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Speaker 1: What is up? Good people of Houston and Houston Texans

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Speaker 1: fans everywhere. Welcome into a Friday edition of Texans All

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Speaker 1: Access from the Hyunday Texans Radio Studio. I am your host,

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Speaker 1: John Harris, and I'm doing everything possible to get through

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Speaker 1: the next two hours with completely losing my mind. Now

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Speaker 1: not a bad not a bad way, but because of

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Speaker 1: the opponent on Sunday, the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium,

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Speaker 1: cannot wait, as Bart Scott said, can't wait, cannot wait

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Speaker 1: these games. And it's funny. I wrote about this a

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Speaker 1: little bit earlier today, these games against the Colts. I

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Speaker 1: look forward to them because of the rivalry that it is.

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Speaker 1: But it's equal parts stressful, exciting, dreadful, exhilarating. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's everything. It's like the hype for me. I love it.

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Speaker 1: I love these games with the Colts, and then I

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Speaker 1: hate them and I love them. It's like this love

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Speaker 1: hate relationship because the stress that's involved. Since twenty fourteen,

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Speaker 1: there's only been one game where the margin of victory

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Speaker 1: has been more than seven points, and it was nine

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Speaker 1: points in twenty seventeen. The other reason it was nine

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Speaker 1: was because the Colts ended up getting a safety after

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Speaker 1: the makeshift Texas line that day gave up, gave up

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Speaker 1: a safety to make it twenty two to thirteen should

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Speaker 1: have been twenty thirteen, and that would have kind of,

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Speaker 1: I guess solved my question and answer that seven points

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Speaker 1: is the largest margin of victory. There's not been a

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Speaker 1: double digit margin of victory since twenty fourteen. Think about that.

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Speaker 1: Since twenty fourteen, with all the different changes and all

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Speaker 1: the different quarterbacks and all the different injuries and things

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Speaker 1: that have gone on between these two organizations, the Texans

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Speaker 1: and Colts have played every single regular season game within

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Speaker 1: nine points, and most of them, well all of them

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Speaker 1: minus won in the regular season seven points. That's crazy

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Speaker 1: to think about, which makes last year's playoff game weird

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Speaker 1: because fourteen points, twenty one seven you think, I mean,

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Speaker 1: the game was twenty one nothing for a long time.

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Speaker 1: The Texans got a touchdown and we're driving to maybe

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Speaker 1: get another one in the end zone, couldn't get it

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Speaker 1: in on a fourth down play. And I don't know

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Speaker 1: that fourteen points was really indicative of how it felt,

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Speaker 1: because it felt like the Colts had really kind of

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Speaker 1: such a weird anomaly, because they had played such close games,

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Speaker 1: and play such close games, I mean every game at

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Speaker 1: Lucas Oil. I mean last year was three points. In

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Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, that was a weird one because people were

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Speaker 1: injured on either side. Twenty sixteen, I think it was

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Speaker 1: it was six points. Games at home have been three points,

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Speaker 1: three points. I mean last year's two games up there,

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Speaker 1: we win it overtime by three. They come here, they

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Speaker 1: win by three. The last time they played. That's one

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Speaker 1: that left the mark. It left the scar, and probably

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Speaker 1: a few of them, to be honest, because your Texans

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Speaker 1: took one on the chain twenty one to seven. There

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Speaker 1: was nothing about that game, about that day that you

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Speaker 1: could really feel good about. If you're a Texans fan.

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Speaker 1: Get home field advantage, t Y Hilton's wearing a clown mask.

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Speaker 1: You're about to just hand it to and they turn

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Speaker 1: it around and just give it to you. When they

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Speaker 1: scored three touchdowns early in the game, take a twenty

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Speaker 1: one and nothing lead, Gotta try and fight back, and

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Speaker 1: they did a little bit, but they just never got

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Speaker 1: any sort of rhythm. It was the first time that

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson had lost a game by more than a

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Speaker 1: score dating back to high school. It's phenomenal, but the

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Speaker 1: Texans did things in the offseason to make sure that

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Speaker 1: that didn't happen. But now they get to take their

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Speaker 1: of the five and see what it looks like against

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Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts. So we've got a lot to get

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Speaker 1: to tonight. We've got our deep Slant Interview of the week,

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Speaker 1: the one on one brought to you by Exffinity with

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Speaker 1: DP City. This week it is Bernardrick McKinney. I'll give

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Speaker 1: you my first community Crating Union first glance keys to

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Speaker 1: the game, and also all of my predictions straight up

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Speaker 1: and against the spread for all NFL games this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Marks just stopped by. We'll talk about this. I know

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Speaker 1: this one always kind of triggers Mark. He kind of

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Speaker 1: has the same feeling. There's such excitement yet apprehension, all

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Speaker 1: coming at you. So we'll talk to Mark about that,

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Speaker 1: and then in our players segment, we've got a little

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Speaker 1: bit of b Scar TV. We've got My Football Story

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Speaker 1: Peter Kalmbayi, and we've got the Final World with Drew

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Speaker 1: Doherty and this week it is Aaron Fells. So plenty

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Speaker 1: going on tonight. So let's kick it off with hot reads.

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Speaker 1: each and every Friday we kick off the same way

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Speaker 1: with a little bit of discussion with the head coach,

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien. Mark caught up with him earlier today. Coach,

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Speaker 1: I gotta imagine you've talked to the team a lot

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Speaker 1: about the magnitude of this being a divisional game, the

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Speaker 1: I mean, look, it's a it's a division game on

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Speaker 1: we have a lot of history with, um, you know,

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Speaker 1: and I think that there are two evenly matched teams.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I think this is kind of one of

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Speaker 1: to the team that commits the least amount of stakes,

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Speaker 1: you know. I think that if we can control the

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Speaker 1: I think we'll have a shot. And uh, you know

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Speaker 1: they're they're well coached teams, gonna be a good game.

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Speaker 1: I know every week is different, but you always say

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Speaker 1: you want to get better every week. So where are

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Speaker 1: you looking to a prove you just mentioned some of

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Speaker 1: those things. I would imagine, Yeah, we have to take

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Speaker 1: You know, penalties are gonna happen the way the games

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Speaker 1: on special teams which we had in the last game

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Speaker 1: that's important to keep that going. But overall, we gotta

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Speaker 1: cut down on penalties. The cults, what did they do

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Speaker 1: They're just very well coached, very discipline, very fast athletic,

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Speaker 1: They're not gonna You're not gonna really let you throw

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Speaker 1: they're using their personnel. But I think in the end,

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Speaker 1: but they do have other weapons that can hurt you

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Speaker 1: Obviously you just mentioned Mac and Hind so they they've

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Speaker 1: What about his element in this game? Really smart guy,

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Speaker 1: doesn't make a lot of mistakes. He can run, He's

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Speaker 1: They're doing a great job with them in Indianapolis. So

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Speaker 1: he understands how to play the game, and we've got

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Speaker 1: to do a great job against him. Couch, thanks for

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Speaker 1: trying us, Good luck, Thank you. Annie. Let's get to

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Speaker 1: our next hot read, and that is going to be

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Speaker 1: the injury report, which on Friday is hugely important. Why

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Speaker 1: because you know who's in, who's out, Who's questionable, who's doubtful?

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Speaker 1: Taekwon Lewis defensive lineman to loss, obviously, but I don't

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Speaker 1: they've got other guys that can step into that role

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Speaker 1: and do what Taekwon does. Kenny Moore is a massive loss.

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Speaker 1: Kenny Moore, if you remember, had an interception to playoff game.

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Speaker 1: He's had all kinds of sacks blitzed from the nickel position.

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Speaker 1: Kenny Moore was a essentially a trash heap fine for

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Speaker 1: the Colts. He's not trash, but he was discarded by

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Speaker 1: for the Colts. He is out. Paris Campbell wide receiver

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Speaker 1: In addition, safety Malik Hooker is doubtful. Now you don't

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Speaker 1: But I have not seen a doubtful get on the field. MALIEK. Cooker,

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Speaker 1: so he's doubtful. Pierre De Seer starting corner, a guy

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Speaker 1: that Colt fans like to say is the DeAndre Hopkins killer,

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Speaker 1: which I don't think there is such a thing. The

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Speaker 1: Last year's twenty one to seven playoff loss to the

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Speaker 1: compare yourself to in college. Do you remember what your

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Speaker 1: answer was, Timbo, Yeah, and Kim Newton. You said a

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Speaker 1: little bit of both Cam Newton first, and I was

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Speaker 1: like my style like my heart, the heart and the

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Speaker 1: quarterback Tim Tebo. What about your playing style though, like

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Speaker 1: actually your your style on the field where you're like

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Speaker 1: a scrambler where your pocket passer. See, that's what I said,

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Speaker 1: Tim Tebow or Cam Newton because both scrambled both one

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Speaker 1: random ball and you know, I can see what I

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Speaker 1: want to say. But now I compare myself both them.

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Speaker 1: So I think that would have been a lot of

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Speaker 1: fun to watch. Maybe you should have like a charity

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Speaker 1: football game or something in the off season. Everybody plays

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Speaker 1: like opposite positions. That would be fun. That would be

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Speaker 1: out there, that would be fun. I mean there's already

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Speaker 1: the Charity Classic. You guys get plenty of practice with that.

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Speaker 1: We'd probably kill it. As a quarterback, I wouldn't say

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Speaker 1: that now you know my show is getting little bang. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we only get like full tackle. I don't think Lebrian

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Speaker 1: would like that too much. I don't think I would

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Speaker 1: like that. That's a little more painful without show up.

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Speaker 1: But like I said, that'd be fun. I probably those

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Speaker 1: some dimes out there run the ball a little bit.

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Speaker 1: All right, good stuff, Wishing you best to luck for

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Speaker 1: the rest of the season. Good luck getting some runs

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Speaker 1: pre game prey week two. Yeah, yeah, definitely thanks. I

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Speaker 1: want to sec media. Days after bernard had been drafted

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Speaker 1: recruited Bmack the Mississippi State coached him for his time

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Speaker 1: and I'll never forget what he said. I asked him

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Speaker 1: about how do you take a young man six three

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Speaker 1: two ten is a quarterback a tournament a linebacker? And

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Speaker 1: he's like, well, you know Barton Argi He said a

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Speaker 1: good things, Jo, but Argick put in the work. He

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Speaker 1: wanted to play as a physical guy. He's a violent guy.

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Speaker 1: And I said, well, did you everything about playing a

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Speaker 1: back quarterbacks? Oh? No, he goes, but Ardric thinks he

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Speaker 1: can play quarterback. But no, no, don't let him tell

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Speaker 1: you he can. Now he's how he's thinking about that

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Speaker 1: because the pregame ritual for Bernardric, for Whitney djuh some

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Speaker 1: of the lets Paeral crew, they play a game of

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Speaker 1: pylon football baseball. It's always it's always fun to see,

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Speaker 1: very very fun. But Bernardric's got a big task ahead

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Speaker 1: of him on Sunday, and that is Marlon Mack and

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Speaker 1: this Colt's offensive line. That's just one of the keys.

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Speaker 1: What are my first community creating union first glance keys

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Speaker 1: to the game. Well, I'll have them for you next

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Speaker 1: right here in Texans All Access. Hey, Houston area teachers,

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Speaker 1: I am talking to you. You you you you. I

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Speaker 1: know there are a bunch of you out there. You

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Speaker 1: want to bring a little Texas football year classroom and

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Speaker 1: Now I tell you that, and obviously that's a live read.

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Speaker 1: I do that each and every show. I think maybe

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Speaker 1: you do it Wednesday and Friday, but I've done that

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Speaker 1: before as a teacher. I once did a physics test.

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Speaker 1: did a physics test and the whole the test was

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Speaker 1: completely and totally all about the Florida Georgia because I

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Speaker 1: was in Jacksonville. The test was the same week of

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Speaker 1: Florida Georgia game The Rivalry, and every single question was

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Speaker 1: based on that game. And my students never forgot it.

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Speaker 1: They loved it. They loved it. They loved when I

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Speaker 1: brought sports into it. Whatever teaching math or physics, it

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Speaker 1: weres toros naturals. Get it done. Yeah, all your teachers

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Speaker 1: out there, that's a good and I know you know this,

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Speaker 1: but it's always good to emphasize bring some fun stuff

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Speaker 1: into the class brings some football into the classroom, and

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Speaker 1: I guarantee your students will love it. They will understand it,

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Speaker 1: and when they understand math, they will love it, no question.

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Speaker 1: I am John Harris, your host on this Friday edition

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Speaker 1: of Texas All Access from the Hunday Texans Radio studio,

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Speaker 1: and it's time to dive in, deep, deep deep with

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Speaker 1: this matchup against the Indianapolis Colts, a team we all

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Speaker 1: know well, we are a team they know well. It's

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Speaker 1: one of those matchups twice a year, and it's been

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Speaker 1: the last since Bill Brian's gotten here. Here's how it

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Speaker 1: goes twenty fourteen said twenty fourteen. There's been one game

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Speaker 1: with a margin of victory larger than seven points won,

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Speaker 1: and that was in twenty seventeen and the margin was

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Speaker 1: only nine. But that was the year in which the

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Speaker 1: Texans everybody was just dead, and I mean everybody. And

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Speaker 1: it was the same for the Colts. Andrew Luck was

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Speaker 1: out to why Hilton was banged up. I mean that

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Speaker 1: twenty seventeen game, the finale of twenty seventeen. I mean

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Speaker 1: it was it was as oh god, I can't even

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Speaker 1: describe it. That game anyways, the Colton winning that game

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Speaker 1: twenty two to thirteen, nine point margin. No other game

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Speaker 1: since Bill O'Brien has gotten here has had a margin

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Speaker 1: bigger than seven in the regular season. Now playoff game

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Speaker 1: last year in a different story, twenty one to seven.

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Speaker 1: That was a two score game. It was the only

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Speaker 1: time that Deshaun Watson has lost, has started at quarterback

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Speaker 1: for a team and lost by more than a score.

