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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, Welcome to the Tamiko Ryans Show, and we've

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Speaker 1: got a lot to cover here tonight on a short

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Speaker 1: week with the Texans facing Buffalo Thursday night, seven fifteen kick.

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Speaker 1: It'll be live right here, so let's get right to it.

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Speaker 1: The head coach has a team that's five and five now.

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Speaker 1: They've battled their way back to five hundred after the

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Speaker 1: zero to three start. Since then they are five and two.

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Speaker 1: It has not gone smoothly, but they've been winning more

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Speaker 1: than losing, and they're finally back to even money with

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Speaker 1: a huge contest with the Buffalo Bills, who were winners

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Speaker 1: over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. In fact, the

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Speaker 1: playoff standings, yea, I'll go there. The playoff standings look

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Speaker 1: like this Denver, New England. The Colts and the Steelers

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Speaker 1: all division leaders, top four. Then you have the Bills, Chargers,

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Speaker 1: and Jags. The Texans are in eighth, ahead of the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs and Ravens. They all the same record. Texans beat

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Speaker 1: the Ravens head to head. They have a better conference

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Speaker 1: record than the Chiefs.

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Speaker 2: Right now.

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Speaker 1: They'll play the Chiefs in a couple of games, so

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Speaker 1: we'll see how that goes, so a lot of football

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Speaker 1: to be played in a lot of.

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Speaker 2: Different things are going to happen.

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Speaker 1: But you know that Baltimore, Kansas City and the Texans

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Speaker 1: are banging on the door to try to get into

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Speaker 1: that top seven and it's going to be an interesting

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Speaker 1: final seven weeks of the regular season. Let's discuss with

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Speaker 1: the head coach here, Demico Ryans coach. Great to see it,

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Speaker 1: congrats on the victory.

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Speaker 3: Thank you. Great to see you guys.

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Speaker 1: All right, we have a lot to talk about with

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Speaker 1: Buffalo battle Red Knight coming up Thursday, but let's discuss

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Speaker 1: Tennessee a little bit. You found another way to win

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Speaker 1: a football game, another dramatic last second win, but different

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Speaker 1: this time.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, very different this time.

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Speaker 4: I felt for the most part of the game like

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Speaker 4: we we control the game, you know. Defensively, I thought

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Speaker 4: the guys did a really nice job of getting stops

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Speaker 4: when you needed to get stops. And and it's like

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Speaker 4: there at the end, like you allow a couple penalties

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Speaker 4: to allow them to move downfield and they hit an

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Speaker 4: explosive pass and then they get in the end zones, like,

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Speaker 4: oh man, it's a little tighter that we wanted it

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Speaker 4: to be. But we had enough time, and when it

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Speaker 4: comes down to always that situational football. So I thought

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Speaker 4: the offense to Davis did a really nice job of

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Speaker 4: just methodically driving down the field. Really big play there

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Speaker 4: was to start to drive the past the Dalton right

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Speaker 4: thirteen yard pass to get us you know, in striking

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Speaker 4: distance and then when we needed it most, and that

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Speaker 4: connection has worked all game. It was, you know, Davis

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Speaker 4: to Nico for man a sweet catch on the sideline.

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Speaker 4: Such an outstanding play by Nico, and then you know

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Speaker 4: we're in range there now it's like, can we get closer?

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Speaker 3: Can we get some more yards?

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Speaker 4: More yards to set up Matt for an easy kicky.

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Speaker 2: I want to pass this though.

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Speaker 1: As a head coach, how insteativized do you feel to

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Speaker 1: win the game in regulation? You want to avoid overtime

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Speaker 1: at all costs and get it done in the sixty minutes.

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Speaker 4: Definitely want to afford them. Can we please get this

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Speaker 4: game done in regulation? Knowing also that we have a

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Speaker 4: Thursday game coming up, so it's like, we don't need

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Speaker 4: any extra plays.

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Speaker 3: That's enough, let's end this thing right now.

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Speaker 4: So I'm happy and thankful that we were able to

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Speaker 4: get that win and get it in that fashion like sorry, guys,

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Speaker 4: see again, Like no matter what the situation is, no

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Speaker 4: matter how the game looks like offensive lead, we can

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Speaker 3: And Davids has that He's done that two weeks in

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Speaker 3: a row.

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Speaker 5: Okay, So we were on a bus home last night

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Speaker 5: and I saw Zach our photographer, across the way, and

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Speaker 5: I was like, hey, go back to that, go back

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Speaker 5: to that. I want to see that picture. That's a

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Speaker 5: great picture, so visual late, I know it's on ready,

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Speaker 5: I'll tell everybody what's going on. I want you to

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Speaker 5: tell me what you're thinking about in that particular moment.

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Speaker 5: You're sitting there with your arms crossed, and that's Matthew

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Speaker 5: over there about the twenty five yard line kicking the

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Speaker 5: game winning field goal. What are you thinking in that

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Speaker 5: because I love this coach. What are you thinking at

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Speaker 5: that moment right there she's about to kick that game winner?

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Speaker 3: Right there?

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Speaker 4: At that moment, I'm like, man, I know, you know

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Speaker 4: we're in range, We're close enough, and I'm thinking, let's

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Speaker 4: have it just a great snap. I'm watching a snap

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Speaker 4: first and foremost. Breakman has done a great job all year.

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Speaker 4: But never take it for granted. Yeah, great snap. We

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Speaker 4: was man a sigh of relief there, Yeah, at the end,

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Speaker 4: But it was just a moment there.

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Speaker 3: Man, I'm calm in the moment, just really proud of

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Speaker 4: Are really the offense for driving what we needed a

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Speaker 4: drive most like in the critical part of the game.

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Speaker 3: We drove down. We got ourselves.

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Speaker 4: We executed that two minute drive to perfection to get

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Speaker 5: Your former coach sometimes would not watch the field goal.

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Speaker 5: He would turn his back and wait for a reaction around,

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Speaker 2: But obviously no, I.

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Speaker 3: Want to see it.

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Speaker 4: I want to see it go through, see the ress

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Speaker 4: throw the hands up. I want to see it. I

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Speaker 4: want to see the opposing team. I want to see

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Speaker 4: their fans reactions, especially Straw and discuss.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Then I see all the text.

