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Speaker 1: In the Lab, a Texans podcast that takes a different

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Speaker 1: look at things to Doherty and John Harris have their

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Speaker 1: lab coats and goggles on, and the Bunsen burner is burning.

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Speaker 1: Here's Drew.

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Speaker 2: All right, we're almost ready, just days away from Saturday.

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Speaker 3: This is Drew.

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Speaker 2: And before I get into what's gonna happen on the

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Speaker 2: show today, want to remind you please subscribe to this podcast.

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Speaker 4: And get it on the rag.

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Speaker 2: That means have it pop up on your phone on

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Speaker 2: a regular basis once per week.

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Speaker 4: That's when we do it. Today on the show, John

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Speaker 4: and I are going.

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Speaker 2: To talk about what a Titanic, when this will be,

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Speaker 2: and why that will be, and there's some interesting little

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Speaker 2: facts to cover because this is a winnable game against

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Speaker 2: one of the best teams really of all time.

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Speaker 4: Yeah I said it.

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Speaker 2: Also, we will hear from Dalton Schultz, but we're not

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Speaker 2: gonna talk really fitty football with him. We're just gonna

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Speaker 2: get weird because that's what we do. We get weird.

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Speaker 2: And then after that, Garrett Downing of the Baltimore Ravens

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Speaker 2: does a lot of what I do up there, but

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Speaker 2: he's more involved with social media than I am. Here

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Speaker 2: and he's a digital host, but he gives us the lowdown.

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Speaker 2: He's been with the team the Ravens since twenty eleven.

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Speaker 2: So that's what we got on the show. But let's

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Speaker 2: start things off with me and my good pal John Harris. John,

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Speaker 2: this is exciting, This is super exciting. I am riding

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Speaker 2: a high. I'm embracing this journey. You know, you always

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Speaker 2: hear take time to embrace the journey, and I've heard

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Speaker 2: this over the like decades, and it's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that.

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Speaker 4: Well, I'm actually living this.

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Speaker 2: I'm enjoying what's going on because we saw how awful

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Speaker 2: things were just this time a year ago, before Demiko

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Speaker 2: was hired, we'd been through three four years of just misery.

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Speaker 2: I am fully engaged and enjoying this process. I know

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Speaker 2: you are as well. I mean, let's just start with that.

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Speaker 2: This is so much fun, no matter what, this is awesome, awesome.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's you know, the.

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Speaker 5: It's hard to relay to put into words, and you know,

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Speaker 5: people ask and I'm like, I go back to the

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Speaker 5: last three years and I'm like, think about how how

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Speaker 5: y'all is a Texans fan felt the last three years. Okay,

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Speaker 5: now just have that, like, have that right there? How

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Speaker 5: you feel? Oh it's terrible?

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Speaker 6: Is this?

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Speaker 5: It was that I was like, Okay, now go in

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Speaker 5: the building every day and that's your job every day.

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Speaker 5: Oh man, that's way worse. Yeah, I tell the story.

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Speaker 5: I don't know if I told the story. It's in

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Speaker 5: the lab story time.

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Speaker 7: So this was.

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Speaker 5: Probably two and a half years ago. I think I

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Speaker 5: you know whatever. And so I gone to get my

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Speaker 4: You went Into's Lips.

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Speaker 5: So I went in there and it was a place

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Speaker 5: People in there that that cut hair and they're they're

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Speaker 5: And I just kind of like you know, I know

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Speaker 5: Work for the team, and I just I remembered that,

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Speaker 5: And she's talking about at that point, well, you know,

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Speaker 5: She's talking about, you know, football, and you can tell

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Speaker 3: And I just was.

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Speaker 4: I got lady for you.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, so I'm tempted to go back there wearing Texans

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Speaker 4: Time out.

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Speaker 2: I've got a lady who has cut my hair since

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Speaker 2: two thousand and nine, and she's fantastic. And she she

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Speaker 2: once asked me, does every state have a NFL team?

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Speaker 3: So a little different, Yeah, but a little different.

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Speaker 5: But hey, that she but she didn't deigrate, she didn't

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Speaker 2: Sports is just not her thing, and she's she was

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Speaker 5: I stopped going to see her. I went to the

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Speaker 3: We're doing pretty well.

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Speaker 4: How are the Cowboys?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the Cowboys they have How about them Cowboys?

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Speaker 4: They playing?

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Speaker 5: Oh no, they're not playing while they're keeping the same

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Speaker 5: just real fast because I know we got a lot

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Speaker 5: want to get your opinion on this. So they've announced

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Speaker 5: the four teams that are playing over in London next year.

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Speaker 5: So somebody from NFL dot com wrote four London matchups

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Speaker 3: Texans at Tottenham. How would you feel about that?

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Speaker 4: Sign me up.

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Speaker 2: I love going I love going international on other people's money.

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Speaker 2: You know, let's let's do it. I had the London

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 4: I got to take in Texans.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a few days early too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, my guy Tyler suttterth and I had a lot

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Speaker 4: But the kind of hey was all in the barn

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Speaker 2: You know, while you guys were off doing sight seeing,

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Speaker 3: Of my job.

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Speaker 2: Great, so I got to do some kind of local

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Speaker 3: That's what I thought too.

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Speaker 3: So it wouldn't I don't. I don't think it would.

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Speaker 5: We'd have to give up a home game at that point,

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Speaker 5: but we'll see, you know, the Jaguars give them up

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Speaker 3: But I think they're NFCTA.

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Speaker 5: I think it was Bears and Vikings and there's one

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Speaker 5: other but but either way. Yeah, the sight seeing that

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Speaker 2: Houston's traffic is nothing compared to one. Nothing nothing. I mean,

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Speaker 3: So on to Baltimore.

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Speaker 2: Well, first, your hair cutting story triggered a memory and

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Speaker 2: really a prediction for me a few years ago when

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Speaker 2: there was a Texans team. Yeah, and they had then.

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Speaker 2: I gotta tell you their their uniforms were awesome. They

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Speaker 2: and customized them and they're cool. Yeah, well about two

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Speaker 4: They were Oilers.

