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Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody, Welcome into a Wednesday edition

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Speaker 1: of Texans All Access from the Hounday Texans Radio Studio.

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Speaker 1: Glad to be with you on game week. Yes, bye

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Speaker 1: week done, although I will say I wouldn't mind the

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Speaker 1: Texans had another bye week in January. Wouldn't mind it. Well,

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Speaker 1: that's getting way ahead of ourselves, so I'm not gonna

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Speaker 1: do that. I am your host, John Harris, football analyst

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Speaker 1: and sideline reporter. It's so glad you are with me

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Speaker 1: this evening. We got a jam packed show as always

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Speaker 1: on a Wednesday. On Wednesday means we go behind enemy

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Speaker 1: sidelines with DPCO. This week it is Jake kring Schrifles

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Speaker 1: the Redskins dot Com. Our buddy Russell Baxter is gonna

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Speaker 1: join us the Washington Redskins played by play voices Larry Michael,

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Speaker 1: so we will have our remember behind the Mike's segment

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Speaker 1: as Larry joined Mark earlier today, Mark's gonna stay with

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Speaker 1: me for a little bit and talk, and I threw

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Speaker 1: this trivia question at him. I wasn't sure when I

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Speaker 1: actually asked the question if I knew the answer, but

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Speaker 1: I figured it out as we were talking. When was

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Speaker 1: the last time a first placed Texans team played a

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Speaker 1: first play opponent this late in the year. What's the

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Speaker 1: last time it happened? I had it figured out eventually,

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Speaker 1: eventually it got there. And then of course our broadcast

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Speaker 1: partner on game Day and good friend Andrey Wearer will

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Speaker 1: join us on the show as well. As we start

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Speaker 1: the show, we started always with our hot reads and

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Speaker 1: they're brought to you by Geico fifteen minutes, continue fifteen

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Speaker 1: percent or more on car insurance. And when we are

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Speaker 1: Game week Wednesday, as Mark always talks about, that means that, well,

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Speaker 1: the particulars are talking at the podium and Bill O'Briant

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Speaker 1: was at the podium today and he talked about not

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Speaker 1: celebrating six in three. This is a very focused group.

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Speaker 1: You know, even the younger players seem to be mature guys,

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Speaker 1: you know, guys that understand that like, Okay, you know,

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Speaker 1: this is a big, big challenge Washington. You know, we're

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Speaker 1: not we haven't really done anything yet. We've done a

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Speaker 1: good job of digging ourselves out of a hole. But

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Speaker 1: what have we what have we actually done? Like we're

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Speaker 1: six and three great, you know, and now it's onto

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Speaker 1: the basically the second half of the season, and we've

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Speaker 1: got a big challenge here versus a first place team

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Speaker 1: I think our guys realized that they're they're a very

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Speaker 1: focused group and I think guys are ready to measure

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Speaker 1: up against the Redskins. The Texans have not faired well

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Speaker 1: against NFC teams on the road, but Bill A. Briant

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Speaker 1: said their quarterbacks Shaw Watson, it's a big stage on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: but he doesn't shy away from that big stage. National

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Speaker 1: championship games, playoff games, you know, ACC championship games. He's

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Speaker 1: been in a lot of big moments. You know, obviously

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Speaker 1: the differences this is the NFL, but you know, I

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Speaker 1: think there's something to be said for that, no doubt,

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Speaker 1: And I was part of, you know, one of the

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Speaker 1: Playing in big games. He's been there. I thought about

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Speaker 1: this his freshman year, he towards ACL against South Carolina,

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Speaker 1: Alabama in his last game. Yeah, DeShawn is definitely He's

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Speaker 1: that I love it is building Jadevion Clowney is one

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Speaker 1: thought it was fascinating all week. Everybody has put up

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Speaker 1: There's no doubt about that, no question now. Earlier last

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Speaker 1: So JJ had to say about We've I think he's

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Speaker 1: Like I've said all my career, I've been fortunate. You know,

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Speaker 1: There's no it's just gone so so fast. JJ was

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Speaker 1: So I think that's part of the reason this team

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Speaker 1: DeShawn said, hey, we're building the chemistry. It's gonna be fine.

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Speaker 1: We've known each other before, so you know, as far

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Speaker 1: talking ball, we've done that before. And then now you know,

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Speaker 1: I'd love to see Deontay. There's no doubt, he said

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Speaker 1: last year and it doesn't really mean a whole lot.

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Speaker 1: I gotta prove myself this year coming off this injury.

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Speaker 1: What can I prove last year of last year. I gotta,

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Speaker 1: a lot they want to see from him. It's good

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Speaker 1: then another old ligneman and Sunday's win in Tampa. What

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Speaker 1: does that offensive line look like right now, especially with

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Speaker 1: some of the new players that have been added to

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Speaker 1: the roster, and how much of a concern is it

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Speaker 1: now moving forward? Well, to answer your question, it looks

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Speaker 1: very different from the start of the season. Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: mean this is um kind of felt like deja vu

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Speaker 1: last year the Redskins off into line, I mean just brutal,

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Speaker 1: brutalized my injury. I mean you look at almost everyone

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Speaker 1: across the board had had struggles there um injury wise,

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Speaker 1: and he really this this Sunday, it's it's getting even thinner.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned John Christian, backup rookie tackle. He injured his MCL.

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Speaker 1: He's going to be out for the season now. So

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Speaker 1: they just continue to get finner and thinner. They signed

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Speaker 1: three offensive linemen last week and included one of them,

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Speaker 1: Joan Jonathan Cooper, left guard in on Tampa. So there's, uh,

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of plug and play going on right now.

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Speaker 1: I think what you're looking for right now on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: you know left tackle ty and Secki is going to

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Speaker 1: be there still in Ptrent Williams, who who's been battling

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Speaker 1: a dislocated thumbs he had surgery, still has the cast on.

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Speaker 1: It's probably unlikely he will play. So they're looking at

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Speaker 1: Tay and Secky, and then at left guard, Jonathan Cooper,

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Speaker 1: Chase Rullier at center, Tony Berkstrom at right guard, and

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Speaker 1: then over at right tackle. Morgan Moses, who did play

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Speaker 1: against Tampa Bay, but even him still really battling through

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Speaker 1: some injuries. He had an elbow earlier this year and

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Speaker 1: now he's got the knee injury and that he was

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Speaker 1: looking really stiff earlier this week, so there's even question

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Speaker 1: with him right now. They did sign Austin Howard as

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Speaker 1: part of those three guys earlier last week, so he

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Speaker 1: could potentially be the next backup to fill in. So

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Speaker 1: it really is just a mishmash of guys right now.

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Speaker 1: I think they were pretty impressed with how it all

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Speaker 1: worked against Tampa, but there is definitely some current concern

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Speaker 1: there as the season goes forward. Yeah, and I imagine

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Speaker 1: having a veteran quarterback and a veteran running back certainly

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Speaker 1: helps a young O line, or at least a new

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Speaker 1: O line that's still working to develop that chemistry. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: for sure. And I think Adrian was pretty confident even

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Speaker 1: last last week, just going into the game that these

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Speaker 1: guys would figure it out. Jonathan Cooper, who played at

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Speaker 1: left guard, you know, he was mentioning how last the

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Speaker 1: Sunday before he was just on a flight going home

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Speaker 1: to Arizona. I mean, football was not really on his

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Speaker 1: mind too much. I know, he had a couple of

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Speaker 1: workouts here and there. But one week later he's starting

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Speaker 1: on the offensive line for the Redskins on a first

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Speaker 1: place team. It's just kind of a whirlwind week for him,

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Speaker 1: and so I think this week maybe he'll get a

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Speaker 1: little bit more settled and feel like he's a little

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Speaker 1: bit more part of the team now that he's got

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Speaker 1: a game under him. But you know, he's been a

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Speaker 1: veteran guy. He's played in the league for a while now,

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Speaker 1: and so I think some of these guys, it's not

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Speaker 1: like they're fresh and brand new, but you know, it

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Speaker 1: does take a little bit of time to get back

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Speaker 1: to the swing of things. Yeah, a familiar face that

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Speaker 1: Texans fans will recognize. I think Trump Tony Berkstram was

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Speaker 1: here for a little bit, but even more familiar face

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Speaker 1: DJ Sweringer twenty thirteen second round pick. He's leading that

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Speaker 1: defense with four interceptions. He's had to face a few

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Speaker 1: former teams this year too, so now he gets to

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Speaker 1: face the Texans who drafted him. How has he evolved

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Speaker 1: in his game? I feel like every time I see

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Speaker 1: highlights from Washington's games, it's it's always swearing you're doing

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Speaker 1: something or getting an interception. How much of a leader

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Speaker 1: has he become on that defense and how much has

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Speaker 1: he evolved since since he got there? Well, you know,

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Speaker 1: I'll be honest, I think he was a leader on

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Speaker 1: this team even before he played a snap in training camp.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is a guy that's how in his

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Speaker 1: second year with Washington, and he really has made it

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Speaker 1: a point to say that he finally feels at home

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Speaker 1: where he is in Washington. And I think he was

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Speaker 1: funny he mentioned now, you know, he has two and

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Speaker 1: oh against his former teams this year against the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: and the Bucks last week, and he says this one

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Speaker 1: against the Texans is going to be the biggest one

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Speaker 1: for him. It's a big redemption game in some ways,

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Speaker 1: and I think he always has been. He always has

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Speaker 1: built a little Spurton by what the Texans did with

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Speaker 1: him as as a player. I think ever felt comfortable there,

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Speaker 1: playing some at linebacker to start off early on in

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Speaker 1: his career, and I think that's part of the reason

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Speaker 1: why he's just starting to excel now, is he's finally

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Speaker 1: gotten the experience at safety that he's wanted of the

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Speaker 1: last couple of years, and then he comes to Washington,

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Speaker 1: he can play a little bit more inside the box.

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Speaker 1: He has a little bit more freedom to roam around,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's really been the biggest thing for him,

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Speaker 1: is just playing a position that he feels like he

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Speaker 1: can make an impact both at the line of scrimmage

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Speaker 1: and then off playing off and deeper into the secondary.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I think it certainly helps when you

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Speaker 1: get a guy like Haha Clinton Dix to your team

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Speaker 1: and he's been really familiar with him and that they

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Speaker 1: have great chemistry and already starting to see that last

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Speaker 1: week against the Bucks. So I think he's just finally

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Speaker 1: feeling like this is where he wants to be and

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Speaker 1: that usually when it comes to that really bodes well

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Speaker 1: for a player on the field. When you're mentally comfortable

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Speaker 1: and feeling like everything is where it needs to be,

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Speaker 1: the play is going to do much better on the field. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that big addition of Clinton Dix, that Redskins defense has

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Speaker 1: been forcing all these turnovers, even on Sunday, three turnovers

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Speaker 1: in the final fourth quarter of the game. What's made

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Speaker 1: it so opportunistic and what's made it so easy for

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Speaker 1: them to force these takeaways? You think, well, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if anything's ever easy. I mean, it looks easy.

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Speaker 1: It does. I mean, they do seem to be the

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Speaker 1: most opportunistic defense right now. And I you know, I

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Speaker 1: mentioned earlier it's like they give up five hundred yards

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Speaker 1: to the Bucks and they only give up three points.

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Speaker 1: I mean a lot of that came in the red zone.

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Speaker 1: And you know, you look at Josh Norman, he finally

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Speaker 1: started to get going. He got a second interception on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: And then you look at some of the guys who

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Speaker 1: have been stepping up. Quintin Dunbar has been out, but

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Speaker 1: you see a guy like rookie cornerback Greg Stroman he

547
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Speaker 1: gets his first interception, first career one, and even guys

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Speaker 1: like Ryan Anderson, Preston Smith's starting to starting to finally

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Speaker 1: get over the hump, and Ryan Anderson had that big

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Speaker 1: punch out on ja Quiz Rodgers and that ball flew

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Speaker 1: like twenty yards into the end zone. I think a

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Speaker 1: lot of it is just look, they know that when

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Speaker 1: they're in the red zone, they are. It just feels

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Speaker 1: like they're a better functioning team. They shorten the field,

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Speaker 1: and I think they play a little bit more Christian

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Speaker 1: in the middle of the field and kind of trying

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Speaker 1: to stop the big plays. That's kind of been something

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Speaker 1: that they have been burned by in the past. This

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Speaker 1: year if you look at the New Orleans game and

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Speaker 1: even the Falcons game, and some of those big explosive

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Speaker 1: offenses have hurt them. So I think going into Tampa,

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Speaker 1: they've really made it a case to play a little

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Speaker 1: bit farther off. Let's do our damage when we are

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Speaker 1: in a more confined area of the field. And so

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Speaker 1: that seems to be paying off. But really the past

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Speaker 1: rush has been a big, big help this year, and

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Speaker 1: you look at their defensive line, Ron Payne, Jonathan Allen,

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Speaker 1: matt Ianitis up to seven and a half sacks now,

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Speaker 1: and I think that pressure really helps the secondary a

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Speaker 1: lot it's forcing a lot of quarterbacks out of the

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Speaker 1: pocket and making off balance throws and that's been a

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Speaker 1: big key for the turnover rate this year. There is

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Speaker 1: Jake kring Schrifles of Redskins dot Com. All right, coming

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Speaker 1: up to our good buddy, Russell Baxter. You follow on

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Speaker 1: Twitter at Backstball Guru, NFL spin Zone Fans Sided. He

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Speaker 1: is one of the best in the game and he

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Speaker 1: will give us his thoughts on the Redskins, on the Texans,

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Speaker 1: and the rest of the weekend in NFL football. Coming

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Speaker 1: up next on Texans Access. Welcome back to Wednesday initial

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

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris Football as a silent reporter

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Speaker 1: and joined now by my good friend at max Football

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Speaker 1: Guru on Twitter. You definitely want to give him a follow.

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Speaker 1: You're reading him at NFL spin Zone fan Sided. He

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Speaker 1: is Russell Baxter. Russell, how you doing, my man? I'm

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Speaker 1: doing good. Are you nice and well rested? Yeah? I

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Speaker 1: don't know if that's the words I would use, but

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Speaker 1: I think we're ready to go for the Redskins. Russell.

