1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: Welcome to everybody to a Monday edition of Texans All 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Access from the Hunday Texans Radio studio. So glad to 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: be with you. My name is John Harris, your host, 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: football analyst, sideline reporter for your Houston Texans, and we 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 1: are jam packed. We got Andrea We're on the show. 6 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: We got John McClain on the show. We've got Rex 7 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: Burkhead on the show. That's a lot going on on 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: this Monday edition of Texans All Access, So I appreciate 9 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:31,319 Speaker 1: you being here with me for that. And we're gonna 10 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: kick off the show with a little bit of news, 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: your hot reads, if you will. A couple of transactions 12 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:45,560 Speaker 1: not made completely official yet but floating around on the interwebs. 13 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 1: I guess that means it is true. The Texans by 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: tomorrow at three pms Central time. I believe it's a time. 15 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: I always forget if it's four or three, but I 16 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: think it's four Eastern, three Central. The Texas gotta be 17 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 1: to eighty players. They're widling the way down. Reports are 18 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: that the Texans have waived Darius Jackson at running back. 19 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: With you that was gonna be a tough cut. Look. 20 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: Darius has played in this league. I just think he 21 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: was behind a lot of different veterans. But in some way, 22 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: shape or could Darius Jackson have been the number three 23 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:23,839 Speaker 1: running back for this team last year. I think maybe 24 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: he could have been. He could have been that guy 25 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 1: last year. But this year with the number of vets 26 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: they brought in, with the guy I mentioned, Rex birkehead 27 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 1: mark Ingram, Philip Lindsay, David Johnson coming back for a 28 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: second year, Scottie Phillips, who has been I think really 29 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: solid in this training camp. Darius was just behind a 30 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 1: lot of guys. Of course, the holdover Buddy. How has 31 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: Buddy been here longer than anybody? I think he has 32 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 1: when he was claiming on waivers in twenty eighteen. So 33 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 1: a lot going on with the running back position there. 34 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: With Darius Jackson being waived and being let go today 35 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: that according to sources, that will potentially I don't know 36 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: when that will come out for from the Texans, but 37 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,399 Speaker 1: Darius Jackson, according to all reports, has been waived. Now 38 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: the Texans at a player in a trade, Kadar Holliman 39 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: from the Green Bay Packers, a guy I remember seeing 40 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: a training camp practices in twenty nineteen up there in 41 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: Green Bay. Just reading some of the Packers fans thoughts 42 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: on Twitter, analyst thoughts that I follow. He made some plays. 43 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: It is my goal to go back and watch the 44 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 1: game against the Jets. But the Texans give up a 45 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: seventh round pick. It was the seventh rounder they got 46 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: in addition to Anthony Miller. So if you want to 47 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: net the trades that Nick Casserio has made just prior 48 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: to camp up through this point, the Texans gave up 49 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: Randall Cobb keyon crossing and a twenty twenty two fifth 50 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 1: round pick, and in turn, they got back Anthony Miller, 51 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: who unfortunate right now is dealing a little bit of 52 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:08,559 Speaker 1: an injury and hopefully get him back. They got cornerback 53 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: Kadar Hallman, They got a twenty twenty two six rounder 54 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 1: from the Packers, and then they got a twenty twenty 55 00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: three sixth rounder from the Giants. That's how it all 56 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: nets out. And I look at that thinking, you know, 57 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: it's a slot receiver receivingly for a slot receiver, it's younger, 58 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: it's an upgrade. And then you see corner for corner 59 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: in some set, you want to look at it that way. 60 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: And obviously Kean is a tremendous special teams player, but 61 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: Kadar Halman, I think is a better overall defensive back. 62 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: So we'll see how this all nets out. Then the 63 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: Packers get two six round picks. Excuse me, the Texans 64 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: get two six round picked the Packers and the Giants 65 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: one twenty twenty two, one to twenty twenty three. So 66 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 1: that's how it all nets out. We'll see what Halman 67 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: brings to the Texas. Would imagine we're gonna see him 68 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: on Saturday against the Buccaneers. But Kadar Hallman, according to sources, 69 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: a Texan after the trade with the Babe Packers. All right, 70 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: a guy that never played for the Packers. We played 71 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: against the Packers was our good friend Andre Ware. He's 72 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: our game analysts and one of our good friends, and 73 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: we asked him his thoughts from the Saturday in Dallas. No, 74 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: it was fun when you see the way they played, 75 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:20,279 Speaker 1: the atmosphere that was there before the game and all 76 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 1: that went into it. It's Cowboys, It's Texans, no matter 77 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: when it's whether it's preseason, regular season, there's you know, 78 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 1: there's a little bit of a rivalry game there. I 79 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: would I would imagine even with it being a preseason game, 80 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,919 Speaker 1: and so everybody was fired up to see see had 81 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: get itself kicked off. Being there in the atmosphere was 82 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: nice and loud for a preseason game, and I think 83 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: that's that's a good change from what we had a 84 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: year ago. Dre, We've talked about a lot of different things, actually, 85 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: but I don't know that we really focused on the stars, 86 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: if you will, from Saturday Night, and that was the 87 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: defensive line from what you thought the defensive line could 88 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,039 Speaker 1: be going into the year and what you've seen thus 89 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: far and especially Saturday Night, what do you think about 90 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:04,679 Speaker 1: the progress of that potential and the and the potential 91 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 1: of that group. Yeah, I didn't expect this when I'm 92 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: seeing in the first two preseason games. But getting pass 93 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: rush without having the blitz much and if you can 94 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: do that with Love's defense, you're gonna have You're gonna 95 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: be successful certainly on a second and third levels of 96 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: the defense. But the production that they're getting from guys 97 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: up front that you know, Charles the Many who had 98 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 1: two sacks, Jacob Martin at a sac to Marcus Walker 99 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: and then the big Roy Lopez finished the night off. 100 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: But you know, when you're getting those guys with sacks, 101 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 1: it's it's awesome because, like I said, you can do 102 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: so many different things on the back end. You can 103 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,799 Speaker 1: give so many different looks. You don't have the pressure 104 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:49,599 Speaker 1: to put guys on an island, and you don't have 105 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: to be perfect on the outside at corner each and 106 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: every down. And you know, the