you don't

444
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Speaker 1: need to fix the defense, but they're at spots where, okay,

445
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Speaker 1: you could see some problems if you didn't, you know,

446
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Speaker 1: kind of get the duct tape and patch up the hole.

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Speaker 1: If you will, you know, so it was good there,

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Speaker 1: but I feel like what they did offensively, and I've

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Speaker 1: got I have David Montgomery, Foster Moreau and Braden Smith.

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Speaker 1: Is there anybody have missed outside of who we resigned.

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Speaker 1: I think those are the I think those.

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Speaker 2: Are I have another name. Hang on a second.

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Speaker 3: Those are the three offensive additions. But there are additions. Yeah,

454
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Speaker 3: you were talking. I thought you were talking about a

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Speaker 3: tight end or two. That's not like Luke las is

456
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Speaker 3: still on the roster here on the right right rost

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Speaker 3: and Lane Pryor is still maybe around.

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Speaker 1: Lane Pryor got hurt. I think the second day he

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Speaker 1: was here on the practice squad, so he's been around rehabiting.

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Speaker 1: I've seen him around rehabit So don't even know what

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Speaker 1: he's going to be able to do. But I mean,

462
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Speaker 1: just from the free agent standpoint, Brainsmith in the offensive line,

463
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Speaker 1: everybody knew the offensive line needs some work, especially you know,

464
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Speaker 1: tight as traded and you know the way the offensive

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Speaker 1: line looked at the end of the year. There were

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Speaker 1: some moments that were good, but when Trent didn't play

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Speaker 1: in that game against the Patriots, you know, we kind

468
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Speaker 1: of went back to see in some of the holes again,

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Speaker 1: Dave not gonna be running back. I don't think there's

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Speaker 1: any question that we needed to bolster their position. Then

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Speaker 1: Foster Moreau is the in line why blocking tight end.

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Speaker 1: It's like when you sat down, as fans have said, hey,

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Speaker 1: educated fans about the Texans, what do we need? What

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Speaker 1: is it we need? Those three things were gonna come up.

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Speaker 1: They were gonna come up, and Nick said, boom, boom boom,

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Speaker 1: got them. And now we've got a draft and a

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Speaker 1: free agency isn't even over. B we got a draft

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Speaker 1: coming up in which those areas are still plentiful with players. Now,

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Speaker 1: I think more guards to me, more guards are kind

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Speaker 1: of my thing in this draft. And tackles. I think

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Speaker 1: the tackles unners great. But I'm I'm writing up the

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Speaker 1: tight ends right now, and I'm like, man, these tight

483
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Speaker 1: ends are really good, but they're not They're not like

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Speaker 1: Foster Moreau. There are a lot of good past catching

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Speaker 1: tight end. There aren't many y tight ends two hundred

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Speaker 1: and sixty five pounds ers. One from Stanford I really like,

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Speaker 1: which I wouldn't. I wouldn't mind don't get another buddy

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Speaker 1: from Stanford. But other than that, it's you know, and

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Speaker 1: then running back it's not plentiful. So going out and

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Speaker 1: gett David Montgomery was good. That you needed to get

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Speaker 1: that guy to put with Woody Marx. And if you're

492
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Speaker 1: able to get one of the top running backs, you

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Speaker 1: snatch him up. Because to your point, Mark, you can't

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Speaker 1: have enough offensive firepower on this roster. I've said it before.

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Speaker 1: When you think you have enough, no you don't. When

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Speaker 1: you know you have enough, you're probably one short. Well,

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Speaker 1: you don't know.

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Speaker 3: What the rookies are going to be like from like

499
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Speaker 3: that's true going into year two, you hope that Higgins

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Speaker 3: is going to take that jump like Rico did and

501
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Speaker 3: hey look at this and No. Two I mean no

502
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Speaker 3: really good return man. Can he do it as a receiver?

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Speaker 3: We've seen him do it and flashes again. Ceiling is there,

504
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Speaker 3: But you got to get there, got to get that

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Speaker 3: consistency you're looking for.

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Speaker 2: They are not.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's gonna be interesting at receiver here you

508
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Speaker 3: get tanked back. We don't know what Tank's gonna be

509
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Speaker 3: able to do, but you're gonna get him out there

510
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Speaker 3: on the field in Ota. So this spring you'll see

511
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Speaker 3: some Tank Dell see if he could do it and

512
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Speaker 3: take it from there, but you get the feeling. So

513
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Speaker 3: Kirk's gone, there's gonna be another edition draft or otherwise,

514
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Speaker 3: there's gonna be another edition somewhere.

