1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,720 Speaker 1: Rick brow Lepside has the first Animore up the side 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:09,120 Speaker 1: by forty thirty forty ten to five touchdown. Joe Stan, 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: there is no off season for your Houston Texans. Game 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 1: day is every day? No, it's Texans All Exus. Oh, 5 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: yes it is. And here from the Hunday Texans Radio Studio, 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: the original Well, I guess it's not the original one, Johnny. 7 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: We're here at NRG Stadium. John McLean joins us today. 8 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: The original Hunday Texans Radio Studio is right next door 9 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: to us. But this is the second original one. Yeah, 10 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: we kicked that one in the curb. Yeah, and we 11 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: went into the bigger one, which we call it Dig. 12 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: Here some of us talk about the dig And I 13 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: can't tell you the last time that there was a 14 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: show that emanated exactly a Texans All Access from this studio. 15 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: I did my pregame hits last year twenty twenty from here, right. 16 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: But you because you weren't Tier two, you couldn't be 17 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: down here, So we didn't do We haven't done in 18 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,919 Speaker 1: a Texans Oloxes show I think since March of twenty twenty. 19 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: From here, and since it's the desert, there are some 20 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: football ops people around. But I've been sneaking in here. 21 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: I mean I've been in here, working diligently. And we 22 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: join or he joins us John mcclaim from the Houston 23 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,680 Speaker 1: Chronicle right now, the general, good evening, general, how's it going. 24 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: It's going great for me, guys. I hope it is 25 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: for you as well. It is certainly so. I saw 26 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: your tweets last night about the NHL celebration the Stanley 27 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: Cup won by Tampa Bay again, and you were raving 28 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: about that celebration. I agree with with you. The hockey 29 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: thing is really unique, the Stanley Cup, John, is that 30 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,640 Speaker 1: the best trophy just in terms of the beauty of 31 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 1: the trophy, the way the trophy is regarded you were 32 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: talking about guys skating around the ice with it. Is 33 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 1: that the best one in pro sports by far? You know, 34 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: it's got it's got their names on it, the names 35 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: of all champions. It's it's got, it's such you know, 36 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: the Stanley Cup. When you talk about what that is, 37 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: people know that's hockey. And one of the things I like, 38 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: it's just once the game is over and the series 39 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: is over, as all series, the players line up and 40 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: shake hands. I think that's very cool. We don't see 41 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: that in any other sport. They just walk off the 42 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: field of the court, and then sometimes the loser stays 43 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: around to watch the celebration to probably remind them of 44 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:33,239 Speaker 1: what it could be like next year. And then when 45 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: those players skate around the ice, and especially when they're 46 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:40,119 Speaker 1: at home its Tampa was last night, it means so 47 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 1: much more than it does when you're on the road. 48 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: And plus last year, of course, there were no fans 49 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: when the Lightning won the Cup. And so when the 50 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:53,119 Speaker 1: players skate around and the family comes out and joins them, 51 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:56,079 Speaker 1: they all pile on each other for a picture. It's 52 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: just extra special. And then the fact that all the 53 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:04,280 Speaker 1: players get to take the cup somewhere. When Detroit won 54 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,240 Speaker 1: one year, the Russians on the team took it back 55 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:11,679 Speaker 1: to Red Square and had their pictures made. I remember 56 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: one time a member of the Houston Arrows minor league 57 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,440 Speaker 1: team played on a Cup champion and he bought brought 58 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 1: the Stanley Cup to the studio. I was not there, 59 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: but everybody wanted their picture made with the Stanley Cup. 60 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 1: And so you just don't see people running around with 61 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 1: Lamarti trophy and taking it somewhere and I don't even 62 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: know what they give in the other sports, but it's 63 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,880 Speaker 1: the extra special. I always tell people, even if you 64 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: don't like cocky, watched the postgame celebration and last night 65 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: was stupendous, as they always are. Well, the one thing 66 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: I don't like about the Stanley Cup trophy is that General, 67 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: you said, the names are on there, but some of 68 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 1: them are misspelled. It tried to be crazy, and I 69 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: know that because I watched NHL Network, which leads me 70 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: this question, General, because you got me thinking about this. 71 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 1: What is and this is your opinion? What's your favorite 72 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: tradition in sports college or NFL? Is the handshake line? 73 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: Is it the Stanley Cup? Is there something else in 74 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: the NFL? What is your favorite tradition college and or NFL? Oh, 75 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:21,120 Speaker 1: Stanley Cup. By far, there's nothing compares to anything in 76 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: the Stanley Cup. And I've never seen anything in baseball 77 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: or basketball or college football that comes close to the 78 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: ceremony that they have for the champion. Well, they said that. 79 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: I guess it was the Lightning that tweeted at Brady 80 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,559 Speaker 1: that Brady would be able to throw the Stanley Cup. 81 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: But Brady said, tequila makes everything lighter. Or something. You 82 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: can't throw that thing. Huh, no way, no, wait, that 83 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: thing is not that thing is I think it's like 84 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 1: thirty five pounds. It takes the players when they're skating around. 85 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: Nobody can hold it up with one hand. They have 86 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: to hold it up with two hands, full extension as 87 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: they hoisted and skate around with this huge smile on 88 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: their face. And you know, it begins with a handshake, 89 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 1: and then then the team picture, then the presentation of 90 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: the cup and in the long season, and then the 91 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: fact they let them take it wherever they want to 92 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: take it. I just think that is so cool. General 93 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 1: are talking about Tampa Bay. The Bucks are doing something 94 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one that we've rarely seen in the 95 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: free agency era. They're bringing nearly everybody, if not everybody 96 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:36,239 Speaker 1: back for twenty twenty one, and it feels as if, yeah, 97 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: they've got to be the favorite. They bring everybody back. 98 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: They're coming off a championship. They kind of hit their 99 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: stride in the playoffs. Brady looks like he's still you know, 100 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: he's still got it. Looks like he's in mid thirties 101 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: as opposed to mid forties. I don't want to say 102 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: it's an experiment in some sense, but it kind of 103 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,040 Speaker 1: is because we haven't seen teams bring any group of 104 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: players like this where they're bringing almost all the starters, 105 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: if not all of them back. How do you look 106 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: at the Buccaneers and you think this is the right 107 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: thing to bring everybody back off a team that won 108 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: a championship last year? They have every starter back, And 109 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: if you asked me to take the bucks of the field, 110 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: I would take the field. I don't think they're gonna 111 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: win another championship. Nobody repeated since the Patriots and Brady? 