young players are starting 107 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 1: to step up, veteran players that have signed some one 108 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: year deals here or trying to get contract extensions or 109 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 1: playing for those to be on the team long term 110 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 1: and well into this team's future. You're starting to see 111 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: a good mix of football. Trey. I'm gonna shift gears 112 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: completely here and go to Cameron Johnston the punter because 113 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: looks like they got a real good one here. And look, 114 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: Brian Anger was pretty good for this team, but Johnston 115 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: has that ability and I don't know if he's gonna 116 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 1: be able to do it on a totally consistent basis 117 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: of hanging that ball inside the five or whatever. That 118 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: reverse spin but the sixty one yard or is what 119 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: jumped out to me. I mean, completely flipped the field 120 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: in a crucial situation. That's gonna come in handy this 121 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 1: regular season. Especially with the offense in development, no no 122 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,080 Speaker 1: doubt about it, and they expect him to be able 123 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: to do it. Otherwise I don't think they would have 124 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,279 Speaker 1: brought him here. But he averaged over fifty one yards 125 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: a punt last week, and he was well into like 126 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: fifty five at one point, and he started dropping him 127 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: inside the twenty every time, So that ate away at 128 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: his average a little bit, but very few returns to 129 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: go along with it. That's a weapon that is a 130 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,039 Speaker 1: field changer. That is get he can get us, you know, 131 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: get this offense or get the defense out of trouble 132 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 1: each and every time he's back there, and it's not 133 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: just booming him, it's where he's placing them down. That's 134 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: you know, almost frustrating to an opponent when you can't 135 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: do anything about that. That's one aspect that if he 136 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: is that consistent each and every week during the regular season, 137 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: that's gonna be frustrating for a lot of a lot 138 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: of proposing teams. Drey. We found out yesterday, according to 139 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: numerous sources, that Kylie Waring will not be back with 140 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: the Texans. Waved Hey might be back, I mean, who 141 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: knows what happens in this league. But he was waived 142 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: or is the process of being waved at this particular point. 143 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 1: So this isn't really about him, but it's about the 144 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: tight ends that are actually here. We didn't see Jordan 145 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: Nakins play. I don't think Mark that we saw the 146 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: other night. I don't remember seeing him. I do know 147 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: that we saw Paryll Brown. Yeah, Daki's definitely warmed up. 148 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: But Farrell Brown we had a chance to see. We 149 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:02,960 Speaker 1: have seen Previn Jordan. I think he played seventeen eighteen plays. 150 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: We've seen a lot from Anthony Auclair and also Ryan 151 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: Izzo was in there. It feels like, no matter what 152 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: with Wearing out of the mix, they still have a 153 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: decision to make a tight end. But overall, what have 154 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,080 Speaker 1: you thought about that tight end group and what do 155 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: you think it's capable of this year? Yeah, it's unfortunate 156 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: for Wearing, but you know he was in camp with 157 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: a talented group that were flatly out playing him, and 158 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: so you know, as you get cut at this point, 159 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 1: maybe he can pick up with another team. I certainly 160 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,680 Speaker 1: don't think he's out of options. He is going to 161 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 1: sign with another team. He's big, fast, physical. It's just 162 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: got to got to catch the ball consistently. But when 163 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: you talk about guys like Jordan naked, he's a weapon 164 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: at that position. I mean he is a guy that 165 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: you know, fantasy football players, players are looking around, our 166 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: owners are looking around to add to a roster. You 167 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:54,719 Speaker 1: talk about Brevin Jordan, I was over the moon when 168 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: they drafted him because I know what he did and 169 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: can do when he was at Miami. So to get 170 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: him him in the Texans uniform and kind of get 171 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: him started, they've kind of eased him into the mix. 172 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: I would imagine at some point he'll start to get 173 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,839 Speaker 1: a lot more responsibility. And then Farrell Brown is an 174 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: excellent blocker. When you throw it his way, He's so 175 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 1: big that he catches and just gobbles everything up. So 176 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: there is a good group. How many they keep we 177 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 1: don't know that question yet as the roster starts to 178 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: shake itself out. But at that position group, they've got 179 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 1: some good ones. Drey. Let's talk quarterbacks. Here to Ron Taylor. 180 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:31,319 Speaker 1: We mentioned it's Saturday, not that many throws, only five? 181 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: He had four in the first game. What are you 182 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: expecting this week? What does he need to do? Because 183 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: if they're gonna get this offense cranked up. Don't they 184 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: kind of all need to play together. Whatever, you could 185 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:41,959 Speaker 1: try it out there Saturday, that might be starting on 186 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:45,439 Speaker 1: opening day. And then let's evaluate Mills as well. Please, 187 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: it's a double edged question. Yeah, no, with Tarrod, I'd 188 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 1: have been chopping at the bed. I'd have been in 189 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: Coach Cully's here, Tim Kelly's here, Hey, let me go 190 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: another series, let me get comfortable, because he just never 191 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 1: looked comfortable in that game. And that's the thing about 192 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: the preseason. You don't have to play a lot of reps, 193 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 1: but you gotta go away from the game feeling good 194 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: about your performance. And I don't think you know, you 195 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: couldn't have looked at that and felt like the way 196 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,680 Speaker 1: it happened the way as quickly as it did that 197 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: he felt good about that performance that night two or five. 198 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,199 Speaker 1: You walk away from that thing thinking, well, were there 199 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: any drops? And if that's not the case, then yeah, 200 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: you want to stay in another series and get your 201 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: footing under you. And I thought Davis Mills was accounted 202 00:10:26,280 --> 00:10:29,439 Speaker 1: for himself well. Ten of sixteen, one hundred and fifteen yards. 