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Speaker 1: It is another TGIF edition of Texans All Access from

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Speaker 1: the Hounday Texans Radio Studio. I am your host, John Harris,

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Speaker 1: football analyst and sideline reporter. And I know you're thinking, oh, yeah,

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Speaker 1: thank god it's Friday. Right, No, no no, thank god, it's football.

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Speaker 1: Thank got its Football Friday. TJ I F to give

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Speaker 1: t G I f F. Thank god it is football Friday.

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Speaker 1: We are less than forty eight hours away from the

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns walking into NRG Stadium to take on your

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans. You're eight and three Houston Texans. The Browns

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Speaker 1: four six and one. This is a big one for

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Speaker 1: the Browns from playoff possibility, opportunity, that's what they're thinking about.

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Speaker 1: After two wins in a row, after being two six

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Speaker 1: and one. They got two big wins, one against the

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons, one on the road last week where they

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Speaker 1: led twenty eight to nothing at halftime against the Sin

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Speaker 1: Sati Bengals and then obviously held on for a thirty

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Speaker 1: five twenty win against the Bengals. They dominated that game.

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Speaker 1: They're feeling good. They're young, they don't know any better.

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Speaker 1: They've got a rookie quarterback. They've got a rookie at

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Speaker 1: their number one corner spot. They've got a rookie in

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Speaker 1: the backfield at running back who was a stud. They've

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Speaker 1: got it going in the right direction, no doubt about it.

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Speaker 1: They're going to be a playoff team in due time.

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Speaker 1: I'd rather not not happen in twenty eighteen, and I'd

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Speaker 1: rather them not get win number five. On Sunday against

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Speaker 1: the Texans, it'll be the first time the Texans take

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Speaker 1: the field at noon since the game against Buffalo. Think

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Speaker 1: how long ago that was? That was Week six? What

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Speaker 1: are we? What are we in now? Week thirteen? I

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Speaker 1: think that's Week thirteen. This will be game number twelve.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, Week thirteen, seven weeks ago, is the last

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Speaker 1: time the Texans played at noon. It was against Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: Three prime time games. You got the Cowboys, you got

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins, and then you obviously had the other one

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Speaker 1: Monday night against the Tennessee Titans, and you had bi

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Speaker 1: weeks mixed in there, so you haven't played on a

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Speaker 1: Thursday at noon. So hopefully the Texans will come out

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Speaker 1: of the gate strong and ready to go against a

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Speaker 1: team that is much better than one they faced last year.

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Speaker 1: In twenty seventeen, Texans got a thirty three to seventeen win.

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Speaker 1: Now we've got plenty for you on the show. We

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Speaker 1: got a deep sunt interview of the week which is

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Speaker 1: with mister ninety seven yard touchdown run himself, Lamar Miller.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna have my buddy Russell Baxter on the show

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Speaker 1: to go through everything that's going on in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: We will do our Men behind the MIC's series and

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Speaker 1: we will continue that with Jim Donovan to play by

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Speaker 1: play voice of the Cleveland Browns. I will give you

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Speaker 1: my picks and I will give you keys to the

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Speaker 1: game has brought to you by First Community Credit Union,

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Speaker 1: and then we will close with our players segment, a

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Speaker 1: little bit of Kjack TV and a little bit of

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Speaker 1: former NFL player and current Houston Texas GM Brian Gaine

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Speaker 1: with the game plan. So we've got plenty for you,

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Speaker 1: So let's kick it off with some hot reads they

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Speaker 1: we kick off every Friday, that means we start with

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Speaker 1: the head coach himself, Bill O'Brien, who sat down earlier

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Speaker 1: today with Mark Vandermer right here in studio, coach, how

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Speaker 1: important is veteran leadership at this time of year, short week,

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Speaker 1: Every game gets bigger as you get toward the end

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Speaker 1: of the regular season. Yeah, I think it's critical. I

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Speaker 1: think that when you have good veterans in the locker room,

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Speaker 1: which we do, led by our captains and then other

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Speaker 1: veterans that have played a lot of football, played in

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Speaker 1: to the young players that maybe sometimes goes in one

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Speaker 1: you know, and I think that, Uh, that's that's critical.

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Speaker 1: And and we have that, you know, we haven't. We

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Speaker 1: haven't always had that, but we've got it this year.

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Speaker 1: We definitely have it this year. Cleveland is very accurate

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Speaker 1: in the passing game recently. What are you seeing there

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Speaker 1: in that phase of their performance. Baker does a good job,

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Speaker 1: you know, he really understands coverage. Uh. He makes good

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Speaker 1: And then you know, hopefully they're in some long yarded

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Speaker 1: I think our offensive line is probably one of the

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Speaker 1: You know, you guys are out at practice out at

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Speaker 1: and they do extra work every single day, including Fridays.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's pretty interesting to watch. You know. The

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Speaker 1: their improvement. It's pretty good considering how young they really are.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's not like Nick has been around ten years. No, no, no,

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Speaker 1: and he's he's just a very you know, from the

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Speaker 1: guy of you know, he obviously with his brother up

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Speaker 1: so he's he's been a leader since he walked in

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Speaker 1: and his leadership has really shown through Cleveland. On defense,

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Speaker 1: they take the ball away. What makes them effective? How

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Speaker 1: after Thanksgiving, and you've always said around Thanksgiving you get

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Speaker 1: to know what kind of team you have, the formula

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Speaker 1: I think our special teams has really helped us. You know,

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Speaker 1: And average drive start. You know, we're our field position

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Speaker 1: good luck coach has been preaching it for weeks. We

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Speaker 1: haven't done anything we want three in a row, four

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Speaker 1: at that particular moment at the top of the AFC South.

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Speaker 1: So taking care of business one week at a time

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Speaker 1: that gets determined with this injury report if you're playing

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Speaker 1: The Texans only have two players listed as questionable, out, doubtful, whatever,

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Speaker 1: been keeping me in good shape throughout the course of

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Speaker 1: the season. So I'm feeling good all right. I read

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Speaker 1: somewhere that you used to train with Frank Gore, like

429
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Speaker 1: early in your career. What did you learn from him?

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Speaker 1: He's like fourteen years in the league. You're seven, so

431
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Speaker 1: I imagine a lot of that how to take care

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Speaker 1: of your body came from a guy like Gore. Yes, Um,

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Speaker 1: you know Frank Frank Gore. He's a guy I've been

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Speaker 1: watching since he was at the Universe of Miami. I

435
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Speaker 1: used to always play against his cousin growing up, so

436
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Speaker 1: he used to come to the games. And you know,

437
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Speaker 1: once I got to the NFL, we had the same agent,

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Speaker 1: So my agent was just telling me a guy like

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Speaker 1: Frank would be somebody I could look up to to

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Speaker 1: see how he trained. And every since then, I think

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Speaker 1: until what my first year here, until like my first

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Speaker 1: year here, I was training with him, So it was

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Speaker 1: like five years that I was working out with him

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Speaker 1: and just see some of the things that he'd been

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Speaker 1: doing throughout the course of you know, the offseason. That's

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Speaker 1: something that you know, I try to follow and it's

447
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Speaker 1: ben't happen so far. So are you impressed with how

448
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Speaker 1: long he's been in the league? Yea? Or did you

449
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Speaker 1: kind of know that when you're working out with him.

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Speaker 1: This guy's gonna last for a long time. Yeah. I

451
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Speaker 1: mean the way he trained, the way he take care

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Speaker 1: of his body, you could tell that he's a very

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Speaker 1: professional guy. You know, he's training like three times a day.

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Speaker 1: So guys, yeah, so, um so did you train three

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Speaker 1: times a day? Two? Yes, when I first started now program, Yeah,

456
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Speaker 1: now I do like two times a day. But he'd

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Speaker 1: do like three times. He'd worked out in the morning,

458
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Speaker 1: in the afternoon he would work out again, then at

459
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Speaker 1: night he'd do like bots and that stuff. So a

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Speaker 1: little bit of a little bit of cross training. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I know. When you first signed here, you talked about

462
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Speaker 1: how you wanted to get a lot of carries, you

463
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Speaker 1: wanted to carry the rock, and that was sort of

464
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Speaker 1: the plan with you. But this season, it's interesting because

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Speaker 1: like in Sunday's game, you rush for one hundred and

466
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Speaker 1: sixty two yards in the touchdown, but you did it

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Speaker 1: with just twelve carries. And Bill O'Brian was talking about

468
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Speaker 1: how they're sort of managing your reps this year, you

469
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Speaker 1: and Alfred trying to keep you guys fresh when you're

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Speaker 1: out there, and he said, it's sort of a conversation

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Speaker 1: that you guys have in game, So how does that

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Speaker 1: work in the game? And you know, how do you decide,

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Speaker 1: like I'm gonna stay in for this player, I'm gonna

474
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Speaker 1: come out, Like how does that go? Does that change

475
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Speaker 1: from game to game or where you go on your field? Well,

476
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Speaker 1: I think coach running back coach, I think him or Byron.

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Speaker 1: They do a great job, but doing that, I'm not

478
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Speaker 1: sure how they do that. It just depends on how

479
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Speaker 1: the game go. I guess if I have a lot

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Speaker 1: of carries, you know, in one series or two, we'll

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Speaker 1: rotate with men blue. And so far I've been working

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Speaker 1: and you know, we just man blue. We stay on

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Speaker 1: each other to make sure we're keeping a change movement

484
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Speaker 1: and you know, help this try to help this team

485
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Speaker 1: be a more balanced offense. So it's not like something

486
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Speaker 1: where you have to say, hey, I feel like I

487
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Speaker 1: could stay in or I could come out. It's do

488
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Speaker 1: you communicate at all? And yes, my coach doing the

489
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Speaker 1: course of the game, he asked me, how do I

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Speaker 1: feel If I tell him I need one, then Blue

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Speaker 1: will go in, okay, And it's just the feel of

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Speaker 1: the game. Is that hard to do as a back

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Speaker 1: because I imagine you want to be in there for

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Speaker 1: all the plays, but and then the adrenaline's going to Yes,

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Speaker 1: it just all depends, is how the game going. I

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Speaker 1: just feel like if I'm having a good game, then

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Speaker 1: of course I want to, you know, go back in

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Speaker 1: that because I'm feeling it. But I think I coached

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Speaker 1: he'd do a great job. He know when you're feeling that,

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Speaker 1: so you know, he would keep you waining to you know,

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Speaker 1: just keep moving down the field. Yeah, I was gonna

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Speaker 1: ask you about Alfred because a lot of teams have

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Speaker 1: competition at different positions, but it seems like you guys

504
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Speaker 1: really feed off each other and you guys push each

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Speaker 1: other to be more competitive. How have you thought about

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Speaker 1: what he's done this year. I think he've been doing

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Speaker 1: a great job. You know, he's been taking advantage of

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Speaker 1: his opportunity. You know, Man Blue, we clicked ever since

509
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Speaker 1: I came here, so you know, we still on each

510
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Speaker 1: other to make sure we're doing the assignment, make sure

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Speaker 1: we try to do anything to help this thing win.

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Speaker 1: And I think so far we've been doing that. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we still have room for a permit, but you know,

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Speaker 1: every day we're just trying to get better. It seems

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Speaker 1: like both of you guys, your yards per carry has

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Speaker 1: gone up significantly. But for Blue and for you staying

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Speaker 1: fresh and just managing your reps, that both of you

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Speaker 1: guys are playing sort of at your optimum levels like this. Yes, well,

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Speaker 1: I mean we get all the credit to the as

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Speaker 1: a line. You know, throughout the course of the week,

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Speaker 1: we just tell them, just get us to the second level.

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Speaker 1: And you know, once we get there, you just got

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Speaker 1: to take advantage of it and just make big place.

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Speaker 1: I was going to actually ask you, because I know

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Speaker 1: every time you talk about having a good game, you

526
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Speaker 1: give credit to the old line. You always say it's

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Speaker 1: due to the old line. But early on this season,

528
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Speaker 1: the old line was young and there were a lot

529
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Speaker 1: of different combinations of players out there. So how does

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Speaker 1: that affect your decisiveness to run the ball while they're

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Speaker 1: still trying to get that chemistry going. I would imagine

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Speaker 1: you'd have to be even more decisive. Yes, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I just trust that they do their job, just like

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Speaker 1: they trust me to do my job. So you know,

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Speaker 1: just knowing whatever play O'Brien call that they get movement

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Speaker 1: up front, and me just trusting them just helped me

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Speaker 1: be decisive JJ was asked about your ninety seven yard

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Speaker 1: touchdown run and how aware the defense was of the

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Speaker 1: play as it was going on. I think a few

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Speaker 1: players said they could hear the crowd, so they stopped

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Speaker 1: to look, but they're making their adjustments. How about for

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Speaker 1: an offensive player, do you watch a lot of what

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Speaker 1: the defense is doing on the field. They had that

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Speaker 1: big that fourth down stop right before your play. How

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Speaker 1: much are you able to watch what the defense does.

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Speaker 1: I'll watch every now and then. Sometimes I'm over there

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Speaker 1: with the coach just going over some of the plays

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Speaker 1: that we ran in a series before. Sometimes I watch

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Speaker 1: on third down because we're about to get ready and

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Speaker 1: go up and on that play it was fourth and one,

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Speaker 1: so you know I was paying attention. You're going to

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Speaker 1: come in at some point. Yes, all right, So final

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Speaker 1: stretch of the season. What's going to be the main

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Speaker 1: focus for you? What do you think is going to

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Speaker 1: be the key for you these last few games? Just

556
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Speaker 1: try to get better every day, continue taking the coaching

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Speaker 1: and you know, just continue to be consistent, taking advantage

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Speaker 1: of the opportunity that you know, the office in line

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Speaker 1: give me, and just to continue to be decisive man.

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Speaker 1: Just how to help this team win anywhere as possible. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: more ninety seven yard touchdowns. You're you're the first to

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Speaker 1: do it twice and now you could do it three times. Yes,

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Speaker 1: that's to go hopefully if you don't be in that

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Speaker 1: situation to be backed up. So but I'm looking forward

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Speaker 1: to man I love it with two six keys out

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Speaker 1: in space. Boy. He's had a really good year. I think.

