WEBVTT - GM Nick Caserio, CB Kamari Lassiter join in studio | Texans All Access 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:02.040 What is happening to everybody? 0:00:02.080 --> 0:00:04.480 Welcome to a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access from 0:00:04.519 --> 0:00:08.719 the Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harris, Football 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:13.200 on the sideline reporter for your Houston Texans jam Packed. 0:00:13.440 --> 0:00:17.000 On the show today, we're going men behind the Mics 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:20.439 in their second hour with the guy that Mark vandermir 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:22.480 knows really, really well. Now it's not the play by 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:25.439 play voice of the Dolphins, Jimmy Seffalo, but it's Joe Rose, 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:29.680 the game analyst for the Miami Dolphins, who Mark has 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:31.920 known for a long long time, dating back to Mark's 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:34.239 days with the Miami Hurricane. 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:36.519 So Joe Rose will join us a little later in 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:36.760 the show. 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:39.760 Drew Doherty's gonna join us for in the lab as 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:42.239 we give you the cream of the crop players that 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:46.160 have to have to play well. Now you wonder why 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:49.440 we call them the cream of the crop players, It's 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:53.320 basically because Drew had a SoundBite he really liked from 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:57.560 Macho Man Randy Savage, and so he kind of spun 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:01.560 that sound bite into part of a segment on our 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:02.600 podcast in the lap. 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:05.600 So which players need to step up? 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:07.920 We give you two, So that'd be a little later 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:12.039 in the show as well. Our next segment, we're also 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:15.160 gonna talk to k three. Kamari Lassiter is gonna stop 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:18.000 by the show. He stopped by studio for the first time. 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:23.959 Had a great, great, great conversation with Kamari. Absolutely get 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:25.920 You know what's funny when we go through all this 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:28.000 draft process and the one thing that I'm not able 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:31.959 to do is talk with these guys the teams get 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:35.520 to But every time after we have spoken with a 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.960 rookie or young guy on the team and they leave 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:41.520 the studio when they're done, I look at Mark and go, 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:42.080 I get it. 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:43.600 I understand completely. 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:46.800 And I thought this already about Kamari, but spending you know, 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:49.880 good ten to twelve minutes with him, just talking about football, 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:53.840 talking about life, his mom. I looked at Market said, Taw, 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:58.360 I totally get it. I totally completely understand what Nick 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:00.840 and Dimico saw with with Kamari last yer. 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:01.400 Totally. 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:05.480 So we'll get Kamari in the next segment. But we 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:09.560 kick off every Wednesday show with the Man the Myth. 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:15.720 General manager Nick Caserio love ever love the fact that 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:18.840 we could spend every Wednesday with him, and obviously we 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:20.640 had to ask him about the big news Now. 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:22.160 We talked with Nick on Tuesday. 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:25.520 Nothing has been decided at North Carolina about Bill Belichick, 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:27.799 but there are a lot of rumors flying out there 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:30.920 about what could happen in North Carolina, so obviously we 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:34.760 had to get Nick's thoughts on it, and a lot 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:37.080 of other things as well, including the Miami Dolphins. The 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:40.320 scouting report is here. Buckle up, let's go. It's Nick 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:42.040 with Mark and myself. 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:45.120 In studio with US Executive vice president and general manager 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:47.000 Nick Cassario. Nick, back from the bye. 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:48.799 How was it for you, fellas good to be here 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.560 like we never left. Yeah, it is like we never left. 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:53.679 He probably, that's right. 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.079 You were even coming in here on Sunday because you're 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:57.440 a family Evan energy arena. 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.920 My youngest daughter had a cheerlead competition, so she was 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:01.520 here at seven o'clock Sunday morning. 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:03.840 Oh my gosh, does that part of game day. 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:06.639 She did a great job. She's did an awesome job. 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:07.239 It was a lot of fun. 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:08.919 That's got to be stressful to watch, though. 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:10.200 More for my wife. 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:12.960 I'm just there and I just let him go through it. 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:16.000 She's hooting, hollering, screaming, So it was awesome. 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:16.560 It was really good. 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.080 It's cool to go through that with her, to be 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:20.639 able to be there to have the bye week. 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:21.720 You know, we've talked about all. 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:24.040 The negative things about having a bie weeks so late, 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:26.840 everybody so tired, fatigue, but timing works that you get 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:27.640 a chance to be there for that. 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.000 No, last we had a chance to do that on Sunday, 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:32.280 and then it was the middle of the week. Later 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:34.680 in the day our middle daughter had a soccer game, 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:36.080 so to be able to go over there and watch 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:39.520 her play soccer. So lose sights sometimes like we have 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:42.400 a job to do, but we're also husbands, fathers, dads, 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:43.920 I mean, so I want to make sure we don't 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:45.080 lose sight of what's important. 