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Speaker 1: What have you seen with the Redskins thus far? This

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Speaker 1: year six and three team that's scoring a ton of

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Speaker 1: points but defensively can do a pretty solid job. But

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Speaker 1: then last week they gave a five hundred yards in

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Speaker 1: three points. There's got to be some sort of record

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Speaker 1: with that. But either way, they've got Adrian Peterson run

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Speaker 1: it pretty well. They've got Alex Smith in his first

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Speaker 1: year with Jay Gruden. What do you see in Washington

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Speaker 1: Redskins a team that leads NFC East by two games. Well,

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Speaker 1: you know, in an season where we're you know, on

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Speaker 1: the way to you know, probably setting records for a

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Speaker 1: hundred yard receiving games and three hundred yard passing games

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Speaker 1: by individuals, and who knows that the single season scoring

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Speaker 1: record is even in doubt by any of the Saints

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Speaker 1: or the Chiefs or or the Rams. Who knows what

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Speaker 1: we've where We're going to see down the stretch here

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Speaker 1: and so on. I like to use a basketball analogy

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Speaker 1: when it comes to the Washington Redskins. They are Dean

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Speaker 1: Smith's four corner offense. Oh wow, yeah, I get that one. Okay, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they are the slowdown team. They are doing things. It's

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Speaker 1: funny when Kirk Cousins was there, one of the teams

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Speaker 1: where I should say two of the biggest shortcomings of

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Speaker 1: the Washington Redskins was a consistent ground attack and their

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Speaker 1: defense was substandard. They're playing better defense now. I know

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Speaker 1: they got rolled by Atlanta and they gave up those

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Speaker 1: five hundred and I think what five or seven and

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Speaker 1: last week, yeah, the box, you know, Ben, but not break.

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Speaker 1: I mean that was you know, that was mister fantastic

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Speaker 1: of the Fantastic four. It was. And then you're not breaking. Um.

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Speaker 1: But the bottom line is they're finding ways to win games,

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Speaker 1: as was a seven to nineteen a year ago. And um,

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Speaker 1: it's a different style for the Redskins under Jay gruten

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Speaker 1: Um and this attack this year and so on, so um,

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Speaker 1: you know, and in what's obviously a very mediocre year

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Speaker 1: for the entire division. Um and and and listen, the

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Speaker 1: Ridskins don't exactly inspire fear. You know, when they have

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Speaker 1: lost this year, They've lost bed, They lost to the

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Speaker 1: Cults by twelve, they lost to New Orleans forty three

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Speaker 1: to nineteen on Monday Night, and then the Falcons game

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Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago. So if they aren't able

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Speaker 1: to dictate the tempo of the game, John, they're going

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Speaker 1: to be in a lot of trouble. It's been very

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Speaker 1: hit or miss for them. So but it provides a

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Speaker 1: very interesting challenge obviously for the Texans. Um you know,

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Speaker 1: the last time we saw them, they played a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a slowdown game themselves. But man, should get

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Speaker 1: a break or two and hold on and win at Denver, yep.

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Speaker 1: And that the year exactly right, playing a game in

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventeen that it was tough, I mean against that

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Speaker 1: defense at defense kind of got got going in the

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Speaker 1: second half and things were really tough for the Texans

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Speaker 1: in the second half. But Russell, the last time the

641
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: Texans played, when they finished that game, there were six

642
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 1: and three. At that point, the Tennessee Titans were three

643
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:31,000
Speaker 1: and four. They were gonna play the next night against Dallas,

644
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,239
Speaker 1: and Dallas had been undefeated at home, and then they

645
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 1: were gonna play the Patriots. So looking forward and looking ahead,

646
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 1: I thought, man, there's a chance that Texans could be

647
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 1: six and three with the Titans at three and six,

648
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 1: the Colts at four and five, and the Jags at

649
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: three and six by the time the Texas take the

650
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 1: field again. But that didn't happen because Tennessee beats Dallas

651
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 1: and then Tennessee man handles New England. I don't know

652
00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:57,360
Speaker 1: that I want to believe that the Titans are that good. Well, boy,

653
00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 1: they've played like the last couple of weeks. What have

654
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 1: you seen in Tennessee, Russell, Well, you know, it was

655
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 1: almost like they hit rock bottom there for a few weeks.

656
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 1: They showed a little life against the Chargers in London,

657
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 1: and who knows what would have happened if Mike Rabel

658
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 1: would have decided to send the game an overtime. I'm

659
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: sure that one is going to be even more second

660
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,240
Speaker 1: guests right now than it was at the time. But again,

661
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 1: they hit rock bottom, probably with that twenty one nothing

662
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 1: lost at home to the Ravens when they gave up

663
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:33,280
Speaker 1: those eleven sacks, and they again they got better against

664
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,800
Speaker 1: the Chargers. Put it together. Listen, they were sloppy in

665
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 1: the first half against Dallas and then all of a

666
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 1: sudden made some plays both on offense and defense. And

667
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 1: then last week. You know, it's funny, there's a lot

668
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,680
Speaker 1: always said, I'll shift just for one second. There's a

669
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 1: lot always said about Bill Belichick disciples not faring very

670
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 1: well as head coaches. Well, twice this year, we've seen

671
00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: people familiar with Bill Belichick. I don't know how their

672
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: head coaching careers are to wind up, but they certainly

673
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 1: enjoyed either a great Sunday night in Detroit or a

674
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:09,240
Speaker 1: wonderful afternoon in Nashville last Sunday. Yeah, that's true. And

675
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 1: obviously with us having a former Patriots coach in Bill O'Brien,

676
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 1: we're hoping that the win over Bill Belichick comes at

677
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 1: a very important time in twenty eighteen, as in the playoffs.

678
00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,240
Speaker 1: But there's a lot of football. There's a lot of

679
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,960
Speaker 1: football to go before we get there. But Russell, there

680
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 1: will not be football down in Mexico City this weekend,

681
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,479
Speaker 1: as there was supposed to be a massive Monday night

682
00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 1: football game between the one lost Rams and the one

683
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 1: lost Chiefs, but a field surface deemed unplayable will put

684
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 1: the game back in Los Angeles where the Rams will

685
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 1: take on the Chiefs. So Russell two pronged question here.

686
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 1: Number one, what are your thoughts about what happened there

687
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 1: in Mexico City where they're not going to play the

688
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 1: game and what that maybe means going forward for games

689
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: in London and Mexico City, And what do you think

690
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 1: about the game itself. Rams versus Chiefs two one lost

691
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:03,160
Speaker 1: teams leading both the Well, listen the NFL, which I

692
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: think sometimes it almost gets kind of a bad rap

693
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: about players safety because a lot of people like to

694
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 1: throw up. Well, they were that interested in players safety,

695
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 1: they wouldn't play Thursday nights football games when it comes

696
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 1: to field and field conditions. They take the safety of

697
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 1: not only the players, but the fans as well. Let's

698
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: let's just go back to the beginning of the year.

699
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 1: I seem to remember a weather delay. It for the

700
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 1: opening week game of Atlanta in Philadelphia. Yeah, to tell you,

701
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 1: a seven hour football game between Miami and Tennessee because

702
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: of weather conditions Monday night. They were keeping a very

703
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 1: very close eye on the air quality because of the

704
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 1: unfortunate circumstances with the fires in California. With that game

705
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 1: with Samson. We've seen them move games before because of

706
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 1: wildfires as well, so I think they were very proactive.

707
00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: They had a backup plan. It's required, as you know,

708
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: if the league blamed in the release last week and um,

709
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: you know, listen, this is the game of the year

710
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 1: that people have been waiting for ever since. Both those

711
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 1: teams got off to scintillating starts, and um, you know,

712
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: I also applaud the NFL, and I applaud the RAMS

713
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 1: and the teams who are doing as much as they

714
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 1: can possible to adjust the circumstances and also reward the

715
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,480
Speaker 1: first responders. I know you've seen a lot of that

716
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,360
Speaker 1: by offering up free tickets and and a lot of stuff.

717
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,720
Speaker 1: So this has become it's not you know what's it's

718
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:35,479
Speaker 1: it's not a Super Bowl preview necessarily, but the game

719
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,439
Speaker 1: is being treated like it was a Super Bowl. Yeah,

720
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,440
Speaker 1: you're right, I mean two one lost teams this late

721
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,720
Speaker 1: in year. I don't think I think you're exactly right, Russell.

722
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,319
Speaker 1: It's there's no doubt people look at it. And that's

723
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 1: the one term I was I kind of I was

724
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 1: snicker at as the super Bowl preview, like, oh okay,

725
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,279
Speaker 1: all right, look, there's a there's a long way to go,

726
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 1: but it is gonna be a fascinated game of two

727
00:35:56,239 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 1: high powered offenses, as you noted. But here's the other

728
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: thing that intrigues me. Russell and we talked a little

729
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 1: bit about this, but we'll get into this a little bit.

730
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: I don't want to say this is a must win

731
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: for the Kansas for the Kansas City Chiefs. But it

732
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 1: feels like it because at nine and one, they're sitting

733
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 1: there at top the division and you think, man, they're

734
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 1: running away with this thing. The Rams are nine and one,

735
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 1: and the next closest team in the West is four

736
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 1: and five. That's Seattle, and they just beat Seattle the

737
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,920
Speaker 1: other day. On the flip side, Kansas City is nine

738
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 1: and one. The LA Chargers are seven and two, and

739
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: it looks like they may get Joey Bosa back here

740
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:34,280
Speaker 1: sooner than later. The Chargers could be a very scary

741
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:37,400
Speaker 1: team in the AFC West. And just in the AFC,

742
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,719
Speaker 1: what do you think about what they've done? Russell Well,

743
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,279
Speaker 1: I mean, you know that my preseason Super Bowl pick

744
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:44,959
Speaker 1: boy is the Atlanta Falcons over the Los Angeles Charger.

745
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: That's right. Yeah. I felt the AFC was kind of

746
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 1: muddled coming into the year, and I just thought the

747
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: momentum of what they did last season, going nine and

748
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 1: three after oh and four, I thought it might carry over,

749
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,240
Speaker 1: and it has. They got off to a rough start,

750
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:05,240
Speaker 1: but that rough start included a loss two the Chiefs

751
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 1: and the Rams. As we're as we're discussing, but listen,

752
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 1: if can't. If if the Chargers are going to do something,

753
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: they have to do something they haven't done an awful

754
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,280
Speaker 1: long time. And I don't mean just take the playoffs,

755
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: which is twenty thirteen. They reached the playoffs, reached the

756
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 1: ABC Divisional playoffs in matter of fact, and they haven't

757
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 1: eaten the Chiefs. It's nine in a row now, nine

758
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,440
Speaker 1: losses in a row to Kansas City, including week one

759
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 1: this week. Kansas City has really kind of had their

760
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 1: number down the stretch here. Um, there's a there's another

761
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,760
Speaker 1: game I'm looking besides the Kansas City game with the Chargers.

762
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 1: In a couple of weeks, the Chargers go to Pittsburgh, which,

763
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 1: of course that will be interesting because it'll bring back

764
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 1: the class of two thousand and four talk. You know,

765
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, Eli Manning, Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers are

766
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,320
Speaker 1: playing with a little momentum and a you know, revived

767
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,319
Speaker 1: sense as well. So a lot of teams that got

768
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 1: off to slug it starts, which is kind of becoming

769
00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:06,759
Speaker 1: the norm in this NFL where the preseason is hard

770
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: to figure and teams play less and less regulars during it.

771
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 1: You know, you look at the teams that are playing

772
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 1: their best football right now, and some of them got

773
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: off to two very shaky starts. But the point you

774
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 1: brought up about Joey Boza, you know, this is already

775
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 1: a team that's, you know, as much as there is

776
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 1: Philip Philip Rivers and he's having a dynamite season and

777
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:29,000
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen and all that. This is about the Melvin,

778
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 1: it's Melvin Gordon and it's Melvin Ingram. Yeah, no doubt,

779
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,279
Speaker 1: and they've been playing extremely well. And you bring up

780
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:39,360
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Russell and I don't know that anybody is I

781
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,320
Speaker 1: don't know that anybody is wrong in their opinion on

782
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: Levion Bell. I really don't. I mean I could, I

783
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:45,880
Speaker 1: guess maybe because I see it. I see it from

784
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 1: both sides. But what do you think about the way

785
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 1: this all went down? And are you surprised that he

786
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:52,960
Speaker 1: is not going to play in twenty eighteen. I'm not surprised,

787
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 1: but it took me a while to get there. I

788
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 1: felt once it went to a certain point, and once

789
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,360
Speaker 1: I felt once the trade deadline came and went that

790
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: he was not going to play. You know, I had

791
00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 1: a really tough time with people, you know, kind of

792
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 1: figuring out. Okay, he's now well rested, he's going to

793
00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 1: sign and he's going to help them down the stretch.

794
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:22,640
Speaker 1: He's taken a stand here and it's certainly his prerogative.

795
00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 1: But I will say this, I think the two things

796
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: that bothered me about the situation for this it seemed

797
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 1: like there was constant lack of communication with his teammates. Okay,

798
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 1: you're you're hearing stories now. The latest is Ben Roethlisberger

799
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 1: sent him a text not listen. He is prerogative to

800
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 1: do anything he wants. He's a grown man. But I

801
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:46,400
Speaker 1: think we're the tension and I think that effected this

802
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,920
Speaker 1: deal was early in the season. John. I think the

803
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: tension was a miscommunication that people, you know, some of

804
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,000
Speaker 1: his teammates thought lady On Bell was coming back for

805
00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,279
Speaker 1: week one, and I think it kind of started there

806
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:59,840
Speaker 1: because you'll remember what happened last year, no preseason, no training,

807
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:04,320
Speaker 1: he showed up and he played. I think maybe some

808
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,759
Speaker 1: of his teammates and maybe that's what he told his

809
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: teammate is I don't know. But here's the other thing

810
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,600
Speaker 1: I will say about this whole situation. I know there's

811
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 1: going to be teams that will shy away from him

812
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:19,840
Speaker 1: because of this stance. And I don't mean the stance

813
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,800
Speaker 1: that he was trying to get more money, the stance

814
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: that he was willing to sit out and do this

815
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:29,360
Speaker 1: to an employer, because, as you know, if you do

816
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 1: it to one employer who says, you won't do it

817
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 1: to another. Russell Sunday night, Minnesota goes to Chicago and

818
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 1: Chicago at six and three, sitting atop the NFC North

819
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:45,759
Speaker 1: Minnesota right at its heels. This game intrigues me for

820
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:48,840
Speaker 1: just for a number of different reasons. You got Trubisky

821
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 1: against Cousins, You've got Khalil Mack going against Everson Griffin

822
00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: and Danielle Hunter. I know it's a Sunday night game

823
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 1: and as typically the one that we point to as

824
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,400
Speaker 1: being the marquee game, but it feels like this one

825
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 1: really kind of has that feel. Going to be in

826
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,680
Speaker 1: Chicago in mid November, what do you see that in

827
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: this game with Minnesota and Chicago, And how do you

828
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:08,959
Speaker 1: think that NFC North starts to play out Green Bay's

829
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,120
Speaker 1: gotta go to Seattle on Thursday night. That's gonna be tough.

830
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,200
Speaker 1: Maybe it comes down to Minnesota and Chicago. How do

831
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:14,440
Speaker 1: you see the NFC North and what do you think

832
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: about this game Sunday night. Well, it's the first of

833
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:19,640
Speaker 1: the two meetings. These teams haven't met this year yet.

