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Speaker 1: Sunday when they take on the Atlanta Falcons in Georgia.

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Speaker 1: Can't wait for it, can't even stand waiting for it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I am so ready for this thing. I

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Speaker 1: gotta get it out. This game against the Falcons Sunday

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Speaker 1: at noon. It'll be live right here. It'll also be

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Speaker 1: fired up. I know Johnny Harris is, he's with us

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Speaker 1: as always, and because it's a Thursday night, we have

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Speaker 1: the General John McClain with us, and I know he's

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Speaker 1: enthused as well. As The Texans are two and two,

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Speaker 1: tied for first of the AFC South. And it's early,

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Speaker 1: but it's a fact, Jack, and here we go. It

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Speaker 1: could be a two team race after this. Maybe not.

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Speaker 1: It's a little early for that, but general, good evening

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Speaker 1: your thoughts on the Texans trying to go for the

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Speaker 1: trifecta on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: It would be the first time since twenty eighteen they've

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Speaker 2: been able to pull that off. Falcons are trying to

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Speaker 2: go three in a row at home for the first

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Speaker 2: time since two thousand and fifteen. These two teams, right

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Speaker 2: now the trajectory is different, Texans course going up, Falcons

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Speaker 2: going down. I looked for the Texans to do a

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Speaker 2: good job against Desmond right or the quarterback, and the

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Speaker 2: key is Kenny contained Bjon Robinson and Tyler Algiers, and

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Speaker 2: those two guys were as good as any won two

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Speaker 2: punch in football. But the way the defense played against

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Speaker 2: the Steelers two and twenty five yards, no touchdowns. First

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Speaker 2: time they won a game that decisively against the Steelers

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Speaker 2: in Houston was nineteen ninety The last time was nineteen

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Speaker 2: ninety one. And I still just amazed at what that

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Speaker 2: Giving up sack in the last two games was tremendous.

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Speaker 2: There was a play that I saw Brian Ballinger of

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Speaker 2: the NFL network, he gets that all twenty two tape,

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Speaker 2: and he showed John Metchie the third blocking TJ White

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Speaker 2: He had to seal what so Piers could go by him,

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Speaker 2: and he did a great job. And I thought that

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Speaker 2: putting so much effort into it, and Metchie for him

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Speaker 2: to do that. Nico Collins does it. Robert Woods, one

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Speaker 2: do it. Tagdelle tries to do it. So there's a

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Speaker 2: lot of people that have played so well for this

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Speaker 2: it's just amazing twenty and twenty four point victories and

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Speaker 2: people may say, well, this ste Steelers team's not any good. Well,

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Speaker 2: this Steelers team was coming off two victories in a row.

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Speaker 2: Nobody could say they didn't have the best pass rush

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Speaker 2: in the NFL. TJ Watt touched. He touched CJ. Stroud

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Speaker 2: one time in the whole game. So hats off to

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Speaker 2: And an unsung hero coming back isn't Titus Howard and

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Speaker 2: Punter Cam Johnston, he could mean a difference of seven

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Speaker 2: to ten yards in field position for Damico Ryans and

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Speaker 2: twenty and fifteen, Desmond Redder and the offense are going

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Speaker 3: Well, I don't know anybody who gets motivated the last

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Speaker 3: year of their contract. General, what do you think from

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Speaker 2: John? What do you think about it? Go ahead?

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Speaker 3: I was going to ask you, what do you think

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Speaker 2: Well, then that last game, the running game, because they

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Speaker 2: Slowyck is doing a fantastic job after a slow start.

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Speaker 2: Bobby Slowick wants to run the balls, so does the

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Speaker 2: in this group doesn't belong. Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes, Dan Marino,

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Speaker 1: They all belong.

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Speaker 2: No, Dan Marino doesn't belong in there. That is this

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Speaker 2: just blows me away. Dan Marino never did this through

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Speaker 2: Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees only have done

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Speaker 1: the show tomorrow. That's a little plug. And he visits

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Speaker 1: like Diana Ross. We go somewhere with them where they've

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Speaker 1: that's a dated singing reference. But speaking of dated references,

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Speaker 1: I want to get back to the Texans in a

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Speaker 1: age eighty. The Bear's Great, a larger than life football figure,

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Speaker 2: Meanest, nastiest, most physical four to three middle linebacker in

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Speaker 2: how pathetic the Bears were, even though they had two

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Speaker 2: think about all those games I used to watch him play,

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Speaker 2: Slowyck star Trek places. Nobody's gone poor.

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Speaker 1: Ooh good one.

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Speaker 3: General staying with the Bears kind of on that. We'll

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Speaker 3: get back to Texaan a little bit, but it staying

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Speaker 3: It's a total and complete mess. How do you look

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Speaker 3: at that situation? Is justin Fields? What does he have

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Speaker 3: Your thoughts about the Bears and how bad this has gotten.

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Speaker 2: In the first three quarters of the last game against

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Speaker 2: coaching decisions haven't helped it. Now they're probably going to

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Speaker 1: Be all right, guys. Things about the injury report one

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Speaker 1: that means it's the first time he showed up on

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Speaker 2: Boy, sure would look nice if they had Darren Stanley Junior,

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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh people are like, hey, we thought somebody said Desmond

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Speaker 3: Well, is it literally just Desmond Ritter is not playing

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Speaker 2: You think, well, their defense has played well, and they

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Speaker 2: Bruce's son, Jake leads the NFL and consecutive games played,

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Speaker 2: They're struggling. Let's see, the Falcons are struggling in several

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Speaker 2: call McNair and say, how much will you pay me

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Speaker 1: K I'm sure you have a great effect. Yes, all right,

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Speaker 1: So the Titans are going to be at the Colts.

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis and Derrick Henry got going last week. Anthony Richardson

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Speaker 1: What do you make of this one? In Indy this week?

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Speaker 2: The Times are jeckying I if Henry can't go, Ryan

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Speaker 2: run defense is excellent. Can't wait to see how what

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Speaker 2: He's learning on the job. But the Colls, you know,

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Speaker 2: As the Texans learned the hard way. And I think, boy,

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna pick the Titans because right when you

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's hard to figure those that team out, for sure.

