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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program that takes you

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Speaker 1: inside NRG Stadium. And at this point next week, we'll

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Speaker 1: have our players show. We're gonna kind of debut it tonight,

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Speaker 1: Day is the one day that we're dark all year. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: other than right after the season until the day after

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Speaker 1: going to be on the show in a few moments,

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Speaker 1: and an exclusive visit with Lovey Smith. We caught up

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Speaker 1: in Monday's sessions, So let's listen in to what Lovey

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Speaker 1: Smith had to say. We'll start off with the rivalry,

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Speaker 1: if you can call it that, the history of the

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Speaker 1: Texans and the Colts, and how the coach knew so

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Speaker 1: much about it coming into this year. Of course last

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Speaker 1: year's history helped, and the fact that he's two and

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Speaker 1: oh as a Bears coach against the Colts, and some

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Speaker 1: other numbers come into play here as well some other items. Well,

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Speaker 1: I'm a football fan, so the history port you know,

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Speaker 1: last year, and that's when you get a feel for

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Speaker 1: the division. It's always about what you're doing the division first,

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Speaker 1: and us to be able to open up with the

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Speaker 1: division opponent one that dominated us last year. The Coats

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Speaker 1: have been one of the better teams in the league

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Speaker 1: for a period of time now and we need to

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Speaker 1: become relevant again, and what better way to start than

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Speaker 1: to start against someone like them? Coach. I started to

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Speaker 1: think that maybe you were listening to Mark's discussion every

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Speaker 1: time he talked about the Colts because he uses the

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Speaker 1: words hate. Now it's a football hate, but he uses

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Speaker 1: the words to hate very very strongly about the Colts. Coach.

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Speaker 1: We've watched the Colts many times, but this version of

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Speaker 1: the Colts, what makes them good? What are the keys

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Speaker 1: things that you gotta stop defensively? One of the things

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Speaker 1: you know for us, you know, going against their defense.

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Speaker 1: I mean it starts. We talk about, you know, the

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Speaker 1: same way with them. Because Bradley has been a good

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Speaker 1: be a challenge for us. Our offensive line, key matchups,

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Speaker 1: our offensive line versus our defensive line. It's kind of

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Speaker 1: as simple as that. We want to run the football,

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Speaker 1: so that's going to tell us an awful lot. And

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Speaker 1: and Matt Ryan. Long history with him of course when

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Speaker 1: big challenge for us. And I'm gonna go back. They

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Speaker 1: And in our division, we got to make some ground

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Speaker 1: on that. So we're excited about this or we're healthy

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Speaker 1: to get accomplished that way? Well, our players have been

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Speaker 1: for us to you know, start a couple of days early.

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Speaker 1: As big coach Matt Ryan, you mentioned him earlier, a

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Speaker 1: guy that has seen it all, probably done it all,

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Speaker 1: We'll finalize everything at the end of week. But there's

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Speaker 1: these days are so important. Coach. The transition from training camp,

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Speaker 1: You'd like making that transition? How do you like that?

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Speaker 1: I ask you the day whether you got a chance

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Speaker 1: just not us as coaches. I'm couraged players watch as

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Speaker 1: We've been doing it. Initially we are doing it with

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Speaker 1: I'm so fascinated by this. The coach comp system, the

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Speaker 1: ability for you to be able to talk to your

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Speaker 1: I'm fascinated by that because they can't talk back to you,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how long you've been able to do that,

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Speaker 1: because I can't remember when they put the coach comp

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Speaker 1: to hand signals or wristbands or anything like that. Oh? Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: You know in college you can't You can't communicate, of

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Speaker 1: You know, Miles, I give the call, Miles talks to

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Speaker 1: the linebackers. But that system works only way to do it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: just not football. Yeah, well, you should have to worry

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Speaker 1: be able to communicate privately with our quarterback or our linebacker.

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Speaker 1: Let him get it to the guys and play ball

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Speaker 1: from there. Coach, we read your letter and we really

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Speaker 1: enjoyed it. Letter to the fans, and it came out

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Speaker 1: So you mentally have to go to a different spot,

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Speaker 1: do you not? And how do you get there? You

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Speaker 1: listen to music, You're like a quiet what gets you

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Speaker 1: to that spot to go out and do those things

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Speaker 1: on a Sunday? You know, I do a little mix

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Speaker 1: of things, you know, I try to listen to a

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Speaker 1: little bit of music. But at the same time, you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm basically just trying to lock in. You know, some moments,

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Speaker 1: I'll be quiet, just trying to find it, find that that, uh,

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Speaker 1: that urge to lock in. And then once I find that,

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Speaker 1: you know that that gets you that. I don't want

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Speaker 1: to mean that get you through, but it it pushes

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Speaker 1: you with that competitive you know ability once you lock in.

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Speaker 1: Fourth game? All right, what's the music? Share with us

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Speaker 1: some of your selection? Honest, I'm not gonna lie. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna be honest. I'm I'm a shuffle guy. Soup, you

444
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Speaker 1: might get something. You might get some wraps, R and B,

445
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Speaker 1: some some Christian pops some country man, you might get

446
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Speaker 1: it all on my is to be honest. Okay, do

447
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Speaker 1: you have learn Tonsil shuffle because he says Shade is

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Speaker 1: his pregame music, which I mean we all have to

449
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Speaker 1: get we have to get out now. I listen, I

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Speaker 1: love Shanda as much as anybody. I don't know that's

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Speaker 1: what I'm listening to pre game, but that's him to

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Speaker 1: his spot. Hey, I'm telling you like and I do like. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I tell people I love music, and I just like

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Speaker 1: I want to say, I like. I like songs. Like

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Speaker 1: if I hear a song and it gets me, I

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Speaker 1: don't I don't care what who sings it, who is

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Speaker 1: a boy? If I like it, I'm gonna listen to it, right,

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Speaker 1: And and that's how I am. Man Like. If you,

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you, if you turn my playlist on, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna be like this is getting him ready for a game.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, man, once I'm locked in, it don't

462
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Speaker 1: matter all right. The rookies are out there for the

463
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Speaker 1: first time in a regular season game. Preseason is one thing,

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Speaker 1: and to them it had to seem like, hey, I'm

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. This is an NFL game, and it

466
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Speaker 1: is what's the difference. What are they going to experience

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Speaker 1: on Sunday, the rookies in their first NFL regular season experience. Uh,

468
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Speaker 1: there may be some butterflies there. I'm telling you if

469
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Speaker 1: you're they're going to be nervous a little bit. They're

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Speaker 1: gonna be out there in front of those flights. And

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Speaker 1: of course, if you know, the speed of game is

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Speaker 1: going to pick up. You know, in preseason this one speed,

473
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Speaker 1: everybody talks about it, and then the regular season there's

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Speaker 1: another speed, and playoffs is another speed. But at the

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Speaker 1: end of the day, I think you know, them being

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Speaker 1: the first game out there, they're gonna love it. They're

477
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Speaker 1: gonna be some butterflies at first, man, but but it's

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Speaker 1: amazing once they step on that field and hit the

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Speaker 1: crowd erupted many, they'll love it. Okay, greatefu I got

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Speaker 1: I'm doing the math on this, so excuse me if

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Speaker 1: I'm wrong. But did you in college pass protect for

482
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Speaker 1: Dylan Thompson? Yeah, yeah, I did, you chuckle. But I

483
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,359
Speaker 1: mean Dale had a couple of moments, I mean in

484
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Speaker 1: the bowl game against Bowl gaming into Michigan because you're

485
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Speaker 1: at South Carolina at that point. Okay, So number of

486
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Speaker 1: things to get into number one. We'll hold dyaling for

487
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Speaker 1: a second. But Clowney's hit, Yeah, what do you remember

488
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Speaker 1: about that? What were you doing? Because you guys your

489
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Speaker 1: offense sitting on a bench. What what do you remember

490
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Speaker 1: about Clowney's hit? So we were sitting I mean we

491
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Speaker 1: were sitting down discussing the last drive. I don't remember

492
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Speaker 1: if we scored that drive or whatever. But the defense

493
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Speaker 1: is up and they stopped the morning was it fourth

494
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Speaker 1: in fourth and one and fourth and inches right? And

495
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Speaker 1: everybody was like, oh, we're starting, So we get ready

496
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Speaker 1: to go out and that's when they're measuring and yeah,

497
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Speaker 1: everybody's seeing it. How far it is from the line,

498
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Speaker 1: and they go first down Michigan. Everybody's going crazy like

499
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Speaker 1: what the heck? So next thing, you know, we got

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Speaker 1: our backs turn turn, turning back to go get another

501
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Speaker 1: you know, get another breath of freshman. All of a sudden,

502
00:23:17,320 --> 00:23:19,960
Speaker 1: all everything gets quiet. We just hear like a car

503
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Speaker 1: crash and he's just standing up with the ball like this.

504
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Speaker 1: So it was cool to see man that. Yeah, that

505
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Speaker 1: was the hell of a player made by him, And

506
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Speaker 1: what kind of player was dealing in and out of

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Speaker 1: the huddle. Uh the same person to see now Man,

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Speaker 1: I tell everybody to this day. You know, deal, he's

509
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Speaker 1: a you know, player development guy, you know, the voice

510
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Speaker 1: of a lot of the players, and I think that's

511
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Speaker 1: something he'd regretted. He was a great quarterback, you know,

512
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Speaker 1: great captain, always very vocal, and I feel like he

513
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Speaker 1: took a he took a great, great job by doing

514
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Speaker 1: this because this is exactly who he is. But he

515
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Speaker 1: was that person of coming to the huddle confident. You

516
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Speaker 1: know it was cool Catman, I love doing let him

517
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Speaker 1: to this day, A j What do you have to

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Speaker 1: say to the Texans fans here the h town is

519
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Speaker 1: they make their way into the building for opening Day

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Speaker 1: and what do you need from that on Sunday? Well,

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Speaker 1: first of all, you know, my my first one in Houston.

522
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Speaker 1: We need this thing to be be jam pack gloud,

523
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Speaker 1: going nuts. And if we have that energy, hey best

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Speaker 1: believe we're gonna we're gonna bring it too as a team.

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Speaker 1: AJ thanks a lot for joining, Thank you, Thank you.

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Speaker 1: All Right, there's AJ can Next up, Let's give you

527
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Speaker 1: a little Players Show preview as we officially kick off

528
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Speaker 1: that program next week. But we've got OJ Howard among

529
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Speaker 1: other people as Drew Doherty and dpcito coming here and

530
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Speaker 1: we talk about some of the new faces, the faces

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Speaker 1: who have been around here for so long, like an

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Speaker 1: entire year or something. Anyway, we'll continue it next on

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio. Great to have you listening tonight on Texans Radio.

534
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Speaker 1: Mark Vandermer with you, soon to be joined by dpcito

535
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Speaker 1: and Drew Doherty. But before that, Drew catches up with

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Speaker 1: Oj Howard, new Texans tight end, coming off his first

537
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Speaker 1: practice with the team. We say, first practice life for you.

538
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Speaker 1: It was good, you know, to be able to get

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Speaker 1: out there with the guys and just here to tell

540
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Speaker 1: anology in the hotel. Um. It's different when you can

541
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Speaker 1: hear it in the position meetings, but to finally get

542
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Speaker 1: in the hold over and then try to go out

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Speaker 1: and do it and simulate it. It was just good

544
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Speaker 1: to get that over getting done. When we think about

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Speaker 1: this tight end group, very big, physical, fast, a lot

546
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Speaker 1: of different skill sets, but that that makes it hard

547
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Speaker 1: on defensive to adjust, so very excited about that. A

548
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Speaker 1: lot of fun personalities too. Yeah, we do, we do.

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Speaker 1: This would be my first meeting with everybody today, but

550
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Speaker 1: just been on the field with these guys. I can

551
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Speaker 1: tell we got a really cool room. A lot of

552
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Speaker 1: different personalities, but that's what you need. What were your

553
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Speaker 1: first impressions of Davids Mills. I met him yesterday actually,

554
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Speaker 1: we were out here in the locker room just talking

555
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Speaker 1: it up. A good guy, good guy. Really haven't said

556
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Speaker 1: much to him, you know, because we've just been busy

557
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Speaker 1: and going back to practice. But it seems like a

558
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Speaker 1: real humble guy. Yeah, that's you're off the field. And

559
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Speaker 1: what do you think of the first first time to

560
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,800
Speaker 1: catch it passes from too? Yeah, you can throw it, man.

561
00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,159
Speaker 1: I already knew that. I saw him on you know,

562
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Speaker 1: it's a him on TV last year. He had a

563
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Speaker 1: great year last season, so I know he can spend it.

564
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Speaker 1: I already knew that about him. Love he spends the

565
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Speaker 1: head coach. What do you know about him before? And

566
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Speaker 1: would have been, you know, your first interactions like with him?

567
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Speaker 1: Down the earth guy, real, real chill, laid back kind

568
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Speaker 1: of guy. When I was in Tampa, I didn't get

569
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Speaker 1: to play for him, but the guys would always talk

570
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Speaker 1: about when he was their coach. So I've already had

571
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Speaker 1: heard about him around the NFL how he was and uh,

572
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Speaker 1: you know, so when I met him, it didn't kind

573
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Speaker 1: of surprise me where he was the type of guy.

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Speaker 1: He was got a nice spirit too. You're gonna grow

575
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Speaker 1: it out like his. I hopefull. I can't get it

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Speaker 1: going like that, man, So I gotta I probably gotta

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Speaker 1: wait a little bit. All right, Let's bring them in now,

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Speaker 1: Drew Doherty and dep city. Okay, so o J Howard

579
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Speaker 1: of Houston, Texans. Folks, by the way, how's it going

580
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Speaker 1: Week one? Everybody fired up? Everybody ready to go, fired up,

581
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Speaker 1: white hot, ready to go. Okay, the flame. You sound

582
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:28,200
Speaker 1: very excited. Actually you do hurt you? Oh I am.

583
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Speaker 1: I'm trying to keep it together here. Yeah, I'm trying

584
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Speaker 1: to keep it together because not only is it opening week,

585
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Speaker 1: it's Colts week, sure, and Colts Week whether you're eight

586
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,479
Speaker 1: and oh oh, and whatever the situation is, it's Colts

587
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,159
Speaker 1: weak and it gets my blood boiling. So my blood

588
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,640
Speaker 1: is double hot this week. I'm excited too. I'm excited

589
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,600
Speaker 1: for you for having Colts Week one and ending this

590
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,000
Speaker 1: season with the Colts Weak. I hope this same level

591
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,200
Speaker 1: of energy is here in Week eighteen. It will be deep,

592
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Speaker 1: you know what. I like that it's week one, just

593
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Speaker 1: because when you go back and you look at the

594
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Speaker 1: games from last year, which i've I thought, I blocked

595
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,160
Speaker 1: out and started talking about them and Nick because Sirio

596
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,240
Speaker 1: even talked about him, and I thought, you know what,

597
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 1: this is good. This is good if they play well

598
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 1: and they are able to, you know, right, some of

599
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,919
Speaker 1: the wrongs that they had last year. With this new

600
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,560
Speaker 1: coaching staff and these new players, it'll be a great

601
00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,119
Speaker 1: start to the season. So what a better way to

602
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,359
Speaker 1: start the season with a division opponent and one that

603
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:24,399
Speaker 1: really dominated you last year. And in Love's and Nick's words,

604
00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 1: I mean Nick said it very bluntly, they kicked our

605
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,760
Speaker 1: you know what last year, Yes he did. I know

606
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Speaker 1: we're gonna chit chat about OJ Howard and Tyler Johnson

607
00:27:32,480 --> 00:27:34,640
Speaker 1: here in a moment, but yeah, I gotta stop here.

608
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Speaker 1: I love, love, love that you're opening and closing the

609
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,640
Speaker 1: season with a divisional opponent. And I also love when

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Speaker 1: you play divisional opponents twice in a three week span.

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Speaker 1: Anything else I don't love, but those two matchups with

612
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,280
Speaker 1: your divisional opponents, I love. These are things you love. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it's an odd, little, uh little thing that I'm I'm

614
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 1: a big, big fan of I would love opening at

615
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:03,480
Speaker 1: the cults even more like rip off that band aid.

