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Speaker 1: it's been since March. It's been a long time, man,

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Speaker 1: but appreciate you being here with me. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: John Airs, football Analyst, sideline reporter, and a little bit

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Speaker 1: sad so last Friday All Access show of the year.

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Speaker 1: six to seven on Monday, and then we put the

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty season to bed, which I know all of

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Speaker 1: us would like to do. However, let's have that final,

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Speaker 1: very final glass of milk and maybe at chuckle Chip

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Speaker 1: Cookie by knocking off the Tennessee Titans. How much fun

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Speaker 1: would that be? Now, keep in mind, if you are

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Speaker 1: which I hope you do, three twenty five kickoff is

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Speaker 1: at three twenty five. This one moved along with the

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Speaker 1: Colts game, trying to balance things out in the league.

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Speaker 1: And I know people have asked me like, wait, wait,

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Speaker 1: why why are they doing this? What are they doing?

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Speaker 1: Why they move the games and why these two? Well,

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Speaker 1: they didn't want the Titans and the Colts playing at

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Speaker 1: the same at different times, so that the Colts would

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Speaker 1: know what the Titans did, the Titans would know what

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Speaker 1: of the let's say the Jagson Cults were playing at

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Speaker 1: noon and the Colts lost, then the Titans would know, hey,

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Speaker 1: they've got the division sewn up. We're just gonna play

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Speaker 1: our backups, say Derek Henry, and get ready for the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: because they just would have won the AFC South. So

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Speaker 1: I don't First of all, I don't think the Jags

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Speaker 1: especially up in Indianapolis. But crazier things can happen, like

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Speaker 1: Week one in Jacksonville that said they wanted to play

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Speaker 1: They had to move two games, so I met. They

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Speaker 1: Everybody's gonna be watching score boards. There's no doubt. Everybody's

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Speaker 1: gonna be watching scoreboards to see what's going on throughout

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Speaker 1: the league. Everybody wants to know what's happening. Some teams

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Speaker 1: all we know. So the only seating we know is

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Speaker 1: That's something to look forward to. Also do my first

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Speaker 1: our game, we hear from Romeo Crenell. Mark Vandamer had

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Speaker 1: a chance to catch up with the coach after's press

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Speaker 1: also said, you're like a NAT, you know, like a

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Speaker 1: little like I guess that he meant that as a

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Speaker 1: compliment to wide receivers, like you're in their face, Dan,

429
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Speaker 1: I get on his nerves day. What do you what

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Speaker 1: do you think about when he's when you find out

431
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Speaker 1: that he calls you a nat, but but in a

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Speaker 1: loving in the most loving way possible. Oh, I love it.

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Speaker 1: That means, uh, you know you irritative? Uh, I means

434
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Speaker 1: you can be disruptive. Um and when you look like

435
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Speaker 1: I said, when you look at the defensive back position

436
00:21:58,359 --> 00:22:00,640
Speaker 1: and everybody looking at you're like, oh, you just gotta play,

437
00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:02,840
Speaker 1: you know, bomb through on them whatever in twenty yards

438
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,560
Speaker 1: whatever and then like to me, that doesn't matter. You

439
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,359
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. It's about the next play, and

440
00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:11,199
Speaker 1: I'm about limiting the receiver, not completely shutting them down,

441
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Speaker 1: because I think that's impossible. I mean, these guys get

442
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Speaker 1: paid millions of dollars, so I think, you know, you

443
00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,880
Speaker 1: gotta understand is you know those guys from their pass

444
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Speaker 1: as will that I do. So it's about limiting the receiver.

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Speaker 1: You know, I can go a game where like last game,

446
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Speaker 1: you know, four sessions I think, like sixty four yards

447
00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,520
Speaker 1: no touchdown is a good game, t y hill and

448
00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:32,280
Speaker 1: no touchdown is a good game. You know what I mean.

449
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,440
Speaker 1: A Roberts from Chicago, it's a good game, no touchdowns.

450
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Speaker 1: That's all I'm about. So at the end of the day,

451
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Speaker 1: it's about being consistent limiting your receivers, and that's that's

452
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Speaker 1: the net. I try to be um and if that

453
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Speaker 1: it works within the scheme about defense to help my

454
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Speaker 1: teammates and us win, that's what I do. I don't

455
00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:51,280
Speaker 1: try to do anything more or anything less, try to

456
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Speaker 1: help us win to the best of my ability doing

457
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Speaker 1: my job. All right, Well, you you said that you're

458
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Speaker 1: not quite where you want to be. So now with

459
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Speaker 1: the offseason approaching, what are some things that you want

460
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Speaker 1: to get better at, Things that you know that you're

461
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,160
Speaker 1: gonna start working on once the season's over. For you, Um,

462
00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:12,159
Speaker 1: just consistency and footwork, hand placement, definitely, always do judgment

463
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,520
Speaker 1: drills with the ball, and just understanding football better. I

464
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,240
Speaker 1: think the longer you play this game, the more you learn.

465
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Speaker 1: I don't think you can ever stop learning in this

466
00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,120
Speaker 1: game because it's evolving. You know. It's different from back

467
00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:27,760
Speaker 1: in the nineties and the eighties where you had Powerhouse

468
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,560
Speaker 1: which bone run game. Now you got our po pass game,

469
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,679
Speaker 1: run game mixed. You got quarterbacks like the Sean Lamar

470
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Speaker 1: got you know what I'm saying. So you got receivers

471
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Speaker 1: you know, such as Green and Heal and Keenan Allen.

472
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Speaker 1: You got guys like that who you know, change changing

473
00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:47,800
Speaker 1: the perception of the game, become a faster game. So

474
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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna try to perfect my technique, try to

475
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Speaker 1: get some get with some of the guys like Steph

476
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Speaker 1: Gilmore and work on my technique and uh, just get better.

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Speaker 1: You think you'll go back East, Yeah, I know, will

478
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,880
Speaker 1: go back East and uh, how about your masters in theology?

479
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 1: Is you pick up where you left off? Yeah, definitely, definitely, definitely.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna do some do some speeches, go do some churches,

481
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Speaker 1: and do my thing. So it's gonna be fun. Definitely

482
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Speaker 1: gonna be fun. All Right, We're looking forward to it.

483
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Speaker 1: Congrats on a great season for you personally, and best

484
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Speaker 1: of luck here in this final game and in the offseason. Keana,

485
00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 1: thank you. I appreciate you that right there is one

486
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Speaker 1: of the most interesting people you're gonna meet. Keion Crossing

487
00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:33,560
Speaker 1: from western North Carolina, a little small town of western

488
00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,200
Speaker 1: North Carolina. I love his energy and I think with

489
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Speaker 1: some additional playing time over the last few weeks at corner,

490
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,480
Speaker 1: he's shown a thing or two. Now has he become

491
00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 1: Dion Sanders, No, but he has shown he will compete.

492
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Speaker 1: He can run, he can close on the ball. He's

493
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Speaker 1: shown a few things that you've got to have in

494
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Speaker 1: a defensive back room. Man, you gotta have in this league.

495
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Speaker 1: You gotta have four or five six guys that can

496
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Speaker 1: go out there and cover. And that's the one thing

497
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,720
Speaker 1: this team did not have this year was enough guys

498
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Speaker 1: that could run and cover. Not enough you had thought

499
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Speaker 1: going in Robie Conley gains those three, Vernon would play

500
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Speaker 1: any inside, John Reid would battle for a time on

501
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Speaker 1: the inside. You had Keyan, but you know him. Ken's

502
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Speaker 1: mainly a special teamer. Out of all that group, Keian

503
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,600
Speaker 1: cross has probably played the best this year. So we'll

504
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,320
Speaker 1: see what happens. But I think the cornerback position is

505
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,879
Speaker 1: going to be one that new GM head coach to

506
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Speaker 1: look at and go, Okay, we've got to start doing

507
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Speaker 1: some good things at this position. Or the quarterbacks in

508
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 1: this division, Ryan Tannehill, Philip Rivers. Maybe we'll see what

509
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,879
Speaker 1: happens with the Colts and then what Trevor Lawrence is

510
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,000
Speaker 1: more than likely going to be the Jaguar starting quarterback.

511
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:45,960
Speaker 1: These guys are gonna lie this stuff. We can't start

512
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Speaker 1: getting stickier and coverage, and at least Kean's shown some

513
00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,320
Speaker 1: of that. Now he'll tell you he's got some work

514
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Speaker 1: to do, but heck, he's only started for a few games.

515
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Speaker 1: So I hope that Keion Crossing comes back to Houston

516
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Speaker 1: has a pretty solid twenty twenty one and beyond all right,

517
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Speaker 1: we get back, it's time to dive into the keys

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Speaker 1: Now here's the show. All right, Welcome back to a

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Speaker 1: Friday issue of Texas Access from the Hunday Texans Radio

533
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Speaker 1: studio last Friday. As I've said a few times already

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Speaker 1: of the year, appreciate you being with me Tonight. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host, John Harris Football ANNUNS. That's side reporter. It's

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Speaker 1: time for our first community Credit Union, First Glance Keys

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Speaker 1: to the Game week seventeen. This will be the last.

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Speaker 1: It's actually the first one of twenty twenty one, but

539
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,120
Speaker 1: it's also the last one of twenty twenty so yeah,

540
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:29,639
Speaker 1: sometimes football calendar year, they all get confused. But either way,

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Speaker 1: it is Week seventeen. It is the Tennessee Titans, and

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Speaker 1: I love to give you my keys to the game.

543
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:37,080
Speaker 1: I've been doing this for a long time. This is

544
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 1: I think the eighteenth season of doing keys to the

545
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,119
Speaker 1: game in some way, shape or form. You're student for

546
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Speaker 1: college games. Still do a little bit on college games.

547
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 1: We'll definitely do one on the playoff or the championship

548
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 1: game for sure in college football. But I love doing

549
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 1: it for the Texans. Really fun. Let's me dive deep

550
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,680
Speaker 1: into this game and kind of become a coach again

551
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,320
Speaker 1: some sense, if that makes some sense. So let's get

552
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 1: into this. Titans come in ten and five. We've mentioned

553
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 1: this a few times tonight, but it bears repeating. The

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Speaker 1: Titans at ten and five. Four other teams in the

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00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 1: ANFC are tight four at ten and five, the Colts

556
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 1: being another one with the Titans, and then you got

557
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,360
Speaker 1: the Browns, Dolphins, Ravens. Four those teams will make the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Now there is a way that the Titans can get

559
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 1: knocked off and with some other results, could find themselves

560
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:32,200
Speaker 1: out of the playoffs. Now it's slim, but also I

561
00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:36,119
Speaker 1: guess really not if the Dolphins go beat the Bills,

562
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 1: which sounds on the service like nah, it can't happen,

563
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,479
Speaker 1: especially if Fits you out to come close the game

564
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:45,479
Speaker 1: if he needs to. But if the Dolphins beat the Bills,

565
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,080
Speaker 1: you don't know what the Bills are gonna do. I mean,

566
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Speaker 1: the Bills. Sean mc dermot has been very sly about

567
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 1: how he's treating this game. The Bills win, the Bills

568
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 1: move with the number two seed, So the only thing

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Speaker 1: that really changes for the Bills is whether they and

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Speaker 1: this could be big for a divisional playoff round if

571
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 1: they win the first round, obviously would they go to

572
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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh or have Pittsburgh come back to Buffalo. So that

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00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 1: would be the only thing. So the Bills may wrest

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Speaker 1: the starters. So if the Colts win, which they're going to,

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00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 1: and the Dolphins do win because the Bills arresting starters

576
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:21,240
Speaker 1: and the Texans win, then you could have the Titans

577
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Speaker 1: on the outside looking in. So either way, let's get

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Speaker 1: into the keys to this game is the only one

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Speaker 1: we control in some sense. So let's get into it.

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Speaker 1: And let's start with the Titans offense averages one hundred

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Speaker 1: and sixty point one yards per game. That's second in NFL. Now,

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Speaker 1: when I first did this back in Week six, the

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Speaker 1: Titans were not running the ball at that clip. We

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Speaker 1: expect them to be second in the league. This is

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Speaker 1: what you would expect the Titans to be. So that

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00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 1: running game has gotten better as a result. The passing game,

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Speaker 1: I don't say it's gotten worse, but it's not as effective.

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00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:55,960
Speaker 1: It's average two hundred and thirty yards per game. That's

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Speaker 1: twenty first in the NFL. They've relied a little bit

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Speaker 1: more and Derek Henry and a little less on the

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00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 1: passing game. Now we know what both can do when

592
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 1: you put them together. That's three ninety point one yards

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Speaker 1: per game. That's fifth in the NFL. They've only lost

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Speaker 1: eleven turnovers. I'm gonna get to why that's important in

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Speaker 1: the second. One of the reasons it's important because the

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Speaker 1: Titans have played eight one score games. There's six and

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Speaker 1: two in those games. And if you're not turning the

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Speaker 1: ball over, you've got a great, great shot So let's

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Speaker 1: get into the keys against the Titans offense. And obviously

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Speaker 1: number one is the same key it was last time,

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Speaker 1: and I gave it the title kill the Engine. Part two. However,

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00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:44,360
Speaker 1: this in stopping Derrick Henry is a little bit beyond

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Speaker 1: just making the tackles and making a tackle on Henry. Look,

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Speaker 1: that's one of the biggest aspects. And there's so many

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Speaker 1: pieces that go to slowing Derek Henry down. And the

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Speaker 1: first piece is, hey, you have to play the defensive call.

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00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,800
Speaker 1: You have to play the call. You can't just go

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00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:12,720
Speaker 1: mike stuff up and you can't get out of turn

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Speaker 1: with the defense. Well I thought it was no, you

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00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,960
Speaker 1: play the defensive call. That's not something that Texans did

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00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 1: very well last year against Cincinnati. Second Part B, you've

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Speaker 1: got to get off blocks. Now, I'm gonna say that

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Speaker 1: one because I'm getting that in a little bit. You

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00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 1: also see or three, depending on how I started. You've

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Speaker 1: got to be gap discipline. The ninety four yard run

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Speaker 1: for Derrick Henry in Week six was solely the result

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Speaker 1: of Texans up front, six guys doing a job, one

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Speaker 1: guy not. I don't know what was going on, but

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Speaker 1: when a linebacker jumps behind three same colored jerseys and

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Speaker 1: leaves the b gap wide open on the back side.