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:47.760 Is there a time of year where you really unplug. 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:50.840 Is it that break between mini camp and training. 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:54.760 Yes, once you get through call, it may into June. 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:57.480 So really June called middle of June to middle of 0:03:57.560 --> 0:04:03.960 July is literally unwined nothing. The building's empty, everybody's away, 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.200 and that's the opportunity to really just be away from football, 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.600 understanding the rigors of what's going to be in front 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:09.880 of us. 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:12.400 There was some talk last year Nick and I don't 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:13.560 know if you want to speak to this or not, 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:17.279 but that time is pretty important because families are getting 0:04:17.279 --> 0:04:19.080 out of school. Kids are getting out of school, so 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:21.320 you get that chance. Well, there was some talk last 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:24.240 year about kind of moving the off season, kind of 0:04:24.279 --> 0:04:26.760 changing around, and I remember seeing a couple of things 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:28.880 from scouts that were unnamed, like, man, if we lose 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:30.360 that time, holy cow, what are we ever going to 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:31.160 be with our families? 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:34.080 The one thing we all learned being the NFL, you'll 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:37.560 adjust and adapt to whatever the situation. The circumstances are. 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.400 There will likely be some level of discussion in the 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:43.320 offseason about how to best structure it. So whatever the 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:47.240 rules are, we'll be prepared for either way, and we 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:49.880 adapt and adjust. In this league, that's probably a hallmark 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:51.800 of a lot of people that are doing this all right. 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.160 So not to ask for a state of the Union here, Nick, 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:56.680 but we're going into a really tough three games stretch, 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.440 nothing more important than Sunday against the Miami Dolphins and 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:02.080 coming off the by what are your observations and thoughts 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:04.000 as you embark on the final four games of the 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:04.760 regular season. 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:06.880 Yeah, it's a good opportunity last week for the team 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:10.559 to just really get away. Honestly, for our situation less 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:12.640 was more so we didn't practice. We came in out 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:15.359 on Monday, met went through some things, and it was 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:17.120 really best for everybody to just kind of take a 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:19.800 step away, kind of take inventory. Coach, that an opportunity 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:21.160 to go through some of the film, you do a 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:22.719 little bit of the self scout. What are some of 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:25.040 the things that we talked about this even going into 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:27.080 last week. What are some of the things that we've 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:29.320 done well, What can we improve upon, What are some 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:31.919 things that we might be might be able to implement 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:34.760 on the margins. So teams in a good spot came 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:37.520 in the other day trying to treat normal Tuesday as 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:39.880 a normal off day and then get back ready to 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.599 go Wednesday, Thursday, Friday a normal week, if you will. 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:44.800 And then once we get through the Miami game, then 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:46.560 the timing will be a little bit different. So all 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:48.240 we can do is control what's in front of us, 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:51.080 which is Miami understanding. On the back end of that, 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:53.880 we'll have to make some modifications and adjustments for the 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:54.840 next few games. 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:57.480 So Christian Harris Kenyon Green, you know, that was a 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.440 little bit of a talking point about coming back to 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:02.719 practice Kenyan, we obviously have seen play this year. Christian, 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:04.839 we've not seen play this year. Last game we played 0:06:04.880 --> 0:06:07.239 was that game against the Ravens. It's a long time 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.440 for your body to not be callous to the physicality 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.400 of the NFL. Nick, what are your thoughts about just 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:15.800 each one of them and what they might possibly be 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:17.960 able to bring and what they bring back to practice. 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:20.000 Anytime you're away from football, there's always going to be 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:22.640 an adjustment period. So to your point, Kenyan has had 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:25.520 an opportunity really went through training camp, he played eight 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:28.800 to nine games, whatever it was, missed a period of time. 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:31.840 We'll see where he is physically. Christian's just missed a 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:35.200 lot of football. They're no one's fault, of anybody's fault. 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:37.760 It's just a reality of where we are. So what 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:39.919 we try to do when we prepare the athlete is 0:06:40.000 --> 0:06:43.119 monitor as best we can their loads, what they're going through. 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:46.760 Are they physically ready for what a normal practice would 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:49.960 look like. The game is a separate stimulus, So if 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:52.040 in fact he is ready to play and does end 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:55.279 up playing a game, that'll be another step. So nobody's 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:57.040 going to get everything back all at once, So you 0:06:57.120 --> 0:06:59.560 have to take proper steps along the way. Christian has 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:01.560 had a good ass attitude despite what he's had to 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:03.880 go through. We'll go through the week of practice, we'll 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:05.640 evaluate it, and then we'll try to make the decision 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:07.640 that makes the most sense for the team comes Sunday. 