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Speaker 1: Here's the show. What is up? Everybody? Welcome in Texans

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Speaker 1: Fans everywhere, Welcome into Texans All Access from Monday Texans

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Speaker 1: Radio Studio. I am your host, as I am each

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Speaker 1: and every Wednesday, John Harris, football Analyst, sideline reporter for

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Speaker 1: your Houston Texans. You're eight and five Houston Texans who

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Speaker 1: have got a massive game on Sunday in Nashville taking

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Speaker 1: Eight and five and really have turned it around since

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Speaker 1: at a time. Chiefs knock them out, Raiders last week

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Speaker 1: knock them out. They have been a juggernaut at home

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Speaker 1: seven on seven or you know, and sometimes eight against

426
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Speaker 1: eight where they can they can play man and man.

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Speaker 1: They want to play smash mouth football. When they face

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Speaker 1: teams that will spread them out, that's when they're going

429
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Speaker 1: to have trouble because they want to stay in their

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Speaker 1: base defenses and keep big linebackers on the field. It's

431
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Speaker 1: matchup problems everywhere. Teams with tight ends, teams with quick

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Speaker 1: running backs, teams with slot receivers matched against linebackers, they

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Speaker 1: can beat them in zone coverage. That's going to cause

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Speaker 1: some problems for the Patriots. I think for the first

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Speaker 1: time in a very very very long time, there's some

436
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Speaker 1: doubt that's created, and on both sides of the ball

437
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Speaker 1: for what I just described, and with term within the

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Speaker 1: offense and Tom Brady because the weapons just aren't there.

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Speaker 1: It may be young talent that hasn't developed the chemistry

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Speaker 1: with Tom Brady yet, or just the lack of talent

441
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Speaker 1: as a whole. There's no really go to receiver other

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Speaker 1: than Julian Edelman James White out of the backfield. You

443
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Speaker 1: could take those components away, and then where are you

444
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:31,399
Speaker 1: when those younger players aren't making plays on a consistent basis.

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Speaker 1: I think there's a little bit of doubt that seats

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Speaker 1: into New England. For the first time in a long

447
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Speaker 1: long time. Andre We are joining us. Andre We don't

448
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Speaker 1: have time to get into all the matchups this week,

449
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Speaker 1: but one that's interesting. If the Texans are lucky enough

450
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Speaker 1: to be playing in January, they could meet up with

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Speaker 1: the Steelers or possibly the Buffalo Bills, and those two

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Speaker 1: teams will meet on Sunday night, which I think is

453
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Speaker 1: a good matchup. Deflitine Hodges playing pretty well for Pittsburgh

454
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Speaker 1: right now, and Buffalo obviously with all that defense and

455
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Speaker 1: Josh Allen sort of come of age. Yeah. With the Steelers,

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Speaker 1: I think it's the best coaching that Mike Tomlin has

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Speaker 1: ever done with what they have, the injuries that have

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Speaker 1: taken place on that team. Inconsistency. You're starting a quarterback,

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Speaker 1: a rookie quarterback at that that has won three in

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Speaker 1: a row, and then a defense that has been marred

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Speaker 1: by injuries, so on and so forth, suspensions, You throw

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Speaker 1: that into the mix, and yet he just continues to

463
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Speaker 1: win football games the guys, in my mind, one of

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Speaker 1: the better coaches in the entire league, and as a mentioned,

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Speaker 1: the best job that he's done. You factor that in

466
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Speaker 1: against Buffalo, who's got a young, talented football team. I

467
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Speaker 1: think Josh Allen is really going to be a star

468
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Speaker 1: in this league for years to come. A mobile quarterback

469
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Speaker 1: is a good mix of just kind of hard nosed

470
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Speaker 1: football facing off with those two teams playing you can

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Speaker 1: I think you flip a coin as to who wins

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Speaker 1: that football game. All right, so you're going to New

473
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Speaker 1: York for the Heisman Trophy ceremony before the game name

474
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Speaker 1: with the Texans and the Titans on Sunday, and give

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Speaker 1: me an idea. I know it's a fraternity, but and

476
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Speaker 1: I know that you like all the guys or whatever,

477
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Speaker 1: but give me a couple of guys that you really

478
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Speaker 1: enjoy seeing that stand out to you when you're able

479
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:13,960
Speaker 1: to get back to New York or go to any

480
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Speaker 1: of these Heisman type reunion events. Yeah, I mean you

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Speaker 1: enjoy spending time with with with each and every one

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Speaker 1: of them. But you know Desmond who I have the

483
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Speaker 1: luxury of working with and at EDDIESPN, we're really close.

484
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Speaker 1: George Rogers who anytime there's a golf course close around

485
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Speaker 1: and we've both got our golf bags, we're gonna stick

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Speaker 1: a tea in the ground and tea it off, tea

487
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Speaker 1: off and play some golf. Tony Dorset because I grew

488
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Speaker 1: up really idolizing not the cowboys so much, but just

489
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Speaker 1: him as a player and was always in awe of him. Uh.

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Speaker 1: There there's so many others that that that you can't name.

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Speaker 1: And then they course the younger generation that guys some

492
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Speaker 1: are still playing that won't be there, but other ones

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Speaker 1: that have just completed, uh, they're playing experiences in their

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Speaker 1: careers that are there. It's just a fun overall time.

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Speaker 1: And I think the thing that really bonds you together

496
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Speaker 1: is that we've all kind of gone through the same thing.

497
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Speaker 1: In order to win the award, you've had to really

498
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Speaker 1: block out the noise that surrounds what you're going through

499
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Speaker 1: in a season. Nobody can really relate to that and

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Speaker 1: accept the guys that are in that room, and so

501
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Speaker 1: there's an appreciation. There's not one who thinks that he's

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Speaker 1: above the other because we all have the same hardware.

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Speaker 1: So we're all on equal footing, so to speak, and

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Speaker 1: that really makes it makes it special. Well, I think

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Speaker 1: it's also special. It's got to be anyway to be

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Speaker 1: able to go back. I know you can't get back

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Speaker 1: every single year, but when you can go back and

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Speaker 1: be a part of it, you must feel like you're

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Speaker 1: renewing your vows in a way, like you're winning it

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Speaker 1: all over again. Yeah, you really are, and you're part

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Speaker 1: of something that is for life and not just from

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Speaker 1: year to year. And you know, people forget about it

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Speaker 1: and you move on. This is every single year. You're

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Speaker 1: forever a Heisman Trophy winning. That's why it psych is

515
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Speaker 1: funny when people say, oh, the former Heisman trow Yeah,

516
00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:02,800
Speaker 1: I get it, it's just a slip of the tongue.

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Speaker 1: But no, you're a Heisman Trophy winner for the rest

518
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Speaker 1: of your life. And to come together in that manner

519
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,480
Speaker 1: and us you're in a new new brother into the

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Speaker 1: fraternity is always special. All Andre, thanks so much for

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Speaker 1: the time, save travels, and we'll see us Sunday in Nashville.

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Speaker 1: All right, buddy, I'll see you there. It's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a heck of a weekend for Andre Ware going up

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Speaker 1: to Heisman Trophy ceremony on Saturday, Joe Burrow more than

525
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Speaker 1: likely the winner, and then getting to Nashville for the

526
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Speaker 1: game on Sunday kick is at noon. It's good weekend, man.

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Speaker 1: When you can combine a Heisman Trophy ceremony with a

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Speaker 1: win over the Titans. Boy, that would be fun, no

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Speaker 1: question about it. Now our next guest, well, he's an

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Speaker 1: Arkansas razorback. He didn't win the Heisman Trophy, but he

531
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Speaker 1: was very very good. They're at University Arkansas and his

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Speaker 1: All Monitor has a new football coach, and the Texas

533
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Speaker 1: play the Titans. So we've got plenty to talk about

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Speaker 1: with our good Frank Clint Sterner. Next right here in

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Speaker 1: Texas Access, Welcome back to a Wednesday edition of Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Jo, I'm yours,

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Speaker 1: John Harrison joined right now, my good friend Arkansaw Razor

538
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Speaker 1: back to the core. You hear him on Sports Radio

539
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,359
Speaker 1: six ten from two to six. Clint Sterner, you and

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Speaker 1: I have got a lot to talk about, my brother.

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Speaker 1: How are you doing, man, I'm doing well. It's it's

542
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 1: a look tough for a week this week after after Sunday, obviously,

543
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Speaker 1: but h it is Wednesday and we're getting beyond it

544
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,440
Speaker 1: and we're looking forward to the Tennessee Times and another

545
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,480
Speaker 1: opportunity for sure. Yeah. And that's the thing, Clint. I

546
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Speaker 1: it's like one of those things where you know, you

547
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,479
Speaker 1: asked me this after the game. I'm sure you got

548
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: asked it. Numerous people ask me after the fact what happened?

549
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 1: And I kind of do the Michael Jordan thing in

550
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 1: the NBA Finals, like, I don't know because I'm going

551
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 1: back and I've watched the film and I see mistakes,

552
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 1: but it just felt like it was a snowball that

553
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 1: turned into an avalanche and it just couldn't get back.

554
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 1: The hole was too big. What did you see on

555
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:02,440
Speaker 1: Sunday that the worried you, that was a problem And

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Speaker 1: what did you tell people when they ask what happened? Well?

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Speaker 1: I think the biggest thing, John is that you saw

558
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Speaker 1: some of what the Texans have have been known to

559
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 1: do over the last couple of years. Um. And but

560
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 1: but there's there's a couple of couple of hang ups

561
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 1: there that I have. Clearly, this is not the same

562
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 1: Texans team from a roster standpoint. They're significantly more talented.

563
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 1: They've got their franchise quarterback in place, they've got the

564
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:31,040
Speaker 1: pieces in place, the stars are aligned, So it's more frustrating.

565
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Speaker 1: And then secondly, obviously who the opponent was. It was

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Speaker 1: an AFC opponent that had four wins, a cornerback that

567
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Speaker 1: was that was active for the second game in his

568
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Speaker 1: entire NFL career, and a rookie head coach and a

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Speaker 1: first time play caller for the Denver Broncos. And I mean,

570
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: so you know all of those things, it's extremely frustrating

571
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 1: to see the team backslide back to um for a

572
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 1: lack of better terms, the same old stuff that we've

573
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Speaker 1: we've seen in the past. Man. And so when you

574
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Speaker 1: when you watch what went on, was it was it

575
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Speaker 1: completely bad? Now I'm defensively it was awful, but but

576
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,400
Speaker 1: offensively there were some good in there. But the thing

577
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 1: is is that the good is what you're supposed to do.

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Speaker 1: This a team, this talented um. You know, it's been

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Speaker 1: together this long, Um, that that's shown the ability to

580
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Speaker 1: play at a big time, big tim elite level. The

581
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:25,480
Speaker 1: things that I saw it, that's they're supposed to do.

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Speaker 1: And when it's all said and done, there were little

583
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Speaker 1: things along the way, whether it's turnovers, whether it's spacing,

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Speaker 1: whether it's uh, you know, a play call that that's

585
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 1: a little bit questionable in a time when you could running,

586
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,640
Speaker 1: you're thlowing it. Um, you know, there's just some there's

587
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 1: just little things that hold this team back offensively, and

588
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Speaker 1: it was unfortunate to see that versus a four win

589
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Speaker 1: Denver Broncos team Clinton. Defensively, you you mentioned it. This

590
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 1: is the group that's played much much better defensively. In fact,

591
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,080
Speaker 1: it played much better defensively against the New England Patriots

592
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Speaker 1: than it did against the Denver Broncos. But there was

593
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Speaker 1: a stretch starting late in the New England game too,

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00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 1: I want to say, early in the third quarter, where

595
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 1: the opponent Patriots slash Brocos, had scored six seven touchdowns

596
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,400
Speaker 1: in one field goal and had gone a stretch of

597
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,080
Speaker 1: fifty one to three. I don't think I've ever seen

598
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 1: that being down on the sideline since Bill O'Brien has

599
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 1: been I don't think I've seen anything like that. I've

600
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 1: seen some bad games, but I don't know if I've

601
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 1: seen a stretch over a couple of games quite like that. Defensively,

602
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 1: you're facing Ryan Tannehill play acts. It's a big deal.

603
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry can run the ball. I'm nervous. I'm anxious

604
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Speaker 1: about the defense going into this one. Is it what

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00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 1: you saw on Sunday or those things correctable or is

606
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 1: this just a group in which maybe the offense has

607
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 1: gotta go win a shootout in Tennessee. How do you

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Speaker 1: look at the defense heading into this one against the

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Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans. Well, it may very well turn into a shootout,

610
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Speaker 1: but but I don't think that that that has anything

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Speaker 1: to do with what you saw of this. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think you saw them play their best game of

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Speaker 1: the year, maybe a several years against New England. Was

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Speaker 1: defensive side of football, from a plan to an execution

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00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: to an adjustment. I mean, all of that stuff was

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00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,600
Speaker 1: spot on and absolutely beautiful versus New England. And then

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Speaker 1: you turn around versus Denver and all of that the plan,

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00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 1: the execution, the adjustments, they were they were awful. And

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Speaker 1: so when you when you look at that, I've seen

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Speaker 1: enough from this defense, John, enough good from this defense

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Speaker 1: to believe that Sunday was a one off. Sunday was

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Speaker 1: a game where they probably took it to Branted, I

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Speaker 1: don't think the plan was very good. I think they

624
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Speaker 1: thought they could rotate some guys through and keep some

625
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Speaker 1: guys fresh and maybe keep them healthy for these two

626
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Speaker 1: Tennessee games coming up, and I think it bit them

627
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Speaker 1: in the tail. And so I think on the defensive

628
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,720
Speaker 1: side of the football, it may very will turn into

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Speaker 1: a shootout, but I don't believe it's gonna be because

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Speaker 1: of what the same things that you saw this past week.

