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Speaker 1: Texans All Access on a Tuesday. It's week seventeen. The

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Speaker 1: The interesting thing about the inactives list, and this is

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Speaker 1: something I'd want to ask Nick ka Cirio, is that

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Speaker 1: the Chargers had no inactives heading into the game. Yeah,

428
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Speaker 1: everybody was actually weird. So what's the number like you

429
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Speaker 1: can bring up so many guys. I know the Texans

430
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Speaker 1: brought up like eleven players from practice squads. So is

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Speaker 1: that why they had to place some players as inactive

432
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Speaker 1: because you had you just had more bodies that were

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Speaker 1: available to you. Yeah, they had some. They had some

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Speaker 1: bodies they brought up, and they just had more bodies

435
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Speaker 1: in the Chargers, right, and they maxed out the you know,

436
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Speaker 1: because you could bring forty six to forty eight up,

437
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,880
Speaker 1: you know, on game day, and if they're not from

438
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Speaker 1: your active roster, then you have to you know, deactivate

439
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Speaker 1: some players. With the Chargers, they had everybody active that

440
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Speaker 1: was on their active roster, and they brought up whoever else.

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Speaker 1: And I remember looking at the Charger situation and there

442
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Speaker 1: were enough names there where it was significant. And then

443
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Speaker 1: with the Texans roster, I am writing stuff and now

444
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,080
Speaker 1: I know these guys, right, most of them, but I'm

445
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Speaker 1: writing numbers in I mean, it's just it's scribble isious,

446
00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,320
Speaker 1: just scribbling and scribbling and scribbling, and you know, some

447
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Speaker 1: of these guys are making plays, you know, like the

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Speaker 1: week before Chris Smith, you know, he's easy to recognize.

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Speaker 1: Reason recognized that after he gets a sack and he

450
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Speaker 1: rubs his billy. I know it's a Christmas sack. I mean, yeah,

451
00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,920
Speaker 1: now we know him. Now he's been around for a

452
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Speaker 1: couple of games. That's the first time I think I've

453
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Speaker 1: looked at a roster in the press box and had

454
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Speaker 1: to flip it over to the practice squad guys to see.

455
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Speaker 1: And I think the kicker Dominic Everley was still not

456
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Speaker 1: on there because he had been added so late in

457
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Speaker 1: the week. He's number sixteen. I mean, how tremendous is that?

458
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Speaker 1: You know when that first one, the extra point was,

459
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Speaker 1: of course they're going to make this poor guy who's

460
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Speaker 1: never kicked an NFL feel cool. Kicked from over fifty

461
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Speaker 1: yards for his first attempt, but he made it. Coach

462
00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,920
Speaker 1: said he was nailing them in practice. He was, and

463
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Speaker 1: that's why he u he went with it. He said

464
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Speaker 1: if he was missing some of those, he would have

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Speaker 1: thought differently, but he felt confident and he went with it. Yeah,

466
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Speaker 1: and I mean he could play again on Sandy of

467
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Speaker 1: Kaymi Fairbaron is not cleared, and you know it just

468
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Speaker 1: you're right, Like I think for these playoff teams, like

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Speaker 1: just watching the Saints Dolphins game last night, you just

470
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Speaker 1: think if they just didn't have like their fourth string

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Speaker 1: quarterback in the game. They just couldn't get anything going

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Speaker 1: on offense. The Dolphins must have been so happy. Can

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Speaker 1: you imagine that you get a break like that they're playing,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think the Saints side and offensive lineman

475
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Speaker 1: like that morning that they were playing. I mean, it

476
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Speaker 1: was disaster for them and they needed that one bad.

477
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Speaker 1: But I was happy for the Dolphins. Good for you guys,

478
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Speaker 1: you know. And since they played the Texans, they've won

479
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Speaker 1: seven in a row. They look really look they don't,

480
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Speaker 1: but no team has ever done that, lost seven in

481
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Speaker 1: a row and then won seven in a row. And

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Speaker 1: if they make the playoffs, that's definitely going to be

483
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Speaker 1: a first. Right now. If the season ended today, which

484
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Speaker 1: obviously it doesn't, they would be in the playoffs. So

485
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Speaker 1: I'm eager to see what they do. I don't think

486
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Speaker 1: they're that good, but they're winning games, and good for them.

