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Speaker 1: But I always go back to this, the coaches on

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Speaker 1: give them a lot of good information on what this

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Speaker 1: And if they deem that, you know what, we can

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Speaker 1: you know. And I'm not being specific to Earl, just

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Speaker 1: him and wherever he ends up. Yeah, I mean, there's

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Speaker 1: one that's originated this idea, many many people across all

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Speaker 1: forms have said it. It's very very telling when very

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Speaker 1: one particular spot, but you can do that against the Vikings.

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Speaker 1: You can find a way to make that happen. Just

639
00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 1: make it happen more often, maybe even start the game

640
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 1: like that. I don't know they will start the game

641
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 1: like that, but that is a reason for optimism because

642
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,520
Speaker 1: you can see. That's what I think O'Brien and company

643
00:31:54,560 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 1: had in mind when they formulated this offense over the offseason. Yeah,

644
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, I was. I agree with your

645
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Speaker 1: point about the wide receivers. And we talked with Jordan

646
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: Akins a little bit about that that touchdown drive before

647
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,240
Speaker 1: the first half because he was one of the guys

648
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:13,120
Speaker 1: catching passes on that perfect was a perfect drive heading

649
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: into halftime. But until that Week three game at Pittsburgh,

650
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 1: we were talking about this on Texans Unlimited presented by

651
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Speaker 1: Verizon pregame show with John here is a Texans wide

652
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,360
Speaker 1: receiver had not caught a touchdown this year, and I

653
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,080
Speaker 1: you know, when you think about it's hard to believe,

654
00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,320
Speaker 1: but you've had David Johnson, You've had the tight ends,

655
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 1: but you hadn't had a wide receiver. The group that

656
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 1: you had the most, you know, you had the most

657
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 1: new additions. You had a lot of hopes. I think

658
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 1: coming out of training camp that these guys were all

659
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 1: very versatile and brought their own skill det and then

660
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: Bam Fuller catches a touchdown. You've got like all these

661
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 1: receivers popping up. Five receivers record a reception of twenty

662
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:53,000
Speaker 1: yards or more in the first half alone. Cobb got

663
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: his first touchdown as a Texan. I mean, it was

664
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Speaker 1: a beauty to see the chemistry with Deshaun and the

665
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 1: wide receivers. Hopefully they can keep that going now once

666
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 1: they've established that. You know, through three weeks, a couple

667
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: of things have come to roost that I feared in

668
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 1: the off season and preseason, and I did share these.

669
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 1: I wasn't just keeping these to myself, but I thought, well, look,

670
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 1: you have Tim Kelly and Anthony Weaver coordinating, and Kelly

671
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,760
Speaker 1: was the offensive coordinator but now is calling plays, and

672
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 1: then you have Tracy Smith as your special teams guy.

673
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 1: And they're all brand new as the headman at their

674
00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 1: positions in the coaching ranks as far as the play

675
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: calling on the offensive side for Kelly, and the other

676
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 1: two are calling stuff as well for their unit's especially

677
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 1: with Weaver. This is definitely new and you don't even

678
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 1: get to do it in the preseason, where I get it,

679
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: you're not trying to throw the kitchen sinking people and

680
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 1: be and be innovative and win that way. But the

681
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: rhythm of it all, and I think it takes a

682
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,320
Speaker 1: game or two just to get used to that part.

683
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: And it's baptism under fire with these opponents. And that's

684
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 1: the other thing that's come to roost this schedule. Coming

685
00:33:56,880 --> 00:34:00,120
Speaker 1: out of the gate, I figured, well, maybe Roethlisberger I

686
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 1: kind of had this false hope the way I do

687
00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,840
Speaker 1: with Peyton Manning coming back in twenty twelve, that Roethlisberger

688
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 1: might not be the same. It looks pretty good to me.

689
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 1: I know he's overthrowing some guys or whatever, but that

690
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 1: ball has got a lot of juice on it, and

691
00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 1: he looks just fine. Thank you. Ben. Roethlisberger throws for

692
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,799
Speaker 1: three hundred against Denver, plays just fine against the Texans. Now,

693
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 1: he might not have played as well in the second

694
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:20,960
Speaker 1: half if you have forced him into a had to

695
00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 1: throw a kind of game, but it wasn't because they

696
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: were crushing you with the ground game. So those things

697
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 1: are definitely of concern. But it's week three and it's over.

