WEBVTT - GM Nick Caserio + Superbowl predictions | Texans All Access 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:02.520 What's up, everybody. Welcome into a Wednesday. They should have 0:00:02.600 --> 0:00:06.280 Texans All Access from the Monday Texans Radio studio. I'm 0:00:06.280 --> 0:00:08.520 your host, John Harris Football and on the sideline reporter. 0:00:09.080 --> 0:00:12.000 So glad to be with you for the next two 0:00:12.039 --> 0:00:17.840 hours because it's game week. Yes, Sunday kick noon against 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:22.040 the Inneapolis Colts on September eleventh. Looking forward to the game, 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:25.040 maybe more so than any opener in quite some time. 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:27.639 Very curious to see not only how the Texans look 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:30.600 in week one, but also how the Colts look and 0:00:30.600 --> 0:00:33.080 how the Texans obviously stack up to one of the 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:36.720 teams perceived to be great this year. Now we got 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:39.400 a jam pack show, Mark Vandemir stopping by and just 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:41.960 a little bit for an interview, but he's also gonna 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:44.960 be here for twenty questions. We got Dpciter sitting down 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:48.240 with John Grenard. We've got men behind the Mikes, Matt Taylor, 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:50.839 the voice of the Colts with Mark, and then we 0:00:50.920 --> 0:00:53.560 got a little in the lab. But we kick off 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:57.920 tonight's show with the general manager of your Houston Texans, 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:01.560 Nick Cassario, and of course we gotta get his thoughts 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:04.480 right at the shoot game week Baby let's go. You're excited, 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.039 excited about the opportunity here on Sunday, so I think 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:08.440 the team will be ready to go a big challenge 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:11.360 in front of us. So with to play good football. Nick. 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:13.760 We talked a little bit about the Colts last week, 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:16.200 but now it can really dive in and a player 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:19.000 that interests me in a good way in a bad 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:21.360 way is Grover Stewart for the Colts. We all know 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:23.920 about the Forest Buckner, we know about skill Leonard. Grover 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:25.640 Stewart sort of flies into the radar. You got a 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:27.440 second contract from the Colts. I think it's a guy 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.679 that Chris really believes in that defense, really believes in. 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:31.440 How much of a problem does he become in the middle. 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:34.480 He absolutely, I'd say probably is a player that can 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:36.679 kind of helps solidify their front and kind of slow 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:38.520 start to his career, but it's turned into a really 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:41.000 good player. I think what makes him unique is for 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.800 how big he is six six three forty. He's a 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.280 big man, but he's very athletic for his size, so 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:49.760 his length is playing strength. He's got good quickness. So 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:51.800 when you pair that with a player like Buckner on 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:54.480 the interior their defense, like they want to be strong 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:55.920 in the middle of the defense, and those are two 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:58.320 players that give them the opportunity to do that. Nick, 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:01.360 we always talk draft with you and players coming out 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:03.520 of college, but you guys scout all the teams in 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:07.680 the league. Here and Matt Ryan veteran thirty seven years old, 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:10.920 and you evaluated him coming out of college too. What 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:13.400 do you make of his career, the trajectory and what 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:15.880 he brings to the Colts. Yeah, he's had a great career, 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:18.240 There's no question about it. So it's been a very 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.760 consistent player, very dependable player, very durable player. I mean 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.359 he's been on the field essentially every game that he's 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:27.560 been that he's played, so it speaks to his preparation 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:30.400 and speaks to the toughness. He's a very skilled player, 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:32.760 very accurate, and I want to say he's around I 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:35.480 don't know, sixty five percent career completion percentage, which for 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:39.600 a quarterbacks really good. So it makes good decisions, anticipates well, instinctive, 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:42.080 smart with the ball. He's very, very tough. So for 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.360 a player that doesn't necessarily move a lot, you know, 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:47.639 he's more of a pocket thrower, but he's very tough. 