616
00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 1: Go up there, take your shot. You don't like going

617
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 1: to Hath like the frozen tundra and not that you're

618
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 1: not that you're in it because it's a it's a dome.

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Speaker 1: But the drive. It's so funny because I know the

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Speaker 1: name of the ice planet Hath, because I've read my

621
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:21,160
Speaker 1: kid all these Star Wars lego books and stuff. Seen

622
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,480
Speaker 1: Empire strikes. Yeah, but I don't remember the name of

623
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:27,160
Speaker 1: the planet tattooed. I remember okay from the Star Wars Geekdom,

624
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Speaker 1: but Hath was one that I wasn't going to recall

625
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,239
Speaker 1: without reading my kid the books. I don't do. You

626
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 1: guys remember what it's like to play up at Lucas

627
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 1: Oil Stadium in September and October with the roof open.

628
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:43,120
Speaker 1: It's awful. It's all beams and stuff. I think it's

629
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Speaker 1: I think it'd be better if you could play them

630
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 1: in the winter, but because it's covered, but when the

631
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,840
Speaker 1: roof is open, I think it's terrible. Also, if you

632
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 1: start your season off with a win and it's Levi

633
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 1: Smith's first game, I would want to do that at home.

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00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 1: I really want to do that at home. I wouldn't

635
00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,000
Speaker 1: want to do that on the road. Yeah, that's a

636
00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:01,520
Speaker 1: good point. Your pants, your fans all pump for the season,

637
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,360
Speaker 1: ready to go. And I mean, I think we've waited

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Speaker 1: a long time, sort of there's been a long off season,

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Speaker 1: do you think so it feels really really long? Maybe

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Speaker 1: because last season, you know, ended before it really started. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: last season, you were it was one of those years before. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the last two when you go four and whatever, four

643
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Speaker 1: and twelve and four and thirteen, you're right, you know that,

644
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Speaker 1: you're okay, it's they're gonna be big changes, and there

645
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Speaker 1: were after each of those campaigns. But at least last

646
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Speaker 1: year Mills was starting and starting to play. Well. You

647
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Speaker 1: want a couple of games, you beat the Jags, you

648
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Speaker 1: beat the Chargers. It was like, okay, let's just see

649
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Speaker 1: what else he can do. I looked at those is

650
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Speaker 1: almost not preseason exhibition games, but showcase games. Let's see

651
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Speaker 1: what you got for next year, And they showed you

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Speaker 1: some things. I'll tell you what. After halftime of the

653
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Speaker 1: Titans game, the Closer here, at halftime, I was pretty

654
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Speaker 1: disappointed because there was a terrible first half. But after

655
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Speaker 1: the half. They lit it up in the second half,

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Speaker 1: remember Amondola going nuts and Mills playing really well, and

657
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Speaker 1: they came also close. So that was kind of cool

658
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Speaker 1: to see. But yeah, that's all on the past. I've

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Speaker 1: fired up for this thing on Sunday. So OJ Howard

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Speaker 1: is here, Tyler Johnson is here, and everyone's asking me,

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Speaker 1: are these guys who really gonna play? We'll see. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't think they got him for nothing. Okay, they

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Speaker 1: might contribute immediately if needed. Yeah, it sounds like Tyler

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Speaker 1: Johnson of the two is the guy that contributes more,

665
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Speaker 1: contributes quit more quickly as well. But Howard's a tantalizing

666
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Speaker 1: prospect based on what we saw four or five years ago.

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Speaker 1: Now he's got to get back to that. But maybe

668
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Speaker 1: this is an offense that is well suited for him.

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Speaker 1: But I think there were a lot of folks who

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Speaker 1: were very, very surprised that Johnson became available, and he

671
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Speaker 1: was part of a numbers game odd man out because

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Speaker 1: of a lot of quality receivers there in Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 1: But boy, he could be he could be a really

674
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Speaker 1: nice addition to this offense. I think I think people

675
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Speaker 1: really excited about O. J. Howard, just the fact that

676
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Speaker 1: he was a first round pick in twenty seventeen and

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Speaker 1: he had so many productive years in Tampa Bay, and

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Speaker 1: it seemed like he was going to sign with Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: It seemed like he was going to sign here. It

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Speaker 1: seemed like he's sort of the Texans sort of swooped

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Speaker 1: in on that process and all of a sudden he

682
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Speaker 1: was here, and he actually talked about it and Drew's

683
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Speaker 1: interview and with us with the rest of the media,

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Speaker 1: just how he was going to signon since Andy he

685
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Speaker 1: called it pretty I forget the word he is, but

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Speaker 1: it was like frantic or hectic, just the entire free

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Speaker 1: agency process, because it was it was in his conversation

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Speaker 1: with Pep Hamilton that he decided, I want to come

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Speaker 1: to Houston because he felt like Pep Hamilton obviously runs

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Speaker 1: the thirteen personnel, runs two tight ends, three tight ends.

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Speaker 1: He'd get a lot more action on the field as

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Speaker 1: a tight end. Plus he says he likes to block.

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Speaker 1: He liked the tight end group. He had also had

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Speaker 1: heard about Levey Smith because even though he didn't play

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Speaker 1: for Lovey Smith in Tampa Bay, he was with guys

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Speaker 1: that had played for him when Lovey was the head

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Speaker 1: coach there, so I think it all sort of worked

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Speaker 1: in his favor. Now, what is he able to do

699
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Speaker 1: when the season starts? Time will only tell. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he was with the Buffalo Bills this offseason. They signed

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Speaker 1: him to a contract, they released him after training camp,

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Speaker 1: so you know, I don't know what he's gonna look

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Speaker 1: like when he actually makes Febody's in the meetings. He's

704
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Speaker 1: got experience, and physically he looks the site. He looks

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Speaker 1: like Danil Brown's twin brother. He looks the part, you know,

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Speaker 1: like catching passes. Yesterday's individual work. Yeah good. Now, a

707
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Speaker 1: lot more goes into it than individual work, but gosh,

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Speaker 1: if you just see that, you think, well, yeah, that

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Speaker 1: guy's going to contribute, right. He's a player in this

710
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Speaker 1: league and the Bills are loaded. A lot of prognosticators

711
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Speaker 1: are picking the Bills to not only go to the

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Speaker 1: super Bowl but win the super Bowl and the Bucks too.

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Speaker 1: He was with both of those teams, so it's like,

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Speaker 1: if they feel like they're good, okay, respect that he

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Speaker 1: was going to be employed somewhere, if not here, So

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Speaker 1: you have him in your stable right now. That's pretty cool.

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Speaker 1: Tyler Johnson I'm wondering this Nick as Sarrio knows the

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Speaker 1: quarterback of the Buccaneers, and I'm wondering if there was

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Speaker 1: any reference given tom Brady liking him. Yeah, that's a

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Speaker 1: great point for sure, for sure, because he went to

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Speaker 1: the guy. You look at his highlight reel, some of

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Speaker 1: the stuff he did over the middle, I mean, and

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Speaker 1: doing some dirty work as a receiver quote quote dirty work.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's a tantalizing prospect here for the Texans

725
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Speaker 1: and what he could add to this passing attack. I

726
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Speaker 1: want to say was Landry Locker that tweeted a highlight

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Speaker 1: of Tyler Johnson's along with Tom Brady in the playoffs,

728
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Speaker 1: a catch that he made and the fact that he

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Speaker 1: was able to trust, you know, a rookie like him

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Speaker 1: in a really big moment. So I think it does

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Speaker 1: speak volume is about Tyler Johnson. I think the challenge

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Speaker 1: is going to be really both he and Howard joining

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Speaker 1: so late after preseason, after camp, just you know, they

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Speaker 1: both said that they're really just learning the offense for

735
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Speaker 1: this week, but there's a long way to go for

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Speaker 1: them to get up to speed. And Levey Smith talked

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Speaker 1: about I actually have a story coming up in Houston

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Speaker 1: Texans dot Com about you know, what are the chances?

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Speaker 1: How much will they play in week one? And you

740
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Speaker 1: can sort of decipher what love He said and try

741
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Speaker 1: to guess for yourself. But I think if they do

742
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Speaker 1: well in practice this week, maybe they will have a

743
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Speaker 1: role for them on Saturday. That would be fun to

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Speaker 1: see the Texans and Colts get together Sunday noon. Liberty

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Speaker 1: White kickoff tickets available some remaining Houston Texans dot Com

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Speaker 1: and the Texans App. All right, coming up, Justin Britt?

747
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Speaker 1: What did he have to say this week as the

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Speaker 1: Texans started to get ready to play Indianapolis and Jonathan Owens,

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Speaker 1: Drew's gonna talk with him, and this interview will feature

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Speaker 1: no questions about some own biles, So that's interesting. It's

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio, It's Texans Radio. Earlier in the show, we

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Speaker 1: heard from a J. Cann starting at guard for your Texans.

753
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Speaker 1: The center would be Justin Britt and Drew Doherty caught

754
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Speaker 1: up with him this week as the team began preparations

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Speaker 1: to face the Colts on Sunday. Game weeks Here, Hucksie,

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Speaker 1: are you we heard from Lovey earlier? He's pumped? What's

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00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,360
Speaker 1: it like for you level of excitement. No, I'm very excited.

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Speaker 1: I didn't get to touch the field in the preseason,

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Speaker 1: so I'm I'm kind of, you know, chomping out the bits,

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Speaker 1: if you will. That was all by design. You're feeling

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Speaker 1: pretty fresh, I take it, or not having to go

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Speaker 1: through some of that. Yeah, I mean last year was

763
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Speaker 1: a tough physical on my body more, you know, more

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Speaker 1: specifically on my knee, and so it's feeling healthy strong.

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Speaker 1: I feel like we approached it the right way and

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Speaker 1: it's setting in the season pretty much. Yeah. Tell me

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Speaker 1: about wanting to be a running team. You've talked a

768
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Speaker 1: little bit about it before in August, but now that

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00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,399
Speaker 1: the season's here, that the playbook opens up a little

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00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 1: bit more, how pumped are you in that regard. I'm excited.

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Speaker 1: You know, the run game is about confidence and trust

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Speaker 1: and just believing in it. You're not gonna have ten

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Speaker 1: twenty yard run plays in the first quarter to second quarter.

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Speaker 1: It's about sustaining it. Obviously, you gotta know score points

775
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Speaker 1: and keep the score close to be able to run

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Speaker 1: the ball. But it's kind of a nutrition play and

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00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:30,399
Speaker 1: the more you do it, the bigger they get. Tell

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Speaker 1: me about the defensive line. I mean some of the

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Speaker 1: best you're gonna face around the NFL with those two

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Speaker 1: guys in the middle in it. Yeah, and they added it.

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Speaker 1: So a really good front starts with Buckner and you know,

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Speaker 1: Grover stew It in the inside. It's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: physical game and we got to be exact and we

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Speaker 1: have a good game plan. It's just about having a

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Speaker 1: good weekend and in the game that way, all right.

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Speaker 1: So justin Britt now, guys, feels like a salty veteran

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Speaker 1: of this team, like he's been rounding for so long.

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Speaker 1: It's been a year, but it just feels like he's

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Speaker 1: one of those guys that you've relied on for so

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00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: long in this franchise. It shows you how new, how

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Speaker 1: young the team is, and how new many of these players,

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00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,080
Speaker 1: even the veterans are. Well, he didn't play at all

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Speaker 1: in the preseason, so you really don't sit new guys

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Speaker 1: in the preseason, even if he is only in the

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Speaker 1: second season. But I think some of that had to

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Speaker 1: do with injury. He did start off a little bit

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Speaker 1: slowly in training camp. He'd gotten injured in OTA's But

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of it is they know what

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Speaker 1: they have in him. You know, he's back there under center.

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Speaker 1: And even though he was new to the Texans. I

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00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,359
Speaker 1: remember last year James Camp and the offensive line coach

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Speaker 1: saying he thought he was probably one of the best

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Speaker 1: centers in the NFL, Justin britt and the way he

804
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 1: left Seattle was really just an injury. Then he wanted

805
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Speaker 1: to rehab from his knee injury in twenty twenty and

806
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,520
Speaker 1: COVID so he had a full season and a half

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Speaker 1: to get healthy. He starts last year. He's still dealt

808
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Speaker 1: with some injuries, but it just feels like the line

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Speaker 1: is the offensive line is secure when he's in there.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he just has the presence of assaulty veteran

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Speaker 1: him and Larry Tunsel. Neither one of them. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna see them both for the first time in

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Speaker 1: Week one. It'd be great. Yes, you know, a lot

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Speaker 1: it's been made of this Pep Hamilton offense and how

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Speaker 1: we don't know really what's going to look differently versus

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Speaker 1: what we saw last year. We have some ideas, but

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Speaker 1: we didn't really see a whole heck of a lot

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Speaker 1: in the preseason because they kept a vanilla. But one

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Speaker 1: thing that has kind of slipped out over the course

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Speaker 1: of the last few months is there's much more divvying

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Speaker 1: up of assignments and pre snap duties from the quarterback

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Speaker 1: and center. Last year, almost all of it was on

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Speaker 1: Davis Mills and Tyrod Taylor's plate. They had they had

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Speaker 1: to make checks for the line and all that. A

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Speaker 1: lot of that's been sloughed off to the offensive lineman,

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Speaker 1: to Justin britt. It's called delegating, and I love it. Delegated.

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Speaker 1: It's a better word. I suppose, yes, But there's more

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Speaker 1: on his plate. But that's kind of a good thing.

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Speaker 1: Everyone is that we've talked to has agreed because there's

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Speaker 1: less that Mills has to process. Not they can't. He's

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Speaker 1: a very smart guy, but it frees him up. It

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Speaker 1: frees the offensive line up to do some better things.

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Speaker 1: And I like that little nutritional value quip that he

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Speaker 1: put in there in my interview with him running the ball. Look,

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Speaker 1: we all know you gotta run the ball. Well, you

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Speaker 1: gotta do better than three point three or three point

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Speaker 1: four yards and carry, which was the NFL's worst last

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Speaker 1: year by the Texans. He wants to pound the rock now,

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Speaker 1: he says, you're not going to see the nine ten

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Speaker 1: yarders that you did during the preseason. Why not perhaps,

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Speaker 1: but the commitment to it and being productive with it

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Speaker 1: getting over that four point three yards per carry mark.

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Speaker 1: They need to keep that going so the chains keep

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Speaker 1: moving and put Mills in company in more advantageous second

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Speaker 1: third downs. Absolutely, please average more than three and a

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Speaker 1: half per carry. Yeah, you know, if you can get

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Speaker 1: that up to four in this game, I think that

848
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Speaker 1: means such a difference. It makes such a difference that

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Speaker 1: gets your play action working. It'll make Mills that much

850
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Speaker 1: more effective. With running backs in particular. I don't know

851
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: you can answer this better than me because you've been

852
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 1: here the entire time I started in eleven. But in

853
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,839
Speaker 1: a preseason and training camp, has there ever been this

854
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: level of excitement about a new running back? Because there

855
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:01,800
Speaker 1: was not for Airing Foster as a rookie. He was

856
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 1: an unknown even until December. Really no, because he got

857
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: hurt in the preseass like exploded in the preseason over

858
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 1: in Arizona, and nobody was really big on Arian in

859
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 1: two thousand and ten because it was like, well, you

860
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 1: got Slaton and you got he's gonna come back from

861
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 1: whatever was messing with him in O nine, you got

862
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,240
Speaker 1: this rookie Tate and then hit So yeah, Arian erupted

863
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:25,360
Speaker 1: week one against the Colts. Yes, and you were coming

864
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: off of nine and seven. You were coming off of

865
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 1: Arian having a strong finish. You knew Taate wasn't available

866
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 1: for week one and Arian went nuts. So you know,

867
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:36,279
Speaker 1: it's hard for me to remember what everyone thought of

868
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:39,439
Speaker 1: Dominic Davis for instance, now Dominic Williams, but in two

869
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,359
Speaker 1: thousand and three when he was a rookie. I think

870
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:43,879
Speaker 1: a lot of it has to do with not only

871
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 1: Pierce looking good, but where you've been with this running

872
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 1: game the last two years, right, and even three years

873
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:52,360
Speaker 1: ago in twenty nineteen, you were thinking they're gonna be

874
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 1: able to move the ball on the Grand Lamar Miller

875
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 1: gets hurt in the preseason. Then they make the deal

876
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: with Carlos for Carlos Hide on Labor Day weekend, they

877
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,759
Speaker 1: make that trade with the Chiefs. We didn't know that

878
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,399
Speaker 1: Hide was going to be that good. I thought Hide

879
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: would be okay, but he was much better than okay.