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Speaker 1: I don't believe that you're gonna see Romeo Cornell allowed

632
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:06,959
Speaker 1: been Archid McKinney to get matched up with Delanny Walker

633
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Speaker 1: or or a tight end or or an athletic receiver

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00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 1: or or something like that early in the game. And

635
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,960
Speaker 1: those mismatches like that they happen from time to time,

636
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 1: but they happen multiple times in the in the Denver game,

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00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 1: not necessarily been Archid McKinney, but with several different players

638
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:27,240
Speaker 1: that the mispatches get the holes and coverages that Denver

639
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 1: was able to attack. I mean those are unacceptable at

640
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: the NFL level with a very very good defense that's

641
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: got good, really good personnel, And so I just think

642
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 1: that the plan will be significantly better on the execution

643
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 1: and the adjustments will be significantly better. Um. They better

644
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 1: be or it's gonna be a long night for detections again.

645
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 1: So so I mean, I think that's gonna be a

646
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 1: lot better, and I expect the teams to play a

647
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 1: lot better. And that's not to say it won't be

648
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: a shootout because the Tessee Titans are pretty damn good.

649
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 1: But uh, but but I expect to see a better

650
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 1: a better overall products and the defense, no doubt from

651
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 1: that perspective. Clint Ryan Tannehill throwing a football the way

652
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 1: is and throwing it pretty well. Derrick Henry running the

653
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:14,440
Speaker 1: football the way that he has which one is more

654
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,839
Speaker 1: problematic for this defense on Sunday, Well, I would say

655
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,400
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry. I mean, Derrick Henry's the guy that if

656
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,800
Speaker 1: you let him get hited downhill, he gets you for

657
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,480
Speaker 1: two hundred in a heartbeat. So, um, I think I

658
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,040
Speaker 1: think it all starts and stops with that offensive line

659
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 1: and his ability to run the football, so you've got

660
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 1: to stop him. And look, I believe, I do believe this.

661
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:37,480
Speaker 1: I believe if the plan going into this game is

662
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: a nickel heavy plan um with the with the cover

663
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 1: guys that the Texans have, I believe they've got really

664
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 1: good matchups that that should fall in their favors. That

665
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans have some good receivers, they got some

666
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,920
Speaker 1: good tight ends that are that are working well. But

667
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 1: when it's all said and done, I think the Texans

668
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,239
Speaker 1: have the personnel to match up in a game like this.

669
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Speaker 1: I can think that one we'll see. We'll see Sunday

670
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:06,840
Speaker 1: really how good the secondary is, because that's these receivers

671
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 1: are dangerous. They're gonna run the football predominantly and throw

672
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 1: when the opportunity arrises. But this secondary should should be

673
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 1: able to hold up versus Tennessee Titans. Yeah, I think

674
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:20,280
Speaker 1: the one thing that kills me, Clint and I'm sitting

675
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 1: on that dias on Draft night and I'm watching the

676
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:27,759
Speaker 1: Titans draft Jeffrey Simmons round of Mississippi State, and all

677
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,840
Speaker 1: I could think of was, my God, I hope that

678
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: ACL carries him all the way through November and on

679
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,720
Speaker 1: through December and it didn't. And he's made a world

680
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,320
Speaker 1: of difference for that defense. Because Casey's moved out the

681
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:43,760
Speaker 1: defensive end, you got Jeffrey Simmons on the inside. Defensively,

682
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,320
Speaker 1: Tennessee is probably about as solid with what they could have.

683
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,319
Speaker 1: They got a good edge rusher and Harold Landry, linebackers

684
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: for Shaun Evans and John Brown pretty good. Secondary has

685
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 1: been banged up a little bit. I do think that's

686
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: an area that where they can attack them. But you

687
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 1: watched a lot of SEC football. I'm sure you watched

688
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Simmons over the years. This guy can be a

689
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,879
Speaker 1: game record and against Oakland he was the best player

690
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 1: on the field at particular moments in that game. How

691
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: tough is it gonna be to run the football against

692
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 1: guys like Jeffrey Simmons and Jarell Casey. Yeah, look, he's

693
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Speaker 1: a monster. I mean those guys, those guys are gonna

694
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 1: be tough to run, run against. I think the Texans

695
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,480
Speaker 1: the last week was an opportunity where they could have

696
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 1: a lot of run it in the game playing you

697
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 1: know the words, where they're not reading anything. They just

698
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 1: get to give all the way, no matter what, no

699
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 1: matter what the box county is, no matter what the

700
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: deep nit to being does. I think they had an

701
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 1: opportunity last week to do that. I thought they did

702
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,800
Speaker 1: it effectively in the first half, they just couldn't convert

703
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:41,359
Speaker 1: and get point at the end of the drive. This week,

704
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:42,719
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a little bit different. I

705
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 1: think he really got to hammer the RPO stuff. And

706
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 1: when I say RPO with the Texas, I'm talking about

707
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,800
Speaker 1: the Carlos hide Deshaun Watson run and all of a sudden,

708
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: well we pop it in the flats as well. So

709
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 1: call it, call it the quarterback reading game comes to

710
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,759
Speaker 1: RPO game, whatever you want to call it. It's gonna

711
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,360
Speaker 1: take a good mix of those types of plays and

712
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 1: and great execution by number four Deshall Watson has got

713
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 1: to be on it this uh this weekend, because this

714
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:13,719
Speaker 1: defense is really really good. They're sound, They have the

715
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Speaker 1: ability to play coverage and still stop the run or

716
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 1: pressure the quarterback with their down that down linement. So

717
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: look at it's gonna it's a big week, man. I mean,

718
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 1: this is a ten all week for the Texans for

719
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,480
Speaker 1: many reasons. They've they've got they've got to show that

720
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Speaker 1: they can go beat a contender, and a contender that

721
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: can do multiple things on the defensive side of the football,

722
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:39,839
Speaker 1: and then obviously they're pretty dangerous on the offensive side

723
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Speaker 1: as well. Over the last six seven weeks, Clint, I

724
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Speaker 1: can't believe I've gotten this far without asking you maybe

725
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:48,440
Speaker 1: the most important question this offense with Will Fuller versus

726
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 1: this offense without Will Fuller? The change when you have

727
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 1: Will in the lineup versus when you don't. I mean,

728
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: we I guess it's kind of obvious, Clint, But you

729
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 1: and I we don't he can football terms of obvious,

730
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Speaker 1: What is it about having Will Fuller in the lineup

731
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Speaker 1: that changes things for this offense and makes it problematic

732
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 1: for opposing defenses? Well, I think, first and foremost, the

733
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Speaker 1: defensive coordinator has the game plan all week completely different.

734
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Speaker 1: I mean the message, and I would say it's the

735
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:22,440
Speaker 1: first message. Is the loudest message relative to coverages is

736
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Speaker 1: that nowhere Will Fuller is at all times and he

737
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 1: can take the top office coverage. Know how dangerous he

738
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,800
Speaker 1: is as good as de Andre Hopkins he is. I

739
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 1: really believe that the one that can strike you the

740
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 1: quickest and can hurt you the most the hurts you

741
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 1: the quickest or from anywhere on the field is Will Fuller,

742
00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 1: and so versus first and foremost. From a preparation standpoint,

743
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:48,320
Speaker 1: it's a monster for the Titans. Secondly, when he's on

744
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:53,840
Speaker 1: the field, I think defenses are safeties or four corners,

745
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,799
Speaker 1: whoever's the deep cover guys, they stay in their pedal

746
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 1: a little bit longer. Whereas when he's not on the field,

747
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,279
Speaker 1: bury their heels at a certain depth and know that

748
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 1: there's nobody that's gonna run by them the way that

749
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:08,400
Speaker 1: Will Fuller can. And so you get a blanket effect

750
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: on the from a coverage standpoint, where guys are really

751
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:14,320
Speaker 1: really sitting on coverages. You saw Kaem Jackson do it

752
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 1: this last weekend, sit on several routes with no thread

753
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,799
Speaker 1: of anything over the top, and it's definitely a game

754
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 1: changer man. So it make it when Will Fuller's not

755
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 1: in the game, it's significantly more difficult for all the

756
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,239
Speaker 1: underneath throws and for the quarterback to Seaun Watson, which

757
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,840
Speaker 1: in turn, obviously the safeties can play down lower, they

758
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,399
Speaker 1: can bury their heels and something, they can play the run,

759
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,840
Speaker 1: they can play the underneath those they what the RPO.

760
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,840
Speaker 1: They can do different things that they just quite frankly

761
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:44,279
Speaker 1: cannot do if will Fullers on the field. So the

762
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: Titans will have their hands full with will Fuller being healthy.

763
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 1: It's definitely a game changer for the texts. All right,

764
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 1: people know you what the US Arkansas USC. Arkansas has

765
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,719
Speaker 1: a new football coach. It's someone that you have talked

766
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 1: about from the beginning of this process in Sam Pittman

767
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 1: taken over at the University of Arkansas. I gotta get

768
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Speaker 1: your thoughts, brother, Sam Pittman at Arkansas Lamater. What do

769
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Speaker 1: you think? Man? I love it. He's a great fit.

770
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Speaker 1: One of he's the best offensive line coach in the

771
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:14,800
Speaker 1: country up self proclaims. Obviously, Kirby Smart thought thought that

772
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,719
Speaker 1: Nick Saban is on record and saying that, and so

773
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 1: he's he's he's the best offensive line recruiter and coach

774
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:25,000
Speaker 1: developer in the country. And one big problem at Arkansas

775
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 1: is the state does not produced enough athletes, enough D

776
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 1: one athletes, particularly offensive and defensive lineman. So he's got

777
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,359
Speaker 1: to go outside the state to get those guys. He'll

778
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Speaker 1: solve a big problem at Arkansas simply because of what

779
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: he's done in the past. I think he's a perfect

780
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,720
Speaker 1: fit for Arkansas. He's a big, old old offensive lineman,

781
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:46,319
Speaker 1: not a real polished speaker that gets up there. He's

782
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 1: gonna vow you. But he's a razorback. I mean he

783
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 1: just he is. He is z face of that program

784
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:55,800
Speaker 1: and it's a perfect fit. Now, the questions are what

785
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:57,960
Speaker 1: old season gonna hire? I think that's gonna be critical.

786
00:40:58,040 --> 00:40:59,839
Speaker 1: What style of offensive is he gonna run? I think

787
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 1: he's gotta be more. He's gotta be multiple, gotta be exotic,

788
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 1: gotta be dynamic. It can't be old school pro style

789
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 1: uh football. It's gotta be it's gotta be dynamic. And

790
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,160
Speaker 1: what defensive coordinator is he gonna hire? The defense this

791
00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:14,399
Speaker 1: year was absolutely all for it. It did not give

792
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 1: him a chance to win many games at all if

793
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:21,080
Speaker 1: it versus some very very u some some opponents that

794
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,839
Speaker 1: they should have destroyed. The defense didn't give him a chance.

795
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:25,800
Speaker 1: So he's gotta find the right defensive coordinator. But I

796
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,279
Speaker 1: love to hire John. He's a coach's coach, he's a

797
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: player's coach. He's a perfect fit of Arkansas. That's my

798
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 1: dude there, Clint Sterner And Okay, yeah, I'm just playing

799
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 1: around a little bit with my man, Sean Pendergass. He

800
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:41,040
Speaker 1: does a hell of a job doing pregame and post game.

801
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 1: That dude puts in a lot of work. But that

802
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,920
Speaker 1: pregame show, we are we are really lucky. Man. We

803
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,640
Speaker 1: got Sean and Seth each and every weekday morning on

804
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:50,320
Speaker 1: Sports Radio six ten. Then we get him for the

805
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:53,360
Speaker 1: pregame show. Then we get Sean and Clint Sterner for

806
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:56,799
Speaker 1: the post game show, Meandre and Mark for the game.

807
00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 1: I don't know if it gets much better than that,

808
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 1: and we have a we have a blast. I know

809
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,359
Speaker 1: you guys were calling in to the postgame show, get

810
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 1: an opportunity to vent, and you know, it's kind of

811
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,279
Speaker 1: like Clinton Sean ended up being kind of like the

812
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 1: uh you know, you guys lied on the couch a

813
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 1: little bit and kind of barge your soul and let

814
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:17,879
Speaker 1: those two kind of tuck you through a really rough

815
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:21,319
Speaker 1: afternoon last weekend. And hopefully this weekend will be well

816
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,560
Speaker 1: a little bit better. That's all we're really hoping about.

817
00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 1: All Right, we got another hour coming up. We're gonna

818
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: kick it off with our men behind the mikes and

819
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 1: the men well you know, Mark Vandermair this past year

820
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:34,239
Speaker 1: at the Combine, we got a chance to kind of

821
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Speaker 1: get to know Mike Keith a little bit more. He

822
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:40,120
Speaker 1: told us some stuff that I was like, whoa he

823
00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:43,200
Speaker 1: was in a movie? He was, He's related to Jack

824
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:49,319
Speaker 1: Parkman from Major League two. That's when the respect level

825
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,000
Speaker 1: from Mike Keith went to a hold different level. Now

826
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Speaker 1: that won't be talked about because this game on Sunday

827
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 1: is a massive one, but I know Mike Keith and

828
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:58,400
Speaker 1: Mark Vandermair got plenty to talk about and they will

829
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Speaker 1: do it next on Texans All Access. The Men behind

830
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Speaker 1: the Mics coming up. Stay tuned. Welcome back to our

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Speaker 1: second hour, Texans All Access on this wonderful Wednesday evening.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris, Football Analysts sideline Reporter. It's

833
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Speaker 1: time for this week's stats Challenge, brought to you by schlumber.

