1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: What is going on? Everybody, Welcome in to Wednesday the 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: issue with Texas All Access from the Hyunday Texans Radio Studio. 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: I am your host this evening, as I have been 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 1: each and every Wednesday for last four years now and 5 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: the year number five, John Harris, football analysts and sideline reporter. 6 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 1: And it is tough times for your Texans. But another 7 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: game this week. We buckle up for the Indianapolis Colts 8 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 1: and go up to Indianapolis on Sunday, ready to battle 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 1: with Andrew Luck and the boys up there. Another AFC 10 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 1: South battle. The Colts second game at home this year. 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: They got a weird schedule to start off. They play 12 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 1: three of the first seven. Is that right? They have 13 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: home they had home games Cincinnati, then they went on 14 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:50,160 Speaker 1: the road twice, then they play home game which is US. 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,239 Speaker 1: Then they go back on the road twice, and then 16 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 1: they play home game, and then they go back on 17 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: the road twice. I believe that's right. Their schedule is nuts. 18 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: So the crowd's gonna be jacked up. It's a team 19 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: I think that Indianapolis fans are. They've got to be 20 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 1: pleasantly surprised with. And we'll talk more about the Colts 21 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: as we go through the day, and we'll start with 22 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: our next segment when we go behind enemy sidelines with Dpcity. 23 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: This week it's Andrew Walker of Colts dot Com. We'll 24 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: talk to Russell Baxter at Backs Football Guru on Twitter. 25 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: We'll go behind the mics the men behind the mics 26 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: with Mark Vandom here of course, and our good buddy 27 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor, who has moved from the sidelines up to 28 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: the booth and is calling play by play for the 29 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: Colts this year until they find the permanent guy for 30 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: that particular job. Andre Ware is gonna stop by and 31 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: give us his thoughts on what he saw last weekend, 32 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: what he thinks of Texans must do to get a 33 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: w on Sunday, and of course, where is he going 34 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: on Saturday to cover a college game. Let's just say 35 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: that Mark and I went to school in that particular area, 36 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: and by school, I mean college, not high school, because 37 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: you know I went to school here. So we got 38 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: plenty to do on this particular show. Let's get it kicked, 39 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: as we always do with our Hot Reads. Hot Reads 40 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: are brought to you by Geico. Fifteen minutes could save 41 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: you fifteen percent or more. On car insurance. Let's start 42 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: right here with some of the best news that we 43 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: have had in this building in a long time. Safety. 44 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: Andre how diagnosed back in May with Hodgkins lymphoma, and 45 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 1: he has been around the building. He's been working out, 46 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: he has been doing his treatment. He had been doing 47 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: it for a while, actually, since May when they found 48 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: his Hodgkins lymphoma, and the news came this morning that 49 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: his lymphoma was in remission. Now, he chose a treatment 50 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 1: path that did not include chemotherapy, and I remember thinking 51 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: when I saw him. You know a lot of times 52 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: when individuals go through chemotherapy, there'll be some Most of 53 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: the time you hear of, you know, someone losing their 54 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: hair out. A buddy of mine that went through it, 55 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: he lost his hair and we shaved our hair for him. 56 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: I kind of make him feel at home, et cetera. 57 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: And so if you had seen Andrea every single day 58 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: and you didn't know, you would have no idea, I 59 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: guess at that particular moment. Now, he talked about today 60 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: the various things that he was doing, but he said 61 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: one of the reasons that he chose the path that 62 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: he took with no chemo therapy going with another medication 63 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: or treatment. Was he wanted to get back for football. 64 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: I didn't want to do chemo because I didn't want 65 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 1: to I didn't want to miss this year. I want 66 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: I wanted to play this year. And I don't think 67 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: people really thought I was gonna come back and play, 68 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: but uh, I kind of knew in my heart that 69 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: I want to come back and play. So I didn't 70 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: want to do chemo. So I try to do a 71 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: more They called it a less harsh drug, so I 72 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: did or a toxin, so I went through IVY. I 73 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: did that for a month, once a week for a month, 74 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: and the camper went away. From the day that Andrea 75 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: Howe was drafted by the Texas in twenty fourteen, I 76 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: knew there was something I don't wanta say different about him, 77 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 1: but you knew that he was a type of guy 78 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: that could be a leader for any organization ever anywhere, 79 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: whether it's football, whether it's a business, where it was 80 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 1: a school. The guy was a bona fide leader, and 81 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: he talked about getting back for football, and everything that 82 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: he did was with this football team in mind. I've 83 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: been working out the whole time. I never stopped working out. 84 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,120 Speaker 1: I was. I was obsessed. I wanted to. I want to. 85 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: I wanted to get back on the field, and just 86 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: that obsession made me do all I had to do. 87 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: Like I did acupuncture. Man doctor called doctor being you 88 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: he does acupuncture. I had a loan talk with Tiffany, 89 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:31,840 Speaker 1: Tiffany Smith Rick Smith wife. She you know, she went 90 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: through cancer. So she made a point for me to 91 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: kind of she introduced music from people talking, you know, 92 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,159 Speaker 1: you know, learned like the natural way to do it too. 93 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: So because I said I want to keep my body, 94 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 1: I wanted to keep my strength. So she told me 95 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: a lot of ways to do that too. So I 96 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 1: did those ways, and uh, I just you know, I 97 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:49,840 Speaker 1: had faith. Man's that's that's the main thing. I have 98 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: faith in God and faith in myself that I was 99 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:54,919 Speaker 1: gonna beat this. When David Quisenberry was going through his 100 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: bout with non hodgkinsling FOMA, one of the things that 101 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: he often talked about was being around on a team 102 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: and having that sense of normalcy, if you will, and 103 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: feeling normal. You heard Drey talk about that. He said 104 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: being around the locker room helped do that for him. 105 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: I needed to be around a guy. I need to 106 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,039 Speaker 1: feel normal. You know what I mean. I feel like 107 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: when once I felt normal, my biyas felt healing. And 108 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: I had to be around you know, Kareem Jackson and 109 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: j Joe. I've been around these guys for the last 110 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: five years, so I didn't want to like just stay 111 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: home just see. I had had to come back and 112 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: work out. We around a guy, so I can, you know, 113 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 1: hell and get better. Mark Vannimy and I had the 114 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 1: opportunity to talk with Drey throughout his career. In fact, 115 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: I think it was last year there before he would 116 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 1: come up here on Mondays and do the show with us. 117 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: In the morning, he would do a live segment with us. 118 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: We would talk about the game, and invariable, as you 119 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: talk about the game, you talk about a winner or 120 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: a loss, you got more time. And so we just 121 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: started delving into different topics. And one we found out 122 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: was he's a voracious reader and he give us some 123 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:55,039 Speaker 1: great things to read and to think about. I told 124 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,719 Speaker 1: you before, and I've and I believe this with my heart. 125 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: He is he is destined for such good in this world. 126 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: And he said he had been working on this particular 127 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: plan up until his point. So when he found out 128 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: the news. He was ready to handle it. He had 129 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: been prepared to battle this all along the past two years. 130 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: I've been like just self development, reading books and just 131 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: you know, getting close with God stuff like that. So, um, 132 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: when they told me, I kind of knew that, you know, 133 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: this time, this is what I've been preparing for. I 134 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: was preparing for this, this actual moment. So when they 135 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: told me, I wouldn't, I wasn't scared. I didn't cry. 136 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: You know, a mom was on my side. I had 137 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: got on my side, so I didn't. I didn't. I 138 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: wouldn't scare at all. So I just kind of like, Okay, 139 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 1: let's go. Let's going ready. There's no question that Drey 140 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 1: Howe was a massive storyline today here in the building, 141 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 1: and for good reason. The players were talking about him 142 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: as well. Here's what jj Wat had to say about 143 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,880 Speaker 1: Andrea Howe thinking about Dres He's been unbelievably positive and 144 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: I'm beat the whole time, like he's he's never had 145 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 1: a iota of a doubt in his mind what the 146 00:06:57,080 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: outcome was going to be in I mean, it's it's 147 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: great to see, obviously, I mean, unfortunately, I've had two 148 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 1: teammates who have had to go through things like this, 149 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: but fortunately I've had two guys who I can look 150 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 1: tough as inspiration for the rest of my life. Anything 151 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: I ever go through, I can look at these two 152 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: guys and and unequickally say that I have two guys 153 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: I can look to and know that I can get 154 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: thro rainning. You hear Dre how earlier mentioned two guys 155 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: that he's been with for the last five years, Jonathan 156 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 1: Joseph and Kareem Jackson, who had this to say, which 157 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: is all about us support him, you know, I mean, 158 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: we're all here for you know, for football, but at 159 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: the end of the day, you know, we'll become close 160 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 1: as men. You know, we all have families, you know, 161 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: and we all want to support each other off the 162 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: field as well, so you know, anytime we're going through 163 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: anything tough like that, you know, I mean, we definitely 164 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: had to have each other's back. For as much as 165 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: we all love football, guys in this building make a 166 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: living around this particular team. Coach Bill O'Briant said today, 167 00:07:57,400 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: this is one of those days and one of those 168 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: moments that's bigger than football. Today is one of those 169 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: those days that just really is bigger than football. Just 170 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: very very happy, very special day here to announce that 171 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 1: Drey Howe his Hodgkins lymphoma is in remission. Drey is 172 00:08:14,840 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: a very special guy to us here, a very special 173 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: guy to me. He's been here from the start. He 174 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: drafted him in fourteen. He was a corner, we moved 175 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: him to safety. He's been a leader for us. He's 176 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: just been an unbelievable guy in this in this organization. 177 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,320 Speaker 1: Drey never wavered in his belief that he would beat it, 178 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 1: and he has right now. Andrea's health and well being 179 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: is our main priority. That's our main deal. We'll take 180 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: it day by day. The man is certainly an inspiration 181 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: Andre Howe. Hopefully now we can see him on the 182 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: field when that will happen, hard to say, but great 183 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: news that Andre Howe's lymphoma is in remission. What a 184 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: great day. All right, Let's get to our next hot read, 185 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: and it is a transaction based one. Now, yesterday was 186 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: a day full of transactions. If you missed, because even 187 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: if you saw it, you're like, wait, what all happened? Well, 188 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: there's a lot of things that happened. Unfortunately, two guys 189 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: were put on IR Dylan Cole with a wrist and 190 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 1: then I read a report later it said also a knee. 191 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: Either way, Dylan's going to IR, and that's as crushing 192 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: as the next one. Bruce Ellington will go to IR 193 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 1: with a hamstring injury. And I didn't see it on 194 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: the sidelines. I saw it watching the game, watching you 195 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: all twenty two, you could tell Bruce pulled up. Some 196 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: of you may have seen it from my vantaged point 197 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: where I am. I'm I'm blocked by the team. Anything 198 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: happens on that sideline, on the Texas sideline, and he 199 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: just went right off the field after running a route 200 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: to the sideline, And you could tell. As soon as 201 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: I saw it on the al Tory two, I was like, oh, 202 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: you can see the hamstring for sure, so to go 203 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: to i R. Unfortunately, now if if down the road 204 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: healthy enough, they'll be able to come back. I believe 205 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 1: they can bring back two guys, so they can bring 206 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: back one, they can bring back both. They may not 207 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 1: be able to bring either one back, but Dylan Cole 208 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: and Bruce Ellington going to I R hated, absolutely hated. 209 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: Those guys have been making place for this team and 210 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,440 Speaker 1: we needed to have them and we won't for the 211 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 1: foreseeable future, and that obviously is frustrating. Now. As a result, 212 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: the Texans added two players to the roster. One of 213 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 1: them Day Day Day Day Day, Sean Hall, that's what 214 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: they call them at Texas. A and M Day Day 215 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:53,240 Speaker 1: is going to be and was added to the fifty 216 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 1: three man roster. Also added to the fifty three man 217 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: roster was offensive tackled David Sharpe, who was on the 218 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: practice squad, and so he moves up to the fifty three. 