487
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Speaker 1: I mean, I'd love to be eight and seven right now,

488
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Speaker 1: are you kidding a right too? It was funny to

489
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Speaker 1: see all the former Texans in on that game. Texas,

490
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Speaker 1: and when I say former, I mean like they were

491
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Speaker 1: here at the beginning of the season, like in camp

492
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Speaker 1: Bradley Roby, mark Ingram, Philip Lindsay was running the ball

493
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Speaker 1: for the Dolphins. Wow, it's crazy. The all reject Texans

494
00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:21,800
Speaker 1: team has some notable names on it. Every every game

495
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Speaker 1: I watched, I'm like, oh, that guy was with us

496
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Speaker 1: in camp. But you know what, I feel like we're

497
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Speaker 1: gonna know a lot of players after this year because

498
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,960
Speaker 1: we've had so many players. Lindsay was doing a postgame

499
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Speaker 1: interview on national television last night. I'm thinking, really, really okay,

500
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Speaker 1: but you know what, you didn't have a Buck forty

501
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Speaker 1: nine like Rex. No, you didn't know all I gotta say.

502
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Speaker 1: And he's up for like PEPSI Ground Player of the Week,

503
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Speaker 1: Offensive playwork, get it REXI. I hope he gets it.

504
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:47,800
Speaker 1: Good for him. We had him on the Players Show

505
00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:49,960
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago. How about all the national love

506
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 1: the Texans are getting? Like I have the monitor on

507
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:53,960
Speaker 1: in my office and I'm just soaking it up. Yesterday,

508
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,440
Speaker 1: everyone's talking about the Texans and the smart people are saying, look,

509
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Speaker 1: because you'll have these these talking head shows and somebody

510
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Speaker 1: will say, well, the Chargers didn't have Nick Joey Boss

511
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Speaker 1: they die, they have this and that, and then you

512
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Speaker 1: know somebody will bounce back with, Hey, the Texans were

513
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,959
Speaker 1: missing like two thirds of their teams since opening day. Okay,

514
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,920
Speaker 1: so no, no, no, you don't get to make excuses

515
00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 1: if you're the Chargers. And uh yeah, so they straightened

516
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:19,119
Speaker 1: about that was pretty good. Hey, you know when the Chargers,

517
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Speaker 1: when I was when we were talking about them last week,

518
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Speaker 1: you look at their roster and their offensive numbers, and

519
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:26,600
Speaker 1: I thought, how have they lost six games? Like Justin

520
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,280
Speaker 1: Herbert was playing out of his mind this year. Yeah,

521
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,359
Speaker 1: they're not good on defense, and Staley is a defensive coach.

522
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Speaker 1: Then they they strolled on offense too, They strolled. They've

523
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Speaker 1: won games by taking the ball away. That's it. They're

524
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Speaker 1: they're the number one strip sacking team in the league.

525
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Speaker 1: But bosas the big, biggest part of that, and that's

526
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Speaker 1: how they've won games. They've got the ball out, but

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Speaker 1: they didn't do it with the Texans, so that you know,

528
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Speaker 1: the Texans just ran the ball. Well balanced attack on offense,

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Speaker 1: really effective attack and on defense you know takeaways. Well,

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Speaker 1: the Texans didn't have to face the Boast last week,

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Speaker 1: but they'll be facing a Bosa this week unless things

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Speaker 1: change otherwise. Let's take a break. When we come back,

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Speaker 1: let's look at this forty nine Ers team and what

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Speaker 1: the season out on the West Coast. It's a three

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Speaker 1: o'clock kick. I think I kind of like three o'clock kicks. Mark.

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Speaker 1: I like having the day to just sort of get

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Speaker 1: ready and watch the game. No, I a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Then I like to get up and watch the pole,

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Speaker 1: and then I like to prep for my pregame show

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Speaker 1: while watching a little bit of football. I do hate late.