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Speaker 2: Every the commissioner's son's team was the Oilers because the

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Speaker 2: an Oilers. A lot of divisions had Houston Gamblers, oh wow,

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Speaker 2: and all the others. But there were there were no

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Speaker 2: I predict you will see Texans teams in these division's

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Speaker 2: next year. Of course, because you had a lean times

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Speaker 2: predict that that changes, so it'll be fun to see. Okay,

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Speaker 2: but let's talk about these Baltimore Ravens. This is gonna

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Speaker 2: be a this is a winnable game. It's I don't

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Speaker 2: think this is a nine points I know Vegas things,

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Speaker 2: it's a nine point I think this is a much

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Speaker 2: closer game. I think the Texans can absolutely win it

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Speaker 2: because if something special at quarterback and CJ. Stroud no

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Speaker 2: broken news right there. Let me just tell you what

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Speaker 2: you're beating if you wind up beating the Ravens. NFL

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Speaker 2: Advanced Stats. I was talking about this with you before

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Speaker 2: we got on the air.

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Speaker 3: Yep.

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Speaker 2: So, the twenty three Ravens, the nineteen eighty five Bears,

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Speaker 2: which is the best team I've ever seen, eighty five

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Speaker 2: Bears in the eighty four Niners, two best teams I've

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Speaker 2: undefeated team in the history of the league. Yep those

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Speaker 2: three teams all averaged twenty five points a game while

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Speaker 4: But I think you can beat these guys.

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Speaker 2: And one thing, actually two things that I've seen have

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Speaker 2: That just talking about how high level things are and

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Speaker 2: He was pointing out, Hey, the first time these two

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Speaker 4: On all these things.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, to sixty five is a number I'll give you.

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Speaker 9: Damn, man, the Niners gave them that game. The Niners

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Speaker 5: Now, there was a tipball interception, but then there was

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Speaker 5: the eighty five Bears defense. It's a good defense, not

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Speaker 4: Well, and on the whole it's settled in. Yes, it's seas.

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Speaker 5: December thirty first, So on Saturday that'll be the twentieth

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Speaker 5: That'll be nearly three weeks since he has taken a

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Speaker 3: And if we get a little bit of wind.

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Speaker 5: I know they're used to playing in Baltimore, but look,

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Speaker 5: Uh So you just that's the kind of offensive machine

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Speaker 5: I think can break down. And that's what you've got

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Speaker 5: They all run really, really well after the catch, and look,

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Speaker 5: they're gonna get theirs. They're they're this offense is really

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Speaker 3: But you got to hope that.

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Speaker 5: In some sense that they're off a little bit from

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Speaker 5: I think it was October twenty ninth. Every single Sunday

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Speaker 3: Yes, how about this? This is pretty impressive too. So

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Speaker 3: they got cool stuff about us, Yeah, they do.

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Speaker 5: But whenever you mentioned the Pottsville Maroons, I'm gonna give

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Speaker 5: you this number. The Ravens have seven wins of fourteen

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Speaker 5: the Ravens and Patriots both had seven wins against teams

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Speaker 5: Pottsville Maroons of nineteen twenty five. The good old Maroons

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Speaker 5: so it's a better percent.

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Speaker 2: I think myself a geography like, I know geography better

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Speaker 3: Yeah you do.

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Speaker 4: Don't know where Pottsville is?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not totally sure what Pottsville Pennsylvania, Ohio. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I believe you.

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Speaker 5: Who's to say, but look, we're I think personally and Drew,

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Speaker 5: You've seen every playoff game.

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Speaker 3: You've been around every single playoff team.

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Speaker 5: I feel like this Texans team going into a divisional

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Speaker 5: the opportunity of all of them. Even nineteen I felt like, Yeah, offensively,

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Speaker 3: I'm worried about that.

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Speaker 5: I feel better about this team, and I don't want

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Speaker 2: Yeah, even if you get smashed on Saturday, you've never

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Speaker 2: and you've never gone in YEP with a quarterback this lethal,

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Speaker 4: Like C. J.

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Speaker 2: Stroud, you just haven't lots to feel good about, and

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Speaker 2: you brought up Lamborghini's It brings me. It reminds me

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Speaker 2: in a while. You can't ride in Milamborghini. You're too

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Speaker 2: Maybe the seat's too teeny. After that ravens Lamborghini to roll.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, now there you go.

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Speaker 2: Okay, we got to talk Cream of the Crop award winners.

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Speaker 2: If we're on Sunday, basking in the globe of a victory,

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Speaker 4: I'm all for it.

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Speaker 2: But if we're getting to do it, getting ready for

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Speaker 2: flight return home to a jubilant city, who was your

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Speaker 2: the cream of the crop? Mister Lake cashman, Oh, I

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Speaker 2: like cash money. It's before you be or you get

442
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Speaker 2: into your breakdown of cash money. How awesome and how

443
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Speaker 2: hilarious was his block of that poor offensive linemen that

444
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Speaker 2: he bait. Blake got the the on the pick six

445
00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:17,240
Speaker 2: by Steven Neilson. Blake pushed this guy and this poor

446
00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,960
Speaker 2: offensive lineman looked like a cartoon, you know, all three

447
00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:22,600
Speaker 2: hundred and thirty pounds of him, well wheeling on the.

448
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Speaker 5: It was why a teller and why Taylor is one

449
00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:25,840
Speaker 5: of the best guards in the league and whya Teler

450
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Speaker 5: has done that to plenty of linebackers, So I'm sure

451
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Speaker 5: there were plenty of AFC North linebackers watching Cash going, yeah,

452
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Speaker 5: pus seventy seven that he actually went out of the

453
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Speaker 5: game after that, He went out of the game and

454
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Speaker 5: went into the ten.

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Speaker 3: He missed the next series, so he was out on

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Speaker 3: the field.