698
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 1: Now it's week four. You get the Vikings coming in. Look,

699
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,480
Speaker 1: the Vikings aren't quite as good as they have that.

700
00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:38,359
Speaker 1: They're still good. They can beat you, they can run

701
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:41,040
Speaker 1: on you. You can lose this game, but it's not

702
00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 1: the same level of opponent as the Steelers, Ravens, and Chiefs.

703
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,240
Speaker 1: So let's see how the Texans handle this one. Meanwhile,

704
00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 1: the Titans are three and zero. But you know, they

705
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 1: played Denver in Jacksonville and then went up to Minnesota,

706
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 1: and look, they have handled it really well within the

707
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:57,919
Speaker 1: one lost column. These games were all losable for them,

708
00:34:58,080 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 1: but they didn't lose them, so give them. But if

709
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:02,600
Speaker 1: the Texans had that schedule, I think they went at

710
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 1: least a couple of those games as well. So you're

711
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,080
Speaker 1: through with this, You rip off the band aid, you

712
00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 1: move on, and you hope that the hole isn't too deep.

713
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,880
Speaker 1: The margin for error has already been sort of bit into,

714
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 1: and you just have to hope that you get on

715
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 1: a roll here. I'm not saying you need to win

716
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 1: nine in a role like you did two years ago,

717
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 1: but you need to get get going. If you can

718
00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:23,920
Speaker 1: get me to four and four right now at the

719
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 1: halfway point, I will take it, like it and see

720
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: where it takes me. Well, you know, here's one thing

721
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 1: that we haven't talked about, and the wide receiver talk

722
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,360
Speaker 1: kind of brought this back to the forefront of my memory.

723
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,439
Speaker 1: Will fuller returning punts? How do we feel about that?

724
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,359
Speaker 1: I am conflicted on this because a few years ago

725
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 1: I would have loved it, but this year I don't

726
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 1: really want to see it. He's your guy. I mean,

727
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 1: he's alone alone. I don't want to see Fuller out

728
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 1: there returning fun deep. I think they're going to do

729
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,920
Speaker 1: it in spots. You know, in that situation Pittsburgh was

730
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 1: punning from deep. They thought we got a shot on

731
00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: a return. Maybe Fuller can whoop, you know, and get

732
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,960
Speaker 1: by somebody. I think Carter can do that too, I

733
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 1: mean not as well as Will maybe in terms of

734
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 1: the ceiling that Carter has, not that it's a low ceiling,

735
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 1: but Will's is super high. So he's return a punch

736
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 1: for a touchdown before yeah, against Tennessee in twenty seventeen.

737
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't mind seeing it in spots. I

738
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 1: don't want to see it all the time. But if

739
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,399
Speaker 1: you feel like this might be a good chance, well

740
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 1: I'm okay with that, especially like you gotta get going here.

741
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 1: You need something. People have to start throwing their bodies around.

742
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 1: Not that they're now, but you know what I'm saying,

743
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:31,400
Speaker 1: I'm I'm fine with it. I think there's a lot

744
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,759
Speaker 1: of there's always a lot of concern, like, oh, if

745
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 1: you play a guy on special teams, he's gonna get well, yeah,

746
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 1: but he could get hurt on offense too. You know,

747
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 1: let's let's get your best players out there on the

748
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,879
Speaker 1: field and let's see what happens. I'm not saying I'm

749
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 1: like you, Mark, I'm not saying send him out there

750
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 1: every single time. But there are value. There is value

751
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 1: to getting some explosion on special teams and mixing things up.

752
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:53,840
Speaker 1: And you know, we see him out there all the

753
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 1: time at practice. He's with that crew of guys that

754
00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 1: catches punts with Carter, with Cob he's done in the past.

