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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome into the building NRG Stadium right

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Speaker 1: across the hall from the locker room. Here in the

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Speaker 1: Hunday Texans Radio studio, it is Texans All Access and

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Speaker 1: I'm Mark Vandermer with John McClaine from the Houston Chronicle.

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Speaker 1: Tonight and the Texans getting ready to face the Raiders

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Speaker 1: at NRG Stadium with a special three twenty five kickoff

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. Don't forget about that. If it says noon

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Speaker 1: on your ticket, ignore it. It's a three twenty five

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Speaker 1: kick for Texans Raiders and the first time playing the

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Speaker 1: Raiders in Houston in a long time, and the first

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Speaker 1: time Derek Carr plays in Houston since maybe the Mascot

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Speaker 1: Bowl at NRG Stadium. Anyway, he played for Clements High School.

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Speaker 1: Of course, General, how are you doing well? I was

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Speaker 1: upset that that game was moved because of the World Series. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but oh gosh, the Astros are playing. It may be

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Speaker 1: a moot point, ye haven't had three twenty five start

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Speaker 1: and seven pm start. I hope they're still in it.

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Speaker 1: Then I'll be in a press box and I'll have

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Speaker 1: the TV over me one on the Sunday night game

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Speaker 1: and the other on the Astros game and watched both

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Speaker 1: of them. Mark, Texans ought to win this game. It's

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Speaker 1: amazing me. The Raiders went to Indian beat up to Colts,

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Speaker 1: then they go to London and they beat up to Baths.

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Speaker 1: Then they come back and get pummeled by the Packers

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Speaker 1: at lambeau Field. But that game got out of hand

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Speaker 1: late in the first half. For early in the third quarter,

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Speaker 1: there's no button. I mean they got out of hand.

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Speaker 1: The Raiders were kind of in it. They were about

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Speaker 1: to score to take the lead late in the first

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Speaker 1: half when Derek Carr fumbled at the gold line reaching

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Speaker 1: for the piline with the football, and then the Avalanche

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Speaker 1: started with green Bay and who knows how things might

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Speaker 1: have played out. Probably green Bay still wins anyway. But John,

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Speaker 1: why were the Raiders able to do that to the

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Speaker 1: Colts a few weeks ago? That is impressive considering we

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Speaker 1: just saw the Texans go up there and come up short.

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Speaker 1: Unlike the Texans, they ran in ball very well. Josh Jacobs,

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Speaker 1: their rookie from Alabama, one of their three first round pigs.

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Speaker 1: He has three consecutive games beginning with that one, in

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Speaker 1: which he's rushed for least one hundred and twenty yards.

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Speaker 1: I have a column going for right that we all

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Speaker 1: thought without Jadeveon Clowney, the run defense would suffer. But

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Speaker 1: right now it's better than it was this time last year,

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Speaker 1: and it was really good last year. And of of course

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Speaker 1: Whitney Merciless is playing a lot better right now than

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Speaker 1: Clowney is, so they haven't really miss Clowney. People go, yeah,

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Speaker 1: but if they had Clowney rushing to pass her and

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Speaker 1: stopping a run along with Watton Merciless, well, you wouldn't

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Speaker 1: have Whitney doing the same things because he was out

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Speaker 1: of position. So I think they will contain Josh Jacobs

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Speaker 1: and break that streak. He leads all rookie runners and

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Speaker 1: carries yards and touchdowns, and I think they will stop him.

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Speaker 1: It'll come down the Car and Watson. Their run defense

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Speaker 1: is great. Imagine what this would be like. They've gone

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Speaker 1: three games without giving up a set. Texans have never

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Speaker 1: done that in franchise history, so their run defense is

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Speaker 1: great too, So I think the run is going to

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Speaker 1: be contained on both sides. It'll come down to Watson

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Speaker 1: and Car. I would never bet against de Shaun Watson.

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Speaker 1: That energy stadium car completes a high percentage of his passes,

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Speaker 1: well over seventy percent, and I think that's the kind

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Speaker 1: of thing that could hurt this team if they don't

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Speaker 1: solve what ailed them last week against the Cults with

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Speaker 1: those crossing patterns, and it wasn't like Priscette was torching

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Speaker 1: you deep down field. You're hitting the man ten fifteen

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Speaker 1: yards downfield and making these kinds of place. I think

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Speaker 1: Cars capable of doing what Proscette did last week in

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Speaker 1: large part, and that does concern me. But I also

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Speaker 1: like the fact that they have a week to get

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Speaker 1: ready for that kind of game plan and we'll see

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Speaker 1: what else the Raiders cook up. Zach Pascal, Yeah over

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Speaker 1: a pass, Yeah him household names who touch downs and

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Speaker 1: over one hundred yards. He told James Palmer of NFL Network.

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Speaker 1: They were more open against the tax and secondary than

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Speaker 1: they were in practice against the scout team. Scout team

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Speaker 1: knew what was coming and that's not fair, that's not good.

