1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,560 Speaker 1: Hello Texans, zancod evening. Welcome to Texans All Access here 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: from the Hunday Texans Radio studio. Mark Vandermer with you, 3 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: joined by the General John McClain from the Houston Chronicle. John, 4 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 1: how's it going tonight? Market is so much more fun 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: and energy stadium, as you know, when a team comes 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: off of victory, especially a victory over the Cowboys, which 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: had been a long time coming, but everybody's been so 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 1: happy now Buffalos here, they got a chance for a 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,920 Speaker 1: three game winning streak, even the record and go to Jacksonville. 10 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: Do you know, and I'm sure you do, only twelve 11 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: teams have a record better than the Texans. Well, so 12 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 1: they're kind of right above the middle mark and that's 13 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 1: not exactly where they want to be, but considering where 14 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,960 Speaker 1: they were, they'll certainly take it right. Always what you do, 15 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: and November and December not September October. And if that 16 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 1: adage proves true, that Texans are going to keep winning 17 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: and be in the division race with the Jaguars still 18 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: get to play the Jaguars twice and the Titans and 19 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 1: Colts here, so the division is there for the taking. 20 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: With all three teams losing over the weekend, and then 21 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: of course the Texans winning. All right, we'll get to 22 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: those other teams games in just a few moments here, 23 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: but you mentioned it. The teams with better records, not 24 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: as many as you might think. The Texans are two 25 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 1: and three. The league is like this, though, you and 26 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: I are going to sit here in a few weeks 27 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 1: when everybody's either five and six or six and five, 28 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 1: you're gonna have a whole bunch of teams jumbled right there, 29 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,399 Speaker 1: with so many teams still with a shot at the postseason. 30 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 1: That's just the way it's designed us. The beauty of 31 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: the NFL. Bill O'Brien says, you know it's an eight 32 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 1: and eight league. What that means is everybody's good enough 33 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: to be eight and eight. Injuries, some good bounces opposed 34 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: to bad bounces, big plays separate those teams, and especially 35 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: as you as you have to, it's who proves the most. 36 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 1: And right now the Texans are winning close. Think about it, 37 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: seven three five three three. They're being battle tested for 38 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: close games. The Bills ought to know, Hey, keep them 39 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: out overtime will beat them. They didn't win a game 40 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,919 Speaker 1: as it's in overtime, and they know now if they 41 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: go into overtime, they gotta have a lot of confidence, 42 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 1: especially with Watson throwing to DeAndre Hopkins to set up 43 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: Guamy Fairbaron. But will Watson throw to DeAndre Hopkins or 44 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:24,239 Speaker 1: WILLIPI Whedon or Joe Webb or somebody like that, And 45 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: I think that's what everybody wants to know, and we 46 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: really don't know the answer to that. I would presume 47 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,799 Speaker 1: Watson plays, but I really don't know anything, So I 48 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: don't want to be the guy that people are leaning 49 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 1: on for information here. I guess nothing would surprise me 50 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: at this point, because this is a situation where you 51 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: don't want to risk anything further to Deshaun Watson. But 52 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: at the same time, you have no margin for error here. 53 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: You have to beat the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, he's 54 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 1: beaten up. We all saw him take so many shots 55 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: and they were self inflicted. And like, if he's in 56 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: a shotgun in the red zone and the receivers night 57 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: there thought it out of the back of the end zone, 58 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 1: don't run for the corner. And maybe he learned that 59 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: the Cowboys were really good at closing. Dallas's defense played 60 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: well and Kendall Lamb did a really good job against 61 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 1: to Marcus Larrence. I went back and watched it twice, 62 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: and he had him one on one more than I thought. 63 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: I just assumed that Mike Devlin would give him more help, 64 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: and he did sometimes and he got beat sometimes, but 65 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 1: buying large, he did well. Now the line is going 66 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: to start the same five for the second game in 67 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: a row, which Mike Devlin called a miracle, basically what 68 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: he said to do because of injuries, and so I 69 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: think if watching his tough we all know that he's 70 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: physically tough, he's mentally tough. He ad shured us on Wednesday. 71 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: For sure he's starting, But the fact is he's sore. 72 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,520 Speaker 1: They called a chest injury. You know, we saw him 73 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,440 Speaker 1: getting his lungs examined during the game when he went 74 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 1: under the tent. No tell him what he had checked there. 75 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: But it's not his arm or his shoulder, or his 76 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: hand or one of his lead eggs. It's the upper 77 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: body that can be patted up and protected, but you 78 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,840 Speaker 1: have to avoid hit. So I'm gonna say he's gonna play. 79 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: I don't know. Brandon Whedon is ready to go if 80 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 1: he needs him. Buffalo two and three, But the lowest 81 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:21,839 Speaker 1: scoring team in the league the thirty first and offense 82 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: thirty two and passing. They've had three games I think 83 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 1: where they haven't thrown for ninety yards, but they beat 84 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: Minnesota and they beat Tennessee. Should Watson talk to Dan 85 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: Pastorini about what it's like to play with bad ribs 86 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: or a bad chest injury or whatever Pastorini played with. 87 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,920 Speaker 1: Pastorini should come over here someday with a baseball bat 88 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: and somebody with him and go up to Watson and 89 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: start pounding his friend in the ribs with a bat 90 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,720 Speaker 1: like Byron Dodds did the Pastorini. Dan was laid up 91 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,680 Speaker 1: in the hospital and a guy comes to his room 92 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: somehow gets in with a baseball bat and Dan staying up, Oh, 93 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 1: some irate fan, and he starts pounding the guy with 94 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: him in the ribs with his bat. And that's the 95 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 1: flag jacket. Byron Donsason's the offended the flag jacket, And 96 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: that was decades ago, and today they're They're lighter and 97 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: more sophisticated. But you could have Watson and two of 98 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: them if you want it. And so that's why I 99 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: think he'll play now. They got Jacksonville the next week, 100 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: then a short Thursday night, a short week with the 101 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: Thursday night Miami game, But then you get all that 102 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,359 Speaker 1: time off before Denver, then the bye week after Denver. 