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Speaker 4: Do you think he gets moved at the trade deadline?

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Speaker 4: How do you think this plays.

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Speaker 3: Out in Indianapolis with Jonathan Taylor?

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Speaker 2: John, we don't know what was wrong with him. You know,

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Speaker 2: He don't have a chance to get a new contract

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Speaker 2: It's just a bad time to be a running back

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Speaker 2: still just an ugly situation general.

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Speaker 1: The London Jaguars are playing the Buffalo Bills this weekend.

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Speaker 1: They were convincing and there went over the Falcons last week,

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Speaker 1: and the Bills look really good since that opening day

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Speaker 2: You wonder is Buffalo going to have a natural left down?

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Speaker 2: And because they've won three in a row. The Jaguars

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Speaker 2: think about the long road trip. It's shorter from Buffalo

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Speaker 2: That's the way the Bills played There's no way I'm

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Speaker 2: after what I saw from them against the Dolphins, and

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Speaker 3: Beyond the Chiefs and the Bills, General, take the Dolphins too, Dolphins, Bills, Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: Take those three out.

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Speaker 4: What team is the best team in the AFC?

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Speaker 2: Baltimore. I mean, they're three and one. They're not great,

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Speaker 2: They've been inconsistent on offense. But there's still three and

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Speaker 2: there's nobody from the West, there's nobody from the South.

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Speaker 2: I think after those three, John, it's got to be

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Speaker 1: All right. General, The Saints game at New England is

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Speaker 1: next opponent for the Houston Texans next week. Talk to

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Speaker 1: go big picture here. This is sort of an offseason thing.

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Speaker 1: But here's Belichick about seventeen eighteen wins from passing Don Shulup,

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Speaker 1: what if they struggle the next two years. Is he

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Speaker 1: back for twenty twenty five. That might be tough to

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Speaker 1: looked awful against the Cowboys. They can't look that awful

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Speaker 2: He might not be back for twenty twenty four. There's

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Speaker 2: a lot of people covered that team up there for

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Speaker 2: a long time, say Robert Kraft is not happy with

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Speaker 2: what's happened after Brady left, where they have a losing

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Speaker 2: third quarter. So Bill O'Brien, who everybody thought would be

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Speaker 2: mag Jones, hasn't been able to do it so far. Now,

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Speaker 2: could they win, Yes, I'm gonna pick them to win,

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Speaker 2: But you know the Saints are struggling too. They're nothing special.

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Speaker 2: But New England's got to be thinking about already we

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Speaker 2: not showed them that he can be the quarterback who

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Speaker 3: The best game of the weekend outside of Falcons and

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Speaker 3: Texans General Sunday Night, we get to see who's for

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Speaker 3: real the forty nine Ers at four to zero with

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Speaker 3: Rock Purty or the Dallas Cowboys. I find it interesting

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Speaker 3: that Vegas has this only three and a half with

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Speaker 3: the game being in Santa Clara for the forty nine Ers. Wow,

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Speaker 3: that's telling you Vegas thinks these two teams are pretty

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Speaker 3: Which for which Cowboys team will show up? And do

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Speaker 2: They won't be the Cowboys team that went to Arizona.

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Speaker 2: They just took them lightly the proverbial not being ready

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Speaker 2: to play. Well, it's interesting about both these teams. Dak

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Speaker 2: Prescott has not played great yet, Rock Purty has not

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Speaker 2: the fourth quarter and has to bring them from by

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Speaker 2: throwing the ball. Christian McCaffrey right now be Offensive Player

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Speaker 2: of the Year in the NFL because he's been fantastic

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Speaker 2: and they haven't lost in regular seasons since they acquired

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Speaker 2: is coming off a game with one in completion. They've got,

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Speaker 2: along with Philadelphia, the most balanced in the NFL, and

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Speaker 2: their defense is good. Cowboys defense is great. I think

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Speaker 2: then they got to get the party somehow, stop the run,

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Speaker 2: It could be a preview of a playoff game that

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Speaker 2: would make it even better, especially if they beat the Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: General, where is the criticism most unfair? The criticism on

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Speaker 1: the one in three Raiders, the one in three Jets,

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Speaker 1: three Vikings. Where is it unfair?

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Speaker 2: Well, let's say the Jets lost Aaron Rodgers and then

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Speaker 2: be them. The Vikings last year and they won thirteen

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Speaker 2: then starting with the playoff loss, they've lost. They can't

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Speaker 2: win a one score game. And people are wondering, will

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Speaker 2: they signed Kirk Cousins to an extension, will they try

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Speaker 2: And I think the Raiders people are mad at the

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Speaker 2: Raiders now. Jimmy Garoppolo is hurt. They had to go

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Speaker 2: with O'Connell the rookie quarterback. But Johns McDaniels has made

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Speaker 2: some boneheaded coaching decisions the last two games, and that's

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Speaker 2: criticism is the most justified of the Raiders because it

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Speaker 3: General a longhorn and a sooner walking through a bar,

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Speaker 3: which one walks out.

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Speaker 2: Well, the longhorn does because they're gonna They're gonna hook them.

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Speaker 2: And I think Texas will win this game. I picked

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Speaker 2: when the last time A and M and Texas played

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Speaker 2: A's got crushed long orange one. I think Texas is

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Speaker 2: the conference in two thousand and nine because they got

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Speaker 2: a lot of NFL quarterbacks and everybody who scouts the

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Speaker 2: quarterbacks that goes in the first round. So I can't

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Speaker 2: wait to watch this, can't wait to watch the watch

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Speaker 2: the Aggies to see if they can stick it to

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Speaker 2: Nick Saban. They bounced back since they lost to the

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Speaker 2: long Horns. But what a great weekend. You got Texans

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Speaker 2: two in a row, you get the Aggie's Longhorns, Baylor

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Speaker 2: coming off the biggest comeback in history, down thirty five

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Speaker 2: to seven. Astros hosting the American League Divisions series against

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Speaker 2: Team Correa. It's just a great time to be a

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Speaker 1: And you, well, let me ask you something about the Astros,

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Speaker 1: and let's focus on this because it applies to all sports.

