1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:01,400 Speaker 1: What's happened? Everybody? 2 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 2: Welcome into Wednesday edition of Texans All Access from the 3 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 2: Texans Radio Studio, Divisional Playoff Round Radio. Gotta love it 4 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 2: as the Texans get ready for the New England Patriots 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 2: on Sunday. Kick is at two Central Time here in Houston, 6 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 2: three o'clock Eastern Time, where we will be taking on 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 2: the Patriots at Gillette Stadium, where the Texans are zero 8 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 2: to two unfortunately in playoff Divisional Round games against the 9 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: New England Patriots. But third crack, Hopefully the third time 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 2: is a charm against the New England Patriots. I'm your 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 2: host for the evenings proceedings, John Harris, Football and all 12 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 2: the sideline reporter for your Houston Texans, and we got 13 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 2: plenty for you. We got Nick Chubb gonna join us 14 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 2: a little later in the show. That's gonna be fun. 15 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 2: Bob so Seed Men behind the MIC's as the voice 16 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 2: of the Patriots with Mark vandermir which is always fund 17 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: of miss talking to Bob. We haven't talked to him 18 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,639 Speaker 2: for a little while, so that's gonna be a good 19 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 2: conversation a little later in the show. Obviously, Mark will 20 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 2: stop by in a little bit and we'll talk about 21 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 2: this one in depth. We gotta go through the injury report. 22 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 2: But it's Wednesday. It's the opening segment of Wednesday's show. 23 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 2: It's like clockwork. Executi Vice President and general manager Nick 24 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,280 Speaker 2: Cassario jump jumped in studio to join us right here, joining. 25 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 3: Us down at studio, it's executive vice president and general 26 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:21,959 Speaker 3: manager Nick Asario. Nick, congratulations on moving on to the 27 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 3: divisional round and we'll talk about the New England Patriots. 28 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 3: Let's talk about round one, the victory over the Steelers. 29 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 4: How did you see it? 30 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 5: Yeah, fella's great to be here. Overall, played well as 31 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 5: a team, did a number of good things. I mean 32 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 5: really offensively and defensively. Anytime you score twice on defense, 33 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 5: it usually correlates to winning offensively. Ran the ball well, 34 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,600 Speaker 5: played well on third down. Biggest issue with the turnovers. 35 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 5: So we just got to do a better job of 36 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 5: taking care of the football. It didn't hurt us necessarily 37 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 5: in this game, but as we move forward, like take 38 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 5: care of the football is going to be the premium. 39 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 5: Johnny and I talked about it before the game. I 40 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 5: think we were fortunate to kind of make it up 41 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 5: on the other end, defensively played well in the fourth quarter. 42 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 5: It's one of the things that this team has done, really, 43 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 5: has been able to play well in the second half 44 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 5: and then really in the fourth quarter. I think our 45 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 5: point differential is amongst the better in the league. So 46 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,640 Speaker 5: to be able to finish games like that, I mean, 47 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 5: Demiko talks to the team about that. You know, however 48 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 5: you start, it's one thing, but in the end, it's 49 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 5: about how we finish. And we finished as well as 50 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 5: we probably could have. 51 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:21,880 Speaker 6: Nick, I know this is something that you and Demko 52 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 6: have talked about a lot, going into a football game 53 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 6: and physically standing up and you know, not only holding 54 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,679 Speaker 6: your own but taking over the game physically. It felt 55 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 6: like last night that was the case from probably mid 56 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 6: to late first quarter on that you guys physically dominated 57 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 6: the game. 58 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: Is that the way you saw it when you watch it. 59 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, When you can run the ball effectively and then 60 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 5: stop the run, I mean, if you want to be 61 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 5: a physical football team, those are typically two components that 62 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 5: you have to have. And then combine that with a 63 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 5: kicking game and think we covered kicks well, we haven't 64 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 5: been able to return create you know, explosive yards in 65 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 5: a return game. But that's kind of been a hallmark 66 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 5: of our team is to play physically. We played with 67 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 5: the right mind sent mindset. We play with violins on defense, 68 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 5: and that continues to show up the week to week. 69 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 5: The players take a lot of pride in how they 70 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 5: play and how they fly around, and we're gonna need 71 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 5: that same mindset and effort here. You know, this Sunday 72 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 5: and going up to New England. 73 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:13,959 Speaker 3: I know you talked about the turnovers, but at the 74 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 3: end of the night, I'm looking at over four hundred 75 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,640 Speaker 3: yards of total offense, and you ran the ball extremely 76 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 3: well and the place through the air were on target 77 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 3: and clutch. 78 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 4: For sure. 79 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, we ran the ball. We hit some explosive chunk 80 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 5: plays which that certainly aided us, and then our execution 81 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 5: on third down you go ten to fifteen. I believe 82 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 5: it was on third down that keeps drives moving. So 83 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 5: if we can just stay out of our own way, 84 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 5: like we're probably gonna put more points on the scoreboard. 85 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 5: But when you have four hundred yards of total offense, 86 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 5: I mean, great job by coach Kayley and the coaching 87 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 5: staff and the players went out there and executed. I 88 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 5: think we almost averaged five yards to carry both Woody 89 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 5: and Chubb had a number of good runs and then 90 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 5: CJ made some good plays. He made some really good throws. 91 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 5: I mean, even going back to the first quarter, the 92 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 5: first third down conversion was a chunk play to Christian 93 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 5: that was kind of a harbinger of things to come. 94 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 5: M Kirk had honestly one of the best nights of 95 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 5: his career. 96 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 6: I want to ask you about Christian Kirk because I 97 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 6: think Christian would probably tell you. I think everybody watched 98 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 6: and thought, well, you know, we thought there would be 99 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 6: more for Christian this year didn't turn out that way. 100 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 6: But yet in the biggest moments of last night's game, 101 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 6: he came up as big as any. 102 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: Texas wide receiver ever has. 103 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 2: I think it was the greatest performance for a Texas 104 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 2: pass catcher in the playoffs. What do you think that 105 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,360 Speaker 2: says about Christian last night? He has that game at 106 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 2: that moment. 107 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, it says a lot about him. I mean, he's 108 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,919 Speaker 5: a total pro. Has had a great attitude from the 109 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 5: beginning of the season until where we are now, and 110 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 5: it's kind of had some ups and downs, missed a 111 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:39,000 Speaker 5: few games, had some injuries that bit him a little bit, 112 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,159 Speaker 5: but he never lost focus, he never wavered. Our confidence 113 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 5: and belief in him never wavered. And he was as 114 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 5: clutch as clutch can be last night. And he's been 115 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:50,239 Speaker 5: a good player in this league for a number of years. 116 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 5: He took advantage of his opportunities. I made a number 117 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 5: of plays. A number of those catches were on third down, 118 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 5: which those were allowed us to continue to drive. So 119 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 5: I can't say enough about Chris and his attitude, how 120 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 5: he goes about his business. 121 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 3: What worked well with the offensive line, as far as 122 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 3: the running game went, and the times where you did 123 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 3: get the pass protection you were looking forward to make 124 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:10,359 Speaker 3: some of those big throats. 125 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 5: Yes, we were able to kind of keep a hat 126 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 5: on a hat and get the defenders covered up. We 127 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 5: had a few times where they kind of back doored 128 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 5: us a little bit. There was some line movement, but 129 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 5: we kept the pile we were going forward. I don't 130 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 5: think we had or if we did, it was very 131 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,359 Speaker 5: few negative runs. So we were able to get the 132 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 5: backs started into the line of scrimmage because we were 133 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 5: able to get the blockers distributed appropriately in the backs 134 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 5: did a good job of finding the creases and really 135 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 5: hitting it and then getting it vertically into the defense. 136 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 5: So we whether it's the offensive line, the tight ends 137 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 5: were a big part of that, say Dalton. Probably Shultz 138 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 5: had one of his better blocking performances probably since he's 139 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 5: been here. So he finished the number of blocks, was 140 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 5: able to get the backs into the second level. So 141 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 5: it's a collective effort. It's the five offensive linemen, it's 142 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 5: the tight ends as the backs doing the right things. 143 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 5: And you know we were able to see a good result. 144 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,040 Speaker 4: And you had a Stover shov in there as well. 145 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 5: Yeah we did. 146 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 4: Is that an except anybody actually shove him? 147 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: I think he just got on he shoves it. 148 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 4: So it's fine. 149 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 7: Nick. 150 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 5: He came in mine and kind of gave him a 151 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:05,280 Speaker 5: little nutge if you will. 152 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:07,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, a little little pat of backs. 153 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 4: It's his play, So you know, I like it. 154 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: I like it. I like the Stover shove. I think 155 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:11,599 Speaker 1: it's I think it's fantastic. 156 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 4: Nick. 157 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 3: The field goal, this was no small thing at the time, 158 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 3: and that drive third and long, make the big throw 159 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 3: and you get in range and fifty one yards in 160 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 3: that building. We saw some shaky kicks in the AFC 161 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 3: North Unofficial Championship the game before and Fairbairn making that 162 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 3: just felt like a big relief at the time to 163 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 3: go up ten to six. 164 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, Kime, he's done that all year. I mean, I 165 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 5: don't know how many fifty yard kicks he's made this season, 166 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,600 Speaker 5: but it's a lot, and that was a huge kick 167 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:39,359 Speaker 5: that environment, just giving the stakes, you know, come to 168 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,520 Speaker 5: find out that last extra point kind of speaks to 169 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 5: some of the things you have to deal with there. 170 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 5: The footing wasn't clean, kind of hit behind the ball 171 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 5: and it looked like one of my wet shots. But 172 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 5: the fifty one yard kick was a really good kick 173 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:54,919 Speaker 5: at a kind of a critical juncture in a game. 174 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: Nick. 175 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 6: I remember walking out after halftime and as I did, 176 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 6: the drone show was badass. 177 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: By the way, I don't know if I saw I 178 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 1: cut the end of it. 179 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 4: It was really cool, terrible talent. 180 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: But when that was over, I looked up. 181 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 6: They were running the stats on the scoreboard and they 182 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 6: said we were It said seven of nine on third 183 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 6: down in the first half I think was our number, 184 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 6: and then they showed theirs and it was like one 185 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 6: of six or one of seven. I thought, man, we 186 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 6: have absolutely controlled third down, which I felt like going 187 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 6: into the game was gonna end up being a big 188 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 6: factor in the game where you thought points were going 189 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 6: to be at a premium, but he really had to 190 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 6: you get on third down? What do you think was 191 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 6: the biggest key on third down? Christian made a number 192 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 6: of big plays in third down, But what was the 193 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 6: biggest key on both sides to be that dominant on 194 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 6: defensive side but also be that effective on the offensive side. 195 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 5: Yeah, we kept them for the most part into manageable situations. 196 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 5: We had a couple of third and longs. I mean 197 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 5: the last completetion there of Christian was third and fifteen, 198 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 5: But we were kind of in that third sort of 199 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 5: medium range, and then defensively we were able to kind 200 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 5: of get them off schedule, force them into some longer 201 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 5: yarded situations, and then be able to get off the field. 202 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 5: You know, even third six, third and seven. They had 203 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 5: a couple of fourth down attempts in there as well. 204 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 5: You know, third downs usually a combination of rush and 205 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 5: coverage and being in the right spots and defensive were 206 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 5: able to do that. But I would say these games, 207 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 5: as we moved forward third down red area turnovers, the 208 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 5: teams that have the advantage are probably the teams that 209 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 5: are going to come out with the victory. 210 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 3: A week ago we sat here and we talked about 211 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 3: this game. Aaron Rodgers quick passes, get the ball out fast, 212 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 3: avoid the rush if at all possible for him, and 213 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,000 Speaker 3: he did throw the ball quickly. He got rid of 214 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 3: it quickly numerous times. But even when he connected, the 215 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 3: tackling was solid. You were looking for that, the whole 216 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 3: team was looking for that, and you got it. 217 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 5: Yeah, that was one of the keys to Miko talked 218 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,680 Speaker 5: to the team the defense about tackling was going to 219 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 5: be to premium because they had a number of players 220 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 5: that are that. We're really good with the ball, you know, 221 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 5: Warren gain Well, DK Metcalf. I mean, it's different, but 222 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 5: it's going to be similar this week with New England. 223 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 5: Tackling will be of the utmost important. So when they 224 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 5: throw it and their space, we got to rally the ball, 225 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:54,719 Speaker 5: we got to get hats to the ball, we got 226 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 5: to get a body on body and we got to tackle. 227 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 5: And for the most part, I think early in the 228 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 5: game we had a couple where we didn't have the 229 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 5: right fit and we kind of overran it. But then 230 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 5: as a game more on, I mean they were Hunting, 231 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 5: they were closing on the ball and tackling made a 232 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 5: big made a big difference in the game. 233 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 6: Nick, Really nothing to do with the touchdown that you had. 234 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,600 Speaker 6: But what's been the impact of having Sheldon Rankins back 235 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 6: this year? 236 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:18,440 Speaker 1: Yeah? 237 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,560 Speaker 5: A number one, he's been healthy and even going back 238 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 5: to last year in Cincinnati, he just wasn't healthy. But 239 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 5: I mean he's smart, he's instinctive. I mean, this guy 240 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 5: was a first round draft pick for a reason coming 241 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 5: out of Louisville, and he's just so professional. He goes 242 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 5: about his business and he's got a great rapport. I 243 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 5: would say he's kind of him and d Hunt or 244 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 5: probably kind of like the sort of the veteran presence 245 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,720 Speaker 5: in that room. I mean Autrey they've had a number 246 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 5: of years, but he's had a great attitude. He's been 247 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 5: as consistent as any player since we've resigned him in 248 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 5: the off season. He's got a good, great relationship with Will. 249 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 5: I think Will has talked about that that whole room, 250 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 5: they have a great relationship one one another. It starts 251 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 5: with Rod and Frank and kind of the mindset that 252 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 5: they cultivate there. But rank has probably had one of 253 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 5: the he's had a better year than he did in 254 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 5: twenty three when he was with us the first time. 255 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 5: So credit to him for the work that he's put in. 256 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 3: Nick with CJ, you mentioned the turnovers, but some of 257 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 3: those throws were terrific as well. You had the touchdown pass. 258 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 3: We talked about the third down conversions and everything, and 259 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 3: that's a big part of it, right, So you talked 260 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,280 Speaker 3: about cleaning some things up, but the high level throws 261 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,199 Speaker 3: were there from him. 262 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 8: Yeah. 263 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 5: No, I mean he's a talented player and he's shown that, 264 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:26,199 Speaker 5: you know, in a number of games. I think if 265 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 5: we continue to sort of focus on just cleaning up 266 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 5: some of the things that we can do better. Anytime 267 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 5: that you win, and there's things that you can clean up, 268 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 5: that's a good problem to have. And if we can 269 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 5: get some of those things short up, they may or 270 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 5: may not have some application here next week. But I 271 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 5: mean going to the game we talked about, you know, 272 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 5: it's basic fundamentals and execution that matters this time of year. 273 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 5: So throwing and catching and doing the right things with 274 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 5: our techniques, whatever they are relative to the position. I mean, 275 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 5: that's in the end what's going to win you football games. 