103 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: So if Watson can just get to Miami physically, then 104 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,719 Speaker 1: he'll have one game over what week, Thay, twenty four day. Yeah, 105 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: one game in twenty four days. And so I think 106 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 1: that for what ails him things on the inside of 107 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: his chest, not his heart. We all know he's got 108 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 1: a lot of heart that he'll be able to play. Okay, 109 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: let's hope for the very best there running game John 110 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: Alfred Blue. We expect Lamar Miller to be back. But 111 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: what I see out of Alfred Blue from time to time. 112 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: I know we didn't get a lot of yards per carry, 113 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,839 Speaker 1: in fact, very little, but he had some decent runs 114 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: and he caught the ball well out of the backfield. 115 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: They were taking advantage of the check down, and I think, 116 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: no matter who's in the backfield, that's not a bad 117 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 1: little weapon. A havel against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. 118 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: That was Buffalo's defense is good. Buffs defense is rated high. Now. 119 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 1: Alfred Bill O'Brien called him to run on first down 120 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: fourteen times, in this day and age, you don't see 121 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: a back getting at that much on first down. But 122 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,839 Speaker 1: Alfred had by far the best game of his career 123 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: as a receiver. You know, the Texas just threw a 124 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 1: net over the Sekiel Elliott. He was averaging eight point 125 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: four yards a catch and here he had four points 126 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: something yards a catch. Cowboys were not ready for Alfred 127 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: Blue to catch that ball and turn it up. Phil 128 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: Watson doesn't like to do that, you know. He likes 129 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,400 Speaker 1: to hold it, hold it and let the receivers get 130 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: open down and field. And they wisely did that. And 131 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: Lamar Miller can do it too. And but the fact 132 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 1: is they've gone from first to tenth and rushing, and 133 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: if it wasn't for Watson, it would be worse. The 134 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: backs have to be more productive out of the backfield. 135 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: In the running game. Well, they've gotten they've gone from 136 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: first to tenth and rushing. But I think they'll take 137 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: what they're getting out of the passing game overall, as 138 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: far as through the air, total yardage. They want to 139 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: get in the end zone more, John, But when you're 140 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: a top five offense overall, clearly you're doing something right. 141 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: And my point about about the offense is this, Yes, 142 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: they have to be better in the red zone, but 143 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: at least they're sustaining drives. Remember the Giants game, they 144 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: go three and out all that time in the first half, 145 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: and that really costs them because the defense is on 146 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: the field so much. Now, at least they're moving to football. 147 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: They just have to finish more drives. They did it 148 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 1: last year. O'Brien called the plays Watson was the quarterback. 149 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: I don't know what's the difference, not like they have 150 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: a new play caller in a new quarterback, and that's 151 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: one of they're struggling. They're thirty first in red zone 152 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 1: touchdowns last year, thirty last year they were sixty seven 153 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: percent when Watson was playing. So whatever it is, whether 154 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: it's they're not effective running the ball, and we say 155 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: the red zone, that's the twenty end. Specifically, that last 156 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: game is the five end they were so they were 157 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 1: on the one what won twice, two and three, four 158 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: or something like that. I don't know that I've seen 159 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 1: them have the ball inside the five that much and 160 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: only scored one touchdown. The previous game against the Colts, 161 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: they were five out of five in the red zone. 162 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,200 Speaker 1: Three touchdowns two field goals. So if they keep getting 163 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: down there in their second or third in trips into 164 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: the red zone, so they're getting there eventually, that's gonna work. 165 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,959 Speaker 1: One of the things that I was talking about with 166 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: Mark Berman when Warren Moon and the running shoot played 167 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: here for the Wailers, they were great in the red 168 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 1: zone because Warren they would be spread out with four 169 00:08:54,559 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: wides and the inside slot receivers would say this five 170 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: yard line. They would get off the ball and they 171 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: would go right or left and Warren would throw it 172 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 1: at their knees where they would go down and catch 173 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: it or nobody would catch it. And if the corners 174 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 1: were playing press coverage, he'd throw fade or that side receivers, 175 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: or if they were awful little bit, they'd run a 176 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,080 Speaker 1: quick slant. But everything came out immediately, whether it was 177 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: incomplete or not. And they were good at it because 178 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: they were down there a lot. And there's no doubt 179 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: in my mind, with all these good receivers that the 180 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: Texans have, especially with Kiki Qt what he brings the 181 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: offense in this lot, they're gonna work out these issues. Well, 182 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: let's hope. So now DeAndre Hopkins had the amazing catching, 183 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: running overtime. John DeAndre star continues to rise, and that's 184 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: saying something because he's been a star. This guy showed 185 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: up on campus, if you will, here catching a touchdown 186 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: in his very first game and at RG Stadium week 187 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,679 Speaker 1: two of twenty thirteen in overtime, and he's always put 188 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: up numbers. And now I think it's going to go 189 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 1: to another level because he's got an elaque orderback and 190 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: elite talent throwing him the football. Two years ago, when 191 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: Osweiler was here, people talked about DeAndre never got any yard, 192 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: never got any yack yards after the catch, and he 193 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: said he had been doing to improve his running. He 194 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: had been doing different workout regimes and it didn't have 195 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,439 Speaker 1: He didn't explain it, although he said running on the beach, 196 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: things he's been doing help him get yack. And he 197 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: said he had a dream about having a play to 198 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: help win the game. And I said, where are you 199 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 1: spinning like a top or a ball arena. Y'all shouldn't 200 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: put him in a two two in your great video 201 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 1: that you had him on that play and in the 202 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,760 Speaker 1: game before what was the thirty one yard catch and 203 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: overtime to set it up and uh, I'm I'm amazed 204 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 1: that teams don't do more to take him out of 205 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,680 Speaker 1: the game and force somebody else to beat him. And 206 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: I've thought about this mark in my decades of covering 207 