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Speaker 2: You still have X. You got guys.

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Speaker 3: You can play this weekend with these guys and feel

517
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Speaker 3: very good about it with a healthy ne Go obviously

518
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Speaker 3: one of the best in the league. But I still

519
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Speaker 3: have the feeling that there's another player coming, and I'm

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Speaker 3: not saying first round draft choice, but somebody who can help.

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Speaker 3: All right, Next up, what's the competition up to? We

522
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Speaker 3: got a lot to get to here, Johnathan? Yeah, what's

523
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Speaker 3: the competition up to? Because big doings today in the

524
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Speaker 3: AFC South, players who are still out there who can help?

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Speaker 3: And Thanksgiving Eve? Anyone I got thoughts on that. It's

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Speaker 3: Texans Radio.

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Speaker 2: Now more Texans Radio.

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Speaker 3: Hyundai Texans Radio Studio here at Sports Radio six ten tonight,

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Speaker 3: Mark Vandermin and John Harris with you all right, before

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Speaker 3: we get back to the AFC South quickly on Thanksgiving Eve? Johnny,

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Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, Now, this is interesting because I thought

532
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Speaker 3: of this plenty of times.

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Speaker 2: That night arrives and what's really on? Right?

534
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Speaker 3: What's on on Thanksgiving Eve? You feel like it's this

535
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Speaker 3: gaping hole that's just asking for NFL action. But it's

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Speaker 3: a Wednesday. But we've proven that you can do it

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Speaker 3: on a Wednesday. Yeah, that's when you have four teens

538
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Speaker 3: playing on Saturday and then we crisscrossed for a Christmas Wednesday.

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Speaker 3: That's what we did in twenty twenty four. Now they're

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Speaker 3: talking about this. This is not a done deal. By

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Speaker 3: the way, this is discussion. I think they're floating it

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Speaker 3: out there to see what people say. Yeah, maybe what

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Speaker 3: league people say, which would be most important. They're talking

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Speaker 3: about doing it after a bye. That's terrible. That's not

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Speaker 3: a bye. That's really not a bye. If you're if

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Speaker 3: you play the Sunday the week before, right, and then

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Speaker 3: figured out a way to do it, And no, I

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Speaker 3: haven't because you need to have Oh I figured out

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Speaker 3: a way to do it the previous two Thursday nights. Okay,

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Speaker 3: so Thursday night too, the previous week. One of those

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Speaker 3: teams gets a bye and they get back up a

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Speaker 3: day early, so they'll play on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so that's.

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Speaker 3: A true buye before one of the Thursday participants is

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Speaker 3: the opponent, so they're playing on a six day week.

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Speaker 2: Done I just figured it out. Okay, we're there, we

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Speaker 2: got it. Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so the Lions play somebody and the Cowboys play somebody,

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Speaker 1: and then those two somebodies end up playing the Wednesday before,

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Speaker 1: the Lions and Cowboys playing Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 2: Wait a minute, why are you talking about the lines

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Speaker 2: of the Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: Because you know, because they always play on Thanksgiving Thursday.

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Speaker 2: I know you're trying to give them a break. You're

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Speaker 2: trying to give them a break.

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Speaker 1: Well, no, but the Cowboys did that. I think I

567
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Speaker 1: can't remember when they did it. Maybe last year, year before.

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Speaker 1: I remember the Cowboys played on Christmas and not Christmas,

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Speaker 1: they played on Thanksgiving and then they turned around and

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Speaker 1: they played the following Thursday. Yeah, they did, so they

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Speaker 1: went Thursday to Thursday. So that's what I'm saying, Like,

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Speaker 1: you give the Cowboys either the game before instead of

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Speaker 1: going after you do you play two Thursday games.

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Speaker 3: I'd be their opponent would play on Wednesday and the

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Speaker 3: week before.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, now you see where I'm going. I listen

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Speaker 1: when you said what's on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving? That

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Speaker 1: my immediate thought was, well, at my house, it's Hallmark,

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Speaker 1: so and I and look I can always watch games

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Speaker 1: on my computer, which is what I do on Thursday night,

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Speaker 1: so I have my computers.

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Speaker 3: Got the Hallmark movie about the girl who's a big

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Speaker 3: city girl and she comes back to the small town

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Speaker 3: and she meets the guy who is working on the

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Speaker 3: farm and who stayed in the small time.