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Speaker 1: When a team like the Astros has the run they

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Speaker 1: in the ALCS every year, they've won two World Series.

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Speaker 1: We know what they've done. Here they are and they're

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Speaker 1: finally in the postseason and they get to skip that

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Speaker 1: wild card round based on what they did last weekend

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Speaker 1: and what happened around them. Is this the kind of

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Speaker 1: thing where hey, it doesn't matter how you got there,

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Speaker 1: you got there and they'll be good to go. Or

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Speaker 1: do you think some of the issues they had trying

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Speaker 1: to get to the postseason will come to haunt them

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Speaker 1: as they take on, as they take on Minnesota and

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Speaker 1: the other teams they might take on.

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Speaker 2: Beyond that, that's great point. Mark last year it didn't

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Speaker 2: hurt them at all. It hurt Demands, the Dodgers, the Braves,

445
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Speaker 2: all those hundred win teams, and they got buys and

446
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Speaker 2: it hurt them. And so now you've got them having

447
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Speaker 2: to get in the hard way on the last day

448
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Speaker 2: of this season, and congrats to the Rangers. They lose

449
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Speaker 2: three of four, choked the last game, have to go

450
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Speaker 2: to Tampa, sweep the Rays. Now they go to Baltimore.

451
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Speaker 2: But the Astros thirty nine and forty two at home.

452
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Speaker 2: No team with a losing record and home has ever

453
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Speaker 2: been in a World Series, so that doesn't bode well.

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Speaker 2: But man, when they went on the road for the

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Speaker 2: last two series against Mariners Diamondbacks, who were fighting tooth

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Speaker 2: and nail to get in the playoffs, they beat them

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Speaker 2: five or six. And everything they did well last year

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Speaker 2: they did well in those Siri, I got one.

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Speaker 1: More for you in general. Go ahead, Johnny go.

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Speaker 3: I was just gonna ask how the Yankees are going

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Speaker 3: to do in the playoffs this year.

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Speaker 2: Oh wait, all the Yankees. Oops?

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Speaker 1: Sorry, Oh it's beautiful, It's beautiful. I've got one more.

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Speaker 1: The Texans situation here, not just that they're two and two.

465
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Speaker 1: They've won two in a row. You can't throw a

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Speaker 1: parade for that. But it's really encouraging to see what

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Speaker 1: they've done these last couple of games as they head

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Speaker 1: to Atlanta. Does it remind of anything? Does it? Does

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Speaker 1: it conjure up memories or a comparison with anything else

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Speaker 1: you've seen that you've covered based on where they've been

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Speaker 1: and what this startup looks like with the Houston Texans

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 2: Gary Kubiak didn't start this way when he took over

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Speaker 2: a two and fourteen team in two thousand and six,

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Speaker 2: and then Bill O'Brien inherited a team that was much

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Speaker 2: better than people thought. Kubiak's last team was, so he

477
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Speaker 2: was in a better situation. But Demiko right now is

478
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Speaker 2: doing to me the best coaching job I've seen in

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Speaker 2: this franchise history, and one of the best in Houston history.

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Speaker 2: Because team wins three games last year, four the year

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Speaker 2: before for the year before, and I've seen teams go

482
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Speaker 2: through six or seven years in a row with losing,

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Speaker 2: But when you have all the injuries at one point,

484
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Speaker 2: you're missing your corners, you're missing a safety, you're missing

485
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Speaker 2: your your nickel corner, you're missing all those offensive linemen.

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Speaker 2: And that's a credit to Nico, his staff and his

487
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Speaker 2: players that they are where they are, and it's okay

488
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Speaker 2: for people to get excited. They may be excited next week.

489
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Speaker 2: They're getting a lot, a lot of well deserved national

490
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Speaker 2: recognition and they should soak it in while they can

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Speaker 2: soak it up because it may last and it may not.

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Speaker 2: You know, all it takes is a couple more injuries

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Speaker 2: to keep players. But I'm doing a column right now

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Speaker 2: for Friday. I'm doing Astros right now and then tomorrow

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Speaker 2: I'm writing this. I know it's early, but Matt Shaw,

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Speaker 2: Andre Johnson, Sean Watson, DeAndre Hopkins, CJ. Stroudnikoc Collins. Could

497
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Speaker 2: they be on their way as twosome to do what

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Speaker 2: those other guys did for this franchise?

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Speaker 1: All right? Can't wait to read at sports Radio six

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Speaker 1: ten dot com for the general's stuff. Thank you, John,

501
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Speaker 1: and we look forward to Sunday Texans at Atlanta coming up,

502
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Speaker 1: Johnny and I will play Who's Better? And then in

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Speaker 1: the final segment, Drew Doherty visits Sheldon Rankins locker. He'll

504
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Speaker 1: have a little visit with George Fant. We'll hear that

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Speaker 1: right here. It's Texans Radio.

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Speaker 4: Stay tuned for more Texans Radio and.

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Speaker 1: We're right back to it here on Texans Radio. Mark VanderMeer,

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Speaker 1: John Harris with you, and it's time to play the

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Speaker 1: game that sweeps the nation every single week. We play it.

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Speaker 1: At least I think it does, and if it doesn't,

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Speaker 1: I'll just pretend it does. It's Who's Better? Johnny. I

512
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Speaker 1: know you're ready to go. Let's go, all right, let's

513
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 1: go better chance to resurrect their career? The quarterback class

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Speaker 1: of twenty twenty one, Zach Wilson, Justin Fields, Mac Jones,

515
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Speaker 1: who's got the best chance to resurrect their career? Wilson

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Speaker 1: will take on the Broncos this weekend. I don't have

517
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Speaker 1: to get into who's playing who? You know that Fields

518
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Speaker 1: is going to play the Thursday night er. Mac Jones ouch,

519
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Speaker 1: who's got the best chance? Here?

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Speaker 4: Mac Jones out not even part of this conversation.

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Speaker 3: Okay, this is between Zach Wilson Justin Fields, and I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna go with Justin Fields for one reason and one

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Speaker 3: reason only, and that is they start running the ball

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Speaker 3: with him again. Okay, it's because they have to. They

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Speaker 3: have to. They have to get more out of the offense.

