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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody. Welcome into a TGIF edition

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Speaker 1: of Texas All Access from the Honday Texans Radio studio.

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Speaker 1: It is Friday, and oh it's so lovely to get

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Speaker 1: to a football weekend. Finally, a bye week is great

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Speaker 1: and all to get rest, but I'd rather just keep

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Speaker 1: it rolling at Texans. We'll keep it rolling on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: less than forty eight hours away with a matchup with

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Speaker 1: the six and three Washington Redskins. Appreciate you being here.

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Speaker 1: I am your host, John Harris, as I am eating

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Speaker 1: every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at this time. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for being here. We've got plenty for you. Tonight we

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Speaker 1: are going to hear from Deep City with a deep

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Speaker 1: Flint interview the week. This week it's Sharise right. Don't

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Speaker 1: know a whole lot about Sharise. I mean I do,

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Speaker 1: having studied him back when he was at USC. He's

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Speaker 1: played in the league, played with Buffalo last year, so

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Speaker 1: I know a little bit about the players. Ris right,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna learn a little bit more about the individual

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Speaker 1: Sharis right, because that's what Deep does with a deep

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Speaker 1: Flint interviews. We'll have that. We'll have my first community

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Speaker 1: credit union first glance, Keys to the game, How will

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Speaker 1: the Texans get that win and get to seven and three?

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Speaker 1: Get to seven and three with three straight home games.

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Speaker 1: I mean, even at six and four, and I don't

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Speaker 1: even want to say that, but even at six and

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Speaker 1: four or three straight home games, they've got a great opportunity,

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Speaker 1: with two of those being division games, to win all

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Speaker 1: three of those games. It's not gonna be easy, don't

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Speaker 1: get me wrong, But to win those three home games.

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Speaker 1: Take care of your home turf, protect your home turf,

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Speaker 1: and if you do that, you walk out of there

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Speaker 1: no worse than nine and four. Now, of course you're

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Speaker 1: get ahead of ourselves. Got to take care of this one,

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Speaker 1: take care of this trip on the road. Then you

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Speaker 1: only got two more trips on the road in the

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Speaker 1: regular season, back to back trips, one to New Jersey

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Speaker 1: take on the Jets, one to Philadelphia take on the Eagles.

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Speaker 1: So how do you get to seven wins? I'll have

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Speaker 1: my keys to the game later. We're also got Kevin Coogler,

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Speaker 1: who does our TV play by play in the preseason,

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Speaker 1: does with Spencer Tillman and mom Andrew Dory down on

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Speaker 1: the sidelines for TV. Kevin then during the year, does

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Speaker 1: anything and everything imaginable college football and Big Ten Network.

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Speaker 1: His college basketball and Big Ten Network. He does Westwood

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Speaker 1: one NFL games, so he's doing a game in college Saturday.

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Speaker 1: He's fine to do the Sunday night game, does the

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Speaker 1: Monday night game. He's unbelievably good and he is one

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Speaker 1: of the best guys you ever gonna meet. Kevin Cooker

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Speaker 1: is gonna stop by for a kind of a different

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Speaker 1: men behind the mics if you will. I believe he's

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Speaker 1: got the Monday night game Rams and Chiefs. I believe

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be him. And then I'm gonna give you

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Speaker 1: my picks. We're gonna do Texans Pick Him, presented by Train.

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Speaker 1: I pick all games straight up and against the spread.

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Speaker 1: Now I think our Texans pick Him is just straight

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Speaker 1: up winners. I give you winners, straight up and against

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Speaker 1: the spread. So you definitely want to stick around for that.

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Speaker 1: And then it's our Players Segment, the final segment of

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Speaker 1: the show. We turn it over to Kareem Jackson for

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Speaker 1: Player Reporter. One of the hottest things going in Texans Land.

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Speaker 1: It's the hottest thing. I mean, we got T shirts. Now.

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Speaker 1: Kareem's just on fire. So we got Kjack TV. We've

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Speaker 1: also got the final Drew Doherty. This week it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be Kendall Lamb and it's the game plan with Brian

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Speaker 1: Gaine Jaral Manager. You're Houston Texans, You're like, whoa, whoa, whoa,

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Speaker 1: whoa whoa. John you said it's the players segment. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Brian used to be a player playing in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: So there you go. A players segment, final segment. How

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Speaker 1: about that. But we kick off each and every show

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Speaker 1: with some hot read, so let's get to them. Hot

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Speaker 1: you fifteen percent or more on car insurance in every

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Speaker 1: Friday minus the bye week. Of course, we get a

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Speaker 1: chance to catch up with the head coach, Bill O'Brien

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Speaker 1: to get his thoughts about the red Skins, the trip

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Speaker 1: to Washington and all that's going into this weekend, and

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Speaker 1: Mark caught up with him earlier today. Coach, we talked

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Speaker 1: about Alex Smith all week long, but it seems like,

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Speaker 1: in addition everything else, that short passing game can be

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Speaker 1: He did a great job of that in Kansas City.

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Speaker 1: Um and and that's picked up with Washington, with Jay's

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Speaker 1: You know, he's got a good touch on the ball.

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Speaker 1: they're gaining a lot of yards and those those routes

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Speaker 1: under ten yards, And that's that's gonna be a big

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Speaker 1: challenge for us. How hard is it to stop the

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Speaker 1: it's tough. I think you have to start with stopping

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Speaker 1: the run. I mean, I think anytime you play a

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Speaker 1: let him get going, that just makes all those those

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Speaker 1: to play good defense. Seems like you're getting good play

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Speaker 1: up front and from the back end to spite some injuries.

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Speaker 1: I think that they're playing well together. There's a there's

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Speaker 1: but specifically on defense, there's guys on the back end

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Speaker 1: I feel good. I think we've had a good week.

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Speaker 1: I think the buy came at a good time. Guys

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Speaker 1: against this team. You mentioned turnover March and plenty this week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: You have to kind of pick your spots there. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think. Look, I think at the end of the day,

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Speaker 1: just like there isn't every NFL game to make plays,

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Speaker 1: me and DeShawn to just continue to do a good

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Speaker 1: and and and play the game the way it's being played.

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Speaker 1: What are we looking at this week in special teams?

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Speaker 1: You know, I think that they have really good specialists.

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Speaker 1: They've got a great punter and a good place kicker.

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Speaker 1: We've got to understand that they are doing a really

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Speaker 1: good job of being able to place the ball on kickoffs,

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Speaker 1: How does a new return man affect the blocking that's

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Speaker 1: DeAndre will make plays. Coach, thanks a lot of good luck,

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Speaker 1: So it's a little different. But I know what Alex

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Speaker 1: but his turfs a little different. Now, Land over Maryland

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Speaker 1: and it's the Washington Redskin. It's time for our next

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Speaker 1: hot read and probably the one that people want to

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Speaker 1: know more than anything else, and that is the injury report. Now,

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Speaker 1: have five players that are questionable. Aaron Covin, Key k QT,

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Speaker 1: O'Brian was asked about I believe almost all those guys

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Speaker 1: he you know, told me who it was. I remember

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Speaker 1: seeing him around the building a few times when I

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Speaker 1: was in Buffalo, but we didn't really have too much interaction.

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Speaker 1: But obviously he knew who I was and he knew

428
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Speaker 1: the type of player I was. So I imagine that

429
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Speaker 1: feels good as a player that you've played for somebody

430
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Speaker 1: before that you've not really interacted with too much, but

431
00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,159
Speaker 1: then they moved to a different team and then they

432
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Speaker 1: want you to be a part of that new system. Right,

433
00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,960
Speaker 1: that's a lot about him. I mean, just because we

434
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Speaker 1: didn't interact, he knew who I was, and he watches everything.

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Speaker 1: He's at every practice and he's always watching us, and

436
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Speaker 1: he's in the meeting rooms and sometimes so you know,

437
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Speaker 1: he knows what type of guys he likes, and you know,

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Speaker 1: I guess I was one of them. So you've been

439
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Speaker 1: a part of a lot of different locker rooms. What

440
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Speaker 1: really stands ast to you about this particular locker room.

441
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Speaker 1: I know we've talked to Damarius Thomas about it as well,

442
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Speaker 1: But I'm always interested when players come from other teams,

443
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Speaker 1: when they when they step into this building, just a

444
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Speaker 1: tightening group of guys who work hard, consistently, guys who

445
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Speaker 1: have each other's back. You know, it's one of those

446
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Speaker 1: locker rooms where everybody's really supportive of each other in

447
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Speaker 1: the locker room, and it's a good vibe for sure.

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Speaker 1: Bill Obrian always talks about special teams, how important special

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Speaker 1: teams are, and you've done some You've done a lot

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Speaker 1: of things on special teams throughout your career. What have

451
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Speaker 1: you thought about how this special teams unit has done

452
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Speaker 1: under Brad Seely and Tracy Smith from what I've been hearing,

453
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Speaker 1: and it's been a whole different special team unite. But uh,

454
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Speaker 1: I feel like coach he does a good job prepared,

455
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Speaker 1: that's getting us ready. Um um, you know, and these

456
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Speaker 1: guys who you know, there's there's two players here who

457
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Speaker 1: are committed to special teams and they take it serious

458
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Speaker 1: here and um, I hear some guys say, man, I've

459
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Speaker 1: never seen a team, you know, spend so much time

460
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Speaker 1: on special teams. But it's vital to to our success

461
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Speaker 1: and it's important. So and he says, it's a lot

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Speaker 1: of guys that are committed to plant special team and

463
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Speaker 1: take pride in and being a good special teams. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So I was going to say, really does seem like

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Speaker 1: from some of the players I've talked to Brennan Scarlett

466
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Speaker 1: Johnson Battamosi, like it's almost a source of pride being

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Speaker 1: on special teams and how well the special teams have

468
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Speaker 1: performed every single week. Is that different from what you've seen. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean it's hard to get guys to really buy in.

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Speaker 1: Everybody feels like they should be starting on defense, starting

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Speaker 1: the offense. It's hard to get guys to buy in

472
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Speaker 1: and to play special teams. But it just says a

473
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Speaker 1: lot about the guys here just knowing what their role

474
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Speaker 1: is on this team and playing the role to the

475
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Speaker 1: best of the abilities, which you know, helps us become

476
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Speaker 1: like a great team, not just like a bunch of

477
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Speaker 1: individual players. I was looking back at your past. You

478
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,359
Speaker 1: attended USC around the time of Pete Carroll. Brian Cushing

479
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Speaker 1: was also there at the same time. You guys are

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Speaker 1: part of the same defense. How old did you know

481
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Speaker 1: him and did you ever keep in touch with him

482
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Speaker 1: once the league? Um? Yeah, definitely, he would come down

483
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Speaker 1: to see when he first got into the league. I

484
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Speaker 1: remember him taking some classes and seeing him in class

485
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Speaker 1: a few times when he first got After he graduated,

486
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Speaker 1: and I'm looking at how to do what are you doing?

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Speaker 1: But uh, but yeah, we definitely I've talked to him

488
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Speaker 1: since I got here. He reached out to me. When

489
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Speaker 1: he heard that I was going to sign here, he

490
00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:49,000
Speaker 1: reached out to me and you know, let me know

491
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Speaker 1: if I finally anything, Um, let him know, and he's

492
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Speaker 1: here for me. And uh, but yeah, we did have

493
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Speaker 1: a pretty good relationship. We were there together for three years.

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Speaker 1: So see, so that's really call. I was gonna ask

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Speaker 1: you if once you got here, if you kept in

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Speaker 1: touch with him. But it seems like that Trojan family's

497
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 1: pretty tight knit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we we We like

498
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:06,240
Speaker 1: to keep in touch with a lot of us in

499
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Speaker 1: the league, so, um, you know, we'd like to support

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Speaker 1: each other. I was reading about your college career and

501
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Speaker 1: I read that you had a hairline fracture in your

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Speaker 1: neck season my sea five vertebrae, I fractured it. How

503
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Speaker 1: scary was that it was? It was pretty scary. It was.

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Speaker 1: I didn't know for a whole week that my neck

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Speaker 1: was broke. Um, I thought it was just like a

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Speaker 1: crook in my neck. So I was like walking around

507
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Speaker 1: like a whole week, and um, we finally found out

508
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Speaker 1: that it was fractured and I missed the whole season.

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Speaker 1: The hardest thing was coming back and like tackling somebody

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Speaker 1: again and hitting somebody again. That was like because you're unsure, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and just you know, just knowing that you can break

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Speaker 1: your neck, you know, just how did you do? Do

513
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Speaker 1: you remember the play that you did? I'll never forget.

514
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Speaker 1: I'll never forget that play was, um it was a

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Speaker 1: quarterback twelve thrill prior actually we were playing Ohio State

516
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Speaker 1: and he scrambled up out of the pocket and I

517
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Speaker 1: want to make the tackle and the receiver pushing me

518
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Speaker 1: in my back and Everson Griffin was coming from like

519
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Speaker 1: inside pursuit and we know how big Everson Griffin and

520
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Speaker 1: through our pride, so I kind of took the whole

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Speaker 1: you know, hit from both of them colliding and my

522
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Speaker 1: head was up in Yeah, did you finish the game?

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Speaker 1: I know? I played like two plays after that and

524
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Speaker 1: I had to come out. I couldn't. I couldn't move anymore.

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Speaker 1: My neck just started getting real tight in. So you

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Speaker 1: find out that you fractured your your vertebrae. Since then

527
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Speaker 1: has that what have you learned from that experience? I'd

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Speaker 1: imagine that's probably like the scariest injury you've had throughout

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Speaker 1: your career, right, right, It's probably been the worst injury

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Speaker 1: that I've had so far. To be able to come

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Speaker 1: back from that. I mean, that's such a young player.

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Speaker 1: You know, how do you have the strength to come

533
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Speaker 1: back from something like that and have the confidence that

534
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Speaker 1: you can play through it and come back? Oh? Man,

535
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,280
Speaker 1: Just courage, Just having courage and just you know, having

536
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Speaker 1: faith that you know, I'm gonna be all right. I was.

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Speaker 1: I had to wear a neck brace for about three months,

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Speaker 1: and you know, it took a long time for me,

539
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Speaker 1: like I said, to really feel comfortable tackling or throwing

540
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Speaker 1: my body in there. And I was always a physical

541
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Speaker 1: corner and always a corner that I'd like to hit

542
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Speaker 1: and like to tackle. So and I said, my last

543
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,960
Speaker 1: year in college, I probably had like seventy tackles. I

544
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,960
Speaker 1: was like third on the team and tackles. So I

545
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Speaker 1: just kind of have to forget about it a little

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Speaker 1: bit and just you know, just believe that I'll be

547
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Speaker 1: all right. Well you are, and this many years later,

548
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Speaker 1: you're still in the NFL making a name for yourself.

549
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Speaker 1: When you describe your style of play to people that

550
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Speaker 1: aren't familiar with you, how do you describe it? Um,

551
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:32,920
Speaker 1: this is scrappy, tough. I'm gonna play hard. I'm gonna compete.