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Speaker 1: I think he has been really really good and I

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Speaker 1: think he'll have a strong finish to this year, which

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Speaker 1: could ultimately the AFC put him in Pro Bowl contention.

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Speaker 1: Who knows. But hopefully none of these Texans playing a game,

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Speaker 1: because that would mean they're going to the big One Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: But that's way down the roads. Just care of this

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Speaker 1: All right, we get backs. Time for my good buddy

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Speaker 1: All right, Russell, Thursday night was very interesting. I had

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Speaker 1: heard that the TV rating number in New Orleans was

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Speaker 1: fifty eight, which is just insane. But it showed you

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Speaker 1: how important this game was the city of New Orleans,

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Speaker 1: even though it's being played in Arlington against the Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: The Cowboys walk out of there were the thirteen to

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Speaker 1: ten victory, and I don't want to say the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: kind of put a stake in the ground and said, hey,

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Speaker 1: maybe we're gonna be around this thing in twenty eighteen

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. But what do you think overall of

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Speaker 1: what you saw last night from both sides, the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: and the Saints. Well, who would have thought that the

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Speaker 1: rating number would have hit the over in the game, wouldn't. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So the twenty three points, that's a walk in the

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Speaker 1: park for the Saints ordinarily, But it goes to show

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Speaker 1: you that even in this age of space age technology.

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Speaker 1: When it comes to the passing game and all the

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Speaker 1: points we've seen the fifty four, fifty ones and forty

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Speaker 1: eight forties, defense still has a role in this league,

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Speaker 1: and you know, Dallas really outplayed them from the get go.

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Speaker 1: You know, new or, for lack of a better word,

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Speaker 1: Drew Brees looked, I'm the skittish, might be totally a

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Speaker 1: little much, but certainly uncomfortable. He never there were very

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Speaker 1: few throws he made last night where he looked like

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Speaker 1: he was set, like he knew what Dallas was doing.

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Speaker 1: You know, So kudos to Rod Marinelli and their coaching

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Speaker 1: staff and everything they did. I thought that. I thought

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys were very physical last night too as well,

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Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball. I'm one of those

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Speaker 1: people that, and I've said it for a while now,

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Speaker 1: whoever plays some defense down the stretcher is going to

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Speaker 1: win this whole thing. And you look at some of

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Speaker 1: the better defensive teams around the league. They're having good years.

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Speaker 1: Dallas is certainly one of them. Chicago and certainly the

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans as well. Yeah, no question. You know, it's

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Speaker 1: interesting because that game last night, Russell, it reminded me

640
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 1: a lot of the Sunday game that we played against

641
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 1: the Cowboys in nineteen sixteen, game that went into overtime,

642
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 1: and obviously DeAndre Hopkins has the Spinerama play that puts

643
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 1: it in position to win that game. But it reminded

644
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: me of that because you could almost hear the hits

645
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,680
Speaker 1: coming through the television. It was that physical and that

646
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 1: was kind of the way that the Cowboys in Texans played.

647
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: And it also reminded me of one other game. And

648
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 1: I know people won't remember this, but back in twenty fifteen,

649
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 1: we played the Saints here and we ended up playing

650
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 1: that game. I believe it was twenty four to six,

651
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 1: and it was the first time and I think it

652
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: may be the only time that's happened that Drew Brees

653
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: did not throw, Drew Brees in offense, did not score

654
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Brees and Peyton had always scored a touchdown

655
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 1: in a game. It was the first time that they

656
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 1: had not scored a touchdown in an NFL game, and

657
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,080
Speaker 1: that was after I think like eight years of being together,

658
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 1: eight nine years of being together, and so it sort

659
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,080
Speaker 1: of reminded me of those two games. The fact that

660
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,160
Speaker 1: the Cowboys Texas game was very physical, and then the

661
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: Texans were able to hold the Saints in check. Now

662
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:56,440
Speaker 1: it's a different offense. It's much more explosive with the

663
00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: Saints now than it was, and so it sort of

664
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:02,720
Speaker 1: makes that Cowboys perform. It's that much more impressive. Does

665
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 1: it make them? Do you think Russell viable in the

666
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 1: NFC or do you think it really comes down to

667
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: Saints rams over the NFC? No, I think it makes

668
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 1: them very viable, and I think the Bears are very viable.

669
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 1: And if Minnesota can kind of get its acting yet,

670
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 1: we're gonna learn a lot about Minnesota. Yes, the next

671
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 1: two weeks at New England and then the Thursday night

672
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 1: game with Seattle. So and that's a team that's playing

673
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:32,240
Speaker 1: physical football. So yeah, No, the Cowboys game plan is portable. Okay,

674
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: you can take that anywhere. A team that had troubles

675
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 1: winning on the road as of late I'm sorry, early

676
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 1: in the season has kind of turned that around as well,

677
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 1: with the winds at Philadelphia and the wind of Atlanta.

678
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 1: So yeah, physical football always works. It probably works more

679
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:54,480
Speaker 1: now in this day and age. Although I will say

680
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: that there was one very egregious hit in that game

681
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,800
Speaker 1: last night, which for the life of me. And I'm

682
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 1: not saying had anything to do with the outcome, because

683
00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 1: the Cowboys still made the play picking off Drew Brees

684
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: after they had fumbled the ball and all that, but

685
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 1: that blowed to that. That's helmet to helmet And you

686
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:17,520
Speaker 1: and I talked before this season began. My concern with

687
00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: that rule, the lowering the crown was how was it

688
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 1: going to be in forced? And I don't know about you,

689
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 1: but and even though it's kind of died down now,

690
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:31,320
Speaker 1: I've seen early in the seasons we saw more putting

691
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,680
Speaker 1: the weight on the quarterback calls than lowering the crown calls. Yes,

692
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 1: the crown and the helmet calls. And you know, there

693
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,479
Speaker 1: have been very few of those lowering the crown helmet

694
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: calls all year. To be honest with him, you know,

695
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,480
Speaker 1: it's interesting you say that, Russell. I. We had a

696
00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: conversation with one of the Texans defensive linement and he

697
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 1: said in one of the early games this year that

698
00:33:53,800 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 1: when he was going to hit a quarterback, and I

699
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:59,120
Speaker 1: think it may have been Brady, that when he hit him,

700
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,360
Speaker 1: he was very very conscious of the fact that he

701
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: couldn't land on him, so he kind of he kind

702
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 1: of slid off to the side, and so it's a

703
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:10,879
Speaker 1: rule like that is making an impact. Unfortunately, they've kind

704
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,000
Speaker 1: of peeled that back after some of the controversy with

705
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 1: all that, But you know, we'll see that. I would

706
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:17,480
Speaker 1: imagine in the offseason kind of come back, and you know,

707
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,799
Speaker 1: the players will have to adapt to it. But I'm

708
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 1: with you. I saw that that was launching using the

709
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 1: crown of your helmet as a weapon, which is exactly

710
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: what they don't want to do in the NFL. And

711
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 1: you know, and for a good reason. And Russell, you

712
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:35,360
Speaker 1: bring up Minnesota taking on New England, and obviously we

713
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,399
Speaker 1: would like to see Minnesota get a win over New

714
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 1: England and US get a win over Cleveland and then

715
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:41,960
Speaker 1: see where that puts you in a playoff race all

716
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. But do you give Minnesota a

717
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,359
Speaker 1: chance after they played really well against the Packers last

718
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 1: Sunday night? Yeah, I do. I give them a chance

719
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,840
Speaker 1: because they're a better team than New England in the trenches. Okay,

720
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,959
Speaker 1: they have a better defensive line than the Patriots. They have,

721
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,760
Speaker 1: even though it's been spotty at times early in the season,

722
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,919
Speaker 1: when her Cousins took his shots and was fumbling left

723
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 1: and right. I think they overall have a better offensive

724
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: line than the Patriots, and we saw on the Super

725
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,400
Speaker 1: Bowl last year. I'm not saying this game is Super Bowl,

726
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: but that's how New England lost the Super Bowl. They

727
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 1: got beaten the trenches last year. I mean Tom Brady

728
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,240
Speaker 1: who from five hundred and five yards and they couldn't

729
00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:22,120
Speaker 1: stop the Eagles from running the football. One of the

730
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,479
Speaker 1: quiet stats that game last year, for all Brady's yards

731
00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 1: and for all Nick Fole's yards, the Eagles ran for

732
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:34,400
Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty four yards. So that's Minnesota. To me.

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00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 1: Coming into this season, seemed like as talented as any

734
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,439
Speaker 1: team in this league, but they seem like they kind

735
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: of had a little bit of a hangover from last

736
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 1: year's NFAC Championship game on the defensive side of the ball,

737
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,920
Speaker 1: and that stretched out for a while. I mean, you know,

738
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,839
Speaker 1: against the Rams and you know other teams as well,

739
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:59,560
Speaker 1: where it just didn't look like the same Minnesota secondary

740
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 1: in the Minnesota and Everson Griffith was out for a while.

741
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 1: But you know, the Patriots have laid their shared now.

742
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 1: I haven't lost at home. I understand all that, but

743
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:13,640
Speaker 1: I would not rule out the fact of Minnesota winning

744
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: at New England this week. In fact, I wouldn't be

745
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 1: surprised whatsoever that game last week. That might have been

746
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:23,279
Speaker 1: really the first time. I mean, I know there was

747
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,000
Speaker 1: a lot of emphasis on what Aaron Rodgers didn't do.

748
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:28,719
Speaker 1: I'd like to put a little more emphasis on what

749
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,320
Speaker 1: we saw in Minnesota do and that was play good defense.

750
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,440
Speaker 1: And Dalvin Cook in the backfield makes a world of

751
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,880
Speaker 1: difference for that offense. No doubt he can make that

752
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: offense pretty scary. And we've seen that actually with the

753
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 1: Texans upcoming upon it, and that's Cleveland. When they traded

754
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 1: Carlos Hide to the Jaguars. Ironically the week that we

755
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: were playing the Jaguars, Nick Chubbs stepped in and all

756
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: of a sudden, you're like, oh, the pieces are coming together.

757
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: How nervous should the Texans and Texas As be of

758
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:06,800
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns this weekend? Russell Oh? Extremely because whether

759
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 1: people don't think of it or not, Cleveland is in

760
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 1: the playoff hunt. They're four to six and one. Okay,

761
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 1: crazier things have happened. In fact, crazier things have happened

762
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: this year. Charm Oh and three, eight and three, one

763
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:26,800
Speaker 1: in five, six and five, one, two and one, seven,

764
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,480
Speaker 1: three and one, one and two, eight and three. I'm

765
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:36,279
Speaker 1: just naming the Texans, the Colts, the Steelers, the Patriots,

766
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: and two Seattle, six and five Seattle right in the

767
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: thick of it, six and five Seattle, by the way,

768
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 1: with wins over Dallas Green Bay in Carolina exactly. So

769
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 1: it's this can be a streaky league. You know, my

770
00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: Super Bowl pick was Atlanta. Atlanta has lost three in

771
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: a row before that. They won three in a row

772
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:01,719
Speaker 1: before that day, US three in a row. I mean,

773
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:05,359
Speaker 1: it's I feel like going Bueller, Bueller, Bueller. Yeah, when

774
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 1: it comes to the Falcons. But how you handle a loss,

775
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 1: it's very very important, and how you handle a team

776
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,439
Speaker 1: that's starting to feel with some I mean Cleveland didn't

777
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,439
Speaker 1: win a road game going back. I mean they lost

778
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,480
Speaker 1: twenty five in a row. They hadn't won two games

779
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,720
Speaker 1: in a row. They've done that. Now you start knocking

780
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: off these little things, these little milestones, and you start

781
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 1: believing in yourself. And listen, John Dorsey hit a home

782
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 1: run early in this draft. Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb, and

783
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 1: don't forget Denzel Ward, get the fourth overall pick who

784
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 1: a lot of people thought they were gonna take Bradley Chubb.

785
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:44,759
Speaker 1: They waited on their Chubb and they got themselves a

786
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 1: hell of a running back in the second round. Yeah,

787
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 1: no doubt. And the guy they got in the fifth

788
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 1: round two is a guy's contributed as well, Jenard Avery.

789
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 1: They hit it out of the park and Baker Mayfield

790
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 1: named the AFC Rookie of the Week again, and I

791
00:38:57,239 --> 00:39:01,239
Speaker 1: think the Browns have now accounted for some sort of

792
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:03,879
Speaker 1: offense or defensive Rookie of the Week honors. I think

793
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 1: it's nine times between those three guys you mentioned, Chub,

794
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 1: Ward and Baker Mayfield. Yeah. I think everybody in Houston

795
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,799
Speaker 1: is well aware of the Browns coming and I don't

796
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,280
Speaker 1: want to say fearful of them, but you know, definitely

797
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,480
Speaker 1: respectful of what the Browns are bringing to the table.

798
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 1: There's no question Russell the game that a lot of

799
00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:25,880
Speaker 1: people will obviously want to see because it's maybe the

800
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,879
Speaker 1: best matchup this weekend of two AFC powers. And that's

801
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:32,120
Speaker 1: Sunday night when the LA Chargers crossed the country and

802
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 1: go take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh coming off a

803
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 1: loss to Denver Broncos and the Chargers two weeks ago

804
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,160
Speaker 1: lost to Denver Broncos, but the Chargers got back on

805
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,279
Speaker 1: the horse last week with win. What do you think

806
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,279
Speaker 1: about this Chargers Pittsburgh matchup one eight and three team

807
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,080
Speaker 1: against the seventh three and one team. Well, I mean,

808
00:39:49,600 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 1: I don't think we're going to see Melvin Gordon, which

809
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,879
Speaker 1: is a big blow for the Chargers. But they're deep

810
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:58,799
Speaker 1: at running back, they're deep a wide receiver, They're so

811
00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: solid at the skill position. They've got Joey Boza back

812
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:03,560
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago. We get two sacks last

813
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 1: Sunday against the Cardinals. So there's a lot to be

814
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,399
Speaker 1: excited for here if you're the Chargers, who are now

815
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:14,800
Speaker 1: after all the you know the hullabaloo of Patrick Mahomes

816
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 1: and understandably so, the Chargers are one game out in

817
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: the AFC West. I mean, think about the Chiefs being

818
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: nine and two and not being able to shake a team. Now,

819
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 1: they've also beaten the Chiefs Chargers nine games in a row.