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Speaker 1: But it's because of injuries. And I as O'Brien this week,

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Speaker 1: I said, we've got to get better. I said, how

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Speaker 1: a lot of guys available? To Sean Gibson, his strength

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Speaker 1: a Dickson problems. What's your kid's name? I forgot wall

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Speaker 1: Waller and Darren Waller and he's six six two sixty

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Speaker 1: has forty four catches. They don't have anybody else with

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Speaker 1: And Gibson does well against tight ends. Jolttle Lady took

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Speaker 1: What if you mix it up a little bit? Now

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Speaker 1: you need Lonnie a corner. He's got to play cover.

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Speaker 1: Terrell Williams, he's back. He's six four Lonnie six two.

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Speaker 1: Lonnie Johnson's playing really well. Maybe it's because he's the

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Speaker 1: continues to get better as he should. He's the second

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Speaker 1: round pick, but they've been missing Terrell Williams, who came

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Speaker 1: from Chargers. He's back. I think he's back. The one

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Speaker 1: that I'm interested in in this game is JJ Watt,

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Speaker 1: who knocked down was that six times but didn't sack him.

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Speaker 1: He's going against Trent Williams six day, three eighty, highest

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Speaker 1: left tackle. Their tackles are six day. They like him tall.

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Speaker 1: They have a good basketball team, so I can't wait

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Speaker 1: to see if they want the highest paid tackle in

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Speaker 1: JJ gets into him. You know, he's massive, he's a maler.

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Speaker 1: The Texans checked on him when they found out the

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Speaker 1: in history because of the market situation. Kind of like

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Speaker 1: when Kirk Cousins was the highest paid quarterback for ten minutes.

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Speaker 1: That's just the way it goes sometimes. Yeah, not that

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Speaker 1: he's a bad player. I can't think Leremie Tunsil will

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Speaker 1: make more than Trent Brown. I think Tunsil's got a

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Speaker 1: good shot here. We'll see what happened. That's that's the

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Speaker 1: key right there, is they have to get the car.

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Speaker 1: They hit Brazil a lot, and Watt said he was

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Speaker 1: so impressed with his toughness and we know cars to

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Speaker 1: they played him, but you can't give him time to throw.

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Speaker 1: And I think they'll do considering the pressure they got

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Speaker 1: Raiders have a good offensive lab but they're injured, I

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Speaker 1: think they'll be able to do it. John, you know

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Speaker 1: how many players? So the Texans last face the Raiders

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Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen twice Mexico City and here in the playoffs, right,

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Speaker 1: a playoff victim of the Texans. But how many players

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Speaker 1: trivia question remain from that Raider team on this squad

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Speaker 1: read that Gruden has already gotten rid of all the

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Speaker 1: remain from that team. Now, that's like a lot of

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Speaker 1: NFL teams. I always make this point. The teams flip

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Speaker 1: a lot unless you have some stalwart veterans that hang

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Speaker 1: And you look at guys like JJ wat John the

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Speaker 1: Joseph those are good examples. Here, Mickey Merciless DeAndre Hopkins

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Speaker 1: think Rodney Hudson the center, Gabe Jackson offensive linemen. Well,

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Speaker 1: you have the two money backs not named Jacobs, you

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Speaker 1: have Richard and that's five. There's nobody from that. You know,

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Speaker 1: they got twelve rookies on our roster and six starting.

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Speaker 1: How about that? Well, they're definitely playing for Vegas. I

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Speaker 1: think they want to be much more competitive this year,

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Speaker 1: maybe make a run if it's possible. And then you

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Speaker 1: get the feeling they want to be good when they

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Speaker 1: on that, because you know here we are, it's radio.

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Speaker 1: We got some time to stretch out what's it gonna

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Speaker 1: be like in Vegas where team's gonna shaw which we

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Speaker 1: could find out next season, don't you. It's a possibility.

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Speaker 1: You never know you're finish in the same spot. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and there's a good chance the team look at their record,

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Speaker 1: maybe they could finish like that, and we'd be going

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Speaker 1: I'd rather face Kansas City because that means you're finishing first,

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Speaker 1: maybe they're not likely to finish first. If my homes.

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Speaker 1: Can't the Raiders finished first first or what? I just

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Speaker 1: want to have a road trip to Vegas. Oh, you're

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Speaker 1: not playing the West. I can tell you that, that's

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Speaker 1: for sure. So anyway, what is that gonna be like?

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Speaker 1: Doing NFL business game date in Las Vegas? Your thoughts

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Speaker 1: Mark Davis is gonna want something similar. Yeah, he's gonna

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Speaker 1: one in Vegas. It's not gonna be as opulent. It's

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Speaker 1: not gonna cost five billion dollars like Stan Cronky's is,

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Speaker 1: but it's gonna be a fun road trip. And think

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Speaker 1: about the fans, like the Traveling Texans. If that schedule

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Speaker 1: Traveling Texans. Picture will be in front of the fountains

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Speaker 1: to think you, is there anything else in Vegas that

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Speaker 1: you'd go Actually, in the old old days, you'd have

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Speaker 1: to go downtown right there was really no strip or

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Speaker 1: It's in an o post office building. You spend two

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Speaker 1: three hours. You know what's funny. They're still the Oakland

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Speaker 1: Raiders for now. They've been away for five weeks. London

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Speaker 1: is a home game. So angry about it. And I

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Speaker 1: don't blame him. Yeah, he by the way, when you

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Speaker 1: talked to him, and I was there when the conference

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Speaker 1: call was going on, and he said, anybody who doesn't

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Speaker 1: like de Shaun Watson is a miserable human being, which

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Speaker 1: was funny. Ruden is just one of those guys. You know,

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Speaker 1: We've had examples in professional sports and in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: For Meal was another one who was in podcasting then

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Speaker 1: came back to coach and he won a Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: I never thought Gruden was going to come back. I

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Speaker 1: thought enough time had lapsed where he's just not going

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Speaker 1: to make the move back to the sideline. Bill Cower.