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Speaker 2: Oh wait, that's every Hallmark and.

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Speaker 1: Like, that's every Hallmark movie. And it's pretty it's pretty close.

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Speaker 1: You might change a little bit. In my coffee shop involved.

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Speaker 1: There's definitely a coffee shop involved. Sometimes there's a Christmas

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Speaker 1: tree store and.

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Speaker 3: The guy who helps local charity something, yes, and she

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Speaker 3: falls in love, but she's she's stained by the city

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Speaker 3: and she's she's got the big city guy waiting for her.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah. And sometimes there is Patrick Dempsey always yes.

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Speaker 1: And sometimes there is a mysterious man with a white

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Speaker 1: beard and glasses and hair that everybody watches Santa Claus

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Speaker 1: very wise, and he's yea, his name is Chris. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, everybody everybody is like they love they love Chris.

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Speaker 1: You know, Chris is so special, but they never see

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Speaker 1: him outside of December, and I always wonder where he is.

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Speaker 1: And yet at the same time, you know this struggling

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Speaker 1: writer from New York has come back to some small

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Speaker 1: town in Canada to meet her her you know her bow.

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Speaker 1: So listen, Wednesday night.

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Speaker 3: Is fantasy football. Okay, Yeah, let's get it going. Let's

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Speaker 3: get the NFL on Wednesday. Wednesday night, there's college basketball

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Speaker 3: because great, definitely college basketball. I've done the Great Alaska Shootout.

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Speaker 3: I've had the privilege of working that tournament on play

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Speaker 3: by play and it's great.

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Speaker 2: But you know what we could use of NFL. Let's

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Speaker 2: be honest here.

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Speaker 3: Okay, this is a big college basketball week right now

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Speaker 3: as we speak, and the Longhorns are trying to improve

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Speaker 3: their resume as we speak right now. We'll let you

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Speaker 3: know how they're doing later. Uh, the Wednesday night thing

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Speaker 3: is gonna happen. Doctor, Now it's not doctor vandermin in

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Speaker 3: this case, it's a sports media consultant. Vander Meer says

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Speaker 3: it's gonna happen. It's a dumb deal because they have

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Speaker 3: four games they need to place and this is definitely

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Speaker 3: gonna be one of that.

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Speaker 1: You're exactly right. That is, yes, those four games. They

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Speaker 1: got to figure out what they're gonna do, and I

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Speaker 1: think that's that's definitely gonna be one of them. Uh,

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Speaker 1: but let's not bury the lead. Probably the biggest story

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Speaker 1: today in the NFL mark involved the AFC South. I

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Speaker 1: want your thoughts on Daniel Jones two years, eighty eight

627
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Speaker 1: million dollars to stay with the Cults.

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Speaker 2: Johnny, I'm all for this being two I was excited.

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Speaker 1: I was I was excited.

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Speaker 3: It was so happy. But Johnny, one thing makes me nervous.

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Speaker 3: Max Crosby's still out there now. They're not gonna do it,

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Speaker 3: are they do? They have the money to do it,

633
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Speaker 3: they but they don't have the picks to do it.

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Speaker 1: They don't have the picks.

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Speaker 2: Definitely don't have the ticks. They picks.

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Speaker 1: But they apparently were in on Trey Hendrickson. But they

637
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Speaker 1: could be in on Trey Hendrickson because all it took

638
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Speaker 1: was money. They got just money whipped him, and apparently

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Speaker 1: they didn't and the Ravens ended up getting Trey Henderson, which,

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Speaker 1: by the way, I'll say this, I think Trey Hendrickson

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Speaker 1: he's one of the best drafty vals ever did. I

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Speaker 1: saw him from the beginning and I was like, this

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Speaker 1: guy can play. Nobody's heard of him. With that FAU

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Speaker 1: I was on top of him. I would much rather

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Speaker 1: face Trey Hendrickson than I would Max Crosby. Max Crosby

646
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 1: ruins games. Trey Hendrickson is very good for his defense

647
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 1: in games.

648
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 2: Okay, that's that's a good take.

649
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,240
Speaker 3: But if on the Ravens, I keep my picks now,

650
00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,200
Speaker 3: I want my picks back, says Kevin Costner, and he

651
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:50,120
Speaker 3: got er.

652
00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:53,280
Speaker 2: Oh we were heartbrought? What did he say?

653
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 3: We were gutted that Crosby fail his physical No, you weren't.