203 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:32,960 Speaker 1: He moved the team down the field some third down conversions. Yes, 204 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: you can point to that, and when you get in 205 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: the red zone, you want to cast those in for 206 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:40,080 Speaker 1: touchdowns and not settle for field goals. But I thought 207 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 1: he played certainly his best preseason game of this young 208 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: season and is making a push that maybe is not 209 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: being talked about a whole lot. All right, coach Ware, 210 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 1: Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, you got the 211 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: headphones on and you get to make the decision about 212 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: playing time for the most important position at being Troy Taylor, 213 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:06,360 Speaker 1: Davis Mills even to drisco a quarterback position. It's third 214 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:10,080 Speaker 1: preseason game, and you know the situation. There's a bye 215 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: week in between. There's two weeks between that game and 216 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 1: then September twelfth against a jag So if you sit 217 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 1: Taylor for a significant period of time and essentially it's 218 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: two plus weeks when he will play again, how do 219 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 1: you split up the reps? How do you kind of 220 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: go through that process on Saturday against Tampa Bay? And 221 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,480 Speaker 1: do you expect to see Tom Brady and for how long? Yeah, 222 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 1: because I'll take the ladder first. I expect to see 223 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: Tom Brady because he's a competitors. He wants to be 224 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: on the field and he knows how important timing is. 225 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:45,320 Speaker 1: And we're all in uncharted waters in terms of this 226 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: three preseason thing with the NFL on this schedule because 227 00:11:49,559 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: who plays how long you could judge that when you 228 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 1: had four games. The third preseason game was always kind 229 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: of the audition for, you know, the regular season, where 230 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: a guy would play the first half and the first series. 231 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: He's out of the locker room to get used to 232 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: doing that, and I think everybody needs that at some point. 233 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,079 Speaker 1: So is this the game that they do it in? 234 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 1: I would have thought it would have been last week. 235 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: Jeff drisk excuse me, Davis middles did that last week. 236 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: So it confuses you from a standpoint of who would 237 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: you start if you're trying to look in and they've got, 238 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: you know, charted things that are well beyond our imagination 239 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 1: on those those two quarterbacks and how they're going to 240 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 1: make a decision as to who starts what game. But 241 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: you know, when you look at it, you start to 242 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: piece it together. I think it's an unknown what I 243 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: would start to Rod Taylor. I would give him all 244 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: the reps in the first half and then a series 245 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: coming out of the second half. Because of that long 246 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: layoff he's not gonna play for a while, so if 247 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:48,800 Speaker 1: he doesn't get it this week, me a long time 248 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: before we see him. So I expect both quarterbacks on 249 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: both sides to play significant amount of time in the 250 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: last preseason game and then be done with it. Yeah, 251 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: I would think that. I mean, taylorviously is a double 252 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: digit year veteran, but this is not exactly a double 253 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,719 Speaker 1: digit year veteran type team in terms of all we've 254 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,760 Speaker 1: been together a long time. We can all sort of 255 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: pick it up where we left off and that kind 256 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:12,560 Speaker 1: of thing they need to develop. We'll see how they 257 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: handle it this week, Andre, But you think Mills is 258 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: actually progressing pretty well. I mean, I look around in 259 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,599 Speaker 1: the league at these rookie quarterbacks, and I got to 260 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,839 Speaker 1: feel like everybody's seeing what Justin Herbert did last year, 261 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: some of the success of rookies in recent years. When 262 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,079 Speaker 1: you saw Watson burst onto the scene in twenty seventeen, 263 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 1: and you know Lamar Jackson resurrect a season and lead 264 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 1: his team to the playoffs when things weren't going well, 265 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:35,839 Speaker 1: and his rookie season when they started flacking to start out, 266 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: but Jackson came in and completely transformed the team. I 267 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: think that the success of some of these guys I 268 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: just mentioned really affects and puts a lot of pressure 269 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: on some of these rookies, the first rounders, that is, 270 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: to perform instantly. Now Mills is a third rounder. It's 271 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: a little bit of a different situation, especially with this team. 272 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,720 Speaker 1: But what are your thoughts on that subject. Yeah, and 273 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: that's usually a case when you have a young guy 274 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: and you gotta play them right away, you don't have 275 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: a veteran or both are about the same level, and 276 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: it's like, well, we might as well go ahead and 277 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: go with a young guy. We can always come back 278 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,719 Speaker 1: with a veteran. And I don't think that's the case here. 279 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 1: You've got a guy with Tarrod Taylor that has a 280 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 1: lot of experience going into his eleventh year, and they 281 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 1: feel pretty confident about him. So there's no rush to 282 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,560 Speaker 1: get Davis Mill on the field from a coaching standboy, 283 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: but the way he is playing, it's a lot more 284 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: because he was night and day in my opinion, from 285 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: just the way he looked his body language on the 286 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: field in Dallas, the way he's composed, the way he's 287 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 1: commanding the offense and knowing where to go with the football, 288 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: it's coming out faster. He took care of it the 289 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: other night. So those are all good signs that every 290 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 1: that leads you to believe that every single time he's 291 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 1: touching the field, he's getting a little bit better. And 292 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,760 Speaker 1: is he getting it in chunks? I would say, yeah, 293 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: he's getting better in chunks rather than just kind of 294 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,280 Speaker 1: inching his way along, which is I think why he's 295 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,480 Speaker 1: getting more playing time as a as a young player 296 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: in the preseason. Okay, Dre and Mark, this is for 297 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 1: both of you. The NFL players. The top one hundred 298 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: is down to its top ten. Now they haven't they're 299 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: gonna reveal that. Okay, So here are the top ten players. Now. 300 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: It's based on last year, but it's heading into this year. Right. 301 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: Use whatever criteria is in your brain, either both of you, 302 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: and tell me which guy you would put a number one. 303 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: Here's the ten. Devote Adams Packers, Josh Allen, quarterback, Bills, 304 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, some guy we know Aaron Donald, Derek Henry, 305 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: some guy named Hopkins, Travis Kelsey also known as Travis Kelce, 306 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers, and finally a Watt this one 307 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 1: TJ not JJ. Those ten players. Wow, Dre, Then Mark, 308 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: which one do you put a number one? I'll give 309 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: you an offensive player, and I'll give you a defensive player. 310 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: How about that, well, defensive player take a guess, Well, 311 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 1: I would say, Aaron Donald, that's me. What do you say? Yeah, absolutely, 312 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: that's exactly what I'm going with. As a defensive player. 