880
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,359
Speaker 1: And that was a good ground attack. He had over

881
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 1: a thousand yards that year. So let's see what Pierce

882
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 1: can do. I know, John McLane has picked him to

883
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 1: have over a thousand. That's lofty stuff right there, considering

884
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 1: you know, last couple of years you get eight nine

885
00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:23,359
Speaker 1: backs with a thousand yards or close to it. That's

886
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:25,640
Speaker 1: not a lot of backs. Right. We'll see what the

887
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:28,920
Speaker 1: Texans can do with Pierce. I'm here for it. Let's go.

888
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 1: I mean, they're going to feed him the ball. You

889
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,279
Speaker 1: have you guys seen the unofficial depth chart that came

890
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 1: out today. Yeah, of course Gamian Pierce listed as a starter. Yea,

891
00:40:36,960 --> 00:40:39,719
Speaker 1: all knew, We all knew it, but it was very

892
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:41,800
Speaker 1: hard to get that answer. And I know Lovey Smiths

893
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 1: as well. It's not his depth chart, that's the one

894
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,279
Speaker 1: that comes out via the pr deparm But I don't

895
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,759
Speaker 1: think they would run it by anybody. I think they would, Yeah,

896
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:50,239
Speaker 1: I don't think they're just like, you know what, let's

897
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 1: just put him as a starter. If there was going

898
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,240
Speaker 1: to be a big no no against it. Yeah, because

899
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 1: previous regimes would have had him as fourth. Okay, I

900
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 1: kind of caught me like you said it, because yeah,

901
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 1: there's no way in hell we would have seen what

902
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:07,799
Speaker 1: we saw today not Pierce being listed first. Yeah. How

903
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,319
Speaker 1: about this though, Jonathan Owen's playing in that defensive backfield.

904
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 1: The safety Drew caught up with Ham as the team

905
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 1: got to work getting ready for Indeed, all right, let's

906
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 1: talk about the Colts. What's the challenge that they present

907
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: as an offense? First thing that just kind of jumps

908
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,840
Speaker 1: out at you offensive line. You know, obviously, you know

909
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:25,839
Speaker 1: I have a great running back, So you just gotta

910
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: get ready to come and execute the coaches game plan

911
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,040
Speaker 1: and compete to the best ability. They've got a new quarterback,

912
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 1: but he's somebody that you know, there's a book on him,

913
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 1: and he's done a lot of good things in this league.

914
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:36,439
Speaker 1: How much of a challenge is he sort of present

915
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,399
Speaker 1: for you guys? You know, he's a vet, so he's

916
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,840
Speaker 1: definitely gonna give us a good challenge. But you know,

917
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:42,879
Speaker 1: we just have to read our keys and like I said,

918
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,840
Speaker 1: get ready to execute Love's game plan. So you know

919
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 1: he's gonna have us prepare, So got to go out

920
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 1: there and do it. Now. That's game. We have different

921
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:50,759
Speaker 1: things around here in the locker room. It's a lot

922
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 1: more serious now just because like I said, it really

923
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: counts now. So you just want to go out there

924
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:57,840
Speaker 1: and get ready to do your job and just be

925
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,919
Speaker 1: a little bit more locked in throughout the whole week

926
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,279
Speaker 1: and know, the closer you get the game day is

927
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,000
Speaker 1: just everybody you know, you get everything gets the more heightened.

928
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,239
Speaker 1: You know, the coaches demand more, you know, they want

929
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: everything to be executed the way that they wanted to. So, man,

930
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 1: we're ready for the challenge. You keep getting more comfortable mentally,

931
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:17,360
Speaker 1: I'm guessing in this defense. Correct. Yes, it's just my

932
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:19,680
Speaker 1: second year in the scheme, so and we've had a

933
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,840
Speaker 1: full offseason so we've got plenty reps and just able

934
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 1: to see everything and just be able to do the

935
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:27,480
Speaker 1: way Lovey wants it. And we really got a clear

936
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:30,120
Speaker 1: vision of it with this full offseason, So it really helped.

937
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 1: Is it's safe to say and fair to say that

938
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:34,480
Speaker 1: not just you growing in this defense, but this defense

939
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:36,440
Speaker 1: as a whole, this team as a whole looks a

940
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,839
Speaker 1: little bit more forward than maybe this time a year ago. Yeah. Absolutely,

941
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 1: And I'm telling it's coming from having a full offseason

942
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:46,280
Speaker 1: and everyone really getting all the details of the defense,

943
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 1: watching for enom from last year, seeing what we could

944
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 1: do better, and just really getting all the small minute details.

945
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:55,520
Speaker 1: You know that Lovey really critically you know wants us

946
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 1: to do so offseason really help with that. There's Drill

947
00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,319
Speaker 1: with Jonathan Owens and that's gonna do it for this

948
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:05,440
Speaker 1: Texans All Access Slash Players Show preview program with Lovey Smith,

949
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:07,680
Speaker 1: AJ can the players we just heard from in the

950
00:43:07,719 --> 00:43:10,520
Speaker 1: last couple of segments, Texans All Access coming your way

951
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:14,800
Speaker 1: and Texans matchup later tonight with John Harris. It's Texans Radio.

952
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:17,840
Speaker 1: Welcome into Texans All Access on a Tuesday ahead of

953
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:21,640
Speaker 1: Week one, Texans hosting the Indieapolis Colts Week one. I

954
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:24,760
Speaker 1: just learned last hour that that's Drew Doherty's most favorite

955
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,919
Speaker 1: thing and marks apparently as well to open the season

956
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:30,000
Speaker 1: with the Colts. Excited about it, guys, and I know

957
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:31,840
Speaker 1: next week we'll have a little bit of a different

958
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 1: players show. This is a little bit of a weird week.

959
00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 1: We don't really have player availability on Monday Tuesday like

960
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 1: we will next well, actually next week, we'll definitely have

961
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,319
Speaker 1: it on Tuesday, so we'll get all players talking at

962
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 1: the podium talking about week two. This week though we

963
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:48,360
Speaker 1: saw plenty to talk about. Yeah, hold on point of

964
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:52,359
Speaker 1: contention here, my favorite thing is opening and then closing

965
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: with an opponent. I don't really which is the Colts

966
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 1: this year? Right? But I'm saying, like Game one in

967
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:05,719
Speaker 1: Games seventeen, which opponent would you most rather open and close? With? Trinity, Sam,

968
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:09,120
Speaker 1: Houston State? I could list a lot of them, actual

969
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:13,040
Speaker 1: Northwestern State. You want to division upon word international? Now

970
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:15,320
Speaker 1: I like to rip off the band aid with the Colts.

971
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:18,799
Speaker 1: This is the nemesis. I wrote about this, and of

972
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:21,280
Speaker 1: course I did, right, And I've written so many articles

973
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:25,320
Speaker 1: about the Colts over the years and the pain involved

974
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,359
Speaker 1: with this series. I can't call it a rivalry. It's

975
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,960
Speaker 1: a series because they're all series with your divisional It's

976
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 1: it's one sided in there. It's thirty one and nine.

977
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:36,759
Speaker 1: That's what it is. The culture thirty one and nine

978
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,399
Speaker 1: against your Texans and Peyton Manning was eighteen and two,

979
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:42,359
Speaker 1: and the numbers were ridiculous. And I said in this

980
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 1: that the RCA Dome was the loudest building I've ever

981
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:46,960
Speaker 1: been in. I think it's the loudest building in the

982
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,440
Speaker 1: history of the league. And I said, don't at me

983
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:55,640
Speaker 1: because it just is not New Orleans Superdome RCA Dome.

984
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,479
Speaker 1: I'm going to defer to him. I've never been I've

985
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:02,080
Speaker 1: been in the RCA Dome. It's loud. Dep Well, I

986
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:03,880
Speaker 1: was there. I went there when I lived in India

987
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:07,040
Speaker 1: and the Cults were bad. That was very Jim Horball.

988
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:11,480
Speaker 1: That loud Jim Harball, although he's in the Ring of Honor. Uh,

989
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:16,400
Speaker 1: why is he in? This is the same franchise that

990
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:18,680
Speaker 1: put up the banner for the AFC runner up or

991
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 1: whatever it was that hurt a lot. Well, you know

992
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:23,399
Speaker 1: you can't do that when you go to a Super Bowl.

993
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 1: When you win a Super Bowl, you down. You can't

994
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:27,040
Speaker 1: put up a banner that says you were in the

995
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 1: AFC Championship Game in another year that was after when

996
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:32,319
Speaker 1: you won the Super Bowl. I can understand if you'd never,

997
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:35,080
Speaker 1: like if the Texans got to the AFC Championship Game

998
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:37,359
Speaker 1: and lost, I would say I would still say, don't

999
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:40,200
Speaker 1: put up the banner. But I could understand it more

1000
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:43,360
Speaker 1: than the Cults doing it who actually had a Super

1001
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:47,480
Speaker 1: Bowl victory. I agree with you there, you were right, Okay,

1002
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:50,839
Speaker 1: this is is this your Yeah? I want to make

1003
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:52,880
Speaker 1: the whole show about the Cults Ring of Honor and

1004
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:56,480
Speaker 1: how Jim Harballs. Jim Harball should not be in the

1005
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:58,240
Speaker 1: Cults Ring of Honor. You know they have the same

1006
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,920
Speaker 1: guys they have like Johnny Unitis, and the culturing of

1007
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:03,920
Speaker 1: that was Baltimore Mark, so I think that's different. I

1008
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:08,240
Speaker 1: was actually there when Jim Harball was the quarterback for

1009
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:10,040
Speaker 1: the Colts, and I think the way that he won

1010
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 1: those games, anybody who lived through that, and they were

1011
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 1: so bad for so many years. I mean, there were

1012
00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:15,920
Speaker 1: no Texans, So don't at me because I couldn't be

1013
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 1: a Texans fan. There were no Texans back then. I

1014
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:19,760
Speaker 1: grew up in Indie. But they were just so bad.

1015
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 1: Games were blacked out. I used to listen on the radio,

1016
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:26,000
Speaker 1: which actually fostered my love of sports radio. So it

1017
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 1: all worked out in the end. And then I left Indie,

1018
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 1: came to Houston, and then all of a sudden they

1019
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,240
Speaker 1: got Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck and the rest is history.

1020
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:33,920
Speaker 1: And that's when it got loud at the RC. And

1021
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:36,600
Speaker 1: that's when it got loud. White Freeney and Robert matt

1022
00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:39,759
Speaker 1: Is coming off that edge and they it felt like

1023
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 1: they jumped the count almost every single time they're in

1024
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 1: the backfield before we snapped the ball. Sorry no call. Now,

1025
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:48,160
Speaker 1: they were really good. I was talking to Lara Overton

1026
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:50,160
Speaker 1: who's a team reporter for the Colts. We're talking about

1027
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:54,279
Speaker 1: that athletic podcast with Andrew Luck. Andrew and I have

1028
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:56,080
Speaker 1: listened to Mark. You need to listen to him. But

1029
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:58,719
Speaker 1: there was one point where before they got into the

1030
00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:00,840
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck stuff, they talked about Peyton Manning and what

1031
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,200
Speaker 1: Indianapolis as a city was like. And I do remember

1032
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:07,279
Speaker 1: that because Indianapolis was a basketball town and nobody knew

1033
00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:10,120
Speaker 1: anything about football, nor did they care about football. But

1034
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 1: I think now that's a very smart fan base. They're

1035
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:15,160
Speaker 1: very invested in the football team, even where they are average.

1036
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: So it just makes it that much more of a

1037
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:20,640
Speaker 1: rivalry because we all know what people think about football

1038
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:23,120
Speaker 1: in Texas, so I think when those two teams come together,

1039
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:26,080
Speaker 1: they do view it as a rivalry, especially those years,

1040
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:27,640
Speaker 1: like five or six years ago, when the Texans were

1041
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:30,400
Speaker 1: running the division and they just could not make the playoffs.

1042
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:33,359
Speaker 1: So they certainly felt like it was one sided back then.

1043
00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 1: It's it's slipped after last year. But that being said,

1044
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:38,120
Speaker 1: let's get into some quick hang on a second, I

1045
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 1: want to continue this question. So Dan Dockage, who hosts

1046
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 1: a talk show up there, and I think he's been

1047
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:45,719
Speaker 1: in the news recently, but we won't get it to

1048
00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:48,960
Speaker 1: that anyway. Dan Dockage and I have gone back and

1049
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:50,880
Speaker 1: forth on each other's shows over the years, and I

1050
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 1: asked him, this is about ten years ago. I said,

1051
00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:57,400
Speaker 1: basketball town or football town. And he's a basketball guy.

1052
00:47:57,520 --> 00:48:00,799
Speaker 1: He said football. It's a football town. There's no doubt

1053
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:03,160
Speaker 1: about it. I don't think anyone watches the Pacers anymore.

1054
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:04,839
Speaker 1: I mean, the Pacers are not good, but I think

1055
00:48:05,080 --> 00:48:08,000
Speaker 1: the Cults are bad or not playing well. People are

1056
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:10,839
Speaker 1: still interested, you know what I'm excited about. So there's

1057
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:12,680
Speaker 1: a member of the Cults Ring of Honor, and I'm

1058
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 1: going to be on a podcast with him later this week.

1059
00:48:14,800 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 1: Bill Brooks played receiver there, remember, and Bill Brooks went

1060
00:48:18,160 --> 00:48:20,080
Speaker 1: to my alma mater and I was there at the

1061
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:23,480
Speaker 1: same time, Boston University. I used to watch Bill Brooks

1062
00:48:23,480 --> 00:48:26,600
Speaker 1: and the Terriers that's the BU team name. They're now defunct,

1063
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:29,479
Speaker 1: but I used to watch the games for my dorm

1064
00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 1: room window. It was like a luxury suite without the luxury,

1065
00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:34,960
Speaker 1: but I could see the field from the window. We

1066
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:36,880
Speaker 1: could watch games, you know, we like pop over a

1067
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,600
Speaker 1: beer and watch games. It was awesome, and Bill Brooks

1068
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 1: was a cult, and he was a good one relative

1069
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:45,080
Speaker 1: to that time of being a bad team. And I'm

1070
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:46,480
Speaker 1: going to be on a podcast with them, so I'm

1071
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:49,239
Speaker 1: really excited. Is it your podcast? No, it's his podcast,

1072
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:51,359
Speaker 1: and he invited you on his part. Now, the guy

1073
00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:53,239
Speaker 1: who hosts with him, he has no idea who I am.

1074
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:58,680
Speaker 1: But he's gonna find out. We're gonna be talking poison.

1075
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:01,960
Speaker 1: I hate the it's like poison. We go in a

1076
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:04,520
Speaker 1: healthy way, in a healthy way. You're like, you're like

1077
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:07,080
Speaker 1: my Middleson who whenever we would drive by the stadium,

1078
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:09,120
Speaker 1: he would turn his back to Lucas Oil Stadium and

1079
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,600
Speaker 1: I'm from Indianapolis. He would just it could be June.

1080
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:13,239
Speaker 1: He would turn his back to the wall. When we

1081
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:17,080
Speaker 1: pull in for the combine. I feel the not pain,

1082
00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:21,680
Speaker 1: it's the angst. It's the sickness, tension, it's whatever that is.

1083
00:49:21,840 --> 00:49:25,320
Speaker 1: I feel it because there been a lot of bad trips.