654
00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 3: You were happy that you found a way out of

655
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 3: this deal. And come on, this is the biggest joke ever.

656
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,520
Speaker 3: The guys are covering from knee surgery. No, no, good,

657
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 3: get out of here. We don't like it. They see

658
00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 3: they they lost linderboumb Of course they were gonna lose

659
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,920
Speaker 3: linder Bomb anyway. But they're looking around and I don't

660
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,240
Speaker 3: like the way this free agency see thing is going.

661
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 3: And we lost our picks. Let's dump out of this deal.

662
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, Johnny did.

663
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 3: I don't think they went into it. This is my

664
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Speaker 3: I have no evidence, I have no source. I think

665
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,600
Speaker 3: they went into it knowing they could get out of it.

666
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 3: You know what I'm saying.

667
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: Well, I mean with this tamp with the legal tampering period.

668
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 1: I mean, there's there's that opportunity. But here's what I think,

669
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 1: And you know, whatever kind of conspiracy theory you want

670
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: to throw, but I think at some point and the

671
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,960
Speaker 1: Costa talked about they wanted Trey Hendrickson and Max Crosby

672
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:57,280
Speaker 1: and Okay, maybe I can maybe see it, but once

673
00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:01,480
Speaker 1: they realized, once they realized they could least get Trey

674
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: Hendrickson and keep their picks and hide behind the fact that,

675
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 1: oh maybe Max Crosby's knee is a lot worse. Who

676
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 1: who's gonna fight the doctor at this point. I mean,

677
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,840
Speaker 1: the thing is, the Ravens knew. Everybody knew he was

678
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 1: he had issues with the knee. I mean, it was

679
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:20,680
Speaker 1: a big deal that they were asking him to set

680
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 1: up the last couple of games and he was leading.

681
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: He left the facility pissed off. So from that standpoint,

682
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 1: everybody knew he had problems with the knee. Everybody knew

683
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 1: he had a meniscus issue. Everybody knew, but they needed

684
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 1: some sort of cover. I need to cover cover me, Joe, uh,

685
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: And they got it. They got it with Trey Hendrickson, Like, Okay,

686
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 1: we're gonna still be covered and we're gonna get to

687
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 1: pick keep our first round picks. And I think that's

688
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: they pulled the trigger. And look, I I don't want

689
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 1: to say it's dirty pool, but it's kind of dirty pool.

690
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 1: And I don't know if that makes teams not want

691
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,720
Speaker 1: to deal with the Ravens or not. But you know,

692
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 1: people pointing out the Ravens had done this before, but look,

693
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 1: I mean, there's nothing you can do. It's legal tampering.

694
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,480
Speaker 1: The nothing's agreed to it until it's signed. And I

695
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,479
Speaker 1: guess that's where the Ravens got caught in it.

696
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:07,720
Speaker 3: It felt unraven like to deal two ones. Yeah, make

697
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 3: a deal like this. Yes, I have to think Ozzy,

698
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 3: and I know Ozzie's not running it, but Ozzy's around.

699
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 2: I have to think Ozzie didn't like this. It's not

700
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 2: the Azzi way.

701
00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 3: You know, they found value in places where a lot

702
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 3: of teams haven't found value. I do think that they're

703
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 3: I don't want to say they're overrated as an organization.

704
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 3: I do think people give them and maybe the locals don't.

705
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 3: And I don't think the locals do. Actually, the locals

706
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 3: were on Horbor and everything, but people from the outside

707
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 3: looking in at the Ravens assume that it's almost like

708
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 3: they treat them as if they've won three or four

709
00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 3: Super Bowls.

710
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 1: In the last right, yes years, you know exactly.

711
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 3: They won in twenty twelve, and that's it, and they

712
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 3: had the one seed what the twenty twenty three season,

713
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 3: and they've blamed out the AFC Championship. But to credit

714
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 3: them for getting there, they had the one seed in

715
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,200
Speaker 3: twenty nineteen. They lost to the Titans in the divisional round.

716
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 3: I mean, they have had some a lot of success

717
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 3: getting to the post season. And look, I'm you know,

718
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 3: I live in a glasshouse as far as that's concerned.

719
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 3: But the Ravens are treated much better than the Texans

720
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 3: around the national circles. And you know, maybe that's gonna change.

721
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 3: But the Texan's got to get through. We gotta break

722
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:15,759
Speaker 3: through at least the AFC Championship game and beyond, and

723
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 3: we'll be talking about that till the end of time,

724
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:18,319
Speaker 3: till they do it.

