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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program that gets you

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Speaker 1: inside the building here in the Hunday Texans Radio studio

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Speaker 1: across from the locker room. It's Texans All Access and

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Speaker 1: I'm Mark Vander Merrier, host for tonight. Yes, the general

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Speaker 1: is coming up. John McClain from the Houston Chronicle and

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Speaker 1: John Harris as well on the program tonight, so we

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Speaker 1: will have some fun. It is bye week, no game

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Speaker 1: for the Texans this weekend. One week from Sunday, they'll

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Speaker 1: We've got over this before, but I'm just reminding you

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Speaker 1: because that question keeps coming up to me. Why don't

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Speaker 1: they showcase this game to the nation. It's not as

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Speaker 1: easy as it sounds. And remember the Texans are on

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Speaker 1: a short week right after that game, as they'll take

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Speaker 1: on the Colts two weeks from tonight. My goodness, it's

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Speaker 1: gonna fly by. So enjoy this weekend, enjoy the other games,

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Speaker 1: and then get ready for more Texans action next week.

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Speaker 1: And we're still an action. We've got the show tonight,

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Speaker 1: out Texans Extra Points. Johnny and dep will be out

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Speaker 1: at this week. Check out Texans Buzz. After that, it's

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Speaker 1: a Texans block, the Texans Power Hour, as Drew Doherty

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Speaker 1: calls it. It's every Saturday night at ABC thirteen right

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Speaker 1: after the news. We're all over the place on Fox

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Southwest as well, so you want to check

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Speaker 1: us out there and wherever else you can find us,

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans dot Com, the Texans App, all of it,

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Speaker 1: go check it out. We get tons of great content. Man,

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Speaker 1: the Relive It video from the London experience was really

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Speaker 1: fun because you see Texans fans from Italy, Germany, all

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Speaker 1: over Europe, all over the world really going into the

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Speaker 1: game and enjoying the Texans beating up on Jacksonville. Did

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Speaker 1: I just say that? Yeah? I guess I did. Twenty

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Speaker 1: six to three was the final. Anyway, let's get to

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Speaker 1: the general now. John McLain, our buddy from the Houston

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Speaker 1: Chronicle and General, welcome in and tell me first, give

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Speaker 1: me a little general state of the union address on

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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. After nine games in twenty nineteen, the

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Speaker 1: best thing about this situation right now, Marcus. Despite winning

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Speaker 1: two games in a row, they've still in the injuries,

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Speaker 1: especially in the secondary, They've seemed to have weathered that storm.

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Speaker 1: It's amazing when you think about it. They've won three

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Speaker 1: injuries that the offensive tackle of sideline Laramie Thomswill as

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Speaker 1: well as Titus Howard. And so they're six and three

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Speaker 1: if not all, the injured players for this next three

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Speaker 1: game stretch after the bye week that I believe this

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Speaker 1: stretch is going to tell us just how good the

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Speaker 1: Texans are at Baltimore National TV Thursday night, Indian National

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Speaker 1: Appolus National TV Sunday night against New England. If they

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Speaker 1: tell me I could win two of those three games

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Speaker 1: going into that last stretch drive against Denver Tennessee TEMP

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Speaker 1: in Tennessee, they're in be good shape. John the running

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Speaker 1: game with Carlos Hyde and Duke Johnson here, they are

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Speaker 1: top five rushing attack. And you really have to give

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Speaker 1: them credit for these acquisitions. With Johnson getting traded for

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Speaker 1: during camp and Hide right before the start of the season.

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Speaker 1: These guys are working out pretty well so far, two

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Speaker 1: You know, the general manager has done a good job

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Speaker 1: with those trades, bringing in Carlos Side from Man Martinez

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Speaker 1: And then Duke Johnson's averaging ten point four yards of catch,

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Speaker 1: better than for general manager Bill O'Brien making those trades.

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Speaker 1: For coach Bill O'Brien, well, since we're talking acquisitions, I

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Speaker 1: You know, he's thirty three, he's having his best season.