1084
00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:27,160
Speaker 1: There's been a lot of but there have been a

1085
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,080
Speaker 1: lot of good trips too, well, not a lot, but

1086
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:33,480
Speaker 1: there have been some contrists in recent history. Yeah, fifteen, sixteen,

1087
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:37,439
Speaker 1: and eighteen. That's it. Three times. You've won up there

1088
00:49:37,719 --> 00:49:41,080
Speaker 1: three times in twenty years. Okay, but they're relatively recent,

1089
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,160
Speaker 1: so you feel like you were turning the tide. However,

1090
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:44,680
Speaker 1: the Colts have won the last four in a row

1091
00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:47,000
Speaker 1: and we got to correct that. Yeah, your memories of

1092
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 1: the Colts are just as bad as Lovey Smith's memories

1093
00:49:49,520 --> 00:49:52,000
Speaker 1: of the Colts, because he certainly remembers what that team

1094
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:54,759
Speaker 1: did to this team in twenty twenty one. And the

1095
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:56,719
Speaker 1: Texans they went back to practice, they were back at

1096
00:49:56,719 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 1: work yesterday the Houston Methodist Training Center. Sunday is going

1097
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:02,120
Speaker 1: to be a test to see how much this Texans

1098
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:05,320
Speaker 1: team has improved in this offseason. Here's what Lovey Smith

1099
00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:07,160
Speaker 1: had to say. We don't run from it at all.

1100
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:11,319
Speaker 1: They dominated at their place and at home. We do

1101
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:14,920
Speaker 1: remember that, but talk can't get it done, you know,

1102
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 1: and a lot of what happened, we're things we did

1103
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:22,480
Speaker 1: all three phases. We feel like we corrected a lot

1104
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:25,440
Speaker 1: of that. That's why we we can't wait to see

1105
00:50:25,760 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 1: exactly how far we've come since that day. I do

1106
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:32,600
Speaker 1: like that both Lovey Smith and Nick Casario they don't

1107
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:36,319
Speaker 1: shy away from how badly the Texans were outscored. I mean,

1108
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:38,520
Speaker 1: thirty one to three, thirty one to nothing, I mean

1109
00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:42,279
Speaker 1: they both say, Lovey especially yesterday, said we're not running

1110
00:50:42,360 --> 00:50:45,840
Speaker 1: from it. We knew that they dominated both there and here,

1111
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:47,560
Speaker 1: and that's going to be a big test for this

1112
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:50,200
Speaker 1: team to see if we've corrected we've needed correct He said,

1113
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:53,920
Speaker 1: it was, you know, a failure in all three phases basically,

1114
00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:57,400
Speaker 1: and it was the offense couldn't score, the defense couldn't

1115
00:50:57,400 --> 00:51:00,080
Speaker 1: stop the run. They still have Jonathan Taylor, and you

1116
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:04,400
Speaker 1: look at Jonathan Taylor's stats from last year, like, my gosh,

1117
00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:06,400
Speaker 1: he did it tell a lot of teams, not just

1118
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:08,440
Speaker 1: the Texans, I mean ran all over them. But I

1119
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:10,480
Speaker 1: mean this is going to be a big challenge for

1120
00:51:10,520 --> 00:51:12,920
Speaker 1: that defense. You know, can they stop the run, can

1121
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:15,640
Speaker 1: they hold up their gaps. I can't wait to see

1122
00:51:15,640 --> 00:51:18,560
Speaker 1: what it shows on Sunday. But if they can pull

1123
00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:21,080
Speaker 1: out a win and reverse what they did last year,

1124
00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:22,560
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna say a lot. It's really going

1125
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:25,440
Speaker 1: to set them up for a great start to the season. Obviously. Yeah.

1126
00:51:25,520 --> 00:51:29,560
Speaker 1: Since the schedule was released back in April May, Lovey

1127
00:51:29,640 --> 00:51:32,280
Speaker 1: Smith has pointed to this game. I did an interview

1128
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:34,800
Speaker 1: with him that day and he was very very quick

1129
00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:37,040
Speaker 1: to bring up what you just talked about how awful

1130
00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:40,520
Speaker 1: things went last year. Just inexcusable sixty something to three.

1131
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:43,359
Speaker 1: You got shut out in one of those games. He

1132
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:45,799
Speaker 1: did not shy away from it like you're talking about,

1133
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:48,440
Speaker 1: and think about it. There's no real excuse for their

1134
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:50,960
Speaker 1: two worst losses of the season. Now you can also say, oh, well,

1135
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:53,680
Speaker 1: the Bill's loss was the worst. Yes, it was awful,

1136
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:55,560
Speaker 1: but it was in the rain, and it was Davis

1137
00:51:55,560 --> 00:51:59,240
Speaker 1: mills first road start, and it was in the early

1138
00:51:59,280 --> 00:52:01,120
Speaker 1: part of the season and against the team that we

1139
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:02,759
Speaker 1: saw could have played in the Super Bowl if a

1140
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:05,360
Speaker 1: few things bouncer right away. I mean, that was an excellent,

1141
00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:09,320
Speaker 1: excellent football team. This one was just over five hundred

1142
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:12,040
Speaker 1: and it had its shots as well, but it was

1143
00:52:12,120 --> 00:52:14,600
Speaker 1: nowhere near the caliber of those Bills. And you just

1144
00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:18,680
Speaker 1: got whitewashed by these guys. So Lovey Smith. It's stuck

1145
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:21,800
Speaker 1: in his craw especially having the NFL film's crew following

1146
00:52:21,800 --> 00:52:24,640
Speaker 1: those guys around and them just kind of saying what

1147
00:52:24,680 --> 00:52:27,200
Speaker 1: they said about this this team and what's going on.

1148
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:31,920
Speaker 1: It is very much a point of contention what went

1149
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:34,440
Speaker 1: down last year for Smith and company. You bring up

1150
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:36,320
Speaker 1: a good point because they didn't even make the playoffs,

1151
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:39,880
Speaker 1: they lost to Jacksonville at Jacksonville, which is the one

1152
00:52:40,080 --> 00:52:41,839
Speaker 1: all they need to do was win, and they were

1153
00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:43,880
Speaker 1: in And I think Colts fans were just sick to

1154
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:46,360
Speaker 1: their stomach with how this season ended. But you couldn't

1155
00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:49,200
Speaker 1: even score a touchdown on that very same team and

1156
00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:51,839
Speaker 1: the Jags did it. So I mean there is there

1157
00:52:51,840 --> 00:52:53,840
Speaker 1: really was no excuse for other than you just have

1158
00:52:53,880 --> 00:52:55,200
Speaker 1: to turn around and get better. And they've got all

1159
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:58,239
Speaker 1: these new players this year, so I think that they're

1160
00:52:58,239 --> 00:53:01,640
Speaker 1: hoping that, you know, the Tide can turn well new faces.

1161
00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:04,839
Speaker 1: Last year, yeah, you had Mills start up there here

1162
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:08,680
Speaker 1: it was Taylor and then Mills comes in and nothing

1163
00:53:08,719 --> 00:53:11,440
Speaker 1: really goes right. I just think that if the offense

1164
00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:13,920
Speaker 1: was able to do something last year, especially in the

1165
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:17,480
Speaker 1: first game, you're right in that game into the third,

1166
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:19,680
Speaker 1: maybe the fourth quarter, and we'll see where it takes you.

1167
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:22,719
Speaker 1: The defense wears down if you keep going three and

1168
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:25,080
Speaker 1: out right, especially if you turn it over. But the

1169
00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:27,399
Speaker 1: defense after a while cannot handle it. And I think

1170
00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 1: that happened a lot last year. No favors were done

1171
00:53:29,719 --> 00:53:32,920
Speaker 1: for thee defense exactly. I think the defense, lovey did

1172
00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:35,600
Speaker 1: a good job last year. And you have to get

1173
00:53:35,600 --> 00:53:39,160
Speaker 1: this offense going. Now you mentioned it. I don't know,

1174
00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:41,640
Speaker 1: at some point in the last couple hours, DP about

1175
00:53:41,680 --> 00:53:44,680
Speaker 1: how the offensive line. We haven't seen this line together.

1176
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:46,000
Speaker 1: You know. You look at the names, You're like, have

1177
00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:48,160
Speaker 1: they really improved a lot? Well, Laramie didn't play much

1178
00:53:48,239 --> 00:53:51,279
Speaker 1: last year, britt did get hurt. Now he's healthy. You

1179
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:56,000
Speaker 1: have aj Can, he's a stalwart veteran guy. And let's

1180
00:53:56,040 --> 00:53:58,480
Speaker 1: see what Kenyan Green can do. And then you have

1181
00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:02,320
Speaker 1: tight Us back at his home. Yes, and you have Pierce,

1182
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:04,400
Speaker 1: So let's see if you can run this rock a

1183
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:06,560
Speaker 1: little bit. And Mills can play better in year two

1184
00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:08,560
Speaker 1: and all of that. So those are the things we've

1185
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 1: been waiting waiting to see. The preseason really didn't tell

1186
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:15,640
Speaker 1: us much because they were sort of patch working the offense.

1187
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:18,320
Speaker 1: Now you have Cooks out there with Mills. Come on,

1188
00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:21,319
Speaker 1: let's see what you can do move the ball. And

1189
00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:24,040
Speaker 1: then maybe the defense, maybe, just maybe you can get

1190
00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:26,480
Speaker 1: to Matt Ryan. You know Matt Ryan Owen two as

1191
00:54:26,520 --> 00:54:29,839
Speaker 1: a Falcon against the Texans in this stadium, and by

1192
00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:32,680
Speaker 1: the ways, Owen three in this stadium because he lost

1193
00:54:32,680 --> 00:54:35,120
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl here. I mean, he played well for

1194
00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:39,160
Speaker 1: a lot of that games. Yeah, I was at that game. Well,

1195
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:41,600
Speaker 1: I saw the Lady Gaga halftime show. That was amazing.

1196
00:54:41,600 --> 00:54:43,280
Speaker 1: And then I said, you know, and the third quarter

1197
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:45,680
Speaker 1: got off to a great start, meaning the Patriots were

1198
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:48,040
Speaker 1: down big, and I thought, I'm good. So blame it

1199
00:54:48,080 --> 00:54:52,160
Speaker 1: on me because I left. Yeah, you know, I left

1200
00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:54,600
Speaker 1: super Bowl right. I did not have rock Star super

1201
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:56,560
Speaker 1: Bowl parking. You know where I parked. I parked like

1202
00:54:56,600 --> 00:54:59,560
Speaker 1: in the neighborhoods not far from here. It's like, I've

1203
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:02,480
Speaker 1: got to get and these guys were Actually when I parked,

1204
00:55:02,719 --> 00:55:04,520
Speaker 1: I figured out park and walk, but it was a

1205
00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:06,920
Speaker 1: long walk. I parked and these guys were kind of

1206
00:55:06,920 --> 00:55:10,080
Speaker 1: tail getting in their garage or whatever, and they recognized me.

1207
00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:12,160
Speaker 1: They're like, are you the voices of the Texans? So

1208
00:55:12,239 --> 00:55:16,480
Speaker 1: I was like yes, yes, and they said what are

1209
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:17,560
Speaker 1: you doing? You going on to the super Bowl? I

1210
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:19,359
Speaker 1: said yeah. They're like, you want to ride, You're gonna

1211
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:21,360
Speaker 1: walk from here, you know, several blocks in then you

1212
00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:23,160
Speaker 1: have to walk across me and everything. So one of

1213
00:55:23,160 --> 00:55:25,359
Speaker 1: the guys gave me a ride over. It's pretty cool.

1214
00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:27,840
Speaker 1: I don't understand why you I don't understand why you

1215
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:30,440
Speaker 1: left a Super Bowl early, Mark, Oh, are you kidding

1216
00:55:30,440 --> 00:55:34,400
Speaker 1: to be Oh, well, it's not my super Bowl. I

1217
00:55:34,440 --> 00:55:36,200
Speaker 1: didn't like that Super Bowl. You know why. I go

1218
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:38,839
Speaker 1: up to the press box and I go into my radio,

1219
00:55:38,960 --> 00:55:42,200
Speaker 1: my radio booth. Okay, the Texans radio booth. Of course

1220
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:44,719
Speaker 1: you're not. We're not going to broadcast that day. And

1221
00:55:44,760 --> 00:55:48,399
Speaker 1: the Patriots were in there, and it just it hurt

1222
00:55:48,520 --> 00:55:50,960
Speaker 1: me badly. It was like, you know, it's like being

1223
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:52,840
Speaker 1: in your house, in your bedroom. It's like there's another

1224
00:55:52,840 --> 00:55:55,799
Speaker 1: couple in there. It's like, wait a minute, it's not right.

1225
00:55:56,239 --> 00:55:58,799
Speaker 1: This is not good. I am leaving the press box.

1226
00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:00,800
Speaker 1: So luckily I found a we eat to hang out in.

1227
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:02,880
Speaker 1: It was a luxury problem. I guess they didn't didn't

1228
00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:04,920
Speaker 1: get a chance to play the outfield song in that

1229
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:08,440
Speaker 1: game because it was play Yeah, yeah, you're right they

1230
00:56:08,440 --> 00:56:10,080
Speaker 1: I don't think they would have been able to play it, yo,

1231
00:56:10,239 --> 00:56:12,919
Speaker 1: because yeah, it's well we thought we thought that once

1232
00:56:12,920 --> 00:56:14,480
Speaker 1: a few years ago when we played up there, and

1233
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:16,080
Speaker 1: they eventually did play it at the end. I know

1234
00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:18,120
Speaker 1: they had to get it always, they always found a

1235
00:56:18,120 --> 00:56:19,799
Speaker 1: way to play. But you know, that Super Bowl. I

1236
00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:22,680
Speaker 1: had just this offseason, I got all of the sports

1237
00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:24,719
Speaker 1: stuff that I had saved up, and I was like,

1238
00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:27,120
Speaker 1: I'm gonna frame it. The boys wanted to make our

1239
00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:29,080
Speaker 1: game room into a man cave, and so we put

1240
00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:31,480
Speaker 1: up a lot of Texans memorabilia. I had this the

1241
00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:35,239
Speaker 1: sports the super Bowl, like the sports page. I had

1242
00:56:35,280 --> 00:56:37,880
Speaker 1: like my passes, our tickets, and I thought, you know what,

1243
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:40,239
Speaker 1: like everything's Texans, will throw that in there as well.

1244
00:56:40,280 --> 00:56:42,439
Speaker 1: My husband has like a Red Wings jersey, so let's

1245
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:45,320
Speaker 1: just put all the sports paraphernalia there. I didn't. My

1246
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:48,560
Speaker 1: kids have no opinion on anything decore wise ever in

1247
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:51,640
Speaker 1: our home. I get it. And we spaced all the

1248
00:56:51,640 --> 00:56:55,080
Speaker 1: pictures out on one wall, and my kids were so

1249
00:56:55,200 --> 00:56:57,400
Speaker 1: upset that while they play video games they have to

1250
00:56:57,400 --> 00:57:00,560
Speaker 1: look at Tom Brady's face holding the Lombardi Trophy on

1251
00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:04,320
Speaker 1: the sports page. Oh yeah, And so then I said, okay,

1252
00:57:04,400 --> 00:57:06,600
Speaker 1: so we moved to the back of the game room

1253
00:57:06,600 --> 00:57:10,040
Speaker 1: where the dog sleeps. Yes, and so now the dog

1254
00:57:10,080 --> 00:57:11,759
Speaker 1: gets to look at tom Brady's face. Except the other

1255
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,200
Speaker 1: day I walked in there and my middle son had

1256
00:57:14,239 --> 00:57:17,440
Speaker 1: put a post it note on tom Brady's face because

1257
00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:19,320
Speaker 1: they literally they don't even want the dogs to look

1258
00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:23,720
Speaker 1: at that. And I love that I think the dogs

1259
00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:27,000
Speaker 1: should sleep on the Tom Brady picture, like what is

1260
00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:30,160
Speaker 1: the dog done to deserve? I know the super Bowl

1261
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:32,480
Speaker 1: is played here, and he won two super Bowls in

1262
00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:34,560
Speaker 1: this building. In fact, that's what it was an amazing game.