112 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: What was it after? Oh? Three and four? Three four 113 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: or fives? Hard to do and there's so many good 114 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 1: teams out there. They were a wild card team last 115 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,599 Speaker 1: year that got hot in the playoffs and played great. 116 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 1: But there's something about winning a championship, and I think 117 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: it's probably subconscious that either you don't put the same 118 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:48,040 Speaker 1: thing into winning are the opponents putting more into beating you? 119 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: But I think that's one reason we don't have more. 120 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: And the team that would have been the most likely 121 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: to be a repeat champion would have been the Patriots 122 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: with Brady and Belichick, and they could never do it. 123 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: And so no, I don't think. I think they'll win 124 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: their division this year. They'll unseat the Saints, but I 125 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna win a super Bowl, something that 126 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 1: always has blown me away. You would think the hungriest 127 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: team in the league would be the one that won 128 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 1: lost the super Bowl, but the super Bowl loser usually 129 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: bombs out the next year. If you take the Patriots 130 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: out of the equation, most of those team look at 131 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: San Francisco last year, and I don't know why that is. 132 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: You would think they would be more motivated than any 133 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: team in the league to get that close, to get 134 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: that whiff of it and not come back and be 135 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: the best team, but rarely does that happen. You know, 136 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: it's funny because if the Bucks have the kind of 137 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: regular season or the bulk of the regular season they 138 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: had last year, the stuff that will be written about 139 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: him is, oh, they can't repeat. They can't repeat, because 140 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: remember they were struggling sort of for a good chunk 141 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: of the season. They got it going. As John McClain said, 142 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: they were a wild card team. The rest is history. General, 143 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: you mentioned they're likely to repeat as division winners, and yes, 144 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: there's no Drew Brees in New Orleans. Right now, who's 145 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: the likeliest to finish second in that division? Atlanta, Carolina 146 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: or New Orleans. Well, I think New Orleans because they 147 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: have more restability, and I believe there's a good chance 148 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,080 Speaker 1: Jameis Winston will be comeback player of the year. I 149 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: think playing with Drew Brees, playing for Sean Payton the 150 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: second season will help him rebound from the mistakes he 151 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,680 Speaker 1: made in his last season with Buccaneers. You know, he 152 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: threw for five thousand yards thirty touchdowns, are also through 153 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: thirty interceptions, and it won't surprise me at all fees 154 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: as starter, he stays as starter, and they finished second, 155 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,839 Speaker 1: they get in the playoffs and he plays really, really well, 156 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 1: and then I think Carolina is destined for last. I 157 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 1: think there's a good chance of Texans will beat Carolina 158 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: starts the season two and one, and because I don't 159 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: think the Panthers or anything special with Sam Darnell and 160 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 1: in Matt Rule's second season, they may be better than 161 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: they were last year, especially with Christian McCaffrey back, and 162 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: we all know what kind of game he had here 163 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: the last time he appeared at NRG Stadium and helped 164 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: the Panthers beat the Texans, So I do think though 165 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 1: when they come in here the Texans, there's three teams. 166 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: I think the Texans have the best chance to be 167 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: all here. That would be Jacksonville and the opener Carolina 168 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: in the Nashally televised game, and then the Jets. And 169 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 1: then the thing is, you never know they might win 170 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 1: the game. I was talking this week on sports Radio 171 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:42,839 Speaker 1: six ten Wade Smith about, you know, nobody talks about 172 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: their special teams being so good, but they were already good. 173 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: Now they should be even better. You got the greatest 174 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: snapper in history, you got a punter, you have a 175 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 1: three year contract to Cam Johnston, and you have Kami 176 00:09:56,240 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: Fairbaron back for another year as the kicker. You already 177 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: really really good in coverage and should be even better. 178 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: And now, of course the key is Andre Robbers, who's 179 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl return guy, finding a way to get 180 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 1: vetter field position. And that's why Nikel Sarrio's signing way said, 181 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: I think special teams will win a couple of games, 182 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,319 Speaker 1: and I said, well, if that did. If they do, 183 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: then that means they're going to be playing games close 184 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: enough for the special teams to provide a difference, and 185 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: I think they're going to be fun to watch because 186 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,840 Speaker 1: right now, if you would ask me what's stronger offense, defense, 187 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: or special teams, I would say special teams because we 188 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: know what they have. We don't know what they have 189 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: on offense and defense. Because there's so many starting jobs 190 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:45,960 Speaker 1: up for grabs, it should make training camp pretty interesting 191 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: to say that leads general one of the one of 192 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,920 Speaker 1: the one of the teams on the Texas schedule this 193 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: year every four years it happens, is the San Francisco 194 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: forty nine ers. And I I was listening to the 195 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:00,160 Speaker 1: Fly Coach podcast with Sean McVeigh and Kyle Shanahan, and 196 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: which is great. It's a great podcast. I mean, it 197 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: is a really really good listen. And I just listened 198 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: to Shannion talking. He's very very impressive. What are your 199 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 1: thoughts about him as a head coach? Though his overall 200 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 1: record is like three four percent, it's I mean, a 201 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 1: shade above what Mike Singletary did, and Mike Singletary got 202 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 1: running out of town a former Baylor star. You know, well, 203 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:27,079 Speaker 1: what do you think about him as a head coach? 