834
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 1: The Bears, who finally won a divisional game last week,

835
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 1: they've lost ten in a row going back a couple

836
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 1: of years within the NFC North, which is a big reason.

837
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,840
Speaker 1: They finished last in the NFC North four years in

838
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,200
Speaker 1: a row. And it is a market. Remember this game

839
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 1: was not scheduled for Sunday night. This game was flexed

840
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,400
Speaker 1: into Sunday night. It was the Pittsburgh and Jacksonville. So

841
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,600
Speaker 1: you see the Bears, who kind of had that little

842
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,760
Speaker 1: gulp in the middle of the season, went against Miami

843
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:49,360
Speaker 1: in New England. They've regained themselves suddenly won three games

844
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,800
Speaker 1: in a row. Their defense is playing better than the

845
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:56,760
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings defense, which everybody, or I shouldn't say everybody,

846
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,400
Speaker 1: never say everybody. Most people felt was going to be

847
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:01,600
Speaker 1: the best defense coming into the league as they were

848
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,800
Speaker 1: a season ago, and they've fallen off today, have played

849
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 1: better as of late, but they certainly don't look like this,

850
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:14,920
Speaker 1: you know, beat all unit, and maybe that was a

851
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 1: little bit of a hangover effect. From the NFC Championship

852
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:21,680
Speaker 1: Game last year. For all of case Teenum's shortcomings, the

853
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,759
Speaker 1: Vikings defense got brittled by Nick Foles in that in

854
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 1: that Philadelphia offense, so maybe there's a little bit of

855
00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:31,080
Speaker 1: a hangover effect. I still think Green Bay has a

856
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 1: say in the matter because of what their schedule is.

857
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: And when I say schedule, I don't mean strength of schedule.

858
00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 1: I mean opportunity. Okay, they have a road game with

859
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,240
Speaker 1: Minnesota coming up, they get a home game with Detroit.

860
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: They still have to go to Chicago, Okay, So when

861
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,440
Speaker 1: you have the teams in front of it, you can

862
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,440
Speaker 1: still play that can affect your destiny. For lack of

863
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:57,719
Speaker 1: a better word, You're never really quite out of it.

864
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 1: So it be interesting to see who emerges here Chicago again.

865
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 1: They finally won the divisional game last week. They look

866
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 1: pretty good in doing it as well. They took care

867
00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,319
Speaker 1: of business at home against the Lions, who probably are

868
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 1: the most hard to figure out team in the entire

869
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 1: NFCA as as I'm concerned, so Nice showed him. I

870
00:43:19,120 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: still think this is going to come down to the

871
00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:24,399
Speaker 1: final weeks of the season, and you know, Detroit looks

872
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,360
Speaker 1: like they're headed in the opposite direction once again. But

873
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:29,360
Speaker 1: I still think this is a three team race. But

874
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,359
Speaker 1: I will say this because you mentioned the Packers, green

875
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,399
Speaker 1: they better figure out a way to win a road game.

876
00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:36,560
Speaker 1: They haven't done it all year. They've got two in

877
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 1: a row coming up. They better get at least one

878
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:41,800
Speaker 1: of those, or they really do todayend the possibility of

879
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 1: falling out of the right and one of those coming

880
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,440
Speaker 1: up on Thursday night. Going out to Seattle on a

881
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:49,799
Speaker 1: Thursday night. Oh boy, good luck. Short week and gotta

882
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:51,440
Speaker 1: go to Seattle. It's gonna be a tough one for

883
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 1: Green Bay. At Backs football guru on Twitter. He is

884
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,200
Speaker 1: Russell Baxter from NFL Spin Zone and Fansided. He's the

885
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,319
Speaker 1: absolute best and he joins me every Wednesday. So you're

886
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:02,240
Speaker 1: the best man. Thank you very much. You got again.

887
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:04,319
Speaker 1: We've got one hour down and one hour ago right

888
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 1: here in Texans All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio.

889
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris, and it is time to

890
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:13,759
Speaker 1: go behind the bikes with two men that will call

891
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,640
Speaker 1: the action on Sunday. You know Mark Vanomer, of course,

892
00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 1: the voice of Texans. He sat down with the voice

893
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,759
Speaker 1: of the Redskins Larry and Mike Larry, How are you

894
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 1: doing at six and three here this team? You look

895
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:28,600
Speaker 1: at the lack of turnovers, that's great, the takeaways great,

896
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 1: But I just get the vibe that it feels shaky

897
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 1: to the local fans and media and the pundits and

898
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 1: people like that. What do you think? You know what, Mark,

899
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:40,480
Speaker 1: I don't necessarily agree. I think that with this team

900
00:44:41,719 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: you have to really have a tale of two sides

901
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:46,040
Speaker 1: of the football. I think if you look at the

902
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,880
Speaker 1: Redskins defense and what they've tried to do over the

903
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:51,799
Speaker 1: last couple of years to bolster that defense against the run,

904
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:55,359
Speaker 1: spending first round picks each of the last two years

905
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:58,799
Speaker 1: on defensive alignement, I think that they've done a good

906
00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:01,640
Speaker 1: job in doing what they had to do for the defense. Now,

907
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:04,200
Speaker 1: the offense on the other side of the ledger is

908
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:06,000
Speaker 1: still a work in progress. We always hear at the

909
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 1: beginning of the year, you know, this team's trying to

910
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:09,920
Speaker 1: find its personality. What type of team is this going

911
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 1: to be? And this has evolved into a team that

912
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 1: plays good defense, wants to run the ball, wants to

913
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 1: control time of possession, and is error free. So as

914
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 1: far as the fans here are concerned. I think they

915
00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:23,760
Speaker 1: love the fact that they're on top of the division.

916
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,920
Speaker 1: They're six and three, But it's not what you expected

917
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 1: out of this team this year. I think, especially out

918
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:32,640
Speaker 1: of the passing game last game. I thought they did

919
00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:35,520
Speaker 1: better in the second half of the game, most recently

920
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 1: against Tampa. But Tampa's defense is not the Texans defense.

921
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 1: So to me, the Redskins is gonna have to find

922
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:41,800
Speaker 1: a way to get some points on the board this

923
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:44,400
Speaker 1: Sunday if they want their seventh point of the year.

924
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: Larry Michael Boys of the Washington Redskins with us Alex Smith.

925
00:45:48,560 --> 00:45:50,799
Speaker 1: The Texans have seen him since two thousand and five

926
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:52,800
Speaker 1: when he's with the forty nine ers. What kind of

927
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:56,879
Speaker 1: Alex Smith are we seeing in two and eighteen. Well,

928
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:58,879
Speaker 1: you know, I think we're seeing what we expected, even

929
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,279
Speaker 1: though the expectations might have been overblown because of the

930
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:03,839
Speaker 1: numbers that this offense has produced over the last couple

931
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 1: of years. But the team, you know, has been lacking

932
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,600
Speaker 1: a deep threat since Jamison Crowder has been hurt, Paul

933
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:12,680
Speaker 1: Richardson's out for the year, and so it's evolved into

934
00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 1: a unit that you know, is a rather conservative unit,

935
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:17,560
Speaker 1: and that really plays to Alex Smith's strengths. He's not

936
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:22,239
Speaker 1: a gambler, he's not a gun slinger, but you have

937
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 1: to have a well rounded offense if you're really going

938
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:26,360
Speaker 1: to go far. So this is where the growth of

939
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:30,680
Speaker 1: the football team still needs to take place. The passing game.

940
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:33,680
Speaker 1: And then you know Josh Stockson, a TCU kid whose

941
00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 1: former first round pick is beginning to come on a

942
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:39,360
Speaker 1: little bit right now. Of course, Jordan Reed is always

943
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,720
Speaker 1: double teamed. He's a key player on the Redskins offense,

944
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:44,879
Speaker 1: and missing Chris Thompson as well has really hurt this team.

945
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:47,440
Speaker 1: Kapri Bibbs has come in and played very well. Every

946
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,239
Speaker 1: time he touches the ball, something good happens. But if

947
00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 1: you're gonna look at this team, you're gonna say, where

948
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:54,839
Speaker 1: does this team have the most room for improvement, You'd

949
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 1: have to say the passing game. And thank goodness they

950
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:03,160
Speaker 1: picked up Peterson earlier this year, because he really has

951
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 1: been the MVP on the offense. It has not been

952
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:08,560
Speaker 1: Alex Smith. And Alex you know, has been error free

953
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:12,759
Speaker 1: and that's that's obviously what his reputation is, but he

954
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:14,720
Speaker 1: didn't have the same he doesn't have the same weapons.

955
00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:17,000
Speaker 1: He had that when he was in Kansas City, So

956
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 1: it's it's it's an evolution, I think from the coach

957
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 1: of standpoint, coach Cruden, I think he loves the fact

958
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:23,640
Speaker 1: that he can run the football because that's something he

959
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,279
Speaker 1: always prides himself on. But he's he's a bit of

960
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:29,520
Speaker 1: a gun slinger himself. So you know that that combination,

961
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:33,400
Speaker 1: that chemistry built between head coach and starting quarterback continues

962
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:35,400
Speaker 1: to evolve. I think they're on the same page, but

963
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:37,680
Speaker 1: they just had it's a week to week thing. The

964
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:40,600
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks, the offensive line has been decimated

965
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:43,879
Speaker 1: with injuries. I've lost a couple of starters for the year,

966
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:47,440
Speaker 1: and so with that, maybe you have to simplify things

967
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:49,960
Speaker 1: a little bit. Larry, I'm looking at this defense and

968
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:52,320
Speaker 1: the pressure you get from ion nightis and care again

969
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:55,440
Speaker 1: and I know swears you're well from the defensive backfield.

970
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:59,279
Speaker 1: What about the takeaways? How are they getting them? Well,

971
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:01,919
Speaker 1: you don't want It's a variety of things. Last week,

972
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:05,279
Speaker 1: Josh Norman had an incredible interception, laid out and made

973
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:08,319
Speaker 1: a great interception. This was on the Buck's opening drive.

974
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 1: They drive it to the ten yard line and they

975
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:12,320
Speaker 1: go end zone, and he dives and makes a great interception,

976
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 1: brings it after thirty yards and the Redskins are in business.

977
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:17,759
Speaker 1: Later in the game, it was Ryan Anderson in the

978
00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:21,240
Speaker 1: red zone, a linebacker out of Alabama from behind, punching

979
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:22,960
Speaker 1: the ball out of the running back's hands. It goes

980
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,640
Speaker 1: into the end zone, Redskins cover it. So I mean,

981
00:48:25,800 --> 00:48:28,920
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's necessarily a luck situation. I

982
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 1: think it's a it's an effort situation to get these interceptions,

983
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:34,800
Speaker 1: to get these turnovers. Mark, I can't tell you. I

984
00:48:35,400 --> 00:48:38,520
Speaker 1: did look it up, and so earlier I wondered when

985
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:41,279
Speaker 1: was the last time the Redskins were plus eleven And

986
00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:43,640
Speaker 1: last time they were that good is in twenty and twelve.

987
00:48:43,760 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 1: So you look at this defense and it's not only

988
00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 1: stopping the run, it's causing turnovers. But what you don't

989
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:52,400
Speaker 1: want to have to say, it's a the defense has

990
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:55,120
Speaker 1: to score too, and that's that's like, you know, it's

991
00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:57,319
Speaker 1: Doc Walker, who you know, our sideline guy, said well,

992
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:58,920
Speaker 1: the defends got a score in this one. That's not

993
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:01,080
Speaker 1: That's not the way it's bell. You want your offense

994
00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:03,879
Speaker 1: to score and you want your defense obviously if the score,

995
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:05,880
Speaker 1: that's gravy, but you want them to stop people, and

996
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:08,840
Speaker 1: that there in lines with the last seven weeks of

997
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:10,440
Speaker 1: this season are going to be about, to be honest

998
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:13,240
Speaker 1: with you. And it's a big game obviously for both teams.

999
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:15,640
Speaker 1: But you know, for the Redskins being home against a

1000
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:18,920
Speaker 1: team that is on a roll with an outstanding quarterback

1001
00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:22,280
Speaker 1: who can who's a multi threat, it's a big challenge,

1002
00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:24,319
Speaker 1: a big challenge. The Redskins seem to play their best

1003
00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:26,160
Speaker 1: against the better teams this year. They've stepped up a

1004
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:30,120
Speaker 1: couple couple of big eggs they've laid against New Orleans

1005
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:33,200
Speaker 1: and against Atlanta. But how can you predict Atlanta? You know,

1006
00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:35,279
Speaker 1: came in here and ran the Redskins, and they go

1007
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:38,680
Speaker 1: out and they fall the following week at Cleveland. So

1008
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:41,640
Speaker 1: you can't predict this league. But I don't know. The

1009
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 1: Houston Texans are on a role right now and they're

1010
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:45,600
Speaker 1: coming here for a win. And that's the two six

1011
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:48,600
Speaker 1: and three teams. I think, real strong matchup to show

1012
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:51,800
Speaker 1: where these two teams are this many games into the season.

1013
00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:55,120
Speaker 1: Larry Michael, voice of the Redskins with us Jay Gruden,

1014
00:49:55,239 --> 00:49:57,560
Speaker 1: what's it like to be around him? On a regular basis.

1015
00:49:57,680 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 1: I like guys who have paid their dues, and he

1016
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:02,400
Speaker 1: certainly did quarterback at a bunch of different levels and

1017
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:04,959
Speaker 1: was a coach and arena ball. I like his story.

1018
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:07,600
Speaker 1: What's it like to be around Jake Well? A super guy.

1019
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,279
Speaker 1: I mean, he's just got a great sense of humor.

1020
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:11,279
Speaker 1: It's it's hard to see him. You really never see

1021
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:14,080
Speaker 1: him angry. You never see him sweat. He's always on

1022
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:16,359
Speaker 1: an even keel, and he likes to put the rib

1023
00:50:16,480 --> 00:50:18,200
Speaker 1: in there. And you know what, I think he's what

1024
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:21,160
Speaker 1: you'd call a player's coach. And over the years, you know,

1025
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:24,160
Speaker 1: some players might take advantage of a player's coach, but

1026
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:27,200
Speaker 1: I think because of the combination they have here of

1027
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,839
Speaker 1: high draft picks and some of the veterans they have here,

1028
00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:31,799
Speaker 1: you know, they can be loose, but they know when

1029
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:33,880
Speaker 1: it comes time to play, it's it's a different story.

1030
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:36,439
Speaker 1: So love being around this guy, and I'm so happy

1031
00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:38,360
Speaker 1: for him to have his success this year because at

1032
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:40,680
Speaker 1: the beginning of the year, you know, if this hadn't

1033
00:50:40,719 --> 00:50:42,960
Speaker 1: gone this direction, then he would have been, you know,

1034
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:45,560
Speaker 1: inching towards that dreaded hot seat. But right now things

1035
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:48,640
Speaker 1: are cool and he's on top of the division at

1036
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:50,359
Speaker 1: a home game against a tough team. I think it's

1037
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:53,080
Speaker 1: gonna it's shaves up. Is a very very dramatic game

1038
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:55,680
Speaker 1: on Sunday, and looking forward to seeing you, my friend.