457
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Speaker 5: He did come in after that for a little bit,

458
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Speaker 5: but yeah, cashing his block was incredible. I just feel

459
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Speaker 5: like teams that end up laying the Ravens well or

460
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Speaker 5: beating the Ravens, And there have been three teams that

461
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Speaker 5: beat the Ravens this year, and I feel of those

462
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Speaker 5: a couple of them have a pretty good linebacker play

463
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Speaker 5: and they have fast linebackers. The Colts Sire Frankly j Speed,

464
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Speaker 5: the Browns j Okay uh Taki Taki, and I think

465
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Speaker 5: at that point of the Year.

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Speaker 3: I think Anthony Walker was.

467
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Speaker 5: Playing fast, smart athletic linebackers to slow down all the

468
00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,920
Speaker 5: different things they have to slow down, and that's that's

469
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Speaker 5: a lot to really be disciplined with Lamar to handle

470
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Speaker 5: Gus Edwards, to cover tight ends, to drop in his

471
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Speaker 5: own coverage on over routes and say flowers obj.

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Speaker 3: I mean there's a lot, a lot that is put on.

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Speaker 5: The shoulders of Blake Cashman and Christian Harris. I mean

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Speaker 5: this is almost kind of twofer, but I feel like

475
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Speaker 5: cash has got to have that game. If if Christian

476
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Speaker 5: had that game last week, he's got to have a

477
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Speaker 5: solid game. But cash has got to have that kind

478
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Speaker 5: of game this week.

479
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Speaker 4: Love it.

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Speaker 3: That's my cream of the crop.

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Speaker 2: The cream of the crop. Love it, my cream of

482
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Speaker 2: the crop, the cream of the crop. I'm gonna go

483
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Speaker 2: with running back Devin Singletary. Seven carries for like maybe

484
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Speaker 2: fifteen yards in this first go round.

485
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Speaker 3: Yep.

486
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Speaker 2: But this is a different offense. This is a different

487
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Speaker 2: you seeing usage of Singletary. He was money in the

488
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Speaker 2: bank on Saturday in that win. Didn't have to use

489
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Speaker 2: him too much because you were hitting explosives. But the

490
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Speaker 2: explosives helped him. He helped, you know, fuel some of

491
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Speaker 2: those explosives because of the threat of what.

492
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Speaker 4: He can do.

493
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Speaker 2: If you want to pull off a win on the

494
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Speaker 2: road and the cold, you're gonna need to run the

495
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Speaker 2: ball a little bit. I don't think cold weather precludes

496
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Speaker 2: you from passing and hitting the explosives for that matter,

497
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Speaker 2: but you got to get some production, and you got

498
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Speaker 2: to get it from him. And I think he's gonna

499
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Speaker 2: be up for the challenge. He's gonna be up for

500
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Speaker 2: the job, and I can't wait to see what happens Drew.

501
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Speaker 5: That goes to my point earlier about watching those two

502
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Speaker 5: games against the Niners and against the Dolphins. Devin ah

503
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Speaker 5: Chan and Christian McCaffrey got bears, got bears early.

504
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Speaker 3: In the game when it was still a ballgame.

505
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Speaker 5: The longer you keep it a game, the longer motor

506
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Speaker 5: becomes an even bigger factor and stay as a factor.

507
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Speaker 3: And so that that's key.

508
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Speaker 5: You keep it a one score game throughout, or you

509
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Speaker 5: take the lead, motor becomes an even bigger factor. What

510
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Speaker 5: happened in those games is the Niners went down early

511
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Speaker 5: in the second half, like thirty to twelve, and the

512
00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:21,080
Speaker 5: running game had to go same thing in the Dolphins game.

513
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Speaker 5: The Dolphins got down twenty eight to thirteen, and they

514
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Speaker 5: just jettisoned a chan basically, and away you went with

515
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Speaker 5: the passing game.

516
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Speaker 3: And so you can't allow that to happen. You've got

517
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Speaker 3: to stay.

518
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Speaker 5: Ahead within a score so that motor continues to stay

519
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Speaker 5: a factor and the run game continues to stay a

520
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Speaker 5: factor against them.

521
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Speaker 2: Let's do it, man, It's almost been fifty years since

522
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,720
Speaker 2: the city of Houston has had a football team go

523
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Speaker 2: to the AFC title game. Texans get a win. That's

524
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Speaker 2: gonna happen, and I can't wait for it. And regardless,

525
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Speaker 2: we're gonna be back next week doing one of these,

526
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,000
Speaker 2: but I'd rather be doing one of these getting ready

527
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Speaker 2: for the AFC Championship Game.

528
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Speaker 4: Okay, good stuff from you, John.

529
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Speaker 2: Up next, I got a chance to get wacky with

530
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Speaker 2: Dalton Schultz. And this is more like, this is the

531
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Speaker 2: closest thing to just a plain old conversation as opposed

532
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,000
Speaker 2: to an interview. We sort of went back and forth

533
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:13,600
Speaker 2: and back and you and you played it on the

534
00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:14,840
Speaker 2: radio show last week.

535
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Speaker 3: But it's great.

536
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Speaker 4: Dalton Schultz.

537
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Speaker 2: He he was my guy to watch last week and

538
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Speaker 2: he came up man. He came up with the touchdown

539
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:26,760
Speaker 2: catch that gave you that that commanding lead right before

540
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Speaker 2: the half, and they just kept adding to it and

541
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Speaker 2: adding to it and adding to it after the intermission.

542
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Speaker 2: But here I am with Dalton Schultz. Tight end, Dalton Schultz.

543
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Speaker 2: The thing you wish you had invented? What is it?

544
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Speaker 6: That's a loaded question. I think airplanes.

545
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Speaker 8: Yeah, it would be kind of sick, although testing it

546
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Speaker 8: would not have been scary. If I could like forego

547
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Speaker 8: the testing part and have somebody else tested, like, yeah,

548
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Speaker 8: I'd be pretty sweet.

549
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Speaker 2: You shot high. I wish I had invented the slurpee

550
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Speaker 2: or like the.

551
00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,520
Speaker 6: Frozen Yeah, birthdays on seven eleven?

552
00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,120
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, what's your favorite slippy flavor? Again?

553
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Speaker 1: What is it?