204 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: Those years, though have been dominated by injuries, the one 205 00:11:30,240 --> 00:11:32,320 Speaker 1: year everybody stayed healthy, he led him to the Super Bowl. 206 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: What are your thoughts about Kyle Shanahan as not only 207 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: a play caller, but as a head coach. Well, there's 208 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: one big difference in him in Mike Singletary. He went 209 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: to a Super Bowl and uh one, an NSC championship 210 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: game over Green Bay, and that gives you a lot 211 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: of a lot of love. And it got him in 212 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: extension and already had a six year contract in which 213 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:57,080 Speaker 1: he was given total control over personnel. He hired the 214 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: general manager, John Lanch. They worked well together last year 215 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: as well documented all the injuries. Now Kyle traded three 216 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: draft to three first round picks or a chance to 217 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 1: draft trade Lands. If they play Lands, you're throwing in 218 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: a towel. You play a rookie quarterback, you're throwing in 219 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: a towel. On the season, nobody will say that, but 220 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: it's a fact they got a better chance to win 221 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: with Garoppolo if he's healthy. But when you give up 222 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: that much for a rookie who played one game last 223 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: year because he didn't have a chance to play anymore, 224 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: he should need time to develop. But you know Shanahan 225 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: will be itching to get him on the field. And 226 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: that's why I don't think they're a playoff contender, or 227 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: of course the Super Bowl contender, because he's casting his 228 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 1: lot with a new quarterback after they had made that 229 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: trade for Garoppolo and he helped him go to the 230 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: Super Bowl and then in the Super Bowl in the playoffs. 231 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: Kyle's play colleague was ultra conservative and everybody uses as 232 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: an example of what he thought about Garoppolo then got 233 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: hurt a lot last year. So Kyle's a good offensive coach. 234 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: He's a good play caller. He's very popular. You know, 235 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 1: he gets great publicity. He's like he and John Lynch 236 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: are like Frank Reich and Chris Ballard. Frank Reich and 237 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 1: Chris Ballard won one playoff game, and Kyle and John 238 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: have been to Super Bowl. But everybody likes him in 239 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 1: the media. Everybody praises them in the media. I heard 240 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:33,480 Speaker 1: a long time NFL player on ESPN last month talk 241 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:38,079 Speaker 1: about what a fantastic, phenomenal coach Frank Reich is. Now. 242 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: I think Frank's a good coach. But to me, if 243 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: you're a phenomenal coach, you should win word one playoff game. 244 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: And so if the media likes you, and it's constantly writing, broadcasting, saying, 245 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: tweeting good things about you. People are gonna believe it. 246 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: Where if you if you constantly say are doing everything 247 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 1: against the media, they're going to be kindly ripping you in. 248 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,319 Speaker 1: That's what people are going to think about you. But 249 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: those two organizations, they go out of their way to 250 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: get positive pub and they do. And I like Riich 251 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: and shanahanne I'd love to see those guys in the 252 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 1: super Bowl. I've known Kyle just like you guys for 253 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: a long time, and I wish him the very best. 254 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: He has so many people from the Texans in his organization. 255 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: I was I thought it was very cool when they 256 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: got to go to the Super Bowl and so now 257 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 1: Damiko Ryans as their new defensive coordinator. I hope when 258 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: the Texans play that last game out there, they're all 259 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: relatively healthy and it's gonna be fun seeing the Texans 260 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 1: go against them again at Levi Stadium. Yeah. I think 261 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: when you bring up rich and Ballard, they're likable. I 262 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: think Shanahan's likable, Lynch is likable. Likabilities key here and 263 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: it's not sh Shannon, isn't Chris Rock or anything in 264 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: the press conferences. But he's likable for some reason and 265 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: it's hard to define. Sometimes he's at one winning season 266 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: out of four. The Night as an organization are so 267 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: highly regarded for all the past stuff. One winning season 268 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: in the last eight seasons, but it was a Super 269 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,720 Speaker 1: Bowl appearance and that goes a long way, So I 270 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 1: get it. Former receivers coach, by the way, Kyle Shanahan 271 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: and offensive coordinator of the Texans, back to the Texans 272 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: and the receiver position general, what about this guy? I 273 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: want to put a spotlight on a player for you 274 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: right here, Kiki Q team and I'm writing an article 275 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: about the Texans offense for the annual pub we put 276 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: out prior to training camp, and I thought, well, Qt, 277 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: you know, he kind of came on a little bit 278 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 1: at the end, didn't he. In the last five games 279 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: he averaged five catches and seventy two yards per game, 280 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: which isn't like blowing the doors off anybody, But that's 281 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: pretty solid stuff right there. Those are solid numbers, and 282 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 1: it seemed like he found a rhythm. And I know 283 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: who was throwing him the football and everything, But what 284 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: do you think of his prospects? Especially with Randall Cobb 285 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,720 Speaker 1: coming back now healthy and playing a similar position. They're 286 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: different kinds of players, but they both play out of 287 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: the slot in large part, what do you think of 288 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: qt's prospects here? Well, Cobb, who miss the last six games, 289 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: you know he can play anywhere. He's a good leader, 290 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,320 Speaker 1: like Brandon Cooks is. But it's too bad he wasn't 291 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: available at the end of the year when Will Fuller 292 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 1: was suspended for those last five games. And QT did 293 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: a tremendous job of stepping in for Cobb and Fuller. 294 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: And when Watson was not going to Cooks or say 295 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: Jordan Nakins, he was throwing the ball of QT and 296 00:16:24,560 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 1: Chad Hanson, and I thought QT did a terrific job. 297 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: And the reason that he struggled under Bill O'Brien is 298 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 1: he had a pension for being in Bill's dogouse and 299 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:40,320 Speaker 1: making mental mistakes in practice or a game that you 300 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: don't just go in for a week and get out. 301 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: Remember that time when we were in Green Bay and 302 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 1: the Texans played the preseason game against the Packers after 303 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 1: the joint practices and Kiki got hurt and I'm sitting 304 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: there in the press box and Aaron Wilson goes oh, 305 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: I said what he said. Kiki's mad, he's gone on 306 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: social media in the locker room and he's mad that 307 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: fans are calling him injury prone. So he's given his 308 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: injury and what the prognosis is. I think it was 309 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,879 Speaker 1: a high echo spring and we're like, oh my god, 310 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: Wale O'Brien, here's about that. He never he'll keep getting 311 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: outpo all season. And so I remember asking open after 312 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 1: about QT telling what his injury is. Bill didn't. What's 313 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 1: a darker shade of red maroon? It was? It was maroon. 