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Speaker 3: Even though Justin threw for what three point fifty five

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Speaker 3: last week, but he also threw three interceptions, I believe,

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Speaker 3: and he did not look in the fourth quarter. I

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Speaker 3: think they're going to get to a point where they realize,

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Speaker 3: you know what, it's great to get him all these

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Speaker 3: receivers and Dj Moore's fun, but we need to be

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Speaker 3: the Baltimore Ravens and put avid quarterback running centric offense together.

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Speaker 4: And that's okay.

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Speaker 3: That's okay, because that will allow him to continue to

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Speaker 3: develop as a passer with being a thrower and develop

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Speaker 3: that way, and then maybe you get your offensive line involved.

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Speaker 3: I go back to something I remember hearing back at

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Speaker 3: twenty eighteen. The Colts were struggling because they were throwing

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Speaker 3: it with Andrew Luck. We played Andrew Luck in Game four.

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Speaker 3: He'd come back off the shoulder surgery they had had.

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Speaker 3: Quinn Nelson's a rookie. Braden Smith was a rookie Ryan Kelly,

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Speaker 3: I think was in his second or third year. This

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Speaker 3: they had a young offensive line and they were throwing

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Speaker 3: it sixty times. They threw it sixty two times against US. Now,

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Speaker 3: they fell behind in a game, but Chris Ballard went

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Speaker 3: to Frank Reich and said, run the ball. Let those

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Speaker 3: young dudes fire off and start hitting some people. And

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Speaker 3: when they did start running the ball when we played

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Speaker 3: them later in the year, they were a really tough cover.

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Speaker 3: They were hard to beat because they now had a

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Speaker 3: balance in their offense. But they had to get that

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Speaker 3: offensive line going. I think they get that offensive line

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Speaker 3: going in Chicago. They'll get Tevin Jenkins back, They've got

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Speaker 3: Darnell right at right tackle. They start running the ball

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Speaker 3: a little bit better, which I think brings fields to

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Speaker 3: the forefront that much more. And then you take off.

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Speaker 3: Now you could say, well, you know, Zach Wilson needs

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Speaker 3: to probably run a little bit too. No, not to

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Speaker 3: the extent that justin fields. Justin fields is really good

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Speaker 3: running back, really good running back. He has to develop

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Speaker 3: into a passer, but I think they have to run

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Speaker 3: to set up the pass a little bit more. I

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Speaker 3: suppose the other way around. They can't be a orgic

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Speaker 3: to Justin running the ball. Yeah, he might take a

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Speaker 3: pounding and a beating, but that might be what the

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Speaker 3: offense needs to be right now until they figure out

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Speaker 3: how to get that pass the game incorporated.

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Speaker 4: So I'm going justin fields.

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Speaker 1: Okay, who's better Titans or Colts? And I'm gonna go

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Speaker 1: here because they play each other this weekend. And I

571
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Speaker 1: asked you this just about every week or every other week,

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Speaker 1: but better record at the end of the season and

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Speaker 1: temperatures change, opinions change, performance changes. Because the Colts. Look,

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Speaker 1: I know they lost last week, but Anthony Richardson showed

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Speaker 1: you some things again in his return and the Titans

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Speaker 1: got a nice little thrifty victory. Yeah, so what do

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Speaker 1: you make of this? I still think it's the Colts.

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Speaker 1: I think Richardson is probably you like them. This weekend,

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Speaker 1: the Colts games in Indie, right, Yeah, yeah, Colts?

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Speaker 4: Okay, the Colts.

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Speaker 3: For some reason, the Titans will find a way to

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Speaker 3: give that game up. Maybe the Colts will find a

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Speaker 3: way to give that game up. It's probably been the

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Speaker 3: other way around. I think the Titans have won those

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Speaker 3: games lately, but I feel like Richardson balances, balances things

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Speaker 3: in a number of ways. I'm curious if Jonathan Taylor plays,

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Speaker 3: that will be an interesting nugget to watch. He did

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Speaker 3: meet with the media on Thursday and apparently didn't go.

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Speaker 1: Over so well.

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Speaker 3: So I don't know what his future is with the Colts,

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Speaker 3: no idea. But if he plays, and you got Zach

592
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Speaker 3: Moss rolling well and then you've got Richardson, I think

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Speaker 3: that's a lot for the Tennessee defense to have to handle.

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Speaker 3: And Richardson has shown he can make big time NFL throws.

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Speaker 3: Richardson is the guy we thought he would be from

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Speaker 3: from University of Florida. He was eleven of twenty five.

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Speaker 3: Eleven of twenty five, I mean, I mean, he's barely

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Speaker 3: forty percent. Yeah, Yet there are three throws that he

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Speaker 3: made in that game that I don't think any quarterback

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Speaker 3: in his league makes different They were unbelievable, and then

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Speaker 3: when they got kind of their RPO stuff at the

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Speaker 3: end of the game when they needed it, he pulled

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Speaker 3: it off. So I'm gonna go Colts because I'm not

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Speaker 3: sure I trust the Titans offense solely and completely. The

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Speaker 3: Bengals were the right game for them because a Bengals

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Speaker 3: beat up on the offense. Obviously, Joe Burrow offensive line

607
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Speaker 3: is garbage. So you know that Titans defense just took

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Speaker 3: care of it, and then they got Henry going. I

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Speaker 3: think the Colts will do a better job of slowing

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Speaker 3: Henry Colts.

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Speaker 1: All right, Henry plays into this next question, who's better?

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Speaker 1: And listen carefully, Derrick Henry for this season, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: let you pick a running back. You can have Derrick Henry,

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Speaker 1: and I guarantee his health. Derrick Henry or any one

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Speaker 1: of the seven rushers ahead of him. Right now, I'm

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Speaker 1: leaving Damian Pierce out of this. Damien's currently twenty seventh.

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Speaker 1: He's climbing these charts and I think he will very

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Speaker 1: quickly as he increases his production.

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Speaker 4: But here we are going into week five.