834
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Speaker 1: Javis at Houston Texas dot Com. Day registered to take

835
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Speaker 1: the stats challenge. It involves number ten DeAndre Hopkins. In

836
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Speaker 1: twelve meetings against the Tennessee Titans, hop has seventy seven catches,

837
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Speaker 1: one thousand, one hundred ninety four yards and seven touchdowns.

838
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Speaker 1: If you were to extrapolate that, you would have one

839
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Speaker 1: hundred two catches, Wow, sixteen hundred yards and nine little

840
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Speaker 1: over nine touchdowns. That's pretty good. And in one of

841
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Speaker 1: those games in twenty sixteen, the one game at home,

842
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:54,279
Speaker 1: he only had one catchnay game. That's weird to see

843
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:57,160
Speaker 1: to look at DeAndre Hopkins stat line and see one

844
00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:03,719
Speaker 1: catch for four yards. Huh. So either way, he's been phenomenal.

845
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Speaker 1: In eleven meetings, he's had seventy six catches, eleven one

846
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 1: hundred and ninety yards and seven touchdowns. Just take out

847
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Speaker 1: that one catch for four yards of twenty sixteen. I

848
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Speaker 1: guess you could say he got brocked that day. He's

849
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Speaker 1: had six one hundred yard plus games. He's had one

850
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:21,480
Speaker 1: two hundred yard plus game that was in twenty fourteen here,

851
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:23,960
Speaker 1: and he's had one two touchdown game. That was that

852
00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 1: two hundred and thirty eight yard performance that he had

853
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 1: against them here with nine catches in twenty fourteen fits.

854
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:32,880
Speaker 1: He was firing all day. I think Fitz he had

855
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:36,320
Speaker 1: six touchdowns that day, maybe seven. He was phenomenal and

856
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:39,800
Speaker 1: a big reason why it was. DeAndre Hopkins one of

857
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 1: the bigger notes on the road. In the six meetings

858
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 1: on the road, he's caught thirty seven passes five hundred

859
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 1: sixty yards in two touchdowns. So shret like that out

860
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,360
Speaker 1: to sixteen games. I'm not gonna do that math anymore.

861
00:44:53,400 --> 00:44:56,160
Speaker 1: I'm tired of doing math. But you can do math

862
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:59,440
Speaker 1: with our Toros mathrils and also with our statue challenge,

863
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:02,799
Speaker 1: brought to you by Schlumberge. All right, it is time

864
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:04,840
Speaker 1: to get to our men behind the mikes, and this

865
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 1: week Mark Vannimir sat down with Mike Keith, the only

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00:45:09,719 --> 00:45:13,360
Speaker 1: voice of the Tennessee Titans. He's been there since nineteen

867
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Speaker 1: ninety nine and been calling games ever since. And what

868
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 1: a fantastic guy. We get a chance, Mark and I

869
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 1: did to get to know him a little bit better

870
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:22,080
Speaker 1: at the combine as we talked to him at the combine,

871
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:25,080
Speaker 1: and he just kind of flippantly said at some point, yeah,

872
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:29,439
Speaker 1: remember that guy Jack Partman from Major League two. I'm like, duh, yeah, yeah,

873
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:33,200
Speaker 1: I'm related to him. Like wait, well, holy smokes. So

874
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 1: here we go. Let's talk Texans and Titans with Mike Keith,

875
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,000
Speaker 1: the man behind the mic for the Tennessee Tite. Mike,

876
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:43,560
Speaker 1: great to have you on once again, and congratulations on

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00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 1: the recent success. What's it like right now to be

878
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 1: in Titan Land. I think it's exciting, Mark, and happy

879
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:54,000
Speaker 1: holidays to you and all your listeners. Thanks for having

880
00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:57,600
Speaker 1: me on. Is an exciting time of year to have

881
00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: a ball game like this, probably two ball games like

882
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,080
Speaker 1: this in the next three weeks, and to be in

883
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:06,600
Speaker 1: the middle of all this. When we were two and four,

884
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:08,759
Speaker 1: I don't know that we thought we would be here.

885
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 1: So Titans fans are very excited about this opportunity. Well,

886
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 1: other than Ryan Tannehill coming into the starting lineup and

887
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 1: doing a really good job. Other than that, we'll get

888
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 1: to him. What is going well for the Titans? What

889
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: else has changed for this football team in this recent surge?

890
00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:28,320
Speaker 1: You know, Mark, I think it's a lot like what

891
00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,880
Speaker 1: happened with the Texans last year. You guys got off

892
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:34,319
Speaker 1: to what was at an Owen three start and then

893
00:46:34,600 --> 00:46:38,279
Speaker 1: had things kind of come together throughout the year. And

894
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:41,800
Speaker 1: that's pretty much been the Titans story as well. Taylor,

895
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:47,320
Speaker 1: the one's suspension costs them continuity in the offensive line

896
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:49,719
Speaker 1: early on, there were some things they wanted to do

897
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:54,200
Speaker 1: with personnel that they couldn't. They were in a situation

898
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:57,080
Speaker 1: where the quarterback play, as you mentioned, was not as

899
00:46:57,120 --> 00:46:59,839
Speaker 1: good as what they hoped it would be, and all

900
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:03,600
Speaker 1: the pieces just weren't fitting together on offense. And so

901
00:47:04,520 --> 00:47:07,600
Speaker 1: with the quarterback change, with Lawan back in the lineup,

902
00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:11,719
Speaker 1: with Nate Davis settling in it right guard, with the

903
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,920
Speaker 1: sort of the realization they weren't going to have Delaney

904
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 1: Walker again, they've kind of settled into roles. People have

905
00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:22,800
Speaker 1: kind of grown up, and I think the offensive coordinator,

906
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,640
Speaker 1: Arthur Smith has also become more comfortable in his role

907
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,840
Speaker 1: as well. Well, let's talk about Tannehill now, because this

908
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:31,480
Speaker 1: is a better Tannehill than we've seen in Miami. The

909
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:35,280
Speaker 1: completion percentage way up, yards per attempt, all the numbers

910
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:37,480
Speaker 1: are there, so give me a glimpse of that, and

911
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:41,719
Speaker 1: also the intangibles that you're seeing with Tannehill at quarterback.

912
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:45,919
Speaker 1: The difference in Ryan Tannehill is that he has been

913
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:50,400
Speaker 1: in this system for nine months now, and because he

914
00:47:50,640 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 1: is athletic like Mariota, maybe not as fast, but because

915
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:57,920
Speaker 1: he's athletic, they have not had to completely alter the

916
00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 1: system when he came in, and so for the offensive players,

917
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:06,400
Speaker 1: everything's remained the same, and for Tannahill, it's been a

918
00:48:06,520 --> 00:48:10,080
Speaker 1: system that has remained the same, and so what Arthur

919
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 1: Smith has wanted to do is something they've been able

920
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:18,120
Speaker 1: to build on for several months. When we've made quarterback

921
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:21,000
Speaker 1: changes in the past, for example, when we went away

922
00:48:21,080 --> 00:48:24,120
Speaker 1: from Vince Young to Carry Collins, we had to throw

923
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:29,000
Speaker 1: everything out completely different style player that doesn't just affects

924
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:32,200
Speaker 1: the quarterback, that affects the whole offense. In this case,

925
00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:35,080
Speaker 1: they haven't had to throw anything out, and so Mark

926
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,680
Speaker 1: I think that continuity has been a big deal. Mike

927
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:40,719
Speaker 1: Keith's voice of the Tennessee Titans, joining us on Texans Radio.

928
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry seems like he gets better with age. Not

929
00:48:44,080 --> 00:48:47,120
Speaker 1: that he's old, but as he progresses through his NFL career,

930
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:50,000
Speaker 1: what are you seeing in him? Henry gets better as

931
00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:52,520
Speaker 1: the year goes on. That has always been the case

932
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:56,120
Speaker 1: with him. For a young man who's from Jacksonville, Florida.

933
00:48:56,320 --> 00:49:00,120
Speaker 1: It's surprising that he really likes cold weather and he

934
00:49:00,239 --> 00:49:03,799
Speaker 1: runs very well in cold weather. The other part two

935
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:07,800
Speaker 1: is he understands and Eddie George really got him to

936
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 1: understand this a year ago. He has the opportunity to

937
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:15,080
Speaker 1: punish tacklers at the end of plays, and if he

938
00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:19,120
Speaker 1: can do that, he's going to make them less aggressive

939
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:22,919
Speaker 1: as a game goes along. And so when he sort

940
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:25,360
Speaker 1: of got that message from Eddie and he took it

941
00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:28,560
Speaker 1: to heart, that's when he has really been able to

942
00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:32,479
Speaker 1: turn it on. He's been good all year, he really has.

943
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:37,160
Speaker 1: His consistency has been outstanding. He's undoubtedly the most valuable

944
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:41,280
Speaker 1: player of the offense. But now with the complimentary elements

945
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 1: that Cannehill is bringing into the offense through the passing game,

946
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:50,800
Speaker 1: Derek is getting much more effective as he's seeing less

947
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:54,600
Speaker 1: less eight and nine man boxes. All right, so this

948
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:58,120
Speaker 1: a j Brown, Mike. He's a rookie and there's no

949
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:01,279
Speaker 1: rookie wall here. If anything, he's getting stronger as the

950
00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 1: season goes on. What about what he brings. He brings

951
00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:07,000
Speaker 1: a lot of attitude. You know, he is a big

952
00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:11,239
Speaker 1: wide receiver. He's unusual mark that he's six feet tall,

953
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:14,200
Speaker 1: just a little bit over and he's nearly two hundred

954
00:50:14,239 --> 00:50:17,680
Speaker 1: and thirty pounds. When you see him walking down the hall,

955
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:21,040
Speaker 1: you think he's a running backer, a linebacker. You don't

956
00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:23,480
Speaker 1: really see him as a wide receiver. And yet he

957
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:28,319
Speaker 1: has extremely long arms, like he's six four six five.

958
00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:32,359
Speaker 1: He has good speed. You know, he ran four four

959
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:35,600
Speaker 1: nine at the combine. He doesn't have world class speed,

960
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:39,080
Speaker 1: but on the field, all of these elements come together

961
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:43,759
Speaker 1: to make him a very different kind of player. My

962
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:46,880
Speaker 1: color analyst on Titan's radio is Dave McGinnis, the former

963
00:50:47,080 --> 00:50:52,680
Speaker 1: NFL head coach. He drafted Anquan Bolden in Arizona, and

964
00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:55,840
Speaker 1: he compares him favorably to him. He said, you know,

965
00:50:55,920 --> 00:50:59,320
Speaker 1: when you see him, you don't think about all of

966
00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:03,359
Speaker 1: the at rebutes that you normally think in a great

967
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:06,680
Speaker 1: wide receiver, you know, those long, lean players or those

968
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:10,200
Speaker 1: exceptionally fast players. What you have in him is a

969
00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:14,960
Speaker 1: football player, and his run after the catches excellent. He

970
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:19,440
Speaker 1: also played multiple positions at Old Miss Mark. He played inside,

971
00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:23,920
Speaker 1: he played outside, and so his learning curve is very

972
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:27,200
Speaker 1: high in terms of his level of understanding. He's a

973
00:51:27,320 --> 00:51:29,640
Speaker 1: nice player. You know, we'll see how he finishes in

974
00:51:29,719 --> 00:51:32,520
Speaker 1: the last three games, but I think he has a

975
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:35,120
Speaker 1: lot of upside and the Titans are certainly excited about it.

976
00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:37,560
Speaker 1: Mike Keith, voice of the Titans, joining us. All right,

977
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:39,600
Speaker 1: so Mike, give me a couple of guys who aren't

978
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:42,200
Speaker 1: getting the ink, aren't getting the coverage that you think

979
00:51:42,239 --> 00:51:44,920
Speaker 1: should be highlighted as we look at this game on Sunday,

980
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:50,439
Speaker 1: I think Harold Landry's won developed nicely in his second year.

981
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,839
Speaker 1: When I think about the Texans, I think about all

982
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:57,399
Speaker 1: the disruptors that you've had over the years down there,

983
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:01,400
Speaker 1: the most current guy being Whitney Rciless obviously with his

984
00:52:01,520 --> 00:52:05,120
Speaker 1: forty eight sacks and his thirteen forced fumbles. Now the

985
00:52:05,239 --> 00:52:09,279
Speaker 1: Titans have a guy of that ilk not saying he's

986
00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:12,160
Speaker 1: as good as Whitney Merciless, but in his second year,

987
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:16,880
Speaker 1: Harold Landry has become disruptive. Last week did not have

988
00:52:17,040 --> 00:52:20,520
Speaker 1: a sack in Oakland for the first time in six games,

989
00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:24,239
Speaker 1: and yet made three plays that were huge, you know,

990
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:27,799
Speaker 1: things that don't necessarily show up in the stat line,

991
00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:31,279
Speaker 1: and so that's a big part of this football team.

992
00:52:31,760 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 1: I think Logan Ryan is the other player to me

993
00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:37,879
Speaker 1: that I think is underrated on this football team. Over

994
00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:41,000
Speaker 1: one hundred tackles, three and a half sacks, four interceptions.