1039
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:59,240
Speaker 1: It's gonna be fun. Larry a question about the fans

1040
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:01,800
Speaker 1: and the relationship ship between the team and the town

1041
00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:05,680
Speaker 1: and the Redskins Nation, if you will, when you look

1042
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:07,880
Speaker 1: at this, I mean we're talking about a franchise that

1043
00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:09,920
Speaker 1: has won super Bowls, and certainly you have had some

1044
00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:12,840
Speaker 1: success since Stan and playoff appearances and things like that.

1045
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:16,439
Speaker 1: How is that being in the environment where you had

1046
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:20,400
Speaker 1: the Joe Gibbs in the background there those years and

1047
00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:22,960
Speaker 1: that level of success and the way the people deal

1048
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:26,600
Speaker 1: with it now or the lack thereof. Well, the expectations

1049
00:51:26,719 --> 00:51:28,680
Speaker 1: here are for a Super Bowl every year, and I

1050
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:31,080
Speaker 1: know that as the same for all NFL teams, but

1051
00:51:31,719 --> 00:51:34,520
Speaker 1: for this team, which was founded in nineteen thirty two,

1052
00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:38,360
Speaker 1: and Sunday could be a milestone game. I mean, to

1053
00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:40,520
Speaker 1: win that game, it would be their six hundred regular

1054
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:43,160
Speaker 1: season win, which would be the only the fifteam in

1055
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:45,680
Speaker 1: NFL history to do that. And because of the legacy

1056
00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:48,400
Speaker 1: and the longevity of the franchise. I mean, you know,

1057
00:51:48,520 --> 00:51:51,000
Speaker 1: just the numbers are there. Since nineteen thirty two, they've

1058
00:51:51,040 --> 00:51:53,839
Speaker 1: won games, and they've won championships, and I think that's

1059
00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:57,000
Speaker 1: what the fans want. I have noticed, you know, over

1060
00:51:57,560 --> 00:51:59,960
Speaker 1: the last couple of years, fans travel a lot more

1061
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,600
Speaker 1: word to certain locations. I know it. I mean soon

1062
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:04,920
Speaker 1: when we go to Arizona, when we go to California,

1063
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:07,440
Speaker 1: we go to Florida, there are a lot of Redskins

1064
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:09,239
Speaker 1: fans there. It's a good trip for people to take.

1065
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:13,560
Speaker 1: Nothing against any cold weather cities that might be not

1066
00:52:13,719 --> 00:52:18,520
Speaker 1: exactly vacation spots in December, but fans travel now. And

1067
00:52:18,640 --> 00:52:21,439
Speaker 1: the same thing holds true here. Redskins get opposing teams

1068
00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:24,560
Speaker 1: fans in the stadium, but the fan base here is enormous.

1069
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:27,000
Speaker 1: There's a lot of Redskins fans in town and they

1070
00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:29,520
Speaker 1: just want to win. All they want to do is

1071
00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:32,480
Speaker 1: see their team win. And you know what, I think

1072
00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:35,400
Speaker 1: that's the same thing the team wants. So, you know,

1073
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:38,040
Speaker 1: with the most recent discussions here about it, I mean,

1074
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:40,759
Speaker 1: I think it really overshadows the fact team of six

1075
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:44,160
Speaker 1: and three had a great, great group of fans literally

1076
00:52:44,239 --> 00:52:46,879
Speaker 1: in Tampa last week. By the end of the game.

1077
00:52:47,040 --> 00:52:49,560
Speaker 1: It was you know, maybe about now fifteen thousand Redskins

1078
00:52:49,600 --> 00:52:51,560
Speaker 1: fans in that stadium that you could hear him singing

1079
00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:54,360
Speaker 1: it held to the Redskins on the road, which was striking.

1080
00:52:54,440 --> 00:52:57,160
Speaker 1: Alex Smith told me before he got here he didn't

1081
00:52:57,160 --> 00:52:59,520
Speaker 1: realize that there were Redskins fans all over the country.

1082
00:52:59,560 --> 00:53:02,040
Speaker 1: In fact, and the stats bear that out, and a

1083
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:05,239
Speaker 1: lot of transplanted people from DC in every four years,

1084
00:53:05,719 --> 00:53:08,880
Speaker 1: you know, this city flips because the political changes, and

1085
00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:11,440
Speaker 1: when people are here they kind of adopt the Redskins.

1086
00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:14,360
Speaker 1: There is a portion of its populations that is transient,

1087
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:17,080
Speaker 1: and so they kind of spread that word as they leave.

1088
00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:19,520
Speaker 1: And the folks that grew up here during the Super

1089
00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:23,399
Speaker 1: Bowl years, obviously they have grown up and they raise

1090
00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:26,400
Speaker 1: their kids as Redskins fans. So I think, you know,

1091
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:29,800
Speaker 1: in the area, in the era of social media, you know,

1092
00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:33,760
Speaker 1: everything happens instantaneously, and then you react to things instantaneously.

1093
00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:36,320
Speaker 1: And I think this crowd on Sunday, I wouldn't be

1094
00:53:36,400 --> 00:53:40,280
Speaker 1: shocked if the crowd wasn't electric and it wasn't real excited.

1095
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:43,440
Speaker 1: It's a big game, tough opponent, and you always want

1096
00:53:43,480 --> 00:53:45,120
Speaker 1: your fans on your side, So I would be shocked

1097
00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:47,440
Speaker 1: if that didn't happen. One more for you, Larry, who

1098
00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:52,160
Speaker 1: is the most popular pre nineteen ninety five redskin, who

1099
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:54,440
Speaker 1: resonates more with the fan base. I mean you do

1100
00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:57,400
Speaker 1: games with Sunny jergensent. I mean he's tremendous. Obviously, there

1101
00:53:57,400 --> 00:53:58,960
Speaker 1: are a bunch of other guys to choose from. What's

1102
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:03,160
Speaker 1: your opinion on that? Well, Sonny is one, Doug Williams

1103
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:06,880
Speaker 1: is one because of what he represented. John Riggins is

1104
00:54:06,960 --> 00:54:11,400
Speaker 1: one because of his kind of his unique personality. And

1105
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:13,040
Speaker 1: then you come, you know a little bit more more

1106
00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:15,200
Speaker 1: modern day guys. You know, you're talking about guys like

1107
00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:18,160
Speaker 1: Cooley and Porters who really loved by the fans, but

1108
00:54:18,239 --> 00:54:20,480
Speaker 1: those you know, this is alumni homecoming weekend. You got

1109
00:54:20,520 --> 00:54:23,520
Speaker 1: all these guys. Billy Kilmer's come in here, Mark Rippon

1110
00:54:23,640 --> 00:54:25,080
Speaker 1: is going to be here. You got all kinds of

1111
00:54:25,239 --> 00:54:27,440
Speaker 1: names from the past that are going to come in

1112
00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:30,280
Speaker 1: And that's the fact with this franchise. It was founded

1113
00:54:30,320 --> 00:54:32,760
Speaker 1: in nineteen thirty two, moved here in nineteen thirty seven,

1114
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:35,920
Speaker 1: who won two NFL championships and three Super Bowls. So

1115
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:39,359
Speaker 1: this is a legacy that just runs deep and It's

1116
00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:41,160
Speaker 1: been a while since this team won a Super Bowl,

1117
00:54:41,719 --> 00:54:46,239
Speaker 1: so that that drought, I think is extentuated when the

1118
00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:49,759
Speaker 1: team doesn't play well. Obviously, now six and three, you

1119
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:51,920
Speaker 1: know you're in the hunt. You're in the hunt. So

1120
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:55,120
Speaker 1: but to be able to work with Sonny Jerkinson has

1121
00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:56,839
Speaker 1: just been a thrill for me. I mean growing up

1122
00:54:57,239 --> 00:54:59,920
Speaker 1: watching him play and then having him in the broadcast

1123
00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:01,880
Speaker 1: s booth. And he's got that cigar, he's jumping on

1124
00:55:01,960 --> 00:55:04,279
Speaker 1: that cigar. He's just a living legend in icon and

1125
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:08,200
Speaker 1: so many in the franchise. It's very Bobby Mitchell, Charlie Taylor,

1126
00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:12,600
Speaker 1: Larry Brown, Billy Kilmer is the art Monk, Darryl Green,

1127
00:55:12,680 --> 00:55:17,160
Speaker 1: a couple of the newer, newer generation players in the Hogs. Obviously,

1128
00:55:17,239 --> 00:55:20,520
Speaker 1: youre a legendary in this town. So it's a football town, man,

1129
00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:22,120
Speaker 1: and I think it's gonna be a good football game.

1130
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:24,080
Speaker 1: Looking forward to seeing you guys. All right, Larry, we

1131
00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:26,279
Speaker 1: really appreciate the time. Thanks so much. We'll see you

1132
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:28,360
Speaker 1: on Sunday. All right, Mark, talk to you. There is

1133
00:55:28,400 --> 00:55:32,840
Speaker 1: Larry Michael voice of the Washington Redskins, of course, with

1134
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:35,680
Speaker 1: our voice, Mark Vannomer. All Right, we get back Mark's

1135
00:55:35,680 --> 00:55:38,279
Speaker 1: goes stick around. I gotta trivia question. I'll let you

1136
00:55:38,360 --> 00:55:40,920
Speaker 1: think about this during to break people. See if you

1137
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:45,200
Speaker 1: can pinpoint the last time the Texans as a first

1138
00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:48,920
Speaker 1: place division leading team this late in the year, taking

1139
00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:54,080
Speaker 1: on a first place division leading team in the season,

1140
00:55:54,120 --> 00:55:58,600
Speaker 1: in the regular season. When was the last time I

1141
00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:01,719
Speaker 1: found one? And then the second one? I had to

1142
00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:04,200
Speaker 1: go all the way back to twelve. See if you

1143
00:56:04,239 --> 00:56:06,320
Speaker 1: can come up with the last time that it's happened.

1144
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:10,480
Speaker 1: And here's your hint. It was on Monday Night football.

1145
00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:12,879
Speaker 1: See if you can figure that out. We get back

1146
00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:16,480
Speaker 1: right here on Texans All Access. Welcome back through Wednesday

1147
00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:20,360
Speaker 1: edition of Texans All Access from the Monday Texans Radio studio.

1148
00:56:20,520 --> 00:56:23,440
Speaker 1: I am John Harris, your host, sitting right next to

1149
00:56:24,360 --> 00:56:26,600
Speaker 1: my good friend, the voice of Texans, Mark Van of Remark.

1150
00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:28,440
Speaker 1: Are you, Johnny? I'm doing so well. I mean, I

1151
00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:30,640
Speaker 1: love Game Week. It's back, and it was weird having

1152
00:56:30,680 --> 00:56:32,239
Speaker 1: to buy It was like it's almost like you have

1153
00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:34,960
Speaker 1: to force yourself to break stride and then it's not

1154
00:56:35,040 --> 00:56:37,000
Speaker 1: difficult to get rebbed up again. But now that we're

1155
00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:39,080
Speaker 1: here it's Game Week Wednesday, I mean, I get really

1156
00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:42,280
Speaker 1: fired up this day this day, because it really feels

1157
00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:44,880
Speaker 1: like once the players get back, this is where the

1158
00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:49,120
Speaker 1: clock starts to truly tick down to countdown after the bye.

1159
00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:50,840
Speaker 1: All right, So I got a trivia question for you

1160
00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:54,239
Speaker 1: to start with. See if you can answer this on Sunday. Yeah,

1161
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:58,239
Speaker 1: the Redskins six and three leading NFC East. Texans are

1162
00:56:58,280 --> 00:57:03,080
Speaker 1: six and three leading the AFC South. Yeah. When was

1163
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:08,400
Speaker 1: the last time the Texans were in first place and

1164
00:57:08,719 --> 00:57:13,480
Speaker 1: played another after the bye? I played in a Vision

1165
00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:16,640
Speaker 1: opponent that was also in first place? Do you remember? Oh?

1166
00:57:17,120 --> 00:57:20,400
Speaker 1: Was it? Um? Let's see, in twenty fifteen they had

1167
00:57:20,480 --> 00:57:24,360
Speaker 1: not overtaken first yet, right because Patriots, because Indie was

1168
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:26,720
Speaker 1: still in first at that point, they were they were tied,

1169
00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:29,880
Speaker 1: they were time and Indie had the tiebreaker because they'd

1170
00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:32,720
Speaker 1: beaten the Texans earlier that year. You remember the Hasselbeck

1171
00:57:32,760 --> 00:57:34,800
Speaker 1: in a diaper and Hasslebeck in a diaper and then

1172
00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:36,720
Speaker 1: the Texans got their first ever win over Indy. I

1173
00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:38,720
Speaker 1: mean that was that was very touch and go oh

1174
00:57:38,800 --> 00:57:42,760
Speaker 1: my gosh. Yeah, yeah, so that doesn't count to being

1175
00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:45,840
Speaker 1: tied for first. When was the last time this late

1176
00:57:45,880 --> 00:57:48,520
Speaker 1: in the season? All right? So after the bye, wasn't

1177
00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:52,200
Speaker 1: a two thousand and twelve with the Bears and Texans

1178
00:57:52,240 --> 00:57:54,200
Speaker 1: in that Sunday night, or because the bye had not

1179
00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:57,120
Speaker 1: occurred yet. I believe the bye was after that. I

1180
00:57:57,720 --> 00:58:02,200
Speaker 1: was after that by two t twelve. I was just

1181
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:05,840
Speaker 1: looking at it. Twenty twelve, the bye, Oh, the bye

1182
00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:09,160
Speaker 1: was before that. The Bears came after that. But has

1183
00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:12,320
Speaker 1: there been a time since well, the Patriots obviously that

1184
00:58:12,520 --> 00:58:16,600
Speaker 1: night in twenty twelve, yea. And the only other one

1185
00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:20,160
Speaker 1: that comes close, and this is I'm checking, I think

1186
00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:25,120
Speaker 1: this is right. But the weekend in twenty sixteen, ironically

1187
00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:27,640
Speaker 1: that we played in Mexico, which is not happened the

1188
00:58:27,760 --> 00:58:30,480
Speaker 1: Raiders in the Texans, the Raiders in the Texans. The

1189
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:32,560
Speaker 1: Raiders were seven to two and the Chiefs were seven

1190
00:58:32,600 --> 00:58:35,960
Speaker 1: to two on Sunday. Then the Chiefs lost that Sunday,

1191
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:37,560
Speaker 1: so the Raiders had it all to themselves. For the

1192
00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:39,920
Speaker 1: Raiders had it all to themselves, and the Texans had

1193
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:44,080
Speaker 1: it all to themselves. They were six and three after

1194
00:58:44,200 --> 00:58:47,640
Speaker 1: the bye. Now, the Titans ended up making it tight

1195
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:49,920
Speaker 1: get in nine and seven that year, but at the

1196
00:58:50,920 --> 00:58:52,840
Speaker 1: at the nine game marked there at four and five,

1197
00:58:53,720 --> 00:58:55,680
Speaker 1: so the Texans were in first place and it was

1198
00:58:55,720 --> 00:58:58,520
Speaker 1: the Raiders, but the only other time was twenty the

1199
00:58:59,040 --> 00:59:02,680
Speaker 1: most the nearest time to that was twenty twelve against

1200
00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:05,240
Speaker 1: the Patriots. It's a long time since they've played Division

1201
00:59:05,800 --> 00:59:08,200
Speaker 1: A first place division. Oh yeah, that was later. That

1202
00:59:08,320 --> 00:59:10,040
Speaker 1: was later, of course, the Patriots. That was I want

1203
00:59:10,040 --> 00:59:12,560
Speaker 1: to say, it was December tenth, twenty twelve. I remember

1204
00:59:12,600 --> 00:59:16,120
Speaker 1: it like it was some sort of national event of horror.