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Speaker 1: That's the thing that so it's like you pick your poison,

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Speaker 1: o'clock kicks. They would say, yeah, let's go. Yeah, because noon,

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Speaker 1: you know, I grew up on the East Coast, so

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Speaker 1: everything is one o'clock there with NFL starts, and it

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Speaker 1: just seemed very manageable. Yes, noon is like morning still, right,

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Speaker 1: you know, so on a Sunday especially, so you're right,

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Speaker 1: it is early. But you know, for working in this business,

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Speaker 1: I love the nooner, Are you kidding? I get I

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Speaker 1: wake up, have breakfast, game time, let's go. And then

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Speaker 1: after the game it's already dinner time, after you've written

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Speaker 1: know that you can sample some of the afternoon games

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Speaker 1: too when you're at home, which is kind of cool.

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Speaker 1: I always love doing that, watching a little red zone

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Speaker 1: when I get home, if I get home in time

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Speaker 1: for that. So yeah, I don't I don't know. The

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Speaker 1: West Coast games are weird though, because for anybody anywhere East,

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Speaker 1: which is most teams travel laying there, uh you know

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Speaker 1: you're coming back where verse body clock Monday is different.

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Speaker 1: But these are luxury problems. We get to go to

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Speaker 1: these games for the most part. Now the radio crew

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Speaker 1: that they stayed. Well, that's the other thing. They show

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Speaker 1: up because you want a Monday morning radio show, right,

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, We're going all night on the Red Eye,

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Speaker 1: call because the Merry Christmas is still doing a little

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Speaker 1: number on your vocal cords, isn't it. Well, you know what,

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Speaker 1: it's funny because like the warmth in Houston and then

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Speaker 1: the allergies kick up that combined with Sunday's game, I

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Speaker 1: just wasn't ready for my voice just blew out, you know,

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Speaker 1: if it was the call, though I loved it. Well,

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Speaker 1: at least I got it done during the game, which

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Speaker 1: is what matters most, right, you know, So those those calls, uh, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was. It was fun man. It was a great

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Speaker 1: game for that, you know, just and seeing the fans happy.

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Speaker 1: Andre Johnson and the McNair's suite with fifty you know,

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Speaker 1: all the celebs when you when you think about you know,

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Speaker 1: this is the La Chargers, but we're in Houston and

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Speaker 1: we got the Selebs that was cool and had the

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Speaker 1: big blowout win and it was just wonderful. What a

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Speaker 1: wonderful day that was. We needed a day like that

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Speaker 1: and hopefully, hopefully we get another one and the season

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Speaker 1: finalely when the Titans come. I would love it to

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Speaker 1: be set up so the Texans could possibly knock the

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Speaker 1: Titans out. That would be awesome. I think it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be tough to do well. The Texans can definitely play spoiler.

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Speaker 1: I think them beating the Chargers really hurts the Chargers

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Speaker 1: quite a bit. It's such a tight race both d

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Speaker 1: and NFC and the forty nine Ers. They need to

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Speaker 1: win their final two games and then they can solidify

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Speaker 1: their chances. So if they lose to the Texans, I

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Speaker 1: don't know if that knocks them out, but it doesn't

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Speaker 1: knock them out, but then their destiny is out of

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Speaker 1: their control. I think then they might need to have

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Speaker 1: a few things happen, but right now they control their destiny.

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Speaker 1: They can win, but they hold a tiebreaker over a

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Speaker 1: couple of others. They have the Rams last, okay, but

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Speaker 1: I think they own the Rams. But good luck with that,

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Speaker 1: because with the Garoppolo situation, this is interesting from a

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Speaker 1: prep standpoint. You know, how do you handle that? So

637
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Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to it. Let's let's see if they

638
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 1: can have some fun out there. Like we said, their

639
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: defense is better. They got all those playmakers on offense.

640
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 1: Man oh man, they got Debo and they've mean I

641
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 1: you can kittle and they are loaded. But without Garoppolo

642
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,719
Speaker 1: to get them the ball, it's going to be interesting

643
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,719
Speaker 1: to see. Yeah, that was actually something I was talking

644
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 1: to Keana Martin. She's a forty nine Ers senior reporter.