313 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: He is a wrecking ball both inside and out. Guys 314 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: don't want to face and he brings that heat and 315 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 1: intensity every single week. So that's an easy one for me. 316 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: And then Aaron Rodgers, you're the MVP of last year. 317 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: How can you not be considered, as you know, the 318 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: top one or two players in the league. And we 319 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 1: just know what he's capable of doing on a yearly basis. 320 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 1: It's the model of consistency. Every single year he seems 321 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 1: to get better. And those are the two. Aaron Donald, 322 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. Yeah, I gotta go, Aaron Rodgers. I hate 323 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: to be dull about this, and I'm gonna make Mike 324 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 1: Derek Henry point in just a moment here, so brace 325 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: yourself for that again. But Aaron Rodgers, look at it 326 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: this way. They went thirteen and three each of the 327 00:16:45,680 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 1: last two years. Right if you put Mahomes on the Packers, 328 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 1: they're real good. I don't think they're going thirteen and 329 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: three each of the last two years. I think Aaron 330 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: Rodgers is just that kind of a commander, not only 331 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: a great passer of the football and all that, but 332 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: a commander at the line of scrimmage recognizing things. Look, 333 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: Mahomes is great. If you're drafting a team to start now, 334 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 1: out of all those guys and you wanted a quarterback, 335 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 1: well you're gonna take Mahomes because Aaron Rodgers is an 336 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:10,960 Speaker 1: older guy. But as far as the number one player 337 00:17:10,960 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: in the league, yeah, Aaron Rodgers now MVP. I'll go 338 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: back to this, Derrick Henry was the MVP of the 339 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: league last year. In my opinion, there's no other team 340 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: where if you take away a non quarterback, that team 341 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: goes in the toilet. Right, But Tennessee, I'm not saying 342 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: they go in the toilet. But they're not winning the division. 343 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: They're not winning eleven games without Derrick Henry. With any 344 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 1: of the other teams with quarterbacks like Mahomes Rodgersy's top 345 00:17:35,119 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 1: flight quarterbacks. You take any other non quarterback off those teams, 346 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:40,320 Speaker 1: they're not going to the toilet. They're probably gonna have 347 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: the same record. Maybe a game off, but probably the 348 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: same record. That's why Derrick Henry deserved the MVPs. The 349 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: Most Valuable Player, yeah, mop like the Final four used 350 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: to put out the most Outstanding Players in nineteen eighty three, 351 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: A Kimla Juan got it even though inc State won 352 00:17:57,359 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: the thing, because if you call the most valuable player, 353 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,400 Speaker 1: I don't think you could do that, but most outstanding player. Yeah, 354 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: And I'm with Trey Aaron Donald changes games like I 355 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: like nobody else. I mean, we've seen JJ wat. I 356 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: mean JJ's run from twelve to fifteen was was incredible. 357 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: This guy's done it from twenty fourteen since it's been 358 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 1: eight years of absolute and complete domination. When he's on 359 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 1: the field and and and Dray, all of us are 360 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: looking down at him. I'm telling you he is. He's 361 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:38,679 Speaker 1: but you think that helps it? Compact, explosive, all of it. 362 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: He plays, leverage, he plays with his hands, the strength, 363 00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: and his legs, all of it is a factor. He 364 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 1: is the complete package that every defensive lineman inside and out. Uh, 365 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:54,760 Speaker 1: they should study every offseason, during the season, after the season, whenever, 366 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: because he's just that good. Do you think that sometimes 367 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: guys who are shorter, and that's not short short, but 368 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 1: it's shorter than some of the other players out there, 369 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: certainly the old lineman. That's just such a pesky kind 370 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:09,840 Speaker 1: of thing. Yet he's got bullish strength to go along 371 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 1: with it. And do you think that's kind of a 372 00:19:12,280 --> 00:19:14,720 Speaker 1: help to him, an aid to him to be a 373 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 1: little bit shorter and have that lower center of gravity 374 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 1: or whatever? It is? Absolutely, and that that's exactly what 375 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,439 Speaker 1: it is. The game is leverage. The game is you know, 376 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,720 Speaker 1: can you work well in small spaces and at that 377 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 1: certainly at that position or along the defensive line. And 378 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: he has perfected it. Once you think you have him 379 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: figured out, he's got a repertoire of moves that you 380 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 1: never really see the same thing two snaps in a row, 381 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: so that's hard to gauge and just makes himself unpredictable 382 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,960 Speaker 1: by having that large bag of tricks. So it's fun 383 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: to watch. And you're talking him from an offensive player 384 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 1: that loves a lot of offense. I love the ball 385 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: moving itself down the field, But I'd pay to see 386 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald just to play defense. We're talking earlier Mark 387 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 1: about Jacob Martin and the use of that cross shop 388 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: and that's a move that a lot of guys in 389 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: the outside use. Nobody does that move inside, Nobody except 390 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: this guy. He uses that cross shop move inside, which 391 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,680 Speaker 1: it's like, how can you do it? It's still congesting there, 392 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 1: and yet he can still he can still do that. 393 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: For the record, I would probably agree with both of 394 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: you guys. I mean Rogers, I think Rogers. I would 395 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,439 Speaker 1: have to I would have to put number one. I was. 396 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: I was happy to see that TJ got in there 397 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 1: in the top tensed. Yeah, it was a little bit 398 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 1: because Stefon Diggs was outstanding last year and for all 399 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: the credit we want to give Josh Allen, and Josh 400 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,679 Speaker 1: Allen was great, Don't get me wrong, Stefon Diggs stepped 401 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: in there and transform the whole thing. If they don't 402 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 1: have Stefon Diggs, it's the same team that we saw 403 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 1: in the twenty nineteen playoff game that was still flawed. 404 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,439 Speaker 1: But Stefon Diggs stepped in there and just became a 405 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: super And it's so funny because the Vikings make that 406 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: trade like oh and the Vikings, you know, fans are like, 407 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,800 Speaker 1: oh man, we losing Stefon Digs and then they pick 408 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:06,239 Speaker 1: up Justin Jefferson, who ultimately he dre he might end 409 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: up being better in the long run in Stefon Diggs, 410 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: but right now Diggs is incredible. But the Viking's got 411 00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 1: a great one too, and Justin Jefferson. That's what I 412 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: was going to ask you, where did Jordan Jefferson finish? 