1205
00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:19,880
Speaker 1: Exactly right. Oh my god, you're exactly right. I'm exactly right. Yeah.

1206
00:59:20,360 --> 00:59:23,680
Speaker 1: Do you remember the score? It was bad. It was

1207
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:26,400
Speaker 1: a lot to not enough. I want to say, did

1208
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:29,320
Speaker 1: they was it the old thirteen point output in Foxborough?

1209
00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:36,640
Speaker 1: Maybe they had a late touchdown? Oh to a little.

1210
00:59:36,840 --> 00:59:38,360
Speaker 1: I mean it's funny because how many times did they

1211
00:59:38,360 --> 00:59:40,120
Speaker 1: scored thirteen points up there? I want to say in

1212
00:59:40,120 --> 00:59:45,240
Speaker 1: the playoff game? It was thirteen? Uh the second playoff game? Yikes?

1213
00:59:46,240 --> 00:59:49,200
Speaker 1: Oh man. So many different bad memories, but a lot

1214
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:50,640
Speaker 1: of good ones too. And let me ask you this.

1215
00:59:50,880 --> 00:59:52,400
Speaker 1: I know you didn't want to go down this path,

1216
00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:55,200
Speaker 1: but you brought up that Raiders Texans Mexico City game.

1217
00:59:55,200 --> 00:59:57,040
Speaker 1: Of course, we know what happened with this year's Mexico

1218
00:59:57,120 --> 00:59:59,760
Speaker 1: City game. It's being moved to LA But how about

1219
01:00:00,120 --> 01:00:03,240
Speaker 1: way things change in this league? How good did you

1220
01:00:03,360 --> 01:00:06,400
Speaker 1: feel about the Raiders and their future that night? I

1221
01:00:06,560 --> 01:00:09,280
Speaker 1: remember getting on the bus that night, frustrated that the

1222
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:13,160
Speaker 1: Raiders had beat us, and I remember thinking, I hope

1223
01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:15,360
Speaker 1: we get a shot at them in the playoffs, but man,

1224
01:00:15,520 --> 01:00:17,400
Speaker 1: is still gonna be tough. And that was my exact reaction,

1225
01:00:17,560 --> 01:00:21,000
Speaker 1: was like, I think we can beat them, but man,

1226
01:00:21,080 --> 01:00:23,600
Speaker 1: they're really good. If Derek Carr plays in the playoff game,

1227
01:00:23,680 --> 01:00:26,280
Speaker 1: it's obviously gonna be a much tougher story for the

1228
01:00:26,320 --> 01:00:29,120
Speaker 1: Houston Texans and Brock Gotswilder and a home playoff tilt.

1229
01:00:29,320 --> 01:00:34,000
Speaker 1: It's Khalil Mack and Bruce Irvin, It's Amari Cooper and

1230
01:00:34,280 --> 01:00:37,400
Speaker 1: Derek Carr. I mean, the future to me was right.

1231
01:00:37,720 --> 01:00:39,840
Speaker 1: It was bright. It was right there after that night

1232
01:00:39,880 --> 01:00:42,080
Speaker 1: in Mexico City. It looked super bright. And now look

1233
01:00:42,120 --> 01:00:44,600
Speaker 1: at them two years later, A look at them or

1234
01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:47,440
Speaker 1: eight and two after that ball game. If you think

1235
01:00:47,440 --> 01:00:49,520
Speaker 1: about it, that that's a pretty interesting team to look

1236
01:00:49,560 --> 01:00:53,439
Speaker 1: at because they after that they were eight and two

1237
01:00:53,640 --> 01:00:57,160
Speaker 1: after that game, and and they d Hart could not

1238
01:00:57,200 --> 01:00:59,640
Speaker 1: have looked any better. I mean, he looked phenomenal smoke.

1239
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:02,760
Speaker 1: And I mean they needed points. Okay, in two throws,

1240
01:01:02,800 --> 01:01:04,960
Speaker 1: I got you a touchdown, yep. I mean one of

1241
01:01:05,040 --> 01:01:09,080
Speaker 1: those answering drives for the Raiders after a Texans field

1242
01:01:09,120 --> 01:01:10,640
Speaker 1: goal drive. I want to say it was two plays

1243
01:01:10,720 --> 01:01:12,840
Speaker 1: maybe three. Boy, It's pretty phenomenal to think about this.

1244
01:01:13,640 --> 01:01:16,520
Speaker 1: So they beat the Panthers the next week. They beat

1245
01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:20,400
Speaker 1: Buffalo the week after that, so they were they were

1246
01:01:20,440 --> 01:01:22,440
Speaker 1: eight and two after our game nine, they were ten

1247
01:01:22,480 --> 01:01:26,280
Speaker 1: and two. Then they went two after Car goes out,

1248
01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:29,680
Speaker 1: they go two and two to finish the year, and

1249
01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:34,360
Speaker 1: they lose the division. In twenty seventeen one two, three, four, five, six,

1250
01:01:34,360 --> 01:01:38,800
Speaker 1: there were six and ten and this year they're one eight. Yeah,

1251
01:01:39,120 --> 01:01:41,120
Speaker 1: and look at Derek Carr. I mean, he could not

1252
01:01:41,200 --> 01:01:44,680
Speaker 1: have looked better that season until he went out. It

1253
01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:47,880
Speaker 1: was like, oh, franchise quarterback, phenomenal. And I still think

1254
01:01:47,920 --> 01:01:50,560
Speaker 1: he's got a lot to him. But this is the

1255
01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:54,440
Speaker 1: latest example of NFL football is difficult. This justin it

1256
01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:56,240
Speaker 1: is very difficult, you know, because you look at the

1257
01:01:56,320 --> 01:01:59,360
Speaker 1: teams that have enormous success over years, like the Patriots

1258
01:01:59,400 --> 01:02:02,120
Speaker 1: and the Packers because Aaron Rodgers makes them so great,

1259
01:02:02,120 --> 01:02:03,920
Speaker 1: Because I don't think they're that great a team year in,

1260
01:02:04,040 --> 01:02:05,840
Speaker 1: year out, but they're a playoff team year and year

1261
01:02:05,880 --> 01:02:09,080
Speaker 1: out by and large because of Aaron Rodgers. But it's

1262
01:02:09,280 --> 01:02:12,280
Speaker 1: so tough, and look at the Raiders melt down and

1263
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:14,080
Speaker 1: maybe John Gruden gets it done. I don't know. They

1264
01:02:14,120 --> 01:02:15,919
Speaker 1: have a lot of draft choices to work with. From

1265
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:20,439
Speaker 1: that trip to Mexico City, Yeah, from that trip after

1266
01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:24,880
Speaker 1: that game that was that fuels like years ago. Yeah,

1267
01:02:25,480 --> 01:02:30,200
Speaker 1: they've won eleven total games. That's eleven eleven total games

1268
01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:32,640
Speaker 1: two years, eleven wins. I mean, and you think about

1269
01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:36,000
Speaker 1: where the where the Rams were in twenty sixteen, well,

1270
01:02:36,000 --> 01:02:38,560
Speaker 1: a four and twelve team in the midst of Jared

1271
01:02:38,680 --> 01:02:41,800
Speaker 1: Goff just going over the deep end, just like oh

1272
01:02:42,040 --> 01:02:44,880
Speaker 1: golf is the worst number one pick ever. Everybody's writing

1273
01:02:44,920 --> 01:02:46,640
Speaker 1: them off, and all of a sudden, you got the

1274
01:02:46,720 --> 01:02:49,400
Speaker 1: Raiders going into tank. You got the Rams as one

1275
01:02:49,440 --> 01:02:51,920
Speaker 1: of the best teams in the league. And no that

1276
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:53,400
Speaker 1: for the Raiders, they got to watch the Chiefs do

1277
01:02:53,480 --> 01:02:55,439
Speaker 1: all this too, which is, you know what the Chiefs

1278
01:02:55,480 --> 01:02:57,720
Speaker 1: are doing with Patrick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill gives the

1279
01:02:57,800 --> 01:02:59,320
Speaker 1: Chiefs a ton of credit. I don't know, they don't

1280
01:02:59,320 --> 01:03:02,720
Speaker 1: win enough playoff games, and this just end that is true,

1281
01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:04,960
Speaker 1: that this just in us twice. I guess I did,

1282
01:03:05,480 --> 01:03:08,200
Speaker 1: but it's true. They don't win enough playoff games, but

1283
01:03:08,360 --> 01:03:10,840
Speaker 1: they get there a lot, man, they get there a lot.

1284
01:03:11,080 --> 01:03:13,360
Speaker 1: And you brought it up. I mean with the Raiders

1285
01:03:13,360 --> 01:03:15,040
Speaker 1: having a kind of year they had two years ago

1286
01:03:15,560 --> 01:03:17,880
Speaker 1: and they lose the division by a two and two

1287
01:03:17,960 --> 01:03:20,240
Speaker 1: finish because the Chiefs are so good that year with

1288
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:22,480
Speaker 1: Alex Smith, and we're gonna see him again this weekend.

1289
01:03:22,880 --> 01:03:24,960
Speaker 1: That's the other thing about this weekend. It kind of

1290
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:28,040
Speaker 1: you know, the alarm went off for me. We saw

1291
01:03:28,040 --> 01:03:29,760
Speaker 1: Alex Smith in two thousand and five and the Reggie

1292
01:03:29,840 --> 01:03:32,840
Speaker 1: Bush Bowl. You know, he played in that game for

1293
01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:35,880
Speaker 1: San Francisco on New Year's Day, and I just I

1294
01:03:36,040 --> 01:03:39,040
Speaker 1: was thinking about that, that the Texans have a long

1295
01:03:39,160 --> 01:03:41,640
Speaker 1: history with Alex Smith and Alex Smith won that game.

1296
01:03:42,120 --> 01:03:43,800
Speaker 1: And then I was thinking about the two thousand and

1297
01:03:43,840 --> 01:03:45,880
Speaker 1: nine game and I brought this up last night where

1298
01:03:46,160 --> 01:03:48,360
Speaker 1: the Texans were leading the forty nine ers at the half,

1299
01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:52,280
Speaker 1: but Alex Smith throw three touchdown passes in the second

1300
01:03:52,320 --> 01:03:55,000
Speaker 1: half to Vernon Davis. Okay, who we're going to see

1301
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:58,880
Speaker 1: this weekend. Yes, he plays for Washington. He's still in

1302
01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:01,440
Speaker 1: the league, and you can't win with him, right, That

1303
01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:04,320
Speaker 1: was the guy that Mike Singletary was talking about. Yeah,

1304
01:04:04,400 --> 01:04:06,680
Speaker 1: exactly can't win with him. Which guy me thinking, as

1305
01:04:06,680 --> 01:04:09,600
Speaker 1: you just said that, how many Texans games have names?

1306
01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:15,600
Speaker 1: Hasselbecka a diaper, hasslebeck in a diapers one bush Bowl.

1307
01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:17,880
Speaker 1: I just brought up a couple of them in this segment. Yeah,

1308
01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:20,280
Speaker 1: we got we got others. We got others. I mean,

1309
01:04:20,440 --> 01:04:22,360
Speaker 1: I don't I mean, I don't know if everyone, like

1310
01:04:22,680 --> 01:04:26,520
Speaker 1: I could say a name. This is a good offseason game,

1311
01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:31,680
Speaker 1: like Rosen Rosen Coopter. You know that once you say it,

1312
01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:34,880
Speaker 1: once you say it, you know exactly what you're talking about. Oh,

1313
01:04:35,160 --> 01:04:37,840
Speaker 1: the wide interception, you know it's the playoff game. Yep.

1314
01:04:38,080 --> 01:04:40,520
Speaker 1: I mean you can just say one Chad, Henny one

1315
01:04:40,600 --> 01:04:47,040
Speaker 1: Ida somewhere on it is crawling right now? Does all right? So? Does?

1316
01:04:47,320 --> 01:04:53,680
Speaker 1: I was gonna say Bearded Shop because remember Jacksonville twenty thirteen.

1317
01:04:54,560 --> 01:04:57,000
Speaker 1: It was not a funny game. It's a primetime game

1318
01:04:57,040 --> 01:04:59,560
Speaker 1: on a Thursday night. But Shop came in for Keenum.

1319
01:04:59,720 --> 01:05:02,200
Speaker 1: That was Kubiak's last game here, and everyone was a

1320
01:05:02,320 --> 01:05:04,360
Speaker 1: hashtag bearded Shop. Good Shop had the beard and he

1321
01:05:04,400 --> 01:05:06,160
Speaker 1: was actually playing well for a screen in that game.

1322
01:05:06,200 --> 01:05:09,080
Speaker 1: It was like bearded shops better than unbearded shot. I

1323
01:05:09,200 --> 01:05:12,800
Speaker 1: remember tweeting that night about bearded Shop like he's never

1324
01:05:12,920 --> 01:05:15,080
Speaker 1: gonna shave again, and then at the end it kind

1325
01:05:15,120 --> 01:05:18,440
Speaker 1: of disintegrated and melted down. But that is a good

1326
01:05:18,480 --> 01:05:23,560
Speaker 1: offseason topic. The games with names, A lot of them unfortunately.

1327
01:05:24,200 --> 01:05:27,520
Speaker 1: Yeah that negative, you know, yeah, negative, a lot of them.

1328
01:05:27,560 --> 01:05:30,000
Speaker 1: We just named her losses. Yeah, but so got it.

1329
01:05:30,520 --> 01:05:32,880
Speaker 1: What have I said? The pinball well, I said, pinball

1330
01:05:34,840 --> 01:05:38,080
Speaker 1: is uh? Is uh? What helped me out here? Andre

1331
01:05:38,240 --> 01:05:42,640
Speaker 1: Johnson pinballing off the Saint Louis, Oh, the Arizona Cardinal.