552
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Speaker 1: You know I'm gonna compete. So good stuff, teris right

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Speaker 1: on Texans for you. Thanks so much, Ter, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff there from Shreise right and of course from

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Speaker 1: our good friend dbat City. All right, coming up the Redskins,

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Speaker 1: how do you beat them? Well, there are some keys

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Speaker 1: this matchup. We talk about this with Bill O'Brien each

558
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Speaker 1: every week. Every week he looks at the opponent, says,

559
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,639
Speaker 1: these are the keys, and then kind of break them

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Speaker 1: down offense, defense, and special teams as they go into

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Speaker 1: the game. I will give you my first Community Credit

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Speaker 1: Union first glance keys to the game. Next, how will

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Speaker 1: the Texans get to seven and three? They gotta do

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Speaker 1: these things. I'll give that to you next on Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access. Welcome back to a Friday edition of Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access from the Hunday Texans Radio Studio. I am

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Speaker 1: for our first Community Credit Union First Glance Keys to

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Speaker 1: the game O D Special Teams. What's it gonna take

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Speaker 1: to go get win number seven? Which would be seven

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Speaker 1: in a row for this team against the Washington Redskins. Now,

580
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,280
Speaker 1: this is a team in Washington. If you haven't been

581
00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: paying attention to them, I mean, that's fine. You watch

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Speaker 1: the Texans, probably find the AFC teams and what's going

583
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Speaker 1: on in the AFC South. What's happening with the Patriots?

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00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 1: Oh man, the Chiefs. You're probably find the AFC, and

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00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,840
Speaker 1: that's fine. The NFC may have watched him, may have

586
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,560
Speaker 1: seen him against Dallas. That's where we happened to see them.

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00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 1: We were flying back from somewhere. I can't remember what game,

588
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: maybe in the Jacksonville game. We were flying back watching

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00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 1: the game against Washington. So what there will do? But

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Speaker 1: if you haven't seen him, I'll give you here's probably

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Speaker 1: the like, what are they think? Twenty sixteen Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Close your eyes and think about that. In that year

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Speaker 1: for the Texans, we were six and three at one point,

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Speaker 1: as the Redskins are six and three. We had lost

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Speaker 1: three games, got pounded by the Patriots, by the Vikings,

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Speaker 1: by the Broncos. The Redskins have gotten pounded by the Colts,

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00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 1: by the Falcons, and by the Saints. Their point differentials

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Speaker 1: plus one ours I think was maybe I think it

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00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 1: was right at even. They're a defensive minded team. Whoot.

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Speaker 1: The sixteen was a defensive minded team. Quarterbacks better. Alex

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Speaker 1: Smith is better than brock oswid but their format is

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Speaker 1: the exact same. If they keep the game close, they're

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00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: gonna be able to run the ball. They're physically gonna

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00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 1: want to beat you up, and defensively they'll show you

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Speaker 1: some different looks up front and try and get guys

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Speaker 1: to the quarterback crass and quarterback and make things tough

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Speaker 1: and turn you over. They've got the formula. Twenty sixteen

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans followed. Now in twenty sixteen, obviously we were

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Speaker 1: without JJ Watt, and we had Merciless and we had

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Speaker 1: Clowney they don't quite have guys like that, but Ryan

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Speaker 1: Kerrigan is very very good off the edge, and the

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Speaker 1: two guys inside, Darron Payne and Jonathan Allen, both from Alabama,

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Speaker 1: are exceptional together. So they're made up a little differently.

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Speaker 1: But how they've gone about their business and what they're

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Speaker 1: doing and how they're winning games, that's the Washington Redskins

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Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. I don't think the Washington Redskins in

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Speaker 1: twenty eighteen can win to shoot out. I just don't

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Speaker 1: think that's I don't think it's possible. But I do

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Speaker 1: think they can win a game seventeen thirteen. They can

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Speaker 1: win a game twenty one eighteen. They can win a

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Speaker 1: game like that because the defense will find a way

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Speaker 1: to make plays. So let's dive into our keys to

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Speaker 1: the game and start with the Texans offense. What do

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Speaker 1: they have to do? We're gonna start with the inside

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Speaker 1: passing game. Now, when I say inside passing game, I'm

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Speaker 1: talking about mainly tight ends. And then who they're gonna

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Speaker 1: play in a slot. And this week, hopefully we're gonna

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Speaker 1: see kek qt now does sound like he's a game

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Speaker 1: time decision, but just watching new things at practice again,

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Speaker 1: with a guy with the hamstring, you just never know.

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Speaker 1: But he's had plenty of time to rest. He injured

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00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 1: in the Jacksonville game, it's the Miami game, and then

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Speaker 1: he missed the Denver game, had the bye week, and

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Speaker 1: it had a full week of workouts to get ready

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Speaker 1: for the game against the Washington Redskins. The inside passing game.

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Speaker 1: When Qt got back in the lineup and actually played

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Speaker 1: for the first time against the Indianapolis Colts, what do

638
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 1: you do call eleven passes? Next week against Dallas, he

639
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:55,880
Speaker 1: catches a touchdown pass on a little push pass or

640
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 1: jet flip, whatever you're gonna call it, and made some

641
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:02,840
Speaker 1: key catches throughout that entire game. When we then went

642
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 1: down to Jacksonville, he gets banged up in the first quarter,

643
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 1: he has to sit out. Then the offense goes back

644
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: to going through Will Fuller and DeAndre Hopkins. I think

645
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 1: that Kiki Qt and the inside passing game become huge.

646
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 1: You've got Fabian Moreau on one side and you've got

647
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 1: Josh Norman the other. Good solid, long, physical corners. I

648
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 1: don't think they're a great impressed man or anything like that,

649
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 1: but they're just good. They're solid Josh Norman's not the

650
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 1: level he wasn't twenty fifteen. But inside inside, I think

651
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 1: is where you got an opportunity to Hawklin Dix was

652
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 1: traded to the team and they got DJ Squaringder at safety.

653
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 1: We're gonna get the DJ in just a second. They

654
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 1: got those two guys at safety. But I think QT

655
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,000
Speaker 1: and the tight ends can then when they're going against

656
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 1: tight end or going its linebackers and going against nickel guys,

657
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 1: I think that's an advance for the Texans. Got to

658
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,240
Speaker 1: get them involved early and really get washing them back

659
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,800
Speaker 1: on her heels trying to figure out what the Texans

660
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 1: are doing with the inside passing game Number two, I

661
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 1: mentioned two guys inside, Jonathan Allen and Drom Payne, both

662
00:31:56,120 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: from Alabama. Alan and Payne can play often each other

663
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 1: and play off each other very very well, especially as

664
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 1: it pertains to the pass rush Duran Payne. When I

665
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: did my draft analysis on Duran coming in, the one

666
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 1: thing that really stood out to me was when Duran

667
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,640
Speaker 1: pain made plays, and that was when the opponent on

668
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 1: the other side was of a high caliber. Duran Payne

669
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 1: showed up and dominated George in the championship game. He

670
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,720
Speaker 1: was all about it, and he was outstanding Clempson in

671
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:29,080
Speaker 1: the semifinal game dominance, but playing old miss third quarter,

672
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: they're up by four touchdowns and d he's doing what

673
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 1: he's got to do, but he's not making the plays

674
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 1: like he normally would. He loves the lights being bright.

675
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,160
Speaker 1: John Allen brings it every single play. But those two together,

676
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: the strength of Pain, the versatility and quickness of Alan,

677
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:47,320
Speaker 1: they're they're a handful inside. The three interior guys. When

678
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 1: Alan bumps inside, when they go to their four man

679
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: look their four man rush and it's Preston Smith and

680
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: Carrigan outside and Allen and Pain on the inside. That's

681
00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 1: as tough as they're gonna see that interior. You guys

682
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 1: on the en tier are gonna have to control those

683
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: two guys inside to be able to do anything, to run, pass, whatever,

684
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to control those two guys number three.

685
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 1: This is gonna be a game managing situation as it

686
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 1: pertains to Shaun Watson, here's what I'm talking about, snap

687
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 1: count and cadence. One thing that I really noticed against

688
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was how DJ Sweringer was able

689
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: to get himself free to make easy tackles in the

690
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 1: backfield in the run game because with motion or shifts

691
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: and changes, he would time up the snap count and

692
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 1: he wasn't blitzing, but he would time up the snap

693
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,239
Speaker 1: count such that he would not be accounted for in

694
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 1: the blocking scheme. Whether it was nickel or whether it

695
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: was base, he would get in the mix. Mostly in nickel.

696
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 1: He would get in the mix right as the ball

697
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 1: is about to be snapped and they wouldn't account for him.

698
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 1: He'd have kind of a running start, and he made

699
00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: two tackles for a loss. One was for a loss

700
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 1: and one was for no gain. But he was not

701
00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 1: accounted for in the run game. So the A part

702
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 1: of this is for three A is Ford sean to

703
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,920
Speaker 1: manage his cadence, hold that snap count a little bit longer,

704
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 1: and we's got to hold their water a little bit

705
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 1: so that DJ may show and then they can account

706
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 1: for him. The B side of that is, no matter

707
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,520
Speaker 1: whether Swearinger has gotten there or not, they're gonna have

708
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,560
Speaker 1: to account for him because he's gonna be involved in

709
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 1: the run game. That to me is the biggest thing. Yes,

710
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 1: DJs four interceptions, but to me, he's more valuable in

711
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 1: stopping the run, especially in Nickel because he comes up

712
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: as the will linebacker and that ends up being an issue.

713
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 1: Now along those lines, we get the key number four

714
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:49,319
Speaker 1: when DJ is at linebacker. Because he plays linebacker like

715
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,880
Speaker 1: a normal linebacker would, he's very susceptible to play action fakes.

716
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 1: Any kind of zone runs, he's gonna bite, and when

717
00:34:56,320 --> 00:35:00,080
Speaker 1: he does, it opens up gaps behind him. So well,

718
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 1: last night I called the game. I said earlier, I

719
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,799
Speaker 1: called the game Stephen F. Auston in Northwestern State. In

720
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:08,439
Speaker 1: Northwestern State through the same play four times, the same guy,

721
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,640
Speaker 1: and it was faked the zone inside run, draw the

722
00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: linebackers in safety, and then throw the bang eight or

723
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 1: the deep slant or the short post depending on look.

724
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 1: It's called bang eight eight being a post. And they

725
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,319
Speaker 1: threw the same thing four times. It was open every

726
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 1: time because a good play fake draw through that linebacker,

727
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 1: it's safety in That's what the Texans can do against

728
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:32,919
Speaker 1: Dj Sweringer. The Bucks did that and they were able

729
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 1: to hit that same exact play two times for big yardage.

730
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 1: The Texans have got to be able to do that.

731
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 1: Play action fakes are hugely important against an aggressive defense.

732
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 1: Like this, and then my last key is not only

733
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:53,280
Speaker 1: continuing to move downer Halfkins around the formation, but keep

734
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 1: moving him into the slot because there are times with

735
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,799
Speaker 1: the personnel groupings that the Texans use. Bill O'Brien's done

736
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,879
Speaker 1: a hell of a job. Theyking sure that. Okay, when

737
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: the Texans go into this personnel grouping, the defense goes

738
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,360
Speaker 1: into this. And when they do that, then all of

739
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: a sudden, you put Hop in the slot. Now you

740
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 1: got him on a linebacker. Well, that's a good that's

741
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: a good fit. It happened against Denver a couple of times.

742
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: I remember hearing it during the game. I remember hearing it,

743
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 1: and it happened on the other side of the fields,

744
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,480
Speaker 1: so I didn't see it as much. But I remember

745
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,399
Speaker 1: Andrea Ware saying, well, that's an easy pitch and catch.

746
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 1: You got Hopkins matched up on a linebacker. Josie Jewel, Well,

747
00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 1: that was all personnel and moving Hop to the inside.

748
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,880
Speaker 1: So continue to move Hop around. I don't think Norman's

749
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:39,600
Speaker 1: gonna go with him. I don't think Moreau's gonna go

750
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,839
Speaker 1: with him. I think when hop moves into the slot,

751
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 1: they're just gonna play it as is. They're gonna try

752
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 1: and brack it him to double him, but they're just

753
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,359
Speaker 1: gonna go as this. I don't think Norman's gonna move

754
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 1: inside with him. I think those those days are over.

755
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 1: And if they do decide to do that, then it's

756
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 1: Hopkins all day long, one on one against Norman, and

757
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 1: I think Hop's gonna win that one every single time.

758
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 1: But when hop goes into the slot, that's a good thing,

759
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 1: all right. Flip it over to the tech since defense. Now,

760
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: one thing I didn't say about the offense, no turnovers.

761
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 1: That's first and foremost of anything. The same way on

762
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: the defensive side, it's tackling. Tackling is a massive deal.

763
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: Doesn't matter who they're playing, they've got to tackle its.

764
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,279
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson got to tackle them, Okay, So keep that

765
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 1: in mind. Sover the defense ten number one, second and

766
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:25,360
Speaker 1: long doesn't mean pass. The defensive front must state discipline.

767
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: One of the plays I saw early on I did

768
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 1: this on telestrator. I saw it the Redskins the first

769
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,439
Speaker 1: they were to drive, I think it was a second

770
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: or third quarter and they handed the ball at Adrian

771
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 1: Peterson the first down play and got stuffed, I mean

772
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: just stuffed McCoy and Carl Nass have just stuffed the

773
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,600
Speaker 1: right side of the tech. The Redskins offensive line stuff

774
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 1: to play loss of one second and eleven. Who second eleven?

775
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,800
Speaker 1: I mean that's a pass rushers dream, right second eleven.

776
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:51,359
Speaker 1: You're reaching back and you're going and getting somebody right,

777
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 1: And that's what the Buccaneers did. Redskins called draw. Seventeen

778
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 1: yards later, it's a first down. After a completion of

779
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 1: Jordan Reed, the Redskins went back to their run game.

780
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 1: They caught the Buccaneers in their front. They ran a

781
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: little split zone. Adrian Peterson's now got a huge game,

782
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: but they would have gotten there without that second and

783
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,280
Speaker 1: eleven run. And when I think about the twenty sixteen Texans,

784
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:16,520
Speaker 1: one of the things I think about was because Bill

785
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:18,880
Speaker 1: O'Brien and the offense didn't want brockofts while they're in

786
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 1: third and long situations. They ran the ball a lot

787
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,359
Speaker 1: on second down, especially second and ten, second and nine,

788
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: they ran the ball a lot on those downs. The

789
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 1: Redskins will do the same second and long. Does not

790
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,720
Speaker 1: mean that they're going to just sit back and rifle

791
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,359
Speaker 1: the ball with Alex Smith. They will not do that.

792
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,960
Speaker 1: They're gonna mix in runs in particularly run like a draw,

793
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:40,279
Speaker 1: which was run perfectly because the right side of line

794
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,320
Speaker 1: pass set and you saw a nassive and McCord just

795
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,919
Speaker 1: flying up field and all aso, there's a huge gap there.

796
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:48,439
Speaker 1: The Texans front hasten to stay discipline on second down

797
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 1: and that sounds weird. Second down, yeah, second. Now we

798
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:52,759
Speaker 1: always talk about first down, third down, and even fourth down.

799
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,319
Speaker 1: Second nown gets lost. The second and long is where

800
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:57,840
Speaker 1: the Redskins can't pick up chunks of yards because teams

801
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,400
Speaker 1: are sitting there bringing in their nickel and dime aspecting

802
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 1: pass and then all of a sudden there pass rushing

803
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:04,560
Speaker 1: and then there's a huge game by Capri bibs. You

804
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: can't give those away. Number two, when Adrian Peterson has

805
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,320
Speaker 1: a football or any runner at this point. The Texas

806
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 1: do a pretty good job of this, but it's really

807
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:15,399
Speaker 1: important against Peterson in particular. You've got to bring everybody

808
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 1: to the party. Peterson is not down. We saw that

809
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:19,919
Speaker 1: last year against the Cardinals on fourth and one. Clown

810
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,240
Speaker 1: he thought he had to stop, and luckily Zach cutting

811
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,800
Speaker 1: Game and Marcus Gilchrists were there to finish the tackle.