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Speaker 1: We always thought he would do it. He didn't do it.

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Speaker 1: This is interesting that he's back, and I think that

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Speaker 1: I do miss him in the booth. I'm under night Football,

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Speaker 1: there's no doubt. But it's kind of cool to have

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Speaker 1: him coaching again as well. Do you think that if

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Speaker 1: they'd said, hey, Bill, we'll give you twenty million a

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Speaker 1: year guaranteed. Oh, Bill would have been back, you know, yeah,

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Speaker 1: he would have probably, Yeah, but John, he must have

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Speaker 1: had some really great offers. He okay, and I'll give

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Speaker 1: you an example. Okay, Bud Adams had a guy, and

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Speaker 1: given up one touchdown pass with Mayfield and Odell Beckham

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Speaker 1: Junior and Jarvis Landry and if they if they shut

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Speaker 1: to the offense down totally, then I'm going to be

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Speaker 1: a believer. But man, oh man, they just Belichick's coaching

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Speaker 1: that defense after Greg Shiano quit on them after a

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Speaker 1: month after Brian Flores left, it went to Miami. It's

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Speaker 1: amazing what they're doing up there. But Browns. Is there

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Speaker 1: a more disappointing team than the Browns. I'd have to

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Speaker 1: think about that for a moment, but I'll put them

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Speaker 1: right up there. I don't think so. I think the

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Speaker 1: Falcons are pretty disappointing. Yeah, but I didn't pick them

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Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. I actually bought into the high

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Speaker 1: Oh you did had to pick the Browns to win

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Speaker 1: the division? I didn't. I thought eight and eight or worse.

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Speaker 1: So I'm still alive for that. In fact, that might

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Speaker 1: be worse than I thought. Hey, did you ever give

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Speaker 1: me your Jets? Jags? Pick Jags? Okay, and you're gonna

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Speaker 1: go to London with the Jags riding a streak that

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Speaker 1: got them to five hundred. And if the Texans happened

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Speaker 1: to lose, oh my gosh, you have two five hundred

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Speaker 1: teams playing overseas. I don't want to see that at all.

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Speaker 1: So let's just hope the Texans at home. If the

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Speaker 1: Mustache keeps winning, how did they put Nick falls back

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Speaker 1: on a figure? You just like? If the Panthers keep winning,

446
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Speaker 1: how do they put Cam Newton back on the field? John,

447
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Speaker 1: Unless Minshew is really playing, it's one thing to win

448
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Speaker 1: and it's another thing to play really well. Kyle Allen

449
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Speaker 1: is one. He had one great game when three four

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Speaker 1: touchdown passes, but Minshew has been throwing the ball. He

451
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Speaker 1: had one bad game and they lost two weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: Right he bounds back, it's up for them to up

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Speaker 1: to them to analyze what Folds could mean to that

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Speaker 1: offense a healthy full So we'll see how they play

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Speaker 1: it out. Sure they won't trade him. We got the

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Speaker 1: deadline coming up on the twenty nine. We've had more

457
00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,080
Speaker 1: trades in your time in history, and we're gonna have

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00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:13,680
Speaker 1: a lot more. But if it's interesting to me, Gruden

459
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,800
Speaker 1: went to London two years ago and got crushed, going

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Speaker 1: like the Texans and the Jaguars. Then he goes from

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Speaker 1: Indy straight over there and they kill the Bill who

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Speaker 1: they beat the Bears. Yeah, he said that there's no

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Speaker 1: question you should go and spend longer to prepare. He said,

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that's for every team, but it was

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Speaker 1: rier team. Okay, let's talk about this one. The Bills

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Speaker 1: are in action hosting the Eagles. John, how good is

467
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Speaker 1: Buffalo one loss to the Patrick one. They're playing great defense,

468
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Speaker 1: they're running games okay, Josh Allen, he's playing okay, But

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Speaker 1: they're finding ways to win. If the Eagles lose this game,

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Speaker 1: they'll be three and five, and a lot of people

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Speaker 1: picked them to win that division. So I'm gonna say

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Speaker 1: they're gonna bounce back from that performance in Dallas and

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Speaker 1: they're gonna beat the Bills. Wow on the road in

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Speaker 1: Western New York. Miami led them at halftime, they get

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Speaker 1: booted off the field. I don't think the Bills are

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Speaker 1: gonna falter in this one. I think they I think

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Speaker 1: the Bills got this and three and five in that

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Speaker 1: division might not. If you want the Texans to be

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs, they need they don't need. Yeah, another

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Speaker 1: wildcard mode, all the teams competing to lose. Do the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs lose for a third straight game at home? They

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Speaker 1: beat Denver on the road, but they lost to the

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Speaker 1: Cults of the Texans, and now they have a home

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Speaker 1: game against the Packers following that win over Denver, what

485
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Speaker 1: do you think everybody's picking the Packers and Aaron Rodgers.