219 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: Day Shan Hall is brought from San Francisco's practice squad 220 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: to the fifty three and then Malakai Dupre was again 221 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: signed back to the practice squad. So if you follow 222 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 1: that two off to fifty three, Dylan Colem Bruce Ellington 223 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: to add it to the fifty three outside linebacker day 224 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: Shawn Hall and tackle offensive tackle David Sharp, and Malakai 225 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: du Pre then took David Sharp's spot on the practice squad. Boy, 226 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:35,439 Speaker 1: a lot was happening yesterday, and unfortunately that's the way 227 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: things go in the NFL. Guys go on, ir, Guys 228 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: get moved around from practice squad to practice squad. But 229 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 1: I'm excited to see what day Shawn Hall has. I 230 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,439 Speaker 1: really liked him, watch him a ton coming out of Texas, 231 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: A and M. He's a former basketball player with a 232 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: lot of skill. We'll see how he fits for this 233 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: fifty three man roster. But he was added to the 234 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: fifty three man roster along with David Sharp, a massive 235 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 1: tackle who played the University Florida, also from Jacksonville. And 236 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,400 Speaker 1: I've talked to a few more buddies in the past, 237 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: not even before Sharpe got into the NFL. I talked 238 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: to him when he was at Florida, and they said, 239 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: he is one big athletic, talented guy. But it needs 240 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,000 Speaker 1: to all come together now. And if it does, who's 241 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: to say so? The Texas get an opportunity to work 242 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: with David Sharp now on the fifty three man rosters. 243 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: There you go, there you hot rens presented you by 244 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: Geico fifteen minutes and say you're fifteen percent or more 245 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 1: on car insurance. 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This week it is Andrew Walker offcults dot 255 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: Com depe Takeaway. I am looking forward to going up 256 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:44,000 Speaker 1: to Indianapolis earlier in the season rather than in December 257 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: at the end of the year. So this is this 258 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: is a little different for us. Yeah, you don't have 259 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: to judge through the through the snow or cold, or 260 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: you have to kind of change your new year's plans. 261 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: I guess last year it was kind of around that time, right, 262 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 1: It's definitely a lot different this time around. Yeah, we 263 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: to see leaves changing in the which will be nice 264 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: up in Indy. I was looking back the Texans. The 265 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,839 Speaker 1: last time they faced Andrew Luck was Week fourteen of 266 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: the twenty sixteen season, a long long time ago. They'll 267 00:14:10,480 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: get to face him again on Sunday. Let's talk about 268 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,319 Speaker 1: the Colts and how he's looked so far, because I 269 00:14:15,320 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 1: think that's really the big storyline, especially after that final 270 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 1: play against Philly the Hail Mary. Jacoby Brissette goes in, 271 00:14:21,720 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck comes out. You know, what can you tell 272 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: us about his health so far and how he's looked 273 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: for these first three games? Yeah, I mean, I think 274 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: the recency bias is kind of showing on that because 275 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: people saw a few of US throws against the Eagles, 276 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: and then of course that kind of like that last 277 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: play the Hail Mary, and people are kind of wait 278 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: a minute, what you know, what is this? I think 279 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: you need to go to week one and week two 280 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: though against the Bengals and then against the Redskins and say, okay, wait, no, 281 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 1: he's fine. I'm not making excuses for the guy. But 282 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: there was rain all day on Sunday against the Eagles, 283 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:58,320 Speaker 1: there was a lot of pressure from a really good 284 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: defensive front. And if you if you go through and 285 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: people won't do this, but if you go through and 286 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: watch all of Andrew Lux throws, I mean there's a 287 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: couple times where he was like running to his right, 288 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: throwing all the way across the field, across his body 289 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: and making throws like that. So I'm not concerned at all. 290 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: With Andrew Luck's arm strength, I think he's not, you know, 291 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: completely one hundred percent back to where he was pre 292 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: shoulder surgery or pre shoulder injury. He can get there, 293 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: but um, you know, I'm not freaking out too much 294 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: about it because I've seen him since the start of 295 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: training camp build this thing up, and he's made a 296 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: lot of deep throws in practice, and he they they 297 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: just haven't really taken a ton of chances down field, 298 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: and Frank Wright kind of owned that, he said, we 299 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: do got to have more opportunities to do that in 300 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: games than they've tried or had options here and there. 301 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:51,240 Speaker 1: So it's not that I'm worried about. And then that 302 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: final throw. I mean, Jacoby Brissett just has a better 303 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 1: arm than Andrew Luck. And we all knew a couple 304 00:15:56,520 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: of years ago Andrew Luck had a great arm and 305 00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: then he had surgery and all that, and I can 306 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: see people connecting the two, but even I think even 307 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: two or three years ago, I mean, Jacob Rissette just 308 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:08,360 Speaker 1: simply has a better arm, and they just wanted to 309 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 1: give their receivers a chance just with a deeper throw. 310 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: So again, I'm not freaking out too much about it, 311 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 1: and it's not something that's really on my radar personally, 312 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: And I think the Colts are moving on just fine, 313 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: knowing that Andrew luck will be will be fine the 314 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: next few weeks as he gets back to absolutely one 315 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: arm strength. Yeah, and well, you know, with everything that 316 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: he's gone through with the shoulder surgery and trying to 317 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: work his way back, now that he's finally back out 318 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 1: there on the field, do you see any differences in 319 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: the offense that any any changes they've made to sort 320 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: of protect him so that he doesn't re injure the 321 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: same shoulder or suffer another big injury like that, or 322 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: does the offense pretty much look like it did in 323 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen before he went through all of this. Yeah, 324 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: Frank Reich's influence is definitely very apparent. They're getting them 325 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: rid of the ball a lot quicker, which is why 326 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: the kind of the yards per attempt is so far 327 00:16:57,520 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: down there. They're getting the ball out of his hands 328 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: a lot quicker and into the hands of the playmakers 329 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,000 Speaker 1: to kind of let them do the work and get 330 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: the yards instead of kind of more through the air. Again, 331 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 1: they want to do more deep shots, but Frank Wright 332 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: kind of treats it like the boxer analogy, where you 333 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 1: throw some jabs, throw some jabs and then throw the uppercut, 334 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 1: you know, to kind of the end punch, to kind 335 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: of end things. They haven't really gotten to that point yet. 336 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: They've had a couple deep, deep throws down the fields 337 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: that have resulted and pass interference, which is good, but 338 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: they haven't really connect on anything deep yet. So so yeah, 339 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 1: they are changing things as far as kind of more 340 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 1: pre snap motion and more just quicker throws straight out 341 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: of the quarterback fan off the snap, and so you'll 342 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 1: see it on Sunday. It is a much different looking 343 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,920 Speaker 1: Colts offense. And they are still working through some things, 344 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,639 Speaker 1: you know, um, some injuries Jack Doyle and Thinkastanza, Morland 345 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:56,120 Speaker 1: mac among them. So if those guys either can't play 346 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: or are playing, um, they're still trying to work those 347 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:01,400 Speaker 1: guys in the mix too. So once they're at full strength, 348 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: and if there is such a thing as full strength 349 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: in the NFL, I think you'll see things open up 350 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 1: a little bit more. Andrew, both of these teams have 351 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: quarterbacks coming off of injury, but the Colts seem to 352 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: have sort of the reverse problem of the Tex since 353 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,920 Speaker 1: they start fast and they end slow. Right now, they're 354 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: one in two, but they've been outscored twenty seven to 355 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: ten by opponents in the fourth quarter. What's been the 356 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: issue with the late comebacks by opposing teams and the 357 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: Colts unable to sort of slow them down. Yeah, I 358 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: think you know, a lot of that was just was 359 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:34,199 Speaker 1: Week one against the Bengals, where it seemed like twenty 360 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 1: seventeen all over again, because the Colts had and nine 361 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 1: second half leads and games that and won four of them, 362 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 1: so they blew They blew a lot of those leads 363 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: in the second half last year in Week one kind 364 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 1: of seemed like deja vu all over again because it 365 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: was kind of the classic case of you know, they're up, 366 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: you know, double digits, thirteen points in the second half, 367 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 1: and even then you're kind of thinking yourself, well, winner, 368 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,360 Speaker 1: the Bengal's gonna start coming back here it comes yep, 369 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: they're they're ahead now, and then the Colts kind of 370 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,880 Speaker 1: staged a late game rally and it was forwarded by 371 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:09,680 Speaker 1: a you know, a fumble and recover fumble for a touchdown. 372 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,360 Speaker 1: So a lot of that this year came in in 373 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 1: that Week one game I didn't see a whole lot 374 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,560 Speaker 1: of that theme week three against the Eagles. They had 375 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 1: a brief, a brief lead in the second half, they're 376 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 1: kind of flipping the lead back and forth a couple 377 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 1: of times. But I didn't see those same things, same 378 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 1: themes against the Eagles. So you know, I'm not saying 379 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 1: that's still not there somewhat, and this is still a 380 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:38,160 Speaker 1: very young Colts team overall, but I think Frank Reich 381 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 1: and his one of his main miles is an obsession 382 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 1: to finish, and I think they're definitely working on that. 383 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 1: You know, for Frank Reich being an offensive minded guy, 384 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: he's done some nice things with the defense and coming 385 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 1: in there, and maybe that was something that was sort 386 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,760 Speaker 1: of in the works with Chris Ballard and some of 387 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 1: the players that he's brought in. But I wanted to 388 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 1: ask you about rookie linebacker Darius Leonard. Obviously everyone's been 389 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: hearing the buzz about him. He was the AFC Defensive 390 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,400 Speaker 1: Player of the Week and NFL Rookie the week after 391 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:05,720 Speaker 1: his that Week two performance against Washington, and he's The 392 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: Colts defense produced five sacks on Carson Wentz, two of 393 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,400 Speaker 1: which were by Leonard. You know, being a second round 394 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: pick out of South Carolina State, When did you see 395 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: when did everyone sort of see that he was going 396 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 1: to become the playmaker that he's become. And is anyone 397 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: surprised that it's happened as quickly as it has. Yeah, 398 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:25,560 Speaker 1: I think there is a little bit of surprise just 399 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 1: because of the fact, you know, an FCS school type guy, 400 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 1: a small school guy, is making such an impact early, 401 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,959 Speaker 1: although he is kind of right now as advertised, as 402 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,720 Speaker 1: Chris Ballerkin described them in after the Draft and kind 403 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,440 Speaker 1: of watching his college film and the Senior Bowl, he 404 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,160 Speaker 1: kind of described this guy's sidelined to sideline. He's got 405 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:49,840 Speaker 1: the length we need, he's got the playmaking ability we need, 406 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,880 Speaker 1: but you're seeing that in play. You know, he actually 407 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:58,160 Speaker 1: was suffering through a quad, nagging quad injury from pretty 408 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,399 Speaker 1: much the combine through the end of the offseason workout program, 409 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 1: so he really wasn't on the field pretty much at 410 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,359 Speaker 1: all for the Colts during the offseason workout program. His 411 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,400 Speaker 1: first day in training camp, the first day of practice, 412 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: he picks off Andrew Luck with this really athletic turning, 413 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: jumping move to get the interception, and I think that 414 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: that was kind of like one of those whoe type 415 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: moments like, Okay, this guy, you know this, this young 416 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: this young guy can play a little bit. And ever 417 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:28,119 Speaker 1: since then has just been incremental steps up and up 418 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: and up. And you know, now it's to the point 419 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: where if he doesn't through three weeks, if you know, 420 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,240 Speaker 1: if he doesn't get ten, eleven and twelve thirteen tackles 421 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,959 Speaker 1: in a game and make another big play like a 422 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 1: sack or a pass breakup or a forced fumble or whatever, 423 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: it's a surprise. So he's done great for himself. He's 424 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,160 Speaker 1: he's kind of the epitome of what this defense needs 425 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,680 Speaker 1: to be, which has hustled at the ball, make tackles, 426 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: don't let guys buy and and he's done a great 427 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 1: job with that. And you know, again it's only three 428 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,880 Speaker 1: weeks in, but he's definitely done alf well and maybe 429 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,720 Speaker 1: the defensive rookie of the year's standing so far. Yeah, 430 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: you talk about the expectation level, It's funny because against 431 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 1: Washington he had nineteen tackles and only thirteen This last 432 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: Snagin is the Eagle, So yeah, yeah, dropping a dropping production, 433 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: dropping productions is still pretty phenomenal for him. What about 434 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: Margus Hunt the defensive end, he seems to fit in 435 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: really well with that Colts defense. Three sacks and three games. 436 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: He spent some time with Cincinnati, and he was with 437 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,879 Speaker 1: the Colts last year. But what do you think is 438 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 1: the difference with him this year why he's made such 439 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: a big jump from last year to this year. Yeah, 440 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 1: what's funny with Margus Hunt is, you know, he was 441 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,239 Speaker 1: a project second round pick if you can believe it, 442 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: back in twenty thirteen by the Bengals and he was 443 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: in a four to three and you know it was 444 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,159 Speaker 1: kind of a role player for him and more of 445 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 1: a special teams guy that he blocks a lot of kicks. 