995
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:45,200
Speaker 1: The Titans secondary was the deepest part of their team

996
00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 1: early on. Now they are exceedingly banged up and they're

997
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:52,719
Speaker 1: having to ask for more from a guy like Logan Ryan,

998
00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:56,759
Speaker 1: and he continues to do a really, really nice job

999
00:52:57,400 --> 00:53:00,920
Speaker 1: the Titans secondary at this moment is past work, and

1000
00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:03,320
Speaker 1: for a guy like him to step forward and do

1001
00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:07,359
Speaker 1: what he's doing in extra important down the stretch. All right, So, Mike,

1002
00:53:07,480 --> 00:53:10,680
Speaker 1: what about Mike Vrabel in year two? Any differences that

1003
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:14,200
Speaker 1: you're noticing as he gets more acclimated to being a

1004
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:16,960
Speaker 1: head coach in this league? You know. I think that's

1005
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:20,040
Speaker 1: the most interesting part of Mike vrabel mark is there's

1006
00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:23,000
Speaker 1: no change. There's no change from the moment that he

1007
00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:27,680
Speaker 1: walked into the building. There's no change from There's really

1008
00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:31,919
Speaker 1: no change in anything. He's obviously happier after we win

1009
00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:36,640
Speaker 1: than when we lose, but he's still not happy. He's

1010
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 1: constantly striving, he's pushing. I know, you guys know him

1011
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:46,520
Speaker 1: well down there. I think Vrabel's consistency is his biggest

1012
00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:49,839
Speaker 1: key is the team knows what he wants and they

1013
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:53,440
Speaker 1: know what to expect from Vrabel. They also know Vrabel

1014
00:53:53,600 --> 00:53:56,640
Speaker 1: has their back. He was like that at two and four,

1015
00:53:56,880 --> 00:53:59,480
Speaker 1: he's like that at eight and five, and I think

1016
00:53:59,560 --> 00:54:03,520
Speaker 1: that's the key to him. He's a pretty special guy,

1017
00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:06,760
Speaker 1: and I think a lot of people begin to realize

1018
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:10,239
Speaker 1: at this moment how special he is. With what he's

1019
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:13,040
Speaker 1: trying to build here. Mike Keith's voice of the Titans

1020
00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:15,960
Speaker 1: with us. A couple more for you, Mike AFC South.

1021
00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:19,320
Speaker 1: Which is more surprising to you that the Jags have

1022
00:54:19,440 --> 00:54:22,480
Speaker 1: struggled so much or that the Cults had the success

1023
00:54:22,600 --> 00:54:24,880
Speaker 1: they did. And I know they're struggling now, but for

1024
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:26,320
Speaker 1: a while, it looked like they were really going to

1025
00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:28,080
Speaker 1: make a run toward the top of the division. Your

1026
00:54:28,120 --> 00:54:31,680
Speaker 1: thoughts to me, it's the Jags. You know, we saw

1027
00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:35,760
Speaker 1: them early in the season and Minshew was playing well,

1028
00:54:35,920 --> 00:54:37,879
Speaker 1: and they got to you know, they started oh and two,

1029
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,560
Speaker 1: they got back to two and two, and you really

1030
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:42,480
Speaker 1: felt like they were going to be in this thing

1031
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:45,480
Speaker 1: because their defense was so good and they've got the

1032
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:48,440
Speaker 1: run game, and you know, all of these things going on,

1033
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:52,560
Speaker 1: and they've just fallen off the map. And I can't

1034
00:54:52,800 --> 00:54:58,280
Speaker 1: I can't fathom that one. Because their defensive talent is outstanding,

1035
00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:02,200
Speaker 1: particularly up front. They go out and signed Nick Foles,

1036
00:55:02,360 --> 00:55:04,839
Speaker 1: men Chew played well when he was in there. Their

1037
00:55:04,920 --> 00:55:08,080
Speaker 1: offensive line took a beating a year ago, but it

1038
00:55:08,440 --> 00:55:12,080
Speaker 1: seemed like it was better this year. I don't get them,

1039
00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:15,440
Speaker 1: I really don't, because I thought I thought there was

1040
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:17,400
Speaker 1: a chance they'd be right in the middle of it.

1041
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:21,320
Speaker 1: I really believed before the season that the winner of

1042
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:24,480
Speaker 1: this division would be ten and six, and I thought

1043
00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:27,320
Speaker 1: there was a real chance that last place might be

1044
00:55:27,480 --> 00:55:30,640
Speaker 1: eight and eight. I thought it was that tightly bunched,

1045
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:33,759
Speaker 1: and I'm really surprised they're gonna finish as down as

1046
00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:36,319
Speaker 1: they are. Okay, and you and I are played by

1047
00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:38,560
Speaker 1: play announcers, so we don't really make predictions. But how

1048
00:55:38,600 --> 00:55:41,400
Speaker 1: do you see the game on Sunday, what type of

1049
00:55:41,560 --> 00:55:43,680
Speaker 1: game it is, how it's going to be played in

1050
00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:46,600
Speaker 1: Nashville on Sunday at noon. I mean, I think what

1051
00:55:46,760 --> 00:55:50,680
Speaker 1: you understand is this is a punch CounterPunch game, you know.

1052
00:55:51,040 --> 00:55:53,680
Speaker 1: I mean I was a huge Deshaun Watson fan coming

1053
00:55:53,719 --> 00:55:55,880
Speaker 1: out of Clemson, and when I saw him land in

1054
00:55:55,960 --> 00:55:59,799
Speaker 1: our division, I was very disappointed because I just think

1055
00:55:59,840 --> 00:56:04,960
Speaker 1: he so special. He's got something that very few players do,

1056
00:56:05,239 --> 00:56:07,440
Speaker 1: and you know he's going to show up and play

1057
00:56:07,520 --> 00:56:10,279
Speaker 1: well in a big game. So you know you're gonna

1058
00:56:10,320 --> 00:56:13,960
Speaker 1: have to take punches. You know, DeAndre Hopkins is going

1059
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:16,279
Speaker 1: to play great against the Titans because he always does.

1060
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:20,880
Speaker 1: His stats show it, so you're gonna get that. You

1061
00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:23,880
Speaker 1: understand it's going to be standing in the middle of

1062
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:27,959
Speaker 1: the ring in the twelfth round, and whoever can land

1063
00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:30,840
Speaker 1: the blows in the twelfth round gonna win it. I

1064
00:56:30,960 --> 00:56:33,440
Speaker 1: think this game comes down to the last drive. I

1065
00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:37,880
Speaker 1: will be stunned if it doesn't, particularly with how these

1066
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:41,920
Speaker 1: teams like to play. The Texans will be ready to go.

1067
00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:45,040
Speaker 1: I think the Titans will be ready for the challenge

1068
00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:49,600
Speaker 1: as well. You know, I couldn't begin to make a prediction.

1069
00:56:49,719 --> 00:56:51,840
Speaker 1: I'm glad I don't have to go to Vegas on

1070
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:55,279
Speaker 1: this because I have no idea. But the one thing

1071
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:58,040
Speaker 1: I'm confident of is this one is going to go

1072
00:56:58,239 --> 00:57:01,239
Speaker 1: back and forth, and how you stand up to the

1073
00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:04,160
Speaker 1: punches is going to determine who wins the game. I

1074
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:07,279
Speaker 1: totally agree with that take. Mike, thanks a lot, my friend.

1075
00:57:07,360 --> 00:57:09,080
Speaker 1: We really appreciate it. Look forward to seeing you in

1076
00:57:09,160 --> 00:57:11,920
Speaker 1: Nashville on Sunday. My pleasure. Mark, thank you. I mean,

1077
00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:13,800
Speaker 1: you guys know how much I love doing the broadcast

1078
00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:16,600
Speaker 1: with Mark and with Dre. I really like Mike Keith.

1079
00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:20,520
Speaker 1: He is really excitable, he gets really into the game,

1080
00:57:20,760 --> 00:57:24,280
Speaker 1: loves the Titans, loves his role, and he's a neat

1081
00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:26,200
Speaker 1: guy and I'm glad that he was able to join

1082
00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:29,960
Speaker 1: the show tonight. Speaking of neat guys, how about Duke Johnson.

1083
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:34,640
Speaker 1: Let's do it Drew's Dirty Dozen with Duke Johnson. Got

1084
00:57:34,720 --> 00:57:37,400
Speaker 1: my literation going there and find out a little bit

1085
00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:40,160
Speaker 1: more about your I would say first year running back,

1086
00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:43,280
Speaker 1: but first year Texan running back from the you. Duke

1087
00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:46,400
Speaker 1: Johnson will do that next in Texans Access on third

1088
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:49,320
Speaker 1: and three, Watson takes the snap, the shan stepping out

1089
00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:51,760
Speaker 1: to the right, throwing right side. He's got Johnson got

1090
00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:56,880
Speaker 1: the five brook and roll touchdown Houston Texas Gravilly late

1091
00:57:56,920 --> 00:58:00,880
Speaker 1: in the first quarter. Duke Johnson has been ultra valuable

1092
00:58:00,920 --> 00:58:03,960
Speaker 1: for your Houston Texas this year. Glad he is with

1093
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:07,680
Speaker 1: the squad. He and Carlos Hide came over from Well.

1094
00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:12,040
Speaker 1: Carlos came to the Texans via the Browns, through the

1095
00:58:12,560 --> 00:58:15,720
Speaker 1: Jaguars and the Chiefs. Duke was traded here from the Browns,

1096
00:58:15,800 --> 00:58:17,640
Speaker 1: but both with the Browns last year at some point,

1097
00:58:17,920 --> 00:58:20,480
Speaker 1: both with the Texas this year and making significant impact.

1098
00:58:20,760 --> 00:58:23,200
Speaker 1: Duke Johnson doing it there in the receiving game that

1099
00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:26,200
Speaker 1: was against New England Patriots, which kicked off the scoring

1100
00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:28,080
Speaker 1: that night for the Texans and gave the Texas a

1101
00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:30,680
Speaker 1: seventh three lead in a game they would eventually win

1102
00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:34,520
Speaker 1: twenty eight to twenty two. Duke Johnson will now join

1103
00:58:34,680 --> 00:58:38,240
Speaker 1: us on Drew's Dirty Dozen. Let's get a chance to

1104
00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:43,080
Speaker 1: meet Duke Johnson, running back, Houston, Texans. I am excited

1105
00:58:43,120 --> 00:58:45,040
Speaker 1: to do this. I wanted to get you during training camp,

1106
00:58:45,120 --> 00:58:46,880
Speaker 1: but you know, because of the trade and how things went,

1107
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:48,160
Speaker 1: we just didn't get a chance to talk with you.

1108
00:58:48,200 --> 00:58:50,560
Speaker 1: So we're gonna start off with some really hard hitting questions.

1109
00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:52,920
Speaker 1: We're gonna put your feet to the fire. So burgers

1110
00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:57,120
Speaker 1: or pizzas? What's on the perfect burger? Deitive Friday? Egg?

1111
00:58:57,440 --> 00:59:01,400
Speaker 1: Fause time out? Because that's the correct way to eat

1112
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:05,040
Speaker 1: a fried egg. Yeah, I mean to me, Yes, I said,

1113
00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:09,360
Speaker 1: a lot of people get it running, no thinking, and

1114
00:59:09,640 --> 00:59:12,080
Speaker 1: I worry about like diseases and stuff too. If it's

1115
00:59:12,120 --> 00:59:14,600
Speaker 1: not cooked, I see the warning signs. It's not cooked

1116
00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:17,320
Speaker 1: all the way. Yeah, but I just don't like the runniness. Man,

1117
00:59:17,920 --> 00:59:19,600
Speaker 1: You're in the same boat. Yeah, I'm not a fan

1118
00:59:19,680 --> 00:59:21,600
Speaker 1: because if I get it running, I will sit it

1119
00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:23,960
Speaker 1: back or I just won't eat it. I'm with you,

1120
00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:26,360
Speaker 1: I'm with you. That was a good question though. Okay,

1121
00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:29,960
Speaker 1: piece as well, So it's just a fried egg, anything else, lettuce, tomatoes,

1122
00:59:30,360 --> 00:59:33,200
Speaker 1: catch up, mayo, pickles. It has to be made with love.

1123
00:59:33,560 --> 00:59:35,760
Speaker 1: All my food has to be made with love. How

1124
00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:38,360
Speaker 1: it's food made with love? The person who's making it

1125
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:41,040
Speaker 1: have to care about what they're doing and just can't

1126
00:59:41,120 --> 00:59:43,280
Speaker 1: be in there just doing it just the pastime. They

1127
00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:47,120
Speaker 1: have to really care and put their ardor into my burger. Okay, well,

1128
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:49,400
Speaker 1: with that all in mind, when's the last time you

1129
00:59:49,520 --> 00:59:53,480
Speaker 1: cooked something Thanksgiving? Actually? Okay, what was it? I cooked

1130
00:59:53,520 --> 00:59:56,680
Speaker 1: potato salad. I didn't cook a lot because you know

1131
00:59:56,920 --> 00:59:59,240
Speaker 1: I was here. Yeah, what were you bringing the potato

1132
00:59:59,320 --> 01:00:02,120
Speaker 1: salad to some these Thanksgiving feast? Or were you? I

1133
01:00:02,240 --> 01:00:04,880
Speaker 1: have one at my house? Okay my chef was. I

1134
01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:07,840
Speaker 1: have a chef and she cooked most of it, but

1135
01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:11,120
Speaker 1: I helped because I enjoy cookie. DeAndre Carter did this

1136
01:00:11,240 --> 01:00:13,080
Speaker 1: and he said he cooked something last week, which is good,

1137
01:00:13,120 --> 01:00:14,760
Speaker 1: so you're kind of along his lines. We talked to

1138
01:00:14,800 --> 01:00:17,960
Speaker 1: Taiwan Jones. He hadn't cooked in three years and it

1139
01:00:18,080 --> 01:00:21,600
Speaker 1: was Mother's Day three years ago, so it's kind of

1140
01:00:21,640 --> 01:00:26,720
Speaker 1: accurate there. Okay, all right, that's interesting it's good to know. Okay,

1141
01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:30,640
Speaker 1: let's rank the Dukes. There's five of them. You're included.