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Speaker 1: Think about that. Even last year beginning of the year,

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Speaker 1: Patriots lost by seven, Tennessee lost by three, Giants, lost

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Speaker 1: by three. Colts. In the regular season lost by three, Eagles,

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Speaker 1: lost by two. That was it all year, and the

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Speaker 1: playoff game lost by a couple of scores. So maybe

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Speaker 1: there's a score to settle here. I don't think you

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Speaker 1: could take that approach going into it. Two different teams,

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Speaker 1: two different makeups, but I know that there are plenty

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Speaker 1: of guys left over from last year's team that that

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Speaker 1: loss left a stain. There's no question, there's no doubt,

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Speaker 1: and it's that one that washes out all that easily

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Speaker 1: to lose a playoff game, too. Arrivals the first time

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Speaker 1: you had played the Colts in a playoff game and

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Speaker 1: it didn't go well. So it's the first matchup since

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Speaker 1: that time. So let's get into our first Community Credit

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Speaker 1: Universe Glance Keys to the Game AUCU, the Official Credit

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Speaker 1: Union of the Houston Texans. Let's dive in to the

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Speaker 1: Texans defense against the Colts offense. What are the keys

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Speaker 1: to stopping the Colts? The number one key overall of

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Speaker 1: all the things I thought of all week comes down

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Speaker 1: to two words, rap and up. Rap up. Now, it's

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Speaker 1: not so much about the receivers. Receivers, they're not tremendous

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Speaker 1: Dion Kane's a bigger guy. He's gotta like hop. My

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Speaker 1: concern is with Marlon Mack. Mac runs hard, he's got

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Speaker 1: a sweet jump cut. He has great vision, so he

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Speaker 1: finds horizontal holes sometimes like sometimes he gets to a

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Speaker 1: hole and he looks at and goes, man, I don't

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Speaker 1: like what's in front of me, but let me jump

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Speaker 1: a jump cut one way. Oh, there we go there

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Speaker 1: as a hole. I did a tellstrator and you'll see

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Speaker 1: it on game day on KPRC D eight thirty Sunday morning.

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Speaker 1: And that's exactly the exact play I pulled up. Was

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Speaker 1: a run against the Kansas City Chiefs. Where it was

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Speaker 1: it was inside zone. May I've been a duo play,

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Speaker 1: but either way, there were chiefs there to stop him,

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Speaker 1: and he just gone and then took a jump cut

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Speaker 1: and it was jump cut. Make a guy miss a tackle,

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Speaker 1: jump cut, Another couple of tackles missed, and now he's

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Speaker 1: off in his space. Now I don't think he's the

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Speaker 1: fastest guy in the world, but he does not go down.

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Speaker 1: Remember that twenty seventeen game I was telling you about.

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Speaker 1: I have never in my life, ever, ever, ever, ever

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Speaker 1: seen a running back straight armed Jadeveon Clowney and put

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Speaker 1: him right down into the ground. Never Martin Mack did

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Speaker 1: it that day and I was standing right there. I

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Speaker 1: was like, WHOA, I've never seen that before. Rap up

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Speaker 1: you cannot give mac yards after contact. You're gonna get

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Speaker 1: some because that's just the virtue of a guy running hard,

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Speaker 1: but you cannot allow him to break through armed tackles,

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Speaker 1: weak tackle attempts. You got to bring everything you've got

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Speaker 1: and then hands to wrap up. Okay, that's key number one.

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Speaker 1: Number two. Last year, Eric Ebron was a major thorn

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Speaker 1: in the side and the two losses against the Texans

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Speaker 1: or against as he was against the Colts, he was

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Speaker 1: tremendous and then of course he preened the camera saying,

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Speaker 1: you can't cover him man to man. Well, I'll take

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Speaker 1: my money with Sean Gibson covering man to man. But

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Speaker 1: here's a little bit of why it's different this week

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Speaker 1: than it was last. The Chiefs were not gonna run

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Speaker 1: the ball on you, and they were not gonna run

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Speaker 1: it very well. The Colts can run the ball, so

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Speaker 1: you're gonna need Justin Reid slashed to Sean Gibson to

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Speaker 1: come on into the box and help at times to

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Speaker 1: run the ball. That's when the Colts are gonna fire

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Speaker 1: the ball at Eric Ebron. Ibron becomes a big key

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Speaker 1: in this game, so first and second down run defense

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Speaker 1: becomes huge. So that you set up second and long,

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Speaker 1: third and long so that you know, okay, they're gonna

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Speaker 1: throw the ball down like this, we've got to take

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Speaker 1: care of Ebron. Now there's also Jack Doyle there, but

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Speaker 1: Ebron proved last year that he's the more dynamic of

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Speaker 1: the two and creates probably bigger issues for the Texans

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Speaker 1: because in those two losses against the Colts, Ibron was outstanding.

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Speaker 1: Couldn't stop him. The first game he dropped everything, the

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Speaker 1: second two games he went nuts. The Colts won. Eric

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Speaker 1: Keybron and slowing eric Keybron ends up being a key

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Speaker 1: number three. This kind of goes a little bit with

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Speaker 1: one and stopping the run, But how are you going

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Speaker 1: to stop the run? The only way that teams have

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Speaker 1: really run the ball in the Texans this year is

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Speaker 1: when the Texans, if it's happened at all, is when

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Speaker 1: the Texans have either not wrapped up a few times

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Speaker 1: on Alvit Kamara that happened in the Saints game. Other

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Speaker 1: than that, they've done a pretty good job of being

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Speaker 1: gap discipline. Now some will say, well, Christian McCaffrey, but

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Speaker 1: it took thirty seven touches for him just to get

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Speaker 1: less than five yards per touch, so they didn't do

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Speaker 1: a horrible job against him, even he ran hard. When

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Speaker 1: they got into trouble, it's because a they have not

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Speaker 1: been gaped discipline. But I'm gonna throw this one on

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Speaker 1: top because they did not do this in the game

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Speaker 1: against the Colts in the playoffs. They did not set

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Speaker 1: the edge. In fact, there is a run by Marlon Mack.

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Speaker 1: They've got a seven to nothing lead. We have to

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Speaker 1: pump back to them because we got stopped at about

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Speaker 1: the midfield. They get the ball and they hand the

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Speaker 1: Marlin Mac on a kind of a pin and poll

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Speaker 1: play basically to take they take the tackle on the

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Speaker 1: tight end, they pin everybody inside and they pull the

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Speaker 1: guards around. And when the guard pulled around, there was

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Speaker 1: one guy I think it was either Zach or maybe

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Speaker 1: a defensive back, I can't remember, and the guard just

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Speaker 1: buried him and Mac just had this direct line because

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Speaker 1: we didn't set the edge against them. That is paramount

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Speaker 1: Witty Merciless does a really good job at this. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: JJ does a good job at this. His size is

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Speaker 1: so he sets a good edge, but they've got to

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Speaker 1: be ultra discipline about it. They have got to be

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Speaker 1: That's gonna be very difficult with Quinn Nelson there. But

638
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:14,840
Speaker 1: I guarantee you that DJ reader is looking forward to

639
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,399
Speaker 1: this game going against the guy that Quinn Nelson. Look,

640
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 1: everybody knows and talks about how great Nelson is and

641
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 1: this and that, but if you have a great game

642
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,839
Speaker 1: against him, that's what starts getting you some acclaim. That's

643
00:34:24,880 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 1: what starts getting you some attention. If you will not that,

644
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,720
Speaker 1: that's what drives the OLPC or even drive DJ Reader.

645
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 1: But you have good games against Quinn Nelson, people take notice.

646
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,759
Speaker 1: As a defensive line, but you've got to do it

647
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,280
Speaker 1: out in the edge as well. You cannot allow direct

648
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,200
Speaker 1: lines downhill for Marlon Mack and the running backs of

649
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,600
Speaker 1: the Colts to hit. So you've got to set the

650
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:49,160
Speaker 1: strongest edge possible and then the ultra discipline, your run

651
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: gap assignments. Let your linebackers do the work, set the edge,

652
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:55,399
Speaker 1: dominate the interior, and might be Mac and Zach run

653
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,719
Speaker 1: the football and they'll make it worth it. I guarantee you.

654
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 1: Number four, stay deep and stay in coverage. Jacoby Brissette

655
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,640
Speaker 1: does two things. Number One, he holds the ball a

656
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 1: little bit longer than he should and that's just something

657
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,719
Speaker 1: he hasn't worked through, honestly. And the second one is

658
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,919
Speaker 1: he's like Ben Roethlisberger in that Roethlisberger almost invited people

659
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:17,840
Speaker 1: to be hitting him and hanging on him, but he

660
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:21,920
Speaker 1: was gonna hold it to the last possible instance until

661
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,360
Speaker 1: he found It's kind of like a radar, like did

662
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: he just go through it and then he would get

663
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: rid of it. Brissette does the same thing. Now, Brissette

664
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 1: is not as cool and calm under pressure has been is.

665
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 1: But Brissette you can relax as a dB thinking, oh

666
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 1: they got the sack and stop for a second. The

667
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,799
Speaker 1: receiver keeps going, he breaks out of it, and now

668
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:49,319
Speaker 1: you're out of phase. Stay deep, stay in coverage. Last,

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00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:50,799
Speaker 1: it's certainly not at least in this kind of goes

670
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 1: with three stack and shed get off blocks. Don't let

671
00:35:54,520 --> 00:36:00,319
Speaker 1: this Colt's offensive line occupy blockers. And here's one. Be violent, quick,

672
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 1: be violent, be quick, be violent to get your hands,

673
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,400
Speaker 1: body everything through a block or have leverage and then

674
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 1: get off the block quickly, be violent, be quick and

675
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,400
Speaker 1: be gone. Get off that block, Go find the football

676
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 1: and make sure mom and Mack is held in check.

677
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 1: All right, Let's move over to the Texans offense against

678
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: the Colts defense. The one thing that the Texans have

679
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: got to handle. Number one, right out of the shoot,

680
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:30,840
Speaker 1: the Colts love to penetrate Marcus Hunt and Denico Autry inside.

681
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:32,839
Speaker 1: They're not the biggest guys in the world. Now. Hunt

682
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,840
Speaker 1: looks he's tall, but he's not three hundred and fifteen

683
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:39,120
Speaker 1: three hundred twenty pounds the deck. Autry is certainly not that,

684
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 1: but he's two hundred and eighty five pounds, and he's

685
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 1: quick and he plays angry. Those guys penetrate. That penetration

686
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:49,400
Speaker 1: causes chaos. So you can't allow the penetration. You must

687
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 1: slow down that penetration. When I talked about that word

688
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: violent and quickness, they are quick, violent, and they're relentless.

689
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 1: They do not stop coming. But you got to hit him.

690
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: Just like last week, keep hit him to keep coming

691
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:09,399
Speaker 1: and slow them down. Eventually, that'll happen. Number two, if

692
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: there's time to throw, and that's not easy this week.

693
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,360
Speaker 1: Now there is no Comico, Turey Russian the edge, but

694
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 1: there is a justin Houston, there is a Ben Banagu.

695
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 1: There isn't al Kady Mohammed. There are guys that can

696
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:22,759
Speaker 1: get to the quarterback from the edge. And Marcus Hunt

697
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 1: creates problems because he's six nine, and Austry is a

698
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 1: problem because he's so quick inside. But if there is

699
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:33,640
Speaker 1: time to throw, they're gonna be open receivers when the

700
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:36,400
Speaker 1: Colts play zone. Now, the Colts didn't play a lot

701
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: of zone against the Chiefs because they felt like they

702
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 1: could match up with the Chiefs receivers because there was

703
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,239
Speaker 1: no Tireek and there was no Sammy. So they played

704
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 1: a lot of man and then they gave help over

705
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 1: the top. I don't know if the Colts want to

706
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,399
Speaker 1: play man against this group of receivers, but if it's zone,

707
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,239
Speaker 1: they'll get be guys open. There were guys open all

708
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: game long. In a playoff game, really, you shouldn't have

709
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 1: time to throw. With time to throw, receivers will be

710
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:03,080
Speaker 1: open in zone number three. Expect the unexpected from Matt Everflus,

711
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,320
Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator. A great example of that was in

712
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,320
Speaker 1: the playoff game. I can't remember who was one of

713
00:38:09,320 --> 00:38:11,719
Speaker 1: the Texas running backs motioned out wide. He started back

714
00:38:11,719 --> 00:38:14,120
Speaker 1: through the emotion out wide and Darius Leonard went with him,

715
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,920
Speaker 1: which is usually the universal signal for man and man

716
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 1: coverage linebacker on running back, but the Colts played cover

717
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:23,759
Speaker 1: to zone and Leonard essentially became the rolled up cover

718
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:27,640
Speaker 1: to corner. You don't expect that. When he goes out there,

719
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 1: You're like, that's my key, that's man, and all of

720
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 1: a sudden the're sitting there playing cover two. Now he

721
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:35,920
Speaker 1: Eberflus likes to play cover two. But you've got to

722
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 1: expect the unexpected pre snap. What do you see post snap?

723
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: Make sure you double check. I think it's man, but oh,

724
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 1: Darius is staying over there. This could be covered, all right,

725
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:52,120
Speaker 1: I know what it is. Expect the unexpected number four

726
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:53,759
Speaker 1: and this one's easy, so I want to spend too

727
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:58,359
Speaker 1: much time on it. Please please please. Ball carriers hang

728
00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 1: on to the dag football all the way through the tackle,

729
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 1: all the way to the ground. I don't know how

730
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,239
Speaker 1: many times the ball is loose and was loose on

731
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 1: the ground. Carlos Hyde fumbled. Then there was one where

732
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 1: he hit the ground. It popped out. Hop had one

733
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,400
Speaker 1: of those when his momentum had been stopped and the

734
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 1: ball popped out. Duke gop for the end zone and scored.