446 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,840 Speaker 1: I mean, he's six eight, he's got really good timing 447 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: with that, and that was kind of what he was 448 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: known for. Last year. He comes to the Colts, who 449 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 1: then we're running a three to four and kind of 450 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,360 Speaker 1: found more of a better role as a defensive end 451 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: in the three four and then Henry Anderson, I think 452 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: against the Texans suffered that weird throat injury and was 453 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: out for the rest of the year. So Marcus Hunt 454 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: came in and actually did a pretty good job. But 455 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,959 Speaker 1: what what he said about at the time after he's 456 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 1: signed by the coltsals he had the three four suits 457 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 1: to me much better. I don't, I'm not. I wasn't 458 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,159 Speaker 1: very comfortable in the four three. Now the Colts are 459 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 1: back in the four three and he's excelling, I mean, 460 00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: leads to the NFL and tackles for loss. He has 461 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: already has a career high three sacks. I think it's 462 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: just there's subtle differences between what the Bengals did in 463 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: their four three and what Matt Eberflus, the defensive coordinator, 464 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 1: does in his four to three. And he's been able 465 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: to move around, he's been at end, he's been at tackle, 466 00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:43,959 Speaker 1: and he's just been a monster. And he's thirty one 467 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: years old. Kind of a I don't know if it's 468 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 1: a resurgence because he never had a real, you know, 469 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: a good season before this. So you know, the Colts 470 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: had a decision between kind of keeping him or John Simon. 471 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: And you guys know him about what John Simon can 472 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: bring to the table. And he had a great preseason, 473 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:04,199 Speaker 1: he had a great training camp, but ultimately Chris Ballard 474 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:06,720 Speaker 1: went with Marcus Une over John Simon because of his 475 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 1: fit in the four three and it's paid off so 476 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: well paid off to this point, you know, and we'll 477 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,840 Speaker 1: see if he can keep it going. Andrew want to 478 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: ask you about the Colts O line. You mentioned keeping 479 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:21,360 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck healthy and upright, but the Colts are really 480 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: suffering a lot as far as injuries at tackle. What 481 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,359 Speaker 1: can you tell us about Anthony Costanzo. He has not 482 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 1: played a game this year and now it looks like 483 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,480 Speaker 1: Joe Haig maybe out too. What can you tell us 484 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: about the O line and what to expect maybe for Sunday. Yeah, 485 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 1: it's just been kind of the musical chairs type thing 486 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 1: because you know, Costanzo hurt his hamstring working out on 487 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: his own before camp. He was on pup to start camp, 488 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: and then a few days into camp, gets off pup, 489 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,639 Speaker 1: gets on the field, and then after a couple of days, 490 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 1: reaggravates the hamstring injury, misses the whole preseason. They sent 491 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,239 Speaker 1: him out week one, and then he's ready to go 492 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: seemingly for week two, and during practice he reaggravate today again. Now, 493 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: the belief was at the time and now it wasn't 494 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: anything major. They're they're just going to keep an eye 495 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: on it more week to week. But yeah, he's he's 496 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: a guy that rarely misses any games and he's missed 497 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 1: the first three to start this year and he's just 498 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:16,360 Speaker 1: been you know, last year, you put in a career year. 499 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,399 Speaker 1: He's a solid left tackle and the Colts need him 500 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: in there, but it's not something that they're gonna rush. Obviously, 501 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 1: not playing in Week one as a caution precaution was 502 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: is evidence of that. So right now l Raven Clark, 503 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: who's had spot starts here and there, is getting his 504 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 1: shot at left tackle. And really, other than the final 505 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 1: play that Derek Barnett sack on fourth and three from 506 00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: the four yard line when the Colts are trying to 507 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: get a game waring score laid against Philly. Other than 508 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,880 Speaker 1: that play, Larraven sun pretty well for himself. But then 509 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,239 Speaker 1: you talked about Joe hag on the right side, had 510 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 1: an ankle injury, tried to play through it against the Eagles. 511 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 1: Now it's now it's a week to week thing for him. 512 00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: So you know, they just got Denzel Good back from 513 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 1: a hamstring injury, so he's now rotated in at right tackle, 514 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: and really they're starting to run out of options. So 515 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 1: right now it's dens out Good at right tackle, the 516 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,679 Speaker 1: Raven Clark at left tackle until you're otherwise. So you know, 517 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,160 Speaker 1: it's like you said, like I said, it's been, it's 518 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: been kind of musical chairs and whoever plays right, you know, 519 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,200 Speaker 1: if both positions are out, its effects who plays where 520 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: and who who's stronger at left versus right. So they 521 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 1: have a lot of decisions to make. But but as 522 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 1: of right now, it looks like Clark's in at left 523 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,640 Speaker 1: and Goods in at right until we hear otherwise. Before 524 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,200 Speaker 1: I let you go, Andrew want to ask you about 525 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 1: the Cults run game. Frank Gore's obviously not there any longer. 526 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 1: I think the Cults recognize them. The last time we 527 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 1: were there for another major career milestone. So the Colts 528 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: now go younger as far as the run game is concerned. 529 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,359 Speaker 1: They got a rookie and then Marlon Mack that you 530 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 1: mentioned may not be playing. What does that look like? 531 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: Is it running back by committee for now? Are they 532 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,000 Speaker 1: looking to maybe focus on one of those guys as 533 00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: a feature back heading forward? Yeah, well until until we 534 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,400 Speaker 1: kind of see who's active who's not. On Sunday. The Colts, 535 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,640 Speaker 1: I mean kind of have just two active running backs 536 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 1: right now, they've got and they're both rookies, Jordan Wilkins 537 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,960 Speaker 1: and name Hines and and Wilkins and Hines are so different. 538 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: Wilkins is more your traditional kind of between the tackles 539 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,120 Speaker 1: patient type runner and Hines is kind of you're all 540 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,480 Speaker 1: over the field, lined up at receiver, in the backfield, UM, 541 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 1: in the slot, all that stuff. So, um, so they've 542 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,679 Speaker 1: got some options there and then Marlon matt kind of 543 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 1: does it all. Um. And you saw that that stiff 544 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: arm on Jadeveon Clowney last year. Mac actually did that 545 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 1: with a injured shoulder that he ended up having um 546 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: surgery on earlier this offseason. So Max's a tough guy, 547 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 1: he's fast. If he's had a hamstringum issue, so if 548 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: and so if he can get back, um, that'd be 549 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: great for the run game. But as of right now, UM, yeah, 550 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 1: it is kind of more by committee. Wilkins has been 551 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,359 Speaker 1: getting the start, but um, but they're not afraid to 552 00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,119 Speaker 1: throw Hines and for tons of snaps and they'll go 553 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 1: have even two running backs on the on the field 554 00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: at the same time because of what both bring to 555 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 1: the table. Um, the attempts aren't up. The Colts don't 556 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 1: rush the ball a whole lot yet, but their yards 557 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 1: per carry isn't bad, so when they do want to 558 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,720 Speaker 1: run it, they are getting some good results. So I 559 00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: expect those numbers to kind of tick up as Marlon 560 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: Matt gets back. And we saw his impact early in 561 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: that Redskins game. On the first drive, they just kind 562 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: of ran it right down the Redskins throat and got 563 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:19,120 Speaker 1: a touchdown. So so I think, you know, with Mac 564 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 1: coming back, I don't know if it'll be this week 565 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: against the Texans or maybe next week, but um but 566 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: I think you'll see an uptick in those numbers. Grace 567 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,440 Speaker 1: up there from Andrew Walkercolts dot Com and our own 568 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: DPT City. Coming up next, we'll go around the NFL 569 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 1: with my good buddy Russell Baxter right here on Texans 570 00:28:35,359 --> 00:29:59,880 Speaker 1: All Access to Welcome back to Wednesday. It's a text, 571 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: it's all Access from the Hunday Texans Radio studio. Glad 572 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 1: to be with you on a wet Wednesday evening. I'm 573 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,640 Speaker 1: your host, John Harris joining me right now, my good buddy. 574 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,840 Speaker 1: You can follow on Twitter at Backs Bax Football Guru 575 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: Fansided dot com. If they'll spend zone, it's my man, 576 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: Russell backs to Russell, how are you doing, my friend? 577 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 1: I'm doing good. It's another interest rusting week or coming 578 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: off an extremely interesting week, or should I say an 579 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: interesting meek, because the meek grows well two weeks, agree, 580 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 1: you know. And it just shows you the nature of 581 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: this league and why making impressions after one week or 582 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,520 Speaker 1: two weeks can be so false. Just ask the Buffalo 583 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: Bills in the Detroit Lions. Oh my goodness, I mean, Russell, 584 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 1: I don't even know how you explain it. I mean 585 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,600 Speaker 1: during a game. Obviously we did not rise up, and 586 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 1: we'll get to that in just a second. But as 587 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: the game is going on, our game is going on, 588 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 1: we obviously are seeing the scores, and I keep seeing 589 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 1: that Buffalo score go up and go up and go up, 590 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: and I'm thinking, what is going on? I mean, there 591 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 1: were seventeen point underdog and they were ahead at one point. 592 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 1: I think, what twenty six to nothing. It's one of 593 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,360 Speaker 1: those things that it seems like it could only happen 594 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: in the NFL, where a team that's a seventeen point 595 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,240 Speaker 1: underdog turns around and has a twenty six to nothing 596 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:23,280 Speaker 1: lead on the road with a rookie quarterback. Yeah, pretty 597 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 1: pretty astounding, and also considering this was a team that 598 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:30,080 Speaker 1: was outscored seventy eight to twenty three. The first two 599 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 1: weeks of the season looked dreadful against Baltimore, looked a 600 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: little better against the Los Angeles Chargers. But you know 601 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: Minnesota which was coming off a very rousing tie with 602 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,040 Speaker 1: the Green Day Packers. Remember they scored twenty two points 603 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter to forge that tie. Yeah, so 604 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know what do you want to call, 605 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: but I will say this because you know, people get 606 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 1: very very caught up in the quarterbacks and so on, 607 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: and you know, I know Kirk Cousins took his lumps 608 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: mentally and physically after that game. Well, you got to 609 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 1: block somebody, you know, when you give up the pressure 610 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 1: that the Vikings gave up in that game and get 611 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:14,880 Speaker 1: ready for this. Six carries for fourteen yards on the ground. Oh, 612 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,719 Speaker 1: trust me. After what we did Sunday against the New 613 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: York Giants, it's it was. It was kind of along 614 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: those lines. Lamar Miller, who had I believe was up 615 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: in the top ten and rushing the league had ten 616 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: yards on ten carries, and Russell we can sail we 617 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: want about it being a passing league, and it really is. 618 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:33,600 Speaker 1: But if you're not, if you're not putting it together 619 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: on the ground, I mean, we found that out the 620 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 1: other day because we became essentially a not a pass 621 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,880 Speaker 1: first team, we became a past only team because the 622 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: Giants had done such a good job as stopping the run, 623 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,200 Speaker 1: and I and Russell I'm trying to figure out the 624 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 1: Giants because at oh and two they did not play 625 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,360 Speaker 1: well against Dallas, and they hung in there against Jacksonville 626 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 1: and lost to a team that went to the NFC 627 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,400 Speaker 1: Championship game by four. And they came in here and 628 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:01,120 Speaker 1: every weapon was firing, in particular Eli Manning. He went 629 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:05,959 Speaker 1: twenty five of twenty nine against US. If he continues 630 00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:08,959 Speaker 1: at that rate, I don't know what the Giants are 631 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: gonna be able to do. And who's gonna Who's gonna 632 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: beat them if he's continuing at that point, I don't 633 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 1: think he will. But man, if I'm a Giants fan, 634 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 1: I gotta feel like old Eli is back. Well, you know, 635 00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,920 Speaker 1: let's not forget the amount of carries for sat Quan Barclay. 636 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: You know this is a game of balance, I know, 637 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,640 Speaker 1: you know, listen, it's it's great to watch Patrick Homes 638 00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: throw thirteen touchdown passes in three games thirty eight, twenty eight, 639 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:38,680 Speaker 1: forty two, thirty seven, thirty eight, twenty seven, up, thirty 640 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:42,600 Speaker 1: five seven and San Francisco. I'm not trying to throw 641 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: cold water in all these fabulous performances. Don't get me wrong. 642 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 1: Um you know, but we see that. I know. I 643 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: have told you the stat before about the high scoring 644 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: teams in NFL history in their last success when it 645 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,880 Speaker 1: comes to winning the championship. But Monday night's a perfect example. 646 00:33:57,320 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: Monday Night, Pittsburgh's up by twenty and really run the 647 00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:03,720 Speaker 1: ball to kill the clock and suddenly they're up by three. 648 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 1: So you've got to offer balance in this league. And 649 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 1: that was why the Giants went out and drafted sa 650 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: Quon Bardley because they've watched Eli throw the ball all 651 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,759 Speaker 1: over the place for the last couple of years, and 652 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,120 Speaker 1: sometimes he's thrown it to the other team. So, you know, 653 00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 1: I'm curious to see how some of these teams evolve 654 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,640 Speaker 1: over the next couple of weeks in terms of offensively. 