812
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: So finishing on Adrian Peterson is huge, So you gotta

813
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:29,840
Speaker 1: hit him, Papa, Papa paw. You gotta hit him with

814
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,360
Speaker 1: four and five guys. One guy is not going to

815
00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:35,399
Speaker 1: bring him down. And you can't let Ady get out

816
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,439
Speaker 1: into space one on one against the secondary. Our guys

817
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 1: tackle very very well in the secondary. This guy's a

818
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: different beast as it pertains to that number three. The

819
00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:51,280
Speaker 1: tight ends can be a problem. But Jordan Read in particular,

820
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 1: I that's the one matchup that I'm definitely worried about.

821
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: Read is much better than anything to Texas saw last

822
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 1: week against the Broncos, and jeff Man had eleven targets

823
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 1: of ten catches against them. So they're gonna have to

824
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 1: figure out when they get third down, in particular, how

825
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,319
Speaker 1: are they gonna account for the tight ends. That might

826
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: mean a little bit more nickel. That might mean one

827
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:13,279
Speaker 1: of the safety's drops down. That might mean Jordan Reid

828
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 1: is gonna see Justin Reid or Tyrn Matthew or even

829
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: Kareem Jackson sometimes to make sure that they're covered. I

830
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,239
Speaker 1: would feel better about that matchup. Now. The Texans don't

831
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 1: always play man on third down. They might mix up

832
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:25,520
Speaker 1: zone or play some matchup zone, whatever it might be.

833
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: But they've got to account for the tight ends. The

834
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: tight ends, Jordan read a particular, cannot have the kind

835
00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:34,800
Speaker 1: of game that Jeff Hireman was able to have against

836
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 1: them before the bye. So the tight ends end up

837
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 1: being an issue. Can number four one thing Alex Smith

838
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:43,760
Speaker 1: has killed the Texans with in particular last year against

839
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:48,360
Speaker 1: Kansas City in that game five Sunday Night matchup, Alex

840
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 1: Smith did a great job of getting into pocket, dropping,

841
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,759
Speaker 1: letting the rushers go beyond them, and then getting up

842
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,280
Speaker 1: in the pocket and then out, and then his receivers

843
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:00,800
Speaker 1: worked to scrambled Drew with him. Now Chiefs wide receivers

844
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 1: better than Redskins wide receivers, Let's be straight up and

845
00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:06,400
Speaker 1: honest about it. But if Alex Smith is able to

846
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 1: do that get up in and then back out, you're

847
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,360
Speaker 1: gonna have a lot of issues trying to stop Alex

848
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,359
Speaker 1: Smith in this offense. It's a different offense, but that's

849
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Speaker 1: where Alex Smith ends up being a huge, huge problem

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Speaker 1: and lasted certainly not at least, this is more about

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Speaker 1: the team thing. But you've got to force Alex Smith

852
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:28,439
Speaker 1: and Redskins to chase you and not the other way around.

853
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 1: You got him do that and you got an opportunity

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Speaker 1: to do good things against the Redskins on Sunday, so

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Speaker 1: they have it. Those were your first commuted credit Union.

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Speaker 1: First glance Keys in the Game has brought to Bias

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Speaker 1: to see you the official credit union of the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Coming up next, it's our good Frank Kevin Kugler. Yeah, Kugler.

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Speaker 1: He'll have the Monday night game in LA with the

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Speaker 1: Rams and the Chiefs and Mark Vanniure caught up with

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Speaker 1: him earlier this week, so we'll have an additional men

862
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,799
Speaker 1: behind the mics this one. It won't be the two

863
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Speaker 1: guys calling a game. It'll be Mark and everybody. Kevin.

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Speaker 1: Next Radio a Texans All Access. Let's go each day

865
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Speaker 1: every Wednesday. We start off the second hour with our

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Speaker 1: men behind the mic segment and that is Mark Vandom.

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Speaker 1: Youre talking with the play by play voice on the

868
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Speaker 1: other side of this cases lawyer Michael. We had it

869
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,080
Speaker 1: for you Wednesday a little extra special because we've got

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Speaker 1: the two play by play voices of your Texans, Mark

871
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 1: who does all the games of course, and Kevin Coogler,

872
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:24,640
Speaker 1: who calls our preseason games but also calls Monday and

873
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,000
Speaker 1: a football for Westwood One or got a chance to

874
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: catch up with him earlier this week. It's wonderful to

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Speaker 1: have you on. And you were part of the early

876
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,319
Speaker 1: phase of the Texans winning streak here six in a row,

877
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 1: and you called the Dallas Cowboys Texans game on a

878
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Speaker 1: Sunday night to the voice of the Sunday Night Football

879
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Speaker 1: as we said, So, what were your thoughts then on

880
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 1: this team and what are your thoughts now? Well, I've

881
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: been I've been, you know, as somebody who saw them

882
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,400
Speaker 1: in the preseason and all the way of the preseason,

883
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:51,959
Speaker 1: thinking this team's got a chance to be pretty good.

884
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:54,000
Speaker 1: I feel like I've been validated a little bit in

885
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,440
Speaker 1: my own mind because after the start, I thought, gosh,

886
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:58,920
Speaker 1: how is that so off? But now, you know, winning

887
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 1: every game they played over the last a month and

888
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 1: a half, you feel pretty good about what this Texans

889
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:05,120
Speaker 1: team has done. I'm impressed obviously with this defense. The

890
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 1: defense continues to get better, I think and will continue

891
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 1: to do. So how can you not like what the

892
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 1: offense has the potential to do. I just think, you know,

893
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,839
Speaker 1: Damarius Thomas was a bold addition. I think that's an

894
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 1: addition that's going to continue to help the Texans as

895
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Speaker 1: they move on into this season, and I liked this team.

896
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,840
Speaker 1: I thought that division was interesting at the beginning of

897
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: the year. I thought it was going to be more

898
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: interesting with the Jaguars performance last year. They've kind of

899
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,359
Speaker 1: taken a giant step back at this point and look

900
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:34,840
Speaker 1: to be pretty much done. But I love that division.

901
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:36,880
Speaker 1: I think that division race is going to be fascinating

902
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:39,680
Speaker 1: to watch down the stretch. And I mean, how do

903
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:41,640
Speaker 1: you not like what the Texans have done right now?

904
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Speaker 1: It's been a fun month and a half for Texans fans,

905
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Speaker 1: and I think that right is going to continue. I'm

906
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Speaker 1: not saying they're gonna win every game they play the

907
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Speaker 1: rest of the way. That might be a little optimistic,

908
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Speaker 1: but this is a really good football team. This is

909
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:53,960
Speaker 1: a playoff football team right now, and they're only going

910
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:56,440
Speaker 1: to get better. Well, that was an overtime game between

911
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Speaker 1: the Texans and the Cowboys that you called here at

912
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Speaker 1: NRG Stadium. What has been your best game so far

913
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Speaker 1: on Sunday Night Football, Kevin? You have to say it

914
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Speaker 1: was that Chiefs Patriots game of a couple of weeks ago.

915
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 1: That was a back and forth game, and you know what,

916
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Speaker 1: you didn't think it was going to be in the

917
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Speaker 1: first half. There was twenty four to eight at halftime

918
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Speaker 1: with the Patriots kind of in control. And then Patrick Mahomes,

919
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:22,720
Speaker 1: who is just one of the really bright young stars

920
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Speaker 1: of the National Football League, and we saw in the

921
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Speaker 1: preseason mark when the Texans played the Chiefs and got

922
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Speaker 1: a chance to see him for a series, and you

923
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Speaker 1: knew at that point this team could be pretty good

924
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:33,560
Speaker 1: because they had a lot of speed, and they fell

925
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Speaker 1: short in that Patriots game, but it was one of

926
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Speaker 1: those games you walked away from thinking, if they had

927
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Speaker 1: more time, they're gonna win this game, because they were

928
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Speaker 1: the better team in the second half of that game.

929
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Speaker 1: And this Chiefs team, they're an interesting team that with

930
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Speaker 1: speed all over the place. But that game was the

931
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Speaker 1: best game we've had on Sunday nights this year in

932
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Speaker 1: my opinion. That was just a fun up and down

933
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Speaker 1: the field pace and just a lot of excitement in

934
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Speaker 1: that one. Kevin, do you think the Patriots are in

935
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Speaker 1: trouble coming off that lost to Tennessee or is this

936
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Speaker 1: just a hiccup and they're gonna be okay come playoff time? Man?

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Speaker 1: I hate to rule out the Patriots because last I check,

938
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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick's still on the sideline and Tom Brady, seemingly

939
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Speaker 1: ageless is at quarterback. But I did not. I didn't

940
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Speaker 1: like what I saw last week from that Patriots team.

941
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Speaker 1: I watched most of that game, and I thought Tom

942
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Speaker 1: Brady looked a little mortal, if that's possible for somebody

943
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Speaker 1: who has not been mortal for most of his career.

944
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Speaker 1: I thought he looked like a guy who didn't quite

945
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Speaker 1: have the zip on the ball that we've seen in

946
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Speaker 1: years fast from Tom Brady. I thought that defense struggled.

947
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:39,200
Speaker 1: I thought they looked pretty bad. I mean, they just

948
00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:41,400
Speaker 1: got popped in the face by the Titans and they

949
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:44,879
Speaker 1: didn't really respond. That's not a Patriot thing. So I'm

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Speaker 1: not going to drive a nail in the coffin of

951
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Speaker 1: this Patriots team. But I do think there's a reason

952
00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:52,240
Speaker 1: if you're a Patriots fan could be a little bit alarmed.

953
00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 1: Now if you're a team of the rest of the AFC,

954
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:56,480
Speaker 1: you're thinking about time this team comes back to Earth.

955
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Speaker 1: I'm not going to rule them out. I still think

956
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Speaker 1: they're a team that could go all the way and

957
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Speaker 1: make it to the super Bowl out of the AFC.

958
00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:04,840
Speaker 1: But I do think there is a reason to start

959
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,640
Speaker 1: to look at this team right now and go, Okay,

960
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 1: are they gonna have to go more of a Denver

961
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 1: route in the later years with Peyton Manning and just

962
00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:16,319
Speaker 1: try to manufacture offense around their quarterback. I don't think

963
00:46:16,360 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 1: it's quite there yet, but I think you have to

964
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Speaker 1: start thinking about that. Kevin Coogler, Westwood One Sunday Night

965
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:26,120
Speaker 1: Football and also Big ten Network Texans TV preseason voice,

966
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Speaker 1: and Kevin, you've done a bunch of NFC East stuff.

967
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: The Texans are playing the NFC East this year. They

968
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Speaker 1: have the Redskins this Sunday. You just did that Dallas

969
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:37,840
Speaker 1: Eagles game. Is Dallas not done it? Does Dallas have

970
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 1: something in the tank here to make a run at

971
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:43,439
Speaker 1: that NFC East, which is certainly not over yet. Yeah.

972
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: I was very surprised by how Dallas came out and

973
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Speaker 1: fought in that game, because that was it was a

974
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Speaker 1: much win in my opinion. Now, had they lost that

975
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:53,280
Speaker 1: their three and six, they're not going anywhere. The season's

976
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Speaker 1: over for Dallas. And then you have a month and

977
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:57,560
Speaker 1: a half of is Jason Garrett going to be your

978
00:46:57,560 --> 00:46:59,640
Speaker 1: head coach talk coming up? And you may still have that,

979
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:03,600
Speaker 1: but that was a pretty critical win for the Dallas Cowboys.

980
00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:05,759
Speaker 1: I think they still have something left if they can

981
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,120
Speaker 1: continue to do what they did in that game, which is,

982
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,920
Speaker 1: remember that they have Ezekiel Elliott in the backfield. I

983
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:13,520
Speaker 1: recognize that that offensive line is banged up and it's

984
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:15,439
Speaker 1: not where it needed to be, and it's not where

985
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,280
Speaker 1: they've drafted it to be over the last several years.

986
00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:21,719
Speaker 1: But if you just keep giving Ezekiel Elliott opportunities, more

987
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:23,160
Speaker 1: often than not, he's gonna do what he did in

988
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,200
Speaker 1: that game. He's chipping away. It's chipping away, and then

989
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:26,960
Speaker 1: he pops a big one and then all of a

990
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:29,319
Speaker 1: sudden it becomes a little easier for Dak Prescott to

991
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 1: get a few things done. It's not a great offense,

992
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 1: it's a pretty good defense. In fact, it's a playoff

993
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:37,439
Speaker 1: defense right now. It's the offense that holds Dallas back.

994
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:39,200
Speaker 1: That was a big win for them. If they can

995
00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:43,479
Speaker 1: keep getting Ezekiel Elliott going in their games, they're not done.

996
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:48,759
Speaker 1: That division is shall we say, juggernaut division. I don't

997
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,040
Speaker 1: necessarily believe that the Redskins are going to run away

998
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:52,399
Speaker 1: with this thing, even though they have a two game

999
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:54,759
Speaker 1: lead in the division. I think you've got a real

1000
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,319
Speaker 1: good shot if your Dallas or Philadelphia to still make

1001
00:47:57,320 --> 00:47:59,719
Speaker 1: a run in the nfcas well, we'll see out a

1002
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 1: takes out all right, college football stuff. What about the

1003
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:06,960
Speaker 1: Big Ten representative in a national championship scenario? Alabama is

1004
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:08,960
Speaker 1: going to be almost impossible to beat, but you never

1005
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:12,000
Speaker 1: know what happens. Your thoughts on that situation, well, and

1006
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:13,920
Speaker 1: you know, I see the Big Ten every week as

1007
00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:16,400
Speaker 1: you mentioned, and last week saw Michigan. Who is the

1008
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:19,600
Speaker 1: Big Ten's best chance to get a team in Michigan

1009
00:48:19,719 --> 00:48:22,879
Speaker 1: is a team that I think can hang with Alabama

1010
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:26,640
Speaker 1: from a defensive standpoint, they are loaded with defensive speed.

1011
00:48:26,880 --> 00:48:28,799
Speaker 1: You're going to see a lot of guys names off

1012
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:31,759
Speaker 1: of the Michigan defense called in the draft coming up

1013
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 1: next day April. There will be a lot of folks

1014
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:35,520
Speaker 1: that will go from that defensive line. You'll see Devin

1015
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:38,480
Speaker 1: Bushel linebacker who will get drafted very early. He's got

1016
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,480
Speaker 1: great speed. So the speed and strength of that Michigan

1017
00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:44,080
Speaker 1: defense would allow them to stay in a game. The

1018
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 1: questions going to be does Michigan get in. They've got

1019
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:50,279
Speaker 1: to get past Ohio State. They've got to win the

1020
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 1: Big Ten championship game against Northwestern, assuming they do get

1021
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:56,239
Speaker 1: past Ohio State to get to that Big Ten championship game.

1022
00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:58,200
Speaker 1: But the real question is going to be, what if

1023
00:48:58,239 --> 00:49:01,719
Speaker 1: Alabama stumbled against george in the SEC title game. They

1024
00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:04,759
Speaker 1: get there undefeated, say Georgia beats them in a close game.