413 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: Because the season that he had done was phenomenal, So 414 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 1: I would rookie or not, I would have probably had 415 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 1: him close to the top ten because he was just 416 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: about automatic every week. You know, Drey Johnny just brought 417 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 1: up Stefon Diggs and the difference he made in Buffalo, 418 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: and I gotta go here, Josh Allen. He is becoming 419 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: a poster child for year to year improvement, right yeah. 420 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: And you always point this out stability system fit. He's 421 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:50,640 Speaker 1: had Brian Dable for all the years he's been in Buffalo, 422 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 1: and that kind of consistency and growth together is really 423 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 1: paying off of them. And I know that's a big 424 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,640 Speaker 1: subject with you. When guys get another offensive coordinator every year, 425 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 1: it's really hard to adjust to the system. It really is. 426 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,120 Speaker 1: It's like starting over as a rookie, but especially if 427 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: the terminology is completely different. But when you can bring 428 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:12,640 Speaker 1: back continuity both in an offensive staff as well as 429 00:22:12,640 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball, and you're coming 430 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: back to the same offense every year as a quarterback, 431 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 1: you know, that makes a world of difference because you 432 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 1: know Tom Brady for so long in New England, he 433 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: just grouped. They just had a foundation, and you start 434 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 1: to build an offense from that. That allows you to 435 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: change some things, add some things to the offense, and 436 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: just continue to build on it from year to year. 437 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 1: You're comfortable as a quarterback when it's changing. And you 438 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: got a guy that has gone through like Jason Campbell 439 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,320 Speaker 1: for example, four or five different offensive coordinators and offenses 440 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: in six year period. I think I had three and 441 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,239 Speaker 1: four years in Detroit. It's tough. And when you talk 442 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: about Buffalo and Josh Allen, that's the best quarterback situation 443 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: in the league because if Josh Allen goes down, they 444 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,080 Speaker 1: have a capable guy. You guys know how much I 445 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 1: like Mitch Trubisky. He is playing some outstanding football. He 446 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,520 Speaker 1: put it on his old team on Saturday, Uh pretty well, 447 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: pretty good and showing that uh they might not have 448 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,320 Speaker 1: they may have punched the clock on him a little 449 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,320 Speaker 1: bit too early. By the Mitch Trubisky revenge Tour Saturday 450 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:24,600 Speaker 1: was unbelievable. I know, unbelievable. I know it's preseason and 451 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,959 Speaker 1: it doesn't count, so the Bears move on whatever. But 452 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: nobody wants to be on the other end of that 453 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: when you are just getting slacked like that in your Yeah, 454 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: you're a few months removed from the guy being in 455 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 1: your building and then he does that to you. But that, 456 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: that's that had to be a tough one. Yeah, and 457 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 1: when your games down the stretch that got you to 458 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:44,399 Speaker 1: the playoffs. You know, by the way, justin Jefferson, number 459 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: fifty three way too low. I gotta figure out where 460 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 1: that ranks in the wide receivers, because, yeah, if you 461 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: start to go, I mean, look this this league is 462 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: so darnful of wide receivers. I mean we hear it 463 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: from you. You both of you guys, well more trade 464 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: than anybody else. Man, my fantasy team, Man, your fantasy team. 465 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:04,920 Speaker 1: If you can't get points from your receivers, I don't 466 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,919 Speaker 1: know what people are doing because their receivers chuck full. 467 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: That's why it's it's the it's the rules. It's the rules. 468 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: Nobody's afraid to go across the middle anymore. Okay, there's 469 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: no Jack Tatum there with the rules accommodating him as 470 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: well to do damage. If you're going across the middle, 471 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: Now you go across the middle, you're fine, all right. 472 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: It's look. I'm not gonna be like, get off my 473 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: long guy with this, because I think it's actually good 474 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: for the league because the league can live on. If 475 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,840 Speaker 1: the league was continuing the way it was, they might 476 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,520 Speaker 1: get shut down. So that makes it tough. Drake, what's 477 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: gonna be the first college game for you? Going to 478 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:45,719 Speaker 1: Blacksburg to Virginia Tech and looking forward to see you 479 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: know that group along with Mac Brown who has built 480 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: a program in North Carolina pretty quickly and as one 481 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: of the nation's best quarterbacks in Sam Howell. So starting 482 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 1: to dive into that a little bit here in the 483 00:24:57,240 --> 00:25:00,240 Speaker 1: next next couple of days and give myself up to 484 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: speed on Virginia Tech in North Carolina. Well, that's gonna 485 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,960 Speaker 1: be a fun one, Sam Howe against the Hokies, definitely 486 00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 1: gonna be a fun one. Definitely gonna be fun to 487 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: catch up with Baylor Bear alum John McClain He's next 488 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 1: right here in texanso acis pro Texan too, Axis pro 489 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 1: Texan too. Acxis pro Texans a happy money everybody, if 490 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,960 Speaker 1: there is such a thing. Welcome back to this edition 491 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,479 Speaker 1: of Texans All Access. I'm your host, John Harris, Football 492 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: in Siline Reporter in the Hyunday Texans Radio studio, and 493 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,239 Speaker 1: we get an opportunity to talk with John McClain a 494 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 1: lot of the time. So John Harris with John McClain. 495 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: Sometimes people will just say John and expect everybody to know, 496 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,880 Speaker 1: Well Terris or is it McClain, it's one of them. Well, 497 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: it's the General. That's how we refer to John mcclin, 498 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 1: our good friend who has been covering this for forty 499 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: six training camps. That's amazing. And he had his thoughts 500 00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 1: after being in Arlington. We call him the generals. General 501 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: thought of what he saw Saturday night against the Cowboys. 502 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,959 Speaker 1: The offense is struggling big time. You know, when your 503 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 1: quarterback comes in Jeff driscoll and as your longest run, 504 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:15,160 Speaker 1: you know that's not good. And so the running game 505 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 1: was struggling. Dry. Taylor didn't look like you looked in 506 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,760 Speaker 1: the first game, and the Cowboys played I think nine 507 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 1: defensive starters, and I think they had nine offensive starters, 508 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: and of course the two they kept out with their 509 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,879 Speaker 1: big guns, Prescott and Elliott. But one thing that I 510 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 1: was thinking about, when people keep readers will keep reminding 511 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,240 Speaker 1: me it's preseason, I say, really, I didn't realize that. 512 00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: I've never written that it was preseason. And one thing 513 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: I noticed, if you go to the sacks and the 514 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: turnovers in this game, the only starter that participated either 515 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,400 Speaker 1: one was Charles A. Menna who all the other sacks 516 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 1: and all the other turnovers were deduced by backups. So 517 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: I tell the people, so there, it's not like the 518 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,080 Speaker 1: Texans were playing all their starters and knows who all 519 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: it was who were doing anything. But like you guys 520 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 1: talked about, everybody's talking about Lovey Smith's defense doing the 521 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 1: things that they didn't do well last season, and especially 522 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: we can't overlook the run defense. Tony Pollard has been 523 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: the backup there for a few years. He's no slouts. 