735
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 1: But because the momentum he hit the ground, the ball

736
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 1: went out. And now look, I understand hitting ground and

737
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 1: the ball comes out like that's physics, right, But hang

738
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 1: on to the ball. One of the biggest things about

739
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:33,759
Speaker 1: beating the Chargers earlier in the year was hanging onto

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00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 1: the football, not turning it over. And then the one

741
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,319
Speaker 1: turnover the Chargers had was a killer because the Texas

742
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 1: went down and scored after that. Hang on to the

743
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:46,800
Speaker 1: dad going football number five. Figure out early how the

744
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,560
Speaker 1: Colts are going to cover the Texans tight ends. Darren

745
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 1: Fells and Jordan Nakins have been a huge problem. Now

746
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 1: there'll be people that say, well, you know, learn not

747
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 1: to e Brown or not Jack Doyle. Yeah, they're not.

748
00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 1: They can be even better. They can be really dynamic

749
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: because both guys can block. Both guys are used to block,

750
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,759
Speaker 1: so when they're in the game, you don't know whether

751
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:10,000
Speaker 1: they're gonna add to the protection or they're gonna be

752
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:13,400
Speaker 1: outlet routes or they're gonna be seam routes right down

753
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,240
Speaker 1: in the middle of the field and be a huge problem.

754
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 1: So figure out Matt Everflus how he's going to cover

755
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,200
Speaker 1: these tight ends. I would imagine going in that they

756
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:27,240
Speaker 1: want to stop DeAndre Hopkins. They need to stop DeAndre

757
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:31,400
Speaker 1: Hopkins that I know they look at Hoping. They respect

758
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:36,400
Speaker 1: hop immensely. They don't really respect everybody else. They respect

759
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 1: Will Fuller's speed, they don't really respect anybody else. I

760
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 1: could tell you that for a fact. So figure out

761
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 1: how they're covering the tight ends, and then exploit the

762
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 1: hell out of it, because I don't think that they're

763
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:51,960
Speaker 1: gonna be able to cover everybody that you have. Are

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00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,120
Speaker 1: they gonna be able to give help over the top

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00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 1: the Fuller as they're trying to maybe double Hopkins, But

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Speaker 1: then all of a sudden, the tight ends. Who's left

767
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: to cover the tight ends? Who's left to cover Keiki

768
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: on the inside. I don't think Key has to get

769
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: to love and Catches. I don't think he will. But

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00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,879
Speaker 1: if you need to go to it, don't be afraid

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00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 1: to go to that. Well, don't do not be afraid

772
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 1: to go to Keiki. But figure out what they're doing

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00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 1: with the tight ends, because that's I think where you

774
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 1: can make some money. I think the tight ends on

775
00:41:20,800 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: both sides are going to have a lot of attention

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00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:28,439
Speaker 1: because with the Colts, you know, Ibron and Jack Doyle

777
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 1: are gonna get attention. And somehow, some way, the Colts

778
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 1: got to figure out how to cover these tight ends

779
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:36,400
Speaker 1: and Jordan Aikins and Darren Fells. But the Colts have

780
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,359
Speaker 1: got to account for other things in the passing game

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00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:40,640
Speaker 1: as well. Look, I didn't even mention t Y Hilton.

782
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:42,840
Speaker 1: Stop at t Y Hilton is gonna be big. So

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00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 1: you know what a sixth defensive key would be. Figure

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00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 1: out what you're doing with t Y and if you

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00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:50,680
Speaker 1: vote two guys to him the whole game, I'm fine

786
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 1: with that. I'm fine with that. The sixth offensive key

787
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:57,799
Speaker 1: would be. Now, I don't you know, find a blitz.

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00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:01,720
Speaker 1: Whether it's Kennymore or whoever's coming, mind the dad gum blitz,

789
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 1: pick it up, get rid of football, and move the sticks.

790
00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:09,360
Speaker 1: That blitz was an absolute killer in the regular season

791
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:12,799
Speaker 1: lost last year and the playoff loss. No where it's coming,

792
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 1: no when it's coming. Receivers, adjust the sean throwhat, catch

793
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 1: football and make them pay for it. Make them pay

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00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:25,439
Speaker 1: if you do that and do those things and follow

795
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 1: those keys. What you have done last couple of weeks.

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00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 1: You can win the football game. You could absolutely win

797
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 1: the football game. So let's go do it. Those were

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00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 1: your first commune credit in first glance keys to the game.

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Speaker 1: Coming up next, I'll ask Mark what he thinks the

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Speaker 1: Voice of Texans would be next. Right here in Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access, Welcome back to our second hour of the show.

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Speaker 1: I am your host, John Harris Texas All Access from

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Speaker 1: the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I am joined now by

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Speaker 1: the Voice of the Texans, Mark. How are you, Johnny.

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00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:58,759
Speaker 1: I'm doing great. It's game weekend. I mean, the Astros,

806
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 1: congratulations on pushing the Yankees, the hated Bombers to the brank.

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00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:06,440
Speaker 1: That's great, and I know they're getting ready to roll.

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00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,760
Speaker 1: But the Texans getting ready to roll at the Colts.

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00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:14,160
Speaker 1: And look, I became a sports fan in the Northeast,

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00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:18,320
Speaker 1: so the Yankees to me were despised unless you're a

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Speaker 1: Yankee fan, of course, and Red Sox Yankees and that rivalry,

812
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,160
Speaker 1: and I always, you know, kind of think of that

813
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:26,840
Speaker 1: kind of thing when I'm thinking about the Texans and

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00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:30,480
Speaker 1: the Colts, even though the Colts have owned the rivalry

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00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:32,239
Speaker 1: we talked about this last night. You mentioned four and

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00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,440
Speaker 1: four and the last eight regular season games, but overall,

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00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 1: only eight wins in the entire history of the rivalry,

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00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:40,680
Speaker 1: if you can call it that with the Texans. So

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00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 1: that's still a behemoth to me. And the fact that

820
00:43:44,520 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 1: the Texans have won three of their last four up

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00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 1: there is huge, and that's great and you want to

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00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,400
Speaker 1: keep that thing rolling. But I never take that for

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00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: granted because I remember the tough times. I remember Peyton

824
00:43:54,640 --> 00:43:57,800
Speaker 1: Manning just torturing this team, and all the painful losses

825
00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:00,720
Speaker 1: to Andrew Luck of course as recently as last here twice.

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Speaker 1: I remember the twenty fifteen game distinctly, and it's it's

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00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: interesting because you and I I got into building in

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00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:11,880
Speaker 1: twenty fourteen, and we talked a million times about the

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00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,440
Speaker 1: Colts and going to Lucasoil and the history of it,

830
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,279
Speaker 1: and yeah, how close it got in twenty eleven. Then

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00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 1: JJ gets called for those two bogus fifteen yard penalties

832
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:23,200
Speaker 1: and Dan Orlovski ends up getting the win. You're like, God,

833
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:26,000
Speaker 1: can we ever win up here? And then twenty fourteen.

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Speaker 1: I'll never get twenty fourteen because it was like that

835
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:32,040
Speaker 1: was my first time in Indie, and I remember thinking

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00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:35,040
Speaker 1: they could have shot here. You know, they got a

837
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 1: shot in twenty fourteen. The Colts had played well, but

838
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,359
Speaker 1: you know, we had cut that one to thirty three

839
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,440
Speaker 1: twenty eight and had the ball at our place in

840
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,319
Speaker 1: the Thursday night game and then it didn't go well

841
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:47,239
Speaker 1: and we didn't win that game. But I thought, Love

842
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 1: a good plan for him. You know, Fitz his back,

843
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 1: it's kind of rolling. Now, they might have a plan

844
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 1: for him. And then Fitz he gets hurt. Yeah, and

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00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:56,840
Speaker 1: they end up getting it to seventeen to ten, and

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00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:59,560
Speaker 1: I'll never forget. They scored to tie the game at

847
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,799
Speaker 1: fourt teen and Arian goes in and I'm like, oh,

848
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:06,520
Speaker 1: my goodness, could just happen today. And then Devier Posey

849
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,480
Speaker 1: got called for what I think it was de vir

850
00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:12,560
Speaker 1: Posy got called for a flag, and then that brought

851
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:14,600
Speaker 1: it back. They'd kick a field goal, so now it's

852
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:18,239
Speaker 1: fourteen ten instead of fourteen fourteen, and then they end

853
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 1: up winning at seventeen ten. But I realized that twenty

854
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:26,160
Speaker 1: fifteen what that game meant to everybody. I knew, but

855
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:30,600
Speaker 1: I didn't really know. And then when Aj picks off

856
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:34,560
Speaker 1: that pass and it's really over over at that point.

857
00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 1: I didn't see you guys up in the I could

858
00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:39,680
Speaker 1: just hear it. I could hear it from you guys,

859
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:41,600
Speaker 1: but I could also see on the sidelines there have

860
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:44,440
Speaker 1: been guys on that sideline that had been through so

861
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:47,600
Speaker 1: many of those games, and they were hugging and they

862
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 1: were celebrating, and they knew what that meant also in

863
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:52,880
Speaker 1: terms of the division race. But I knew to a

864
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 1: lot of them, it's like WHOA, Like, we did we

865
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 1: did this. We finally we beat these guys in their building,

866
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:01,560
Speaker 1: and we haven't done that for you know, thirteen years.

867
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:04,640
Speaker 1: At that point, we finally did it, and then went

868
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:06,359
Speaker 1: back and did it in sixteen, and then went back

869
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 1: and did it in eighteen. So I don't you're right,

870
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:11,840
Speaker 1: I don't think it should ever lose its luster because

871
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:13,960
Speaker 1: you got to remember what that was like in the

872
00:46:14,120 --> 00:46:16,319
Speaker 1: RCA Dome, when Manning is doing his thing and then

873
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 1: they get in the Lucas Oil and he's continuing to

874
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 1: do it. Then Andrew luck takes over and then you

875
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 1: finally break through in fifteen and you do that and

876
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 1: you realize winning up there no matter what. I don't

877
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:29,879
Speaker 1: care if they're oh and fifteen, you're playing the last

878
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:32,239
Speaker 1: game of the year, beating them up. There is still

879
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:35,320
Speaker 1: a special thing. It's so special. And how about this

880
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:38,680
Speaker 1: for close? Oh nine missed field goal at the buzzer

881
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: to send it into overtime. I mean that hurt a lot,

882
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,239
Speaker 1: and that was a great play by the Texans to

883
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:45,800
Speaker 1: get it into field goal range. I think it was

884
00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 1: shob to Jacoby Jones. Yeah, and they missed a kick.

885
00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:52,120
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just to have so many moments. Even

886
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: in OAH savee Rosenfels had the ball late with a

887
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,120
Speaker 1: chance to tire or win. So there have been a

888
00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:59,840
Speaker 1: lot of close calls up there. You're right about fifteen.

889
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:03,800
Speaker 1: I'll never forget leaving the broadcast booth right after the

890
00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:05,840
Speaker 1: game and just go into the restroom or something. And

891
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:07,560
Speaker 1: I was. I had my arms in the air. It

892
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:13,120
Speaker 1: was very unobjective of me to parade the press box

893
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:16,560
Speaker 1: like that, but I couldn't help it. And honestly, I

894
00:47:16,719 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 1: think that's the happiest I've ever been after a road victory.

895
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:22,400
Speaker 1: You know, people talk, people will saying last week, oh,

896
00:47:22,480 --> 00:47:24,319
Speaker 1: this is the biggest one of the Bill O'Brien. Look,

897
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 1: I don't know how to gauge last week. I can

898
00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:29,479
Speaker 1: tell you this last week's not gonna feel that great

899
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:32,400
Speaker 1: anymore if you lose this week, though, this is a huge,

900
00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:36,279
Speaker 1: huge building block right here. Division games count what like

901
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:39,000
Speaker 1: one and a half. Really, Yeah, however, you want to

902
00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:41,960
Speaker 1: weigh it the weight of this. It is on the road,

903
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: So it's not like this is a great expectation to

904
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:47,719
Speaker 1: get it done. But hey, get it done. You've got

905
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:49,720
Speaker 1: a good team. You got to play better. Bill O'Brien

906
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:52,759
Speaker 1: last hour talked about it. Gotta play clean. Can't be

907
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:58,160
Speaker 1: missing kicks, committing ten penalties. You can't be doing that

908
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:01,960
Speaker 1: against this team because they're gonna The culture recipe is,

909
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:06,080
Speaker 1: let's play clean, let's pound the ball, let's not make

910
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:08,560
Speaker 1: the mistakes. Let's have them make the mistakes. And if

911
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:11,520
Speaker 1: that happens, you're gonna come away with an l and

912
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:13,560
Speaker 1: you gotta find a way to work it out. Yeah,

913
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:18,160
Speaker 1: that you're so right about that, because I think if

914
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:21,279
Speaker 1: all things being same, you don't turn the ball over,

915
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,680
Speaker 1: they don't turn the ball over. If that's the same,

916
00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,840
Speaker 1: penalties are about the same. You don't make that backbreaking mistake.

917
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:30,360
Speaker 1: There's nothing huge and special teams that happens on paper.

918
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:33,799
Speaker 1: You should have an advantage because you should be able

919
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,759
Speaker 1: to have balance in your offense. Defensively, you're one of

920
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:39,040
Speaker 1: the better teams against the run in the league. I

921
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:42,280
Speaker 1: was a little surprised when I looked at the numbers,

922
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:46,920
Speaker 1: their numbers and how much they've given up on the

923
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:49,640
Speaker 1: defensive side of the balls, like rushing yards. Yeah, they

924
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:54,319
Speaker 1: really have gotten. And the thing is we in either

925
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:57,200
Speaker 1: the playoff game or the game in December, we did

926
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,840
Speaker 1: not run the ball well against them. Yeah, we really didn't.

927
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:03,920
Speaker 1: But this is a different offensive line obviously, and Titus

928
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:05,799
Speaker 1: won't play. So now Rod's in there. But I'll tell

929
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:08,480
Speaker 1: you this, Rod hits with some heavy hands, so they're

930
00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:09,880
Speaker 1: gonna have to give some help I think in the

931
00:49:09,960 --> 00:49:12,480
Speaker 1: rush game. But there's no Comico Turey that I think

932
00:49:12,560 --> 00:49:15,520
Speaker 1: is bigger than people will anticipate. When people think Comico

933
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 1: ture like, who the heck is that? Well, he was

934
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:19,840
Speaker 1: the Colt's best pass rusher. No, no, no, they have

935
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:25,240
Speaker 1: Justin Houston. Trust me, Comico Comico ture was the best

936
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:29,000
Speaker 1: pass rusher on the Colts. He was better than Justin Houston,

937
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:34,840
Speaker 1: who's more dynamic. He has a long arm, gangly, strong, fast, quick, violent, athlete,

938
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,879
Speaker 1: and that's really what Ballard's looking for as a gym

939
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 1: of the Colts. Him going out is a major story now.