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Speaker 1: A lot of guys playing really well like him, Carloside

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brian's done a good job, creative job of getting

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Speaker 1: that's pretty amazing stuff. All right. More on the acquisition thing,

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Speaker 1: because we talk about draft choice Lonnie Johnson, we talk

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Speaker 1: gonna be interesting who they play a corner with everybody available,

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Speaker 1: three safeties. That's seven defensive backs. That was pretty deep secondary.

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Speaker 1: Not to mention those guys have played well. You know, Conley,

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Speaker 1: talking about how well it's playing. That's just because they

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Speaker 1: but we keep saying DJ Readers having a Pro Bowl campaign?

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Speaker 1: I'm saying here. You want the NOD mark. You know

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Speaker 1: how tough it is for a three four nose tackle

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Speaker 1: help those inside linebackers make tackles, which DJ us. He's

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Speaker 1: also great against the run. It would help if he

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Speaker 1: in passing situation that would bode well to do that.

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Speaker 1: And also with these nationally televised games coming up against

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Speaker 1: and just get his name mentioned where people can see

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Speaker 1: what we see game in and game out. And that's

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Speaker 1: how much he means to the defense and my awards

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Speaker 1: at the break, it was hard picking a defensive players

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Speaker 1: merciless that leads him in a lot of categories, and

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Speaker 1: it was hard not to pick DJ Reader. I picked merciless.

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Speaker 1: But DJ is having a kind of season that if

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Speaker 1: the coaches just can't say enough good things about it. John,

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Speaker 1: When you look at what this team has done six

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Speaker 1: a good start here. However, it's self scout time. It's

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Speaker 1: penalties and just penalties overall. You know, last year they

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Speaker 1: presnap penalties are hurting them. And Larmy Tunsil, he had

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Speaker 1: And I know why. He's trying to get jumps on

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Speaker 1: Zach Fulton had an had a penalty, then he had

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Speaker 1: and if they can reduce those they quit putting themselves

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Speaker 1: has to do with him, of course, but with Howard

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Speaker 1: and Tunsil back after the buy, plus you got your

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Speaker 1: the pass protection, of the run, blocking of the receiving,

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Speaker 1: I guess in the secondary not giving up you know,

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Speaker 1: as many touchdown passes of completions, but the fact is

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Speaker 1: they got a reason for that, which is injury. So

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Speaker 1: I would say if you could put pressure on the

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Speaker 1: quarterback every week like they did against the Jaguars, but

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Speaker 1: also reduced the penalties, especially on pre snap. John, You've

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Speaker 1: seen all the quarterbacks who have played in this town

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Speaker 1: and Pastorini Stabler, Warren Moon. When people out of town

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Speaker 1: have you on their show and they ask you, tell

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Speaker 1: me about de Shaun Watson. What are you seeing in

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson. What do you tell them? I tell them

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Speaker 1: that everything you see is what you get with him.

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Speaker 1: There's he's nothing funny about him. He's got charism, he's

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Speaker 1: a great kid, he's a leader, he's dynamic, he is

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Speaker 1: so selfless, he's unsuch an unselfish player. And I see

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Speaker 1: all these guys with ego maniacs. I see like Baker Mayfield,

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Speaker 1: and I think, man, how would I like to deal

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Speaker 1: of course every game he can't take your eyes off

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Speaker 1: of them. I told him Mark, he might add a

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Speaker 1: couple of years on my career, just how much it is,

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Speaker 1: general John McClain stays with us as we take a

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Speaker 1: collapses down to stretch. The fact is Newton has been

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Speaker 1: injured much more than just his foot injury that's keeping

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Speaker 1: him out the season's shoulder surgery. He hadn't thrown the

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Speaker 1: ball right in a couple of years. I think he's

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Speaker 1: gonna be one of those guys that hopefully he'll be

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Speaker 1: a one hundred percent and be able to mass back.

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Speaker 1: But I don't see anybody give him the long term contract.

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00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,480
Speaker 1: Maybe two years, but he's going to be looking for job,

437
00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,639
Speaker 1: dislike those others. John. When I see the Bills playing

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Speaker 1: the Browns in Cleveland, I'm thinking Don Crickey and Bob Trumpy.

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00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,240
Speaker 1: I'm thinking Joe Ferguson and Brian's pipe. Don Crickey and

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Speaker 1: Bob Trump are here and the Browns take out the Bills.