725
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:19,439
Speaker 2: And I hope it's this year.

726
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 3: As far as Jones go, Johnny Jones goes as far

727
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 3: as Daniel Jones with the Horseshoe two years and the

728
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,120
Speaker 3: target is He says he wants to be ready opening day.

729
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 3: Of course he wants to be Johnny. He can't be

730
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 3: ready opening day with an achilles camp.

731
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: I don't see it. I don't see it not. I mean,

732
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 1: not that late. He got hurt that late in the year.

733
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean good can he be?

734
00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,439
Speaker 3: And look, one of the things that makes him good

735
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 3: is his ability to move around. I'm not torrying about

736
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 3: rushing yards necessarily, but just escapability, getting outside the pocket,

737
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 3: doing those things. Look, you still have Jonathan Taylor. I

738
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,879
Speaker 3: get it. You have all these things going for you.

739
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 3: And Philip Rivers had a little bit of a success,

740
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 3: but he couldn't win a game. Had a little bit

741
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 3: of success and he's a statue, but Jones doesn't like that.

742
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,880
Speaker 3: Jones can't play the game like Philip Rivers. So I

743
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 3: don't know if that's gonna work out so well in

744
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 3: the early going. And then he's got to play not

745
00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 3: completely recovered if he does get out there. Look, they're

746
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 3: gonna have to wait till he's one hundred percent. They're

747
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,319
Speaker 3: paying a lot of money for that. Who's gonna hold

748
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 3: it down before until he gets out there. Anthony Richardson

749
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 3: is still in the roster. There's no way they're playing him.

750
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 3: Is probably Riley Leonard or somebody else. I don't know

751
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 3: how they're going.

752
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,120
Speaker 1: I got to think it's Riley Leonard. They'll go Riley Leonard.

753
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 1: I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if we end up

754
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 1: playing them in Week one up in Indian Riley Leonard

755
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,840
Speaker 1: is the starter, and everybody's like, well, look what he

756
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 1: did in week eighteen, and then also get me that Texans.

757
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:44,400
Speaker 3: I will take that allooner opening weekend, Leonard, please.

758
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,799
Speaker 1: I will absolutely take that all day, every day.

759
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 3: But you know what, Johnny, the Texans are a good team,

760
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 3: and you have like eight primetime games week one or

761
00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,760
Speaker 3: whatever it's going to be when we get there, although

762
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 3: they don't have the Monday night doubleheader anymore.

763
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 1: That's good with that. I I'm so glad that they

764
00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 1: are done with that. I really am. I mean, I

765
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: don't know. Maybe it's my maybe it's my my ad

766
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,440
Speaker 1: D speaking that. I it's just hard to follow two

767
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 1: games at once and which one's overlapping with which one,

768
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,360
Speaker 1: or I just would like to be focused on on

769
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:18,160
Speaker 1: one game. But I just give me Joe and Troy

770
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,880
Speaker 1: on one game on Monday night and make that Monday

771
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: night special again. And it just kind of took away

772
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,120
Speaker 1: the specialness of being on Monday night when you had

773
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:28,239
Speaker 1: those two games.

774
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 3: Especially when you had like Steve Levy calling one of

775
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 3: the games or whoever else.

776
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 1: Fowler, I mean, I just relate Foulers so much with

777
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,799
Speaker 1: college and you know, and you kind of opened my eyes.

778
00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 1: So when I listened to him, like he.

779
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 2: Just it's on the record, with the record with my

780
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:46,359
Speaker 2: fer take no.

781
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 3: I mean, but I'm just no. I mean, he's They're

782
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 3: all good. A lot of this is just taste right right.

783
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 1: Well, it's not not no, it's just you brought up

784
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:58,000
Speaker 1: to me, just the fact of a college guy calling

785
00:36:58,040 --> 00:36:58,640
Speaker 1: the NFL.

786
00:36:58,680 --> 00:36:59,359
Speaker 2: I don't like that.

787
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 1: I I have kind of an issue with that. If

788
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 1: if you if all you can talk about is what

789
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 1: that guy did in college and you can't project it forward. Hey,

790
00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:12,720
Speaker 1: this is what he's been able to do in the NFL.

791
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 1: This is why this fits. That that bothers me. If

792
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: you can talk about both equally, well, I'm good.