1263
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:36,360
Speaker 1: Just as a sports fan. I just thought it was

1264
00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:38,640
Speaker 1: an amazing game. I got to give the pregame talk

1265
00:57:38,680 --> 00:57:42,240
Speaker 1: to the calf scramblers at the Houston Livestock Show and rodeo,

1266
00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:44,080
Speaker 1: and I didn't know what to say to these guys,

1267
00:57:44,080 --> 00:57:46,760
Speaker 1: like go get the calf, like go run after the

1268
00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:49,200
Speaker 1: cow and rope them up. I don't know what to say,

1269
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,040
Speaker 1: but I did say this because I thought about it.

1270
00:57:52,440 --> 00:57:56,320
Speaker 1: You're on the same surface where Tom Brady won two

1271
00:57:56,360 --> 00:57:59,880
Speaker 1: Super Bowls, where J J. Watt three time defensive Player

1272
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:02,560
Speaker 1: the year, where the Rolling Stones played twice. They didn't

1273
00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:04,840
Speaker 1: know who the rolling Stones were. Uh you too. I

1274
00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:06,640
Speaker 1: don't know where else I went. I might have mentioned

1275
00:58:06,640 --> 00:58:09,400
Speaker 1: a few other acts that have been here on this surface,

1276
00:58:09,960 --> 00:58:13,920
Speaker 1: and now you are after these calves on that surface.

1277
00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:15,760
Speaker 1: And I think it fired him up a little bit.

1278
00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:17,760
Speaker 1: That's not bad, that's not and I like the level

1279
00:58:17,760 --> 00:58:24,240
Speaker 1: of pettiness from Jokie. That's a good, solid wait quick, Strawpold,

1280
00:58:24,240 --> 00:58:27,600
Speaker 1: do you like Brady? Do you like him now as

1281
00:58:27,640 --> 00:58:32,200
Speaker 1: opposed to when he played, because he's not a Patriot anymore? Yeah,

1282
00:58:32,200 --> 00:58:34,800
Speaker 1: oh yeah, yeah, I like him more now. I always

1283
00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:40,560
Speaker 1: liked him him like I respected him, don't get me wrong.

1284
00:58:40,840 --> 00:58:43,800
Speaker 1: And you know it's just jealousy and envy or whatever,

1285
00:58:43,840 --> 00:58:46,960
Speaker 1: a sports envy. But now I'm you know, I kind

1286
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:48,600
Speaker 1: of like it. He's the old guy, Like, yeah, hey,

1287
00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:52,520
Speaker 1: let's hope the old guy does one day older than me.

1288
00:58:52,560 --> 00:58:54,600
Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of him, So he's one day

1289
00:58:54,640 --> 00:58:57,439
Speaker 1: older than you. Yeah, August third, I'm you're not playing

1290
00:58:57,440 --> 00:59:00,000
Speaker 1: in the league anymore. You could still go out there

1291
00:59:00,000 --> 00:59:02,160
Speaker 1: and do something. I'm in the league sort of. You are,

1292
00:59:02,320 --> 00:59:04,120
Speaker 1: you are, You're doing your thing, and you'll be doing

1293
00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:05,920
Speaker 1: it a lot longer than him, although he'll go to

1294
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:10,400
Speaker 1: Fox after this and true and I don't even know

1295
00:59:10,520 --> 00:59:12,960
Speaker 1: how we got on this Brady tangent, but let's bring

1296
00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:15,280
Speaker 1: it back because somebody that's gonna because he'd beat Matt

1297
00:59:15,320 --> 00:59:18,240
Speaker 1: Ryan on the Super Bowl mat Oh, there we go. There,

1298
00:59:18,360 --> 00:59:20,400
Speaker 1: that's where we started, all right. So facing Matt Ryan

1299
00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:22,640
Speaker 1: for the first time will be a lot of rookies

1300
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:25,240
Speaker 1: three rookies in fact, and the unofficial depth chart came

1301
00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:28,280
Speaker 1: out today. Damian Pearce is listed as a starting running back.

1302
00:59:28,320 --> 00:59:31,880
Speaker 1: Derek Stingley and Jalen Petrie also listed as starters at

1303
00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:36,760
Speaker 1: cornerback in safety respectively. Kenyan Green the backup left guard

1304
00:59:36,760 --> 00:59:41,000
Speaker 1: behind Justin McCrae, and Petrie, who basically had been practicing

1305
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:44,120
Speaker 1: with the first team defense all throughout OTAs, he discussed

1306
00:59:44,120 --> 00:59:46,840
Speaker 1: how much progress he has made since he arrived. Oh,

1307
00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:48,800
Speaker 1: I feel like I progressed a lot. You know, I've

1308
00:59:48,880 --> 00:59:51,040
Speaker 1: learned a lot from my teammates, learned a lot from

1309
00:59:51,080 --> 00:59:54,160
Speaker 1: you know, in game situations, and you know, I'm ready

1310
00:59:54,160 --> 00:59:56,600
Speaker 1: for Week one. Good stuff from Jalen Petrie. I love

1311
00:59:56,640 --> 00:59:58,880
Speaker 1: that he's from Stafford. He went to Stafford High School

1312
00:59:58,920 --> 01:00:01,320
Speaker 1: and then he went to Baylor. So to get to

1313
01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:04,040
Speaker 1: play in your stadium that you grew up from, fifteen

1314
01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:06,320
Speaker 1: minutes from home and playing at the level that he's

1315
01:00:06,320 --> 01:00:08,360
Speaker 1: playing at is just so impressive. Because I think we

1316
01:00:08,480 --> 01:00:11,560
Speaker 1: did expect a lot of things from Derek Stanley Jr.

1317
01:00:11,600 --> 01:00:13,840
Speaker 1: And he may still deliver those things, but Petrie was

1318
01:00:13,880 --> 01:00:16,919
Speaker 1: just a standout this entire offseason and camp. Yeah, Lovey

1319
01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:18,760
Speaker 1: Smith is referred to him as a sponge, and we've

1320
01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:20,600
Speaker 1: seen all the physical stuff he can do on the field,

1321
01:00:20,600 --> 01:00:24,000
Speaker 1: but the sponge aspect love. He said in this meeting

1322
01:00:24,080 --> 01:00:28,320
Speaker 1: that we had during the preseason broadcast production meetings, he said, Listen,

1323
01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:32,880
Speaker 1: if you start at safety in this defense, you can

1324
01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:37,320
Speaker 1: be able to coach defense when you're finished. And because

1325
01:00:37,360 --> 01:00:40,200
Speaker 1: of what Petrie's absorbing, because of what Jonathan Owens is absorbing,

1326
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:42,600
Speaker 1: I've talked to both of them about this and they're like, oh, yeah,

1327
01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:43,680
Speaker 1: I think I could do that. I think I could

1328
01:00:43,720 --> 01:00:45,840
Speaker 1: definitely coach a defense like after all, because you have

1329
01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:47,280
Speaker 1: to know where everyone is, you have to get him

1330
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:49,439
Speaker 1: in the right spot, everybody in front of you, all

1331
01:00:49,480 --> 01:00:52,880
Speaker 1: the permutations of what might happen. I mean, it's really

1332
01:00:52,880 --> 01:00:56,720
Speaker 1: impressive what he's been able to do. And he hasn't

1333
01:00:56,720 --> 01:01:00,160
Speaker 1: surprised anybody. I mean everyone that's around him or as

1334
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:03,440
Speaker 1: come in contact with him. This is right on Q

1335
01:01:04,120 --> 01:01:06,120
Speaker 1: with what we saw from him last year and what

1336
01:01:06,160 --> 01:01:08,800
Speaker 1: we've heard about him back there Baylor and what he

1337
01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:11,160
Speaker 1: was able to do for the Bears. I'm just excited

1338
01:01:11,240 --> 01:01:14,760
Speaker 1: that he's starting. Yeah, you have these rookies out there.

1339
01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:18,480
Speaker 1: I've said it before, the young and scrappy Texans. That's

1340
01:01:18,520 --> 01:01:20,720
Speaker 1: what I want them to be if they're not gonna

1341
01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:23,040
Speaker 1: win every game, and that's gonna be hard to do

1342
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:26,000
Speaker 1: this just in breaking news. I want them to be

1343
01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:28,480
Speaker 1: in every game. I want them to be battling in

1344
01:01:28,480 --> 01:01:31,000
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter and you know, if they don't prevail,

1345
01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:35,280
Speaker 1: that they go away from the game with a solid

1346
01:01:35,360 --> 01:01:37,720
Speaker 1: rep that they gave it all they had and they

1347
01:01:37,760 --> 01:01:40,400
Speaker 1: got close if nothing else. And I think this league

1348
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:43,840
Speaker 1: has kind of built that way last year. Look, people

1349
01:01:43,880 --> 01:01:46,120
Speaker 1: always say, you know, this team really gonna be that

1350
01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:49,600
Speaker 1: much better? How much better they want to measure it

1351
01:01:49,640 --> 01:01:51,960
Speaker 1: and wins, which is the ultimate way to measure it.

1352
01:01:52,200 --> 01:01:54,200
Speaker 1: But you could be four and thirteen again and be

1353
01:01:54,240 --> 01:01:56,320
Speaker 1: a lot better because you don't have the five blowouts.

1354
01:01:56,520 --> 01:01:59,560
Speaker 1: Those are all close losses, right. No, I don't think

1355
01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:01,680
Speaker 1: it'll be like that though. I think they'll get over

1356
01:02:01,720 --> 01:02:04,920
Speaker 1: the hump because they have enough talent to do that.

1357
01:02:05,600 --> 01:02:07,600
Speaker 1: But you know, as far as you know where it

1358
01:02:07,640 --> 01:02:09,200
Speaker 1: takes them from there, are they a winning team? Are

1359
01:02:09,240 --> 01:02:10,840
Speaker 1: they a playoff team? I mean, come on, it would

1360
01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:13,400
Speaker 1: be great to see, one step at a time beat

1361
01:02:13,440 --> 01:02:15,240
Speaker 1: India on Sunday. Will take it from there. Yeah, I

1362
01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:17,040
Speaker 1: don't know how much better the record will will be

1363
01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:20,800
Speaker 1: this year, but anyone who watched last year's team, watched

1364
01:02:20,840 --> 01:02:24,120
Speaker 1: last year's training camp and was that this year's training

1365
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:26,520
Speaker 1: camp and has been through there's no way you can

1366
01:02:26,520 --> 01:02:29,120
Speaker 1: look at this and say that this team's not better

1367
01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:32,120
Speaker 1: than twenty twenty. They are. They're the level of talent alone,

1368
01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:35,240
Speaker 1: and you know the Polish nests, you know of these

1369
01:02:35,320 --> 01:02:38,000
Speaker 1: rookies will see because it's going to take some time

1370
01:02:38,040 --> 01:02:40,160
Speaker 1: for them to get up to speed, but look, they

1371
01:02:40,200 --> 01:02:42,480
Speaker 1: look pretty good at times in a preseason, and it's

1372
01:02:42,520 --> 01:02:45,000
Speaker 1: a preseason. We'll see where it goes. I can't wait

1373
01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:46,560
Speaker 1: to see them open up the playbook a little bit

1374
01:02:46,600 --> 01:02:48,000
Speaker 1: more because I know in the preseason it was a

1375
01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:50,880
Speaker 1: vanilla offense, but I just feel like that's going to

1376
01:02:50,960 --> 01:02:53,240
Speaker 1: be the big X factor. Like a Pet Hamilton offense.

1377
01:02:53,240 --> 01:02:56,600
Speaker 1: You've got more usage of your tight ends, You're able

1378
01:02:56,640 --> 01:02:59,040
Speaker 1: to run the ball a little bit better. The offensive line,

1379
01:02:59,080 --> 01:03:02,000
Speaker 1: the blocking scheme is just different. I'm very curious to

1380
01:03:02,040 --> 01:03:04,560
Speaker 1: see how they adapt once, you know, the regular season

1381
01:03:04,640 --> 01:03:06,200
Speaker 1: kicks in. And I do think the run game, I

1382
01:03:06,240 --> 01:03:08,720
Speaker 1: mean that was it just seemed like the bane of

1383
01:03:09,360 --> 01:03:11,760
Speaker 1: the Texans existence last year, like they could not run

1384
01:03:11,800 --> 01:03:15,600
Speaker 1: the ball, and then they frustratingly tried to continue running

1385
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:18,240
Speaker 1: the ball because you couldn't even get your passing game going,

1386
01:03:18,560 --> 01:03:21,680
Speaker 1: and they couldn't convert any third downs in the first downs,

1387
01:03:21,680 --> 01:03:24,080
Speaker 1: and they were just in third and long all the time.

1388
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:25,880
Speaker 1: I just feel like, if you can get the ground

1389
01:03:25,880 --> 01:03:27,439
Speaker 1: game going just a little bit, and I just feel

1390
01:03:27,440 --> 01:03:30,200
Speaker 1: like Damian Pierce, I mean, just watching him, he was

1391
01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:32,680
Speaker 1: so electric. I mean, maybe that's just how it is

1392
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:34,640
Speaker 1: in the preseason and it'll be a struggle for him,

1393
01:03:34,680 --> 01:03:36,480
Speaker 1: but I don't know, He's just been a lot of

1394
01:03:36,520 --> 01:03:38,320
Speaker 1: fun to watch. I think it's all going to start

1395
01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:42,040
Speaker 1: with the ground game, but just seeing that offense, you know,

1396
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:44,840
Speaker 1: run differently. I'm really excited to see some of the plays.

1397
01:03:44,880 --> 01:03:46,320
Speaker 1: I mean, we've seen a little bit of it in camp,

1398
01:03:46,360 --> 01:03:48,520
Speaker 1: some of the misdirections and some of the fun things

1399
01:03:48,520 --> 01:03:49,960
Speaker 1: they do out there, and I hope they do a

1400
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:51,640
Speaker 1: little bit more of that here. In Week one, it's

1401
01:03:51,680 --> 01:03:54,160
Speaker 1: time to play Guess the first play from scrimmage in

1402
01:03:54,200 --> 01:03:59,600
Speaker 1: the game. Okay, so I've got play action. It won't

1403
01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:03,480
Speaker 1: be deep, it'll be something short to medium. It'll be

1404
01:04:03,560 --> 01:04:07,200
Speaker 1: just something to get going with the passing attack to

1405
01:04:07,320 --> 01:04:09,720
Speaker 1: sort of stretch things out, and then you're gonna go

1406
01:04:09,760 --> 01:04:11,800
Speaker 1: to la run on second down. We want to be

1407
01:04:11,840 --> 01:04:15,800
Speaker 1: known as a running football team. So they're they're gonn

1408
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:19,320
Speaker 1: pop them in the mouth on the opening play. They're

1409
01:04:19,360 --> 01:04:20,800
Speaker 1: going with that. And one more little thing about the

1410
01:04:20,800 --> 01:04:23,560
Speaker 1: polish on the rookies. Think about it. Davis Mills was

1411
01:04:23,600 --> 01:04:26,680
Speaker 1: taking sixty seventh in twenty twenty one. They're four guys

1412
01:04:26,800 --> 01:04:29,880
Speaker 1: on the Texans taken before him in twenty twenty two,

1413
01:04:29,920 --> 01:04:32,600
Speaker 1: and then Christian Harris was taking seventy fifth, so almost

1414
01:04:32,680 --> 01:04:35,680
Speaker 1: five guys around. They'll make that just a higher level

1415
01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:38,000
Speaker 1: of talent to first two seconds. I mean there's a

1416
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:40,200
Speaker 1: lot of talent, yep. And think about who you don't

1417
01:04:40,240 --> 01:04:42,760
Speaker 1: have available. You can't play Metchi and you can't play

1418
01:04:42,840 --> 01:04:45,200
Speaker 1: Christian Harris and Withdrew, I think it's going to be

1419
01:04:45,240 --> 01:04:47,520
Speaker 1: a running play. Yeah. Can you imagine the stadium going

1420
01:04:47,760 --> 01:04:49,520
Speaker 1: nuts if you get like a big burst on the

1421
01:04:49,560 --> 01:04:52,640
Speaker 1: first play from scrimmage? Oh, if Pierce does what he

1422
01:04:52,680 --> 01:04:55,400
Speaker 1: did in the preseason game against the forty nine ers,

1423
01:04:55,520 --> 01:04:58,880
Speaker 1: If that's your opening drive and you have nine yards

1424
01:04:59,160 --> 01:05:02,040
Speaker 1: eight yards, that kind of thing harriston opening holes, blowing

1425
01:05:02,040 --> 01:05:07,480
Speaker 1: open holes. Wow, this place will get really crazy. It's

1426
01:05:07,480 --> 01:05:09,560
Speaker 1: gonna be fun, all right. So the Texans also added

1427
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:11,840
Speaker 1: two new offensive players, not new to the NFL but

1428
01:05:11,920 --> 01:05:15,040
Speaker 1: new to the team. Wide receiver Tyler Johnson and tight

1429
01:05:15,120 --> 01:05:18,000
Speaker 1: and Oj Howard both practiced with the team yesterday. They

1430
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:21,920
Speaker 1: attended meetings. Howard was signed by the Texans on September second.