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Speaker 1: So what do you think with the two nineteen version

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Speaker 1: of this one? Can the Browns get it done this week?

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Speaker 1: I think it's a possibility at home against Buffalo. They

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Speaker 1: have the talent to do it. Freddy Kitches is in

445
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,680
Speaker 1: way over his head. He's gonna be one and done.

446
00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,680
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield spends way too much time worried about the

447
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,520
Speaker 1: media taking shot to the media, not answering their questions.

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Speaker 1: But they just have so much talent, you know. I'd

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Speaker 1: like to be the next coach comes in there next

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Speaker 1: year with all that talent. But Bills are six and two.

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Speaker 1: They can't be good teams. Philadelphia pounded them at home

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Speaker 1: when they played a good team. Browns are not a

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Speaker 1: good team, but they are at home. I think I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna go with Cleveland, Buffy. The Texans need Cleveland to

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Speaker 1: win this game. They don't want Buffalo finishing ahead of

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Speaker 1: them or even tied with them because they don't play

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Speaker 1: the Bills. I tell you an interesting stat The Ravens

458
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Speaker 1: are averaging two hundred and four yards a game rushing.

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Speaker 1: You don't see that much anymore. The all time record

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Speaker 1: for yards was seventy eight Patriots. That's first year the

461
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Speaker 1: sixteen game schedule. The all time record for average yards

462
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Speaker 1: was O. J. Simpson led Bills in nineteen seventy three.

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Speaker 1: They average two hundred and twenty yards a game. When

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Speaker 1: he said, the NFL record with two thousand and three

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Speaker 1: and fourteen games. So that's the kind that's the kind

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Speaker 1: of team Buffalo used to have. That's the kind of

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Speaker 1: team the Texans gonna face when they come off this byway. Wow,

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Speaker 1: all right, one more for your Seahawks at the forty

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Speaker 1: nine Ers with Garoppolo and Russell Wilson going at it,

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Speaker 1: it was amazing me. Seattle was looking ahead to this game,

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Speaker 1: I guess, because how else can you explain them falling

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Speaker 1: behind at home to Tampa Bay then Russell Wilson throwing

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Speaker 1: five touchdown passes. I just can't believe the forty nine

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Speaker 1: ers are going to continue to be the last unbeaten team.

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Speaker 1: And so I'm going to take Wilson in a Seahawks

476
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Speaker 1: to win this game, to pull within one game, because

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Speaker 1: if the forty nine Ers win, they're gonna have a

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Speaker 1: three game lead in NSC West. Was six games left? John,

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Speaker 1: What do you have going out of the Chronicle? I

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Speaker 1: have on Texas Sports Nation, and we in the Chronicle

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Speaker 1: on Thursday, the port card at the break, my awards

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Speaker 1: for individual players. Sunday I have a column about just

483
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Speaker 1: how good are the Texans and how good can they

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Speaker 1: be over the last six games? Mark? Thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: As always, there's the general, Hey, if the Texans score

486
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Speaker 1: two or more touchdowns, and they've been doing that a

487
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Speaker 1: lot lately, head to your closest Jack in the box

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Speaker 1: the next day for your free Texans jumbo Jack with

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Speaker 1: a large drink purchase coming up, John Harris and I

490
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 1: play more likely to happen. We got some Deshaun Watson stuff,

491
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Speaker 1: got some rockets and Astro stuff in there as well.

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Speaker 1: How do we do that? Find out? It's coming up, Bob,

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio giving your company. It's Texans Radio from the

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Speaker 1: Hounday Texans Radio Studio on the bye week Thursday night

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Speaker 1: with the big game tonight, the Chargers at the Raiders.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna be watching that, and I know my buddy

497
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Speaker 1: John Harris will probably watch it too, right, it's football, Yes,

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Speaker 1: I will be watching. We are back in the States

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Speaker 1: so it is more readily available to watch, and that's

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Speaker 1: a big thing the NFL. Yeah, which, yeah, so I'll definitely.