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: the NFL. I don't never seen a receiver have a 208 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,600 Speaker 1: better run. You know, the catch was routine. He came 209 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: off the line, he made his break, He saw a 210 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:18,360 Speaker 1: lot of he said, he saw a lot of green 211 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: in front of him for the catch, and as soon 212 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: as he caught it, he turned it up field immediately, 213 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 1: and then the spinning was just instinctive, he said. You know, 214 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: from playing football a lot, you just take a glance 215 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: and you know where the guys are and you do 216 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: what you can to get away from him. Of course, 217 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: everybody's scared death. He's gonna fumble, and he said, well, 218 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: my hands are so big. Me holding it with one 219 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: end is like others holding it with two. And he 220 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: knew where the defenders were when he was holding the 221 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: ball out a little bit, and then when they closed 222 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: in he tucked it. But I've never seen a better 223 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: run by a receiver, And it's exciting. And when you're 224 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 1: gonna do it, do it in primetime against the Cowboys 225 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: in the highest traded primetime game NBC's heading three or 226 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,680 Speaker 1: four years. John. I know that the Dallas Cowboys offense 227 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,560 Speaker 1: is not exactly the nineteen ninety nine Saint Louis Rams, 228 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 1: but the Texans defense, they came up with a good 229 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 1: performance and they're gonna need that again. Buffalo does not 230 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:18,839 Speaker 1: have a good offense, so this could be a real 231 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 1: low scoring thing if that Buffalo defense is as good 232 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: as people think. The thing about the defense. The secondary's 233 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: lost another corner, you know, Kable Webster comes out and 234 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,959 Speaker 1: as they said, a thigh injuries, so I don't know 235 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: if he's got a broken bone in Everybody went on ir. 236 00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 1: That's three corners in five weeks. Fortunately, you know, the 237 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: holdest of the group, the old man, Jonathan Joseph is 238 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: coming off two big games in which he made really 239 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: big plays, and they're fortunate at the Kareem can play corner, 240 00:12:48,920 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: he covers slot receiver. Matthew played cornators owner, he covers 241 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: slot receiver, and Justin Reid is so talented he could 242 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: probably do anything in the secondary. The only thing he 243 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: liked his experience. And I know they're not talking about 244 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: it now, but when Andre Howe came in and told 245 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: us that his cancer was gone, and the whole reason 246 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: he did the treatment he did was to play again 247 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: this year. So maybe he'll be able to come back 248 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: over the second half of the season and give them 249 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: even more depth at safety because he started sixteen games 250 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: last year. And the key, as you know, is the pressure, 251 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: and they're getting it from what they're getting it from Clowney. 252 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:30,439 Speaker 1: After going back and watching it, and I bet when 253 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: you did the broadcast, you probably thought Clowney was gonna 254 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: have at least two more sacks. So he got both 255 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,680 Speaker 1: hands on Prescott. White had one. He should have had. 256 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: Prescott's big and strong, Josh Allen's even bigger, but they 257 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: got really good pressure that didn't necessarily show up in 258 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: the numbers. Well, I was having flashbacks of Romo in 259 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: the twenty fourteen game and he spun out and hit 260 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: a touchdown pass when he spun out of a wat sack. 261 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,560 Speaker 1: When he did it, forgot about when Prescott did it 262 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: in this game. I thought, oh, we go again. He 263 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: finds Tavon Austin for the game time field goals spot 264 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: and it was a little too close for comfort, but 265 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: the Texans pulled out the game. But yeah, Clowney, why 266 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:12,160 Speaker 1: everybody's starting to get to the quarterback now except Whitney. Yeah, 267 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 1: and that's got to happen sooner or later. Whitney, I 268 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: thought after the Colts game he had three hits on 269 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: Luck and he had to tackle for loss in the 270 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: running game, and I was expecting a breakout and he 271 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: didn't have anything on the stat sheet. But when I 272 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 1: watched it, there were three or four times where he 273 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: set the edge and Elliott wanted to go there and 274 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: he had to cut it inside and was stopped for 275 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: no gain or one yard game. So he did some 276 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: things that didn't show up in the stat seat. But 277 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 1: he's Whitney merciless. He's got to start making some plays 278 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: in the backfield and it's only a matter of time 279 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: before he does. And having him going along with Clowney 280 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: and what the defense should get just better and better. 281 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: Both inside linebackers played well. DJ Reader's been playing well 282 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: the entire season and Angelo Blackson, you know, he's starting 283 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,880 Speaker 1: now at the other end, and they've been you know, 284 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: their front seven is playing better, and I'm pretty sure 285 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: they'll probably dominate the Bills because Buffalo's lost three Linemen 286 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: from last year and they're really struggling in the passing game. 287 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 1: Let's go around in the league a little bit here 288 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: first with the AFC South general as we matched the 289 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: Texans taking on the Bills of course, Sunday at noon 290 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: here at NRG Stadium. Meanwhile, the Ravens are at Tennessee. 291 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 1: Now Tennessee just lost to Buffalo in Western New York 292 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: and the Ravens are coming off an OT loss to 293 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Brown. So what do you make of this one? 294 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: Both those teams need to win. Mike Rabel been winning 295 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: three close games, three consecutive victories by three points, and 296 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: then they go to Buffalo and they lose by one, 297 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: thirteen to twelve. So I think it's going to be closed. 