554
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:03,760
Speaker 2: Okay?

555
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:06,800
Speaker 8: And my wife's gonna kill me for this. Definitely not coke,

556
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:12,520
Speaker 8: like the blue raspberry. Yeah, favorite's favorite. A little bit

557
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 8: of that with the pina colada.

558
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,480
Speaker 2: Oh you screwball? Do you screwball the drinks in the fountain?

559
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:18,240
Speaker 2: Drinks here? Do that?

560
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Speaker 6: Growing up? Yeah, that's all we had in Utah, just

561
00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 6: all the things that was entertainment.

562
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Speaker 2: Suicides suicide, that's suicides in Utah. Screwballs here in Houston.

563
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Speaker 6: Four choice words.

564
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Speaker 2: First, the tall crowd, But on this interview that sort

565
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Speaker 2: of slides. It's okay, okay, let's talk about the tight

566
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Speaker 2: end room. And let's say you guys are going on

567
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Speaker 2: a road trip. Got a nice comfortable car driving from

568
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Speaker 2: Houston to say Utah. Who's the driver? Me? Who's the navigator?

569
00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,560
Speaker 2: Not Teakan not Tigan? Okay, so tea can sitting in

570
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Speaker 2: the back. Who's riding shotgun?

571
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Speaker 6: Okay? Were we counting coaches?

572
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Speaker 2: You can if you'd like, yeah, you're sure you can.

573
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Speaker 2: I think Jake would be a good navigat good navigator, Yeah,

574
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Speaker 2: I get you there.

575
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Speaker 6: Yeah right. Also back back would be a good navigator too.

576
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Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with back Okay, over over your your

577
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,399
Speaker 2: coach and that's not that's not it. Beck's got life experience,

578
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:07,000
Speaker 2: you know, and.

579
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,880
Speaker 6: He's been all over the place, military kid.

580
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 2: What role does Brevin play in the mix there?

581
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 6: Oh, he's vibes?

582
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:15,680
Speaker 8: Okay, brevs in the back, he's got he's on dju's

583
00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:16,240
Speaker 8: got vibes.

584
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:18,440
Speaker 2: If you're providing the snacks, what are the snacks?

585
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 8: Beef jerky, good number one, slurpeece I'm a Pringles guy. Like,

586
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,160
Speaker 8: so they made like buffalo wing pringles for a while

587
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:28,800
Speaker 8: and now I can't find them anwhere. Dude, it was

588
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:34,040
Speaker 8: the best flavor of any chip, Buffalo wing pringles.

589
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,239
Speaker 2: Once you pop, you stop, you know.

590
00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:37,640
Speaker 6: That's why we get the small ones.

591
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:42,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, pringles, beef jerky slurpees, those are good options.

592
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 2: It's gonna be a fun beef jerky.

593
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 8: Like I will say, dude, if you get like Terryaki,

594
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:47,639
Speaker 8: it makes the whole car smell.

595
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,320
Speaker 2: Like yeah, you gotta be careful with it. There's there's

596
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 2: a like everything, there's spectrums of jerky, you know, like

597
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,439
Speaker 2: some Central Texas.

598
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Speaker 8: I still have never been to a BUCkies, So I

599
00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 8: feel like that's like first stop.

600
00:27:58,920 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 6: Yeah, on a road.

601
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Speaker 2: Trip, you can do that. You can get lots of

602
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Speaker 2: I d have an.

603
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:04,359
Speaker 6: Electric saving the planet.

604
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,840
Speaker 2: You know what's the most overused emoji?

605
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,639
Speaker 6: My most overused emoji is the freaking the horns. Oh

606
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:11,080
Speaker 6: my god.

607
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:11,680
Speaker 1: Yeah.

608
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:14,480
Speaker 8: My social media team goes a little crazy with that one,

609
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:19,399
Speaker 8: right through the laughing face and laughing face. Like people

610
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,720
Speaker 8: like overuse that. They put it everywhere on everything. It's

611
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,639
Speaker 8: what it's like, you rarely see one. People always like

612
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 8: throw like three or like four, the tilted one. Yeah, Like,

613
00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:30,520
Speaker 8: if you're ever.

614
00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 2: Stuck in a ten foot by ten foot room full

615
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 2: of food, what would be the food you'd want to eating?

616
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 6: Stay hungry, but.

617
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,120
Speaker 2: You got to get out eating?

618
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 6: But like the willpower getting me out of the room.

619
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 2: How's that gonna happen?

620
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 6: Don't ask?

621
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 1: All right?

622
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:46,880
Speaker 2: That's been the most interesting and unique answer of all

623
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 2: these for skittles, like skittles.

624
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,920
Speaker 6: Jerry Hughes, Oh my god, Jerry, that's terrible.

625
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, the right answer is like a handful

626
00:28:55,640 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 8: of cone.

627
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 2: Because it dissolves you get out.

628
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,840
Speaker 6: That's the right answer, and then you get diabetes. Yeah, yeah,

629
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 6: get out of the room. At least.

630
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 2: What's the first thing you do when you wake up?

631
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 6: Get out of bed?

632
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:06,760
Speaker 2: What's the last thing you do before you close your

633
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 2: eyes to go to sleep?

634
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 6: Set my alarm?

635
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 2: Could you wake up without an alarm?

636
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 8: I could, but be too long ever, No, it wouldn't.

637
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 8: Like I wake up before my alarm really pretty much

638
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 8: every day, Like, dude, we got back at fore I

639
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 8: am like I woke up at seven point thirty on

640
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:21,440
Speaker 8: the dot.

641
00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,560
Speaker 6: Like it's rough, just my body, it's like so used

642
00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:25,240
Speaker 6: to it at this point.

643
00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,240
Speaker 2: Now were you able to roll back over after the

644
00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:30,479
Speaker 2: congrats on the playoff clinching wind. It's a nice feeling.

645
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 2: Were you able to roll back over and go back

646
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 2: and get some more shut eye? Or no?

647
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 6: No, once some up them up, you're up. I just

648
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 6: I rode. I rode it all day.