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Speaker 4: We had a lot of Texans fans there by the way,

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Speaker 4: and just to hear, you know, the cheers from our

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Speaker 4: from back there. In this picture, you can hear the

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Speaker 4: tears of all the Texans fans. So it was a man,

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Speaker 4: a great moment and such a great moment for Matt

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Speaker 4: coming in being with us for a couple of weeks,

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Speaker 4: and to put him in that spot, you know, where

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Speaker 4: he you know, granted he missed one earlier, you know,

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Speaker 4: that same spot, same part of the field for him

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Speaker 4: to nail it for the game winner. It's a special moment.

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Speaker 1: Coach, you talked about the throw to Nico, but the

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Speaker 1: game is not over. You have it at the forty

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Speaker 1: one and from there would be fifty nine yards, but

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Speaker 1: you hit Dalton on a quick pass and then three

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Speaker 1: Woody Marks runs for seventeen extra yards to get it

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Speaker 1: even closer. How big was that the running place, being

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Speaker 4: Yeah, those those running plays were, Man, those are very

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Speaker 4: vital because you want to get like I said, you

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Speaker 3: But I thought the blocking on those plays were really great. Man.

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Speaker 4: Our receivers came in, they did a really nice job

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Speaker 3: That's some of our best.

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Speaker 4: Runs of the game were there at the end where

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Speaker 4: he saw some wide open lanes there. Woody was taking

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Speaker 4: it even popped up like, hey, if he scores and

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Speaker 4: we need to get down. I'm like, uh, man, if

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Speaker 4: he scores, go score. I don't we'll stop him defensively

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Speaker 4: if he if he can score, let's take the pressure

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Speaker 3: Let's just get it.

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Speaker 6: He is.

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Speaker 5: I was gonna ask you that because I was watching

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Speaker 5: Buck's Patriots the other day and Traveon Henderson broke all

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Speaker 5: I think it's the first run. Wood he pops it right,

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Speaker 5: and I thought about that if he popped it, is

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Speaker 5: just go score because they're not gonna score again at

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Speaker 5: that point. Speaking to the other side of the ball defensively,

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Speaker 5: when you went back and watched the film, Coach, and

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Speaker 5: I know you're getting ready for the bill, so I

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Speaker 5: don't know how much time you just dove into it

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Speaker 5: as supposed to getting ready for Buffalo. What were your

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Speaker 5: overall thoughts about how the defense played on Sunday.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, overall thought it'll start with the run game.

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Speaker 4: It's one thing I thought they were gonna try to

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Speaker 4: lean more on running the ball.

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Speaker 3: But man, I felt like we we stuffed to run

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Speaker 4: Great job of setting the edge, like and guys. We

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Speaker 4: I feel like we can be better as far as

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Speaker 4: where it's like, man, we gotta play those situations a

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Speaker 3: So you know, when we settled in we were able

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Speaker 4: But I think we can even do a better job,

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Speaker 4: you know, in the passing game and also rushing a

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Speaker 4: better job. A quarterback got out a couple of times

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Speaker 4: better job of just having our eyes up, having awareness

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Speaker 1: And offensively, there's Jeffrey Simmons playing ardent keys out there.

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Speaker 1: These guys are really tough, and we felt like you

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Speaker 1: were going to get the best version of whatever the

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Speaker 1: Titans are right now coming off the buy we did.

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Speaker 3: We did.

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Speaker 4: I thought the Titans did a great job of game

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Speaker 4: playing offensively and thought they they helped the quarterback. They situationally,

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Speaker 4: they had some change ups some things they did in

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Speaker 4: really really nice things. And we knew, like this Titan scene,

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Speaker 4: they always play tough. That's one thing about them. They're

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Speaker 4: gonna play tough. They're gonna finish like they're gonna bring

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Speaker 4: it every single time they play with good effort, and

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Speaker 4: that's what they did on Sunday as well.

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Speaker 5: I won't try and tell anybody coaching the fact that

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Speaker 5: it was the rushing performance of all rushing performances. However,

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Speaker 5: it felt like the front guys were getting some guys

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Speaker 5: move the ball and run. But then there would be

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Speaker 5: so I kind of would negate that, but it felt

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Speaker 5: like they moved some guys up front of the offensive line.

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Speaker 5: You look back at how that unit performed, especially in

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Speaker 4: I thought overall we performed well when it came to

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Speaker 4: we did lead. We left some yards out there that

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Speaker 4: I think we can we can rush it even better.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what does it say about the defense when going

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Speaker 5: He was along those lines, coach, because we did we

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Speaker 3: Let's go to work.

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Speaker 2: You got out of there fast. I thought you were

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Speaker 4: There's so many nicks and bumps that happen and aren't

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Speaker 4: great job. Hey, we're going to open the training room

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Speaker 2: Coach, we're I know as a player it would be physically.

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Speaker 4: Always playing coaches coaches get out of the way. It's playing, man,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but you are very tough Thursday practices. We know this.

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Speaker 4: I hear you, Indeed, that's what That's what I guess.

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Speaker 3: Man, this is is very tough to say the least. Man.

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Speaker 4: That's why the kid is the MV won the MVP

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Speaker 4: a normal run. You gotta be able to hey react

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Speaker 4: to the run. Also, the quarterback can keep the ball,

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Speaker 4: so you gotta play eleven on eleven football. He really

443
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Speaker 4: stresses your preparation right because you have to be very

444
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Speaker 4: detailed in what you're doing. You have to be assignment

445
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Speaker 4: sound like, you cannot miss an assignment because they'll make

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Speaker 4: you pay. So great player, he's done it for a

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Speaker 4: while now. You just see his progression, I think is

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Speaker 4: what's most impressive, and when he started as.

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Speaker 3: A rookie to where he is now, just.

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Speaker 4: You know, he has true command of that offense and

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Speaker 4: they did a good job of just tailoring things to

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Speaker 4: fit him and what.

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Speaker 3: He does well.

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Speaker 4: And you can see how those guys play well off

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Speaker 4: of him. Like when you got quarterbacks that scramble, that's

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Speaker 4: one thing, but when the receivers are tied into how

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Speaker 4: you scramble and they know where to go. They know

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Speaker 4: where you like to throw the ball. That makes it

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Speaker 4: a tough out.

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Speaker 1: He could also just hand off to James Cook, second

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Speaker 1: leading rusher in the league.

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Speaker 2: What about him and what he brings.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, James is a physical runner. I think it's gonna

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Speaker 4: be again. We set the edge well on Sunday. It's

465
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Speaker 4: gonna come again. Like that's a given. We have to

466
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Speaker 4: set the edge and we got to just condense the

467
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Speaker 4: lanes inside and we do that, we tackle well.