1431
01:05:21,960 --> 01:05:24,280
Speaker 1: He was a twenty seventeen first round draft pick for

1432
01:05:24,280 --> 01:05:28,160
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and then Houston claimed Johnson, another

1433
01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:31,120
Speaker 1: former Buck off waivers, on August thirty first. They were

1434
01:05:31,120 --> 01:05:34,880
Speaker 1: both teammates and catching passes from Tom Brady, and while

1435
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:38,600
Speaker 1: neither had played for love Howard had heard all about him.

1436
01:05:38,640 --> 01:05:40,200
Speaker 1: And this is what he had to say about Lovey Smith.

1437
01:05:40,400 --> 01:05:43,120
Speaker 1: Down to earth guy, real, real chill, laid back kind

1438
01:05:43,120 --> 01:05:44,520
Speaker 1: of guy. When I was in Tampa, I didn't get

1439
01:05:44,560 --> 01:05:46,320
Speaker 1: to play for him, but the guys would always talk

1440
01:05:46,360 --> 01:05:48,440
Speaker 1: about when he was their coach. So I've already had

1441
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:50,640
Speaker 1: heard about him around the NFL, how he was, and

1442
01:05:50,920 --> 01:05:52,520
Speaker 1: you know, so when I met him, it didn't kind

1443
01:05:52,560 --> 01:05:54,080
Speaker 1: of surprise me. Where he was, the type of guy

1444
01:05:54,120 --> 01:05:57,680
Speaker 1: he was, the legend of Lovey Smith. It lives everywhere.

1445
01:05:57,680 --> 01:06:00,360
Speaker 1: It lives in the Bucks locker room. It's gonna live here.

1446
01:06:00,440 --> 01:06:02,800
Speaker 1: I mean, he just wins people over wherever he goes.

1447
01:06:02,920 --> 01:06:05,120
Speaker 1: Not surprising, not surprising at all. We got a glimpse

1448
01:06:05,120 --> 01:06:07,200
Speaker 1: of that the night he was hired, or the night

1449
01:06:07,200 --> 01:06:09,240
Speaker 1: before he was announced he was hired. I got a

1450
01:06:09,320 --> 01:06:12,080
Speaker 1: chance to interview NFL Hall of Famer or Pro Football

1451
01:06:12,080 --> 01:06:14,400
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer Brian Urlocker. I got a chance to

1452
01:06:14,440 --> 01:06:16,200
Speaker 1: interview Devin Hester, Who's gonna be in the Hall of

1453
01:06:16,200 --> 01:06:20,880
Speaker 1: Fame someday. They both played for Lovey Smith. They both love, love,

1454
01:06:21,280 --> 01:06:25,480
Speaker 1: love the guy. They were adamant that Houston made an

1455
01:06:25,520 --> 01:06:28,560
Speaker 1: excellent decision. They're like, just wait and see, just you

1456
01:06:28,600 --> 01:06:31,959
Speaker 1: watch what this guy's gonna mean, what this guy's gonna do. Yeah,

1457
01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:35,120
Speaker 1: it's exciting. He has you know, he has flipped a

1458
01:06:35,160 --> 01:06:38,880
Speaker 1: script around here. No matter oh yeah, no matter what

1459
01:06:38,960 --> 01:06:42,520
Speaker 1: people think. Things are different with Lovey Smith in charge

1460
01:06:42,520 --> 01:06:44,720
Speaker 1: in a whole lot of ways. And I think the

1461
01:06:44,800 --> 01:06:48,000
Speaker 1: hiring of Pep Hamilton as the OC having been here

1462
01:06:48,120 --> 01:06:50,480
Speaker 1: last year. I like the fact that love I love

1463
01:06:50,640 --> 01:06:53,840
Speaker 1: that Lovey was here last year, so he can draw

1464
01:06:53,960 --> 01:06:57,160
Speaker 1: from that experience in the building. He's done it already obviously,

1465
01:06:57,200 --> 01:07:00,680
Speaker 1: just navigating through the offseason, preseason training camp. But now

1466
01:07:00,680 --> 01:07:03,400
Speaker 1: you're into the games and he remembers, like you said, Depe,

1467
01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:06,160
Speaker 1: what happened with the Colts last year, and Pep remembers

1468
01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:09,160
Speaker 1: as well as a quarterbacks coach, and now he gets

1469
01:07:09,160 --> 01:07:11,320
Speaker 1: to run the show on offense. And this is huge

1470
01:07:11,320 --> 01:07:13,760
Speaker 1: for his career too. So it's gonna be fun. Yeah,

1471
01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:15,720
Speaker 1: it will be nice to see what he's able to

1472
01:07:15,760 --> 01:07:17,760
Speaker 1: do with Davis Mills in your two PEPs and see

1473
01:07:17,880 --> 01:07:20,280
Speaker 1: was quarterbacks coach last year. All right, let's take a break,

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Speaker 1: we come back. I've got a trivia question for Mark

1475
01:07:22,640 --> 01:07:25,800
Speaker 1: Andrew because as bad as that loss was, what was

1476
01:07:25,960 --> 01:07:29,280
Speaker 1: the biggest margin of victory ever in this series both

1477
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:32,400
Speaker 1: sides Texans, a Texans win and a coltswin. Let's see

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01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:34,040
Speaker 1: if they can figure out. It's coming up next on

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Speaker 1: Texans All Access. Welcome back to Texans All Access. It's Coltsweek.

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Speaker 1: It's Liberty White Sunday, Liberty White Out. That is everybody

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01:07:41,160 --> 01:07:42,880
Speaker 1: wear You're white. Mark will be wearing his all white

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01:07:42,880 --> 01:07:45,200
Speaker 1: suit imdpco and joining me once again, Mark Vandermer and

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01:07:45,240 --> 01:07:48,160
Speaker 1: Drew Doherty. We're talking about this series with the Colts,

1484
01:07:48,240 --> 01:07:52,720
Speaker 1: because you guys, last year was rough, losing thirty one

1485
01:07:52,720 --> 01:07:55,680
Speaker 1: to three in October and then thirty one to nothing

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01:07:55,920 --> 01:07:59,160
Speaker 1: at home in December, and those aren't even among the

1487
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:02,920
Speaker 1: two most painful losses, not even I wouldn't even put

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01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:06,800
Speaker 1: those as tough as they were. They were blowouts, no

1489
01:08:06,960 --> 01:08:09,439
Speaker 1: as far as total pain because you knew you weren't

1490
01:08:09,520 --> 01:08:12,880
Speaker 1: having a great season, But those were bad, but I

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01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:15,160
Speaker 1: wouldn't even put them in the top five most painful

1492
01:08:15,200 --> 01:08:18,800
Speaker 1: losses to the Colts. Yeah, rosencopters number one, right, Yeah,

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01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:22,240
Speaker 1: Rosencopter was probably number one, sure, And then the twelve

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01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:25,679
Speaker 1: season finale. You know what I think. I think that's

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01:08:25,720 --> 01:08:31,600
Speaker 1: more painful than Rosencopter. It's hard to decide which is

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01:08:31,760 --> 01:08:35,400
Speaker 1: more painful. But that want to get twelve was bad

1497
01:08:35,479 --> 01:08:39,280
Speaker 1: because you lost home field advantage throughout and you're flying

1498
01:08:39,360 --> 01:08:43,639
Speaker 1: back from Indie going to the playoffs with a bad feeling.

1499
01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:48,400
Speaker 1: That felt weird. That was weird bad. Wait a minute,

1500
01:08:48,640 --> 01:08:52,439
Speaker 1: you're a division champion, You're going to the postseason, but

1501
01:08:52,560 --> 01:08:55,200
Speaker 1: you feel horrible coming home because you lost a chance

1502
01:08:55,240 --> 01:08:57,680
Speaker 1: to get the buy another awful one. If we want

1503
01:08:57,720 --> 01:09:00,479
Speaker 1: to stick on awful and just turning around here. But

1504
01:09:00,840 --> 01:09:04,800
Speaker 1: the year before Thursday Night Football in December, Strip Sack

1505
01:09:04,880 --> 01:09:06,400
Speaker 1: I think on their first play of the game, and

1506
01:09:06,439 --> 01:09:08,960
Speaker 1: then a player two later, Aaron Foster runs in for

1507
01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:10,960
Speaker 1: the score. You're up seven ninth, things like it's gonna

1508
01:09:11,280 --> 01:09:13,320
Speaker 1: wipe my hands, and I was like, this game's over

1509
01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:15,920
Speaker 1: and then and then it was and it was not.

1510
01:09:16,080 --> 01:09:18,519
Speaker 1: And it's one of those if you win that one

1511
01:09:18,840 --> 01:09:21,840
Speaker 1: and get help, you win another, you know, one or

1512
01:09:21,880 --> 01:09:24,080
Speaker 1: two that the rest of the way you've got some

1513
01:09:24,160 --> 01:09:26,439
Speaker 1: home field advantage. Yeah. That was second or last week

1514
01:09:26,479 --> 01:09:28,599
Speaker 1: of the season. So if you won the finale and

1515
01:09:28,720 --> 01:09:31,120
Speaker 1: got help, you might have had a buy. Not the

1516
01:09:31,160 --> 01:09:33,200
Speaker 1: top seed, but you might have had a buy. You

1517
01:09:33,200 --> 01:09:37,560
Speaker 1: were still alive for that. That was Orlovsky. Okay, that

1518
01:09:37,640 --> 01:09:41,800
Speaker 1: was so count him in among the weird situations here

1519
01:09:42,040 --> 01:09:44,599
Speaker 1: Jacoby Brisset three and one as a cult starter against

1520
01:09:44,600 --> 01:09:47,080
Speaker 1: the Texans and five and one overall with three different teams.

1521
01:09:47,080 --> 01:09:49,920
Speaker 1: But Matt Hasselbeck and a diaper Hafelbeck in a diaper game.

1522
01:09:50,560 --> 01:09:54,519
Speaker 1: We got a lot of these. Yeah, oh nine here.

1523
01:09:54,880 --> 01:09:58,040
Speaker 1: That was the year after rosen Coopter, also up seventeen

1524
01:09:58,080 --> 01:10:01,080
Speaker 1: points and losing the game. I think we once had

1525
01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:04,080
Speaker 1: this offseason topic that if a game has a nickname,

1526
01:10:04,360 --> 01:10:07,880
Speaker 1: it's an iconic game. Yeah, not necessarily a good way, right,

1527
01:10:08,040 --> 01:10:10,240
Speaker 1: but in a bad right. Sure, Sure, like the Oilers

1528
01:10:10,280 --> 01:10:12,960
Speaker 1: have stagger Lee for what happened in Denver, and you

1529
01:10:13,000 --> 01:10:15,280
Speaker 1: know there are situations like that. Sure. I had a

1530
01:10:15,280 --> 01:10:18,639
Speaker 1: point to this anyway. The point was that last year's

1531
01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:21,479
Speaker 1: losses by thirty one points and twenty eight points, we're

1532
01:10:21,479 --> 01:10:24,439
Speaker 1: not even the largest margin of victory in the series.

1533
01:10:24,479 --> 01:10:28,439
Speaker 1: So can you all remember when the Colts won by

1534
01:10:28,520 --> 01:10:30,320
Speaker 1: more than thirty one point? Got to be one of

1535
01:10:30,320 --> 01:10:33,240
Speaker 1: those early two or three Yeah, it's up there, looking

1536
01:10:33,280 --> 01:10:35,759
Speaker 1: at Mark, Mark, I want to say it's two thousand

1537
01:10:35,800 --> 01:10:39,719
Speaker 1: and four, and it was the week after we played

1538
01:10:39,800 --> 01:10:43,719
Speaker 1: Denver and the Texans go to Indie and it's something

1539
01:10:43,720 --> 01:10:49,440
Speaker 1: like forty something to ten or something like that. Yeah,

1540
01:10:51,040 --> 01:10:53,799
Speaker 1: had a chance of going five hundred in December the Texans.

1541
01:10:53,920 --> 01:10:56,760
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that was not an awful, awful team. That

1542
01:10:56,800 --> 01:10:59,599
Speaker 1: team had a good shot to go five hundred. Playing

1543
01:10:59,680 --> 01:11:02,439
Speaker 1: clear on the last day of the season and losing

1544
01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:05,960
Speaker 1: at home. And that was the game where allegedly beer

1545
01:11:06,080 --> 01:11:09,559
Speaker 1: got poured on the car family and their suite. But

1546
01:11:09,880 --> 01:11:11,760
Speaker 1: I don't know if that actually happened or not. That

1547
01:11:11,840 --> 01:11:14,160
Speaker 1: might have been urban legend, who knows, But yeah, that

1548
01:11:14,320 --> 01:11:16,559
Speaker 1: team was four and three at one point. But that

1549
01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:18,639
Speaker 1: was a bad moment up there, all right, what about

1550
01:11:18,640 --> 01:11:21,599
Speaker 1: the Texans largest win in the series. Gotta be gott

1551
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:23,519
Speaker 1: to be eleven, It's gotta be eleven. It was before

1552
01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:25,719
Speaker 1: my time. It was thirty four nothing at the half

1553
01:11:25,960 --> 01:11:27,599
Speaker 1: year up and they think they kick a field goal

1554
01:11:27,640 --> 01:11:29,800
Speaker 1: or maybe get a touchdown, but the Colts cut it

1555
01:11:29,840 --> 01:11:32,760
Speaker 1: to ten in the second half. That's ten and ten

1556
01:11:32,840 --> 01:11:35,759
Speaker 1: and ten next year, oh the next year. Okay, Kerry

1557
01:11:35,840 --> 01:11:39,160
Speaker 1: Collins is starting. Yeah, yeah, Kerry Collins is playing for

1558
01:11:39,160 --> 01:11:44,680
Speaker 1: the Colts. Ben Tate is running the ball wild exactly

1559
01:11:44,880 --> 01:11:48,720
Speaker 1: eleven years ago, September eleventh, twenty eleven. So it was

1560
01:11:48,880 --> 01:11:51,320
Speaker 1: Texans won by twenty seven points to beat the Colts

1561
01:11:51,360 --> 01:11:54,160
Speaker 1: thirty four to seven. And if we're talking about opening

1562
01:11:54,200 --> 01:11:57,439
Speaker 1: day games two and oh against the Colts when they open, yeah,

1563
01:11:57,479 --> 01:11:59,040
Speaker 1: so they're gonna go to three and oh against the

1564
01:11:59,040 --> 01:12:02,280
Speaker 1: Colts at open Dundal. Because we always look at stats, right, yeah,

1565
01:12:02,280 --> 01:12:05,599
Speaker 1: I mean, look, here's what's going for you, lovey two

1566
01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:07,960
Speaker 1: and oh against the Colts. As a Bear's head coach,

1567
01:12:08,640 --> 01:12:10,760
Speaker 1: you've got Matt Ryan Owen two in this building, it's

1568
01:12:10,760 --> 01:12:13,200
Speaker 1: a starting quarterback against the Texans oh and three when

1569
01:12:13,200 --> 01:12:16,080
Speaker 1: you count the Super Bowl, So in this building it

1570
01:12:16,120 --> 01:12:18,800
Speaker 1: hasn't been good to him. Texans about to go three

1571
01:12:18,800 --> 01:12:23,160
Speaker 1: and oh all time on opening day against Indie. So

1572
01:12:23,600 --> 01:12:26,519
Speaker 1: basically all the numbers point to it being a lock.