298 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: But it wouldn't surprise me at all. If Baltimore doesn't win, 299 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: then you got Jacksonville at Dallas. All right, Texans fans 300 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 1: have to cheer like crazy for the cow Boys one 301 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: week after booing him like crazy. Yeah, I think that 302 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: it's okay because it's the AFC South. I'll cheer for 303 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 1: the Cowboys this week. Go Cowboys, beat the Jags. Jason Garrett, 304 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: save your job for this week, you know, they're gonna 305 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: need the help of the Cowboys this year, two more 306 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: times after this when they play the Colts. No, actually, 307 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: just one more time. There's a song you need to 308 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: learn this. With that, all you Cowboys fans stand up 309 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: and cheer. Oh no, I'm not gonna do that. That 310 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,440 Speaker 1: was their song when I was a kid growing up 311 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: in Waco and the weekly Dallas Cowboys show, and that 312 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: was the theme song for town. Tom Landry would come on. 313 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: But they need Texans, need Cowboys to win. If if 314 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: Baltimore and Dallas win and the Texans win, you got 315 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: three way time from first place. I think Bortles could 316 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: struggle in Arlington's well, he's been a good Blake bad 317 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:55,120 Speaker 1: Blake alternate weeks. He's coming off a terrible game, not yardage, 318 00:16:55,280 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: but awful inside the twenty five. So they need good 319 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 1: Blake to show up and then bad Blake the next week. 320 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:08,360 Speaker 1: I'm not looking past Buffalo because I have this special 321 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: place in my heart for Buffalo to pound the Bills 322 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: every chance you get. Because of the playout half playoff game, 323 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,959 Speaker 1: and but that Jacksonville game, if that would think if 324 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: that was both teams of three and three and that 325 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 1: was for first place yis. Can you imagine and them 326 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 1: coming in here for the last game of the year. 327 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: It's gonna be really interesting next get these three. It's 328 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: so weird. We're always on the road with the Texans 329 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: in the ANFC South in December, and now these games 330 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,000 Speaker 1: are all going to be off the schedule, road games 331 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 1: in AFC South in the first half and the schedule. 332 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: That's why even at oz and three, I said, you 333 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: still have a tremendous opportunity here. Maybe you take three 334 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: losses early and you're able to offset them later, but 335 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: you know what, you have to offset them. So this 336 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,400 Speaker 1: is part of the process. Beat the Bills this week 337 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: and see what you can do on the road against 338 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 1: the Jacks next week. Now the Colts will be at 339 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: the Jets. Look Andrew Luck playing well. The Jets are 340 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 1: kind of mysterious. They're a little bit hot and cold. 341 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: What do you think of this one? The Jets were 342 00:18:09,760 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 1: had lost three in a row and then they came 343 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 1: back and beat hoo Denver, just pounded Denver. Now they're 344 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 1: ready to enshrine Sam Darnell again. I'm really looking forward 345 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: to seeing Josh Allen Baker Mayfield and Sam Darnel. The 346 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,919 Speaker 1: Texans missed Josh Rosen this year, but I'm excited to 347 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: see these guys that started following them their last year 348 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,400 Speaker 1: of college and then throughout the offseason program. So I'm 349 00:18:34,400 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: really excited about that. And the Colts got a long 350 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:44,280 Speaker 1: injury lest their injury was last year, were almost as 351 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: decimating as the Texans, and now they've added up and 352 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: two in a row. I feel sorry for Luck. You 353 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: just can't keep throwing a ball sixty times a game. 354 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 1: I don't think it's like a pitcher. Your arm eventually 355 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:00,919 Speaker 1: wears out. Well, I thought they were so competitive against 356 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: New England. They just turned it over. I mean, you 357 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: can't do that at Foxborough. And speaking of that, is 358 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: this lost number one for the Chiefs on Sunday night 359 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: when they visited New England. I never ever have picked 360 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: against the Patriots at home since they got good in 361 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: two thousand and one, and I'm not gonna do it here. 362 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes he didn't prove he was human, but he 363 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: wasn't in human. Through two interceptions, still through for three 364 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: hundred fifteen yards he ran for a touchdown. And so 365 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: New England I think will win this game. And people 366 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: will start to say, Aha, they're back. And Kansasey's defense 367 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,359 Speaker 1: played so much better than everybody thought against the Jaguars, 368 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 1: just stymied them. And I think, though, I think if 369 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 1: the Chiefs go into Gillette and win in my homes, 370 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,880 Speaker 1: oh my god, let's see, this will be one start 371 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: last year five this year seventh started his career crazy, 372 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: that'll be wild, all right. The Bengals host think the 373 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers AFC North matchup. I guess we'll know a 374 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 1: whole lot about the Bengals now. They were down seventeen 375 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 1: nothing to Miami and had to roar back to win 376 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:10,439 Speaker 1: that one. That was a weird game. We'll get to 377 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: Miami in a second here, But what do you think 378 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 1: of this one? Hey, Dalton is Let's see, I saw 379 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: a rating of one thirty nine. Either win. He's blitzed 380 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:24,200 Speaker 1: something that shows how well he's playing. And they got 381 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 1: Vantes Berfect back after his suspension for their defense. And 382 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: the Steelers, though, who had been given up all kinds 383 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:36,680 Speaker 1: of points, gave up seventeen I think to Atlanta, So 384 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: maybe the Steelers fixed the problems in the secondary. This 385 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: is kind of game Cincinnati winning home Pittsburgh were winning home, 386 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: but I'm thinking the Bengals, Now, what's going on in Denver. 387 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: They won those first two games in semi shaky fashion, 388 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,800 Speaker 1: but they won them yeah at home, and now yeah, 389 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,240 Speaker 1: not's so good. They go to the Jets last week, 390 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: they get steamrolled by them. Really in Case and he 391 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: could throw for a lot of yards. He could throw 392 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 1: for scores too, but they've had a little bit of 393 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: the turnover bug biting them too much. He's having to 394 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: throw the ball too much, and their running game is working. Now. 395 00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:14,880 Speaker 1: Remember last year, John Elway considered firing Vance Joseph after 396 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: one year. And when you talk about coaches on the 397 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: hot seat like Todd Balls and Dirk Cutter, Jason Garrett, 398 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: and I think the Advanced Joseph is right up there 399 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:32,640 Speaker 1: among the leading coaches on the hot seat because they 400 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:36,320 Speaker 1: have just they're not showing improvement this year, especially after 401 00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 1: winning the first two. So I I love Case, so 402 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 1: I'd like to see Case win, but they're not just 403 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,880 Speaker 1: not very good. Why aren't the Falcons any better? They're 404 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: hosting the Buckets. They lost their two starting safeties and 405 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:52,719 Speaker 1: they didn't have depth. There's talk about them trying to 406 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: trade for Oakland's Carl Joseph. So they can't stop anybody 407 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:00,479 Speaker 1: on the back end, and they haven't had DeVante Freeman. 