486
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Speaker 1: He's coming off a six touchdown performance, including five throwing.

487
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Speaker 1: Matt Moore. All these backup quarterbacks have been playing well.

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Speaker 1: I picked I think Matt Moore to lead the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: to an upset victory. John after the Seattle Seahawks lost

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Speaker 1: last week. Still can't believe to Lamar Jackson and the Ravens,

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Speaker 1: and boy are they a difficult puzzle to solve. Sometimes

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Speaker 1: all the Browns beat him in their place, which is

493
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:05,320
Speaker 1: just weird at this point. But all the MVP talk

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Speaker 1: about Russell Wilson. You have Lamar Jackson in the conversation

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. Some people put him up in these polls

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Speaker 1: last week and after this lost to Indy. Well, let's

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Speaker 1: just hold off for a minute. I think it's pretty

498
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Speaker 1: much a wide open deal. Of course, there's still number

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Speaker 1: twelve playing in New England. Not at an incredible clip

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Speaker 1: as far as the numbers go, but hey, he's the

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Speaker 1: starting quarterback on an undefeated team. What do you think?

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Speaker 1: It is really really hard at this point on that

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Speaker 1: MVP race to go against Aaron Rodgers. Who would have

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Speaker 1: thought they'd been that good in Matt la Fleur's first season,

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Speaker 1: especially with all that controversy you can get along. Aaron

506
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,320
Speaker 1: didn't want to play system. Rogers wanted to call the plays,

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Speaker 1: and he can change weekly. Yep. I saw a stat

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Speaker 1: this week from Pro Football Focus about the two quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: most inaccurate beyond ten yards Number one, Sam Darrel and

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Speaker 1: he hadn't played a lot. Number two Lamar Jackson. Well

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Speaker 1: you can. You have to stop him running. He's on

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Speaker 1: an all time record pace for rushing yards, as are

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Speaker 1: the Ravens. You stop the run. So I don't know

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Speaker 1: what the Texans gonna do, but they're good against the run,

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Speaker 1: so maybe they could contain him and force him to throw.

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Speaker 1: We'll see when we get there across that bridge, as

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Speaker 1: they say, when you get there, and they're gonna cross

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Speaker 1: the pond next week. But the matter at hand, the

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Speaker 1: Raiders on Sunday, General, what do you have going out

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Speaker 1: of the chronicle? I'm writing about their great run defense

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00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:30,199
Speaker 1: is even better than when they had Jadevion Clowney. And

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Speaker 1: I know Aaron Wilson has written about it's gonna write

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Speaker 1: about Kenny Steeles. He wrote about Laramy Tunsil. I had

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Speaker 1: to call them to day Mark about the two running games.

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Speaker 1: They're among the top teams in the league and rushing

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Speaker 1: they're among the top ten among the leading teams against

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Speaker 1: the run. So I can't wait to watch both these

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Speaker 1: teams Sunday try to establish the line of scrimmage. All right,

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Speaker 1: thank you, General, Thank you very much. Mark. If the

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Speaker 1: Texans score two or more touchdowns, head of your closest

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Speaker 1: jack in the box the next day for your free

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Speaker 1: Texans umbo jack with a large drink purchase. Don't forget

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00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,960
Speaker 1: about that deal. All right. It's gonna be John Harris

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00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,120
Speaker 1: joining us next here on Texans radios will play more

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00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,720
Speaker 1: likely to happen, and also sports psychology the topic for

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Speaker 1: Houston Methodist Minutes. You don't want to miss this, Like

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Speaker 1: what if you're in a hitting slum, You don't want

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Speaker 1: to miss this. It's Texans Radio. We're making it a thing.

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Speaker 1: It's Texans All Access and the thing is segment we

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Speaker 1: do with John Harris every Thursday at this time. And

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Speaker 1: I'm really looking forward to tonight because we are integrating

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Speaker 1: other sports into the mix. And it's called more likely

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Speaker 1: to happen, more likely to happen, Johnny. First of all, Okay,

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00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,639
Speaker 1: last night was a difficult night for Houston sports fans.

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00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:42,160
Speaker 1: Yeah it really was, man, it was. And my first

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Speaker 1: of these more likely to happen would be this, what

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Speaker 1: is more likely to happen this weekend? And this is

548
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 1: gonna take a while. Maybe AFC South sweep or the

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Speaker 1: Astros at least come home for the series ending, however

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00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,160
Speaker 1: it goes, you know what I mean? Yeah, that means

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00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,760
Speaker 1: they got to win two out of three in DC

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Speaker 1: in order to get the series home. Let me give

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00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 1: you the AFC South games. Texans take on the Raiders

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00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 1: here at n RG Stadium. The Cults host the Broncos,

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00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,920
Speaker 1: which on paper does not appear to be that difficult.