1142
01:00:30,800 --> 01:00:34,120
Speaker 1: You got Duke Basketball, you got Daisy Dukes, you got

1143
01:00:34,240 --> 01:00:37,880
Speaker 1: Duke Ellington, and you have Duke Snyder, the old Brooklyn

1144
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:41,280
Speaker 1: Dodger centerfielder Hall of Famer. So what's the rank? How

1145
01:00:41,320 --> 01:00:43,880
Speaker 1: did they go one through five? Okay? So I've been

1146
01:00:43,920 --> 01:00:49,760
Speaker 1: definitely taking Duke Okay, Daisy Duke, yep, I'm not sure.

1147
01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:52,720
Speaker 1: They do. Probably go to three. What's the other Duke?

1148
01:00:52,840 --> 01:00:58,080
Speaker 1: You got Duke Basketball, Daisy Dukes last? All right? Good,

1149
01:00:58,200 --> 01:01:01,360
Speaker 1: that's good, all right, they have to go last just

1150
01:01:01,560 --> 01:01:05,480
Speaker 1: because of that. Huh Duke. No, Duke Elison is definitely

1151
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:08,720
Speaker 1: number one. I love do Eleton. Good. Good. Then Duke

1152
01:01:08,800 --> 01:01:13,360
Speaker 1: the Hall of Famer. Okay, that's Duke Snyder. Two. Oh yeah,

1153
01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:16,280
Speaker 1: day to Duke. Now you got her? Three? Yes, okay,

1154
01:01:16,680 --> 01:01:19,880
Speaker 1: and I am four, and Duke Basketball is fifth. Okay.

1155
01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:21,520
Speaker 1: You're a humble guy, you know. You put some of

1156
01:01:21,560 --> 01:01:24,600
Speaker 1: these other folks there. We had DeAndre in here, a

1157
01:01:24,680 --> 01:01:26,760
Speaker 1: rank in the Carter's he put himself first, and there's

1158
01:01:26,760 --> 01:01:28,880
Speaker 1: like President Jimmy Carter in there. I mean, that's of

1159
01:01:29,080 --> 01:01:35,160
Speaker 1: course DC put himself first. If folks, if you're listening

1160
01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:36,880
Speaker 1: to this, if you could only see the smile and

1161
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:41,040
Speaker 1: the eye roll on Duke's face right now. So Duke basketball,

1162
01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:44,760
Speaker 1: just out of respect, had to go last. Yeah, Duke

1163
01:01:44,920 --> 01:01:47,600
Speaker 1: anything college sport had to go last. If it wasn't

1164
01:01:47,600 --> 01:01:50,120
Speaker 1: for that, I would be last. But just because I'm

1165
01:01:50,120 --> 01:01:52,800
Speaker 1: gonna put myself on. You respect them, but you just

1166
01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:55,800
Speaker 1: don't like them at all? Right, Yeah, it's kind of

1167
01:01:55,840 --> 01:01:59,520
Speaker 1: an acca them every year, football basket, pretty much every

1168
01:01:59,520 --> 01:02:03,280
Speaker 1: sport with Yeah, so that familiarity breeds contempt. It's what

1169
01:02:03,360 --> 01:02:07,320
Speaker 1: they say, right. Okay, what's your favorite movie, Oh my

1170
01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:11,760
Speaker 1: god that involved football? Or favorite TV show that involved football?

1171
01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:14,960
Speaker 1: Favorite football movie, favorite football TV show of all time?

1172
01:02:16,040 --> 01:02:22,040
Speaker 1: Who's your favorite Titan? My favorite Titan? Favorite retired NFL player?

1173
01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:25,800
Speaker 1: Oh my god? Why are you rolling your eyes? Because

1174
01:02:25,840 --> 01:02:28,720
Speaker 1: my favorite NFL play? Well, my favorite all time is

1175
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:32,360
Speaker 1: Sean Taylor. But tell he never retired. Yeah, yeah, it's

1176
01:02:32,480 --> 01:02:36,280
Speaker 1: rest in peace. Yeah. So my favorite retired have to

1177
01:02:36,280 --> 01:02:40,000
Speaker 1: be Edge Edge. Yeah. Did you ever see or hear

1178
01:02:40,400 --> 01:02:42,520
Speaker 1: there was a Sports Illustrated article about him when he

1179
01:02:42,560 --> 01:02:44,800
Speaker 1: was playing like maybe his rookie year of the Colts

1180
01:02:44,920 --> 01:02:47,840
Speaker 1: and they talked about how he used to work out

1181
01:02:47,880 --> 01:02:49,560
Speaker 1: at three in the morning or four in the morning,

1182
01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:52,560
Speaker 1: and they said, why do you work out? Then he said,

1183
01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:54,840
Speaker 1: I'm trying to get right while the haters are sleeping.

1184
01:02:55,120 --> 01:02:57,959
Speaker 1: I was thought that was a cool edrin James saying,

1185
01:02:58,160 --> 01:02:59,960
Speaker 1: have you ever worked out with him? Because he's a kane.

1186
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:01,800
Speaker 1: I mean, I think he's been around the building quite

1187
01:03:02,080 --> 01:03:03,840
Speaker 1: right when I came. When I was coming out with

1188
01:03:03,920 --> 01:03:06,840
Speaker 1: the draft, he went and technically trained with us, but

1189
01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:10,200
Speaker 1: he was out there, you know, talking, giving advice, running around, moving,

1190
01:03:10,880 --> 01:03:12,840
Speaker 1: So he was around a lot. He's kind of like

1191
01:03:12,920 --> 01:03:15,040
Speaker 1: a mentor of mine. I try to lean on and

1192
01:03:15,120 --> 01:03:16,920
Speaker 1: talk to him I can, so I think that's why

1193
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:18,920
Speaker 1: he's my favorite. That's not a bad reason. That's not

1194
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:21,320
Speaker 1: a bad reason at all. Okay, what's the worst job

1195
01:03:21,480 --> 01:03:24,640
Speaker 1: you ever had? School? School? Yes, what'd you do? I

1196
01:03:24,720 --> 01:03:28,919
Speaker 1: went to school for sixteen years? Oh so going to school?

1197
01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:30,919
Speaker 1: So being a student was the worst job you ever had? Okay,

1198
01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:34,400
Speaker 1: I didn't. I didn't really like school, especially growing up

1199
01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:36,080
Speaker 1: as a kid, because all I want to do is

1200
01:03:36,120 --> 01:03:38,400
Speaker 1: play football to stay home, right right. I didn't really

1201
01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:41,080
Speaker 1: see the significance of it growing up as a kid. Okay,

1202
01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:42,959
Speaker 1: get older, you understand why you have to go to school.

1203
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:46,040
Speaker 1: You understand that aspect of school and how important it

1204
01:03:46,080 --> 01:03:48,120
Speaker 1: is to your life growing up, and the lessons you learn,

1205
01:03:48,200 --> 01:03:49,920
Speaker 1: the things of that sort. But as a kid, I

1206
01:03:49,960 --> 01:03:52,200
Speaker 1: just want to stay home, play video games and go

1207
01:03:52,360 --> 01:03:53,880
Speaker 1: play in the streets for my friends. You weren't a

1208
01:03:53,920 --> 01:03:57,800
Speaker 1: frat fan, I see. Okay, what was the best Christmas

1209
01:03:57,880 --> 01:04:01,320
Speaker 1: gift you ever got? The best SMAs gift I ever

1210
01:04:01,520 --> 01:04:05,320
Speaker 1: got was permission to play football? Really, yes, what happened?

1211
01:04:05,520 --> 01:04:09,479
Speaker 1: So my mom was against football my whole well, most

1212
01:04:09,520 --> 01:04:12,000
Speaker 1: of my childhood. Okay, I attack a vents One year

1213
01:04:12,040 --> 01:04:13,960
Speaker 1: for Christmas. She asked me what did I want for Christmas?

1214
01:04:14,040 --> 01:04:16,840
Speaker 1: I told her I didn't want anything buttons play football.

1215
01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:18,600
Speaker 1: How old were you? What great are we talking here?

1216
01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:23,400
Speaker 1: Probably I would definitely elementary, you know, I'm guessing maybe

1217
01:04:23,680 --> 01:04:27,360
Speaker 1: fourth grade. Maybe I was very Yeah, I was very young,

1218
01:04:27,800 --> 01:04:29,680
Speaker 1: and at that age she was she didn't see the

1219
01:04:29,760 --> 01:04:32,400
Speaker 1: point of flaning football. Like, so you're in the NFL. Now,

1220
01:04:32,800 --> 01:04:35,560
Speaker 1: you were star at Miami when you suited up for

1221
01:04:35,600 --> 01:04:37,800
Speaker 1: the first time and played there that fourth grade year?

1222
01:04:38,160 --> 01:04:40,400
Speaker 1: Were you just blowing people up? I mean, were you

1223
01:04:40,680 --> 01:04:43,760
Speaker 1: the best one out there, humbly because you're from Liberty City,

1224
01:04:43,800 --> 01:04:46,120
Speaker 1: which is known for that. Right, yeah, so you were,

1225
01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:50,320
Speaker 1: you were amongst a lot of other pretty good ones. Yes, yeah, humbly, No,

1226
01:04:51,080 --> 01:04:53,120
Speaker 1: I got you. Well, we've seen in this interview you

1227
01:04:53,240 --> 01:04:55,440
Speaker 1: have some humble Oh you're winking your eye at me.

1228
01:04:55,560 --> 01:04:57,320
Speaker 1: So you were the best you were, You were the

1229
01:04:57,400 --> 01:04:59,800
Speaker 1: best you can you can. You can brag on this.

1230
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:02,160
Speaker 1: This is okay, we're not gonna judge. So yeah, no,

1231
01:05:03,120 --> 01:05:07,040
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't really brag, all right. I've tried to.

1232
01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:09,080
Speaker 1: I've tried to label you as a power back and

1233
01:05:09,120 --> 01:05:10,800
Speaker 1: you wouldn't have any of it. But you just shot

1234
01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:13,800
Speaker 1: no shot, all right. What's an animal that scares you?

1235
01:05:14,120 --> 01:05:16,439
Speaker 1: Like when you're near it, when it's around you? Good? Look,

1236
01:05:16,480 --> 01:05:18,440
Speaker 1: I don't I don't come across many animals. If I

1237
01:05:18,480 --> 01:05:20,640
Speaker 1: had to pick one, it'd probably be a bear. I'm

1238
01:05:20,640 --> 01:05:22,200
Speaker 1: not sure why I would ever be near a bear.

1239
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:25,400
Speaker 1: There's no reason to really zero. I'm from Miami. Yeah,

1240
01:05:25,520 --> 01:05:28,360
Speaker 1: from Miami. Maybe at a zoo, but that's probably about

1241
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:30,520
Speaker 1: the only time, you know. Yeah, if a bear guy

1242
01:05:30,640 --> 01:05:33,360
Speaker 1: loose at a zoo, oh man, yeah, look out, Well

1243
01:05:33,400 --> 01:05:36,080
Speaker 1: hopefully there'd be somebody with trank guns and stuff like Ye,

1244
01:05:38,360 --> 01:05:41,240
Speaker 1: do you have a go to karaoke song? Oh? Man,

1245
01:05:42,160 --> 01:05:44,920
Speaker 1: a go to karaokee song? I was singing in public

1246
01:05:45,320 --> 01:05:48,000
Speaker 1: or in private? Both? No, there's there's no songing I

1247
01:05:48,120 --> 01:05:50,360
Speaker 1: was seeing in public? What about in private? Almost every

1248
01:05:50,440 --> 01:05:53,440
Speaker 1: song on my phone? And what sort of songs are

1249
01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:55,280
Speaker 1: we talking about? They're getting like one or two. So

1250
01:05:56,560 --> 01:05:59,000
Speaker 1: it will definitely almost be the whole A Shan album

1251
01:05:59,320 --> 01:06:02,720
Speaker 1: ed sheering out, okay, perfect, It's probably one of my favorites.

1252
01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:06,640
Speaker 1: Happier Happier will probably be the one I was thinking

1253
01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:09,320
Speaker 1: in public and or private? There we go Happier by

1254
01:06:10,120 --> 01:06:13,680
Speaker 1: at Sharon. Okay, Wow, you're very humble and you're very forthright.

1255
01:06:13,760 --> 01:06:15,840
Speaker 1: You know not most people would say at Sharon, you know,

1256
01:06:15,880 --> 01:06:17,360
Speaker 1: they wouldn't They wouldn't bring that up. I like that.

1257
01:06:17,400 --> 01:06:19,400
Speaker 1: Oh no, I don't listen. I hardly listen to rap.

1258
01:06:19,560 --> 01:06:22,760
Speaker 1: I'm more of a pop R and B medal at

1259
01:06:22,800 --> 01:06:25,200
Speaker 1: Sharon's your guy. That's good. This has been a fruitful

1260
01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:27,520
Speaker 1: interview with you. Okay, if you were a football player,

1261
01:06:27,640 --> 01:06:30,600
Speaker 1: what would your career be? O? God, not discourse? What?