755
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,560
Speaker 1: I mean, there's there's up chat Hanson even so, I

756
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,799
Speaker 1: mean there's there's guys that have done that, and there's

757
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 1: a stable of players that we might see winding up

758
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:11,880
Speaker 1: doing that as the season progresses. Maybe it's because it's fuller,

759
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 1: because we just know what a difference maker he is

760
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,480
Speaker 1: when he's healthy and and he has struggled with health.

761
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 1: That's really the only the only negative he has is

762
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:25,360
Speaker 1: his health. That's it. He's otherwise great. So like in

763
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,520
Speaker 1: one of the scrimmages, well, I think he was the

764
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:31,040
Speaker 1: first one. He made this like diving catch and then

765
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,839
Speaker 1: he sort of slid on his shoulder down the down

766
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: the field and Energy Stadium and I just gasped audibly

767
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,760
Speaker 1: from the eight hundred section or wherever I was watching

768
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: the game from, like, uh, you know, And it's a

769
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 1: different feeling, I guess. You know, when Daniel Manning used

770
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 1: to be back their returning kicks, it was exciting. Um,

771
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 1: But I don't know. Now with Fuller, I just feel

772
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:53,080
Speaker 1: like he's just so valuable and you know, he's he's

773
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:55,080
Speaker 1: the number one guy, he's the number one wide receiver.

774
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: Like I just it just it just makes me personally nervous.

775
00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 1: I understand situationally, what you know, he's the practice a

776
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 1: midfield at that point you want to have a shot.

777
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: So if you would have returned for a touchdown and

778
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 1: been like, yes, let's do it all the time. So

779
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,320
Speaker 1: I was just surprised to see him in there. But

780
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 1: you're right now that I think about it, he is

781
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: in there during practice returning kicks all the time. He

782
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,640
Speaker 1: makes such good catches. You know, the touchdown catch was

783
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,279
Speaker 1: a really good catch. And you know, people talk about

784
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 1: his hands. He's got good hands. Okay, he can he

785
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:24,560
Speaker 1: can make those grabs and that was physical. I like

786
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:28,399
Speaker 1: seeing that. Um. You know, sometimes even when DeAndre was here,

787
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,839
Speaker 1: sometimes Fuller would make catches, and I would say it's

788
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 1: not like exactly like DeAndre, but you know, he makes

789
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,799
Speaker 1: some tough catches, some hard nosed plays, and I think

790
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: he doesn't get enough credit for that kind of stuff.

791
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:41,360
Speaker 1: And obviously we know we bulked up of it in

792
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: the offseason, so that was pretty cool as well. All right, Well,

793
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: the Texans turnover ratio take a turnover differential. Sorry, Drew,

794
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,120
Speaker 1: this is Drew totally Drew's category because he likes to

795
00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 1: email us every single week. It's I've not got an

796
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: email from you the last few weeks, Drew, and I

797
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,000
Speaker 1: really want things to turn around for you, so you

798
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 1: can start updating us. But Kirk Cousins here five touchdowns,

799
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: six interceptions through the first three games. He had only

800
00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 1: six interceptions for all of twenty nineteen. He's already met

801
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 1: that total um and he is on his way to

802
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 1: exceeding it. So I think that if the Texans were

803
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 1: going to get a takeaway this, this would be a

804
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,080
Speaker 1: good time to start. But not and for Drew to

805
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:27,279
Speaker 1: start his email chain up again. Hey, you guys want

806
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:29,719
Speaker 1: some more good news the Texans. They moved up in

807
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 1: the rankings last week. In turnover differential happen. So they

808
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 1: got worse because they're now minus four on the season.

809
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:40,760
Speaker 1: But there's the Cowboys, Vikings and Eagles are still worse

810
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,960
Speaker 1: than they are. The Cowboys and Vikings are tied at

811
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: minus five on the year, Texas are tied with the

812
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 1: Giants at minus four and then bringing up the rear

813
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 1: the Eagles at minus seven. So yeah, this is uh,

814
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 1: this is something that's got to get better. And we

815
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: talked about do you want to you want to talk

816
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 1: about it after the break a little bit more. You

817
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 1: want to, Yeah, let's let's do that. Let's take a

818
00:39:58,160 --> 00:39:59,800
Speaker 1: break and I want to come back. I want to