940
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 1: It does bring to the forefront Ben Banagu, a rookie,

941
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:46,960
Speaker 1: and al Kady Mohammad, who Mohammad had a really good

942
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:48,920
Speaker 1: game against us in the playoffs. So it's not as

943
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:52,120
Speaker 1: if it gets any easier. But if you don't turn

944
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:54,040
Speaker 1: a ball over, you don't put it on the turf.

945
00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:57,239
Speaker 1: There's no Andrew Luck to save them. And I know, look,

946
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:59,600
Speaker 1: I have respect for Jacoby Brissette. He's being in Texas

947
00:49:59,640 --> 00:50:02,320
Speaker 1: three town, but I don't think he can put the

948
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:05,839
Speaker 1: Colts on his back like Luck did last year twenty

949
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:08,279
Speaker 1: eight to ten. It's like, look, let me fire at

950
00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:10,879
Speaker 1: sixty two times, Frank, let me get this thing done

951
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:12,880
Speaker 1: as close as we possibly can't. They don't want to

952
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:15,400
Speaker 1: do that, but if they have to, I don't know

953
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:17,600
Speaker 1: that they can like they did lest they're gonna need

954
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:20,440
Speaker 1: if the call. If I'm doing a talk show now

955
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:24,200
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis, I'm saying, let's keep this to twenty to seventeen,

956
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 1: win that kind of game and just have Brissette. You

957
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:30,920
Speaker 1: just gotta get us some key third downs here. Hit

958
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:33,800
Speaker 1: the tight ends, hitty broun or run every once in

959
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:36,360
Speaker 1: a while, surprise them with an end around run and

960
00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:39,000
Speaker 1: just move the sticks and keep them going. And that's

961
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:41,399
Speaker 1: how they're gonna look at things, you know, and maybe

962
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:44,440
Speaker 1: pop a big play once to t Y Hilton. I

963
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 1: know he hasn't been going deep to him because he

964
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:49,880
Speaker 1: can't right. And the yards per attempt for Jacoby Brissette

965
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:53,560
Speaker 1: are not exactly luck like. That's a big factor as well,

966
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:56,280
Speaker 1: But the identity is running the ball. However, you pointed

967
00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:57,600
Speaker 1: out the one thing that I think a lot of

968
00:50:57,640 --> 00:50:59,920
Speaker 1: people have to pay attention to is and that's the defense.

969
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:02,719
Speaker 1: I know they held the Chiefs to thirteen. They got

970
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 1: really physical. They beat them up. They hit my homes, okay,

971
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:08,360
Speaker 1: and that's what they're probably thinking about the Texans. We

972
00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,800
Speaker 1: gotta try to hit Watson Texans line better than the

973
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,600
Speaker 1: Chiefs line right now, and you gotta find a way

974
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:15,279
Speaker 1: to protect him. And Watson's got to know they're coming

975
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:17,360
Speaker 1: after them. That's I mean, look what happened to Ma

976
00:51:17,440 --> 00:51:21,160
Speaker 1: Holmes last night. Watson's got to know that. It's that's

977
00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:23,160
Speaker 1: the game plan, that's a big part of it. Anyway,

978
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 1: try to hit the Sean knock them around a bit,

979
00:51:25,719 --> 00:51:27,319
Speaker 1: just get off the field and third down and let

980
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:29,719
Speaker 1: the offense grind clock and try to win a low

981
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:32,880
Speaker 1: scoring game relatively On the t Y Hilton thing. I

982
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:35,920
Speaker 1: was asked by Clinton Wade this when I was on

983
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:39,520
Speaker 1: Clint Show on Wednesday, and said, what about t Y

984
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:41,920
Speaker 1: Hilton as as well. You don't want to get you

985
00:51:41,960 --> 00:51:44,760
Speaker 1: don't want to get too proud, like, Okay, one guy's

986
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:47,160
Speaker 1: got this. You gotta spend the dial on t Y.

987
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:49,960
Speaker 1: You can't let them kill you in his passing situations.

988
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:51,600
Speaker 1: There's gonna be two guys on him. I said, what

989
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:54,520
Speaker 1: makes it difficult though, and this is I said, I

990
00:51:54,600 --> 00:51:56,400
Speaker 1: don't know if I'm gonna regret this. I almost want

991
00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:59,080
Speaker 1: to invite the throws at t Y because that takes

992
00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:01,319
Speaker 1: them out of what they do well. Yeah, what they

993
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:03,480
Speaker 1: do well is pound the rock. Yeah you mentioned that,

994
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:06,400
Speaker 1: But I know it sounds odd because in his fifteen

995
00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:08,640
Speaker 1: games against the Texans. As Drew sent this to us,

996
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:11,960
Speaker 1: t Y Hilton has eighty one catches for fifteen hundred

997
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:15,000
Speaker 1: thirty yards and nine touchdowns. Those are Pro Bowls. Those

998
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:17,480
Speaker 1: are fifteen, all right, So that's fifteen games. That's like,

999
00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:20,560
Speaker 1: that's a season's worth of games pretty much, and it's

1000
00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:24,000
Speaker 1: fifteen hundred yards and nine dutchdowns and how many catches

1001
00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:26,879
Speaker 1: eighty one. I mean that's a huge yards per catch

1002
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:30,440
Speaker 1: average right there. Yeah, I mean that's eighteen seventeen eighteen.

1003
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:32,640
Speaker 1: I mean, if you have a fifteen hundred yard receiving

1004
00:52:32,719 --> 00:52:35,480
Speaker 1: season in fifteen games with only i'll put that in

1005
00:52:35,480 --> 00:52:38,919
Speaker 1: air quotes eighty one catches, that is getting the job done.

1006
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:42,919
Speaker 1: That's big playmaking. However, Johnny, in the games they've won,

1007
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,480
Speaker 1: they've kept them pretty quiet. Even in the playoff game.

1008
00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:48,680
Speaker 1: I know he wore the clown masket early on. He

1009
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:52,120
Speaker 1: made some big plays, but he kind of quieted down.

1010
00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:55,920
Speaker 1: I mean, they kind of why they ran the ball right,

1011
00:52:56,239 --> 00:52:58,520
Speaker 1: and that's two hundred yards. He to me, that's the key,

1012
00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:01,359
Speaker 1: that's the key. And if every single one of these

1013
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:04,439
Speaker 1: defensive linemen front seven guys, yeah, don't have that number

1014
00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:06,759
Speaker 1: two hundred yards and I mean, that to me has

1015
00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:08,560
Speaker 1: got to be something. If you ask him and say, look,

1016
00:53:08,840 --> 00:53:11,759
Speaker 1: what was the what's one thing you remember about the

1017
00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:14,560
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen season. The competitors and I think they all

1018
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:17,200
Speaker 1: are loygo. You know, it's a really good season, but

1019
00:53:17,880 --> 00:53:19,480
Speaker 1: the way it ended, the way it ends, it's kind

1020
00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:21,440
Speaker 1: of like the fifteen season we're talking about. That was

1021
00:53:21,480 --> 00:53:23,879
Speaker 1: a really nice comeback win the division for the first

1022
00:53:23,920 --> 00:53:26,959
Speaker 1: time in a while. However, how the way it ended

1023
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:30,400
Speaker 1: was not good, and specifically for those guys having them

1024
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:33,480
Speaker 1: run two hundred yards on you. Yeah, like, wait a second,

1025
00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:36,359
Speaker 1: nobody runs two hundred yards on us. Nobody ran two

1026
00:53:36,440 --> 00:53:38,160
Speaker 1: hundred yards on them. And then in the biggest game

1027
00:53:38,239 --> 00:53:40,520
Speaker 1: all year, the Colts ended up doing it. What do

1028
00:53:40,560 --> 00:53:44,360
Speaker 1: you make of the Chiefs with nine sacks against the

1029
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:47,880
Speaker 1: Broncos Thursday night. I was shot zero sacks against us

1030
00:53:47,960 --> 00:53:51,239
Speaker 1: on that last Sunday. That's hard to make anything out

1031
00:53:51,280 --> 00:53:54,160
Speaker 1: of it. But I'm watching it came going, oh my god,

1032
00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:56,640
Speaker 1: they're nine sacks. I think there were six or seven

1033
00:53:56,680 --> 00:53:59,400
Speaker 1: in the first half alone. I don't know how Denver

1034
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,680
Speaker 1: is this bad. After winning a couple of games and

1035
00:54:02,800 --> 00:54:05,799
Speaker 1: then you're the first drive down the field, You're you're

1036
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:08,560
Speaker 1: watching Mahomes on Sunday thinking this is a good time

1037
00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:10,399
Speaker 1: to get I'm on a short week at our place.

1038
00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:13,120
Speaker 1: If I'm Denver, let's go take advantage of it. We'll

1039
00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:14,919
Speaker 1: be three and four. We're right back in the mix.

1040
00:54:15,239 --> 00:54:17,279
Speaker 1: We're right back in it, because that would be a

1041
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:19,120
Speaker 1: third loss on the Chiefs, and you would beating them

1042
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:21,520
Speaker 1: your game back, right, I mean, Mike and the Chargers

1043
00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:23,839
Speaker 1: are struggling and the Raiders are not setting the world

1044
00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:26,080
Speaker 1: on fire, but they're looking pretty good. But at least

1045
00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:29,040
Speaker 1: you're in the mix at the halfway point. No. Sorry.

1046
00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:32,360
Speaker 1: Pro Football Talk had a funny tweet fire sale at

1047
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:37,200
Speaker 1: the trade deadline back on in Denver, And that's true.

1048
00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:40,520
Speaker 1: I mean it's true. I mean, you'll I would imagine

1049
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:42,960
Speaker 1: they're gonna I would imagine John I always gonna feel

1050
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:46,040
Speaker 1: calls for von Miller, Chris Harris Junior. I mean I

1051
00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:49,040
Speaker 1: don't know, really, I would absolutely, I mean they don't.

1052
00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:51,080
Speaker 1: I got some team that's lacking a pass rush right now,

1053
00:54:51,239 --> 00:54:53,960
Speaker 1: is king? Hey, you think von Miller could help us? Well,

1054
00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:55,960
Speaker 1: you know what I'm asking for. If I'm alway, well,

1055
00:54:56,040 --> 00:55:00,960
Speaker 1: what's what's the current price? Two ones? Gonna get that, Ravaughan.

1056
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:04,200
Speaker 1: But I well, you never know, Johnny, You never know

1057
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:06,239
Speaker 1: you might get it, because again you're the team that

1058
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:08,239
Speaker 1: scares me to death that might do oh gosh, no,

1059
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:11,239
Speaker 1: yes they won't do it, Yes they would they would

1060
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:13,480
Speaker 1: do it. You think that absolutely, and you all know

1061
00:55:13,560 --> 00:55:15,640
Speaker 1: we're thinking of the Patriots. Of course, there's no doubt

1062
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:18,520
Speaker 1: two ones. They wouldn't give up two ones though, But

1063
00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:25,520
Speaker 1: the Patriots have fourteen fourteen draft picks heading into the

1064
00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:30,920
Speaker 1: twenty twenty draft fourteen and not picking fourteen. I think

1065
00:55:30,920 --> 00:55:33,879
Speaker 1: they just have one. But they've got such other ammunition though,

1066
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:38,120
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, you feeling you could squeeze them for

1067
00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 1: their one this year and then a bunch of other

1068
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:43,160
Speaker 1: stuff to go with it. It wouldn't be ones. But

1069
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:46,120
Speaker 1: the Broncos are not one player away. They need to

1070
00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:48,920
Speaker 1: build this with second, third, fourth rounders that end up

1071
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:53,439
Speaker 1: turning into players. Yeah, that's what they need. So I don't, boy,

1072
00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:58,560
Speaker 1: have they fallen from grace so quickly relatively right? I

1073
00:55:58,640 --> 00:56:00,960
Speaker 1: mean they've really taken it die. I mean that twenty

1074
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:05,040
Speaker 1: fifteen defense just you know the Marcus where retires, you know,

1075
00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:08,279
Speaker 1: keeps leave, goes to the Rams, T. J. Ward has

1076
00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:09,960
Speaker 1: let go, and all of a sudden, even those are

1077
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:11,920
Speaker 1: key pieces for that defense. And then all of a

1078
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:14,640
Speaker 1: sudden Vaughan looks around. It's like that Will Smith, you know,

1079
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:17,560
Speaker 1: gift at the end of Fresh Prince. He looks around

1080
00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:20,640
Speaker 1: whereby where's everybody? And all he sees is Chris Harris.

1081
00:56:20,760 --> 00:56:23,040
Speaker 1: I mean that's it. You know, Robi's you know here

1082
00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:26,080
Speaker 1: with us. It's like there's nobody he recognizes. And obviously

1083
00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:29,520
Speaker 1: Bradley Chubb is there, and okay, we got this great combination.

1084
00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:33,640
Speaker 1: But then Chubb is, you know, down, got hurt. But

1085
00:56:34,040 --> 00:56:36,319
Speaker 1: you think that's the long term planet quarterback of film,

1086
00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:38,480
Speaker 1: It's got to be Flacco. There's no way. I mean, well,

1087
00:56:38,480 --> 00:56:42,479
Speaker 1: I know Flacco's not it, but I'm wondering what he's thinking. Elway, Well,

1088
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:45,319
Speaker 1: he's got to be thinking, hey, let's see what we got. Yeah,

1089
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:47,239
Speaker 1: let's see, we got it Drew Lock, Let's see. I

1090
00:56:47,280 --> 00:56:49,719
Speaker 1: mean a second round pick. May may not. I'm out

1091
00:56:49,760 --> 00:56:51,840
Speaker 1: to anything. But he's been injured so he can't. I

1092
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:53,879
Speaker 1: don't think he can come back until another week or two.