276 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,840 Speaker 6: Okay, this is about the time in every interview where 277 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 6: we would say, Okay, great win, but we got to 278 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 6: move on. We got a short week. It's New England 279 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 6: and Foxboro all that kind of stuff. I would ask 280 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 6: you for the scouting report, but I know we just 281 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 6: got back, so to the extend. 282 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: That was the case. I got it. I figured that 283 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: was the case. 284 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 2: It's a place you know well, but it's a team 285 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 2: that's changed over the years. And obviously they've got a 286 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 2: new head coach and if it's a coordinator, you know, 287 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:23,439 Speaker 2: tell us about the New England Patriots. 288 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 8: Yeah. 289 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 5: Look, it's a hard place to play in January, so 290 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 5: they make it tough on the opponent. But they've done 291 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 5: a great job. I mean, it still be the best 292 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:36,080 Speaker 5: team that we've played so far this season. Everything starts 293 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 5: with mister Craft and Jonathan an ownership, and then Mike 294 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,559 Speaker 5: has come in. Mike's been one of the best coaches 295 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 5: in this league and he's kind of put his stamp 296 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 5: and imprint on the team. And they've had a deal 297 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 5: with some things with t will and the defensive coordinator 298 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 5: being out. But I mean Mike, he has a certain mindset. 299 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,199 Speaker 5: He's probably as physically mentally tough as a player or 300 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 5: was when he played, and you see that imprint on 301 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:01,240 Speaker 5: their team. Offensive, I mean, Josh has come in and 302 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,599 Speaker 5: done a phenomenal job. I mean, Josh is one of 303 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 5: the best coordinators in the league. And then Zach Kurr 304 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 5: has done a pretty good job working with Mike on 305 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 5: the defensive side of the ball. It's kind of interesting 306 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 5: to look at his background. He was an offensive coach, 307 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 5: so we've talked about different coaches and kind of working 308 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:16,439 Speaker 5: on the other side of the ball, and he's transitioned 309 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 5: to the defensive side of the ball. And then coach 310 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 5: Springer in a kicking game. It's his second year, but 311 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 5: I mean their special teams are as good as any 312 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 5: in the league. So and offensively, I mean everything kind 313 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 5: of starts with Drake. I mean, Drake's playing at an 314 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,199 Speaker 5: MVP level. He's probably going to be in the conversation. 315 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 5: The biggest thing with him is his accuracy, not only 316 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 5: short and medium, but down the field. He's as accurate 317 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 5: and the deep throws as any quarterback, as athletic, different, 318 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 5: but kind of like josh Aden a little bit, can 319 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 5: keep plays live with his legs. He was a leading 320 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 5: rusher the other night. I think against the Chargers, so 321 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 5: I mean pass rush will be important, but he's much 322 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 5: a factor of his legs as he is, you know, 323 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 5: throwing a football. Two really really good backs. I mean, 324 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 5: Henderson is explosive, as fast as hell. If their space 325 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,679 Speaker 5: he's gone, so we have to get multiple hats of 326 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,000 Speaker 5: the ball. And then Stevenson has kind of been in 327 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 5: and out, had some injuries, but he's as versatile running 328 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 5: back as there is in the league. He's really a 329 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 5: true three down back as he can carry the ball, 330 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,640 Speaker 5: he can pass protect, and he's good in the passing 331 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,280 Speaker 5: game as well. So two really good backs, two really 332 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:15,960 Speaker 5: good tight ends. I mean Hunter Henry has been as 333 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 5: consistent a player at that position, very instinctive, smart, good hands. 334 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 5: Hooper is a good compliment. So he got a good group, 335 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 5: you know, tight ends, running backs, and the receiver, I 336 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 5: mean Steph is they're leading receiver this year, so got 337 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 5: really good contributions from him. Booty gives him a lot 338 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,280 Speaker 5: of plays, not a few, but a lot of plays 339 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:35,959 Speaker 5: down the field, a vertical threat, and then they kind 340 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,400 Speaker 5: of mix in Pop Douglas and you know some of 341 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 5: the other folks as well. So really good skill group. 342 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 5: They kind of used all of them. Josh does a 343 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 5: really good job of mixing a personnel on the offensive line, 344 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 5: the left sides. Two rookies, I mean Will Campbell. They 345 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,880 Speaker 5: drafted fourth overall Jared Wilson, who kind of played centers, 346 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 5: kind of kicked over to guard Brad Berry. They signed 347 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 5: it for agency on Wan who's really the one player 348 00:13:55,800 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 5: that's held over, and then Morgan Moses. So I mean 349 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 5: they're a top they're a top five offense, top three 350 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 5: offense in the league, and they've been very explosive, very productive, 351 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:06,960 Speaker 5: and tackling is going to be important, going back to 352 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 5: kind of what you mentioned there before, Mark, and then defensively, 353 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:11,679 Speaker 5: they do a really good job with their scheme. They 354 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 5: make it hard on the offense and signed Milton in 355 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 5: free agency game a lot of money and he's produced 356 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 5: him and Barmore inside, and then you know, signed Landry 357 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 5: who was with coach Rabel and Tennessee calebon Chason has 358 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 5: kind of been a little bit of a reclamation project 359 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 5: there and he's had a really good season and an 360 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 5: inside linebacker I would say is probably one of the 361 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 5: strengths of their defense. They're three to four deep. I mean, 362 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 5: Nick got Gibbons. They got Ellis Spallaine as their leading tackler. 363 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 5: They're tough, they're instinctive, they're around the ball. MAPU give 364 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 5: them some plays in the kicking game and in safety. 365 00:14:42,400 --> 00:14:44,640 Speaker 5: They got to to Cal Bears, you know, drafted Woodson 366 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 5: in the fourth round, who's amongst their leading tacklers. And Hawkins. 367 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 5: I mean, they very similar. They're both six foot two 368 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 5: hundred pounds, run roll, instinctive. And they got one of 369 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 5: the best corners of the league in Gonzales and probably 370 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 5: one of the best slot corners league and Marcus Jones. 371 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 5: And then they signed you know, in free agency Nay 372 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 5: sign Davis, you know, who gives them really good play 373 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 5: and a preimer as well. So I mean this is 374 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 5: a formidable defense and the kicking game arguably one of 375 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 5: the best returners put potentially in the history of football 376 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 5: from an average standpoint. Marcus Jones, I mean, he's a 377 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 5: big play waiting to happen. Houston grid Houston products, so 378 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 5: the fans around here know him. And then two rookie 379 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 5: specialists rookie long snapper, rookie place kicker, and then Barriger 380 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 5: is in his second year. So this is a very 381 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 5: well balanced team top ten offensively and defensively put stress 382 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 5: on you in a kicking game. So, I mean, this 383 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 5: is a big challenge and you know, hopefully we go 384 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 5: through the wead we're gonna have to prepare and you 385 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 5: go up there to player best football game against a 386 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 5: really good team. 387 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 3: Is this the same offense that McDaniels had with Tom Brady. 388 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 5: There's elements, I think Kenny offense. There's gonna be some 389 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 5: core elements and then you're gonna kind of cater it 390 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 5: to the players that you have and what they do well. 391 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 5: I mean, say, Drake's a different quarterback than Tom. There's 392 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 5: some things that probably have application. There's other things that 393 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 5: are gonna be a little bit more specific to what 394 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 5: Drake does. But Drake's taking as big of a jump 395 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 5: as any quarterback from his first year to the second year, 396 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 5: which is why he's in the conversation for the MVP. 397 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 5: And you know, Josh is certainly big a huge part 398 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 5: of that. 399 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 6: Let's die deeper and Drake what you've seen from him, 400 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 6: because we've seen guys from that class of twenty four. 401 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,920 Speaker 1: We saw Caleb last year. You know, he's a rookie 402 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: going through it. 403 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 6: But now Drake's his second year put it's a new 404 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 6: offense to him, but it feels like he's captured it. 405 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 6: And one of the things that you talked about is 406 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 6: his ability to run. Notice it the other night against the Chargers. 407 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 6: He's difficult to bring down too. He's a big guy. 408 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 6: What have you seen from Drake in particular? 409 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 5: You say he's big, and he's strong, and he's faster 410 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 5: than you think. He is similar to Josh Allen in 411 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 5: that respect. I mean he's a load to bring down. 412 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 5: I think the things that stand out of the accuracy, 413 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 5: the decision making, and his ability to handle volume. And 414 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 5: there's a lot of times they go to line of scrimmage, 415 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 5: they have multiple plays. Well, if it's this, do this 416 00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 5: and then if not, go to something else. It looks 417 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 5: like he's been able to handle that. And they've taken 418 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 5: advantage of the chunks and the throws down the field 419 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:05,679 Speaker 5: and the accuracy downfield. I mean there's a lot of 420 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 5: times a defender is in phase and the receiver's covered, 421 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 5: but he puts the ball on a spot where he 422 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 5: gives a receiver a chance to make a play. So 423 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 5: I think that's where you've seen the biggest growth, the accuracy, 424 00:17:16,080 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 5: the decision making and then making his play, making the 425 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 5: plays with his legs. I mean, he's this is why 426 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 5: he's in the conversation that he's in. 427 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:22,920 Speaker 4: Nick. 428 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 3: What were the Chargers doing on defense that was slowing 429 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:26,640 Speaker 3: down the Patriots off? 430 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 5: Well, they were able to kind of get the ball 431 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 5: off him a few times. They created a couple of turnovers, 432 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 5: so that had a factor, and they were able to 433 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 5: generate some pressure. The game was kind of back and 434 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 5: forth there a little bit, and then in the fourth 435 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 5: quarter they hit some chunk plays and then they had 436 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,399 Speaker 5: a touchdown pass the Hunter. They kind of put it 437 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,399 Speaker 5: over to Hump there at the end. So I may 438 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 5: not too dissimilar to our game against the Steelers. I 439 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 5: mean it's seven to six, kind of back and forth 440 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 5: into the fourth quarter, and then they executed in the 441 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 5: fourth quarter, were able to make some plays, They hit 442 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 5: some chunk plays. Then defensively they put a lot of 443 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:59,239 Speaker 5: pressure on Herbert. They got the ball off of them 444 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 5: a little bit, and that's why the result of the 445 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:01,880 Speaker 5: game was what it was. 446 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:04,239 Speaker 1: Robert Splain after the game. I want to stick with that. 447 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 6: Robert Splain after the game was asked about the game 448 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:10,399 Speaker 6: and everything, and he said, you know, he had some 449 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 6: Charger your offensive players that came up to him. We're like, 450 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:13,920 Speaker 6: we didn't even know what you were what you guys 451 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 6: were doing. What were they doing? 452 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 7: Nick? 453 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:19,240 Speaker 2: What does that cur a guy that's had an offensive background, 454 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 2: what's he bring into that defense? 455 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, they're very multiple, so they try to try to 456 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:27,960 Speaker 5: present different looks and they force you to play offense, 457 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 5: and sometimes you got to figure it out post snap, 458 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:31,919 Speaker 5: which is always hard to do because pre snap they 459 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 5: don't really give you a lot of information. So they 460 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 5: do a great job of mixing the calls. They play 461 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:41,160 Speaker 5: multiple groupings. They they essentially use all their players on defense, 462 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 5: so we're gonna have to understand a personnel that we're 463 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 5: playing against individually. The players understand understand big pictures schematically 464 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 5: what they're doing and what are they doing on the 465 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 5: different packages. But this is why they're a top ten 466 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 5: defense in the league because they don't give up a 467 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,600 Speaker 5: lot of big plays. They're good in the running game. 468 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 5: They tax you and they force you to think and react. 469 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 5: If you're not prepared, they can hit you, which I 470 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 5: would say that's probably what the Chargers were talking to 471 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 5: their players about. 472 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 3: We talked a bit about this when the Texans were 473 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 3: going up there last year, But that building is kind 474 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 3: of weird, Nick, It's got some weird dynamics too. It's 475 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 3: got their longfellow bridge thing hanging over there and the 476 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,119 Speaker 3: alley way with the wind coming. What is unique about 477 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 3: it in maybe the kicking game or anything else you 478 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 3: have to look out for. 479 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, they've made some modifications here through the years, the 480 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 5: kind of close that end, but that end used to 481 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 5: be open and that was all. The open end was 482 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 5: a lot harder than the wind came in. But I'd 483 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 5: say the environment is going to be a lot different 484 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 5: than it was when went up there last year. I mean, 485 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,439 Speaker 5: you're gonna have seventy thousand fans, probably have a little snow, 486 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,040 Speaker 5: and it's playoff football in Foxborough and January, which you 487 00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 5: know it's a hard place to play. So our focus 488 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,199 Speaker 5: is on having a good week of preparation, understanding what 489 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 5: we have to do, and then being in the end, 490 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 5: the team that executes the best is the team that's 491 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 5: gonna win. 492 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 6: When you were around it, did you know that Mike 493 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 6: Rabol was going to be a head coach? B be 494 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 6: the level of head coach he is yeah. 495 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,919 Speaker 5: I mean he Mike was his smartest and one of 496 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 5: the toughest players that you know that was around in 497 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 5: New England, and he showed his versatility on a lot 498 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 5: of different level everybody knows about and played tight end 499 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 5: and he had ten career receptions or all touchdowns. But 500 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 5: what a lot of people may not know is we 501 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 5: signed him as an outside linebacker and then he had 502 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 5: a transition to playing inside linebacker into three four, which 503 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 5: he really hadn't done before because we had some injuries, 504 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 5: and he went in there and he did it seamlessly. 505 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 5: So Mike was smart, he was tough, he was instinctive, 506 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 5: He had a certain playing style on a certain mindset, 507 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,440 Speaker 5: and that's kind of transferred over into how he's put 508 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,880 Speaker 5: the team together. He had a lot of success in Tennessee, 509 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:44,479 Speaker 5: which we saw that up close and personal. I mean, 510 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 5: they won a division, made the AFC Championship game, and 511 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 5: it hasn't taken them long. I mean they've done a 512 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 5: good job of putting the team together. I mean him 513 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,360 Speaker 5: and Elliott have done a good job. Ryan Cowden, there's 514 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 5: a number of people that are involved in that. So 515 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:57,479 Speaker 5: we have a lot of respect for their program and 516 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 5: the people that are running that program. So we understand 517 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 5: what the task is in front of us, and the 518 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:04,520 Speaker 5: challenge is that'll wait on Sunday. 519 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,479 Speaker 3: Was it just a different brand of football When Vrabel 520 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 3: played linebacker, you had. 521 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 4: Bruce Ki, you had Ted Johnson. 522 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,040 Speaker 3: These guys were huge linebackers, very different kind of game, right. 523 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 5: No, that's where the linebackers and the size that was 524 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,200 Speaker 5: a little bit more in vogue the true three to 525 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 5: four because you got a zero technique, you got two 526 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 5: five techniques. So those linebackers essentially are thirty techniques and 527 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 5: they're uncovered, so you're going to have a guard or 528 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 5: somebody coming right at you coming downhill, which is why 529 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 5: you had to have enough size. I would say Teddy 530 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 5: was kind of the different, but his instinctiveness and how 531 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 5: he played, he was so damn hard to block. He 532 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 5: just made it hard on the opponents. But you had 533 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 5: Mike and there, you had Ted Johnson in there, Teddy 534 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 5: was in there, Roman Pfeiffer was in there at different points. 535 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 5: So there's a lot of different body types and a 536 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 5: lot of different folks, and the game is kind of evolved. 537 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 5: It's more of a space game now probably than when 538 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 5: it was and you've seen defenses kind of adjustin modify accordingly. 