524 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: They limited the Cowboys ninety five yards. They were the 525 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 1: worst run defense in the NFL last year forty nine 526 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: yards against the Packers. And people say, well, they didn't 527 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 1: start their big bags. Well, the Texans didn't have a 528 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 1: lot of their starting defensive people in there after the 529 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 1: first quarters. So it all is what it is. It's preseason, 530 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,400 Speaker 1: we know it. But what's the alternative. You'd rather them 531 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: go out there and look like they did in that 532 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 1: first game against Arizona when Bill O'Brien in two fourteen, 533 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: when Bill took over. It is preseason, and they're doing 534 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: better than anybody anticipated on defense, and the offfense needs 535 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: to play a lot against the Buccaneers. John at that 536 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,520 Speaker 1: point when people ask about preseason, you know, and then regulars, Okay, 537 00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: it's just preseason. I try to think about the things 538 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:19,040 Speaker 1: that can carry over from preseason games on into regular 539 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: season games. I don't know if they're gonna end up 540 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: getting what seven turnovers in two games? Seven over? Oh boy, 541 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:27,720 Speaker 1: I mean that would be like what fifty six something 542 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:32,440 Speaker 1: that they're going against the rookie quarterback. Well, yeah, they 543 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,680 Speaker 1: face a rookie quarterback, and then they face Baker Mayfield, 544 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 1: and they faced Sam Darnold, so you know, there's there's 545 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 1: just thought they could get some turners. But what do 546 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: you think carries over from the preseason to the regular 547 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 1: season that you think people can get excited about. Mine 548 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 1: would have to be the defensive line of the pass 549 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,600 Speaker 1: rush I think can carry over. What have you seen 550 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: that you think can carry over from preseason to regular 551 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 1: season when you have a new staff and the new 552 00:28:56,280 --> 00:29:00,240 Speaker 1: staff has been coaching a certain mindset it called sure 553 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 1: trying to build a culture confidence for a team that 554 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: people don't outside the building don't have any confidence in. 555 00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: I think them believing in what they're doing and seeing 556 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: the results in preseason of what the coaches are teaching 557 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: them is vital going into the season. And on defense, 558 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 1: you know those getting those takeaways, you know, Lovey doesn't 559 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 1: call them turnovers, he calls them takeaways, and getting those 560 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 1: knowing that his trademark as a defensive coach was always 561 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: getting takeaways, then that's got to help their confidence when 562 00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:45,240 Speaker 1: they go in to any situation. Now, this last preseason game, 563 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 1: to me, is the perfect test of what they've done 564 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: and where they are because you're playing the defending Super 565 00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: Bowl champions and Bruce Arians he said he's going to 566 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: play the starters. He's kept them out for the first 567 00:29:57,760 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: two so that means you're going to see a lot 568 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 1: of Brady and the other Buccaneers and if they win handily, 569 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: you know, they just want a super Bowl handily. They should. 570 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:09,400 Speaker 1: They're the super Bowl, They're predicted to be the super 571 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: Bowl champion for a second year in a row. And 572 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,479 Speaker 1: it's almost like what you do against them? Then here 573 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 1: comes Jacksonville with the first year head coach, first year quarterback, 574 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: a lot of young players. I thought since the schedule 575 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 1: came out, I predicted they beat the Jaguars. They've beat 576 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: them six times in a row, so I think just 577 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: the overall confidence of the defense seeing is believing the 578 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 1: confidence the coaches have in the defense, and that's a 579 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: big deal. You know, there's not like Lovey Smith. Now 580 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 1: he's saying, oh my goodness, what are we going to 581 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: do for a defensive line. We've come this far. Nobody's 582 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 1: producing the way I want or any of the coaches, 583 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,600 Speaker 1: and I think they are. And when you see those 584 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: backup in the secondary getting interceptions, you know, Lonnie Johnson, 585 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,080 Speaker 1: I don't know that I've seen a player have a 586 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,760 Speaker 1: better week of practice and then go out and have 587 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 1: a touchdown in a game on defense. And you know, 588 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: he's we've known now for going into his third season 589 00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 1: the ability he has and now that he has made 590 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: the finally made the transition of safety seamlessly, and having 591 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: Greg Jackson, who played twelve years back there coaching him, 592 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 1: I think is having a profound effect on him. And 593 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:29,400 Speaker 1: he doesn't even start. So I think that a lot 594 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,560 Speaker 1: of those defensive players from the run defense, which it 595 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:37,800 Speaker 1: starts there and stopping the run and then forcing turnovers. 596 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,920 Speaker 1: That's the biggest thing. You know. On offense, they still 597 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: got to run the ball. They're struggling running. They with 598 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:47,600 Speaker 1: exception of Laramie Tonsil, they had their starting line out there, 599 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 1: and they're going to have to do a better job 600 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: of run blocking because if they get behind, which they 601 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: very well could do against the Buccaneers, they're gonna have 602 00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: to throw it a lot unless they continue to try 603 00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: to work on the running game. You're surprised at all 604 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,880 Speaker 1: that Tard Taylor's only thrown the ball nine times in 605 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: two games, and Mills is thirty eight attempts. So what 606 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,760 Speaker 1: do you think of the quarterbacking situation and what they're 607 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: going to do to handle it this week and moving forward. 608 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:14,680 Speaker 1: I think Taylor's going to play more. He needs to 609 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 1: play more. The first team offense needs to play more. 610 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 1: They need to get some consistency. You know, it's the 611 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: word that David Culley uses the most consistency, and they 612 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: don't have it. On offense. Taylor looked good in the 613 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: first series. This one he did not, and they just 614 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: were discombobulated. And a lot of that has to do 615 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: with the Cowboys playing almost all of their starters. But 616 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,000 Speaker 1: that was a good test. But they've got to run 617 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: it better. I would expect we'll see Tard run it 618 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: more in regular season. I read a thing last week. 619 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:51,200 Speaker 1: I looked up his three years in Buffalo as the 620 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 1: starting quarterback and Deshaun Watson's three years here. They're running totals, 621 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 1: and they were remarkably close together, and people are like, well, 622 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: Taylor's and I've done this. Taylor's no Watson when it 623 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 1: comes to running. Well, you know