1332
01:05:42,920 --> 01:05:45,160
Speaker 1: I just see this pinball machine, like bang bang bang.

1333
01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:48,320
Speaker 1: That was That's one of my favorite Texas Sonny listen,

1334
01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:51,560
Speaker 1: we're going back to the site of Sonny. Listen. DeAndre

1335
01:05:51,760 --> 01:05:55,160
Speaker 1: Johnson fote Sonny listen photo. And I know you're not

1336
01:05:55,240 --> 01:05:58,760
Speaker 1: happy about where you call the game from, but I say,

1337
01:05:59,320 --> 01:06:01,280
Speaker 1: I know you don't. I know you don't like it,

1338
01:06:01,880 --> 01:06:04,800
Speaker 1: but just we're under on booth complaints this week in

1339
01:06:04,880 --> 01:06:08,960
Speaker 1: the broadcast from me, there's gonna be one number at

1340
01:06:09,000 --> 01:06:10,720
Speaker 1: three and a half. There will be one during the

1341
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:14,360
Speaker 1: game Johnny yard line. Are we on h thirty three

1342
01:06:14,600 --> 01:06:17,320
Speaker 1: thirty two thirty two? Yeah, no, that's the twenty seven.

1343
01:06:17,360 --> 01:06:18,880
Speaker 1: And for those of all know the booth being low

1344
01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:20,520
Speaker 1: in the corner when they're on the other side of

1345
01:06:20,560 --> 01:06:23,360
Speaker 1: the field and you get inside the twenty, it's like

1346
01:06:23,600 --> 01:06:25,760
Speaker 1: they if you see a tackle, it could be at

1347
01:06:25,800 --> 01:06:28,800
Speaker 1: the seventeen, it could be at the eight. It's very

1348
01:06:28,880 --> 01:06:31,400
Speaker 1: difficult to tell you're so low and in the corner.

1349
01:06:31,560 --> 01:06:35,200
Speaker 1: So if so, if you hear Mark and the tackles by,

1350
01:06:35,760 --> 01:06:38,200
Speaker 1: that's usually my signal. I'm just gonna start giving you.

1351
01:06:38,680 --> 01:06:40,919
Speaker 1: Sometimes I'm waiting for them to unpiled, though I don't

1352
01:06:40,920 --> 01:06:42,560
Speaker 1: give a chance. Then I feel bad. I feel like

1353
01:06:42,720 --> 01:06:44,840
Speaker 1: Johnny I knew that. I did know it was gonna

1354
01:06:44,880 --> 01:06:50,080
Speaker 1: be him. I sometimes pile when we went to Denver

1355
01:06:50,240 --> 01:06:52,040
Speaker 1: most I mean, obviously, I can see things pretty well.

1356
01:06:52,120 --> 01:06:55,400
Speaker 1: One time JJ was on the other side of the play.

1357
01:06:55,400 --> 01:06:57,280
Speaker 1: I don't know why, but they got up and I

1358
01:06:57,360 --> 01:06:59,520
Speaker 1: told you what made the tackle? And JJ was standing

1359
01:06:59,600 --> 01:07:01,360
Speaker 1: like five people. I'm like, why did I see that?

1360
01:07:01,760 --> 01:07:03,960
Speaker 1: I don't know why I said what? You just ended

1361
01:07:04,040 --> 01:07:06,040
Speaker 1: up saying what gave him credit. I don't know because

1362
01:07:06,080 --> 01:07:07,760
Speaker 1: I missed one earlier. But I was like, why the

1363
01:07:07,800 --> 01:07:09,280
Speaker 1: heck did I say what? And I was like, Oh,

1364
01:07:09,360 --> 01:07:11,520
Speaker 1: whoever made had the same shoes on that JJ did,

1365
01:07:11,600 --> 01:07:16,320
Speaker 1: And so that's what I was going by. I look

1366
01:07:16,320 --> 01:07:19,280
Speaker 1: at Alfred and Lamar. They're so hard to tell sometimes

1367
01:07:19,320 --> 01:07:24,000
Speaker 1: from above this there shoulders are square with me, not square.

1368
01:07:24,080 --> 01:07:29,160
Speaker 1: But but when I'm looking sideways down across their their shoulders, Uh,

1369
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:33,200
Speaker 1: it's difficult, you know. Eight I look at shoes, I

1370
01:07:33,240 --> 01:07:35,120
Speaker 1: look at socks. That's kind of how sometimes you gotta

1371
01:07:35,160 --> 01:07:38,520
Speaker 1: do it. So I was looking at shoes, but being

1372
01:07:39,080 --> 01:07:42,520
Speaker 1: you know, taking on a franchise like Washington. I know

1373
01:07:42,640 --> 01:07:46,120
Speaker 1: this sounds weird, but there there are certain teams I

1374
01:07:46,240 --> 01:07:49,880
Speaker 1: know when we play them, I I love it because

1375
01:07:50,680 --> 01:07:55,200
Speaker 1: it's a historical, legendary franchise and you're going to their place.

1376
01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:57,320
Speaker 1: I know a lot of the Redskins history was at RFK,

1377
01:07:58,360 --> 01:08:02,520
Speaker 1: but there's something about just yeah, true, but it's just

1378
01:08:02,600 --> 01:08:05,560
Speaker 1: something about playing the Redskins. Oh yeah, one of these

1379
01:08:05,840 --> 01:08:10,160
Speaker 1: original franchises, the Bears, the Packers, the Redskins. Playing one

1380
01:08:10,160 --> 01:08:12,960
Speaker 1: of those original franchises, I love it. Do you kind

1381
01:08:12,960 --> 01:08:14,200
Speaker 1: of find that when you go there. I mean, I

1382
01:08:14,280 --> 01:08:15,720
Speaker 1: know it's a different building at all, but do you

1383
01:08:15,800 --> 01:08:18,680
Speaker 1: kind of get that same feeling like that, because all right,

1384
01:08:18,720 --> 01:08:21,280
Speaker 1: here's what happens in the teams. You don't play a

1385
01:08:21,320 --> 01:08:25,040
Speaker 1: lot that are long time established teams. The one team,

1386
01:08:25,160 --> 01:08:27,160
Speaker 1: not the one, but one of the teams in the AFC.

1387
01:08:27,280 --> 01:08:28,920
Speaker 1: I get that feeling about and you wouldn't think it

1388
01:08:29,160 --> 01:08:32,599
Speaker 1: is Buffalo somebody's When I see that builds helmet, I'm like, oh, Buffalo.

1389
01:08:33,000 --> 01:08:34,840
Speaker 1: But in the NFCA, since you see them only once

1390
01:08:34,880 --> 01:08:37,240
Speaker 1: every four years, and especially when you're going to their building,

1391
01:08:37,360 --> 01:08:41,599
Speaker 1: when you see that Redskins insignia on the helmet, I mean,

1392
01:08:41,760 --> 01:08:44,920
Speaker 1: that's just that reminds me of Joe Theisman and you

1393
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:47,240
Speaker 1: know all those guys. And I know the old timers

1394
01:08:47,280 --> 01:08:50,439
Speaker 1: will go beyond that, like Sonny Jurgenson, whatever, But to me,

1395
01:08:50,600 --> 01:08:53,840
Speaker 1: it's it's the Hogs. It's John Riggins, it's Art Monk,

1396
01:08:53,920 --> 01:08:57,679
Speaker 1: it's Gary Clark, it's all those dudes. It's the Redskins Raiders,

1397
01:08:57,760 --> 01:09:01,200
Speaker 1: super Bowl, It's the Redskins Dolphin super Bowl, fourth and one,

1398
01:09:01,320 --> 01:09:03,560
Speaker 1: Riggins to the end zone. It's all that stuff, and

1399
01:09:03,680 --> 01:09:07,360
Speaker 1: it feels great to see a franchise like that. It's

1400
01:09:07,439 --> 01:09:10,439
Speaker 1: funny because well they moved from what city? Can you

1401
01:09:10,600 --> 01:09:13,439
Speaker 1: name the city that the Redskins started in. They were

1402
01:09:13,680 --> 01:09:17,640
Speaker 1: in Boston. Yeah, the Boston Redskins. It was you know,

1403
01:09:17,720 --> 01:09:20,000
Speaker 1: way before our time, but Boston Ridskins and then the

1404
01:09:20,160 --> 01:09:22,360
Speaker 1: Patriots didn't get there until sixty as an AFL team.

1405
01:09:22,400 --> 01:09:23,960
Speaker 1: And that's the thing. Being an AFC. We see a

1406
01:09:24,000 --> 01:09:26,160
Speaker 1: lot of the AFL teams all the time. So we

1407
01:09:26,240 --> 01:09:28,800
Speaker 1: see the Patriot logo, it makes me want to vomit.

1408
01:09:29,120 --> 01:09:31,280
Speaker 1: But if I see some of the other classic of

1409
01:09:31,360 --> 01:09:34,000
Speaker 1: I'll tell you another team. I like the Jets. I

1410
01:09:34,160 --> 01:09:37,560
Speaker 1: kind of like seeing the Jets because it's funny. You know.

1411
01:09:37,680 --> 01:09:40,120
Speaker 1: The Texans still feels so new to me, and I

1412
01:09:40,200 --> 01:09:41,720
Speaker 1: think to a lot of the city. You know, it's

1413
01:09:41,760 --> 01:09:46,000
Speaker 1: seventeen years in but it still feels new. And it's

1414
01:09:46,040 --> 01:09:48,439
Speaker 1: a beautiful thing to be in this league with these

1415
01:09:48,560 --> 01:09:51,160
Speaker 1: traditional powers, if you will. And the Redskins aren't a

1416
01:09:51,240 --> 01:09:54,200
Speaker 1: power anymore, but they flash from time to time. They

1417
01:09:54,240 --> 01:09:56,759
Speaker 1: were so good with Joe Gibbs. I mean, Joe Gibbs.

1418
01:09:56,760 --> 01:09:58,400
Speaker 1: Give him a ton of credit because how many coaches

1419
01:09:58,439 --> 01:10:00,439
Speaker 1: can you say, you know, he won Super Bowls, Dug Williams,

1420
01:10:00,479 --> 01:10:03,840
Speaker 1: Mark Rippin obviously Dysman. I mean, you know, he got

1421
01:10:03,920 --> 01:10:05,640
Speaker 1: it done with different guys, and you have to give

1422
01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:07,639
Speaker 1: him a ton of credit for that. It's funny watching

1423
01:10:08,479 --> 01:10:10,880
Speaker 1: now that the NFL films puts together a lot of

1424
01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:13,960
Speaker 1: football life. They do a lot of them, and they're

1425
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:17,240
Speaker 1: doing them on players and coaches that went through the

1426
01:10:17,320 --> 01:10:19,240
Speaker 1: eighties and nineties, and so you're seeing a lot of

1427
01:10:19,320 --> 01:10:22,320
Speaker 1: the connection to Bill Walsh and some of the Joe

1428
01:10:22,400 --> 01:10:25,000
Speaker 1: Gibbs and it was really and Bill Parcels, And it

1429
01:10:25,120 --> 01:10:29,479
Speaker 1: was really interesting to see how those those coaches, especially

1430
01:10:29,560 --> 01:10:34,519
Speaker 1: those three Parcels, Walsh, and Gibbs, all did things really

1431
01:10:34,760 --> 01:10:40,320
Speaker 1: really differently, and in particular with Walsh, there seemed to

1432
01:10:40,439 --> 01:10:43,679
Speaker 1: be this, oh, he thinks he's smarter than everybody else.

1433
01:10:44,160 --> 01:10:47,639
Speaker 1: So Gibbs and Parcels loved to take on the forty

1434
01:10:47,720 --> 01:10:50,400
Speaker 1: nine ers to show that their brand of football, which

1435
01:10:50,560 --> 01:10:53,519
Speaker 1: was hit you in the mouth, play some defense, be physical,

1436
01:10:54,160 --> 01:10:57,559
Speaker 1: kind of traditional smash mouth football, if you will. They

1437
01:10:57,640 --> 01:10:59,840
Speaker 1: love taking on Walsh, they love taking on the forty

1438
01:10:59,880 --> 01:11:01,920
Speaker 1: nine ns to show that their brand of football worked.

1439
01:11:02,240 --> 01:11:04,479
Speaker 1: But to think about those three coaches in the eighties,

1440
01:11:05,040 --> 01:11:07,640
Speaker 1: always meeting in the playoffs. It's just it's fascinating and

1441
01:11:07,720 --> 01:11:09,600
Speaker 1: it got me thinking, Drude Dortyo always does this, and

1442
01:11:09,600 --> 01:11:12,080
Speaker 1: he'll do this on in the lab. He brings the

1443
01:11:12,200 --> 01:11:14,639
Speaker 1: turnover margin differential and he's like, well, the Texans want

1444
01:11:14,640 --> 01:11:17,640
Speaker 1: to turnover margin today. Yeah, and then they won the

1445
01:11:17,720 --> 01:11:20,240
Speaker 1: game back in nineteen eighty three. And you mentioned that

1446
01:11:20,320 --> 01:11:22,679
Speaker 1: Raiders Redskins Super Bowl A eighty three. Redskins were fourteen

1447
01:11:22,720 --> 01:11:25,679
Speaker 1: and two. They had a plus forty three turnover margin

1448
01:11:26,680 --> 01:11:30,040
Speaker 1: plus forty three. No, didn't get forty three turnovers, they

1449
01:11:30,120 --> 01:11:36,439
Speaker 1: were plus forty three. They generated sixty one turnovers in

1450
01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:40,560
Speaker 1: a sixteen game seasons six. That's I mean, if a

1451
01:11:40,640 --> 01:11:43,240
Speaker 1: team did that now, I mean the Texans had thirty

1452
01:11:43,320 --> 01:11:45,320
Speaker 1: something in fourteen, and now I thought that was a lot.

1453
01:11:46,000 --> 01:11:48,280
Speaker 1: And didn't Riggins have a ton of touchdowns that year? Yeah?

1454
01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:50,320
Speaker 1: He was phenomenal that year. He was great. I mean,

1455
01:11:50,360 --> 01:11:52,519
Speaker 1: it was it was the things that we do now

1456
01:11:52,720 --> 01:11:56,080
Speaker 1: in the NFL. A lot of them came from Joe

1457
01:11:56,160 --> 01:11:59,360
Speaker 1: Gibbs and the Redskins. That one back offense, that first suit,

1458
01:11:59,439 --> 01:12:02,040
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that was all Joe Gibbs and also Don

1459
01:12:02,160 --> 01:12:05,720
Speaker 1: Cooreelle because he has a choreal disciple of so you

1460
01:12:05,840 --> 01:12:07,599
Speaker 1: had a little bit of that going in there. Uh.