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Speaker 1: I'm I always like watching the teams that we've played, yeah,

502
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Speaker 1: and seeing how they fare. And the Chargers have gotten

503
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,800
Speaker 1: back to four and five. The Raiders are four and four, right,

504
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 1: so two pretty solid teams in the ANFC West. Big

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00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,000
Speaker 1: game for them for each of them. Which, by the way,

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Speaker 1: those two teams in NFC West Texas are three and

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Speaker 1: oh against the FC West right now with Denver to go.

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Speaker 1: So it's a possibility possibility, but that's a ways off

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Speaker 1: and I can worry about that. But Charges Raiders tonight

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Speaker 1: should be a fun watch, all right, You ready to play?

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Speaker 1: More likely to happen, of course, let's go more likely

512
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Speaker 1: to happen, all right, So more likely to happen Deshaun

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Speaker 1: Watson hits thirty two touchdown passes on the season, or

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Speaker 1: Carlos Hide gets twelve hundred rushing yards. So I will

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Speaker 1: give you some of the information here as soon as

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Speaker 1: I find it. As the Houston Texans have eighteen touchdown

517
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Speaker 1: passes so far, right, so I mean that's that's pretty good,

518
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Speaker 1: right roughly to a game, not roughly it is to

519
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:39,560
Speaker 1: a game on average. He's had obviously days where he

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00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,440
Speaker 1: didn't have any or he had won, and others where

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Speaker 1: he's had four or five. So I think Hide to

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Speaker 1: seven hundred and four yards by the way, I think

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Speaker 1: he's getting into twelve hundred. I think he's getting twelve

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Speaker 1: hundred now. The one thing that did happen last year

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Speaker 1: that I hope it doesn't have to happen this year

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Speaker 1: is the run game. When it's a hibernation, the last

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Speaker 1: two three weeks of last year's regular season. I think

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Speaker 1: they're running it better than they did last year. I

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Speaker 1: think so too. I agree. I just hope it doesn't

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Speaker 1: go into hibernation. I have a feeling what's not going

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Speaker 1: to hibernation is DeShawn Watson's ability if he again when

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Speaker 1: he gets Will Fuller back Fuller, Stills, Hopkins the tight

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Speaker 1: ends running Max. Yeah, I think he's getting the thirty

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Speaker 1: two touchdowns. I do think al Guappo is gonna get

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Speaker 1: to eleven hundred twelve hundred yards. And think about that

536
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Speaker 1: for a second. A guy that was essentially cast off

537
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: a kid, he wasn't gonna make it Kansas City and

538
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 1: Martinez Rankin was certainly not making the roster here. Rankin was,

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Speaker 1: I mean they traded Rankin wasn't making a roster for

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Speaker 1: Carlos Hyde. He's gonna come in and give you over

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Speaker 1: our thousand yards. Yeah, I'm not going one. If he

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Speaker 1: stays healthy. It's a in the morning, I think about

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Speaker 1: it's kind of a tougher question, but I just think

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Speaker 1: that Shaun's getting a thirty two. It's funny because Duke

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Speaker 1: Johnson and Carlos Hyder kind of the talk of the

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Speaker 1: town this week. With all that's been going on with

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Speaker 1: this team, those guys are really stealing a lot of headlines.

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00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 1: After Hyde runs wild against Jacksonville, if Johnson continues to

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Speaker 1: score touchdowns and make plays for this squad, Johnson saying,

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Speaker 1: it all worked out for Cleveland. They got Chubby's a

551
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 1: great back and everything and good for them. So working

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Speaker 1: out for Cleveland. I mean, you could define that a

553
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 1: variety of ways. They have the bills this week, by

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Speaker 1: the way, and I joked with McLean, I did my

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00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: Don Crickey Bob Trumpy invitation because it reminded me of

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Speaker 1: Brian Sipe and Joe Ferguson. I can't help myself, all right,

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Speaker 1: all right, So but you think which is more likely

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Speaker 1: more likely as to Sean get into thirty two? Okay,

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Speaker 1: thank you, and the next likely to happen when the

560
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Speaker 1: Texans do play the Ravens will do more of this

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Speaker 1: next week Ravens two hundred rushing yards or Texans three

562
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Speaker 1: hundred fifty passing yards. Wow, now I'll go there because

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00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 1: these two teams, Johnny. And it's funny because Drew and

564
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,960
Speaker 1: I were debating with Deep last night's Saint look you

565
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 1: can understand Sunday Night Football wanting the Bears and the

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Speaker 1: Rams on that night because it's markets two and three

567
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 1: in the country and they're huge and all that, And

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00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: it wouldn't have been fair to the Texans to have

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Speaker 1: them play a primetime game on the road that far

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Speaker 1: from home and then play a Thursday nighter. But look,

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Speaker 1: you're not gonna get the Ravens and Texans in primetime.