1093
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:57,719
Speaker 1: But Flacco's not. Flacco's not the answer. There's there's no

1094
00:56:57,840 --> 00:57:01,359
Speaker 1: not that offensive line. But here's the thing. Always been

1095
00:57:01,400 --> 00:57:04,920
Speaker 1: there long enough to pick how many different quarterbacks? Right? Oh?

1096
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:07,719
Speaker 1: I know, I know it hasn't worked out. And where

1097
00:57:07,719 --> 00:57:09,759
Speaker 1: it also hasn't worked out is on the offensive line too.

1098
00:57:10,080 --> 00:57:12,160
Speaker 1: That's the other The other place. They were leaking like

1099
00:57:12,239 --> 00:57:14,640
Speaker 1: a sieve. Last night was brutal. They couldn't pick up

1100
00:57:14,680 --> 00:57:17,840
Speaker 1: the blitz to save their lives. And it was It

1101
00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:20,600
Speaker 1: was bad. It was really truly bad. I don't know

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00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:22,760
Speaker 1: if I took a ton out of it, other than

1103
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:26,200
Speaker 1: the fact that the Texans house that defense. I mean,

1104
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:29,920
Speaker 1: didn't you expect zero didn't you expect sort of the

1105
00:57:30,040 --> 00:57:32,960
Speaker 1: Broncos to take over after Mahomes went out, like it's

1106
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:35,120
Speaker 1: time for them to make them move. No, Philip Lindsay,

1107
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:37,600
Speaker 1: run Freeman, run those two guys. Not so much. Yep,

1108
00:57:37,800 --> 00:57:40,400
Speaker 1: not gonna happen. Mark appreciate it. Thanks shouting. Coming up next,

1109
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:43,680
Speaker 1: we're gonna go round the NFL and do it my way.

1110
00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:45,320
Speaker 1: You'll find out what that means next right here in

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00:57:45,360 --> 00:57:48,120
Speaker 1: Texas Access. All right, let's dive back into this show,

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Speaker 1: Texas All Access on this wonderful Friday evening, and boy

1113
00:57:51,400 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 1: it is one derful outside and on Sunday when we

1114
00:57:56,640 --> 00:58:01,440
Speaker 1: playing inside Lucasoil Stadium in Indian app Bliss, Indie Anna,

1115
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:04,320
Speaker 1: Welcome back to the show Honday of Texans Radio Studio.

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00:58:04,440 --> 00:58:07,240
Speaker 1: I am your host, John Harris, and I love going

1117
00:58:07,320 --> 00:58:09,280
Speaker 1: around the NFL. I love talking about the league. I

1118
00:58:09,360 --> 00:58:13,160
Speaker 1: love everything that's going on with the league, the controversy

1119
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:16,240
Speaker 1: about refs and officiating and all that kind of stuff,

1120
00:58:16,280 --> 00:58:18,400
Speaker 1: and then talking about the things that are going on.

1121
00:58:19,320 --> 00:58:21,160
Speaker 1: I love. I love talking about it. I love talking

1122
00:58:21,160 --> 00:58:23,600
Speaker 1: about the Texans. I love talking about the NFL and

1123
00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:28,160
Speaker 1: what's happening. And I always have this segment as a

1124
00:58:28,280 --> 00:58:31,920
Speaker 1: way to talk about the NFL and I make predictions.

1125
00:58:32,240 --> 00:58:34,360
Speaker 1: So that's kind of how I weave in my talk

1126
00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:36,960
Speaker 1: about the NFL. And I would have gotten one right

1127
00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:40,640
Speaker 1: last night. I thought the Chiefs are gonna hammer the Broncos.

1128
00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:43,360
Speaker 1: The Chiefs did hammer the Broncos. But as we mettioned

1129
00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:46,480
Speaker 1: earlier in the show, the big news Patrick Mahomes injured

1130
00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:52,160
Speaker 1: in that loss. Ye, And I'll be honest, I hated

1131
00:58:52,240 --> 00:58:55,440
Speaker 1: seeing that. I hated it. I like Patrick Mahomes. I

1132
00:58:55,480 --> 00:58:58,080
Speaker 1: like Patrick Mahomes the person. I like Patrick Mahomes a player.

1133
00:58:58,560 --> 00:59:01,440
Speaker 1: I like him every day but Sunday when we're playing him.

1134
00:59:02,040 --> 00:59:04,520
Speaker 1: But I think Patrick Mahomes is what's good about this league.

1135
00:59:05,160 --> 00:59:08,760
Speaker 1: I love that he's an AFC, so matchups with Mahomes

1136
00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:12,800
Speaker 1: and Watson can happen hopefully every year from here on out.

1137
00:59:12,840 --> 00:59:15,480
Speaker 1: I mean that was fun Sunday, and obviously more fun

1138
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:18,200
Speaker 1: because the Texas one. But I hated to see that.

1139
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:22,800
Speaker 1: But from predictions standpoint, I thought that was gonna happen.

1140
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:28,400
Speaker 1: Broncos offense was awful. Put it this way, the Texans

1141
00:59:28,480 --> 00:59:32,520
Speaker 1: gave up zero sacks the Chiefs. The Chiefs said nine

1142
00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:37,880
Speaker 1: sacks and Joe Flacco. How does that compute? Well, I'll

1143
00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:40,960
Speaker 1: let you figure it out. But the Broncos fall to

1144
00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:44,280
Speaker 1: two and five as a Chiefs move to five and

1145
00:59:44,360 --> 00:59:46,000
Speaker 1: two with the Texas are trying to get to on

1146
00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:49,439
Speaker 1: Sunday with the game against the colt Now, let's get

1147
00:59:49,480 --> 00:59:52,520
Speaker 1: our predictions going for this weekend straight up and against

1148
00:59:52,520 --> 00:59:57,600
Speaker 1: the spread. But mikes, Joe my music please, and there

1149
00:59:57,640 --> 01:00:01,439
Speaker 1: it is. Okay. Let's start in the atl where things

1150
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:05,480
Speaker 1: have not gone well for Dan quinn Ouch. After a

1151
01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:09,840
Speaker 1: one in one start, the Falcons have lost four in

1152
01:00:09,920 --> 01:00:13,919
Speaker 1: a row, including last week when Devote Freeman scored under

1153
01:00:13,960 --> 01:00:17,160
Speaker 1: two minutes left in the game and Matt Bryant shit

1154
01:00:19,160 --> 01:00:22,200
Speaker 1: wide left the extra point. I mean by wide left,

1155
01:00:22,320 --> 01:00:25,600
Speaker 1: I mean not even close. You knew it was missed

1156
01:00:26,240 --> 01:00:31,160
Speaker 1: immediately they get to host the La Rams. The Rams

1157
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:34,560
Speaker 1: have lost three in a row. But the Rams made

1158
01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:37,160
Speaker 1: a big actually a few big moves. Traded Marcus Peters

1159
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:42,000
Speaker 1: to the Ravens. They traded four Jalen Rams. Now how

1160
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:44,600
Speaker 1: much that matters, I don't know. But Jalen Rams against

1161
01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:50,440
Speaker 1: Julio Jones is worth the price of admission. But the

1162
01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:53,919
Speaker 1: Rams are gonna, I think, bounce back and they're gonna

1163
01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:55,560
Speaker 1: do a number on the Falcons. I think the Falcons

1164
01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:57,280
Speaker 1: will keep it close for a little while, but I

1165
01:00:57,360 --> 01:00:58,840
Speaker 1: think the Rams are gonna win this game. The Rams

1166
01:00:58,880 --> 01:01:00,520
Speaker 1: of favorite by three, I think they win by more

1167
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:04,760
Speaker 1: than three. So go Rams to win and cover the three. Now,

1168
01:01:05,120 --> 01:01:07,680
Speaker 1: there are some rough games on the schedule this week.

1169
01:01:07,680 --> 01:01:09,760
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go ahead and say that there are some. Yeah,

1170
01:01:10,120 --> 01:01:15,840
Speaker 1: I mean forty nine Ers, Redskins, Jaguars at Bengals. This

1171
01:01:16,080 --> 01:01:19,120
Speaker 1: isn't one of them. But the point spread tells you

1172
01:01:19,360 --> 01:01:22,040
Speaker 1: what Vegas thinks of the Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins went

1173
01:01:22,160 --> 01:01:25,760
Speaker 1: for two last week with six seconds left, down by one,

1174
01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:30,360
Speaker 1: stopped at the goal line, lose to the Redskins. Gave

1175
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:33,280
Speaker 1: the Redskins their first win of the years. The Dolphins

1176
01:01:33,320 --> 01:01:36,120
Speaker 1: now go to Miami or to a Buffalo excuse they're

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01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:40,880
Speaker 1: from Miami. Sorry, but Buffalo Bills are favored by seventeen.

1178
01:01:43,120 --> 01:01:46,600
Speaker 1: I can't go with that. I think Buffalo's got one

1179
01:01:46,600 --> 01:01:48,880
Speaker 1: of the best defenses in the league, if not the best.

1180
01:01:49,840 --> 01:01:52,720
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is improving each and every week. Bills coming

1181
01:01:52,760 --> 01:01:55,320
Speaker 1: off a bye, the Bills are fresh. You would think

1182
01:01:55,360 --> 01:01:58,040
Speaker 1: they're gonna spank the Dolphins. I just don't know that

1183
01:01:58,240 --> 01:02:01,320
Speaker 1: the Bills right now are worthy of being a seventeen

1184
01:02:01,360 --> 01:02:04,160
Speaker 1: point favorite of anybody. So I am gonna take the

1185
01:02:04,200 --> 01:02:05,880
Speaker 1: Bills to win, but I think the Dolphins get inside

1186
01:02:05,920 --> 01:02:09,080
Speaker 1: that seventeen agains the way it'll happen. The Jaguars go

1187
01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:12,800
Speaker 1: to the Bengals. The Bengals are b a d bad.

1188
01:02:14,160 --> 01:02:16,800
Speaker 1: The Jags haven't been able to score lately. Now. DJ

1189
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:19,800
Speaker 1: Chark is racking up some receiving yards, but Gardner Minschia

1190
01:02:19,840 --> 01:02:22,720
Speaker 1: a tough game against the saints stout defense. The Jags

1191
01:02:22,760 --> 01:02:25,040
Speaker 1: are favored by four on the road. This is where

1192
01:02:25,080 --> 01:02:29,040
Speaker 1: the Jaguars can start to make up some ground on somebody, anybody.

1193
01:02:29,280 --> 01:02:31,400
Speaker 1: They gotta go to Cincinnati to do it. Since Nattie's

1194
01:02:31,400 --> 01:02:33,160
Speaker 1: looking at it, thinking, but wait, we can get our

1195
01:02:33,200 --> 01:02:35,240
Speaker 1: first win of the year and not happen. The Bengals

1196
01:02:35,240 --> 01:02:37,360
Speaker 1: will follow own seven. The Jaguars are gonna win and

1197
01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:40,000
Speaker 1: the Jags will cover that four. The Vikings go to

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01:02:40,280 --> 01:02:43,160
Speaker 1: the Lions. The Lions play on Monday Night. Should have

1199
01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:46,360
Speaker 1: won that game in Lambeau. Should have won that game.

1200
01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:49,800
Speaker 1: Very poor officiating, some back calls down the stretch cost

1201
01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:53,320
Speaker 1: the Lions. Lions now two two and one. Now Lions

1202
01:02:53,400 --> 01:02:56,320
Speaker 1: cost themselves too by offensively kind of going into a

1203
01:02:56,320 --> 01:02:58,720
Speaker 1: shell a little bit in second half. That said, the

1204
01:02:58,920 --> 01:03:02,360
Speaker 1: Vikings seem to break out of an offensive shell. Stefon

1205
01:03:02,480 --> 01:03:06,040
Speaker 1: Diggs fantastic last week. Kirk Cousins fantastic against the Eagles.

1206
01:03:06,240 --> 01:03:09,920
Speaker 1: My Minnesota's favored by two. I'm gonna flip the script.

1207
01:03:10,120 --> 01:03:13,800
Speaker 1: I'm going upset here. I'm going Lions to win at

1208
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:16,640
Speaker 1: home and the upset over the Vikings. So obviously the

1209
01:03:16,720 --> 01:03:19,720
Speaker 1: Lions will cover. How about that, Lions to win and

1210
01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:24,680
Speaker 1: cover against the Vikings. Packers gonna visit from the raiding

1211
01:03:25,240 --> 01:03:27,880
Speaker 1: Now the Packers get that money night win over. The

1212
01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:31,440
Speaker 1: Lions took advantage the animation Crosby Field go at the

1213
01:03:31,520 --> 01:03:32,959
Speaker 1: end to do it. Didn't look like they were gonna

1214
01:03:32,960 --> 01:03:35,919
Speaker 1: be able to, but they did but the receiving core

1215
01:03:36,080 --> 01:03:41,920
Speaker 1: is banged up something big time. The Raiders come from

1216
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:44,000
Speaker 1: that game in London. They had a bye week last week,

1217
01:03:44,760 --> 01:03:47,520
Speaker 1: but they continue to be on the road. That's gonna

1218
01:03:47,520 --> 01:03:49,120
Speaker 1: catch up to them at some point. I think it

1219
01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:51,920
Speaker 1: catches up to them here slightly. I think the Packers

1220
01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:54,280
Speaker 1: are better team, so I'm gonna get the Packers to win,

1221
01:03:54,480 --> 01:03:57,840
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna give the Raiders the cover. It's a

1222
01:03:57,920 --> 01:03:59,520
Speaker 1: five and a half point spread. I think the Raiders

1223
01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:01,120
Speaker 1: will get insid that, but the Packers are gonna end

1224
01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:03,440
Speaker 1: up winning this one by four. That's less than five

1225
01:04:03,480 --> 01:04:05,720
Speaker 1: and a half. So give the Packers the win and

1226
01:04:05,800 --> 01:04:09,440
Speaker 1: the Raiders the cover. Then you got Texans Colts. This

1227
01:04:09,480 --> 01:04:11,880
Speaker 1: is essentially a pick him. Indie's favored by one, and

1228
01:04:12,040 --> 01:04:14,000
Speaker 1: you know how I always feel heart and head can't

1229
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:15,920
Speaker 1: go against it and always pick the Texans to win

1230
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:19,000
Speaker 1: and cover, and hopefully they will. Let's go to the

1231
01:04:19,080 --> 01:04:21,520
Speaker 1: Cardinals Giants. Like I told you, there's some lousy games,

1232
01:04:21,800 --> 01:04:25,360
Speaker 1: but there's been triguing stuff in some of these lousy games.