539 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 6: Nick, it's a short week and it's later in the season. 540 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 6: Is there any like adaptation to the schedule at all 541 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 6: or just get right back into the routine of a 542 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 6: Sunday game. 543 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:07,479 Speaker 5: Yeah, we'll probably have to get back on schedule here 544 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 5: a little bit. The most important thing will be the 545 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 5: players in their recovery and just making sure that they're 546 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 5: physically as prepared as they can be. So, you know, 547 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:18,199 Speaker 5: we'll dig into the coaches are spending time, you know, 548 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 5: on New England now, and we'll take the next couple 549 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 5: of days and try to put the game plan in 550 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 5: place and get the players the information that they need. 551 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 5: So you know, when we walk on a plane Saturday afternoon, 552 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 5: we go up there and we're prepared as it possibly 553 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 5: can be to play, you know, good football game on Sunday. 554 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,640 Speaker 3: It's a little different because you have to travel back 555 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,440 Speaker 3: late at night from Pittsburgh, But you just went through 556 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,600 Speaker 3: something similar with the Charger game because that was a 557 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 3: six day week to get ready for a big game 558 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 3: on the road. 559 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, we've had a number of different weeks here over 560 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 5: the last few years. We've had three day weeks. We've 561 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 5: had five day weeks, six day weeks, whatever it is. 562 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 5: But I mean when a ball is put down, we'll 563 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,919 Speaker 5: be ready to play. That's a mindset and the mentality 564 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 5: that you know we have, and that's what the Miko 565 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,159 Speaker 5: is going to talk to the team about. So no excuses, 566 00:22:57,720 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 5: excited about what's in front of us, and you know, 567 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 5: I wait to get up there and play a good 568 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 5: team on Sunday. 569 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 3: All right, Nick, we have an important question because traveling 570 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,720 Speaker 3: Texans aren't going to this game, they will be representing 571 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 3: in Foxboro. 572 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,520 Speaker 5: They were in Pittsburgh, so it's good to see what 573 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 5: did a decent amount of look like. 574 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 3: Oh it looked great, didn't it? And in front of 575 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 3: the ESPN stage that was just money After the game, 576 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,360 Speaker 3: that was a joyous occasion, no doubt. So you live 577 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 3: there now, Foxborough For people who don't know, it's about 578 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 3: thirty minutes south. 579 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 5: Of thirty minutes south, that's correct. 580 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 3: Yeah, And people who work for the team probably live 581 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 3: right around that area. 582 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 4: Correct. 583 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 5: It kind of spread out. You had some folks that 584 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 5: lived in Foxboro and another cohre kind of fifteen to 585 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 5: twenty minutes outside various directions north, south, east, and West, 586 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 5: so kind of all scheduled right. Honestly, didn't really have 587 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 5: too many people up in Boston, right, other than the 588 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,920 Speaker 5: young players who wanted to go out there and hang 589 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 5: on to the city. But they had to get to 590 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 5: work the next day, so you know, we had to 591 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 5: make sure that they were on time. 592 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 4: That commute would wear them at after a while. 593 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:52,120 Speaker 5: It can, it certainly can. 594 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 3: So give us a little New England tour here. Where 595 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 3: should the traveling Texans go Nick and spend some time? 596 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 5: Go down to Faniel Hall. Yeah, I would say at 597 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 5: Hanover Street, Like there's a lot of great restaurants. There's 598 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 5: a Mike's Pastry, you know, Kenoli, So it'll probably be 599 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 5: a line out the door at Faniel Hall, Hanover Street, 600 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 5: Mike's Pastry, I would say, I would recommend that, or 601 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 5: I would say those would be a couple spots to visit. 602 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:19,119 Speaker 5: There's not too much down there in Foxboro, so you know, 603 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,680 Speaker 5: just probably visiting Boston, that's probably be a good place 604 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 5: to start. 605 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 4: You've had pastry at Mike's Pastry, We've got pastry. 606 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: You've had a black and white cookie before. 607 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 5: I haven't had the black and white cookie, my kids have, 608 00:24:29,800 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 5: but I haven't. 609 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: I'm surprised, not all at the same time. 610 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 4: All Right, that's a gym, Nick, thanks a lot, good luck. 611 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 5: Thanks fellas. 612 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 2: Tremendous stuff there from Nick Cassario as always. All Right, 613 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,320 Speaker 2: we get back, Mark stix with me and we'll dive deep. 614 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 4: And I I. 615 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,240 Speaker 2: Say something that really isn't a hot take, but it's 616 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,120 Speaker 2: just different than I've felt the last couple of years. 617 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:51,560 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what that is next right here in 618 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 2: Texas All Access. Welcome back everybody to this Wednesday edition 619 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 2: of Texans All Access. Less than forty eight hours what 620 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 2: less than forty eight hours from the win over the Steelers. 621 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: And I say that because it. 622 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 2: Was a normal Wednesday, it was practice, it was cg 623 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 2: at the podium, it was Coach Ryan's at the podium. 624 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 2: If it was a more normal Wednesday. For the most part, 625 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 2: a couple guys missed that practice. We'll get that in 626 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 2: the next segment. But we still are not that far 627 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 2: removed from beating the Steelers yet. Mark, I gotta say this, 628 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 2: and I don't know that I felt this completely the 629 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 2: last two times the last couple of years. I feel 630 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 2: like I've already moved on from Steelers yeah, I know, 631 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,919 Speaker 2: and now it's Patriots. It's nothing but Patriots, and the 632 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 2: Steelers game is in the review. Even though social media 633 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:44,120 Speaker 2: there's all kinds of miked up stuff that on Demico, 634 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 2: it's which is the snippets I've heard are fabulous, fantastic, 635 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 2: absolutely fabulous. I wish you were miked up for every game. 636 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 2: But I feel like, okay, I don't say, been there, 637 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 2: done that. I never never, will, never want to take 638 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,840 Speaker 2: a wild card or a playoff win for granted ever, 639 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 2: especially if we get this one, because then we're going 640 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 2: to the NMFC Championship for the first time. Yeah, so 641 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 2: I don't want to ever take it for granted. But 642 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 2: it's like, got the win, flew home, all right, short week, 643 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 2: let's get ready for the Patriots. It maybe mentally that's 644 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,119 Speaker 2: just where I'm at, like, let's just get to the 645 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 2: next one. 646 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:23,639 Speaker 1: Part of it, I think is I just want to 647 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 1: see this team play again. 648 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 2: I really enjoy watching and I know people all up 649 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,080 Speaker 2: in arms about the fumble, CJ Haad and whatever. 650 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: I like what. I liked watching our offense a lot 651 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 1: on Monday night. Liked it. 652 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 2: I really enjoyed. Man, these are six seven, eight nine 653 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,600 Speaker 2: yard runs and we're stuffed it right doing her throat. Okay, Now, 654 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 2: I want to see this against New England, and I 655 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 2: want that to be the harbinger of good things against 656 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 2: New England. 657 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: We get to win in Jiet, et cetera. 658 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,280 Speaker 2: Like I'm thinking so much more about the Patriots now 659 00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,760 Speaker 2: than I ever thought about the Ravens and the Chiefs 660 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,160 Speaker 2: after those two playoff wins. 661 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:58,119 Speaker 4: It's a great point. 662 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 3: And we're not exactly the same number of days past 663 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,199 Speaker 3: the game also, which is another thing to back up 664 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 3: your point, because those games were on Saturday, and it's 665 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 3: weird to play on Monday, and you and I haven't 666 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 3: really talked on the air a lot since the game. 667 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 3: You know, we've had Wade on Wade Smith. He was 668 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 3: great last night. And we didn't do a Texans Monday 669 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,399 Speaker 3: on Tuesday. We did Texans Monday as a preview. So 670 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 3: one thing that's happening with me and I think a 671 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 3: lot of people, is more people noticed nationally what's going 672 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 3: on with the Houston Texans because you were playing in 673 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 3: prime time, so we can say, oh, Monday night, is 674 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 3: it fair or not? You have a short week. There's 675 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,960 Speaker 3: a lot of talk about that, not from the team. 676 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,320 Speaker 3: They're fine to Miko said yesterday, look, we're good, let's go. 677 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 3: Let's go play. I don't care because we're in the 678 00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 3: divisional round. What an opportunity. And I understand that point, 679 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:47,239 Speaker 3: but man, everyone notices that's Saturday afternoon slot. I'm going 680 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,880 Speaker 3: to text from people all over the country here, friends 681 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 3: and past friends and associates and people I've worked with 682 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 3: who really watched it in a way they've never watched 683 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,880 Speaker 3: the Texans in the playoffs before, in that round because 684 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 3: of the Saturday Afternoon special. It's still you're in the playoffs, 685 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 3: but more people notice if you're playing prime time on 686 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:04,400 Speaker 3: a Monday night or Sunday night. 687 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 4: Whatever. 688 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 3: The other factor is this, Johnny, it feels different because 689 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,880 Speaker 3: it is different. This is the best team you've ever had, 690 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 3: and it's official now, and I think it was official 691 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,920 Speaker 3: before this. And I know it's not perfect, but they 692 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 3: are so together. Even with the mistakes they do make, 693 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 3: they overcome them. And the other night I thought, here 694 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 3: we go again, and you said it. I think in 695 00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 3: LA playing the Chargers. You said it in Q and 696 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 3: maybe on the air too. Here comes the fourth quarter. 697 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 3: This is what we do. We dominate the fourth quarter. 698 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 3: The Texans dominate the fourth quarter, largest point differential in 699 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 3: the league in the fourth quarter this season, and that 700 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,239 Speaker 3: lived up to it on Monday night against Pittsburgh. And 701 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 3: what is the most important quarter, the fourth quarter? So 702 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 3: here we go again at New England. Got to put 703 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 3: it together again. And I think that there's a tremendous 704 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 3: belief that they're going to get it done among them 705 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 3: and I hope among everybody else. And I know to 706 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,720 Speaker 3: talk about the Stroud turnovers and everything. Can we just 707 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 3: relax here. They just got through a regular season where 708 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 3: they turned it over less than any Texans team ever. Now, 709 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 3: he had a shaky night, all right, the quarterback center, exchange, 710 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 3: all that stuff. Guess what, they have a few days 711 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,160 Speaker 3: of practice to really hone in on that correct it. 712 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 3: And if it happens again, I mean, my gosh, then 713 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 3: we got a tremendous topic. But I don't think it will. 714 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 3: I don't think they'll lose because of something like that. 715 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 3: If they lose, I think it'll be something else. But 716 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 3: I think if they just put it together, win the 717 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 3: turnover battle at least plus one, or even just let 718 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 3: their defense cook. The running game that you brought up 719 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 3: that was tremendous. You ran for over a buck sixty, 720 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 3: you had your second hundred plus yard rusher of the season. 721 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 3: And Nick Chubbs still in a good game because I 722 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 3: think he lit the match with his three consecutive runs 723 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 3: on that drive where they got the touchdown eventually with 724 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 3: Kurk catching the pass. So I think they're good to 725 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 3: go here, good week of practice, go to New England 726 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,680 Speaker 3: and beat up on a team or at least beat 727 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 3: a team that Yeah, they certainly belonged there, but you 728 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 3: saw them against the Chargers. You tell me, Johnny. The 729 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 3: Chargers roughed up Drake May and the Patriots he was 730 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 3: their leading rusher. 731 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 4: They not exactly shut him down. 732 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 3: But if the Chargers have any offense whatsoever, they should 733 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 3: win that game and we should be playing at home. 734 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:21,440 Speaker 2: The Patriots offensive line and offensive staff. Josh McDaniels, because see, 735 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 2: his brother Ben could be interesting. Now they don't face 736 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 2: each other, but McDaniel's family you are, and we've talked 737 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 2: to Ben before. We're like, you guys ever talked about 738 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 2: He's like, Nope, that was just family stuff that's going on. 739 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 3: Ben was with us when we went to Vegas, right 740 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 3: when McDaniels was the head coach. 741 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 2: Okay, yes that was twenty two, Yeah, twenty twenty. 742 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 4: Two hundred years ago. 743 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 1: But the Patriots, no, wait a second. 744 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:49,760 Speaker 2: If the Chargers got this much pressure on us, oh 745 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 2: good god, we've got to help. So here's your choice. 746 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 2: If you're the Patriots, do we take Hunter Henry out 747 00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,560 Speaker 2: of the passing game and let him help Campbell the 748 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:05,440 Speaker 2: rookie left tackle. Do we have our backs Ramandre Stevenson 749 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 2: and Trayvon Henderson? Do we have them chip consistently? Now? 750 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 1: They're slow to get out on routes. 751 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:18,200 Speaker 2: So the pressure this week from the edge, just the 752 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 2: perceived pressure coming from Will and d'anil and dB and 753 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 2: Dylan Horton, and if Autrey's out wide, it's forcing the 754 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,000 Speaker 2: Patriots to go in and say, look, look, look, we've 755 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:33,320 Speaker 2: got to have Drake standing upright for sixty minutes. We 756 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 2: can't allow five including a rookie left guard and a 757 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 2: rookie left tackle. Albeit two very good players, and they've 758 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 2: seen a lot and they've played a lot this year, 759 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:47,520 Speaker 2: but their rookies facing this front, they're gonna need some help. 760 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 2: They're gonna have to do some things that I think offensively. 761 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 2: They wouldn't love to do, but they know they've got 762 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 2: to do them. Now take a guy out of the 763 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 2: pass route with this secondary. Now you've got linebackers that 764 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 2: can help in other areas. You've got safeties that can 765 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,560 Speaker 2: roll over the top to help a corner, whatever the 766 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 2: case might be. Because they've got to use additional resources to 767 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:13,560 Speaker 2: stop your pass rush. 768 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, and that that's worth it to me. 769 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 2: That's worth it just the presence of fifty one and 770 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 2: fifty five and everybody else we got rushing, especially from 771 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 2: the edge. And that's the thing against the Chargers. The 772 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,200 Speaker 2: Chargers brought four and got there. 773 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. 774 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 2: It wasn't if the Chargers were like, ah, here comes 775 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,600 Speaker 2: zero Blitz, here comes the kitchen sink. No, they sent four, 776 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 2: They sent two, Plow two and Mac and they got there. 777 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,320 Speaker 2: And they got there a lot of times going against 778 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 2: the left tackle. Will Campbell was a rookie. You get 779 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,400 Speaker 2: five sacks there. You look at Cleveland when they played them, 780 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:47,400 Speaker 2: they got six sacks. Garrett had five. You look at 781 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,840 Speaker 2: Raiders got something like four, and Crosby had one. 782 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 4: TJ. Watt had two. You add all that up. 783 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 3: When they face good pass rushers, they have problems, right, 784 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 3: that's it. And guess what the Texans have. So the 785 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 3: rotation whatever they used to counter this or try to 786 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 3: contain it. Okay, may is a good marksman, we know this, 787 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 3: and you can run. We'll get to that. But the 788 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 3: Texans have the sticky coverage too, so they got guys 789 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 3: who fly around it. And you brought this up. I 790 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,040 Speaker 3: thought it was really interesting. With the speed of the 791 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 3: Texans defense, it's a sixty minute thing. 792 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 4: They don't wear down, you know. Now, there have been 793 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 4: some games early on. 794 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 3: I think they were losing those games because maybe they 795 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 3: not exactly wore down, but they were definitely on the 796 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,239 Speaker 3: field a lot. And I think eventually, you give a 797 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,680 Speaker 3: good quarterback, a good offense, enough plays, enough opportunities, they're 798 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 3: going to find a way. And Baker Mayfield made an 799 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 3: amazing scramble. Bo Nick's made an amazing scramble. You looked 800 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 3: at what Matthew Stafford was doing. Now he turned the 801 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,840 Speaker 3: ball over late, but and the Texans eventually turned it over. 802 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 4: So in that game it was a bit different. Jacksonville, 803 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:48,760 Speaker 4: they turned it over. 804 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,240 Speaker 3: I was on the radio in Boston today, they said, 805 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:53,800 Speaker 3: you know, if you look at this, Texans schedule. The 806 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 3: games they lost, you know, it's they lost those games, 807 00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 3: but they were really went out of that. 808 00:33:58,600 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 4: I'm like, I know exactly. 