649
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 2: No napping on the country, no nap, went to bed early.

650
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,240
Speaker 2: You're an iron man. Wow, Okay, if you have this choice,

651
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,960
Speaker 2: you could be the fastest human alive, but you've got

652
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 2: offensive bad breath. Or you could fly, but you wouldn't

653
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:51,840
Speaker 2: have any sense of taste or smell.

654
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 6: Oh fine, I'm taking the fly.

655
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 2: You don't care about no smell and stuff.

656
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,440
Speaker 8: Dude, flying is like the one superpower that I pick

657
00:29:58,800 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 8: over like anything.

658
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 2: It's interesting. Christian Harris chows flying because he's already a

659
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 2: version and is a version to bad breath too. It's

660
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 2: because he's already the fastest who would be on the

661
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 2: four by one hundred Texans team.

662
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 6: I played the fifth man.

663
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Speaker 8: I'm gonna I'm gonna anger a lot of people with

664
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Speaker 8: that one, so I'm just gonna stay out of it.

665
00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 2: Smart.

666
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 6: Did you ever do any track and field me? Yeah?

667
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:22,560
Speaker 2: No? One hut pull vault hurt me hurdle. I've seen

668
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 2: you hur yes, hey, actually you know what that brings me?

669
00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,480
Speaker 2: This is kind of football ish. We've seen you on

670
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,480
Speaker 2: the sideline, like working the sidelines this season, and it

671
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 2: kind of appears like, oh, Dalton's gonna go out of bounds,

672
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,440
Speaker 2: but you wind up bringing the pain, bringing like the

673
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,880
Speaker 2: business end of Dalton Schultz to a dB and it's awesome.

674
00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,360
Speaker 2: Other times we've seen you sort of do that move,

675
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 2: but then you spin out like you did against the

676
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 2: Cults and you move forward. Is that just kind of

677
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 2: I'm just doing what's happening? Or are you setting people

678
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 2: up sometimes and putting this on tape so maybe they'll

679
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,520
Speaker 2: anticipate this or might just overthinking.

680
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Speaker 8: Yeah, I wish I could tell you that, like, oh,

681
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,640
Speaker 8: like I try to do dude, I'm out there just reacting.

682
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 8: If some people's angles are like too high, and like

683
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 8: I can sense of their speed is like I know

684
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 8: when I'm gonna slow down and they don't, Yeah, and

685
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 8: it's like they think I'm running out of balance, so

686
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 8: they're trying to like kill you. So sometimes like cutting

687
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 8: back can not only like save you a hit, but

688
00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 8: like you can gain five six more yards just because

689
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 8: a guy takes like a high angle. It's just it's reactionary.

690
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 8: It's purely reactionary.

691
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,239
Speaker 2: That's it. Yeah right, I love the hurdle too. That

692
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 2: was cool.

693
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:21,640
Speaker 6: Nah, that was terrible.

694
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,120
Speaker 2: What's one nickname you wish you could have?

695
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 6: The Flash?

696
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:25,719
Speaker 2: The Flash?

697
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 6: Kidding? No roadhouse?

698
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 2: Roadhouse? Okay, we've covered that on these interviews, so I

699
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 2: won't go too deep into those. Dalton Schultz, thank you

700
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 2: so much. This has been a drews dozen fun stuff

701
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 2: there from Dalton Schultz. Thank you, Dalton. Good luck number

702
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 2: eighty six this weekend, this Saturday against the Ravens. And

703
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 2: speaking of those Ravens, I got a pal who knows

704
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,520
Speaker 2: a thing or two up there in Baltimore. He works

705
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,120
Speaker 2: for the Ravens and he's been with them for a

706
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 2: while now, as you're gonna hear in this interview, but

707
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 2: here's the enemy sidelines version of things. This is me

708
00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:04,000
Speaker 2: and my friend GD. Joining me now is Garrett Downing

709
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 2: of the Baltimore Ravens. He's been there a long time.

710
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,480
Speaker 2: He's the director of social Media. He's also a digital

711
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 2: host for the Baltimore Ravens and he kind of do

712
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 2: a little bit of everything. Garrett. First things first, I've

713
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 2: known it seems like forever. When did you start with them?

714
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 7: Yeah, I started in twenty eleven, and my first year

715
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 7: actually played at the Texans in the Divisional round that year.

716
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:27,320
Speaker 6: TJ.

717
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 7: Yates was a starting quarterback that year and that was

718
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 7: a game here in Baltimore, So that was my first,

719
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 7: my first playoff experience, and so here we are once again.

720
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's pretty wild.

721
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 2: There's a lot of similarities that twenty eleven season for

722
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 2: the Texans. I mean, you play there in the regular

723
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 2: season very early and fall, and then you're playing there

724
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 2: in the postseason as well, and it's an upstart team

725
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 2: both times around. But this is a Baltimore Ravens bunch

726
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 2: that the Texans saw in Week one, but that was

727
00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 2: four months ago. The Texans obviously very different. But you know,

728
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 2: it's like rokwand Smith pointed out recently as well, the

729
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 2: Baltimore Ravens are a very different team from the one

730
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 2: that we saw in Week one.

731
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Speaker 7: How So, Yeah, I think it's interesting. I try to

732
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 7: glean from players over the course of this week how

733
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,880
Speaker 7: much you can draw on that Week one game, knowing

734
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 7: that both teams have gone through a lot of changes.

735
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 7: I think the changes that the Texans have gone through

736
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 7: are more I guess obvious, and that you had a

737
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 7: rookie quarterback starting his first game, you have a first

738
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 7: year head coach, and just the evolution that a young

739
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 7: team goes through over the course of a season. For

740
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,360
Speaker 7: the Ravens, I think the biggest difference is that if

741
00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 7: you go back to that Week one game, it was

742
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Speaker 7: their first game under new offensive coordinator Todd Malkin, and

743
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 7: so they were still kind of figuring things out offensively,

744
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 7: deciding on what their vision was going to be for

745
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 7: this all offense, and that really kind of developed, I

746
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,200
Speaker 7: would say, around mid season, and then they hit their

747
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 7: stride over the course of the last five six weeks

748
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 7: of the season with the Ravens were really red hot,

749
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 7: playing some of the best teams in the league like

750
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 7: the forty nine ers and the Dolphins and the Jaguars,

751
00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 7: and he's playing some really tough competition down the stretch

752
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,400
Speaker 7: and that's where the offense really got going into a groove.