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Speaker 3: I feel like we'll be we'll be fine. Versus the run,

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Speaker 3: they have a.

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Speaker 4: Few different run schemes more a little more gap run

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Speaker 4: schemes where they're pulling offensive linemen a little bit more

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Speaker 4: than we've seen over.

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Speaker 3: The past couple of weeks.

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Speaker 4: So we got to fit it properly, like when it

475
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Speaker 4: comes to those scheme plays. Other than that, when they're

476
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Speaker 4: running their normal outside zone plays, we've seen those a ton.

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Speaker 3: We just got to tackle well.

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Speaker 5: Coach, how much did you take from last year's game,

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Speaker 5: not from the results, but just what they do. Do

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Speaker 5: you compare it to what they're doing this year? You

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Speaker 5: know they didn't do a ton that had a lot

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Speaker 5: of success last year, but how much did you take

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Speaker 5: out of that game last year.

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Speaker 4: If anything, Yeah, well and look back at it and see,

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Speaker 4: you know what we did to effectively you know, challenge

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Speaker 4: them and put pressure on a quarterback from that standpoint,

487
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Speaker 4: but also understanding that each each year is different, like

488
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Speaker 4: they're gonna look at the same thing and they'll probably

489
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Speaker 4: have some counters off of it. So we got to

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Speaker 4: be ready to adjust and adapt. But we just got

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Speaker 4: to be ready to really just execute our technique. We

492
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Speaker 4: got to play with great eye discipline, great fundamental We

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Speaker 4: gotta do the small things really well and that's going

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Speaker 4: to allow us right to be successful again.

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Speaker 2: Coach, it's battle Red night.

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Speaker 1: So when you first put on a battle red uniform,

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Speaker 1: do you remember your feelings about wearing the red man?

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Speaker 4: I loved it. I loved it man. The red was

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Speaker 4: it was so cool to have the red man. It

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Speaker 4: was just I think we had the full red. We

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Speaker 4: had the red pants and the red jerseys. It was

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Speaker 4: just a really cool change up. I always like the

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Speaker 4: red red. It is one of my favorite colors, and

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Speaker 4: I feel like also with the guys, it just it

505
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Speaker 4: was a little extra juice, like you feel like a

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Speaker 4: newer uniform, different color. It provides a little more spark,

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Speaker 4: a little more energy for the guys.

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Speaker 3: You know guys of.

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Speaker 4: Course now they love the whole uniform chains up and

510
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Speaker 4: how it looks, so I think it gives the guys

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Speaker 4: a little extra energy.

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Speaker 3: So I'm fired up for the red.

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Speaker 2: All right, Amity Bank ask coach. Question of the week. Coach.

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Speaker 1: This is a really important one because I know you're

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Speaker 1: not out doing the holiday shopping right now. It's too

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Speaker 1: early for that. Maybe we'll just go online. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: but the holiday music is everywhere. Is it too early

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Speaker 1: for the Christmas music?

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Speaker 2: Coach?

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Speaker 1: It's kind of a yes or no question. Is it

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Speaker 1: too early? Do you have to wait till after Thanksgiving?

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Speaker 1: Or is it okay to just hear it now?

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Speaker 4: I think it's time to go. I was riding with

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Speaker 4: my wife a couple of days ago and it's like,

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Speaker 4: what's this?

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Speaker 3: Her bluetoobe kiit Like, what is it? You got Christmas

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Speaker 3: music playing already?

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Speaker 4: She's like, yeah, already, it's already going, so hey, fire

529
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Speaker 4: up the Christmas music, the Christmas movies, let's go. It

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Speaker 4: just brings us joy to everybody when we those songs

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Speaker 4: pop up, those movies are on.

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Speaker 3: It just brings us delight, So I love it.

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Speaker 7: Man.

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Speaker 4: Everybody walking around with a smile, joyful in the move

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Speaker 4: to give and help others.

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Speaker 3: Let's go for it.

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Speaker 2: Sounds great, coach, thanks a lot, good luck.

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Speaker 3: Thanks guys.

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Speaker 1: We have plenty more coming up with the head coach,

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Speaker 1: including John Harris and Demiko right after the game. Always

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Speaker 1: loved to hear that conversation, Jaden Higgins. Another big game

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Speaker 1: by Jayden with four catches, including one that set up

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Speaker 1: a touchdown when he got it at the one yard line.

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Speaker 1: A lot of people thought he was in, but they

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Speaker 1: didn't challenge anyway. They got it in the end zone.

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Speaker 1: The touchdown pass to Nico Collins. And also coming up

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Speaker 1: Tommy Togi. I remember when he checked in late and

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Speaker 1: batted it down a ball. He continues to make plays.

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Speaker 1: We'll get to those guys and more next here on

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Speaker 1: Texans Radio. Great to have you listening to the Dimico

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Speaker 1: Ryan Show, brought to you by AMAG Bank, the official

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Speaker 1: business bank of the Houston Texans. As you know, the

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Speaker 1: Texans always mean business when it comes to playing defense

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Speaker 1: at a high level. Top defense in the league still

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Speaker 1: in yards allowed, points allowed thirteen yesterday. Yeah, you didn't

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Speaker 1: like that equalizing touchdown drive at the end. They won

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Speaker 1: the game, but still holding opponents sixteen point three points

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Speaker 1: per game average on the season, and that is the

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Speaker 1: top number in the league. Also, two hundred and fifty

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Speaker 1: eight yards per game. That is the top number in

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Speaker 1: the league. Now, let's go to rushing yards for a moment.

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Speaker 1: I point this out. Texans are third in the league

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Speaker 1: in rushing yards allowed per game. How about the Jags

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Speaker 1: being second and the Texans ran it well on them

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Speaker 1: last week and that come from behind win. But the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills the opponent for this Thursday night, one fifty

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Speaker 1: three allowed per game on the ground. That's a big number.

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Speaker 1: The Bills struggling this year in the record department for

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Speaker 1: them in the context of what they usually do, because defensively,

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Speaker 1: they're not the same team they're accustomed to being. They

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Speaker 1: allowed over thirty points yesterday, still won the game because

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Speaker 1: they got over forty against the Bucceteers in Western New York.

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Speaker 1: But you know, they got bludgeoned the week before by Miami.