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:49.880 He knows how to move within the pocket, and he 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.520 can deliver the ball under stress and under duress. So 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:55.799 I think they're excited about what he potentially could bring 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:57.600 to their offense. So it's certainly going to be a 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.160 challenge for our defense, no question about him. Nick. Two 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:01.720 years after the fact that I'm still trying to figure 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:04.080 out how Johnson Taylor got to the second round and 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.080 then how he got to Adianapolis coach, which I hit 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:08.040 all those teams that decided to pass on him so 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:10.640 he could go to Indianapolis. And now he's turned into 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.000 arguably one of the top five players in the league, argue, 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.240 the top running back in the league. Why does he 0:03:15.320 --> 0:03:18.040 create such issues for defenses? Yeah? I mean really, he 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:20.600 does everything well. He's big, he's two hundred and twenty five, 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:22.720 two hundred and thirty pounds, and he's fast. So when 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.480 you put that combination together, and he's instinctive, and he's 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:28.840 got a good, good running style, good lower body strength, 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:31.960 and if you give him any space, which unfortunately we 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:34.240 saw that in our games last year, if you give 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:37.280 him any space, he gets into the space so quickly, 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:39.280 and then he's got really good top end speed in 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:41.720 acceleration so if you don't have enough speed in the 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.480 second third level of defense, he's just gonna run away 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:46.640 from me. So we're gonna have to make sure. I mean, 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:48.600 tackling is gonna be at a premium. I know, Love 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:50.360 He's talked about that a little bit here during the 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:51.760 course of the week, but tackling is gonna be at 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:53.760 the premium. Getting multiple hats of the ball. He just 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:56.280 can't give him any space. So the run fits and 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:59.240 leveraging the ball are going to be important against their offense. 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:01.240 And I know we're talking a lot about Taylor, but 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:04.080 Hinz presents as many problems. So it's a good one 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:06.240 two punch. So they really compliment each other. Well, they're 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:09.080 both fast, and Nahem isn't as big as Jonathan, but 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.760 he's equally as fast as explosive. So when those two 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:14.280 players are on the field, the potentially puts the defense 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:16.680 in conflict. But they're two really good players and we're 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:18.600 gonna have to attend with them, no question about it. Well, 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:22.160 it's an interesting offense to evaluate because Philip Rivers two 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.400 years ago, Carson Wentz last year, and now you have 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:27.120 Matt Ryan. How are they different you think? Or is 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:29.479 it all still a Frank Reich project, and it's going 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:31.400 to be very similar. Yeah. I mean this is Frank 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:33.760 and coach Brady, so they had the system has been 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:35.880 in place here for a number of years, and I 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:38.240 think what they try to do is modify to their 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.760 offense to whoever is playing quarterback. But I'd say there's 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:42.840 a lot of similarities between Philip and Matt. I mean, 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:44.400 I want to say they're the same player, and even 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:47.600 Carson to some extent. Carson maybe a little bit more athletic, 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:50.480 had better movement skills. But they're all big, they're all strong, 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.880 you know, they all are tough. They play from the pocket. 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:56.719 So they have their system in place. They think there's 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:58.520 gonna be some things that they're gonna do regardless of 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:01.200 who's playing quarterback. I mean starts with the running game. 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:04.360 I mean, Pittman's emerged as a really good young player. 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:07.400 They drafted Pierce in the second round. They've used dueling 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.120 at different points, so they have I would say they're 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:13.159 explosive offensively, and they can score from anywhere on the field. 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:16.000 So I think big plays tackling will be at a 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.359 premium just in terms of preventing those from a defensive 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:20.400 side of the ball. They've added, like you said, Pierce, 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.719 they've added a few rookies, they haven't added a much 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:24.920 and a lot of other places except for one guy 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:28.080 that you actually know pretty well out at corner, Xavier 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:31.839 Rhodes out to find Gilmore steps into that spot and 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.880 watching him during the preseason, you okay, that's the Gilmore 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.440 that we all know. What kind of problem does he present? 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:40.880 Nick's to find Gilmore out on the outside for the Colts. Now, Yeah, 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:44.120 Steph's a really good player. He's got good length, six 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:46.200 foot one hundred ninety pounds. He runs well. He's a 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:50.120 very instinctive player, like he understands football, he understands splits, 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:53.039 he understands receivers, and he plays the ball well. And 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:56.039 he's very competitive. Despite his i would say demeanor and 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.760 how he articulates his thoughts, he's a really good kid. 