655 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,760 Speaker 1: And the running game still remains very, very important because 656 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:33,560 Speaker 1: it remains important to the defense and keeping that defense 657 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: off the field and keeping it fresh. I mean, we 658 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,760 Speaker 1: have seen some extraordinary scoring these first couple of weeks, 659 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,279 Speaker 1: you know, New Orleans in Minnesota, which I just thought 660 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,760 Speaker 1: was a great football game. You know, from top to bottom. 661 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 1: I mean Atlanta is very decimated in the second day. 662 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 1: They've lost two safeties, their middle linebacker, and yet they 663 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,239 Speaker 1: hung in there because the Saints. I mean, look at 664 00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,839 Speaker 1: the Saints. The first three weeks. They gave up four 665 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:05,000 Speaker 1: eight and lost. They gave up thirty seven and one. 666 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:07,960 Speaker 1: And that was a defense that by the end of 667 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,640 Speaker 1: last year. Yes, albeit the Vikings game at the end 668 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,520 Speaker 1: of it, a side that was the Viking, that was 669 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 1: the Saints defense that was pretty solid. I mean from 670 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,920 Speaker 1: top to bottom, from the front of the back, that 671 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:21,880 Speaker 1: was a group that was pretty good. I mean, the 672 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,719 Speaker 1: Saints Saint defense is never going to be eighty five 673 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 1: Bears like, but it was a unit that was pretty good. 674 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: And now you see him given up a ton of 675 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,719 Speaker 1: points and they've got a lot of the same characters 676 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:33,719 Speaker 1: and Russell. It just makes me think year to year, 677 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:37,319 Speaker 1: these teams end up being very similar to what they 678 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,239 Speaker 1: did the year before, but yet they can be so 679 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:43,200 Speaker 1: incredibly different. Yeah, I mean that's why you look at 680 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 1: this league and entering the year New England's been did 681 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 1: the playoffs John nine years in a row, Pittsburgh four, 682 00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,680 Speaker 1: Kansas City three, Atlanta two. Those are the only four 683 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 1: teams that have been to the playoffs at least back 684 00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: to back years. Wow, in the entire league. You know, 685 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,000 Speaker 1: we saw an NFC last year. I mean, you think 686 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,760 Speaker 1: about the NFC alone last year, all four division winners 687 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:10,560 Speaker 1: did not have a winning record the previous year. Okay, wow, Yeah. 688 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:12,680 Speaker 1: Five of the teams that made the playoffs in two 689 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 1: sixteen didn't make it in two thousand and seventeen. The 690 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:17,759 Speaker 1: team that made the playoffs back to back years was 691 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:19,880 Speaker 1: the one that was supposedly had the Super Bowl hangover, 692 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,200 Speaker 1: and that was Atlanta, which is one of the reasons 693 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:25,759 Speaker 1: I was very high on Atlanta coming into this year, 694 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 1: and so I made the Mighty Super Bowl picks because 695 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:31,360 Speaker 1: of their continuity and so on. But they they've certainly 696 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,520 Speaker 1: received some blows. In the next couple of weeks. They 697 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 1: faced a couple of potent offensive teams in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, 698 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens with them. But I mean, 699 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,960 Speaker 1: this it's a league of attrition as a league of adjustments. 700 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,440 Speaker 1: And you know we haven't even got on Detroit, who 701 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,640 Speaker 1: you know, less than two weeks after getting blown out 702 00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:53,360 Speaker 1: forty eight seventeen on Monday night owns the Patriots on 703 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,920 Speaker 1: Sunday Night. So Russe'll ask you this as it pertains 704 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,839 Speaker 1: that game was that more about Detroit? And it goes 705 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,640 Speaker 1: back to your point about allance because carry on, Johnson 706 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,000 Speaker 1: runs for over one hundred yards the first time I 707 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,319 Speaker 1: think in what seventy games or something like that. I 708 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:10,120 Speaker 1: think it was the first time since Billy Simms. I 709 00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,359 Speaker 1: mean it felt like it. I mean, it's ridiculous, but 710 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:15,000 Speaker 1: I'm just joking. Obviously, that's you know, it's pre Barry 711 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:18,000 Speaker 1: Standers that I know. It was like four years. This 712 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:21,560 Speaker 1: team has barely gotten one hundred yards rushing as a team, Yeah, 713 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:26,120 Speaker 1: since two fourteen. From twenty fourteen to twenty seventeen, john 714 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,759 Speaker 1: no team in the league ran for fewer yards than 715 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:33,000 Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions they played. I'll just throw this out there. 716 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:37,880 Speaker 1: They played sixty six total games from twenty fourteen to 717 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, including playoffs. John They were held the low 718 00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:44,760 Speaker 1: one hundred yard rushing fifty times. In sixty six games 719 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:47,680 Speaker 1: as a team. Now, that's just the play as a team. 720 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:49,880 Speaker 1: I'm not Tom and the team. Maybe we're on one 721 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:51,960 Speaker 1: hundred yards rushing up the league their first two games 722 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 1: of the season this year. So I'll ask you this, Russell, 723 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:57,520 Speaker 1: because this leads to a bigger question about the opponent. 724 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 1: Was it more about what the Lions did do or 725 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:04,839 Speaker 1: what the Patriots couldn't do? I think it had more 726 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,080 Speaker 1: to do with what the Patriots are at the moment. 727 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: And if I had to pick out a word for 728 00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 1: them right now, the word would be depleted. They do 729 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:17,680 Speaker 1: not look like themselves and I'm not taught at like 730 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,759 Speaker 1: one of their traditional slow starts. I mean, this team, 731 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,440 Speaker 1: more times than not has lost its first game and 732 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,520 Speaker 1: gone on to win the Super Bowl, been two and 733 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:27,480 Speaker 1: two after four games and gone on to win the 734 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:30,080 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. This team has a different feel to it 735 00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:34,600 Speaker 1: when you're looking when you were looking around the other days. Offensively, okay, 736 00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,880 Speaker 1: who was Brady throwing too? Who was Brady handing off to? 737 00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:43,000 Speaker 1: Who was pass blocking for Brady? They lost then Lewis 738 00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,040 Speaker 1: they lost both. They're starting. Everybody talked about Soldier because 739 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:47,920 Speaker 1: he got all the big money, but Cameron Fleming got 740 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:51,400 Speaker 1: a pretty decent check from Jerry Jones too, So they've 741 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,319 Speaker 1: lost a lot of people, they've got their best wide 742 00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:58,080 Speaker 1: receiver is suspended. Well, you know, if you don't really 743 00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,200 Speaker 1: think about the widro wide receivers on the team, why 744 00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:04,120 Speaker 1: and I covered Rob Gronowski with ten guys. Yeah right, okay, right, 745 00:39:04,840 --> 00:39:09,200 Speaker 1: and Josh Gordon's not ready quite yet. So this is 746 00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:12,560 Speaker 1: a this is just a we haven't seen this from 747 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,600 Speaker 1: New England. And again they're one and two, They're not 748 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,840 Speaker 1: one in ten. It doesn't mean things are over for anybody, 749 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 1: but double digit losses. They don't often lose two games 750 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:25,719 Speaker 1: in a row of any kind. But I think the 751 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,080 Speaker 1: thing that was really surprising was the way they got 752 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,839 Speaker 1: owned these last two weeks. Done. They got owned by 753 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:35,400 Speaker 1: the passing game of the Jacksonville Jaguars, not known for 754 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:37,960 Speaker 1: their passing game, and then they got owned by the 755 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,399 Speaker 1: Detroit Ryan's running game, not known for their running game. 756 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,680 Speaker 1: It's it is a very it's kind of bizarre world 757 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:47,200 Speaker 1: because now you look at the vision and I are 758 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:50,279 Speaker 1: Tom Brady say this. I think it was yesterday he 759 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,239 Speaker 1: was talking about it and he said, we're in a 760 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:56,480 Speaker 1: unique position that we're actually looking up at somebody in 761 00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:58,959 Speaker 1: the standings, and not only looking up, we're looking two 762 00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:02,760 Speaker 1: games above us in a division in the Miami Dolphins. 763 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,279 Speaker 1: And Russell I would have told at the beginning of 764 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:05,920 Speaker 1: the year, if there was one team that was going 765 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,880 Speaker 1: to have the number one pick in the draft, it 766 00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:10,000 Speaker 1: was gonna be the Miami Dolphins. I just didn't see it. 767 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:14,600 Speaker 1: And Dominican Sue gone, Jarvis Landry gone, Adam Gays yeah, 768 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:16,720 Speaker 1: you know, loves him some, Ryan Tannehill, and I just thought, 769 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:20,560 Speaker 1: there's no there's no way yet Miami sitting at three 770 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,120 Speaker 1: and look, it's a long season, but even to get 771 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:27,560 Speaker 1: off to that start, Russell I was absolutely flabbergasted that 772 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,080 Speaker 1: Miami is three and oh at this point. So am I. 773 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:31,680 Speaker 1: By the way, there's three in oh and the rest 774 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:35,439 Speaker 1: of the AFC East is three and sects. Holy smokes, Okay, 775 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,600 Speaker 1: they're all one and two. Buffalo yea New England and 776 00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:41,440 Speaker 1: the Jets. The Jets were, you know, forty eight seventeen 777 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,520 Speaker 1: over the Lions, and now they've lost two in a row. 778 00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:48,920 Speaker 1: Buffalo rebounded from their row and two starts, so streaky, streaky, streaky. 779 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,400 Speaker 1: But you know, when I was doing my power rankings 780 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,719 Speaker 1: the beginning of the year, I wasn't sure where to 781 00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:58,320 Speaker 1: put Miami because like you and Dominican, Sue gone, Jarvis 782 00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:02,560 Speaker 1: Landry gone, Mike pounce gone, yeah, and Sue and Pouncey 783 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:05,919 Speaker 1: were just cut loose. So I don't know whether Ryan 784 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:09,680 Speaker 1: Tannethill returns. Let's not forget he hadn't played more than 785 00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:12,600 Speaker 1: a year. He got hurt in December of twenty and sixteen. 786 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,480 Speaker 1: It was Matt Moore that took them to the playoffs 787 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:20,040 Speaker 1: down the stretch and then against Pittsburgh. So you look 788 00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:22,080 Speaker 1: at the way they were last year. They were four 789 00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:23,839 Speaker 1: and two at one time, I think, and then they 790 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,799 Speaker 1: lost what ten of their last not ten of the 791 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:30,919 Speaker 1: last eight of their last ten games. Didn't look good 792 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:32,800 Speaker 1: doing it as well. They were to me were in 793 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,000 Speaker 1: a mystery. And the way they started out against Oakland, 794 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,160 Speaker 1: I mean, Rashad Jones was out, Minkoffs Patrick, the former 795 00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:43,760 Speaker 1: Alabama standout making his first start, Jordy Nelson, and Jordy 796 00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:45,920 Speaker 1: and Nelson ran. You know, he might as well have 797 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:47,520 Speaker 1: been in the Orange Bowl Parade the way he was 798 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:52,920 Speaker 1: running around in Florida against the Miami secondary. And yet 799 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,200 Speaker 1: Miami comes back and win, and they've had and it's 800 00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:59,600 Speaker 1: just such an unusual start. They played a seven hour 801 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: game against Tennessee because they re member goes to the weather. 802 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:06,080 Speaker 1: Ye um, you know, they go up to my to 803 00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:09,040 Speaker 1: the Jets and everybody fired up about the Jets win 804 00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:11,840 Speaker 1: and they do what they have to against the Jets 805 00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:13,960 Speaker 1: and then they come back with a lot of big 806 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:18,040 Speaker 1: pass plays And it wasn't just Ryan Tannehill to um. 807 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,920 Speaker 1: You know, Albert Wilson was Albert Wilson throwing ball the 808 00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:28,279 Speaker 1: ball too, so very creative. Um. This week, Um, it's 809 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,319 Speaker 1: a team that it's like I said, they're a little 810 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,680 Speaker 1: bit of a mystery. They go up to New England. 811 00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,319 Speaker 1: You know, it was really interesting, John, Miami goes to 812 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,040 Speaker 1: New England this weekend. Either if they lose, they're still 813 00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:42,960 Speaker 1: in first game above them. That's crazy to think about. 814 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:46,719 Speaker 1: I mean again, I don't go hog wild early in 815 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:50,160 Speaker 1: the season and stuff. To me, it's just unusual. And 816 00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,560 Speaker 1: you know this is more unusual than a trend, right, Okay, 817 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:57,920 Speaker 1: but what what if? What if Miami actually won at 818 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,880 Speaker 1: New and they rarely do. New England going to Miami 819 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,000 Speaker 1: has always been in trouble for Bill Belichick's team Miami. 820 00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,160 Speaker 1: I think I want to say New England's beat Miami 821 00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:10,560 Speaker 1: at Foxborough nine years in a row. Okay, so it's 822 00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,720 Speaker 1: not you know, this isn't a place where the Dolphins 823 00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:16,359 Speaker 1: are looking forward with the clam chowder and the lobster faked. Okay, yep. 824 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,680 Speaker 1: But what if Miami pulled it off and they're sitting 825 00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:25,640 Speaker 1: there with two road Divisional wins four weeks into the season. Well, 826 00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:27,239 Speaker 1: you know how they did it nine years ago? Did 827 00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,640 Speaker 1: with Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams and the Wildcat? I 828 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,360 Speaker 1: don't know, maybe they maybe? Yeah. The last team to 829 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,560 Speaker 1: win the AFC East was the Miami Dolphins in two 830 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,720 Speaker 1: thousand and eight. The last team other than New England 831 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,520 Speaker 1: the Ronnie Brown that was Tony Rono rest in peat 832 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:44,799 Speaker 1: and Bill and Bill Parcels running the show. And that 833 00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:47,440 Speaker 1: was a team in two thousand and seven. That was 834 00:43:47,480 --> 00:43:50,400 Speaker 1: one in fifteen and a year later they were eleven 835 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,480 Speaker 1: and five, trying the biggest turnaround in NFL. A story one. 836 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:57,400 Speaker 1: The nineteen ninety eight Colts were three and thirteen and 837 00:43:57,440 --> 00:43:59,879 Speaker 1: then a year later they were thirteen and three. Those 838 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,280 Speaker 1: of the two wins that that's the two biggest turnarounds 839 00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,080 Speaker 1: in NFL history ten games. Well, I was hoping that 840 00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:07,839 Speaker 1: Texans would go from four and twelve to fourteen and two. 841 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:11,319 Speaker 1: But that's not happening, and hopefully it's not happening this year. 842 00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,560 Speaker 1: But maybe they can't get this thing turned around. I 843 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,400 Speaker 1: would hope at some point at backs football guru you 844 00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,120 Speaker 1: can follow on Twitter. You definitely want to do that. 845 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:21,400 Speaker 1: Fanside NFL spin Zone. Well Man knows it all. Russell. 