819
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 1: talk more about that and preview this Vikings matchup. Plus

820
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:04,880
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Speaker 1: one final segment of Texans All Access And before the break,

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Speaker 1: Drew was headed down his turnover differential little road of facts,

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Speaker 1: and I guess I learned something new. The Texans got

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Speaker 1: better by not getting worse this week in the turnover

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Speaker 1: differential department. Yes, let me put my glasses back up

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Speaker 1: on the bridge of my nose for some more nerdery,

921
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Speaker 1: but yeah, I focus on turnover differential a lot. Texans

922
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Speaker 1: were second best in the league back in twenty eighteen,

923
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Speaker 1: when they won eleven games, won the division, et cetera.

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Speaker 1: Et cetera. Last year was weird, though they were middle

925
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Speaker 1: of the pack. They finished the season even they turned

926
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Speaker 1: the ball over as many times as they won as

927
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Speaker 1: they took it away. That was tied for fourteenth in

928
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Speaker 1: the NFL. But right now they're minus four, so they're

929
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Speaker 1: near the bottom. They're one of the three worst teams

930
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 1: in that regard. It's odd. Last year they go to London,

931
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Speaker 1: they beat the Jaguars. They were plus three in that game.

932
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 1: That took them to plus three on the season. But

933
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Speaker 1: since then they've really fallen off a proverbial cliff in

934
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 1: that regard, because five of the last seven games of

935
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,880
Speaker 1: the regular season last year they lost that turnover battle

936
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Speaker 1: and they finished that span three And then you add

937
00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:55,040
Speaker 1: on the minus four now, so they're at minus seven

938
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Speaker 1: since they went to London, and that's seven of nine

939
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: games where they've lost the turnover battle. It's tough to

940
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Speaker 1: overcome that. Now. It's you're almost an outlier when you're

941
00:47:04,480 --> 00:47:07,279
Speaker 1: still able to win games like you did. I mean,

942
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Speaker 1: you won one, two two games where you lost a

943
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Speaker 1: turnover battle last year in that little span, but it's

944
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Speaker 1: not a recipe for success. And you know you can

945
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Speaker 1: still cough it up and wind up winning, but it's

946
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Speaker 1: just not the way you want to do things. I

947
00:47:21,239 --> 00:47:24,960
Speaker 1: know it's driving them crazy and they want to change it. Well,

948
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Speaker 1: you think about the games where they did have a takeaway,

949
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Speaker 1: like at Tennessee last year. I mean, sometimes it's just

950
00:47:31,120 --> 00:47:33,640
Speaker 1: it changed the entire momentum of the game. I mean,

951
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Speaker 1: I don't think it necessarily means you're gonna win the

952
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Speaker 1: game if you win the turnover differential, but sometimes just

953
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Speaker 1: the timing of the takeaway and you know what it

954
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 1: leads to and the momentum shift. I mean, it's just

955
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Speaker 1: I mean, talk about creating a spark, like you stop

956
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Speaker 1: a team at the goal line getting ready to score,

957
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 1: and then you return it, then you score, and then

958
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 1: you score again, like you really just you know, sure

959
00:47:53,840 --> 00:47:55,920
Speaker 1: put the nail on the coffin for them, so to speak,

960
00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 1: you know, And that was a monster. I mean, they're

961
00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:01,480
Speaker 1: not all turnovers. You're created equal. Like Shawn's interception the

962
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:04,160
Speaker 1: other day, he called it a punt himself. You know,

963
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:07,400
Speaker 1: that's a different intergration. That's a different interception than the

964
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Speaker 1: one that you know Whitney Merciless popped loose for Justin

965
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:13,279
Speaker 1: Reid at Tennessee last year because hey, the Texans still

966
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 1: lost the turnover battle in that game, So it's they're

967
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,960
Speaker 1: not all created equal. It is situational, but if you

968
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Speaker 1: look at it on the whole over a season, I

969
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,120
Speaker 1: think it it typically says a lot and is a

970
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Speaker 1: good kind of indicator of whether a team is winning

971
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Speaker 1: or whether they're losing. But last year it was odd

972
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,440
Speaker 1: because they were just even yet they won ten games.