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Speaker 1: Sure, so it's McCaffrey, DeAndre Swift, James Connor, b Jon Robinson,

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Speaker 1: who we will see this weekend, Tony Pollard and Devon

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Speaker 1: eight Chan or eight Chan depending on what it is

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Speaker 1: this week. And James Cook. So anyone though, seven are

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Speaker 1: Derrick Henry? Who you got? Christian McCaffrey.

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Speaker 3: Okay, because the McCaffrey I'm seeing and I'm watching is

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Speaker 3: a locked in b He's playing about as well as

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Speaker 3: I can remember seeing him play. And this is year

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Speaker 3: seven draft in twenty seventeen, number eight pick overall, I

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Speaker 3: think he's playing about as well as I've ever seen him.

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Speaker 3: And he had that year in either eighteen or twenty eighteen.

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Speaker 3: I think it was where he had eighty eight catches.

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Speaker 3: I think out of the backfield he ran for over

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Speaker 3: a thousand yards. I mean it was an insane season.

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Speaker 3: I think he's doing that in then song. So I

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Speaker 3: would take McCaffrey just because I still feel like Henry

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Speaker 3: on third down, like what do you do with him?

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Speaker 4: Does he pass protect? Do you take him off the field.

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Speaker 3: I know Spears gives him something they can do on

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Speaker 3: third down a little bit different than Henry might feel

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Speaker 3: like McAffrey. You don't even take him off the field, first, second,

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Speaker 3: third down. He could dominate all three, whether it's pass protection,

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Speaker 3: whether it's catching screens, whether it's routes, beating linebackers. I mean,

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Speaker 3: he's to Mett, McCaffrey's the real deal. Now take McCaffrey out.

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Speaker 3: I'll take Henry out there every day, but McCaffrey with

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Speaker 3: all that he can do, I'm taking him. The other

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00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 3: one I would pick is Vijon, And the common thread

647
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 3: is both those guys catch the football in the backfield

648
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 3: extremely well, and they can make people miss out in space.

649
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 3: They don't have to be a battering ram like Henry

650
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:22,960
Speaker 3: because I know at some point now you're promising me

651
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 3: good health. Okay, I like that because I know I'm

652
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,359
Speaker 3: gonna get all my shortyard situations. I know that he's

653
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,840
Speaker 3: gonna pop some runs just because people have bad tackling.

654
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,759
Speaker 3: So Henry is definitely second on the list. I would

655
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:38,839
Speaker 3: go McCaffrey, and then Derrick Henry, and then Van everybody else.

656
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 1: Okay, who's better better? Zero to four team? The Bears,

657
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 1: who are not on the Texans schedule this year, or

658
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers, who are on the Texans schedule this year.

659
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:53,719
Speaker 1: Panthers are at Detroit this week, by the way, while

660
00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:55,719
Speaker 1: the Bears play the Commanders and the Thursday night.

661
00:34:55,760 --> 00:35:00,799
Speaker 3: Are these teams are inextricably tied together? Yes, I mean

662
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 3: it's tough because if the Bears win well, then they

663
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 3: move down the draft rankings, but then Carolina moves up.

664
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:11,040
Speaker 3: But essentially that's just trading one's putt for the other

665
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 3: because right now the Bears have the top two picks

666
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 3: because they have Carolina's pick.

667
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 1: Next year they will meet November ninth. By the way,

668
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,440
Speaker 1: the Bears and the Panthers. Wow, yeah, that's gonna be

669
00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: the It could be the over Bowl all the time

670
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: you get there.

671
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,400
Speaker 3: And I guess it's a no loose situation for the Bears,

672
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 3: and it's a big loose situation if the Panthers continue

673
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 3: to be defeated, completely defeated. My gut tells me it's

674
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 3: the Panthers that they're better, that the Panthers have just

675
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 3: got better defensive talent across the board. Offensively, to me,

676
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 3: it's kind of a push. I don't think you're getting much.

677
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 3: Neither offensive line is very good. I mean, the Panthers

678
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 3: offensive line has just been dreadful. Ikiakwanu, who I thought

679
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 3: was gonna be very good, has not been good at all.

680
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,719
Speaker 3: He got beat by Harrison Smith last week. And I

681
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,280
Speaker 3: know Harrison Smith's safety. I get all that Harrison Smith

682
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:57,359
Speaker 3: went right through him to go get a sack. At

683
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 3: the end of the game, Ripsack got the ball out.

684
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 3: Vikings ended up winning. I'm gonna go Panthers because I

685
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,320
Speaker 3: just feel like with Jeremy Chin, Derrick Brown, and Brian

686
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 3: Burns defensively, that's just better than anything the Bears have.

687
00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 4: So I'm gonna go Panthers just based on the defense.

688
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 1: Okay, let's go to college campuses or maybe off campus

689
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 1: in this case, because you know what is being played

690
00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: at the Cotton Bowl. It's the Red River Shootout yep.

691
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 1: Known as the Rivalry now, but I still say shootout

692
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 1: because come on, it's entertainment.

693
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:33,799
Speaker 3: Say rivalry really fast, sound like valry, Sound like a

694
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,560
Speaker 3: three year old trying to spit it out Red Red

695
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:36,319
Speaker 3: ro You.

696
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 1: Can't do it. Read say Reggie Wayne Widewright, Reilly Fast.

697
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:40,800
Speaker 4: Reggie Wayne Widewright.

698
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:43,000
Speaker 1: And guess what. There's one on this team, Robert woods

699
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 1: wide right, Robert Woodwise. I'll play by play announcer. I'm

700
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 1: onto these things, yes, but I have a tongue twister

701
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 1: to help with w's and r's and l's. Are you

702
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 1: ready for it? Orlando Woolridge will reportedly require rewarding work

703
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: as a wide receiver, and I even blew it saying

704
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: it right there.

705
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 3: Orlando Woolridge, he was one of the first athletes said

706
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 3: I got to know doing radio stuff. He would come

707
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 3: over with with uh another guy that Sean knew from

708
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,400
Speaker 3: from Notre Dame, and and Big O just tell stories.

709
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 3: He's just he was just awesome. And he passed away

710
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:14,839
Speaker 3: a few years after he had He was hilarious. I mean,

711
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:16,920
Speaker 3: he had all kinds of great stories about Jordan and everything.