846 00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:23,239 Speaker 1: You gave us stats last week on OWEN two. I 847 00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:25,480 Speaker 1: do not even want to ask you about OWEN three. 848 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,239 Speaker 1: You're hearing a lot of this two percent. Two percent too. 849 00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:32,239 Speaker 1: Then under the current playoff formatt understandably, it's actually worse 850 00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:34,640 Speaker 1: than that. There's only been five teams in the history 851 00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:38,520 Speaker 1: of the league to come back from owen three, and 852 00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:40,920 Speaker 1: it hasn't happened in twenty years. But I will also 853 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:43,640 Speaker 1: say there was also one team in nineteen ninety two, 854 00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:47,479 Speaker 1: the San Diego Chargers. They came back from OWEN four. Okay, well, 855 00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,120 Speaker 1: you're given me hope. You're giving me hope, Russell, and 856 00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,239 Speaker 1: that's all I need at this point. I just need 857 00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,560 Speaker 1: a little bit of hope, just a little bit. But 858 00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:57,359 Speaker 1: oh Man, would anything surprise you of what we've seen 859 00:44:57,400 --> 00:45:01,320 Speaker 1: so far this year? Nope, not at all. Russell, appreciate 860 00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:04,440 Speaker 1: your time, my friend at backs Football Guru. You can 861 00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:08,160 Speaker 1: follow him there on Twitter on NFL spin Zone Fans 862 00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:11,680 Speaker 1: Side of Demand knows his stuff. Coming up next, it's 863 00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:15,200 Speaker 1: our men behind the mics. It is Matt Taylor that 864 00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:17,760 Speaker 1: played by play voice of the Indianapolis coltsal Mark Vanderburen. 865 00:45:17,800 --> 00:47:09,840 Speaker 1: Next right here in Texas Access. This week's stats Challenge 866 00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:12,799 Speaker 1: is brought to you by Schlumberge. Visit Houston Texas dot 867 00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:17,279 Speaker 1: com today to register to take the stats challenge. I 868 00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:22,160 Speaker 1: give you this two point five eight. That number is 869 00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,640 Speaker 1: the amount of time it is taken for JJ Watt 870 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,120 Speaker 1: to get to the quarterback on his three sacks. It 871 00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:31,720 Speaker 1: is also the fastest slash quickest time of any player 872 00:47:31,719 --> 00:47:35,120 Speaker 1: in the league with two plus sacks. That's about seventy 873 00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:37,840 Speaker 1: five eighty guys. His sack of ELI of two point 874 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:42,359 Speaker 1: zero eight seconds the fastest recorded all year. Oh but yeah, 875 00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,400 Speaker 1: he's lost a step. So there you go, your stats challenge, 876 00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,879 Speaker 1: brought to you by Schlumberge. It's time for our men 877 00:47:48,040 --> 00:47:51,480 Speaker 1: behind the MIC's this week it's a little different. Every 878 00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:54,160 Speaker 1: year it's been Bob Lamy the Colts. This year it's 879 00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:57,960 Speaker 1: Matt Taylor with our own Mark Vandomir Mark, Matt. I 880 00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:01,360 Speaker 1: gotta imagine a little frustrating to see the team lose 881 00:48:01,440 --> 00:48:05,040 Speaker 1: at Philadelphia, yet someone encouraging to see them play so well, 882 00:48:05,080 --> 00:48:07,040 Speaker 1: how are you feeling coming off that one? You know, 883 00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:08,960 Speaker 1: it was a tough loss, Mark, but it was one 884 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:12,680 Speaker 1: of those encouraging kind of morale boosting losses in that 885 00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:15,440 Speaker 1: you know you're going on the road, the defending Super 886 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:19,399 Speaker 1: Bowl champs, hostile environment Philly, one of the better, more 887 00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:23,480 Speaker 1: difficult places to play. Carson Wentz coming back MBB candidate 888 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:25,920 Speaker 1: last year, you know, he took them down the field 889 00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:28,880 Speaker 1: in the first half, march down the field, scored that 890 00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:31,200 Speaker 1: first touchdown of the game, and you thought, well, this 891 00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:33,720 Speaker 1: could be a long day if the Colts can't muster 892 00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:37,560 Speaker 1: anything offensively, if they can't generate some momentum back on 893 00:48:37,600 --> 00:48:40,400 Speaker 1: their side. But after the first three weeks of the season, 894 00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:42,040 Speaker 1: you know, you go back to Week one, where the 895 00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:45,000 Speaker 1: Colts could have should have beaten the Bengals. They lost 896 00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:48,680 Speaker 1: on a late Jack Doyle fumble that was returned for 897 00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:50,319 Speaker 1: a touchdown. To kind of put the nail on the 898 00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:52,400 Speaker 1: coffin for the Colts as they're driving down the field 899 00:48:52,680 --> 00:48:54,560 Speaker 1: looking to score and take the lead in the last 900 00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:57,680 Speaker 1: couple of minutes. Kind of same thing on Sunday in Philly, 901 00:48:57,760 --> 00:49:00,160 Speaker 1: the Colts had a chance to take the lead, they 902 00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:02,200 Speaker 1: needed a touchdown with under a minute to go. They 903 00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:04,799 Speaker 1: couldn't punch it in. And going into the season, we 904 00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:07,920 Speaker 1: didn't really know what this Colts team was going to 905 00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,000 Speaker 1: be about. We didn't know how good they were going 906 00:49:10,080 --> 00:49:13,000 Speaker 1: to be. Because Andrew Luck was coming back, we didn't 907 00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:15,360 Speaker 1: know how effective he was going to be. Early on, 908 00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:17,480 Speaker 1: we didn't know what he was gonna look like. Plus 909 00:49:17,760 --> 00:49:20,359 Speaker 1: they're running a new defense to four three that got 910 00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:23,359 Speaker 1: a new offense with Frank Reich. There's so many young 911 00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:26,640 Speaker 1: players on this team. You know, eleven rookies, there's twenty 912 00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:28,759 Speaker 1: two guys that are making their NFL they've used this 913 00:49:28,880 --> 00:49:32,200 Speaker 1: season with the Colts. So it was like, we don't 914 00:49:32,239 --> 00:49:34,439 Speaker 1: know what to predict. We didn't know how good they're 915 00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:37,440 Speaker 1: gonna be. So even though they're one and two on 916 00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:42,360 Speaker 1: the season, I think optimism is high because they are competing. 917 00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:44,879 Speaker 1: They have been in every game, and if you take 918 00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:47,120 Speaker 1: out a couple of scenarios where you're one out of 919 00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:49,640 Speaker 1: five inside the red zone last week, two out of twelve, 920 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:52,759 Speaker 1: you could be looking easily at two and one or three. 921 00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:54,759 Speaker 1: And oh, I'm sure you guys are talking about the 922 00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,480 Speaker 1: same thing with the Texans, where you know you're O 923 00:49:57,640 --> 00:49:59,919 Speaker 1: and three, but you've watched three games by fifteen point 924 00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:02,200 Speaker 1: to play here and there, you could be right back 925 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:04,359 Speaker 1: into the thick of it, and you could you could 926 00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:06,520 Speaker 1: certainly have a much better record than you do right now. 927 00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:09,759 Speaker 1: And that's life in the NFL. I guess that's just 928 00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:12,680 Speaker 1: something that these teams have to deal with. Now, I'll 929 00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:15,719 Speaker 1: start my line of questioning without mentioning Andrew Luck. Let's 930 00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:18,480 Speaker 1: go to the defense first, because when people aren't talking 931 00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:22,560 Speaker 1: about Darius Leonard, they're drooling about Darius Leonard, how well 932 00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:26,040 Speaker 1: he's playing here and what he's bringing to the table. 933 00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:28,480 Speaker 1: Tell me about him not just on the field, but 934 00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:30,960 Speaker 1: off the field, because you can see the effect he's 935 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:33,640 Speaker 1: having on this defense. Yeah, no doubt about it. I mean, 936 00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:37,279 Speaker 1: this guy a rookie out of South Carolina State, which 937 00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:40,920 Speaker 1: is an FCS school. His dream was to go to Clemson, 938 00:50:41,719 --> 00:50:44,040 Speaker 1: but it just didn't work out. He's he ad minute 939 00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:47,120 Speaker 1: that he had some bad grades in high school, didn't 940 00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:50,919 Speaker 1: get into Clemson, wasn't really heavily recruited because of the academics, 941 00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:53,919 Speaker 1: ended up going to South Carolina State and basically broke 942 00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:57,560 Speaker 1: every record in the book they had, and he's shy. 943 00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:01,040 Speaker 1: He actually, ironically, the game that put him on the 944 00:51:01,160 --> 00:51:03,880 Speaker 1: radar for the Colts and the draft process was that 945 00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:07,879 Speaker 1: game against Clemson South Carolina State Clemson on the road 946 00:51:07,960 --> 00:51:11,840 Speaker 1: for South Carolina State, and in that game, Darius Spinard 947 00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:14,239 Speaker 1: had nineteen tackles, a couple of tackles for loss. He 948 00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,919 Speaker 1: was basically all over the field, similar to what he's 949 00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:19,319 Speaker 1: been doing so far in three games in his rookie year. 950 00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,480 Speaker 1: And after that game, Chris Ballard kind of followed him along, 951 00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:25,600 Speaker 1: followed him throughout the draft process, washed him in the 952 00:51:25,640 --> 00:51:29,200 Speaker 1: Senior Bowl, and he continued to flourish, continue to do well, 953 00:51:29,880 --> 00:51:31,520 Speaker 1: so much of the fact that the Colts pulled the 954 00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:34,359 Speaker 1: trigger on him in the second round, and a lot 955 00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,520 Speaker 1: of people are like, Okay, that's a lot of draft 956 00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:39,480 Speaker 1: capital for a guy that didn't play you know, major 957 00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:42,680 Speaker 1: Division one college football. But so far he's you know, 958 00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:45,520 Speaker 1: he's throwing water in all the critics, and this guy 959 00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:48,759 Speaker 1: has just been everything for the Colts so far. I 960 00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,120 Speaker 1: think he leads the NFL on tackles with forty one. 961 00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:54,000 Speaker 1: He's got three sacks, he's second in the NFL so 962 00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:57,280 Speaker 1: far and tackles for loss with six. He calls himself 963 00:51:57,320 --> 00:52:00,000 Speaker 1: the Maniac. That's the self proclaimed nickname that he'd given 964 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,440 Speaker 1: into himself, and he certainly has been just that on 965 00:52:02,440 --> 00:52:05,440 Speaker 1: the field so far. A maniac. He's got so much speed. 966 00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:08,240 Speaker 1: He's playing the will linebacker spot for the Colts on defense. 967 00:52:08,280 --> 00:52:11,760 Speaker 1: Come in right away as the starter. He's got sideline 968 00:52:11,760 --> 00:52:15,120 Speaker 1: to sidelines. Plus he loves contact. He I think is 969 00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:17,600 Speaker 1: a budding superstar and could be a Pro Bowl player 970 00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:20,280 Speaker 1: for the Colts on defense for a long time to come. 971 00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:24,000 Speaker 1: How did the light bulb go on for Margus Hunt? 972 00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:26,600 Speaker 1: What's the difference here as he's really started to make 973 00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:29,800 Speaker 1: some plays in year six. Yeah, if you talk to Margus, 974 00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:31,839 Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing for him, he says, I'm 975 00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:34,560 Speaker 1: playing a lot more right, I'm out there at the 976 00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:37,640 Speaker 1: start of the game and I'm working through the flow 977 00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:39,920 Speaker 1: of the game. Whereas the past he's kind of a 978 00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,319 Speaker 1: situational player, a role guy, where he's thrown out there 979 00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:46,000 Speaker 1: kind of cold, coming off the bench where he's not 980 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:48,560 Speaker 1: used to going up against guys. He doesn't know what 981 00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:52,840 Speaker 1: moves he can work on certain guards and tackles. He 982 00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:56,760 Speaker 1: just says, by playing more, I'm more effective. And plus 983 00:52:56,800 --> 00:52:59,840 Speaker 1: he's just been given an opportunity and he's flourished in 984 00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:02,239 Speaker 1: the opportunity. You know, he's he was at three to 985 00:53:02,280 --> 00:53:04,520 Speaker 1: four last year coming over now he's in a four 986 00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:07,000 Speaker 1: to three where I think he's more comfortable. He's just 987 00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:11,080 Speaker 1: a strong guy. He does a great job with leverage. 988 00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:14,640 Speaker 1: He unders he's a smart guy too, where he knows 989 00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:16,560 Speaker 1: how he can beat the guy, where he can beat 990 00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:19,200 Speaker 1: the guy across from him. And h yeah, I mean 991 00:53:19,239 --> 00:53:21,200 Speaker 1: a lot of people were kind of at the end 992 00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:24,920 Speaker 1: of the preseason really throwing their arms up in the 993 00:53:24,960 --> 00:53:27,000 Speaker 1: air at the Colt sand Why are you getting rid 994 00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:29,359 Speaker 1: of a guy like John Simon? Why did you keep 995 00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:32,360 Speaker 1: John Simon when he was a little bit miscast in 996 00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:35,000 Speaker 1: a four to three? You know, transitioning from a three 997 00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:39,359 Speaker 1: to four outside linebacker Marcus Hunts made everybody around here 998 00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:41,640 Speaker 1: forget about John Simon with the way that he's played 999 00:53:41,960 --> 00:53:44,440 Speaker 1: leading the NFL right now and tackles for wants. He's 1000 00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:46,919 Speaker 1: got a couple of passes knocked down. There was one 1001 00:53:46,920 --> 00:53:49,640 Speaker 1: play in Philly last week where he literally beat his 1002 00:53:49,680 --> 00:53:52,600 Speaker 1: man on the inside, kipt the ball away from Carson Wentz. 1003 00:53:52,719 --> 00:53:55,920 Speaker 1: That about ten to fifteen yards away from where he 1004 00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:58,160 Speaker 1: tipped the ball. He tracks it down and gets the 1005 00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:02,440 Speaker 1: fumble recovery between he Darius Leonard. Those guys are the 1006 00:54:02,480 --> 00:54:05,279 Speaker 1: two biggest surprises on this Colt defense, which as a 1007 00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:08,200 Speaker 1: unit has been surprising because they're a lot further along 1008 00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:11,600 Speaker 1: than we initially thought going into the season. Matt Taylor 1009 00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:14,680 Speaker 1: joining US Cults broadcaster, Matt, what about Andrew Luck? What 1010 00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:16,880 Speaker 1: are you seeing right now as he heads at the 1011 00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:19,759 Speaker 1: game four? What's hard to say because he looks so good. 1012 00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:22,400 Speaker 1: In the first game against Cincinnati, three for three hundred 1013 00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:25,600 Speaker 1: and nineteen yards, dropped back to past fifty three times, 1014 00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:28,120 Speaker 1: which was a career high. But the last two weeks 1015 00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:31,160 Speaker 1: it's been a lot of you know, shorter passes, quick 1016 00:54:31,239 --> 00:54:33,960 Speaker 1: hurried pros. And I don't know if that's a byproduct 1017 00:54:34,040 --> 00:54:37,160 Speaker 1: of who they played. You know, obviously Washington's got a 1018 00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:40,600 Speaker 1: good front with Ryan Carrigan and Preston Smith. You know, 1019 00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:43,359 Speaker 1: Philly has got Fletcher Cops. So I don't know if 1020 00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:45,800 Speaker 1: it was a game plan type of thing where they 1021 00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:47,880 Speaker 1: just couldn't take their shots down the field of t 1022 00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:50,640 Speaker 1: Y Hilton. But it hasn't been there the last two weeks. 1023 00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:53,400 Speaker 1: In fact, the Cults only have five plays this season 1024 00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:56,800 Speaker 1: in the passing game where they've gone over twenty yards 1025 00:54:56,800 --> 00:54:59,720 Speaker 1: on a completion. So they'd like to see that number 1026 00:54:59,760 --> 00:55:02,839 Speaker 1: go up. But there again coming up on Sunday. You 1027 00:55:02,840 --> 00:55:04,920 Speaker 1: guys know, the Texans have a great front, they have 1028 00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:07,360 Speaker 1: great people in the secondary. I'm not sure if the 1029 00:55:07,400 --> 00:55:09,120 Speaker 1: Colts are going to be able to take their shots 1030 00:55:09,160 --> 00:55:11,200 Speaker 1: down the field. So you know a lot of people 1031 00:55:11,239 --> 00:55:13,680 Speaker 1: around here are kind of equating that too. Well as 1032 00:55:13,719 --> 00:55:16,680 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck is the shoulders still banged up. Is that 1033 00:55:16,760 --> 00:55:18,959 Speaker 1: why he's not taking the shots down the field because 1034 00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,959 Speaker 1: he doesn't have the arm strings. I don't think those 1035 00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:26,279 Speaker 1: two things correlate. In fact, today yesterday Frank Rich and 1036 00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:29,480 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck kind of debunked that. SERI, it just hasn't 1037 00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:31,360 Speaker 1: been there. I don't think so far from the Colts 1038 00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:35,000 Speaker 1: through three weeks, but they'd like to see that improved 1039 00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:37,160 Speaker 1: take their shots down the field. Obviously, get t Y 1040 00:55:37,239 --> 00:55:40,480 Speaker 1: Hilton going. But in the meantime you still have you 1041 00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:43,600 Speaker 1: have Eric Ebron and Chester Rodgers and Rying brand over 1042 00:55:43,680 --> 00:55:45,480 Speaker 1: the middle kind of dinking and dunk on their way 1043 00:55:45,560 --> 00:55:47,719 Speaker 1: down the field. And that's what the Colts did not 1044 00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:50,200 Speaker 1: do in Philly. They didn't sustain drives and they didn't 1045 00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:52,880 Speaker 1: capitalize insight the red zone. They're gonna have to do 1046 00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:55,440 Speaker 1: that on Sunday to beat the Texans, all right. Frank 1047 00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:58,160 Speaker 1: Reich is one of the great one hit wonder villains 1048 00:55:58,200 --> 00:56:01,360 Speaker 1: in Houston sports history, and now he's coaching the cults. 