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00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,400
Speaker 1: The Jaguars are hosting the Jets, who are just pummeled

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00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,639
Speaker 1: by the Patriots, but they are capable of better, I

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00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,199
Speaker 1: would think. But the Jags are at home, and the

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00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:25,639
Speaker 1: other one would be your Tennessee Titans, not your but

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00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 1: they're Tennessee Titans hosting the Tampa Bay I'm not sure

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00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 1: who they are, but I don't think they're that good Buccaneers.

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Speaker 1: So what do you think here? AFC South sweep versus

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Speaker 1: the Astros coming home to end the series, which is

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Speaker 1: more likely to happen. AFC South games are the toughest one?

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Speaker 1: Is this one is the Raiders. That's the toughest one

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Speaker 1: because the Raiders already beat an AFC South team that

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00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:56,080
Speaker 1: just beat you the Cults. I am so tempted to

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Speaker 1: say the AFC South because it feels like those four

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Speaker 1: games I think they HAVEC South is favored in all

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Speaker 1: of them, I believe, because Tennessee's at home, INDI's at home, everybody,

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Speaker 1: all the AFC South teams are at home. Yep, But

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Speaker 1: I do think that I do think the Astros are

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Speaker 1: gonna go up and win two. But I'm probably more

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Speaker 1: confident in the fact it's more likely. It doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: you think both won't happen or both will happen. It's

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Speaker 1: more likely to happen. As the AFC South wins all

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Speaker 1: four don't take as long as I thought it could take.

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Speaker 1: I just think of those teams, the Bucks, the Raiders,

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Speaker 1: the Broncos, and the Jets. WHOA Okay, this Raiders game

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Speaker 1: I'm nervous about. I mean the four, that's the most

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Speaker 1: difficult one, I think, But the other three, the Jags,

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Speaker 1: even though the Jags have I mean there are three

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00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:46,760
Speaker 1: and four Titans, three and four. I think they're gonna

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Speaker 1: house both the Bucks and the Jets. The Jets are

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00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 1: a mess right now. They don't want it to be,

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00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 1: but yeah, I think that's what's gonna happen. That was

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00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 1: painful Monday night. That was so painful it was bad

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00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: for the league. I haven't even talked about this, Mark.

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00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 1: I think I think whoever was in charge on ESPN

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00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 1: Monday at Football NFL Films, whomever they did sam wrong.

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00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 1: That was not Oh with the I'm seeing ghosts should

592
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 1: never should have been on the air, never should have

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Speaker 1: gotten there, never should have gotten in the air. That

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Speaker 1: if you want to betray trust in coaches and players

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Speaker 1: with the miked up stuff, like, Hey, we want to

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00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 1: mike you up, Nope, we'll find you fine, find me right, Like,

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00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,160
Speaker 1: that's the one way that you're gonna do it, betraying

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Speaker 1: their trust, and that was a huge betrayal of trust.

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00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 1: Florio made a point, Well, it's gonna be pretty boring

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Speaker 1: if all you ever get from miked up is like,

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00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: let's go guys or whatever. But you know what, what, Hey,

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Speaker 1: what are some of the more famous And I know

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Speaker 1: I don't want to get off on too much of

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Speaker 1: a tangent here, but it's a tangent Radio six ten.

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Speaker 1: So what are some of the more famous miked out

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Speaker 1: moments in the history of this league? Right, let's matriculate

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00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:52,440
Speaker 1: the ball down the field? Right? Okay, Well, you know

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Speaker 1: it just popped into my mind. They're killing me, Whitey,

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Speaker 1: They're killing me. Now, you wouldn't want that on either,

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Speaker 1: But that's a pretty good one. Yeah, that's that's probably

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Speaker 1: one that looking back, you're like, yeah, maybe you shouldn't

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Speaker 1: put that one out there. But Lawrence Taylor's you better

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Speaker 1: hope I don't get back here. Now. I'm gonna kick

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Speaker 1: your Oh no, let's go out there like a bunch

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Speaker 1: of crazed dogs. That's maybe his most famous one. Right.

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00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 1: Those aren't those though, aren't Those are more kind of

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Speaker 1: motivational ploy Let's get going. But you remember, but you

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00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: remember memorable J. J. Watt. If you messed with me,

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Speaker 1: you got problems, right, beautiful, those are fine. You're not

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Speaker 1: giving any game plan or making anybody look bad. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: But when you when you have him saying, yeah, I'm

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Speaker 1: seeing ghosts out there, I mean immediately, yeah, I would

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Speaker 1: have been like, do not play that, don't play that.

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Speaker 1: I can't believe you didn't get to this. You had

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Speaker 1: all of last night to talk about it. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you're busy so many other things that you know we

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Speaker 1: had going on that really even even uh even replay

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Speaker 1: I thought about I didn't even think about it for replay.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean I could have talked about I

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Speaker 1: just wasn't sure. I wasn't thinking about it until you

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Speaker 1: kind of brought up the jets. I just felt like

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Speaker 1: that was And I hate that because I love NFL films.