408 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,919 Speaker 1: He's been hurt at their top running back. But they 409 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,200 Speaker 1: got Julio Jones, Calvin Ridley has been a great first 410 00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: round pick, and yet Mett Ryan in a good line. 411 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: But their defense is just horrible, horrible. I believe in 412 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 1: their losses they're giving up at least forty points a game. 413 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 1: Philadelphia and the Giants play tonight. What do you think 414 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: to disappoint must Giants won four I don't understand how 415 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,879 Speaker 1: Eli Manning could come in here and look like he 416 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,200 Speaker 1: did when he's in the Super Bowl and he hadn't 417 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,159 Speaker 1: done it the rest of the year. And then Philadelphia 418 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:36,640 Speaker 1: Carson wins. I Philly has dominated the Giants in recent years. 419 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 1: I think they'll win this game. Wins will get a 420 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:42,479 Speaker 1: little better and better. But they've lost players, whether they 421 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 1: left in free agency after they won their championship, they 422 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,640 Speaker 1: have already lost as many games as they lost last year. 423 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: And my pick of the Cowboys to win the NFC East, 424 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 1: I certainly haven't given it up because the NFC East 425 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 1: is terrible. If they get it going again, and Prescott 426 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: can throw it a little bit better. You never know. 427 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: In Big d Okay, NFL all time passing yardage mark 428 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,159 Speaker 1: was held by Peyton Manning. Drew Brees broke it on 429 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,320 Speaker 1: Monday night seventy two thousand plus yards now for Breeze, 430 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: followed by Manning, far Brady and Dan Marino. Now I 431 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,280 Speaker 1: wanted to get into a little conversation with you about this. 432 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: First of all, in no particular order, what Marino did 433 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 1: at sixty one thousand yards is ridiculously good because he 434 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: did it in another era where they weren't throwing for 435 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: a whole lot of yards. And even though guys like 436 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 1: Dan Fouts he was around John Elway obviously same classes Marino. 437 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: Now Warren moons at a different category. Could you imagine 438 00:23:36,760 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: if Warren came into the NFL when he could have, 439 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 1: would have, should have, you'd be looking at another how 440 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: many yards? John twenty thousand? I mean he would be 441 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,160 Speaker 1: up there in the seventies maybe, and maybe he would 442 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:50,879 Speaker 1: put up a number that no one could break. Wants 443 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 1: to play into his forties. Excuse me. He has shown 444 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,159 Speaker 1: no signs of letting up. He said. One injury in 445 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: his career that's what got him to New Orleans, the 446 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: shoulder injury, and in the game the other night, my goodness, 447 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:11,280 Speaker 1: hit as many touchdowns as incompletions three and right now, 448 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: there may not be a player who means more to 449 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: a city. You know what means a lot here. But 450 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: he hadn't won a Super Bowl. Breeze won a Super Bowl. 451 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 1: I don't see him slowing down. Sean Payton is not 452 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 1: going to get fired as long as Breeze is there, 453 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: because they got too good of a thing going offensively, 454 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: and I think he may. You could play another three 455 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 1: years and you can imagine where these numbers would be. 456 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: And if you look at the young quarterbacks you playing 457 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 1: under these rules, maybe fifteen eighteen years from now, they'll 458 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 1: see somebody else. And if Marino played today with these 459 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: rules with the Marx brothers, no telling what kind of 460 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,479 Speaker 1: yardage he would put up. When fran Tarkington had the record, 461 00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 1: he held it for a long time. John seven thousand yards. 462 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: He was done in nineteen seventy eight and it took 463 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 1: another twenty years to break the record. I mean, it's 464 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,920 Speaker 1: it's incredible what he was able to do. And again 465 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,439 Speaker 1: it's a good example of how the era changed with 466 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 1: the rules and everything, because I remember I was a 467 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,080 Speaker 1: huge Dan Fouts fan, as you know, and Fouts couldn't 468 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,919 Speaker 1: touch the record. He felt four thousand short by the 469 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: time he retired because he only had forty three thousand 470 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,880 Speaker 1: plus only and he was second for a long time. 471 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:28,840 Speaker 1: Now Fouts' is sixteenth and Fran Tarkington is eleventh. And 472 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,320 Speaker 1: a better example of this is in college football, where 473 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 1: Doug Flutey retired, we retired done in college is the 474 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,640 Speaker 1: all time leader in NC DOUBA passing history, and now 475 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: he's like sixtieth or something, and he's gonna keep falling. Yep. 476 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: The way college football is today, it's a passers league. 477 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 1: And one of the reasons teams are throwing it better 478 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: today they've incorporated a lot of what college football did 479 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 1: and it's more wide open than you know. It's like 480 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,800 Speaker 1: the old braves. Commercial chicks dig the long ball, ye 481 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 1: chicks dig the passing game. They do, you know, the 482 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,200 Speaker 1: running game. Like Cowboys are doomed to play a lot 483 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 1: of close games because they run, run, run. They don't 484 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,440 Speaker 1: have a passing game that is going to be able 485 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 1: to give him a big lead without turnovers. Same thing 486 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,359 Speaker 1: with Buffalo. I think the Texans will break out and 487 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: not be that kind of team and will not play 488 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: every game that's one score. But it's fun to watch. 489 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 1: It's not necessarily great football, but it's great offensive football. 490 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: We see incredible catches all the time. And the running game, 491 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,840 Speaker 1: you see what Ezekiel Elliott's leading the league and the 492 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:35,439 Speaker 1: Texans just came in and lassoed him and he was 493 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 1: not a factor at all. So it's easier to shut 494 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: down the run than it is the past. And I 495 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,960 Speaker 1: can't wait to see what the Texas do against Lashawan McCoy. 