645
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 1: I asked her about Garoppolo. She thinks that she she says, well,

646
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:53,760
Speaker 1: it could change obviously tomorrow, but she feels like Kyle Shanahan,

647
00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:55,240
Speaker 1: it could be one of those things where he'll just

648
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 1: let it go up until game day and just let

649
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,520
Speaker 1: it be a gain quote game time decision. But I

650
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: don't know. It just seems like if you've got a

651
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 1: what is it, a thumb sprain in your throwing hand,

652
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 1: And she said that when he came out in the

653
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: second half against the Titans, he threw a pick right away.

654
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 1: So he just didn't look right. He just didn't look

655
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 1: right right away after because I think he suffered the

656
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,160
Speaker 1: thumb injury on a sack in the second quarter. But

657
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 1: he still came out and played, but he just didn't

658
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 1: look like himself. So I don't know, can your thumb

659
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 1: heel that quickly in a week? I suppose it could. Well,

660
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 1: if it's ligament damage, No, it's not it. Yeah, And

661
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 1: I feel like they're gonna put the guy out there

662
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 1: that's gonna give them the best chance to win. And

663
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 1: while we may think it's Garoppolo because he's a starter,

664
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Speaker 1: if he's not the Garoppolo that they want to see,

665
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 1: if he's not a healthy Garoppolo, then that's time for

666
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,000
Speaker 1: Trey Lance. So I want Lance because I want this.

667
00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 1: I want rookie versus rookie. I want Mills number two overall. Well, yeah,

668
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 1: because look, you had Mills versus mac Jones. Obviously Mills lost,

669
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 1: but Mills put up good numbers in that game. Overall,

670
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 1: Mills against Trevor Lawrence victory. Now, I know the quarterbacks

671
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,640
Speaker 1: don't play each other. It's a team game, but it's

672
00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 1: going to compare. But you can't compare the two Trey

673
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: Land ants this year fifty two percent completion rate, three touchdowns,

674
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,040
Speaker 1: one pick. All. Right, Now, he can't run the ball

675
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: a little bit, but it hasn't been crazy. Now against

676
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,760
Speaker 1: ARIZONI ran sixteen times for eighty nine yards. Okay, seven

677
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 1: for forty one against the Seahawks, Okay, so he's got

678
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,719
Speaker 1: thirty for one thirty seven. So it is definitely a

679
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: factor him running with the ball. But he hasn't played

680
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 1: that much and I think that that's going to help

681
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: the text. He's played in five games, but he's only

682
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,360
Speaker 1: started the one when they face the Cardinals, and in

683
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 1: the start, if you just look at the numbers that

684
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,440
Speaker 1: he had in the game that he started, fifteen of

685
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 1: twenty nine for one hundred ninety two yards, no touchdowns,

686
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: one interception, two sacks, fifty eight point four passer rating. Now,

687
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:45,040
Speaker 1: with that being said, he has improved. It's a lot

688
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 1: like Davis Mills. Like Davis Mills earlier in the season

689
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 1: versus Davis Mills now, a lot of improvement Trey Lands.

690
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 1: He's been getting scout team reps, He's been getting a

691
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 1: lot of work. He got first team reps in practice

692
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 1: on Monday. So he's going to get the majority of

693
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 1: reps probably this week as Garoppolo gets looked at. But

694
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:01,760
Speaker 1: he's probably better than he was the last time he

695
00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 1: started a game. But even that being said, I'm with you.