973
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Speaker 1: So well, I think you know a few numbers stand

974
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Speaker 1: out here when you're near the bottom of the league

975
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:40,480
Speaker 1: and rushing yards allowed, when you're near the bottom of

976
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Speaker 1: the league, and rushing yards produced. And then you're with

977
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:47,880
Speaker 1: that group that you mentioned in the turnover differential, which

978
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Speaker 1: was what Dallas Eagles, Texans and who was the other vikings.

979
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:56,520
Speaker 1: So you have one win between all those teams and

980
00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:58,960
Speaker 1: gold figure, right, and then you're giving up all these

981
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:01,879
Speaker 1: yards on the ground too. You can't get takeaways if

982
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:04,160
Speaker 1: they're only running the ball, because they only need to

983
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:05,680
Speaker 1: run the ball in the fourth quarter, and they're doing

984
00:49:05,719 --> 00:49:08,480
Speaker 1: it doing it successfully. They got to find a way. Look,

985
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:11,040
Speaker 1: they entered the fourth quarter with the lead the other day,

986
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:12,600
Speaker 1: but we all knew that was hanging by a threat

987
00:49:12,640 --> 00:49:15,080
Speaker 1: unless they got it going on offense just to play

988
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,239
Speaker 1: keep away from Ben Roethlisberger and that Pittsburgh offense And

989
00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:20,800
Speaker 1: I should even mention Roethlisberger because it was John Connor

990
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,319
Speaker 1: and it was sweep to the left, sweep to the right,

991
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 1: sweep the leg cobra kai. I mean, Pittsburgh really did

992
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:28,839
Speaker 1: what they needed to do to get out of that game.

993
00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:31,680
Speaker 1: They killed the clock with the final five plus minutes

994
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:32,920
Speaker 1: of the game. It was kind of like what the

995
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:36,040
Speaker 1: Texans did against the Chiefs last year, except they did

996
00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:37,600
Speaker 1: it on the ground instead of through the air. So

997
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,600
Speaker 1: to me, it's all about, yeah, you gotta get a

998
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 1: takeaway or two or whatever against the Vikings and shut

999
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:45,439
Speaker 1: down that run. We'll shut it down. You're not gonna

1000
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,840
Speaker 1: shut it down, but slow it down so and grab

1001
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:50,839
Speaker 1: the lead so you have forced Cousins to have to

1002
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:52,799
Speaker 1: make plays and that way maybe you can get a

1003
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Speaker 1: turnover or take away. Through the year that Vikings Titans game,

1004
00:49:56,239 --> 00:49:59,440
Speaker 1: the Vikings also had a twelve point lead there at

1005
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:00,800
Speaker 1: the end of the the like in the second half, I

1006
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:02,719
Speaker 1: want to say the third quarter. Then the Titans come back.

1007
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:04,840
Speaker 1: They score like twenty two points in the second half,

1008
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,920
Speaker 1: five consecutive drives of scoring. But the Vikings turned the

1009
00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:12,279
Speaker 1: ball over twice, they had two interceptions, and they had

1010
00:50:12,280 --> 00:50:15,040
Speaker 1: the missfield goal. And actually Kirk Cousins should have had

1011
00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:18,200
Speaker 1: to pick six two because Jjoe picked off one of

1012
00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:21,600
Speaker 1: his passes, returned it for a touchdown. It gets called

1013
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:26,239
Speaker 1: back because of a clowney blindside block and that's hard

1014
00:50:26,239 --> 00:50:27,960
Speaker 1: to believe. And then they end up, you know, the

1015
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:30,160
Speaker 1: Titans get the ball, but they end up punting. They

1016
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:33,320
Speaker 1: make nothing of it. So it's just like a turnover

1017
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:36,919
Speaker 1: that really turned into nothing. But really, I mean it's

1018
00:50:36,920 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: so it's the similarities in that loss are kind of

1019
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:42,200
Speaker 1: similar to the Texans loss in the sense that they

1020
00:50:42,239 --> 00:50:44,359
Speaker 1: had to lead, they got behind, the turnovers. They had

1021
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:46,279
Speaker 1: a lot more turnovers in the Texans. It obviously in