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Speaker 1: I love the miked up stuff I'd love to hear

634
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Speaker 1: from the players, But a lot of the stuff that

635
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: I love to hear from the players is a conversation

636
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 1: that maybe the players are having, you know, about something

637
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 1: funny or man that dude's a bad man. You see

638
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 1: that catch? Yeah he did this. I mean that of

639
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 1: course the football stuff. But I just feel like when

640
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 1: a guy is he's when a guy is sitting on

641
00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 1: the sidelines and he is kind of recounting his errors.

642
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 1: I don't know that I want to hear that. I'm

643
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: miked up. Yeah, I know it's a great quote, but

644
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 1: you're right. I think it was going a little bit

645
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:35,360
Speaker 1: too far. Yeah, all right. Next, more likely to happen

646
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,480
Speaker 1: to happen. Yeah, this is more likely to happen. Winning

647
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:44,080
Speaker 1: the turnover battle on Sunday for the Houston Texans. I'll

648
00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 1: go like this even or winning, So it's even or

649
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 1: plus or the Rockets beat Milwaukee on opening night, which

650
00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: is more likely to happen. The Rockets will open their

651
00:32:54,840 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: season against the Bucks. Very good team, Johnny. I mean,

652
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 1: you look at that Eastern Conference. The Bucks are still

653
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 1: gonna be right there. The Bucks are, if not the

654
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 1: number one team, they're one of the top two three teams.

655
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 1: And I'm the Rockets are you could say, in the West,

656
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 1: top three four. I mean it's it's a pretty even matchup.

657
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:20,959
Speaker 1: The Raiders, if anything, have not turned teams over all

658
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 1: that much. I think the Raiders are minus three internal

659
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: over margins. Yeah, they're not taking the ball away. They're

660
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 1: not taking the ball away. They're not giving it up much, right,

661
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: but they're not taking it away much. But I do

662
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 1: think if there's one thing after last week that Bill

663
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:38,120
Speaker 1: O'Brien has harped with his offense, it is take care

664
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Speaker 1: of the football. I mean he sat in here again

665
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 1: in with us after the Falcons game and like, look,

666
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: we're not the greatest show on turf when we're putting

667
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 1: it on the turf five times. We can't do that.

668
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 1: So I think there's been more of an emphasis on that.

669
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 1: I do think the Rockets beat the Bucks, but I

670
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 1: think that the Texans will come out. I think it's

671
00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:00,840
Speaker 1: more likely that the Tech since it will come out

672
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 1: even or ahead, and you're playing the game with such

673
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 1: skill now such skill next, Yes, more likely to happen,

674
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: more likely to happen. The Texans go to the AFC

675
00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: Championship game. I don't know if they win, but they

676
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: get there. Oh, I know where you're going with this

677
00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: or the Astros win the World Series more likely to happen. Now,

678
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 1: both could happen. Both could happen. Which is more likely

679
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 1: to happen? Now? What is it? Three teams have won

680
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: the World Series after being down oz two right, Yeah,

681
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: in history, and it hasn't happened since ninety six. I

682
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,279
Speaker 1: want to say in eighty six it happened with the

683
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 1: Mets because I remember that one. Well, yeah, because the

684
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: Red Sox you know where I lived. It happened in

685
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 1: seventy seven with the Yankees over the Dodgers. They were

686
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:50,400
Speaker 1: down two oh to the Dodges, I believe in then

687
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:55,240
Speaker 1: Yankees won four straight. So it's possible. No, it's possible,

688
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 1: And it's possible to Texans get to the AFC Championship Game,

689
00:34:57,920 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 1: of course, and I'm not even asking them to win

690
00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 1: it or the Super Bowl. I'm saying they get to

691
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,160
Speaker 1: the a FC Championship Game, or the Astros come back

692
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,800
Speaker 1: and win this series, which is more likely to happen.

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Speaker 1: I think, just having seen a lot of teams in

694
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 1: the AC up close already seen the Chief scene, the

695
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:16,279
Speaker 1: Colts scene, the Chargers, US haven't seen the Patriots yet,

696
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 1: but no, obviously with the Patriots have or watching them

697
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 1: on film or watching them on TV and games. I've

698
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,840
Speaker 1: seen pretty much every AFC team. I think the Texans

699
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 1: are second third best at this point. So I could

700
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 1: conceivably say, look, they get on a run, run a

701
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,400
Speaker 1: bunch of games, get a buy. Oh, you gotta win

702
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 1: is one game. The Astros got to win four, and

703
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,919
Speaker 1: they've got to win two of these three on the road.

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00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,440
Speaker 1: Here's why I'm gonna say the Astros. Oh, here's why

705
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,439
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say the Asca because they're right there. They're

706
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 1: already there. They're already there. Now they've they've got to

707
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 1: come back, and they're gonna face Strasburg. They're gonna end

708
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,160
Speaker 1: up facing Sherzer. They're gonna face both of those guys. Again.