496 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,760 Speaker 1: And I'll bet you Josh Allen runs at least ten 497 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: times in this game. Oh at least he's got to, 498 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: because he's gonna have to. He just doesn't throw the 499 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: ball that well yet. But I still think by accident 500 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 1: he could almost make a couple of really big plays 501 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: to the passing game. Let me throw this one out. 502 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 1: You know, Warren Moon tenth of the all time passing list. 503 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: When you were talking about him as a possible and 504 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 1: ductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. How did 505 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:09,200 Speaker 1: the CFL stuff way in if at all? I never 506 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,959 Speaker 1: I never in my presentation, I never brought it up. 507 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 1: You don't get an exchange rate like, hey, twenty thousand 508 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: yards and the CFL is worth at least five in 509 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 1: the NFL five championships. Somebody in the debate after I 510 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:25,119 Speaker 1: made my presentation mentioned that it's the Pro Football of Fame, 511 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: not the NFL all of that. But it doesn't work 512 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 1: that way. But I had enough ammunition with Warren, and 513 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: it was all about throwing the ball. Somebody said, well, 514 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: he was in a running shoot his old career. I 515 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,159 Speaker 1: was in NOLL, so what he was not? It was 516 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: not four years. I said he had his greatest year 517 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,679 Speaker 1: in Minnesota with Dennis Green, and I had all the 518 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 1: stats to back it up. But if Marino, if Moon 519 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: was playing today with four wide receivers and a thousand 520 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: yard back that he had, then that they he might 521 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: throw for four nerd yards a game. In Marino, you 522 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: know he would throw for the most. He was insanely good, 523 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: and I was often rooting for the other team, but 524 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: I had to respect him. He was incredible. The quickest, 525 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 1: he had the quickest reliefs I've ever seen. Yep. It 526 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: just watched the highlights, folks, And you know what, It's 527 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:16,160 Speaker 1: funny because the achilles injury really slowed him down. It 528 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,280 Speaker 1: was it was never a runner. But if you watch 529 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,919 Speaker 1: even the Super Bowl lost, the only super Bowl he 530 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: was in, he moves around the pocket very well. He 531 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: was very obsta, had great pocket presence. That's a great 532 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,080 Speaker 1: way to put it all, right, John, what do you 533 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,120 Speaker 1: up going out on the chronicle I have on Friday? 534 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:37,000 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins catching run from start to finish. What he said, 535 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: what his teammates said. What Sean McDermott, of the Bill's 536 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: coach said. He couldn't sleep at night after watching that play. 537 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: He gave us some good quotes. Watson's a headache and 538 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: Aaron Wilson has a big story Sunday on the red 539 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: zone troubles, looking back at last year when they were 540 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: successful and this year they have not to see what 541 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: the differences are. And thank you for very much. It's 542 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: gonna be another fun weekend. Now let's go to Patty 543 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: Smith of the Harris County Houston Sports Authority. And I 544 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: got that right, right, Patty, Harris County Houston Sports Authority, 545 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 1: you always get that right. We've got this long enough, 546 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 1: yes we have. But you know you haven't been there. Well, 547 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 1: you've been there for what three years now or something 548 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: just a little over two actually really, so this is 549 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: your third year going into my third year. Yeah, and 550 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:23,520 Speaker 1: it's funny because like going into a year as opposed 551 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 1: to it being that year. I mean, these are definitely 552 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:29,479 Speaker 1: subtleties that you have to follow because I know this 553 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 1: plays into the theme for the Houston Sports Awards this year. 554 00:29:32,440 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 1: Did you bring it all together? Yes? Tom, We've just 555 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 1: announced the theme, the date, all of that good stuff 556 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: for our second annual Houston Sports Awards, and last year 557 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: was such a success we are so looking forward to 558 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 1: year number two. It will be held on February sixth 559 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:53,360 Speaker 1: at the Hilton America's Okay, and that it was last year. 560 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 1: That's where it was last year, And yeah, I mean 561 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:58,200 Speaker 1: you were there, you were part of it, you helped hosted. 562 00:29:58,280 --> 00:29:59,719 Speaker 1: Great job. By the way, Am I allowed to talk 563 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: about what you gave me for that? Yes? Because you 564 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 1: gave me some wine, Yes, multiple bottles of wine. And 565 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 1: I don't drink, but my wife does, so she's very 566 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 1: appreciative of that. So it's actually, you know, I can 567 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: benefit from that. But it has my name engraved on 568 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: the bottle, and I'm sure you did this for all 569 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: the hosts or whatever. But it was a wonderful thing 570 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: you guys did, and it's such a great conversation piece 571 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: because my name is engraved on the bottle. Did I 572 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 1: mention that that is so cool? A great gift. It 573 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,480 Speaker 1: was a great gift. And we did that for our hosts, 574 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: all of you guys. We did that for our nominees. 575 00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 1: We did it for our winners, and yeah, they were 576 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: they were very cool, and the winners got some two huh. 577 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: Very nice. I thought it was a tremendous event. I 578 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 1: think everybody remembers it, and a lot of people saw 579 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: it on Roots Sports as well. AT and T Sports Network, 580 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 1: So maybe you'll have it up there again, Yeah, for sure. 581 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: I mean we Actually the cool thing about it this 582 00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 1: year is we have both a broadcast partner as well 583 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: as a caable partner, so AT and T Sports Net 584 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 1: once again, we'll be carrying it night of and Channel 585 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: thirteen ktr K is actually producing it and they will 586 00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 1: their joint partners with AT and T Sports and they'll 587 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: do one hour show post facto. They'll be streaming it live, 588 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 1: so the two are working together to double the coverage. 589 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 1: That's cool because that way, people who either went or 590 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 1: didn't go can see it afterwards as well. It runs 591 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 1: multiple times. Yep, absolutely, yeah, Well, so what are you 592 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,760 Speaker 1: gonna do? Like, are you gonna be on stage doing 593 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: some m seeing and stuff like that, because I really 594 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: didn't see you up there last year. I don't think 595 00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 1: anybody saw me anywhere last year. You're all over the place. 596 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 1: You were everywhere in no place at the same time. 597 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 1: I think I went up on stage for about four 598 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 1: seconds to present a fifty thousand dollars check to the 599 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: Star of Hope yesterday there yesterday last year. That was 600 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,440 Speaker 1: our charity partner. But other than that, no, I had 601 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 1: a million irons in the fire, and I'll leave the 602 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: hosting duties up to people like you. I thought it 603 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,080 Speaker 1: was impressive because he had so many moving parts, so 604 00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: many celebrities. I mean, just to get everybody in the 605 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,200 Speaker 1: same room as one thing, but then to get them 606 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,160 Speaker 1: to do something, you know, to actually do something together 607 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,520 Speaker 1: was phenomenal. All right, So this year, what's the focus? 