1233
01:04:25,920 --> 01:04:31,040
Speaker 1: This one features the top two rookie quarterbacks taken, Kyle

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01:04:31,160 --> 01:04:34,640
Speaker 1: Murray taking number one overall. The Giants Daniel Jones taking

1235
01:04:34,680 --> 01:04:40,480
Speaker 1: number six overall. They meet the Giants without offensive help.

1236
01:04:40,600 --> 01:04:44,920
Speaker 1: Last week Daniel Jones was in some trouble. The Cardinals

1237
01:04:45,720 --> 01:04:48,920
Speaker 1: gotta win, as somebody put on Twitter, and this is

1238
01:04:49,280 --> 01:04:51,920
Speaker 1: very interesting to think about that the Cardinals have made

1239
01:04:51,920 --> 01:04:53,280
Speaker 1: a few goal against the Lions at the end of

1240
01:04:53,320 --> 01:04:55,960
Speaker 1: the ballgame or an overtime. The Cardinals at the same

1241
01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:58,880
Speaker 1: record as the La Rams. Cliff Kingsbury's got it done

1242
01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:03,520
Speaker 1: to beat the Bengals. They beat the Falcons, two teams

1243
01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:05,680
Speaker 1: that you could argue whether it should have beaten or not.

1244
01:05:05,760 --> 01:05:07,640
Speaker 1: They're better than the Bengals. I think you're on par

1245
01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:11,120
Speaker 1: with the Falcons as a team watch and I think

1246
01:05:11,160 --> 01:05:13,800
Speaker 1: they're better than the Giants. But going to New York

1247
01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:16,520
Speaker 1: improving it are two different things. But you know what,

1248
01:05:16,560 --> 01:05:19,240
Speaker 1: I'm gonna ride the hot hand here. I'm gonna ride

1249
01:05:19,840 --> 01:05:22,400
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray for the Cardinals to get a win. The

1250
01:05:22,440 --> 01:05:24,760
Speaker 1: Giants are favored by three because Vegas doesn't really know

1251
01:05:24,800 --> 01:05:26,600
Speaker 1: what to do with it. But I'm gonna ride Kyler Murray.

1252
01:05:26,600 --> 01:05:28,640
Speaker 1: I think that the Cardinals are a little bit of

1253
01:05:28,680 --> 01:05:30,320
Speaker 1: a wave. I'm gonna get them to three three and

1254
01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:34,000
Speaker 1: one with a win and obviously a cover over the Giants.

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01:05:34,040 --> 01:05:38,720
Speaker 1: The forty nine Ers travel east. They will play at

1256
01:05:38,800 --> 01:05:43,520
Speaker 1: nine o'clock am body clock game against the Redskins. I

1257
01:05:43,640 --> 01:05:45,800
Speaker 1: know this one means a lot to Kyle Shanahan, it

1258
01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:47,480
Speaker 1: means a lot to Dan Snyder two. But I don't

1259
01:05:47,480 --> 01:05:49,480
Speaker 1: think the Redskins are playing for Dan Schneider, to be

1260
01:05:49,560 --> 01:05:52,320
Speaker 1: honest with you, and they well, they're playing for Bill Calahan,

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Speaker 1: but I don't think they're all that triggered about that either.

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Speaker 1: I think the forty Nineers are gonna win this. I

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Speaker 1: think the forty nine ers want to get in and

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Speaker 1: get out. I think ten points is a little too rich.

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Speaker 1: I think the forty nine Ers win. I think it's

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Speaker 1: a it's a low scoring game, seventeen nine, thirteen three,

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Speaker 1: something like that. I don't think it gets above ten.

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Speaker 1: So let's go with the forty nine Ers to win.

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Speaker 1: The Redskins, who somehow get that cover. And then you

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Speaker 1: got AFC South got the Titans at home with Marcus

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Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill at quarterback taking on big Philly style Philip

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Speaker 1: Rivers in the LA Chargers. The Chargers at some point

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01:06:35,800 --> 01:06:40,760
Speaker 1: are too talented to play as they're playing. They just

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01:06:41,040 --> 01:06:44,760
Speaker 1: shoot themselves in the foot all over the place. I

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01:06:44,960 --> 01:06:47,720
Speaker 1: do not see the Titans playing any better with Ryan

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01:06:47,800 --> 01:06:53,439
Speaker 1: Tannehill than they did with Marcus Mariota. But it's at home,

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Speaker 1: and I will give the Titans the edge. This is

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01:06:56,600 --> 01:06:58,200
Speaker 1: no more than a three point game, and I don't

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01:06:58,240 --> 01:06:59,919
Speaker 1: like that because the spread is two and a half.

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Speaker 1: So I think Tennessee is going to get to win,

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01:07:02,840 --> 01:07:04,320
Speaker 1: and you know what, I'm gonna give them the cover.

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01:07:04,760 --> 01:07:07,320
Speaker 1: I hope it doesn't happen. I hope it doesn't happen.

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01:07:07,360 --> 01:07:09,920
Speaker 1: I hope the Charges going there and wallop them. But

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01:07:10,080 --> 01:07:13,680
Speaker 1: I think the Titans will find something. They'll reach back

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01:07:13,720 --> 01:07:15,560
Speaker 1: for something this one time, and they'll get it, and

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Speaker 1: they'll get a narrow win. Seventeen thirteen, twenty one, seventeen

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Speaker 1: twenty War twenty. They'll cover that two and a half barely.

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01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:24,680
Speaker 1: But give the Titans to win and to cover. The

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Speaker 1: Saints go to the Bears Tee Bridgewater four and oh

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Speaker 1: as a starter and doing a bang up job going

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Speaker 1: to face the Bears. I think the Bears coming off

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Speaker 1: a bye. I think the Bears have been overrated throughout.

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01:07:38,720 --> 01:07:41,560
Speaker 1: Mitch Drubisky has been back at practice. I don't care

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01:07:41,560 --> 01:07:43,760
Speaker 1: if it's Drubisky or Daniel it doesn't matter to me. Really,

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Speaker 1: I think the Saints are just that much better. Chicago's

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Speaker 1: favored by three and a half. I can't see that

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Speaker 1: at all. I'm thinking the Saints to win and to

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Speaker 1: obviously cover that three and a half. Ravens and Seahawks,

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01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:56,920
Speaker 1: this might be one of the better games of the day.

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01:07:57,320 --> 01:08:00,520
Speaker 1: The Ravens go out to Seattle. Earl Thomas going back

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01:08:00,560 --> 01:08:02,560
Speaker 1: to the seat of the crime, if you will, well

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01:08:02,640 --> 01:08:05,600
Speaker 1: actually where he played his ball. The Seahawks five and

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01:08:05,680 --> 01:08:08,840
Speaker 1: one legit m VP candidate Russell Wilson has been doing

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01:08:08,880 --> 01:08:10,880
Speaker 1: a bang up job. Seattle is only favored by three.

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01:08:11,320 --> 01:08:13,960
Speaker 1: I think that if any defense is gonna slow down

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01:08:14,040 --> 01:08:17,120
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, it's gonna be Seattles. I think Seattle is

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01:08:17,120 --> 01:08:20,240
Speaker 1: gonna force him to have to throw and albeit and

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01:08:20,320 --> 01:08:22,240
Speaker 1: I said this many times. I think Lamar throws and better.

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01:08:22,360 --> 01:08:24,920
Speaker 1: People think I think it's gonna cost him to this one.

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Speaker 1: I think I think the Seahawks get a comfortable win.

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Speaker 1: This feels like a ten point victory. Take the Seahawks

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01:08:30,080 --> 01:08:32,920
Speaker 1: to beat the Ravens by more than three. Seahawks to

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01:08:32,960 --> 01:08:35,920
Speaker 1: win and cover Eagles Cowboys, both teams three and three

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Speaker 1: in the NFC East. That's saying something because you got

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Speaker 1: three three Eagles, three and three, Cowboys two and five

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01:08:43,760 --> 01:08:47,360
Speaker 1: through four Giants, and one of five Redskins. The winner

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Speaker 1: of this goes to first place. I think it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be the Cowboys. I think Cowboys bounce back at home

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01:08:52,960 --> 01:08:54,960
Speaker 1: and get the dub their two and a half point favorite.

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01:08:54,960 --> 01:08:56,599
Speaker 1: I think the Eagle will bounce back and play better,

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01:08:57,000 --> 01:09:00,280
Speaker 1: but I think the Cowboys sense of urgency is got

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01:09:00,360 --> 01:09:02,560
Speaker 1: to be hired. I think it will. And then on

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Speaker 1: Monday Night, the Patriots take on the Jets. Jets, Jets, Jets.

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Speaker 1: I would love to see the Jets pull it up set.

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01:09:13,680 --> 01:09:16,000
Speaker 1: I think Sam Donald's gonna get some stuff done. C. J.

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01:09:16,200 --> 01:09:19,479
Speaker 1: Mosley's on his way back, Levan Bell, Robbie Anderson, the

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01:09:19,680 --> 01:09:23,639
Speaker 1: Jets with Darnald a quarterback, they're a live dog. They're

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01:09:23,640 --> 01:09:26,560
Speaker 1: a live dog now, and they beat the Pats. I

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01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:28,720
Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna beat the Pats, but nine and

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Speaker 1: a half that's the spread. I don't know if I

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01:09:31,680 --> 01:09:34,560
Speaker 1: love that, but I'm not dumb, so I'm gonna go

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01:09:34,640 --> 01:09:37,559
Speaker 1: Patriots to win and to cover that nine and a half.

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01:09:37,800 --> 01:09:41,120
Speaker 1: Now it might be a late fourth quarter touchdown that

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01:09:41,240 --> 01:09:43,040
Speaker 1: gets to cover. I do think the Jets will stay

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01:09:43,040 --> 01:09:45,680
Speaker 1: in this one for a little while when Donald in

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01:09:45,760 --> 01:09:47,280
Speaker 1: the game. And by the way, how did the Jets

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01:09:47,320 --> 01:09:49,679
Speaker 1: getting two Monday night games within the first seven weeks

1338
01:09:49,720 --> 01:09:51,960
Speaker 1: of the year? Had the Browns? They got this one?

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01:09:52,520 --> 01:09:57,120
Speaker 1: Either way, give the Patriots to win and the small

1340
01:09:57,240 --> 01:10:02,400
Speaker 1: cover that'll work Patriots winning code. So there you go,

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01:10:02,560 --> 01:10:05,040
Speaker 1: all right? Coming up next, it's our players segment. We

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01:10:05,200 --> 01:10:08,600
Speaker 1: bounce around the players the locker room, we get some

1343
01:10:08,760 --> 01:10:12,920
Speaker 1: sound from p Scar TV, we get my football story,

1344
01:10:13,240 --> 01:10:16,439
Speaker 1: and we also get the final word with Drew Doherty.

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01:10:16,479 --> 01:10:18,360
Speaker 1: We got all that next in our final segment of

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01:10:18,400 --> 01:10:23,160
Speaker 1: Texans All Access. We've got one final segment of this

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01:10:23,520 --> 01:10:26,599
Speaker 1: Friday edition of Texans All Access from the Hunday Texans

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Speaker 1: Radio studio. I am John Harris, your host Football DALs,

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Speaker 1: a sideline reporter, but a great show. Thus far, We've

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01:10:33,439 --> 01:10:37,640
Speaker 1: had a ton of participation on the show. Now in

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01:10:37,800 --> 01:10:41,240
Speaker 1: the final segment each and every Friday, I like to

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01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:44,920
Speaker 1: turn it over to the players. In fact, I even

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01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:48,200
Speaker 1: give the players the microphone in this segment, not the

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01:10:48,320 --> 01:10:52,439
Speaker 1: full segment, but for one part in particular. So we've

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01:10:52,479 --> 01:10:54,560
Speaker 1: got a lot to do in this final segment with

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01:10:54,640 --> 01:10:58,040
Speaker 1: the players. We've got my football story, We've got the

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01:10:58,080 --> 01:11:00,439
Speaker 1: final word with Drew Doherty. But we are going to

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01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:03,479
Speaker 1: kick off that final segment as we do each and

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Speaker 1: and Brendan Scarlett is getting more and more comfortable in

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Speaker 1: his role as host. This week, it's a group project. Brennan,

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Speaker 1: take it away. We're back with another episode of b

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Speaker 1: SCAR TV, and I have to say I am very

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Speaker 1: excited about our next guest, one of my close friends,

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Speaker 1: a brother. You might say, I don't think blood can

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Speaker 1: make us any closer. DJ, thanks for coming on the show. Man.

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Speaker 1: I'm well, how are you good? Man? I'm good to

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Speaker 1: you good. If you had to do a group project,

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Speaker 1: who in this locker room do you not want in

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01:11:58,200 --> 01:12:02,800
Speaker 1: your group? Dog nash Man, you know Standford guy stand

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01:12:02,880 --> 01:12:05,800
Speaker 1: for guy as well too, you know, be mad. I

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01:12:05,840 --> 01:12:07,800
Speaker 1: can't even understand when he made calls. So I don't

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01:12:07,800 --> 01:12:09,280
Speaker 1: want him to talk. I don't want to sit and

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01:12:09,320 --> 01:12:13,880
Speaker 1: talk to stuff and be mad. Carlos Cars Watkins. That

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01:12:14,080 --> 01:12:16,320
Speaker 1: was a quick answer. He says he'll bring them snacks

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01:12:16,360 --> 01:12:18,920
Speaker 1: and he isn't bring any snacks. Okay, So who would

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Speaker 1: you want to have in your group? I'm taking Will.