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Speaker 1: Kind of a mystery. There are a lot of mysteries

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. The Jags beating the doors off the

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Speaker 1: Chargers yesterday after suffering the loss. They did it at

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Speaker 1: RG Stadium last week and the Chargers beat the Steelers

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Speaker 1: the week before. Who can figure this stuff out? I

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Speaker 1: can always figure out that Daniel Hunter and Will Anderson

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Speaker 1: Junior are outstanding in the sack department. Hunter has five

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Speaker 1: in the last two games. He has nine on the

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Speaker 1: season now good for fourth in the league. Will Anderson

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Speaker 1: Junior is seventh, and Nico Collins with that big day

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Speaker 1: nine for ninety plus in the touchdown, he's on pace

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Speaker 1: for a thousand yard season. But it's not about individual honors.

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Speaker 1: It's a total team game. And a former teammate of

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Speaker 1: Demico Ryans is ND Calou, part of our broadcast crew

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Speaker 1: for preseason Texans TV broadcasts, and he talked about an

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Speaker 1: individual to start out, Daniel Hunter, who is out of tear.

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Speaker 2: So is Will really?

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Speaker 1: Will had the strip, sack and fumble recovery yesterday, had

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Speaker 1: that big stop on Trevor Lawrence. Daniel, like we mentioned,

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Speaker 1: five sacks in the last two games. What about ND's

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Speaker 1: opinion of Daniel.

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Speaker 8: He's a guy and y'all appreciate this. When I used

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Speaker 8: to have my show, you know, I would always try

597
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Speaker 8: to talk about defensive Linemen as much as possible, So

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Speaker 8: I'm looking up stats and his neighbor would just always

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Speaker 8: pop up, And even as a guy who loves watching

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Speaker 8: the trenches, I'm like, I keep forgetting how good he was.

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Speaker 8: Then when you get to see him every week, not

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Speaker 8: only what he does on the stat sheet, but the

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Speaker 8: players that don't show up on the stat sheet. I mean,

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Speaker 8: he's just so consistent when it comes to disrupting the offense,

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Speaker 8: and you're seeing that with Will Anderson as well. It's

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Speaker 8: fun to watch and I truly believe he's the most

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Speaker 8: underrated defensive player in the game. And I'm not saying

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Speaker 8: that just because he's a Texan. I always thought that

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Speaker 8: even before he became a Texan.

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Speaker 2: As a pass rusher.

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Speaker 5: As I'm watching pass rushers and I'm thinking more about it,

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Speaker 5: and you know that I'd love to talk to you

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Speaker 5: about the craft of pass rushing. I feel like patience

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Speaker 5: is a pretty big asset that, Okay, you might not

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Speaker 5: get it early, but you're trying to set a guy up.

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Speaker 2: And I feel like.

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Speaker 5: Watching Will, everybody and their brother knows Will the best

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Speaker 5: thing Will does, and he's learned a lot of different moves,

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Speaker 5: but he will bull rush you. He'll go speed to

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Speaker 5: power on you, and he's got such power he'll knock

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Speaker 5: you right back at the quarterback. And when it came

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Speaker 5: to nutcutting time yesterday, that's exactly what he did. He

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Speaker 5: went back to the pass rush power move. That is

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Speaker 5: his pet move as a pass rusher. What does it

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Speaker 5: take patience wise to make sure you're not just well,

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Speaker 5: this is my pet move, it's my only move.

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Speaker 2: How do you make sure that you're kind of setting that.

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Speaker 5: Up throughout the game and then when it comes to

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Speaker 5: kind of a clutch time or a crunch time, that's

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Speaker 5: when you bring it out and spring it on somebody

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Speaker 5: like Will did yesterday.

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Speaker 8: Now, that's the beauty of pass rush is the mental aspect. John,

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Speaker 8: and you know, there are so many rushes where you're

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Speaker 8: telling yourself, okay, I'm going to do speed. Now. You're

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Speaker 8: always trying to get to the quarterback, you're always trying

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Speaker 8: to get a sack, but most of your moves are

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Speaker 8: to set up the one move that you feel like

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Speaker 8: it's really going to get there. So a guy like

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Speaker 8: Will Anderson, who is very fast, who has a great

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Speaker 8: get off, he can say to himself, depending on the

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Speaker 8: set of the offensive lineman, and I don't want to

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Speaker 8: get too technical, but his mindset can be I'm gonna

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Speaker 8: do three speed rushes in a row just to get

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Speaker 8: that offensive lineman to fly out, and then I'll do

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Speaker 8: my speed to power when the momentums already going in

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Speaker 8: my direction or bull to me. I always thought bull

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Speaker 8: and speed to power was pretty much the same same move,

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Speaker 8: even though, excuse me, the bull rush is just you're

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Speaker 8: going right down the middle of him and you're not

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Speaker 8: really hitting the edge first. But no, it's I always

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Speaker 8: tell the kids that I get a chance to work

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Speaker 8: with about pass rush. It's a chess match, you know,

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Speaker 8: it's not checkers. It's a chess match. Not only are

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Speaker 8: you setting things up, but you're reading the stance of

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Speaker 8: the offensive lineman. You're remembering what certain plays happened and

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Speaker 8: what they're set was. And when I'm watching, when I

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Speaker 8: watch games, I literally only watch in the trenches, and

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Speaker 8: I can tell I feel like I know what Danielle Hunter,

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Speaker 8: Will Anderson are thinking with some of their moves, and

660
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Speaker 8: they just play an awesome match of chess. And then

661
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Speaker 8: when you're so strong that there were a couple of

662
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Speaker 8: plays where it wasn't even about the setup. It was

663
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Speaker 8: just about their leverage and their strengths. And I'm like,

664
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Speaker 8: you know what, you can't even coach that like. And

665
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Speaker 8: to have, you, guys, when you have two guys on

666
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Speaker 8: the edge where they make plays and you say you

667
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 8: can't even coach that, that, trust me, that is a

668
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Speaker 8: blessing to have. Usually it's just like one guy, like

669
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Speaker 8: when JJ Watt was playing, Many times I'm watching him saying, oh,

670
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Speaker 8: you can't even coach that. And I even tell young

671
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Speaker 8: defensive linemen don't even watch ninety nine because most of

672
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Speaker 8: us who are a human can't do that. You know,

673
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Speaker 8: watch someone who is doing something that you can learn

674
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Speaker 8: to do. But you have two guys like that now

675
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Speaker 8: that some of their plays you just can't even coach.

676
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Speaker 2: Andy, it's a short week.

677
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Speaker 1: They get back last night, Tamiko said it keeping the

678
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Speaker 1: training room open till ten, keeping it open late so

679
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Speaker 1: guys can get some regent in immediately and start that

680
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Speaker 1: process of getting the body back.