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:11.320 You talked about this before about monitoring players. 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:14.440 Is that more week to week or is that more cumulative. 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:17.840 It's twofold, Johnny, So we look at it during the 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:19.280 course of the week. You're just trying to get e 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:22.160 gauged of what a player's normal workload is. You kind 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:24.280 of set a baseline and then you're able to evaluate 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:26.200 that on a weekly basis. Is he doing more? Is 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.480 he doing less? We have to do a little bit extra. 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:30.840 Is you reaching a certain level of speed during the 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:34.360 course of practice, Because whatever you do in practice, you 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:36.160 want to make sure you're prepared if you're to put 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:38.119 your body through that in the course of a game. 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:42.120 So practice becomes reality. So you're not going to do 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:44.480 something in a game that you haven't done in practice. 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.720 So you just want to be as prepared as you 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.520 can physically. But we do to your question, we monitor 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:51.920 all that and it's really just to kind of get 0:07:51.960 --> 0:07:55.080 a baseline understanding of where the player is, so we 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.760 understand if we're taxing them more, taxing them less, or 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:00.560 just we need to increase his workloads some degree. 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:03.120 All right, going over some things in no particular order here, 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:05.400 we're talking about the tight end group and Kate Stover. 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:08.520 Kate has done a really good job for you, full back, 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:12.000 tight end, whatever he's doing out there. And Schultz obviously 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:15.080 Irv Smith played against the Jaguars. Andrew Beck is back 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:18.000 in the organization. What about that whole group, Nick, Yeah, we've. 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:19.840 Had to make some adjustments as we have gone through 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:22.480 the season. So started the year with Brevin Brevin like 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:25.240 he's going to have significant impact on the offense. Unfortunately 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:27.440 got hurt. So then we had a pivot in diven direction. 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:29.720 We brought Teagan back. So Teagan was here in training camp, 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:31.760 missed some time with the injury, was able to give 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:33.640 us a handful of games whatever it was. 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:35.760 Irv has kind of been here for a period of time. 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:39.880 Ors an experienced player who's his career has kind of evolved. 0:08:39.920 --> 0:08:41.800 He's kind of been at a couple different places. He's 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:43.960 kind of changed kind of the type of player that 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:46.600 he is now relative to what he was coming out. 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:50.560 But he is a very professional kid, works really hard, 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:52.520 he's got a good attitude, went in the game and 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:55.000 Matt was actually able to execute some of his assignments. 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.960 So and Andrew has experience in our program in a 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:00.880 variety of different levels. So at some point, whoever is 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:02.760 in the building, there's a good chance we're probably going 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.600 to need him, like we've talked about. So Detroy Harrison's 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:07.320 given us some plays as well. In the kicking game. 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:09.600 We activated him for whatever week that was, and then 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:11.240 he went and played made an impact play in a 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:13.920 kicking game. So our depth is if it's not on 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:15.760 the roster, it's off the roster, and at some point 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:17.520 we're likely going to have to use everybody, and those 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:19.600 are two I'd say. HER's a really good example, especially 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:21.559 late in a week, getting called up and he went 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:23.920 on there and played competitively against the Jaguars. 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:24.199 Yeah. 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:25.559 I was thinking about it today because I just saw 0:09:25.640 --> 0:09:27.319 Kaid a little while ago, was chatting with him for 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.520 a second and I looked on the wall and I 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:32.319 see on the wall we have offense defense special needs 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:35.160 players of each win and you look up there and 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:37.640 you're like, wait, kid's up there. Well, that's especially teve 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:39.280 tackle he made against the Colts. He's done some things 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:41.480 on special teams. He had to tackle the other day against Jacksonville. 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.000 How important has that been to adding to the mix, 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:46.320 whether you guys thought he could do it or not. 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:49.120 When you're drafted, well, you increase your overall value to 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.960 the team if you can handle multitude of roles. So 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:55.600 in Kid's particular case, started his career on a defensive 0:09:55.600 --> 0:09:57.360 side of all, transition to a tight end, so he 0:09:57.360 --> 0:09:59.600 has a little bit of a defensive mentality. But he's 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:02.160 got good playing strength, he's got good athleticism, and he 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.720 runs well. He's tough, he's physical, he's shown the ability 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:09.400 to make tackles in space, so in a backup capacity, 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:11.559 sort of hybrid role, and then also have value in 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:13.600 the kicking game. I would say Brevan is a good 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:17.439 example of a player who really improved significantly in a 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.040 kicking game. We were counting on him as much as 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:22.199 we were offensively for a role in the kicking game 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:25.120 as well. So anytime you can do anything to increase 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:27.480 your overall value to the team, then it's certainly going 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:28.240 to make a difference. 