1025
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Speaker 1: I don't think Alabama falls out of the top four,

1026
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Speaker 1: which means you're probably pushing either Notre Dame or Michigan out.

1027
00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:12,840
Speaker 1: And those two teams played head to head in the

1028
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:15,080
Speaker 1: Week one and Notre Dame got the better of Michigan.

1029
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,440
Speaker 1: Michigan hasn't lost since. That's the concern I think for

1030
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:19,880
Speaker 1: the Big Ten. But if you're somebody who wants to

1031
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:23,200
Speaker 1: see the college football playoff expand eight, that's exactly what

1032
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:25,839
Speaker 1: you're hoping happens. That somebody likes another the Big Ten

1033
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:28,239
Speaker 1: team gets shoved out, because I think you'll see an

1034
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:32,400
Speaker 1: expansion very quickly if that happens. College basketball question, you're

1035
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:34,319
Speaker 1: the voice of the Final four, boy, You're the voice

1036
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:38,680
Speaker 1: of a lot of things. Okay, this on Duke rhetorical question?

1037
00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 1: Maybe how good is Duke? They look unstoppable at the

1038
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:46,520
Speaker 1: beginning of the season, and I realized it's early. But

1039
00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:51,640
Speaker 1: my goodness, Zion Williamson is he's something special and we're

1040
00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:53,680
Speaker 1: not gonna get to see him very long in college basketball,

1041
00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:57,120
Speaker 1: I'm afraid. But this is a coach K may have

1042
00:49:57,239 --> 00:50:00,560
Speaker 1: one of his best teams of all time, which says

1043
00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:03,200
Speaker 1: something about that because you can think of some of

1044
00:50:03,239 --> 00:50:05,160
Speaker 1: the great teams that coach K has had over the years.

1045
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:09,080
Speaker 1: But this team has the appearance early of a very

1046
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:13,240
Speaker 1: special basketball team. It's college basketball. This Sue's gonna be interesting.

1047
00:50:13,239 --> 00:50:16,719
Speaker 1: There's there's a lot of youth in the game right now.

1048
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:19,800
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a very interesting season for college hoops.

1049
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:23,000
Speaker 1: I really get my season started in Earnest tonight. I've

1050
00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:25,239
Speaker 1: got Seaton Hall in Nebraska and a Gabba games, and

1051
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:27,440
Speaker 1: then I've got Ohio State in Creighton tomorrow night. So

1052
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Speaker 1: I get the chance to see some Big East Big

1053
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:34,279
Speaker 1: Ten basketball this week, but seeing Duke in person, and

1054
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:35,879
Speaker 1: hopefully we'll get a chance to do that a little

1055
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:37,960
Speaker 1: bit later on in the season. I'm excited to see

1056
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:40,919
Speaker 1: what they have. They look like the real deal right now.

1057
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:44,520
Speaker 1: People ask me, what would you do to change college basketball?

1058
00:50:44,640 --> 00:50:49,160
Speaker 1: Fix college basketball? Does college basketball need fixing? Or is

1059
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:51,960
Speaker 1: it okay the way it is. Here's one of the

1060
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:54,800
Speaker 1: bigger problems with college basketball. I think college basketball is

1061
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:57,600
Speaker 1: a great game, but I think one of the issues

1062
00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:00,919
Speaker 1: that people have with college basketball is it's underway now

1063
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 1: and nobody knows that it's underway. That's bad for the game.

1064
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:07,640
Speaker 1: Because you've seen Duke play on TV. I've seen Duke

1065
00:51:07,719 --> 00:51:10,319
Speaker 1: play on TV. We are not in the majority mark

1066
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:13,879
Speaker 1: of Americans who have seen college basketball because we're all

1067
00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:16,480
Speaker 1: in a football mindset, whether it be college, pro or both.

1068
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:20,239
Speaker 1: It's very difficult for college basketball, who because of the

1069
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:22,480
Speaker 1: volume of games, gets to play some great matchups in

1070
00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:25,200
Speaker 1: the nonconference, but it's very difficult for those games to

1071
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:29,480
Speaker 1: get noticed in the landscape of football. Football still dominates

1072
00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:32,720
Speaker 1: the conversation in America, and that's one of the bigger

1073
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:36,160
Speaker 1: problems that college basketball has is that people don't really

1074
00:51:36,200 --> 00:51:39,480
Speaker 1: pay attention to college basketball in any sort of aggressive

1075
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:43,040
Speaker 1: fashion until January or February, when they start thinking about

1076
00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:46,440
Speaker 1: March Madness. If college basketball could figure out a way

1077
00:51:46,440 --> 00:51:50,440
Speaker 1: to either shorten their schedule or start later and compress

1078
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:53,439
Speaker 1: their schedule, you might have a better chance to get

1079
00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:56,319
Speaker 1: people more interested early in college basketball. But as it

1080
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:59,040
Speaker 1: is right now, you've got jack, You've got a matchup

1081
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:00,520
Speaker 1: to night of the two teams that played in the

1082
00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:03,360
Speaker 1: National Championship Game last year, Michigan and Villanova are playing

1083
00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:06,239
Speaker 1: to night. And I'm gonna venture to guess not too

1084
00:52:06,280 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 1: many people outside a really hardcore college of basketball fans

1085
00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:11,680
Speaker 1: we're even where that game was being played. And that's

1086
00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:13,720
Speaker 1: a problem from the sport. It really is a shame.

1087
00:52:14,080 --> 00:52:16,600
Speaker 1: I didn't know until it was on Twitter. I saw

1088
00:52:16,640 --> 00:52:21,480
Speaker 1: a picture somebody had shot from up above at the rebuilt,

1089
00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:25,640
Speaker 1: renovated Villanova Fieldhouse and I thought, oh, man machines playing

1090
00:52:25,600 --> 00:52:27,560
Speaker 1: in Villanova. Who knew? I mean, you get just so

1091
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:30,200
Speaker 1: locked into football at this point, you just didn't know.

1092
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:33,239
Speaker 1: Kevin makes a great point there. Kevin Cooler does great

1093
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:35,960
Speaker 1: stuff for Big ten Network Westwood One on Monday nights,

1094
00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:38,000
Speaker 1: Sunday nights. I mean, he's all over the place. Love

1095
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:39,680
Speaker 1: getting a chance to listen to him, and just one

1096
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 1: hell of a guy too. He is absolutely awesome. Coming

1097
00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:44,759
Speaker 1: up next, it's time for our Texans pick him. I

1098
00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:46,680
Speaker 1: e my way of going around the NFL. I pick

1099
00:52:46,719 --> 00:52:48,319
Speaker 1: all the games straight up and it gets spread. Next

1100
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:51,920
Speaker 1: All Texans All Access Welcome back to this wonderful Friday

1101
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 1: issue to Texas All Access and my wonderful I mean

1102
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:57,080
Speaker 1: the weather and the show as well. But man, what

1103
00:52:57,160 --> 00:52:59,799
Speaker 1: a wonderful day and night it has been here in

1104
00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:03,080
Speaker 1: the city of Houston. Welcome back to the show. I'm

1105
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:05,839
Speaker 1: your host, John Harris, football analyst and sideline reporter. Thank

1106
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:08,480
Speaker 1: you for being here. It's time to play Texas Pick

1107
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:11,479
Speaker 1: Them and do it my way. But Texas fans play

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00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:14,200
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Speaker 1: even a cruise. Download the Texans Mobile app to play

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Speaker 1: now now. I believe Texas Pick Them is straight up

1112
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:28,240
Speaker 1: just picking winners. I pick winners straight up and against

1113
00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:31,279
Speaker 1: the spread. When I do, it's a good opportunity for

1114
00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:33,920
Speaker 1: me to talk about the games, talk about what's going

1115
00:53:33,960 --> 00:53:35,960
Speaker 1: on in the NFL. I like doing it. It's kind

1116
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:38,719
Speaker 1: of rapid fire, kind of go bang bang bang bing bong,

1117
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:40,839
Speaker 1: bing bong to all the different games that are going

1118
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:44,279
Speaker 1: on in the NFL. You know what, the Houston game.

1119
00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:46,799
Speaker 1: I never picked that one because I can't pick no

1120
00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:49,240
Speaker 1: matter what the spread is, whether a favored by seventeen

1121
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:51,759
Speaker 1: or Underdog by seventeen. I'll never pick that game. It's

1122
00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:54,600
Speaker 1: goes against my heart in my head and I can't

1123
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:57,120
Speaker 1: do that. So that's one I will always stay away from.

1124
00:53:57,160 --> 00:53:59,080
Speaker 1: But I pick every other one. And look, I'm not

1125
00:53:59,120 --> 00:54:01,480
Speaker 1: telling you to go to ve Guess a bank on

1126
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:03,160
Speaker 1: the ease, but it's just a good way to talk

1127
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:06,640
Speaker 1: about the game and what's going on with those teams

1128
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:09,239
Speaker 1: and fire on the NFL. We're part of it, so

1129
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:13,200
Speaker 1: let's do it. But before we get there, I got

1130
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:17,719
Speaker 1: to have my music, please, all right, there it is.

1131
00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:19,839
Speaker 1: I hear my music in the background. It's all I need.

1132
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:22,840
Speaker 1: Give me a little NFL films and a nice kiante

1133
00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:24,680
Speaker 1: and I'm ready to go. I don't although I don't

1134
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:26,600
Speaker 1: even know what a kante is. I wouldn't even I

1135
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:28,160
Speaker 1: wouldn't even know if you put it in front of me.

1136
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:30,279
Speaker 1: It's some kind of wine I think. I don't know.

1137
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 1: I don't drink, so I'm not worried about that. All right,

1138
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:35,120
Speaker 1: it's getting the games last night. I tell you Each week,

1139
00:54:35,200 --> 00:54:38,360
Speaker 1: straight up, I always do my picks before Thursday because

1140
00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:40,480
Speaker 1: I have a friend of mine that needs them, so

1141
00:54:40,560 --> 00:54:43,200
Speaker 1: I give him the picks. So I'm always honest with you.

1142
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:45,239
Speaker 1: I got this Thursday, and I got it by a

1143
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:48,040
Speaker 1: half point. Seattle making that extra point last night it

1144
00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:50,759
Speaker 1: was huge. I was sweating it out why because the

1145
00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:53,240
Speaker 1: spread last night on Seattle was two and a half.

1146
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:56,600
Speaker 1: Seattle favored by two and a half. They won by three.

1147
00:54:56,680 --> 00:54:59,320
Speaker 1: That extra point ended up being the difference. Russell Wilson

1148
00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:01,759
Speaker 1: brings the Seahaw back and the Packers were good in

1149
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:03,520
Speaker 1: the first halving A thought, well, oh this was a

1150
00:55:03,560 --> 00:55:06,040
Speaker 1: bad pick, and then Russell Wilson can bring him back,

1151
00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:08,360
Speaker 1: bring him back, hit Ed Dixon with the game winning touchdown.

1152
00:55:08,560 --> 00:55:12,120
Speaker 1: Seattle gets to win. Want to know to start the weekend? Baby, yeah,

1153
00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:14,800
Speaker 1: I love it. All right, let's getting the games on Sunday.

1154
00:55:15,160 --> 00:55:19,759
Speaker 1: Here are your noon games throughout the NFL. Now, the

1155
00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 1: Texans will be a noon game here. Obviously, if you're

1156
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:23,719
Speaker 1: going to the game in DC, it's eastern time, so

1157
00:55:23,719 --> 00:55:27,399
Speaker 1: it's one o'clock, So one o'clock eastern noon local. So

1158
00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:30,680
Speaker 1: just it does it started at noon? No, it'll start

1159
00:55:30,719 --> 00:55:32,480
Speaker 1: one o'clock in the East coast. Just make sure that

1160
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:37,239
Speaker 1: you're aware of that. Carolina goes to Detroit. As I

1161
00:55:37,360 --> 00:55:42,759
Speaker 1: was rifling through Twitter, I saw somebody very snarkily put

1162
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:49,080
Speaker 1: a tweet from Detroit one of Detroit media, Matt Patricia,

1163
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:53,880
Speaker 1: talking about practicing outside, and I didn't even read it.

1164
00:55:53,920 --> 00:55:56,200
Speaker 1: I haven't even read what he wrote eight hundred ninety

1165
00:55:56,239 --> 00:56:00,120
Speaker 1: one words to start off his press conference today Friday,

1166
00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:02,720
Speaker 1: oh Man, Detroit is a three and a half point

1167
00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:07,040
Speaker 1: dog at home. I picked Carolina to win this game.

1168
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,200
Speaker 1: I think Carolina is gonna bounce back. They had the

1169
00:56:09,239 --> 00:56:14,799
Speaker 1: mini buy after getting destroyed in Pittsburgh. Destroyed, I mean

1170
00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:20,400
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh was ruthless. They couldn't stop Pittsburgh to save their lives,

1171
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:23,480
Speaker 1: and that defense has got some really good pieces. I

1172
00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:25,400
Speaker 1: think they'll do a better job to stop in Detroit.

1173
00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:28,600
Speaker 1: I think Carolina is gonna win this, but I do

1174
00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:31,440
Speaker 1: not think it's gonna be by much more than the

1175
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:33,680
Speaker 1: three and a half that they're favored by, but it'll

1176
00:56:33,719 --> 00:56:36,480
Speaker 1: be enough. I think it'll be somewhere between four and seven.

1177
00:56:36,520 --> 00:56:38,680
Speaker 1: But Carolina is gonna go to Detroit get to win.

1178
00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:43,000
Speaker 1: Carolina needs it to stay in the wild card hunt,

1179
00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:45,960
Speaker 1: and it'll stay in the NFC South hunt too, But

1180
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:49,480
Speaker 1: mainly with the way the Saints are playing and the

1181
00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:52,440
Speaker 1: Eagles could help out the Carolina Panthers this weekend. But

1182
00:56:52,480 --> 00:56:55,040
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be the Saints running away with

1183
00:56:55,080 --> 00:56:58,920
Speaker 1: that division right now at nine in eight and one,

1184
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:00,880
Speaker 1: sorry eight and one, so they'll play and then they

1185
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:02,680
Speaker 1: got to they already had their boys, so they'll catch

1186
00:57:02,800 --> 00:57:05,840
Speaker 1: up this week with pretty much everybody else throughout the league.

1187
00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:08,480
Speaker 1: But at eight and one, two games ahead at Carolina,

1188
00:57:08,719 --> 00:57:10,960
Speaker 1: I think Carolina is fighting up hill for that butt

1189
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:13,440
Speaker 1: for wildcart makes a lot of sense, especially when you

1190
00:57:13,440 --> 00:57:16,000
Speaker 1: look at the rest of the conference. I think that

1191
00:57:16,040 --> 00:57:18,480
Speaker 1: Carolina is in a good spot, but getting the six

1192
00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:20,400
Speaker 1: and four gets a little dicey. I think Carolina gets

1193
00:57:20,440 --> 00:57:22,080
Speaker 1: to win to win by more than three and a half,

1194
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:25,960
Speaker 1: So Panthers to win a cover. Tampa Bay goes to

1195
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:29,640
Speaker 1: the Giants. Now, I was talking with one of my

1196
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:31,680
Speaker 1: buddies last night, so I was doing a college game.

1197
00:57:31,720 --> 00:57:35,120
Speaker 1: I did send Stephen f Auston and Northwestern State, and

1198
00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:37,480
Speaker 1: I was talking about how tough it is for New York.