712
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 3: So Orlando wool Ridge.

713
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 1: All right, So better get the Red River rivalry with

714
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,239
Speaker 1: OU taking on Texas number fourteen versus number three in

715
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:29,279
Speaker 1: the Associated Press pool or number twelve Alabama at unranked

716
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:33,320
Speaker 1: Texas A and M O. Which is the better game

717
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: this week? Johnny, I am allowing you to only watch

718
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 1: one of these games, which is it going to be?

719
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,439
Speaker 3: This is tough because there's the I want to watch

720
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 3: offense and watch some scoring, so I'll watch Texas OU.

721
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 3: But if you want to watch trenches, and you want

722
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 3: to watch physicality, and you want to watch football the

723
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,360
Speaker 3: way it's supposed to be, A and M and Alabama,

724
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 3: those two teams will be tellut each other. They are

725
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 3: physically gonna go at one another. Texas OU is gonna

726
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 3: be It's gonna be a scoring fest. They're gonna be

727
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:10,839
Speaker 3: putting up points left and right. That said, I do

728
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,719
Speaker 3: feel like Texas defense is a different level this year.

729
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 4: They've got some dudes on that side of the ball.

730
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:21,799
Speaker 3: On the defensive side, Texas, strangely enough, is playing more

731
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 3: like an SEC SEC team this year. Oklahoma isn't quite

732
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:28,240
Speaker 3: there yet. I just I know. I know they're undefeated.

733
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:32,880
Speaker 3: But Oklahoma has't played anybody. They played Cincinnati SMU, Arkansas

734
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:34,399
Speaker 3: State last week, Iowa State.

735
00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 4: They haven't played anybody.

736
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 3: Texas has played Alabama UH and won at Alabama and

737
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 3: beat them up. They beat up Kansas last week. They

738
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,839
Speaker 3: went to Baylor and throttled Baylor. They're doing what they're

739
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,319
Speaker 3: supposed to, and they're doing it because their physical their

740
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 3: defensive line is outstanding, their offensive line plays with that

741
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:54,680
Speaker 3: kind of SEC mindset. So they're kind of in the

742
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:57,359
Speaker 3: SEC a year before they get there. I don't know

743
00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:00,560
Speaker 3: Oklahoma Oklahoma can match that. I would say Texas Oklahoma

744
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:05,800
Speaker 3: just because that's such a traditional rivalry. Alabama, AW Alabama

745
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,279
Speaker 3: and A and M is a great kind of microwave one.

746
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,360
Speaker 3: It's kind of been brought back up because they're together

747
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 3: in SEC and there's gonna be a lot of guys

748
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,200
Speaker 3: getting hit very hard in that game.

749
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 4: But I gotta watch one. It's gonna be Texas, So

750
00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 4: you do you.

751
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 1: Know, we are gonna have a bit of a problem

752
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 1: this weekend finding a place to eat where we can

753
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 1: watch the games we want to watch, because as we're

754
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: in Atlanta, George is playing Kentucky, so that they're gonna

755
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 1: occupy some screens. Georgia Tech is at Miami at the

756
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:38,560
Speaker 1: same time, They're gonna occupy something. You have the Braves

757
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 1: playing at the same time, and we have the Astros

758
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,319
Speaker 1: the end of the Astros game playing as we're in

759
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,239
Speaker 1: our dinner hour on the East Coast. So this is

760
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 1: gonna be tough for us to see that and to

761
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:51,799
Speaker 1: see whatever other college stuff we want to see besides

762
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:55,319
Speaker 1: the Atlanta area teams. So we need a place with

763
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 1: a ton of TVs.

764
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,120
Speaker 3: I mean, if we I mean, these are that real

765
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,800
Speaker 3: world problem right here. Now, that's a great slate of games. Yeah,

766
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,800
Speaker 3: so we're not missing out totally, but if we can't watch.

767
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:08,400
Speaker 4: It in Alabama, that's gonna be tough.

768
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,919
Speaker 1: Well, at least that'll be at the end, but it'll

769
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 1: be at the good part maybe.

770
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:12,319
Speaker 4: Yeah.

771
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:14,560
Speaker 1: Right, man, that's a lot going on in Atlanta, a

772
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:16,359
Speaker 1: whole lot going on that night.

773
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 4: Yes, you got all that, and you got Falcons on

774
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 4: Sunday with us.

775
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 1: Yeah.

776
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, that Georgia Kentucky game is gonna be good. I

777
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 3: don't think people understand how good Kentucky is. They got

778
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 3: a running back to transferred from Alabama's name is Ray Davis.

779
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 4: He went off last week against the Gators.

780
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:34,880
Speaker 1: George's been dancing with the on the edge all year long.

781
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 3: So before the year started on my YouTube page, I

782
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:39,319
Speaker 3: did a I did kind of like a pick six.

783
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 4: I took some season totals.

784
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 3: The season total, just regular season for Georgia was eleven

785
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 3: and a half. So basically you had to decide, is

786
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 3: Georgia gonna lose a game?

787
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 4: Yes or no?

788
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,200
Speaker 3: And I said they're gonna go under, don't lose a game.

789
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 3: And I looked at the schedule and went, man, I

790
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:58,520
Speaker 3: don't know, maybe Tennessee at the end. Maybe I knew

791
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 3: Florda wasn't that good. Ah, maybe that's the game Tennessee.

792
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,919
Speaker 3: Miss Kentucky. Team is really talented. They have Devin Leary

793
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 3: quarterback to messy state Georgia. Kentucky's gonna be a great game.

794
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,319
Speaker 3: It's not A and M Alabama, but it's gonna be.

795
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 1: A great game, all right, Johnny, thanks a lot, You

796
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 1: got it, Mark, thank you.

797
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 4: All right.