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Speaker 1: Guess who's gonna find it? Derek Henry and he did.

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Speaker 1: So he gets to the third level unabated, and now

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Speaker 1: he's one on one with Eric Murray. And look, I'm

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Speaker 1: not expecting many safeties in the league to make a

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00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 1: one on one tack on Henry. Now I would like

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00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,520
Speaker 1: to see a little better effort. But what are you

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Speaker 1: gonna do once he gets to set the second third

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Speaker 1: level unabated with nobody, I mean, it's forget it, and

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Speaker 1: it's ninety four yards to the house. So this front seven,

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Speaker 1: he's got to play the call. They're gotta violently get

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Speaker 1: off blocks. I'm gonna get to that second. Then they

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Speaker 1: got to make sure that they're maintaining their gap discipline.

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Speaker 1: Then they have to tackle Henry. I mean that's a lot,

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Speaker 1: that's a mouthful, right, but that's what you have to do.

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Speaker 1: That's what you're asked to do. And guess what, you

636
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 1: don't have to put the pads on until I don't

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00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,760
Speaker 1: know what July, late July. So what do you got

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Speaker 1: to lose in playing as physically imposing as you can

639
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,360
Speaker 1: possibly play? So that's number one. Kill the engine, part two.

640
00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 1: Number two, maintain the zero. Now, in a rare weird thing,

641
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:07,320
Speaker 1: Corey Davis, who has had a fantastic year, has sixty

642
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: receptions in nine and forty five yards. And he had

643
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:12,360
Speaker 1: that going into the green Bay Packers game, which if

644
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 1: you do the math, if he had it going into

645
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 1: the green Bay game and he still has it now,

646
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 1: that means that he didn't catch a pass against green Bay.

647
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 1: That's right, he didn't catch a pass. Corey Davis star

648
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:26,800
Speaker 1: has risen in his fifth seven eighteen ninety twenty. His

649
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 1: fourth year in the league, it was I would think

650
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,000
Speaker 1: a slam dunk that Corey Davis was going to end

651
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 1: up being a big time player, and it just didn't

652
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 1: happen until this year he really started showing it. I mean,

653
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 1: sixty catches for nine hundred and forty five yards. That's

654
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:46,240
Speaker 1: a darn good average. That's a really good average. If

655
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:50,680
Speaker 1: I'm doing my math one three five, that's almost sixteen

656
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 1: yards per catch. That's pretty good. However, the Packers goose

657
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: egged him nothing. He only had two targets, no catches.

658
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:03,240
Speaker 1: There's so many different weapons on this Titans offense. That's

659
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: not totally surprising that one of them would end up

660
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 1: with a goose egg. You know, Henry's gonna get his carries.

661
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 1: You know that Jenner Smith's gonna get some. You know

662
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:11,840
Speaker 1: A J. Brown's gonna get some. But the fact that

663
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,720
Speaker 1: Corey Davis had zero, the Texans has got to maintain

664
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 1: that zero this week. For Corey Davis. The Texas didnt

665
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 1: see him last time because he was doing with COVID issues,

666
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:22,839
Speaker 1: So they will see him, and I would imagine they're

667
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,840
Speaker 1: gonna try and feed him early and often. That being said,

668
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: defensive backs get up on him, hug him, give a

669
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 1: little bit of help over the top, try and take

670
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,920
Speaker 1: away some of those easy targets. They're gonna try and

671
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:36,839
Speaker 1: steal five seven yards, speed outs, little snagger outs, things

672
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 1: like that. Hug up on him. Maintain the zero this week.

673
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:44,840
Speaker 1: Please number three. And this kind of goes back to

674
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,880
Speaker 1: number one. One and three are sort of tied together,

675
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 1: but number three is to me much more important on

676
00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 1: this level. You make it as a defender. You make

677
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 1: a conscious decision. This is my role on this play.

678
00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 1: This is what I was supposed to do. This is

679
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 1: my responsibil him a play. That responsibility I'm gonna know

680
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,879
Speaker 1: where I'm gonna line up, and then I'm gonna play

681
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 1: my responsibility. Then after that it's the physical part. Now

682
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 1: you're an NFL player, so you should make tackles. I

683
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,800
Speaker 1: don't say easily, but you make You should make tackles.

684
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 1: One I didn't put in here. One I didn't put

685
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,400
Speaker 1: in here. But you can't throw a shoulder and Derrick Henry,

686
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:23,800
Speaker 1: I think he's going down. You can't throw a shoulder

687
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:27,880
Speaker 1: in p Ryan, I think he's going down. No, you

688
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,839
Speaker 1: have to wrap up. It didn't sexy, It doesn't get

689
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 1: you down Sports Center, But who gives a damn make

690
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,879
Speaker 1: a tackle, which leads me to this one number three.

691
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:39,400
Speaker 1: Violently get off blocks. Now there's no I didn't make

692
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 1: a little cute little like maintain the zero, kill the

693
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 1: engine like violently get off blocks. There's the verb, and

694
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 1: that's telling you what to do. Violently. I guess that's

695
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:55,240
Speaker 1: the adverb get off blocks. The Texans up front, especially lately,

696
00:35:56,000 --> 00:36:00,360
Speaker 1: have allowed way too many offensive linement and just stamp blocks.

697
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 1: They do not violently get off blocks. They do not

698
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: stacking shed as if their life depends on it at all.

699
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 1: Guys just kind of jumped to the side and like,

700
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: oh men the gat No you're not. You're not doing

701
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 1: anything violently. Use hands, length, power, leverage, all of that.

702
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:27,879
Speaker 1: Every single play, get off blocks violently. The only guy

703
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: does it up front with any consistency is JJ, And

704
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:32,560
Speaker 1: the only other guy would say right now is doing

705
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 1: it is big Z. He's I mean, and he's only

706
00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: played like two games. That's kind of his thing though,

707
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,840
Speaker 1: But you have to no matter what your thing is,

708
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:46,840
Speaker 1: you have to violently get off a block at all times.

709
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 1: Or Henry's going for two hundred large again and get

710
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,399
Speaker 1: into two k all in the same game, you'll lose.

711
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 1: He gets to two k, he has over two hundred

712
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,400
Speaker 1: and thirty something rushing yards and they're going to the

713
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 1: playoffs the AFC South in your house. So when you

714
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 1: think of that, I want you to think about what

715
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,839
Speaker 1: you need to do getting off blocks. So that's number three.

716
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 1: Number four. Don't want Tannehill be the Titan's second leading rusher.

717
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 1: That's pretty straightforward too. Last week was a perfect example

718
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 1: why you get lulled in handoff, Henry, handoff, Henry, handoff.

719
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 1: Oh here's a handoff. Oh, no zone read and he

720
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 1: pulls it and he goes forty five yards for a touchdown,

721
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 1: and that was all the Packers fall asleep, just lulling

722
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:30,719
Speaker 1: him to sleep, blowing him gonna sleep, lulling him to sleep.

723
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 1: And then Tannehill pulled it and the Packer's like, well,

724
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 1: there you go. Yeah, And he's fast, he's athletic, and

725
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,400
Speaker 1: he gets himself in the hand zone. And it was

726
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 1: a player that could have turned a game in which

727
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: the Titans had no business being in the game, but

728
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: yet they were because Tannehill was making some plays and

729
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: that was a big one. And especially if you start

730
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 1: to kind of slow them the passing him a little bit,

731
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 1: which hopefully do, you can't let him pull it out

732
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 1: and then do something to give him some confidence. You

733
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 1: don't have to worry about the snow. He's gonna play

734
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 1: in a nice environment. Five. The magic's gonna be open

735
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:05,359
Speaker 1: on you know, on the grass, no snow. I mean,

736
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,439
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a perfect environment. He's gonna be able

737
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 1: to pull it at some point. You've got to make

738
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 1: sure that you're reading your keys and you do not

739
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:14,440
Speaker 1: allow him to pull it on zone. Read you're not there,

740
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,239
Speaker 1: and I guarantee, I guarantee you they will catch the

741
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:21,880
Speaker 1: text and sleeping. Hopefully they wake up enough to not

742
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:25,040
Speaker 1: make him the second league rusher that. Okay, you got

743
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:28,480
Speaker 1: us on that when that's a three yard game. Okay,

744
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,279
Speaker 1: hopefully that's it. You can't give up forty five yard

745
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:35,080
Speaker 1: zone read pull for a touchdown. That can't happen. Read

746
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 1: keys violently get off blocks and then kill the engine

747
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,919
Speaker 1: of both Derrick Henry and Ryan Tannioll number five. Please

748
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,919
Speaker 1: get a turnover. I've talked about this earlier in the show.

749
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,040
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna do it again. Please get a turnover.

750
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,600
Speaker 1: We have not had an interception in Houston this year,

751
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 1: not I mean what, Please get a turnover? All right,

752
00:38:53,520 --> 00:38:55,279
Speaker 1: it's get over to the off the defensive side of

753
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,440
Speaker 1: the ball for the Titans, the nineteenth in the NFL.

754
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:00,080
Speaker 1: Get up one hundred twenty three yards per game in

755
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,440
Speaker 1: a ground. They're twenty eighth in the NFL two seventy

756
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 1: two through the air, and they're twenty ninth in the

757
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 1: league giving up three hundred and ninety four point three

758
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 1: yards per game. Remind me Mike Rabel is a defensive coach.

759
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: Oh yeah. One of the things Rabel did do when

760
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: he played he got turnovers. The Titans have generated twenty

761
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:20,359
Speaker 1: two turnovers, fourteen in receptions at eight fumble recoveries. They're

762
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 1: plus eleven in turnover margin. That's tied for best in

763
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: the NFL. And you wonder why the offense is doing

764
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 1: what it's doing. They've gotten twenty two extra possessions. So

765
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: if you want to do the math on that, they're

766
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 1: plus eleven and turnover margins, that means they've had eleven

767
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: more than they've given up. Because the eleven turnovers, eleven,

768
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,400
Speaker 1: I mean give an extra possession of the Titans. You

769
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:44,800
Speaker 1: can't do that. You cannot give an extra possession to

770
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 1: the Titans. So let's look at the defense. Number one.

771
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 1: Attack what's there to lose. You're gonna lose the game.

772
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 1: Go for one on fourth downs, find a flee flicker

773
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 1: again and the deepest recesses the playbook. Go up tempo

774
00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 1: throughout the game to any in all of the above,

775
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:09,200
Speaker 1: and attack this weak, bleak defense. This is a horrid

776
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 1: defense on the other side, twenty ninth in the league.

777
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 1: Go at them. Number two. Do not be stubborn about

778
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 1: giving help when needed. In that game against the Bengals,

779
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:22,640
Speaker 1: Charlie Heck was out there in the Bengals. You knew

780
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 1: we're gonna pass rush, and look, Charlie did a pretty

781
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:28,800
Speaker 1: decent job. Rod did a pretty decent job. But you

782
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,640
Speaker 1: can't allow them to just be one on one the

783
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 1: whole game going ah, yeah, they're fine, they're fine, they're fine. No,

784
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 1: you've got to give some help when needed, and you

785
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:41,719
Speaker 1: might need that help, especially in the fourth quarter when

786
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 1: you know you've got to throw, if you got to

787
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:46,839
Speaker 1: take a guy out of the route, okay, but leave

788
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 1: it back in there to at least chip and help

789
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:51,120
Speaker 1: a little bit. That could have helped on that in

790
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:57,399
Speaker 1: that situation down the stretch, give help when needed. Number three,

791
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:01,440
Speaker 1: Big Z isn't just a Texan rookie. And here's what

792
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 1: I mean by that. Well, you know Big Z. He's

793
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 1: number ninety eight, big dude, in the middle of doing

794
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 1: some good things for this defense, and hopefully they've got

795
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 1: a little bit of a gem with him. But big

796
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 1: Z the Z stands for zone. And I think one

797
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 1: of the things about this offense this year is they've

798
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 1: obviously want to be multiple, and I think Tim's done

799
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 1: a really good job. I mean, look, the numbers tell

800
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 1: you that the run game has been abysmal. But part

801
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:25,279
Speaker 1: of the reason the run game has been abysmal is

802
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 1: they've tried different things in the run game that just

803
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:32,879
Speaker 1: don't really fit for David Johnson. But the zone game does.

804
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:37,279
Speaker 1: And the big Z stands for zone. Run the zone game.

805
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:40,719
Speaker 1: Whether it's David staying on the track and banging it,

806
00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 1: whether it's him bouncing, whether it's him bouncing outside maybe

807
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: get some yards or bending it back. That's actually what

808
00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: David does best, bend those runs back behind the center.

809
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:53,719
Speaker 1: But you gotta run the zone game to do it.

810
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 1: He's not a great fit in the gaps game, he's

811
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,040
Speaker 1: not a great fit in duo all that kind of stuff.

812
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:01,480
Speaker 1: He is great in the zone game. So run zone.

813
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 1: Who cares if they know it's coming, forced them to

814
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,320
Speaker 1: stop it and we'll get the wide. Number five is

815
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,680
Speaker 1: important in a second, but big Z is for the

816
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:12,239
Speaker 1: zone game. Flourish in it and run it all game long.

817
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,919
Speaker 1: Number four Cooking with Brandon, Yes, it's right. Brandon Cooks

818
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 1: has been amazing this year. And look I know when

819
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:19,959
Speaker 1: that trade was made. Oh he gave it the fifty

820
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: seven pick for Brandy Cooks, And you could argue whether

821
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 1: that was the right move. Or not. For the twenty

822
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 1: twenty season, it was Brandon cook Brandy Cooks has been

823
00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:31,600
Speaker 1: phenomenal with sixteen receiving yards. He's gonna hit the thousand

824
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,360
Speaker 1: yard mark for the first time since twenty eighteen. If

825
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,200
Speaker 1: they could have gotten him incorporated into the office offense earlier,

826
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: like if they'd had preseason games, maybe worked on a

827
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 1: little bit more, then maybe he's at that point or beyond.

828
00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:47,840
Speaker 1: But he's also been the consummate professional in this offense, consummate.