820
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,040
Speaker 1: So that's a different topic for a different night. They're

821
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:33,799
Speaker 1: going to meet on a Thursday night in a couple

822
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 1: of weeks. The thing that has mystified me about Pittsburgh

823
00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 1: the last two weeks is their failure to run the football.

824
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:45,439
Speaker 1: And I don't mean the lack of success. I'm telling

825
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,759
Speaker 1: about the failure period. We'll back to look at the

826
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 1: Steelers rushing attempt the last two weeks. There's almost they're

827
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:56,400
Speaker 1: asking big Ben Ben Roethlisberger to carry the load. And listen,

828
00:40:56,400 --> 00:41:00,840
Speaker 1: he threw a horrific interception two interceptions last week, but

829
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,279
Speaker 1: just in general, they were sloppy. They've they've turned over

830
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:08,439
Speaker 1: the ball seven times the last two games. So can

831
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 1: they bounce back and execute and hang on to the football.

832
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 1: The Chargers are in a very solid team and they

833
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: haven't gotten their due in a lot of regards. But

834
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:25,319
Speaker 1: think about what they've done since they were owing four.

835
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,879
Speaker 1: Last year they were nine and three, and now they're

836
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 1: eight and three. They're seventeen and six the last twenty

837
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 1: three times they've taken the field. I wouldn't be surprised

838
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:38,239
Speaker 1: if they came in here in branding won this game.

839
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 1: But I think if Pittsburgh is going to win the game,

840
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 1: this has to be more balanced offense. This does not

841
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,480
Speaker 1: have to be Ben Roethlisberger. And think about the games

842
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 1: these last two weeks of the Steelers. It's not like

843
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 1: they were hopelessly behind and either one, especially the one

844
00:41:53,360 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 1: last week, they were winning the game up seventeen ten

845
00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 1: after the Juju Smith schusters, So it's almost a kind

846
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 1: of toy. You know, maybe you overthought the offense a

847
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 1: little in terms of throwing the football. They need to

848
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,239
Speaker 1: get back to that balance that they had which they

849
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 1: had during that did that winning street no doubt. You

850
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:14,240
Speaker 1: can follow a man Russell Backster on Twitter at Backs

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Speaker 1: Football Guru, at NFL Underscore, Vibe b I b E,

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Speaker 1: NFL spin Zone Fan Sided a man does it all, Russell,

853
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Speaker 1: You're the best of my man. Thank you very much

854
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:25,680
Speaker 1: for being with me. You got a John talk you

855
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Speaker 1: next week. Coming up, it's our men behind the mic

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Speaker 1: Smark Vanamy, the Voice of the Texans, sitting down with

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Speaker 1: Jim Donovan, the voice of the Cleveland Browns, up next

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Speaker 1: on Texans All Access. Each and every week, we are

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Speaker 1: fortunate to have our play by play voice, Mark Vanimer,

860
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:44,440
Speaker 1: spend a little bit of time with the play by

861
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Speaker 1: play voice in the adjacent booth at Energy Stadium. And

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Speaker 1: this week it's the Cleveland Browns and that means a

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Speaker 1: little bit of Jim Donovan. He joined us last year.

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Speaker 1: He is fantastic giving us some inside on the Browns,

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Speaker 1: and of course, with the Browns on deck, we went

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Speaker 1: back to the well and this is Mark with Jim

867
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Speaker 1: Donovan for a men behind the Mike segment. Mark taken away. Jim,

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Speaker 1: how you enjoying the recent success of your football team?

869
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:12,520
Speaker 1: My friend? Mark has been great, It really has. It's

870
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:15,880
Speaker 1: been a couple of really tough years. Coming into this season,

871
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: we knew it would be better. It couldn't get much worse,

872
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:24,120
Speaker 1: so we were fully expecting that the team would kind

873
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:27,440
Speaker 1: of improve, probably at a slower pace than it's happened.

874
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Speaker 1: But once they inserted Baker Mayfield the end of the lineup,

875
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: thinks have really become a lot of fun to watch,

876
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:36,640
Speaker 1: very productive on the scoreboard and in the wind column,

877
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:39,960
Speaker 1: and things have not looked this bright for the Brahms

878
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 1: in a long time. What are you seeing in Baker Mayfield?

879
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 1: What did you see early and how's he developing in

880
00:43:45,719 --> 00:43:49,319
Speaker 1: short order in his rookie season? Jim, Well, you know Mark,

881
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,720
Speaker 1: first of all, he was a guy that really wanted

882
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Speaker 1: to be the number one overall pick in the draft,

883
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Speaker 1: and I mean It's been a great deal to him.

884
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Speaker 1: And you know, I know that they were along with

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Speaker 1: the Browns, there were probably four other teams that were

886
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:05,040
Speaker 1: really in need of a quarterback and probably going to

887
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:09,319
Speaker 1: go down that avenue in the draft, And so I

888
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 1: was wondering, you know, did he really want to come here,

889
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:15,400
Speaker 1: and because of the situation in Cleveland coming off a

890
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:18,319
Speaker 1: winless year and a one win year the year before that,

891
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,240
Speaker 1: but he really did. He wanted to accept the challenge

892
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 1: of coming here. He came out and he said, I

893
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:25,839
Speaker 1: can't think of anybody better to try and turn that

894
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 1: franchise around than I can do. And I was impressed

895
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:32,000
Speaker 1: by that. And from the time he went on the

896
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Speaker 1: practice field and especially in training camp when it was

897
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Speaker 1: really laid out that he was not going to play

898
00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:41,080
Speaker 1: at all under their plan, Tyrod Taylor was going to

899
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Speaker 1: be the starting quarterback. But Mark, he caught your eye

900
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:46,279
Speaker 1: the way he played, no matter who he was out

901
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:48,879
Speaker 1: on the field playing with, whether it was second team

902
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,920
Speaker 1: thirteen during training camp, and then once he get in

903
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:54,960
Speaker 1: the preseason games, he just jumped out at you that

904
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Speaker 1: he was really good and it was going to be

905
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Speaker 1: hard to keep him off the field. So once he

906
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Speaker 1: went on the field then in a game against the

907
00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:06,680
Speaker 1: Jets when the Browns finally won a nationally televised game,

908
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 1: and he came in and took a very dire situation

909
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 1: and turned it into an electric night here in Cleveland,

910
00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:18,799
Speaker 1: bringing the team back and winning. His competitive fire and

911
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 1: his progress, he gets better and better every week as

912
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Speaker 1: he goes out there. He's really accurate, and he's just

913
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Speaker 1: he's loved by his teammates and he's and he's loved

914
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Speaker 1: by these fans. Right now, Jim Donovan, voice of the

915
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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns, joining us on Texans Radio. How are they

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Speaker 1: protecting him so well? How's that line doing because he's

917
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 1: not getting hit very often at all. Yeah, there was

918
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Speaker 1: one point about two or three weeks ago where he

919
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:47,960
Speaker 1: was getting kit and they had gone with an undrafted

920
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 1: free agent left tackle at the beginning of the season. Now,

921
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 1: those were big shoes to fill, no matter who was

922
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Speaker 1: going to win their mark, because it was you were

923
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Speaker 1: taking the place of Joe Thomas, who had opted to

924
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Speaker 1: retire after having you know, ten amazing seasons and a

925
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:05,279
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame career. But this kid, Desmond Harrison, who

926
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Speaker 1: started his career at the university of Texas and something

927
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:10,759
Speaker 1: happened there and he was out of the program there.

928
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Speaker 1: He ended up at West Georgia and they Brown signed

929
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Speaker 1: him as an undrafted free agent, and his training camp

930
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,279
Speaker 1: went on. They took on the project of putting him

931
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Speaker 1: there and it was okay at the street of the year,

932
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Speaker 1: but then he started to hit a bit of a

933
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Speaker 1: wall and have his problems, and I think then it

934
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:29,839
Speaker 1: had hit his confidence. He'd hit him in that pocket too,

935
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Speaker 1: that he wasn't playing as well. And the guy that

936
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:34,520
Speaker 1: was paying the price for that, who's Baker Mayfield. So

937
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Speaker 1: to really kind of locate what's happened in the last

938
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Speaker 1: couple of weeks, they took Greg Robinson, who they had

939
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Speaker 1: brought in kind of midway through training camp and he

940
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:46,200
Speaker 1: made the team. And Robinson, of course, a former number

941
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Speaker 1: one draft pick and a very high draft pick at

942
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:50,839
Speaker 1: that has gone in and really done a great job

943
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Speaker 1: at left tackle. Mayfield feels really safe and comfortable with

944
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Speaker 1: him playing left tackle, and it's kind of completed the

945
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 1: offensive line right now. Boy Nick chub is having a

946
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:03,240
Speaker 1: nice year with the five and a half yards per carry.

947
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Speaker 1: What about him, Jim, Well, he's another great story. Mark,

948
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Speaker 1: I mean the Browns went out in free agency and

949
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Speaker 1: signed Carlos Hide, former Ohio State buck Guy, which was

950
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:18,719
Speaker 1: very popular back in these parts, and they brought him

951
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 1: in from the San Francisco forty nine ers. And just

952
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:25,360
Speaker 1: like how they were going to deal with Mayfield waiting

953
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:29,560
Speaker 1: behind Tyrod Taylor, Chubb was going to wait behind Carlos Hide.

954
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Speaker 1: And early in the year, i mean, Hyde was getting

955
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:33,880
Speaker 1: all the work, and to be honest with you, he

956
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:37,960
Speaker 1: was playing very well, but Chubb was having these amazing performances.

957
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Speaker 1: I'll give you this one. In Oakland, they're playing the Raiders.

958
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,400
Speaker 1: Chubb had three carries in the game for over one

959
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:46,360
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty yard. He had touchdown runs of over

960
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:49,960
Speaker 1: forty and sixty in the game. And so Hugh Jackson

961
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,880
Speaker 1: every Monday was being asked, why aren't you giving the

962
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Speaker 1: ball a little bit more to Chubb? And he said, yeah,

963
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:56,960
Speaker 1: we're gonna do that this week, and the next week

964
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Speaker 1: would come and it would only be three more carries.

965
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Speaker 1: And Dorsey kind of took matters into his own hand.

966
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Speaker 1: He wanted Chubb in the lineup, and he traded Hide

967
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:09,240
Speaker 1: to Jacksonville. And since doing that, Chubb has just been

968
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 1: really tremendous. I mean, I know you guys had had

969
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 1: a great run the other night by Lamar Miller of

970
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:17,280
Speaker 1: ninety seven yards. A couple of weeks ago against Atlanta,

971
00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:20,040
Speaker 1: Chub had a ninety two yard or for a touchdown.

972
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:22,480
Speaker 1: They got the Browns out of some bad deal position

973
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,399
Speaker 1: and all the way into the end zone. He has

974
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 1: been a great, great pick up for them. Greg Williams

975
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:31,880
Speaker 1: and this defense, Jim what about them? Bill O'Brien was

976
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:35,279
Speaker 1: very complimentary, saying that they disguised things. It's hard to

977
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:37,120
Speaker 1: know what they're gonna do week to week. What do

978
00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:40,399
Speaker 1: you think of the d well He's done a good job.

979
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:42,239
Speaker 1: I mean, he really has, and of course now he

980
00:48:42,239 --> 00:48:45,160
Speaker 1: has the added responsibilities of being the interim head coach.

981
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,840
Speaker 1: But they would playing really well at the beginning of

982
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:50,799
Speaker 1: the season. Now, some of that mark, I think is

983
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 1: that there was no change at that defensive coordinator position.

984
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:58,880
Speaker 1: Greg was here last year. Miles Garrett, you know, was

985
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:02,280
Speaker 1: the former number one overall draft pick of the Browns

986
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:04,799
Speaker 1: from a year ago, but was playing on a high

987
00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:09,759
Speaker 1: ankle spring really throughout his entire rookie years, so you

988
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:13,200
Speaker 1: weren't getting the full package of files. Garrett but he's

989
00:49:13,239 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 1: healthy this year. But Greg into his second year with

990
00:49:16,600 --> 00:49:20,839
Speaker 1: these guys really had them, you know, coming up with turnovers,

991
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:24,239
Speaker 1: a lot of pressure. But the turnover number was just

992
00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:27,520
Speaker 1: amazing because this was a team that didn't get into

993
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:32,120
Speaker 1: double digits and turnovers last season through the entire sixteen games.

994
00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:34,880
Speaker 1: And they're midway through the twenties right now. You know,

995
00:49:34,880 --> 00:49:36,600
Speaker 1: they're right up at the top of the NFL and

996
00:49:36,719 --> 00:49:40,000
Speaker 1: doing that, they really made some great moves. I mean,

997
00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:43,120
Speaker 1: you know, Garrett and his second years playing really well.

998
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 1: There some other second year guys who were playing well.

999
00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:49,359
Speaker 1: They brought Damarius Randall in, they traded for him just

1000
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:52,080
Speaker 1: before free agency opened up, coming in from Green Bay.

1001
00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 1: He kind of solidified the back of the secondary. And

1002
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Speaker 1: they drafted a kid from Ohio State, a local kid

1003
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Speaker 1: from Cleveland, Denzel Ward, with the number four overall pick,

1004
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:06,360
Speaker 1: and he has played really solid at that cornerback spot. So,

1005
00:50:06,960 --> 00:50:09,160
Speaker 1: you know, Greg into his second year with these guys

1006
00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:12,160
Speaker 1: and some good drafting and some the evolution of some

1007
00:50:12,239 --> 00:50:15,240
Speaker 1: young players and it's all really working well. They're playing

1008
00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:18,640
Speaker 1: very well. Jim Donovan, voice of the Cleveland Browns, joining

1009
00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:22,680
Speaker 1: US on Texans Radio. Greg Williams now the interim head coach,

1010
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:26,719
Speaker 1: So what difference does he make in that chair? And

1011
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 1: we just talked about what he does on defense, but

1012
00:50:28,640 --> 00:50:31,040
Speaker 1: he sat in that chair before. So what are we

1013
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:34,920
Speaker 1: getting from Greg Williams right now? Well, you know it

1014
00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:39,560
Speaker 1: kind of it happens during the week, mark more. I mean,

1015
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:42,360
Speaker 1: it happens on Sunday, but the payoff is on Sunday.