793
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 3: But tell you this, I'd rather hear Herbstreet call an

794
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 3: NFL game than Fouler call an NFL game. One's color

795
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 3: ones play by play. But if I got to hear

796
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:28,719
Speaker 3: one of those guys on an NFL game, I'd rather

797
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:29,800
Speaker 3: have it be Herb Street.

798
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,520
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think Herbstreet finds himself more dialed into what's

799
00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:35,719
Speaker 1: going on NFL wise and foul. I think Fowler is

800
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 1: just like I do these two games a year, and

801
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,440
Speaker 1: I have fun doing it, and I toss things over

802
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 1: to Riddick and Orlovsky in a way we go. But

803
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't. There's just something about I don't

804
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 1: connect with him as as an NFL guy at all,

805
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: and it kind of bothers me. But as a college guy,

806
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,319
Speaker 1: I like listening to he and Herbstreet. I think they

807
00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 1: have a pretty good chemistry. I like listen, but I

808
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 1: just associate them with college. I've gotten a little bit

809
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 1: better with Herbstreet because he's done the Amazon game for

810
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 1: a few years now, and I think that he works

811
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:09,879
Speaker 1: hard to know the league, and I will I'm I'm

812
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,120
Speaker 1: glad with I'm glad for that. I'm glad that he

813
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 1: puts that time in to learn the league. He's not

814
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 1: just throwing it. I mean, obviously his partner. A lot

815
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 1: of people are saying or is kind of just you know,

816
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:21,400
Speaker 1: just walking to the mic and doing whatever that he

817
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,440
Speaker 1: doesn't at this point, Al doesn't have the juice he

818
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 1: used to. But I think Herbstreet does know the league,

819
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:28,239
Speaker 1: but I don't think Fowler. Hey I got a couple

820
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,319
Speaker 1: of money night games, I don't think he spends that

821
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 1: time doing it, and so therefore I have an issue

822
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: more with that than anything else.

823
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:38,360
Speaker 3: Okay, we're gonna get to the latest in free agency.

824
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 2: Names that are still out there that we're.

825
00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 3: Looking at maybe maybe of interest to the Houston Texans

826
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 3: in the short term. And like we pointed out many times,

827
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,879
Speaker 3: this is a long process and we're just in day

828
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 3: three of legal and then legal tampering. Right now, it's

829
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 3: all legal after three o'clock today. With the league year

830
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:58,399
Speaker 3: underway and anything else, we got to catch you up

831
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 3: on the way out. By the way, my vote for

832
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 3: Opening Day would be that nooner against the Colts, but

833
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 3: you never know, they might give the Texans a Monday

834
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:07,080
Speaker 3: night game.

835
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 2: Whatever.

836
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,320
Speaker 3: They're not gonna get Melbourne, Australia. They're not going to

837
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:13,440
Speaker 3: get the game at Seattle because Seattle doesn't that's some

838
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 3: good stuff. No, Brazil, We're not going to get that.

839
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 3: So we'll see where they end up in the schedule

840
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 3: comes out in early May. All right, Texans Radio rolls on.

841
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:24,560
Speaker 2: Now more Texans Radio.

842
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 3: Yes, it is Mark vandermir and John Harris with you

843
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 3: Live Sports Radio six ten studios, the Hyundai Texans Radio

844
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 3: Studio on the road. A little bit of show left,

845
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 3: So Wyatt Teller is still out there, Joel Potonio, Johnny,

846
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:39,839
Speaker 3: a few other guys are still out there. As far

847
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,279
Speaker 3: as the guard position goes on the offensive line, we

848
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 3: don't know how they're gonna address this, and a lot

849
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 3: of debate out there, a lot of debate about Braden Smith,

850
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 3: should he play guard or not. I don't know how

851
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 3: they look at it in the building. We haven't heard

852
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 3: from anybody yet on this. Where do they see him going?

853
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:56,919
Speaker 3: You know, where do they see him fitting? I wonder

854
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,120
Speaker 3: what Nick Cassario is gonna say when we finally hear

855
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:03,359
Speaker 3: from Nick. But right now, from the outside looking in,

856
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 3: you feel like, Okay, probably need some more guard help,

857
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:09,160
Speaker 3: even if Smith is playing guard, maybe center, some kind

858
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:12,760
Speaker 3: of interior offensive lineman. The offensive line is the biggest

859
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Speaker 3: topic of the offseason, and I think it needs to be.

860
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Speaker 3: It should be because of the departure of Titus Howard,

861
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:21,360
Speaker 3: the trade of Titus Howard, and the fact that no,

862
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 3: you need to get better there. There's no question about that.