1199
00:57:37,640 --> 00:57:41,280
Speaker 1: The Giants flew out to San Francisco, they played the

1200
00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:44,360
Speaker 1: game on Monday night and then had to fly back

1201
00:57:44,600 --> 00:57:48,520
Speaker 1: after the game back home, so they probably didn't get

1202
00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:53,960
Speaker 1: back until probably weren't on lunchtime. Maybe maybe maybe a

1203
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:56,120
Speaker 1: little bit earlier, maybe they got home for breakfast, I

1204
00:57:56,120 --> 00:57:59,560
Speaker 1: don't know, and then they've got to play a pretty

1205
00:57:59,560 --> 00:58:01,760
Speaker 1: explode sift Tampa Bay team. At least New York is

1206
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:04,480
Speaker 1: getting to play at home. But I think maybe New

1207
00:58:04,520 --> 00:58:06,800
Speaker 1: York found something you could I listened to Mike up

1208
00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:09,280
Speaker 1: a Sterling Shepherd and they had kind of the same vision.

1209
00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:12,000
Speaker 1: Hey starts stacking these wins. Now, let's start putting. This

1210
00:58:12,040 --> 00:58:14,200
Speaker 1: is one in a row. Let's start getting this done.

1211
00:58:14,520 --> 00:58:16,880
Speaker 1: I kind of like that thought process. To one and

1212
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:19,800
Speaker 1: a half point spread. The Giants are favored by Tampa Bay.

1213
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:21,680
Speaker 1: Is gonna turn the ball over. I think it's gonna

1214
00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:23,680
Speaker 1: give Elion the offense a few more shots at it.

1215
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:25,800
Speaker 1: I like the Giants in this one. I think it's

1216
00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:29,640
Speaker 1: still be close, but it's got it's got a shootout possibility.

1217
00:58:30,440 --> 00:58:33,600
Speaker 1: This feels like thirty five thirty one kind of stuff.

1218
00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:38,960
Speaker 1: Let's go with Eli, se Quon, O, b J and

1219
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:42,520
Speaker 1: Shepherd in this one over Tampa Bay. Well, it's gonna

1220
00:58:42,520 --> 00:58:44,440
Speaker 1: be whatever the over under is. I don't know what

1221
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:46,760
Speaker 1: it is, go over, go over, but Giants to win

1222
00:58:46,840 --> 00:58:48,480
Speaker 1: it cover one and a half. It's almost like straight up,

1223
00:58:48,560 --> 00:58:50,360
Speaker 1: let's go to the Giants to win it cover. Dallas

1224
00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:53,080
Speaker 1: goes to Atlanta. Now, last year Dallas went to Tampa

1225
00:58:53,120 --> 00:58:57,560
Speaker 1: Lanta and gave up six sacks to Adrian Clayborne. Now,

1226
00:58:57,600 --> 00:58:59,440
Speaker 1: Clayborn is a member of the Patriots, and it was

1227
00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:02,240
Speaker 1: that game helped get Adrian paid in over to New England.

1228
00:59:02,680 --> 00:59:05,320
Speaker 1: Atlanta's favored by three and a half at home. I'm

1229
00:59:05,360 --> 00:59:08,440
Speaker 1: playing a hunch here, and I don't know whether obviously

1230
00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:10,440
Speaker 1: i'm writing this, we won't know until the game. But

1231
00:59:10,560 --> 00:59:15,000
Speaker 1: I'm playing a hunch that Dallas beating Philadelphia on Sunday

1232
00:59:15,120 --> 00:59:19,560
Speaker 1: night could be the foreshadowing of some good things for Dallas.

1233
00:59:19,600 --> 00:59:22,960
Speaker 1: That offense I thought looked really good going against a

1234
00:59:22,960 --> 00:59:27,160
Speaker 1: good Eels defense. They took the Eagles best shot offensively

1235
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:31,280
Speaker 1: and kept coming back and kept answering score at the score.

1236
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:35,920
Speaker 1: I'm going with Dallas to at least get inside the number.

1237
00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:39,800
Speaker 1: I do think Dallas will win. I'm not totally sure

1238
00:59:39,840 --> 00:59:42,360
Speaker 1: how they've played lousy on the road at times this year.

1239
00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:46,240
Speaker 1: Atlanta did not look good last week against Cleveland, But

1240
00:59:46,320 --> 00:59:48,920
Speaker 1: I think more about Dallas kind of turning the corner.

1241
00:59:48,920 --> 00:59:51,360
Speaker 1: Maybe Amari Cooper needs a little bit more to dak

1242
00:59:51,400 --> 00:59:54,360
Speaker 1: Prescott than anybody originally thought. Let's go, let's go with

1243
00:59:54,520 --> 00:59:57,640
Speaker 1: Dallas any upset to not only cover the three and

1244
00:59:57,640 --> 01:00:03,520
Speaker 1: a half to beat atlant straight up, Tennessee goes to Indianapolis. Now,

1245
01:00:04,280 --> 01:00:06,320
Speaker 1: this is the way that I'd look at this. If

1246
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:13,160
Speaker 1: Tennessee wins and the Texans lose, then Monday morning, well

1247
01:00:13,240 --> 01:00:16,880
Speaker 1: actually right after the games are over, Tennessee would then

1248
01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:21,919
Speaker 1: be atop the AFC South due to the tiebreaker, which

1249
01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:24,600
Speaker 1: would be a head to head competition at Tennessee one

1250
01:00:24,640 --> 01:00:27,400
Speaker 1: back in week two. Now they'll play on Monday as

1251
01:00:27,400 --> 01:00:30,480
Speaker 1: two six and four teams if that's the case. But

1252
01:00:30,600 --> 01:00:34,800
Speaker 1: the game in Indianapolis, I got Indianapolis favored by one

1253
01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:36,800
Speaker 1: and a half. I got Indianapolis to win and to

1254
01:00:36,840 --> 01:00:40,600
Speaker 1: cover that number. I think Indianapolis is hot. I think

1255
01:00:40,680 --> 01:00:43,560
Speaker 1: that's the team to concern yourself with, even as it

1256
01:00:43,600 --> 01:00:47,360
Speaker 1: pertains to the playoffs. If Indianapolis wins, they're five and five.

1257
01:00:47,480 --> 01:00:49,800
Speaker 1: Tennessee would move to five and five. If the Texans

1258
01:00:49,840 --> 01:00:51,480
Speaker 1: then win and get to seventy three, they have two

1259
01:00:51,520 --> 01:00:54,960
Speaker 1: games up on both of them. If they beat both

1260
01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:57,200
Speaker 1: of them in that three game stretch at home, the

1261
01:00:57,240 --> 01:01:02,000
Speaker 1: division is done mathematically. I think there would still be life,

1262
01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:04,000
Speaker 1: but it would be pretty much done at that point.

1263
01:01:04,120 --> 01:01:07,400
Speaker 1: So we need the Coats to win. I'm going with

1264
01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:09,760
Speaker 1: the Coats to win at home and they'll cover that

1265
01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:12,160
Speaker 1: one and a half and beat to Tennessee Titans. Cincinnati

1266
01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:16,680
Speaker 1: goes to Baltimore. Have no idea who's playing quarterback for Baltimore.

1267
01:01:16,880 --> 01:01:20,280
Speaker 1: John Harbaugh said yesterday, Hey, Joe Flacco doon to practice

1268
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Speaker 1: to be able to play well. He hasn't practice. Lamar

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01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:26,800
Speaker 1: Jackson didn't even practice yesterday, so it was RG three

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01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:29,280
Speaker 1: who took all the reps. Have no idea what's gonna

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01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:34,680
Speaker 1: happen at quarterback, but at home, I'm taking Baltimore. I

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01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:37,520
Speaker 1: think this feels like a game in which the Ravens

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01:01:37,560 --> 01:01:41,960
Speaker 1: defense will find itself from where it was earlier this year,

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01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:44,440
Speaker 1: that eleven sack game against Tennessee and then all of

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01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:46,160
Speaker 1: a sudden it was downhill from there. I think they'll

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01:01:46,160 --> 01:01:48,920
Speaker 1: get back to that, maybe not that many sacks against Cincinnati,

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01:01:49,120 --> 01:01:51,440
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna get Baltimore to win here and move

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01:01:51,480 --> 01:01:53,800
Speaker 1: both teams to five and five. So Baltimore is gonna

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01:01:53,800 --> 01:01:55,840
Speaker 1: cover the four and a half and get to win

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01:01:55,920 --> 01:02:01,000
Speaker 1: outright at home. Pittsburgh goes to Jacksonville. Jacksonville hasn't thrown

1281
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:04,680
Speaker 1: in the towel or well. They're trying to convince everybody

1282
01:02:04,720 --> 01:02:07,960
Speaker 1: that they have it. The Steelers win this one and

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01:02:08,120 --> 01:02:12,439
Speaker 1: Jacksonville might as well. Three and six. There are five

1284
01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:16,080
Speaker 1: and a half point dog at home. This game was

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01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:19,720
Speaker 1: moved off of the Sunday night game because Jacksonville has

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01:02:19,840 --> 01:02:23,840
Speaker 1: lost five in a row. I'm giving Pittsburgh to win.

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01:02:24,280 --> 01:02:27,120
Speaker 1: I think this will effectively end the season for Jacksonville.

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01:02:27,360 --> 01:02:29,880
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh moves to seven two and one. They'll cover that

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01:02:29,960 --> 01:02:32,280
Speaker 1: five and a half. They'll get to win against Jacksonville,

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01:02:32,760 --> 01:02:34,720
Speaker 1: and then we'll start to see we'll start to see

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01:02:34,760 --> 01:02:37,320
Speaker 1: who jumps ship from Jacksonville. At that point, it is

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01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:40,680
Speaker 1: exactly what I said would happen. We'll see how Jacksonville

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01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:45,200
Speaker 1: deals with success and injuries. They're gonna have them. They

1294
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:48,320
Speaker 1: can't have a year like last year. They were healthy

1295
01:02:48,360 --> 01:02:51,960
Speaker 1: all year long, everybody was, and they're not this year

1296
01:02:52,360 --> 01:02:55,320
Speaker 1: and it's catching up to them. That's some quarterback play,

1297
01:02:55,640 --> 01:02:57,880
Speaker 1: it's some rough playing to defense. They look lousy against

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01:02:57,880 --> 01:03:01,320
Speaker 1: the Colts, just lousy and actually couldn't won a game

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01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:05,360
Speaker 1: or two. Denver goes to the Chargers. Chargers are seven

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01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:08,880
Speaker 1: and a half point favorites. I was tempted to go

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01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:11,520
Speaker 1: at Denver here Denver's coming off a by, but I didn't.

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01:03:11,520 --> 01:03:14,240
Speaker 1: I went with the Chargers, and then about I don't know,

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01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:17,400
Speaker 1: I was run lunch time today, I saw where Broncos

1304
01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:20,480
Speaker 1: lineman Max Garcia tors acl which a thing happened in

1305
01:03:20,520 --> 01:03:23,160
Speaker 1: the game the Texans played against them, So they've lost

1306
01:03:23,240 --> 01:03:27,200
Speaker 1: Matt Parrotis, Ronald Leary and Max Garcia on the inside.

1307
01:03:27,800 --> 01:03:30,480
Speaker 1: I think that's way too much and Joey Bosa might

1308
01:03:30,520 --> 01:03:32,880
Speaker 1: be back for this one. So we're gonna go Chargers

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01:03:32,880 --> 01:03:35,360
Speaker 1: to cover the seven and a half and win obviously

1310
01:03:35,800 --> 01:03:40,160
Speaker 1: at home. Oakland goes to Arizona. Arizona is a two

1311
01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:44,880
Speaker 1: and seven football team has not played exceedingly well year long.

1312
01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:48,520
Speaker 1: Did play hard in that game at Kansas City, and

1313
01:03:48,600 --> 01:03:51,080
Speaker 1: maybe that tells you a little bit about this Arizona team.

1314
01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:53,840
Speaker 1: They're five and a half point favorites over the Raiders.

1315
01:03:55,120 --> 01:03:57,160
Speaker 1: I think the Chargers are Excuse me, I think the

1316
01:03:57,160 --> 01:03:59,480
Speaker 1: Cardinals will cover that. That shows you where the Raiders

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01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:04,080
Speaker 1: are right now. One and eight lousy lousy. It's been

1318
01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:07,440
Speaker 1: terrible for the Raiders. There are a number of reasons,

1319
01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:09,480
Speaker 1: but Arizona is gonna get the win and cover that

1320
01:04:09,560 --> 01:04:11,640
Speaker 1: five and a half. A two and seven football team,

1321
01:04:11,680 --> 01:04:13,600
Speaker 1: I'm picking to win out right and cover five and

1322
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:16,960
Speaker 1: a half point spread. Ooh boy, Philadelphia ghost to New Orleans.

1323
01:04:18,400 --> 01:04:21,320
Speaker 1: This Philadelphia team is not the one from last year.

1324
01:04:21,840 --> 01:04:25,200
Speaker 1: Last year was a special ball club. The camaraderie was great,

1325
01:04:25,880 --> 01:04:30,920
Speaker 1: they were healthy, everything came together. The ball bounced their

1326
01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:34,880
Speaker 1: way nearly every week. That's not happening this year. They're

1327
01:04:34,920 --> 01:04:37,400
Speaker 1: not closing out games. They're not getting stops when they

1328
01:04:37,440 --> 01:04:39,600
Speaker 1: need them. That's why that team is four and five,

1329
01:04:40,520 --> 01:04:43,440
Speaker 1: and it will go to four and six as they

1330
01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:45,200
Speaker 1: go to New Orleans and take them on in the

1331
01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:49,920
Speaker 1: afternoon on Sunday. I do think that New Orleans won't

1332
01:04:49,920 --> 01:04:52,560
Speaker 1: cover the eight and a half. I do think that

1333
01:04:52,600 --> 01:04:54,960
Speaker 1: Philadelphia will get inside the eight and a half point number.

1334
01:04:55,280 --> 01:04:59,040
Speaker 1: Philadelphia will play as if their season. They're twenty eighteen.

1335
01:04:59,120 --> 01:05:06,120
Speaker 1: Football lives are in danger this week because four and six, Yeah,

1336
01:05:06,160 --> 01:05:09,040
Speaker 1: five and five. I think they're gonna have a chance.

1337
01:05:09,480 --> 01:05:11,800
Speaker 1: Because if the Texans beat the Redskins, that puts the

1338
01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:14,640
Speaker 1: Redskins to six and four. Philadelphia is then sitting there

1339
01:05:14,640 --> 01:05:16,720
Speaker 1: and going, hey, we're we win this game. We upset

1340
01:05:16,720 --> 01:05:18,640
Speaker 1: the Saints. We're five and five. We're just one game

1341
01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:22,480
Speaker 1: behind Washington. I still think Philly and Dallas are in

1342
01:05:22,520 --> 01:05:25,439
Speaker 1: the mix. But Philadelphia has got to win this game.

1343
01:05:25,640 --> 01:05:28,320
Speaker 1: I think they'll play with that desperation. But the Saints

1344
01:05:28,320 --> 01:05:30,880
Speaker 1: are too good. So get the Saints to win. But

1345
01:05:30,960 --> 01:05:34,440
Speaker 1: the Eagles get inside that eight and a half point spread,

1346
01:05:34,640 --> 01:05:40,440
Speaker 1: Philadelphia gets to cover. Minnesota goes to Chicago. Now I

1347
01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:43,480
Speaker 1: just cannot believe in the team in Chicago that went

1348
01:05:43,480 --> 01:05:45,160
Speaker 1: to Miami and got beat by ass while they're in

1349
01:05:45,160 --> 01:05:47,800
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. I just am having a hard time with that.