681
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 2: What's that like because it's already.

682
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Speaker 1: Game week Thursday here, I mean tomorrow's Friday practice and

683
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Speaker 1: you're playing on Thursday. So what is that like as

684
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Speaker 1: a player to rebound quickly.

685
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Speaker 8: I used to love these weeks. I know a lot

686
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Speaker 8: of the players now are saying, oh, it's too short.

687
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 8: They're not giving us enough time to rest. What I

688
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 8: used to love about going from a Sunday game to

689
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Speaker 8: a Thursday. And again, I'm gonna sound like the old

690
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,040
Speaker 8: man back in my day. Well, in my day, we

691
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Speaker 8: practice hard. Like we practiced hard when we had the

692
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Speaker 8: quick turnaround, we didn't put the pads on a practice,

693
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Speaker 8: So obviously that's gonna be the case here. So guys

694
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Speaker 8: like Demiko said they had up until ten pm to

695
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Speaker 8: get the treatment, to get the cold tub, hot tub,

696
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Speaker 8: even if you don't have a specific injury, but just

697
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 8: to start getting the body back. They I don't want

698
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Speaker 8: to speak out of turn, but I'm assuming and I'll

699
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Speaker 8: be shocked if I'm wrong. They won't put the pads

700
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Speaker 8: on this week, and then you know, you know, Thursday,

701
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Speaker 8: you have a game. Whatever pain you have, the adrenaline

702
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaker 8: and a shot is gonna you know, mask all that

703
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,640
Speaker 8: and you're gonna be ready to go. So now I'm

704
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 8: expecting guys to be excited. There's so much on the

705
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,800
Speaker 8: line because of the way they've dug themselves out of

706
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Speaker 8: this hole. You know, the extra games, they're gonna be huge.

707
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Speaker 8: So no, this may seem a little crazy, but I'm

708
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Speaker 8: expecting playoff type atmosphere when the Bills comes to town.

709
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Speaker 2: It is gonna be loud.

710
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Speaker 5: I mean, Buffalo, you know, is gonna put some some

711
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Speaker 5: fans in the stands. There's no no doubt, even if

712
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 5: there's I asked Alcobaccio, who is our good friend? I said,

713
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Speaker 5: they're playing you on a Thursday. Bills Mafia is not

714
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 5: gonna make that trip. You said, no, no, no, no, no.

715
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Speaker 5: This is one of the trips that they're looking forward

716
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Speaker 5: to because I guess all the other trips they have

717
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Speaker 5: are like paled in comparison, Like, yeah, it's gonna be

718
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Speaker 5: a pretty big Bill's.

719
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Speaker 2: Contingent on Thursday night. From here we go.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, so they get all their you know, text max

721
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Speaker 5: food in throw down a few cubases and servess I

722
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Speaker 5: should see me.

723
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Speaker 1: They didn't enjoy the trip to Charlotte, North Carolina. You

724
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Speaker 1: mean they're not looking forward to going to Cleveland as

725
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Speaker 1: they will later on this season.

726
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Speaker 2: Okay, I get it.

727
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 5: So when the Dolphins, so last week, when the Dolphins

728
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Speaker 5: beat the Bills, apparently there's like a Bills bar Oh yeah,

729
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Speaker 5: McDaniel like tro five window yes to say, hey remember me,

730
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 5: we just beat you guys. I was like, that is awesome.

731
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Speaker 5: That is the best trolling bit there's ever been.

732
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Speaker 3: Uh.

733
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Speaker 5: We talked about this back in the preseason, Indy, you

734
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Speaker 5: and I about Okay, we know we got Nico Collins.

735
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Speaker 5: Niko's rock solid pro bowler. Really has reached that number

736
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Speaker 5: one status number, you know, one of the top five

737
00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 5: to seven receivers in the league. But we always debate, Okay,

738
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Speaker 5: who's the number two, Who's it gonna be, Who's gonna

739
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 5: be the second guy? And there was two drafted rookies.

740
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Speaker 5: Kurk came in, who is it gonna be? There was

741
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Speaker 5: other guys that were signed. It's beginning to become very

742
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 5: clear that Jayden Higgins is now stepping up to be,

743
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Speaker 5: without a doubt, the bona fide number two wide receiver

744
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Speaker 5: on this team.

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Speaker 2: What are your thoughts about what he.

746
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Speaker 5: Did yesterday and the thought that he is becoming that solid,

747
00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 5: rock solid number two opsin Eco.

748
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Speaker 7: No.

749
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Speaker 8: I love that he's separating himself and he's that guy

750
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 8: because what you want is consistency with preparation during the weekend.

751
00:33:03,480 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 8: You know, with Christian Kirk suffering from injury. I know

752
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,840
Speaker 8: he played yesterday, but he hasn't been out there consistently.

753
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Speaker 8: You want your quarterback to know, hey, you know what

754
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Speaker 8: outside of Nico Collins and Dalton Schultz, because as far

755
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Speaker 8: as targets, I think Dalton Schultz is zero the facto

756
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Speaker 8: number two, but obviously a tight end. But to have

757
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Speaker 8: one of those guys emerged, I think that's good for

758
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 8: obviously the player and the quarterback and the consistency of

759
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Speaker 8: the calls, like, hey, we know we could count on

760
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Speaker 8: Jaden Higgins. I still think you could count on Exavier Hutchinson.

761
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Speaker 8: And what I like about the way these guys are

762
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Speaker 8: stepping up every week. Even though Jaden Higgins has been

763
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Speaker 8: the most consistent number two wide receiver every week, it

764
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Speaker 8: can be somebody else. It could be Jalen Knowle, it

765
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Speaker 8: could be Exavier Hutchinson, and we wouldn't be surprised as

766
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Speaker 8: long as you understand that Nico Collins is that guy.

767
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Speaker 8: I love the fact that your backup quarterback, you know,

768
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:55,240
Speaker 8: says hey, if we're going to have success, everyone in

769
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 8: the stadium knows it. I need to target number twelve

770
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Speaker 8: because number twelve always comes through for you.

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Speaker 1: Dy, You're facing the top two rushers in the league

772
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Speaker 1: in the next couple of games, James Cook on Thursday night,

773
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Speaker 1: a week from Sunday. Jonathan Taylor and the Texans have

774
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Speaker 1: the number one defense in the league, scoring and yards

775
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Speaker 1: per game, and they've been doing a good job on

776
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Speaker 1: opposing running backs overall, sometimes really amazing jobs like Christian McCaffrey.