1022
00:50:46,320 --> 00:50:48,200
Speaker 1: the game. But you know, one of these teams has

1023
00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:50,880
Speaker 1: got to get it going. And I certainly hope the Texans,

1024
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:53,239
Speaker 1: being at home, being in front of their fans, you know,

1025
00:50:53,239 --> 00:50:55,560
Speaker 1: and things started really clicking for them offensively, that they

1026
00:50:55,560 --> 00:50:58,280
Speaker 1: can get things moving here on Sunday, you know, trying

1027
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:01,319
Speaker 1: to run the ball without Duke Johnson and looked. I'm

1028
00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:04,759
Speaker 1: not saying Duke Johnson is Earl Campbell because we know

1029
00:51:04,800 --> 00:51:06,799
Speaker 1: that Duke Johnson doesn't get a lot of carries, but

1030
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:09,840
Speaker 1: there's just something about having him available in the passing

1031
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:12,480
Speaker 1: game when he's in there, giving David Johnson a bit

1032
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:15,839
Speaker 1: of arrest. The little one two punch dead going last

1033
00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:18,240
Speaker 1: year with Carlos Hide, who had over a thousand yards.

1034
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:21,319
Speaker 1: You know, I think David Johnson is a better back

1035
00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:24,440
Speaker 1: than Carlos Hide, but there's something missing up front and

1036
00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:26,879
Speaker 1: trying to get yards on the ground against. Maybe it's

1037
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:29,720
Speaker 1: just these tough defenses they're playing right now, Like we mentioned,

1038
00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:33,040
Speaker 1: not being in rhythm, no preseason and just opening against

1039
00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 1: these squads. I mean I watched the Ravens in the

1040
00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:37,680
Speaker 1: Chiefs on Monday night. I thought the Ravens are gonna

1041
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:40,279
Speaker 1: walk all over the Chiefs, just running on him steam roll.

1042
00:51:40,719 --> 00:51:43,320
Speaker 1: Well I was wrong about that. I mean, the Chiefs

1043
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:47,840
Speaker 1: are such an offensive surgical machine that none of that mattered.

1044
00:51:48,440 --> 00:51:50,319
Speaker 1: They were able to just get so far out in

1045
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:52,719
Speaker 1: front that the Ravens were forced to throw the ball

1046
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:55,239
Speaker 1: didn't work out well for them. Yeah, that was tough

1047
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:57,759
Speaker 1: for David Johnson. You know, he had a had a

1048
00:51:57,760 --> 00:52:00,160
Speaker 1: hard day, but it seemed like every time he the

1049
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:02,600
Speaker 1: ball was given to him and he took a handoff,

1050
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,000
Speaker 1: there was a steeler about two feet away from me.

1051
00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:07,759
Speaker 1: I mean he was he did not have space to run.

1052
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:11,640
Speaker 1: And you know there's stats talking about stack boxes eight

1053
00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:13,680
Speaker 1: men of the I don't think they needed eight men

1054
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:16,920
Speaker 1: a lot of times to have a penetration in the backfield.

1055
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:19,239
Speaker 1: I mean he was, he was almost fighting with one

1056
00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:22,120
Speaker 1: hand behind his back. To use the cliche time and

1057
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:24,839
Speaker 1: time and time again on Sunday, it was something's got

1058
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:27,200
Speaker 1: to change that the Texans want to run the ball

1059
00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:30,640
Speaker 1: effectively because having guys you're sitting in your lap while

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Speaker 1: you're about to try and run the ball, it's not

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Speaker 1: gonna work. Just not many people. How many people pepper

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Speaker 1: they always run on first down? Is that all they

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Speaker 1: take that. So seven past seven run on first down

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Speaker 1: it doesn't seem like that. It really doesn't seem like that.

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Speaker 1: I I understand the frustration, but it doesn't seem like that.

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Speaker 1: It was balanced. You know, it seems like what And

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Speaker 1: that's I'm biased because am, like you said, getting hammered

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Speaker 1: It's just not happening. Hadn't didn't happen, and that's something

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Speaker 1: one of the things that needs to change. Well, let's

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