314 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 1: He was so mad and so he and then last 315 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: year Bill was fired. Romeo was easier for the more 316 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: of a players coach, and he was able to capitalize 317 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 1: on it. Obviously they didn't think enough I would give 318 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: him a contract extension. It's the last year of his contract, 319 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 1: and if he makes his team great. If he doesn't, 320 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 1: somebody else will pick him up. And the team I 321 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: think would be the smartest to pick him up would 322 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:01,400 Speaker 1: be the Colts. But because he's had two hundred yard 323 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: games against the Colts and uh so I hope he succeeds. 324 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 1: He can't, as you saw last year with Cooks's injury 325 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:13,480 Speaker 1: and with a suspension of Fuller, you can't have enough receivers, 326 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,080 Speaker 1: whether they play inside or outside. And QT, if he 327 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 1: makes the team, you know, he could be a valuable 328 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: uh guy off the bench. I think he would be 329 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:25,480 Speaker 1: off the bench. And if he doesn't, you know you 330 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: wish him the best with someone else. General. We get 331 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 1: an email each and every morning called Daily Clips and 332 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: it comes to all of our inboxes for the Houston 333 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 1: Texans and it's basically a link to all the different 334 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 1: articles that include something about the Texans. And sometimes I 335 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 1: look at it, sometimes I don't, and I just happened 336 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 1: to pop it open because I already know it. No, no, no, 337 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:51,880 Speaker 1: it's not your all your stuff. No, not your read 338 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: your stuff, not your stuff. I we read your stuff. General. 339 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,040 Speaker 1: This is this is. These are articles from all over 340 00:18:58,040 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: the place. And the reason bring it up is there 341 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: was an article from The Oregonian about Brandon Cooks and 342 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: the headline of the article called my attention. It was 343 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: could the text in this trade Brandon Cooks? And I 344 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 1: was like, Okay, where's this coming from? And so the 345 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: article mentions it has a link, and so when I 346 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 1: tried to click the link of where they were getting 347 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: this information from. It just said bleacher Report, So God 348 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:24,600 Speaker 1: only knows where it's coming from. But do you think 349 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: there's any possibility at all that Brandon Cooks would get 350 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:32,679 Speaker 1: moved prior to the season? You guys say, Nick SiO, 351 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:37,239 Speaker 1: does he have stupid written across his forehead? I just 352 00:19:37,240 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 1: want to hear because when I say him at practice, 353 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: he's wearing a cap, but when he added it off, 354 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,399 Speaker 1: does he has stupid written across I can verify he 355 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: doesn't not have that. He does have there. Bet Why 356 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 1: in the world would they trade their best offensive weapon, 357 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: who has a contract that's favorable, who's coming off one 358 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: of the best seasons of his career. That would be 359 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:04,399 Speaker 1: one of the dumbest things I've ever seen. Another website 360 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: has marking or most likely texting to be cut. Now, 361 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: how would anybody know that when the guy's never carried 362 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 1: the ball here, he's never had a chance to put 363 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: on pads here, he's never had a chance to show 364 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 1: him he can catch, and all that to speculate on 365 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: who might not make the team if they had say 366 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: ten new guys, twelve new guys normally, and you had 367 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: a lot of veterans coming back that we had seen 368 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: in this system. It would have been much easier and 369 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:38,160 Speaker 1: more accurate to do this this time last year and think, Okay, 370 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: which one of these guys has the best chance to 371 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,160 Speaker 1: be cut. I would never have picked somebody that's new 372 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: to the team and new the system and knew the 373 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: coaches and knew their teammates. I would have picked a 374 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: guy who's done something the previous year. But to do 375 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,919 Speaker 1: it with Ingram to me was just fascinating. And so 376 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: the thing about cooks. People have to generate attention and 377 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: interest all the time, but actually in this downtime, and 378 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: thank goodness, I do not do that. People either read me, 379 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: listen to me, watch me, whatever. If they like me, great, 380 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: then I got no problem with it. They just manufacturing 381 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 1: stuff is just just blows me away. Sometime. I think 382 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: it's when you talk about most likely to be cut 383 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: in those kinds of things. And we can get into 384 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: these training camp position group situations as we get closer 385 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,880 Speaker 1: to camp. But what I was just mentioned in the receivers, 386 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: when I look at that group general, my goodness, it 387 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: is so hard to predict. If you keep five, I 388 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: could probably name four, but you know, Colins and Cobb 389 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: and Cooks and maybe QT, but is that really gonna stand? 390 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: And then you get a fifth and go ahead and 391 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 1: pick the guy because it's going to be somebody who 392 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: can return, right, So it could be Roberts. But wait 393 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,240 Speaker 1: a minute, I think that's several of those guys, and 394 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,160 Speaker 1: they have interesting players. You know, you want to see 395 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 1: what Conley can do. They have so many different options there. 396 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 1: I think that position group is really intriguing when you 397 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: think about who could ultimately make it. Well. First of all, 398 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: if you would ask me, if I was asked that question, 399 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,760 Speaker 1: which Texan could be in most dangerou being cut, I 400 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: would take a guy like say KEEKQT with all this 401 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: new competition coming in with Randall Cobb coming back, I 402 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:18,399 Speaker 1: might say Randall Cobb in case QT looked really good 403 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: and was a number one slot guy. But wide receiver 404 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 1: is so tough anyway to make that transition. The thing 405 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 1: I'm most interested in is Nico Collins, but he opted 406 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: out last season. It's hard enough when you play your 407 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: last season. I'm eager to see all players who opted out. 408 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 1: Who are rookies who didn't play last year, and who 409 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 1: are veterans who didn't play last year, like Marcus Cannon. 410 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: Marcus Cannon didn't play last year, and he has scope 411 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: on his knee, which makes me think he's not going 412 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 1: to beat out Titus Howard at right tackle. So there's 413 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: a lot of things to keep up with that are 414 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: going on with this team. I've never seen anything like it, 415 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: and I've told people I used to work fascinating because 416 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,200 Speaker 1: there's so many players at so many positions who are new. 417 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: Let me ask you, guys a question for both of you. 418 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: I'm doing a column on Sunday. I was asking sports 419 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:16,239 Speaker 1: Radio six ten twice this week about the areas that 420 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: I thought was the most concerning. And it's not because 421 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: of the players. It's because I have no clue who's 422 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: going to be the four starters in the defensive line. 423 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: And that's why I'm writing about Sunday. I can tell 424 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 1: you offensive linemen at most positions, two wide receivers maybe 425 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: my opinion. At running back. I got no problem quarterback, 426 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: But you asked me about the defensive line. I'm clueless. 