829
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 1: When he has been needed to just blow the top

830
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 1: off the defense to open things up on shallows or

831
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:56,680
Speaker 1: crossers behind him, he's done it. He's had to make

832
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 1: big catches, he's done it. He also gave the Titans

833
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,240
Speaker 1: some fits nine catches for sixty eight and a touchdown

834
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 1: in that last game against Tennessee. He finds open holes

835
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: and zones, he beats man coverage. Brandon Cooks is a

836
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 1: big factor for this offense, whether he's catching it or

837
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 1: whether he's actually a deco in the play. And number

838
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:21,799
Speaker 1: five and most importantly, Deshaun Watson. Deshaun Watson, it's one

839
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 1: final time to see number four play this game, and

840
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:29,080
Speaker 1: that's special. It really is special. And I don't want

841
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 1: to make too much out of it, but I do

842
00:43:31,719 --> 00:43:33,160
Speaker 1: because I think it's like, well, let's get on in

843
00:43:33,239 --> 00:43:35,200
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one and all that kind of stuff, because

844
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 1: we've got great games in twenty twenty one. Yeah, but

845
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:39,640
Speaker 1: you know, there are gonna be a lot of people

846
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 1: unfortunately don't get a chance to see DeShawn in twenty

847
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:44,799
Speaker 1: twenty one. They this might be the last time they

848
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:46,920
Speaker 1: get to see him. For different reasons, they move out

849
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 1: to the city of Houston, something happens medically. I mean,

850
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 1: who knows. The fact is you got to appreciate the

851
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 1: now and then. Now is DeShawn Watson playing the best

852
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,480
Speaker 1: season he's ever played, maybe college, high school, and pro.

853
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:01,600
Speaker 1: He's been phenomenal this year, and you get a chance

854
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 1: to see him and against the Titans, it's special to

855
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:06,759
Speaker 1: see him. And against the Titans the last two times

856
00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:10,360
Speaker 1: he's played in seventeen and eighteen, he's lit them up

857
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 1: like a Christmas tree. And I'm hoping for one last

858
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:15,960
Speaker 1: opportunity to do that against the Tennessee Tight. All right,

859
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,239
Speaker 1: that's our first Community City Union first glance Keys to

860
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 1: the Game, and that ends our first hour the show.

861
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: We got one more coming, and that means we're gonna

862
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 1: start the second hour with a little bit of audio

863
00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:30,920
Speaker 1: jukebox Brandon Cooks and AJ Moore Style. We'll have their

864
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:34,520
Speaker 1: pressors from today in their entirety. Next right, you're in

865
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 1: Texans All Access, Texans will Access, Texans All Access. We

866
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:40,279
Speaker 1: got one hour down, one hour left to go. Right

867
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:43,359
Speaker 1: here on a Friday, Nation of Texans All Access, our

868
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:48,239
Speaker 1: last all access addition before the final game of the year,

869
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:51,640
Speaker 1: our last Friday All Access show of the season. And

870
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 1: I'm your hostess, have been for the last seven seasons

871
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:58,160
Speaker 1: on this Friday night. John Harris football Analyston SIDL reporter,

872
00:44:58,560 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: Glad to be with you, and it's time to kick

873
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:05,279
Speaker 1: off this hour. A little bit of presser. Yeah, as

874
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:08,520
Speaker 1: in press conferences. Brandon Cooks, we talked about him in

875
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 1: our cases a game in the previous segment. He had

876
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:13,800
Speaker 1: a chance to meet with the media today and he

877
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,880
Speaker 1: was first asked what it would mean for him to

878
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:21,359
Speaker 1: hit a receiving milestone, not being a thousand yards this year.

879
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,480
Speaker 1: You know, I think about stuff like that sometimes, but

880
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:24,719
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, I think it's just

881
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:29,680
Speaker 1: important from aspect to show consistency. But never putting that

882
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,880
Speaker 1: above the team, you know, just blessed to being an

883
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:35,080
Speaker 1: opportunity that had that chance. And so yeah, you got

884
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:37,400
Speaker 1: to just work and that's why I'm continue to work

885
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:39,920
Speaker 1: for it to just finish the singing Tron overall. Is

886
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 1: there a moment, either on the field or maybe a

887
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:44,040
Speaker 1: discussion you had with Deschaun where you felt like the

888
00:45:44,120 --> 00:45:46,040
Speaker 1: two of you kind of click this year? Yeah, I

889
00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:48,360
Speaker 1: mean I think I think about through our practice, but

890
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:51,879
Speaker 1: then also think about some game situations that I think

891
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:54,800
Speaker 1: just with time, little things, you know, we're starting to

892
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:57,600
Speaker 1: jail more and more, and just the room that we

893
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 1: have to continue to grow together. You know, it's pretty

894
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,920
Speaker 1: exciting to me when you look at the situation right

895
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:04,719
Speaker 1: now where you've had a productive season, but you don't

896
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:06,960
Speaker 1: have any guaranteed money left on your contract and the

897
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,160
Speaker 1: team is in need of draft capital. Is there any

898
00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:10,880
Speaker 1: concern at all about whether you could be traded for

899
00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 1: a fourth time? That's a good question. I mean concerned,

900
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:17,440
Speaker 1: you know, no, I you know, for me as a

901
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,879
Speaker 1: guy who's been traded multiple times, you know, for first

902
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,200
Speaker 1: round picks and produce at a high level, I don't

903
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:28,200
Speaker 1: think about that. Um, I understand that you know, when

904
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:31,279
Speaker 1: a unique situation for me, you know, for as a

905
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,160
Speaker 1: special player, and I would continue to love to grow

906
00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:37,640
Speaker 1: with him. But as far as a team think, you know,

907
00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:40,560
Speaker 1: they could trade me for draft capital, I would caution

908
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 1: to think twice because quite frankly, I'm not gonna accept

909
00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 1: any more trades. And so for me, if you want

910
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:49,600
Speaker 1: me off your team, you're gonna have to let me

911
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 1: walk in choose my destination. For me, I got a

912
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:54,840
Speaker 1: newborn sign at home and he's looking for someone to

913
00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 1: set an example. So I think it's for me. It's

914
00:46:57,160 --> 00:47:00,400
Speaker 1: starting to stand firm when it comes to my career UM.

915
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 1: But when it comes to playing here and playing with

916
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 1: the Sean, you know, I would love to continue that growth,

917
00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:08,319
Speaker 1: but that's out of my hands. You know that those

918
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:11,799
Speaker 1: are decisions that I don't make UM, and we'll hope

919
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:14,680
Speaker 1: that the team see the growth that we've been having

920
00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:18,440
Speaker 1: UM and continue to just you know, show that commitment

921
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:21,279
Speaker 1: and grow over the over the years. Would you be

922
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:23,600
Speaker 1: interested in signing a contract extension that would give you

923
00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:26,400
Speaker 1: that guaranteed money, you know, I something that you know,

924
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:28,279
Speaker 1: let my agent handle. But like I said, for me,

925
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 1: I would love to continue to grow with the Sean

926
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:34,799
Speaker 1: um and have that commitment. However that looks, I don't,

927
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:36,759
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't get into that. I leave that

928
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:39,920
Speaker 1: to my Asian and the team. But playing with a

929
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:41,600
Speaker 1: guy like that, I mean, who wouldn't want to play

930
00:47:41,719 --> 00:47:44,840
Speaker 1: for a quarterback like Sean? You know, Brandon, if I

931
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:46,799
Speaker 1: heard you right, you said you would not accept any

932
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:48,880
Speaker 1: more trades? Is that what you said? Absolutely? But can

933
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,560
Speaker 1: you tell me how you how you reach that conclusion?

934
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:55,200
Speaker 1: You just what would you retire? What would you what

935
00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:58,480
Speaker 1: would you do? That's I mean, without going into anymore,

936
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:02,360
Speaker 1: that's just how I feel. I'll lead that to you know,

937
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 1: everything else to work out for herself. But none needs

938
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 1: to get in specifics. When you when you first came here,

939
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:11,320
Speaker 1: you had your thoughts about the show to watch it.

940
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 1: How have they changed since you played with him this year?

941
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 1: I wouldn't necessarily say change. It's just I think they've

942
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:20,440
Speaker 1: just grown more um now playing with him, seeing how

943
00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:22,640
Speaker 1: special he is actually out there with him. You know,

944
00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:24,759
Speaker 1: I used to see it from film, but to be

945
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:28,279
Speaker 1: able to experience it firsthand, all it does is just

946
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:31,200
Speaker 1: excited me more this whole season, Brandon. When you look

947
00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:34,520
Speaker 1: at your season and some of the progressions you've made.

948
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:36,719
Speaker 1: How do you feel about yourself in this offense? Do

949
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:39,000
Speaker 1: you feel like it suits you well and you feel

950
00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:42,279
Speaker 1: like pretty comfortable now that you've had all this time

951
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:44,759
Speaker 1: with just shaunk He said to Sarah, You've built some

952
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:49,080
Speaker 1: timing and some chemistry over the course of this season. Yeah. Absolutely,

953
00:48:49,120 --> 00:48:51,760
Speaker 1: I feel great about, you know, playing in this offense.

954
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:54,440
Speaker 1: I think there's so much more room to continue to

955
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:56,880
Speaker 1: grow together, not just me, but just all of us

956
00:48:56,920 --> 00:48:59,400
Speaker 1: as a whole um. You know, you think about not

957
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,800
Speaker 1: having an off season, you know, not having time to

958
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:05,399
Speaker 1: really Jill uh, we didn't have that opportunity as a team,

959
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,160
Speaker 1: especially with new guys, and you know, hopefully we get

960
00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:11,279
Speaker 1: to have an opportunity, and I think there's so much

961
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 1: more room to grow in a great way. This will

962
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:17,839
Speaker 1: be the last game where this configuration is together. They're

963
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: going to hire a new coach, new general manager. Ideally,

964
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:22,120
Speaker 1: you played for a lot of guys. You played for

965
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:26,440
Speaker 1: some really great coaches like Bill Belichakins from Peyton. What

966
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 1: do you look for in a leader as far as

967
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:30,359
Speaker 1: the coach you would like to play for? Ideally, Hey,

968
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:32,680
Speaker 1: you know, that's a great question. I've never got into

969
00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 1: that that thought just because that's that's not something that's

970
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,880
Speaker 1: on my decision. You know, you trust making mister McNair

971
00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:43,320
Speaker 1: and his team to be able to make that right decision.

972
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:45,920
Speaker 1: I think he's such a smart man that he knows

973
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:48,239
Speaker 1: what his team needs and whatever he does, you just

974
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:51,439
Speaker 1: got to trust him. And as far as this last game,

975
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:53,880
Speaker 1: there's nothing at stake for you guys in terms of,

976
00:49:54,560 --> 00:49:58,480
Speaker 1: you know, any stakes that are tangible, but intangibly, what

977
00:49:58,640 --> 00:50:00,359
Speaker 1: is the mood of the team. How do you guys

978
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:03,120
Speaker 1: kind of attack this game? And you could obviously disrupt

979
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:05,640
Speaker 1: some things for the Titans. Is that something maybe all

980
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:08,399
Speaker 1: that you guys point toward and say, hey, let's trying

981
00:50:08,400 --> 00:50:11,040
Speaker 1: to go out strong in that matter? I mean, you

982
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:13,080
Speaker 1: look at the team. Anytime you got an opportunity to

983
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:15,319
Speaker 1: go out there and play in the National Football League,

984
00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 1: you don't take it for granted. So guys are flying

985
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:20,320
Speaker 1: around all week excited and you know, working hard, and

986
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:23,000
Speaker 1: that's what you expect from a team. You know, millions

987
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 1: of people would love to be in this position, and

988
00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:26,800
Speaker 1: so what you try to do is just finish it

989
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:30,239
Speaker 1: out strong and do the best that you can do

990
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:32,399
Speaker 1: to beat it. For your team. Hey, Brandon, you mentioned

991
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:33,960
Speaker 1: a couple of times you feel like there's a lot

992
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:36,840
Speaker 1: more that this offense could continue to grow into. And

993
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:38,840
Speaker 1: do you feel like you've even seen some of that

994
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:41,160
Speaker 1: over the last you know, six ten weeks with Tim

995
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:44,960
Speaker 1: his play call and creativity fighting opening for everybody. Yeah,

996
00:50:45,160 --> 00:50:48,680
Speaker 1: Tim has been growing in that aspect, you know. Um,

997
00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:50,840
Speaker 1: I think that's just because he has to get to

998
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:52,719
Speaker 1: know his players. You know, he was put in a

999
00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:55,640
Speaker 1: position that was just right off the bat. But the

1000
00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:57,640
Speaker 1: more and more that he got to experience time with

1001
00:50:57,719 --> 00:51:00,439
Speaker 1: his players, I think he's starting to understand what people sorry,

1002
00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:04,080
Speaker 1: um and you know, doing a great job of a

1003
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:07,120
Speaker 1: play calling in that aspect, and he's continued to grow.

1004
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:10,400
Speaker 1: So it's being fun to watch. Considering they're probably going

1005
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:12,280
Speaker 1: to be a lot of changes with the coaching staff,

1006
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:15,080
Speaker 1: would that still be a possibility for a new staff

1007
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:18,120
Speaker 1: to have things in place if the offseason is more normal.

1008
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:20,799
Speaker 1: That's a question for you know, DeShawn, that's a question

1009
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:24,359
Speaker 1: for you know, Kyle and whoever else is in charge

1010
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:27,560
Speaker 1: of that. Just I stay out of that part. Happy

1011
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:30,680
Speaker 1: New Year's all right? There he is. Brandon Cooks, I

1012
00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:33,120
Speaker 1: mentioned him and my keys to the game and how

1013
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:36,920
Speaker 1: valuable he has been to this offense this year. And

1014
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:38,759
Speaker 1: I know there's a lot of talk there about the

1015
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,239
Speaker 1: future and what it's gonna be, and that's reasonable. I

1016
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:45,359
Speaker 1: think he understood that I would love to be able

1017
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:47,439
Speaker 1: to bring bring Brandon Cooks back. And I know people

1018
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:50,680
Speaker 1: are like a draft, capital draft, that's a draft. Like listen,

1019
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:54,560
Speaker 1: I understand that more than anyone. But you have a

1020
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 1: very productive You got a guy that's gonna probably end

1021
00:51:57,160 --> 00:52:01,040
Speaker 1: up seventy seventy catches, need to catches somewhere in that

1022
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:06,640
Speaker 1: range over a thousand yards, still runs extremely well, really

1023
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:08,960
Speaker 1: good in the locker room. Somebody to Sean really trust,

1024
00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 1: no matter what the offense is going to be next year.