863
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:26,040
Speaker 3: You couldn't run the ball in the game in which

864
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:27,799
Speaker 3: you needed to run the ball the most to get

865
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Speaker 3: over the hump that you've been coveting getting over getting

866
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Speaker 3: past the divisional round, and you couldn't run the ball

867
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Speaker 3: in that game. The week before I felt really good.

868
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Speaker 3: I felt really good going into the Patriot game. I

869
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Speaker 3: know the Patriots were a better defense than the Steelers

870
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 3: and that was going to be a bigger challenge. But

871
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,360
Speaker 3: after running for one hundred and sixty yards, what's sixty

872
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 3: against the Pittsburgh Steelers, I thought they could put up

873
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:53,280
Speaker 3: one hundred to ten, one hundred and twenty maybe against

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Speaker 3: the Patriots. Hang ont of the ball, ride the defense

875
00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 3: into the finish, make a few plays, make a few

876
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 3: plays on offfense, get that big takeaway when you need it, bang,

877
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Speaker 3: get to the AFC Championship game.

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00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:06,480
Speaker 2: That's how I thought it was going to go.

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00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,239
Speaker 3: But they couldn't run it, and pass protection a bit

880
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 3: of an issue, and obviously accuracy with the quarterback that

881
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 3: was tough. So it all went wrong in that round.

882
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,160
Speaker 3: But they're doing what they can and they've got more

883
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 3: work to do.

884
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're right, they have more work to do. They

885
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 1: have again they've added If you think about you know,

886
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: edding to me at Ingram was kind of surprise signing.

887
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 1: I didn't think Ed was coming back. I thought I

888
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,719
Speaker 1: d price himself out of the Houston market. So you

889
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 1: bring Ed back, you bring Trent back. And I think

890
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: a lot of the two debates are if you felt

891
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:43,359
Speaker 1: like Trent was seventeen game worthy, like Trent is like

892
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 1: locked in one hundred, you know, seventeen games. I think

893
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 1: Braden Smith would absolutely go to Gard and I don't

894
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 1: think anybody would blink twice. But I think there's that

895
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 1: question of can can Trent do it for a full season?

896
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:56,040
Speaker 1: I know he wants to. He talked to us about that.

897
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:58,320
Speaker 1: He wants to be able to do that. That's something

898
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 1: that he's working this offseason to be a to do.

899
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,920
Speaker 1: And Yeah, the debate over Braden Smith, I think is

900
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:09,880
Speaker 1: the fact that Okay, well you could have Blake Fisher,

901
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 1: Trent Brown, and Braden Smith all at one position and

902
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:17,040
Speaker 1: still have this hole over at left guard and so

903
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:19,640
Speaker 1: or you could take a guy that has played tackle

904
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:22,080
Speaker 1: but was a guard in college. It was very comfortable

905
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:23,560
Speaker 1: at guard and one of the best run blockers in

906
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 1: the NFL. And put him at guard as you do

907
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: with Titus Howard and let him go to work at

908
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:33,400
Speaker 1: guard and let Trent and Blake fight for that position

909
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: at right tackle, or bring in a rookie and have

910
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,879
Speaker 1: him in the mix. Whatever. I think the offensive line,

911
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 1: as I said before, I think they're moving the right direction.

912
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:44,840
Speaker 1: Brad Smith's is moving the right direction. Do we know

913
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,880
Speaker 1: exactly what the move is left guard, right tackle, center,

914
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 1: left out back. We don't know. We just we don't know.

915
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Speaker 1: The team has not commented on it. They're not going

916
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:55,839
Speaker 1: to so we're not going to know until OTA's Mini

917
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:57,840
Speaker 1: camp or you know, when we have an opportunity to

918
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:01,439
Speaker 1: talk with Demiko or and or Nick. But either way,

919
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,800
Speaker 1: you just added a really good offensive linement to the mix.

920
00:43:05,280 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 1: Let's figure it out from there. Let's go from there.

921
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,160
Speaker 1: And you know, I don't want to get into this

922
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 1: comparison of well, Titus Howard did this and Braiden Smith

923
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 1: did this. I mean, but Titus did that light right

924
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,240
Speaker 1: tackle to left guard thing, and I feel like Titus

925
00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:21,279
Speaker 1: held up very well at guard, and I feel like

926
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: Braiden Smith would hold up very well at guard considering

927
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 1: all this time that they played in college. I think

928
00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:29,480
Speaker 1: what people have a hard time is, wait, a second

929
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,319
Speaker 1: tackle is a much flashier position in guard. You get up,

930
00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 1: you get paid a whole lot more to play tackle

931
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,880
Speaker 1: than guard. Why would he not have to being successful

932
00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,040
Speaker 1: at tackle? Why would he want to go to guard?