427 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 1: So I'll ask you, guys, who do you think the 428 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 1: four starters are going to be? General I don't know 429 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: if I can answer that question. But I'll say this, 430 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: and I'll say with one hundred percent certainty, and I 431 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: will take it to the bank. And I was watching 432 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 1: a game today, so I say this with all one 433 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: percent certainty. I don't know who the four starters will be, 434 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,879 Speaker 1: but the defensive line for the Texas this year will 435 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: be much better and it won't even be close than 436 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,400 Speaker 1: last year's group. Really, well, I hope you didn't walk 437 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,880 Speaker 1: out on the limb on that one, considering the defense 438 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: was pathetic and they were the last in the league 439 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,959 Speaker 1: against the run by a long shot, and they couldn't 440 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: stop a clock and in fact, they had the second 441 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: fewest turnovers in the NFL since nineteen eighty. I know 442 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: the defensive line is going to be better. You know, 443 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: they've got some guys that's played a lot last year. 444 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 1: They got some guys who were hurt last year that 445 00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,680 Speaker 1: played the year before. They got some guys on one 446 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:38,200 Speaker 1: year proven contracts. They got guys making the move from 447 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: three to four outside linebacker to defensive end. Bobby King 448 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: the defensive line coach, and Lovey Smith the defensive coordinator, 449 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:51,320 Speaker 1: They're gonna have some tough decisions to make when it 450 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,480 Speaker 1: comes down to playing time. And this is a year 451 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 1: I was there were four preseason games. I've never said 452 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: that in my life, but I think for a team 453 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,960 Speaker 1: was so many any new players and so many new 454 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 1: coaches learning each other, this would be a good time 455 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 1: to do it. And I'm fascinating because it's got to 456 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,600 Speaker 1: start up front. And one thing, the one statistic I 457 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,879 Speaker 1: will bet anybody any amount of money right now that 458 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 1: will be better. And I'm not saying they're going to 459 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,439 Speaker 1: be better against the run. I think they will be 460 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: is they will have more than nine turnovers. They will 461 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: force more than nine turnovers. Lovey Smith, I'm guessing if 462 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: Lovey Smith coach to defense in the NFL that had 463 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:34,360 Speaker 1: only nine turnovers, he might just retire. Because Lovey goes 464 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 1: to sleep at night thinking about ways to get the 465 00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 1: ball out. First thing he wakes up in the morning, 466 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: Antre says hello to Marry Any says he starts thinking 467 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: about how to get the ball out. And so I 468 00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:48,719 Speaker 1: think that is going to be the biggest improvement on 469 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 1: this team is takeaways. Even in that first practice we 470 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,120 Speaker 1: all saw that was barely a practice. I mean they 471 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 1: were just doing early stuff before they really got going 472 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 1: with the OTAs they were working on a turnover drill. 473 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 1: And by the way, it's not turnovers their takeaway. Yeah, 474 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,360 Speaker 1: I love you'll remind you that. And by the way, 475 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:11,760 Speaker 1: General Shack Lawson and MALIEK. Collins will play a significant role. 476 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: Ross Blacklock has to step up, has to step up. 477 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 1: And I think Charles Amner who will play outside. But 478 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 1: big Z. Big Z's gonna be a part of this 479 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 1: because he's the biggest guy they've got and he do 480 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 1: need a little bit of size and he's a good athlete. 481 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,080 Speaker 1: So I think they're gonna have depth. I think you 482 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: have depth upfront. And so when you say starters sometimes, General, 483 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 1: I kind of bristol it down like a start, especially 484 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,640 Speaker 1: defensive line. I just think those guys are gonna play 485 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: significant roles on it. I think a mena who is 486 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:40,960 Speaker 1: gonna be a he's gonna be a factor outside on rundowns, 487 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: inside on pass downs, and I think that's where they're 488 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: really gonna find um some success that he's got to 489 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: take that step to be a dual threat inside outside guy. General, 490 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 1: what are you having the chronicle for us? Well, I'm 491 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,439 Speaker 1: thought i'd do guys can help me to determine who 492 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,160 Speaker 1: the four starters are, but you obviously have no interest, 493 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. I have to figure it out 494 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,880 Speaker 1: on my own. Johnny just said story. Johnny just said 495 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 1: who's gonna play? He didn't say squad, except he didn't 496 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 1: like to talk about four starters. And that's all I do. 497 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: I want to know who the starters are gonna be. 498 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 1: And like a minute, who that's two eighty playing outside 499 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,199 Speaker 1: in the four to three. That's rare to have a 500 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: guy that heavy playing outside in a base for three. 501 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 1: And they got some smaller, faster guys, and but you're right, 502 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,280 Speaker 1: they got to stop the run. So I'm gonna try 503 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: to figure it out my Sunday with no help from you. Guys. 504 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,199 Speaker 1: Let men put that in there and I'll have that 505 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:35,639 Speaker 1: for Sunday. I have podcasts up, and I still wrote 506 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,120 Speaker 1: a column last Sunday that something takes a Sports Nation 507 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: about Lovey Smith and Miles Smith, his son and their 508 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: relationship and what people think about him. Guys, thank you 509 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,840 Speaker 1: very much. It's always fun to be on with you. 510 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: John's good to hear from you again. And I will 511 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: talk to you guys next week. Thank you absolutely, Thank 512 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,320 Speaker 1: you so much, general, and please mention us there's no 513 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:58,480 Speaker 1: such thing as bad publicity for us. All Right, So 514 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,719 Speaker 1: coming up, I'm gonna defend that, Charles a man who 515 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 1: on the outside thing. Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna defend that. 516 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,199 Speaker 1: I get what I get, what I get what the 517 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 1: general said. I would imagine the other end would be 518 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,800 Speaker 1: a little bit more of a spelt pass rusher type. 519 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 1: And again this this goes to my point of the 520 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,280 Speaker 1: four starters aren't going to be the ones that play 521 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 1: at those spots. It's first down against the Jags, you 522 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,920 Speaker 1: have a menat who outside now obvious pass rushing. Maybe 523 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 1: he slides in. You get another felter players in the league. 