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01:12:22,240 --> 01:12:24,000
Speaker 1: I'm taking my boy Will. He went to Notre Dame.

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01:12:24,760 --> 01:12:26,800
Speaker 1: You know that's a that's a smart college. It's a

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01:12:26,880 --> 01:12:29,280
Speaker 1: guy that you rely on him to run the right route.

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01:12:30,040 --> 01:12:32,919
Speaker 1: You know he'll show up on time. You know, consistent

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01:12:32,960 --> 01:12:35,519
Speaker 1: on the field. I'm pretty sure be consistent doing this

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01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:38,519
Speaker 1: group project we gotta work on. That's also gonna be

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01:12:38,560 --> 01:12:40,840
Speaker 1: a swaggy group. Y'all gonna show up swag You got

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01:12:40,920 --> 01:12:43,880
Speaker 1: the shades, Will got you know what Will got? No,

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Speaker 1: we might do a history on dreadlocks. You know who you.

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Speaker 1: You're pretty smart, you take good initiative, and you're one

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Speaker 1: of those guys. You'll put us in a group text

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Speaker 1: make sure we get it done. Just to read Jay Reid, smart, tough, dependable,

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01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:03,200
Speaker 1: exactly um dealing Dylan Cole. This might be an easy answer.

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01:13:04,439 --> 01:13:07,840
Speaker 1: Who would you pick for a group project other than myself.

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01:13:09,560 --> 01:13:12,800
Speaker 1: It's a group project, dude. Oh okay, justin Reid. If

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Speaker 1: you could choose another person, Um, let's see who went

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01:13:18,040 --> 01:13:23,960
Speaker 1: to Stanford or Caloround here, Um, I'll go to Zach

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01:13:25,200 --> 01:13:28,080
Speaker 1: Zach who cunning in. This is ridiculous. You when we

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Speaker 1: got three? Yeah, tick a third? All right, b Mac,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna end on that. Uh, Dylan, I appreciate you

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Speaker 1: coming on, brother, and we're moving fantastic stuff for Player

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Speaker 1: of the guys that I would love to have on

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01:14:01,960 --> 01:14:06,639
Speaker 1: a group project is Peter callambye. He is from Charlotte.

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01:14:07,160 --> 01:14:10,639
Speaker 1: He went to Stanford and ended up in Houston. Now,

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01:14:11,040 --> 01:14:12,360
Speaker 1: Peter and I have a little bit of a connection.

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01:14:12,400 --> 01:14:15,080
Speaker 1: First of all, from Charlotte. He I have a bunch

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01:14:15,080 --> 01:14:18,479
Speaker 1: of family lives in Charlotte. But his uncle is a

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01:14:18,640 --> 01:14:21,599
Speaker 1: Brown Universe Brown University football alah. In fact, I think

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01:14:21,640 --> 01:14:24,120
Speaker 1: he was a couple of years after, two to three

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01:14:24,200 --> 01:14:26,559
Speaker 1: years after I was there. May have been a freshman

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01:14:26,560 --> 01:14:28,439
Speaker 1: when I was a senior. Trying to remember, but his

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01:14:28,680 --> 01:14:31,000
Speaker 1: uncle went to Brown and in fact, I saw his

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01:14:31,160 --> 01:14:34,720
Speaker 1: uncle when we went up to play in Washington last year.

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01:14:35,400 --> 01:14:40,519
Speaker 1: So that's his That's my connection to Peter. But Peter's

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Speaker 1: a fantastic guy to have on this roster. Smart. He

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01:14:43,600 --> 01:14:46,240
Speaker 1: would be great to have in a group project. If

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Speaker 1: you just put all the Stanford guys in a group project,

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01:14:48,320 --> 01:14:50,880
Speaker 1: that would be very, very interesting. Well, how about my

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Speaker 1: football story this week with Peter Callambite of Charlotte, North

1423
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Speaker 1: Carolina went to two fourteen pig and the full draft.

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Speaker 1: Do you can text to select Peter columba linebacker out

1425
01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:08,160
Speaker 1: of Stanford. So I started playing football when I was ten.

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01:15:08,280 --> 01:15:10,280
Speaker 1: I was always a big kid, but I was always

1427
01:15:10,280 --> 01:15:13,080
Speaker 1: a chubby kid. Eighth grade, I kind of blossomed into

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Speaker 1: an athlete. Well in high school. That's really what made

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Speaker 1: me who I am today. I was a freshman, I

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01:15:19,760 --> 01:15:23,040
Speaker 1: made the varsity football team. I was playing primarily defensive

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Speaker 1: man at the time. We won the state championship and

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01:15:26,040 --> 01:15:28,760
Speaker 1: I stay semi final game, I caught an interception and

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Speaker 1: that was kind of the beginning of me being a linebacker.

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Speaker 1: Stanford was just beautiful. It was in California. I was

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Speaker 1: really looking for a good mix of academics and athletics,

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Speaker 1: and on top of that, it's a really good school.

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Speaker 1: I was a straight A student. I tell Stanford and

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Speaker 1: I lose the best decision in my life. I got Drafford.

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Speaker 1: I was just eating pala watching the draft, you know,

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01:15:55,240 --> 01:15:58,360
Speaker 1: talking to my friends, kind we're getting ready to draft

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Speaker 1: you here in the next few minutes. I was kind

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01:16:00,280 --> 01:16:02,240
Speaker 1: of just like relieved that it was over, that I

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01:16:02,320 --> 01:16:06,639
Speaker 1: knew where I was going. What I hit levels him clean,

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01:16:06,800 --> 01:16:09,519
Speaker 1: hit my teeth hurt. I'm just ready to play more

1445
01:16:09,560 --> 01:16:11,599
Speaker 1: on defense than keep being a dog on special teams.

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Speaker 1: And that's that's what I want to do this year.

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01:16:13,200 --> 01:16:17,160
Speaker 1: That's what you guys are gonna see. That just gives

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Speaker 1: you a little sneak peek behind the curtain, if you will,

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Speaker 1: of what Peter Cambay has done to get to where

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Speaker 1: he's got. You know, it's interesting when they talk about Stanford.

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Speaker 1: He's guys talking about Stanford. I went there out of

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Speaker 1: the university. I was very fortunate to have gone there,

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Speaker 1: but I always I've always been curious about places like Stanford,

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Speaker 1: Northwestern Rice. Now Rice is obviously right here in Houston,

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Speaker 1: so I didn't know a lot about Rice, and it

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Speaker 1: was one that It's funny because I never really considered

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Speaker 1: staying in Houston or staying in Texas to go to

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Speaker 1: college because I really wanted to play football and I

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Speaker 1: didn't feel like I was gonna be able to play

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Speaker 1: football at places like Stanford or Rice or wake Forest.

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Speaker 1: But I'm always intrigued by those places, especially Stanford being

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Speaker 1: out on the West Coast. I have heard how beautiful

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Speaker 1: it is. In fact, the young man that I coached

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Speaker 1: many many years ago, he was my quarterback my final year.

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Speaker 1: He was a sophomore when I coached him, and I

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Speaker 1: left his final two years. Well, he called me after

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Speaker 1: during the summer of a senior summer before a senior year.

1468
01:17:17,920 --> 01:17:20,160
Speaker 1: He's like, Coach, I just went out to Stanford and

1469
01:17:20,280 --> 01:17:24,080
Speaker 1: I was like, whoa, Yeah, he was awesome. The farm

1470
01:17:24,120 --> 01:17:26,280
Speaker 1: it's so cool. And so I've always been envious to that.

1471
01:17:26,600 --> 01:17:29,800
Speaker 1: And Nathan Edwards, who is just a superstar in our

1472
01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:32,360
Speaker 1: PR department. He is a huge Stanford fan because he's

1473
01:17:32,400 --> 01:17:34,400
Speaker 1: from up in that neck of the woods. And I

1474
01:17:34,520 --> 01:17:37,920
Speaker 1: know when we practiced up there in twenty sixteen, Uh yeah,

1475
01:17:37,960 --> 01:17:40,960
Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. I missed my opportunity to go I always

1476
01:17:40,960 --> 01:17:42,640
Speaker 1: wanted to go see it, so I know that was

1477
01:17:42,680 --> 01:17:45,400
Speaker 1: one of the things that you heard say. You heard

1478
01:17:45,439 --> 01:17:48,120
Speaker 1: Peter say drew him out to the West Coast to

1479
01:17:48,200 --> 01:17:50,519
Speaker 1: play for Stanford, and look, you're playing for David Shaw.

1480
01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:54,000
Speaker 1: You're going to win championships. Great program. And obviously we

1481
01:17:54,120 --> 01:17:58,720
Speaker 1: are selfish in Houston because we have Stanford grads. We

1482
01:17:58,800 --> 01:18:02,520
Speaker 1: have Justin Reid, we have Brent Scarlett, we have Peter Calumbary.

1483
01:18:02,800 --> 01:18:05,640
Speaker 1: We've had others that have come through this building, Johnson, Battamosi,

1484
01:18:05,720 --> 01:18:07,840
Speaker 1: you know, guys that have come from Stanford have been

1485
01:18:08,080 --> 01:18:12,200
Speaker 1: valuable pieces for this team last how many every years.

1486
01:18:12,240 --> 01:18:16,479
Speaker 1: So good stuff there for my football story. Now, our

1487
01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:20,400
Speaker 1: final word with Drew Doherty this week is a guy

1488
01:18:20,960 --> 01:18:24,200
Speaker 1: that I know a lot of people did not think

1489
01:18:24,240 --> 01:18:26,920
Speaker 1: he was even gonna make the roster in twenty nineteen,

1490
01:18:27,920 --> 01:18:32,920
Speaker 1: and when he started in in OTA's and I saw

1491
01:18:33,000 --> 01:18:34,479
Speaker 1: him at the beginning of training camp, I was like,

1492
01:18:35,280 --> 01:18:38,760
Speaker 1: there is no way in Hades he is not gonna

1493
01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:43,800
Speaker 1: make this roster. Absolutely, without question, Darren Fells will make

1494
01:18:43,840 --> 01:18:47,400
Speaker 1: this roster. He has to. He has to. He is

1495
01:18:47,439 --> 01:18:50,400
Speaker 1: a true why tight end tight ends were a little

1496
01:18:50,400 --> 01:18:53,479
Speaker 1: bit banged up even but even when the Titans weren't

1497
01:18:53,560 --> 01:18:57,760
Speaker 1: Darren Fells, he was catching everything. There was one day

1498
01:18:57,800 --> 01:18:59,680
Speaker 1: at training camp where Darren kind of struggled. He had

1499
01:18:59,680 --> 01:19:01,800
Speaker 1: a couple drops. That was it. Other than that, he

1500
01:19:01,960 --> 01:19:04,519
Speaker 1: was stellar and he had to because the tenant competition

1501
01:19:04,680 --> 01:19:10,440
Speaker 1: was steep. But Darren is a great background, played professional basketball,

1502
01:19:10,680 --> 01:19:12,439
Speaker 1: and you saw that coming to the forefront the other

1503
01:19:12,560 --> 01:19:15,759
Speaker 1: day when he scored his first touchdown against the Falcons

1504
01:19:15,760 --> 01:19:18,920
Speaker 1: on the seam route, made a little a little shimmy

1505
01:19:18,960 --> 01:19:21,200
Speaker 1: to the outside, went back inside linebacker and Sean hit

1506
01:19:21,280 --> 01:19:24,120
Speaker 1: him touchdown. He did the eurostep layup that was kind

1507
01:19:24,160 --> 01:19:26,320
Speaker 1: of nice. And then his second touchdown, he went down

1508
01:19:26,360 --> 01:19:29,880
Speaker 1: to see him and he just he cut the ball

1509
01:19:29,880 --> 01:19:31,360
Speaker 1: above his head and he's kind of held it there,

1510
01:19:31,680 --> 01:19:33,160
Speaker 1: you know, like he was kind of posting up on

1511
01:19:33,240 --> 01:19:37,560
Speaker 1: a guy. It was cool. He's got a great background.

1512
01:19:37,640 --> 01:19:40,320
Speaker 1: Because of that, he came back to play college football.

1513
01:19:40,439 --> 01:19:41,840
Speaker 1: He's been in the NFL. I think this is a

1514
01:19:41,920 --> 01:19:44,760
Speaker 1: sixth or seventh year, I believe, but he's been fantastic

1515
01:19:45,080 --> 01:19:47,320
Speaker 1: and I think with the Browns right now, I mean

1516
01:19:47,720 --> 01:19:51,160
Speaker 1: we have Duke Johnson, Carlos Hide, and Darren Fells, guys

1517
01:19:51,240 --> 01:19:56,280
Speaker 1: that were not even really key pieces in the Browns offense.

1518
01:19:56,880 --> 01:20:00,639
Speaker 1: They've come here and they've been massive pieces for this offense.

1519
01:20:00,920 --> 01:20:03,640
Speaker 1: And Darren Fells with his leadership, the way he is,

1520
01:20:03,880 --> 01:20:06,960
Speaker 1: just how he managed, he is so fun to have

1521
01:20:07,040 --> 01:20:09,200
Speaker 1: around in his locker room. He has kind of this

1522
01:20:09,680 --> 01:20:15,040
Speaker 1: this elderly statesman wisdom. And he's not an old guy.

1523
01:20:15,080 --> 01:20:18,240
Speaker 1: I mean he's not, but he just he doesn't play old,

1524
01:20:18,280 --> 01:20:20,760
Speaker 1: that's for sure. But he has this sage wisdom and

1525
01:20:20,840 --> 01:20:22,519
Speaker 1: he saw it last year on the sideline with the Browns.