753
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,920
Speaker 7: That's where Lamar Jackson, I thought, really took full command

754
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 7: of the offense down the stretch and likely earned himself

755
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 7: a second MVP award. So It is interesting, you know,

756
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Speaker 7: I think that you don't throw out week one in

757
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,720
Speaker 7: terms of trying to learn from it at both these teams,

758
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 7: But you also have to look at it with the

759
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 7: knowledge that there's been a lot of changes on both

760
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 7: sides of this over the course of the last four months.

761
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, now that you have seventeen games to view this offense,

762
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Speaker 2: how is it much different than what we've seen there

763
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:38,280
Speaker 2: in Baltimore in the last few years.

764
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 7: Well, it's definitely different. Previously, the offense was much more

765
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,920
Speaker 7: of a run heavy scheme, particularly in terms of the

766
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,880
Speaker 7: quarterback design runs. The quarterback design run is not as

767
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 7: much of a piece of the offense now compared to

768
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 7: the last five seasons when Greg Romin was the offensive coordinator. Now,

769
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 7: of course, la Mar was still talking to run, but

770
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Speaker 7: much less so than he did previously. Particular from a

771
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 7: called standpoint, the main thing that Lamar has said from

772
00:35:05,239 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 7: a difference is that he has the keys to the offense,

773
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,799
Speaker 7: so he has more freedom to call plays at the

774
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,719
Speaker 7: line of scrimmage to make adjustments, and Todd Monkin has

775
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 7: that was a priority for him. Honestly, even before the

776
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 7: season started, when the Ravens hired Todd Monkin. He said

777
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,319
Speaker 7: to Lamar, you know, back in the spring, I don't

778
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 7: want to give you the keys and put more on

779
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 7: your plate. And the Ravens have done that, and so

780
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 7: I think that Lamar's growing comfort with the offense over

781
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,080
Speaker 7: the course of the season has allowed him to really

782
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:35,520
Speaker 7: take the reins of that. I also think that in

783
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 7: past years, either the weapons around Lamar are better than

784
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:40,840
Speaker 7: they've been in past years. You have some veterans like

785
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 7: Odub Beckham, Junior Nelson Aguilar. Both those guys have won

786
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 7: Super Bowls and have come up with big catches over

787
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,840
Speaker 7: the course of the season. Zay Flowers is a dynamic player.

788
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 1: Now.

789
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 7: They had a big gay big day in Week one

790
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 7: when these two teams faced off, but he's been an

791
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:57,759
Speaker 7: electric player for the Ravens all season long. So they

792
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,399
Speaker 7: just have a better compliment of weapons and Lamar's doing

793
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 7: a good job of getting the ball to all of

794
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 7: them across the field.

795
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm talking with Garrett Downing of the Baltimore Ravens.

796
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 2: He's a director of social media at a digital host.

797
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 2: You just brought up a few of those weapons out

798
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 2: at Wide Receiver hum another year and the Ravens still

799
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,720
Speaker 2: have excellent production at the tight end.

800
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:16,800
Speaker 4: Spot as well.

801
00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 2: I think eleven touchdowns combined between Andrews and Likely. What

802
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 2: stands out about those two.

803
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 7: Well, the biggest thing is, you know, the truth be told,

804
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 7: they haven't really been as much of a duo as likely.

805
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 7: It is just Likely replaced Andrews once Andrews went down

806
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 7: after the ankle injury in Week eleven against the Bengals,

807
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 7: and you know, Likely has just played at a really

808
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,280
Speaker 7: high level. I think that there are two very different

809
00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 7: players and so Likely is more of a run after

810
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:48,200
Speaker 7: the catch guy. He's a bit more of a call

811
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 7: it a receiver playing tight end, you know, where Mark

812
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 7: is so good at finding the soft spot and making

813
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 7: really tough catches. Now Likely, as I thought, really shown

814
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 7: himself to be a guy who can be trusted in

815
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:02,319
Speaker 7: big moments on the stretch here you know as a

816
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 7: young player, but he he's you know, he can get

817
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 7: the ball and then make something happen with his legs.

818
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 7: Lamar and Mark Andrews just have this great connection and

819
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,720
Speaker 7: feel for where they're gonna be. And Mark can break

820
00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,319
Speaker 7: out a route and putting himself in a spot where

821
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:18,799
Speaker 7: he's just in Lamar's line of sight and Lamar throws

822
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,320
Speaker 7: it up and Andrews can just make tough contest to catches.

823
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:23,880
Speaker 7: I think the interesting thing for you know, the Ravens

824
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,880
Speaker 7: will be whether Mark Andrews plays. He returned to practice

825
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 7: at the end of last week, which I think, you know,

826
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 7: caught a lot of people by surprise. Is the guy

827
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:35,360
Speaker 7: who had you know, foot ankle surgery, you know, just

828
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,239
Speaker 7: just a couple of months ago, back in mid November,

829
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,080
Speaker 7: and at the time, initially the feeling was this is

830
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 7: a season ending injury. Then it became okay, he got

831
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 7: in there, maybe it looked a little better then we

832
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 7: first thought. You know, there's an outside chance if we

833
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,239
Speaker 7: make it deep in the playoffs he could come back.

834
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 7: Then all of a sudden, before the playoffs even start,

835
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 7: Marks back on the practice field. Now there's a difference

836
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 7: between practice and games, and we'll see if he's able

837
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 7: to play in the game. And that if he's able

838
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 7: to play in the game, how much is on his plate,

839
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:05,400
Speaker 7: you know, is it a limited snap count, is it

840
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 7: certain packages? But he's already I think proven a lot

841
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,240
Speaker 7: of people wrong just getting back on the practice field.