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Speaker 1: It's a huge matchup though, because these two teams. Never

573
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Speaker 1: mind the Shawn Watson and Lamar Jackson against the run,

574
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Speaker 1: they are both elite defensive team second and third in

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Speaker 1: the league. Now, the Ravens do run for a lot

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Speaker 1: of yards, as you know, they average two hundred and

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Speaker 1: twenty two on the grounds do they hit two hundred

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Speaker 1: and As far as the Texans go, they pass for

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Speaker 1: what is a two sixty five in game something like that,

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Speaker 1: And you got the feeling that they're gonna have to

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Speaker 1: throw it on Baltimore a bit, and Watson's gonna have

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Speaker 1: to make some place to the air. Of course, They'll

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00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,040
Speaker 1: have to make some place through the air. But I'm

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Speaker 1: saying that three hundred is a likely possibility or maybe

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Speaker 1: a likelihood if they're gonna pull out a win. I

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Speaker 1: just don't. My worry is to get to that two

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Speaker 1: hundred number one of those. I mean like last week

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Speaker 1: mark Ingram popped a run. They were doing all kinds

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Speaker 1: of different stuff to the Patriots and then he ran

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Speaker 1: outside zone and he cut it back, had a seam

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Speaker 1: and he ran for like fifty sixty yards. Well that

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Speaker 1: adds to the total. Yeah, that, I mean that all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden. Now you're talking, can they get to

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Speaker 1: one hundred and forty one hundred and forty yards? Yeah,

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00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,959
Speaker 1: they definitely can do that. I yeah, man, I just

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Speaker 1: don't think you know, right before I tell you, I

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Speaker 1: don't think teams can run for two hundred. I remember

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Speaker 1: the playoff game the Colts ran for two hundred. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: But I think DeShawn in a big time game, I

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Speaker 1: would trust him to get to three bills throwing. Okay,

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Speaker 1: if he's got to do it. I said, fifty interesting,

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Speaker 1: three fifties a lot. Yeah, I know. It makes it

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Speaker 1: a little more hunt a lot too. That's why I

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Speaker 1: still I'm going with the Sean with three fifty. I'm

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Speaker 1: going that might be a little bit more heart than head.

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Speaker 1: But I just feel like this Texans defense, with a

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Speaker 1: bye week to get ready for them, will have something

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Speaker 1: for the rung. They're gonna run for yards. Don't don't

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Speaker 1: get me wrong. They'll run for yards for a significant number.

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Speaker 1: I just don't think they'll get to two hundred. I

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Speaker 1: think both teams find their rushing yards in interesting ways.

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Speaker 1: The Texans have Watson, which changes the way defenses think

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Speaker 1: and the backs can exploit that. With the Ravens, Jackson

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00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 1: himself can exploit it, and obviously Watson can too, but

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Speaker 1: the Texans don't want to use Watson the way the

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Speaker 1: Ravens use Jackson in the run game. Watson has used

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Speaker 1: very sparingly in the run game, and he can make plays,

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00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:15,840
Speaker 1: but he's being very careful with himself Jackson for his sake.

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Speaker 1: I kind of fear the way they're using him. I

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00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: know he does protect himself, but he also takes some

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Speaker 1: chances and we'll see how it goes. Here's kind of

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Speaker 1: my analogy in some sense, to compare the run games.

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Speaker 1: The Ravens using Lamar Jackson is like having breakfast for dinner,

624
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Speaker 1: like the Texans have Watson. That's breakfast because it's a

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00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,240
Speaker 1: good meal to start off with. Hardy. But you don't

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Speaker 1: have breakfast for dinner, right, your breakfast, you have lunch,

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Speaker 1: lunch and dinner or Carlos Hide Duke Johnson. And you

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Speaker 1: don't want to have breakfast for dinner too often, right right?