1016
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:47,759
Speaker 1: But during the week there's much more detail in practice

1017
00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:52,040
Speaker 1: to hey, let's get rid of these mental errors that

1018
00:50:52,080 --> 00:50:55,560
Speaker 1: we're plaguing them. Early in the season, there are three

1019
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:58,360
Speaker 1: or four games mark where the Browns really we're in

1020
00:50:58,360 --> 00:51:00,480
Speaker 1: a position to win these games. I know a lot

1021
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:03,040
Speaker 1: of teams can say this, but the Browns in particular

1022
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:05,719
Speaker 1: could say this, and they would allow the game to

1023
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:09,560
Speaker 1: just slip through their fingers because of really an exorbitant

1024
00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:13,960
Speaker 1: amount of penalties or just mental errors, missing assignments. And

1025
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:16,160
Speaker 1: when you really trace that back, a lot of that

1026
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,520
Speaker 1: was going on midweek on the build up to a

1027
00:51:18,640 --> 00:51:22,600
Speaker 1: Sunday on a Wednesday practice, continuing on a Thursday practice.

1028
00:51:23,120 --> 00:51:25,960
Speaker 1: Greg Williams has coming and really tightened those practices up.

1029
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:28,880
Speaker 1: I mean every player has said the same thing. I mean,

1030
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:32,640
Speaker 1: these practices are much different. They're stricter, we get a

1031
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 1: lot more work done. There's a lot more yelling than

1032
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:40,520
Speaker 1: there was with Hugh Jackson here, but it's paying off

1033
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 1: and you can just see that day on Sunday. Are

1034
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:47,399
Speaker 1: a much more prepared team than they were I think

1035
00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:50,239
Speaker 1: through the first eight games of the season. Jim, we

1036
00:51:50,280 --> 00:51:53,000
Speaker 1: had Hard Knocks in here three years ago, and I

1037
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:55,120
Speaker 1: found it to be a very unique experience just doing

1038
00:51:55,160 --> 00:51:57,360
Speaker 1: what I do and being in the building. What was

1039
00:51:57,400 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 1: it like for you? I found the Browns Hard Knocks

1040
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:01,480
Speaker 1: to be very entertaining. I think they got a lot

1041
00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:04,640
Speaker 1: of good footage for the TV show, maybe not for

1042
00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:08,279
Speaker 1: the brown situation, But what did you make of it? Yeah,

1043
00:52:08,320 --> 00:52:10,920
Speaker 1: you know, you know the bronze. I'm sure like maybe

1044
00:52:11,040 --> 00:52:12,840
Speaker 1: like the text until I know the bronze kind of

1045
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:14,480
Speaker 1: you know, a kind of stiff armed it a little

1046
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:16,799
Speaker 1: bit and said Keith, I mean, you know, I don't

1047
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,480
Speaker 1: know if we really want this, but they really wanted

1048
00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:21,479
Speaker 1: to come in here. It was a good story to tell.

1049
00:52:22,040 --> 00:52:25,600
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a historic football city that's just been craving,

1050
00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:28,239
Speaker 1: you know, for the team to show some form of

1051
00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:32,120
Speaker 1: life and improvement, and the payoff being some winning and

1052
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:35,520
Speaker 1: So that's a great story into itself because you know,

1053
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:38,880
Speaker 1: as downtrodden as his fan base has been through a

1054
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:40,919
Speaker 1: lot of years now, since the team has come back,

1055
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:44,279
Speaker 1: they still keep coming back. I mean, they never give

1056
00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:46,720
Speaker 1: up on them and they're just hoping for a glimmer

1057
00:52:46,719 --> 00:52:48,320
Speaker 1: of hope. So you had that side of the story,

1058
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:51,200
Speaker 1: but you had a lot of It was really interesting

1059
00:52:51,239 --> 00:52:55,080
Speaker 1: to watch, I mean, and I think that nationally, as

1060
00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:58,600
Speaker 1: the weeks progressed through the five episodes, I think people

1061
00:52:58,719 --> 00:53:00,960
Speaker 1: kind of grew to really life the Browns. I mean,

1062
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:03,279
Speaker 1: I really do. When we go on the road now,

1063
00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 1: I mean, people seem to really light the Browns, and

1064
00:53:06,120 --> 00:53:08,200
Speaker 1: I know there are a lot of Browns fans scattered

1065
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:12,120
Speaker 1: across the nation, but still, I think people really enjoyed

1066
00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:15,160
Speaker 1: watching them and kind of said, you know what, boy,

1067
00:53:15,239 --> 00:53:17,520
Speaker 1: I mean, it just seems like, you know, they're very

1068
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:21,280
Speaker 1: close to tasting some wins and turning this thing around.

1069
00:53:21,560 --> 00:53:24,080
Speaker 1: And I think people kind of started a root for

1070
00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:26,560
Speaker 1: them a little bit. So that was the after effect

1071
00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:28,799
Speaker 1: of it. As it went on, it was like anything else.

1072
00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:31,840
Speaker 1: I think you really noticed it with all the cameras

1073
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:34,919
Speaker 1: being there and all the microphones and you know, and people,

1074
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:37,760
Speaker 1: a lot of technicians running around. But as the days

1075
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:39,960
Speaker 1: ticked off and you went into the second and the

1076
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:42,399
Speaker 1: third week, it was kind of like you didn't even

1077
00:53:42,440 --> 00:53:45,560
Speaker 1: realize that they were around, but you were glued to

1078
00:53:45,640 --> 00:53:47,880
Speaker 1: the episode whatever it was going to come up on

1079
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: that particular Tuesday night. Jim, from where you sit, what's

1080
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:54,799
Speaker 1: your vibe on the game on Sunday as we head

1081
00:53:54,840 --> 00:53:58,640
Speaker 1: into the weekend. Well, the fun part about the Browns

1082
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:01,200
Speaker 1: is they really are playing well. I mean their win

1083
00:54:01,239 --> 00:54:05,080
Speaker 1: over Atlanta was as solid a win as I think

1084
00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:08,360
Speaker 1: I've seen them have in many many years. Top to bottom,

1085
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:10,840
Speaker 1: all three phases of the game. You know, if Mayfield

1086
00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:14,400
Speaker 1: played well, jump ran the ball well, the offense played efficiently,

1087
00:54:14,760 --> 00:54:18,040
Speaker 1: the defense was terrific. Special teams which has been a

1088
00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:21,040
Speaker 1: problem for them, they even played very well in that game.

1089
00:54:21,800 --> 00:54:24,880
Speaker 1: The Browns are kind of growing, and they're growing pretty

1090
00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:27,680
Speaker 1: fast now. In the last you know, four or five weeks,

1091
00:54:27,719 --> 00:54:30,319
Speaker 1: I mean they've won on the road. Now, they've won

1092
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:34,600
Speaker 1: back to back games. These have been huge obstacles mark

1093
00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:37,360
Speaker 1: for the Browns to get up and over and that

1094
00:54:37,520 --> 00:54:40,400
Speaker 1: they're sending to, you know, to have good things happen,

1095
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:43,759
Speaker 1: and they're putting them together, which is a very very

1096
00:54:43,840 --> 00:54:46,880
Speaker 1: key component to becoming a really good franchise and a

1097
00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:50,040
Speaker 1: good football team. And so it's it's really fun. I mean,

1098
00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:53,200
Speaker 1: I think people are really excited now to see them

1099
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:55,880
Speaker 1: play on Sunday, to see what they can do this

1100
00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:59,080
Speaker 1: week and what will Baker Mayfield to this week, because

1101
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:02,120
Speaker 1: not only are they, you know, doing better on the scoreboard,

1102
00:55:02,239 --> 00:55:04,080
Speaker 1: but there are a lot of fun to watch. I mean,

1103
00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:07,200
Speaker 1: he is a lot of fun to watch play quarterback.

1104
00:55:07,320 --> 00:55:10,359
Speaker 1: I used to really enjoy watching him playing college, and

1105
00:55:10,480 --> 00:55:13,200
Speaker 1: I wondered if it would translate into the NFL. But

1106
00:55:13,239 --> 00:55:14,880
Speaker 1: I have to tell you, I can't get enough of

1107
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:18,239
Speaker 1: them so far. The way he's been playing, He's got

1108
00:55:18,239 --> 00:55:20,440
Speaker 1: to be winning over the city big right now, because

1109
00:55:20,880 --> 00:55:24,960
Speaker 1: every week the road is paved with former Brown's quarterbacks

1110
00:55:25,000 --> 00:55:27,319
Speaker 1: who are at one point the hope of the franchise.

1111
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:29,640
Speaker 1: And we just saw Colt McCoy a couple of weeks ago,

1112
00:55:29,719 --> 00:55:31,799
Speaker 1: and we have Brandon Weedon here as a backup, and

1113
00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:33,680
Speaker 1: the list goes on and on. So I know this

1114
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:36,919
Speaker 1: is not news to you. Your thoughts on that, Yeah,

1115
00:55:36,960 --> 00:55:42,040
Speaker 1: this has been the position that has strangled the football team.

1116
00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:44,799
Speaker 1: It really has and they've tried it all different way,

1117
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:48,080
Speaker 1: spark drafting guys in the first round, drafting guys in

1118
00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:51,880
Speaker 1: the food round, taking these big, you know, college stars

1119
00:55:52,280 --> 00:55:55,480
Speaker 1: and bringing them into the NFL, but usually not the

1120
00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:59,480
Speaker 1: quarterbacks bot just not having enough support system around them

1121
00:55:59,719 --> 00:56:02,759
Speaker 1: to allow of them to succeed in the NFL, and

1122
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:06,279
Speaker 1: you get a lot of broken quarterbacks, broken physically and

1123
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:10,320
Speaker 1: broken in and mentally as far as confidence is concerned

1124
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:13,120
Speaker 1: to as they walk out of town. So to see

1125
00:56:13,160 --> 00:56:17,400
Speaker 1: a kid come in here and really succeed um is

1126
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:20,719
Speaker 1: just that's the brightest spot. That's the brightest spot of

1127
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:23,160
Speaker 1: the season so far. I think if they have walked

1128
00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:27,200
Speaker 1: out of the year and and if this still could happen, Mark,

1129
00:56:27,239 --> 00:56:29,400
Speaker 1: if they walk out of the year and they don't

1130
00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:32,040
Speaker 1: add a you know, a couple of more wins onto

1131
00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:34,120
Speaker 1: the wind total, but if they walk out of the

1132
00:56:34,239 --> 00:56:38,360
Speaker 1: year and see Baker Mayfield playing every week and continuing

1133
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:41,200
Speaker 1: to improve, then the year has been a huge success

1134
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:44,120
Speaker 1: and the future looks very very bright. And that will

1135
00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:47,120
Speaker 1: send people off into the off season with a lot

1136
00:56:47,160 --> 00:56:51,080
Speaker 1: of excitement, a lot of anticipation and optimism as we

1137
00:56:51,160 --> 00:56:53,719
Speaker 1: go forward. And that just hasn't been the case here

1138
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:57,240
Speaker 1: since nineteen ninety nine when they were reborn. Great stuff

1139
00:56:57,239 --> 00:57:01,560
Speaker 1: there from Jim Donovan play play of the Cleveland Browns.

1140
00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:03,880
Speaker 1: We're gonna break. I want to remind you. Parents, grab

1141
00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:05,560
Speaker 1: your kids and their friends. Join us for a free

1142
00:57:05,600 --> 00:57:08,160
Speaker 1: day at play and Levy Park on Monday, December third,

1143
00:57:08,360 --> 00:57:10,759
Speaker 1: from four to six pm. Play sixty at the Park,

1144
00:57:10,800 --> 00:57:14,759
Speaker 1: presented by Texas Children's Hospital, will feature special appearances by

1145
00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:19,720
Speaker 1: a Houston Texans player, cheerleaders, Toro, and more. Additional information

1146
00:57:19,760 --> 00:57:24,800
Speaker 1: available on Houston Texans dot com events calendar. It sounds

1147
00:57:24,840 --> 00:57:28,320
Speaker 1: like a really fun day. I'll be here working doing radio,

1148
00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:30,280
Speaker 1: but parents, you can get your kids out for our

1149
00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:32,880
Speaker 1: Play sixty event. All right, coming up, I got two

1150
00:57:32,920 --> 00:57:35,080
Speaker 1: things to do. I got my first community credit Union

1151
00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:37,240
Speaker 1: first glance keys to the game, and I got my

1152
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:40,080
Speaker 1: Texans pick them picks straight up against the spread. We'll

1153
00:57:40,120 --> 00:57:41,920
Speaker 1: do all that next right here in Texas will Access.

1154
00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:44,760
Speaker 1: All right, Texas fans, We've got a two way go

1155
00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:47,120
Speaker 1: in this segment. We got two things that we need

1156
00:57:47,160 --> 00:57:51,080
Speaker 1: to do in this segment. Number one, we gotta do

1157
00:57:51,120 --> 00:57:53,160
Speaker 1: our keys to the game, our first community credit Union

1158
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:55,880
Speaker 1: first glance keys to the game. And then we gotta

1159
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:58,080
Speaker 1: do our Texans pick them where I pick all games

1160
00:57:58,080 --> 00:58:00,400
Speaker 1: straight up and against the spread. So we have got

1161
00:58:00,440 --> 00:58:03,480
Speaker 1: a lot to do. So I flipped a coin just

1162
00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:08,440
Speaker 1: like you would, and the coin came up keys first.

1163
00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:11,880
Speaker 1: So let's jump into our first Community Credit Union first glance.

1164
00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:15,200
Speaker 1: Keys to the Game has brought to you by FCCU,

1165
00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:19,160
Speaker 1: the Official Credit Union of the Houston Texans. Now let's

1166
00:58:19,200 --> 00:58:23,000
Speaker 1: start on the offensive side of the ball, going against

1167
00:58:23,000 --> 00:58:26,480
Speaker 1: this Browns defense. Now, statistically, this Browns defense, if you

1168
00:58:26,600 --> 00:58:30,040
Speaker 1: just looked at those the key stats were on pass yard,

1169
00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:32,080
Speaker 1: they've given up all those kind of things. Not going

1170
00:58:32,160 --> 00:58:34,520
Speaker 1: into advanced metrics, and I'm sure on some advanced metrics

1171
00:58:34,560 --> 00:58:39,040
Speaker 1: they're probably, yeah, not probably, they are better than the

1172
00:58:39,200 --> 00:58:42,920
Speaker 1: numbers appear. But the numbers are really not great for

1173
00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:51,000
Speaker 1: this defense except for one one highly significant number turnovers.