809 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 3: The defense has been doing it all year long, just 810 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 3: weren't getting the support on the other side of the 811 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 3: football and the timely hitting of the offense, scoring at 812 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 3: the right time and making the right plays at the 813 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:08,919 Speaker 3: right time. 814 00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 4: But since then ten game winning streak, you've been. 815 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,279 Speaker 3: Able to get great offense in the fourth quarter, and 816 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 3: great by means of not necessarily always scoring, but grinding 817 00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,759 Speaker 3: the clock down, running out the clock when you need 818 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 3: them too. 819 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,840 Speaker 4: So that's part of the whole mix. But back to 820 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:24,400 Speaker 4: the defense. 821 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll take my chances with this defense figuring it 822 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 3: out as you go along. You mentioned the speed they 823 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,320 Speaker 3: kind of wear down opposing offenses during this winning streak. 824 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: Well, I thought about this too. 825 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 2: One of the things I've said is you might be 826 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:41,240 Speaker 2: able to run your offense and run your offense well, 827 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,960 Speaker 2: but then you have to do it against this team 828 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 2: with this speed. So you have to take your execution 829 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 2: and your level to match this defense's speed or you're 830 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 2: in trouble. 831 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: It's not like basketball. 832 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,359 Speaker 2: You know, Princeton could walk out there and slow you 833 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 2: down running their back door cuts and things like that. 834 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:04,640 Speaker 2: They could slow a defense down because of that, but 835 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 2: these guys are so disciplined on defense for the Texans 836 00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 2: that you really can't slow the game down. If you will, 837 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:15,319 Speaker 2: they speed you up, and when you get sped up 838 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 2: from what you're used to, you end up making mistakes. 839 00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 2: And I think that eventually reared its ugly head for 840 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,879 Speaker 2: the Steelers, that the Texans just kept playing at their 841 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,799 Speaker 2: rate of speed and the Steelers are like, WHOA, We're 842 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 2: not used to executing our offense against that level of speed. 843 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,719 Speaker 1: And yeah, I'm not talking like you know. 844 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,560 Speaker 2: There's a massive speed difference between the Browns and the Texans, 845 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,520 Speaker 2: but both the Browns and the Texans great defenses. They 846 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 2: force you to play at their speed. You have to 847 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:47,360 Speaker 2: do what you do and do it against their speed. 848 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:49,200 Speaker 2: That means you throw the ball a little bit quicker. 849 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,040 Speaker 2: That means you better hit a hole a little bit quicker. 850 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,360 Speaker 2: That means when you catch a ball out in the flat, 851 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 2: you better turn up quicker. Patriots are going to have 852 00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:58,520 Speaker 2: to do that and hopefully that turns into some turnovers 853 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:02,000 Speaker 2: at some point. But the one equalizer, if I feel 854 00:36:02,040 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 2: like the Patriots have one. 855 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:08,400 Speaker 1: It is Josh McDaniels. However, he's got a history. 856 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,439 Speaker 2: And what I mean by that is there are gonna 857 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,160 Speaker 2: be some things in this game you haven't seen before 858 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 2: from Patriots. Okay, there's gonna be a couple of things 859 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,239 Speaker 2: you see and you're like, whoa, we haven't seen that 860 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:20,600 Speaker 2: from them. There might be you know, the famous AFC 861 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:24,400 Speaker 2: Division Round playoff game against the Ravens pass the double pass. 862 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:27,799 Speaker 2: Even before that they were using like ineligible linemen and 863 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:29,840 Speaker 2: kind of moving guys out. Now you can't do that anymore, 864 00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,799 Speaker 2: but there's gonna be something where they pushed the envelope 865 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 2: offensively where you're like, whoa, that's different, And that's where 866 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:39,320 Speaker 2: the defense has to lock in every play. Double passes, 867 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,279 Speaker 2: reverse passes, you know, throwing the ball to Drake may 868 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,640 Speaker 2: on the reverse pass. He's been running that play for 869 00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:48,400 Speaker 2: a long time. He's gonna find something, especially this defense 870 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 2: just jumps on his guys early. He's gonna be looking 871 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:55,480 Speaker 2: for something different. Reverse pass, tight end screen. You haven't 872 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,520 Speaker 2: seen something that's just so wildly different to give his 873 00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:03,799 Speaker 2: offense a spark. However, if you shut that down all 874 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,040 Speaker 2: of a sudden, what do they go to at that. 875 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,160 Speaker 3: Point, right if you if you get to their trick play, 876 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:09,799 Speaker 3: for lack of a better way of putting it, their 877 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:13,920 Speaker 3: razzle dazzle. Right if you thwart that? Now what Okay, 878 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,200 Speaker 3: you played that card. It didn't go anywhere. Now what 879 00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:16,799 Speaker 3: are you gonna do? 880 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:16,880 Speaker 9: No? 881 00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,359 Speaker 3: Got because listen, we talk about the nightmares that were 882 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,560 Speaker 3: twenty twelve and twenty sixteen going up there in the 883 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,759 Speaker 3: divisional round. But there were moments in that twenty sixteen game. Yes, 884 00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:27,960 Speaker 3: I mean you were getting to Tom Brady, you had 885 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,480 Speaker 3: a chance. You just couldn't do anything on offense, and 886 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,360 Speaker 3: eventually they were gonna wear you down because they did 887 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,239 Speaker 3: and we just weren't. 888 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,520 Speaker 1: Good offensively, right, so they got more opportunity. 889 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 4: You've got more tools to work with. 890 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,640 Speaker 3: Now you were going with brock Osweiler up there, and 891 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:43,480 Speaker 3: you didn't even want to play him in the first place. 892 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,560 Speaker 2: And can I say something about the let's talk offense 893 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,600 Speaker 2: for a second. Yeah, I don't know where people thought 894 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:53,440 Speaker 2: that CJ. Stroud turned into slappy Mcslapperston as a quarterback. 895 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:56,560 Speaker 2: I don't I don't look the fumbles, you know, his 896 00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:01,319 Speaker 2: decision to throw the ball on those two Okay, not 897 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,560 Speaker 2: ultimately what you want. One he just you know, guy 898 00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:06,520 Speaker 2: got a hand on the ball in the right spot. 899 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,560 Speaker 2: It came out. The other one he probably should have 900 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 2: never throw him, but he saw Jayden Higgins open. 901 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,160 Speaker 1: And there's a part of me. 902 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:13,840 Speaker 2: That's like, I can't kind of fault him for that, 903 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:15,560 Speaker 2: But you just gotta be a little bit smart. The 904 00:38:15,560 --> 00:38:20,640 Speaker 2: interceptions is what happened, right, The interception that I guarantee 905 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,840 Speaker 2: you if you if you talk to him after the 906 00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,000 Speaker 2: game one hundred percent truth serum and you said, okay, 907 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:27,840 Speaker 2: you know, tell us about it. He'd go with the 908 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 2: interception first because he knows that was points. We had points. 909 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,279 Speaker 2: It was he was kind of off balance when he 910 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:38,600 Speaker 2: threw it. You're not down ten. You don't need to 911 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,319 Speaker 2: force it. You don't need to force it. I think 912 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,640 Speaker 2: he would tell you that's the one. The other two 913 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:45,600 Speaker 2: one of his chests when he wasn't looking. The other 914 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,759 Speaker 2: one he dropped. He like, those are such outliers because 915 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,520 Speaker 2: he's taking care of the ball so well throughout the 916 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:55,280 Speaker 2: majority of the seal fixed that. I am a thousand 917 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,879 Speaker 2: percent happy with CJ. Strout played quarterback for this team 918 00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 2: against the Patriots because the one thing we've learned about 919 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:06,520 Speaker 2: CJ is that he doesn't often make mistakes same mistakes 920 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:07,239 Speaker 2: game to game. 921 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:08,920 Speaker 1: He doesn't often do that. 922 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:12,520 Speaker 2: I think that he comes out against the Patriots and 923 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,399 Speaker 2: if given time to throw, I think he is going 924 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,680 Speaker 2: to find his guys open. Whether NCO's playing or not, 925 00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:20,319 Speaker 2: I think he is gonna end up having one of 926 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:23,960 Speaker 2: his better games. I think this secondary for the Patriots 927 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,800 Speaker 2: is good. I just don't know where the pass rush 928 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:31,160 Speaker 2: comes from. If it's not manufactured through blitz or something 929 00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:33,320 Speaker 2: like that. Now it is going to take a second 930 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:35,640 Speaker 2: to kind of unlock what the Patriots are doing. The 931 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:39,279 Speaker 2: Chargers apparently couldn't figure it out the entire game, but 932 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,600 Speaker 2: I think that I believe in the staff to kind 933 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,680 Speaker 2: of figure it out, and then once they unlock the box, 934 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:46,200 Speaker 2: I think they're gonna be able to move the football 935 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,440 Speaker 2: the way they want. The biggest thing, obviously, as it 936 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,120 Speaker 2: has been all year. I don't want to say, hey, 937 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,719 Speaker 2: get conservative because you've got this great defense, but I 938 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:59,359 Speaker 2: want it to be let's move the football, let's run 939 00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,480 Speaker 2: the ball, and let's mix it up and keep our balance, 940 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:04,640 Speaker 2: and then we can take our shots and get him 941 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,960 Speaker 2: like we did against Pittsburgh, and those Christian Kirk shots 942 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:10,360 Speaker 2: that he was catching down a field were killers. But 943 00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,120 Speaker 2: I think Dalton Schultz plays a big role in this game. 944 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,000 Speaker 2: I wouldn't be surprised that Dog caught seven or eight 945 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:14,759 Speaker 2: passes in this game. 946 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, after catching three in the last one and being 947 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,560 Speaker 3: cited by Demiko Ryans for outstanding block game in the 948 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:22,919 Speaker 3: run game where you ran for one sixty four, Look, 949 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,959 Speaker 3: CJ threw for two point fifty. Here's a hot take. 950 00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:29,239 Speaker 3: I'd almost take the exact same stat line minus the fumbles, 951 00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:31,600 Speaker 3: a touchdown and a pick in two point fifty. As 952 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,920 Speaker 3: long as you're going ten for fifteen on third down, Johnny, 953 00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:35,919 Speaker 3: you can do whatever you want because that is gonna 954 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:36,839 Speaker 3: win your football games. 955 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,040 Speaker 4: Look, I don't want to pick. 956 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,720 Speaker 3: But my point is this, especially there at that point, 957 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:45,720 Speaker 3: if Nico's out, you have a situation where CJ against 958 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:49,560 Speaker 3: the forty nine ers, good team, good defense, without Nico, 959 00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:52,560 Speaker 3: without Christian Kirk had maybe his best game of the 960 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:53,720 Speaker 3: year statistically. 961 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:54,680 Speaker 4: I mean, they were. 962 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 3: Starting to really heat up, and the Denver game got 963 00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,360 Speaker 3: off to a sluggish start, but then he got concussed. 964 00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:01,799 Speaker 3: How he date in I think they would have found 965 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:03,680 Speaker 3: a way to score more than thirteen points. 966 00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:05,759 Speaker 4: In that game. They lost sixteen to thirteen, So the 967 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,840 Speaker 4: point is said fifteen, was it eighteen? 968 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:08,800 Speaker 1: Fifteen to fifteen? 969 00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:09,839 Speaker 4: I don't know whatever it was? 970 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was by three, right, it was a TI 971 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:15,120 Speaker 3: games ever got the late scramble by Nick's eliminate that. 972 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:15,680 Speaker 4: That's the thing. 973 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,640 Speaker 3: You've got to stop that or a slow down or 974 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:22,480 Speaker 3: make that not a big factor somehow. The Drake may scramble. 975 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:26,399 Speaker 3: He's the fourth leading rushing quarterback in the NFL, all right, 976 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,560 Speaker 3: Alan is first. You have to find a way to 977 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:31,880 Speaker 3: stop that, or at least make it where it's not 978 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,399 Speaker 3: going to kill you, because he will run. He wants 979 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,359 Speaker 3: to run. He loves to run. He was the leading 980 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:39,640 Speaker 3: rusher the other night for the Patriots, as Justin Herbert 981 00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:43,080 Speaker 3: was for the Chargers. He wants to take off and 982 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,120 Speaker 3: under pressure, he's going to be looking to do that. 983 00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:47,360 Speaker 4: He's still a fairly young. 984 00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,120 Speaker 3: Quarterback here, twenty three years old, and he's going to 985 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:51,600 Speaker 3: be looking for those opportunities. 986 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:53,560 Speaker 1: I want to be very clear about how I say this, 987 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:55,320 Speaker 1: very very clear. 988 00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:59,880 Speaker 2: But if number ten tucks the ball and starts to run, 989 00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:05,760 Speaker 2: oh no, you hit his ass with everything you got legally, 990 00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:11,359 Speaker 2: but violently. Yeah, you make him not want to run 991 00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,799 Speaker 2: the ball later on because one of the things I noticed, 992 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,440 Speaker 2: even going back to North Carolina, when he's at North Carolina, 993 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:19,640 Speaker 2: whenever he got zero coverage or he got man coverage, 994 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:21,720 Speaker 2: he take his drop and just take off. 995 00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:23,800 Speaker 4: He just take off and run. When he sees it, 996 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:24,239 Speaker 4: he's gone. 997 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,000 Speaker 2: Yeah he saw it, He's out. And that's what he 998 00:42:27,040 --> 00:42:29,120 Speaker 2: did against man coverage. He did it against the Chargers 999 00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:32,600 Speaker 2: the other night. Now, we play different types of coverages, 1000 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:34,319 Speaker 2: but a lot of times we don't bring five and 1001 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,880 Speaker 2: six people on the blitz, so we don't leave those 1002 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,520 Speaker 2: opportunities for him to just split a gap and he's gone. 1003 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:45,440 Speaker 2: When he decides to tuck and run, you hit him 1004 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:47,080 Speaker 2: with everything. 1005 00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,160 Speaker 4: I don't think you have to ask them that will help. 1006 00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:50,880 Speaker 1: No, I'm not saying I'm not asking. 1007 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:52,600 Speaker 2: I mean that would just be if I'm Matt Burke, 1008 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:55,440 Speaker 2: I walk into the room and say, okay, ten runs. 1009 00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:58,279 Speaker 1: All of them know exactly the answer. I don't have 1010 00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:00,799 Speaker 1: to tell him the answer. They know, yeah, they know. 1011 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:01,959 Speaker 4: Not on the way down. 1012 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,000 Speaker 1: I'm slide, don't be dumb, I'm slide. 1013 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:08,680 Speaker 2: But if he's going to be standing and you're around him, 1014 00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:11,960 Speaker 2: you hit him with everything, you just make him feel you, 1015 00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:15,200 Speaker 2: And maybe that's worth one decision late in a game 1016 00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:18,359 Speaker 2: where he doesn't run, or it's worth oh man, I'm 1017 00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:20,160 Speaker 2: peeking around because I've got hit so much. 1018 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:21,600 Speaker 1: One play is all. 1019 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:25,320 Speaker 3: Maybe it happens everybody who analyzes this team from AFAR. 1020 00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:27,840 Speaker 3: Not everybody, but a lot of people come up with 1021 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:31,000 Speaker 3: the same or a similar conclusion. Hey, it looks like 1022 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,839 Speaker 3: the offensive players the opponent. It looks like they're making 1023 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,640 Speaker 3: business decisions. They're thinking about that, they're tapping, they're thinking, 1024 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:40,640 Speaker 3: you know what, I Am going to get drilled. These 1025 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:43,120 Speaker 3: guys are not giving up. Petree is getting so much 1026 00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,400 Speaker 3: love right now. I love Kyle Brandt's take on the 1027 00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:46,520 Speaker 3: Guardian helmet. 1028 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:47,839 Speaker 1: That that was so good. 1029 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:49,800 Speaker 4: It's ironically cool. 1030 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:52,319 Speaker 2: I love that it is ironically cool, and it's I'm 1031 00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:55,120 Speaker 2: just I'm glad that he's, you know, in this game, 1032 00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:58,279 Speaker 2: because remember last year, there was no Jalin Petrie, right 1033 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:00,680 Speaker 2: there was a really banged up is he als Hire. 1034 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,160 Speaker 2: And I feel like those guys still feel like they've 1035 00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:05,760 Speaker 2: got something to prove, and this defense and the secondary 1036 00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:07,799 Speaker 2: will always feel like it's got something to proving though. 1037 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:09,719 Speaker 2: I think it's the best I've ever seen put up 1038 00:44:09,719 --> 00:44:11,600 Speaker 2: there with leging a boom. I mean, it's tremendous at 1039 00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:15,360 Speaker 2: that point. All right, speaking of injury report, we mentioned 1040 00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:18,160 Speaker 2: Nico a few others we got to talk about. Let's 1041 00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:20,439 Speaker 2: hit that injury report on the other side right here 1042 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:23,800 Speaker 2: on Texans All Access. Stepping everybody, Welcome back to this 1043 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:28,280 Speaker 2: Wednesday edition of Texans All Access from Monday Texans Radio Studio. 1044 00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,480 Speaker 2: I'm your host, Sean Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter for 1045 00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:37,200 Speaker 2: your Houston Texans and every Wednesday, I would say most Wednesdays, 1046 00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:39,839 Speaker 2: unless like last week, we were playing on Monday, then 1047 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,680 Speaker 2: we wouldn't have an injury report on Wednesday. But with 1048 00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:46,320 Speaker 2: a game on Sunday, getting back into our natural habitat, 1049 00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:50,520 Speaker 2: if you will, there is an injury report to discuss, 1050 00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:57,160 Speaker 2: and unfortunately, I've seen it worse. But there's obviously a 1051 00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:00,759 Speaker 2: name on here that I'm not so happy. 1052 00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,360 Speaker 1: With, and that is Nico Collins. 