1025
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,200
Speaker 1: I know you don't get that quite in a rookie,

1026
00:52:14,280 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 1: and I know you know you gotta get younger, but man,

1027
00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:22,520
Speaker 1: I don't know how you can move forward. And look this, man,

1028
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:25,160
Speaker 1: this is a conversation for probably a better time, I

1029
00:52:25,239 --> 00:52:27,480
Speaker 1: guess than going into the last game. But as it

1030
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:30,400
Speaker 1: pertains to Brandon Cooks, I think some of it depends

1031
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:32,560
Speaker 1: on can you bring Will Fuller back or not. I

1032
00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:35,160
Speaker 1: think Cooks has been fantastic this year. He's been great

1033
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:37,600
Speaker 1: for the organization. He's been great for to Shaun. I

1034
00:52:37,640 --> 00:52:40,600
Speaker 1: think he's been very valuable in that regard, and I

1035
00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:44,239
Speaker 1: would love to be able to bring him back. The

1036
00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:46,439
Speaker 1: business of football gets in the way in some sense,

1037
00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:50,480
Speaker 1: but I think that Brandon Cooks coming back would be

1038
00:52:50,760 --> 00:52:53,840
Speaker 1: a really good fit. And here's the thing with receivers

1039
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:57,879
Speaker 1: as we head into two things. Number One, the free

1040
00:52:57,920 --> 00:53:01,799
Speaker 1: agent class is bonkers. There are free agent receivers all

1041
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:04,480
Speaker 1: over the map. My point with that is, if you're

1042
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:07,160
Speaker 1: not able to bring Will Fuller back, you've got opportunities

1043
00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:08,480
Speaker 1: to go out and sign a guy. Now you've got

1044
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:10,880
Speaker 1: to do some cap work. As it is, you're gonna

1045
00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:13,480
Speaker 1: free up some cap room, so you'll have an opportunity

1046
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:17,200
Speaker 1: to maybe sign a receiver, maybe resign Will and bring

1047
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:20,160
Speaker 1: them back. If you bring back Fuller and Cooks, you

1048
00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:22,080
Speaker 1: know you got Randall Cobb under contract. You know what

1049
00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:24,440
Speaker 1: keik Qt has done. Your receiving corps is gonna be

1050
00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:29,480
Speaker 1: pretty solid at that point. But again, decisions have to

1051
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:30,880
Speaker 1: be made. It's gonna be a new GM coming in,

1052
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:34,200
Speaker 1: new head coach. They're gonna make those decisions together and

1053
00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:37,439
Speaker 1: move this thing in a positive direction. I personally would

1054
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:40,400
Speaker 1: hope that Brandon Cooks is part of it because he

1055
00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:45,360
Speaker 1: is and has been an asset from that Minnesota game forward.

1056
00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:49,640
Speaker 1: He's been an unbelievable asset. The Minnesota game is such

1057
00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:52,839
Speaker 1: a I don't even why he would have no completions

1058
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:56,719
Speaker 1: in that anyways, that's going back with that, but you

1059
00:53:56,800 --> 00:54:01,160
Speaker 1: get the point. Brandon Cooks has had a really phenomenal

1060
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:05,160
Speaker 1: season and hopefully he will stay here with the Houston Texas.

1061
00:54:05,239 --> 00:54:08,239
Speaker 1: Now another guy that's had a really solid season this year,

1062
00:54:08,320 --> 00:54:11,359
Speaker 1: stepping in in a number of different roles, and that's

1063
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:15,080
Speaker 1: AJ Moore. And I contend his injury at Pittsburgh when

1064
00:54:15,120 --> 00:54:20,680
Speaker 1: he pulled his hamstring was as difficult an injury to handle,

1065
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:23,960
Speaker 1: not only for him but for this defense. They really

1066
00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:27,080
Speaker 1: missed having a J. Moore for a significant stretch of time.

1067
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:30,680
Speaker 1: And he sat down with the media today answered a

1068
00:54:30,719 --> 00:54:33,240
Speaker 1: number of different questions on all kinds of things, including

1069
00:54:33,239 --> 00:54:35,319
Speaker 1: this one against the Titans, last game of the year.

1070
00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:38,000
Speaker 1: It's been a tough years, the moot around the locker

1071
00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:39,800
Speaker 1: room as you head into this one, trying to finish

1072
00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:42,120
Speaker 1: the year on a good note. Oh, I mean really

1073
00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:44,920
Speaker 1: should just go out, you know, together and to go

1074
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:49,440
Speaker 1: out strong. Everybody is you know what I'm saying, ready

1075
00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:53,279
Speaker 1: to go in and just give everything we got and

1076
00:54:53,400 --> 00:54:55,080
Speaker 1: put it all on the line one last time for

1077
00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:57,080
Speaker 1: each other. You know, it's a crazy business, so this

1078
00:54:57,239 --> 00:55:01,080
Speaker 1: maybe the last time that this specific group will be together.

1079
00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:03,640
Speaker 1: So we're just gonna go out with a bang. When

1080
00:55:03,719 --> 00:55:06,319
Speaker 1: you think about your season, what growth do you see

1081
00:55:06,320 --> 00:55:08,759
Speaker 1: in yourself and you know, playing more on defense, were

1082
00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:11,279
Speaker 1: some of the things in your game that you feel

1083
00:55:11,280 --> 00:55:13,719
Speaker 1: like you're improved on this year? I've learned so much, man,

1084
00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:18,360
Speaker 1: especially at the safety position and of course on special

1085
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:23,759
Speaker 1: teams as well. But uh, and most importantly, Uh, I

1086
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:26,360
Speaker 1: need to treat my body better. I learned that I

1087
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:29,759
Speaker 1: missed a couple of games, but so I definitely know

1088
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:32,759
Speaker 1: that I need to treat myself a little better and

1089
00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:37,040
Speaker 1: and just continue to move forward. Hey, Jun, obvious question.

1090
00:55:37,160 --> 00:55:40,080
Speaker 1: Where the challenges of dealing with Derek With Henry over there,

1091
00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:42,160
Speaker 1: they're running back. I mean, he's one of the best

1092
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:45,920
Speaker 1: backs in the game, man, but we're all just you know,

1093
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:48,200
Speaker 1: he's a big target. So we just have to gang

1094
00:55:48,280 --> 00:55:51,520
Speaker 1: tackling man. Everybody get to the ball and just play

1095
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:53,759
Speaker 1: the text and defense like we know how to. I

1096
00:55:53,840 --> 00:55:55,520
Speaker 1: know it can be kind of a cliche ish, but

1097
00:55:55,960 --> 00:55:57,920
Speaker 1: you know what this game means to them. Can't be

1098
00:55:58,040 --> 00:55:59,600
Speaker 1: like a playoff game for you guys in terms of

1099
00:55:59,640 --> 00:56:03,120
Speaker 1: what y'all trying to do here. Oh for sure, I

1100
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:07,280
Speaker 1: think it's we beat them. They may not make the playoffs,

1101
00:56:07,320 --> 00:56:10,480
Speaker 1: so we're definitely going into this game pumped and want

1102
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:14,000
Speaker 1: to knock them out. Hey, j Marcus asked about Henry,

1103
00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:16,839
Speaker 1: but what about their their pass catchers. You know, what's

1104
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:18,560
Speaker 1: the challenge on you as a safety when you're in

1105
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:21,480
Speaker 1: the game and you've got guys like you know, Smith

1106
00:56:21,560 --> 00:56:25,640
Speaker 1: and Brown and Davison. Oh well, most importantly, I just

1107
00:56:25,760 --> 00:56:29,200
Speaker 1: want to have great range back there and try to

1108
00:56:29,239 --> 00:56:31,440
Speaker 1: protect all my guys over top and Dan if I

1109
00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:33,279
Speaker 1: do get a shot on them, I just want to

1110
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:36,680
Speaker 1: come down and be a really good tackler. And that's

1111
00:56:36,719 --> 00:56:38,600
Speaker 1: pretty much it. And then, just a moment ago, you

1112
00:56:38,680 --> 00:56:40,680
Speaker 1: mentioned you got to take care of your better take

1113
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:42,759
Speaker 1: better care of your body. What else? I know you

1114
00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:45,560
Speaker 1: got a game still, but once the season ends, what

1115
00:56:45,760 --> 00:56:49,120
Speaker 1: do you try to accomplish in those first few months

1116
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:50,880
Speaker 1: before you get back into the facility. What are you

1117
00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:54,440
Speaker 1: trying to work on what are you doing? Just in general? Uh,

1118
00:56:54,680 --> 00:56:57,520
Speaker 1: specifically for me, it would be a lot of stretching

1119
00:56:57,920 --> 00:57:03,279
Speaker 1: um MASSI just um you know, and a lot of

1120
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:07,960
Speaker 1: code to hot to contrasting, um you know, and just

1121
00:57:08,080 --> 00:57:10,440
Speaker 1: a lot of different things man, that I that I

1122
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:13,359
Speaker 1: specifically need for my buddy. Hey, Jay, with what you've

1123
00:57:13,360 --> 00:57:16,120
Speaker 1: been able to do here Safaro, you'll have a new

1124
00:57:16,200 --> 00:57:18,760
Speaker 1: coach and they'll hire a new general manager. But how

1125
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:21,880
Speaker 1: much is somewhere you'd like to play long term regardless

1126
00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:24,760
Speaker 1: of whoever's you know, running things? Is this where you'd

1127
00:57:24,760 --> 00:57:26,840
Speaker 1: like to be and would you like to eventually sign

1128
00:57:26,880 --> 00:57:28,960
Speaker 1: a long term deal? There is no other place I

1129
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:33,360
Speaker 1: would want to be. Uh. I love Houston, um, you know,

1130
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:35,880
Speaker 1: like I was saying, how crazy this business is. I

1131
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:38,400
Speaker 1: hate that, you know, people may have to leave and

1132
00:57:38,480 --> 00:57:40,840
Speaker 1: things like that. But I loved it the staff that

1133
00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:44,960
Speaker 1: we had and and everyone that contributed. But um, I

1134
00:57:45,120 --> 00:57:46,640
Speaker 1: love it here in Houston, and I want to be

1135
00:57:46,760 --> 00:57:50,160
Speaker 1: here and I would love to get a long term

1136
00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:52,120
Speaker 1: deal done with these guys and j What can you

1137
00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:55,080
Speaker 1: say about what it's been like these last what fur

1138
00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:59,040
Speaker 1: weeks thoteen weeks playing for Romeo? It's been amazing, man, um,

1139
00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:02,880
Speaker 1: you know he always comes in well, you know, this

1140
00:58:03,040 --> 00:58:05,360
Speaker 1: year is kind of different with zoom meetings and everything,

1141
00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:09,160
Speaker 1: but he's always bright eyed and bushytail. That's that's the

1142
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:12,360
Speaker 1: term he liked to use, and that pretty much explains

1143
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:15,600
Speaker 1: him best. He gets the best out of all of us.

1144
00:58:17,120 --> 00:58:20,240
Speaker 1: Just you know, a real genuine guy and you gotta

1145
00:58:20,280 --> 00:58:22,120
Speaker 1: love that. You want to play for someone like that,

1146
00:58:22,840 --> 00:58:26,600
Speaker 1: and we love him here. There is Aj more safety

1147
00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:30,439
Speaker 1: for your Houston Texans, and he obviously in a little

1148
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:35,520
Speaker 1: different situation than Brandon Cooks. But AJ coming up on

1149
00:58:35,600 --> 00:58:39,440
Speaker 1: a year where a long term contract is hopefully in

1150
00:58:39,480 --> 00:58:40,800
Speaker 1: the offering. I would love to be able to keep

1151
00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:43,480
Speaker 1: Aj here. If you remember, AJ was claimed off waivers

1152
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:47,480
Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen and came to the Texans, and each

1153
00:58:47,560 --> 00:58:49,920
Speaker 1: and every year he has just added a little bit more,

1154
00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:51,320
Speaker 1: a little bit more, a little bit more. First year

1155
00:58:51,360 --> 00:58:54,880
Speaker 1: he was strictly special teams. Last year is second year

1156
00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:57,760
Speaker 1: he became a little bit more. You started seeing him

1157
00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:00,200
Speaker 1: involved in the defense a little bit more, blitz sing

1158
00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:01,840
Speaker 1: a little bit more, making some big plays in the

1159
00:59:01,920 --> 00:59:05,480
Speaker 1: pass rush. And then this year really expanded his role

1160
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:09,000
Speaker 1: full on safety work out on the field, doing some

1161
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:11,280
Speaker 1: subline backers stuff. I mean he's been all over the

1162
00:59:11,360 --> 00:59:13,840
Speaker 1: place and I think he would be a great piece.

1163
00:59:14,360 --> 00:59:17,640
Speaker 1: Got the energy that you're looking for, the positivity. I mean,

1164
00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:21,240
Speaker 1: he's got you captain like qualities and he is really

1165
00:59:21,480 --> 00:59:23,080
Speaker 1: fun to have around the building. So there he is,

1166
00:59:23,120 --> 00:59:25,960
Speaker 1: aj Moore and of course Brandon Cooks. Now there's a

1167
00:59:26,080 --> 00:59:30,320
Speaker 1: full weekend of games, a full slate on Sunday. I'm

1168
00:59:30,360 --> 00:59:32,560
Speaker 1: gonna predict them all straight uping against the spreadecks right

1169
00:59:32,600 --> 00:59:37,160
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Speaker 1: Now back to the show. Welcome back to this Friday

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01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:23,480
Speaker 1: edition of Texans All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio.

1183
01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:25,400
Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris, Football anals inside of the

1184
01:00:25,480 --> 01:00:31,400
Speaker 1: Reporter and master prognosticator of NFL games. Love to do

1185
01:00:31,560 --> 01:00:34,439
Speaker 1: this segment where I look at each and every game

1186
01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:36,560
Speaker 1: and then at the end of make a prediction straight

1187
01:00:36,640 --> 01:00:40,520
Speaker 1: up and against the spread. I love doing it. I

1188
01:00:40,680 --> 01:00:42,760
Speaker 1: think my record I checked the other day. It was

1189
01:00:42,920 --> 01:00:47,920
Speaker 1: ninety six point three four two percent using significant digits

1190
01:00:48,080 --> 01:00:51,320
Speaker 1: just two. It's ninety six percent and you got around down.