1573
01:12:26,840 --> 01:12:30,719
Speaker 1: That's all right, stop me, now, please stop me. Stop,

1574
01:12:31,000 --> 01:12:34,080
Speaker 1: just stop Jonathan Taylor, though there's a little bit of

1575
01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:37,360
Speaker 1: issue with having to stop him because he's back. Although

1576
01:12:37,360 --> 01:12:40,240
Speaker 1: it is Matt Ryan. I don't know. I when when

1577
01:12:40,240 --> 01:12:43,400
Speaker 1: this offseason the Colts were looking at their quarterback situation

1578
01:12:43,520 --> 01:12:45,639
Speaker 1: and you know, we're all just watching to see what

1579
01:12:45,680 --> 01:12:47,200
Speaker 1: was going to happen with him. Was it going to

1580
01:12:47,240 --> 01:12:49,799
Speaker 1: be Baker Mayfield who was going to go to the Colts?

1581
01:12:50,160 --> 01:12:52,240
Speaker 1: I think when they signed Matt Ryan or they they

1582
01:12:52,280 --> 01:12:55,920
Speaker 1: traded for Matt Ryan, I was a little bit worried about.

1583
01:12:56,400 --> 01:12:59,599
Speaker 1: Let yeah, because you know, Philip Rivers and Carson Wentz

1584
01:12:59,640 --> 01:13:01,080
Speaker 1: like they in the ball over a bunch. But I

1585
01:13:01,080 --> 01:13:02,920
Speaker 1: feel like with Matt Ryan, no matter how old he is,

1586
01:13:03,080 --> 01:13:05,400
Speaker 1: that's one thing he didn't do. He protected the ball.

1587
01:13:05,400 --> 01:13:07,400
Speaker 1: You're oh, you're worried that the cults are back. They're

1588
01:13:07,439 --> 01:13:09,280
Speaker 1: kind of they're dangerous. Oh yeah, I think he's a

1589
01:13:09,320 --> 01:13:13,719
Speaker 1: massive upgrade over Carson Wentz. Not as much over Philip Rivers,

1590
01:13:13,760 --> 01:13:16,640
Speaker 1: but she whiz, what a massive up Well, people and

1591
01:13:16,720 --> 01:13:19,479
Speaker 1: Indie were not super thrilled about Matt Ryan. I mean,

1592
01:13:19,520 --> 01:13:23,879
Speaker 1: I think they wanted Mayfield or somebody younger. Really, Baker Mayfield,

1593
01:13:23,960 --> 01:13:26,599
Speaker 1: that'd be interesting. Actually, he turns the ball over a bunch,

1594
01:13:26,640 --> 01:13:31,519
Speaker 1: so I think, yeah, the turnoveritis that Wentz had at times,

1595
01:13:31,840 --> 01:13:34,680
Speaker 1: obviously it was a problem, especially left handed interceptions with

1596
01:13:34,760 --> 01:13:38,040
Speaker 1: the gold line and just like, what are you doing?

1597
01:13:38,160 --> 01:13:41,200
Speaker 1: What are you doing? Carson Wentz. But there was a

1598
01:13:41,200 --> 01:13:43,800
Speaker 1: time when they were rolling last year. I mean, they

1599
01:13:43,840 --> 01:13:47,160
Speaker 1: beat the Bills in Buffalo by a lot and Taylor

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01:13:47,240 --> 01:13:50,160
Speaker 1: ram for like one eighty or something. They didn't throw

1601
01:13:50,240 --> 01:13:52,479
Speaker 1: for a lot, but they didn't have to. They had

1602
01:13:52,520 --> 01:13:57,320
Speaker 1: some monumental performances last year. But obviously down the stretch

1603
01:13:57,320 --> 01:13:59,080
Speaker 1: it didn't work out so well. They lose to the Raiders,

1604
01:13:59,120 --> 01:14:01,240
Speaker 1: they lose to the jag, they lose out of the playoffs,

1605
01:14:01,320 --> 01:14:03,680
Speaker 1: And that's how I want to remember them, and that's

1606
01:14:03,680 --> 01:14:06,240
Speaker 1: how I hope they stay. Ryan's gonna be an upgrade,

1607
01:14:06,240 --> 01:14:10,000
Speaker 1: there's no doubt. But if you can slow down Taylor,

1608
01:14:10,520 --> 01:14:14,880
Speaker 1: you can get to Ryan. This defense of Lovey Smith

1609
01:14:15,240 --> 01:14:17,720
Speaker 1: can get to Matt Ryan. But if Taylor's gashing you,

1610
01:14:17,800 --> 01:14:19,960
Speaker 1: it's not gonna matter. It's not gonna matter as much

1611
01:14:19,960 --> 01:14:22,400
Speaker 1: the pass rush. So you have to slow down that run.

1612
01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:25,280
Speaker 1: This is my brilliant analysis right here. Slow down the

1613
01:14:25,360 --> 01:14:28,719
Speaker 1: running down, Just do it. Just slow it down right now.

1614
01:14:29,160 --> 01:14:35,639
Speaker 1: Better running back Taylor or Derrick Henry Taylor. I would

1615
01:14:35,640 --> 01:14:38,080
Speaker 1: say Henry if he's health really, I'm still taking it

1616
01:14:38,280 --> 01:14:41,200
Speaker 1: right now, Like for one game, you give me a

1617
01:14:41,240 --> 01:14:43,679
Speaker 1: clean bill of health for both guys, I'll take Thererick

1618
01:14:43,760 --> 01:14:46,800
Speaker 1: Henry He's terrifying. I mean, so is Taylor, but in

1619
01:14:46,840 --> 01:14:51,200
Speaker 1: a different way. Henry is a different level of player

1620
01:14:51,240 --> 01:14:54,320
Speaker 1: than Jonathan Taylor when he's healthy, in my opinion, I

1621
01:14:54,360 --> 01:14:57,200
Speaker 1: mean Derrick Henry, he is huge, He's very hard to

1622
01:14:57,200 --> 01:15:00,559
Speaker 1: bring down. But I just feel like there's Taylor's fresher

1623
01:15:00,640 --> 01:15:03,320
Speaker 1: and younger I would want younger, fresher legs. There are

1624
01:15:03,400 --> 01:15:08,160
Speaker 1: fewer running backs that just you feel more. I don't know,

1625
01:15:08,280 --> 01:15:11,680
Speaker 1: frightened football, frightened against than Derrick Henry. Do you hold

1626
01:15:11,720 --> 01:15:14,600
Speaker 1: your breath one of those? Okay, because I held my

1627
01:15:14,640 --> 01:15:17,519
Speaker 1: breath when the ball went Grunkowski's way, when the ball

1628
01:15:17,560 --> 01:15:20,000
Speaker 1: went aj Green's way deep, when the ball went to

1629
01:15:21,040 --> 01:15:25,240
Speaker 1: you know whoever, Henry's Henry's quarterback. He's like Peyton Manning

1630
01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:27,960
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. All right. So when the team is lining up,

1631
01:15:27,960 --> 01:15:30,439
Speaker 1: when I'm calling the game and the opposing offense is

1632
01:15:30,520 --> 01:15:33,719
Speaker 1: lining up, when Henry's in the backfield, it's that feeling

1633
01:15:33,760 --> 01:15:36,360
Speaker 1: of oh gosh, oh gosh, you got to stop this

1634
01:15:36,560 --> 01:15:38,880
Speaker 1: right kind of like and you know who one of

1635
01:15:38,880 --> 01:15:42,400
Speaker 1: the unsung players is in that mode is Darren Sprowles

1636
01:15:42,560 --> 01:15:45,880
Speaker 1: right when Sprowls was good and he was in the game,

1637
01:15:46,040 --> 01:15:49,200
Speaker 1: or like, oh my gosh, this is gonna be tough

1638
01:15:49,560 --> 01:15:53,600
Speaker 1: the Saints, the Eagles. Sprowles was a Texans killer. He

1639
01:15:53,680 --> 01:15:57,759
Speaker 1: killed a lot of teams. Derek Henry's frightening. Taylor's awesome.

1640
01:15:58,240 --> 01:16:00,840
Speaker 1: But I think Henry is a better back. Went healthy now.

1641
01:16:00,840 --> 01:16:03,160
Speaker 1: When healthy is the key part here, because he wasn't

1642
01:16:03,160 --> 01:16:05,519
Speaker 1: for last year for a big part of it, and

1643
01:16:05,560 --> 01:16:07,559
Speaker 1: he's got to prove he can stay healthy again. Once

1644
01:16:07,560 --> 01:16:10,240
Speaker 1: you get that injury label, it's not a label yet

1645
01:16:10,280 --> 01:16:11,840
Speaker 1: for him, but he had a year where it was

1646
01:16:11,840 --> 01:16:14,680
Speaker 1: a big problem. He's got to bounce back strong for

1647
01:16:14,720 --> 01:16:16,800
Speaker 1: his sake. I'm just hoping that he takes the year

1648
01:16:16,840 --> 01:16:18,760
Speaker 1: off just for safety. Yeah, he should just do that.

1649
01:16:18,800 --> 01:16:20,639
Speaker 1: And I think Taylor they should give him some relief.

1650
01:16:20,680 --> 01:16:23,240
Speaker 1: They should have like ninety kinds. You know, Taylor should

1651
01:16:23,240 --> 01:16:24,960
Speaker 1: take a couple of years off for safety. Is no

1652
01:16:25,040 --> 01:16:28,240
Speaker 1: t Y Hilton the Texans or the Cults have decided

1653
01:16:28,280 --> 01:16:31,320
Speaker 1: that we're not gonna resign him. No. Chris Ballard, the

1654
01:16:31,400 --> 01:16:34,559
Speaker 1: general manager, said they are not adding any more wide receivers.

1655
01:16:34,840 --> 01:16:38,360
Speaker 1: Group Johnny Johnny brought this up. He wanted the Texans

1656
01:16:38,400 --> 01:16:42,240
Speaker 1: to sign t Y Hilton at least maybe just for

1657
01:16:42,439 --> 01:16:45,479
Speaker 1: longer if possible, because he's he's not gonna last in the

1658
01:16:45,439 --> 01:16:48,040
Speaker 1: the seventeen game schedule. Would you do it true? Would

1659
01:16:48,040 --> 01:16:50,000
Speaker 1: you do it certainly if you think he's gonna help

1660
01:16:50,000 --> 01:16:53,439
Speaker 1: you win? Absolutely. I think I jokingly texted in all

1661
01:16:53,520 --> 01:16:55,680
Speaker 1: Caps to the group the two of us or the

1662
01:16:55,680 --> 01:16:59,320
Speaker 1: three of us and john saying sign him, make him

1663
01:16:59,320 --> 01:17:02,160
Speaker 1: a team captain in week one. Oh gosh, team play

1664
01:17:02,240 --> 01:17:03,680
Speaker 1: him and let him do what he does in the

1665
01:17:03,720 --> 01:17:05,720
Speaker 1: stadium with the clown mascot on when he comes into

1666
01:17:05,760 --> 01:17:09,720
Speaker 1: the building cut him as we're walking off the field. Well,

1667
01:17:09,760 --> 01:17:12,320
Speaker 1: he always said that this felt like his second home.

1668
01:17:12,360 --> 01:17:14,479
Speaker 1: So wouldn't it wouldn't it be fitting? Wouldn't it be

1669
01:17:14,479 --> 01:17:16,200
Speaker 1: fitting if you signed him and you're like, well, let's

1670
01:17:16,200 --> 01:17:18,200
Speaker 1: see how well you actually play. That's a tough one

1671
01:17:18,240 --> 01:17:22,519
Speaker 1: to take. Man, that's Texans villain to sign him. He's

1672
01:17:22,560 --> 01:17:25,120
Speaker 1: got two faces on the Mount Rushmore of Texans villains.

1673
01:17:25,120 --> 01:17:27,840
Speaker 1: He's that good and been that two faces. But he

1674
01:17:27,880 --> 01:17:31,240
Speaker 1: never had he never had great games against other opponents,

1675
01:17:31,240 --> 01:17:33,280
Speaker 1: but he would just put it on for this team.

1676
01:17:33,280 --> 01:17:35,920
Speaker 1: And even last year he was hurt but geared up

1677
01:17:35,960 --> 01:17:38,120
Speaker 1: for this game. I don't even think that he played

1678
01:17:38,240 --> 01:17:41,160
Speaker 1: much after the Texans game. He's kind of he was

1679
01:17:41,200 --> 01:17:44,320
Speaker 1: bagged up. He's kind of a beloved character in Indie.

1680
01:17:44,640 --> 01:17:47,879
Speaker 1: You know, he's not Reggie Wayne, he's not Marvin Harrison,

1681
01:17:48,240 --> 01:17:51,160
Speaker 1: but he's got a place in the Ghost Cults history,

1682
01:17:51,479 --> 01:17:53,439
Speaker 1: going back to that Ring of Honor stuff. They'll probably

1683
01:17:53,479 --> 01:17:55,000
Speaker 1: put him in the Ring of Honor TV, because they

1684
01:17:55,000 --> 01:17:57,880
Speaker 1: put everybody in the Ring of Honor. Well, yeah, I

1685
01:17:57,920 --> 01:17:59,960
Speaker 1: think they would, But you know that Hard Knocks show

1686
01:18:00,120 --> 01:18:01,760
Speaker 1: that they did with the Colts last year. I didn't

1687
01:18:01,760 --> 01:18:03,280
Speaker 1: really watch much of it. I did watch the one

1688
01:18:03,280 --> 01:18:05,400
Speaker 1: episode where they played the Texans, and I had to

1689
01:18:05,400 --> 01:18:07,040
Speaker 1: shut it off because they were just going on and

1690
01:18:07,080 --> 01:18:08,720
Speaker 1: on about t why Hilton and how this was it.

1691
01:18:08,880 --> 01:18:10,439
Speaker 1: This was the game that he was going to return

1692
01:18:10,479 --> 01:18:12,559
Speaker 1: for late in the season, so I was like, that's

1693
01:18:12,640 --> 01:18:14,360
Speaker 1: about enough of that. I mean to go back and

1694
01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:17,760
Speaker 1: rewatch the one where they lost in the end. I'm Johnsonville.

1695
01:18:17,960 --> 01:18:22,800
Speaker 1: I might owe that one. I love. Yes, that's the

1696
01:18:22,800 --> 01:18:25,200
Speaker 1: only one I watched in its entirety, and it was great.

1697
01:18:25,240 --> 01:18:28,479
Speaker 1: TV viewing is so satisfying. This is a lot about Mark,

1698
01:18:28,479 --> 01:18:31,360
Speaker 1: who fast forwards the Game of Thrones open, which is

1699
01:18:31,400 --> 01:18:34,760
Speaker 1: like the best open ever. I mean, once you've seen

1700
01:18:34,800 --> 01:18:36,240
Speaker 1: it once, why do you want to see it again?

1701
01:18:36,320 --> 01:18:38,599
Speaker 1: Do you need to see it again? It sets the mood?

1702
01:18:38,720 --> 01:18:41,120
Speaker 1: Oh yeah. He also does that through Stranger Things. Yeah,

1703
01:18:41,920 --> 01:18:47,000
Speaker 1: like an excellent opening. My kid complaints, he's dad, Yeah,

1704
01:18:47,000 --> 01:18:49,040
Speaker 1: you just have to watch the intro to Stranger Things.

1705
01:18:49,080 --> 01:18:51,160
Speaker 1: I'm like, there's nothing happening. I want to skip it

1706
01:18:51,160 --> 01:18:53,080
Speaker 1: and get to the show. Come on, let's go. Mark

1707
01:18:53,120 --> 01:18:55,679
Speaker 1: also probably skips parts of the Game of Thrones battles?