1053 00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:05,319 Speaker 2: Everybody saw Nico go out of the game, went into 1054 00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:08,680 Speaker 2: the concussion protocol. He remains in the concussion protocol, as 1055 00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:12,560 Speaker 2: does Justin Watson. So this is where we kind of 1056 00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:16,520 Speaker 2: fall into that trap. In some sense of playing a 1057 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:19,719 Speaker 2: Monday night game with a Sunday game after it. I 1058 00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:21,719 Speaker 2: don't know if Nico would have been ready to go 1059 00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:26,120 Speaker 2: had we had a normal week when we played Seattle 1060 00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:28,000 Speaker 2: and then played the San Francisco forty nine ers the 1061 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:28,680 Speaker 2: week after that. 1062 00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:29,719 Speaker 1: I don't know. 1063 00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,520 Speaker 2: I don't know if he I know he made it 1064 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:32,800 Speaker 2: back for the next game. I don't know if he 1065 00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:35,399 Speaker 2: would have made it back in time if we had 1066 00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:39,840 Speaker 2: an extra day. Either way, Nico concussion, Justin Watson concussion. 1067 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:43,360 Speaker 2: They were DMPs that practice today also DMPs. But this 1068 00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:47,520 Speaker 2: is pretty regular. Denico Autry and Trent Brown too, I 1069 00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:50,320 Speaker 2: think probably two of the most seasoned veterans. 1070 00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:50,440 Speaker 1: On this team. 1071 00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,520 Speaker 2: Deniko just managing that knee. I mean, he was tremendous 1072 00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:55,800 Speaker 2: the other night. So is Trent Brown dealing with an ankle. 1073 00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:58,520 Speaker 2: So hopefully those two guys are gonna be okay and 1074 00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:01,479 Speaker 2: we'll see them ramp up in practice over the next 1075 00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:02,280 Speaker 2: couple of days. 1076 00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:06,120 Speaker 1: Limited disease Titus ed Juwar Jordan back. 1077 00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:09,000 Speaker 2: That was good news. It was great news to get 1078 00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,840 Speaker 2: him back in alimited capacity. Kamori lastser Sheldon Rankas is 1079 00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:13,360 Speaker 2: the first time I think Kamari has practiced on a 1080 00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:15,680 Speaker 2: Wednesday in a while, but good to see those guys 1081 00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:18,919 Speaker 2: back in a limited capacity. And then Austin Bringman, Arion 1082 00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:20,759 Speaker 2: Terristory and the Jalen Read who started the other night 1083 00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:23,600 Speaker 2: at safety, they were all back full. Now for the Patriots, 1084 00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:27,640 Speaker 2: the one that I was looking to more than any 1085 00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:28,880 Speaker 2: other was Christian Gonzalez. 1086 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:29,640 Speaker 1: What was his status? 1087 00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:32,560 Speaker 2: Well, he was back in a limited capacity at practice, 1088 00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:35,319 Speaker 2: even though he had a concussion against the Chargers, so 1089 00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:37,360 Speaker 2: they might be able to get their Pro Bowl cornerback 1090 00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:42,680 Speaker 2: Christian Gonzalez back for this one. Other than him, Hunter Henry, 1091 00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:48,560 Speaker 2: Anthony Jennings, Terrell Jennings, Harold Landry, Kyris Tonga, they were 1092 00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:51,360 Speaker 2: limited participants. Alex Austin was a full participant. But the 1093 00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:59,480 Speaker 2: d MP's two tackles Morgan Moses starter there, Munford their backup. 1094 00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:02,200 Speaker 2: More one to watch. They've already got a rookie on 1095 00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:05,359 Speaker 2: the left side. Now Morgan Moses banged up now could 1096 00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:07,759 Speaker 2: be a situation like Trent. I haven't filed the Patriots 1097 00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:11,240 Speaker 2: as much, so it could be Morgan a little older, 1098 00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:12,480 Speaker 2: so maybe trying to. 1099 00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:14,400 Speaker 1: Manage that knee issue that he's dealing with. 1100 00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:17,920 Speaker 2: But Morgan Moses did not participate, So, uh, my guess 1101 00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:22,000 Speaker 2: and my gut tells me that that is a we're 1102 00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:23,960 Speaker 2: gonna ramp him up, kind of like Trent, kind of 1103 00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:24,840 Speaker 2: like Deniko et c. 1104 00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:26,080 Speaker 1: So we'll see. 1105 00:47:26,520 --> 00:47:29,880 Speaker 2: But Inrea report, not a ton there other than probably 1106 00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:32,600 Speaker 2: the corner and wide receiver news on both sides. Christian 1107 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:37,840 Speaker 2: Gonzalez did practice limited, Nico Collins Justin Watson receiver did not. 1108 00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:41,880 Speaker 1: So there it sits all right, We get back Nick Chubb. 1109 00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:45,000 Speaker 2: Can't wait. This is such a fun conversation. You'll hear 1110 00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:48,960 Speaker 2: that next on Texans All Access. We go on our 1111 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:50,600 Speaker 2: down one hour left to go. Right here on a 1112 00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:53,160 Speaker 2: Wednesday of this year, Texas All Access from Londay, Texans 1113 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:56,560 Speaker 2: Radio Studio. I am your host, John Harris, football analyst, 1114 00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:02,080 Speaker 2: sideline reporter, A big fan of our next guest, first 1115 00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:04,560 Speaker 2: year running back for the Texans, but he's been around 1116 00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:07,600 Speaker 2: for a little bit, he's seen some things. He is 1117 00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:09,759 Speaker 2: Nick Chubb, and we had a blast. It was our 1118 00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:11,839 Speaker 2: first time get a chance to talk with Nick Chubb. 1119 00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:14,560 Speaker 2: We had a blast talking to the veteran running back. 1120 00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:18,279 Speaker 2: Right here, Nick Chubb joining us in studio. Nick, great 1121 00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:18,920 Speaker 2: to have you with us. 1122 00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:19,399 Speaker 4: How's it going. 1123 00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:20,160 Speaker 7: It's going good. 1124 00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:22,520 Speaker 3: Thanks for having me, all right, playoff week number two 1125 00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:25,279 Speaker 3: into the divisional round. Let's talk about the win over 1126 00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:28,040 Speaker 3: Pittsburgh here for a moment, because that ground game really 1127 00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:29,320 Speaker 3: got going with you and Woody. 1128 00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:29,960 Speaker 4: How did you see it? 1129 00:48:30,760 --> 00:48:33,360 Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, for the most part, I guess that 1130 00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:35,360 Speaker 7: that was the plan, you know, just going there, you 1131 00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:38,040 Speaker 7: know it's gonna be a physical game. No, they do 1132 00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:41,120 Speaker 7: a great job front in Pittsburgh of stopping to run, 1133 00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:43,360 Speaker 7: and so we knew we had to. We know the 1134 00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:45,480 Speaker 7: first quarter would be kind of tough and that they 1135 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,239 Speaker 7: would do their best to kind of show us that 1136 00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:48,880 Speaker 7: we can't run the ball on them. But we start 1137 00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:51,359 Speaker 7: with the plan and kept running and eventually it opened 1138 00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:51,840 Speaker 7: up for us. 1139 00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:55,520 Speaker 2: Nick, did it help you having seen that particular team 1140 00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:57,319 Speaker 2: on the other side, because a lot of those same 1141 00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:59,840 Speaker 2: guys you've seen before and played against him before, that 1142 00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:02,120 Speaker 2: help you at all see their scheme and all of 1143 00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:03,359 Speaker 2: that kind of help you going into the game. 1144 00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:07,440 Speaker 7: It did, just knowing that, you know, uh the beginning 1145 00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:09,160 Speaker 7: of the game that they want to shut the run 1146 00:49:09,239 --> 00:49:13,120 Speaker 7: down and I think you know my past, my past teams, 1147 00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:15,279 Speaker 7: we would always get out of it. Because the first 1148 00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:17,759 Speaker 7: quarter would be tough. And yeah, I knew that. You know, 1149 00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:21,719 Speaker 7: it was a facade for them to pretend that they're 1150 00:49:21,719 --> 00:49:23,360 Speaker 7: good to gets to run, but the only way to 1151 00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:25,360 Speaker 7: beat that team is to run the ball. Yeah, we 1152 00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:26,960 Speaker 7: stuck it with it. You know what, he did a 1153 00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:30,359 Speaker 7: great job of finding holes and out there and punishing them. 1154 00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:32,560 Speaker 3: A lot of guys, maybe most of them on this 1155 00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:37,080 Speaker 3: team had never played Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, you have? Did 1156 00:49:37,120 --> 00:49:39,479 Speaker 3: you talk about it with them? You were certainly ready 1157 00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:40,360 Speaker 3: for that environment. 1158 00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:42,480 Speaker 7: I talked to the running backs about it, you know, 1159 00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:44,120 Speaker 7: I let them know about the you know, the field 1160 00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:47,600 Speaker 7: conditions which is pretty slick this year, and just the 1161 00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:51,960 Speaker 7: environment of the of the stadium and the renegade. But 1162 00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:53,920 Speaker 7: I can tell you this, first time I never heard 1163 00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,440 Speaker 7: the song to renegade song because I think they only 1164 00:49:56,520 --> 00:49:58,680 Speaker 7: do it when they score, and they didn't score. So 1165 00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:01,120 Speaker 7: the first time I've heard Renegade in that stage. 1166 00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:03,920 Speaker 2: I congratulated cool Popovich after the game, and he didn't 1167 00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:07,719 Speaker 2: even say thanks. His first thought was no Renegade. Now, 1168 00:50:07,719 --> 00:50:09,359 Speaker 2: I thought that was that was a pretty cool feather 1169 00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:11,840 Speaker 2: in the cast. Nick always wondered this with with running 1170 00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:14,400 Speaker 2: backs and the punishment. You guys, take how's your body 1171 00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:17,160 Speaker 2: feel at this point of the year, eighteen weeks playoff game. 1172 00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:18,279 Speaker 1: How's the body feel. 1173 00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:22,359 Speaker 7: It's pretty sore. Yeah, yeah, it's pretty sore, but it's 1174 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:24,200 Speaker 7: part of it. It's it's a good store. You know, 1175 00:50:24,239 --> 00:50:26,480 Speaker 7: you're winning games, you're in the playoffs, and you're doing 1176 00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:28,480 Speaker 7: whatever you can to get back, you know, get back 1177 00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:30,080 Speaker 7: healthy for the for the next game. But I mean 1178 00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:32,000 Speaker 7: it's a great feeling. It's bested in this position. 1179 00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:35,120 Speaker 3: Take us back when you join the team, you were recovering, 1180 00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:37,600 Speaker 3: you were getting your body ready for the season. We 1181 00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:39,680 Speaker 3: saw you around mini camp and then you get to 1182 00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:42,239 Speaker 3: training camp and you continue to ramp up. What was 1183 00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:44,400 Speaker 3: that whole process like for you coming here to this 1184 00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:46,760 Speaker 3: organization and getting ready for a campaign. 1185 00:50:47,760 --> 00:50:48,400 Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, it was. 1186 00:50:48,520 --> 00:50:48,680 Speaker 10: It was. 1187 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:50,280 Speaker 7: It was a wild ride for me in an offseason. 1188 00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:52,680 Speaker 7: You know, I was just back home training. I was 1189 00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:55,160 Speaker 7: training the whole entire offseason. I wouldn't get much buzz, 1190 00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:58,000 Speaker 7: And all of a sudden, I finished my training program 1191 00:50:58,040 --> 00:50:59,160 Speaker 7: and I get a call from the text and so 1192 00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:02,200 Speaker 7: it was like perfect timing for me, and yeah, I 1193 00:51:02,320 --> 00:51:04,360 Speaker 7: was back home in Georgia and I flew up for 1194 00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:07,520 Speaker 7: any camp, I believe, and you know it was on 1195 00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:09,400 Speaker 7: since then, but you know it was just it was 1196 00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:10,440 Speaker 7: blessing to you know. 1197 00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:12,640 Speaker 1: To be in this situation and to be here Nick, 1198 00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:14,120 Speaker 1: what's that running back room like? 1199 00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:17,640 Speaker 2: You got some youngsters obviously mentioned Woody rookie, never seen 1200 00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:19,719 Speaker 2: some things looking at things through white eyes. You got 1201 00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:22,120 Speaker 2: Darry who's been there a little bit. Jawar has been 1202 00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:24,680 Speaker 2: here for a couple of years. British. What's that room 1203 00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:27,319 Speaker 2: been like this year? Being around with Danny Barrett lead 1204 00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:28,799 Speaker 2: it is the head of running backs coach. 1205 00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:32,080 Speaker 7: We have a great room, unbelievable room, you know, experience 1206 00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,760 Speaker 7: with me and Darry and then with the young explosive 1207 00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:37,880 Speaker 7: guys and you know British, Joar and Woody, so I 1208 00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:41,480 Speaker 7: think it bounces us out well. Just those guys are fun, 1209 00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:43,920 Speaker 7: are fundy too, so just being around them all the 1210 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,879 Speaker 7: time and just kind of learning from them also also 1211 00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:48,719 Speaker 7: teaching them things that we know. So it's a good 1212 00:51:48,719 --> 00:51:49,319 Speaker 7: balance in there. 1213 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:52,880 Speaker 4: What about Danny as a coach, working with him all 1214 00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:54,319 Speaker 4: his experience. 1215 00:51:54,360 --> 00:51:56,680 Speaker 7: Yeah, he's amazing. I mean he's definitely the leader of 1216 00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:58,759 Speaker 7: us and a leader on this team. You know, he's 1217 00:51:59,160 --> 00:52:01,360 Speaker 7: has so much I was an experience of you know, 1218 00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:04,120 Speaker 7: being around the game for so long, and I mean 1219 00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:06,920 Speaker 7: he he robs for the running backs, like no matter 1220 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:09,040 Speaker 7: what we do, he has a back, and I mean 1221 00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:11,120 Speaker 7: it's just it's been nice. It's been fun playing for him. 1222 00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:14,040 Speaker 2: Nick is playing the position a little bit like in 1223 00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:16,319 Speaker 2: basketball when a guy gets kind of on a hot street. 1224 00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:17,879 Speaker 1: Because you you got hot early. 1225 00:52:17,960 --> 00:52:19,719 Speaker 2: I mean, you hit a couple of big runs early 1226 00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:21,720 Speaker 2: on and it felt like it felt like a shooter 1227 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:24,080 Speaker 2: in basketball, kind of like you got hot and like, yeah, 1228 00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:24,800 Speaker 2: hand me the ball. 1229 00:52:24,680 --> 00:52:25,520 Speaker 1: Because I'm feeling good. 1230 00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:27,080 Speaker 2: Do you kind of have that feeling like early in 1231 00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:28,719 Speaker 2: the game when you were getting the football that you 1232 00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:30,120 Speaker 2: were kind of hot, that you were kind of feeling 1233 00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:31,239 Speaker 2: like a basketball player would. 1234 00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:32,880 Speaker 7: Yeah, for sure, I felt good. I think it was 1235 00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:35,680 Speaker 7: the second quarter when I was, you know, got three 1236 00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:38,279 Speaker 7: carries in a row and yeah, I felt good. 1237 00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:41,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, that really got the team going. I thought, you 1238 00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:43,640 Speaker 3: with those three carries in a row. Then Wood he 1239 00:52:43,719 --> 00:52:45,960 Speaker 3: comes in and goes around the right side. Yeah, so 1240 00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:49,319 Speaker 3: and it was inside outside. You love that complementary kind 1241 00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:50,200 Speaker 3: of play, right for sure? 1242 00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:51,000 Speaker 7: All right? 1243 00:52:51,320 --> 00:52:52,359 Speaker 4: Nick Chubb joining us. 1244 00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:55,640 Speaker 3: Nick take us through getting ready for a playoff game, 1245 00:52:55,760 --> 00:53:00,200 Speaker 3: because this feels very different in that the magnet to 1246 00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:02,560 Speaker 3: the game is what it is. You're in the divisional round. 1247 00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:04,640 Speaker 3: How important is it to keep doing what you've been 1248 00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:07,120 Speaker 3: doing all year long? Yet you're taking it up and 1249 00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:09,440 Speaker 3: not you every week here with each round that. 1250 00:53:09,520 --> 00:53:12,160 Speaker 7: You go, Yeah, it's it's important to do to stick 1251 00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:15,040 Speaker 7: with what you've done the whole season. But it's you 1252 00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:16,960 Speaker 7: can't like lotch yourself and not pretend it's not it's 1253 00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:18,319 Speaker 7: not a big deal. You know, it's it's a it's 1254 00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:21,440 Speaker 7: a big game just for this team, you know, for 1255 00:53:21,719 --> 00:53:24,359 Speaker 7: our history, and you know, for everything that comes along 1256 00:53:24,400 --> 00:53:26,920 Speaker 7: with the outside of the media. But you have to 1257 00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:28,480 Speaker 7: kind of block it out and just kind of focus 1258 00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:30,000 Speaker 7: some of the things that you've done and get you 1259 00:53:30,040 --> 00:53:31,920 Speaker 7: to where you are. And that's what we're doing. Like 1260 00:53:31,960 --> 00:53:35,959 Speaker 7: we haven't we haven't changed a thing from regular season 1261 00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:37,960 Speaker 7: till now, So we're just kind of honing in on 1262 00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:39,919 Speaker 7: things we've been doing and doing it better. 1263 00:53:40,360 --> 00:53:42,520 Speaker 1: Nick, what's it been like running behind this offensive line? 1264 00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:44,799 Speaker 2: Do you ever find yourself just wanted to hide behind Trent, 1265 00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:46,920 Speaker 2: but Trent kind of Hey, where's Nick? 1266 00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:47,359 Speaker 1: You've lost? 1267 00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:47,960 Speaker 8: Oh? 1268 00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:51,520 Speaker 1: There is uh, what else serious? Is what's it been 1269 00:53:51,600 --> 00:53:52,880 Speaker 1: with this offensive line? What's it been like? 1270 00:53:53,200 --> 00:53:55,279 Speaker 7: It's been great, It's been great. I'm in back to 1271 00:53:55,400 --> 00:53:57,839 Speaker 7: like beginning of the season where we weren't sure about things. Yeah, 1272 00:53:58,080 --> 00:53:59,880 Speaker 7: and from there to where we are now, I mean 1273 00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:02,880 Speaker 7: completely like one eighty like we're going, We're where we 1274 00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:05,399 Speaker 7: want to be with the guys we need upfront doing 1275 00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:07,840 Speaker 7: the right things. And I mean it's been fun running 1276 00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:08,560 Speaker 7: behind those guys. 1277 00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:11,600 Speaker 3: Nick, you're a very organized guy. We've heard that you're 1278 00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:14,359 Speaker 3: very scheduled. You take care of your body, you take 1279 00:54:14,400 --> 00:54:16,440 Speaker 3: care of yourself, your whole routine. Where does all that 1280 00:54:16,600 --> 00:54:18,920 Speaker 3: come from? When and how did you develop that? 1281 00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:23,160 Speaker 7: I'm not sure where it came from. I just think, 1282 00:54:23,800 --> 00:54:26,120 Speaker 7: you know, since since a young kid, everything I've done, 1283 00:54:27,040 --> 00:54:30,960 Speaker 7: you know, has always like the repetitive things I've done 1284 00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:33,440 Speaker 7: have always like got me where I wanted to be, 1285 00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:36,640 Speaker 7: you know, and you know, just being structured, being organized 1286 00:54:36,640 --> 00:54:39,600 Speaker 7: and being disciplined has always been successful me. And so 1287 00:54:39,719 --> 00:54:41,200 Speaker 7: I've kind of just head on to that, you know, 1288 00:54:41,880 --> 00:54:44,160 Speaker 7: just every day, you know, be structured to be organized 1289 00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:46,920 Speaker 7: and have a routine to stick with it, and you know, 1290 00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:48,880 Speaker 7: it's just a formula that you do and at the end, 1291 00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:50,720 Speaker 7: you know, at the end of the day, the formula 1292 00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:51,840 Speaker 7: equals that I'll put you on. 1293 00:54:52,520 --> 00:54:52,680 Speaker 8: Nick. 1294 00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:55,160 Speaker 2: We have followed you for a long time, and so 1295 00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:57,759 Speaker 2: when videos would show up of you working out, it 1296 00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:01,239 Speaker 2: was never in some facility out in LA was never 1297 00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:04,879 Speaker 2: at you know, some fancy place in Dallas or here 1298 00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:06,960 Speaker 2: in Houston. It was always back at your high school. 1299 00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:09,200 Speaker 2: Then you would be working out there at your high 1300 00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:11,799 Speaker 2: school and everybody would comment on your videos and all, man, 1301 00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:13,560 Speaker 2: look at this is great. It always struck me that 1302 00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:16,000 Speaker 2: you went back to your high school to do your work. 1303 00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:18,640 Speaker 2: Why was that important to you to do that back 1304 00:55:18,719 --> 00:55:20,680 Speaker 2: at your high school to get yourself ready for seasons? 