1191
01:00:51,400 --> 01:00:53,440
Speaker 1: But what are you gonna do? I've been phenomenal in

1192
01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:59,560
Speaker 1: this segment all year. I hope you know I'm joking, man,

1193
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:03,160
Speaker 1: NFL games. I don't know how anybody makes a living

1194
01:01:03,920 --> 01:01:09,360
Speaker 1: at all picking games straight up or against the spread. Look,

1195
01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:12,680
Speaker 1: there's sometimes I can tell you, man, I think the Texas.

1196
01:01:12,680 --> 01:01:15,760
Speaker 1: I think the Texans are the game against the Colts.

1197
01:01:15,880 --> 01:01:19,160
Speaker 1: The second game against the Colts. Just played lousy against

1198
01:01:19,200 --> 01:01:23,520
Speaker 1: the Bears. You're going up there, They've gotta win. I'm like, man,

1199
01:01:24,160 --> 01:01:26,520
Speaker 1: we might get a house and we've two yards away.

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01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:30,240
Speaker 1: From winning at Daggam game. Anyways, I don't know how

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01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:32,400
Speaker 1: do you make a living doing this thing, but I

1202
01:01:32,560 --> 01:01:34,439
Speaker 1: love to talk about the NFL. This is a great

1203
01:01:34,480 --> 01:01:37,800
Speaker 1: way to do it, especially with games all weekend long.

1204
01:01:38,560 --> 01:01:41,600
Speaker 1: The first weekend of twenty twenty one, on Sunday, here

1205
01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:46,760
Speaker 1: we go games at noon. Here we go in Buffalo,

1206
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:51,560
Speaker 1: New York. Dolphins taking on the Bills. Now, the Bills

1207
01:01:51,600 --> 01:01:55,200
Speaker 1: can do no worse than the second or third seed.

1208
01:01:56,160 --> 01:02:01,440
Speaker 1: They could win, and I think winning gets them the

1209
01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:05,160
Speaker 1: second seed. Losing the third seed, depending on what happens

1210
01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:07,680
Speaker 1: with Pittsburgh, will get to them in a second. But

1211
01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:10,240
Speaker 1: I think the game that Dolphins and Bills fans will

1212
01:02:10,240 --> 01:02:12,440
Speaker 1: be watching in the Bills fence in particularly be watching

1213
01:02:12,520 --> 01:02:15,320
Speaker 1: that Brown Steelers games. The Dolphins just need to win.

1214
01:02:15,440 --> 01:02:18,440
Speaker 1: The Dolphins need to win to get into playoffs. They

1215
01:02:18,560 --> 01:02:23,520
Speaker 1: got a miracle win against the Las Vegas Raiders on

1216
01:02:23,840 --> 01:02:27,680
Speaker 1: the Christmas weekend. I think it was the Saturday, the

1217
01:02:27,800 --> 01:02:32,000
Speaker 1: day after Christmas. It was just an unbelievable ending. I'man

1218
01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:35,280
Speaker 1: incredible However, the man it orchestrated that ending will not

1219
01:02:35,480 --> 01:02:38,520
Speaker 1: play because he tested positive for COVID. It's Ryan Fitzpatrick

1220
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:42,040
Speaker 1: fits magic not in the building. Dolphins are gonna have

1221
01:02:42,080 --> 01:02:43,919
Speaker 1: to rely on the rookie to a tongue by lower

1222
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:46,880
Speaker 1: to go to Buffalo in the weather. Mind you ta

1223
01:02:47,480 --> 01:02:53,000
Speaker 1: from Hawaii playing against Buffalo, It's gonna be a weather situation.

1224
01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:54,600
Speaker 1: I don't know the two has faced one this year

1225
01:02:54,680 --> 01:02:57,440
Speaker 1: that I can think of. I think the Bills win

1226
01:02:57,520 --> 01:03:00,800
Speaker 1: this thing now. I do question whether the Bills will

1227
01:03:00,880 --> 01:03:05,720
Speaker 1: play everybody. That's kind of a concern. The Steelers are not,

1228
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:08,480
Speaker 1: and maybe that changes the Bills thinking because as long

1229
01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:10,800
Speaker 1: as the Bills and the Steelers finished with the same record,

1230
01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:12,960
Speaker 1: whether it's twelve and four or thirteen and three, the

1231
01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:17,160
Speaker 1: Bills will be the higher seeded team. I just don't

1232
01:03:17,240 --> 01:03:19,640
Speaker 1: know that the Bills are going all out. But I

1233
01:03:19,800 --> 01:03:23,920
Speaker 1: don't like a rookie from Hawaii at quarterback against the

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01:03:24,040 --> 01:03:28,200
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills in early January. For that reason, the Bills

1235
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:30,760
Speaker 1: are a three point favorite. Malay the three take the

1236
01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:34,240
Speaker 1: Bills and they're gonna cover that three and that's gonna

1237
01:03:34,280 --> 01:03:39,600
Speaker 1: knock the Dolphins out. The Dolphins have had some moments

1238
01:03:39,640 --> 01:03:41,880
Speaker 1: this year where you go, man, no way should know

1239
01:03:42,080 --> 01:03:45,560
Speaker 1: that should never have happened, that Las Vegas, that this

1240
01:03:45,760 --> 01:03:48,680
Speaker 1: they shouldn't even mean his conversation, but they are because

1241
01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:50,760
Speaker 1: of Fitzpatrick and he's not there. Because he's not there,

1242
01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:56,400
Speaker 1: Bills win, Bills cover Ravens Bengals. Bengals playing off the string,

1243
01:03:56,480 --> 01:03:58,160
Speaker 1: but they won two in a row. Beat the Steelers,

1244
01:03:58,200 --> 01:04:00,680
Speaker 1: beat us, and the Ravens the ten and five. The

1245
01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:04,440
Speaker 1: Ravens were playing much better, they're healthier. Well, that COVID

1246
01:04:04,560 --> 01:04:06,680
Speaker 1: nonsense in the middle of the year really slowed their

1247
01:04:06,720 --> 01:04:08,640
Speaker 1: mojoke down, but they've kind of gotten back on track.

1248
01:04:08,760 --> 01:04:11,960
Speaker 1: Ten and five. Need to win absolutely, without question, need

1249
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:15,280
Speaker 1: to win at Cincinnati. Baltimor's favored by thirteen. I don't

1250
01:04:15,280 --> 01:04:17,480
Speaker 1: know if I love that number. That thirteen seems high,

1251
01:04:17,560 --> 01:04:19,720
Speaker 1: especially Bengals playing a little bit better. The Banks are

1252
01:04:19,720 --> 01:04:21,120
Speaker 1: gonna give up a lot of points, and the Ravens

1253
01:04:21,200 --> 01:04:23,480
Speaker 1: defense is much better than Texans. So I think the

1254
01:04:23,560 --> 01:04:25,520
Speaker 1: Ravens are gonna win this thing by a couple of touchdowns.

1255
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:29,240
Speaker 1: And I've covered the thirteen to take Ravens to win

1256
01:04:29,400 --> 01:04:32,280
Speaker 1: and cover the thirteen. All right. That Steelers Browns game

1257
01:04:32,360 --> 01:04:35,960
Speaker 1: is also a Newton kick. The Browns have gotta have it.

1258
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:41,240
Speaker 1: The Browns needed badly. They've got to have to get

1259
01:04:41,280 --> 01:04:43,040
Speaker 1: to eleven and five, even eleven five, they might, I

1260
01:04:43,080 --> 01:04:45,760
Speaker 1: could end. Steelers are gonna play Mason Rudolph at quarterbacks.

1261
01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:48,400
Speaker 1: The Steelers are sort of saying, I don't know, I

1262
01:04:48,440 --> 01:04:50,240
Speaker 1: don't know how many players for the Steelers are actually

1263
01:04:50,280 --> 01:04:52,200
Speaker 1: gonna play. This one's taken place in Cleveland, and if

1264
01:04:52,240 --> 01:04:54,120
Speaker 1: you remember the last time the students playing in Cleveland,

1265
01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:57,600
Speaker 1: it was a full on brawl started with Miles Garrett

1266
01:04:57,640 --> 01:05:00,320
Speaker 1: and Mason Rudolph. Maybe they'll shake hands, gets make up,

1267
01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:02,920
Speaker 1: whatever the case might be. Browns are favored by nine.

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01:05:03,680 --> 01:05:05,000
Speaker 1: I don't know if I love that nine. I do

1269
01:05:05,120 --> 01:05:06,680
Speaker 1: think the Browns are gonna win. They're gonna eat this

1270
01:05:06,760 --> 01:05:08,880
Speaker 1: one out. They're gonna get in at eleven and five

1271
01:05:08,960 --> 01:05:11,240
Speaker 1: to the playoffs, I believe, But they're not gonna cover

1272
01:05:11,320 --> 01:05:13,360
Speaker 1: that nine. Mason's gonna keep it close enough. This is

1273
01:05:13,400 --> 01:05:17,920
Speaker 1: gonna be twenty one to fourteen. Steelers lose, Browns win,

1274
01:05:18,120 --> 01:05:21,800
Speaker 1: but Steelers cover that nine. Another Newon game. This one

1275
01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:26,919
Speaker 1: has no bearing on anything. Vikings Lions. They even played

1276
01:05:26,960 --> 01:05:29,840
Speaker 1: these two teams. They're finishing with a combined eleven and

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01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:33,320
Speaker 1: nineteen record. We beat one, we lost the other, and

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01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:36,200
Speaker 1: the Vikings early as good as Dalvin Cook takes him. Unfortunately,

1279
01:05:36,320 --> 01:05:40,280
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook will not play. In a really unfortunate instant,

1280
01:05:40,360 --> 01:05:44,520
Speaker 1: his father passed away, so Dalvin his brother James, who

1281
01:05:44,560 --> 01:05:46,919
Speaker 1: plays at University of Georgia, neither one of them playing

1282
01:05:46,960 --> 01:05:50,520
Speaker 1: this weekend. They're down in South Florida. And for that reason,

1283
01:05:50,560 --> 01:05:52,040
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm going with the Vikings to win.

1284
01:05:52,080 --> 01:05:55,440
Speaker 1: They're gonna play hard for Dalvin and at some point spread.

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01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:57,760
Speaker 1: I don't know if I love that, but the Lions

1286
01:05:57,800 --> 01:06:00,120
Speaker 1: are such a mess last week. I'm gonna go if

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01:06:00,120 --> 01:06:01,720
Speaker 1: the Vikings to win this thing on the road and

1288
01:06:01,880 --> 01:06:04,760
Speaker 1: cover that seven Jets taken on the Patriots another one

1289
01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:08,360
Speaker 1: and it really just doesn't matter at noon. Patriots are

1290
01:06:08,360 --> 01:06:10,840
Speaker 1: a three point favorite at home. Jets and won a

1291
01:06:10,920 --> 01:06:14,200
Speaker 1: couple in a row. Cam this could be the last one.

1292
01:06:14,280 --> 01:06:16,720
Speaker 1: It could be Jets Stidham, nobody knows. I'm gonna take

1293
01:06:16,760 --> 01:06:19,800
Speaker 1: New England in a very close game twenty one seventeen.

1294
01:06:20,560 --> 01:06:22,920
Speaker 1: That's enough to cover the three. Let's go Patriots to

1295
01:06:23,080 --> 01:06:27,440
Speaker 1: win and to cover that small spread over the Jets.

1296
01:06:27,800 --> 01:06:30,880
Speaker 1: Jets number two pick in the draft, Cowboys, Giants. All right,

1297
01:06:30,880 --> 01:06:34,200
Speaker 1: here we go noon game and this one is going

1298
01:06:34,360 --> 01:06:39,120
Speaker 1: to matter if and only if the Sunday night game

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01:06:40,200 --> 01:06:43,439
Speaker 1: the Eagles beat the Washington football team. This one will

1300
01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:48,360
Speaker 1: not matter if the Washington football team beats the Eagles.

1301
01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:51,960
Speaker 1: It's that simple. Both the Cowboys and Giants need to

1302
01:06:52,160 --> 01:06:57,479
Speaker 1: win and then have the Eagles beat Washington. If Washington wins,

1303
01:06:57,560 --> 01:07:00,800
Speaker 1: Washington wins a NFC East Washington win it seven and nine.

1304
01:07:01,560 --> 01:07:03,320
Speaker 1: Some people thought six and ten or even five to

1305
01:07:03,400 --> 01:07:07,840
Speaker 1: eleven wasn't play seven and ten? Oh man, there are

1306
01:07:07,840 --> 01:07:10,920
Speaker 1: a way that is there a way that six and

1307
01:07:11,040 --> 01:07:14,240
Speaker 1: ten can win that division? Maybe maybe it's the Giant.

1308
01:07:14,280 --> 01:07:17,720
Speaker 1: I think it's the Giants. Giants win, that'll put Cowboys

1309
01:07:17,760 --> 01:07:20,440
Speaker 1: Giants fought at six and ten and then the Washington

1310
01:07:20,480 --> 01:07:22,520
Speaker 1: team loses. That's six, six and ten to get in. Okay,

1311
01:07:22,520 --> 01:07:25,360
Speaker 1: that's lousy, that's lousy, But anitherway, we'll talk about Giants

1312
01:07:25,360 --> 01:07:27,520
Speaker 1: Eagles a little bit, or Washington football team and Eagles

1313
01:07:27,560 --> 01:07:30,720
Speaker 1: a little bit. Giants Cowboys. I don't trust either one

1314
01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:32,920
Speaker 1: of these teams, but Cowboys are playing much better and

1315
01:07:33,040 --> 01:07:34,680
Speaker 1: Dallas is favored by three on the road. I'm gonna

1316
01:07:34,680 --> 01:07:36,880
Speaker 1: take Cowboys to win this thing. Joe Judge of the

1317
01:07:36,920 --> 01:07:38,880
Speaker 1: Giants fought to five and eleven. It's about where they

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01:07:39,080 --> 01:07:41,520
Speaker 1: probably should be. They need another draft or two to

1319
01:07:41,680 --> 01:07:43,360
Speaker 1: really get to a point where they're gonna think about

1320
01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:46,280
Speaker 1: winning nine ten games a year. Cowboys win and cover

1321
01:07:46,440 --> 01:07:50,240
Speaker 1: the three, and I'll save the drama before who wins

1322
01:07:50,280 --> 01:07:52,959
Speaker 1: the NFC East. When we talk about the Sunday night game,

1323
01:07:53,280 --> 01:07:56,240
Speaker 1: Falcons and Buccaneers, Bucks are favored by six and a

1324
01:07:56,280 --> 01:07:58,840
Speaker 1: half at home. A little curious as to why that

1325
01:07:58,960 --> 01:08:01,080
Speaker 1: number is so low. Maybe it's because the Falcons have

1326
01:08:01,280 --> 01:08:06,000
Speaker 1: just completely tripped all over themselves this year. All over

1327
01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:09,000
Speaker 1: themselves this year. It's been a nightmare to watch. The

1328
01:08:09,040 --> 01:08:10,840
Speaker 1: Bucks are gonna win this thing. They'll win it by

1329
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:12,720
Speaker 1: more than six and a half. The Bucks will move

1330
01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:15,480
Speaker 1: to eleven and five, but they won't win the division

1331
01:08:15,920 --> 01:08:18,760
Speaker 1: because the Saints have already locked that up because the

1332
01:08:18,840 --> 01:08:20,639
Speaker 1: worst the Saints can do a scenas eleven to five

1333
01:08:20,760 --> 01:08:23,400
Speaker 1: and they beat the Buccaneers twice have all the tiebreakers.