709
00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 1: How about this lineup? Never mind those guys. I mean,

710
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:02,400
Speaker 1: the Astros all have their top two going again if

711
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 1: they can extend the series. But this lineup is just

712
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 1: sort of dinking and dunking, and like I mean, the

713
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: big inning they had was just a bunch of you know,

714
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 1: slow rollers and balls not hit all that, the Astros

715
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:14,080
Speaker 1: not fielding well right, So if those things start to

716
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 1: even out, you get too in Washington, you come back down.

717
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 1: Now you gotta win game six, but you're back in

718
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: your own building, you know how an as to remind

719
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:26,720
Speaker 1: me of spirit Wise the Astros. Yeah, they're they're loose.

720
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: They're playing with precision, they're playing with joy. I don't

721
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:32,959
Speaker 1: think the Astros are tight. I look at the dug out.

722
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 1: They don't seem tight. They're just not executing no, and

723
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:38,120
Speaker 1: they're not I don't think the Astros are playing with

724
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,759
Speaker 1: that kind of joy and enthusiasm. Are they feeling it?

725
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 1: Just watching them, it just looks like kind of that

726
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,319
Speaker 1: that hey, we at home runs, we kind of, you know,

727
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 1: do our thing in a dugout. It just feels like

728
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 1: they've got to kind of like I've said about the

729
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,520
Speaker 1: Texans offense. I've said this about Texans offense, They've got

730
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,879
Speaker 1: to play with walk of fluck of flame in their head,

731
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 1: like it's like they gotta play. And I think that

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00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,400
Speaker 1: the Astros have got to play that way. And I

733
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 1: know going up to Washington they're feeling down down two,

734
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 1: but that actually, you know what, I don't want to say.

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00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:11,240
Speaker 1: I like them being down oh two, But at this point,

736
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:13,359
Speaker 1: what do you got to lose? Let it hang loose? Yeah,

737
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 1: your face is some really good pitchers over the next

738
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,840
Speaker 1: few days. So let it hang loose. What do you

739
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:19,319
Speaker 1: got to worry about it? And don't be playing at home.

740
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 1: There's a lot of pressure. But I'm gonna say the

741
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 1: Astros just because they're already there, okay, And you would

742
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 1: then go in the ANC Championship game, you'd be expected

743
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 1: to Texans do something that they've never done. So I'm

744
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,799
Speaker 1: gonna roll the Astros on that one fair enough. By

745
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,359
Speaker 1: the way, this segment unofficially presented by Texans pick them

746
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 1: which is on the app, and you can play and

747
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: win prizes on game day or other times. So go

748
00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,520
Speaker 1: to the Texans app downloaded if you don't have it

749
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:43,319
Speaker 1: all right. One more okay, more likely to happen, and

750
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 1: this is a pretty quick one. John Gruden or Bill

751
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 1: Belichick more likely to retire from coaching first. For Gruden,

752
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 1: I'll just call it his next retirement. So does Gruden

753
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 1: hang in there with the Raiders longer than Belichick hangs

754
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:03,359
Speaker 1: out with the Patriots? I think watching Gruden in the

755
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:08,280
Speaker 1: locker room in London, you could tell that he enjoys

756
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:11,720
Speaker 1: the heck out of this team. Okay, he enjoys coaching

757
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 1: this team really really enjoys, and he's gonna want to

758
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,400
Speaker 1: see it through to Vegas too. He definitely wants to

759
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: see it through to Vegas. I don't think there's any

760
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 1: question in that I worry about. I mean, with Gruden,

761
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,919
Speaker 1: the thing is, I'm actually gonna say that it's more

762
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 1: likely that Gruden does retire first because Gruden has seen

763
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 1: the other side. Ye. He knows what the other side is,

764
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:35,239
Speaker 1: and the other side is, hey, i can go back

765
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 1: and i can go back in a booth and I'll

766
00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:40,320
Speaker 1: be okay. He knows what his future can be, whereas

767
00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:42,879
Speaker 1: Belichick's like, all I've ever done my life as coach

768
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 1: and be around football, So what's the other side now

769
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,719
Speaker 1: he can think about, Well, yeah, the media. But when

770
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:52,280
Speaker 1: you don't know what that other side is, you're probably

771
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,359
Speaker 1: more attempted to stay. You know what, I'm just gonna

772
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 1: stay doing what I'm doing until I die. Love it.

773
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: But at least Gruden you can see the other side

774
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 1: of it. So I would say Gruden would be more

775
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 1: likely to retire first, even though he likes his team

776
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,759
Speaker 1: and likes it a lot. You'll see it through to

777
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:09,000
Speaker 1: Las Vegas. But I think Belichick will be around for

778
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,239
Speaker 1: why he doesn't need to financial or anything like that.

779
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 1: But I just think a football guy stays a football

780
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,240
Speaker 1: guy because you fear what can happen on either side.

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00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 1: Thank you, Johnny, you got a mark. All right. Now,

782
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 1: let's transition into Houston Methodist minute sports psychology. I love

783
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 1: this topic. Joining us as doctor Alicia Robi show from

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00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:28,239
Speaker 1: Houston Methodist and doctor how are you doing? I'm doing

785
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: very well? Thank you. All right. Well, let's talk about

786
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Speaker 1: sports psychology now and give me an example of athletes

787
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 1: that you might be working with or have worked with.