1461
01:12:07,680 --> 01:12:09,679
Speaker 1: And and to run it with Riggins, I mean, Deisman

1462
01:12:09,800 --> 01:12:12,280
Speaker 1: wasn't Dan Fouts, but they've get they had good receivers,

1463
01:12:12,400 --> 01:12:14,880
Speaker 1: you know, they were that read those. The fact that

1464
01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:19,679
Speaker 1: he did it with different quarterback receiver combinations over the years,

1465
01:12:21,160 --> 01:12:22,559
Speaker 1: he doesn't get talked about it that he does talk

1466
01:12:22,600 --> 01:12:25,080
Speaker 1: about the greatest coaches because three rings are three different quarterbacks.

1467
01:12:25,080 --> 01:12:27,599
Speaker 1: As you say, Walsh over shadows him, and so does

1468
01:12:27,640 --> 01:12:30,479
Speaker 1: Parcels because he lasted so long and resurrected other teams

1469
01:12:30,560 --> 01:12:33,599
Speaker 1: but didn't win championships with them. Gibbs won three Super

1470
01:12:33,600 --> 01:12:35,479
Speaker 1: Bowls with three different quarterbacks, not one of them the

1471
01:12:35,520 --> 01:12:38,880
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. Walsh won his with Montana and then

1472
01:12:38,920 --> 01:12:41,800
Speaker 1: followed up with Steve Young. The ninety four that was

1473
01:12:41,800 --> 01:12:44,880
Speaker 1: Georgeisman out in the Hall of Fame in Hall of Fame.

1474
01:12:45,400 --> 01:12:48,599
Speaker 1: That's that's a strong little take. That's take. That's a strong,

1475
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Speaker 1: little trivial fact right there. Not that he belongs to

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01:12:51,400 --> 01:12:52,880
Speaker 1: think about it when you look at that numbers. No,

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01:12:53,120 --> 01:12:55,760
Speaker 1: but he was such a prevalent, you know, force in

1478
01:12:55,840 --> 01:12:58,559
Speaker 1: this league for a while. We Okay, when with this one?

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01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:02,360
Speaker 1: Uh huh. Where did Joe Fivesman's start his NFL career?

1480
01:13:03,439 --> 01:13:07,080
Speaker 1: Oh gosh, I knew this. Oh it's something like Atlanta.

1481
01:13:07,200 --> 01:13:11,280
Speaker 1: It's like a Brett Farrev type thing. Uh. Now, it's

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01:13:11,360 --> 01:13:14,479
Speaker 1: not where where he really truly started his career, but

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01:13:14,600 --> 01:13:19,160
Speaker 1: it's where it's where he first got his very first shot.

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01:13:19,600 --> 01:13:23,560
Speaker 1: Where was it the Miami Dolphins. Yeah, I would have

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01:13:23,600 --> 01:13:25,960
Speaker 1: been here for a while. I would have been it,

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01:13:26,040 --> 01:13:28,519
Speaker 1: But I remember as you bring it up, so I

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01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:32,639
Speaker 1: really didn't remember that he did not start with the Redskins. Yep.

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01:13:32,800 --> 01:13:37,760
Speaker 1: He was drafted by the Dolphins and was supposed to

1489
01:13:37,800 --> 01:13:42,320
Speaker 1: go there, but then cut that off because I guess

1490
01:13:42,360 --> 01:13:44,519
Speaker 1: he didn't get the contract he wanted. And I went

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01:13:44,560 --> 01:13:47,120
Speaker 1: to the CFL, and then he goes to Washington, went

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01:13:47,120 --> 01:13:48,800
Speaker 1: to the CFL, and then he went to Washington. After

1493
01:13:48,880 --> 01:13:51,920
Speaker 1: that single bar, how about that? Another quarterback coming from

1494
01:13:51,960 --> 01:13:55,880
Speaker 1: the CFL, Warren Moon, Joe thisman, it's a bunch of mark.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate it. Thanks Johnny. Coming up next, it's our broadcast

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Speaker 1: partner and where right here in Texas All Access, We've

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01:14:02,720 --> 01:14:05,360
Speaker 1: got one final segment of Texans All Access from this Honday,

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio Studio on this Wednesday evening, Glad you're with me.

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Speaker 1: I am John Harris, football Anaston's sideline reporter, and it's

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Speaker 1: time for the Choose Fun Moment of the Week, brought

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Speaker 1: on Sunday, so we didn't have us a game, and

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01:14:23,040 --> 01:14:24,920
Speaker 1: I didn't really want to pull anything from the bye week,

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01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:26,840
Speaker 1: if you know what I mean. So I went back

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01:14:27,360 --> 01:14:30,600
Speaker 1: to the win over the Denver Broncos and found this

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01:14:30,960 --> 01:14:33,160
Speaker 1: first down of Texans at the Houston thirty six. Watson

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Speaker 1: of the gun and Watson hits to Marrius Thomas right

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Speaker 1: side screen across the forty five fifty DT forty five

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Speaker 1: forty of Denver out out of bounce inside the thirty

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01:14:41,560 --> 01:14:45,320
Speaker 1: five yard line of the Broncos. His first career catch

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01:14:45,640 --> 01:14:47,920
Speaker 1: is a big one down I left ten verse thirty three.

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01:14:48,400 --> 01:14:52,200
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01:15:08,160 --> 01:15:10,720
Speaker 1: Fun for me is talking to our next guest. Now

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01:15:10,720 --> 01:15:12,280
Speaker 1: I had a chance to talk to him. Mark Enever

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01:15:12,439 --> 01:15:15,680
Speaker 1: did so a broadcast partner, Andre wear Lot going on

1521
01:15:15,880 --> 01:15:18,200
Speaker 1: this time of year, it's always great to catch up

1522
01:15:18,200 --> 01:15:20,559
Speaker 1: with Dre, and Mark did that earlier today. Dre Deshaun

1523
01:15:20,640 --> 01:15:23,920
Speaker 1: Watson was asked a question about how much he's improved,

1524
01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:27,120
Speaker 1: and he talked about his ability to manage the game.

1525
01:15:27,280 --> 01:15:29,679
Speaker 1: And I thought that was an interesting choice of words there.

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01:15:30,160 --> 01:15:32,920
Speaker 1: No one would call him a game manager, but sometimes

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01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:36,280
Speaker 1: that managing the game thing gets a bad rap. It's

1528
01:15:36,320 --> 01:15:38,880
Speaker 1: so important for a quarterback to be able to do it, though, right,

1529
01:15:39,680 --> 01:15:42,320
Speaker 1: oh it is. I mean every quarterbacks the game manager.

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01:15:42,600 --> 01:15:46,000
Speaker 1: You've you've got to be in tuned with the play clock,

1531
01:15:46,160 --> 01:15:48,680
Speaker 1: you've got to be in tuned with who should be

1532
01:15:48,760 --> 01:15:52,960
Speaker 1: in motion, everything that's going on. And while you're doing

1533
01:15:53,040 --> 01:15:57,800
Speaker 1: all that, reading the defense tendencies, who's creeping down, trying

1534
01:15:57,880 --> 01:16:00,920
Speaker 1: to blitz the snap count, when to get a guy

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01:16:01,040 --> 01:16:04,000
Speaker 1: started in Motionally, you're managing a whole lot of stuff

1536
01:16:05,040 --> 01:16:08,360
Speaker 1: during the course of one place. So every quarterback that's

1537
01:16:08,360 --> 01:16:10,600
Speaker 1: ever played the game at some point, or if we

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01:16:10,720 --> 01:16:14,439
Speaker 1: were all game managers. So it's it's it's a good

1539
01:16:14,479 --> 01:16:17,200
Speaker 1: place to be when you have that. Now, there are

1540
01:16:17,280 --> 01:16:21,799
Speaker 1: guys that you feel like you will insert that won't

1541
01:16:21,920 --> 01:16:25,120
Speaker 1: lose you games, but they won't win it either, and

1542
01:16:25,479 --> 01:16:28,920
Speaker 1: that's clearly not the case with Deshaun Watson. Those guys

1543
01:16:28,960 --> 01:16:32,640
Speaker 1: are usually have earned the title game manager in and

1544
01:16:32,760 --> 01:16:37,360
Speaker 1: it's kind of known in quarterback circles as a negative term,

1545
01:16:37,800 --> 01:16:40,879
Speaker 1: But when you're a playmaker and you're a game manager,

1546
01:16:41,160 --> 01:16:44,519
Speaker 1: that's that's a place where every quarterback strives to be.

1547
01:16:44,960 --> 01:16:48,080
Speaker 1: Alex Smith sometimes gets called that. What do you make

1548
01:16:48,120 --> 01:16:51,200
Speaker 1: of what you're seeing from him? This version of him?

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01:16:51,560 --> 01:16:53,439
Speaker 1: I don't know that I would classify him as just

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01:16:53,560 --> 01:16:56,400
Speaker 1: kind of a game manager or game manager type. I

1551
01:16:56,479 --> 01:16:58,800
Speaker 1: think he's a playmaker because he can make plays with

1552
01:16:58,920 --> 01:17:02,160
Speaker 1: his legs when just when you let your guard down,

1553
01:17:02,280 --> 01:17:05,960
Speaker 1: that's when Alex Smith seems to get going. I'll tell

1554
01:17:05,960 --> 01:17:08,760
Speaker 1: you what I believe is he's a streaky player and

1555
01:17:08,840 --> 01:17:10,840
Speaker 1: if you allow him to get on a street or

1556
01:17:10,920 --> 01:17:13,800
Speaker 1: the gig going, he can hurt you for a while.

1557
01:17:14,040 --> 01:17:17,160
Speaker 1: So I don't know that I would qualify him as

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01:17:17,200 --> 01:17:19,760
Speaker 1: a as a game manager, so to speak. I brought

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01:17:19,800 --> 01:17:21,840
Speaker 1: this up on the Bill O'Brien's show. I think Alex

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01:17:21,880 --> 01:17:24,240
Speaker 1: Smith is an interesting player, Trey, because he was the

1561
01:17:24,360 --> 01:17:26,320
Speaker 1: number one overall pick. We saw him back in two

1562
01:17:26,400 --> 01:17:28,320
Speaker 1: thousand and five in that Reggie Bush Bowl game in

1563
01:17:28,360 --> 01:17:31,280
Speaker 1: San Francisco, and he really has a tough time in

1564
01:17:31,360 --> 01:17:33,640
Speaker 1: his early years with the forty nine ers, but then

1565
01:17:33,680 --> 01:17:36,080
Speaker 1: he gets it going with Harbaugh and he completely changed

1566
01:17:36,120 --> 01:17:39,080
Speaker 1: his career around great success with the Chiefs. I know

1567
01:17:39,120 --> 01:17:40,400
Speaker 1: he didn't get as far as he wanted to go,

1568
01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:43,200
Speaker 1: but playoff success and then you get to the Redskins

1569
01:17:43,240 --> 01:17:45,320
Speaker 1: and they're six and three in first place. What about

1570
01:17:45,320 --> 01:17:48,160
Speaker 1: the ability to improve and hang in there with a

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01:17:48,240 --> 01:17:51,760
Speaker 1: player while he develops that mode of things. Yeah, it's

1572
01:17:51,840 --> 01:17:54,040
Speaker 1: kind of one of those the old adage, if you

1573
01:17:54,080 --> 01:17:57,040
Speaker 1: get enough shots attague how to get pretty good. He

1574
01:17:57,240 --> 01:18:00,599
Speaker 1: has gotten a lot of shots at it, and and he's,

1575
01:18:00,880 --> 01:18:04,679
Speaker 1: you know, to his credit, every opportunity that he's been given.

1576
01:18:05,120 --> 01:18:08,320
Speaker 1: Once they got some they solidified things in the coaching

1577
01:18:08,400 --> 01:18:11,880
Speaker 1: staff in San Francisco because it was headed the other way.

1578
01:18:12,640 --> 01:18:17,080
Speaker 1: He obviously showed that he was a viable player at quarterback.

1579
01:18:17,400 --> 01:18:20,519
Speaker 1: And then when he goes to Kansas City, you get

1580
01:18:20,600 --> 01:18:23,439
Speaker 1: Andy Reid coming in. It was it was a nice

1581
01:18:23,600 --> 01:18:27,240
Speaker 1: match for him, a solid foundation in terms of the

1582
01:18:27,360 --> 01:18:31,160
Speaker 1: coaching staff that knows exactly what they're doing, how to

1583
01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:33,120
Speaker 1: get it done, and he had a great deal of

1584
01:18:33,200 --> 01:18:36,360
Speaker 1: success there. And you get to Washington, they're building, so

1585
01:18:36,560 --> 01:18:40,160
Speaker 1: to speak, Gruden. Jay Gruden has been there long enough

1586
01:18:40,200 --> 01:18:43,160
Speaker 1: to where things are in place, there's a foundation of

1587
01:18:43,280 --> 01:18:46,320
Speaker 1: both offense and defense, and he's able to step right

1588
01:18:46,400 --> 01:18:49,920
Speaker 1: into some structure and have the same type of success.

1589
01:18:50,040 --> 01:18:52,840
Speaker 1: So it's been a while since since the Redskins have

1590
01:18:52,960 --> 01:18:57,000
Speaker 1: been top the division, that division, especially this late in

1591
01:18:57,080 --> 01:18:59,000
Speaker 1: the season, and a big part of it is because

1592
01:18:59,040 --> 01:19:01,519
Speaker 1: of Alex Smith. I want to use the same kind

1593
01:19:01,560 --> 01:19:04,640
Speaker 1: of question or a line of questioning for Marcus Mariota

1594
01:19:04,680 --> 01:19:06,840
Speaker 1: because a few weeks ago it was looking very bleak

1595
01:19:07,000 --> 01:19:09,280
Speaker 1: for him and the Titans, and a lot of people thought, oh,

1596
01:19:09,320 --> 01:19:11,160
Speaker 1: maybe his career is not going to turn out that well.

1597
01:19:11,200 --> 01:19:14,040
Speaker 1: And then a couple of wins later, things look very different.

1598
01:19:14,320 --> 01:19:16,439
Speaker 1: Not to say that he's ready for Canton or anything,

1599
01:19:16,760 --> 01:19:19,920
Speaker 1: but he's getting some reps and certainly showing some improvement

1600
01:19:20,240 --> 01:19:23,960
Speaker 1: as this season goes along. Yeah, I think you're only

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01:19:24,040 --> 01:19:27,040
Speaker 1: as good at the quarterback position. You could be phenomenal

1602
01:19:27,600 --> 01:19:30,080
Speaker 1: as a player and have all the physical gifts and

1603
01:19:30,200 --> 01:19:33,160
Speaker 1: have it together between the years, all of it, and

1604
01:19:33,280 --> 01:19:36,920
Speaker 1: if there aren't things around you that allow you to

1605
01:19:37,040 --> 01:19:39,360
Speaker 1: be successful, you're not going to be And by that

1606
01:19:39,600 --> 01:19:42,559
Speaker 1: skill players guys that when you deliver the football, can

1607
01:19:42,640 --> 01:19:45,120
Speaker 1: they catch it? Can they run with it after the catch?