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:01.080 He's a good football player. Kind of had some injuries 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:02.680 that he had to deal with over the last few years. 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.000 But to your point, John, he looks like he's healthy 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.720 and ready to go. So they added him, and they 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:10.039 and the addition of Phason is kind of one of 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.920 those under the radar types of things. So Brandon has 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.880 experience in Gus's system, so he's with him in San 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.160 Diego in LA and he's with him in Vegas. So 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:20.960 those two players fit the profile of what they want 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:22.919 in the perimeter. They like the big, long corners that 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.880 can run. And then Kenny's been as consistent a player 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:27.680 at his position as they're in a league over the 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:30.360 last cover many years. So they're good in the secondary, 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:32.279 they're good on the front line. And then they draft 0:06:32.320 --> 0:06:34.520 a Cross in the third round. Who's big, he's fast, 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.920 he's tough. So they had essentially replaced Cross, or excuse me, 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:42.320 replaced Willis with Cross. You know, the un foreseen retirement 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:44.920 of Willis are in the off season, but they probably 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.120 anticipated that there a little bit with a drafting across. 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.599 So they've gotten younger, they've added some new players to 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:51.960 go along with some of the existing players on their team, 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:55.040 and schematically, they'll do some things that are specific to 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:57.880 Gus's system, but they're certainly going to present some problems 0:06:58.200 --> 0:07:00.800 for our offense on the defensive side of the ball. Nick, 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:04.160 you've been watching all these game planning practices and without 0:07:04.200 --> 0:07:07.719 sharing all the secrets, what about the Texans offensive identity? 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:11.640 Because here is a game one situation element of surprise, 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:14.400 and they want to establish that identity. However, it's going 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.120 to play out very quickly. Yeah. I mean running the 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:19.520 football regardless of who you play in a week to 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:21.360 week basis, So being able to run the ball, being 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:22.800 able to stop the run, that's going to be at 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.120 a premium here this week. So I think this will 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:27.880 be a good opportunity for us offensive. It's all about execution. 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:30.680 It's all about getting the manageable down to distance situations, 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:32.600 being able to execute on third down, and hopefully when 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:34.960 get the ball into the red area, scoring touchdown. So 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:37.160 there's a lot of elements that we're gonna see. We 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:39.520 saw some of those elements last year. Turnovers are always 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:41.360 going to be a factor. You go back and look 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:43.400 at the game last year. It's ten three at half time, 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:45.120 then we throw the interception and you get the big 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.000 play for a touchdown, and before you know, it's bios 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:48.880 out of control and you know, the game gets out 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:50.960 of hand. So I just want to make sure that 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:52.640 you know you control the game as best we can 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:56.040 limit the the big plays from their offense and try 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.400 to create some big plays offensively and try to be 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:00.560 good in a running game on both sides of the nick. 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:03.679 I think last week we touched a little bit on 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.440 your waiver claim of Tyler Johnson, who came from the Buccaneers. 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:09.120 I know we didn't talk about OJ Howard being added. 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:12.080 What are your thoughts We'll get to thoughts about Tyler 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.000 as well. But OJ and Tyler being added to the 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:16.400 passing game, how does that impact the offense? Yeah, both 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.080 experienced players have had varying levels of production regardless of 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:20.880 where they've been. I mean, OJ was a good player 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.200 there in Tampa Bay for for a number of years, 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.680 and he had the injury in twenty twenty twenty. I 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:27.640 believe it was so, and then twenty one kind of 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:30.400 slowed him a little bit. But big strong runs, well, 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:33.360 you know, Tyler's had some production, has good size, it says, 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:35.240 a decent run after catch players. So the big thing 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:37.240 will be in a short period of time, whether or 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:39.559 not we can get those players acclimated to our system, 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:41.040 whether or not we can get them ready to play there. 