608 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: Last year was awesome? We all remember it, you know, 609 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 1: unveiled the Big Three and it was kind of a surprise, 610 00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 1: right the thirty fours. Well, we went into the show 611 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 1: last year honoring the thirty fours, and that's all we 612 00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 1: even told them, you know, Earl Campbell, Hakim Elajuan, Nolan Ryan. 613 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: And then the big surprise at the end of the 614 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: night was not only were they being honored, but they 615 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 1: were being inducted into our newly created Houston Sports They 616 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 1: didn't have to wait for a vote. They're in. They 617 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 1: were just they were just in. And that was something 618 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:28,960 Speaker 1: that organically kind of happened and evolved and we kept 619 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 1: to the secret and it was I think it blew 620 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 1: people away. So, you know, moving forward to kind of 621 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 1: the big question to me that I've gotten a million 622 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 1: times was, oh my gosh, how do you top that? 623 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: How do you top Earl, Hakim and Nolan. You can't. 624 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 1: I mean, you can't top those three as far as 625 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 1: athletes go in Houston in my opinion. But there are 626 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: things we can do to top it, equal it, or 627 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:54,680 Speaker 1: to be you know, have that wild factor, just maybe 628 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: in a different way. So we've got a couple of 629 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: cool things. And if I you know, told you what 630 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: the big thing was that we do have a big surprise, 631 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 1: I would never kill you. But we do a big 632 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 1: surprise at the end and honestly it will probably be 633 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:11,000 Speaker 1: as big, if not bigger. But basically our theme this year, 634 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,720 Speaker 1: Yeah no, no, that's not what I'm here to talk about. 635 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,000 Speaker 1: But the theme that we are going to put out 636 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: there today that went out on a week on our 637 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: media releases. Basically, we two things. One we are going 638 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:27,479 Speaker 1: to honor with the passing of Barbara Bush in twenty 639 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: and eighteen, we wanted to pay tribute to her and 640 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:33,280 Speaker 1: honor her right. Um, you know, especially in the sports world, 641 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: for all that the Bushes have done. You know how 642 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:40,440 Speaker 1: many coin tosses, how many you know, first pitches, and 643 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:44,560 Speaker 1: Barbara sitting behind home play keeping score and keeping score. 644 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 1: I love that about her and her little kids, and 645 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 1: I mean just so many things you could go on 646 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: and always wore kids. Okay, but she's you know, the rodeo, 647 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 1: the rocket, just absolutely everywhere. So we want to honor 648 00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:01,280 Speaker 1: George and Barbara Bush, both of them with our Lifetime 649 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:05,120 Speaker 1: Achievement Awards. Also that is the big announcement one of them. Also, 650 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:08,319 Speaker 1: our theme as we continue to you know, the night 651 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: is about the athletes, the current ones. You know, We're 652 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:14,439 Speaker 1: we're giving away awards for celebrating twenty and eighteen. At 653 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,160 Speaker 1: the same time, it's important for us to look back 654 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,600 Speaker 1: and celebrate our former athletes. And you saw, you know, 655 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,319 Speaker 1: fifty to one hundred of them in the room that night, 656 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: and so we're going to take a look back at 657 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: kind of a lifetime of Houston sports, one decade at 658 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,440 Speaker 1: a time. You know, it's the I'll give you a 659 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,320 Speaker 1: couple examples. I'm not going to give them all away. 660 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,879 Speaker 1: You know, your audience can guess as to what they are. 661 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:39,840 Speaker 1: But you know, for example, if you go back seventy years, 662 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,760 Speaker 1: it's the seventieth anniversary of Jackie Burke winning his first 663 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:48,719 Speaker 1: ever professional golf tournament. It's the fortieth anniversary of the 664 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 1: Love You Blue Oilers. It's already it's the tenth anniversary 665 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:57,160 Speaker 1: of Andre Johnson's career season as at Houston Texans. So 666 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:01,080 Speaker 1: each decade has an anniversary. If you go back to 667 00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 1: the you know, because you go like the O eight 668 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 1: oh nine or eighteen nine. So so so it's an 669 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 1: eight nine academic year kind of anniversary. Yes, because we're 670 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,319 Speaker 1: celebrating eighteen, we're doing it in twenty nineteen. So I 671 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 1: gave myself a little buffer there to be. Yeah, it 672 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 1: was one of those tricky things, but that's a cool 673 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,399 Speaker 1: way to do it. Yeah, so we will celebrate, I mean, 674 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:22,279 Speaker 1: you know, just touch upon them, some longer than others. 675 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:25,560 Speaker 1: But that's kind of the common theme throughout the night, right, 676 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:29,680 Speaker 1: So in eighteen thirty nine we all go back quite 677 00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 1: that far. Yeah, right after San Jacinto was fought. Well, 678 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:35,879 Speaker 1: there's a lot you can do with this, Like I'm 679 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,960 Speaker 1: thinking of nineteen eighty eight, eighty nine. I know you 680 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,040 Speaker 1: don't want to give stuff away, but my mind is 681 00:35:41,080 --> 00:35:43,480 Speaker 1: going into certain areas here. This is going to be cool. 682 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,040 Speaker 1: And you're right, people will guess as to what the 683 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,720 Speaker 1: anniversaries are. Oh nine, also the first ever Texans winning 684 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 1: season two thousand and nine, So there's that along with 685 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,799 Speaker 1: Addrey Johnson's Yeah, I could say that's finishing his best 686 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:57,520 Speaker 1: in the year. Yeah, he was Rookie of the Year. 687 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,400 Speaker 1: Texans had a bunch of Pro bowlers with shab Mario Williams, 688 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,160 Speaker 1: Stepka Rides, Brian Cushing. Aaron Foster didn't make it that 689 00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:04,680 Speaker 1: year because he just played the two games at the 690 00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:06,640 Speaker 1: end of that season. But anyway, there's a lot you 691 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,000 Speaker 1: could do with that. That's very cool. Patty Houston Sports 692 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,960 Speaker 1: Awards and I love that you're honoring George Barbara Bush. 693 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,719 Speaker 1: This is great. I mean I met George Bush at 694 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 1: Lombardi Award ceremony. I am seed one when I first 695 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:20,640 Speaker 1: got here, and it was, you know, something you never 696 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,880 Speaker 1: forget obviously, I know you hobnobbed with the Bushes so 697 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,640 Speaker 1: many times and George and you go way back and everything. 698 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,640 Speaker 1: But I met him once, so there. Yeah, No, I've 699 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,000 Speaker 1: interviewed him. I've interviewed him many times, and I've told 700 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,520 Speaker 1: many of those stories on this show with you before. 701 00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,759 Speaker 1: But and you know, I will just say one of 702 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: my Everybody always asks me, what's you know, your favorite 703 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,520 Speaker 1: interview ever, your favorite moment in sports and all your career, 704 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,160 Speaker 1: And I always go back to that one, and I've 705 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,480 Speaker 1: told you about it with George Bush Adam Astro's game, 706 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:52,080 Speaker 1: interviewing him behind the home plate, and after the interview 707 00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:54,040 Speaker 1: he asked me to stay watching a little bit of 708 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: the game with him. We stood up during the seventh 709 00:36:56,120 --> 00:37:01,400 Speaker 1: inning stretched during Jack Ingram's performance of God Bless America. 