842
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:12,840
Speaker 7: At this point. Dude is an incredibly hard worker and

843
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,360
Speaker 7: one of the toughest guys I've ever been around, So

844
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:20,000
Speaker 7: I'm not I'm not doubting him. You know, I'm done

845
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 7: in that. I'm not in that game anymore. So it

846
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 7: wouldn't surprise anything. Would not surprise me with Mark, and

847
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 7: it'll be curious to see how the Ravens use the

848
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 7: two of them if Mark is able to play in

849
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 7: this game, no doubt.

850
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 2: You know, what have you thought about the pass protection

851
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 2: this season for Lamar Jackson?

852
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:38,399
Speaker 7: Yeah, I do think that this could be a kind

853
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,920
Speaker 7: of a game in the trenches where and you could

854
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,880
Speaker 7: probably say that about most games, but the protection for Lamar,

855
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 7: I would say has been hot and cold. They have

856
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,759
Speaker 7: had injuries of the tackle position. Ronnie Stanley has missed

857
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 7: time with getting banged up with his knee twice two

858
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,360
Speaker 7: different times, one of them in that game. Morgan Moses

859
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 7: has missed some time. So they've had a rotation at

860
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:01,760
Speaker 7: the tackle position really all year long. Basically four tackles

861
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 7: have played, you know, considerable amount of SAPs throughout the season.

862
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 7: They've got great center in Tyler Linderbaums, a Pro bowler

863
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 7: this year. They've got two good guards, Kevin Zeitler, and

864
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 7: John Simpson. So you know, the question is the tackles.

865
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 7: I do think that the bye week probably helped those

866
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:17,360
Speaker 7: guys just get more healthy and get their bodies ready

867
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,400
Speaker 7: as veteran players for a playoff run. I think that

868
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 7: Stanley and Moses are still really good players. It's just

869
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 7: been more of a health question. So I think Stanley's

870
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:30,520
Speaker 7: been gradually improving his health down the stretch. You know,

871
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:31,839
Speaker 7: when he's at his best, he's one of the best

872
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:33,479
Speaker 7: tackles in the game. You know, him and Lamy Tuns

873
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,399
Speaker 7: came out in that same draft, and those two guys

874
00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 7: have kind of been compared to each other since since

875
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:44,399
Speaker 7: draft weekend that years and so they're there. Stanley has

876
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 7: a lot of pride, and when he's playing his best,

877
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,240
Speaker 7: he can be one of the best left tackles in football.

878
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:51,799
Speaker 7: It's just it's really more of a health question. So

879
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:55,600
Speaker 7: that'll be something to watch a monitor, and I'm sure

880
00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 7: that you know, the Ravens are are going to have

881
00:39:57,680 --> 00:39:59,840
Speaker 7: a variety of different options there. But yeah, I think

882
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,760
Speaker 7: I still think this offensive line can be really good,

883
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,640
Speaker 7: and I think that the bye week probably helped them

884
00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:09,040
Speaker 7: get healthy and ready for this run.

885
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 2: All right, Garrett Downy and the Baltimore Ravens is joining

886
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 2: us and Garrett, somebody up there needs to be locked

887
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 2: up for being a thief, because it's not fair that

888
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,960
Speaker 2: you got Rokwan Smith for second and a fifth round.

889
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:21,480
Speaker 4: We saw him wreck.

890
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 2: A game when he was a Bear earlier this season,

891
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,000
Speaker 2: last year, and then you got to see him again.

892
00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 4: What has he meant to this this defense?

893
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 2: And it's almost like I'm never gonna say he's not

894
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,840
Speaker 2: ray Lewis. He's obviously not ray Lewis. But it's like

895
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 2: you look at this Baltimore team ten years later, It's like, Okay,

896
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 2: you got a great linebacker, you got a great safety

897
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:42,520
Speaker 2: in Kyle Hamilton. But what is and I want to

898
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:44,600
Speaker 2: get to Hamlin in a moment, but what is Roquan

899
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:46,279
Speaker 2: Smith so great at?

900
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:47,760
Speaker 4: And what does he meant to this defense?

901
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 2: Yeah?

902
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:52,319
Speaker 7: I think I think everybody probably underestimated the impact of

903
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 7: that trade when the Ravens made it last year and

904
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 7: brought him here to Baltimore. I do get ray Lewis vibes,

905
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:01,280
Speaker 7: you know. I I think that the way he plays

906
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 7: the game, the leadership, you know, the tone setting, Rokuan

907
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 7: is the guy that that gives the hump, the pump

908
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:10,400
Speaker 7: up speech in the middle of the huddle before games.

909
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 7: He's he has that element. But I think even during

910
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 7: the week, the way he carries himself, you know, with

911
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,560
Speaker 7: confidence and a little bit of bravado, and I think

912
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:22,360
Speaker 7: all of that has rubbed off on the rest of

913
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,319
Speaker 7: the defense, and he backs it up on game day.

914
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:27,120
Speaker 7: You know, It's one thing to talk, but it's another

915
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:28,799
Speaker 7: thing to be able to back it up on game day,

916
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 7: and and Rokwan does both. So I think he's just

917
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,680
Speaker 7: been a tremendous player. He's always in the right spot.

918
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,399
Speaker 7: He gets everybody lined up in the right position, all

919
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 7: the stereotypical things that you want from a middle linebacker, communication, leadership, sure,

920
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:45,400
Speaker 7: tackling like he checks all those boxes. So I know

921
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 7: he's fired up, you know about about this these playoffs

922
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 7: and this game on Saturday. And you know, and the

923
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 7: other thing too, I'll say, is Patrick Queen's right next

924
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 7: to him. Yeah, you know, he's a former first round pick.

925
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:57,319
Speaker 7: Both those guys made the Pro Bowl this year as

926
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 7: AFC inside linebackers. Patrick Queen's having an excellent season, and

927
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 7: in a lot of ways, Queen actually probably makes you

928
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 7: could argue that he makes more plays. He makes more

929
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,840
Speaker 7: splash plays, you know, tackles for a loss, coming up

930
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 7: with sacks, and he flies all over the field. But

931
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,319
Speaker 7: they kind of have a thunder and lightning dynamic to them.