1262
01:06:31,400 --> 01:06:34,000
Speaker 1: Because I had so many aspirations growing up of things

1263
01:06:34,080 --> 01:06:36,240
Speaker 1: that I would have been a backup plan for football

1264
01:06:36,320 --> 01:06:39,040
Speaker 1: that had football and not worked out. Going into college,

1265
01:06:39,080 --> 01:06:41,920
Speaker 1: I want to be an engineer. An engineer. Okay, my counterpart,

1266
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:44,760
Speaker 1: Deep City, she has a degree in engineer. Honest, dope. Yeah,

1267
01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:48,560
Speaker 1: she entered her all her families are all engineer. That's dope. Yeah,

1268
01:06:48,640 --> 01:06:50,720
Speaker 1: so there's something to chit chat with her about. Definitely

1269
01:06:50,760 --> 01:06:53,600
Speaker 1: gonna chit chat with her about it. Engineer. I wanted

1270
01:06:53,720 --> 01:06:56,040
Speaker 1: to be a doctor, and I realized you have to

1271
01:06:56,080 --> 01:06:58,160
Speaker 1: go to school forever to be a doctor. And you

1272
01:06:58,240 --> 01:07:00,880
Speaker 1: got to see some nasty stuff too. I'm not you're

1273
01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:06,360
Speaker 1: not squeamish. Yeah, squeamish right here, two thumbs and squeamish me. Yeah.

1274
01:07:07,920 --> 01:07:11,160
Speaker 1: And some really cool things. Oh no, I'm not down that.

1275
01:07:11,280 --> 01:07:14,000
Speaker 1: But just the other stuff, it just I probably wouldn't

1276
01:07:14,040 --> 01:07:15,800
Speaker 1: I wouldn't make it, you know. But this's not about me.

1277
01:07:15,960 --> 01:07:19,000
Speaker 1: This is about about you. Let's wrap this up. What's

1278
01:07:19,000 --> 01:07:21,240
Speaker 1: your favorite TV show as a kid? Probably have to

1279
01:07:21,240 --> 01:07:24,280
Speaker 1: be mar what's your favorite TV show? Now that's tough.

1280
01:07:24,480 --> 01:07:26,400
Speaker 1: I have a list. What's here the list, Let's here's

1281
01:07:26,400 --> 01:07:27,800
Speaker 1: some of you. You know. I have so many TV

1282
01:07:27,880 --> 01:07:30,560
Speaker 1: shows I watch right now. One of my favorites is

1283
01:07:30,720 --> 01:07:35,040
Speaker 1: A Million Little Things. I also like a show How

1284
01:07:35,120 --> 01:07:38,720
Speaker 1: to Get a Real Murder Scandal pretty much is so

1285
01:07:38,840 --> 01:07:41,720
Speaker 1: I like shows that, oh, the black List, Arrow I'm

1286
01:07:41,760 --> 01:07:44,840
Speaker 1: a big Marvel guy DC, so I mean, I literally

1287
01:07:44,880 --> 01:07:48,200
Speaker 1: watched any show that's out there really that's got a good.

1288
01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:50,520
Speaker 1: Game of Thrones is another one. Every one of you

1289
01:07:50,600 --> 01:07:52,800
Speaker 1: guys just said Game of Thrones. It's not just Game

1290
01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:55,120
Speaker 1: of Thrones, but everyone has mentioned Game of Thrones. It

1291
01:07:55,640 --> 01:07:59,160
Speaker 1: has to be. That's that's been the only overlaps some way, somehow.

1292
01:07:59,400 --> 01:08:01,880
Speaker 1: And are you disappointed by the ending? Yes, you've all

1293
01:08:01,920 --> 01:08:04,760
Speaker 1: been disappointed to you. Yeah, it's not who took the throw,

1294
01:08:05,280 --> 01:08:08,320
Speaker 1: but just a way and unraveled at the end, like

1295
01:08:08,440 --> 01:08:10,520
Speaker 1: it was rushed. You could have had more episodes, you

1296
01:08:10,560 --> 01:08:12,720
Speaker 1: could have had another season like they just rushed it.

1297
01:08:12,840 --> 01:08:15,360
Speaker 1: And I'm not a movie director or a TV show director,

1298
01:08:15,400 --> 01:08:18,160
Speaker 1: so I'm not going that in any show with Logan Browning.

1299
01:08:18,320 --> 01:08:21,479
Speaker 1: Who's Logan Brownie? Logan Browning is and she's an actress,

1300
01:08:21,800 --> 01:08:25,599
Speaker 1: so she's my actress crush. Well, Duke Johnson, we could

1301
01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:27,759
Speaker 1: go on for days and days, but you got stuff

1302
01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:29,560
Speaker 1: to do, and I got stuff to do, but I

1303
01:08:29,640 --> 01:08:32,280
Speaker 1: appreciate you doing a dozen questions. Do I appreciate you?

1304
01:08:32,920 --> 01:08:35,160
Speaker 1: I don't know. If I've gone a day without seeing

1305
01:08:35,320 --> 01:08:37,720
Speaker 1: Duke without a winter hat on. It can be a

1306
01:08:37,840 --> 01:08:41,160
Speaker 1: million degrees out and Duke's gonna have that winter hat on. Now.

1307
01:08:41,200 --> 01:08:43,559
Speaker 1: He's from Miami, so maybe everything to him is cold,

1308
01:08:43,920 --> 01:08:45,920
Speaker 1: but he always has that winter hat on. I'm so,

1309
01:08:46,240 --> 01:08:48,560
Speaker 1: I'm so envious. I like wearing a winter hat. I

1310
01:08:48,680 --> 01:08:50,280
Speaker 1: wear a winter hat a lot of different times, but

1311
01:08:50,840 --> 01:08:52,680
Speaker 1: I have such thick hair that I can't do it

1312
01:08:52,760 --> 01:08:54,160
Speaker 1: too much in the summer. I think Duke would do

1313
01:08:54,200 --> 01:08:56,200
Speaker 1: it every single day. If you do, it's cool. Look

1314
01:08:56,320 --> 01:08:58,439
Speaker 1: I like it. I like it. I'm a little bit envious.

1315
01:08:58,479 --> 01:08:59,800
Speaker 1: I will say that. All right. It's time to go

1316
01:09:00,000 --> 01:09:03,519
Speaker 1: on enemy sidelines next, and when we play the Tennessee Titans,

1317
01:09:03,640 --> 01:09:06,680
Speaker 1: Dpcity gets on her little Rolodex and she probably has

1318
01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:10,320
Speaker 1: the number memorized by now because Jim Wyatt from Titans

1319
01:09:10,360 --> 01:09:13,519
Speaker 1: dot com is that guy that joins her each and

1320
01:09:13,760 --> 01:09:17,280
Speaker 1: every week while we take on the Titans. We'll have

1321
01:09:17,360 --> 01:09:21,160
Speaker 1: that for you next. Jim Wyatt, long time Tennessee Titans

1322
01:09:21,240 --> 01:09:24,639
Speaker 1: beat writer, now at Titans dot com. On Texans All Access. Next,

1323
01:09:25,080 --> 01:09:27,200
Speaker 1: we got one final segment of Texans All Access on

1324
01:09:27,360 --> 01:09:30,519
Speaker 1: this Wednesday evening from Monday Texans Radio Studio. I am

1325
01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:33,679
Speaker 1: John Harris, or host, football analyst and sider reporter. Glad

1326
01:09:33,800 --> 01:09:37,040
Speaker 1: to be with you. We are inching ever so closely

1327
01:09:37,200 --> 01:09:41,799
Speaker 1: to a massive battle on Sunday between the Tennessee Titans

1328
01:09:42,120 --> 01:09:47,400
Speaker 1: and the Houston Texans in Nashville. First time the Texans

1329
01:09:47,479 --> 01:09:50,800
Speaker 1: will have seen the Titans this year comes in Week fifteen,

1330
01:09:51,439 --> 01:09:53,400
Speaker 1: and then got to do it again in week seventeen,

1331
01:09:53,960 --> 01:09:57,880
Speaker 1: and who knows, maybe there's a Week eighteen. I don't

1332
01:09:57,880 --> 01:10:00,519
Speaker 1: I don't know. We'll find out. This a big one,

1333
01:10:01,000 --> 01:10:03,479
Speaker 1: Mark and I will talk about what it means on

1334
01:10:03,600 --> 01:10:05,960
Speaker 1: Friday a little bit more So, it's time to go

1335
01:10:06,040 --> 01:10:11,360
Speaker 1: behind enemy sidelines and get the opposing sidelines view. And

1336
01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:15,040
Speaker 1: when it's Tennessee Titans week, that means Jim Wyatt is

1337
01:10:15,080 --> 01:10:17,439
Speaker 1: going to join us. He has been covering the NFL,

1338
01:10:17,600 --> 01:10:21,560
Speaker 1: covering Tennessee Titans well since the Titans came to Tennessee.

1339
01:10:22,160 --> 01:10:23,880
Speaker 1: They kind of moved around a little bit in Tennessee

1340
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:26,160
Speaker 1: and they got locked in on Nashville, and Jim Wyatt

1341
01:10:26,200 --> 01:10:29,240
Speaker 1: has been there ever since. So as we go behind

1342
01:10:29,320 --> 01:10:32,280
Speaker 1: enemy sidelines with dpcity, here is Jim Wyatt of Titans

1343
01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:34,360
Speaker 1: dot Com. Jim, how's it going today. It's been a

1344
01:10:34,479 --> 01:10:36,880
Speaker 1: while since we chatted, Yes, it's been a while. It's

1345
01:10:36,920 --> 01:10:38,880
Speaker 1: crazy to have two games schedule here in the last

1346
01:10:38,920 --> 01:10:41,360
Speaker 1: three weeks the seasons with the Titans and the Texans,

1347
01:10:41,479 --> 01:10:44,880
Speaker 1: but certainly the way it's played out too, could be

1348
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:48,680
Speaker 1: two really big games. Absolutely. I think since I've started here,

1349
01:10:48,760 --> 01:10:52,040
Speaker 1: these two teams have always met week eight or earlier,

1350
01:10:52,160 --> 01:10:54,800
Speaker 1: sometimes as early as week two. So this is the

1351
01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:58,120
Speaker 1: longest we've gone without since I've been here that these

1352
01:10:58,200 --> 01:11:00,160
Speaker 1: two teams have waited to face each other. So if

1353
01:11:00,160 --> 01:11:03,000
Speaker 1: it's strange that we haven't already based the Titans this year,

1354
01:11:03,520 --> 01:11:05,360
Speaker 1: but like you said twice, in the next three weeks,

1355
01:11:05,400 --> 01:11:07,479
Speaker 1: we're gonna be hearing and seeing a lot of each

1356
01:11:07,479 --> 01:11:10,360
Speaker 1: other here in the next few weeks to come. Let's

1357
01:11:10,360 --> 01:11:13,040
Speaker 1: start off with the Titans in their season. They started

1358
01:11:13,080 --> 01:11:15,479
Speaker 1: off two and four. Now they've won six of their

1359
01:11:15,560 --> 01:11:19,360
Speaker 1: last seven games with Ryan Tannehill. How surprised were you

1360
01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:23,400
Speaker 1: when the struggles that Marcus Mariota had early on that

1361
01:11:23,640 --> 01:11:25,560
Speaker 1: Mike Rabel made the switch when he did. Did you

1362
01:11:25,640 --> 01:11:27,519
Speaker 1: sort of see that coming or did that sort of

1363
01:11:27,600 --> 01:11:31,360
Speaker 1: come as a surprise to the organization. I think you

1364
01:11:31,400 --> 01:11:34,360
Speaker 1: could see it coming. I mean Marcus just he struggled

1365
01:11:34,400 --> 01:11:37,040
Speaker 1: and was inconsistent and they just weren't scoring a lot

1366
01:11:37,120 --> 01:11:40,240
Speaker 1: of points and got to a point in Denver where

1367
01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:43,400
Speaker 1: they were gaming end up getting shut out sixteen to nothing,

1368
01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:48,200
Speaker 1: where I think they felt like they needed to make

1369
01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:53,759
Speaker 1: a change. And Ryan Tannehill finished that game, and when

1370
01:11:53,880 --> 01:11:58,080
Speaker 1: they started discussing a potential change before the Chargers game

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01:11:58,160 --> 01:12:00,439
Speaker 1: on October the twentieth, I think everyone and kind of

1372
01:12:00,479 --> 01:12:04,320
Speaker 1: felt like, once you start discussing it, you have to

1373
01:12:04,439 --> 01:12:08,439
Speaker 1: make the move. And it's been the right move. I mean,

1374
01:12:08,479 --> 01:12:11,360
Speaker 1: there's no question about it. And Marcus Mariota has his

1375
01:12:13,400 --> 01:12:19,640
Speaker 1: share of supporters, and I'm talking about fans outside the

1376
01:12:19,760 --> 01:12:22,479
Speaker 1: team and not that you know, the team certainly respects

1377
01:12:22,560 --> 01:12:25,920
Speaker 1: him as well. But people didn't agree with it, from

1378
01:12:26,080 --> 01:12:29,880
Speaker 1: places like Oregon, in places like Hawaii, and people who

1379
01:12:29,960 --> 01:12:32,040
Speaker 1: have followed him throughout his career thought it was a

1380
01:12:32,240 --> 01:12:35,960
Speaker 1: big mistake the team was making. But Ryan Tannehill has

1381
01:12:36,000 --> 01:12:37,920
Speaker 1: been great. I mean they've been six and one with

1382
01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:42,160
Speaker 1: him as the starting quarterback. They've scored over thirty points

1383
01:12:42,600 --> 01:12:47,360
Speaker 1: in the last four games. They've scored over forty points

1384
01:12:47,520 --> 01:12:50,240
Speaker 1: in two out of the last three. He's got the

1385
01:12:50,320 --> 01:12:55,439
Speaker 1: best passer rating in the league. And I don't think

1386
01:12:55,520 --> 01:12:57,880
Speaker 1: that this team would be where it is right now

1387
01:12:57,960 --> 01:13:01,559
Speaker 1: if they'd have stayed with Marcus Mariota and everybody likes

1388
01:13:01,640 --> 01:13:04,800
Speaker 1: more because everybody respects him the hard working young man.