788
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 1: Some of the issues you work on with athletes to

789
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,919
Speaker 1: help them perform better. Athletes of different sports have all

790
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:48,720
Speaker 1: sorts of different issues. Sometimes there's confidence issues when they've

791
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: either struck out, or they've been unable to golf, or

792
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 1: they've been unable to complete a set of goals, whether

793
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:58,200
Speaker 1: it's gymnastics or golf, or baseball or basketball, and so

794
00:39:58,239 --> 00:40:00,959
Speaker 1: a lot of times we get in our own way,

795
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: and minor athletes as well as elite athletes have these problems.

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00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,319
Speaker 1: And you hear about this all the time, especially in

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00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 1: things like golf where we use visual imagery and other things.

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00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,279
Speaker 1: But a lot of times we just kind of get

799
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 1: in our own way, and nobody is immune to that.

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Speaker 1: What's a way to get out of your own way?

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00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 1: Because I play golf, for instance, and I notice that

802
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 1: when I'm hitting the ball well, yes, confidence ensues and

803
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: it builds upon itself. But some days when you're not

804
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:28,719
Speaker 1: hitting the ball well, well, it's just hard to get

805
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,160
Speaker 1: it going right. So what is that? Why does that happen?

806
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,919
Speaker 1: And is that about practicing technique or is it really

807
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 1: mental training that you need. It's actually both. You know.

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00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:42,799
Speaker 1: Visual imagery and positive affirmations are kind of some of

809
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 1: those hokey things that are always really really effective, and

810
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: they do work quite well. So just you know, for

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00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,960
Speaker 1: a gymnast, we have them picture their bar routine doing

812
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,840
Speaker 1: it perfectly, and we have them picture their vaults or

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00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 1: their floor routine perfectly. For golfers, we picture what the

814
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:04,000
Speaker 1: perfect stance would look like, how they would swing the ball,

815
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,879
Speaker 1: how their backswing and forward swing would be, how their

816
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:12,040
Speaker 1: visual imagery of where the ball goes is. Baseball players

817
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 1: do the same thing, and those visual images often help

818
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,319
Speaker 1: take your practice that you do on the field or

819
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 1: in the gym fake it a reality. So you know,

820
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,239
Speaker 1: if you dream it, if you visualize it, if you

821
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: know it, if you feel confident in it, then usually

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00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 1: those things do become more commonplace and the less of

823
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:34,800
Speaker 1: your own usual interference will get in your own way.

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00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,839
Speaker 1: You like to say, don't compare, don't compare your performance

825
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:41,320
Speaker 1: with other athletes who may or may not do things

826
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Speaker 1: differently or better. What about that part of it that's

827
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Speaker 1: always hard? You know, we watch ourselves when we're playing golf,

828
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Speaker 1: or when we're you know, hitting in the batting cages,

829
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,360
Speaker 1: or we're doing other things, and we watch how somebody

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00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:56,480
Speaker 1: has some sort of effort and they, you know, they

831
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,799
Speaker 1: would hit what looks like a home run or you know,

832
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 1: a two hundred yard golf hit. And a lot of

833
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:04,879
Speaker 1: times what works for you may not work for someone else.

834
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:08,400
Speaker 1: Is sometimes putting the blinders on. Knowing your own talents,

835
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:12,440
Speaker 1: knowing what makes you work is really very important, and

836
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 1: believing in your own self ability. So you know, this

837
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:19,400
Speaker 1: is what I do. I practice this way, I repeat

838
00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 1: it during game time. I give myself the confidence that

839
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 1: I've worked hard, that I've done the job. Now it's

840
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,880
Speaker 1: time to perform. But if you're busy looking at section

841
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: A to your left and section B to your right.

842
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 1: Sometimes we get nervous. We picture what they're doing and

843
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Speaker 1: we try and mimic it, and then everything you've trained

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us, doctor. We appreciate it absolutely,

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Speaker 1: it's been a pleasure. Thank you, doctor Alicia Robischow of

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Speaker 1: Houston Methodist. For the fall sports season, Houston Methodist Orthopedics

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Speaker 1: and Sports Medicine is hosting sports injury clinics on Saturday

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Speaker 1: for student athletes all over the greater scen area. Design

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Speaker 1: to get you back in the game, keep your athlete moving.

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Speaker 1: For more information on locations and hours, visit Houston Methodist

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Speaker 1: dot org. Slash Athlete, the official healthcare provider of the

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans. Houston Methodist Leading Medicine. All right, that's gonna

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Speaker 1: do it. For the show tonight, I want to thank

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Speaker 1: everyone who worked on at John McClain, thank you Brian

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Speaker 1: a great time tonight. I don't know about you, but

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Speaker 1: I did. Let's get ready for tomorrow night. Bill O'Brien

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Speaker 1: be Fun hosted by Johnny. Have a great night everyone,

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Speaker 1: and go Astros, Go Texans.