524 00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,520 Speaker 1: Is Jonathan Allen with with the Washington football team. That's 525 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: exactly what he does. He plays outside in the first 526 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: two downs or first down, and then he bumps inside 527 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: and he rushes from inside. And we've seen Chuck do that, 528 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: but we don't want is. We don't want Chuck inside 529 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,000 Speaker 1: and rundowns. He doesn't want to do that. He's not 530 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: really good at doing that inside. But you put him outside, 531 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: now you set a strong edge, yeah, against the run game. 532 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: And then if he's got okay, it's play action, he's 533 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: rushing from the edge. Yeah, great, let's go. I can't 534 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: I can live with that. I don't side for I'm 535 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: calling up. Love you Smiths right now. 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Oh it's so nice to be 553 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: back in the Hunday Texans Radio studio here at NRG Stadium, 554 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: Mark Vandermer and John Harris with you as we are 555 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: just minutes away from training camp. All right, I'm lying, 556 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,480 Speaker 1: it's not really, you know, there are a lot of 557 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 1: minutes about that, a lot of minutes. There are a 558 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 1: lot of minutes. But it's um, it's still three weeks 559 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 1: smaller number than it was three weeks ago. I'd say 560 00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: it this way. We are in the month of training camp. 561 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:33,200 Speaker 1: We are, and it's three weeks away. It's three weeks away, Johnny. 562 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: And then I can be a practice. I can make that. 563 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: We can make that. Yeah, yeah, we can. That's makeable. 564 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: Try to decide where we're gonna put our our Hunday 565 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: Texans radio studio at the Houston Methodist Training Center. Where 566 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,080 Speaker 1: is that going to go? Is it gonna be elevated? 567 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 1: Is it gonna be where it was before? These are 568 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: things that we're going over right now. I need to 569 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: talk to you about that. But we're not gonna have 570 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: that meeting right now. You know we are going to do. 571 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:54,480 Speaker 1: We are gonna play more likely to happen, and Eddie 572 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 1: pen is on the switch for the more likely to 573 00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: happen voicer. So let's have our first one more likely 574 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: to happen? Okay, Johnny more likely to be the Green 575 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 1: Bay quarterback in twenty twenty two, Aaron Rodgers, Jordan Love 576 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:15,840 Speaker 1: or somebody else Jordan Love, Okay, And I there's one 577 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: guy that I go to on this. That's Andrew Brant. 578 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,040 Speaker 1: Andrew Brant writes for us dot Com as former lawyer, 579 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 1: he was instrumental in signing. I don't know if he 580 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: was the cap guy for the Packers. He was in 581 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,400 Speaker 1: their front off right when Rogers got signed. I know 582 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: he signed Rodgers too contracts when he was there. And 583 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 1: he has said all along Rodgers will play for the Packers. 584 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: Will be some contract manipulation, however, you're gonna call it 585 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one, and then the Packers will trade 586 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 1: him for twenty twenty two. And I tend to think 587 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: that's the right that's probably the right, the right move. Now, 588 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 1: if he has another MVP season, are we back work? 589 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: Are we back in the same spot? But I think 590 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:58,120 Speaker 1: that's the way it goes. And then at that point, 591 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: Jordan Love gets this opportunity. He will have sat for 592 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:05,520 Speaker 1: two years. You Love apprenticed under Rogers. Rogers moves on 593 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 1: where he goes. Who knows Broncos had been off rumored, 594 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: but who knows He's going to be quarterback at some point, 595 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:16,240 Speaker 1: and I think Jordan Love becomes that guy. I think 596 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: I think Andrew Brand. That was kind of my feeling 597 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,520 Speaker 1: all along. I didn't know too much about the Like 598 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 1: I didn't think too much about twenty twenty two. I 599 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 1: just kind of fell like, in twenty twenty one, would 600 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 1: we see Rogers for the Packers? And I feel that's 601 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 1: the case. Even though he was very wishy washy will see, 602 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 1: won't we and he did the golf right thing when 603 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: he was asked about it when they're all miked up, 604 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: and he kind of sidestepped that a little bit. I 605 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: think they sit down, they get it. We're just enough 606 00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 1: for him to play in twenty twenty one, and it's 607 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,720 Speaker 1: kind of the magical mystery tour. He goes on a 608 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:52,960 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one play for the Packers, and then he's 609 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 1: somewhere else in twenty twenty two, they have a good season. 610 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be hard to turn the reins 611 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: over to Jordan Love, a guy who's never played. Now. 612 00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:00,880 Speaker 1: I know they did this with Aaron Rodgers, but his 613 00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: record the first year out two thousand and eight, six 614 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,560 Speaker 1: and ten, that was not fun for that. All right, 615 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 1: next one, please, more likely to happen, More likely to happen. 616 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 1: As far as Texans getting into the twenty twenty one 617 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:20,720 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl, Zach Cunningham and Brandon Cooks just the duo 618 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: or more or different, those are the when you said, 619 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 1: there was an article on NFL dot com today that 620 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:33,960 Speaker 1: said making the Pro Bowl for the first time and 621 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 1: it mentioned Brandy Cooks. Yep, And they had a candidate 622 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 1: for every team and Brandy Cooks was the candidate. Now, 623 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: I think Zachs made it as an alternative. He's gotten 624 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 1: named for sure, Yeah, but I don't know if he's 625 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:53,200 Speaker 1: gotten named. He led the league in tackles, that's something, 626 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,160 Speaker 1: but he didn't. He didn't get named last year though, 627 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: well because we didn't have alternates last year. Yeah, he's 628 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: been an alternate at least once, maybe twice, so I 629 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,439 Speaker 1: don't know if that counts. Whatever. I think those would 630 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,840 Speaker 1: be the two. I think if you went more, I 631 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:16,839 Speaker 1: think Laramie's gotten to a point where this is gonna 632 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:22,200 Speaker 1: callus sounded bad. But if Laramie doesn't even play up 633 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,399 Speaker 1: to a high standard, up to his standard, I think 634 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 1: he's gotten enough credibility now that his name will get 635 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 1: the mix because he's made it the last couple of years. 