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Speaker 1: They did a pretty good job against JK. Dobbins actually,

778
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Speaker 1: and Pollo yesterday ten for twenty two. Derek Henry earlier,

779
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,920
Speaker 1: they shut him down. So what's it gonna take Thursday night?

780
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Speaker 1: You have James Cook. Now, I know Josh Allen figures

781
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,800
Speaker 1: into their ground game and he gets a lot of attention,

782
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,839
Speaker 1: but Cook is almost at one thousand yards already through

783
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Speaker 1: ten games. Talk about stop of the run.

784
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Speaker 8: You know, continue to do what you've been doing. And

785
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 8: when you have these type of great running backs, great

786
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,240
Speaker 8: running attacks, I still think it starts with the disruption

787
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 8: of the offensive line. And what I mean by that

788
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:58,960
Speaker 8: is when you change the line of scrimmage, you have

789
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 8: to play with gap. But there are times where it's like, hey,

790
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 8: screw it, put my ears back and let me change

791
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Speaker 8: that line of scrimmage, because what does that make them

792
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 8: running back to he goes east and west, he starts

793
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Speaker 8: hopping around, and the way this team swarms to the ball.

794
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 8: I mean, if you get a running back that's not

795
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 8: able to go north and south, or he does have

796
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Speaker 8: to go east and west before he gets up filled,

797
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Speaker 8: it just gives these times excuse me, it gives these

798
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 8: guys time to get to the ball, wrap up, and

799
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Speaker 8: I just you know, you ask what should they do?

800
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Speaker 8: Continue to do what they've been doing, and understand there's

801
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,640
Speaker 8: gonna be a player to where you give up a

802
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 8: twenty yard run. You want to limit those. You want

803
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,839
Speaker 8: to make sure you don't consistently get the running back

804
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 8: to get that momentum and get that excitement of getting

805
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 8: those pick up those chunk yards. But I think if

806
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,840
Speaker 8: you continue to change the line of scrimmage, you just

807
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,880
Speaker 8: get off the ball. Change the line of scrimmage, make

808
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 8: him go east and west, then speed toe to toa

809
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Speaker 8: aziz al shi here. They're going to go in there

810
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 8: and start making plays before they can pick up those

811
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Speaker 8: positive yards.

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Speaker 1: Are There's some of our conversation with former Tamiko Ryan's

813
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Speaker 1: teammate n d Kalou part of our preseason TV broadcast

814
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Speaker 1: crew for telecasts. Now let's get to the postgame show

815
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Speaker 1: interview with Jaden Higgins. Four catches fifty five yards had

816
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Speaker 1: the big reception to set up the touchdown pass to

817
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Speaker 1: Nico Collins. Higgins, a guest with Sean Pendergast and Clint

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00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 1: Sterner on Texans post.

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Speaker 9: Game obviously feel great after the win. But you guys,

820
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 9: you and you and Jalen and Woody all seem to

821
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:28,920
Speaker 9: be acclimating pretty well here as the season goes along.

822
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 7: For sure, I feel good.

823
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 6: I mean, just like Demiko said, you know, we got

824
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,920
Speaker 6: that Ricky patchoff, so where our job is god there

825
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 6: and make plays for the team.

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Speaker 7: And you know that's what we try to do every week.

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Speaker 10: Hey, Jay, as I watch you play Man, both in

828
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 10: live on TV as well as the game film Man,

829
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,360
Speaker 10: it seems like the last couple of weeks there's a

830
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 10: different Higgins running around out there. I could almost see

831
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 10: you thinking early in the season and kind of not

832
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:56,759
Speaker 10: real sure of where you're supposed to be, what you're

833
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 10: supposed to be doing? Am I right?

834
00:36:58,560 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 6: Am I wrong?

835
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Speaker 10: And these last two weeks it seems like you, you

836
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 10: have arrived in the league and you're a lot more

837
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 10: comfortable than you were early in the season. Is there

838
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 10: any truth to that or am I seeing things for sure?

839
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 3: A little bit?

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Speaker 6: I mean, you know, I would say just as the

841
00:37:11,719 --> 00:37:16,440
Speaker 6: season continue to progress, I think, you know, just my understanding.

842
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 7: Of the offense and you know, just how you know

843
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 7: what I need to do.

844
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 6: On certain downs, and really understanding the defense has gotten better.

845
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 6: But for sure, I think the biggest thing is just,

846
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 6: you know, whenever a quarterback trust me, you know Davis

847
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 6: this week, CJ. Whenever, I just got to go out

848
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 6: there and make a play.

849
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:31,800
Speaker 7: So that's my biggest thing.

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Speaker 9: Jaden Higgins joining us here on Texans post game four

851
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 9: catches fifty five yards. Hey, Jayden, take us through the

852
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 9: big play. Obviously, you guys were you were looking for

853
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:42,040
Speaker 9: a spark offensively, neither team had any big plays, it

854
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 9: felt like in the first half of that game, and

855
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 9: you guys are looking for a spark and you gave it.

856
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 9: Take us through the play. And the follow up to

857
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:49,840
Speaker 9: that is, did you think you got in the end zone?

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00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 6: Yeah?

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00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 7: For sure. So you know, I was at ex I

860
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 7: was over there by myself.

861
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:56,680
Speaker 6: And I've seen the safety row down, and you know,

862
00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 6: I know Davis loves taking shots. So I won quickly

863
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 6: on the re and you know, just just ran the

864
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 6: go ball and I looked up and the balls right there.

865
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Speaker 7: You know, I caught it in. Yeah, I thought I

866
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:08,360
Speaker 7: got in. I you know, I tried to give a little.

867
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Speaker 6: Dive, even though they don't tell us to dive, but

868
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:11,279
Speaker 6: I thought I got in for sure.

869
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:14,439
Speaker 7: You know, Nico scored the Nico scored the next couple

870
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 7: of plays. So that's that's what the receiver room is

871
00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:16,920
Speaker 7: all about.

872
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 2: Hey, look at it.

873
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 10: Talk talk, talk to people and talk take fans through

874
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 10: the thought.

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00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:21,919
Speaker 3: There.

876
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Speaker 10: You win quickly, and you give the quarterback somewhere to

877
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:27,600
Speaker 10: throw the football outside. We saw Van Jefferson and and

878
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 10: I'm not taking I'm not taking cheap shots, but it

879
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 10: was the worst go goat route I've ever seen. Ran

880
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,880
Speaker 10: got squeezed in the sideline. Take us through what as

881
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 10: a receiver kind of fundamentally what you're trying to do

882
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 10: right there to save your quarterbacks some room outside?