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Speaker 1: But you can, and it can be delectable. It is

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Speaker 1: a treat. It is a treat, and that's what you can.

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Speaker 1: If you do it every day, you're gonna gain four

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Speaker 1: hundred pounds exactly, Okay. Next, more likely to happen, more

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Speaker 1: likely to happen this weekend. The Titans defeat the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: they're playing at home, or the Dolphins cover against the Colts.

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Speaker 1: I couldn't say the Dolphins defeat the Colts, or the

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Speaker 1: Colts defeat the Dolphins, or maybe the Colts cover against

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins. No, that's probably likely to happen. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: say the Dolphins pull off the upset, if you will,

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Speaker 1: and cover or get within seven. The line is ten ten.

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Speaker 1: I would tell you that the Dolphins could get inside

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Speaker 1: that ten, but I'm gonna give the Titans a shot.

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Speaker 1: The Titans, playing at home last year, beat the defending

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl champs. Then they beat the team that was

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Speaker 1: gonna be the Super Bowl champs, right, they beat us

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Speaker 1: they play extremely well at home for some reason. Yeah,

646
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Speaker 1: good point. It's inexplicable at times. I would say more

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Speaker 1: likely to happen is Titans beating the Chiefs. Okay, I

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Speaker 1: got one more likely to happen, and this involves three

649
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Speaker 1: Houston professional sports franchises. I did not include the Dynamo.

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Speaker 1: More likely to happen Rockets get to fit the eight wins,

651
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Speaker 1: the Astros next year Eclipse one hundred three wins, or

652
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Speaker 1: the Texans get to twelve wins this year. So Texans twelve,

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Speaker 1: Rockets fifty eight Astros one h three Which one of

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Speaker 1: these is more likely to happen? In this case? Most

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Speaker 1: likely to happen? Well, the Texans to get the twelve wins,

656
00:34:21,600 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: can only lose one more time, can only lose one

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00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 1: more Well, I've said along, I mean, all this work

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Speaker 1: you've done, and to get to twelve at four you

659
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 1: can only lose one more time of it hardly seems fair.

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Speaker 1: But you get the Titans twice, and you know how

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Speaker 1: I feel about the Titans this year. You get the

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Speaker 1: Titans twice, the Bucks and the Broncos the last four games. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so you should be able to win those games. Oh

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Speaker 1: should you just I said you should be able to

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Speaker 1: win those. So what I'm doing is I'm narrowing down.

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Speaker 1: Can you get to twelve? Well, what that means is

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Speaker 1: you got to win two of three, two of three

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Speaker 1: of Baltimore, Indie, New England. Can you win two of three?

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Speaker 1: You would be bizarre if they beat the Ravens on

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Speaker 1: the Patriots, but don't beat the Colts. Actually, it might

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Speaker 1: not be a bizarre because that's so cult seeing of

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Speaker 1: this situation, this series, all time between the Texans and Indianapolis,

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00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 1: nothing would surprise me. I guess nothing. Nothing surprise Nothing

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Speaker 1: would surprise me at all. And that I don't want

675
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,360
Speaker 1: to see a twenty sixteen right here though. And you

676
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:20,799
Speaker 1: know what that is six and three and you lose

677
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 1: three in a row, you're six and six, and then

678
00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:25,000
Speaker 1: you gotta finish strong somehow win the division. I don't

679
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,839
Speaker 1: know if you can do that if you do lose

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Speaker 1: these next three. Look, I don't want to talk about this.

681
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,439
Speaker 1: This is a good team right here. They play their game.