1350
01:05:48,880 --> 01:05:52,680
Speaker 1: I know I shouldn't, but I just do. The Bears

1351
01:05:52,760 --> 01:05:55,360
Speaker 1: lost to Miami and Brockcoss while on a road GiB

1352
01:05:55,480 --> 01:05:58,400
Speaker 1: thirty one in doing it. I think Minnesota, even though

1353
01:05:58,400 --> 01:06:00,200
Speaker 1: Minnesota's a two and a half point dog on the

1354
01:06:00,240 --> 01:06:02,360
Speaker 1: road on a Sunday night, I think the Bears will

1355
01:06:02,440 --> 01:06:06,600
Speaker 1: play energized the first half. Now, Khalil Mack back that

1356
01:06:06,680 --> 01:06:11,080
Speaker 1: does change things for the Bears, but Everson Griffin's back,

1357
01:06:11,480 --> 01:06:14,080
Speaker 1: Daniel Hutter is tearing it up They've got a one

1358
01:06:14,080 --> 01:06:16,440
Speaker 1: two combo coming off the edge. I think that can

1359
01:06:16,520 --> 01:06:19,800
Speaker 1: make life tough for Mitchell Trubiski. Let's go with the

1360
01:06:19,840 --> 01:06:23,560
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings to win and obviously get inside that two

1361
01:06:23,560 --> 01:06:25,320
Speaker 1: and a half point spread. I could still win that

1362
01:06:25,400 --> 01:06:28,640
Speaker 1: by taking Minnesota. The Minnesota makes it close, Bears win

1363
01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:31,280
Speaker 1: by one or two, but I think Minnesota's gonna win outright.

1364
01:06:31,480 --> 01:06:33,680
Speaker 1: And then the game Monday night that was supposed to

1365
01:06:33,720 --> 01:06:37,240
Speaker 1: be in Mexico City, field conditions moved it to LA.

1366
01:06:37,360 --> 01:06:39,920
Speaker 1: The irony is the field at this point in the

1367
01:06:39,960 --> 01:06:44,040
Speaker 1: season in LA is already a mess. It's not quite

1368
01:06:44,080 --> 01:06:48,600
Speaker 1: the mess it was in Mexico City, but it's not

1369
01:06:48,640 --> 01:06:53,080
Speaker 1: gonna be pretty. That's said ninety one Kansas City ninety

1370
01:06:53,120 --> 01:06:56,800
Speaker 1: one LA matching up in a massive game. They're both

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01:06:56,840 --> 01:07:00,360
Speaker 1: going into a buy next week. It's been rough going

1372
01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:04,800
Speaker 1: for LA from this standpoint. The everything that's gone around

1373
01:07:04,960 --> 01:07:09,360
Speaker 1: outside football, everything that's impacted them, moving them to Colorado Springs,

1374
01:07:10,160 --> 01:07:14,560
Speaker 1: everything with the fires, the shooting, everything that has impacted

1375
01:07:14,680 --> 01:07:18,200
Speaker 1: life as they know it. They're in LA, and then

1376
01:07:18,200 --> 01:07:20,840
Speaker 1: these guys got to play a football game, and last

1377
01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:23,800
Speaker 1: week they were able to hang on against Seattle this

1378
01:07:23,840 --> 01:07:27,880
Speaker 1: week against Kansas City. It's gonna be tough, but I

1379
01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:29,880
Speaker 1: do think the Rams are gonna find a way. I

1380
01:07:29,880 --> 01:07:33,760
Speaker 1: think they're gonna play with a certain resolve to do

1381
01:07:33,800 --> 01:07:36,520
Speaker 1: it for those people in California that now believe in them,

1382
01:07:36,920 --> 01:07:39,120
Speaker 1: that have become huge fans of the Rams. The Rams

1383
01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:42,000
Speaker 1: are three and a half point favorites. I'm gonna take

1384
01:07:42,040 --> 01:07:43,960
Speaker 1: the Rams to cover the three and a half and

1385
01:07:44,040 --> 01:07:46,160
Speaker 1: get to win and move to ten and one and

1386
01:07:46,240 --> 01:07:49,000
Speaker 1: move Kansas City to nine and two heading into their

1387
01:07:49,040 --> 01:07:51,640
Speaker 1: bye week next week. So there you go. There's your

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01:07:51,680 --> 01:07:55,840
Speaker 1: Texans Pick Them presented by Train. All Right, we get back.

1389
01:07:56,080 --> 01:07:59,960
Speaker 1: It is time for our players segment and a player

1390
01:08:00,040 --> 01:08:03,040
Speaker 1: who wants played in the NFL Brian Game. So we'll

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01:08:03,080 --> 01:08:05,520
Speaker 1: have the game plan and the players segment next to

1392
01:08:05,560 --> 01:08:12,200
Speaker 1: finish up on Texas Access. One final segment of Texas

1393
01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:15,880
Speaker 1: All Access from the Hounday Texans Radio studio, getting ready

1394
01:08:15,880 --> 01:08:19,280
Speaker 1: to go to Washington, DC tomorrow morning, get up there

1395
01:08:19,320 --> 01:08:22,200
Speaker 1: on Saturday, play games Sunday, and hopefully come home with

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01:08:22,280 --> 01:08:25,200
Speaker 1: eight w Glad you have been with me tonight. We've

1397
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:28,280
Speaker 1: had a fun show and it gets even more fun

1398
01:08:28,320 --> 01:08:31,160
Speaker 1: when we get to this segment because it is our

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01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:35,040
Speaker 1: players segment. I am your host, John Harris, have been

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01:08:35,080 --> 01:08:37,360
Speaker 1: with you all night and one of my favors in

1401
01:08:37,360 --> 01:08:40,759
Speaker 1: the locker room, and I think everybody's faith's cream Jackson

1402
01:08:41,520 --> 01:08:43,920
Speaker 1: and anytime Kareem Jackson picks up a my Kids time

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01:08:43,960 --> 01:08:47,599
Speaker 1: for player Reporter aka k jack TV. And he's brought

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Speaker 1: not overpriced. If you could have any game in the

1407
01:08:59,720 --> 01:09:02,920
Speaker 1: lock room, what would you want to have? And and

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01:09:03,120 --> 01:09:07,800
Speaker 1: we're back, kai Zach team. Take the t's out, Take

1409
01:09:07,800 --> 01:09:10,080
Speaker 1: the shirt off, Take the shirt off, baby, were take

1410
01:09:10,160 --> 01:09:16,160
Speaker 1: it and off were taking a ball one at a time.

1411
01:09:17,200 --> 01:09:24,360
Speaker 1: He's a callid and we're back, kai Zach team. Take

1412
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:27,040
Speaker 1: the t's out, Take the shirt off, Take the shirt off.

1413
01:09:27,080 --> 01:09:30,479
Speaker 1: Baby were take it and off were taking a ball

1414
01:09:31,160 --> 01:09:37,200
Speaker 1: one at a time. He's a calid. Before we start,

1415
01:09:37,240 --> 01:09:42,320
Speaker 1: shout out artic, keep me cool, shout out artic, he

1416
01:09:42,439 --> 01:09:46,960
Speaker 1: would be Mac scar BP. How y'all doing today? Man?

1417
01:09:47,120 --> 01:09:52,240
Speaker 1: Doing good? Or good? Wonderful, fantastic, fantastic? All right? All right,

1418
01:09:52,280 --> 01:09:55,160
Speaker 1: that's six in a row ain't. It's all right? So

1419
01:09:55,280 --> 01:09:57,640
Speaker 1: if you could, if you can pick one game that

1420
01:09:57,680 --> 01:09:59,559
Speaker 1: you would like to see in the locker room. You

1421
01:09:59,600 --> 01:10:03,200
Speaker 1: know what game? Would it be? Pool type? Food table?

1422
01:10:03,200 --> 01:10:06,639
Speaker 1: You're pretty good at pool? I run the house? Did

1423
01:10:06,680 --> 01:10:08,519
Speaker 1: you like that? We're gonna get a pool tape. Ma here,

1424
01:10:08,560 --> 01:10:10,120
Speaker 1: we're gonna see if you run the house. I think

1425
01:10:10,120 --> 01:10:13,639
Speaker 1: you're just talking. We learned how to play pool at

1426
01:10:13,680 --> 01:10:16,080
Speaker 1: my dad. Dad. He's pretty good. He's the best. I'll

1427
01:10:16,120 --> 01:10:19,880
Speaker 1: beat him. What would you want to see in our

1428
01:10:19,960 --> 01:10:24,760
Speaker 1: locker room? Basketball? Go sureball? Okay? I like that one?

1429
01:10:25,080 --> 01:10:28,880
Speaker 1: Big buck Hunter, Big buck Hunter? Yeah, big buck Hunter, Safari,

1430
01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:31,479
Speaker 1: the game at the bar? Yeah? What game would you

1431
01:10:31,479 --> 01:10:35,240
Speaker 1: want to see in the locker room? What a game? Uh?

1432
01:10:36,240 --> 01:10:40,240
Speaker 1: Probably a basketball goal? Man? Yeah, somebody else share that too.

1433
01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:49,360
Speaker 1: Chess man, Come on, that was a Stanford answer, that man, chess.

1434
01:10:51,120 --> 01:10:54,000
Speaker 1: I don't want to do no strategizing in here, playing

1435
01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:57,160
Speaker 1: no games in his locker room. Man. We got horses,

1436
01:10:57,200 --> 01:11:01,080
Speaker 1: we got queens, we got queens, we got palms Brook.

1437
01:11:02,400 --> 01:11:06,960
Speaker 1: No knights, horses, man, you know how to play tests

1438
01:11:07,600 --> 01:11:13,479
Speaker 1: of the castle sticks. Look, guys, he asked for a

1439
01:11:13,600 --> 01:11:19,160
Speaker 1: chick game. He don't know how to play tests horses,

1440
01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:22,880
Speaker 1: come on, scarre You better than that. You're definitely better

1441
01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:25,280
Speaker 1: than that. I met Kenne Lamb would know what goes

1442
01:11:25,360 --> 01:11:27,640
Speaker 1: all at a chess set. It's our final word with

1443
01:11:27,760 --> 01:11:30,800
Speaker 1: Drew Doherty this week, and it is Kendall Lamb. Drew

1444
01:11:30,840 --> 01:11:33,320
Speaker 1: take it away. Over the last six games, every one

1445
01:11:33,360 --> 01:11:35,800
Speaker 1: of them's a w Over the last six games, you've

1446
01:11:35,840 --> 01:11:39,599
Speaker 1: been the starter at right tackles that the secret. I

1447
01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:41,840
Speaker 1: don't really get too too much into that. I'm just

1448
01:11:42,000 --> 01:11:43,519
Speaker 1: I'm thankful that you know I can go out there

1449
01:11:43,560 --> 01:11:45,439
Speaker 1: and help us get a win, and you know, mesh

1450
01:11:45,479 --> 01:11:47,400
Speaker 1: well with my brothers on the old line. It's nice

1451
01:11:47,400 --> 01:11:50,439
Speaker 1: to see us get rolling. And I don't toot my

1452
01:11:50,479 --> 01:11:52,639
Speaker 1: own horn saying out like everybody else, that's what they

1453
01:11:52,680 --> 01:11:54,880
Speaker 1: want to think. They think. I'm just blessed for the opportunity.

1454
01:11:55,040 --> 01:11:56,680
Speaker 1: You're a nice guy. You just answered that with a

1455
01:11:56,720 --> 01:12:00,320
Speaker 1: good answer. I was being sarcastic, but clearly the pensive

1456
01:12:00,360 --> 01:12:03,679
Speaker 1: line has played better over the course of the winning streak.

1457
01:12:03,880 --> 01:12:06,800
Speaker 1: What's the difference as a unit? You think, in my opinion,

1458
01:12:06,840 --> 01:12:09,120
Speaker 1: we're getting We're getting comfortable with one another. We've hast

1459
01:12:09,160 --> 01:12:12,519
Speaker 1: shuffling parts some sometimes throughout this this year. But you

1460
01:12:12,560 --> 01:12:15,160
Speaker 1: know we've we've had if it's you know, our five

1461
01:12:15,200 --> 01:12:16,840
Speaker 1: who will be playing this Sunday, and then you know

1462
01:12:16,920 --> 01:12:19,400
Speaker 1: Greg comes in, you got ranked that will come in.

1463
01:12:19,680 --> 01:12:22,599
Speaker 1: I feel like we've we've gotten that comfort level together

1464
01:12:22,640 --> 01:12:24,759
Speaker 1: regardless who's in there, and from office of line standpoint,

1465
01:12:24,800 --> 01:12:26,519
Speaker 1: that goes a long way. So, yes, sir, you think

1466
01:12:26,520 --> 01:12:28,960
Speaker 1: it's kind of easy to forget sometimes when we are

1467
01:12:28,960 --> 01:12:30,719
Speaker 1: looking at the world of sports, like if you'd apply

1468
01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:32,880
Speaker 1: it to your own life, those of you listen other

1469
01:12:33,320 --> 01:12:35,320
Speaker 1: sometimes it just takes a while for you to be

1470
01:12:35,439 --> 01:12:38,120
Speaker 1: good at your job and be good with your teammates

1471
01:12:38,160 --> 01:12:40,720
Speaker 1: at your job, no matter the profession. Right. Oh, yes, sir,

1472
01:12:40,800 --> 01:12:43,320
Speaker 1: I completely agree with that. I think people fail to

1473
01:12:43,360 --> 01:12:46,400
Speaker 1: realize sometimes. I mean, we're going against the best people

1474
01:12:46,400 --> 01:12:49,120
Speaker 1: in the world. These are guys who literally make millions

1475
01:12:49,120 --> 01:12:51,160
Speaker 1: of dollars because they're good at what they do. It's

1476
01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:53,000
Speaker 1: not easy. I mean, it's not the easiest thing. So

1477
01:12:53,560 --> 01:12:55,360
Speaker 1: it takes time. Like I said, you have to be

1478
01:12:55,400 --> 01:12:57,280
Speaker 1: on the same page with the guys beside you, and

1479
01:12:57,600 --> 01:12:59,719
Speaker 1: so you can be a fine well lord machine. Because

1480
01:12:59,720 --> 01:13:02,320
Speaker 1: I mean, and even if you are doing everything right,

1481
01:13:02,360 --> 01:13:04,960
Speaker 1: they get paid too. Sometimes they make plays. It's the way,

1482
01:13:05,000 --> 01:13:06,519
Speaker 1: it's the nature of the game. So I mean, that's

1483
01:13:06,600 --> 01:13:08,439
Speaker 1: that's the biggest challenge we go through, and you know,

1484
01:13:08,479 --> 01:13:10,160
Speaker 1: we look forward to it, no doubt. And for the

1485
01:13:10,160 --> 01:13:12,639
Speaker 1: most part to Shaun Watson has been upright the last

1486
01:13:12,680 --> 01:13:15,080
Speaker 1: three four games. How about you last time last year

1487
01:13:15,120 --> 01:13:16,960
Speaker 1: when we saw you played some left tackling, you had

1488
01:13:16,960 --> 01:13:19,760
Speaker 1: your struggles, but you've come back very strong over on