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:30.839 How about the offensive line coming off that performance against 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:32.840 the Jaguars, what you did in the second half and 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:35.320 moving forward out of the buy playing the Dolphins. 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:37.840 Yeah, that group has done a pretty good job really 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:40.160 since the Jets game. We've kind of shored up some 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.840 things protection wise, and we've been able to run the ball. 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.360 So you'll kind of see where we are at and 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:47.640 Kenyan back in the mix. You know, players like Zach 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:49.959 Thomas have gotten some different reps at different points. We've 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:51.520 had a number of players that have kind of been 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:55.520 in and out, so similar to the tight end position, 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:57.720 a good chance we probably need everybody there in the 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:00.360 offensive line, but I mean the mainstay is kind of 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:02.760 been to two tackles in shack and any inside players 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:04.760 we've kind of had to rotate to some degree from 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:05.720 center to left guard. 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:07.680 So kind of see where we are here moving forward. 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:08.840 Defensive line. 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.800 Last week, no sacks, but maybe it wasn't a game 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:13.520 that was kind of conduced to that. Max seem like 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.800 he was getting the ball out obviously, you know, after 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.160 Trevor went out, you what's your thought about kind of 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:20.880 how all that's now, you know, coming together, you know, 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:23.320 with Mario coming back off the suspension, with de Nico, 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:26.000 back guys that were banged up. Will was banged up 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:27.679 and now he's back. How do you that kind of 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:29.319 the mix of what you've got on the front. 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:32.160 Yeah, that's probably been as as consistent and productive a 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:34.920 group as we've had on a football team. They've all played, 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:38.120 they've all impacted the game and their varying roles to 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.120 some degree. So the fact that we kind of have 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:41.880 all of them was kind of see where Fully is 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:44.280 at some point, would expect to see him back on 0:11:44.320 --> 0:11:46.440 the field. So he certainly brings a presence on the 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:49.840 inside part of the defense from a run perspective. So 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.880 that group overall has been fairly productive and it's good 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:53.720 to have them all available. 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:56.559 What do you want to see from the offense overall? 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.680 Here, Nick, as we get into the final four games 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:01.920 of the regular season, more consistency, I would imagine. 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:02.839 But what are you looking for? 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:04.240 Yeah, I mean, I think you allude to it. 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:05.920 Mark, that's a big thing as an overall team is 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:08.840 just playing consistent football, trying to play good, clean football 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:10.839 from start to finish. So we've done it in spurts, 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:12.800 We've done it at different quarters, done it in parts. 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:13.120 Of the half. 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:15.840 The areas that are going to have an impact on 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:18.560 winning moving forward. Are going to be the turnover margin, 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:21.760 how that goes production on third down, and then how 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.319 you perform in a red area. So when you look 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:28.280 across the league, typically the teams that perform the best 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.760 in those areas start the ones that are going to 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:33.520 put themselves in a pretty good position. Would say, from 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:36.480 our perspective, those are probably three tangible areas. If we 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:39.120 can just make some incremental improvements, it's going to help 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.400 the overall football team. And then just maintain a certain 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:43.720 level of performance in the kicking game. So that's a 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:45.440 big thing. And each week is going to present its 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:47.720 own challenges. So the challenge in front of us here 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:49.920 is Miami and what they provide, well, we'll talk about 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.000 them here in a minute, but overall as a team 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:54.880 is just playing good, consistent football from start to finish, 0:12:54.920 --> 0:12:56.080 and then we'll see where we are at the end 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:56.440 of the game. 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:58.000 I mean, you know exactly where we're going. 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:00.360 We're done with the state of the Union stuff about 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.240 the Dolphins, the team that's won a few in a row. 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:06.000 To his back, Tyreek Jalen names that we know. 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:08.840 But defensively, they did some some decent things last week 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:09.640 against the Jets. 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.120 He's got a reported in Miami Dolphins. Yeah, really good 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:13.880 football team. This is this is a playoff team. 