696
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 1: I mean, I do want to see Trey Lance. I

697
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 1: think it's I like when a guy like Davis Mills

698
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 1: was a third round pick when he beat Trevor Lawrence. Right,

699
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 1: you know, it makes it look like, what's the point

700
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: in drafting a quarterback high? When you can get a

701
00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 1: guy and you look really smart? Right, you can get

702
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 1: a quarterback in the round. Now, people were killing the

703
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 1: Texans for picking a quarterback in the third round, But

704
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: you know what if it turns out to be the

705
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:29,760
Speaker 1: right decision after all, and he's someone that you can

706
00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 1: really grow with into at least the near term future. Well,

707
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 1: people are asking me all along, you know, do I

708
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be the guy? And I think that's

709
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: a you know, a big question. Daniel Jeremiah was here

710
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,600
Speaker 1: in the building. You know, he works for NFL Network,

711
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,560
Speaker 1: evaluates talent. He's a big draft expert. He does the

712
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 1: color for the Chargers on the radio. So I saw

713
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: him on Sunday and after the game he said Davis

714
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:55,240
Speaker 1: Mills is your quarterback next year. There's no question. I mean,

715
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: is is there gonna be somebody in the draft or

716
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: and free agency that's going to I wouldn't be surprised

717
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 1: if they drafted somebody, but I don't think it'll be

718
00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: high if unless Mills falls off a cliff here in

719
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 1: production and he shows you some things that you're just

720
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 1: totally uncomfortable with. But I want to see him even

721
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:15,799
Speaker 1: get better, you know what I mean. He's a guy

722
00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,000
Speaker 1: who tends to improve, So improve even more, you know,

723
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:21,880
Speaker 1: or just play well in these last two games to

724
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 1: remove any kind of doubt. I'm not saying there is doubt.

725
00:34:24,560 --> 00:34:26,360
Speaker 1: I don't know how they really feel about this stuff

726
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 1: behind closed doors, but look, you'd love to have this

727
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 1: sort of solved. Am I solved? I mean, you just

728
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,879
Speaker 1: feel comfortable going into year twenty twenty two with him. Yeah,

729
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:37,399
Speaker 1: It's just one less thing you got to worry about

730
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 1: in the draft. The one thing I like about Davis

731
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 1: Mills when he talks, he talks about how now he's

732
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 1: seeing stuff that he's seen before, and he recognizes it

733
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:46,399
Speaker 1: and he can adjust a little bit faster. He talked

734
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 1: about it in the Jacksonville game as well. I mean

735
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:51,440
Speaker 1: he had mentioned did he mention this in a press

736
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 1: conference or did he mention it in deep sith that

737
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 1: he's got a really good memory. That's huge, yea. Like

738
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,320
Speaker 1: now as he builds up his memory bank of plays

739
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: and looks he's he should only get better if he

740
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 1: doesn't make the same mistake twice the throat of Nico.

741
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,239
Speaker 1: It was a running play and he checked into it.

742
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,200
Speaker 1: And that's what you're supposed to do in this offense.

743
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,080
Speaker 1: You're sposed to do. But I don't know, are they

744
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:16,479
Speaker 1: upset about that? Don't go for the touch that? But look,

745
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,399
Speaker 1: you want bump Phillips said, what did he say? Right?

746
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 1: Two kinds of players aren't I'm going to paraphrase this,

747
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:26,239
Speaker 1: aren't where damn all right? One that one that never

748
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: does what he's told, and one that only does what

749
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 1: he's told, right, And you don't want either. What you

750
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:36,000
Speaker 1: want is no, you want one, all right? So? Yeah,

751
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:40,839
Speaker 1: exactly you want one? Wait a minute, yeah, so one

752
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,400
Speaker 1: that never does what he's told and one that only

753
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:45,879
Speaker 1: does what he's told. You don't want either of those guys.

754
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: You want one that does what he's told but occasionally

755
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,760
Speaker 1: goes above and beyond it makes a decision for himself

756
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,360
Speaker 1: to make something spectacular happen. You know, they have to

757
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,360
Speaker 1: be able to isn't that freelance. But they've got to

758
00:35:57,360 --> 00:35:59,719
Speaker 1: be able to be creative and make plays, especially at

759
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,439
Speaker 1: that position where you have some autonomy at the line

760
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:05,520
Speaker 1: of scrimmage to make decisions that affect the outcome and

761
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,839
Speaker 1: you see something that's just not right or you think

762
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,839
Speaker 1: something else is going to work better. This is why

763
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 1: they got him, because he's got that brain that is

764
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 1: able to do this. Now, the processing has to happen

765
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:18,719
Speaker 1: very quickly in the execution and all that. On that

766
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: play it did, Let's see if it could happen. I

767
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 1: think it also builds confidence too. When you get to

768
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: go out there in freelance and make a decision, that

769
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,760
Speaker 1: means you want the confidence to do it, which I think.