1305 00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:22,680 Speaker 7: I mean it's like I said, you know, I stick 1306 00:55:22,760 --> 00:55:26,000 Speaker 7: with what what has gotten me here, and that's being 1307 00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:28,320 Speaker 7: back home and see your town, Georgia training since I was, 1308 00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:31,440 Speaker 7: you know, thirteen, fourteen years old. I mean, I've always 1309 00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:33,200 Speaker 7: had success from that. So I don't know why would 1310 00:55:33,239 --> 00:55:35,520 Speaker 7: change that. And I think now some guys get caught 1311 00:55:35,560 --> 00:55:37,239 Speaker 7: up in you know, the media and glamour of going 1312 00:55:37,360 --> 00:55:41,000 Speaker 7: somewhere Miami or you know, California and say they're training 1313 00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:42,600 Speaker 7: when they're not really training. 1314 00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:42,800 Speaker 8: You know. 1315 00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:45,560 Speaker 7: Yeah, a lot of distractions out there. So for me, 1316 00:55:45,719 --> 00:55:47,960 Speaker 7: I'm trying to eliminit all distractions, trying to go back 1317 00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:50,960 Speaker 7: home where I was that young, hungry, fourteen year old 1318 00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:53,279 Speaker 7: and kind of mimic that and stick with that. And 1319 00:55:53,440 --> 00:55:55,120 Speaker 7: I've always had success from doing that. 1320 00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:58,240 Speaker 3: I don't know what the latest numbers are, but Houston, 1321 00:55:58,680 --> 00:56:01,520 Speaker 3: South Florida, they produce a lot of professional football players. 1322 00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:03,799 Speaker 3: But Georgia, I mean it has to be right there. 1323 00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:06,880 Speaker 3: So many great players come from Georgia. 1324 00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:07,800 Speaker 4: Why is that? 1325 00:56:09,040 --> 00:56:10,920 Speaker 7: I mean, it's ball, but ball is all we have 1326 00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:13,240 Speaker 7: really out there. I mean, if you've been in Georgia, 1327 00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:15,960 Speaker 7: you know, it's nothing but like tree and it states 1328 00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:18,319 Speaker 7: outside of Atlanta, even Atlanta, it's just like a city 1329 00:56:18,320 --> 00:56:20,640 Speaker 7: in the jungle, you know, but it's not it's not 1330 00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:21,200 Speaker 7: much going on. 1331 00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:21,480 Speaker 11: You know. 1332 00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:24,000 Speaker 7: We have we have football, we have sports, and that's 1333 00:56:24,080 --> 00:56:25,879 Speaker 7: kind of what everyone has and what everyone does. 1334 00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:28,759 Speaker 2: Nick when you're growing up and you became a running back, 1335 00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:31,440 Speaker 2: who is the player or was there a player that 1336 00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:34,280 Speaker 2: you looked at maybe that you didn't you know, emulate completely, 1337 00:56:34,360 --> 00:56:36,279 Speaker 2: but you loved watching because you thought, you know what, man, 1338 00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:38,359 Speaker 2: I want to I want to run like like him 1339 00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:39,960 Speaker 2: one day, I know, you have your own style, but 1340 00:56:40,080 --> 00:56:42,080 Speaker 2: was there somebody that you grew up really loving to 1341 00:56:42,160 --> 00:56:44,399 Speaker 2: watch and maybe trying to emulate as you got older. 1342 00:56:44,800 --> 00:56:47,040 Speaker 7: Yeah, I remember early on my dad he liked the Dolphins, 1343 00:56:47,080 --> 00:56:50,439 Speaker 7: so we like Ricky Williams. Okay, yeah, he ran hard. 1344 00:56:50,520 --> 00:56:53,440 Speaker 7: But on my own, I like, I loved Adrian Peterson. Yep, 1345 00:56:53,960 --> 00:56:55,839 Speaker 7: so that both ran hard. 1346 00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:56,000 Speaker 10: You know. 1347 00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:57,920 Speaker 7: That's That's probably the biggest thing that I told muse 1348 00:56:57,960 --> 00:56:59,759 Speaker 7: about the young kid, I just want to run hard. Yeah, 1349 00:57:00,239 --> 00:57:02,520 Speaker 7: So that's probably the what I took from those guys 1350 00:57:02,600 --> 00:57:02,959 Speaker 7: the most. 1351 00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:06,759 Speaker 3: Nick, you played your whole career at Georgia, and even 1352 00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:10,600 Speaker 3: though college sports, college football is so different now with 1353 00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:13,480 Speaker 3: the portal and nil, I got a feeling you would 1354 00:57:13,480 --> 00:57:15,840 Speaker 3: have stayed at Georgia the whole time anyway, had you 1355 00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:17,840 Speaker 3: have the freedom to jump around and go to different 1356 00:57:17,840 --> 00:57:18,560 Speaker 3: schools or whatever. 1357 00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:20,840 Speaker 4: No question, Yeah, no question. What did you get out 1358 00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:21,640 Speaker 4: of that experience? 1359 00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:24,880 Speaker 7: I mean, I'm a very loyal guy, and I got 1360 00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:27,280 Speaker 7: a chance to play for my state where I was 1361 00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:30,960 Speaker 7: born and raised, and you know, almost win a championship 1362 00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:32,880 Speaker 7: for my state. So I mean it it was no 1363 00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:34,440 Speaker 7: question for me that I was going to Georgia and 1364 00:57:34,880 --> 00:57:37,040 Speaker 7: even in these times like now, I would have been there, 1365 00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:38,960 Speaker 7: you know, all five or six years. However, loone, you 1366 00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:40,800 Speaker 7: can stay in college these days. So yeah, it was no. 1367 00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:44,240 Speaker 2: Question Rosebull against Oklahoma greatest college football game of all time. 1368 00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:47,000 Speaker 7: I would say, so, yeah, pretty are close. 1369 00:57:47,760 --> 00:57:49,480 Speaker 1: If it is, it's pretty darn close. I mean, what 1370 00:57:49,640 --> 00:57:51,480 Speaker 1: was that like, playing the rose ball in that environment? 1371 00:57:52,080 --> 00:57:52,600 Speaker 5: Oh, it was. 1372 00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:55,360 Speaker 7: It was great. That's that's probably. That's definitely the one 1373 00:57:55,400 --> 00:57:56,520 Speaker 7: of the biggest games I played in. 1374 00:57:56,680 --> 00:57:56,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. 1375 00:57:56,880 --> 00:58:00,240 Speaker 7: And the funny story about that was we played Baker Mayfield. Yeah, 1376 00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:03,040 Speaker 7: and after the game, you know, we end up winning 1377 00:58:03,160 --> 00:58:05,600 Speaker 7: like a crazy overtime, you know, I think Sony scored 1378 00:58:05,680 --> 00:58:08,480 Speaker 7: like four forty yards out yep, and like a stunner. 1379 00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:10,760 Speaker 7: And the next time I saw Baker we were in 1380 00:58:10,880 --> 00:58:14,000 Speaker 7: camp on the same team. We were roommates. I'm like, 1381 00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:16,440 Speaker 7: what's up, man, It was funny. 1382 00:58:16,680 --> 00:58:17,960 Speaker 1: You let me hear about it. 1383 00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:20,000 Speaker 7: No, I never I never seen a thing about it. 1384 00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:22,520 Speaker 1: Oh man, you're nice. You're way too nice. 1385 00:58:22,920 --> 00:58:24,240 Speaker 2: That would have been what I would have chapped him 1386 00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:26,240 Speaker 2: with every now, like, hey, that game, go, we played 1387 00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:26,800 Speaker 2: the rose ball. 1388 00:58:26,880 --> 00:58:28,480 Speaker 1: I'd give it to him a little bit. That was good. 1389 00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:30,640 Speaker 3: Do you have any solutions for what's going on in 1390 00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:34,320 Speaker 3: college football right now with the crazy transferring, and I 1391 00:58:34,520 --> 00:58:36,560 Speaker 3: l great that the guys are getting something, but it's 1392 00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:38,760 Speaker 3: just really hard to navigate through it all. 1393 00:58:38,880 --> 00:58:42,360 Speaker 7: What do you think I'll discussed with my friends all 1394 00:58:42,400 --> 00:58:45,760 Speaker 7: the time. I mean, I really don't know exactly how 1395 00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:48,320 Speaker 7: they're running things from you know, outside looking in. But 1396 00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:50,560 Speaker 7: I mean I feel like you have to have I 1397 00:58:50,600 --> 00:58:53,760 Speaker 7: feel like you should limit the transferred options or whatever, 1398 00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:55,640 Speaker 7: and like maybe have contracts or something. 1399 00:58:56,360 --> 00:58:56,760 Speaker 4: I don't know. 1400 00:58:56,920 --> 00:59:00,680 Speaker 7: I feel like it's so much like the NFL now. Yeah, 1401 00:59:00,920 --> 00:59:02,280 Speaker 7: I feel like they should handle it, you know, in 1402 00:59:02,320 --> 00:59:02,640 Speaker 7: that way. 1403 00:59:03,320 --> 00:59:05,600 Speaker 2: Nick, What when you got into the building and I 1404 00:59:05,680 --> 00:59:07,960 Speaker 2: know you were a little bit earlier than Kamari Lasser? 1405 00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:09,440 Speaker 1: What do you know about Kamari? 1406 00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:12,200 Speaker 2: You know, being a Georgia guy, what you learn about 1407 00:59:12,280 --> 00:59:14,360 Speaker 2: him and what have you seen from him in particular? 1408 00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:16,480 Speaker 1: How proud are you that he's at Georgia alum? 1409 00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:18,440 Speaker 7: Oh for sure. I mean I remember him and him 1410 00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:19,960 Speaker 7: and at Georgia watching him. 1411 00:59:20,120 --> 00:59:20,680 Speaker 1: He's a doll. 1412 00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:23,200 Speaker 7: I mean, he's very physical, he loves to hit, and 1413 00:59:23,840 --> 00:59:26,600 Speaker 7: I mean he's just a great a great, great athlete, 1414 00:59:26,640 --> 00:59:28,800 Speaker 7: great player. I mean he's he's sticky in coverage. He 1415 00:59:28,840 --> 00:59:30,760 Speaker 7: can do anything you ask. He can come, he can 1416 00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:33,920 Speaker 7: play lonebackers, come in and hits hit the running back 1417 00:59:33,960 --> 00:59:36,560 Speaker 7: you know in the backfield, and yeah, he's really good. 1418 00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:38,000 Speaker 4: All right, Nick, one more for you? 1419 00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:41,840 Speaker 3: Any message for the fans, people with a vested interest 1420 00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:44,680 Speaker 3: in the Texans taking on the Patriots this Sunday. 1421 00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:45,680 Speaker 4: What are you thinking? 1422 00:59:45,840 --> 00:59:47,840 Speaker 7: What do you have to say? I mean, I'll just say, 1423 00:59:47,880 --> 00:59:49,560 Speaker 7: you know, we're gonna do it. We've done all season. 1424 00:59:49,680 --> 00:59:53,920 Speaker 7: We're gonna despite you know, the downs of the game 1425 00:59:54,080 --> 00:59:56,160 Speaker 7: or despite you know, things not going our way earlier, Man, 1426 00:59:56,360 --> 00:59:58,320 Speaker 7: that this team doesn't give up. This team was gonna 1427 00:59:58,360 --> 01:00:00,560 Speaker 7: find a way, find a way to win. And you know, 1428 01:00:00,720 --> 01:00:04,000 Speaker 7: the history and the dad and the metrics doesn't really 1429 01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:06,360 Speaker 7: apply to us. You know we were gonna win. We 1430 01:00:06,440 --> 01:00:07,120 Speaker 7: find a way to win. 1431 01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:08,880 Speaker 4: Awesome, Nick, thanks a lot for joining us. 1432 01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:09,200 Speaker 5: Good luck. 1433 01:00:09,200 --> 01:00:09,680 Speaker 7: Thank you guys. 1434 01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:12,720 Speaker 1: I've seen it throughout the year, felt it when he 1435 01:00:12,840 --> 01:00:13,240 Speaker 1: was in here. 1436 01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:17,440 Speaker 2: I totally understood why people in Cleveland loved him, absolutely 1437 01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:18,440 Speaker 2: well love him. 1438 01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:19,840 Speaker 1: I know people in Houston do. 1439 01:00:20,080 --> 01:00:20,240 Speaker 8: Man. 1440 01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:22,320 Speaker 2: We had a great time. We loved him having him 1441 01:00:22,360 --> 01:00:26,200 Speaker 2: here at studio. Nick Chubb running back for your Houston Texans. 1442 01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:28,400 Speaker 2: All right, we get back, let me go. Ryan spoke 1443 01:00:28,480 --> 01:00:31,280 Speaker 2: to the media today. What did he have to say 1444 01:00:31,400 --> 01:00:33,480 Speaker 2: at his press or We'll have that for you in 1445 01:00:33,560 --> 01:00:37,480 Speaker 2: its entirety next on Texans All Access. All right, here 1446 01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:40,520 Speaker 2: we go Wednesday, Nation of Texans All actsays, coming at 1447 01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:44,280 Speaker 2: you from the Texans Radio studio. I'm your host, John Harris, 1448 01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:47,960 Speaker 2: football analyst, sideline reporter with as I like to call it, 1449 01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:51,880 Speaker 2: last week, some bonus radio, baby, Yeah, all the radio 1450 01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:55,680 Speaker 2: after the regular seasons, bonus radio, I think, in some way, 1451 01:00:55,720 --> 01:00:58,160 Speaker 2: shape or form. But it's been there for the last 1452 01:00:58,200 --> 01:01:02,000 Speaker 2: two years and hopefully we're back next week Wednesday. Talking 1453 01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:05,800 Speaker 2: about an AFC Championship game, but that is off in 1454 01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:08,400 Speaker 2: the distance. You gotta take care of our business first 1455 01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:10,680 Speaker 2: against New England Patriots, a team that Texas have never 1456 01:01:10,760 --> 01:01:14,400 Speaker 2: beaten in the playoffs and have only beaten at Gillette 1457 01:01:14,400 --> 01:01:19,720 Speaker 2: Stadium once. But that once was the last year, going 1458 01:01:19,840 --> 01:01:21,960 Speaker 2: up there beating Drake May and the Patriots as they 1459 01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:25,760 Speaker 2: wore their their Patriot pat red which I like, they 1460 01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:27,800 Speaker 2: won't wear those. I guess you can't wear the alternate 1461 01:01:28,160 --> 01:01:30,640 Speaker 2: uniforms in the playoffs for some reason, they're cool enough 1462 01:01:30,680 --> 01:01:32,000 Speaker 2: to wear in the regular season, but you can't wear 1463 01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:32,600 Speaker 2: in the playoffs. 1464 01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:34,040 Speaker 1: I don't know, But what are you gonna do? 1465 01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:34,440 Speaker 10: So? 1466 01:01:35,160 --> 01:01:38,560 Speaker 2: Tamiko Ryans, who led the Texas to win over New 1467 01:01:38,600 --> 01:01:42,200 Speaker 2: England Patriots last year at the Helm at the mic 1468 01:01:42,520 --> 01:01:45,920 Speaker 2: today for his press conference getting ready for this one 1469 01:01:45,960 --> 01:01:46,920 Speaker 2: against New England. 1470 01:01:48,640 --> 01:01:49,760 Speaker 12: Before we started. 1471 01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:01,040 Speaker 8: When it comes to the offensive line, the way they're 1472 01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:02,960 Speaker 8: run block right now, what difference do you see in 1473 01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:05,000 Speaker 8: the way that they're coming off playing together. 1474 01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:07,800 Speaker 12: As five as one, There's no difference with our offensive line. 1475 01:02:07,800 --> 01:02:09,360 Speaker 12: They've been doing a good job all year in a 1476 01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:12,200 Speaker 12: run game. Guys are staying connected, playing physical, and that's 1477 01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:15,040 Speaker 12: what we expect from them. Just stay connected, finish your blocks, 1478 01:02:15,560 --> 01:02:16,880 Speaker 12: play to the best of your ability. 1479 01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:19,919 Speaker 8: That's good enough for us. Looking out. New England uses 1480 01:02:20,080 --> 01:02:22,040 Speaker 8: their two running backs from Stevenson and Henderson. 1481 01:02:22,080 --> 01:02:24,520 Speaker 12: What have you kind of seen Henderson seems like he's 1482 01:02:24,520 --> 01:02:26,720 Speaker 12: coming along here in the back part of the season. Yeah, 1483 01:02:26,760 --> 01:02:29,240 Speaker 12: both backs have a ton of respect for Both guys 1484 01:02:29,320 --> 01:02:31,680 Speaker 12: are really Uh they run the ball really well. Uh. 1485 01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:32,720 Speaker 8: Starting with Henderson. 1486 01:02:33,280 --> 01:02:36,840 Speaker 12: Uh. Where he sets himself apart is just the breakaway speed, 1487 01:02:36,920 --> 01:02:40,280 Speaker 12: the home run speed, definitely. Uh can get out on 1488 01:02:40,360 --> 01:02:42,080 Speaker 12: the edge and really take it to the house, so 1489 01:02:42,160 --> 01:02:43,760 Speaker 12: you have to be conscious of that, you have to 1490 01:02:43,800 --> 01:02:45,320 Speaker 12: do a great job of tackling him. 1491 01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:47,320 Speaker 8: Just a really fast, explosive player. 1492 01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:50,840 Speaker 12: And then Stevenson and this guy's just all around just 1493 01:02:51,000 --> 01:02:54,360 Speaker 12: the runs the ball, physical uh, I mean he has 1494 01:02:54,680 --> 01:02:57,600 Speaker 12: passing game ability as well, catches the ball well. You see, 1495 01:02:57,640 --> 01:03:01,880 Speaker 12: he's just a three down guy, all around purpose, purposeful 1496 01:03:01,920 --> 01:03:04,760 Speaker 12: guy that they using a lot of different situations. You 1497 01:03:04,800 --> 01:03:07,120 Speaker 12: can tell that they truly trust him with the football. 1498 01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:09,040 Speaker 12: He's done done a really good job for them. So 1499 01:03:09,160 --> 01:03:11,920 Speaker 12: he's another guy's tough tackle. I we got to tackle 1500 01:03:11,960 --> 01:03:13,880 Speaker 12: well versus both of these backs. They do a great 1501 01:03:13,960 --> 01:03:15,920 Speaker 12: job breaking tackles, making guys miss Oh. 1502 01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:18,560 Speaker 11: Have you seen Drake may grow and developed to help 1503 01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:20,720 Speaker 11: the team to just turn around in his second season. 1504 01:03:21,160 --> 01:03:24,120 Speaker 12: I think Drake is doing a really good job of 1505 01:03:25,280 --> 01:03:28,040 Speaker 12: not making not making bad decisions with the football. He's 1506 01:03:28,080 --> 01:03:30,360 Speaker 12: doing a really good job of utilizing, you know, where 1507 01:03:30,520 --> 01:03:32,920 Speaker 12: his playmakers are open. He's getting those guys to football 1508 01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:35,440 Speaker 12: and I think Josh is calling it really well for 1509 01:03:35,600 --> 01:03:38,480 Speaker 12: him to give him, you know, easy plays to make 1510 01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:41,200 Speaker 12: good decisions and where he's taking that next step is 1511 01:03:41,680 --> 01:03:44,480 Speaker 12: his ability to escape the pocket. I think it's really 1512 01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:47,520 Speaker 12: doesn't get talked about much, but he his athletic ability, 1513 01:03:47,600 --> 01:03:50,080 Speaker 12: his ability to escape the pocket. It has been really 1514 01:03:50,160 --> 01:03:52,880 Speaker 12: clutched for them. He's made some big runs to really 1515 01:03:53,240 --> 01:03:54,960 Speaker 12: hurt a lot of defenses, so we have to be 1516 01:03:55,080 --> 01:03:57,840 Speaker 12: conscious of that. But uh, he's he's making good decisions, 1517 01:03:57,920 --> 01:04:00,960 Speaker 12: good young player, has a really bright few Uh can 1518 01:04:01,080 --> 01:04:03,120 Speaker 12: throw the ball at all three levels of the field 1519 01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:05,520 Speaker 12: very well, so they and they do a good job 1520 01:04:05,920 --> 01:04:08,360 Speaker 12: around him. I think it helps first and foremost with 1521 01:04:08,440 --> 01:04:10,800 Speaker 12: how they run the football. They do a really good 1522 01:04:10,840 --> 01:04:13,520 Speaker 12: job of staying committed to the run game, mixing up 1523 01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:15,200 Speaker 12: their personnel group and is give me a lot of 1524 01:04:15,240 --> 01:04:18,000 Speaker 12: different looks, a lot of different runs. And they play 1525 01:04:18,080 --> 01:04:20,720 Speaker 12: physical upfront, so they're gonna make you, you know, stop 1526 01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:22,760 Speaker 12: the run first. And then you have a quarterback who 1527 01:04:22,800 --> 01:04:25,280 Speaker 12: can drop back and he can he can go through 1528 01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:27,800 Speaker 12: his progressions really well and make good decisions with the ball. 1529 01:04:27,920 --> 01:04:31,440 Speaker 12: So it's a really well coached unit. I would say, 1530 01:04:31,600 --> 01:04:33,960 Speaker 12: you watch the tape, that's what I see. Very disciplined, 1531 01:04:34,040 --> 01:04:36,920 Speaker 12: well coached team, and those guys execute really well. 1532 01:04:37,080 --> 01:04:41,200 Speaker 13: Coach, you're facing Stefun again for the first time since 1533 01:04:41,440 --> 01:04:43,960 Speaker 13: you know, he liked the team in this offseason. It 1534 01:04:44,040 --> 01:04:46,440 Speaker 13: seems like kind of over the two years, well, when 1535 01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:48,600 Speaker 13: he came to the offseason last year and now this year, 1536 01:04:48,680 --> 01:04:51,840 Speaker 13: the the secondary is taking fake Trump with the Texans. 1537 01:04:51,880 --> 01:04:54,920 Speaker 13: Do you feel like his presence, you know, the practice battles, 1538 01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:57,160 Speaker 13: the advice kind of help this group kind of. 1539 01:04:57,160 --> 01:04:57,680 Speaker 14: Over the years. 1540 01:04:57,920 --> 01:05:00,280 Speaker 12: I think with our with our secondary group, our guys 1541 01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:02,840 Speaker 12: are just always eager to go out and get better 1542 01:05:03,080 --> 01:05:04,560 Speaker 12: no matter who they're going against. 1543 01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:06,720 Speaker 8: Our guys is their competitive guys. 1544 01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:09,600 Speaker 12: Steph has done a great job there in New England 1545 01:05:10,200 --> 01:05:12,920 Speaker 12: making some plays for them, being very quarterback friendly, which 1546 01:05:12,960 --> 01:05:15,560 Speaker 12: Steph has done. You know, his entire career run a 1547 01:05:15,560 --> 01:05:18,400 Speaker 12: lot of a lot of option choice routes, and you 1548 01:05:18,480 --> 01:05:21,040 Speaker 12: know he's very explosive after he catches the football. So 1549 01:05:21,440 --> 01:05:24,480 Speaker 12: another guy, we gotta make sure we're have eyes on 1550 01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:26,960 Speaker 12: and make sure we're doing a great job of tackling 1551 01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:28,040 Speaker 12: and covering him really well. 1552 01:05:29,640 --> 01:05:34,080 Speaker 14: Both the former NFL linebackers, what skills like that are 1553 01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:35,400 Speaker 14: required to play that position? 1554 01:05:35,960 --> 01:05:37,520 Speaker 8: Do you find valuable as a head coach? 1555 01:05:38,800 --> 01:05:42,000 Speaker 12: Yep, as you play the linebacker position, I think The 1556 01:05:42,440 --> 01:05:44,880 Speaker 12: thing that for me that helps you, you know, and 1557 01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:48,680 Speaker 12: coaching is as a linebacker, you're responsible for more than 1558 01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:50,720 Speaker 12: one thing. As a head coach, you have more than 1559 01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:53,600 Speaker 12: one thing on your plate all the time. When run linebackers, 1560 01:05:53,640 --> 01:05:55,400 Speaker 12: you of course you have to step up and you 1561 01:05:55,480 --> 01:05:56,920 Speaker 12: have to play the run game. You have to know 1562 01:05:57,080 --> 01:05:59,480 Speaker 12: the front, you have to know run fits, which can 1563 01:05:59,520 --> 01:06:02,240 Speaker 12: be very intricate and it changes a lot based on 1564 01:06:02,400 --> 01:06:04,919 Speaker 12: gap pools, different schemes. So you have to be able 1565 01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:07,760 Speaker 12: to adjust and adapt on the fly in the run game. 1566 01:06:07,840 --> 01:06:12,400 Speaker 12: And also you're required to play in the passing game 1567 01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:15,800 Speaker 12: as well, which is a lot of different details depending 1568 01:06:15,840 --> 01:06:19,120 Speaker 12: on the calls and what you're running. Linebackers have to 1569 01:06:19,160 --> 01:06:22,080 Speaker 12: account for, you know, covering receivers, covering running backs. 1570 01:06:22,120 --> 01:06:24,520 Speaker 8: You have to do it all. Same as a head coach, 1571 01:06:24,560 --> 01:06:26,200 Speaker 8: you're kind of in the middle of everything. You have 1572 01:06:26,320 --> 01:06:28,560 Speaker 8: to be able to do a lot of different things. 1573 01:06:28,600 --> 01:06:31,680 Speaker 12: You have to be able to be trustworthy, smart, accountable, 1574 01:06:31,960 --> 01:06:35,040 Speaker 12: and that's what the linebacker position requires. So Rabel has 1575 01:06:35,080 --> 01:06:37,680 Speaker 12: done a great job of leading this team. He did 1576 01:06:37,720 --> 01:06:40,200 Speaker 12: a great job of leading the Titans when he was there. 1577 01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:44,760 Speaker 12: Really smart coach. His team is always well prepared they're 1578 01:06:44,800 --> 01:06:48,880 Speaker 12: always play they always play physical, so it's a tough challenge. 1579 01:06:48,920 --> 01:06:51,080 Speaker 12: He's done a good job there having his team in 1580 01:06:51,120 --> 01:06:53,680 Speaker 12: a position that you're in right now based on where 1581 01:06:53,720 --> 01:06:54,520 Speaker 12: they were last year. 1582 01:06:54,760 --> 01:06:55,760 Speaker 8: See his leadership. 1583 01:06:56,120 --> 01:06:59,200 Speaker 12: It's really taking effect over that building the entire team 1584 01:06:59,280 --> 01:07:00,520 Speaker 12: and they play that way. 1585 01:07:00,760 --> 01:07:02,600 Speaker 8: So he's done an outstanding job right there. 