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Speaker 1: They should be able to, you know, hold their own

683
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: in these games, and maybe two and one is out

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00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 1: there for them. Maybe better. I the Astros have won

685
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Speaker 1: one hundred and three games at at least hundred three

686
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: games the last couple of years. But if they're not

687
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,759
Speaker 1: able to bring Jarrett coldback, yeah, I don't know. And

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00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,200
Speaker 1: the Rockets I don't know either. Look, they started off

689
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:55,319
Speaker 1: slow last year, got it going. But fifty eight in

690
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: the in this West is a lot. That's why I

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Speaker 1: put the number up high. I'm more at. If I

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Speaker 1: were to put those in order, I would probably say

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Speaker 1: Astros get back two hundred and three wins, just because

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Speaker 1: that's that's that's kind of the norm. Then I would

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Speaker 1: say Texans the twelve wins in the Rockets to fifty eight.

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Speaker 1: That's that's the order I would put it in. So

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Speaker 1: most likely happened, I would say Astros, but then followed

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Speaker 1: up by Texans twelve wins and the Rockets fifty. See

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Speaker 1: this is this is why you probably did well in

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Speaker 1: your SATs, right did you? Of course you did. You

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00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: went to Brown, Well, you eliminate one and then you

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Speaker 1: go to the other two and you know how to

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00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 1: do this stuff. You know what I did during SATs

704
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 1: got bored. I mean I probably because I have a

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Speaker 1: d D. Whatever. I don't know if I clinically do,

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Speaker 1: but I'm sure I do so after I think I

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Speaker 1: did well. If you could probably just take the first

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Speaker 1: hour of the SATs, it's a three hour test. I

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Speaker 1: probably did really well in that hour, and then the

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Speaker 1: next two hours. Oh, his mind is definitely wandering here.

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00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: He's he's out of here. You know, he's answered eight

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00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 1: times in a row. I got bored. I got you know,

713
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Speaker 1: when I was a little kid, like in elementary school,

714
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 1: when you took the standardized tests, they told us that

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Speaker 1: they didn't count. So I didn't care at all. I

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00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: didn't even read the questions practice. I was just like

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00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:12,439
Speaker 1: man man coloring the docs. They don't count, they told

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00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 1: me they don't count. I didn't true. They probably thought

719
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:19,399
Speaker 1: I needed some special help. They don't count. They don't,

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00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 1: but they can do. I know that's the thing. They

721
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:23,920
Speaker 1: tell you they don't count. But then meanwhile the school

722
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 1: is looking at him, going such and such a learning

723
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: to say problems whatever. Now I know why my mother

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Speaker 1: took me to have an IQ test. Well, you got

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00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:37,839
Speaker 1: to make sure yes, some defense mechanism When they say, well,

726
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 1: look we think there's something wrong with little Mark, and

727
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Speaker 1: you're like, no, no, you have an IQ test, it

728
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,760
Speaker 1: says right here, it's pretty smart. Then again, the teachers

729
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:46,800
Speaker 1: would be like, oh man, trust me. I had plenty

730
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:50,280
Speaker 1: of students that were like that. Now we're like, really, guys,

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Speaker 1: it's a forty five minute test. Just lock in for

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00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: forty five You couldn't do it but give an IQ

733
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 1: test and they were off the charts. How long is it?

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Speaker 1: Ted Talk eighteen minutes? Right, that's what the sas he

735
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 1: should be. Eighteen minutes, eighteen minutes. I mean, if you

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Speaker 1: can't get it done in eighteen minutes, come on, you

737
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: can tell how smart I am in eighteen minutes. I

738
00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: like the factor you based it on a Ted Talk

739
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 1: yes or a wonder lick? How long does it take

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00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:13,880
Speaker 1: to twelve minutes? What is? Just have everybody take a

741
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: school wonder lick and we're good to go. I like it.

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Speaker 1: I like your thought. Thanks a lot, Johnny. All right,

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Speaker 1: before we get to Houston Methodist minutes, this is something

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00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,399
Speaker 1: I wanted to bring your attention to it. You've been

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00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,799
Speaker 1: hearing about this Brothers in Arms with my good close

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Speaker 1: personal friend Andrea where of course, Deshaun Watson quarterback for

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Speaker 1: your Houston Texans, Vince Young, the UT and Tennessee Titans

748
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Speaker 1: star and Warren Moon, formerly of the Oilers, of course,

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Speaker 1: and now Seattle Seahawks radio color commentator. These guys are

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Speaker 1: banding together for Brothers in Arms. They were raised by

751
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:50,359
Speaker 1: single women, single moms who stressed and emphasized education. And

752
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:52,320
Speaker 1: Andrea always makes a big deal about this. How is

753
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: mom demanded that he got his degree? Of course he

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00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: did do that. But these four guys are teaming up

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00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,360
Speaker 1: because they want to help others get a great education.