1049 00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:04,000 Speaker 1: What's it like to be around Frank Reich? You know, 1050 00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:08,840 Speaker 1: Frank is such a methodical, down to business type of person, 1051 00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:12,040 Speaker 1: but he also has a wider side too, And I 1052 00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:13,960 Speaker 1: get to talk to him. I get to interview him 1053 00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:17,319 Speaker 1: a couple of times every week, and you know, when 1054 00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:20,360 Speaker 1: it's time to do the interview, he's he's all business, 1055 00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:22,759 Speaker 1: all talk, but there's also times where he kind of 1056 00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:24,720 Speaker 1: lets his hair down a little bit, so to speak, 1057 00:56:24,760 --> 00:56:28,920 Speaker 1: and enjoys some some lighthearted moments. But the guys love 1058 00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:32,000 Speaker 1: playing for him. I mean, he is his His mantra 1059 00:56:32,200 --> 00:56:35,080 Speaker 1: is obsession to finish and we have to hustle. We 1060 00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:37,040 Speaker 1: have to lead the league in passion and we have 1061 00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:39,480 Speaker 1: to lead the league and hustle and energy, and I 1062 00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:42,320 Speaker 1: think that's what you're you're seeing so far through three weeks. 1063 00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:44,640 Speaker 1: The Colts, they may not have the most talent in 1064 00:56:44,640 --> 00:56:47,640 Speaker 1: the NFL, they may not have the best players, but 1065 00:56:47,680 --> 00:56:50,960 Speaker 1: there they are. They give it everything they have every 1066 00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:54,800 Speaker 1: single play, especially on defense with Matt Eberflus, his hallmarks 1067 00:56:54,840 --> 00:56:57,160 Speaker 1: are kind of the same thing going along with Frank Bike. 1068 00:56:57,320 --> 00:57:00,479 Speaker 1: So it has been fun to see this team grow 1069 00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:03,359 Speaker 1: in a short amount of time because, like I said, 1070 00:57:03,480 --> 00:57:05,560 Speaker 1: going into the season, we had no idea how good 1071 00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:07,880 Speaker 1: the Cults were going to be, and through three weeks, 1072 00:57:07,880 --> 00:57:10,160 Speaker 1: it looks like they're going to be competitive basically the 1073 00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:14,239 Speaker 1: entire season, it would appear. Matt Taylor with US Cults broadcaster. Okay, Matt, 1074 00:57:14,280 --> 00:57:17,520 Speaker 1: you take over play by play in the preseason. What 1075 00:57:17,720 --> 00:57:20,120 Speaker 1: was it like for you when you were put into 1076 00:57:20,160 --> 00:57:22,520 Speaker 1: action that way? And I know you managed the radio 1077 00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:25,080 Speaker 1: broadcast world, but now you're in the booth calling the games. 1078 00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,120 Speaker 1: Would you have done from time to time when Bob 1079 00:57:27,200 --> 00:57:29,360 Speaker 1: Lamy was ill or whatever, but now you're the guy? 1080 00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:32,800 Speaker 1: So what was that like taking over that spot? You know? 1081 00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:35,520 Speaker 1: It was. It was obviously for me, a huge opportunity 1082 00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:38,360 Speaker 1: and something that I'm having a great deal fun with. 1083 00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:41,600 Speaker 1: But you know, with my relationship with Bob, it was 1084 00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:44,120 Speaker 1: bitter sweet because I knew how much Bob meant to me. 1085 00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:47,320 Speaker 1: I know how much I've learned from him, so to 1086 00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:49,880 Speaker 1: see him retire it was kind of bitter sweet. But 1087 00:57:51,080 --> 00:57:53,640 Speaker 1: taking the next step forward, you know, it was kind 1088 00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:56,080 Speaker 1: of okay, here we go. We really didn't have a 1089 00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:59,520 Speaker 1: lot of time to think or reminisce or reflect. We 1090 00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:02,360 Speaker 1: just had to go. I mean we had I think 1091 00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:06,200 Speaker 1: that third preseason game was two days after the retirement, 1092 00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:08,200 Speaker 1: so it was kind of a crash course thing. As 1093 00:58:08,240 --> 00:58:10,080 Speaker 1: you know, you know, Mark, you got to get ready 1094 00:58:10,080 --> 00:58:13,240 Speaker 1: to go. So it's been a great deal of fun. 1095 00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:17,640 Speaker 1: It's an opportunity that I'm so appreciative of. And yeah, 1096 00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:20,160 Speaker 1: like you said, my fingerprints are kind of all over 1097 00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:24,240 Speaker 1: Colts Radio to begin with doing the manager of radio 1098 00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:27,520 Speaker 1: production role and everything that goes with that. Now I'm 1099 00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:30,120 Speaker 1: doing the play by play, So it's fun to have 1100 00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:34,000 Speaker 1: basically all input on Colts Radio and executed the way 1101 00:58:34,320 --> 00:58:36,960 Speaker 1: you wanted to be executed. So it's a lot of 1102 00:58:36,960 --> 00:58:40,720 Speaker 1: fun to know that on game day, what people are 1103 00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:42,880 Speaker 1: hearing and how they're hearing it and in the order 1104 00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:45,960 Speaker 1: of things is basically all you. So that that's a 1105 00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,920 Speaker 1: great deal of pride for me, and I know that 1106 00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:51,400 Speaker 1: you can understand that, you can appreciate that. It's one 1107 00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:54,080 Speaker 1: more for you. How's the fan base doing in Indianapolis, 1108 00:58:54,120 --> 00:58:56,440 Speaker 1: because I know you transformed that city really into a 1109 00:58:56,480 --> 00:58:59,720 Speaker 1: football city with all the success in the last decade 1110 00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:01,640 Speaker 1: of a half. But I know you take a little 1111 00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:03,880 Speaker 1: dip and it's tough. But what do you think right 1112 00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:06,960 Speaker 1: now as far as the relationship between the fans and 1113 00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:09,400 Speaker 1: the club. It's always kind of hard to put your 1114 00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:12,800 Speaker 1: thumb on the pulse of the fan base. Like you said, 1115 00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:16,400 Speaker 1: from two thousand and nine to two fourteen, the Colts 1116 00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:20,080 Speaker 1: won five AFC style titles and they haven't won one since, 1117 00:59:20,120 --> 00:59:24,560 Speaker 1: nor have they been to the playoffs since. So anytime 1118 00:59:24,600 --> 00:59:27,480 Speaker 1: you have that much success, you know, with Pete Manning 1119 00:59:27,480 --> 00:59:30,680 Speaker 1: and Edgar and James and Marvin Harrison and you know, 1120 00:59:31,240 --> 00:59:33,560 Speaker 1: Robert Mathis and Dwight Free, I mean, those guys are 1121 00:59:33,560 --> 00:59:35,920 Speaker 1: all Ring of Honor guys in the past ten to 1122 00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:39,920 Speaker 1: fifteen years, And so when you set the bar that high. 1123 00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:43,640 Speaker 1: You know, you kind of set yourself up for some 1124 00:59:43,640 --> 00:59:46,760 Speaker 1: some grumpy fans if you're not getting twelve wins every 1125 00:59:46,800 --> 00:59:49,560 Speaker 1: year and going to the playoffs and making Super Bowl runs. 1126 00:59:50,080 --> 00:59:52,400 Speaker 1: So I think the last couple of years it's been 1127 00:59:52,440 --> 00:59:55,080 Speaker 1: a dose of reality here in Indianapolis. As far as 1128 00:59:55,520 --> 00:59:57,440 Speaker 1: you know, this is kind of like what it's like 1129 00:59:57,560 --> 01:00:01,439 Speaker 1: in every other NFL city on the norm, and so 1130 01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:04,880 Speaker 1: I think people have had a hard time adjusting to that. 1131 01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:08,040 Speaker 1: But I think things are kind of back on the 1132 01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:11,000 Speaker 1: upswing with the healthy Andrew Luck, a new head coach 1133 01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:14,520 Speaker 1: in Frank Reich, a GM like Chris Ballard that has 1134 01:00:14,520 --> 01:00:17,920 Speaker 1: a clear vision. But that said, you know, it's twenty 1135 01:00:17,960 --> 01:00:22,560 Speaker 1: eighteen and it's a win now society. Everybody wants to 1136 01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:26,520 Speaker 1: Nobody wants to live through a rebuild. Nobody who has 1137 01:00:26,600 --> 01:00:29,600 Speaker 1: the patience for a three year plan, so to speak. 1138 01:00:29,640 --> 01:00:32,080 Speaker 1: So I think that's what the Colts are hoping for 1139 01:00:32,200 --> 01:00:35,480 Speaker 1: this season is to be better record wise than a 1140 01:00:35,480 --> 01:00:38,760 Speaker 1: lot of people thought. Continue that momentum next offseason and 1141 01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:42,680 Speaker 1: the draft, continue to draft well, maybe have some pieces 1142 01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:44,880 Speaker 1: that you bring in in free agency, because the Colts 1143 01:00:44,920 --> 01:00:49,600 Speaker 1: have over seventy million dollars in cap space. Just continue 1144 01:00:49,640 --> 01:00:52,040 Speaker 1: to do what you're doing. But they're never going to 1145 01:00:52,120 --> 01:00:56,840 Speaker 1: sacrifice the winds that you can get now versus the 1146 01:00:56,880 --> 01:00:59,840 Speaker 1: plan that you have in place for years down the road. 1147 01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:04,000 Speaker 1: I think most fans understand that they are okay with that, 1148 01:01:04,600 --> 01:01:07,000 Speaker 1: but there's still a section of every fan base that 1149 01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:10,320 Speaker 1: is just so tunnel visioned on the here and the now, 1150 01:01:10,360 --> 01:01:13,320 Speaker 1: and if they're not winning every single week, they're certainly 1151 01:01:13,320 --> 01:01:15,760 Speaker 1: gonna be upset. So the culture trying to balance that. 1152 01:01:16,320 --> 01:01:20,480 Speaker 1: But you know, you, the easiest way to make the 1153 01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:23,560 Speaker 1: playoffs is to win your division games and huge games 1154 01:01:23,560 --> 01:01:26,520 Speaker 1: coming up on Sunday against Houston, and they're trying to 1155 01:01:26,520 --> 01:01:29,560 Speaker 1: take that first good step forward by beating the Texans 1156 01:01:29,560 --> 01:01:32,760 Speaker 1: again on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Great stuff from 1157 01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:35,240 Speaker 1: our buddy Matt Taylor, marsh stick around. We're gonna talk 1158 01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:38,120 Speaker 1: about this matchup on Sunday next right here in Texas Axis. 1159 01:02:29,320 --> 01:02:32,120 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Wednesday edition of Texans All Access. Man 1160 01:02:32,160 --> 01:02:34,720 Speaker 1: A week is flying by. We're here in the Unday 1161 01:02:34,760 --> 01:02:38,280 Speaker 1: Texans Radio Studio. I am John and that is Mark 1162 01:02:38,400 --> 01:02:41,480 Speaker 1: Mark Vannimer, the voice of the Houston Texans. Mark, are 1163 01:02:41,520 --> 01:02:44,280 Speaker 1: you doing, Johnny I'm doing great. I really am looking 1164 01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:46,400 Speaker 1: forward to Sunday. I mean, can we please do it 1165 01:02:46,440 --> 01:02:50,160 Speaker 1: this week? Please? Oh please get off the Schneide, break 1166 01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:53,440 Speaker 1: the seal, do whatever it takes, move the boulder, whatever 1167 01:02:53,480 --> 01:02:55,120 Speaker 1: you want to describe it as. Get a win. How 1168 01:02:55,120 --> 01:02:56,880 Speaker 1: about that? Yeah, get a win. I don't think there's 1169 01:02:56,880 --> 01:02:59,600 Speaker 1: any question. We've got to definitely do that. And it's 1170 01:02:59,640 --> 01:03:04,800 Speaker 1: in a place in which two of sixteen is that right? 1171 01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:09,240 Speaker 1: Two sixteen? This is the seventeenth one up there in Indianapolis, 1172 01:03:09,320 --> 01:03:13,200 Speaker 1: some at RCA Dome, some at Lucas Oil Stadium. They've 1173 01:03:13,200 --> 01:03:16,240 Speaker 1: been split, but what has been split is the record. 1174 01:03:16,360 --> 01:03:18,560 Speaker 1: Two wins in fifteen and sixteen. We talked about those, 1175 01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:20,960 Speaker 1: I talked about those on replay. Was it was fun 1176 01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:24,040 Speaker 1: to go back and relive those. But this is a 1177 01:03:24,040 --> 01:03:26,880 Speaker 1: different Cults team, a very different Colts team. And I 1178 01:03:26,880 --> 01:03:29,080 Speaker 1: wrote about this time I know your foe Mark in 1179 01:03:29,240 --> 01:03:33,000 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen, in particular, I remember going up there. They 1180 01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:35,880 Speaker 1: were six and six, We were six and six. Tennessee 1181 01:03:35,880 --> 01:03:39,680 Speaker 1: and Jacksonville. I mean Tennessee was flirting with it, but 1182 01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:41,880 Speaker 1: they would lose that game in Jacksonville in a couple 1183 01:03:41,960 --> 01:03:44,320 Speaker 1: of weeks. But the winner of that game was more 1184 01:03:44,320 --> 01:03:47,000 Speaker 1: than likely gonna win a division. And I remember after 1185 01:03:47,040 --> 01:03:51,000 Speaker 1: beating them, and we controlled the game throughout, even though 1186 01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:53,120 Speaker 1: it was close thing it'd be in twenty two seventeen. 1187 01:03:53,520 --> 01:03:57,240 Speaker 1: I remember thinking afterwards, this Colts team is either A 1188 01:03:58,200 --> 01:04:00,360 Speaker 1: gonna have to sink a ton of res versus in 1189 01:04:00,480 --> 01:04:02,560 Speaker 1: what they already have and take it to a different level, 1190 01:04:03,040 --> 01:04:07,120 Speaker 1: or B tear it all down, start with Luck and 1191 01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:09,200 Speaker 1: move forward and give him a couple of years and 1192 01:04:09,240 --> 01:04:11,200 Speaker 1: see what they've got. Well, they went with option B, 1193 01:04:11,840 --> 01:04:16,160 Speaker 1: and watching them, they're a completely different organizations, really completely Well, 1194 01:04:16,200 --> 01:04:18,960 Speaker 1: they've got Ballad, they've got Andrew Luck back after last 1195 01:04:19,040 --> 01:04:21,640 Speaker 1: year and last year they did take that bath. They 1196 01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:23,760 Speaker 1: did clean it all right. They did a clean house 1197 01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:26,840 Speaker 1: and kind of strip everything down. How about Margus Hunt 1198 01:04:26,880 --> 01:04:30,120 Speaker 1: making plays? He's come out of almost I would say, 1199 01:04:30,160 --> 01:04:32,720 Speaker 1: literally nowhere. But this is the Margus Hunt that everybody 1200 01:04:32,760 --> 01:04:35,840 Speaker 1: thought we were gonna get in the NFL when he 1201 01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:38,640 Speaker 1: came into the league year five. Johnny, Yeah, he's with 1202 01:04:38,720 --> 01:04:40,480 Speaker 1: Cincinnati and then he went to the Colts last year. 1203 01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:43,560 Speaker 1: And I remember last year when when Ballad was making 1204 01:04:43,560 --> 01:04:46,200 Speaker 1: a bunch of free agent signings, he signed John Simon. 1205 01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:49,200 Speaker 1: He signed Jonathan Hankins, and I remember signing Margus Hunt 1206 01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:52,840 Speaker 1: and I just remember thinking, actually, if that guy could 1207 01:04:52,840 --> 01:04:55,280 Speaker 1: do anything at all, man, he would be a really 1208 01:04:55,280 --> 01:04:57,440 Speaker 1: good fit for them. But even last year, he was 1209 01:04:57,440 --> 01:04:59,520 Speaker 1: there with him last year, but he didn't really do 1210 01:04:59,560 --> 01:05:02,960 Speaker 1: anything well. Then they switch to a four three and 1211 01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:07,120 Speaker 1: they have done. Boy, they're really good up front, and 1212 01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:09,840 Speaker 1: they're using Hunt and they kind of move him around 1213 01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:14,240 Speaker 1: and they'll play him outside some, but then he'll bump inside. 1214 01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:17,120 Speaker 1: At two nine pounds, he'll do like JJ does. He'll 1215 01:05:17,160 --> 01:05:19,440 Speaker 1: play outside and then he'll bump inside when he needs to. 1216 01:05:20,040 --> 01:05:24,680 Speaker 1: And he's a monster. He's a complete and total monster. 1217 01:05:25,000 --> 01:05:28,680 Speaker 1: It's amazing how the lights going on this late six years. 1218 01:05:28,920 --> 01:05:31,840 Speaker 1: I know this is the sixth, so it goes to 1219 01:05:31,920 --> 01:05:34,520 Speaker 1: show you and you can't wait for everybody. I get it. 1220 01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:38,760 Speaker 1: But that goes back to my whole statement about maybe 1221 01:05:38,760 --> 01:05:41,800 Speaker 1: the league needs a developmental league or a situation where 1222 01:05:41,840 --> 01:05:43,920 Speaker 1: guys can go play somewhere. You know, in basketball they 1223 01:05:43,920 --> 01:05:45,400 Speaker 1: have that. You can go play somewhere, you can go 1224 01:05:45,400 --> 01:05:47,160 Speaker 1: play in Europe or something. I'm not saying it always 1225 01:05:47,200 --> 01:05:48,840 Speaker 1: works out for these guys, but you can hone your 1226 01:05:48,880 --> 01:05:51,160 Speaker 1: game and improve your game. It's very difficult to do 1227 01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:53,840 Speaker 1: that as an NFL player. And maybe he's the rare 1228 01:05:53,880 --> 01:05:56,640 Speaker 1: exception and no one's putting him in Canton yet. As 1229 01:05:56,680 --> 01:05:59,640 Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien might say, but this guy looks like he's 1230 01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:01,640 Speaker 1: got the good He's making plays all over the place. 1231 01:06:01,800 --> 01:06:04,280 Speaker 1: This guy is a problem. And the one thing about 1232 01:06:04,320 --> 01:06:08,760 Speaker 1: watching them against both the Eagles and the Redskins is 1233 01:06:09,360 --> 01:06:13,080 Speaker 1: upfront in particular, they've got kind of a Schmorgage board 1234 01:06:13,280 --> 01:06:17,680 Speaker 1: of players. It's they've got a couple of big, three 1235 01:06:17,760 --> 01:06:20,919 Speaker 1: hundred thirty pound tanks. They've got a guy like Hunt 1236 01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:23,800 Speaker 1: who can play on the inside and the outside. They've 1237 01:06:23,840 --> 01:06:27,280 Speaker 1: got a guy that can just burn the edge like Kimocoture. 1238 01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:33,479 Speaker 1: So they've got this menagerie of players that can play 1239 01:06:33,480 --> 01:06:36,400 Speaker 1: on the defensive line, and they can play together. They 1240 01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:38,480 Speaker 1: can do a number of different things. And they just 1241 01:06:38,600 --> 01:06:40,760 Speaker 1: fly up field. They just fly up field. I mean 1242 01:06:40,800 --> 01:06:42,400 Speaker 1: it is we're coming up field and we don't care. 1243 01:06:42,440 --> 01:06:44,960 Speaker 1: We'll leave you know, we'll leave gaps and whatever. We're 1244 01:06:44,960 --> 01:06:47,919 Speaker 1: gonna create chaos in your blocking system. And they did, 1245 01:06:48,080 --> 01:06:50,480 Speaker 1: especially against the Redskins. I mean, the Redskins didn't know 1246 01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:52,200 Speaker 1: who to block. Now, the Redskins are not very good 1247 01:06:52,240 --> 01:06:55,320 Speaker 1: on the offensive line, but they do have Trent Williams. 