1334
01:08:23,640 --> 01:08:27,120
Speaker 1: But the Bucks can get that number five seed, which

1335
01:08:27,240 --> 01:08:31,839
Speaker 1: is huge because then they'll travel to either the Giants,

1336
01:08:31,960 --> 01:08:35,200
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, or the Washington football team. The Bucks will

1337
01:08:35,240 --> 01:08:37,120
Speaker 1: be favored by a touchdown in any one of those

1338
01:08:37,160 --> 01:08:39,920
Speaker 1: scenarios in anyone. All right, let's get to the Packers

1339
01:08:39,960 --> 01:08:43,920
Speaker 1: and the Bears. Oh man, this one's got a lot.

1340
01:08:44,400 --> 01:08:46,840
Speaker 1: This is a three twenty five game. This is the

1341
01:08:46,880 --> 01:08:49,680
Speaker 1: start of our three twenty five games. I mean, red

1342
01:08:49,760 --> 01:08:51,800
Speaker 1: Zone is gonna be cranking through the NOOM games three

1343
01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:58,439
Speaker 1: twenty five. If the Packers win, the Packers clinch number

1344
01:08:58,479 --> 01:09:04,439
Speaker 1: one seed in the NFC, that'll put them at thirteen

1345
01:09:04,479 --> 01:09:07,360
Speaker 1: and three. Nobody else can get the thirteen and three

1346
01:09:07,920 --> 01:09:12,719
Speaker 1: Packers win number one seed in the nfcat Packers also

1347
01:09:12,840 --> 01:09:17,160
Speaker 1: then would keep the Bears out of the playoffs at

1348
01:09:17,400 --> 01:09:19,839
Speaker 1: eight and eight. I think that would that would definitely

1349
01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:21,760
Speaker 1: knock them out with a loss. I don't think the

1350
01:09:21,840 --> 01:09:26,000
Speaker 1: Bears can get in at eight and eight, because either

1351
01:09:26,040 --> 01:09:27,720
Speaker 1: the Cardinals will win or the Rams will win, and

1352
01:09:27,800 --> 01:09:31,320
Speaker 1: that the Bucks are already in. The Rams I think

1353
01:09:31,439 --> 01:09:34,040
Speaker 1: would be in. Maybe the Bears can get in with

1354
01:09:34,120 --> 01:09:35,880
Speaker 1: the loss. I don't think so, though, So we're gonna

1355
01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:41,519
Speaker 1: go with that. Bears have to win in Chicago, Packers

1356
01:09:41,600 --> 01:09:43,840
Speaker 1: playing for seemingly more because we're playing for the number

1357
01:09:43,840 --> 01:09:45,800
Speaker 1: one seed in a bye I'm gonna roll with Aaron

1358
01:09:45,920 --> 01:09:49,400
Speaker 1: Rodgers playing as well as he did against the Bears

1359
01:09:49,479 --> 01:09:53,679
Speaker 1: the first time the Bears are hotter. I think Mitchell

1360
01:09:53,760 --> 01:09:56,280
Speaker 1: makes a little bit more difficult. I think this feels

1361
01:09:56,320 --> 01:10:00,400
Speaker 1: twenty eight, twenty four, Packers to spread six. I'm going

1362
01:10:00,439 --> 01:10:03,880
Speaker 1: to Packers to win, Bears to cover. Packers get the

1363
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:10,639
Speaker 1: number one seed, Bears get bounced from the playoffs, if

1364
01:10:10,720 --> 01:10:13,439
Speaker 1: my math is correct, and that's how that one's gonna go.

1365
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:17,880
Speaker 1: Raiders taken on the Broncoes. I don't think anything's on

1366
01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:19,400
Speaker 1: the line in this one. So we're gonna go with

1367
01:10:19,560 --> 01:10:21,519
Speaker 1: the Raiders on the road to finish eight and eight.

1368
01:10:21,560 --> 01:10:23,160
Speaker 1: They are two and a half point favorite. They will

1369
01:10:23,200 --> 01:10:27,200
Speaker 1: beat Vic Fangio's bunch by more than two and a half.

1370
01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:31,519
Speaker 1: Jags and Colts. Colts are favored by fourteen. That's not enough.

1371
01:10:31,800 --> 01:10:34,560
Speaker 1: Cults are gonna win this thing by twenty eight, and

1372
01:10:34,760 --> 01:10:36,600
Speaker 1: at twenty one. That's a little rage the win by

1373
01:10:36,640 --> 01:10:39,720
Speaker 1: twenty one, so they'll win and cover. And with the win, now,

1374
01:10:39,800 --> 01:10:43,960
Speaker 1: the Colts at that point are scoreboard watching, in particular

1375
01:10:44,200 --> 01:10:47,240
Speaker 1: down in Houston. They'll know what happened with the Browns,

1376
01:10:47,280 --> 01:10:49,599
Speaker 1: They'll know what happened with the Ravens and the Dolphins.

1377
01:10:49,880 --> 01:10:52,400
Speaker 1: So the Colts are gonna know. Hey, they just gotta

1378
01:10:52,400 --> 01:10:55,360
Speaker 1: take care of their business. But if the Browns and

1379
01:10:55,439 --> 01:10:58,800
Speaker 1: Dolphins and the Ravens all win, the Colts have to

1380
01:10:58,880 --> 01:11:02,960
Speaker 1: have Tennessee get beat by US. So that's that dilemma,

1381
01:11:03,000 --> 01:11:05,479
Speaker 1: all right, Chiefs taken out Chargers. The Chargers are favored

1382
01:11:05,479 --> 01:11:07,560
Speaker 1: by three and a half in Kansas City. I know

1383
01:11:07,640 --> 01:11:10,160
Speaker 1: the Chiefs are gonna be wresting players. I just don't

1384
01:11:10,200 --> 01:11:14,000
Speaker 1: think that even at that point, I can lay the

1385
01:11:14,080 --> 01:11:15,800
Speaker 1: three and a half. I'll take the Chargers, but I

1386
01:11:15,800 --> 01:11:17,800
Speaker 1: think the Chiefs will keep it close. It'll be within

1387
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:20,360
Speaker 1: three points. The Chiefs will lose to go to fourteen

1388
01:11:20,400 --> 01:11:22,439
Speaker 1: and two, still number one seed in the AFC. Chargers

1389
01:11:22,479 --> 01:11:26,400
Speaker 1: move the seven and nine. That becomes important because and

1390
01:11:26,520 --> 01:11:27,880
Speaker 1: this is why we got to pay attention to the

1391
01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:31,080
Speaker 1: Raiders game two, because if the Raiders finish eight and eight,

1392
01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:33,880
Speaker 1: the Raiders will finish second NFC West charge it will

1393
01:11:33,880 --> 01:11:37,439
Speaker 1: finish third with a seven and nine record. That means

1394
01:11:37,520 --> 01:11:40,639
Speaker 1: we would take on the Chargers at home in twenty

1395
01:11:40,760 --> 01:11:44,200
Speaker 1: twenty one as the third place matchup teams. So the

1396
01:11:44,320 --> 01:11:46,760
Speaker 1: third place matchup teams, and then we don't know who

1397
01:11:46,760 --> 01:11:48,680
Speaker 1: it'll be in the AFC North because the Ravens and

1398
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:50,120
Speaker 1: the Browns. Right now we are about ten and five,

1399
01:11:50,120 --> 01:11:52,360
Speaker 1: so we'll have to figure that one out. But a

1400
01:11:52,400 --> 01:11:54,599
Speaker 1: little bit easier in ANFC West, if Raiders win their

1401
01:11:54,600 --> 01:11:57,160
Speaker 1: eight and eight they're second place. Chargers win, they're seven

1402
01:11:57,240 --> 01:11:59,679
Speaker 1: and nine. That would be the team the Texans would

1403
01:11:59,720 --> 01:12:01,800
Speaker 1: take on. No win, but they won't cover that three

1404
01:12:01,840 --> 01:12:03,680
Speaker 1: and a half. Get the Chiefs to cover inside that

1405
01:12:03,760 --> 01:12:08,599
Speaker 1: three and a half. Cardinals Rams in La Rams nine

1406
01:12:08,640 --> 01:12:12,760
Speaker 1: and six. They'll be starting John Wolford's head quarterback. We

1407
01:12:12,800 --> 01:12:15,759
Speaker 1: don't know who John Wofford is. Well, that's not too surprising.

1408
01:12:15,920 --> 01:12:18,719
Speaker 1: I know who he is because he played at Bishop

1409
01:12:18,760 --> 01:12:20,040
Speaker 1: Kenney High School and that was a school that I

1410
01:12:20,120 --> 01:12:21,880
Speaker 1: worked at for a year. Was a rival when I

1411
01:12:21,920 --> 01:12:25,120
Speaker 1: could coach at different school. I'm hoping he plays well.

1412
01:12:25,360 --> 01:12:28,720
Speaker 1: He also went to wait for us. But I think

1413
01:12:28,720 --> 01:12:30,800
Speaker 1: he's gonna be enough. I think he's gonna do enough.

1414
01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:33,280
Speaker 1: I think Garon Donald the Rams defense do enough. I

1415
01:12:33,360 --> 01:12:35,680
Speaker 1: think a Rams will win this thing. Cardinals fall to

1416
01:12:35,800 --> 01:12:38,880
Speaker 1: eight and eight, Rams gonna win upset win. I guess

1417
01:12:39,200 --> 01:12:41,880
Speaker 1: at home, man, they're gonna be kicking themselves for that

1418
01:12:41,960 --> 01:12:44,280
Speaker 1: Jets game if they lose this thing, but they'll finish

1419
01:12:44,320 --> 01:12:46,000
Speaker 1: ten and six and get in the playoffs and finish

1420
01:12:46,080 --> 01:12:50,679
Speaker 1: second in the NFC West. Speaking NFC West, Seahawks taking

1421
01:12:50,760 --> 01:12:55,400
Speaker 1: on the forty nine Ers in Arizona. They're still doing

1422
01:12:55,439 --> 01:12:58,679
Speaker 1: that thing. I believe Seattle's they were by seven. Seattle wins.

1423
01:12:58,760 --> 01:13:03,840
Speaker 1: This gets a little bit of help from the Panthers

1424
01:13:04,240 --> 01:13:07,000
Speaker 1: and the Bears, and there's a possibility that seat the

1425
01:13:07,080 --> 01:13:09,840
Speaker 1: number one seed in the NFC. I don't know if

1426
01:13:09,880 --> 01:13:11,719
Speaker 1: I go that far. I think because I said earlier,

1427
01:13:11,720 --> 01:13:14,320
Speaker 1: the Packers will beat the Bears. The Seahawks will win.

1428
01:13:14,720 --> 01:13:17,720
Speaker 1: They're right clinched NFC West. They're gonna be twelve and four,

1429
01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:19,960
Speaker 1: and then they gotta pay attention to what's going on

1430
01:13:20,120 --> 01:13:23,479
Speaker 1: with the Saints because if they finished twelve and four,

1431
01:13:23,479 --> 01:13:25,800
Speaker 1: they got tiebreakers. And I can't remember the Seahawks played

1432
01:13:25,800 --> 01:13:30,880
Speaker 1: the Saints this year, so you've got different situations going on.

1433
01:13:31,040 --> 01:13:32,639
Speaker 1: I don't think they did play this year, so they're

1434
01:13:32,680 --> 01:13:34,840
Speaker 1: tiebreakers and things involved. But the Seahawks will get the

1435
01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:37,240
Speaker 1: twelve and four and they're gonna cover that seven. They'll

1436
01:13:37,240 --> 01:13:39,560
Speaker 1: win this by ten thirty to twenty. Saints take on

1437
01:13:39,680 --> 01:13:42,920
Speaker 1: the Panthers New Orleans the sixth a half point favorite.

1438
01:13:42,920 --> 01:13:44,679
Speaker 1: I think the Saints are gonna win that by a touchdown,

1439
01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:47,519
Speaker 1: even though the Panthers I think will play decently well.

1440
01:13:47,600 --> 01:13:50,320
Speaker 1: Titans taken on Texans. You know I never picked hard

1441
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:52,360
Speaker 1: and head Titans favorite by seven and a half. And

1442
01:13:52,439 --> 01:13:55,400
Speaker 1: then finally on Sunday night, Washington football team takes on

1443
01:13:55,439 --> 01:13:57,200
Speaker 1: the Eagles. Now I broke it down earlier. I said

1444
01:13:57,240 --> 01:14:00,360
Speaker 1: the Cowboys would beat the Giants. I think the Eagles

1445
01:14:00,520 --> 01:14:03,120
Speaker 1: upset the Washington football team. And I hate to say it,

1446
01:14:03,240 --> 01:14:06,880
Speaker 1: the Cowboys are getting in as the NFC East winner

1447
01:14:07,120 --> 01:14:09,680
Speaker 1: and Mike McCarthy's first year Washingtons fair about three and

1448
01:14:09,680 --> 01:14:11,479
Speaker 1: a half. But I'm taking the Eagles to win. You

1449
01:14:11,560 --> 01:14:13,479
Speaker 1: I'll lay of those three and a half points, baby.