1174
00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:57,320
Speaker 1: They are unbelievable turning teams over. They have created twenty

1175
00:58:57,520 --> 00:59:04,800
Speaker 1: seven turnovers, twenty seven, fourteen interceptions, thirteen fumbles recovered. But

1176
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:07,600
Speaker 1: they're twenty eighth and rushing yards, twenty ninth in passing yards,

1177
00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:11,440
Speaker 1: and thirty first and total yards given up. But they

1178
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:15,520
Speaker 1: counter that with turnovers generated. So let's get into our keys.

1179
00:59:15,840 --> 00:59:19,200
Speaker 1: For the Texans offense, Number one, take care of the football.

1180
00:59:20,600 --> 00:59:23,760
Speaker 1: The Browns league league and takeaways. They cannot put cheap

1181
00:59:23,760 --> 00:59:26,000
Speaker 1: points up on the board because you've given them the

1182
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:29,120
Speaker 1: ball or given them fuel position. You cannot do that.

1183
00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:33,000
Speaker 1: So take care of the football. I'm not saying don't

1184
00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:34,720
Speaker 1: take chances. In fact, I'm gonna get to one here

1185
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:37,560
Speaker 1: in just a second. But take care of the ball.

1186
00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:40,280
Speaker 1: Wrap it up DeAndre Carter, wrap it up and returns

1187
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:44,240
Speaker 1: after contact. Make sure you're securing the football, and make

1188
00:59:44,280 --> 00:59:48,760
Speaker 1: sure that the Texans offense does not give the Browns

1189
00:59:48,800 --> 00:59:53,600
Speaker 1: defense to football. Number two, Miles Garrett is an uber beast.

1190
00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:58,280
Speaker 1: They've gone against some of the best pass rushers in

1191
00:59:58,320 --> 01:00:01,200
Speaker 1: the league thus far this year. If you think about it,

1192
01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:07,400
Speaker 1: They've gone against let's see, gone against de Marcus Lawrence

1193
01:00:07,560 --> 01:00:11,520
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. Then they went against god knows how many

1194
01:00:11,520 --> 01:00:13,640
Speaker 1: guys and the Buffalo Bills, and yeah, well, I don't

1195
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:15,840
Speaker 1: know anybody for the Bills. That's on you, because the

1196
01:00:15,880 --> 01:00:18,920
Speaker 1: Bills are pretty good. Then they faced Von Miller and

1197
01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:22,640
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb, they faced Cameron wake on a Thursday night,

1198
01:00:23,440 --> 01:00:27,640
Speaker 1: they faced Brian Rackbo and Harold Landry. The other night

1199
01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:29,840
Speaker 1: for the Titans. Not quite in that class, but still

1200
01:00:29,880 --> 01:00:32,920
Speaker 1: pretty solid. And now they're facing maybe the best athlete

1201
01:00:33,160 --> 01:00:35,520
Speaker 1: of the bunch, and that's Myles Garrett. Now the Browns

1202
01:00:35,520 --> 01:00:37,120
Speaker 1: will move them around a little bit, they'll bump him

1203
01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:39,960
Speaker 1: inside because he's shrunk like Clowney. He can go against

1204
01:00:39,960 --> 01:00:43,040
Speaker 1: guards and win against guards. But it's gonna take a

1205
01:00:43,080 --> 01:00:48,600
Speaker 1: full team effort on Miles Garrett. His speed is unbelievable,

1206
01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:52,800
Speaker 1: So Julian Davenport's gonna have his hands full. Kenneth lamb

1207
01:00:52,840 --> 01:00:56,760
Speaker 1: Hill mostly rush from the right side, his right defensive

1208
01:00:57,200 --> 01:01:01,640
Speaker 1: the offensive left, so he's coming and he is immense,

1209
01:01:03,200 --> 01:01:06,920
Speaker 1: So chips double teams. Anything that the Texans can do

1210
01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:09,680
Speaker 1: to slow him down, they've got to do because I

1211
01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:11,959
Speaker 1: don't know that there's anybody else that you go, okay,

1212
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:16,280
Speaker 1: that guy's okay. Emmanuel Agba formerly if Houston, great Houston

1213
01:01:16,320 --> 01:01:19,800
Speaker 1: home boy, good athlete, but not the rusher that Miles

1214
01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:23,000
Speaker 1: Garrett can be. And even Garrett's not truly polished, but

1215
01:01:23,120 --> 01:01:27,400
Speaker 1: his athleticism is unbelievable. So if the Texans are one

1216
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:29,160
Speaker 1: on one with him, if they go empty and they're

1217
01:01:29,160 --> 01:01:32,320
Speaker 1: one on one, it's Juliane or probably Julian one on

1218
01:01:32,320 --> 01:01:34,880
Speaker 1: one with Miles Garrett. Shawn's gotta get the football out.

1219
01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:36,600
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a full team effort. It's gonna be back,

1220
01:01:36,640 --> 01:01:39,200
Speaker 1: it's gonna be tight End's gotta be Juliane. It's got

1221
01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:44,040
Speaker 1: to be everybody and in including DeShawn Watson. It's all

1222
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:46,360
Speaker 1: got to work together to make sure Miles Garrett doesn't

1223
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:49,080
Speaker 1: change the game. Keep pounding the rock. He Number three,

1224
01:01:49,560 --> 01:01:51,520
Speaker 1: make the front six or seven have to defend it

1225
01:01:51,560 --> 01:01:53,840
Speaker 1: like Tennessee was forced to. And I saw it in

1226
01:01:53,920 --> 01:01:56,919
Speaker 1: a game against Tennessee. They had Tennessee worn down, Droll

1227
01:01:57,000 --> 01:01:58,800
Speaker 1: Casey was struggling to get up off the ground a

1228
01:01:58,800 --> 01:02:02,560
Speaker 1: few times. Number four challenge the second level defenders to

1229
01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:05,120
Speaker 1: cover inside receivers and tight ends of the passing game.

1230
01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:09,280
Speaker 1: Make them have to cover Kiki Qt, DeAndre Carter and

1231
01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:11,680
Speaker 1: the tight ends. I don't think they can do it now.

1232
01:02:11,720 --> 01:02:14,000
Speaker 1: Joe Schobert does a decent job of covering up tight ends.

1233
01:02:14,520 --> 01:02:17,200
Speaker 1: But last year I felt like the Shawn Watson went

1234
01:02:17,200 --> 01:02:19,000
Speaker 1: to Ryan Griffin, he went to the short stuff, and

1235
01:02:19,040 --> 01:02:20,920
Speaker 1: those guys were able to take that and turn that

1236
01:02:21,040 --> 01:02:24,840
Speaker 1: into big place. But I think the inside receiving game

1237
01:02:24,920 --> 01:02:27,600
Speaker 1: if you will ends up being a big factor in

1238
01:02:27,600 --> 01:02:29,760
Speaker 1: this one. Number five, take the profit of the passing game.

1239
01:02:29,840 --> 01:02:33,040
Speaker 1: Kind of works with number four. If an underneath throws

1240
01:02:33,080 --> 01:02:35,840
Speaker 1: open to Sean, take it. Move the next down. You

1241
01:02:35,840 --> 01:02:38,560
Speaker 1: don't have to get greedy. Just take what's there. There'll

1242
01:02:38,600 --> 01:02:41,640
Speaker 1: be some things there. They will give it up. They're

1243
01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:44,840
Speaker 1: still young in the Secondarie Broll Pepper's second year, Denzel

1244
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:48,400
Speaker 1: Ward rookie Travis Carrey's first year in Cleveland. So they've

1245
01:02:48,440 --> 01:02:52,160
Speaker 1: got some inexperience back in the secondary. They'll give you

1246
01:02:52,200 --> 01:02:54,640
Speaker 1: some stuff, but my guess is they're they're gonna take

1247
01:02:54,680 --> 01:02:58,400
Speaker 1: away deep shots. They're gonna give you underneae. Take the profit.

1248
01:02:58,720 --> 01:03:04,720
Speaker 1: But six, take the shot play when it's there. Take

1249
01:03:04,720 --> 01:03:06,400
Speaker 1: the shot play when it's there. All let's flip over

1250
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:10,840
Speaker 1: the defensive side, stopping the Brown's offense. Number one, make

1251
01:03:11,160 --> 01:03:13,320
Speaker 1: the well, and you fort me talk about this. The well,

1252
01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:16,720
Speaker 1: the pocket from which Baker Mayfield has to throw. When

1253
01:03:16,720 --> 01:03:21,400
Speaker 1: the Texans did a better job of taking the well

1254
01:03:21,480 --> 01:03:23,960
Speaker 1: and clamping it down on Mariota, guess what they did.

1255
01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:27,520
Speaker 1: They sacked him when they had when they had fractures

1256
01:03:27,560 --> 01:03:30,040
Speaker 1: in it. When one outside rusher got too far upfield.

1257
01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:32,680
Speaker 1: Then Mariota could scoot out of there. Baker will do

1258
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:37,160
Speaker 1: the same thing. Now he'll scoot out to throw. He'll

1259
01:03:37,240 --> 01:03:38,959
Speaker 1: run a little bit, but he'll scoot out the throw.

1260
01:03:39,200 --> 01:03:41,000
Speaker 1: Mariota was gonna scoot out and he was gonna run

1261
01:03:41,120 --> 01:03:44,440
Speaker 1: or make some crazy flip player whatever. But close the

1262
01:03:44,440 --> 01:03:46,760
Speaker 1: well down on Baker and make his eyes go to

1263
01:03:46,800 --> 01:03:52,520
Speaker 1: the rushers. Number two, bring multiple hats to Nick Chubb.

1264
01:03:52,960 --> 01:03:56,640
Speaker 1: Bring a lot of dudes to Nick Chubb. Nick Chubb's

1265
01:03:56,640 --> 01:03:59,800
Speaker 1: going great tackles. He is strong, He is a Ferrari

1266
01:04:00,040 --> 01:04:02,880
Speaker 1: with an F one fifty engine. He is going to

1267
01:04:02,920 --> 01:04:05,160
Speaker 1: be powerful. So you got to bring a lot of

1268
01:04:05,240 --> 01:04:08,520
Speaker 1: dudes to come tackle him. Thankfully, guys like Zach Cuttingham

1269
01:04:08,920 --> 01:04:11,880
Speaker 1: have played him before and played him. They played him

1270
01:04:11,960 --> 01:04:14,520
Speaker 1: once a year when he was at Georgia, when Zach

1271
01:04:14,600 --> 01:04:16,560
Speaker 1: was at Vanderbilt, so they know each other a little bit.

1272
01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:20,760
Speaker 1: Number three challenge Browns to find Clowney every play, because

1273
01:04:20,880 --> 01:04:23,000
Speaker 1: if they have to do that and they're looking for

1274
01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:24,720
Speaker 1: a clown he look for ninety they're gonna lose sight.

1275
01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:26,760
Speaker 1: In ninety nine, fifty nine, ninety five and all the

1276
01:04:26,800 --> 01:04:29,840
Speaker 1: rest of the guys up front, including forty one fifty five,

1277
01:04:30,360 --> 01:04:32,600
Speaker 1: So make them have to find clowning move him around

1278
01:04:32,640 --> 01:04:36,640
Speaker 1: a little bit. I think that always helps. Number four

1279
01:04:37,280 --> 01:04:40,040
Speaker 1: wide receiver posing is a tight end. David Joku is

1280
01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:44,680
Speaker 1: a handful. When he's flexed away from lash scrimmage stream

1281
01:04:44,760 --> 01:04:47,400
Speaker 1: like a receiver, do not let him. Do not treat

1282
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:49,000
Speaker 1: him like a tight end. Now, the good thing in

1283
01:04:49,040 --> 01:04:52,280
Speaker 1: that is the Texas personnel lends to that because if

1284
01:04:52,280 --> 01:04:54,520
Speaker 1: the Texas go Nickel, if he's flexed away from lash scrimmage,

1285
01:04:54,520 --> 01:04:58,760
Speaker 1: more unlikely they're gonna be an eleven personnel, maybe even

1286
01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:01,640
Speaker 1: he's on the field of seleven personnel. But I would

1287
01:05:01,640 --> 01:05:03,560
Speaker 1: if I'm the Texas, I treat almost like ten personnel,

1288
01:05:03,640 --> 01:05:05,880
Speaker 1: which means in Texas are nickel and dime, which means

1289
01:05:05,960 --> 01:05:09,560
Speaker 1: cream Jackson, which I like that matchup. Other teams can't

1290
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:11,760
Speaker 1: match up a guy like that within Joku, but I

1291
01:05:11,760 --> 01:05:13,720
Speaker 1: think you have to, and the Texans can with Kareem

1292
01:05:13,800 --> 01:05:16,520
Speaker 1: Jackson in particular, when he flexed away treaming like a

1293
01:05:16,520 --> 01:05:19,160
Speaker 1: wide receiver. Number five, it Mayfield steps out of the pocket.

1294
01:05:19,800 --> 01:05:25,840
Speaker 1: Treat him like chubb Ie, get him and hit him

1295
01:05:26,240 --> 01:05:29,440
Speaker 1: and hit him hard. Number six, keep rookie wide receiver

1296
01:05:29,600 --> 01:05:34,720
Speaker 1: and Tonio Callaway in front all day long, or what

1297
01:05:34,720 --> 01:05:36,920
Speaker 1: I mean by keep him in front? No deep shots,

1298
01:05:37,200 --> 01:05:40,160
Speaker 1: no deep shots to Callaway. Can't let that guy get loose.

1299
01:05:40,480 --> 01:05:44,080
Speaker 1: He is an explosive guy. He's essentially a first round

1300
01:05:44,120 --> 01:05:46,800
Speaker 1: talent the Browns got later in the draft because he

1301
01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:50,080
Speaker 1: off the field is a mess and if he keeps

1302
01:05:50,080 --> 01:05:52,840
Speaker 1: it together, the Browns gotta steal. But don't let him

1303
01:05:52,840 --> 01:05:55,680
Speaker 1: impact the game by by getting a deep shot behind everybody.