1248 01:06:55,320 --> 01:06:58,520 Speaker 1: They do have Brandon Sheriff at least, so they're gonna 1249 01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:01,040 Speaker 1: make this one very I see for the guys up 1250 01:07:01,040 --> 01:07:04,000 Speaker 1: front for the Texans, I worry about that defensive line. 1251 01:07:04,120 --> 01:07:08,160 Speaker 1: And then Darius Leonard, who the Colts drafted in round two, 1252 01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:13,040 Speaker 1: heard this before. A rookie linebacker drafted at the top 1253 01:07:13,080 --> 01:07:16,520 Speaker 1: of the second round Day one. He takes over as 1254 01:07:16,560 --> 01:07:20,040 Speaker 1: the leader of the defense and turns into a face 1255 01:07:20,080 --> 01:07:22,280 Speaker 1: of the franchise type player. Kind of sounds like Demiko 1256 01:07:22,360 --> 01:07:25,040 Speaker 1: Ryan Ran. I was just gonna say, I mean, rookie 1257 01:07:25,160 --> 01:07:29,160 Speaker 1: from South Carolina State, he's six two, two thirty four 1258 01:07:29,640 --> 01:07:32,280 Speaker 1: and he's got arms for days. And the Texans spent 1259 01:07:32,400 --> 01:07:35,120 Speaker 1: time with him at the at the Senior Bowl. They 1260 01:07:35,160 --> 01:07:36,960 Speaker 1: coach they coached him, he was on the South squad 1261 01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:38,440 Speaker 1: and I remember watching with the Senior Well, there's a 1262 01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:41,000 Speaker 1: lot of there's a lot of hype around him because 1263 01:07:41,720 --> 01:07:45,120 Speaker 1: his dimensions are just different. He's so long armed and 1264 01:07:45,280 --> 01:07:49,160 Speaker 1: just lean but can run. And I thought, man, what 1265 01:07:49,160 --> 01:07:50,520 Speaker 1: do you do with him? Are you gonna play him 1266 01:07:50,520 --> 01:07:52,960 Speaker 1: at could some teams think about play him at safety 1267 01:07:52,960 --> 01:07:55,120 Speaker 1: as he can. What what do you do with this guy? 1268 01:07:55,760 --> 01:07:57,440 Speaker 1: And I often thought about what you would do with 1269 01:07:57,520 --> 01:07:59,400 Speaker 1: him for us, and I thought, you know, he's basically 1270 01:07:59,400 --> 01:08:03,040 Speaker 1: he's that cunning him. So I thought and I thought, 1271 01:08:03,080 --> 01:08:05,240 Speaker 1: maybe he'd get to the third round. And I think 1272 01:08:05,240 --> 01:08:06,720 Speaker 1: there was a there are a lot of teams that 1273 01:08:06,760 --> 01:08:08,520 Speaker 1: felt that way, and so the Colts felt like, Hey, 1274 01:08:08,560 --> 01:08:09,960 Speaker 1: we gotta go up and maybe get him in the 1275 01:08:09,960 --> 01:08:11,680 Speaker 1: second round. And that's why they end him getting up 1276 01:08:11,720 --> 01:08:17,400 Speaker 1: getting him so early. But he was phenomenal against the Eagles. 1277 01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:21,120 Speaker 1: I mean phenomenally at thirteen or fourteen tackles. He had 1278 01:08:21,160 --> 01:08:24,920 Speaker 1: five TFLs, he had two sacks, he broke up a pass, 1279 01:08:25,560 --> 01:08:28,760 Speaker 1: he spent phenomenal. I mean, it's the kind of day 1280 01:08:28,760 --> 01:08:31,080 Speaker 1: Demiko was putting together back in two thousand and six. 1281 01:08:31,520 --> 01:08:33,599 Speaker 1: And that's what worries. He was Rookie of the Year 1282 01:08:33,760 --> 01:08:37,920 Speaker 1: that year. Demiko was, Ah, you're making me depressed about this, Johnny. 1283 01:08:38,160 --> 01:08:41,560 Speaker 1: But what about on offense? Well that's another story for 1284 01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:43,519 Speaker 1: the cults as it is. Yeah, I told Drew, this 1285 01:08:43,560 --> 01:08:44,880 Speaker 1: is the way that I put this is the way 1286 01:08:44,880 --> 01:08:48,320 Speaker 1: I put the Colts offense. Right now, If you need seventeen, 1287 01:08:48,800 --> 01:08:53,439 Speaker 1: they'll score twenty. You need forty five, they'll score twenty. Okay, 1288 01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:55,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna score twenty or twenty one. I mean, they're 1289 01:08:55,960 --> 01:08:59,360 Speaker 1: gonna score in that range unless you give them. Unless 1290 01:08:59,400 --> 01:09:01,800 Speaker 1: you give them. Here's the depressing thing. And I always 1291 01:09:01,840 --> 01:09:04,240 Speaker 1: think twenty is the magic number in the NFL. I mean, 1292 01:09:04,280 --> 01:09:06,880 Speaker 1: if you consistently hold teams below twenty, you're gonna have 1293 01:09:06,960 --> 01:09:08,800 Speaker 1: a huge record. You know, if you can, if you 1294 01:09:08,880 --> 01:09:12,120 Speaker 1: consistently score above twenty, you're gonna have a great record. 1295 01:09:12,560 --> 01:09:14,760 Speaker 1: That's just it's the magic number in this league. And 1296 01:09:14,880 --> 01:09:17,320 Speaker 1: guess what the Texans have really not gotten there? They 1297 01:09:17,400 --> 01:09:19,959 Speaker 1: got the twenty two last week with the garbage time touchdown. 1298 01:09:20,160 --> 01:09:22,560 Speaker 1: It was a little bit more than a garbage time touchdown, 1299 01:09:22,560 --> 01:09:24,360 Speaker 1: but really, come on, you didn't have enough time to 1300 01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:26,920 Speaker 1: try an outside kicking a legitimate hail Mary's shots, so 1301 01:09:27,520 --> 01:09:29,280 Speaker 1: it turned into that for them. It's kind of like 1302 01:09:29,280 --> 01:09:34,320 Speaker 1: a backdoor touchdown. But the fact is, twenty points, twenty 1303 01:09:34,479 --> 01:09:37,200 Speaker 1: seventeen points, you know, these are these are not totals 1304 01:09:37,200 --> 01:09:38,960 Speaker 1: that are gonna get it done. These are their totals 1305 01:09:39,000 --> 01:09:41,840 Speaker 1: so far, seventeen twenty twenty two. So you're averaging less 1306 01:09:41,840 --> 01:09:44,479 Speaker 1: than twenty points per game. They can't be doing that. 1307 01:09:44,479 --> 01:09:48,439 Speaker 1: That's oswileryan can I use that as a word sort of. 1308 01:09:49,160 --> 01:09:51,320 Speaker 1: But that year they averaged seventeen and change a game. 1309 01:09:51,360 --> 01:09:53,559 Speaker 1: Now they're averaging nineteen. I mean, they got to get 1310 01:09:53,560 --> 01:09:55,040 Speaker 1: out of this. I mean, we didn't think they're gonna 1311 01:09:55,040 --> 01:09:58,120 Speaker 1: average thirty a game, but I thought twenty five. My gosh, 1312 01:09:58,320 --> 01:10:01,360 Speaker 1: if you average twenty five points per game this year, 1313 01:10:01,479 --> 01:10:03,639 Speaker 1: well you're at least two and one. And maybe because 1314 01:10:03,640 --> 01:10:06,800 Speaker 1: you scored at the opportune time, maybe you beat the Giants. Well, 1315 01:10:06,800 --> 01:10:09,360 Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen, you scored twenty three year off the bat, 1316 01:10:09,400 --> 01:10:11,559 Speaker 1: you won that game. You scored nineteen the next week, 1317 01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:13,439 Speaker 1: and you won that game because you held the Chiefs 1318 01:10:13,439 --> 01:10:15,400 Speaker 1: to twelve. You had the game at the end of 1319 01:10:15,439 --> 01:10:19,200 Speaker 1: the year where you held the Bengals to ten. You 1320 01:10:19,280 --> 01:10:21,960 Speaker 1: only scored what you scored thirteen. No, you scored twelve 1321 01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:24,040 Speaker 1: in that game, won a game twelve ten. So you 1322 01:10:24,040 --> 01:10:28,800 Speaker 1: were winning games by scoring twelve nineteen. That's you know, 1323 01:10:28,840 --> 01:10:31,120 Speaker 1: the defense hasn't gotten in that groove yet to be 1324 01:10:31,160 --> 01:10:33,320 Speaker 1: able to get there. And I say that hoping that 1325 01:10:33,360 --> 01:10:35,439 Speaker 1: they're gonna end up getting there. But I think that 1326 01:10:35,479 --> 01:10:38,240 Speaker 1: if the offense were playing better, more sustained drives, those 1327 01:10:38,280 --> 01:10:40,360 Speaker 1: point totals would be lower. I think so too. I 1328 01:10:40,360 --> 01:10:42,599 Speaker 1: think it would definitely. I think it would definitely flip. 1329 01:10:42,880 --> 01:10:44,360 Speaker 1: I think it definitely would flip. I mean, you can 1330 01:10:44,400 --> 01:10:46,679 Speaker 1: make a case that they I mean, just take away 1331 01:10:46,720 --> 01:10:48,800 Speaker 1: the dumb stuff that they've been doing well. Take away 1332 01:10:48,840 --> 01:10:51,479 Speaker 1: the turnover on the opening play from scrimmage to start 1333 01:10:51,479 --> 01:10:55,040 Speaker 1: the season, all right, take away the fake punt on 1334 01:10:55,080 --> 01:10:57,639 Speaker 1: the defense. All right, So what was that twenty points? 1335 01:10:57,640 --> 01:10:59,960 Speaker 1: So the Titans that day? Point thirteen that day? All right, 1336 01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:02,360 Speaker 1: So there you have it. And against the Giants, I mean, 1337 01:11:02,400 --> 01:11:05,800 Speaker 1: I can't excuse the defense totally, but I can tell 1338 01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:07,639 Speaker 1: you this, if the offense isn't going three and out 1339 01:11:07,640 --> 01:11:09,479 Speaker 1: all the time of the first half, the Giants don't 1340 01:11:09,479 --> 01:11:11,280 Speaker 1: even have the ball to score as many points as 1341 01:11:11,280 --> 01:11:13,599 Speaker 1: they did, what twenty by the break? They don't have 1342 01:11:13,640 --> 01:11:16,040 Speaker 1: the ball enough to score twenty by the break. So 1343 01:11:16,400 --> 01:11:19,639 Speaker 1: the offense, it's complimentary football, like Bill O'Brian keeps talking about. 1344 01:11:19,680 --> 01:11:21,880 Speaker 1: They both sides have to help each other. Obviously, the 1345 01:11:21,880 --> 01:11:23,800 Speaker 1: third phase has to play a part that was better 1346 01:11:23,800 --> 01:11:25,920 Speaker 1: against the Giants that it was against the Titans, but 1347 01:11:26,040 --> 01:11:28,160 Speaker 1: they have not put it all together, to say the least, 1348 01:11:28,280 --> 01:11:30,320 Speaker 1: and they've got to find a way to do it fast. Really, 1349 01:11:30,320 --> 01:11:32,880 Speaker 1: the closest they got was in the second half against Tennessee. 1350 01:11:32,960 --> 01:11:35,559 Speaker 1: I felt like, I mean, maybe you could say against 1351 01:11:35,560 --> 01:11:39,559 Speaker 1: the Giants, possibly, but but the offense wasn't helping out 1352 01:11:39,560 --> 01:11:42,599 Speaker 1: and gave me two turnovers in the second half, two 1353 01:11:42,600 --> 01:11:45,559 Speaker 1: turnovers that could have turned into at a minimum six points, 1354 01:11:45,960 --> 01:11:48,200 Speaker 1: at a minimum six points with the fumble and then 1355 01:11:48,200 --> 01:11:51,720 Speaker 1: of course the interception back to back drives. But mark 1356 01:11:51,760 --> 01:11:55,120 Speaker 1: to me, and it's been talked about. I look the Colts. 1357 01:11:55,280 --> 01:11:57,559 Speaker 1: I think I think the Colts are a lot better 1358 01:11:57,560 --> 01:11:59,360 Speaker 1: than people think. I mean, Vegas has them as a 1359 01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:02,000 Speaker 1: three point and that's I mean right now, I own 1360 01:12:02,080 --> 01:12:04,559 Speaker 1: three verses one and two. If you hunt the team, 1361 01:12:04,600 --> 01:12:06,759 Speaker 1: if you put the Texans, it's a three point favorite, 1362 01:12:06,760 --> 01:12:09,160 Speaker 1: all the money would come over to the Cults. So 1363 01:12:09,200 --> 01:12:10,599 Speaker 1: this is why they have to do it. They want 1364 01:12:10,600 --> 01:12:12,920 Speaker 1: to tantalize you to pick the Texans to cover or 1365 01:12:13,400 --> 01:12:15,720 Speaker 1: beat the spread. And that's how they think. And I 1366 01:12:15,720 --> 01:12:17,640 Speaker 1: don't blame them for thinking that way because the way 1367 01:12:17,680 --> 01:12:19,840 Speaker 1: the Texans have played. You figure while the Cults are 1368 01:12:19,840 --> 01:12:22,360 Speaker 1: at home, they'll make fewer mistakes. And I'm not snoozing 1369 01:12:22,439 --> 01:12:24,360 Speaker 1: on this team at all. They held the Redskins to 1370 01:12:24,439 --> 01:12:28,080 Speaker 1: nine points to back up your defensive comments. And then 1371 01:12:28,120 --> 01:12:30,479 Speaker 1: you look at the Eagles and Carson Wentz is playing 1372 01:12:30,479 --> 01:12:31,559 Speaker 1: in there at home. I know they were in the 1373 01:12:31,600 --> 01:12:34,639 Speaker 1: rain last week, but they held the Eagles to twenty 1374 01:12:34,720 --> 01:12:38,320 Speaker 1: points and they couldn't score. So this I expect. And 1375 01:12:38,680 --> 01:12:40,719 Speaker 1: I know it's only Wednesday. We're not getting into prediction 1376 01:12:40,840 --> 01:12:43,599 Speaker 1: zone here, but I expect an ugly game in the teams. 1377 01:12:43,840 --> 01:12:46,400 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be seventeen fourteen, twenty to seventeen, 1378 01:12:46,400 --> 01:12:48,639 Speaker 1: that kind of thing. And whoever doesn't make that big 1379 01:12:48,680 --> 01:12:50,760 Speaker 1: mistake or who can make one clutch play in the 1380 01:12:50,800 --> 01:12:53,120 Speaker 1: fourth quarter is going to win this game. And it's 1381 01:12:53,120 --> 01:12:55,200 Speaker 1: got to be Houston. They have to figure out a way. 1382 01:12:55,320 --> 01:12:58,479 Speaker 1: The one thing that Indianapolis has not done to your 1383 01:12:58,520 --> 01:13:03,040 Speaker 1: point is they haven't given things away. They've not given 1384 01:13:03,080 --> 01:13:06,960 Speaker 1: things away. Now Andrew had two interceptions against the Redskins. 1385 01:13:06,960 --> 01:13:08,720 Speaker 1: One was on a tip ball and the other one 1386 01:13:08,880 --> 01:13:11,680 Speaker 1: swearing Swearinger got both them, but one was off a 1387 01:13:11,680 --> 01:13:13,479 Speaker 1: tip pass and Swearinger was in the right spot and 1388 01:13:13,479 --> 01:13:16,840 Speaker 1: the other one. Swearinger just read Luck staring down a 1389 01:13:16,920 --> 01:13:18,640 Speaker 1: wide receiver. And it really was the only time that 1390 01:13:18,760 --> 01:13:21,400 Speaker 1: Andrew threw the ball, not the only time, but one 1391 01:13:21,400 --> 01:13:23,479 Speaker 1: of the few times he threw the ball beyond fifteen 1392 01:13:23,560 --> 01:13:26,160 Speaker 1: yards in a line of scrimmage, and Swearinger jumped in front. 1393 01:13:26,160 --> 01:13:28,160 Speaker 1: Lock was Luck was locked in on him. And the 1394 01:13:28,200 --> 01:13:30,680 Speaker 1: way you go offensively, when you look at them, you 1395 01:13:30,680 --> 01:13:32,800 Speaker 1: look at the running backs and you go Jordan Wilkins, 1396 01:13:32,880 --> 01:13:36,559 Speaker 1: Marlon mack nim Hines. You're like, okay, but those guys 1397 01:13:37,000 --> 01:13:40,280 Speaker 1: they can hurt you with some speed, but you go okay. Really, 1398 01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:41,760 Speaker 1: then you look at the receivers, You're like, okay, there's 1399 01:13:41,760 --> 01:13:44,120 Speaker 1: t Y Hilton. I get that. Jack Doyle didn't play 1400 01:13:44,120 --> 01:13:45,960 Speaker 1: against the Eagles, and I don't know if he'll be 1401 01:13:46,000 --> 01:13:47,640 Speaker 1: healthy to play against the Texans or not. That's a 1402 01:13:47,680 --> 01:13:51,040 Speaker 1: huge loss because Ebron is not Ibron is the Ibron 1403 01:13:51,040 --> 01:13:53,439 Speaker 1: of Detroit. He hasn't kind of turned that corner yet 1404 01:13:53,479 --> 01:13:55,400 Speaker 1: for them, and I don't know if he's going. I'm 1405 01:13:55,439 --> 01:13:58,679 Speaker 1: not snoozing on any tight end though. After last week. 1406 01:13:58,800 --> 01:14:03,679 Speaker 1: Ellison scores a top with a touchdown pass after Ingram 1407 01:14:03,760 --> 01:14:05,519 Speaker 1: left the game. No, that's true. I mean it's a 1408 01:14:05,520 --> 01:14:07,479 Speaker 1: good point. You can't I mean, you can't really sleep 1409 01:14:07,479 --> 01:14:10,719 Speaker 1: on anybody. But when you think about the skill position, 1410 01:14:10,760 --> 01:14:13,759 Speaker 1: talent you're gonna face this week versus what you faced 1411 01:14:13,920 --> 01:14:17,920 Speaker 1: last week, it's night and day different. Now when they 1412 01:14:17,960 --> 01:14:19,720 Speaker 1: were on the ball, they're gonna run behind fifty six 1413 01:14:19,880 --> 01:14:22,320 Speaker 1: and he's a dude. He's a complete and total dude. 1414 01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:25,360 Speaker 1: But you've got to be able to and what they did, 1415 01:14:25,439 --> 01:14:29,000 Speaker 1: they were just they just capitalized on shorter fields. They 1416 01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:31,840 Speaker 1: made a few plays against the Eagles, and they end 1417 01:14:31,920 --> 01:14:33,840 Speaker 1: up putting up sixteen points, and you could make an 1418 01:14:33,920 --> 01:14:35,920 Speaker 1: argument they could have won the game. And watching watching 1419 01:14:35,960 --> 01:14:37,720 Speaker 1: it back at as I'm watching it unfold, I'm like, 1420 01:14:37,760 --> 01:14:40,080 Speaker 1: I know what the result is and I see them 1421 01:14:40,120 --> 01:14:42,240 Speaker 1: take a sixteen thirteen lead, and I remember thinking up 1422 01:14:42,240 --> 01:14:44,599 Speaker 1: to that point, like, okay, they just played this close. 1423 01:14:44,640 --> 01:14:47,320 Speaker 1: They just the game really wasn't that close. The score 1424 01:14:47,400 --> 01:14:49,280 Speaker 1: was close, but what game wasn't that close? And then 1425 01:14:49,280 --> 01:14:51,360 Speaker 1: as I'm watching it, I'm like, they should have won 1426 01:14:51,400 --> 01:14:54,280 Speaker 1: this game. They should they should have beaten Eagles in Philadelphia. 1427 01:14:54,360 --> 01:14:55,920 Speaker 1: And I think a lot of it just has to 1428 01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:58,720 Speaker 1: do with a they're not beating themselves, which you would 1429 01:14:58,760 --> 01:15:01,519 Speaker 1: expect a team that's got some youth to it, which 1430 01:15:01,520 --> 01:15:03,439 Speaker 1: it does, you would expect the team to do that. 1431 01:15:03,479 --> 01:15:07,040 Speaker 1: They're not beating themselves. And defensively, they fly around and 1432 01:15:07,080 --> 01:15:09,760 Speaker 1: they keep everything in front and they just run into 1433 01:15:09,760 --> 01:15:12,320 Speaker 1: football like a bunch of madmen, and then they limit 1434 01:15:12,400 --> 01:15:14,479 Speaker 1: what you're able to do. And fifty three in the middle, 1435 01:15:15,000 --> 01:15:18,640 Speaker 1: Darius Leonard is a complete and total baller. He is 1436 01:15:19,040 --> 01:15:22,360 Speaker 1: he is the focal point of that particular defense. But 1437 01:15:22,520 --> 01:15:24,799 Speaker 1: Jabaal Sheard, who has been a thorn in our side 1438 01:15:24,800 --> 01:15:29,040 Speaker 1: for years, is continuing to make plays. You've got two 1439 01:15:29,120 --> 01:15:31,639 Speaker 1: massive dudes in the middle of Al Woods and Grover Stewart, 1440 01:15:31,680 --> 01:15:35,679 Speaker 1: and they're angry. They are they're football angry. Comico Turey 1441 01:15:35,720 --> 01:15:38,200 Speaker 1: on the edge. They're in the secondary. I don't think 1442 01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:40,200 Speaker 1: they're very good or they're Mallie Cooker in the secondary. 1443 01:15:40,240 --> 01:15:41,880 Speaker 1: But you don't have a lot of time to throw 1444 01:15:42,200 --> 01:15:46,160 Speaker 1: because you got those guys up. Yeah, and exactly with 1445 01:15:46,200 --> 01:15:51,120 Speaker 1: the Texans running the ball last week, getting virtually nothing 1446 01:15:51,120 --> 01:15:52,760 Speaker 1: on the ground front the running backs, you know, and 1447 01:15:52,800 --> 01:15:55,519 Speaker 1: it's not all their fault, obviously, you just weren't getting holes, 1448 01:15:55,520 --> 01:15:58,800 Speaker 1: you weren't blocking whatever. I mean, you have like Lamar Miller, 1449 01:15:58,960 --> 01:16:02,519 Speaker 1: one yard Perry whatever. That's just not gonna do it. 1450 01:16:02,680 --> 01:16:04,599 Speaker 1: So let's just see if they can find a way 1451 01:16:04,600 --> 01:16:06,439 Speaker 1: to run the ball a little bit better this week. 1452 01:16:06,880 --> 01:16:09,800 Speaker 1: I just want to see. I think if you can 1453 01:16:09,960 --> 01:16:12,000 Speaker 1: correct some of the things that have been happening along 1454 01:16:12,040 --> 01:16:14,120 Speaker 1: the offensive line, the pre snap stuff, you're gonna go 1455 01:16:14,120 --> 01:16:16,200 Speaker 1: a long way toward winning a game. I think if 1456 01:16:16,360 --> 01:16:19,439 Speaker 1: if the pre snap stuff was reduced by say three 1457 01:16:19,479 --> 01:16:22,360 Speaker 1: out of four, you might even win one of these games. 1458 01:16:22,400 --> 01:16:24,679 Speaker 1: That that alone might be enough. Not that they haven't 1459 01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:27,439 Speaker 1: made other mistakes, because they've made plenty, but that alone 1460 01:16:27,640 --> 01:16:31,160 Speaker 1: might be the difference between one win and zero wins 1461 01:16:31,320 --> 01:16:34,120 Speaker 1: heading up to Indie. And it's been and it's been 1462 01:16:34,160 --> 01:16:36,280 Speaker 1: in the worst spot. Not that having a false star 1463 01:16:36,360 --> 01:16:38,800 Speaker 1: penalty is good any any point in the field, but 1464 01:16:38,840 --> 01:16:41,800 Speaker 1: they're happening in the worst spot. They're happening on you know, 1465 01:16:41,880 --> 01:16:44,439 Speaker 1: third and third and goal from the five, it's happening 1466 01:16:44,479 --> 01:16:47,799 Speaker 1: on first and ten, or first and goal from the nines. 1467 01:16:47,840 --> 01:16:50,519 Speaker 1: Happening in those spots and those point blank range. You 1468 01:16:50,640 --> 01:16:53,360 Speaker 1: gotta have some points spots you can't have it. You 1469 01:16:53,360 --> 01:16:55,280 Speaker 1: can't have it anywhere it's gonna happen. From time to 1470 01:16:55,320 --> 01:16:57,519 Speaker 1: time we all agree false start whatever it's gonna happen, 1471 01:16:57,840 --> 01:17:00,280 Speaker 1: but you can't have it happened like back to back 1472 01:17:00,400 --> 01:17:02,400 Speaker 1: or down there the goal line. We talked about the 1473 01:17:02,439 --> 01:17:05,040 Speaker 1: long goal to ghost situations. They cannot afford to live 1474 01:17:05,080 --> 01:17:07,400 Speaker 1: like that. Gott to find a way. Now, it's funny 1475 01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:10,200 Speaker 1: you mentioned going to India and the record is horrible 1476 01:17:10,240 --> 01:17:13,960 Speaker 1: against the Colts seven to twenty four all times. Did 1477 01:17:14,000 --> 01:17:17,559 Speaker 1: I just say that, Oh my gosh, so bad. It's 1478 01:17:17,560 --> 01:17:19,880 Speaker 1: just so bad. It looked like the tide had changed 1479 01:17:20,200 --> 01:17:24,000 Speaker 1: last or in twenty sixteen, like you said. So in 1480 01:17:24,040 --> 01:17:26,080 Speaker 1: some ways I feel like this is a place where 1481 01:17:26,080 --> 01:17:28,040 Speaker 1: they can go get a win because based on the 1482 01:17:28,160 --> 01:17:31,040 Speaker 1: recent history of fifteen and sixteen. Yes, the team is 1483 01:17:31,080 --> 01:17:33,000 Speaker 1: so different from the fifteen team. I mean, we went 1484 01:17:33,000 --> 01:17:35,200 Speaker 1: over the numbers. It's only like thirteen fourteen guys who 1485 01:17:35,240 --> 01:17:37,759 Speaker 1: are still here from that team. It's just a terribly 1486 01:17:37,760 --> 01:17:40,960 Speaker 1: low number. So nobody remembers that. The sixteen game. You 1487 01:17:41,000 --> 01:17:42,960 Speaker 1: have a lot more people who remember that, but one 1488 01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:45,200 Speaker 1: you have Watson going up there for the first time. 1489 01:17:45,920 --> 01:17:47,960 Speaker 1: I think the Colts fans are gonna be plretty jacked up. 1490 01:17:47,960 --> 01:17:49,760 Speaker 1: It's still early in the season. I know they kind 1491 01:17:49,760 --> 01:17:52,080 Speaker 1: of abandoned the team last year, but they'll be there 1492 01:17:52,080 --> 01:17:54,519 Speaker 1: for this one. It's a divisional game. Everybody in the 1493 01:17:54,560 --> 01:17:56,760 Speaker 1: division after what happened last week still feels like they 1494 01:17:56,840 --> 01:17:58,880 Speaker 1: got a good shot. That The Cults haven't even played 1495 01:17:58,880 --> 01:18:01,360 Speaker 1: an NFC South game yet, so it's gonna be a 1496 01:18:01,400 --> 01:18:04,800 Speaker 1: wild one. A wild one in terms of action and 1497 01:18:04,880 --> 01:18:06,439 Speaker 1: drama and things like that. I don't think it's a 1498 01:18:06,439 --> 01:18:08,639 Speaker 1: wild one in terms of scoring, but I think action 1499 01:18:08,720 --> 01:18:12,479 Speaker 1: in terms of big defensive plays, maybe some weird things happening. 1500 01:18:12,520 --> 01:18:14,360 Speaker 1: It's the Texans and the Cults. I always feel like 1501 01:18:14,400 --> 01:18:18,160 Speaker 1: it's got an element of wildness to it. Hopefully at 1502 01:18:18,160 --> 01:18:20,879 Speaker 1: the end, it's just the Gator is eating the Texans. 