1389
01:13:05,439 --> 01:13:08,560
Speaker 1: But Ryan Tannehill has been a better starting quarterback and

1390
01:13:08,680 --> 01:13:12,479
Speaker 1: they've really benefited from the spark he's given them and

1391
01:13:12,560 --> 01:13:15,679
Speaker 1: the better play that he's given them. Yeah, you mentioned

1392
01:13:15,880 --> 01:13:18,559
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill's numbers so impressive, and yet he's probably coming

1393
01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:21,559
Speaker 1: off his best performance in that win in Oakland. Three

1394
01:13:21,640 --> 01:13:24,240
Speaker 1: hundred ninety one yards, three touchdown passes, one hundred and

1395
01:13:24,280 --> 01:13:27,640
Speaker 1: forty point four a QBR. When you see him in

1396
01:13:27,760 --> 01:13:30,760
Speaker 1: that offense, what is it about that fit with him

1397
01:13:30,920 --> 01:13:34,560
Speaker 1: and the Titans that's really just helped him bring a

1398
01:13:34,640 --> 01:13:36,920
Speaker 1: spark back to his career. Obviously, we saw him struggle

1399
01:13:36,960 --> 01:13:40,439
Speaker 1: in Miami and all of his woes there, but coming

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01:13:40,479 --> 01:13:43,080
Speaker 1: into the Titans, are you surprised by how well he's

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01:13:43,120 --> 01:13:47,240
Speaker 1: done over this last stretch of games. Yeah, I'd be

1402
01:13:47,360 --> 01:13:49,599
Speaker 1: lying if I said I wasn't, because yeah, I saw

1403
01:13:49,720 --> 01:13:52,439
Speaker 1: the Miami and the Titans had several games against Miami.

1404
01:13:52,479 --> 01:13:55,320
Speaker 1: They play faced him in season opener a year ago,

1405
01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:59,479
Speaker 1: and yeah, he had his moments there, and he's got

1406
01:14:00,120 --> 01:14:04,080
Speaker 1: a strong arm. I washed him in training camp and

1407
01:14:05,200 --> 01:14:09,200
Speaker 1: was impressed by the way he handled his reps in practices.

1408
01:14:09,840 --> 01:14:12,320
Speaker 1: But I don't think anybody would have been able to

1409
01:14:12,560 --> 01:14:15,760
Speaker 1: predict that he would be as sharp as he's been.

1410
01:14:16,160 --> 01:14:19,240
Speaker 1: And he's been decisive. I think that's a big part

1411
01:14:19,280 --> 01:14:21,040
Speaker 1: of it. I mean, earlier on at you know, Marcus

1412
01:14:22,200 --> 01:14:24,840
Speaker 1: just held the ball too long and he didn't make

1413
01:14:25,080 --> 01:14:29,800
Speaker 1: great decisions, and he was off target on a lot

1414
01:14:29,880 --> 01:14:32,440
Speaker 1: of his throws. Wasn't throw a lot in their receptions.

1415
01:14:32,520 --> 01:14:34,960
Speaker 1: He was just, you know, he just wasn't putting the

1416
01:14:35,000 --> 01:14:38,600
Speaker 1: ball where it needed to be. And Ryan Tannehill has

1417
01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:42,760
Speaker 1: been accurate. He's been decisive, he's gotten the ball out,

1418
01:14:43,560 --> 01:14:47,200
Speaker 1: he's been confident in his decision making. And by doing that,

1419
01:14:47,320 --> 01:14:50,840
Speaker 1: I mean he's making some throws into some really tight

1420
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:55,160
Speaker 1: windows and given his receivers an opportunity to make plays.

1421
01:14:55,280 --> 01:14:58,120
Speaker 1: He spread the ball around him. I think all the

1422
01:14:58,240 --> 01:15:01,280
Speaker 1: work he had with some of these guys further down

1423
01:15:01,320 --> 01:15:04,479
Speaker 1: the depth chart early in you know, throughout camp and

1424
01:15:04,560 --> 01:15:06,840
Speaker 1: maybe throughout the first part of the season when he

1425
01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:08,880
Speaker 1: was working as the number two quarterback. I think that's

1426
01:15:08,920 --> 01:15:13,000
Speaker 1: coming back to benefit the team now because he complete

1427
01:15:13,040 --> 01:15:15,840
Speaker 1: the passes the ten different players on Sunday, so he's

1428
01:15:15,880 --> 01:15:20,160
Speaker 1: spreading the ball around and he's been really good, I mean,

1429
01:15:20,360 --> 01:15:24,439
Speaker 1: and I think he's been even better, you know, been

1430
01:15:24,680 --> 01:15:28,720
Speaker 1: even better than anybody around would have expected, because if not,

1431
01:15:28,920 --> 01:15:33,200
Speaker 1: they would have made this move before Week seven certainly.

1432
01:15:33,200 --> 01:15:34,839
Speaker 1: And I definitely want to ask you about the receivers

1433
01:15:34,880 --> 01:15:37,160
Speaker 1: in a bit, but we'd have to talk about Derreck Henry,

1434
01:15:37,479 --> 01:15:39,720
Speaker 1: who's coming off one hundred yard performance. He's one of

1435
01:15:39,760 --> 01:15:42,000
Speaker 1: the biggest backs in the league, but got off to

1436
01:15:42,080 --> 01:15:44,600
Speaker 1: a slow start when the season started. How has the

1437
01:15:44,720 --> 01:15:47,400
Speaker 1: quarterbacks which really benefited him? And is this the best

1438
01:15:47,479 --> 01:15:51,200
Speaker 1: you've seen him play? Well? He was really good down

1439
01:15:51,240 --> 01:15:56,519
Speaker 1: the stretch last year, but this stretch started sooner this season.

1440
01:15:56,520 --> 01:15:57,960
Speaker 1: I mean, it was kind of late in the year.

1441
01:15:58,160 --> 01:16:01,040
Speaker 1: He struggled already part of the last season and at

1442
01:16:01,080 --> 01:16:03,920
Speaker 1: the halfway point, um, you know, he got a pep

1443
01:16:04,000 --> 01:16:07,920
Speaker 1: talk from Eddie George about you know, how your careers

1444
01:16:07,960 --> 01:16:10,800
Speaker 1: on the line, and you need to start producing. You

1445
01:16:10,880 --> 01:16:14,600
Speaker 1: need to start looking for contact and start running like

1446
01:16:14,920 --> 01:16:16,800
Speaker 1: a big bike, you know, kind of like Eddie George

1447
01:16:16,880 --> 01:16:19,280
Speaker 1: Fran you know, you don't shy away from contact, you know,

1448
01:16:19,760 --> 01:16:23,840
Speaker 1: be decisive at the whole. And we started to see

1449
01:16:23,960 --> 01:16:27,600
Speaker 1: Derek Henry deserved himself a lot more in December of

1450
01:16:27,680 --> 01:16:30,840
Speaker 1: last season, and he really ran well down the stretch.

1451
01:16:30,880 --> 01:16:32,680
Speaker 1: In December he had a two hundred and thirty eight

1452
01:16:32,760 --> 01:16:36,240
Speaker 1: yard four touchdown game against the Jaguars, had a string

1453
01:16:36,280 --> 01:16:39,400
Speaker 1: of one hundred yard games and finished strong. But this

1454
01:16:39,560 --> 01:16:42,519
Speaker 1: season he's been even better and that and that stretch

1455
01:16:42,640 --> 01:16:46,640
Speaker 1: started sooner. Um, you know, he's ripping off again, one

1456
01:16:46,720 --> 01:16:49,960
Speaker 1: hundred yard games week after week. He's at five hundred

1457
01:16:49,960 --> 01:16:53,800
Speaker 1: and ninety nine yards in the past four games. Um,

1458
01:16:54,040 --> 01:16:59,000
Speaker 1: he's already scored thirteen touchdowns. Um. He's clearly benefited from

1459
01:16:59,240 --> 01:17:03,400
Speaker 1: from the team being able to throw the ball down field,

1460
01:17:03,479 --> 01:17:05,600
Speaker 1: because I think that's open things up for him. But

1461
01:17:05,680 --> 01:17:08,559
Speaker 1: I think you know, him running the ball as well

1462
01:17:08,600 --> 01:17:12,160
Speaker 1: as he's as he has has, you know, the Tenney

1463
01:17:12,280 --> 01:17:14,439
Speaker 1: Hill and the receivers have benefited from that as well.

1464
01:17:14,479 --> 01:17:17,400
Speaker 1: So it's kind of work hand in hand. You mentioned

1465
01:17:17,400 --> 01:17:20,280
Speaker 1: the chemistry that Tannehill has with the receivers and being

1466
01:17:20,280 --> 01:17:21,880
Speaker 1: able to spread the ball around, but he was still

1467
01:17:21,920 --> 01:17:24,719
Speaker 1: able to get two touchdown passes to A. J. Brown

1468
01:17:24,840 --> 01:17:28,280
Speaker 1: against Oakland Raiders, and AJ's really putting up some eye

1469
01:17:28,360 --> 01:17:30,760
Speaker 1: popping numbers just even when you look at him with

1470
01:17:30,880 --> 01:17:34,240
Speaker 1: other receivers across the League's what is it about him

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01:17:34,280 --> 01:17:38,720
Speaker 1: that makes him so hard to defend. Well, he's big,

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01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:43,599
Speaker 1: and he's physical and he has really good hands. Yeah.

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01:17:43,600 --> 01:17:47,000
Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of first round picks at the

1474
01:17:47,080 --> 01:17:51,360
Speaker 1: re receiver position roll through here and really across the league,

1475
01:17:51,360 --> 01:17:53,599
Speaker 1: and it takes them a while to really spind their footing.

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01:17:53,600 --> 01:17:55,600
Speaker 1: I mean, Corey Davis is in year three. He was

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01:17:55,640 --> 01:17:59,080
Speaker 1: the fifth overall pick in two seventeen, and he's had

1478
01:17:59,120 --> 01:18:02,000
Speaker 1: his moments, but uh, you know, it kind of took

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01:18:02,120 --> 01:18:06,000
Speaker 1: him a while to really behind himself and he still

1480
01:18:06,200 --> 01:18:09,200
Speaker 1: has not been as explosive a player as a J. Brown's.

1481
01:18:09,280 --> 01:18:12,400
Speaker 1: Then Kendall Wright several years back was a first round

1482
01:18:12,439 --> 01:18:15,560
Speaker 1: pick who you know, again had his moments but and

1483
01:18:15,680 --> 01:18:18,679
Speaker 1: had I had a one thousand yards season, but also

1484
01:18:18,840 --> 01:18:22,800
Speaker 1: had a lot of inconsistencies. I mean, Brown early on Um,

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01:18:23,280 --> 01:18:25,600
Speaker 1: you know, I think he's you know, based on what

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01:18:25,680 --> 01:18:27,280
Speaker 1: I've seen so far, I think he's gonna be a

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01:18:27,360 --> 01:18:30,559
Speaker 1: special player, uh you know for the Titans and really

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01:18:30,840 --> 01:18:34,120
Speaker 1: in the league because he is hard to bring down

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01:18:34,200 --> 01:18:36,599
Speaker 1: in the open field. I mean, he made a ninety

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01:18:36,680 --> 01:18:40,080
Speaker 1: one yard catch on Sunday. It was the longest reception

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01:18:40,240 --> 01:18:44,640
Speaker 1: in franchise history. Um, Titans history, I should say, have

1492
01:18:44,760 --> 01:18:46,559
Speaker 1: to go back to the older's days to find one

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01:18:46,680 --> 01:18:50,639
Speaker 1: longer and George Bland I think through maybe that past.

1494
01:18:52,760 --> 01:18:55,720
Speaker 1: And he also had a catching that game. Uh oh,

1495
01:18:55,840 --> 01:18:58,439
Speaker 1: in that one yard catch, he caught the bar under

1496
01:18:59,720 --> 01:19:01,519
Speaker 1: kind of lusch one go off of him and ran

1497
01:19:01,600 --> 01:19:03,160
Speaker 1: and arrest a White. There was a play lad in

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01:19:03,200 --> 01:19:05,840
Speaker 1: the game. Caught a sixteen yard pass across the middle

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01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:08,360
Speaker 1: of three different guys had a crack at him to

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01:19:08,400 --> 01:19:11,280
Speaker 1: bring him down, and he just kind of refused to

1501
01:19:11,400 --> 01:19:17,320
Speaker 1: be denied. So he's a really nice kid. He works hard,

1502
01:19:17,800 --> 01:19:21,560
Speaker 1: he's all about football, he studies, and he's got a

1503
01:19:21,640 --> 01:19:25,280
Speaker 1: great chemistry already again with Tanney Hill, and I think,

1504
01:19:25,479 --> 01:19:27,400
Speaker 1: you know, there's no question he's kind of pasting this

1505
01:19:27,520 --> 01:19:30,360
Speaker 1: receiving call right now as a rookie. Jim a few

1506
01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:32,960
Speaker 1: weeks back after the Titans beat the Chiefs, I saw

1507
01:19:33,000 --> 01:19:36,520
Speaker 1: a video that kind of went viral and it was entertaining,

1508
01:19:36,640 --> 01:19:40,240
Speaker 1: and yet I kind of felt for the guy, Taylor Lawan,

1509
01:19:40,280 --> 01:19:41,720
Speaker 1: who had a chance to meet at the Pro Bowl.