798
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,839
Speaker 1: Coming up, Drew Doherty catches up with a couple of

799
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:16,879
Speaker 1: Texans and we want to hear what they have to say,

800
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 1: including but not limited to Sheldon Rankins, who's not getting

801
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 1: a lot of run unless you listen to John Harris,

802
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 1: who's been talking about Sheldon's performance and how important it

803
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 1: is this weekend as the Texans take on a trio

804
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:32,480
Speaker 1: of tough runners. Why is it a trio? We'll tell

805
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:35,200
Speaker 1: you more. It's coming up here on Texans Radio. Okay,

806
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,920
Speaker 1: a final segment here on Texans All Access tonight. What

807
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,719
Speaker 1: a program and you can catch this, by the way,

808
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:44,600
Speaker 1: via podcast on Houston Texans dot com, the Texans App,

809
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:49,319
Speaker 1: or Spotify or iTunes or maybe some of the other

810
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:53,399
Speaker 1: ones like Stitcher wherever you get your podcasts. Anyway, let's

811
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 1: get to this right now. Drew Doherty. It sounds bad

812
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:58,840
Speaker 1: to say he hangs out in the locker room. He

813
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 1: doesn't really do that. But when the locker room's open,

814
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 1: Drew will talk to some players, and let's get to

815
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,439
Speaker 1: one of them right now. George Fant, you've been hearing

816
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 1: about George an awful lot lately because he's been playing

817
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,799
Speaker 1: an awful lot of right tackle for this football team. Now,

818
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,240
Speaker 1: George was not with the team when training camp began.

819
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 1: How about that acquired along the way. And George has

820
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:20,799
Speaker 1: a lot of experience in this league. He was with

821
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:24,160
Speaker 1: the Seahawks from twenty sixteen through twenty nineteen. Yeah, he

822
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,840
Speaker 1: played against the Texans in twenty seventeen. He was with

823
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 1: the Jets for the past three years, and now he's

824
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 1: a Houston Texan. This is not going to be a

825
00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:34,239
Speaker 1: biographical interview, by the way, but I'm just giving you

826
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 1: the background on George because you've been hearing about him.

827
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:41,120
Speaker 1: Went to Western Kentucky University. He's from Kentucky. Actually played

828
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:44,840
Speaker 1: basketball at Western Kentucky. He was really good as well

829
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:48,560
Speaker 1: as a hilltopper. But anyway, Drew Doherty visited with him

830
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 1: about what is going on in the O line and

831
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:55,480
Speaker 1: with this team as they approach Atlanta this weekend.

832
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:57,600
Speaker 5: All right, George getting ready for an Atlanta team. What

833
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 5: do you think of this front seven that the Falcons

834
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 5: have in front you.

835
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,200
Speaker 6: Guys, another good defense, A lot of good guys on

836
00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 6: that on that front. Played a lot of football so

837
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:05,240
Speaker 6: excided to go out there and playing.

838
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 5: What have you guys done the last two weeks?

839
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 2: Zero sacks allowed.

840
00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:10,360
Speaker 5: I know people have talked about a collective effort, but

841
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:12,760
Speaker 5: offensive line, there's a chance to brag on yourselves.

842
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:13,919
Speaker 1: What have you guys done? Man?

843
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:15,480
Speaker 6: We just I think we kind of jailed a little

844
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:17,000
Speaker 6: bit more and then I honestly, I just think we

845
00:43:17,080 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 6: just paid a little bit more attentions of detail some

846
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 6: of the some of the players and just if you

847
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:22,840
Speaker 6: go back and look at the film, a lot of

848
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 6: players we just had the first couple of games of

849
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 6: the season, it was just like one person in a

850
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 6: hole that we didn't block, you know, It's like one

851
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 6: thing like that. So we're just playing those little details

852
00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:31,920
Speaker 6: up and I think it started to show it's.

853
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:33,799
Speaker 5: A little bit different right now the way you guys

854
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 5: have won these last two games.

855
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:37,800
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, I think that the aggression that we

856
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,200
Speaker 6: played with the way we you know, cut on the

857
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 6: film offense, the way we've been playing really physical brand

858
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,880
Speaker 6: football downhill while zone, doing a little bit of everything,

859
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 6: you know, just being really physical. So I think that's

860
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:49,839
Speaker 6: just kind of the style of football that we want

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Speaker 6: to play.

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Speaker 5: So earlier on Wednesday when Demiico Ryans just meeting with

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Speaker 5: the media, called you out, said You've been doing some

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Speaker 5: good things individually.

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Speaker 2: What are you doing well right now? Man?

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Speaker 6: I just think I just, you know, kind of bring

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Speaker 6: my veteran president. He played a lot of games in

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Speaker 6: his league, and I'm just trying to bring that, you know,

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Speaker 6: just bring that veteran presidence and leadership. Not really too

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Speaker 6: much of a ro Rod got kind of the lead

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Speaker 6: by example guy. So I'll say I'm doing that mostly

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Speaker 6: and then just and then I'm trying to bring a

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Speaker 6: lot of physicality to the game as well too. Man,

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Speaker 6: just kind of bring that to the line. So that's

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Speaker 6: what I can, you know.

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Speaker 4: Do for the team.

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Speaker 5: So what's to mean for this offense?

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Speaker 2: What's mean for the line?

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Speaker 5: Getting some of these guys back that were at practice

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Speaker 5: on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, he.

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Speaker 2: Means a lot. Man.

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Speaker 6: You look at the guys we got back and the

883
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Speaker 6: caliber players they are, obviously, he's a lot for us.

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Speaker 6: So excited to have those guys back.

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Speaker 5: George Fan, thanks so much for the time.

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Speaker 2: Thanks having me.

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Speaker 1: There's Drew Jordy with George Fan.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 1: Another text that he caught up with this week is

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Speaker 1: Sheldon Rankins playing on that D line. So, as promised,

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Speaker 1: we'll have that brief conversation for you as well. And

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Speaker 1: a little bit on Rankins here, who played with the

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Speaker 1: Jets in twenty one and twenty two, so he played

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Speaker 1: for Rob Salad there, so obviously familiarity with the system

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Speaker 1: with Damico and Rob and everybody. They all love each

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Speaker 1: other's phone numbers. However, it all worked out. Rankins a

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Speaker 1: part of this team, acquired during the free agent period,

898
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Speaker 1: and he was with the Saints before that. He's from Georgia. Man,

899
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Speaker 1: how many NFL players are from Georgia these days? Just

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00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:14,879
Speaker 1: a ton Georgia, Texas, Florida, California. Those are the top

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Speaker 1: four states for producing NFL talent. Anyway, Drew caught up

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Speaker 1: with Rankins about facing this Falcons running attack. They've got

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Speaker 1: more than Bijon Robinson to worry about.