770
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:30,080
Speaker 1: I think for quarterbacks that's the big thing. They got

771
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 1: to just get to the point where they feel confident

772
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 1: and they're not second guessing or worrying about what's going

773
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:36,520
Speaker 1: to happen where the pressure is coming from. They can

774
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 1: just go out there and play ball and play backyard

775
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 1: football or or how were they view it and I

776
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 1: think that him checking in or out of plays with

777
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 1: that much ease just shows that he's kind of growing

778
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 1: in his confidence. Here's a question for you, though we

779
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 1: talk about draft, I'm very curious, Like I look at

780
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:54,319
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers. They've got Deebo Samuel, who's got

781
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:58,319
Speaker 1: twelve touchdowns. He leads the team in rushing touchdowns as

782
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: a wide receiver, and he's got five receiving touchdowns. He

783
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:05,000
Speaker 1: also had one hundred nine yards receiving against the Titans.

784
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:10,120
Speaker 1: What say you about drafting guys that are like Swiss

785
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: like Cordarrell Patterson. I love it, Like, are we trending

786
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:14,560
Speaker 1: in the direction where we're just going to get a

787
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 1: guy who will just line up and he'll be really

788
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:18,440
Speaker 1: good as a running back, will be really good as

789
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 1: a wide receiver, Like I feel like, is that where

790
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: we're headed? It seems like those teams are so successful

791
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 1: that if you can find a guy like I feel

792
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: like A J. Brown was used like that initially and

793
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 1: now he's more of a little bit of a traditional receiver,

794
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: but a really good one. And A J. Brown's ability

795
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 1: physically reminds me a little bit of Andrey Johnson physically, Okay,

796
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's Andrey Johnson, but you know his big,

797
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: strong guy can make people pay when he gets yack

798
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 1: or attempts to get jack. Now, as far as what

799
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 1: you just said, leviscas Chanal is one of those guys.

800
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 1: To me, you know a guy who can make plays

801
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 1: in a variety of ways. You can hand off to him,

802
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 1: you can do you can do things with him with

803
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 1: the football. So yeah, I want to see more of that.

804
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: I love that Traymont Smith. We talked about it with

805
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 1: Tavier that he got the ball the other day, you know,

806
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: And I think when you do stuff like that, the

807
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,200
Speaker 1: opponent's gotta be ready. They gotta prepare. They got to

808
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,359
Speaker 1: prepare for that much more stuff in their game plan

809
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:14,479
Speaker 1: every single week. All Right. It's just curious something to watch.

810
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:15,880
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna ask Johnny when we get into the

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Speaker 1: draft season about guys like that who potentials might be.

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Speaker 1: All right, the Colts, unless you're living under a rock.

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Speaker 1: They placed Carson Wentz on the COVID reserve list. Today

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Speaker 1: they're nine and six. They're facing an eight and seven

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Speaker 1: they could be without their starting quarterback. They will be

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00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:50,840
Speaker 1: without him because he's out vaccinated. That's true. But I

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Speaker 1: I'm assuming he's articles all right. So, according to Zach

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Speaker 1: Keifer of The Emplas Star, there is a possibility of

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Speaker 1: bringing back Philip Rivers being discussed so smart because he's

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Speaker 1: been coaching high school football, right, but if he's in shape,

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Speaker 1: are you being sarcastic? Well, yeah, I didn't say, because

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Speaker 1: I have to continue with it. You know, it started

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Speaker 1: with here's what he's been doing. But he's got to

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Speaker 1: be in shape. If he's in shape, maybe, just maybe

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Speaker 1: he's the right guy to put in there as opposed

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Speaker 1: to you know whoever Ian book equivalent. You don't want

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Speaker 1: to have to do that. Rivers knows the offense, just

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Speaker 1: played in it last year now, hasn't been practicing, hasn't

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Speaker 1: been throwing. That's a big deal, DP, especially at his age.