1510
01:19:42,720 --> 01:19:45,479
Speaker 1: Very professional, I mean, great tackle. Obviously, he missed the

1511
01:19:45,520 --> 01:19:48,680
Speaker 1: first four games of the season with the suspension, but

1512
01:19:48,760 --> 01:19:52,799
Speaker 1: then came back and basically apologized for the false starts

1513
01:19:52,840 --> 01:19:55,080
Speaker 1: and the holding penalties, which is something we're seeing sort

1514
01:19:55,120 --> 01:19:58,080
Speaker 1: of across the league for offensive lineman. Has he remedied that,

1515
01:19:58,240 --> 01:19:59,800
Speaker 1: what has changed? I know he'd said that he was

1516
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:02,599
Speaker 1: to work on it during the bye week, But what's

1517
01:20:02,640 --> 01:20:04,760
Speaker 1: the layst you can tell us about that situation and

1518
01:20:05,040 --> 01:20:09,000
Speaker 1: everything he dealt with with all those penalties he has

1519
01:20:09,200 --> 01:20:12,040
Speaker 1: called down, I mean, to his credit, if he hadn't

1520
01:20:12,040 --> 01:20:13,920
Speaker 1: had a penalty in three games in a row now,

1521
01:20:14,080 --> 01:20:18,800
Speaker 1: which is he reminds you about it too after the game. Noplan, Uh,

1522
01:20:18,840 --> 01:20:21,479
Speaker 1: there was people standing around there. I've had a penalty

1523
01:20:21,520 --> 01:20:24,200
Speaker 1: in three games. It's making sure people were aware of

1524
01:20:24,320 --> 01:20:27,280
Speaker 1: it and people have been paying attention. Uh, you know,

1525
01:20:27,400 --> 01:20:29,720
Speaker 1: Mike and Rubble was hesitant that he praised on the

1526
01:20:29,800 --> 01:20:31,640
Speaker 1: guy that I think he went two games in a

1527
01:20:31,720 --> 01:20:34,519
Speaker 1: row without a penalty, and somebody asked Rabel about he said, Hey,

1528
01:20:34,560 --> 01:20:38,160
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna compliment a guy for not getting penalties

1529
01:20:38,640 --> 01:20:41,680
Speaker 1: because obviously that you're not supposed to get them. But

1530
01:20:41,960 --> 01:20:44,000
Speaker 1: but I think a little one has obviously made a

1531
01:20:44,080 --> 01:20:47,400
Speaker 1: cons of effort to pull that because he doesn't want

1532
01:20:47,439 --> 01:20:49,200
Speaker 1: to be a liability. He doesn't want to be a

1533
01:20:49,280 --> 01:20:53,840
Speaker 1: guy that that hurt team. And yes, he had to

1534
01:20:53,880 --> 01:20:56,439
Speaker 1: work some through some things when he came back from

1535
01:20:56,479 --> 01:21:00,320
Speaker 1: a suspension. It was tough, I think to start already.

1536
01:21:00,400 --> 01:21:03,800
Speaker 1: It's tough to kind of get into a rhythm when

1537
01:21:03,800 --> 01:21:07,000
Speaker 1: you're an offensive lineman and get into a groove in

1538
01:21:07,160 --> 01:21:09,519
Speaker 1: week one. Anyway, it's even tougher. I think when you

1539
01:21:09,640 --> 01:21:12,200
Speaker 1: come back in week five and these other guys who

1540
01:21:12,280 --> 01:21:14,160
Speaker 1: had four games had started on you, and you're just

1541
01:21:14,280 --> 01:21:16,519
Speaker 1: not playing NFL speed yet. And I think that's one

1542
01:21:16,520 --> 01:21:19,240
Speaker 1: of the reasons why he got penalties. And he may

1543
01:21:19,280 --> 01:21:25,120
Speaker 1: have been frustrated. And I think he has since, you know,

1544
01:21:25,360 --> 01:21:27,960
Speaker 1: settled down and is playing a lot better. I mean,

1545
01:21:28,040 --> 01:21:30,679
Speaker 1: offensive line is playing better. It was pretty a pretty

1546
01:21:30,720 --> 01:21:34,679
Speaker 1: crazy stat this week. They threw for three hundred ninety

1547
01:21:34,680 --> 01:21:38,439
Speaker 1: one passing yards and they didn't allow a sack, and

1548
01:21:38,760 --> 01:21:41,040
Speaker 1: which is the first time that's ever happened in franchise

1549
01:21:41,080 --> 01:21:43,360
Speaker 1: story where they've thrown for that many yards without having

1550
01:21:43,400 --> 01:21:46,479
Speaker 1: a sack. So I think credit goes to the offensive

1551
01:21:46,520 --> 01:21:49,599
Speaker 1: line for giving Tanny Hill tom and I think Taylor

1552
01:21:49,680 --> 01:21:52,599
Speaker 1: Lawan has been a big part of that. Let's talk

1553
01:21:52,600 --> 01:21:55,400
Speaker 1: about Mike Rabel. Obviously he was linebackers coach here and

1554
01:21:55,479 --> 01:21:58,599
Speaker 1: then he was a defensive coordinator for a season as well.

1555
01:21:58,760 --> 01:22:01,639
Speaker 1: And sometimes that Titans defense gets overshadowed by the offense,

1556
01:22:01,760 --> 01:22:04,840
Speaker 1: especially this year. How has that defense been so consistently

1557
01:22:04,880 --> 01:22:07,639
Speaker 1: good under Rabel? What really stands out about the defense

1558
01:22:07,640 --> 01:22:11,479
Speaker 1: inside of the ball this year to you, Well, they've

1559
01:22:11,520 --> 01:22:15,679
Speaker 1: been uh, they have been good. Uh you know, really

1560
01:22:15,840 --> 01:22:18,519
Speaker 1: from uh, you know, the back end all the way

1561
01:22:18,600 --> 01:22:22,320
Speaker 1: up to the defense affront. And they've gotten good play

1562
01:22:23,520 --> 01:22:25,960
Speaker 1: from some of them, from some of their edge rushers

1563
01:22:26,040 --> 01:22:28,240
Speaker 1: as well. And now they've taken a hit in the

1564
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:33,200
Speaker 1: secondary um in recent weeks, which you know was a

1565
01:22:33,280 --> 01:22:36,679
Speaker 1: strength of the team coming into season, and now they're

1566
01:22:37,040 --> 01:22:39,400
Speaker 1: I don't want to say scrambling because if I say scrambling,

1567
01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:40,880
Speaker 1: it makes it sound like they're just trying to throw

1568
01:22:40,960 --> 01:22:43,400
Speaker 1: things together. And they've actually had some guys step up

1569
01:22:43,479 --> 01:22:46,880
Speaker 1: and play well. But they austin Malcolm Butler to a

1570
01:22:46,960 --> 01:22:49,960
Speaker 1: broken rift. He's on an hour now. They've played the

1571
01:22:50,040 --> 01:22:53,000
Speaker 1: last week. This is this past week without a Dory

1572
01:22:53,120 --> 01:22:56,559
Speaker 1: Jackson Lashawn sim so they've had and then Kenny Baccaro,

1573
01:22:56,680 --> 01:22:59,959
Speaker 1: the team starting safety, left the game with a concussion

1574
01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:02,040
Speaker 1: and he's in concussion protocols. They've had a lot of

1575
01:23:02,160 --> 01:23:05,639
Speaker 1: young guys step up. I mean, Logan Ryan's been good

1576
01:23:05,760 --> 01:23:08,200
Speaker 1: from beginning to end, but Ty Smith has stepped in.

1577
01:23:08,320 --> 01:23:12,280
Speaker 1: They signed from Aint Brock from the Cardinals last week

1578
01:23:12,320 --> 01:23:15,559
Speaker 1: and plugged him in. You know, Kevin Bard has been

1579
01:23:15,680 --> 01:23:17,800
Speaker 1: good back there, help us settle that group down. So

1580
01:23:17,920 --> 01:23:21,400
Speaker 1: they've they've been able to withstand some of those injuries

1581
01:23:22,000 --> 01:23:25,280
Speaker 1: at the secondary position, which has been key. And then

1582
01:23:26,280 --> 01:23:29,080
Speaker 1: I think Jeffrey Simmons gave him a boost when he

1583
01:23:29,240 --> 01:23:33,200
Speaker 1: came when he came onto the roster for the team's

1584
01:23:33,240 --> 01:23:35,280
Speaker 1: game against the Chargers on the twenty. I think he's

1585
01:23:35,280 --> 01:23:38,479
Speaker 1: been a consistent force inside. Jiroll Casey, even though he's

1586
01:23:38,479 --> 01:23:41,880
Speaker 1: battled injuries, has been good. I give credit to the linebackers,

1587
01:23:41,960 --> 01:23:44,360
Speaker 1: I mean, for Shaun Evans, has been at tackling machine.

1588
01:23:44,479 --> 01:23:48,800
Speaker 1: Jayon Brown's getting better each time he plays. He had

1589
01:23:48,840 --> 01:23:51,360
Speaker 1: a scoop and score for a touchdown this past week here,

1590
01:23:51,520 --> 01:23:55,000
Speaker 1: Landry has nine sacks. He's doing things this team hasn't

1591
01:23:55,040 --> 01:23:58,559
Speaker 1: seen done, you know, really since Javon Curse played here

1592
01:23:58,680 --> 01:24:02,439
Speaker 1: from a from edge rushing position. So they've had a

1593
01:24:02,479 --> 01:24:06,280
Speaker 1: lot of guys kind of step up and and I

1594
01:24:06,360 --> 01:24:08,200
Speaker 1: think you got to give credit to not only Rabal,

1595
01:24:08,280 --> 01:24:11,599
Speaker 1: but the Dean Peace, the defensive coordinator, because he's really

1596
01:24:11,680 --> 01:24:14,840
Speaker 1: the guy that kind of puts the plan in place.

1597
01:24:15,120 --> 01:24:17,680
Speaker 1: He worked Cane in hand with Rable, but Peace has

1598
01:24:17,760 --> 01:24:21,880
Speaker 1: been has really delivered good message and a good plan

1599
01:24:22,120 --> 01:24:27,000
Speaker 1: and they've they have been good. And when you're scorn

1600
01:24:27,120 --> 01:24:29,960
Speaker 1: points like the Titans have, and that's something to haven't

1601
01:24:30,000 --> 01:24:33,400
Speaker 1: done a lot here in Nashville, it certainly makes it

1602
01:24:33,400 --> 01:24:35,360
Speaker 1: a lot easier and takes the pressure off the defense,

1603
01:24:35,400 --> 01:24:38,960
Speaker 1: and they've benefited from that good stuff. Jim Wyatt, first

1604
01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:41,840
Speaker 1: of the final two meetings with the Titans of the

1605
01:24:42,400 --> 01:24:45,080
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen regular season. Looking forward to it, looking forward

1606
01:24:45,080 --> 01:24:47,519
Speaker 1: to seeing you up there in Nashville. Sounds good. Thank you.

1607
01:24:48,120 --> 01:24:51,360
Speaker 1: Dp's become such good friends with Jim Wyatt. I wonder

1608
01:24:51,560 --> 01:24:54,439
Speaker 1: what she's gonna do with the final week of the year.

1609
01:24:55,040 --> 01:24:57,719
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk to Jim two weeks from now. Probably

1610
01:24:57,760 --> 01:25:01,240
Speaker 1: should because in the world the NFL two weeks things

1611
01:25:01,320 --> 01:25:05,960
Speaker 1: can be astronomically different, totally different. I mean, depending on

1612
01:25:06,080 --> 01:25:09,160
Speaker 1: what happens over these next couple of games. Week seventeen

1613
01:25:09,320 --> 01:25:13,240
Speaker 1: could mean everything, it could mean nothing. It could mean

1614
01:25:13,400 --> 01:25:15,920
Speaker 1: everything to one team and it could be nothing to

1615
01:25:16,080 --> 01:25:18,680
Speaker 1: the other. So I don't know. Maybe we'll talk to

1616
01:25:18,760 --> 01:25:20,880
Speaker 1: Jim Watt. I'll leave it up to DP, of course,

1617
01:25:20,920 --> 01:25:24,439
Speaker 1: but appreciate Jim Watt, Senior writing for the Tennessee Titans,

1618
01:25:24,560 --> 01:25:26,880
Speaker 1: for joining us. And I gotta thank a lot of

1619
01:25:26,920 --> 01:25:30,719
Speaker 1: the people for this evening show, DP and Jim obviously,

1620
01:25:30,840 --> 01:25:33,720
Speaker 1: gotta thank Mike Keith and Mark Vandimir, gotta thank Duke

1621
01:25:33,800 --> 01:25:37,120
Speaker 1: Johnson Doherty, Gotta thank my man Andre Whaere and of

1622
01:25:37,240 --> 01:25:41,200
Speaker 1: course cannot forget Dirty Red Clint Sterner. But big thank

1623
01:25:41,240 --> 01:25:43,280
Speaker 1: you to all of you for listening. Thank you so much.

1624
01:25:43,400 --> 01:25:46,240
Speaker 1: We will see you tomorrow and as always, go Texans.