what he was then, 624 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: and he certainly hasn't been used up because he started 625 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 1: and played so little. But none of them are for 626 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 1: an injury below his waist, like his knees or his 627 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: ankles or anything. So I expect him to be a 628 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:23,120 Speaker 1: big part of the running game as well, and in 629 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,360 Speaker 1: the key though, you know, they're holding a lot of 630 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: stuff back. They don't want Jacksonville to get on the 631 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 1: tape and start seeing what they're doing. It's the Milla, 632 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: but I think we'll see the starters. I don't know 633 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,200 Speaker 1: if he'll Toronto play a half. I think the improvement 634 00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 1: of Davis Mills in the second game compared to first 635 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: was real good. Coaches have to be happy with that. 636 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: And I'll be prized in this game because they need 637 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:54,480 Speaker 1: to see Mills more because if everything goes sporting to play, 638 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 1: he won't be on the field for quite a while. John, 639 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 1: your thoughts about Hollyware being waived, We found that out 640 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 1: that news according to sources yesterday. Yeah. When I wrote that, 641 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:10,160 Speaker 1: I thought, you know what, it's certainly no surprise Whearing 642 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:13,680 Speaker 1: turned out to be a wasted third round draft choice. 643 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,760 Speaker 1: When they drafted him, we were all surprised they didn't 644 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 1: need a tight end if they said they had him 645 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: rated higher on their board. And you know, you're supposed 646 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,279 Speaker 1: to take the best athlete available, and he was a 647 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,360 Speaker 1: great athlete, just wasn't a football player. He had trouble 648 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 1: learning football the system and now it's a second system, 649 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: and he looked great and I'm sure somebody's going to 650 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,879 Speaker 1: give him a chance and see Okay, they couldn't get 651 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,919 Speaker 1: it out of him. Let's see if we can get 652 00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:42,879 Speaker 1: it out of him, and I hope that the guy 653 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,360 Speaker 1: goes on with success. But they still got tough cuts 654 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: coming at tight end. They've got five tight ends now 655 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: that they moved Quisenbury to fullback, and so they got 656 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,840 Speaker 1: some difficult decisions to make. What we know is wharing 657 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:57,800 Speaker 1: he's not going to be on the practice squad. Cuts 658 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,200 Speaker 1: they make the tight ends could end up on the 659 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:03,560 Speaker 1: practice squad. But there you know, as you guys know, 660 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:07,440 Speaker 1: anytime you have tough cuts in a position, that's good. 661 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,799 Speaker 1: And they got a lot of tough cuts. It is 662 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:13,239 Speaker 1: not because the players necessarily great. It's just because they're 663 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:18,480 Speaker 1: even and that's good for a team. John Jacksonville plays tonight, 664 00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,920 Speaker 1: And did you come out with your predictions yet on 665 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,279 Speaker 1: the season, on records and things like Now, if I'm 666 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,239 Speaker 1: working on that this week, our football stection comes out, 667 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,600 Speaker 1: Rooks Cabina and I are. We're working on all kinds 668 00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:34,919 Speaker 1: of stuff. My big story is the plan, the Texans plan, 669 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,600 Speaker 1: the Necssario plan. What is the plan? I think it's 670 00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,160 Speaker 1: apparent to all of us now what it is. And 671 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:43,640 Speaker 1: one of the things we're doing is we make our 672 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,919 Speaker 1: staff predictions. But and I'm gonna, as I've said since 673 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,920 Speaker 1: schedule came out, I'm gonna have a beating the Jaguars 674 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,239 Speaker 1: in the first game, and as far as where they 675 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,759 Speaker 1: finished going into this season, I'm gonna have the Jaguars 676 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:59,120 Speaker 1: third and the Texans fourth, and of course Tennessee and 677 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 1: then Indy. Question answered, then, so Carson Wentz is scheduled 678 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 1: to practice today along with Quenton Nelson. You surprised about that. 679 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:12,000 Speaker 1: The quick return for these guys, They said it was possible, 680 00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:15,320 Speaker 1: and they gave that timetable of five weeks to twelve weeks, 681 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,080 Speaker 1: and it hadn't even been four weeks. So that doctor 682 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,040 Speaker 1: that performad surgery on them, he might become the go 683 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: to guy for anybody that has that injury again. And 684 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,720 Speaker 1: I can't remember when I've seen people have it before. 685 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,640 Speaker 1: That that's great for the Colts, of course, because they 686 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:35,239 Speaker 1: have a brutal schedule, and I know that it is 687 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:40,839 Speaker 1: really tough for you guys to have to stomach. Yeah, 688 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:47,759 Speaker 1: I'm really I'm really upset about God's laugh then, sound 689 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:52,560 Speaker 1: like going out of a cartoon. Yeah, big, big problems 690 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,520 Speaker 1: for them, Okay, general, thanks a lot for joining us. 691 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,720 Speaker 1: We'll catch up later in the week. Thank you, guys, 692 00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,000 Speaker 1: Thank you very much. As always, that was the great 693 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,880 Speaker 1: John mc lane with Mark Van Demir and myself speaking 694 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,239 Speaker 1: of great a man with a Super Bowl ring on 695 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:09,239 Speaker 1: this roster number twenty eight, Rex Burkhead next right here 696 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:13,360 Speaker 1: on Texans All Access. Since All Access, we got one 697 00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,640 Speaker 1: final segment this Monday ED issue the Texans All Access 698 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,319 Speaker 1: from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I am your host, 699 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,359 Speaker 1: John Harris, and I am an unabashed fan of our 700 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:24,759 Speaker 1: next guest. I've been a big fan of his since 701 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:28,719 Speaker 1: his days at Nebraska when he was with the Bengals. Man, 702 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,200 Speaker 1: every time he got into the game, I just felt like, Okay, 703 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:33,120 Speaker 1: he's gonna do something to hurt us, you know, almost 704 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,479 Speaker 1: killed us on the night we clinched the Vision against 705 00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:37,920 Speaker 1: the Bengals in twenty sixteen, but thankfully a field goal 706 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:42,760 Speaker 1: got pushed wide. Right. Yeah, But in twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen, 707 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:49,680 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, twenty twenty, Rex Burkhead playing for the Patriots. Oh, 708 00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:53,319 Speaker 1: he was a monster. He's always been. Well. Now he's 709 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 1: on the good guy's side, and that's good. And I 710 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,440 Speaker 1: had a chance to catch up with him after the 711 00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 1: walkthrough today. All right, hanging out in side NRG Stadium, 712 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,360 Speaker 1: where my next guest is that the only ring. I 713 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,279 Speaker 1: would say only ring. I don't want to say that 714 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:10,000 Speaker 1: you got two Super Bowl rings? Right? Just one? Okay? 715 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,440 Speaker 1: Oh that's right. Twenty sixteen you were with the Bengals. Oh, 716 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:15,480 Speaker 1: I should remember that night, but I'm with Rex Birkhead. 