1304
01:05:55,720 --> 01:05:57,440
Speaker 1: The Texans have done a decent job of keeping the

1305
01:05:57,480 --> 01:06:00,240
Speaker 1: deep shots in front lately and they got to do

1306
01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:03,240
Speaker 1: that again. Baker will take his shots, but if he's

1307
01:06:03,280 --> 01:06:06,080
Speaker 1: got to hold it a little bit longer to try

1308
01:06:06,080 --> 01:06:08,680
Speaker 1: and get those shots to him, maybe maybe not. And

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01:06:08,760 --> 01:06:11,440
Speaker 1: that's gotta be one thing. Keep it in front. If

1310
01:06:11,440 --> 01:06:13,320
Speaker 1: he's gonna throw it down the field, they've got to

1311
01:06:13,360 --> 01:06:16,120
Speaker 1: get pressure with that time that he needs to throw.

1312
01:06:16,640 --> 01:06:19,000
Speaker 1: And then Baker's off target a little bit, then maybe

1313
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:21,720
Speaker 1: they eliminate that from the game plan. But no deep shots,

1314
01:06:21,760 --> 01:06:24,880
Speaker 1: Antonio Kalloway, those are your first community credit Union, first

1315
01:06:24,920 --> 01:06:28,560
Speaker 1: glance keys to the game. Now let's get to our

1316
01:06:28,600 --> 01:06:31,000
Speaker 1: Texas pick. I'm presented by Train for a chance to

1317
01:06:31,000 --> 01:06:34,760
Speaker 1: win great weekly prizes like autographed items, Texans tickets, or

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01:06:34,840 --> 01:06:38,920
Speaker 1: even a cruise. Download the Texans mobile app to play

1319
01:06:39,160 --> 01:06:43,840
Speaker 1: now with Texans pick them. I believe it's only straight up.

1320
01:06:44,760 --> 01:06:47,840
Speaker 1: I every week give you my picks, straight up and

1321
01:06:47,960 --> 01:06:50,960
Speaker 1: against the spread, and I gave you one last night. Well,

1322
01:06:51,040 --> 01:06:52,640
Speaker 1: I gave him a buddy one last night when he

1323
01:06:52,680 --> 01:06:57,200
Speaker 1: asked for the picks because I picked Dallas straight up,

1324
01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:00,480
Speaker 1: straight up to upset. No, actually, I pick Dallas to

1325
01:07:00,600 --> 01:07:03,520
Speaker 1: cover the spread. I didn't with him. I only picked

1326
01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:06,240
Speaker 1: the spread, So I picked Dallas straight I would have

1327
01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:08,640
Speaker 1: picked I would have picked New Orleans to win close,

1328
01:07:09,920 --> 01:07:12,640
Speaker 1: but Dallas to get inside. Dallas is a dog by

1329
01:07:12,680 --> 01:07:14,920
Speaker 1: seven and a half at home. I gotta win last

1330
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:17,600
Speaker 1: night thirteen ten. Boy, that was that was a pull.

1331
01:07:18,080 --> 01:07:20,000
Speaker 1: That game reminded me of the Texans game in some

1332
01:07:20,080 --> 01:07:24,880
Speaker 1: sense in that it was hard hitting, physical on both sides,

1333
01:07:25,720 --> 01:07:30,680
Speaker 1: and little scoring. I mean both both games primetime games,

1334
01:07:30,680 --> 01:07:34,440
Speaker 1: and dudes were just getting blasted. Man. That was really

1335
01:07:34,560 --> 01:07:35,960
Speaker 1: for a guy that played a lot of defense in

1336
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:39,320
Speaker 1: his career. That was really fun to watch. So I'm

1337
01:07:39,360 --> 01:07:42,440
Speaker 1: want to know at least that you know of. But

1338
01:07:43,120 --> 01:07:45,200
Speaker 1: I've got people that have vouch for this. So here

1339
01:07:45,280 --> 01:07:49,640
Speaker 1: we go. Let's start with Sunday's noon kicks. Now, Houston Cleveland.

1340
01:07:49,720 --> 01:07:52,080
Speaker 1: You know how I am. I don't pick against my

1341
01:07:52,120 --> 01:07:54,520
Speaker 1: heart or my head or anything there. The Texas are

1342
01:07:54,520 --> 01:07:57,600
Speaker 1: favored by five and a half over Cleveland five and

1343
01:07:57,600 --> 01:07:59,280
Speaker 1: a half, So I'll let you decide what you want

1344
01:07:59,280 --> 01:08:00,840
Speaker 1: to do with that. When you're Texans fans, so you

1345
01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:03,360
Speaker 1: better pick them to win as I would. The Texas

1346
01:08:03,360 --> 01:08:04,960
Speaker 1: is gonna be favored by thirty five and still pick

1347
01:08:05,040 --> 01:08:08,040
Speaker 1: them to cover the spread because I can't go against hearthead,

1348
01:08:08,080 --> 01:08:10,200
Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. So eliminate that game, would

1349
01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:12,480
Speaker 1: do the rest of them. Let's go. Arizona goes to

1350
01:08:12,560 --> 01:08:15,080
Speaker 1: green Bay and green Bay is favored by fourteen and

1351
01:08:15,080 --> 01:08:18,160
Speaker 1: a half. This is the stretch run for green Bay.

1352
01:08:18,240 --> 01:08:22,439
Speaker 1: I think Arizona is Arizona is gonna be looking for

1353
01:08:22,560 --> 01:08:25,960
Speaker 1: players that can help them at twenty nineteen going forward.

1354
01:08:26,160 --> 01:08:28,639
Speaker 1: Not to say that Arizona's tanking in anyway, but they've

1355
01:08:28,680 --> 01:08:30,760
Speaker 1: got to see some young players get on the field,

1356
01:08:30,760 --> 01:08:32,280
Speaker 1: and I think that is going to be to the

1357
01:08:32,320 --> 01:08:34,479
Speaker 1: detriment the Cardinals. Rest of the way, green Bay to

1358
01:08:34,600 --> 01:08:39,280
Speaker 1: cover the fourteen and a half win by fifteen or more. Wow.

1359
01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:41,519
Speaker 1: But green Bay is gonna do it at home. I

1360
01:08:41,520 --> 01:08:44,000
Speaker 1: think this is a must it's a must win, It's

1361
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:46,479
Speaker 1: a must respond to Aaron Rodgers. It's a must respond

1362
01:08:46,520 --> 01:08:48,599
Speaker 1: for Aaron Rodgers kind of game. So let's go green

1363
01:08:48,600 --> 01:08:50,760
Speaker 1: Bay to cover that fourteen and a half. Chicago goes

1364
01:08:50,800 --> 01:08:54,800
Speaker 1: to the Giants. The Giants are falling out of the

1365
01:08:54,880 --> 01:08:57,960
Speaker 1: race in the nfcast, So when I did this, I

1366
01:08:58,040 --> 01:09:00,240
Speaker 1: did think New Orleans was gonna win, which would brought

1367
01:09:00,320 --> 01:09:03,160
Speaker 1: Dallas back to six and six. A win here for

1368
01:09:03,200 --> 01:09:05,160
Speaker 1: the Giants would have gotten them to four and eight

1369
01:09:05,240 --> 01:09:07,920
Speaker 1: two games and then they I think they've got the

1370
01:09:07,960 --> 01:09:11,360
Speaker 1: Cowboys coming up, so they could have a shot. I

1371
01:09:11,400 --> 01:09:13,640
Speaker 1: don't know how much the Giants will look at this

1372
01:09:13,720 --> 01:09:16,280
Speaker 1: and say, ah, we're still in this now. They had

1373
01:09:16,320 --> 01:09:20,719
Speaker 1: that kind of that verve, if you will, a couple

1374
01:09:20,720 --> 01:09:22,400
Speaker 1: of weeks ago. I don't know if they still have it,

1375
01:09:22,560 --> 01:09:26,360
Speaker 1: but I do think the Giants at home will make

1376
01:09:26,400 --> 01:09:28,000
Speaker 1: it tough for the Bears. The Bears got to go

1377
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:30,960
Speaker 1: on the road again after a Thanksgiving Day win. I

1378
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:33,120
Speaker 1: think the Bears will win this, but the Giants are

1379
01:09:33,200 --> 01:09:35,679
Speaker 1: four and a half point underdog at home, so I'm

1380
01:09:35,680 --> 01:09:40,320
Speaker 1: thinking it's close, so New York to cover, Chicago to win.

1381
01:09:40,720 --> 01:09:44,320
Speaker 1: Carolina goes to Tampa Bay. Carolina beat by Seattle at

1382
01:09:44,360 --> 01:09:47,800
Speaker 1: home and Allen stung and Tampa Bay's played a little

1383
01:09:47,840 --> 01:09:49,600
Speaker 1: bit better with Jameis Wins did not great for a

1384
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:51,880
Speaker 1: little bit better, but still four and seven must win

1385
01:09:51,960 --> 01:09:54,920
Speaker 1: for Carolina. So I'm taking Carolina to cover the three

1386
01:09:54,960 --> 01:09:57,240
Speaker 1: and a half and went on the road at Tampa Bay.

1387
01:09:57,320 --> 01:10:03,400
Speaker 1: Baltimore going to Atlanta Joe Flacco still injured. That means

1388
01:10:03,479 --> 01:10:06,479
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson going to Atlanta. Atlanta's favored by one and

1389
01:10:06,479 --> 01:10:08,400
Speaker 1: a half at home. I do not like that. I

1390
01:10:08,439 --> 01:10:12,960
Speaker 1: think Baltimore lets Lamar Jackson loose on the road. Baltimore

1391
01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:15,200
Speaker 1: if Lamar Jackson stays at quarterback, ends up being a

1392
01:10:15,240 --> 01:10:16,920
Speaker 1: team I don't want to see in the playoffs. Just

1393
01:10:16,920 --> 01:10:20,920
Speaker 1: saying that up front, Yes he will struggle at some point,

1394
01:10:21,640 --> 01:10:23,799
Speaker 1: but it didn't happen right now. And he is scary

1395
01:10:23,800 --> 01:10:25,719
Speaker 1: with the ball in his hands. I've said this for years.

1396
01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:28,240
Speaker 1: I said it once draft season started. He was the

1397
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:30,479
Speaker 1: kind of guy you wanted to have at quarterback because

1398
01:10:30,479 --> 01:10:31,720
Speaker 1: of what he could do with the ball in his

1399
01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:34,080
Speaker 1: hands and I'm going with him and the Ravens to

1400
01:10:34,160 --> 01:10:37,240
Speaker 1: beat in Atlanta on Sunday. Down in Atlanta, the Rams

1401
01:10:37,240 --> 01:10:40,240
Speaker 1: going to Detroit. Detroit's a dog by ten and a half.

1402
01:10:40,280 --> 01:10:45,920
Speaker 1: I'm taking Detroit to cover the Rams win. The Lions

1403
01:10:45,920 --> 01:10:48,000
Speaker 1: will get inside that ten and a half somehow, some way.

1404
01:10:48,200 --> 01:10:50,559
Speaker 1: Denver goes to Cincinnati on a little bit of a

1405
01:10:50,600 --> 01:10:53,240
Speaker 1: hot street and as such they're favored by four and

1406
01:10:53,280 --> 01:10:57,320
Speaker 1: a half. The flip side of that is Cincinnati is

1407
01:10:57,960 --> 01:11:00,400
Speaker 1: playing a string out and he don't hurt after Risk

1408
01:11:00,439 --> 01:11:03,000
Speaker 1: will be the quarterback. They've got a mess on defense,

1409
01:11:03,080 --> 01:11:06,080
Speaker 1: Guys are banged up. AJ Green might play this week.

1410
01:11:06,680 --> 01:11:09,680
Speaker 1: Don't really know exactly what the status will be in

1411
01:11:09,760 --> 01:11:11,680
Speaker 1: the game if he does play, how many plays he

1412
01:11:11,720 --> 01:11:14,080
Speaker 1: will play, etc. So I'm going with Denver. They've been

1413
01:11:14,120 --> 01:11:16,400
Speaker 1: feeling it a little bit. Two big wins, Chargers on

1414
01:11:16,439 --> 01:11:17,960
Speaker 1: the road, stealers at home. Now they go on the

1415
01:11:18,040 --> 01:11:20,840
Speaker 1: road and favored. Let's see how they deal with success.

1416
01:11:20,840 --> 01:11:23,439
Speaker 1: But I'm going with Denver to beat Cincinnati. Buffalo goes

1417
01:11:23,479 --> 01:11:26,160
Speaker 1: to Miami. I'm not really sure what to make a

1418
01:11:26,320 --> 01:11:29,519
Speaker 1: Miami really not, but I'm gonna go with them in

1419
01:11:29,680 --> 01:11:32,639
Speaker 1: kind of a last chance last house and the left

1420
01:11:32,680 --> 01:11:35,400
Speaker 1: sort of thing. Miami's five and six, they still get

1421
01:11:35,439 --> 01:11:37,320
Speaker 1: an outside shot at this thing. They're favored by four

1422
01:11:37,320 --> 01:11:39,759
Speaker 1: and a half. I'm gonna take Miami to win. Would

1423
01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:43,040
Speaker 1: not surprise me at all. Buffalo pulled a mild upset,

1424
01:11:43,080 --> 01:11:45,559
Speaker 1: but I'm going with Miami. Last house of the left,

1425
01:11:45,560 --> 01:11:48,240
Speaker 1: that's the last one they've got. Indianapolis goes to Jacksonville.

1426
01:11:48,479 --> 01:11:50,600
Speaker 1: The Jags are favored. I'm sorry, the Jags are a

1427
01:11:50,600 --> 01:11:52,559
Speaker 1: four and a half point underdog at home. Who would

1428
01:11:52,560 --> 01:11:56,160
Speaker 1: have thought that after Week two against New England. Jacksonville

1429
01:11:56,200 --> 01:11:59,719
Speaker 1: have a new offensive coordinator. It will have in your quarterback.