1708
01:18:55,680 --> 01:18:58,240
Speaker 1: Are you used to skip parts of when they're like

1709
01:18:58,439 --> 01:19:01,200
Speaker 1: walking through the woods and there's nothing happening, that's when

1710
01:19:01,240 --> 01:19:03,960
Speaker 1: I fast forward. They're just walking through the woods. Are

1711
01:19:04,000 --> 01:19:07,360
Speaker 1: wasting time? All right? Well, we are not gonna waste

1712
01:19:07,400 --> 01:19:09,839
Speaker 1: any time. We're gonna go around the NFL. The game's

1713
01:19:09,880 --> 01:19:12,800
Speaker 1: a start in what just forty eight hours? Yes, Week

1714
01:19:12,920 --> 01:19:14,639
Speaker 1: one will be underway. What are some of the top

1715
01:19:14,680 --> 01:19:17,120
Speaker 1: stories around the NFL. We've got one final segment of

1716
01:19:17,120 --> 01:19:20,439
Speaker 1: Texans All Access Don't Go Anywhere. Final segment of Texans

1717
01:19:20,439 --> 01:19:23,719
Speaker 1: All Access Football gets underway and about forty eight hours,

1718
01:19:23,800 --> 01:19:26,439
Speaker 1: so cannot wait for that. The first game on the

1719
01:19:26,479 --> 01:19:31,320
Speaker 1: Marquee Bills at Rams Thursday Night Football, So they get

1720
01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:34,880
Speaker 1: to watch the Rams hoste their Super Bowl banner in

1721
01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:38,960
Speaker 1: our stadium. Bills Bills, Bills Bills by double figures in

1722
01:19:39,000 --> 01:19:42,559
Speaker 1: this game? Yes? Why? Yes? What would make you say that?

1723
01:19:42,800 --> 01:19:45,559
Speaker 1: Because they're better, They're better than the Rams. You watch,

1724
01:19:45,600 --> 01:19:48,599
Speaker 1: the Bills are gonna roll. It's gonna block Old Aaron

1725
01:19:48,640 --> 01:19:50,799
Speaker 1: Donald there in the middle. Oh, they'll figure out a way.

1726
01:19:51,080 --> 01:19:53,519
Speaker 1: Josh Allen will just run away from him and throw

1727
01:19:53,600 --> 01:19:56,960
Speaker 1: the ball downfield. And Matt Stafford's elbow is gonna be

1728
01:19:57,000 --> 01:20:00,000
Speaker 1: bothering him. Well, defending Super Bowl champs have posted it

1729
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:03,200
Speaker 1: an eight and three record in Week one since twenty ten,

1730
01:20:03,360 --> 01:20:05,360
Speaker 1: so maybe that might be a bit of a problem.

1731
01:20:05,400 --> 01:20:07,600
Speaker 1: That might be a bit of a problem. Also, you

1732
01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:10,599
Speaker 1: get to watch the super bow bearer presentations. The Bills

1733
01:20:10,600 --> 01:20:14,360
Speaker 1: were eliminated. Just got it. I just Bills ran into

1734
01:20:14,400 --> 01:20:18,320
Speaker 1: the buzz saw chief offense, which is way better than

1735
01:20:18,360 --> 01:20:21,160
Speaker 1: what the Rams are gonna put out there on Thursday night.

1736
01:20:21,520 --> 01:20:23,240
Speaker 1: All right. I know you shouldn't go back to last

1737
01:20:23,280 --> 01:20:24,840
Speaker 1: year because it's a new year and all of that.

1738
01:20:25,000 --> 01:20:26,720
Speaker 1: I just think the Bills are a better football team

1739
01:20:26,760 --> 01:20:28,479
Speaker 1: and they'll come out as a better football team. I'm

1740
01:20:28,520 --> 01:20:31,160
Speaker 1: not burying the Rams and saying they're not gonna win

1741
01:20:31,200 --> 01:20:33,760
Speaker 1: their division even I'm just saying the Bills are gonna

1742
01:20:33,760 --> 01:20:35,840
Speaker 1: win this game. What's to deal with Matthew Stafford. He

1743
01:20:35,880 --> 01:20:39,800
Speaker 1: had some surgery like in August. Well, the elbow, the

1744
01:20:39,880 --> 01:20:42,599
Speaker 1: elbow was apparently bothering him. But when they when they're

1745
01:20:42,800 --> 01:20:47,800
Speaker 1: so vociferous about the elbow's fine, Yeah, you have to wonder. Look,

1746
01:20:47,800 --> 01:20:49,559
Speaker 1: I could be reading way too much into it, and

1747
01:20:49,720 --> 01:20:51,880
Speaker 1: I don't wish injury on anybody, and I really don't

1748
01:20:51,920 --> 01:20:55,400
Speaker 1: wish it on him, you know, good guy from suburban Dallas,

1749
01:20:55,439 --> 01:20:58,280
Speaker 1: Highland Park, whatever. I just think the bills are gonna

1750
01:20:58,280 --> 01:21:00,479
Speaker 1: win this game. I was writing for the Park Cities

1751
01:21:00,479 --> 01:21:03,559
Speaker 1: people in newspapers while sophomore at Island Park High School?

1752
01:21:03,600 --> 01:21:06,599
Speaker 1: Really excellent. Did you ever interview him? No, because that

1753
01:21:06,680 --> 01:21:09,400
Speaker 1: was you had to be the writer to get that beat.

1754
01:21:09,439 --> 01:21:11,840
Speaker 1: I was covering all the other schools, non Holland, So

1755
01:21:11,960 --> 01:21:14,919
Speaker 1: were you going to SMU working for that paper. I

1756
01:21:14,960 --> 01:21:17,479
Speaker 1: was freelancing at that point, so I had a real,

1757
01:21:17,800 --> 01:21:19,719
Speaker 1: like a full time job, but I would still kind

1758
01:21:19,720 --> 01:21:23,160
Speaker 1: of contribute and make a little extra scratch doing that.

1759
01:21:23,240 --> 01:21:25,519
Speaker 1: So he was not there when I was in college,

1760
01:21:25,960 --> 01:21:27,519
Speaker 1: but I did cover him in college. When you go

1761
01:21:27,560 --> 01:21:30,200
Speaker 1: to SMU, where do you live? Like in the if

1762
01:21:30,240 --> 01:21:33,280
Speaker 1: you're not in the dorms? Has to be really expensive.

1763
01:21:33,320 --> 01:21:35,400
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure it's gotten worse since. I mean

1764
01:21:35,439 --> 01:21:37,680
Speaker 1: this is twenty some years ago, but there were some

1765
01:21:37,880 --> 01:21:41,479
Speaker 1: there were some affordable apartments nearby that were not This

1766
01:21:41,560 --> 01:21:44,040
Speaker 1: is like having a stroll river Oaks or something. It's

1767
01:21:44,040 --> 01:21:47,400
Speaker 1: exactly like that. It's exactly like that. And I don't

1768
01:21:47,400 --> 01:21:50,760
Speaker 1: think those apartments are still around. I'd have to go check.

1769
01:21:50,840 --> 01:21:53,320
Speaker 1: But there's there's areas if you need to, you know,

1770
01:21:53,400 --> 01:21:56,200
Speaker 1: get by if you're not as rich as some I

1771
01:21:56,439 --> 01:21:58,360
Speaker 1: lived in Dallas like one hundred years ago, and I

1772
01:21:58,439 --> 01:22:00,600
Speaker 1: worked in Sherman, Texas, and they said, well, if you

1773
01:22:00,640 --> 01:22:02,400
Speaker 1: want to save some money, you can live in Sherman.

1774
01:22:03,040 --> 01:22:06,799
Speaker 1: We just got a Walmart and there's a Pigley Whigley

1775
01:22:06,800 --> 01:22:08,880
Speaker 1: down this. Yeah, my my little sister went to Sherman.

1776
01:22:08,920 --> 01:22:13,320
Speaker 1: She's a kid. It's a very pigley wiggle. I did

1777
01:22:13,320 --> 01:22:15,720
Speaker 1: not know what a piggley wiggly was, but apparently you

1778
01:22:15,760 --> 01:22:18,400
Speaker 1: know why we don't have pigley wiggly because h GB kicks.

1779
01:22:18,560 --> 01:22:22,799
Speaker 1: But it's way better than a pigley wiggly. Way, way, Roger,

1780
01:22:23,040 --> 01:22:24,960
Speaker 1: I did not live in Sherman, by the way I commuted. Yeah,

1781
01:22:24,960 --> 01:22:26,400
Speaker 1: she went to a lot of money on cash and

1782
01:22:26,439 --> 01:22:28,920
Speaker 1: she went to Austin College and not Sherman. She went

1783
01:22:28,960 --> 01:22:32,360
Speaker 1: to college. I think, yeah, okay, all right. Well, on

1784
01:22:32,400 --> 01:22:35,320
Speaker 1: the other end of a week, cool story, cool story,

1785
01:22:35,360 --> 01:22:39,320
Speaker 1: bro Monday night football, it's going to be the Broncos

1786
01:22:39,439 --> 01:22:44,240
Speaker 1: at Seattle. Russell Wilson returns home and Pete Carol was

1787
01:22:44,280 --> 01:22:48,040
Speaker 1: asked about the Seahawks head coach and his exact words quote,

1788
01:22:48,040 --> 01:22:51,559
Speaker 1: I thought it was awesome. Yeah, he's a positive guy.

1789
01:22:51,640 --> 01:22:56,439
Speaker 1: He takes the positive approach. Be that way. Uh Denver,

1790
01:22:56,920 --> 01:22:59,480
Speaker 1: by the way, the Week two opponent for the Houston text.

1791
01:22:59,479 --> 01:23:02,480
Speaker 1: So back to back road trips at Denver at Chicago.

1792
01:23:03,280 --> 01:23:05,759
Speaker 1: And I was looking at the NFL dot com power rankings.

1793
01:23:06,600 --> 01:23:10,679
Speaker 1: The Texans have five games against teams that are below

1794
01:23:10,760 --> 01:23:14,360
Speaker 1: them in the power rankings right the week one power rankings. Now,

1795
01:23:14,400 --> 01:23:16,639
Speaker 1: two of them are against the Jaguars. Their ranked below

1796
01:23:16,680 --> 01:23:19,960
Speaker 1: the Texans. The Bears are ranked below the Texans. The

1797
01:23:20,520 --> 01:23:23,960
Speaker 1: the Commodore's commanders, the commanders. I want to say the

1798
01:23:23,960 --> 01:23:27,400
Speaker 1: Commodores because I want Lionel Ritchie to play quarterback, and

1799
01:23:27,439 --> 01:23:31,240
Speaker 1: I want to say I'm easy like Sunday morning. Now,

1800
01:23:31,280 --> 01:23:34,600
Speaker 1: the commanders, I've called them the commandos, the Commodores to

1801
01:23:34,680 --> 01:23:39,639
Speaker 1: command whatever. But the Washington he's as underrated as a guest.

1802
01:23:39,920 --> 01:23:42,080
Speaker 1: He was pretty high up there, man, like he is

1803
01:23:42,400 --> 01:23:46,519
Speaker 1: a talent. Lionel Richie. Anyways, Oh amazing. You know I

1804
01:23:47,600 --> 01:23:50,320
Speaker 1: did not like all night long when it came out.

1805
01:23:50,400 --> 01:23:52,120
Speaker 1: You know, I thought this song is still played but

1806
01:23:52,160 --> 01:23:54,439
Speaker 1: now when it comes on, I'm I'm almost like the

1807
01:23:54,479 --> 01:23:57,559
Speaker 1: guy with Desperado and Seinfeld. I'm like, everybody shut up,

1808
01:23:58,040 --> 01:24:01,760
Speaker 1: all night long is on, We're listen to the whole thing. Yeah,

1809
01:24:01,840 --> 01:24:03,519
Speaker 1: I'm surprised you like it even now. It seems a

1810
01:24:03,560 --> 01:24:06,120
Speaker 1: little too mainstream for you really. Yeah, I mean I

1811
01:24:06,120 --> 01:24:07,679
Speaker 1: remember when that came out, but it was the Jam.

1812
01:24:07,760 --> 01:24:09,280
Speaker 1: But I didn't know much of a line of Richard

1813
01:24:09,320 --> 01:24:12,200
Speaker 1: before the See. You know, sometimes things are really popular.

1814
01:24:12,280 --> 01:24:15,280
Speaker 1: When when things are really popular, I don't like them

1815
01:24:15,320 --> 01:24:19,439
Speaker 1: as much, and then later on I really respect them

1816
01:24:21,040 --> 01:24:24,719
Speaker 1: years later. In the club I found this for fifteen years.

1817
01:24:25,439 --> 01:24:28,880
Speaker 1: He was Duck Club in Duck Club Club. Hey, you

1818
01:24:28,920 --> 01:24:32,720
Speaker 1: talk about Russell Wilson and returning to Seattle. I was

1819
01:24:32,720 --> 01:24:36,960
Speaker 1: just there for a cousin's weddings last weekend. Yeah. I

1820
01:24:37,000 --> 01:24:40,040
Speaker 1: walked by some street vendors and they were selling these

1821
01:24:40,080 --> 01:24:42,160
Speaker 1: T shirts. I can't remember what it was. I should

1822
01:24:42,160 --> 01:24:43,919
Speaker 1: just stopped and taking a picture, but it was basically

1823
01:24:44,520 --> 01:24:49,400
Speaker 1: hatred for Russell Wilson. Wow, they are There are is

1824
01:24:49,439 --> 01:24:51,240
Speaker 1: a section of folks. I mean maybe that's just like

1825
01:24:51,520 --> 01:24:54,040
Speaker 1: a small subset, but there is at least a subset

1826
01:24:54,080 --> 01:24:58,559
Speaker 1: of folks that do not like Russell Wilson. How he

1827
01:24:58,640 --> 01:25:01,639
Speaker 1: left a big one. Yeah, one of our friends here locally.

1828
01:25:01,680 --> 01:25:04,880
Speaker 1: He tweets quite often about it, and you know, he's

1829
01:25:04,920 --> 01:25:07,400
Speaker 1: certainly not the only one. And it's backed up by

1830
01:25:07,000 --> 01:25:09,880
Speaker 1: the T shirt tent that I saw. This is gonna

1831
01:25:09,880 --> 01:25:13,200
Speaker 1: be a contested game and there's gonna be a lot

1832
01:25:13,200 --> 01:25:16,400
Speaker 1: of attention. Pay sure how they pay tribute or not

1833
01:25:16,560 --> 01:25:19,000
Speaker 1: to Russell Wilson on Monday, that'll be cool. And we've

1834
01:25:19,000 --> 01:25:21,519
Speaker 1: got a brand new show coming up next, John Harris

1835
01:25:22,120 --> 01:25:25,360
Speaker 1: Texans Matchup because it's hard to do a Texans replay

1836
01:25:25,360 --> 01:25:27,120
Speaker 1: when you haven't played a game. But it's gonna be

1837
01:25:27,160 --> 01:25:29,439
Speaker 1: Texans Matchup for the rest of the year. So he

1838
01:25:29,479 --> 01:25:32,120
Speaker 1: will look back, he will look forward, and he'll give

1839
01:25:32,120 --> 01:25:33,679
Speaker 1: you the best preview that you're gonna get of any

1840
01:25:33,680 --> 01:25:36,360
Speaker 1: Texans game. I will put my money down on that

1841
01:25:36,479 --> 01:25:37,880
Speaker 1: right now. But you know what, you guys, you guys

1842
01:25:37,880 --> 01:25:39,719
Speaker 1: are money all the time anyway, And I'm super excited

1843
01:25:39,720 --> 01:25:42,679
Speaker 1: to be back for Tuesday Night All Access and Players Show.

1844
01:25:42,680 --> 01:25:43,880
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a lot of fun. All right, that's

1845
01:25:43,880 --> 01:25:46,120
Speaker 1: gonna do for Texans All Access. Thank you so much

1846
01:25:46,120 --> 01:25:48,680
Speaker 1: for listening. Keep Listening. Texans matchup with John Harris is

1847
01:25:48,760 --> 01:25:49,160
Speaker 1: up next.