1586 01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:05,920 Speaker 12: Have a ton of respect for Rable the secondary and 1587 01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:09,240 Speaker 12: being eager to improve no matter who they face. 1588 01:07:09,520 --> 01:07:12,080 Speaker 8: What's what's that internal competition between them? 1589 01:07:12,120 --> 01:07:13,440 Speaker 12: As far as I know, they're a team and they're 1590 01:07:13,640 --> 01:07:15,280 Speaker 12: they're rooting for each other, but just kind of like 1591 01:07:15,360 --> 01:07:19,400 Speaker 12: that friend internal competition between them. Yeah, the our secondary guys, 1592 01:07:19,440 --> 01:07:22,360 Speaker 12: like I said earlier, they're just they're competitive guys. They're 1593 01:07:22,520 --> 01:07:25,560 Speaker 12: not just competing, you know, with other people. They're competing 1594 01:07:25,600 --> 01:07:28,400 Speaker 12: with themselves first and foremost, right, And it's a challenge 1595 01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:30,800 Speaker 12: amongst our groups to see who can make the most plays. 1596 01:07:30,840 --> 01:07:33,760 Speaker 12: And I love that it's a healthy competition amongst our 1597 01:07:33,840 --> 01:07:37,040 Speaker 12: guys and that really drives those guys to be better. 1598 01:07:37,160 --> 01:07:39,080 Speaker 12: And the way they work out on the practice field 1599 01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:41,960 Speaker 12: it is second to none. So the success that they 1600 01:07:42,080 --> 01:07:44,160 Speaker 12: have is not surprising in me because they put the 1601 01:07:44,200 --> 01:07:45,000 Speaker 12: work in the right way. 1602 01:07:45,320 --> 01:07:48,880 Speaker 1: You can't get how y'all I'm sorry, go ahead, okay, thanks. 1603 01:07:49,560 --> 01:07:50,200 Speaker 8: What is it about? 1604 01:07:50,360 --> 01:07:50,480 Speaker 14: Uh? 1605 01:07:50,480 --> 01:07:53,200 Speaker 1: The Patriots defense and makes them so good against the one? 1606 01:07:53,400 --> 01:07:54,560 Speaker 10: What do they do well? 1607 01:07:55,400 --> 01:07:58,240 Speaker 12: It's starting with the Patriots defense. The the thing that 1608 01:07:59,360 --> 01:08:02,280 Speaker 12: they do well, it's at the two interior d tackles. Right, 1609 01:08:02,360 --> 01:08:05,720 Speaker 12: you can't talk about their defense without talking about how 1610 01:08:05,800 --> 01:08:10,600 Speaker 12: those guys play. Barmore and Milton, they do outstanding the job. Explosive, 1611 01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:13,840 Speaker 12: physical guys, do a great job run game and passing game. 1612 01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:17,000 Speaker 12: So it starts there with the interior guys. And you 1613 01:08:17,080 --> 01:08:19,720 Speaker 12: know they are physical upfront. It's one thing I say. 1614 01:08:19,760 --> 01:08:21,760 Speaker 12: They do a great job of setting the edges. You're 1615 01:08:21,800 --> 01:08:23,560 Speaker 12: gonna have to earn every yard that you get in 1616 01:08:23,600 --> 01:08:26,240 Speaker 12: the run game. It's not gonna be easy. That's why 1617 01:08:26,320 --> 01:08:29,000 Speaker 12: they're good in the run game. Tough, physical guys at 1618 01:08:29,040 --> 01:08:31,559 Speaker 12: the defensive line spot and at the second level. Those 1619 01:08:31,640 --> 01:08:34,840 Speaker 12: guys play very hard, play very physical, so they they 1620 01:08:34,920 --> 01:08:36,720 Speaker 12: make you earn it, which is what you have to 1621 01:08:36,760 --> 01:08:37,840 Speaker 12: go do at this time of year. 1622 01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:39,240 Speaker 8: I was last. 1623 01:08:43,240 --> 01:08:45,799 Speaker 7: In terms of how y'all win the game this past Monday, 1624 01:08:46,120 --> 01:08:48,439 Speaker 7: Like how much changes week the weekend, how much of 1625 01:08:49,120 --> 01:08:51,559 Speaker 7: just the way y'all won. It's like the formula beside 1626 01:08:51,560 --> 01:08:52,920 Speaker 7: from ops and turning off over. 1627 01:08:52,840 --> 01:08:54,680 Speaker 1: The ball, but y'all ran the ball really good on 1628 01:08:54,800 --> 01:08:58,160 Speaker 1: third down. I actually had defensive players. Like, how much 1629 01:08:58,200 --> 01:08:59,719 Speaker 1: of that is just like just a straight up formula 1630 01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:01,439 Speaker 1: versus having to change for people? 1631 01:09:02,680 --> 01:09:05,400 Speaker 8: When for me at this time of year, however, you 1632 01:09:05,520 --> 01:09:06,400 Speaker 8: have to win games. 1633 01:09:06,920 --> 01:09:09,519 Speaker 12: It changes each week based on who you're playing and 1634 01:09:10,040 --> 01:09:12,120 Speaker 12: what are their strengths and how do you how do 1635 01:09:12,160 --> 01:09:15,200 Speaker 12: you minimize the strengths of your opponent? So, uh, this 1636 01:09:15,360 --> 01:09:18,000 Speaker 12: week will it probably look different, you know, based on 1637 01:09:18,880 --> 01:09:22,519 Speaker 12: what we do schematically, But our style of play it 1638 01:09:22,600 --> 01:09:25,599 Speaker 12: doesn't change. No matter who we play against. Our style 1639 01:09:25,640 --> 01:09:27,719 Speaker 12: of play will never change. And that's just playing fast, 1640 01:09:27,840 --> 01:09:30,880 Speaker 12: playing physical, swarming. That's what we That's who we are. 1641 01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:34,040 Speaker 8: That's what we do. That doesn't change, and that travels 1642 01:09:34,080 --> 01:09:34,760 Speaker 8: wherever we have to go. 1643 01:09:36,520 --> 01:09:36,960 Speaker 7: Practice. 1644 01:09:37,040 --> 01:09:37,879 Speaker 5: Just bold security. 1645 01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:39,000 Speaker 13: You know, that was a little bit of an issue 1646 01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:39,839 Speaker 13: there at at Pittsburgh. 1647 01:09:40,400 --> 01:09:42,160 Speaker 5: Is it emphasis change or is that stuff you. 1648 01:09:42,160 --> 01:09:43,120 Speaker 8: Guys handle all the time? 1649 01:09:43,439 --> 01:09:47,439 Speaker 12: No, no changes, right, just making sure we're aware of 1650 01:09:47,560 --> 01:09:49,360 Speaker 12: what's going on and making sure we handle it the 1651 01:09:49,439 --> 01:09:49,720 Speaker 12: right way. 1652 01:09:49,720 --> 01:09:52,040 Speaker 8: I know CJ and Jake. They'll do a a great 1653 01:09:52,120 --> 01:09:53,760 Speaker 8: job of being on that this week. 1654 01:09:53,840 --> 01:09:57,240 Speaker 12: And you know, I think no one feels more bad 1655 01:09:57,320 --> 01:09:58,559 Speaker 12: about that than than CJ. 1656 01:09:58,680 --> 01:10:00,400 Speaker 8: I know he'll he'll get that correct. I could get 1657 01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:01,920 Speaker 8: it fixed and we'll be ready to roll this week. 1658 01:10:04,360 --> 01:10:06,559 Speaker 11: If you had to describe your past rush to someone 1659 01:10:06,600 --> 01:10:08,200 Speaker 11: who had never seen you guys play, how would you 1660 01:10:08,240 --> 01:10:08,640 Speaker 11: describe it? 1661 01:10:08,800 --> 01:10:10,720 Speaker 8: Oh, I leave that up to you with all the 1662 01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:12,880 Speaker 8: beautiful words that you have for us. 1663 01:10:14,680 --> 01:10:16,800 Speaker 12: If I had to describe our past rush to someone 1664 01:10:16,840 --> 01:10:22,240 Speaker 12: who haven't seen it before, I would I would just say, oh, man, 1665 01:10:22,360 --> 01:10:24,280 Speaker 12: a lot of different terms, but I would just say, 1666 01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:25,680 Speaker 12: you're looking for you. 1667 01:10:27,200 --> 01:10:28,280 Speaker 8: Look for four guys? 1668 01:10:28,479 --> 01:10:34,719 Speaker 12: Who I mean, it's like four Tasmanian devils just wrecking 1669 01:10:35,120 --> 01:10:36,559 Speaker 12: everything that's in front of them. 1670 01:10:36,720 --> 01:10:38,240 Speaker 8: That's what That's why I look at our guys. 1671 01:10:38,360 --> 01:10:41,280 Speaker 12: They are they are fast, they're physical, and the way 1672 01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:44,000 Speaker 12: they get off the ball, the way they collapse the pocket, 1673 01:10:44,479 --> 01:10:48,559 Speaker 12: it's their terror and it's fun to watch those guys 1674 01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:51,519 Speaker 12: and it that's what makes our defense go, Like, why 1675 01:10:51,560 --> 01:10:53,720 Speaker 12: are we able to rush four guys and play the 1676 01:10:53,800 --> 01:10:54,479 Speaker 12: way we play? 1677 01:10:55,120 --> 01:10:58,160 Speaker 8: It's it's not because of I'm such a great coach. 1678 01:10:58,240 --> 01:11:01,280 Speaker 12: It's because we got really great players up front, and 1679 01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:04,120 Speaker 12: this game will always be about the players and those 1680 01:11:04,200 --> 01:11:07,679 Speaker 12: guys they set the table for us, for our entire team. 1681 01:11:08,880 --> 01:11:11,439 Speaker 11: A lot of people are impressed that you're able to 1682 01:11:11,520 --> 01:11:14,479 Speaker 11: have such ferocious pass us with mostly just doing the 1683 01:11:14,520 --> 01:11:17,439 Speaker 11: four players, not blitzing flitzing. A lot of even Tomblin 1684 01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:20,280 Speaker 11: mentioned that what is it about your guys that allow 1685 01:11:20,320 --> 01:11:21,479 Speaker 11: you to have that success with just. 1686 01:11:21,720 --> 01:11:22,479 Speaker 13: Just the foreman rush? 1687 01:11:22,640 --> 01:11:26,160 Speaker 12: And the thing about our guys is, I don't it 1688 01:11:26,240 --> 01:11:29,080 Speaker 12: starts with their coach, Like ro coach Rod Right has 1689 01:11:29,120 --> 01:11:31,200 Speaker 12: done an outstanding job of. 1690 01:11:31,640 --> 01:11:34,240 Speaker 8: Helping, you know, each and every guy in their room 1691 01:11:34,760 --> 01:11:35,799 Speaker 8: improve their craft. 1692 01:11:36,840 --> 01:11:40,679 Speaker 12: They are constantly after it, whether it's staying after practice, 1693 01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:45,040 Speaker 12: walking through like studying film to see what whatever, what 1694 01:11:45,120 --> 01:11:47,120 Speaker 12: are their moves? How can they counter off of what 1695 01:11:47,200 --> 01:11:50,320 Speaker 12: they've been doing, Like having d Kneel and his experience 1696 01:11:50,400 --> 01:11:52,880 Speaker 12: in the room to be able to help the younger 1697 01:11:52,960 --> 01:11:53,679 Speaker 12: guys as well. 1698 01:11:54,160 --> 01:11:56,160 Speaker 8: Will such a young player, but he's. 1699 01:11:56,080 --> 01:11:58,840 Speaker 12: Had a ton of success and he's gotten better right 1700 01:11:59,200 --> 01:12:02,639 Speaker 12: from to It's that room and the competitiveness, the pride 1701 01:12:02,680 --> 01:12:06,439 Speaker 12: that they have in that room of understanding that we 1702 01:12:06,680 --> 01:12:09,840 Speaker 12: go as a team is only how they go like 1703 01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:12,360 Speaker 12: they are the engine to what we do as a team. 1704 01:12:12,560 --> 01:12:14,439 Speaker 12: So when they have that mindset, they play with that 1705 01:12:14,560 --> 01:12:18,320 Speaker 12: mentality that it's on them every single time that we 1706 01:12:18,479 --> 01:12:21,760 Speaker 12: line up. They understand that, and they they don't mind 1707 01:12:21,960 --> 01:12:25,960 Speaker 12: shouldering that responsibility, right because they work at their craft, 1708 01:12:26,160 --> 01:12:28,599 Speaker 12: they get better at what they're doing, and they're never, 1709 01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:31,160 Speaker 12: never satisfied. So when you have that type of mindset, 1710 01:12:32,200 --> 01:12:36,120 Speaker 12: I'm happy to rely on those guys coach with. 1711 01:12:36,920 --> 01:12:39,080 Speaker 8: Playing and coaching against them all throughout your career. 1712 01:12:39,240 --> 01:12:42,200 Speaker 12: Geam kind of feel like you guys probably approached the 1713 01:12:42,280 --> 01:12:46,280 Speaker 12: job pretty somewhere ways. I'm not sure how he approaches it. So, 1714 01:12:46,360 --> 01:12:49,519 Speaker 12: I mean when from the from the looks of it 1715 01:12:49,520 --> 01:12:52,400 Speaker 12: and what I've seen on tape, you know, he's very 1716 01:12:53,080 --> 01:12:55,400 Speaker 12: detailed in what he does with his team, right, And 1717 01:12:55,520 --> 01:12:58,320 Speaker 12: that's one thing I see, a detailed coach who always 1718 01:12:58,360 --> 01:12:59,200 Speaker 12: has his team ready to. 1719 01:12:59,280 --> 01:13:04,400 Speaker 2: Row Josh McDaniels offense Josh McDaniels offense. Or because Drake 1720 01:13:04,560 --> 01:13:06,519 Speaker 2: has a little bit of the S capability, does that 1721 01:13:06,800 --> 01:13:09,160 Speaker 2: give him more flexibility. 1722 01:13:08,360 --> 01:13:08,760 Speaker 8: Do you think? 1723 01:13:09,320 --> 01:13:11,559 Speaker 12: Of course, I I see a lot more flexibility within 1724 01:13:11,680 --> 01:13:14,000 Speaker 12: the offense with uh, what Drake is able to do 1725 01:13:14,120 --> 01:13:17,200 Speaker 12: with his athletic ability. You'll see some You'll see some 1726 01:13:17,360 --> 01:13:20,240 Speaker 12: zone replays. You'll see Uh on third down in the 1727 01:13:20,320 --> 01:13:22,840 Speaker 12: red zone. You see him design some plays for him. 1728 01:13:22,960 --> 01:13:25,600 Speaker 12: We saw last week the the pass out of the 1729 01:13:25,640 --> 01:13:28,639 Speaker 12: backfield even though he ran there w against me, against 1730 01:13:28,680 --> 01:13:31,479 Speaker 12: me in twenty fifteen with Brady, so I d I 1731 01:13:31,600 --> 01:13:33,880 Speaker 12: remember that place. So I guess it doesn't matter about 1732 01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:36,439 Speaker 12: the athletic ability of the quarterback, but Uh. 1733 01:13:37,120 --> 01:13:37,840 Speaker 8: Josh does Ah. 1734 01:13:37,920 --> 01:13:40,960 Speaker 12: I would give say this Josh Uh his ability to 1735 01:13:41,200 --> 01:13:43,960 Speaker 12: call plays and set things up, he's one of the 1736 01:13:44,120 --> 01:13:46,080 Speaker 12: He's one of the better guys I've seen in the 1737 01:13:46,160 --> 01:13:48,000 Speaker 12: league that's doing it. He does a great job of 1738 01:13:48,200 --> 01:13:52,000 Speaker 12: calling plays, setting things up, getting guys in position, really 1739 01:13:52,160 --> 01:13:56,080 Speaker 12: training your rules and and what you do defensively. Like so, 1740 01:13:56,200 --> 01:13:58,080 Speaker 12: we're gonna see a lot of things that we haven't 1741 01:13:58,320 --> 01:14:00,920 Speaker 12: seen before, and we have to just trust and rely 1742 01:14:01,080 --> 01:14:02,400 Speaker 12: on our rules to get us through. 1743 01:14:02,760 --> 01:14:04,800 Speaker 9: Coach, after one of you Uh turn over with that 1744 01:14:04,920 --> 01:14:08,280 Speaker 9: CJ had he was sitting on the bench and Arion 1745 01:14:08,400 --> 01:14:10,760 Speaker 9: Tae walked over to him said a couple of words 1746 01:14:10,800 --> 01:14:11,080 Speaker 9: to him. 1747 01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:13,400 Speaker 7: He said, He told him, you know, doesn't matter, just 1748 01:14:13,520 --> 01:14:14,040 Speaker 7: keeps slanking. 1749 01:14:14,080 --> 01:14:15,280 Speaker 10: To, you know, keep slanking the rock. 1750 01:14:16,280 --> 01:14:18,720 Speaker 9: Is that the type of culture that you feel like 1751 01:14:18,800 --> 01:14:20,599 Speaker 9: that you've built from day once. 1752 01:14:20,479 --> 01:14:21,160 Speaker 7: Since you got here. 1753 01:14:21,960 --> 01:14:24,920 Speaker 12: It's definitely the culture that we built. It's built on like, 1754 01:14:25,200 --> 01:14:29,559 Speaker 12: it's not about one person like and it's about the team, 1755 01:14:29,680 --> 01:14:33,280 Speaker 12: and it's about everybody truly caring for each other. And 1756 01:14:33,400 --> 01:14:36,080 Speaker 12: that's the relationships that we build and the off season, 1757 01:14:36,760 --> 01:14:40,280 Speaker 12: the the the depth of our relationships that we continue 1758 01:14:40,320 --> 01:14:41,240 Speaker 12: to expound. 1759 01:14:40,960 --> 01:14:42,280 Speaker 8: Upon through our training camp. 1760 01:14:42,400 --> 01:14:46,240 Speaker 12: You hope those relationships help you in times of adversity, 1761 01:14:46,600 --> 01:14:49,640 Speaker 12: like when we are have a bad play, Like, it's 1762 01:14:49,720 --> 01:14:51,479 Speaker 12: not a bad game, it's a bad play. 1763 01:14:51,640 --> 01:14:53,000 Speaker 8: Understand, it's just a bad play. 1764 01:14:53,280 --> 01:14:55,960 Speaker 12: There are many more plays to be played in the game, 1765 01:14:56,240 --> 01:14:58,240 Speaker 12: and we just gotta handle it that way. You can't 1766 01:14:58,320 --> 01:15:01,280 Speaker 12: let one bad play become a another bad play. And 1767 01:15:01,400 --> 01:15:05,320 Speaker 12: so having teammates to support each other through the bad is. 1768 01:15:05,439 --> 01:15:08,280 Speaker 12: I love that because that's what a true team sports 1769 01:15:08,439 --> 01:15:11,080 Speaker 12: is all about. You can't do it by yourself. You 1770 01:15:11,160 --> 01:15:13,599 Speaker 12: can't win by yourself. We need the help of others. 1771 01:15:14,160 --> 01:15:15,920 Speaker 8: Same for all of us in life, Like we. 1772 01:15:15,960 --> 01:15:18,599 Speaker 12: Don't go through life alone. We go through life by 1773 01:15:18,640 --> 01:15:20,519 Speaker 12: the support of others. So and that's what our team 1774 01:15:20,680 --> 01:15:21,000 Speaker 12: is about. 1775 01:15:21,080 --> 01:15:21,840 Speaker 8: Man, I love it. 1776 01:15:22,760 --> 01:15:25,439 Speaker 9: You also said that you told the wide receivers to, 1777 01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:29,280 Speaker 9: you know, practice some touchdown celebrations. Do you feel like 1778 01:15:29,400 --> 01:15:31,200 Speaker 9: now you have to to the defensive player is the 1779 01:15:31,240 --> 01:15:31,639 Speaker 9: same thing. 1780 01:15:32,080 --> 01:15:35,200 Speaker 8: No, they don't need to celebrate. Just keep making plays baby, 1781 01:15:36,560 --> 01:15:37,160 Speaker 8: Thank you guys. 1782 01:15:37,680 --> 01:15:39,680 Speaker 2: Obviously, the piece that people appl out of there the 1783 01:15:39,800 --> 01:15:44,519 Speaker 2: Nico Collins in the concussion protocol piece. Probably that way, 1784 01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:49,280 Speaker 2: both he and Justin Watson, so potentially down to receivers 1785 01:15:49,360 --> 01:15:51,320 Speaker 2: now the concussion. On the other side, as we mentioned earlier, 1786 01:15:52,080 --> 01:15:55,080 Speaker 2: the Christian Zalez, one of the better corners in the league. 1787 01:15:55,320 --> 01:15:57,439 Speaker 2: He did practice, so there's a thought that he's gonna 1788 01:15:57,439 --> 01:15:59,439 Speaker 2: come back and play, even though he went into the 1789 01:15:59,520 --> 01:16:02,439 Speaker 2: koncushion protocol during a game against the Chargers. Now one 1790 01:16:02,520 --> 01:16:05,280 Speaker 2: extra day because they played on Sunday night versus us 1791 01:16:05,320 --> 01:16:08,280 Speaker 2: playing on Monday night. So we'll see how that goes 1792 01:16:08,520 --> 01:16:11,920 Speaker 2: for Nico throughout the week and for Justin Watson. All Right, 1793 01:16:11,920 --> 01:16:15,880 Speaker 2: we get back finish up with men behind the mics. 1794 01:16:16,320 --> 01:16:18,920 Speaker 2: Bob Socy has called a lot of good football games 1795 01:16:18,960 --> 01:16:21,679 Speaker 2: in his career for the New England Patriots. His first 1796 01:16:21,760 --> 01:16:24,439 Speaker 2: year was twenty fourteen, my first year, and all they 1797 01:16:24,479 --> 01:16:26,840 Speaker 2: did was go win a championship in his first year 1798 01:16:27,200 --> 01:16:30,679 Speaker 2: and a number of them after that. Well, Bob steps 1799 01:16:30,720 --> 01:16:32,519 Speaker 2: to the mic for his first playoff game in a 1800 01:16:32,560 --> 01:16:34,160 Speaker 2: while and he talks to Mark Vandermier. We'll have that 1801 01:16:34,240 --> 01:16:38,160 Speaker 2: for you next on Texans All Access. We got one 1802 01:16:38,240 --> 01:16:40,599 Speaker 2: final segment this Wednesday at isation of Texans All Access 1803 01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:43,800 Speaker 2: from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harris, 1804 01:16:43,840 --> 01:16:47,320 Speaker 2: football analyst, sideline reporter for your Houston Texans and I 1805 01:16:47,560 --> 01:16:52,240 Speaker 2: love men behind the mics. In fact, this guest Bob Socy. 1806 01:16:52,840 --> 01:16:55,479 Speaker 2: I loved listening to Bob, and I knew Mark and 1807 01:16:55,960 --> 01:16:58,400 Speaker 2: Bob knew each other, and so that always made for 1808 01:16:58,400 --> 01:16:59,800 Speaker 2: a great radio And I said, hey, Mar, why don't 1809 01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:02,920 Speaker 2: we do segment where you talk with the opposing teams 1810 01:17:02,960 --> 01:17:05,040 Speaker 2: play by play voice thought it was a great idea. 1811 01:17:05,560 --> 01:17:07,719 Speaker 2: Caught up with Bob Socy this week to talk about 1812 01:17:07,920 --> 01:17:12,400 Speaker 2: the AFC North champion New England Patriots. Here's men behind 1813 01:17:12,439 --> 01:17:15,000 Speaker 2: the Mike's Bob Socy and Mark Vandermiir. 1814 01:17:15,080 --> 01:17:17,760 Speaker 3: Bob Socy, voice of the New England Patriots, joining us 1815 01:17:17,800 --> 01:17:20,960 Speaker 3: on Texans Radio. Bob, It's so great to visit here. 1816 01:17:21,080 --> 01:17:25,240 Speaker 3: We are divisional round and it feels like nine years ago. 1817 01:17:25,360 --> 01:17:28,760 Speaker 4: No it doesn't. But let's talk about the Texans and 1818 01:17:28,840 --> 01:17:30,120 Speaker 4: the Patriots. How you do with my friend. 1819 01:17:30,600 --> 01:17:32,439 Speaker 14: I'm doing well, Mark, and it's going to be with 1820 01:17:32,560 --> 01:17:34,679 Speaker 14: you again. Looking forward to seeing you here on Sunday. 1821 01:17:34,720 --> 01:17:38,360 Speaker 14: And I do recall a Texans Patriots divisional round where 1822 01:17:38,479 --> 01:17:43,719 Speaker 14: the Texans defense Foyle, Tom Brady and that Patriots offense 1823 01:17:43,960 --> 01:17:45,000 Speaker 14: throughout the night and the past. 1824 01:17:45,080 --> 01:17:47,040 Speaker 10: Are very fortunate to have. 1825 01:17:47,200 --> 01:17:50,080 Speaker 14: Dion Lewis that evening and he's not playing in this 1826 01:17:50,160 --> 01:17:52,640 Speaker 14: game the last time I checked. So it's gonna be 1827 01:17:52,640 --> 01:17:54,839 Speaker 14: a really fun and exciting night here at Jillette. 1828 01:17:55,439 --> 01:17:57,840 Speaker 3: I go back because it's the third matchup in this 1829 01:17:58,080 --> 01:18:00,720 Speaker 3: round and Shane Vereen a big part part of one 1830 01:18:00,800 --> 01:18:03,439 Speaker 3: of those, and he works for the Texans now in 1831 01:18:03,560 --> 01:18:06,800 Speaker 3: football operations, and I have nightmares. I tell him, Hey, 1832 01:18:06,880 --> 01:18:09,400 Speaker 3: you trigger me when I see you. Okay, But here 1833 01:18:09,439 --> 01:18:11,640 Speaker 3: we are. It's a new era for both teams. And 1834 01:18:12,200 --> 01:18:15,639 Speaker 3: tell me about these new England Patriots and especially how 1835 01:18:15,720 --> 01:18:19,200 Speaker 3: they played against the Chargers. How did you see that one? Obviously, 1836 01:18:19,320 --> 01:18:21,160 Speaker 3: coming out of it with the victory was the biggest 1837 01:18:21,200 --> 01:18:22,720 Speaker 3: factor of the defense dominating it. 1838 01:18:23,200 --> 01:18:24,120 Speaker 4: How did you see it, Bob? 1839 01:18:24,880 --> 01:18:27,519 Speaker 14: Yeah, Mark, Well, let's talk about the defense, because I 1840 01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:29,640 Speaker 14: think a big concern for this team going into the 1841 01:18:29,680 --> 01:18:32,200 Speaker 14: playoffs was the performance of the defense down the stretch, 1842 01:18:32,240 --> 01:18:36,200 Speaker 14: particularly against the run. And they got Milton Williams back 1843 01:18:36,560 --> 01:18:39,040 Speaker 14: in the regular season finale, and then for the playoff 1844 01:18:39,080 --> 01:18:42,840 Speaker 14: game against the Chargers got Roberts Blaine back as a linebacker, 1845 01:18:43,080 --> 01:18:44,920 Speaker 14: and so it figured to be a better night for 1846 01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:48,800 Speaker 14: the Patriots defensively against LA. But you know, you also 1847 01:18:48,840 --> 01:18:52,080 Speaker 14: have to factor in the Chargers came in with their 1848 01:18:52,120 --> 01:18:55,360 Speaker 14: best back, Hampton almost down and out. He played two 1849 01:18:55,439 --> 01:18:57,920 Speaker 14: snaps with an ankle injury, so they really didn't have 1850 01:18:58,080 --> 01:19:00,640 Speaker 14: a running game. It's a defense. They got a lot 1851 01:19:00,680 --> 01:19:04,160 Speaker 14: of pressure. They took advantage of that offensive line porus 1852 01:19:04,240 --> 01:19:08,080 Speaker 14: as it's beat up, as it's spent for LA. I 1853 01:19:08,120 --> 01:19:10,040 Speaker 14: think both teams probably went in figuring this is a 1854 01:19:10,040 --> 01:19:12,160 Speaker 14: good matchup for US because the Patriots hadn't gotten a 1855 01:19:12,200 --> 01:19:15,479 Speaker 14: lot of pressure on opposing quarterbacks consistently, and the Charges 1856 01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:18,040 Speaker 14: by figuring, okay, our online has given up a lot, 1857 01:19:18,120 --> 01:19:20,880 Speaker 14: but maybe these guys can't get to Herbert and the 1858 01:19:20,960 --> 01:19:23,880 Speaker 14: Patriots of course, looked at it differently, and as it 1859 01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:26,320 Speaker 14: turned out, they were able to exert pressure all night long. 1860 01:19:26,360 --> 01:19:28,960 Speaker 10: They got a huge stop early on in that game when. 1861 01:19:28,840 --> 01:19:31,519 Speaker 14: Drake May had a tipball intercepted at the ten yard line, 1862 01:19:31,560 --> 01:19:34,160 Speaker 14: and then Herbert threw an incompletion on fourth and goal 1863 01:19:34,240 --> 01:19:37,000 Speaker 14: to go to allow the Patriots to escape that situation. 1864 01:19:37,160 --> 01:19:39,400 Speaker 14: And when you see the Patriots offensive for the market, 1865 01:19:39,400 --> 01:19:43,080 Speaker 14: it's going to look completely different, including the quarterback who 1866 01:19:43,120 --> 01:19:45,680 Speaker 14: you saw on his NFL starting debut Lodge year. 1867 01:19:46,120 --> 01:19:47,360 Speaker 10: In the second year, Drake May. 1868 01:19:47,880 --> 01:19:49,840 Speaker 3: All right, so tell me more about the defense in 1869 01:19:49,960 --> 01:19:53,200 Speaker 3: terms of coverages. They mix it up, they disguise things. 