1430
01:12:00,200 --> 01:12:02,519
Speaker 1: I think that will help, but not enough. Indianapolis stays

1431
01:12:02,520 --> 01:12:04,080
Speaker 1: hot before they come in here. They get to win

1432
01:12:04,360 --> 01:12:07,559
Speaker 1: and the cover on the road. I'm sort of picking that.

1433
01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:09,960
Speaker 1: Hoping it goes the other way. It would be really

1434
01:12:10,040 --> 01:12:12,080
Speaker 1: nice that jackson okewand rise up and play well. The

1435
01:12:12,200 --> 01:12:15,680
Speaker 1: Jets take on Tennessee. Tennessee's favored by eight and a

1436
01:12:15,720 --> 01:12:18,360
Speaker 1: half at home. Bill bounce back and win this game,

1437
01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:19,760
Speaker 1: but I don't think it's by more than eight and

1438
01:12:19,760 --> 01:12:22,120
Speaker 1: a half. I think Tennessee get a touchdown win. That

1439
01:12:22,120 --> 01:12:23,559
Speaker 1: means the Jets get inside the eight and a half

1440
01:12:23,560 --> 01:12:26,200
Speaker 1: point number, So let's go Jets to cover Tennessee to win.

1441
01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:30,920
Speaker 1: Kansas City goes to Oakland. Oakland's a mess. Kansas City

1442
01:12:32,240 --> 01:12:34,840
Speaker 1: is coming off a bye week. I think Kansas City

1443
01:12:34,920 --> 01:12:38,439
Speaker 1: resting up defensively to play a little bit better. I

1444
01:12:38,479 --> 01:12:41,040
Speaker 1: think Kansas City covers that fourteen and a half on

1445
01:12:41,080 --> 01:12:43,680
Speaker 1: the road and beats Oakland in the afternoon. Minnesota goes

1446
01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:45,840
Speaker 1: to New England. This is kind of fun because they

1447
01:12:45,880 --> 01:12:48,120
Speaker 1: play every four years and this is a very unique

1448
01:12:48,160 --> 01:12:51,040
Speaker 1: matchup at Gulette Stadium. Now I'm going to New England.

1449
01:12:51,080 --> 01:12:52,920
Speaker 1: They're favored by five and a half. Love to see

1450
01:12:52,920 --> 01:12:55,599
Speaker 1: Minnesota win this one. Don't think it will. I think

1451
01:12:55,600 --> 01:12:57,920
Speaker 1: the Patriots walk out of there with the w by

1452
01:12:58,040 --> 01:13:01,280
Speaker 1: a touchdown or more. San Francisco goes to Seattle. San

1453
01:13:01,320 --> 01:13:05,439
Speaker 1: Francisco has been up and down since Jimmy Garoppolo was injured.

1454
01:13:06,080 --> 01:13:08,200
Speaker 1: They go to Seattle. Seattle favored by ten and a half.

1455
01:13:08,200 --> 01:13:11,040
Speaker 1: They got a huge win against Carolina last week. I

1456
01:13:11,080 --> 01:13:13,679
Speaker 1: don't think there's a letdown. I think Seattle continues to rise.

1457
01:13:13,920 --> 01:13:16,000
Speaker 1: They'll ride the running game and win this one by

1458
01:13:16,040 --> 01:13:17,639
Speaker 1: more than ten and a half. So Seattle to win

1459
01:13:17,840 --> 01:13:20,080
Speaker 1: and to cover in your Sunday night game has huge

1460
01:13:20,080 --> 01:13:24,560
Speaker 1: implications on the AFC playoff race. The Chargers go to Pittsburgh.

1461
01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:26,880
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh favored by only three and a half at home,

1462
01:13:26,960 --> 01:13:30,680
Speaker 1: so about even as Vegas sees it, or we're going

1463
01:13:30,680 --> 01:13:33,719
Speaker 1: with Pittsburgh to bounce back after that loss in Denver,

1464
01:13:34,240 --> 01:13:36,800
Speaker 1: would like to see the Chargers win this one. We

1465
01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:38,640
Speaker 1: don't think it's gonna happen. Pittsburgh is gonna get to

1466
01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:41,799
Speaker 1: win and to cover. The Monday night Washington gos to Philadelphia.

1467
01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:44,599
Speaker 1: I think Philadelphia wins this game. They're favored by a touchdown,

1468
01:13:44,840 --> 01:13:48,600
Speaker 1: but I do think Washington makes it close. Physically. Washington

1469
01:13:48,600 --> 01:13:51,120
Speaker 1: will match Philadelphia, but I think in the end Carson

1470
01:13:51,160 --> 01:13:56,160
Speaker 1: Wentz just does one more thing then Cole McCoy will do.

1471
01:13:56,240 --> 01:13:59,280
Speaker 1: Philadelphia gets to win, but Washington gets inside that touchdown

1472
01:14:00,080 --> 01:14:02,880
Speaker 1: underdog spread. All right, we got one final segment and

1473
01:14:02,960 --> 01:14:05,439
Speaker 1: it's our players segment, So we're gonna hear from Kreen

1474
01:14:05,520 --> 01:14:09,439
Speaker 1: Jackson and kjack tv AK player reporter and also former

1475
01:14:09,560 --> 01:14:12,640
Speaker 1: NFL player and current Texas GYM Brian Gaine with the

1476
01:14:12,640 --> 01:14:16,200
Speaker 1: game plan right here in Texas All Access. All right,

1477
01:14:16,280 --> 01:14:18,920
Speaker 1: let's get it going. Our final segment is our Players Segment,

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Speaker 1: Man's which teammate would be the best uber driver? You

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Speaker 1: have to go with the Shawn. You know, he he's uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, he's paid attention to details, and I don't

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Speaker 1: think he will get in a car accidence. He's gonna focus.

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01:14:53,600 --> 01:14:58,120
Speaker 1: He gonna be on his phone, all right. Ohn't nobody

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Speaker 1: that when I see d Flow on his phone all

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Speaker 1: the time. I'm gonna go with DJ dunny Man, DJ

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Speaker 1: Danny the best uber driver. I'm gonna get that. You

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Speaker 1: know already know he's gonna be playing that far, so yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna spend it. Probably be Lamar Lamar be the best.

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Speaker 1: Why do you say that? Always? Yo? He drive pretty good?

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01:15:15,080 --> 01:15:17,760
Speaker 1: You know you don't turn the music up in on

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Speaker 1: the phone, all right? Well, who will be the worst

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Speaker 1: uber driver? Be ma but McKinney number fifty five, number

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Speaker 1: fifty five. He mac got whipped though. I just want

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Speaker 1: to ride with him, just because he got whipped. I say, Kendall, Lamb.

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Speaker 1: You know, bit of a fast driver, you know, and

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Speaker 1: I like to keep my cars a little slower. I'm

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01:15:33,240 --> 01:15:34,760
Speaker 1: a bit of a slower paced type of driver. You know.

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Speaker 1: I'm not really a Houston or Okay, yeah, I think

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01:15:37,600 --> 01:15:39,800
Speaker 1: I'd like him to drive me then, because I gotta

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01:15:39,840 --> 01:15:42,000
Speaker 1: get their own want to be slow fucking I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: have to go with Kiki. You know, he a little short,

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Speaker 1: so you know he depends what kind of car here. Nah,

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Speaker 1: but uh, I'm gonna go KICKI all right, we can

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01:15:50,640 --> 01:15:53,000
Speaker 1: get him a boost to seat. I'm gonna just get

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Speaker 1: right too. I'm I'm gonna say you will be the

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Speaker 1: worst Uber driver on the team. I yeah, I've seen

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Speaker 1: you driving. You got a need for speed, man. I

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Speaker 1: got a license, man, you know what I mean, you

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01:16:04,280 --> 01:16:07,680
Speaker 1: can drive. They give everybody license. They got professional drive

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01:16:07,800 --> 01:16:10,160
Speaker 1: that drive you gotta do to click the right answers

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Speaker 1: on that chest. They give everybody drive a license, all right, man,

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Speaker 1: All right, it's time for the game plan. If you

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Speaker 1: want to wait a second, this is a player's segment. Well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: Brian Game used to be a former NFL player. He

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01:16:34,680 --> 01:16:36,960
Speaker 1: is now the current GM and it's time for Mark

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Speaker 1: VANNERM to spend a few minutes with the GM of

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Speaker 1: your team, Houston Texans. Brian Game. Brian, congratulations on eight

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Speaker 1: in a row. But let's start here. Very emotional weekend

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01:16:46,360 --> 01:16:49,519
Speaker 1: and evening leading into the game. Obviously the game itself,

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01:16:49,560 --> 01:16:53,400
Speaker 1: but your thoughts on honoring mister McNair and just the

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01:16:53,479 --> 01:16:56,840
Speaker 1: whole evening, going into it and living through it. Yeah, So,

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Speaker 1: first and foremost heartfelt condolences to the McNair family for

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Speaker 1: their loss. Bob McNair was a special person, special football man.

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01:17:07,320 --> 01:17:09,639
Speaker 1: Just thanks and gratitude to have to work under him

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01:17:10,080 --> 01:17:13,240
Speaker 1: and to have known him so supportive of of bills

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01:17:13,280 --> 01:17:16,120
Speaker 1: and my vision of the type of football program that

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01:17:16,160 --> 01:17:20,200
Speaker 1: we wanted to build here and fully supported that. So

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01:17:20,280 --> 01:17:23,160
Speaker 1: much respect for how he lived his life, his influence

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01:17:23,200 --> 01:17:26,360
Speaker 1: on so many, So many people have approached me and

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01:17:26,360 --> 01:17:29,519
Speaker 1: and actually thanked me and to pass that on to

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Speaker 1: the McNair family, just being a citizen and just being

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01:17:32,800 --> 01:17:36,360
Speaker 1: around the neighborhood and around town for bringing football back

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Speaker 1: to Houston, and I thought that was very touching. But

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01:17:39,680 --> 01:17:42,040
Speaker 1: he's influenced so many people in so many good ways,

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01:17:43,120 --> 01:17:44,960
Speaker 1: done so much for the greater good of the city

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01:17:44,960 --> 01:17:50,720
Speaker 1: of Houston. Always admired his patience, his grace, his intelligence,

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01:17:50,880 --> 01:17:55,559
Speaker 1: his kindness, very very genuine person. He was a great

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01:17:55,560 --> 01:17:59,000
Speaker 1: listener anytime Bill and I had something to discuss as

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01:17:59,040 --> 01:18:01,640
Speaker 1: related to football mats here in our organization. He was

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01:18:01,680 --> 01:18:04,479
Speaker 1: a wonderful listener and fully supportive of the visions that

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01:18:04,520 --> 01:18:07,720
Speaker 1: we wanted to implement. And he was a great family man.

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01:18:07,800 --> 01:18:11,480
Speaker 1: To see him with his kids and when his grandkids,

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01:18:12,120 --> 01:18:14,679
Speaker 1: it was neat to watch. And I think it hits

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01:18:14,720 --> 01:18:16,760
Speaker 1: everybody when you took the field and you realized he

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01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:19,200
Speaker 1: wasn't going to be there on the sidelines before the game,

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01:18:19,920 --> 01:18:23,120
Speaker 1: and that was a daunting moment equally for me, But

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01:18:23,240 --> 01:18:25,679
Speaker 1: I thought, what better way to honor such a good

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01:18:25,680 --> 01:18:27,479
Speaker 1: man who was so supportive of the team in the

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01:18:27,560 --> 01:18:30,759
Speaker 1: organization and finding a way to win versus a divisional opponent,

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01:18:30,800 --> 01:18:33,559
Speaker 1: and to do it in convincing manner. Brian, you and

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01:18:33,600 --> 01:18:37,759
Speaker 1: Bill working together and Cal as chairman Jamie Russ's president.

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01:18:37,800 --> 01:18:40,519
Speaker 1: It seems like you guys really have this thing down.

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Speaker 1: I would say in terms of alignment your vision, you

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01:18:43,560 --> 01:18:48,040
Speaker 1: talked about that previously, but without mister McNair. Cal had

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01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:50,800
Speaker 1: said that vision goes on that he had for the franchise,

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01:18:50,840 --> 01:18:52,800
Speaker 1: and you talked about your vision for what's going on

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01:18:52,920 --> 01:18:54,760
Speaker 1: between the lines, So you must feel good about that

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01:18:54,800 --> 01:18:58,000
Speaker 1: moving forward. Yes, absolutely, Bill and I have great communication

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01:18:58,080 --> 01:19:00,880
Speaker 1: with Kyle. We try to keep him only informed on

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01:19:01,320 --> 01:19:03,880
Speaker 1: all the football decisions that we want to make, and

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01:19:04,000 --> 01:19:07,160
Speaker 1: Cal is very supportive of those things that we want

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01:19:07,160 --> 01:19:10,599
Speaker 1: to do. So communication is key with any relationships. So

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01:19:10,680 --> 01:19:15,120
Speaker 1: we fully communicate with Cal, and we understand that that's

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01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:19,640
Speaker 1: a critical, critical, important part to succeeding and being philosophically

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Speaker 1: aligned on how we want to do it and being

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01:19:22,200 --> 01:19:24,479
Speaker 1: in agreement on how we want to build football program,

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01:19:24,560 --> 01:19:28,040
Speaker 1: football culture, the types of players that we want to find,

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01:19:28,160 --> 01:19:30,240
Speaker 1: and the type of environment that we want to build here.

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01:19:30,560 --> 01:19:33,000
Speaker 1: We want to create an environment conducive to winning, and

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Speaker 1: we can't do that without the support of the McNair family,

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01:19:35,640 --> 01:19:38,640
Speaker 1: and they've been wonderful in that regard the game itself.