1608
01:19:45,360 --> 01:19:47,719
Speaker 1: How about the offensive line? Can they give you time

1609
01:19:48,160 --> 01:19:51,640
Speaker 1: to do your thing? And so so many players, and

1610
01:19:51,760 --> 01:19:55,240
Speaker 1: I mean good players, have been places where that's not

1611
01:19:55,479 --> 01:19:57,479
Speaker 1: the norm, so to speak, and so you get kind

1612
01:19:57,520 --> 01:20:01,080
Speaker 1: of cast aside. With Marcus Mariota, it just so happened

1613
01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:03,680
Speaker 1: they've got players there. They were all hurt, and so

1614
01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:07,599
Speaker 1: now he's getting a lot of that that help back

1615
01:20:08,000 --> 01:20:10,840
Speaker 1: in a healthy way. And now you're starting to really

1616
01:20:10,960 --> 01:20:14,880
Speaker 1: see what the Tennessee Titans are capable of becoming. I

1617
01:20:15,040 --> 01:20:17,160
Speaker 1: liken it to Alex Smith as well. As you know,

1618
01:20:17,400 --> 01:20:20,040
Speaker 1: early in the season with Washington, a lot of players

1619
01:20:20,080 --> 01:20:22,519
Speaker 1: were injured in and out of the lineup, and once

1620
01:20:22,600 --> 01:20:25,160
Speaker 1: they started to get players back, you're able to kind

1621
01:20:25,200 --> 01:20:26,880
Speaker 1: of get yourself on a role. So it's true in

1622
01:20:26,960 --> 01:20:30,479
Speaker 1: both cases. Now, speaking of players, getting healthier, Deshaun Watson

1623
01:20:30,600 --> 01:20:34,320
Speaker 1: is getting further away from the chest injury issues, and

1624
01:20:34,520 --> 01:20:37,639
Speaker 1: also Kiki Qt comes back for the Texans, So that's

1625
01:20:37,680 --> 01:20:39,559
Speaker 1: gonna be nice for this offense. What are you expecting

1626
01:20:39,600 --> 01:20:42,559
Speaker 1: against the Redskins that way? Well, it really is. I mean,

1627
01:20:43,120 --> 01:20:45,479
Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm expecting what he did his

1628
01:20:45,680 --> 01:20:49,120
Speaker 1: first game as a professional, but somewhere in between that

1629
01:20:49,439 --> 01:20:52,719
Speaker 1: and maybe his last game before he went out again.

1630
01:20:52,880 --> 01:20:57,240
Speaker 1: So when you look at the type of player and

1631
01:20:57,400 --> 01:21:01,040
Speaker 1: what he can bring to an offense, it's electric. And

1632
01:21:01,160 --> 01:21:04,400
Speaker 1: so having one more weapon on the field that knows

1633
01:21:04,520 --> 01:21:08,080
Speaker 1: the offense as you continue to bring to Marius Thomas around,

1634
01:21:08,080 --> 01:21:10,479
Speaker 1: because let me tell you that we had a bye week,

1635
01:21:10,840 --> 01:21:13,439
Speaker 1: but I can guarantee you he doesn't know the entire

1636
01:21:13,520 --> 01:21:16,360
Speaker 1: playbook at this point, front to back, and like the

1637
01:21:16,439 --> 01:21:19,880
Speaker 1: back of his hand, he's still learning. And so this

1638
01:21:20,840 --> 01:21:24,320
Speaker 1: that when you when you can add a piece with

1639
01:21:24,520 --> 01:21:27,560
Speaker 1: a guy that has been here and is experienced in

1640
01:21:27,640 --> 01:21:30,600
Speaker 1: the offense, even though it's limited that that is a

1641
01:21:30,760 --> 01:21:34,120
Speaker 1: big thumbs up for the offense. Trey Washington takes the

1642
01:21:34,240 --> 01:21:37,080
Speaker 1: ball away, they don't turn it over on offense. They're

1643
01:21:37,120 --> 01:21:40,360
Speaker 1: six and three, they're not explosive on offense, but they

1644
01:21:40,400 --> 01:21:42,760
Speaker 1: do have Adrian Peterson. The defense gives up a lot

1645
01:21:42,800 --> 01:21:44,760
Speaker 1: of yards, but like we said, they take the ball away,

1646
01:21:44,800 --> 01:21:46,240
Speaker 1: they're not giving up a lot of points at all.

1647
01:21:46,520 --> 01:21:49,000
Speaker 1: What kind of game are you expecting on Sunday when

1648
01:21:49,040 --> 01:21:50,879
Speaker 1: you look at all the numbers and how the matchup

1649
01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:54,280
Speaker 1: might shake out. Well, there's some playmakers there. When you

1650
01:21:54,640 --> 01:21:57,040
Speaker 1: call the one name Adrian Peterson, and that that in

1651
01:21:57,160 --> 01:22:00,840
Speaker 1: itself is u is concerning because they he runs behind

1652
01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:04,080
Speaker 1: a good offensive line. They've done a pretty good job

1653
01:22:04,120 --> 01:22:07,120
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks of providing him some some

1654
01:22:07,960 --> 01:22:10,480
Speaker 1: some room in which to run. And then they've got playmakers.

1655
01:22:10,520 --> 01:22:13,560
Speaker 1: I like Jamison Crowder, he's questionable for this week, but

1656
01:22:13,680 --> 01:22:17,000
Speaker 1: maybe expecting to play. Josh Doson has a deep threat

1657
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:21,639
Speaker 1: on the outside. And then defensively, they've got just about

1658
01:22:21,680 --> 01:22:24,599
Speaker 1: all of the SEC starting up hunt. When you look

1659
01:22:24,640 --> 01:22:28,160
Speaker 1: at durn Payne, Jonathan Allen and a couple of other

1660
01:22:28,280 --> 01:22:32,880
Speaker 1: guys there. DJ Sweringer's an SEC got Preston Smith is

1661
01:22:32,880 --> 01:22:36,160
Speaker 1: an SEC guy. All those guys can play and so

1662
01:22:36,400 --> 01:22:39,760
Speaker 1: they create problems on both sides of the ball. It's

1663
01:22:39,800 --> 01:22:43,439
Speaker 1: a home game for the Redskins and they're trying to

1664
01:22:43,560 --> 01:22:47,519
Speaker 1: stay atop the NFC East. This won't be easy in

1665
01:22:47,800 --> 01:22:50,799
Speaker 1: any sense of the word. All right, now, what about

1666
01:22:50,920 --> 01:22:53,680
Speaker 1: the Cults playing the Titans. What do you think of

1667
01:22:53,760 --> 01:22:58,400
Speaker 1: that matchup? Yeah, it's both teams have kind of hit

1668
01:22:58,520 --> 01:23:02,719
Speaker 1: stride right now that game in Indie, correct, That's right? Yeah?

1669
01:23:02,960 --> 01:23:05,799
Speaker 1: And you know I like it when it's that close.

1670
01:23:06,040 --> 01:23:10,519
Speaker 1: Both teams have gotten themselves healthy, both quarterbacks are starting

1671
01:23:10,560 --> 01:23:13,599
Speaker 1: to play well. I would probably favor the home team,

1672
01:23:13,720 --> 01:23:16,360
Speaker 1: and as I mentioned a couple of times to you,

1673
01:23:17,479 --> 01:23:21,000
Speaker 1: I'm afraid of Indie more so than just about anybody

1674
01:23:21,080 --> 01:23:24,280
Speaker 1: else in the division. So them being at home with

1675
01:23:24,439 --> 01:23:27,160
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck playing the way he is and doing some

1676
01:23:27,320 --> 01:23:30,680
Speaker 1: things that that should give them the advantage to beat

1677
01:23:30,720 --> 01:23:33,439
Speaker 1: the pipe. Hey, every time the Patriots lose, it's time

1678
01:23:33,520 --> 01:23:36,640
Speaker 1: for the Is it over for Tom Brady alarms to

1679
01:23:36,720 --> 01:23:39,960
Speaker 1: go off? What is your take on where they are

1680
01:23:40,040 --> 01:23:42,160
Speaker 1: at right now? They had no cronk last week. I

1681
01:23:42,200 --> 01:23:44,479
Speaker 1: don't think gets banged up during the game, didn't look

1682
01:23:44,560 --> 01:23:47,720
Speaker 1: himself during the game. But still, what are we thinking here?

1683
01:23:47,720 --> 01:23:50,559
Speaker 1: Because Brady is of the age that every bad game

1684
01:23:50,760 --> 01:23:52,840
Speaker 1: is going to bring up those questions there's no doubt

1685
01:23:52,880 --> 01:23:55,679
Speaker 1: about that. I just don't know if they're accurate or not. Yeah,

1686
01:23:55,800 --> 01:23:59,080
Speaker 1: the first thing he said was the reason why they lose,

1687
01:23:59,160 --> 01:24:02,080
Speaker 1: and it's Gronk and not playing and not having him

1688
01:24:02,520 --> 01:24:06,080
Speaker 1: in a big game on the road. He makes a

1689
01:24:06,360 --> 01:24:09,360
Speaker 1: ton of difference to their offense. And then they just

1690
01:24:09,479 --> 01:24:11,960
Speaker 1: haven't been a good road team this year, which is

1691
01:24:12,000 --> 01:24:15,639
Speaker 1: why it's important for them, or important for everybody else

1692
01:24:15,680 --> 01:24:18,400
Speaker 1: in the NFL to to stay at top New England

1693
01:24:18,640 --> 01:24:21,479
Speaker 1: and not allow them to have home field throughout the

1694
01:24:21,560 --> 01:24:25,040
Speaker 1: playoffs because that's where they win. They just it's something

1695
01:24:25,080 --> 01:24:27,880
Speaker 1: about the place that they know how to win there.

1696
01:24:28,040 --> 01:24:29,920
Speaker 1: And so when you look, when you start to look

1697
01:24:30,000 --> 01:24:34,040
Speaker 1: at it, not having Gronk, Brady's just fine. Trust me.

1698
01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:37,200
Speaker 1: He is every bit as good. And I was watching

1699
01:24:37,840 --> 01:24:40,960
Speaker 1: their last game and thinking, when is it gonna when

1700
01:24:41,160 --> 01:24:43,679
Speaker 1: when is he gonna hit the wall? Because it certainly

1701
01:24:43,800 --> 01:24:47,400
Speaker 1: doesn't look like the ball has tremendous velocity. He's able

1702
01:24:47,439 --> 01:24:50,439
Speaker 1: to move and slide like he always has, and he's

1703
01:24:50,439 --> 01:24:53,679
Speaker 1: got some playmakers, with the exception of not having Gronk,

1704
01:24:53,760 --> 01:24:56,200
Speaker 1: a guy that can create problems in the middle of

1705
01:24:56,280 --> 01:24:59,519
Speaker 1: the field. So if you but if you can get

1706
01:24:59,640 --> 01:25:03,200
Speaker 1: Pat Rush, then you can affect Tom Brady. And that's

1707
01:25:03,240 --> 01:25:06,040
Speaker 1: exactly what happened last week. Andrea, where are you in

1708
01:25:06,120 --> 01:25:09,840
Speaker 1: college this week? I'm going to Florida. It's it's that

1709
01:25:10,080 --> 01:25:13,920
Speaker 1: week and across the board in college football where there

1710
01:25:13,960 --> 01:25:19,000
Speaker 1: aren't a lot of attractive games. So I got drew

1711
01:25:19,080 --> 01:25:22,479
Speaker 1: the card of Florida versus Idaho down in Gainesville. And

1712
01:25:23,360 --> 01:25:25,880
Speaker 1: you know, if there's anything left of Idaho once that

1713
01:25:26,920 --> 01:25:30,160
Speaker 1: minutes runs out, I would be surprised. So I'm from

1714
01:25:30,320 --> 01:25:33,240
Speaker 1: from Gainesville and then on the DC to meet you

1715
01:25:33,320 --> 01:25:35,599
Speaker 1: guys there. All right, look forward to seeing you my friends.

1716
01:25:35,640 --> 01:25:37,920
Speaker 1: Safe travels. We'll see you soon. All right, buddy, I'll

1717
01:25:37,920 --> 01:25:41,040
Speaker 1: see you there. There he is Andre Ware doing his best,

1718
01:25:42,120 --> 01:25:44,519
Speaker 1: doing his best to hold in his thoughts about Florida

1719
01:25:44,600 --> 01:25:49,720
Speaker 1: and Idaho. Man sec games this weekend our chest an abomination,

1720
01:25:50,000 --> 01:25:55,799
Speaker 1: although I will say the one in College Station features

1721
01:25:55,800 --> 01:25:58,519
Speaker 1: a very good football team in UAB taking on Texas

1722
01:25:58,560 --> 01:26:02,160
Speaker 1: at m Jimbo Fisher does not want to lose this game.

1723
01:26:02,200 --> 01:26:05,600
Speaker 1: The optics of it are not good. It's really a

1724
01:26:05,680 --> 01:26:08,040
Speaker 1: no win situation for Jimbo. You beat you Ab, you're

1725
01:26:08,040 --> 01:26:09,680
Speaker 1: supposed to would lose to U A B, which is

1726
01:26:09,720 --> 01:26:12,880
Speaker 1: a very high probability. High probability, but there's a chance

1727
01:26:12,920 --> 01:26:15,160
Speaker 1: of that happening. A team that's nine and one and

1728
01:26:15,280 --> 01:26:17,840
Speaker 1: played very very well this year, kind of flying under

1729
01:26:17,840 --> 01:26:21,880
Speaker 1: the radar screen program that just got reinstituted last year,

1730
01:26:21,960 --> 01:26:24,920
Speaker 1: two years ago. So it's tough. I feel for Jimbo

1731
01:26:24,960 --> 01:26:27,120
Speaker 1: in this one. It's gonna be rough, but either way,

1732
01:26:27,840 --> 01:26:29,920
Speaker 1: Dre will be in games able to call that one.

1733
01:26:29,960 --> 01:26:32,760
Speaker 1: Florida and Ida appreciate you guys being here on the show.

1734
01:26:33,000 --> 01:26:36,160
Speaker 1: A big thanks to DPC two, to Russell Baxter, to

1735
01:26:36,400 --> 01:26:38,720
Speaker 1: Larry Michael, to Mark Vandamer, to Andre Ware and to

1736
01:26:38,720 --> 01:26:40,240
Speaker 1: all of you for listening. Thank you so much and

1737
01:26:40,360 --> 01:26:43,839
Speaker 1: we will see you tomorrow. As always, Go Texans,