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Speaker 1: And the first class of diversity scholarships will be awarded

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Speaker 1: at the twenty twenty Houston Sports Awards, presented by Insperity,

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Speaker 1: and this is in conjunction with the Sports Authority Foundation.

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Speaker 1: This is really cool stuff. That's gonna be January twenty

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Speaker 1: first at the Hilton Americas. So it's going to be

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00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:21,839
Speaker 1: a special night. And to apply to apply for scholarship.

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Speaker 1: Information to get your application and go to Brothers in

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Speaker 1: Armhuston dot com. The deadline is December first. Find out

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00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 1: more information there. I'll have Patti Smith on in the

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Speaker 1: coming weeks to talk about this before the deadline arrives,

766
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Speaker 1: so you can get some more information. It's really cool stuff.

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Speaker 1: Brothers in Armhuston dot com. All right, Houston Methodist. Minutes now,

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Speaker 1: MCLs are in the news. Jacobe Brossett suffered from one.

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Speaker 1: You've heard about these from time to time. Let's get

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Speaker 1: the lowdown with doctor David Braun, writer of Houston Methodist. Doctor,

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00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 1: how's it going? How are you doing? I am well?

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00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:56,400
Speaker 1: How you today? Mark? Doing very well? And MCLs is

773
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:59,879
Speaker 1: the topic. So we hear about acls, but the ms

774
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,839
Speaker 1: EL injury? Doctor, what happens here? Because we hear about

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00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,280
Speaker 1: these sprains and it seems to be such a variety

776
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:10,920
Speaker 1: of recovery times involved with this. Yeah, it's a sprain

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Speaker 1: of a ligament that holds the knee together on the

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00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 1: inner half of the knee, the inside half. It's usually

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Speaker 1: caused by a blow to the outside of the knee

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Speaker 1: with a foot planet of the ground, and it can

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Speaker 1: be as severe as a complete tear across of it,

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Speaker 1: which is called the Grade three sprain, a partial or

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Speaker 1: Grade two tear, or just a small stretch, which is

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Speaker 1: a Grade one sprain. All right, now, the symptoms of

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Speaker 1: an MCL injury versus ACL problems or other knee problems.

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Speaker 1: What are we dealing with here? Doctor, it's a very

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Speaker 1: localized pain on the inner side of the knee. It

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00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 1: may be swollen there locally, but the homey itself usually

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00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 1: doesn't swell, and it's going to be somewhat stiff because

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00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:52,760
Speaker 1: that ligament helps with basically protecting an injure the knee

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00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 1: from buckling inward. If it's torn more significantly, that might

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00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 1: be a sense of instability, but usually it's going to

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00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,440
Speaker 1: be swelling and very hainful. Got a lot of nerves

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00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 1: in it. But the weekend warrior, if it's just a

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00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:07,399
Speaker 1: little bit torn and sore, can you function with that?

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00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 1: Will it get worse? Can it heal from there? What

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00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:13,000
Speaker 1: are we dealing with in that case? Well, the grade one,

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Speaker 1: the one is a little stretch without an actual tear

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Speaker 1: to it, that can be better and within say even

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Speaker 1: a week or so, And it's not dangerous to participating

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Speaker 1: activities with a grade one spring. If you have a

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00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 1: great two spring, you might need to wait longer, say,

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Speaker 1: you know, three to four or two to four weeks.

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00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 1: Actually depends on how how torn the ligament is and

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Speaker 1: how much stability that you have. It's not as dangerous

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Speaker 1: as an acl for sure. All right, doctor, thanks so much.

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Speaker 1: For the time. We appreciate it. Thank you, Doctor David Broad,

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Speaker 1: writer of Houston Methodist, the official healthcare provider of the

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans. For more information about Houston Methodist or to

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Speaker 1: find a physician, visit Houston Methodist dot org Houston Methodist

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