1870 01:19:53,520 --> 01:19:55,560 Speaker 3: I hear all this stuff like it's very difficult to 1871 01:19:55,640 --> 01:19:59,400 Speaker 3: determine what they're in because they hide it so well. 1872 01:20:00,200 --> 01:20:02,160 Speaker 14: Yeah, you know, some of the Patriots' players were commenting 1873 01:20:02,240 --> 01:20:05,639 Speaker 14: after the game on Sunday. The Chargers were telling them, 1874 01:20:05,680 --> 01:20:09,120 Speaker 14: we had no idea what defense you were in. And 1875 01:20:09,280 --> 01:20:13,160 Speaker 14: you could see where Herbert was rattled, I think from 1876 01:20:13,240 --> 01:20:15,880 Speaker 14: the physical pressure and he came in certainly a guy 1877 01:20:15,960 --> 01:20:18,400 Speaker 14: had taken a lot of punishment over the course of 1878 01:20:18,520 --> 01:20:18,880 Speaker 14: the year. 1879 01:20:19,600 --> 01:20:20,439 Speaker 10: They didn't get open. 1880 01:20:20,600 --> 01:20:22,680 Speaker 14: You know, for Herbert, a lot of the options that 1881 01:20:23,000 --> 01:20:25,800 Speaker 14: he's regularly had in the passing game, particularly on third down, 1882 01:20:26,120 --> 01:20:28,679 Speaker 14: just weren't available to him. This is a Patriots defense 1883 01:20:28,760 --> 01:20:30,920 Speaker 14: that has played a lot differently than the ones you're 1884 01:20:30,920 --> 01:20:33,600 Speaker 14: accustomed to seeing through the years, or at least we 1885 01:20:33,720 --> 01:20:36,360 Speaker 14: both were accustomed to seeing with Bill Belichick, you know, 1886 01:20:36,400 --> 01:20:39,160 Speaker 14: where they were predominantly man coverage. Now this team hasn't 1887 01:20:39,160 --> 01:20:41,160 Speaker 14: played as much man during the course of the season, 1888 01:20:41,680 --> 01:20:44,800 Speaker 14: but demonstrated more on Sunday Night. But they do mix 1889 01:20:44,880 --> 01:20:48,200 Speaker 14: a lot. They're an aggressive defense up front. They play 1890 01:20:48,280 --> 01:20:51,160 Speaker 14: in Mike Rabel's identity, So I think what he wants 1891 01:20:51,240 --> 01:20:54,840 Speaker 14: his defensive line to do is what Tennessee did with 1892 01:20:55,000 --> 01:20:57,760 Speaker 14: Jeffrey Simmons. Milton Williams is kind of in that role 1893 01:20:57,840 --> 01:21:00,960 Speaker 14: now and what his defensive line for the Texans was 1894 01:21:01,040 --> 01:21:04,000 Speaker 14: able to do, you know, with those great defenses under 1895 01:21:04,160 --> 01:21:07,800 Speaker 14: Vrabel and Romeo Cornell, So they are more aggressive. I 1896 01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:10,679 Speaker 14: think again with the Chargers, it was a different type 1897 01:21:10,720 --> 01:21:15,120 Speaker 14: of Patriots defense on the back end. Christian Gonzalez availability, 1898 01:21:15,479 --> 01:21:17,760 Speaker 14: we'll play a big factor. I think you know that 1899 01:21:17,840 --> 01:21:19,080 Speaker 14: in terms of how they play. 1900 01:21:19,280 --> 01:21:19,720 Speaker 8: In this game. 1901 01:21:19,760 --> 01:21:22,519 Speaker 14: And say, really with Nico Collins availability on the flip 1902 01:21:22,600 --> 01:21:24,479 Speaker 14: side in terms of dictating what kind of coverage we 1903 01:21:24,520 --> 01:21:26,679 Speaker 14: see from the Patriots. They were a lot tighter against 1904 01:21:26,720 --> 01:21:27,799 Speaker 14: the Chargers for sure. 1905 01:21:27,680 --> 01:21:29,519 Speaker 4: Mark, Okay, Drake May. 1906 01:21:29,680 --> 01:21:33,880 Speaker 3: He likes to run the ball fourth among quarterbacks in rushing, Bob, 1907 01:21:33,960 --> 01:21:35,599 Speaker 3: And I know you know all this stuff. I'm saying 1908 01:21:35,600 --> 01:21:38,400 Speaker 3: it for the listeners, But tell me about his development 1909 01:21:38,439 --> 01:21:41,000 Speaker 3: from year one to year two with Josh McDaniels. It's 1910 01:21:41,000 --> 01:21:42,400 Speaker 3: all working out very well. 1911 01:21:42,840 --> 01:21:44,800 Speaker 14: Yeah, Mark, that's the big thing, is the growth and 1912 01:21:44,880 --> 01:21:50,040 Speaker 14: development almost mastering Josh McDaniel's system. You know, I think 1913 01:21:50,040 --> 01:21:52,600 Speaker 14: a lot of people have questions, rightfully so as I 1914 01:21:52,720 --> 01:21:55,200 Speaker 14: did back in the spring, wondering how is this going 1915 01:21:55,280 --> 01:21:58,439 Speaker 14: to work? Second year quarterback. He had played in Alex 1916 01:21:58,520 --> 01:22:02,879 Speaker 14: van Pelt's West Coast last year, a very conservative offense 1917 01:22:03,200 --> 01:22:06,080 Speaker 14: for the Pats and easier offense for young quarterback. He 1918 01:22:06,160 --> 01:22:08,960 Speaker 14: didn't make play calls in the huddle, didn't have to 1919 01:22:09,080 --> 01:22:12,240 Speaker 14: do site protections at the line while at North Carolina, 1920 01:22:12,240 --> 01:22:13,600 Speaker 14: and really didn't have to do a whole lot of 1921 01:22:13,640 --> 01:22:15,760 Speaker 14: that last year for the Patriots as well. But now 1922 01:22:15,800 --> 01:22:17,800 Speaker 14: all of a sudden he's in this McDaniels offense, and 1923 01:22:18,160 --> 01:22:20,280 Speaker 14: I trusted the text and see a little bit more 1924 01:22:20,320 --> 01:22:23,560 Speaker 14: of this now with Nick Cayley and company there, you know, 1925 01:22:23,600 --> 01:22:25,679 Speaker 14: where the quarterback is so much more on his play. 1926 01:22:26,000 --> 01:22:29,000 Speaker 14: Drake may not only grasped it, but as I said, 1927 01:22:29,040 --> 01:22:31,200 Speaker 14: he's been able to really almost master it. And his 1928 01:22:31,400 --> 01:22:35,720 Speaker 14: growth physically, his poise overall this year has been phenomenal. 1929 01:22:36,160 --> 01:22:39,080 Speaker 14: Now on Sunday Night against the Chargers, we saw glimpses 1930 01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:43,559 Speaker 14: of an early Drake May early last year, early this season. 1931 01:22:43,640 --> 01:22:45,479 Speaker 14: You go back to Week three, for example, the Patriots 1932 01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:48,440 Speaker 14: turned the ball over five times in a loss to Pittsburgh, 1933 01:22:48,840 --> 01:22:51,320 Speaker 14: and at times there was some careless ball handling that 1934 01:22:51,520 --> 01:22:55,360 Speaker 14: led to fumbles by the quarterback try to extend plays 1935 01:22:55,960 --> 01:22:58,120 Speaker 14: and exposing the ball. And we saw that a little 1936 01:22:58,120 --> 01:23:00,920 Speaker 14: bit in the Sandy the Charger game. I almost did it, 1937 01:23:01,080 --> 01:23:03,680 Speaker 14: almost said San Diego in the Chargers game, you know, 1938 01:23:03,760 --> 01:23:04,920 Speaker 14: and I didn't at all last week. 1939 01:23:05,160 --> 01:23:06,120 Speaker 8: But you know, here we are. 1940 01:23:06,680 --> 01:23:10,919 Speaker 3: We find each other a dollar if we say San Diego. 1941 01:23:11,479 --> 01:23:13,800 Speaker 3: And we were out there a few weeks ago, and 1942 01:23:13,920 --> 01:23:14,840 Speaker 3: it was really tough. 1943 01:23:14,960 --> 01:23:15,680 Speaker 4: It still is tough. 1944 01:23:15,720 --> 01:23:17,559 Speaker 3: And it's been a number of years now. I mean, heck, 1945 01:23:17,640 --> 01:23:19,439 Speaker 3: we played them in twenty nineteen in La But I 1946 01:23:19,479 --> 01:23:20,200 Speaker 3: can't get used to it. 1947 01:23:20,680 --> 01:23:23,040 Speaker 10: It is, you know, And I, like I said, I 1948 01:23:23,520 --> 01:23:26,559 Speaker 10: didn't make that. I didn't drop the ball the other night. 1949 01:23:27,240 --> 01:23:29,720 Speaker 14: Like like the quarterback did. But I did today for sure. 1950 01:23:29,760 --> 01:23:31,920 Speaker 14: But I think the big thing, though, is when it 1951 01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:35,560 Speaker 14: comes to that in terms of ball security and Mayze development, 1952 01:23:35,960 --> 01:23:37,640 Speaker 14: you know, in this game he's going to obviously to 1953 01:23:37,800 --> 01:23:38,280 Speaker 14: do a much. 1954 01:23:38,160 --> 01:23:38,840 Speaker 8: Better job of that. 1955 01:23:39,240 --> 01:23:41,960 Speaker 3: What about the backs here, because they've had good years 1956 01:23:42,000 --> 01:23:45,559 Speaker 3: with Stevenson and Henderson, no doubt, But we talked about 1957 01:23:45,640 --> 01:23:46,559 Speaker 3: may running the football. 1958 01:23:46,640 --> 01:23:48,120 Speaker 4: What about running the football. 1959 01:23:47,760 --> 01:23:50,720 Speaker 3: In general, then possibly catching the football, and then we'll 1960 01:23:50,720 --> 01:23:51,960 Speaker 3: get into the receivers a little bit. 1961 01:23:52,600 --> 01:23:56,080 Speaker 14: Yeah, the offensive unit as a whole didn't run the 1962 01:23:56,120 --> 01:23:59,479 Speaker 14: ball consistently well all season long. There were games where, 1963 01:23:59,479 --> 01:24:02,479 Speaker 14: for example, Trayvon Henderson Week ten against Tampa Bay broke 1964 01:24:02,560 --> 01:24:05,799 Speaker 14: out with two long runs that pad of the numbers 1965 01:24:05,840 --> 01:24:07,880 Speaker 14: have been and he's an explosive player. He had four 1966 01:24:07,960 --> 01:24:10,960 Speaker 14: runs of fifty yards or more for this team this year. 1967 01:24:11,400 --> 01:24:14,720 Speaker 14: And it is a different type of back than Ramadre Stevenson, 1968 01:24:15,040 --> 01:24:18,160 Speaker 14: who of course has been more of a depth back 1969 01:24:18,479 --> 01:24:22,000 Speaker 14: inside the tackles. But what we saw from Ramondre Mark 1970 01:24:22,160 --> 01:24:26,479 Speaker 14: is kind of visions of Stevenson circa twenty twenty two 1971 01:24:27,000 --> 01:24:29,200 Speaker 14: over the course of the last quarter of this season. 1972 01:24:29,800 --> 01:24:32,920 Speaker 14: Early on, like last year, and like in previous seasons, 1973 01:24:32,960 --> 01:24:35,960 Speaker 14: he was played by fumbling issues and Mike Rabel stuck 1974 01:24:36,040 --> 01:24:38,640 Speaker 14: with him. Mike Rabel has done a great job of 1975 01:24:38,760 --> 01:24:42,400 Speaker 14: instilling confidence in his players and standing by them, and 1976 01:24:42,479 --> 01:24:45,120 Speaker 14: he didn't throw Ramadre Stevens In under the bus or 1977 01:24:45,200 --> 01:24:47,560 Speaker 14: cast him aside, but he stayed with the back and 1978 01:24:47,640 --> 01:24:48,840 Speaker 14: it's paid off in a big way. 1979 01:24:48,960 --> 01:24:49,679 Speaker 8: He did have an. 1980 01:24:49,600 --> 01:24:53,559 Speaker 14: Injury early in the year as well, a foot injury, 1981 01:24:53,960 --> 01:24:56,160 Speaker 14: but he's bounced back from that and what we've seen 1982 01:24:56,240 --> 01:24:58,479 Speaker 14: over the course, like I said, of the last quarter 1983 01:24:58,520 --> 01:25:00,920 Speaker 14: of the season and through the first playoff game you 1984 01:25:01,000 --> 01:25:03,040 Speaker 14: go back to the start of December, is a guy 1985 01:25:03,080 --> 01:25:07,040 Speaker 14: who's very effective now in the passing game as well 1986 01:25:07,240 --> 01:25:11,280 Speaker 14: as in the running attack. He's been Romararie Stevenson that 1987 01:25:11,400 --> 01:25:14,160 Speaker 14: we saw very much like the back we saw coming 1988 01:25:14,200 --> 01:25:18,000 Speaker 14: out of Oklahoma as a fourth round pick. The moves 1989 01:25:18,040 --> 01:25:20,360 Speaker 14: in the open field of times to shake defenders, but 1990 01:25:20,520 --> 01:25:23,519 Speaker 14: also mixed with the power his route running in his hands, 1991 01:25:23,800 --> 01:25:25,760 Speaker 14: and he's been a very good pass protector for them 1992 01:25:25,800 --> 01:25:26,280 Speaker 14: all season. 1993 01:25:26,439 --> 01:25:28,240 Speaker 4: Long as well receivers. 1994 01:25:28,479 --> 01:25:30,839 Speaker 3: You have a lot of dangerous guys, and he spreads 1995 01:25:30,880 --> 01:25:34,360 Speaker 3: the ball around really well. May it's like he's got 1996 01:25:34,880 --> 01:25:38,320 Speaker 3: years of maturity this season as opposed to last year. 1997 01:25:38,400 --> 01:25:40,639 Speaker 4: The way he's able to find different receivers around the field, 1998 01:25:41,120 --> 01:25:41,439 Speaker 4: that's it. 1999 01:25:41,600 --> 01:25:41,800 Speaker 8: Mark. 2000 01:25:41,880 --> 01:25:44,880 Speaker 14: You know, he comes from a basketball family, right His 2001 01:25:45,240 --> 01:25:48,000 Speaker 14: brothers played two of them basketball in North Carolina, and 2002 01:25:48,040 --> 01:25:51,200 Speaker 14: Drake was an outstanding basketball player. And I used to 2003 01:25:51,240 --> 01:25:53,680 Speaker 14: hear Tom Brady talk about distributing the ball like a 2004 01:25:53,720 --> 01:25:56,639 Speaker 14: point guard in basketball, and I think Drake May has 2005 01:25:56,760 --> 01:26:00,280 Speaker 14: a mentality like a point guard in basketball. If you're open, 2006 01:26:00,760 --> 01:26:02,080 Speaker 14: he's going to find you and throw it to you. 2007 01:26:02,479 --> 01:26:04,320 Speaker 14: And what we've seen over the course of this season, 2008 01:26:04,880 --> 01:26:08,080 Speaker 14: for example, is multiple players with one hundred yards plus 2009 01:26:08,600 --> 01:26:11,479 Speaker 14: of receiving yardage from Drake May. It could be Pop 2010 01:26:11,520 --> 01:26:14,439 Speaker 14: Douglas one week, Stefan Diggs more than others, you know, 2011 01:26:14,560 --> 01:26:15,280 Speaker 14: multiple weeks. 2012 01:26:15,400 --> 01:26:15,719 Speaker 8: Booty. 2013 01:26:15,800 --> 01:26:19,800 Speaker 14: You mentioned there have been times where May has hit 2014 01:26:19,920 --> 01:26:23,600 Speaker 14: Efton Chisholm, a rookie free agent, and Kyle Williams, a 2015 01:26:23,680 --> 01:26:25,360 Speaker 14: rookie who was kind of a late bloomer for this 2016 01:26:25,479 --> 01:26:28,240 Speaker 14: team this season in key spots like the other night 2017 01:26:28,360 --> 01:26:31,920 Speaker 14: for critical conversions for first downs against the Chargers. And 2018 01:26:31,960 --> 01:26:35,040 Speaker 14: then there's been his go to guys Hunter Henryett tight end, 2019 01:26:35,479 --> 01:26:39,800 Speaker 14: the aforementioned digs, and Boody's been a very reliable pass 2020 01:26:39,840 --> 01:26:42,960 Speaker 14: catcher for them, particularly with contested balls. He was coming 2021 01:26:43,040 --> 01:26:46,600 Speaker 14: off an injury heading into the postseason and certainly was 2022 01:26:46,640 --> 01:26:49,519 Speaker 14: I think probably the best Patriots receiver the other night 2023 01:26:49,560 --> 01:26:51,879 Speaker 14: in terms of the degree of difficulty and the importance 2024 01:26:51,920 --> 01:26:55,240 Speaker 14: of some of those plays that he made for the Patriots, 2025 01:26:55,240 --> 01:26:57,840 Speaker 14: particularly when they were really struggling to get going early 2026 01:26:57,920 --> 01:26:59,439 Speaker 14: on in that game. So this is a guy that 2027 01:27:00,280 --> 01:27:02,799 Speaker 14: does present a threat to a defense in a different 2028 01:27:02,840 --> 01:27:06,240 Speaker 14: way than even Brady did. Because with Brady as great 2029 01:27:06,280 --> 01:27:08,640 Speaker 14: as Tom was, and I'm not comparing Drake May to 2030 01:27:08,800 --> 01:27:11,800 Speaker 14: him overall and trying to put him in that same category, 2031 01:27:12,479 --> 01:27:14,800 Speaker 14: but you know, there were a limited number of guys 2032 01:27:14,960 --> 01:27:18,040 Speaker 14: was Adam and and Amon Dolan, Gronkowski, and occasionally, you 2033 01:27:18,080 --> 01:27:21,200 Speaker 14: know he would hit Philip Dorris set or Shane Vereen 2034 01:27:21,280 --> 01:27:24,240 Speaker 14: coming out of the backfield, if not James White. With 2035 01:27:24,360 --> 01:27:27,559 Speaker 14: Drake May on any given in any given down and distance, 2036 01:27:28,080 --> 01:27:30,320 Speaker 14: if he's got to have it, you don't know who 2037 01:27:30,400 --> 01:27:33,519 Speaker 14: he's going to go to generally, although he does figure 2038 01:27:33,600 --> 01:27:36,720 Speaker 14: probably that Stefan Diggs and Hunter Henry are the two 2039 01:27:36,760 --> 01:27:38,800 Speaker 14: guys most likely, But that doesn't mean that he's not 2040 01:27:38,880 --> 01:27:41,080 Speaker 14: going to look for somebody else in those spots. 2041 01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:45,519 Speaker 3: Okay, what about coaching Bob, Because Bob socy voice of 2042 01:27:45,560 --> 01:27:49,240 Speaker 3: the Patriots joining us. Rabel comes in and instantly turns 2043 01:27:49,280 --> 01:27:53,519 Speaker 3: everything around, just through culture change or whatever the case is. 2044 01:27:53,600 --> 01:27:55,519 Speaker 3: And I know there was some talent already there, but 2045 01:27:56,080 --> 01:27:58,519 Speaker 3: he comes in and puts his stamp right on it. 2046 01:27:58,600 --> 01:28:01,280 Speaker 3: What's it like being in the building with Rabel especially? 2047 01:28:01,520 --> 01:28:03,120 Speaker 3: You know, you've been around there for a long time. 2048 01:28:03,200 --> 01:28:05,600 Speaker 3: You have Belichick, you had the change, and now you 2049 01:28:05,720 --> 01:28:06,280 Speaker 3: have Rabel. 2050 01:28:06,439 --> 01:28:06,920 Speaker 4: What about that? 2051 01:28:07,600 --> 01:28:07,800 Speaker 8: Yeah? 2052 01:28:08,000 --> 01:28:10,760 Speaker 14: First of all, Mark, it's been a refreshing change in 2053 01:28:10,800 --> 01:28:12,800 Speaker 14: a lot of ways, and I think for the fans too, 2054 01:28:13,040 --> 01:28:15,760 Speaker 14: for a variety of reasons. Number One, this season has been, 2055 01:28:16,200 --> 01:28:19,519 Speaker 14: I think for the majority, such a pleasant surprise in 2056 01:28:19,600 --> 01:28:22,880 Speaker 14: the ascendance of May his development, the way the team 2057 01:28:23,040 --> 01:28:27,479 Speaker 14: is really crafted its culture under Mike Vrabel in this 2058 01:28:27,640 --> 01:28:28,400 Speaker 14: new leadership. 2059 01:28:29,080 --> 01:28:29,600 Speaker 8: But to me, it. 2060 01:28:29,680 --> 01:28:34,080 Speaker 14: Begins with the chemistry and the vision of Rabel and 2061 01:28:34,160 --> 01:28:37,200 Speaker 14: his coaching staff. When Mike came in here. You know, 2062 01:28:37,320 --> 01:28:41,200 Speaker 14: the situation, as you know for the Patriots was a 2063 01:28:41,560 --> 01:28:45,240 Speaker 14: drastic departure from what this organization had experienced for two 2064 01:28:45,320 --> 01:28:49,640 Speaker 14: plus decades. Last season, four wins, thirteen losses. The year 2065 01:28:49,800 --> 01:28:53,639 Speaker 14: ends with more visiting fans in the stadium than Patriot fans, 2066 01:28:53,960 --> 01:28:57,560 Speaker 14: and the Patriots are struggling, of course, you know, you 2067 01:28:57,640 --> 01:29:01,439 Speaker 14: know through lean times. Rabel comes in after the decision 2068 01:29:01,560 --> 01:29:05,120 Speaker 14: to change the head coach of the Pats and Robert 2069 01:29:05,160 --> 01:29:10,880 Speaker 14: Craft hiring Mike as a former Patriot, implementing a lot 2070 01:29:10,920 --> 01:29:13,479 Speaker 14: of the old school ways with a new school vision, 2071 01:29:13,560 --> 01:29:16,360 Speaker 14: his own vision building this team, and his identity, the 2072 01:29:16,479 --> 01:29:17,880 Speaker 14: kind of intensity that he played with. 2073 01:29:17,960 --> 01:29:19,719 Speaker 10: You see that from the Pats. But that will celebrate 2074 01:29:20,320 --> 01:29:21,000 Speaker 10: what they do, and. 2075 01:29:21,080 --> 01:29:23,320 Speaker 14: They have a lot of joy when they're on the 2076 01:29:23,439 --> 01:29:25,720 Speaker 14: field and when they're off the field, and he really 2077 01:29:25,760 --> 01:29:27,960 Speaker 14: does a great job. I think of finding that balance 2078 01:29:28,439 --> 01:29:30,920 Speaker 14: between the two things being detailed and try to take 2079 01:29:30,920 --> 01:29:34,200 Speaker 14: advantage of other team's mistakes while eliminating their own mistakes. 2080 01:29:34,640 --> 01:29:38,360 Speaker 14: The efficiency of their training camp. You've got a really 2081 01:29:38,400 --> 01:29:40,799 Speaker 14: good sense that all these coaches are on the same page, 2082 01:29:41,040 --> 01:29:42,840 Speaker 14: and I think that's been really important in terms of 2083 01:29:42,920 --> 01:29:46,920 Speaker 14: developing this entire roster. They have turned it over dramatically, 2084 01:29:46,960 --> 01:29:49,160 Speaker 14: far more so. Every year there's turnover in the NFL, 2085 01:29:49,240 --> 01:29:52,599 Speaker 14: but this year especially so for these Patriots. Every rookie 2086 01:29:52,600 --> 01:29:55,360 Speaker 14: who was drafted is on the roster, a number of 2087 01:29:55,439 --> 01:29:58,160 Speaker 14: other undrafted free agents. They've picked up guys over the 2088 01:29:58,280 --> 01:30:01,240 Speaker 14: course of the season and before this, right before the 2089 01:30:01,280 --> 01:30:05,439 Speaker 14: season began, Corey Durden, Leonard Taylor, players like Eric Gregory 2090 01:30:05,600 --> 01:30:08,680 Speaker 14: who've given them quality snaps late in the year. And 2091 01:30:08,760 --> 01:30:10,800 Speaker 14: I think that's a testament to Rabel and the staff 2092 01:30:10,840 --> 01:30:13,320 Speaker 14: in terms of player development. And if you look at 2093 01:30:13,360 --> 01:30:15,320 Speaker 14: some of the guys that were drafted in the Belichick era, 2094 01:30:15,640 --> 01:30:19,519 Speaker 14: like Kayshawn Boody for example, or a couple of other 2095 01:30:19,600 --> 01:30:22,000 Speaker 14: guys that I could point to on either side of 2096 01:30:22,040 --> 01:30:25,240 Speaker 14: the ball that come to mind that you're going to 2097 01:30:25,280 --> 01:30:28,280 Speaker 14: see on Sunday night and you'd say, you know, boy, 2098 01:30:28,360 --> 01:30:29,840 Speaker 14: that guy was a great fine And just what they've 2099 01:30:29,840 --> 01:30:32,640 Speaker 14: done with Marcus Jones defensively, but those are guys that 2100 01:30:32,680 --> 01:30:34,439 Speaker 14: were drafted and have been here for a little bit, 2101 01:30:34,600 --> 01:30:37,400 Speaker 14: but they have really developed them and their roles. I 2102 01:30:37,439 --> 01:30:39,160 Speaker 14: think they have an impact on this team and I 2103 01:30:39,160 --> 01:30:41,400 Speaker 14: think Boody really is a prime example of that. So 2104 01:30:41,920 --> 01:30:43,960 Speaker 14: I think those are areas in as well. The way 2105 01:30:44,040 --> 01:30:46,559 Speaker 14: Mike has challenged Drake May to a certain more leadership 2106 01:30:46,640 --> 01:30:48,960 Speaker 14: and take him out of this team, and that's been 2107 01:30:49,040 --> 01:30:51,880 Speaker 14: reflected by his performance and the way he's led them. All. 2108 01:30:51,960 --> 01:30:52,760 Speaker 4: Right, two more for you. 2109 01:30:52,960 --> 01:30:58,439 Speaker 3: One, what went well for the Chargers against the Patriots' offense, 2110 01:30:58,640 --> 01:31:01,439 Speaker 3: because they did do a pretty job and holding them down. 2111 01:31:01,479 --> 01:31:04,759 Speaker 3: It's just that the Patriots defense was so overwhelmingly dominant 2112 01:31:04,880 --> 01:31:05,439 Speaker 3: didn't matter. 2113 01:31:05,640 --> 01:31:07,880 Speaker 14: So you tell me, well, Mark, you look at the 2114 01:31:07,920 --> 01:31:10,679 Speaker 14: left side of the Patriots offensive line, two rookies, Will 2115 01:31:10,800 --> 01:31:13,720 Speaker 14: Campbell Jared Wilson, and you go back to the preseason. 2116 01:31:13,840 --> 01:31:16,920 Speaker 14: One of the challenges for that offensive line has improved 2117 01:31:16,920 --> 01:31:18,840 Speaker 14: as it's been and it has been night and day 2118 01:31:18,920 --> 01:31:22,360 Speaker 14: compared to the offensive lines of the last couple of seasons. 2119 01:31:22,760 --> 01:31:28,400 Speaker 14: They struggled with stunts, tackle, end games up front. Chargers 2120 01:31:28,439 --> 01:31:30,439 Speaker 14: got a lot of success inserting a lot of pressure 2121 01:31:30,560 --> 01:31:32,760 Speaker 14: on May and those two young players on the left 2122 01:31:32,760 --> 01:31:35,280 Speaker 14: side of the offensive line have their hands full, to 2123 01:31:35,320 --> 01:31:38,760 Speaker 14: say the least. On Sunday night, we certainly know and 2124 01:31:39,040 --> 01:31:42,479 Speaker 14: you have a first hand, up close look at it 2125 01:31:42,800 --> 01:31:44,800 Speaker 14: week in week out. And you know, I've watched the 2126 01:31:44,840 --> 01:31:47,439 Speaker 14: Texans during the course of the year, just how well 2127 01:31:47,520 --> 01:31:50,280 Speaker 14: that defense plays, how aggressive, how vicious they can be 2128 01:31:50,640 --> 01:31:52,559 Speaker 14: in terms of the way they get after the quarterback, 2129 01:31:52,600 --> 01:31:56,559 Speaker 14: whether it's Josh Allen with eight sacks or Aaron Rodgers. 2130 01:31:56,840 --> 01:31:58,960 Speaker 14: So they'll be well prepared to try to exploit that 2131 01:31:59,000 --> 01:32:00,280 Speaker 14: the Patriots have got a short up. 2132 01:32:00,520 --> 01:32:00,800 Speaker 4: All right. 2133 01:32:00,880 --> 01:32:04,840 Speaker 3: Finally, Bob, in stadium traditions, big goal of mine is 2134 01:32:04,920 --> 01:32:08,000 Speaker 3: to not hear Josie on Sunday? Do they still play 2135 01:32:08,120 --> 01:32:10,840 Speaker 3: Josie when the game is won? Is that still a tradition? 2136 01:32:10,920 --> 01:32:11,840 Speaker 3: With Zolac and everything? 2137 01:32:12,520 --> 01:32:15,000 Speaker 14: You know, Mark, I'm not sure if you follow Barstool Sports, 2138 01:32:15,120 --> 01:32:18,080 Speaker 14: but if you do, there's a video that's gone viral 2139 01:32:18,320 --> 01:32:20,880 Speaker 14: here locally at least in the last few days, and 2140 01:32:21,040 --> 01:32:23,280 Speaker 14: it is God Zolac and it is the outfield with 2141 01:32:23,640 --> 01:32:29,000 Speaker 14: the Josie song you was playing early in the fourth 2142 01:32:29,120 --> 01:32:31,719 Speaker 14: quarter on Sunday night against the Chargers. 2143 01:32:32,600 --> 01:32:34,160 Speaker 8: But you know, I. 2144 01:32:35,880 --> 01:32:38,720 Speaker 14: Like I see things through an England perspective. You know, 2145 01:32:39,400 --> 01:32:42,360 Speaker 14: it's a song that really energizes you. Sure, no, I 2146 01:32:42,439 --> 01:32:44,439 Speaker 14: get a Patriot or protext, and so you know, I 2147 01:32:44,520 --> 01:32:46,880 Speaker 14: can appreciate it, but I also understand your point of view, 2148 01:32:47,479 --> 01:32:49,920 Speaker 14: and we'll see what happens on Saturday night. I don't 2149 01:32:49,920 --> 01:32:51,800 Speaker 14: expect that if they're going to cue any music up, 2150 01:32:52,439 --> 01:32:55,720 Speaker 14: that it's probably not going to be heard until what 2151 01:32:55,880 --> 01:32:58,400 Speaker 14: at the very end of the game or after the game, 2152 01:32:58,960 --> 01:33:02,760 Speaker 14: whether it's a Texans fight song or a Patriot celebratory song. 2153 01:33:02,800 --> 01:33:04,200 Speaker 10: I think this is a game that should come down 2154 01:33:04,240 --> 01:33:04,639 Speaker 10: to the wire. 2155 01:33:04,880 --> 01:33:07,720 Speaker 3: Listen, we avoided Renegade on Monday night in Pittsburgh, so 2156 01:33:07,880 --> 01:33:09,400 Speaker 3: that was a big accomplishment. 2157 01:33:09,520 --> 01:33:09,920 Speaker 4: I thought. 2158 01:33:10,200 --> 01:33:12,920 Speaker 3: Also the foghorn, they blow the fog horn, it's a 2159 01:33:13,000 --> 01:33:16,040 Speaker 3: bruined sound effect. Right, when do they hit that noise? 2160 01:33:16,080 --> 01:33:18,519 Speaker 3: Because they're going to hear it on my broadcast at 2161 01:33:18,960 --> 01:33:20,720 Speaker 3: some point, So you tell me. 2162 01:33:21,200 --> 01:33:22,600 Speaker 14: You know, Mark, I've got to be careful with my 2163 01:33:22,640 --> 01:33:25,880 Speaker 14: answer because I am sitting in the lobby that stadium 2164 01:33:25,880 --> 01:33:29,120 Speaker 14: administrative building here. But to my ears, far too often, 2165 01:33:31,920 --> 01:33:34,680 Speaker 14: you know, I love, you know when you go to 2166 01:33:34,760 --> 01:33:37,400 Speaker 14: a stadium where it's still all about football, and here 2167 01:33:37,439 --> 01:33:40,080 Speaker 14: I think I will say this too, you know, in 2168 01:33:40,160 --> 01:33:44,519 Speaker 14: all seriousness, the atmosphere at Jillett Stadium on Sunday night 2169 01:33:44,600 --> 01:33:48,160 Speaker 14: for the Chargers game was unlike any we've experienced in 2170 01:33:48,200 --> 01:33:50,160 Speaker 14: a long, long time, and that includes some playoff games 2171 01:33:50,200 --> 01:33:52,320 Speaker 14: for this team during a period of time when I 2172 01:33:52,400 --> 01:33:55,600 Speaker 14: think people like myself might have been able to I 2173 01:33:55,720 --> 01:33:58,160 Speaker 14: might have taken things for granted and then went through 2174 01:33:58,160 --> 01:34:02,240 Speaker 14: a period where you really are not tunity to appreciate. 2175 01:34:01,880 --> 01:34:02,720 Speaker 4: What you once had. 2176 01:34:02,960 --> 01:34:05,560 Speaker 14: And this team has been very fortunate to have a 2177 01:34:05,640 --> 01:34:08,240 Speaker 14: season and a quarterback like May and a head coach 2178 01:34:08,360 --> 01:34:11,320 Speaker 14: like Vrabel, you know, put together what they've done in 2179 01:34:11,439 --> 01:34:15,400 Speaker 14: twenty twenty five, twenty six now, so soon after Brady 2180 01:34:15,479 --> 01:34:17,200 Speaker 14: walked out the door. When you think about some of 2181 01:34:17,240 --> 01:34:19,919 Speaker 14: the teams in this division alone, the Jets, the Dolphins 2182 01:34:19,960 --> 01:34:24,800 Speaker 14: who've been searching continually and interminably for the next guy. 2183 01:34:25,000 --> 01:34:27,200 Speaker 14: So people, I think around here have really taken to 2184 01:34:27,320 --> 01:34:31,200 Speaker 14: this team. I think there's a refreshing vibe around this team, 2185 01:34:31,800 --> 01:34:34,600 Speaker 14: the young quarterback, the head coach, who's a lot of 2186 01:34:34,680 --> 01:34:38,360 Speaker 14: fans in more access I think for the public in 2187 01:34:38,600 --> 01:34:41,439 Speaker 14: terms of what the team does on social media, and 2188 01:34:41,920 --> 01:34:43,559 Speaker 14: you know, I think a lot of people feel part 2189 01:34:43,640 --> 01:34:47,519 Speaker 14: of this success and have really developed a fondness for 2190 01:34:47,640 --> 01:34:49,200 Speaker 14: this particular team, and I think that's going to be 2191 01:34:49,280 --> 01:34:50,759 Speaker 14: reflected in the energy in the stadium. 2192 01:34:51,160 --> 01:34:52,240 Speaker 4: Outstanding material. 2193 01:34:52,320 --> 01:34:54,479 Speaker 3: Bob, as always, thanks so much for being with us, 2194 01:34:54,479 --> 01:34:56,720 Speaker 3: and we look forward to Sunday in Foxborough. 2195 01:34:57,040 --> 01:34:57,680 Speaker 8: Looking forward to it. 2196 01:34:57,760 --> 01:34:59,920 Speaker 10: Mark safe travels and we'll catch you up before the game. 2197 01:35:00,840 --> 01:35:02,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll catch up. Having a bullet shout. 2198 01:35:02,840 --> 01:35:06,000 Speaker 2: I can't wait for that up there in the radio 2199 01:35:06,160 --> 01:35:10,439 Speaker 2: press box in New England. It's gonna be a great one, 2200 01:35:10,560 --> 01:35:12,320 Speaker 2: looking forward to it. Got a few more days to 2201 01:35:12,360 --> 01:35:14,920 Speaker 2: get through before we take off and go to New England, 2202 01:35:15,000 --> 01:35:18,479 Speaker 2: but ready for it, all ready. Appreciate Bob for being here. 2203 01:35:18,840 --> 01:35:21,960 Speaker 2: Thanks to Nick Chubb, he was fantastic. Nick Casario, as always, 2204 01:35:22,320 --> 01:35:24,519 Speaker 2: just to start on the radio, you guys for listening, 2205 01:35:24,560 --> 01:35:26,320 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. We'll see tomorrow and as always, 2206 01:35:26,400 --> 01:35:26,960 Speaker 2: go Texans.