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01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:41,080
Speaker 1: You open up, it's ten nothing before you know it,

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01:19:41,160 --> 01:19:43,320
Speaker 1: but you're able to get a lot of momentum going

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01:19:43,439 --> 01:19:46,240
Speaker 1: and the running game is working so well for you. Lately,

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01:19:46,400 --> 01:19:49,000
Speaker 1: the discipline in running the football seems to have been

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01:19:49,000 --> 01:19:51,760
Speaker 1: paying big dividends lately. We ran the ball well well

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01:19:51,760 --> 01:19:54,360
Speaker 1: here in recent weeks. You know this past game, it

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01:19:54,360 --> 01:19:56,000
Speaker 1: goes to the offensive line. When you don't go back

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01:19:56,040 --> 01:19:57,880
Speaker 1: and you look at the tape, the offensive line, the

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01:19:57,920 --> 01:20:00,759
Speaker 1: tight ends, even the receivers and the backs who weren't

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01:20:00,760 --> 01:20:02,519
Speaker 1: getting the ball. I felt like it was a total

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01:20:02,520 --> 01:20:04,840
Speaker 1: team effort, or eleven guys or ten guys on the

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01:20:04,920 --> 01:20:08,280
Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball minus the quarterback, all participating

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01:20:08,280 --> 01:20:10,680
Speaker 1: in the success in the run game. There was one

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01:20:10,760 --> 01:20:13,200
Speaker 1: caveat though. I felt like our running backs finished runs.

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01:20:13,240 --> 01:20:15,519
Speaker 1: They got yards after contact. I got, they got some

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01:20:15,560 --> 01:20:17,200
Speaker 1: of that hidden yard, and when they got to the

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01:20:17,240 --> 01:20:19,719
Speaker 1: second level they were sure to get first downs. So

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01:20:20,160 --> 01:20:22,719
Speaker 1: I was happy because there was an inside outside run presence.

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01:20:22,760 --> 01:20:24,479
Speaker 1: There was good balance as it related to that. We

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01:20:24,520 --> 01:20:27,880
Speaker 1: had some success on early down runs and some key

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01:20:27,960 --> 01:20:30,280
Speaker 1: moments where we had you gotta have at moments we

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01:20:30,280 --> 01:20:33,280
Speaker 1: were able to get some some chunk chunk runs as well.

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01:20:33,520 --> 01:20:36,080
Speaker 1: We had some explosive runs, So I felt like we

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01:20:36,240 --> 01:20:37,479
Speaker 1: kind of did a little bit of everything in the

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01:20:37,560 --> 01:20:39,280
Speaker 1: run game. We had long runs, we had some short

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01:20:39,320 --> 01:20:42,559
Speaker 1: gutage runs, we had some inside runs, we had outside runs.

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01:20:42,800 --> 01:20:45,040
Speaker 1: So it was good balance in that regard. Interesting on

1606
01:20:45,120 --> 01:20:49,720
Speaker 1: defense too, because Mariota has that completion streak going, yet

1607
01:20:49,800 --> 01:20:52,120
Speaker 1: they're not getting a whole lot done offensively. It was

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01:20:52,200 --> 01:20:54,639
Speaker 1: kind of a unique dynamic that way. With their passing game,

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01:20:54,720 --> 01:20:56,759
Speaker 1: you were able to stop their run first and foremost,

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01:20:56,760 --> 01:20:58,479
Speaker 1: and I know they like to do that, yeah, and

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01:20:58,560 --> 01:21:00,360
Speaker 1: that was a critical part to the success. So the

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01:21:00,400 --> 01:21:02,680
Speaker 1: game plan was knowing that they have a lot of

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01:21:02,720 --> 01:21:04,799
Speaker 1: success when they have the ability to run the football.

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01:21:05,200 --> 01:21:07,400
Speaker 1: And anytime you have the ability run the football leads

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01:21:07,439 --> 01:21:09,639
Speaker 1: to success in the play action pass game, which lends

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01:21:09,680 --> 01:21:12,840
Speaker 1: to the strength of what Marcus Mariota does. But the

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Speaker 1: one place that I do point to was the red zone.

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01:21:15,040 --> 01:21:16,680
Speaker 1: I think we were over they were over two in

1619
01:21:16,720 --> 01:21:18,639
Speaker 1: the red zone as it relates to our red zone

1620
01:21:18,680 --> 01:21:21,759
Speaker 1: defense versus their red zone offense. So I was proud

1621
01:21:21,800 --> 01:21:24,240
Speaker 1: of our defense first stepping up in that moment. The

1622
01:21:24,320 --> 01:21:26,679
Speaker 1: fourth and one that was critical inside the plus ten

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01:21:27,439 --> 01:21:29,200
Speaker 1: or the plus five area to come up with that

1624
01:21:29,240 --> 01:21:31,479
Speaker 1: stop in that moment. That thought that was a critical

1625
01:21:31,520 --> 01:21:34,120
Speaker 1: point in the game, showed good mental toughness because they

1626
01:21:34,120 --> 01:21:36,479
Speaker 1: had been driving the ball. So I really point to

1627
01:21:36,479 --> 01:21:38,639
Speaker 1: the red zone defense. That was a place of improvement

1628
01:21:38,680 --> 01:21:40,640
Speaker 1: that we had to get better at, and we did that.

1629
01:21:41,080 --> 01:21:43,280
Speaker 1: What are he's seeing in the development of Deshaun Watson here,

1630
01:21:43,280 --> 01:21:46,680
Speaker 1: Because in week two you had that lost to the Titans,

1631
01:21:46,960 --> 01:21:49,320
Speaker 1: had the ball laid, no time outs, a very touchy

1632
01:21:49,360 --> 01:21:51,719
Speaker 1: situation trying to get into scoring range with that little

1633
01:21:51,760 --> 01:21:55,000
Speaker 1: time left. But he's handled those situations so well lately,

1634
01:21:55,040 --> 01:21:57,439
Speaker 1: including against the Titans late in the first half. That

1635
01:21:57,479 --> 01:22:00,280
Speaker 1: field goal drive was really well run by him. I

1636
01:22:00,320 --> 01:22:02,360
Speaker 1: think with each game that goes by, you see him

1637
01:22:02,360 --> 01:22:06,759
Speaker 1: stacking experiences. You see him stacking some situational experiences in games,

1638
01:22:06,760 --> 01:22:11,200
Speaker 1: whether it be from behind, playing with the lead, managing

1639
01:22:11,240 --> 01:22:15,120
Speaker 1: down in distance, scenarios that occur in the game, certain

1640
01:22:15,200 --> 01:22:18,720
Speaker 1: circumstances and situations that occur in the game. So I

1641
01:22:18,760 --> 01:22:22,320
Speaker 1: think he's stacking experiences as it relates to situational game management.

1642
01:22:22,320 --> 01:22:25,240
Speaker 1: So he's getting better every week at that. But ball protection.

1643
01:22:25,280 --> 01:22:27,559
Speaker 1: He's been improving in that area in turns of securing

1644
01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:31,559
Speaker 1: the ball, making good decisions, distributing to the ball, the

1645
01:22:31,600 --> 01:22:34,240
Speaker 1: ball to the right players, getting us into the right plays.

1646
01:22:34,280 --> 01:22:36,880
Speaker 1: So a lot of progress being made and we're happy

1647
01:22:36,920 --> 01:22:39,799
Speaker 1: about that. It's got to be satisfying, at least relative

1648
01:22:39,840 --> 01:22:42,040
Speaker 1: to the first three games with Damarius Thomas. You make

1649
01:22:42,120 --> 01:22:45,400
Speaker 1: the acquisition. He plays well against Denver. Bill O'Brien blamed

1650
01:22:45,439 --> 01:22:47,840
Speaker 1: himself for not having any catches for Thomas in the

1651
01:22:47,840 --> 01:22:51,040
Speaker 1: Washington game, But against the Tennessee Titans and his Houston

1652
01:22:51,120 --> 01:22:54,519
Speaker 1: Texas debut, Thomas has two touchdown catches and clearly Watson

1653
01:22:54,520 --> 01:22:56,280
Speaker 1: and he seemed to have something going on. Yeah, it was.

1654
01:22:56,360 --> 01:22:58,680
Speaker 1: There were two great plays and two great catches by

1655
01:22:58,720 --> 01:23:00,559
Speaker 1: Damarius Thomas and all all so I had. There were

1656
01:23:00,560 --> 01:23:04,320
Speaker 1: two great throws that that Deshaun made. So what I

1657
01:23:04,360 --> 01:23:06,479
Speaker 1: liked is is what I like about the Marius is

1658
01:23:06,479 --> 01:23:10,240
Speaker 1: he's got a different skill set perhaps than what Hopkins offers.

1659
01:23:10,240 --> 01:23:13,640
Speaker 1: You know, just to height the length about the catch radius.

1660
01:23:14,320 --> 01:23:17,840
Speaker 1: He can catch the contested catch just like h Hopkins can.

1661
01:23:17,840 --> 01:23:19,760
Speaker 1: But what I like about the Marius is like those

1662
01:23:19,840 --> 01:23:22,040
Speaker 1: those two plays that he caught there were some critical

1663
01:23:22,040 --> 01:23:24,240
Speaker 1: moments of the game like we had there, gotta have

1664
01:23:24,320 --> 01:23:27,400
Speaker 1: at plays and came up in those situations and those

1665
01:23:27,439 --> 01:23:30,519
Speaker 1: circumstances in a big way. So we're proud about that

1666
01:23:30,560 --> 01:23:32,160
Speaker 1: and we're hoping to see more good things like that

1667
01:23:32,240 --> 01:23:34,080
Speaker 1: in the future. I taught to you last week about

1668
01:23:34,120 --> 01:23:36,400
Speaker 1: DeAndre Carter, but he continued to show up for you,

1669
01:23:36,720 --> 01:23:39,080
Speaker 1: emerging as a real nice return man for you. And

1670
01:23:39,120 --> 01:23:41,120
Speaker 1: I know he had the fumble, but you overcame that

1671
01:23:41,200 --> 01:23:43,000
Speaker 1: by the recovery and he had to fill in a

1672
01:23:43,080 --> 01:23:45,320
Speaker 1: wide receiver for you as well. So he's versatile, yes,

1673
01:23:45,600 --> 01:23:48,559
Speaker 1: So what he offers is he's a backup receiver. Force

1674
01:23:48,920 --> 01:23:52,160
Speaker 1: can play outside, can play inside and be a starting returner,

1675
01:23:52,160 --> 01:23:54,320
Speaker 1: but he can be a position player as well on

1676
01:23:54,360 --> 01:23:56,400
Speaker 1: top of being the returner. So he had to go

1677
01:23:56,479 --> 01:23:58,200
Speaker 1: in and do that here in the second half, Force

1678
01:23:58,760 --> 01:24:00,920
Speaker 1: made a critical catch to you could drive alive to

1679
01:24:00,960 --> 01:24:03,840
Speaker 1: continue to burn the clock there. But in the return game,

1680
01:24:03,880 --> 01:24:06,000
Speaker 1: the one thing that stands out to me is he's decisive,

1681
01:24:06,320 --> 01:24:08,960
Speaker 1: makes a decision and gets north and south. He's not

1682
01:24:09,000 --> 01:24:11,280
Speaker 1: as much an east and west runner as it relates

1683
01:24:11,280 --> 01:24:13,599
Speaker 1: to the return game. We like that there's some conviction.

1684
01:24:13,640 --> 01:24:15,880
Speaker 1: He's got good vision, he's got natural instincts, he can

1685
01:24:15,880 --> 01:24:18,840
Speaker 1: feel the ball. He has enough quickness and speed he

1686
01:24:18,880 --> 01:24:20,679
Speaker 1: can make the first man miss, so he can gain

1687
01:24:20,760 --> 01:24:22,200
Speaker 1: yards and you don't have to block them all up

1688
01:24:22,240 --> 01:24:25,200
Speaker 1: on his own. So we're happy about his promise and potential.

1689
01:24:25,479 --> 01:24:27,640
Speaker 1: What are you see with the Cleveland Browns? Because if

1690
01:24:27,680 --> 01:24:30,200
Speaker 1: there was ever a situation where a record was irrelevant,

1691
01:24:30,240 --> 01:24:32,280
Speaker 1: this seems to be it. They're playing so well lately,

1692
01:24:32,320 --> 01:24:34,760
Speaker 1: they look completely different than they did earlier in the season. Yeah,

1693
01:24:34,840 --> 01:24:36,720
Speaker 1: they're going to be a handful, and we'll learn the

1694
01:24:36,800 --> 01:24:38,360
Speaker 1: right to win here a Sunday by what we do

1695
01:24:38,479 --> 01:24:41,920
Speaker 1: in preparation for next Sunday. So another team who's got

1696
01:24:41,680 --> 01:24:44,920
Speaker 1: some level of playoff hopes alive and in terms of

1697
01:24:45,000 --> 01:24:47,280
Speaker 1: the games that are left here. But for us, you know,

1698
01:24:47,320 --> 01:24:49,839
Speaker 1: it's the month of December, and the month of December

1699
01:24:49,880 --> 01:24:52,600
Speaker 1: is critically for critical for us because we feel the

1700
01:24:52,840 --> 01:24:54,880
Speaker 1: best teams play their best football here in the month

1701
01:24:54,920 --> 01:24:56,519
Speaker 1: of December. We went three and oz in the month

1702
01:24:56,520 --> 01:24:59,200
Speaker 1: of November. That was critically important to us. But now

1703
01:24:59,280 --> 01:25:01,519
Speaker 1: December start and it's time for us to start playing

1704
01:25:01,600 --> 01:25:04,240
Speaker 1: like a like a team that's that's in first place,

1705
01:25:04,280 --> 01:25:06,320
Speaker 1: and what we're playing for right now is the AFC

1706
01:25:06,479 --> 01:25:08,840
Speaker 1: South and we're playing for an eight. We're chasing the

1707
01:25:08,840 --> 01:25:11,840
Speaker 1: AFC South title and we need to play with with

1708
01:25:11,920 --> 01:25:14,080
Speaker 1: conviction that way. So we have a lot at stake here,

1709
01:25:14,120 --> 01:25:16,360
Speaker 1: and equally Cleveland does because they're trying to keep their

1710
01:25:16,360 --> 01:25:18,639
Speaker 1: playoff folks alive. So this is gonna be a battle.

1711
01:25:18,680 --> 01:25:20,479
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be a tough test for us, no doubt

1712
01:25:20,520 --> 01:25:24,479
Speaker 1: about that. Texans Browns twelve o'clock right here at Energy Stadium.

1713
01:25:24,520 --> 01:25:27,519
Speaker 1: We will see you there, everybody. Thanks for participating, thanks

1714
01:25:27,520 --> 01:25:29,680
Speaker 1: for listening. You are the best. We'll see you on

1715
01:25:29,760 --> 01:26:18,720
Speaker 1: Sunday and as always, go Texans