717 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,320 Speaker 1: Rex being in the stadium gets you thinking about Saturday 718 00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,240 Speaker 1: night taking out of Buccaneers. At this point of camp, 719 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:23,680 Speaker 1: what are your thoughts, what are your feelings? Just ready 720 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 1: to get to the season, just ready to get through 721 00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:27,120 Speaker 1: this thing. How do you feel after being around the 722 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 1: game for a while and having gone through training camp, 723 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,640 Speaker 1: being in this for four weeks? Yeah, you know, really 724 00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:34,800 Speaker 1: you still just take it as a day by day approach. 725 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,040 Speaker 1: I understand you can get better every single day, and 726 00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:40,600 Speaker 1: you know this is towards end of camp, and so 727 00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:42,719 Speaker 1: you just want to improve upon things. Maybe you're making 728 00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:46,040 Speaker 1: mistakes early in camp or last preseason game and really 729 00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:49,040 Speaker 1: start to fine tune those things and come out Saturday 730 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:52,640 Speaker 1: and perform. We're up in the Metroplex. Last Saturday you 731 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,399 Speaker 1: played at Plano. Does it feel different kind of being 732 00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,600 Speaker 1: in that building. Did you You didn't ever play in 733 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:00,400 Speaker 1: that building? How does it feel to be up there? 734 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:02,480 Speaker 1: And I would assume have family around watching, you have 735 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,480 Speaker 1: friends watching it? How that kind of feel to get 736 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,160 Speaker 1: a few reps with them? And stands? Yeah, it was great. Um, 737 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:09,200 Speaker 1: you know I found out afterwards I had quite a 738 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,320 Speaker 1: few friends at the game, you know, sending me pictures 739 00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:13,600 Speaker 1: and stuff and so, Um, it's always cool when you 740 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,520 Speaker 1: get to play in front of your your family back 741 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 1: home where you grew up. You know, of course, playing 742 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,640 Speaker 1: Friday and night lights there in high school, you know 743 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:22,240 Speaker 1: it's special for sure. And um, just you know, getting 744 00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,279 Speaker 1: some matching and for the first time this year, coming 745 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,839 Speaker 1: back from the knee injury last year and getting out 746 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,120 Speaker 1: there going again. You know, it's great when you come 747 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 1: off an injury like that. Rex. As a running back, 748 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:35,319 Speaker 1: and I've always wondered this over the years as a 749 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,880 Speaker 1: running back, is there like a mental hurdle you have 750 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:39,520 Speaker 1: to get over or do you kind of go through 751 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:41,560 Speaker 1: that your first hit during training camp when you put 752 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,879 Speaker 1: the pads on. Has there been any sort of mental 753 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:45,920 Speaker 1: hurdle you've had to get past to get past the injury? 754 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,680 Speaker 1: To kind of move forward from it. Yeah, I mean 755 00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:50,360 Speaker 1: there's always those obscools. A lot of confidence, you know, 756 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:54,000 Speaker 1: building over time, and you know it started first day 757 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000 Speaker 1: of practice, going to camp, getting some live reps you 758 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,960 Speaker 1: know where that was, running rounds, you know, starting to 759 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,160 Speaker 1: react with things, and then of course when you put 760 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,160 Speaker 1: the pads on, taking some content, taking some hit and uh, 761 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:04,920 Speaker 1: you know, of course got tackled in the game, got 762 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,160 Speaker 1: some runs, got some catches in and got tackled. So 763 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:09,879 Speaker 1: it just gives you more and more confidence every time 764 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,040 Speaker 1: something like that happens, like, Okay, I'm good. You know 765 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:14,759 Speaker 1: things are gonna be fine. Rex always thought about this 766 00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:18,000 Speaker 1: one too. Saturday night, you will see some guys that 767 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,800 Speaker 1: you've played with and some big games with, obviously the 768 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,440 Speaker 1: quarterback tight end. I think we all know. What's it 769 00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:26,160 Speaker 1: like when you see guys that you spend so much 770 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,320 Speaker 1: time with on the other sideline. Yeah, no, it's cool. 771 00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,480 Speaker 1: I mean, this game, you know, it is special. You 772 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,640 Speaker 1: don't take it for granted at all, and so you 773 00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:37,000 Speaker 1: chairs those great moments you've had with your former teammates 774 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,800 Speaker 1: in the past, and whenever you see each other, it's 775 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,040 Speaker 1: always cool because you know, you guys have been through 776 00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,560 Speaker 1: all the work that goes into it during the season, 777 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:46,720 Speaker 1: in the offseason, and just you know, seeing how families 778 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:48,759 Speaker 1: are doing. You always want to check in on that. 779 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,920 Speaker 1: And it's always fun competing against each other. Do you 780 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,280 Speaker 1: ever really talk football or is it more about family 781 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,480 Speaker 1: friends that kind of thing. Yeah, mostly about family and friends, 782 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,000 Speaker 1: you know, I just want to make sure those are 783 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,160 Speaker 1: you know, especially things have been in the world the 784 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:04,080 Speaker 1: past couple of years, so you're just really um, you know, 785 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:07,480 Speaker 1: checking on that first and foremost. Okay, I've started this 786 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,400 Speaker 1: with Max a couple of weeks ago and I've continued 787 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,919 Speaker 1: it for It's a pretty simple segment. It's called say 788 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:16,359 Speaker 1: something nice about Okay, so we're gonna start with say 789 00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:23,480 Speaker 1: something nice about Philip Lindsay's hair. If I was Mark, 790 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,160 Speaker 1: you know, answering this question, he would have zero to say. 791 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,680 Speaker 1: I think he always gives him a hard time about it. 792 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:34,479 Speaker 1: But you know me personally, I have no hair. So 793 00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:38,120 Speaker 1: you know he's he's got a full set, and you 794 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:39,640 Speaker 1: know he should be proud of it and rocket as 795 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:43,280 Speaker 1: long as he can, no doubt, say something nice about 796 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:47,720 Speaker 1: the guy you just mentioned, mark Ingram Marky full of energy, 797 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:52,279 Speaker 1: still going in eleven years in his passion and competitiveness 798 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:57,319 Speaker 1: is still all time high. Say something nice about Okay, 799 00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:58,799 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put you to the test. Can you say 800 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:07,080 Speaker 1: something nice about a rookie? Davis Mills? Davis Mills, Yes, Um, calm, collective, um. 801 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:10,759 Speaker 1: You know, never really too loud, always the same, you know, 802 00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,640 Speaker 1: every single day, works to stale off, to understand the offense. 803 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:18,839 Speaker 1: Can you say anything nice about the Iowa Hawkeyes. No, 804 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:22,600 Speaker 1: don't answer that. Don't Rex, don't answer that without only 805 00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,279 Speaker 1: getting in trouble man. Not gonna do that. I just 806 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:25,600 Speaker 1: want to get your laugh a little bit. Rex. I 807 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,560 Speaker 1: appreciate you. Toime Man, thank you, appreciate it, Thank you. 808 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:30,080 Speaker 1: I think I'm an even bigger fan of Rex Burkhead 809 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:33,200 Speaker 1: now having gotten a chance to meet him than I 810 00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:36,560 Speaker 1: was from just watching him on the field. From Afar. 811 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:41,320 Speaker 1: A big thanks to Mark, to Dre, to John McClain 812 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:43,719 Speaker 1: to Rex Burkhead, to all of you for listening. We'll 813 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:45,800 Speaker 1: see you tomorrow everybody, and as always, go Texans.