0:08:41.080 --> 0:08:43.840 Obviously not going to be able to handle the entire offense. 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:47.080 But you're into more of a game plan specific type things, 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:49.559 so certain things that may be more relevant than others. 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:51.520 So we'll see if we can get ready to play, 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.199 and we'll work through the week to see who's actually 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:56.320 going to be available come game time. Nick pre Covid, 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:58.880 And it's hard to imagine that a year ago we 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:01.200 were still in testing mode all the time and everything. 0:09:01.200 --> 0:09:03.960 But pre Covid Tuesdays we're a big day for players 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.280 to come around to different teams around the league and 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.840 try out. How is that working now and what do 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:11.760 you get out of that? Is that to keep the 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:15.679 role of decks fresh with information on potential players if 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:17.920 you do need them. Yeah, that's probably the big thing. Mark. 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.480 So you kind of have a familiarity with most players, 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:22.640 and we've gone through the preseason, so there's been a 0:09:22.720 --> 0:09:24.440 number of players that have been on rosters that have 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.480 been released, and it's not necessarily i would say position 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:30.880 specific or geared towards a specific player. It's more to 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:32.920 kind of get a general mosaic of players and get 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.559 more information and either confirm the information that we have 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:37.920 or maybe we find something different and maybe we find 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.440 we have a better option. So you're always trying to 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:42.920 prepare for the what if. So if we lose someone, 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:45.360 what's our next option? So I would say in the interim, 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:47.920 the first option is the practice squad. Okay, if we 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:49.920 don't have a player at that respective position on the 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:53.640 practice squad, what's the alternative? And we'll probably have a 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:55.720 decent amount of movement on and off the practice squad. 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:58.120 So if you're replacing a player, who you're replacing them with. 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:01.080 So I would say the first month or so, four 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:03.960 to six weeks, well the volume was probably higher. I 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.800 mean league wide, I'd say ourselves included. Then once we 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:09.079 kind of get through the first three or four weeks, 0:10:09.360 --> 0:10:11.520 probably have a pretty good idea who's available, and we'll 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:14.080 be able to plug a hole if necessary. Nick, As 0:10:14.120 --> 0:10:17.960 you prepare for a game, you prepare so many different ways, 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:20.040 so many situations. First, second down, third down, what are 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:21.880 you doing? Fourth down? How do you handle an end 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.240 a half? End of game situations? It was actually reading 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:27.000 article this morning. I thought it was interesting about University Houston. 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:29.160 They went into overtime the other day against UTSA, and 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.920 they've done a study on overtime about taking the ball 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:34.120 first or playing defense first, and I thought it was 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:36.400 pretty interesting from that standpoint because you don't play a 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:39.959 ton of overtime games, but the college, you have to 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:42.800 attack it a certain way. Is overtime something that you 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.920 look at as a particular situation that you put studies into, 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:48.800 analytics into how you go about overtime because it has 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.560 changed over the years. How do you kind of attack 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:52.760 overtime and how do you look at and perceive it. Yeah, No, 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.880 there's strategy involved in essentially all phases. So once you 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:58.680 kind of get passed early downs, essentially each game is 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.400 situational football. It's about third down, it's about red area, 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:03.520 it's about and a half, it's about four minutes, about 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.560 short yardagan goal line. If you do happen again into overtime, 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.880 what's your philosophy, who's the opponent? Who are your playing? 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.360 So we allocate a lot of time and resourcing to 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:15.120 understanding kind of what's going on, what are other teams doing, 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:16.760 what are there so many things that we might want 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:19.000 to implement. We'll talk about them as a staff and 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:20.720 just make sure we're prepared. So if we are in 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:22.920 that situation, we kind of have an idea of how 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.280 we want to handle it. So you're not going to 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.719 tell us what your preference is for the format, It's okay, 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.640 let me ask you this though, because obviously we had 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:34.840 three preseason games. The starters didn't play the entirety of 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.080 any game, but a lot more on the third game. 