1450
01:14:13,520 --> 01:14:18,040
Speaker 1: And that is Week seventeen predictions, straight up and against

1451
01:14:18,320 --> 01:14:21,679
Speaker 1: the spread. We got one final segment of this edition

1452
01:14:21,760 --> 01:14:24,679
Speaker 1: of Texans All Access and it's time for Drew Doherty

1453
01:14:24,720 --> 01:14:27,800
Speaker 1: to hop on by with Drew's dozen and the final

1454
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:30,240
Speaker 1: Word with Drew Doherty. That's all next on Texans All Access.

1455
01:14:31,400 --> 01:14:35,280
Speaker 1: Its yessss. We got one final segment of this Friday

1456
01:14:35,439 --> 01:14:40,160
Speaker 1: edition of Texans All Access from the Hyunday Texans Radio

1457
01:14:40,400 --> 01:14:44,960
Speaker 1: Studio mobile version for the last time on a Friday

1458
01:14:45,040 --> 01:14:47,880
Speaker 1: this season. I am your host, John Harris the Finals

1459
01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:50,439
Speaker 1: at SILD Reporter, and it's time for Drew Dorty to

1460
01:14:50,520 --> 01:14:52,840
Speaker 1: take over. We got two things to do. We got

1461
01:14:52,960 --> 01:14:56,840
Speaker 1: Drew's Dozen and final Word with Drew Doherty and we

1462
01:14:56,960 --> 01:15:00,720
Speaker 1: kick it off with Drew's Dozen with Roderick Johnson. Well,

1463
01:15:00,760 --> 01:15:03,160
Speaker 1: this is fun because not often do we get repeat

1464
01:15:03,280 --> 01:15:06,880
Speaker 1: performances for a Drew's Dozen, and Roderick Johnson is coming

1465
01:15:06,920 --> 01:15:09,160
Speaker 1: for his second go round in this Q and A.

1466
01:15:09,240 --> 01:15:11,200
Speaker 1: It's great to see you, Roderick. I hope you're doing great.

1467
01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:13,400
Speaker 1: The last time you and I did this it was

1468
01:15:13,439 --> 01:15:16,400
Speaker 1: a year ago before the twenty nineteen season started, So

1469
01:15:16,800 --> 01:15:19,400
Speaker 1: since it's been over a year, actually, we're gonna get

1470
01:15:19,439 --> 01:15:22,160
Speaker 1: things going with If you were an animal, which animal

1471
01:15:22,200 --> 01:15:24,479
Speaker 1: would you choose to be? Let's do rabbit. I'll be

1472
01:15:24,479 --> 01:15:28,400
Speaker 1: an elephant. An elephant? How come? I don't know. I'm

1473
01:15:28,439 --> 01:15:31,000
Speaker 1: just there's just they're being a dominant. But they're they're

1474
01:15:31,040 --> 01:15:35,120
Speaker 1: they're they're still sweet too. They are brilliant, brilliant animals too.

1475
01:15:35,240 --> 01:15:36,920
Speaker 1: I mean, I guess because the brain's so big, right,

1476
01:15:37,240 --> 01:15:40,200
Speaker 1: very brilliant animals. That's the great words to use, brilliant animal.

1477
01:15:40,520 --> 01:15:42,880
Speaker 1: So an elephant would be the choice. Okay, switching gears.

1478
01:15:43,040 --> 01:15:47,920
Speaker 1: Who is your funniest teammates? Titus Howard? I've heard that before.

1479
01:15:48,040 --> 01:15:50,160
Speaker 1: Why don't you explain why how come? I don't know.

1480
01:15:50,280 --> 01:15:52,320
Speaker 1: It's just the way. It's not what he says, it's

1481
01:15:52,320 --> 01:15:54,120
Speaker 1: how he says it in all kinds of things. But

1482
01:15:54,200 --> 01:15:56,760
Speaker 1: it's just his personality. He's such a funny guys. But

1483
01:15:57,120 --> 01:15:59,760
Speaker 1: funny mean you see, I can't even see his name,

1484
01:15:59,760 --> 01:16:02,880
Speaker 1: but straight phase, yeah I could. I could see that.

1485
01:16:03,160 --> 01:16:05,120
Speaker 1: He's also one of the best interviews. So there's there's

1486
01:16:05,120 --> 01:16:06,920
Speaker 1: always a fun time when we as are you, but

1487
01:16:07,439 --> 01:16:11,280
Speaker 1: it's always a fun guy to talk with. Okay, you're

1488
01:16:11,280 --> 01:16:14,840
Speaker 1: gonna have Unfortunately there's no playoffs this year. You're gonna

1489
01:16:14,880 --> 01:16:16,400
Speaker 1: have a little bit of free time though. That's a

1490
01:16:16,520 --> 01:16:18,160
Speaker 1: nice thing. What are you gonna do over the next

1491
01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:21,839
Speaker 1: few weeks with that free time? Roger? Oh, nothing, Relax, recover,

1492
01:16:22,240 --> 01:16:25,360
Speaker 1: probably hang out with family and friends. Really, Okay, you're

1493
01:16:25,360 --> 01:16:27,680
Speaker 1: gonna max and relax. That's good stuff. What is the

1494
01:16:27,840 --> 01:16:33,000
Speaker 1: grossest food in your opinion? Beats? Beats can't eat beats.

1495
01:16:33,720 --> 01:16:36,320
Speaker 1: You would not be buddies with Dwight Shrewd from the Office.

1496
01:16:36,360 --> 01:16:39,160
Speaker 1: Would you can't do beats? And you know we have

1497
01:16:39,320 --> 01:16:43,800
Speaker 1: beat jews going around here as nutrition and performance. I pass. Yeah,

1498
01:16:43,840 --> 01:16:46,040
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I wouldn't drink beat juice either. I'm

1499
01:16:46,040 --> 01:16:48,200
Speaker 1: not into that. Do you watch The Office? Have you

1500
01:16:48,200 --> 01:16:51,800
Speaker 1: ever watched The Office that I'm quite familiar with it.

1501
01:16:51,880 --> 01:16:53,720
Speaker 1: I'm not as fond as you about it, but I've

1502
01:16:53,760 --> 01:16:57,719
Speaker 1: seen a couple of episode. Let's talk about this. Let's

1503
01:16:57,720 --> 01:17:01,000
Speaker 1: say you win a game at NRG Stadium on a Sunday,

1504
01:17:01,080 --> 01:17:06,759
Speaker 1: It's a noon game. Afterwards, what's the perfect post game meal?

1505
01:17:07,120 --> 01:17:09,200
Speaker 1: You can't go roun with a good burger after a game.

1506
01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:12,000
Speaker 1: It really doesn't matter from where what a good burger?

1507
01:17:12,320 --> 01:17:14,680
Speaker 1: A good burger would always do the job. And what

1508
01:17:14,720 --> 01:17:17,000
Speaker 1: do you put on the barbecue too? This this is

1509
01:17:17,040 --> 01:17:20,720
Speaker 1: a multi answer question. Okay, I like good burger and

1510
01:17:20,760 --> 01:17:23,240
Speaker 1: the good barbecue. A good beef rib or something like

1511
01:17:23,360 --> 01:17:25,880
Speaker 1: that too, be fribs, Huh? What are the sides when

1512
01:17:25,920 --> 01:17:29,000
Speaker 1: you get get the beef ribs? Baked beans mac You

1513
01:17:29,080 --> 01:17:32,280
Speaker 1: gotta have a whole spiel baked beans macaroni. Maybe look

1514
01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:34,600
Speaker 1: call it greens and sometimes you've got to get a

1515
01:17:34,760 --> 01:17:37,320
Speaker 1: peach cobbler to end it all. Man, I ate a

1516
01:17:37,439 --> 01:17:40,120
Speaker 1: chicken caesar salad for lunch and that thing is not

1517
01:17:40,680 --> 01:17:42,720
Speaker 1: to hear now you just made me hungry. But I'm

1518
01:17:42,760 --> 01:17:45,000
Speaker 1: so sorry to hear that. That's all right, Rod, I'm

1519
01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:48,400
Speaker 1: not mad at you. Free game music. What are a

1520
01:17:48,479 --> 01:17:50,720
Speaker 1: few songs that you listen to? Are? Is there a

1521
01:17:50,840 --> 01:17:52,800
Speaker 1: set list? Is it very? What's it like when you're

1522
01:17:52,840 --> 01:17:55,639
Speaker 1: getting ready for a game music? It's very not really sad,

1523
01:17:55,680 --> 01:17:57,920
Speaker 1: but it's kind of upbeat, you know, hip hop RB

1524
01:17:58,240 --> 01:18:02,000
Speaker 1: but the're definitely like future meat Meal and artists like

1525
01:18:02,120 --> 01:18:05,040
Speaker 1: those for sure, my on my ears. Okay, so you're

1526
01:18:05,120 --> 01:18:09,720
Speaker 1: not like Laramy Tunsel. You don't play game? Oh no, no,

1527
01:18:09,800 --> 01:18:12,560
Speaker 1: I have to say Sunday for after the game to

1528
01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:15,400
Speaker 1: call to bring you down. Yes, I'll save Saturday for

1529
01:18:15,439 --> 01:18:18,280
Speaker 1: after the game. The Quiet Storm is a post game.

1530
01:18:19,040 --> 01:18:21,280
Speaker 1: There you go. You grew up in Saint Louis, So

1531
01:18:21,439 --> 01:18:23,599
Speaker 1: let's say you got to drive home to Saint Louis.

1532
01:18:23,760 --> 01:18:26,680
Speaker 1: But you've got to go home with three teammates for

1533
01:18:26,800 --> 01:18:30,040
Speaker 1: that journey. That's a long drive, which three Texans are

1534
01:18:30,160 --> 01:18:33,719
Speaker 1: road tripping with you, Well, this should be too hard

1535
01:18:33,800 --> 01:18:39,080
Speaker 1: of a job. I'll take bring Scarlett, Scarlett, Okay, we'll

1536
01:18:39,120 --> 01:18:43,920
Speaker 1: take I'll take l team, all right. M I don't

1537
01:18:43,960 --> 01:18:47,240
Speaker 1: know about that last one. Stumped you? Huh yeah, I

1538
01:18:47,320 --> 01:18:49,439
Speaker 1: mean it's just I don't know. There's too many good people,

1539
01:18:49,800 --> 01:18:51,519
Speaker 1: too many. If I had a bust, it'll be easier.

1540
01:18:51,840 --> 01:18:53,559
Speaker 1: I got you, guys. You don't want to leave anybody

1541
01:18:53,560 --> 01:18:56,120
Speaker 1: out idea. I left a lot of guys out, but

1542
01:18:56,280 --> 01:18:58,880
Speaker 1: Scarlett and Tunsil good choices. There. You just go with

1543
01:18:58,960 --> 01:19:02,000
Speaker 1: those three, those two unique individuals. Yeah, there you go,

1544
01:19:02,680 --> 01:19:06,640
Speaker 1: planet that you'd most like to visit? Why dom? I

1545
01:19:06,720 --> 01:19:10,479
Speaker 1: go to Mars? Okay? How come? I don't know. I'm

1546
01:19:10,520 --> 01:19:14,200
Speaker 1: not too fine about NUS or Ranus or anything, but

1547
01:19:14,640 --> 01:19:17,679
Speaker 1: just Mars. I mean maybe some stuff going on Mars

1548
01:19:17,760 --> 01:19:20,360
Speaker 1: already that we don't know about. Hey, And if it's

1549
01:19:20,439 --> 01:19:22,240
Speaker 1: not already, it's gonna be soon, right, I mean that's

1550
01:19:22,840 --> 01:19:26,479
Speaker 1: it seems like it's trending that way. Yeah, yeah, I like, Okay,

1551
01:19:26,520 --> 01:19:28,280
Speaker 1: what would your career be if you were not playing

1552
01:19:28,320 --> 01:19:30,920
Speaker 1: football right now? I don't know. I tell the guys

1553
01:19:30,960 --> 01:19:32,400
Speaker 1: around here that I could be I can be a

1554
01:19:32,479 --> 01:19:36,160
Speaker 1: security guard. You're a Walmart greeter. Yeah, I could. I

1555
01:19:36,240 --> 01:19:38,200
Speaker 1: could be a security guard at high school or anything

1556
01:19:38,280 --> 01:19:40,920
Speaker 1: like that, something like that, for sure. Okay, let's give

1557
01:19:40,960 --> 01:19:43,120
Speaker 1: me your give me your best Walmart greeter. Say I

1558
01:19:43,240 --> 01:19:46,040
Speaker 1: walk in, what would you say, sir? Where's your mask?

1559
01:19:47,080 --> 01:19:48,599
Speaker 1: That's a go. I'm not wearing a mask, but I'm

1560
01:19:48,640 --> 01:19:51,200
Speaker 1: in my office. There's no one around in the doors closed,

1561
01:19:51,240 --> 01:19:53,760
Speaker 1: so I would I would be masked up properly. That

1562
01:19:53,840 --> 01:19:56,360
Speaker 1: would be my Walmart greeting. That's good. It's good you're

1563
01:19:56,560 --> 01:20:00,200
Speaker 1: enforcing safety. I like that. Roderick, what's the app that

1564
01:20:00,400 --> 01:20:02,880
Speaker 1: you wish you could delete from your phone but you

1565
01:20:03,000 --> 01:20:08,559
Speaker 1: just can't. I'm I'm team Twitter, Your team Twitter. Yeah,

1566
01:20:09,560 --> 01:20:11,639
Speaker 1: that's a good one. Twitter is always a good land

1567
01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:14,519
Speaker 1: never disappoints me. Yeah, it's like a news feed too,

1568
01:20:15,439 --> 01:20:17,760
Speaker 1: keeps you keeps you go, knowing what's going on in

1569
01:20:17,840 --> 01:20:20,960
Speaker 1: the world football side. What do you most like being

1570
01:20:21,120 --> 01:20:24,439
Speaker 1: complimented on? What part of your personality, your skills, your trip?

1571
01:20:24,600 --> 01:20:26,479
Speaker 1: What are you most like being commented on? I don't know.

1572
01:20:27,040 --> 01:20:29,120
Speaker 1: I find it funny or I like when people always

1573
01:20:29,120 --> 01:20:30,960
Speaker 1: say they always see what a smile on my face?

1574
01:20:31,040 --> 01:20:33,960
Speaker 1: I like that for sure. I like yeah, I bring

1575
01:20:34,040 --> 01:20:37,240
Speaker 1: the joy to other people, so hopefully it's contagious. What

1576
01:20:37,479 --> 01:20:40,400
Speaker 1: was your favorite who was your favorite solo artist or

1577
01:20:40,560 --> 01:20:43,360
Speaker 1: group musically when you were growing up, when you were

1578
01:20:43,360 --> 01:20:46,639
Speaker 1: a little kid. Back then, I was a big Walle fan.