1526
01:20:22,560 --> 01:20:24,760
Speaker 1: He's very good with Baker Mayfield. I think he's been

1527
01:20:24,840 --> 01:20:26,600
Speaker 1: very good to have around his locker room. But he

1528
01:20:26,720 --> 01:20:31,919
Speaker 1: has been producing lately. Two touchdowns a game against the Falcons,

1529
01:20:31,960 --> 01:20:34,800
Speaker 1: six catches and a key one on the go ahead

1530
01:20:34,880 --> 01:20:39,320
Speaker 1: drive against the Chiefs. He's been all that and a

1531
01:20:39,439 --> 01:20:42,479
Speaker 1: bag of chips. Drew Doherty had the opportunity to catch

1532
01:20:42,640 --> 01:20:46,080
Speaker 1: up with Darren Fells. Here's the final word, Drew Doherty

1533
01:20:46,160 --> 01:20:49,080
Speaker 1: with defels, Thanks got tight ended Darren Fells with us

1534
01:20:49,080 --> 01:20:51,600
Speaker 1: and Darren you're leading the team and touchdown catches with

1535
01:20:51,680 --> 01:20:54,599
Speaker 1: Will Fuller, you've got three. That's your career best as well.

1536
01:20:54,960 --> 01:20:57,640
Speaker 1: You were one of twenty five new faces on this

1537
01:20:57,800 --> 01:21:00,960
Speaker 1: roster who were not playing here last How come you've

1538
01:21:01,000 --> 01:21:03,240
Speaker 1: settled in so easily. I mean, it's just an atmosphere

1539
01:21:03,320 --> 01:21:06,040
Speaker 1: that we're in. Coach makes it a very family oriented

1540
01:21:06,080 --> 01:21:07,760
Speaker 1: atmosphere with the team, and it's just one of those

1541
01:21:07,800 --> 01:21:09,439
Speaker 1: things when you bond with your teammates and you get

1542
01:21:09,479 --> 01:21:11,400
Speaker 1: along with them, it's easy to fit in. It looks

1543
01:21:11,439 --> 01:21:13,640
Speaker 1: like it's a pretty fun offense to be a part of.

1544
01:21:13,800 --> 01:21:16,479
Speaker 1: Your One of many weapons that's in this offense, and

1545
01:21:16,560 --> 01:21:18,479
Speaker 1: you guys have really spread the ball around. We saw

1546
01:21:18,520 --> 01:21:20,360
Speaker 1: it last weekend, We've seen it all season long. How

1547
01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:22,439
Speaker 1: accurate is that statement this is a fun offense to

1548
01:21:22,560 --> 01:21:26,240
Speaker 1: play in. That's extremely accurate. I mean DeShawn definitely he

1549
01:21:26,680 --> 01:21:28,720
Speaker 1: has got Like most teams that you play with, they

1550
01:21:28,760 --> 01:21:31,160
Speaker 1: have like certain favorite targets here and there for certain

1551
01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:34,160
Speaker 1: favorite players in the offense. Deshaun definitely doesn't have a

1552
01:21:34,280 --> 01:21:36,600
Speaker 1: key favorite. Like he reads the offense, He plays to

1553
01:21:36,800 --> 01:21:39,320
Speaker 1: the offense and if you're open, he's gonna find you. Yeah,

1554
01:21:39,600 --> 01:21:42,840
Speaker 1: you led the team in reception yardage last week, sixty

1555
01:21:42,920 --> 01:21:44,920
Speaker 1: nine yards. It's really a testament to what you just

1556
01:21:45,000 --> 01:21:47,439
Speaker 1: talked about spreading the ball around. To a lot of

1557
01:21:47,479 --> 01:21:49,960
Speaker 1: different guys. It was a lot like an extension of

1558
01:21:50,000 --> 01:21:52,639
Speaker 1: the running game, wasn't it. It definitely is the show

1559
01:21:53,240 --> 01:21:56,160
Speaker 1: that we have a pretty physical offense. Everybody, like you said,

1560
01:21:56,200 --> 01:21:58,599
Speaker 1: everybody's going to be involved, and when you get that chance,

1561
01:21:58,640 --> 01:22:00,519
Speaker 1: you need to make plays when it comes your way.

1562
01:22:00,600 --> 01:22:03,360
Speaker 1: And everybody out there showed that they can do something

1563
01:22:03,400 --> 01:22:04,879
Speaker 1: when they have the ball in their hands. And it's

1564
01:22:04,880 --> 01:22:06,880
Speaker 1: fun when you have an offense that everybody gets along

1565
01:22:06,920 --> 01:22:09,439
Speaker 1: real well, and no one is very selfish in the mindset.

1566
01:22:09,479 --> 01:22:12,759
Speaker 1: Everybody's here with the team and to get the win. Actually,

1567
01:22:12,880 --> 01:22:15,479
Speaker 1: you joked with me in the offseason how you're a

1568
01:22:15,760 --> 01:22:18,200
Speaker 1: left left tackle or a right right tackle because you're

1569
01:22:18,200 --> 01:22:20,560
Speaker 1: described as being a blocking tight end. Yeah, tell me

1570
01:22:20,600 --> 01:22:22,960
Speaker 1: about how has the past protection grown just since you've

1571
01:22:22,960 --> 01:22:26,120
Speaker 1: gotten here back in April May. I'm gonna stick with

1572
01:22:26,240 --> 01:22:28,800
Speaker 1: that where I'm still blocking tight end. But like you said,

1573
01:22:28,840 --> 01:22:31,880
Speaker 1: the offensive line has made some extreme growth since I

1574
01:22:32,040 --> 01:22:33,640
Speaker 1: first got here, and I think the biggest thing is

1575
01:22:33,680 --> 01:22:35,439
Speaker 1: just getting used at offense and getting used to the

1576
01:22:35,520 --> 01:22:38,000
Speaker 1: guy right next to you. They've shown to me that

1577
01:22:38,120 --> 01:22:40,400
Speaker 1: they are really good guys and they're here to protect

1578
01:22:40,439 --> 01:22:42,320
Speaker 1: the Sean and keep them clean. It's it mainly just

1579
01:22:42,439 --> 01:22:46,000
Speaker 1: been continuity and chemistry because the talent was always there,

1580
01:22:46,120 --> 01:22:48,320
Speaker 1: just needed to play together and get those reps in together.

1581
01:22:48,680 --> 01:22:50,800
Speaker 1: That's definitely the biggest thing when it comes to the

1582
01:22:50,920 --> 01:22:52,720
Speaker 1: offense is chemistry, and you have to be able to

1583
01:22:52,800 --> 01:22:54,640
Speaker 1: know what the guy next who's gonna do. Same thing

1584
01:22:54,680 --> 01:22:56,479
Speaker 1: when it comes to route running, knowing exactly where the

1585
01:22:56,479 --> 01:22:58,200
Speaker 1: guy is going to be when he needs to be there,

1586
01:22:58,400 --> 01:23:00,200
Speaker 1: and then same thing when you're running the ball. You

1587
01:23:00,280 --> 01:23:01,960
Speaker 1: gotta trust that the guy in fun of you's gonna

1588
01:23:02,040 --> 01:23:04,200
Speaker 1: protect you and get you to the open gap. All Right,

1589
01:23:04,240 --> 01:23:06,160
Speaker 1: You've got the most unifil experience in the tight end

1590
01:23:06,280 --> 01:23:08,960
Speaker 1: room with this crew, but you've never played against the

1591
01:23:09,000 --> 01:23:12,559
Speaker 1: Indianapolis cults amazingly, No, that's kind of interesting. Yeah, how

1592
01:23:12,720 --> 01:23:14,720
Speaker 1: nasty from what you've seen is this front seven that

1593
01:23:14,760 --> 01:23:16,800
Speaker 1: you guys are going against, and they're a very talented group,

1594
01:23:16,840 --> 01:23:19,280
Speaker 1: they're very discipline and what they're gonna bring to us

1595
01:23:19,320 --> 01:23:20,840
Speaker 1: and it's one of those things that we need to

1596
01:23:21,000 --> 01:23:23,280
Speaker 1: come out and be prepared for that and everybody's and

1597
01:23:23,400 --> 01:23:25,720
Speaker 1: then getting their film study and getting ready for this

1598
01:23:25,840 --> 01:23:27,920
Speaker 1: front seven for sure. Yeah, what's it like playing a

1599
01:23:27,960 --> 01:23:30,040
Speaker 1: division opponent. You've done it many many times in your career,

1600
01:23:30,160 --> 01:23:32,120
Speaker 1: but this kind of amps it up to another level.

1601
01:23:32,160 --> 01:23:34,400
Speaker 1: Does It's a different beast out there when you come

1602
01:23:34,439 --> 01:23:37,240
Speaker 1: to a divisional game and rivals at that. It's one

1603
01:23:37,240 --> 01:23:39,160
Speaker 1: of those things that it's like a playoff game. You

1604
01:23:39,240 --> 01:23:40,840
Speaker 1: have to get out there, You gotta get your paths

1605
01:23:40,840 --> 01:23:42,599
Speaker 1: a lot lower than you used to, gotta bring your

1606
01:23:42,600 --> 01:23:44,599
Speaker 1: a game playing and play out It's one of those

1607
01:23:44,640 --> 01:23:46,320
Speaker 1: things where it's it's a fun it's gonna be a

1608
01:23:46,360 --> 01:23:48,360
Speaker 1: fun game, and it's also it's gonna be a tough one.

1609
01:23:48,400 --> 01:23:52,000
Speaker 1: All Right. You played international basketball professionally for about four years.

1610
01:23:52,040 --> 01:23:55,160
Speaker 1: You're in places like Finland, France, Belgium, Mexico, Argentina. What

1611
01:23:55,240 --> 01:23:59,040
Speaker 1: was the fiercest rivalry game you played overseas? Oh, that's

1612
01:23:59,040 --> 01:24:02,400
Speaker 1: a tough one. Would probably say Mexico was actually pretty

1613
01:24:02,720 --> 01:24:04,880
Speaker 1: pretty intense. What was the team you were on and

1614
01:24:04,960 --> 01:24:06,640
Speaker 1: what was the team you're playing against? Why was it

1615
01:24:06,720 --> 01:24:08,960
Speaker 1: such an intense game? I would say I was in

1616
01:24:09,160 --> 01:24:12,599
Speaker 1: Mexic ally and we played against Hallapa, and I don't

1617
01:24:12,600 --> 01:24:15,200
Speaker 1: know if it was a rivalry or if it was

1618
01:24:15,240 --> 01:24:17,680
Speaker 1: just more because they were defending champs and we were

1619
01:24:17,840 --> 01:24:19,600
Speaker 1: trying to make a name for ourselves out there that

1620
01:24:19,760 --> 01:24:23,599
Speaker 1: it just peaked this crazy game and fans going crazy

1621
01:24:23,680 --> 01:24:25,400
Speaker 1: and a couple of fights here and there. Yeah, oh yeah,

1622
01:24:25,439 --> 01:24:28,160
Speaker 1: were you involved? No? I mean I'm very soft spoken,

1623
01:24:28,240 --> 01:24:29,800
Speaker 1: as you can tell, and takes a lot to get

1624
01:24:29,880 --> 01:24:32,160
Speaker 1: me roll up. Your modest probably didn't want to mess

1625
01:24:32,160 --> 01:24:33,439
Speaker 1: with you because they knew you're you know, you had

1626
01:24:33,439 --> 01:24:36,280
Speaker 1: a football future, right, probably well, Darren Fells, best of

1627
01:24:36,400 --> 01:24:38,240
Speaker 1: luck on Sunday against the Colts. Thanks so much for

1628
01:24:38,320 --> 01:24:40,000
Speaker 1: the time and looking forward to seeing what you got

1629
01:24:40,080 --> 01:24:41,760
Speaker 1: left the rest of the season. I appreciate it. Thanks

1630
01:24:41,760 --> 01:24:43,400
Speaker 1: for having me. I had a chance to interview Darren

1631
01:24:43,479 --> 01:24:46,160
Speaker 1: as the play of the game after the Falcons game,

1632
01:24:46,240 --> 01:24:50,160
Speaker 1: and he was just so humble yet great game, I mean,

1633
01:24:50,240 --> 01:24:52,920
Speaker 1: tremendous game. There's two touchdowns. I mean the last time

1634
01:24:52,920 --> 01:24:55,040
Speaker 1: I'm at tight ended two touchdowns in the game. But

1635
01:24:55,200 --> 01:24:57,559
Speaker 1: actually after a couple of weeks prior with your nakeds,

1636
01:24:57,600 --> 01:25:01,080
Speaker 1: but the tight end has been killing, just at absolutely killing.

1637
01:25:01,160 --> 01:25:04,120
Speaker 1: It would love to see either one or both get

1638
01:25:04,200 --> 01:25:05,920
Speaker 1: in the end zone this week. But I just was

1639
01:25:06,000 --> 01:25:10,479
Speaker 1: struck by his presence, his thoughtfulness, his humility. Darren Fells

1640
01:25:10,560 --> 01:25:12,880
Speaker 1: is a great guy to have around this locker room.

1641
01:25:12,880 --> 01:25:14,680
Speaker 1: There's no question. There are a lot of people to

1642
01:25:14,800 --> 01:25:18,080
Speaker 1: thank for tonight's show. Let's start with Mark Vandomir, Bill

1643
01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:23,280
Speaker 1: O'Brien DPC, to Bernardrick McKinney, to everybody participate in the

1644
01:25:23,320 --> 01:25:27,840
Speaker 1: player's segment b SCAR TV, Darren Fells, Drew Doherty, to

1645
01:25:28,000 --> 01:25:31,960
Speaker 1: Peter Calumbay, to all of you for listening. Thank you

1646
01:25:32,120 --> 01:25:36,040
Speaker 1: so very much. We will see you Sunday in Lucasoil

1647
01:25:36,120 --> 01:25:38,680
Speaker 1: Stadium for the biggest game of the year. Why is

1648
01:25:38,680 --> 01:25:41,040
Speaker 1: it the biggest because it's the next one time to

1649
01:25:41,080 --> 01:25:43,559
Speaker 1: take on a Colts. Let's go. We'll see on Sunday everybody,

1650
01:25:43,600 --> 01:25:44,639
Speaker 1: and as always, go Texans.