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:39.960 And I'm watching college football this weekend, Nick, and there's 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.720 some definite situations that come up that it seems like 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:46.560 they weren't completely ready for. You're having some week one rust, 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:49.000 if you will. Is there week one rust in the 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:52.280 NFL despite the fact that the preseason games, when you 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:55.520 look at the data year to year, yeah, really, I mean, 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:57.679 it's a new opportunity for all of us. So none 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:59.240 of us have played a game, none of us is 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:01.559 coaching a game. One of us have played a full game. 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:04.320 So adjusting to the game in week one, there's always 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:06.120 going to be things that pop up that maybe you 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:09.280 didn't anticipate and prepare for. The ability to adjust and 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:11.120 react during the course of the game is the most 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:14.120 important thing. You'll have an idea how the game is 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:16.640 going to declare in a first quarter on both sides 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:18.360 of the ball, the kicking game will be the kicking game. 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:20.120 So once you have a feel for how the game 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:22.360 is being played, then you can kind of play out 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:24.439 the rest of the game. But really, each play you're 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:26.520 going from first down to second down, second out of 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:28.520 third down, third down to fourth down, there's a new 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.480 situation that comes up essentially on every play. You don't 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:32.959 know when it's gonna come up. You don't know what 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:34.960 situation is going to come up and a half you're 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:36.839 trying to run the clock out or you're trying to 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:38.680 kick a field goal, So you sort of have to 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:40.840 prepare and then we will able to react in the 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.240 daft to what goes on during the course of the game. Nick, 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:45.160 I know you watch college games with a different eye 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:47.920 because you look at it from an evaluation point, but 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:50.760 this weekend, and I think it happens every single weekend 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.400 in college football because it's the day before pro games. 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:55.400 I'm asking this question. Have they been times when you 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:58.080 see something in a college game and go, WHOA, we 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.400 maybe need like a five minute primer with our guys 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:02.520 right before the game to say, Hey, this happened in 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:04.160 this game. We need not that we need to be 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:05.800 aware of it, but just be conscious of the fact 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:08.640 that this might happen. There's so many of them that happened. 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:11.880 The North Carolina Applatches State game where the kid ran 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:14.800 back downside kick and gave applatches stayed a chance. You 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.600 ever had those opportunities to kind of sit down and say, hey, 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:19.240 wait a second, this happened. We need to be alert 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.600 for this. No, it's it's a relevant point. It probably 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:23.960 happens more once we kind of get through the weekend. 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:25.880 So you go back and look at some of the games, 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.120 and we'll look at some situational plays, look at some 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:29.640 of the big plays, look at some of the things 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:32.360 that came up. Maybe there's an application to what we're doing, 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.839 or maybe the application to the NFL. But just when 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:37.319 you go back and look at this past week in 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:40.559 a college football the biggest difference in the games was 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:43.080 a kicking game. Yeah. So, I mean, so everybody talks 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.880 about the importance of special teams and to manifest itself 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:47.880 in college football, so we put a big emphasis in 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:50.400 a kicking game here. I would say the Colts are 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:52.680 probably as good as special teams unit we're gonna face 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.040 in the league. I think when you look at Goslin's 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.800 rankings last year, Rick is very well respected. I think 0:13:57.840 --> 0:13:59.720 the Colts per second, so they do a good job 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:02.160 in gaming. Bubba was a good player in a kicking game. 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:04.800 That was his career, and he's done a good job 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:07.360 putting together. They have some really good core players and EJ. 