636 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,520 Speaker 1: I think he's played well the last couple of years, 637 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,680 Speaker 1: and he's gotten in. I think he's kind of earned 638 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 1: that that respect. And I don't think his play is 639 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,960 Speaker 1: gonna drop off significantly that they're gonna be videos on 640 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,839 Speaker 1: Twitter showing how poorly he's playing, et cetera. I think 641 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 1: people will just accept the fact that, oh, yeah, you 642 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:52,759 Speaker 1: know Laramie tons Okay, Yeah, he's playing well, regardless of 643 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,160 Speaker 1: what the Texas too or not. So I think it 644 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 1: could end up being more. I might say Laramie and 645 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 1: Zac before I would say Brandon and Zach. I go 646 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,240 Speaker 1: Laramie and Zach. I just think receiver in the AFC, 647 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,080 Speaker 1: Julio Jones is now over here. Julio, you got aj 648 00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,239 Speaker 1: you got Hill Sutton back, you got Jerry Judy, you 649 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:16,920 Speaker 1: got Tyreek, Chase Claypool, he has the year that he 650 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,279 Speaker 1: had last year. I mean he got nikkill Harry with 651 00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:21,840 Speaker 1: the okay, wait, yeah, that example. But there are a 652 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,640 Speaker 1: lot of really good receivers in this conference. It's gonna 653 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 1: be very, very difficult. And you know somebody's gonna step 654 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 1: up from a team. It's Stefon Diggs. I mean, you 655 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 1: can take stron Diggs, Tyreek Hill. That was the first guy. 656 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 1: I thought it was Diggs. Take two guys and lock 657 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:40,000 Speaker 1: it away. All right, let's go here. More likely to happen. 658 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:43,399 Speaker 1: Next one more likely to happen, More likely to happen 659 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:48,160 Speaker 1: Johnny Jacksonville four wins or Tennessee eleven wins. More likely 660 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: to happen the Jaguars with four victories Tennessee with eleven 661 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,759 Speaker 1: wins in a seventeen game season. Of course, I think 662 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 1: Tennessee with eleven. Wow. I think Tennessee given them a 663 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,680 Speaker 1: lot of credit here, Yeah, kind of. I mean, that's 664 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:05,600 Speaker 1: eleven and six. It's just it's so weird. I hate 665 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:09,000 Speaker 1: that about the seventeenth game. I love the way it's been. 666 00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,799 Speaker 1: It's been so neat and clean and wonderful over the years. 667 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 1: But I do like hav any extra games because I 668 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,760 Speaker 1: want to call an extra game meaningful regular season football. However, 669 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,240 Speaker 1: it's just odd with these odd numbers. But you think 670 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,719 Speaker 1: of when you hear eleven wins, the automatic thought is, oh, 671 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,319 Speaker 1: eleven and five. I know it's one game, but the 672 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,719 Speaker 1: difference in eleven and five and ten and six, just 673 00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,880 Speaker 1: mentally looking at that, like, I don't know, ten and 674 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:37,560 Speaker 1: six bounce here and bounce there, you're eight and eight. 675 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,640 Speaker 1: That doesn't happen all that often. For eleven and five 676 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 1: teams usually love five teams are pretty solid, and I 677 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,000 Speaker 1: think that's the way people are that you would hear that. 678 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:48,359 Speaker 1: But eleven and six, I could see that for them. 679 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:50,960 Speaker 1: I could see them running the ball with Henry. Now 680 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,920 Speaker 1: Henry gets thinged up, all right, all bets are off 681 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:58,839 Speaker 1: with Julio. I still think they could win eight nine 682 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:02,440 Speaker 1: games without Derekry. But I don't know, man, that defense 683 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 1: is still not fixed. They've got some players on it, 684 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:08,600 Speaker 1: it's just not it's just not good at some key spots. 685 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,440 Speaker 1: And I don't know. I don't like that one. I don't. 686 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,279 Speaker 1: I would say eleven. I just Jacksonville. I think we'll 687 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,440 Speaker 1: get to six wins. I think jackson will be six 688 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:20,399 Speaker 1: on eleven date. Really, Oh, I'll take the under. I'll 689 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,960 Speaker 1: go under six all day long, betting lunch. We're doing 690 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,640 Speaker 1: it right now? Okay, all right, next one? Please? Final 691 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:31,200 Speaker 1: one more likely to happen? Well, we have Tampa winning 692 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,319 Speaker 1: multiple championships, right, a couple of Stanley Cups because the 693 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,359 Speaker 1: NHL season went late last year with COVID. You got 694 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,680 Speaker 1: the World Series, you got the Super Bowl. You got 695 00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:43,000 Speaker 1: all this stuff happening, right man, since Pretty showed up, 696 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:47,279 Speaker 1: it's been awesome for them. Anyway, Next city to win 697 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:51,640 Speaker 1: at least three championships in three of the four I'm 698 00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:54,360 Speaker 1: gonna call them the four major sports. Sorry MLS for 699 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,799 Speaker 1: an Now, all right, Next city to do this? New 700 00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:01,799 Speaker 1: York or lakey Been mind. New York is a lot 701 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,640 Speaker 1: of teams. What nine teams in those leagues? Right? You 702 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:08,480 Speaker 1: get the three NHL, you got two baseball, two basketball too. Football. Now, 703 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:10,799 Speaker 1: the football teams in New York aren't gonna do it, 704 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,080 Speaker 1: but the Yankees are always a threat. Right. You've got 705 00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:16,360 Speaker 1: the Islanders doing what they did, and you have Brooklyn 706 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:20,440 Speaker 1: in LA. You have the Dodger possibility, the Angels thank 707 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,920 Speaker 1: you for watching. Uh, you have the Rams maybe flashing 708 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,040 Speaker 1: up here. The Chargers. No, and then you have the 709 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:32,000 Speaker 1: Lakers and maybe the Clippers being a threat. You're going la. 710 00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:36,480 Speaker 1: I'm going la um in large part because my um, 711 00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:38,000 Speaker 1: my daughter or my wife are out there. So I'm 712 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,879 Speaker 1: going LA. I just don't I don't want. I don't 713 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:45,600 Speaker 1: think the Yankees are any good. So there's that. I 714 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,480 Speaker 1: think Brooklyn's gonna Brooklyn can get there, but there's it's 715 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,680 Speaker 1: still an experiment with those three. So I don't know 716 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:55,160 Speaker 1: that I'm ready to buy that completely. But if you 717 00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:57,680 Speaker 1: told me, okay, La, you get the Dodgers, you get 718 00:38:57,719 --> 00:39:01,879 Speaker 1: the Lakers, and the Rams as possibility, yeah, I could 719 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,520 Speaker 1: go with that, especially now that McVeigh has Stafford. When 720 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:07,040 Speaker 1: you listen we talked about this about the podcast one 721 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:13,040 Speaker 1: of McVeigh talks about Stafford. Yeah, it's I mean, it's 722 00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,600 Speaker 1: so funny to listen to him because he's a kid 723 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:17,400 Speaker 1: in a can. I know, but he hasn't add a 724 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,759 Speaker 1: fourth quarter situation yet that doesn't go right, So we'll 725 00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,319 Speaker 1: see what happens, all right. Next up, you wanted to 726 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,400 Speaker 1: talk about a matter who a little bit more, and 727 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:27,640 Speaker 1: also what Sean McDonagh had to say about John Gruden 728 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,160 Speaker 1: in the booth of BUNDONNEP football and what McDonald's doing 729 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:34,719 Speaker 1: these days. It's next here on Texans Radio. Download the 730 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:38,560 Speaker 1: Jecksons mobile app for news, radios, alerts, and more on 731 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:44,160 Speaker 1: your Houston Texans. Two is better than one. How many 732 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,200 Speaker 1: times have you heard that one? More than once? I 733 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 1: bet because it just adds up. For example, there are two, 734 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,840 Speaker 1: not one, great reasons to fill up with Chevron with 735 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:56,560 Speaker 1: Techron Number one unbeatable cleaning power and number two, or 736 00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:00,440 Speaker 1: maybe this should be number one unbeatable mileage PLU. Chevron 737 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,640 Speaker 1: quits Techron in every grade, every gallon of their gasoline. 