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:16.200 So last year they went eleven and six, made the playoffs, 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:18.360 and a lot of players that were on that team, 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:21.640 you know, were on the current team here. Tua makes 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.560 a significant difference when he's available. He's he's played as 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:26.680 well as any quarterback in the league since he's returned 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:28.520 from the injury. I think he leads a league in 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:32.040 completion percentage. He's very accurate with the football. His ball 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:35.640 placement is exceptional, and there's a timing element to their 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:38.080 passing game, and he does a really good job takes 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:40.280 care of football. I think he's only he's got seventeen 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.920 and four something like that. He's completing seventy plus percent 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.880 of his passes, which that's a good place to start. 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:49.520 So offensively, they just present a lot of problems because 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:51.600 of their speed. You know, when you look at they 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:54.640 really have four players that have fifty plus catches in 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:57.960 including eight chain so between a Chane, John U, Tyreek 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:00.840 and Waddle, all four of them, when they get the 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.160 ball in their hands, they can literally score touchdowns. So 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:05.640 the speed and the stress that they put on the 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:09.560 defense presents significant challenges. So they've got good skill John 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:12.360 who's really come on here over the last however many weeks, 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:14.480 John who's always been a good catch and run player, 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:15.920 A couple of players there. At the end of the 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.120 Jets game, we're illustrated that I took the two screens 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.120 and he ate up twenty five to thirty yards before 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:22.440 he got touched. So they certainly put a lot of 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:26.000 stress on the defense from the skill positions, and you know, 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:28.280 a chain makes a difference both in the passing game 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:30.040 in a running game. And then Moster's done a good job. 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:32.880 They got some snaps out of right and the offensive line, 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.880 mostly on the perimeter. They've had some injuries they've had 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.200 to deal with Los Jackson, Tron didn't play last week, 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:41.479 Armstead and or He came out to probably be available. 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:44.320 But the inside they've been kind of the same core 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:47.120 three groups. So it's a really good offense that can 0:14:47.160 --> 0:14:50.680 score points in a hurry. And then defensively, you know, 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.880 coach Weaver comes over from Baltimore, so he implemented some 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:56.680 different things. Starts with the front. They've got a lot 0:14:56.680 --> 0:14:59.800 of really good individual players, probably a couple guys are 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:02.360 one particular play doesn't give her a lot of notoriety, 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:04.960 which he should at siler as good as any defensive 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:07.680 lineman in a league period. And here's a good example. 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:10.240 Played Division two football Fair of State, late round seven 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:12.880 round pick whatever. He was started screing in Baltimore and 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.560 he's made himself into a really really good football player. 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:18.360 So between him and Jones inside, and then that's say 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:20.720 Chop has got kind of similar to Smith on often, 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:24.040 but Chop Robinson has really come on, can stress the 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:26.520 offense with his with his rush ability, looks like they're 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:28.720 gonna get chubbed back. So they got a good front 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.320 with Jordan Brooks leaves in the tackles, who's fast, like 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:36.000 a really fast linebacker over one hundred tackles, excuse me. 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:39.680 Then Ramsey is basically a matchup piece, matchup tool. He 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:41.920 can line up anywhere, plays in a perimeter, plays inside 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.800 the formation. But looks like they've kind of settled on 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:48.440 him on a perimeter with Cahou inside and Fuller. And 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:50.720 then Hollin's a really good young player. And they brought 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:54.200 Poyer over from Buffalo, who's there's a second leading tackler. 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:56.320 So this is I mean, this is a really good 0:15:56.360 --> 0:15:59.240 football team. Like we talked about eleven and six last year, 0:15:59.680 --> 0:16:02.240 there are maybe not quite where they thought they were 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:04.320 going to be, but they've played really good football here 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:06.840 as of late. So I mean we're preparing to play, 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:08.880 you know, one of the better teams on our schedule, 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:09.640 which is what they are. 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.120 Well, when you look at a guy like Kalais Campbell, 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.800 who it seems like he should have retired ten years ago, Nick, 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.360 but he's still playing and he's still playing well for them. 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.560 When you analyze players like that, what is it? Is 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:22.160 it the way they take care of their body is 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:25.440 a genetics? I mean, what do you determine is the factor. 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:28.120 A going And he's as consistent and professional as a 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:30.880 player as there is, and he's available, so he always 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.800 starts with availability. So he's obviously done enough things to 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:36.320 make sure that he's there for his teammates every Sunday, 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:38.440 and he's done that over the course of his career. 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:41.760 And just his length is six to seven three hundred pounds. 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.280 Their Harvardman thirty five thirty six inch arms presents a 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:49.320 lot of problems, but in a true professional like leadership, 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:51.680 even even though he's only been there probably for a year. 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:55.040