1579
01:20:46,680 --> 01:20:50,960
Speaker 1: I still am too, though I like Wile. All right, Well, Roderick,

1580
01:20:51,200 --> 01:20:53,639
Speaker 1: we've missed seeing you on a regular basis saying hello.

1581
01:20:54,280 --> 01:20:57,040
Speaker 1: COVID has knocked that out, but hey man, it's great

1582
01:20:57,080 --> 01:20:59,639
Speaker 1: to be with you on this best of luck this Sunday,

1583
01:21:00,000 --> 01:21:02,080
Speaker 1: best of luck in the offseason, and we'll talk to

1584
01:21:02,080 --> 01:21:03,920
Speaker 1: you again very very soon. So I'm good. Always, good

1585
01:21:03,920 --> 01:21:05,719
Speaker 1: to see you, Drew, Thank you so much for having

1586
01:21:06,040 --> 01:21:08,479
Speaker 1: Thanks Roderick. Happy New Year, Happy New Year to you.

1587
01:21:08,960 --> 01:21:12,800
Speaker 1: Happy New Year to you as well. Rod. And here's

1588
01:21:12,800 --> 01:21:15,559
Speaker 1: the thing about Rod. I noticed this. I thought about

1589
01:21:15,600 --> 01:21:18,200
Speaker 1: this when I was doing my keys to the game.

1590
01:21:18,880 --> 01:21:20,640
Speaker 1: When Rod's been in the game, there have not been

1591
01:21:20,640 --> 01:21:23,519
Speaker 1: a lot of sacks given up. Now he will admit,

1592
01:21:23,800 --> 01:21:27,360
Speaker 1: I will admit, heaven perfect. But John Watson is not

1593
01:21:27,439 --> 01:21:29,720
Speaker 1: taking a lot of sacks. And Rogert Johnson's in football game.

1594
01:21:29,760 --> 01:21:32,120
Speaker 1: And the text ends when Rod Johnsons in football game

1595
01:21:32,439 --> 01:21:35,840
Speaker 1: last week against the Bengals, ran the ball very very well. Now,

1596
01:21:36,439 --> 01:21:39,920
Speaker 1: it didn't really happen in the Patriots game when Rob

1597
01:21:40,040 --> 01:21:42,680
Speaker 1: had left tackle when he's playing right tackle. Now he

1598
01:21:42,760 --> 01:21:45,360
Speaker 1: moved over to the left when Laramy got hurt. But

1599
01:21:45,680 --> 01:21:48,800
Speaker 1: Rod Johnson the game, there's some good things happening. All right,

1600
01:21:49,000 --> 01:21:54,559
Speaker 1: let's get another Drew Doherty segment in here called Drew's

1601
01:21:54,800 --> 01:21:58,880
Speaker 1: Final Word. I do this every single Friday, and Friday

1602
01:21:58,920 --> 01:22:01,600
Speaker 1: starts to final starts to f It's that kind of

1603
01:22:01,640 --> 01:22:03,760
Speaker 1: felt it went together, and I told you, I was like,

1604
01:22:03,760 --> 01:22:05,080
Speaker 1: all right, you know what, I'm gonna take your pregame

1605
01:22:05,120 --> 01:22:07,600
Speaker 1: interview and I'm gonna make that Drew's final Word. So

1606
01:22:08,040 --> 01:22:13,439
Speaker 1: this week, Drew's final Word is with Roderick Johnson. That's right,

1607
01:22:13,680 --> 01:22:16,360
Speaker 1: a little double dip of Rod here to finish up

1608
01:22:16,360 --> 01:22:19,839
Speaker 1: the show. Thank you so much. We've got offensive lineman

1609
01:22:20,400 --> 01:22:23,200
Speaker 1: Roderick Johnson with us. And Roderick, you have started at

1610
01:22:23,280 --> 01:22:25,920
Speaker 1: left tackle, you have started at right tackle. You have

1611
01:22:26,040 --> 01:22:28,480
Speaker 1: had to be versatile and that's one of your hallmarks.

1612
01:22:28,760 --> 01:22:33,080
Speaker 1: What is this opportunity like for you on Sunday? Yeah,

1613
01:22:33,200 --> 01:22:35,200
Speaker 1: you know, just really just to build on my resume

1614
01:22:35,320 --> 01:22:37,800
Speaker 1: what I put out so far, just an opportunity to

1615
01:22:37,840 --> 01:22:40,400
Speaker 1: get into a good film of playing tackle, and that's

1616
01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:42,080
Speaker 1: what I have to do, help myself and help the

1617
01:22:42,120 --> 01:22:45,439
Speaker 1: team way most importantly. Yeah, and Deshaun Watson has always

1618
01:22:45,439 --> 01:22:47,560
Speaker 1: spoken very highly of you and your skill set, what

1619
01:22:47,720 --> 01:22:50,599
Speaker 1: you can do. What's it like when you hear those words,

1620
01:22:50,640 --> 01:22:53,160
Speaker 1: because I imagine when he says it publicly, you've already

1621
01:22:53,200 --> 01:22:55,400
Speaker 1: heard it from him as well, right right, right, I

1622
01:22:55,479 --> 01:22:57,679
Speaker 1: mean it means a lot coming from the magician himself,

1623
01:22:57,840 --> 01:23:00,519
Speaker 1: but just to make sure, just to know he trust

1624
01:23:00,600 --> 01:23:02,960
Speaker 1: me and to protect his blind side him. It builds

1625
01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:05,439
Speaker 1: my confidence and know that I got a magician back

1626
01:23:05,479 --> 01:23:07,040
Speaker 1: there and he will make things happen. So it's just

1627
01:23:07,160 --> 01:23:09,639
Speaker 1: good to know that we can both make things happen

1628
01:23:09,720 --> 01:23:11,640
Speaker 1: and trusting and believe in each other. You know, for

1629
01:23:11,720 --> 01:23:14,479
Speaker 1: the most part this season, the run game has been

1630
01:23:14,520 --> 01:23:16,320
Speaker 1: a bit of a struggle, but that was not the

1631
01:23:16,439 --> 01:23:20,200
Speaker 1: case last Sunday. What was different about the run game

1632
01:23:20,240 --> 01:23:21,800
Speaker 1: and how do you move that forward and keep that

1633
01:23:22,000 --> 01:23:24,960
Speaker 1: up this Sunday? It's the Titans, you know, just the

1634
01:23:25,040 --> 01:23:27,680
Speaker 1: line five plan is one big big shot out to

1635
01:23:27,840 --> 01:23:31,000
Speaker 1: David Johnson, running hard and running through defenders and over

1636
01:23:31,200 --> 01:23:33,080
Speaker 1: so you know, it's just not only the office line,

1637
01:23:33,120 --> 01:23:35,719
Speaker 1: but it's just a living guys. Plan has want sound

1638
01:23:35,760 --> 01:23:37,680
Speaker 1: technique football, and that's what we have to carry over.

1639
01:23:38,520 --> 01:23:41,080
Speaker 1: Tell me about this Titans front seven, what's the biggest

1640
01:23:41,160 --> 01:23:43,360
Speaker 1: challenge there with them? It's a lot of big challenge.

1641
01:23:43,360 --> 01:23:46,360
Speaker 1: Their physicality, their discipline, and their technique and all the

1642
01:23:46,520 --> 01:23:48,920
Speaker 1: things they do is gonna bring a big challenge to us.

1643
01:23:49,160 --> 01:23:51,040
Speaker 1: And we know that we gotta bring our a game

1644
01:23:51,080 --> 01:23:53,600
Speaker 1: because the Titans are coming to town. I think you

1645
01:23:54,000 --> 01:23:57,599
Speaker 1: sort of overlapped just a little bit maybe with Mike

1646
01:23:57,720 --> 01:24:00,840
Speaker 1: Vrabel and Shane bow and some of those coaches. Maybe

1647
01:24:00,880 --> 01:24:02,960
Speaker 1: you missed him by a little bit. I'm sorry if

1648
01:24:03,000 --> 01:24:06,040
Speaker 1: I'm hazy on my memory there. But what do you see,

1649
01:24:06,479 --> 01:24:09,960
Speaker 1: I guess, mentality wise, filtering down from those guys into

1650
01:24:10,040 --> 01:24:13,160
Speaker 1: this defense. Oh, I mean, they're guys, they're they're big

1651
01:24:13,320 --> 01:24:15,800
Speaker 1: and the front seven and you know, I know Vaybels

1652
01:24:15,840 --> 01:24:18,559
Speaker 1: some time here, and I know he's a big defensive mind.

1653
01:24:18,920 --> 01:24:20,840
Speaker 1: The guys in the front seven gonna come hard with

1654
01:24:21,200 --> 01:24:23,360
Speaker 1: stunts and blizzes, and they're gonna come with the board

1655
01:24:23,400 --> 01:24:25,080
Speaker 1: rushings and things like that. So it's up to us

1656
01:24:25,120 --> 01:24:27,360
Speaker 1: to protect and hold against them. What have you noticed

1657
01:24:27,360 --> 01:24:30,080
Speaker 1: about division games when you guys take on an AFC

1658
01:24:30,200 --> 01:24:33,080
Speaker 1: South opponent, how rugged is it? It's very rugged. I

1659
01:24:33,160 --> 01:24:35,719
Speaker 1: mean it's good to play him twice a year because

1660
01:24:35,720 --> 01:24:37,720
Speaker 1: you kind of pick up all their attendencies and things

1661
01:24:37,800 --> 01:24:40,320
Speaker 1: like that. But you know, you're always not the same.

1662
01:24:40,360 --> 01:24:42,360
Speaker 1: They're always gonna be changes and things, so you can't

1663
01:24:42,360 --> 01:24:44,559
Speaker 1: be complacent. And you know that's what we're gonna try

1664
01:24:44,560 --> 01:24:46,560
Speaker 1: to do with just win us the game. Yeah, you

1665
01:24:46,760 --> 01:24:49,320
Speaker 1: always want to win every game. How sweet would it be?

1666
01:24:49,400 --> 01:24:51,880
Speaker 1: And how important is it to close out twenty twenty

1667
01:24:52,240 --> 01:24:54,439
Speaker 1: with a victory? I mean words don't need to be

1668
01:24:54,520 --> 01:24:56,640
Speaker 1: said about that, how important it is to win the

1669
01:24:56,720 --> 01:25:00,479
Speaker 1: last game. It's just really just detections with us my team.

1670
01:25:00,760 --> 01:25:02,679
Speaker 1: I was going out there and doing it. Let's talk

1671
01:25:02,720 --> 01:25:05,360
Speaker 1: fashion real quick. You guys are wearing all blues. You

1672
01:25:05,479 --> 01:25:08,000
Speaker 1: like that? What's your favorite book uniform? COMBA? What did

1673
01:25:08,000 --> 01:25:10,200
Speaker 1: you guys take the field? I'm not I'm not. I'm

1674
01:25:10,200 --> 01:25:12,840
Speaker 1: not a guest all blue color runners, I'm a fan. Okay,

1675
01:25:12,920 --> 01:25:14,800
Speaker 1: so you're an offensive lineman. You like the slimming look

1676
01:25:14,800 --> 01:25:19,400
Speaker 1: of the dark color. All right, Roderick Johnson, best of luck, Sunday,

1677
01:25:19,520 --> 01:25:21,519
Speaker 1: best of luck in the future. Hope you have a

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Speaker 1: very happy New Year and we will see you again

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Speaker 1: very very soon. Thanks for having me through. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: that man the consummate professional hanging around New Drew's dozen

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Speaker 1: and to do the final word, and that's got a

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Speaker 1: tough on a player. Hey, look, we're gonna ask these

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01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:37,719
Speaker 1: goofy questions, but then also we're really serious, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: do this. But players handled very well. Rod Johnson handled

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Speaker 1: it extremely well, as we would hope and we would expect.

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Speaker 1: He is a top mouse professional, and here's hoping that

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Speaker 1: he's back in twenty twenty one. Look, we have an

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Speaker 1: idea that blaremy tunsil Tynis Howard to be the tackles

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Speaker 1: here for a long time. But Rod Johnson's shown this

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Speaker 1: year that he is vital to this organization the ability

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Speaker 1: to play left or right and do some good things

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Speaker 1: when he is on the field. So hopefully Rod can

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Speaker 1: come back to the Texans and continue this journey with

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Speaker 1: the Texans, a team that put a lot of work

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Speaker 1: into Rod. As much as Rod put in the work,

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Speaker 1: they got that out of him in the play that

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Speaker 1: he's given. And hopefully Sunday will just be another feather

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Speaker 1: in his cap, all right. A big thanks to a

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Speaker 1: lot of people for tonight's show. Dep City caught up

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Speaker 1: with Keion Crossing, So big thanks to them, to Romeo Cornell,

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Speaker 1: to Mark vander Meer, to Drew Doherty, to Rod Johnson,

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Speaker 1: their help with our Friday all access shows. As I've

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Speaker 1: said numerous times, tonight, this is the last Friday All

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Speaker 1: Access of the twenty twenty football season. It's the first

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Speaker 1: all access Friday all Access. Actually it's the first all

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Speaker 1: access of twenty twenty one. But we take a break

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Speaker 1: up and through the Super Bowl, and then after the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl we get back on our all access shows

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Speaker 1: from six to seven, so our six to eight hours

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Speaker 1: don't start up until the season. But it's been seven

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Speaker 1: years of doing this and it's absolutely been a joy

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Speaker 1: because you guys listen and you give us the support,

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Speaker 1: and we thank you so very much for all of that.

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Speaker 1: Sunday's Kick remembers three twenty five. It's actually better that

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Speaker 1: way than the other way around. If we had a

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Speaker 1: three twenty five game that got moved up to noon, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you might show up a little bit late. Yeah, this one,

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Speaker 1: there's no excuse. It's last one of the year. Gone

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Speaker 1: get into building, has some fun weather, it looks like

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be great. Roof should be open. Let's enjoy

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Speaker 1: this final one against the Titans, and then we'll look

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Speaker 1: forward together to a great twenty twenty one and beyond.

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Speaker 1: I can't thank you enough. I think I've already done that,

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna cut it there. See you guys on Sunday.

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