1503 01:18:21,280 --> 01:18:23,400 Speaker 1: And if you know math, you know what I'm talking about, Mark, 1504 01:18:23,439 --> 01:18:26,240 Speaker 1: appreciate it. The Gator is eating the Texans. You ever 1505 01:18:26,320 --> 01:18:29,080 Speaker 1: do less than greater? Then oh yeah, yeah, yeah, the 1506 01:18:29,160 --> 01:18:32,120 Speaker 1: Gator always needed an explanation on that, all right, Thanks, 1507 01:18:32,200 --> 01:18:34,839 Speaker 1: Jenning happens just sitting over here doing on math lessons. 1508 01:18:34,840 --> 01:18:37,320 Speaker 1: That's all I'm doing tonight on Texans All Access coming 1509 01:18:37,360 --> 01:18:41,120 Speaker 1: up next, it's our radio partner, Andre Ware on Texans 1510 01:18:41,160 --> 01:20:06,960 Speaker 1: All Access is the right where you are the easton 1511 01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:09,479 Speaker 1: Texans water Burger and the Houston Food Bank or team 1512 01:20:09,479 --> 01:20:11,840 Speaker 1: you have to help them take on their toughest opponent ever, 1513 01:20:12,080 --> 01:20:14,880 Speaker 1: Houston area Hunger. Just donate a dollar the next time 1514 01:20:14,920 --> 01:20:17,000 Speaker 1: you're in an area of Waterburger, and that dollar will 1515 01:20:17,040 --> 01:20:19,120 Speaker 1: go to help the Houston Food Bank feed eight hundred 1516 01:20:19,160 --> 01:20:22,080 Speaker 1: thousand of our community neighbors each year. And you'll even 1517 01:20:22,080 --> 01:20:24,280 Speaker 1: get a coupon for a free water Burger with a 1518 01:20:24,360 --> 01:20:27,680 Speaker 1: purchase of a thirty two ounce drink and medium fry 1519 01:20:27,720 --> 01:20:30,479 Speaker 1: for every buck that you give. So from now until 1520 01:20:30,520 --> 01:20:32,920 Speaker 1: October eighth, give a buck and be a part of 1521 01:20:32,920 --> 01:20:36,200 Speaker 1: the team that's wiping out hunger in Houston. All Right, 1522 01:20:36,240 --> 01:20:39,320 Speaker 1: it's close down this show the right and proper way, 1523 01:20:39,360 --> 01:20:42,240 Speaker 1: and that's what our good buddy Andre were Mark. Take 1524 01:20:42,280 --> 01:20:46,000 Speaker 1: it away, Dre. Here we go week four and the 1525 01:20:46,040 --> 01:20:49,519 Speaker 1: Texans desperate for victory, and take me through this. You've 1526 01:20:49,520 --> 01:20:52,080 Speaker 1: been on some really successful teams and on some teams 1527 01:20:52,080 --> 01:20:54,640 Speaker 1: that have struggled as well. What's the mindset right here? 1528 01:20:54,640 --> 01:20:57,479 Speaker 1: It's still very early in the season, but no wins 1529 01:20:57,520 --> 01:21:01,400 Speaker 1: to show for their work. Well. I remember playing for 1530 01:21:01,479 --> 01:21:04,720 Speaker 1: Coach Party and one of the main things that he 1531 01:21:04,760 --> 01:21:07,759 Speaker 1: always concentrated on and talked to us about, no matter 1532 01:21:08,200 --> 01:21:11,160 Speaker 1: if it were before the season or at some point 1533 01:21:11,280 --> 01:21:16,240 Speaker 1: during the year, he always stressed winning streaks and successful 1534 01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:21,599 Speaker 1: seasons are stringing wins together and creating winning streaks, so 1535 01:21:21,640 --> 01:21:24,320 Speaker 1: that that would be the first thing as a player 1536 01:21:24,400 --> 01:21:27,320 Speaker 1: that you concentrate on his pace, Let's get the first one. 1537 01:21:27,360 --> 01:21:31,120 Speaker 1: We can't get to six before we get the first one. 1538 01:21:31,160 --> 01:21:35,559 Speaker 1: So it's literally become a one game season every week 1539 01:21:36,400 --> 01:21:39,840 Speaker 1: for the Texans. As you're sitting in those uniforms, it's 1540 01:21:39,920 --> 01:21:43,920 Speaker 1: just one week at a time, one opponent at a time. 1541 01:21:43,960 --> 01:21:47,080 Speaker 1: I know it sounds like a cliche, but you can't 1542 01:21:47,120 --> 01:21:50,320 Speaker 1: look ahead, and this is as tough of an opponent 1543 01:21:50,400 --> 01:21:54,400 Speaker 1: that you face because of the challenge is that every 1544 01:21:54,479 --> 01:21:59,439 Speaker 1: team for sixteen years essentially as face going into this building. 1545 01:22:00,560 --> 01:22:02,839 Speaker 1: You know, Andrea, I think with the Cults, it's weird 1546 01:22:02,920 --> 01:22:05,120 Speaker 1: because for so many years they had Peyton Manning and 1547 01:22:05,120 --> 01:22:06,920 Speaker 1: then Andrew Luck, and of course they were going to 1548 01:22:07,000 --> 01:22:10,040 Speaker 1: be tough to beat with those guys. But last year 1549 01:22:10,120 --> 01:22:13,599 Speaker 1: Jacobe Brissette won two straight against the Texans. Go back 1550 01:22:13,640 --> 01:22:18,200 Speaker 1: to twenty eleven dan Orlovsky in Week sixteen beating the 1551 01:22:18,240 --> 01:22:21,240 Speaker 1: Texans in a primetime game. I mean, this team seems 1552 01:22:21,280 --> 01:22:24,120 Speaker 1: to have the Texans number over time, and they got 1553 01:22:24,120 --> 01:22:26,000 Speaker 1: to find a way to get over the hump this weekend. 1554 01:22:26,240 --> 01:22:28,160 Speaker 1: Is there something to that a team having the other 1555 01:22:28,200 --> 01:22:31,800 Speaker 1: team's number, even though the players change, well, I think 1556 01:22:31,840 --> 01:22:36,639 Speaker 1: a lot changed really because you know, not only players changed, 1557 01:22:36,720 --> 01:22:39,679 Speaker 1: and you know, they were so dominant well in terms 1558 01:22:39,680 --> 01:22:41,559 Speaker 1: of being able to get to the quarterback in the 1559 01:22:41,600 --> 01:22:46,480 Speaker 1: early years, and now the coaching staffs changed. The philosophy 1560 01:22:46,560 --> 01:22:51,000 Speaker 1: both on offense as well as defense has changed, and 1561 01:22:51,080 --> 01:22:53,120 Speaker 1: so a lot of things have changed. I don't I 1562 01:22:53,160 --> 01:22:56,920 Speaker 1: don't think it's just a franchise or a team having 1563 01:22:57,479 --> 01:23:00,800 Speaker 1: one team. You know, one guy's number for you know 1564 01:23:00,880 --> 01:23:04,000 Speaker 1: this year or that year. It's just you have to 1565 01:23:04,040 --> 01:23:06,960 Speaker 1: put those things behind you. This is a new team, 1566 01:23:07,000 --> 01:23:11,439 Speaker 1: excuse me, in twenty eighteen, and it's different than the 1567 01:23:11,479 --> 01:23:15,120 Speaker 1: bunch that you tried it out against in twenty seventeen, 1568 01:23:15,200 --> 01:23:17,720 Speaker 1: and so it's a younger team. That seems as though 1569 01:23:17,720 --> 01:23:21,280 Speaker 1: the Colts have gone to that approach, as they still 1570 01:23:21,360 --> 01:23:24,120 Speaker 1: keep some key components as they try to get a 1571 01:23:24,160 --> 01:23:28,800 Speaker 1: little bit younger, but it's a talented group as well. 1572 01:23:29,000 --> 01:23:31,600 Speaker 1: You know, Nate Harrison, for instance, is only in his 1573 01:23:31,720 --> 01:23:35,599 Speaker 1: second year in a fifth round corner out of Temple, 1574 01:23:36,200 --> 01:23:38,519 Speaker 1: as well as Quincy Wilson and Kenny Moore on the 1575 01:23:38,520 --> 01:23:41,720 Speaker 1: other side, are both second year players in their secondary. 1576 01:23:41,800 --> 01:23:47,680 Speaker 1: But they're young, but they are tremendously talented, talented players 1577 01:23:47,720 --> 01:23:50,479 Speaker 1: that you just got to kind of get get a 1578 01:23:50,520 --> 01:23:53,240 Speaker 1: beat on, so to speak. What are's seeing in Andrew Luck. 1579 01:23:53,280 --> 01:23:55,920 Speaker 1: He's not lighting it up yet, He's got all the talent, 1580 01:23:55,960 --> 01:23:58,120 Speaker 1: but he's coming back from the injury. So what do 1581 01:23:58,160 --> 01:24:01,760 Speaker 1: you think so far in his come back? I'll tell 1582 01:24:01,760 --> 01:24:03,880 Speaker 1: you this, A lot of guys around the league would 1583 01:24:03,880 --> 01:24:07,240 Speaker 1: be like love to be sixty eight percent, five touchdowns, 1584 01:24:07,240 --> 01:24:10,760 Speaker 1: three picks and about six hundred and sixty two yards. 1585 01:24:10,800 --> 01:24:13,559 Speaker 1: A lot of guys would would take those stats right now. 1586 01:24:13,640 --> 01:24:16,960 Speaker 1: And we're not seeing his best football. I hope we 1587 01:24:17,000 --> 01:24:21,519 Speaker 1: don't see his best football this weekend. But I'm a note. 1588 01:24:21,560 --> 01:24:23,920 Speaker 1: I'm an Andrew Luck fan. I know him personally. I 1589 01:24:24,000 --> 01:24:27,760 Speaker 1: know I'm really good friends with his dad, Oliver, who 1590 01:24:27,840 --> 01:24:30,720 Speaker 1: we've spent a lot of mornings having breakfast together here 1591 01:24:30,760 --> 01:24:33,400 Speaker 1: in the city of Houston. So I'm always rooting for 1592 01:24:33,439 --> 01:24:36,360 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck to play well, maybe just not well enough 1593 01:24:36,400 --> 01:24:39,439 Speaker 1: this week to beat the Texans. But you can't help 1594 01:24:39,520 --> 01:24:42,639 Speaker 1: but be a fan of his because of the human being. 1595 01:24:43,120 --> 01:24:46,680 Speaker 1: But he's coming back. Obviously there was a little bit 1596 01:24:46,720 --> 01:24:50,760 Speaker 1: more to that injury than the Colts led on. But 1597 01:24:51,360 --> 01:24:53,519 Speaker 1: you don't see it when you watch the film that 1598 01:24:53,600 --> 01:24:57,639 Speaker 1: he's struggling in any any manner. The arm strength seems 1599 01:24:57,680 --> 01:25:01,120 Speaker 1: to be there. He can make all the throws. He's 1600 01:25:01,240 --> 01:25:04,640 Speaker 1: extremely accurate, and he's a mobile guy as well. You 1601 01:25:04,720 --> 01:25:07,760 Speaker 1: forget that porson or that part of his game. When 1602 01:25:07,800 --> 01:25:10,760 Speaker 1: things break down up front, he can create with his 1603 01:25:10,920 --> 01:25:14,680 Speaker 1: leg whether he is scrambling to throw or scrambling to 1604 01:25:14,720 --> 01:25:17,439 Speaker 1: pick up first down and then getting himself down and 1605 01:25:17,479 --> 01:25:21,679 Speaker 1: protecting himself. But there is nothing wrong with Andrew Luck 1606 01:25:21,720 --> 01:25:26,000 Speaker 1: as he just starts, I would guess restarts his career 1607 01:25:26,040 --> 01:25:30,400 Speaker 1: in Indianapolis. Andre were joining us on Texans Radio. So 1608 01:25:30,600 --> 01:25:34,360 Speaker 1: dre the priest snap stuff, the penalties the Texans are 1609 01:25:34,400 --> 01:25:38,120 Speaker 1: having on the offensive line, What is the remedy there? 1610 01:25:38,160 --> 01:25:41,759 Speaker 1: How can they correct that? I think the first, first 1611 01:25:41,760 --> 01:25:44,200 Speaker 1: and foremost to get the ball up when you look 1612 01:25:44,240 --> 01:25:46,599 Speaker 1: at it. Now that you can back and you watch 1613 01:25:46,680 --> 01:25:50,280 Speaker 1: the film, you can point to a couple of different things, 1614 01:25:50,320 --> 01:25:52,599 Speaker 1: and you know, every once in a while, the guy's 1615 01:25:52,600 --> 01:25:55,800 Speaker 1: gonna jump, especially if if it's on the road. But 1616 01:25:55,960 --> 01:26:00,559 Speaker 1: if you see more than one offensive line and moving 1617 01:26:01,160 --> 01:26:03,360 Speaker 1: and it's not just one, he just happens to be 1618 01:26:03,400 --> 01:26:06,040 Speaker 1: the guy they call or throw the flag and call 1619 01:26:06,160 --> 01:26:10,200 Speaker 1: for the false start. They're multiple guys moving that that 1620 01:26:10,320 --> 01:26:12,280 Speaker 1: lets me know the center's not getting the ball up. 1621 01:26:12,280 --> 01:26:14,320 Speaker 1: And I don't know if you remember you and I 1622 01:26:14,479 --> 01:26:17,479 Speaker 1: visiting before the game, I said, this is going to be, uh, 1623 01:26:17,720 --> 01:26:21,599 Speaker 1: maybe Nick Martin's toughest game of his career because he 1624 01:26:21,720 --> 01:26:25,080 Speaker 1: is playing against an all pro in Harrison who's going 1625 01:26:25,120 --> 01:26:27,920 Speaker 1: to be right over his nose all all game long. 1626 01:26:27,960 --> 01:26:31,120 Speaker 1: And I know personally how hard that is for a 1627 01:26:31,240 --> 01:26:34,200 Speaker 1: center to have a guy that's big and strong, hard 1628 01:26:34,240 --> 01:26:37,880 Speaker 1: to move, and it's a good pass rusher who's right 1629 01:26:37,920 --> 01:26:42,200 Speaker 1: over your center's face every single snap. It's frustrated, and 1630 01:26:42,280 --> 01:26:45,600 Speaker 1: so you know, you start to flinch or you start to, 1631 01:26:46,040 --> 01:26:48,360 Speaker 1: you know, sit back a little bit longer than maybe 1632 01:26:48,360 --> 01:26:50,559 Speaker 1: you need to that snap, the ball's not coming up 1633 01:26:50,920 --> 01:26:53,680 Speaker 1: quite as fast, but those are those. That's where I 1634 01:26:53,720 --> 01:26:57,120 Speaker 1: would start right there as making sure that when the 1635 01:26:57,160 --> 01:27:00,799 Speaker 1: snap counts being called, everybody's getting all on the football, 1636 01:27:00,920 --> 01:27:04,240 Speaker 1: including the guy that's napping it. Well, Dre, you gave 1637 01:27:04,320 --> 01:27:08,519 Speaker 1: Andrew lux numbers earlier. Deshaun Watson. When you look at 1638 01:27:08,560 --> 01:27:10,640 Speaker 1: his numbers, it's not too bad really. You know, he 1639 01:27:10,680 --> 01:27:13,719 Speaker 1: has five tds, three picks, eight hundred and seventy one yards, 1640 01:27:13,720 --> 01:27:16,120 Speaker 1: throws for three hundred and each of the last two games, 1641 01:27:16,200 --> 01:27:19,840 Speaker 1: quarterback rating around ninety. But what are you thinking here, 1642 01:27:20,200 --> 01:27:22,800 Speaker 1: year two, week four? Where do you want to see 1643 01:27:22,840 --> 01:27:25,280 Speaker 1: continued improvement? What do you want to see out of 1644 01:27:25,320 --> 01:27:28,000 Speaker 1: him against the Colts? Yeah, I would love to see 1645 01:27:28,000 --> 01:27:31,400 Speaker 1: that that completion percentage get itself up above you know, 1646 01:27:31,479 --> 01:27:33,880 Speaker 1: at least sixty three percent or so, and then the 1647 01:27:33,920 --> 01:27:37,040 Speaker 1: interceptions go down. But you know, you ask for those things, 1648 01:27:37,880 --> 01:27:42,040 Speaker 1: but yet in the same breath you would ask for Okay, 1649 01:27:42,040 --> 01:27:43,960 Speaker 1: I would like to see them push the ball down 1650 01:27:43,960 --> 01:27:45,760 Speaker 1: the field a little more. Well, that's what he does, 1651 01:27:45,920 --> 01:27:47,880 Speaker 1: and that's going to lead to it maybe a little 1652 01:27:47,880 --> 01:27:51,880 Speaker 1: bit lower completion percentage. You want to see him attack 1653 01:27:51,960 --> 01:27:55,280 Speaker 1: the end zone. Okay, he's doing that, but you want 1654 01:27:55,320 --> 01:27:58,040 Speaker 1: maybe just in a little bit different sense where it's 1655 01:27:58,080 --> 01:28:01,240 Speaker 1: not into double coverage and find a single receiver or 1656 01:28:01,240 --> 01:28:03,360 Speaker 1: a guy that's singled up and push it into the 1657 01:28:03,479 --> 01:28:06,120 Speaker 1: end zone, because as we know, all three interceptions have 1658 01:28:06,240 --> 01:28:09,679 Speaker 1: taken place in the end zone when he's on the attack. 1659 01:28:10,080 --> 01:28:13,599 Speaker 1: It just happens to be. One was one a heck 1660 01:28:13,600 --> 01:28:16,000 Speaker 1: of a play by the defender, and the other was 1661 01:28:16,040 --> 01:28:18,240 Speaker 1: obviously a second one that I remember off the top 1662 01:28:18,240 --> 01:28:20,920 Speaker 1: of my head in the double coverage, which you just 1663 01:28:21,000 --> 01:28:23,880 Speaker 1: can't have. So he can clean some things up. I 1664 01:28:23,880 --> 01:28:26,479 Speaker 1: think he's he's he's every bit of the player we 1665 01:28:26,520 --> 01:28:30,120 Speaker 1: all thought he was and his and you know, there's 1666 01:28:30,160 --> 01:28:34,080 Speaker 1: some unfair criticism that's going on there when you've got 1667 01:28:34,120 --> 01:28:37,080 Speaker 1: some things going on up front that's beyond his control, 1668 01:28:38,240 --> 01:28:41,880 Speaker 1: I'd like in it. A few years ago, the Oklahoma 1669 01:28:41,920 --> 01:28:44,960 Speaker 1: Sooners had a bunch of skilled position players coming back, 1670 01:28:45,560 --> 01:28:49,040 Speaker 1: but only one offensive lineman were back, and it took 1671 01:28:49,120 --> 01:28:52,080 Speaker 1: him a long time to fix things up front, and 1672 01:28:52,120 --> 01:28:55,519 Speaker 1: it didn't matter that Sam Bradford was arguably the most 1673 01:28:55,560 --> 01:28:59,120 Speaker 1: talented passer in the country. They couldn't protect him. Therefore, 1674 01:28:59,200 --> 01:29:02,439 Speaker 1: you can't get ball to scale position players when things 1675 01:29:02,560 --> 01:29:05,760 Speaker 1: up front aren't clicking the way you want them too, 1676 01:29:05,800 --> 01:29:08,200 Speaker 1: So that needs to be cleaned up. I think once 1677 01:29:08,240 --> 01:29:11,439 Speaker 1: they get in sync upfront, you're going to see a 1678 01:29:11,479 --> 01:29:14,840 Speaker 1: better version of Desohn Watson. What about the defense, How 1679 01:29:14,840 --> 01:29:17,920 Speaker 1: do they get more consistency because first half last week 1680 01:29:18,160 --> 01:29:20,599 Speaker 1: they allowed for scoring drive, second half they locked out 1681 01:29:20,640 --> 01:29:22,200 Speaker 1: for a long time, but then the big drive at 1682 01:29:22,240 --> 01:29:24,400 Speaker 1: the end of the game, and that was a similar 1683 01:29:24,520 --> 01:29:27,680 Speaker 1: sort of performance to what they saw at Tennessee the 1684 01:29:27,720 --> 01:29:30,080 Speaker 1: week before. Now they go back out on the road 1685 01:29:30,120 --> 01:29:32,280 Speaker 1: and you're facing, like you said, Andrew Luck, it's kind 1686 01:29:32,320 --> 01:29:35,000 Speaker 1: of a wild card because what he does this Sunday 1687 01:29:35,080 --> 01:29:36,680 Speaker 1: might be a whole lot better than what he's been 1688 01:29:36,720 --> 01:29:39,400 Speaker 1: doing so far because he's on the comeback trail. So 1689 01:29:39,439 --> 01:29:42,200 Speaker 1: what do you think going in? Yeah, they were so 1690 01:29:42,320 --> 01:29:44,960 Speaker 1: good against the run and have been for a while, 1691 01:29:45,040 --> 01:29:46,760 Speaker 1: but then all of a sudden, there was a dip 1692 01:29:47,280 --> 01:29:50,639 Speaker 1: with what the Giants were able to accomplish. I think 1693 01:29:50,640 --> 01:29:54,599 Speaker 1: they came into the game averaging just right around seventy 1694 01:29:54,640 --> 01:29:58,400 Speaker 1: four yards and they went obviously well over that. In 1695 01:29:58,439 --> 01:30:01,719 Speaker 1: that ballgame. The Colts come in averaging about eighty two 1696 01:30:02,200 --> 01:30:05,240 Speaker 1: or so, and you can't allow that to happen and 1697 01:30:05,320 --> 01:30:08,679 Speaker 1: that's where you where this starts. First, we get so 1698 01:30:08,720 --> 01:30:12,040 Speaker 1: caught up in the sacks and blowing up the field, 1699 01:30:12,040 --> 01:30:16,120 Speaker 1: and that you put stress on a number of other 1700 01:30:16,240 --> 01:30:20,880 Speaker 1: players the scheme itself when you don't stop the run first, 1701 01:30:21,280 --> 01:30:23,840 Speaker 1: and that's where it all starts. In the NFL. If 1702 01:30:23,840 --> 01:30:26,720 Speaker 1: you allow teams to run the football, they're going to 1703 01:30:26,760 --> 01:30:31,160 Speaker 1: have success. And so they're stopping the run first and foremost, 1704 01:30:31,320 --> 01:30:34,240 Speaker 1: especially on the early downs. And then i'd go to 1705 01:30:34,320 --> 01:30:36,760 Speaker 1: third downs. You've got to be better than seventeenth in 1706 01:30:36,800 --> 01:30:40,559 Speaker 1: the league at thirty eight percent in getting off the 1707 01:30:40,600 --> 01:30:43,240 Speaker 1: field on third downs. Those are the drives that continue. 1708 01:30:43,560 --> 01:30:45,960 Speaker 1: Those are drives that end up leading to some type 1709 01:30:45,960 --> 01:30:48,720 Speaker 1: of scores that go on the scoreboard. So those are 1710 01:30:48,760 --> 01:30:51,320 Speaker 1: two areas I would clean up right away, stopping the 1711 01:30:51,400 --> 01:30:53,200 Speaker 1: run and then getting off the field on third down. 1712 01:30:53,360 --> 01:30:56,880 Speaker 1: All right, what's happening in college this week? With you 1713 01:30:57,000 --> 01:31:00,880 Speaker 1: going up to one an area that you're familiar with 1714 01:31:01,000 --> 01:31:04,120 Speaker 1: in the Boston area, going to see Boston and Temple. 1715 01:31:04,200 --> 01:31:07,280 Speaker 1: Who is Temple's actually knocked off some a couple of 1716 01:31:07,280 --> 01:31:10,479 Speaker 1: pretty good teams in last last two weeks. They've knocked 1717 01:31:10,520 --> 01:31:13,800 Speaker 1: off Maryland and then they beat Tulsa last week. So 1718 01:31:13,880 --> 01:31:17,040 Speaker 1: they are firing on all cylinders as they go into 1719 01:31:17,160 --> 01:31:20,160 Speaker 1: to Boston College to face arguably one of the better 1720 01:31:20,200 --> 01:31:22,880 Speaker 1: backs in the entire nation in aj Dillon. So this 1721 01:31:22,960 --> 01:31:26,559 Speaker 1: is one that two totally different styles and ways of 1722 01:31:26,600 --> 01:31:31,679 Speaker 1: getting it done. Once more open and spread and flinging 1723 01:31:31,720 --> 01:31:34,800 Speaker 1: it around. The other is more old school and wanting 1724 01:31:34,800 --> 01:31:38,080 Speaker 1: to control the game with a running game. So two 1725 01:31:38,120 --> 01:31:40,880 Speaker 1: ways of doing it. I'm anxious to see it. And 1726 01:31:40,920 --> 01:31:43,280 Speaker 1: then I think I'm going to take in a Red 1727 01:31:43,320 --> 01:31:47,040 Speaker 1: Sox Yankees game when I get there on Friday night, 1728 01:31:47,160 --> 01:31:50,479 Speaker 1: before before I even get to put any football business. 1729 01:31:50,800 --> 01:31:52,680 Speaker 1: That is a good idea. You know. If it were 1730 01:31:52,760 --> 01:31:55,479 Speaker 1: later in the season, I would say college hockey. Have 1731 01:31:55,560 --> 01:31:58,120 Speaker 1: you ever been to a college hockey game? I've been 1732 01:31:58,160 --> 01:32:02,479 Speaker 1: the one high hockey game period. That's what I do. 1733 01:32:02,720 --> 01:32:06,200 Speaker 1: Also knows that it's better to go than it is 1734 01:32:06,240 --> 01:32:09,599 Speaker 1: to watch it on TV because all the action takes 1735 01:32:09,600 --> 01:32:12,400 Speaker 1: place behind the puck. So if I ever get the opportunity, 1736 01:32:12,479 --> 01:32:15,760 Speaker 1: certainly to do that, I'm gonna do it. Awesome, all right, 1737 01:32:15,840 --> 01:32:18,760 Speaker 1: dre Well, we'll see an indie on Sunday, Safe travels. 1738 01:32:18,760 --> 01:32:21,160 Speaker 1: We look forward to it. Awesome looking forward to this 1739 01:32:21,200 --> 01:32:24,760 Speaker 1: one man, there is the man Andre where our game 1740 01:32:24,800 --> 01:32:27,519 Speaker 1: analysts will be in a BC checking out the BC Eagles. 1741 01:32:27,560 --> 01:32:30,080 Speaker 1: Tough loss for them last week to Purdue, but aj 1742 01:32:30,240 --> 01:32:34,600 Speaker 1: Dillon dude, total complete dude. A lot of people to 1743 01:32:34,720 --> 01:32:38,280 Speaker 1: thank for this evening show. Andrew Walker of Colts dot 1744 01:32:38,280 --> 01:32:41,439 Speaker 1: Com and of course DPC. Gotta think my man Russell Baxter, 1745 01:32:41,680 --> 01:32:45,559 Speaker 1: Gotta think Mark Vandomir, of course gotta think Matt Taylor, 1746 01:32:45,600 --> 01:32:48,680 Speaker 1: the play by play voice for the Indianapolis Colts, and 1747 01:32:48,800 --> 01:32:52,479 Speaker 1: of course our buddy Andre Ware for stopping bias but 1748 01:32:52,640 --> 01:32:54,840 Speaker 1: jam packs show. Hope you guys enjoyed it. We'll see 1749 01:32:54,800 --> 01:36:13,800 Speaker 1: you tomorrow everybody, and as always, go Texans,