1489
01:13:19,800 --> 01:13:22,720
Speaker 1: the right side. It's not just merely a matter of

1490
01:13:22,760 --> 01:13:25,040
Speaker 1: switching positions though hasn't been for you, Oh no, I

1491
01:13:25,080 --> 01:13:27,240
Speaker 1: mean from my standpoint, like we talked the other night

1492
01:13:27,520 --> 01:13:29,200
Speaker 1: at Photo Ruckers, it was I mean I had to

1493
01:13:29,200 --> 01:13:31,200
Speaker 1: reevaluate a lot of things. You know. The left side,

1494
01:13:31,240 --> 01:13:33,639
Speaker 1: I've always played it. I enjoyed it. The right side

1495
01:13:33,720 --> 01:13:35,200
Speaker 1: was very new to me. So you know, I did

1496
01:13:35,200 --> 01:13:37,519
Speaker 1: a lot of work in the offseason preparing for whatever

1497
01:13:37,560 --> 01:13:39,800
Speaker 1: side or whatever opportunity will come. You know, I looked

1498
01:13:39,840 --> 01:13:41,840
Speaker 1: at myself in the mirror. I changed a lot of

1499
01:13:41,840 --> 01:13:44,080
Speaker 1: things about my life in general, and a lot of

1500
01:13:44,080 --> 01:13:45,880
Speaker 1: people who don't know. You mean, every time I go

1501
01:13:45,960 --> 01:13:47,600
Speaker 1: to the line, you know, I'll get to play in

1502
01:13:47,600 --> 01:13:49,200
Speaker 1: the hotel, but I just talk to myself. You know,

1503
01:13:49,240 --> 01:13:51,479
Speaker 1: self talk is a big thing, and you know I've

1504
01:13:51,479 --> 01:13:54,080
Speaker 1: heard that from other people before, but I really started

1505
01:13:54,120 --> 01:13:56,360
Speaker 1: to adapt that this offseason, just the way, you know,

1506
01:13:56,360 --> 01:13:59,599
Speaker 1: I communicate with myself to keep everything nice and mellow,

1507
01:13:59,640 --> 01:14:01,240
Speaker 1: because I mean, even when you see me on TV,

1508
01:14:01,320 --> 01:14:03,679
Speaker 1: I'm very chill, but I try to stay as calm

1509
01:14:03,720 --> 01:14:06,000
Speaker 1: as possible. So there's gonna be highs and there's gonna

1510
01:14:06,000 --> 01:14:07,920
Speaker 1: be lows, but I try to be me regardless. It's

1511
01:14:07,920 --> 01:14:09,719
Speaker 1: a difference between you and me. When I talk to myself.

1512
01:14:09,760 --> 01:14:12,040
Speaker 1: People think I'm just a weirdo. You're out there, You're

1513
01:14:12,120 --> 01:14:15,280
Speaker 1: keeping defensive lineman and outside linebackers from crushing our quarterback.

1514
01:14:15,360 --> 01:14:18,960
Speaker 1: Let's talk about this defensive front for Washington, very impressive.

1515
01:14:19,320 --> 01:14:22,160
Speaker 1: It starts with Ryan Kerrigan. You'll probably see a little

1516
01:14:22,160 --> 01:14:23,840
Speaker 1: bit of him from time to time. This is a

1517
01:14:23,840 --> 01:14:25,920
Speaker 1: guy who came out the same draft as JJ Watt

1518
01:14:25,960 --> 01:14:28,599
Speaker 1: and has produced at a very very high level every

1519
01:14:28,640 --> 01:14:31,200
Speaker 1: single game of his career in that span. Hasn't missed anything.

1520
01:14:31,280 --> 01:14:33,519
Speaker 1: Let's start with him. Let's talk about that that defensive front.

1521
01:14:33,600 --> 01:14:35,200
Speaker 1: How good are they so, I mean, they're very good.

1522
01:14:35,400 --> 01:14:36,960
Speaker 1: I think when you look at him, pound for pound.

1523
01:14:37,000 --> 01:14:38,920
Speaker 1: They're one of the best front summers in the game.

1524
01:14:38,960 --> 01:14:40,439
Speaker 1: You know, they've got guys on the back end who

1525
01:14:40,479 --> 01:14:42,680
Speaker 1: are playing very good. I grew up a Panthers fan,

1526
01:14:42,760 --> 01:14:44,960
Speaker 1: so I've seen Josh Norman a lot, you know, watched

1527
01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:47,439
Speaker 1: him back in Carolina. In my opinion, it goes back

1528
01:14:47,439 --> 01:14:49,240
Speaker 1: it's always about us. You know, they're gonna do what

1529
01:14:49,280 --> 01:14:51,400
Speaker 1: they do. I mean, I remember four years ago seeing

1530
01:14:51,479 --> 01:14:53,320
Speaker 1: Ryan Kerrigan when I was a young pup out here,

1531
01:14:53,520 --> 01:14:55,719
Speaker 1: thinking my guys, he's a beast. And now I'm blinking

1532
01:14:55,720 --> 01:14:57,280
Speaker 1: my eyes and four years later, I get the chance

1533
01:14:57,320 --> 01:14:59,080
Speaker 1: to go against one of the best players in the game.

1534
01:14:59,320 --> 01:15:03,120
Speaker 1: So you know, I openly enjoy those challenges because I mean,

1535
01:15:03,120 --> 01:15:04,880
Speaker 1: it lets me know where I'm at, but it also

1536
01:15:04,960 --> 01:15:06,680
Speaker 1: lets me know, you know, the work that we put in.

1537
01:15:06,840 --> 01:15:08,519
Speaker 1: You get to go against the best. I mean, we've

1538
01:15:08,520 --> 01:15:10,840
Speaker 1: got Clownie and JJ here, we see them every day,

1539
01:15:11,000 --> 01:15:12,320
Speaker 1: but I'm going to get to see a different a

1540
01:15:12,320 --> 01:15:14,760
Speaker 1: different type of rusher this week. And I mean, as

1541
01:15:14,800 --> 01:15:16,599
Speaker 1: long as you know, we stick to the game plan

1542
01:15:16,680 --> 01:15:18,400
Speaker 1: and like I said, we take it played by playing,

1543
01:15:18,400 --> 01:15:20,040
Speaker 1: and I think we'll be okay. I like it you

1544
01:15:20,040 --> 01:15:21,680
Speaker 1: brought up when I was a young pup. Because that

1545
01:15:21,760 --> 01:15:23,800
Speaker 1: twenty and fifteen season, you were a rookie. You get

1546
01:15:23,840 --> 01:15:26,840
Speaker 1: to go two three days to Richmond and practice against

1547
01:15:26,840 --> 01:15:28,920
Speaker 1: the Redskins. What are your recollections of that time there,

1548
01:15:28,960 --> 01:15:31,800
Speaker 1: because it ended with a bang, so to speak, it did,

1549
01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:33,679
Speaker 1: I mean it was it was. I love the weather.

1550
01:15:33,720 --> 01:15:35,439
Speaker 1: Of course, you know, that was my first time being

1551
01:15:35,479 --> 01:15:37,760
Speaker 1: out here in the heat. So getting back to the

1552
01:15:37,800 --> 01:15:40,000
Speaker 1: East Coast and seeing all that was nice. But I

1553
01:15:40,040 --> 01:15:42,360
Speaker 1: can remember it being a grind upfront, even when we

1554
01:15:42,360 --> 01:15:44,680
Speaker 1: went out there, even me being younger back then. You know,

1555
01:15:45,160 --> 01:15:47,439
Speaker 1: my recollection of how it happened. I mean, it's always

1556
01:15:47,439 --> 01:15:49,639
Speaker 1: a grind. So to be able to four years later

1557
01:15:49,640 --> 01:15:52,280
Speaker 1: go out there and actually be the guy going against

1558
01:15:52,320 --> 01:15:55,240
Speaker 1: them for the first time in the game, it's gonna

1559
01:15:55,240 --> 01:15:57,320
Speaker 1: be fun and it'll come full circle because I kind

1560
01:15:57,320 --> 01:15:59,360
Speaker 1: of look back. I mean, that's where it started for me,

1561
01:15:59,400 --> 01:16:00,840
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be nice to get back to it.

1562
01:16:01,439 --> 01:16:05,679
Speaker 1: This is our players segment. We heard from Kjack TV.

1563
01:16:06,120 --> 01:16:08,519
Speaker 1: We heard from Kendall Lamb with our final Drew Doherty

1564
01:16:08,680 --> 01:16:10,560
Speaker 1: and now it's tip for another player guy played in

1565
01:16:10,560 --> 01:16:13,479
Speaker 1: the NFL. General manager Brian Gaines tip for the game plan.

1566
01:16:13,520 --> 01:16:15,240
Speaker 1: I caught up with him earlier this week. Brian. Usually

1567
01:16:15,240 --> 01:16:18,360
Speaker 1: you and I save our conversation for Sundays. Each and

1568
01:16:18,400 --> 01:16:20,639
Speaker 1: every Sunday you and I get together down to the sidelines,

1569
01:16:20,720 --> 01:16:23,040
Speaker 1: but we get get a chance to catch up during

1570
01:16:23,040 --> 01:16:24,679
Speaker 1: the week. How you doing, My man doing well off

1571
01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:27,120
Speaker 1: the bye weekend here? Hopefully everyone got a little bit

1572
01:16:27,120 --> 01:16:30,120
Speaker 1: of rest here for the backstretch stretch run here of

1573
01:16:30,160 --> 01:16:32,120
Speaker 1: the second half of the season. I know everybody got

1574
01:16:32,160 --> 01:16:34,439
Speaker 1: some rest, coaches, players, et cetera. But how about you?

1575
01:16:34,520 --> 01:16:36,640
Speaker 1: What was kind of for you the bye week to

1576
01:16:36,720 --> 01:16:39,000
Speaker 1: get a chance to sending more players around the NFL,

1577
01:16:39,000 --> 01:16:40,720
Speaker 1: to you get a chance to just watch games? What

1578
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:43,040
Speaker 1: was kind of your bye week lay? On a professional level?

1579
01:16:43,600 --> 01:16:45,720
Speaker 1: You know, we let the organization, or at least a

1580
01:16:45,720 --> 01:16:48,320
Speaker 1: football operation, have a few days here to catch their breath.

1581
01:16:48,760 --> 01:16:51,120
Speaker 1: But from a workload standpoint, spent a lot of time

1582
01:16:51,120 --> 01:16:55,160
Speaker 1: evaluating our own roster, spent a lot of time putting

1583
01:16:55,160 --> 01:16:57,120
Speaker 1: a plan together in terms of ensuring the health of

1584
01:16:57,120 --> 01:17:01,120
Speaker 1: our team, trying a ballpark figure the players who were

1585
01:17:01,120 --> 01:17:03,320
Speaker 1: going to get back here after the buy in terms

1586
01:17:03,320 --> 01:17:05,759
Speaker 1: of health. So the buy came at a very unique

1587
01:17:05,800 --> 01:17:08,400
Speaker 1: time for us, almost halfway through the season, just a

1588
01:17:08,400 --> 01:17:10,599
Speaker 1: little bit past that, so it was a perfect break

1589
01:17:10,640 --> 01:17:13,679
Speaker 1: in between. And we're optimistic that some of the players

1590
01:17:13,680 --> 01:17:15,760
Speaker 1: here that have missed recent games will be coming back

1591
01:17:15,760 --> 01:17:17,720
Speaker 1: to us here in the immediate future. Bron This might

1592
01:17:17,720 --> 01:17:19,160
Speaker 1: be a little bit of a loaded question, but I'm

1593
01:17:19,160 --> 01:17:22,720
Speaker 1: always curious about this. How difficult is that aspect of

1594
01:17:22,720 --> 01:17:26,519
Speaker 1: it to evaluate your own roster knowing these are players

1595
01:17:26,560 --> 01:17:28,800
Speaker 1: that you spend every day with, that you see every day,

1596
01:17:28,840 --> 01:17:31,600
Speaker 1: that you have some sort of emotional attachment too, But

1597
01:17:31,760 --> 01:17:34,080
Speaker 1: yet to take a stance of we've got to evaluate

1598
01:17:34,080 --> 01:17:36,760
Speaker 1: this roster and doing the right way. How tough is that?

1599
01:17:36,800 --> 01:17:40,000
Speaker 1: Once you when you look at it from a just okay,

1600
01:17:40,040 --> 01:17:41,800
Speaker 1: these are names, these are players on this team, as

1601
01:17:41,800 --> 01:17:44,120
Speaker 1: opposed to these are players that I know and I've

1602
01:17:44,120 --> 01:17:46,160
Speaker 1: really gotten close to in some sense, How tough is that?

1603
01:17:46,320 --> 01:17:49,040
Speaker 1: It is tough because there is an emotional element to it,

1604
01:17:49,080 --> 01:17:51,400
Speaker 1: and you gain you build relationships with people when you

1605
01:17:51,479 --> 01:17:54,120
Speaker 1: work with them. It's only natural that that happens. But

1606
01:17:54,200 --> 01:17:55,840
Speaker 1: I have a high amount of respect for what the

1607
01:17:55,840 --> 01:17:57,720
Speaker 1: players go through on a day to day basis to

1608
01:17:57,760 --> 01:17:59,960
Speaker 1: get their bodies ready to play, to prepare to play

1609
01:18:00,040 --> 01:18:03,400
Speaker 1: a game on Sunday. It's it's it's a very difficult

1610
01:18:03,439 --> 01:18:05,400
Speaker 1: challenge because the other guy on the other side of

1611
01:18:05,400 --> 01:18:08,320
Speaker 1: the field, he's a pay professional too. So for the

1612
01:18:08,360 --> 01:18:11,400
Speaker 1: most part, what I would say is in that regard

1613
01:18:11,680 --> 01:18:14,600
Speaker 1: is communication. It's very good communication with the coaches and

1614
01:18:14,640 --> 01:18:17,080
Speaker 1: with the staff. I have a very good personnel staff,

1615
01:18:17,160 --> 01:18:19,040
Speaker 1: very good scouting staff in terms of how we break

1616
01:18:19,080 --> 01:18:22,000
Speaker 1: up the workload and evaluate our own roster, but we're

1617
01:18:22,000 --> 01:18:24,240
Speaker 1: removing the emotional element of it. At the end of

1618
01:18:24,240 --> 01:18:27,120
Speaker 1: the day, we're always trying to improve. So it's really

1619
01:18:27,160 --> 01:18:29,040
Speaker 1: all about, hey, where can we get better as it

1620
01:18:29,040 --> 01:18:31,400
Speaker 1: relates to this bye week, and when we evaluate our roster,

1621
01:18:31,560 --> 01:18:34,400
Speaker 1: where areas maybe that where we're strong, Where are the

1622
01:18:34,439 --> 01:18:37,080
Speaker 1: areas maybe we feel a little bit deficient? And then

1623
01:18:37,200 --> 01:18:39,599
Speaker 1: number three, how can we improve in those areas here

1624
01:18:39,920 --> 01:18:41,960
Speaker 1: for the second half of the season. So that's really

1625
01:18:41,960 --> 01:18:44,720
Speaker 1: the time and the interview that spent is where can

1626
01:18:44,760 --> 01:18:46,960
Speaker 1: we get better to position ourselves here to be playing

1627
01:18:47,000 --> 01:18:49,080
Speaker 1: real good football come December and we get a couple

1628
01:18:49,200 --> 01:18:51,600
Speaker 1: days into the bye week and you already applied that

1629
01:18:51,680 --> 01:18:54,280
Speaker 1: standard in some sense bringing in DeAndre Carter, What can

1630
01:18:54,280 --> 01:18:56,639
Speaker 1: you tell us about deandreate Carter Company. DeAndre is about

1631
01:18:56,680 --> 01:18:59,320
Speaker 1: five foot nine ten, one hundred and eighty five pounds.