883
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:41,359
Speaker 7: Yeah, for sure.

884
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,719
Speaker 6: I think the biggest thing is just attacking leverage. And

885
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,640
Speaker 6: then just like you said, you got to hold that

886
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,400
Speaker 6: red line. You can't get pushed too far outside because

887
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,480
Speaker 6: then you know, there's there's only really one place that

888
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 6: the quarterback can throw the ball and it's got to

889
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,239
Speaker 6: be perfect. So you know, just making sure I stay

890
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 6: on that red line and you know, hold my line,

891
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:57,840
Speaker 6: and wherever the ball goes, I can drift to it

892
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,080
Speaker 6: or I can come in if you win, you know quickly.

893
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 9: Jayden Higgins is joining us here on Texans post game. Hey,

894
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 9: Jayden's one other underrated thing. And we knew we were

895
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Speaker 9: getting you on the show about about midway through the

896
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Speaker 9: fourth quarter. So as we're watching your college and pro

897
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 9: teammate Jalen Knowle return that ball up the sideline. This

898
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 9: is the second time we've seen you do it this

899
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 9: year where you're you're able to kind of shield off

900
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,279
Speaker 9: the defender without getting a penalty. You kind of box

901
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,400
Speaker 9: out like you're on the basketball team instead of the

902
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,880
Speaker 9: football team. I just put us in your shoes in

903
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:27,440
Speaker 9: that moment right now. I mean, that is a that's

904
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Speaker 9: a heady play right there, to make sure you're not

905
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Speaker 9: committing a penalty on what Both times we've seen you

906
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Speaker 9: do it this year have ended up in monster returns

907
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Speaker 9: for Jalen Nole for.

908
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 7: Sure, Yeah, you know, I just got to you know,

909
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:39,240
Speaker 7: they put me out.

910
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,840
Speaker 6: There on special teams and you know it's definitely gritty

911
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 6: out there. It's a different guy when you're on special teams.

912
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 6: But you know Jalen, you know, trying to return the

913
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 6: ball to the right and you know my guys trying

914
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 6: to you know, prevent that from happening. So really just

915
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 6: using my body to shield him so he can get

916
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 6: around the edge.

917
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:54,640
Speaker 8: And use his speed.

918
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 10: What about that motion and inside and blocking, blocking in

919
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 10: that run game and that tied in and inside that

920
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 10: tackle sometimes you is that something you like to do?

921
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,320
Speaker 7: Oh? Yeah, that come that comes with the job. We

922
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,359
Speaker 7: got to go get get that dirty work in there.

923
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Speaker 2: Got to Jaye Higgins join us.

924
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:13,120
Speaker 9: Hey Jayden before we get you out of here. You

925
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:14,799
Speaker 9: guys are three and five a couple of weeks ago,

926
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Speaker 9: five and five. Now, what's the take us inside the

927
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 9: locker room? What's the vibe? Especially heading into a short

928
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 9: week here where you know, we're not sure what we're

929
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:26,000
Speaker 9: gonna see from you know, CJ is gonna play or not,

930
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:27,480
Speaker 9: and you got Buffalo coming to town.

931
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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean vibe, the vibees always great after a win.

932
00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 6: I think The biggest thing about this team is we

933
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:34,480
Speaker 6: know that we're gonna take it one week at a

934
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 6: time and continue to progress. And you know, we're not

935
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 6: overlooking anyone and we're not underlooking anyone. It's we're staying.

936
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 7: Still the whole the whole year, week by week. So

937
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:45,240
Speaker 7: it's gonna be a great talme this week versus Buffalo.

938
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Speaker 1: There's Jaden Higgins on Texans post game with Sean Pendergast

939
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:52,680
Speaker 1: and Clint Sterner. Love revisiting those conversations and love hearing

940
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:55,200
Speaker 1: Demiico Ryans with John Harris in the locker room or

941
00:40:55,239 --> 00:40:58,400
Speaker 1: near it anyway after the game that is coming up next,

942
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:02,719
Speaker 1: plus Tommy Toe in a victorious Texans locker room. It's

943
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Speaker 1: all happening here on Texans Radio. Final segment tonight. I'm

944
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: the Damiko Ryan Show. Let's hear that conversation John Harris

945
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:11,320
Speaker 1: talking to the head coach after the game, and Damiko

946
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Speaker 1: Ryan starts it off with the big third and sixteen

947
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 1: conversion on the final drive.

948
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 4: Great decision, We threw it to Nico and something great

949
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 4: is gonna happen. It was a man outstanding play there.

950
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 4: He's just in the moment, just trusting the guys trusting

951
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 4: Davis to make a great decision. And in the moment

952
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 4: I was telling our coaches in that entire two minute drive, defensively,

953
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,600
Speaker 4: Offen like its game right now is about our best

954
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:37,600
Speaker 4: players making a play, and we got to put them

955
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:38,800
Speaker 4: in position to make the play.

956
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 3: We did that. Nico came down with an unbelievable player.

957
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 5: Nico is incredible, but don't want to ask you abou

958
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:45,880
Speaker 5: Jaden Higgins too. He had that deep ball down the

959
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 5: sideline here, which is shortened the touchdown. But he's also

960
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:50,799
Speaker 5: giving you something a little different too as well.

961
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 3: What's Jaden given to you?

962
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, Jaden gives us that same vertical threat that Nico

963
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:57,680
Speaker 4: gives us. And man, his ball skills are just outstanding.

964
00:41:57,719 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 4: Like you throw him the ball, he's coming down with this.

965
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:02,439
Speaker 4: I'm really pleased with Jayden, and I think he has

966
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 4: even more plays from We got to just find ways

967
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,919
Speaker 4: to get him even more opportunities because when we throw

968
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:08,640
Speaker 4: it to him, he finds a way to make a

969
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:09,239
Speaker 4: big playoff You.

970
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 5: To me, a halftime offense just has to go down

971
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 5: and score. And then the second half they did what

972
00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 5: was in your mind the biggest key to that. Didn't

973
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,040
Speaker 5: run it extremely well, but there were a couple of

974
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 5: moments where did run it. Dico and Jayden made some

975
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:23,279
Speaker 5: big plays. Davis led the offense. They went down to

976
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:24,840
Speaker 5: the score that was big. How do you think and

977
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 5: what was most key to that happening?