932
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,600
Speaker 7: You know, it's a little unique in today's day and age.

933
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 7: You know that you start with these two great linebackers

934
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:20,480
Speaker 7: and that's how the team is built. I take a

935
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 7: lot of times teams build from the corner. They build

936
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,279
Speaker 7: from that outside end where the Ravens They've got this

937
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 7: great inside duo with Queen and Rokuon and they're really

938
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,279
Speaker 7: the heart and soul of this team. And I think

939
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 7: that they play at such a high level and everybody

940
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 7: kind of takes their cues from them. And you know,

941
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,000
Speaker 7: if the Ravens defense, which has been excellent all season long,

942
00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:42,319
Speaker 7: if they if the defense has you know, a really

943
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 7: strong game on Saturday, I think it will be because

944
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:47,040
Speaker 7: you look at the stat sheet and know, okay, there's

945
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 7: there's twelve tackles for O Kwan Smith and there's eight

946
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 7: tackles in a sack for Patrick Queen. You know, that's

947
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:54,400
Speaker 7: kind of been the way that the Ravens have played.

948
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 7: And if they're going to have success on Saturday. That's

949
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:58,960
Speaker 7: that would be the recipe.

950
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,440
Speaker 2: And then you have and we're talking with Gared Downey

951
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 2: of the Baltimore Ravens. Then you have Kyle Hampson. That's

952
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:06,799
Speaker 2: a guy Texans fans are very familiar with. A lot

953
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:09,399
Speaker 2: of them wanted him in the draft in twenty twenty two,

954
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 2: and he's turning out to be that special player that

955
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:15,200
Speaker 2: a lot of folks around here thought he could be.

956
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:15,919
Speaker 4: What have you seen?

957
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:18,560
Speaker 7: He's been great. I think he's honestly been best case

958
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,560
Speaker 7: scenario for what you hoped he would become in the

959
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:23,839
Speaker 7: draft and All Pro in the second season. He fell

960
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:25,759
Speaker 7: to the Ravens at fourteen because I think a lot

961
00:43:25,760 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 7: of teams that were in front of the Ravens debated, like,

962
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:29,799
Speaker 7: where do you play this guy? You know, he's big,

963
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,239
Speaker 7: he's like six foot four. Is he a safety? Do

964
00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:33,919
Speaker 7: you play him at the line of scrimmage?

965
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:34,360
Speaker 2: You know?

966
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 7: Is he just a true, you know, rangey safety? How

967
00:43:37,800 --> 00:43:39,880
Speaker 7: do you use him? Well, the Ravens have kind of

968
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 7: unlocked something with him by putting him all over the field.

969
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 7: They kind of startup of putting him in a big

970
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:45,759
Speaker 7: nickel role where he would play with the line of

971
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 7: scrimmage and he would blitz and he would come up

972
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,399
Speaker 7: and run defense. And this year he's played a little

973
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 7: bit of everything. He'll still play that role, but it'll

974
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 7: play traditional safety. He'll make plays in the backfield, He'll

975
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:58,319
Speaker 7: fly all over the place, he can come up with interceptions.

976
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:02,920
Speaker 7: He's just been excellent. And I think that again, I

977
00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:05,319
Speaker 7: think that when the Ravens drafted him, if you were

978
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:08,279
Speaker 7: to say, what do you hope he becomes? This is

979
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 7: kind of best case scenario. And you know he he

980
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,319
Speaker 7: dealt with a knee injury this year, but you know

981
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:17,040
Speaker 7: he's he's worked his way back and I think that

982
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 7: he is going to be I think he's already a

983
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:23,440
Speaker 7: terrific player, and I think that he is. He's he

984
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 7: has playmaking potential every single time. And I'm sure that

985
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:29,800
Speaker 7: the CJ. Stroud and that Texans offense are going to

986
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:31,799
Speaker 7: want to know where he is on the field every

987
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:34,040
Speaker 7: single play because he's so versatile. Again, you coul put

988
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 7: him at the line of scrimmage, they could line him

989
00:44:35,520 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 7: up in the deep safety. They can move them all

990
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:39,399
Speaker 7: over the place. So I think that makes life tough,

991
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 7: and I do think that will be kind of a

992
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,400
Speaker 7: game within a game in terms of how the Ravens

993
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:47,440
Speaker 7: use Hamilton. Ravens defensive coordinator Mike McDonald is really creative.

994
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:49,279
Speaker 7: He's get a bunch of head coaching interviews, you know,

995
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:53,080
Speaker 7: based on you know, his his talent and ability. But

996
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:55,200
Speaker 7: I think that the matchup of how the Ravens use

997
00:44:55,239 --> 00:44:57,759
Speaker 7: Hamilton will be something to watch and that could be

998
00:44:57,760 --> 00:44:58,879
Speaker 7: a huge factor in this game.

999
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:01,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, you bring up Stroud is definitely aware of him.

1000
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:03,879
Speaker 2: He brought He called out Hamilton by name as being,

1001
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:05,480
Speaker 2: you know, one of the guys he's got to take

1002
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,920
Speaker 2: care of, has got to look out for, and one

1003
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:12,200
Speaker 2: of the lynchpins of a fantastic Baltimore Ravens defense. Well, Garrett,

1004
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 2: this is gonna be a fun one. We always do

1005
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:17,359
Speaker 2: appreciate the time. We look forward to seeing you in

1006
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 2: just a few days Texans and Ravens in the divisional round.

1007
00:45:20,719 --> 00:45:22,359
Speaker 4: It's gonna be a fun one, man. Thanks so much

1008
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:22,799
Speaker 4: for the time.

1009
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:24,759
Speaker 7: Awesome man. It's good to catch up and we'll see

1010
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:25,320
Speaker 7: you on Saturday.

1011
00:45:26,360 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 4: All right, fun stuff there from Garrett Downing.

1012
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:29,920
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1013
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:33,120
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1014
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:37,799
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1015
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1021
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