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:09.960 Speed they're traded for Grand Steward. They allocate a lot 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:13.040 of time and resources to that particular phase. So the 0:14:13.120 --> 0:14:15.800 kicking game is gonna win or lose games. At some point, 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:17.319 you just don't want to lose it, you know, in 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:20.960 a situation where you could have prevented something negative from happening. 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:23.280 What about being in the building on Sunday, Nick, with 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:27.480 the fans coming in regular season situation, Liberty White kickoff 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:30.080 all of that. I know that you're really focused on 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:31.960 what is happening between the lines, but it's going to 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:34.320 be a quite an atmosphere. Yeah. No, there's a lot 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:37.360 of excitement anticipation for this game. It's Liberty White, and 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:39.720 so I mean that brings its own kind of unique 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:42.280 sort of circumstances. But I know Love, He's talked about 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:44.400 this from day one, so that the fans are important 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:46.680 when they need the fans. We're playing at home. It's 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:48.640 a good opportunity for us hopefully get off to a 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:50.440 good start, and our goal is to try to put 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:52.440 a good product out there that everybody can be proud of. 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:55.240 And cheer for so it'll be fun. I think everybody is, 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:58.600 you know, excited about Sunday and being able to get 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:00.400 on the field and actually play some football. All right, 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:05.840 Everybody goes to a particular musical choice before kickoff, not me, 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:09.360 You have one or you just total competing on your 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:12.400 drive to the stadium? Is it? Is it a talk show? 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:17.200 Is accusa? What is it? No? My drive to the stadium. Actually, 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:18.840 my wife and I kind of have our own little 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:22.040 Sunday routine, so she actually we drive to the stadium together. 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:23.800 She drops me off so after the game we can 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:26.560 go home together. So honestly, we're just kind of having 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:29.640 like a nice conversation about nothing related to football. So 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:31.800 it's like trying to keep it as normal as possible. 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:36.440 Dropped like Dan Campbell, metallity got to hear Motley Crewe 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.960 right now? I mean, who doesn't want to hear Molly 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:41.600 Crewe right now? Well, hopefully you because you're listening to 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:44.640 me and to Mark and twenty questions. That's next on 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:50.360 Texas All accesses. Welcome back to this Wednesday edition to 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:53.800 Texans All Access. I'm your host, John Harris propplying outside 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:56.880 a lot of reporter and Mark stays with me for 0:15:57.000 --> 0:16:01.840 our first edition of twenty questions. Okay, you're ready, this ready, 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:05.080 just firing all right questions? Now you can go as 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:08.000 fast as you'd like. You can explain things you don't 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:10.640 have to. How long do we need the segment to 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:13.080 be Johnny? Yeah? Well, I mean, you see, the whole 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:15.240 key with twenty questions is the fact that you never 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:18.440 actually get through. That's kind of the fun. But you 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:20.480 just got twenty questions. If you really have twenty I 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:25.040 can answer them. Go on, Shaquille Leonard will play on 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:29.400 Sunday against the Texans. Yes or no? Oh? I don't 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:31.360 want him to. How about that? You know how I 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:34.680 feel about this. He should rest, relax, take the year off, 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:38.080 make sure that he's healthy enough. I was doing this 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:40.400 with Andrew Luck for a few years, and then finally 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.160 my witch came true at the beginning of twenty nineteen 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:47.240 when he retired completely. So, Darius, I mean, Shaquille, it's 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:51.720 up to you to retire immediately for your own safety. 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:55.800 I liked him not playing on Sunday, Johnny Jonathan Taylor 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:58.000 in the first time he will see the Texans since 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:02.720 running for over a hundred last year, at NRG Stadium. Yeah, 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:06.639 Jonathan Taylor will be held under one hundred yards. And 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:10.840 if so, how do the Texans do it? I think 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:12.680 they could slow him down. You know, he could still 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:15.240 have a Hundy, you could still win. I think the 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:18.480 key number for him is about one hundred, ten hundred 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:21.040 and fifteen, okay, because he could have a forty yard 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:22.760 run and then the rest of the time you're kind 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:26.000 of keeping him bottled up or something like that. I'm 0:17:26.000 --> 0:17:29.320 gonna say. I'm gonna say he doesn't do it. He 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.879 doesn't get to the century mark. They hold him to 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:38.400