933
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Speaker 1: Because he might be really freaking good at it, and

934
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Speaker 1: he might help the team by playing guard and opening

935
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Speaker 1: up that opportunity at tackle for another really good player

936
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Speaker 1: to go in. Instead of him just taking one spot,

937
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 1: he could open up two.

938
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Speaker 3: We might not know until we see it. And by

939
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 3: the way, we can dig into this more tomorrow. But

940
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:00,160
Speaker 3: the other teams in the division. I know, the Colts

941
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,320
Speaker 3: got Daniel Jones Inc. Today to two years eighty eight million,

942
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 3: But when you look at their free agency, Yeah, they

943
00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:08,399
Speaker 3: re signed Pierce, he was already on the team. They

944
00:44:08,440 --> 00:44:12,640
Speaker 3: traded Pittman, They did get arden Key, Okay, great. The

945
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:15,640
Speaker 3: Colts are not impressive right now, and I don't know

946
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 3: how their fan base is feeling about their work. Jacksonville

947
00:44:18,719 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 3: feels like they're losing guys left and right because they are,

948
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:23,919
Speaker 3: but they still are pretty solid. You look at who

949
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:26,239
Speaker 3: they have coming back on defense. I know they lost

950
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:28,479
Speaker 3: Devin Lloyd, but you look at who they have coming back,

951
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 3: it's still pretty decent. And the Titans look, they have

952
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 3: nowhere to go but up when you look at their

953
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:35,399
Speaker 3: record the last couple of years. So here they go

954
00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:39,160
Speaker 3: signing a bunch of guys in familiarity with Rob Sala

955
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:40,399
Speaker 3: seems to be a theme there.

956
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:42,400
Speaker 2: So we'll dig into that more tomorrow, right.

957
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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, I mean the Titans are the interesting one

958
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:51,600
Speaker 1: to me, very interesting because they've changed so much, so

959
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:55,000
Speaker 1: very much, and I'm very curious if cam Wore takes

960
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,840
Speaker 1: that step, the Titans might start to scare me. I

961
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: don't know if this is the year though, but I

962
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 1: think Rob Shaala is gonna put it together, especially defensively

963
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:05,920
Speaker 1: with the pieces he's added. That front is gonna be

964
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:06,960
Speaker 1: trouble for a while.

965
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Speaker 3: All right, well, tomorrow we'll be back on it. We'll

966
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:12,080
Speaker 3: have a visit from the general why not, and we'll

967
00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:14,759
Speaker 3: hear from Texans players between now and the close of

968
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,279
Speaker 3: business this week. You're gonna hear in the next couple

969
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 3: of days, you're gonna hear from David Montgomery, you're gonna

970
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:22,879
Speaker 3: hear from Trent Brown, You're gonna hear from some other

971
00:45:22,920 --> 00:45:25,120
Speaker 3: guys who are gonna be part of the mix. In

972
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Speaker 3: twenty twenty six, Dalton Schultz will join us as well.

973
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Speaker 3: So we've got some good shows coming up the next

974
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,399
Speaker 3: couple of nights that you are not going to want

975
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 3: to miss. And then next week Johnny More free agency

976
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:39,719
Speaker 3: of course, and back into the draft, right Ye're gonna

977
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:41,760
Speaker 3: talk the more draft. We gotta get back to it, yeah,

978
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:44,040
Speaker 3: because that's coming up before you know it, as the

979
00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:46,640
Speaker 3: offseason is flying by? Didn't we just get done with this?

980
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:49,400
Speaker 3: I'm into it though. Let's go. I wanna suit up.

981
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 3: I want to play this weekend, Let's go. I want

982
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:54,920
Speaker 3: some I want some football action to call on the air.

983
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:58,520
Speaker 3: All right, Area forty five is coming up. Mitchell Milimecky,

984
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Speaker 3: thank you for producing sing tonight. This show is going

985
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Speaker 3: to be available in podcast forms soon enough on the

986
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Speaker 3: Odyssey app and later on on Spotify. Have a great night, everyone,

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Speaker 3: enjoy Area forty five Live taking you through the evening.

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Speaker 2: Next it's Texans Radio.