710 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,279 Speaker 1: I helped him stand up and stood there holding his 711 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:09,319 Speaker 1: hand through God Bless America. And that was probably, yeah, 712 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:11,120 Speaker 1: one of the most memorable moments of my life. That 713 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:14,480 Speaker 1: is so great. You're always the go to person for 714 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,399 Speaker 1: these interviews. You want some irony here? Yeah, I didn't 715 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:19,439 Speaker 1: even think about this until now. This is a little 716 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,759 Speaker 1: bit of an announcement, but okay, I don't know, I 717 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:24,440 Speaker 1: probably shouldn't. Now come on, give us a little taste. 718 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:27,920 Speaker 1: Possibly Jack Ingram may be performing at Sports Awards. All right, 719 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:31,000 Speaker 1: there you go. Yeah, Jack is he is a Texan, 720 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,200 Speaker 1: right's Yeah, big sports fans. I mean I first heard 721 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:36,160 Speaker 1: of him when I moved here. You know he was 722 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,880 Speaker 1: doing it. He did a gig for the Texans Downtown. 723 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:43,240 Speaker 1: Some people might remember the opening week of the season 724 00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,799 Speaker 1: first two three years, we did a downtown ceremony kind 725 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,040 Speaker 1: of thing, and I think Downtown was just coming back 726 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,800 Speaker 1: from a lot of different stuff, the construction, the renovation, 727 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,240 Speaker 1: the light rail going in. Remember the first super Bowl 728 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,480 Speaker 1: Downtown was a huge deal. It still is obviously, but 729 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:01,080 Speaker 1: it was a comeback for Downtown, a renaissance resurgence. Aye, Well, 730 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,439 Speaker 1: if he played that gig, Oh did he? Yeah? Yeah, 731 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,360 Speaker 1: he's he's phenomenal. He's really great and a huge Houston 732 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:09,880 Speaker 1: sports fan. Um, we're lucky to have him involved. And yeah, 733 00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:12,440 Speaker 1: you talk about those still super Bowls, and yes it 734 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,239 Speaker 1: still is a big deal Mark the super Bowl. But 735 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,319 Speaker 1: what a difference between this super Bowl and last super 736 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,440 Speaker 1: Bowl in what actually transpired and happened downtown. And they 737 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,480 Speaker 1: were both phenomenal, but you think about the years apart, 738 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,360 Speaker 1: it wasn't like the one with Minnesota and the Miami 739 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:29,000 Speaker 1: Dolphins of Rice Stadium compared to the one that happened 740 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,400 Speaker 1: capp in the three season. But there was still a 741 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,759 Speaker 1: big difference because the city had come so far and 742 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,640 Speaker 1: Discovery Green and every none of that was there, and 743 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 1: downtown for the first super Bowl was all tented and everything. 744 00:38:40,480 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 1: This was just completely built, you know, completely built up 745 00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,399 Speaker 1: and really a wonderful celebration, great stuff for our city. 746 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,920 Speaker 1: I know you're really involved with that, and uh and 747 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,680 Speaker 1: you guys do such a great job at Harris County 748 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,120 Speaker 1: Houston Sports Authority. Do you ever miss me over here? 749 00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,439 Speaker 1: I miss you? I miss you every day. I miss 750 00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,200 Speaker 1: you too, I miss you too. Yeah, that's why you 751 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:00,960 Speaker 1: call miss my phone and blows up all this. It's 752 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:04,040 Speaker 1: it's well because you change your number. So I've never 753 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:09,840 Speaker 1: changed my number. Mark, something must be wrong. Something's amiss here, Patty. Anyway, 754 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:12,280 Speaker 1: all right, So it's gonna happen in February sixth at 755 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,080 Speaker 1: the Hilton America's. Where can people get more information Houston 756 00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:19,680 Speaker 1: Sports Awards dot com. Um, you know it's uh again, 757 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,120 Speaker 1: it's so successful last year. You know, tickets are hard 758 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,760 Speaker 1: to come by, but tables are available at this point 759 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,960 Speaker 1: and then pretty soon remember the golden ticket we sold 760 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 1: last year where you could in that November first, but 761 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:34,080 Speaker 1: keep your eyes peeled for that one where you can, 762 00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:37,640 Speaker 1: you know, for a hundred dollars. That's our charity component component. 763 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:41,080 Speaker 1: Do you have a chance to win season tickets too? Everything? Everything, everything, 764 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,440 Speaker 1: And he's so awesome. Yeah, all right, Patty, thanks a lot, 765 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,600 Speaker 1: all right, thank you, Mark. Patty Smith of the Harris 766 00:39:45,600 --> 00:39:49,240 Speaker 1: County Houston Sports Authority announced type er Houston Methodist Minutes 767 00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:52,719 Speaker 1: with doctor Alex Schroeder off Houston Methodist Doctor. How are 768 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,920 Speaker 1: you doing doing well? Thank you? Let's talk about stingers. 769 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:59,000 Speaker 1: We hear about stingers. It almost sounds like a slang 770 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:03,160 Speaker 1: term for a real big medical condition. What is a stinger? 771 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:07,000 Speaker 1: That's a good question. Stingers are usually attraction injury or 772 00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:11,440 Speaker 1: compression injury to nerves that are leaving the cervical spine 773 00:40:11,719 --> 00:40:15,480 Speaker 1: down to the arm. So someone might get hit from 774 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,440 Speaker 1: the side or fall on their head or have their 775 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:21,000 Speaker 1: arm pulled a certain way and that causes the symptoms 776 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:25,200 Speaker 1: of stinging or electrical shock down the arm. How do 777 00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:28,759 Speaker 1: you engage the levels of a stinger, because I got 778 00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,480 Speaker 1: to think that sometimes it's going to last longer than 779 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:34,319 Speaker 1: other times. How does all that work? Doctor? Yeah, so 780 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:38,080 Speaker 1: usually they're fairly self limiting any anywhere from a few 781 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:42,000 Speaker 1: minutes to a few hours, so it's usually not that 782 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:46,640 Speaker 1: significant of an injury. However, there are some clues that 783 00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:50,440 Speaker 1: there might be more problems to look for. For example, 784 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:54,719 Speaker 1: if both arms are involved, neck pain or symptoms that 785 00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,320 Speaker 1: persist more than a couple of days, that may require 786 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:01,040 Speaker 1: more work up. Doctor, great information, Thanks so much for 787 00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,600 Speaker 1: the time. All right, thank you very much, Doctor Alex 788 00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:06,880 Speaker 1: Schroeder if Houston Methodist used a Methodist Orthropedics and Sports 789 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:10,160 Speaker 1: Medicine offering convenience sports injury clinics for student athletes around 790 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,920 Speaker 1: the Houston area to help them recover from injuries incurred 791 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,960 Speaker 1: during a week of practice and or games. Clinics are 792 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:19,320 Speaker 1: open Saturday mornings in Baytown, clear Lake, West, Houston. Katie 793 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,480 Speaker 1: Sugarland and Willowbrook. For more information, log ont to Houston 794 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:26,560 Speaker 1: Methodist dot org. Slash Athlete, the official healthcare provider of 795 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:30,040 Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. Houston Methodist leading medicine that's going to 796 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:31,719 Speaker 1: do it. For the show today, I want to thank 797 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:33,680 Speaker 1: everyone for being a part of it. Have a great 798 00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,080 Speaker 1: night everyone. Tomorrow night at six, back on the air 799 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,600 Speaker 1: with Texans All Access, Go Texans.