978
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the key to the second half when

979
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,640
Speaker 4: we came out right and we start motioning, getting in

980
00:42:30,719 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 4: some stack spunches and we started finding Nico right in

981
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:34,400
Speaker 4: the middle of the field.

982
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:37,520
Speaker 3: He started making play after play knowing that man.

983
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:41,360
Speaker 4: Guys are gonna struggle covering him, so we took advantage

984
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,719
Speaker 4: of their weakness and that standpoint, that's what we had

985
00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 4: to do. We tried to run the ball wasn't working

986
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:47,680
Speaker 4: there great in the interior. They did a great job

987
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,319
Speaker 4: versus a run, So we just had to pivot and

988
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:52,360
Speaker 4: make sure we did a great job of throwing the ball.

989
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 4: And that's what sparked us in the second half. Connects

990
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:55,760
Speaker 4: him with Davis to Nico.

991
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 5: They did a great job the second half. Defense for

992
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 5: the most part throughout the game made big big play,

993
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 5: but the biggest was probably Will Anderson power move on

994
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 5: Dan Moore, the sack, the strip, the recovery, that was.

995
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 3: A big one.

996
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:10,359
Speaker 4: Coach and Will Man he continues to sign and we

997
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 4: need to play and Will stepped up and made it

998
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 4: for us. And we know Man, I told the guys

999
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 4: last night, he's going to be about our d.

1000
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 3: Line winning their one on one matchup.

1001
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:21,000
Speaker 4: He did it at a critical time of the game

1002
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:22,759
Speaker 4: and not only did to beat your guy, but to

1003
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 4: go take the football right, similar to the play where

1004
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:27,560
Speaker 4: he got the safety early in the year. Like Man,

1005
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,399
Speaker 4: Will is playing great for us. Danil's able to get

1006
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 4: a sack as well. Like our d Lin just has

1007
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 4: to keep coming the guys inside. It kind of goes unnoticed.

1008
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 4: But Tommy tam like making plays, tipping the football, you know,

1009
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 4: on some critical downs as well. Can't say enough about

1010
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 4: the defense making plays we needed to.

1011
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 5: Tommy running it is the eleventh guy back. The past

1012
00:43:46,600 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 5: down was absolutely just the way you played it.

1013
00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:48,959
Speaker 3: Coach.

1014
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 5: I want to go back going three to start the season,

1015
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:55,480
Speaker 5: but five and two cents, get the five hundred, and

1016
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 5: I know there's bigger goals ahead, but I know we

1017
00:43:58,200 --> 00:43:59,920
Speaker 5: talked about it, Mark and I like, hey, can we

1018
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 5: just get five, get the five hundred and then all

1019
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 5: of a sudden, Man, the rest of the season is

1020
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:04,560
Speaker 5: right there in front of you.

1021
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:05,839
Speaker 3: How big was that today, coach?

1022
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:07,879
Speaker 5: Just to get to that mark to kind of all right,

1023
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:09,560
Speaker 5: even steven, now we got seven left.

1024
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 4: This was this was a huge win for us, right

1025
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 4: to come into place where he felt like it's like

1026
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 4: low energy guys.

1027
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:16,719
Speaker 3: We had to bring our.

1028
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:19,279
Speaker 4: Own juice and we kind of hung around, let the

1029
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,799
Speaker 4: guys hang around a little bit too long, but we

1030
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:23,960
Speaker 4: found a way to get it done. And I'm proud

1031
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,399
Speaker 4: of the guys to get to five hundred. Now, hey,

1032
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,160
Speaker 4: let's go, how are we finishing the season. Let's keep

1033
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:31,600
Speaker 4: building off of what we what we started here and

1034
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:33,040
Speaker 4: man the sky's and lymit for us.

1035
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Speaker 1: Head coach Demiko Ryans with John Harris after the game. Now,

1036
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:40,239
Speaker 1: Tommy TOGII in victorious Texans locker room, I always love

1037
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:43,480
Speaker 1: listening to the thumping beat in the background in a

1038
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 1: celebratory mode for these Texans players following win number five.

1039
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:49,640
Speaker 5: First of all, I want to ask you about the

1040
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 5: past breakup you had. You were the eleventh guys scrambled

1041
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:53,240
Speaker 5: on the field.

1042
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 2: Take me through that moment.

1043
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 11: No, I just see sometimes when we switch up personnels

1044
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,120
Speaker 11: for third down and stuff like that, so they I

1045
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:02,799
Speaker 11: just got a first down, So guys was mixed up

1046
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:03,400
Speaker 11: little bits.

1047
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:05,920
Speaker 3: But I'll I'll come out my number out. I'm a

1048
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 3: running there.

1049
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,319
Speaker 11: So I ran in there, just trying to do my thing,

1050
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,239
Speaker 11: try to get a rush. Sitting there and I've seen

1051
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:12,280
Speaker 11: a camp Ward trying to pull up for the passes.

1052
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:13,279
Speaker 3: Fum My, hands up. Now.

1053
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:14,960
Speaker 5: They gave you half a sack on what I thought

1054
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:16,480
Speaker 5: was a full sack, But that came in up a

1055
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Speaker 5: big time.

1056
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Speaker 11: Take me through the sack, you know, it was a

1057
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 11: big time in the game. They were driving that the

1058
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:22,360
Speaker 11: last drive, you know.

1059
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:22,839
Speaker 4: Right there.

1060
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:24,520
Speaker 11: You know, I just try to make a play, just

1061
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:25,920
Speaker 11: trying to make a play the best I can. Try

1062
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:27,000
Speaker 11: to collapse up hawking on him.

1063
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Speaker 1: We leave the conversation with Tommy right there because it

1064
00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:30,359
Speaker 1: was getting way too loud.

1065
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Speaker 2: It gets even louder.

1066
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Speaker 1: We played it on the post game show yesterday, and

1067
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Speaker 1: that's all we're gonna do today. But great to hear

1068
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 1: that celebration following the latest victory Texans five and two

1069
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Speaker 1: since the to three start, and a big opportunity on

1070
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Speaker 1: Thursday night against Buffalo on battle Red Night at NRG Stadium.

1071
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Speaker 1: It'll be live right here with a seven to fifteen

1072
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Speaker 1: kickoff four fifteen Texans Countdown presented by Medelo Especial Texans

1073
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Speaker 1: All Access. Next tomorrow night we'll have Miles Bryant on

1074
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Speaker 1: Texans All Access Big Week Nick Cassario Wednesday at six,

1075
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Speaker 1: Have a great night, Go Texans,