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Speaker 5: Rayshlan Rankins, you got a big task in front of you,

905
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Speaker 5: guys as a defense with Atlanta. What's the challenge there

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Speaker 5: with Bijon Robinson in that running attack they have.

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Speaker 7: Definitely presents a problem, you know, with that zone scheme

908
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Speaker 7: that they run so well and they hang their hats

909
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Speaker 7: on it. They're gonna lean on it all game. You know,

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Speaker 7: if you allow them to to run the ball thirty

911
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Speaker 7: forty you know, fifty time I think that, you know,

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Speaker 7: forty plus times against Green Bay, I think they ran

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Speaker 7: the ball, so percent is issued. And obviously you know

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Speaker 7: bijon twenty five and then you know, getting Cordero back

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Speaker 7: as well. They got a you know, kind of a

916
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Speaker 7: three headed monster back there. Just playmakers, guys who can

917
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Speaker 7: make players with the ball in their hands and break

918
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Speaker 7: tackles and make that run game come alive. So that

919
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Speaker 7: presents a task. We know, guys, you know, especially up front,

920
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Speaker 7: we got to be on our p's and ques, you know,

921
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Speaker 7: set and edges flying to the ball, creating have it,

922
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Speaker 7: creating disruption in the backfield, not allowing those backs to

923
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Speaker 7: hit their lines and put their foot in the ground

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Speaker 7: and get vertical.

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Speaker 2: Sheldon.

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Speaker 5: With all that in mind, what have you guys as

927
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Speaker 5: a defense been doing really well the last couple of weeks.

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Speaker 7: I just think it's all coming together. You know, sometimes

929
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Speaker 7: it takes a little time. It's full games now it's

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Speaker 7: live everything, you know, with the same you know, core

931
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Speaker 7: group of guys out there, so you know, it's just

932
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Speaker 7: taking a little bit of time for everybody to kind

933
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Speaker 7: of gel and get on the same page. But I

934
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Speaker 7: think you're starting to finally see, you know, everything kind

935
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Speaker 7: of elminating some success and things are coming together. We

936
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Speaker 7: just got to continue to stay true to what we do,

937
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Speaker 7: stay true to the process, stay true to you know,

938
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Speaker 7: our fundamentals, everything we hang our hat on as a defense,

939
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Speaker 7: and we'll continue to get better.

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Speaker 1: There's Drew with Sheldon Rankins. Now, the Texans, as we've

941
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Speaker 1: been discussing, have to be good against the run in

942
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Speaker 1: this game. There's no question about it. You've got to

943
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Speaker 1: get ridter and third and long situations so you can

944
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Speaker 1: get after him. And everybody's talking about. Well, week it

945
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Speaker 1: looked like Najie Harris had some success after the half.

946
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Speaker 1: Well he had fifty five yards, but the Texans were

947
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Speaker 1: good on third down and fourth down and you know

948
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Speaker 1: the rest of the story. Yeah, the Steelers had a

949
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Speaker 1: couple of field goals in the second half, but that's it.

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Speaker 1: Every game's different. You're at their place right now. The Texans,

951
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Speaker 1: I'm not saying they've turned from the hunter in to

952
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Speaker 1: the hunted or whatever, but there's no question that they'll

953
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Speaker 1: have the attention of the Atlanta Falcons who have lost

954
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Speaker 1: two games in a row, and the Texans are on

955
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Speaker 1: this two game winning streak, playing really well offensively, so

956
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Speaker 1: we'll see how they respond on both sides of the ball.

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Speaker 1: Can't wait for that. Couple of programming notes here. If

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Speaker 1: you have not been to the Texans YouTube page, I

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00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:41,840
Speaker 1: really encourage you to check it out. There's a video

960
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Speaker 1: of last week's game. All the Watt stuff is there.

961
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Speaker 1: It's done in a cinematic way. I think it's called

962
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:50,719
Speaker 1: the Cinematic Recap. It's almost ten minutes long, but it's

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Speaker 1: worth your time. It's got the entire Watt experience at

964
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Speaker 1: NRG Stadium, all the great stuff about the victory over

965
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Speaker 1: the Steelers, all the ins and outs of it, and

966
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Speaker 1: it's produced by our video crew, Emmy Award winning video crew.

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Speaker 1: So check that out on the Texans YouTube page. And also,

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Speaker 1: while we're at it, let's remind you, of course, we'll

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Speaker 1: have a show tomorrow night at six with Dimiko Ryans.

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Speaker 1: Bobby Slowick is going to be on the program as

971
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Speaker 1: well with us, so you don't want to miss that.

972
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Speaker 1: And Saturday night Texans Extra points. Nd Kalou, who has

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Speaker 1: joined our crew giving you Texans content. He appears on

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Speaker 1: Monday mornings Tuesday nights. He does a lot of our

975
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Speaker 1: TV stuff. You can't miss him. He is awesome. Texans

976
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Speaker 1: OG's podcasts which you can get wherever you get fine podcasts,

977
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Speaker 1: especially on the Texans app at Houston Texans dot com.

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Speaker 1: Is that enough promo stuff for you? Well, we also

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Speaker 1: have three sixty on Saturday night. That's after the late

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Speaker 1: news on ABC thirteen. If you're listening around the state,

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Speaker 1: it's on many of your Texans TV affiliate stations. Check

982
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Speaker 1: your local listings. All right, that's it for the program.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much to Johnny Harris and John McClean and

984
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Speaker 1: Drew Jordy for being a part of it tonight and

985
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Speaker 1: our guests. Have a great evening. Everyone. Texans at Atlanta

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Speaker 1: Sunday noon live on Sports Radio six ' ten in

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Speaker 1: the Bowl one hundred point three FM, and the Texans app,

988
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:07,640
Speaker 1: the Odyssey app, all the apps. Have a great night.

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Speaker 1: Go Texans.