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Speaker 1: I'm not so sure it's gonna look so pretty. This

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Speaker 1: guy is in Ben Roethlisberger's class, after all. Roethlisberger eli Manning,

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Speaker 1: he's that old, been around that long, and he does

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Speaker 1: know that offense. But can he step in and play

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Speaker 1: that well? He can hand off to Jonathan Taylor and

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Speaker 1: if they can protect him, but they got old line

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Speaker 1: issues too with COVID and other stuff. If they can

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Speaker 1: protect him, maybe he can make enough throws. Maybe. But

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Speaker 1: what does Wentz do very well? He does a number

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Speaker 1: of things very well. That weird pass across his body.

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Speaker 1: He throws left handed interceptions. He's kind of grown out

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Speaker 1: of that this year. They're on a hot streak right now.

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Speaker 1: They look really good. They're a real sexy team right now.

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Speaker 1: If he's out there, he moves around better than you think.

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Speaker 1: You know, you think, Oh Weds, he's a statue. He's

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Speaker 1: not a statue. He can run, He can run outside

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Speaker 1: the pocket. He can do things on the move. Rivers, No,

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Speaker 1: not even close. So I'm not so sure that's going

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Speaker 1: to work as well as people might dream. But they

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Speaker 1: gotta do something. They got guess what Josh Johnson unavailable?

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Speaker 1: Oh I don't know if the Ravens of Yeah, Sam

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Speaker 1: Ellinger is on their roster and he can start, but

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Speaker 1: he might might be. And I look, I know Longhorn.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to say anything blasphemous. Year he might

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Speaker 1: be the Ian book equivalent of what you saw him

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Speaker 1: Monday night football against the Dolphins. I'm not saying he's terrible.

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Speaker 1: He might not be ready, but you know what he

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Speaker 1: can do. He can run with the football. You know,

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Speaker 1: he can make plays with his legs. So you're run

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Speaker 1: with Jonathan Taylor, maybe you roll out Ellinger, you make

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Speaker 1: plays like that. I'm not so sure how it's gonna be.

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Speaker 1: But but will he throw fewer or more interceptions than

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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers? Because I feel like that's something I remembered

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Speaker 1: about Linger in camp is that he was throwing a

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Speaker 1: lot of picks. Could he was rowing a lot of picks?

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Speaker 1: But Philip Rivers last year in his first game against Jacksonville,

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Speaker 1: that was the that was the only win that Jacksonville

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Speaker 1: had last year. Was Philip Rivers, like, what if he's

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Speaker 1: going to knock off the rust, you need to have

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Speaker 1: him for a couple of games, and then you're counting

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Speaker 1: on him to make the playoffs and then you bring

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Speaker 1: them back and you would have been better off just

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Speaker 1: maybe sticking with the guys that you had. Reportedly, Rivers

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Speaker 1: said no to the Saints, right, and who else said

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Speaker 1: no to the Saints? It wasn't Brett Yeah, with Drew Brees,

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Speaker 1: it was Drew Brees. He said no, Yeah, because they

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Speaker 1: kicked the tires on both those guys because they knew

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Speaker 1: that they were in dire straits and they clearly were

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Speaker 1: based Why would your brief do you think? As he's

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Speaker 1: just like I'm done. What if he came back and

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Speaker 1: it was so done? Feel well? They know what they're

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Speaker 1: playing behind with that offensive line and the issues they

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Speaker 1: were having, right, And it's it's easier said than done.

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Speaker 1: You don't just step in like, oh hi, guys, like

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Speaker 1: you're playing tennis with your buddies. You know it's not

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Speaker 1: it's not It's NFL football. They are there to take

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Speaker 1: your head off, all right. Loss to look forward to

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Speaker 1: as we approach Sunday's game and lost two look forward

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Speaker 1: to with Texans Replay. John Harris has it up next.

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Speaker 1: Lots to remember and relive with some great moments from

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Speaker 1: Sunday's win against the Chargers. That's coming up next. That's

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Speaker 1: gonna do it for Texans All Access. Thank you so

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