1632
01:18:59,320 --> 01:19:02,799
Speaker 1: He's a four four guy coming out of college, perhaps

1633
01:19:02,840 --> 01:19:05,160
Speaker 1: a guy that's taken a long road. A twenty fifteen

1634
01:19:05,240 --> 01:19:09,280
Speaker 1: draft class player. He's played outside and inside at wide receiver.

1635
01:19:09,439 --> 01:19:11,840
Speaker 1: He's been a dual returner, and when I mean by that,

1636
01:19:11,880 --> 01:19:14,320
Speaker 1: he's been a punt return guy and a kickoff return guy.

1637
01:19:14,360 --> 01:19:18,880
Speaker 1: He's got both preseason snaps and active roster snaps. Philadelphia

1638
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:21,479
Speaker 1: made a roster change, and for us at that stage,

1639
01:19:21,479 --> 01:19:24,040
Speaker 1: we felt like this would be an opportunity maybe to

1640
01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:25,840
Speaker 1: get a little bit better in the return game, but

1641
01:19:25,880 --> 01:19:27,640
Speaker 1: also give us some value as it relates to the

1642
01:19:27,720 --> 01:19:30,600
Speaker 1: depth of wide receiver because he has played inside, he

1643
01:19:30,600 --> 01:19:33,080
Speaker 1: has played outside, and he does have fourth down value

1644
01:19:33,880 --> 01:19:36,240
Speaker 1: as it relates to his role on our roster right now.

1645
01:19:36,280 --> 01:19:38,920
Speaker 1: So we believe we're a competition program and the best

1646
01:19:38,920 --> 01:19:41,240
Speaker 1: players will play. So we'll see how he fits in.

1647
01:19:41,960 --> 01:19:43,960
Speaker 1: But he was on the waiver wire. Wei claimed him

1648
01:19:43,960 --> 01:19:46,280
Speaker 1: from Philadelphia and we're adding him to the mix. Brian,

1649
01:19:46,320 --> 01:19:49,040
Speaker 1: how important does that initial look at a player coming

1650
01:19:49,040 --> 01:19:51,120
Speaker 1: out of college matter to you? You You said he was

1651
01:19:51,160 --> 01:19:52,960
Speaker 1: a guy back in twenty fifteen. I would imagine that

1652
01:19:52,960 --> 01:19:54,679
Speaker 1: you guys studied him at some point, or you scout

1653
01:19:54,680 --> 01:19:57,160
Speaker 1: studied him at some point and sort of kept tabs

1654
01:19:57,200 --> 01:19:59,200
Speaker 1: on him all along the way. How important is that

1655
01:19:59,280 --> 01:20:01,840
Speaker 1: initial and pre should become for a player like that,

1656
01:20:01,880 --> 01:20:03,639
Speaker 1: where you go, Hey, I thought about this guy back

1657
01:20:03,640 --> 01:20:05,439
Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, How important is that to you? Well,

1658
01:20:05,439 --> 01:20:08,599
Speaker 1: that's a good question, because we lean heavily on our

1659
01:20:08,640 --> 01:20:11,880
Speaker 1: college background as it relates to our college scouts going

1660
01:20:11,920 --> 01:20:14,799
Speaker 1: into the schools and get in the background the personal character,

1661
01:20:14,880 --> 01:20:17,840
Speaker 1: the football character, learning a lot about the player and

1662
01:20:17,880 --> 01:20:20,160
Speaker 1: their personality, their love and passion for the game, And

1663
01:20:20,200 --> 01:20:22,880
Speaker 1: so we rely heavily on that as it relates to

1664
01:20:23,120 --> 01:20:25,840
Speaker 1: the professional players in the league, because we don't get

1665
01:20:25,840 --> 01:20:27,880
Speaker 1: a chance to do that sort of background and vet

1666
01:20:27,880 --> 01:20:30,360
Speaker 1: out as it relates to one we acquire pro players.

1667
01:20:30,680 --> 01:20:32,519
Speaker 1: So we got to lean heavily on sourcing as it

1668
01:20:32,560 --> 01:20:34,680
Speaker 1: relates to the guys fits and character and how they

1669
01:20:34,760 --> 01:20:37,280
Speaker 1: come into our program, the locker room, the chemistry, etc.

1670
01:20:37,960 --> 01:20:40,160
Speaker 1: So we really rely heavily on that. Now as it

1671
01:20:40,160 --> 01:20:42,439
Speaker 1: relates to what he did as a pro football player

1672
01:20:42,439 --> 01:20:45,040
Speaker 1: on the field, we rely heavily on our pro scouting

1673
01:20:45,040 --> 01:20:47,360
Speaker 1: staff and nuclear our own pair of eyes between Bill

1674
01:20:47,400 --> 01:20:50,040
Speaker 1: and myself. So he had a very had a very

1675
01:20:50,040 --> 01:20:54,240
Speaker 1: good showing this preseason with Philadelphia, got brought up to

1676
01:20:54,280 --> 01:20:56,120
Speaker 1: their active roster here with some of the injuries they have,

1677
01:20:56,240 --> 01:20:58,839
Speaker 1: and he played about eighty five snaps of regular season football,

1678
01:20:59,600 --> 01:21:01,960
Speaker 1: had other season snaps here in the return game, both

1679
01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:05,080
Speaker 1: punt returns and kick returns. So we're excited about his potential.

1680
01:21:05,240 --> 01:21:07,400
Speaker 1: Bran coming out of the bye week. We know first

1681
01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:10,439
Speaker 1: and foremost health and availability. I mean, that's the biggest

1682
01:21:10,479 --> 01:21:12,639
Speaker 1: key that just goes up on a shelf. That's just always,

1683
01:21:12,760 --> 01:21:15,240
Speaker 1: no matter what injuries, health and availability that are key.

1684
01:21:15,800 --> 01:21:18,160
Speaker 1: But this team coming out of the bye week, what

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01:21:18,200 --> 01:21:20,479
Speaker 1: are what's probably the biggest key that you want to

1686
01:21:20,520 --> 01:21:22,960
Speaker 1: see coming out of is bye week. That'll that'll be

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01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:25,639
Speaker 1: something that will lead to success in these final seven games.

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01:21:25,720 --> 01:21:28,280
Speaker 1: Short term goals, one game at a time. And I've

1689
01:21:28,360 --> 01:21:31,320
Speaker 1: used this phrase before a singular purpose, and right now

1690
01:21:31,360 --> 01:21:33,960
Speaker 1: that's the Washington Redskins. It's not week twelve, it's about

1691
01:21:33,960 --> 01:21:37,160
Speaker 1: week thirteen. Here we are in week eleven, and for

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01:21:37,240 --> 01:21:40,000
Speaker 1: Bill and I we've we've stressed this fundamental premise and

1693
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:43,080
Speaker 1: that's all about preparation this week. It's an uncommon opponent.

1694
01:21:43,479 --> 01:21:45,280
Speaker 1: We would earn the right to win on Sunday by

1695
01:21:45,280 --> 01:21:48,760
Speaker 1: what we do here Monday through Saturday, equally coming out

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01:21:48,760 --> 01:21:50,439
Speaker 1: of the bye. Perhaps it gives us a little bit

1697
01:21:50,439 --> 01:21:53,160
Speaker 1: of a headstart on an uncommon opponent, the Washington Redskins,

1698
01:21:53,200 --> 01:21:55,240
Speaker 1: who we don't play every year, to get a few

1699
01:21:55,280 --> 01:21:58,439
Speaker 1: extra days work to prepare for them. And we're hoping

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01:21:58,479 --> 01:22:01,519
Speaker 1: that that pays some dividends for us on Sunday. And

1701
01:22:01,560 --> 01:22:03,720
Speaker 1: that's why I was gonna ask you. You You spent

1702
01:22:03,760 --> 01:22:05,599
Speaker 1: a little time in the NFC with the Cowboys, but

1703
01:22:06,040 --> 01:22:07,519
Speaker 1: you spent a lot of time in the AFC East.

1704
01:22:07,560 --> 01:22:09,000
Speaker 1: Bill has been in the AFC East and now the

1705
01:22:09,000 --> 01:22:11,439
Speaker 1: AFC South, a lot of guys with AFC ties, and

1706
01:22:11,479 --> 01:22:13,400
Speaker 1: all of a sudden you got to play an NFC team.

1707
01:22:13,840 --> 01:22:15,679
Speaker 1: How valuable is it to have a couple extra days

1708
01:22:15,680 --> 01:22:18,000
Speaker 1: to get ready for an NFC team? How difficult is that?

1709
01:22:18,080 --> 01:22:20,800
Speaker 1: I know, when you watch teams, they look similar. When

1710
01:22:20,840 --> 01:22:22,519
Speaker 1: you look at the Redskins, do you say, hey, this

1711
01:22:22,560 --> 01:22:25,320
Speaker 1: team kind of go They look like the Titans, or

1712
01:22:25,360 --> 01:22:27,160
Speaker 1: they look like a team you're familiar with. What do

1713
01:22:27,160 --> 01:22:28,400
Speaker 1: you just look at them and say we've got to

1714
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:31,200
Speaker 1: get ready for them as the Redskins and how they are. Yeah,

1715
01:22:31,200 --> 01:22:33,800
Speaker 1: you certainly got to become familiar with them as they're

1716
01:22:33,800 --> 01:22:37,120
Speaker 1: relates to learning their personnel, learning their schemes. You know,

1717
01:22:37,160 --> 01:22:39,200
Speaker 1: where they are in the league in terms of the rankings,

1718
01:22:39,320 --> 01:22:41,680
Speaker 1: how they try to play the game, and equally then

1719
01:22:41,680 --> 01:22:43,360
Speaker 1: how we're going to play the game based on what

1720
01:22:43,400 --> 01:22:45,840
Speaker 1: they do well and perhaps if they have any deficiencies.

1721
01:22:46,840 --> 01:22:48,479
Speaker 1: But the truth of the matter is we play the

1722
01:22:48,600 --> 01:22:52,200
Speaker 1: NFC East. So there's been some crossover in some film exposures.

1723
01:22:52,520 --> 01:22:54,679
Speaker 1: So we played Dallas, we played the Giants, we still

1724
01:22:54,720 --> 01:22:57,160
Speaker 1: have Philly on the horizon, So through some film study

1725
01:22:57,520 --> 01:23:00,680
Speaker 1: there has been some crossover exposures to the Redskins. But

1726
01:23:00,840 --> 01:23:03,440
Speaker 1: this is a perfect example of where you know, preparation

1727
01:23:03,760 --> 01:23:06,760
Speaker 1: is the utmost importance this week because of the uncommon

1728
01:23:07,120 --> 01:23:09,479
Speaker 1: factor that you know, you don't play this team every year.

1729
01:23:09,640 --> 01:23:12,160
Speaker 1: He played this this team every few years. So what

1730
01:23:12,240 --> 01:23:14,280
Speaker 1: I would say is there has been some crossover as

1731
01:23:14,280 --> 01:23:17,320
Speaker 1: it relates to how we played the NFC East this year.

1732
01:23:17,479 --> 01:23:20,240
Speaker 1: You have a quarterback in Alex Smith, and we faced

1733
01:23:20,320 --> 01:23:24,560
Speaker 1: him twenty fifteen twice twenty sixteen. Once faced him in

1734
01:23:24,640 --> 01:23:28,360
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, so we've faced him as he played the Chiefs.

1735
01:23:28,880 --> 01:23:30,960
Speaker 1: Now we faced him as a member of the Redskins.

1736
01:23:31,479 --> 01:23:34,200
Speaker 1: Is there some value in having faced him before, even

1737
01:23:34,240 --> 01:23:36,439
Speaker 1: though he's going to be running a completely different offense

1738
01:23:36,439 --> 01:23:38,840
Speaker 1: in Jake Ruden's offensive Washington. Yeah, I think there's value

1739
01:23:38,840 --> 01:23:40,680
Speaker 1: in the fact that our defensive players are going to

1740
01:23:40,760 --> 01:23:42,760
Speaker 1: be very familiar with his skill set in terms of

1741
01:23:42,800 --> 01:23:45,080
Speaker 1: what he can do. And some of the things that

1742
01:23:45,720 --> 01:23:48,160
Speaker 1: I would like to thank all our players will recognize

1743
01:23:48,240 --> 01:23:51,400
Speaker 1: is this is a dual threat quarterback. And Smith doesn't

1744
01:23:51,400 --> 01:23:53,479
Speaker 1: get enough credit, maybe for his mobility. He's a good

1745
01:23:53,520 --> 01:23:56,080
Speaker 1: runner with the football. He can extend drives and get

1746
01:23:56,080 --> 01:23:58,599
Speaker 1: first downs with his legs, and he's bigger than perhaps

1747
01:23:58,640 --> 01:24:00,960
Speaker 1: them people think he's all a six foot four borderline

1748
01:24:01,000 --> 01:24:04,120
Speaker 1: six foot five, twenty twenty five pounds. He runs well,

1749
01:24:04,160 --> 01:24:06,240
Speaker 1: he's got a good enough arm to make all the throws,

1750
01:24:06,840 --> 01:24:09,040
Speaker 1: and because he's a dual threat, he can keep drives

1751
01:24:09,040 --> 01:24:11,280
Speaker 1: alive on third down. So we have to respect the

1752
01:24:11,280 --> 01:24:13,559
Speaker 1: fact that he can move the chains with his legs.

1753
01:24:13,560 --> 01:24:16,639
Speaker 1: This week, there you haven't folks another showing the books

1754
01:24:16,640 --> 01:24:18,759
Speaker 1: got a lot of people think Bill O'Brien, Mark Vandamir

1755
01:24:18,920 --> 01:24:24,040
Speaker 1: dB City, Sharie Wright, Kevin Coogler, Kareem Jackson, Kendall Lamb,

1756
01:24:24,120 --> 01:24:26,520
Speaker 1: and of course the general manager of your Houston Texans,

1757
01:24:26,520 --> 01:24:29,360
Speaker 1: Brian Gaine. Think my guys back in studio for keeping

1758
01:24:29,400 --> 01:24:31,799
Speaker 1: me on a straight and narrow and on the air tonight.

1759
01:24:31,880 --> 01:24:34,320
Speaker 1: To all of you for listening. Couldn't do without you.

1760
01:24:34,520 --> 01:24:36,960
Speaker 1: Thank you so much. We'll see you on Sunday from

1761
01:24:37,080 --> 01:24:39,559
Speaker 1: land over Maryland taking on the Red Skins, trying to

1762
01:24:39,560 --> 01:24:42,720
Speaker 1: get the seven in three seven O be sweet one

1763
01:24:42,800 --> 01:24:45,720
Speaker 1: and oh this weekend that would be even sweeter. Just

1764
01:24:45,720 --> 01:24:47,240
Speaker 1: win the game in front of you. It's all you

1765
01:24:47,240 --> 01:24:49,439
Speaker 1: gotta do. See you then, everybody and has always go

1766
01:24:49,479 --> 01:25:17,559
Speaker 1: Texans