738 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:07,319 Speaker 1: So that's two. No, wait, three unbeatable reasons to go 739 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,680 Speaker 1: with the one and only Chevron with Tekron care for 740 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:15,160 Speaker 1: your car. Back to the show that keeps you up 741 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:19,200 Speaker 1: to date on the Houston tick, Suss Tickson's old exis 742 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,560 Speaker 1: Johnny getting back to something we were discussing with the 743 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:28,040 Speaker 1: general earlier, Charles Meta, who at defensive end, So you 744 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:31,000 Speaker 1: have them there. Maybe this is just hypothetical of what 745 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,279 Speaker 1: I think could happen. You have them there in a 746 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,800 Speaker 1: base four three at end, you kick him inside and 747 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:40,040 Speaker 1: pass rush situations, and then you put the Jacob Martins 748 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:45,320 Speaker 1: and Whitney mercilesses of the world outside. When you're rushing 749 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:48,640 Speaker 1: a passer, right is on third down and long or 750 00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:52,880 Speaker 1: second and obvious long passing down and distance? Is that 751 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,360 Speaker 1: what you're thinking? Exactly what I'm thinking? That kind of 752 00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:58,440 Speaker 1: And by the way, how big was Mario Williams? Mario 753 00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:02,680 Speaker 1: was like two. Want to say I might have that wrong? 754 00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,120 Speaker 1: Does that sound right? Two ninety five? I want to 755 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:08,160 Speaker 1: say it wasn't. It wasn't a solid three. He was 756 00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,280 Speaker 1: a mountain of a man. It's funny to me how 757 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,920 Speaker 1: he had those two number one overall picks, Mario Williams 758 00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,400 Speaker 1: and Jadeveon Clowney. I think I once had a who's 759 00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,200 Speaker 1: better with you? Like who was better? Because Mario put 760 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,680 Speaker 1: up some numbers man and Clowney has not put up 761 00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:26,200 Speaker 1: those kinds of sack numbers, but he does have the TFLs. 762 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:30,719 Speaker 1: But I would take I would take Clowney. Why why 763 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:34,920 Speaker 1: is this fella like Clowney was a more polished football player? Okay? 764 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:39,719 Speaker 1: I think that that Mario was was quite the athlete 765 00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:45,000 Speaker 1: and probably another fifteen to twenty pounds above Clowney. But 766 00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:48,680 Speaker 1: Clowney was just a heck of a football player. I 767 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:54,959 Speaker 1: think that the injury that he had in twenty fourteen, Clowney, Yeah, 768 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,200 Speaker 1: I think that impacted him. Now, I do think that 769 00:41:57,239 --> 00:42:01,000 Speaker 1: Clowney had limitations coming into the league. He was not 770 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:04,919 Speaker 1: the bendiest player, you know. I gotta could just bend 771 00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:06,520 Speaker 1: the edge and get to the quarterback into those things. 772 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:12,320 Speaker 1: WA's so tall just being powerful, Yes, he's so powerful. 773 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:18,880 Speaker 1: I think he's physically freakier athletically than Mario. Right, but 774 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,960 Speaker 1: but Mario ha a knack for getting quarterback though Mario. 775 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:25,360 Speaker 1: I think guys just have that knack of getting to 776 00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:27,560 Speaker 1: the quarterback in some way, shape or four. You know, 777 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,000 Speaker 1: it would have been interesting Mario doesn't get hurt Week 778 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:33,239 Speaker 1: five of twenty eleven. That defense finished second anyway, But 779 00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,960 Speaker 1: what does he do that year in Wade Phillips system? 780 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,640 Speaker 1: In year one in a Wade Phillips brand new situation 781 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:42,160 Speaker 1: with everybody else Watt starting to blossom, he still had 782 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,080 Speaker 1: Brooks Read and Connor Barwin. I know they played a 783 00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:47,120 Speaker 1: lot more without Mario in the lineup after he went 784 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,879 Speaker 1: out Week five. It would have been interesting to see 785 00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:51,720 Speaker 1: what kind of numbers he puts up in that d scary. 786 00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:54,640 Speaker 1: My point of bringing up Mario is general said four 787 00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:56,600 Speaker 1: three defensive end, not playing a tune or eighty pounced 788 00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:58,160 Speaker 1: And look, I know the game has changed even within 789 00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,680 Speaker 1: the last three years. I'm always the first to say, 790 00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,080 Speaker 1: you don't go back seven to ten years, you look 791 00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,920 Speaker 1: the last three years, because the game has changed that rapidly. 792 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,839 Speaker 1: But I'm not talking about him being out there full time. 793 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,600 Speaker 1: I think he is a Jonathan Allen type. I think 794 00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:15,440 Speaker 1: we're getting a lot more of these guys into the 795 00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:19,040 Speaker 1: NFL now. Guys that in a four to three will 796 00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,799 Speaker 1: play outside on the first down on a rundown on 797 00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:24,839 Speaker 1: what you expect to be a rundown. Guys that can 798 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:26,759 Speaker 1: play out there, but they can't rush if you need to. 799 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:28,400 Speaker 1: I saw a couple of about the senior bowld. I 800 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,040 Speaker 1: really like Cameron sample from Tulane. He would rush from 801 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,359 Speaker 1: the outside, look really good. Then you get a little 802 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:35,640 Speaker 1: bit later he'd go rush against the guard and do 803 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,440 Speaker 1: really well. So those guys that play outside for a 804 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:41,040 Speaker 1: down or maybe two, depending on who you're facing, and 805 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:42,839 Speaker 1: then they go inside and they rush against the guard. 806 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,120 Speaker 1: We saw we saw Charles do that against Kansas City, 807 00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:46,880 Speaker 1: get one on one against the guard in nineteen and 808 00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:48,279 Speaker 1: go get a sack. He gets a lot of his 809 00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:50,520 Speaker 1: pressure from inside. Is a great job there, but he 810 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,799 Speaker 1: can't play in there all the time. And I think 811 00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:56,319 Speaker 1: you put him outside to play against a run. Those 812 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:58,399 Speaker 1: long arms end up being a factor as he's taking 813 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,319 Speaker 1: out tackles and tight ends. But I don't want him 814 00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:02,719 Speaker 1: going against guards inside against the run. So I think 815 00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:04,640 Speaker 1: he's kind of a combo inside outside guy that you 816 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:06,480 Speaker 1: can do some things with. Well, we could do a 817 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,640 Speaker 1: whole show on ifs. In fact, I think I want to. 818 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,440 Speaker 1: If this happens right, then everything's gonna be okay. There 819 00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,520 Speaker 1: are a lot of biffs, and if is a huge 820 00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:17,040 Speaker 1: word in sports. I mean, if is the most popular 821 00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,000 Speaker 1: and needed word in sports talk radio, there's no doubt. 822 00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,120 Speaker 1: So we could apply that to this team in a 823 00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:24,200 Speaker 1: lot of different ways. And that's gonna be it for 824 00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:26,879 Speaker 1: the show tonight. Tomorrow we'll be back on I didn't 825 00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,560 Speaker 1: get to my McDonough's stuff and all everything else that 826 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,040 Speaker 1: we wanted to get to tonight, but we'll do that 827 00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:33,239 Speaker 1: tomorrow because that's what we do. We have another show 828 00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:35,640 Speaker 1: to go before the weekend hits here. 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