1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,559 Speaker 1: To be able to take it to that next level. 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: That's what I'm excited about. Close off the all wide 3 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:10,399 Speaker 1: open across the five peas. In touchdown, Houston fires Upody. 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 1: This is intercepted back to back possessions picks for this 5 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: Texas defense. Takeaway number three on the days. Game day 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: is every day, five nights a week. They hits keep 7 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: on coming. No, it's Texans All Excess. Welcome in everybody 8 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,480 Speaker 1: to a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access. I'm your host, 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: John Hurts, Footballing off SIDEAU Reporter, been your host on 10 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: this show these two hours now in my ninth year 11 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: and absolutely love bringing it to you. We've got so 12 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: much on the document. We got our deep slant one 13 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: on one with Oj Howard tonight, Dpcity who sits down 14 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: the big tight end from out of Alabbama and the 15 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: Bucks and a little bit with the Bills. But now 16 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: with the Texans making an impact as he did last Sunday, 17 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: man did he make an impact against the Indianapolis Colts. 18 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,840 Speaker 1: So we'll have our deep slant one on one brought 19 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: to you by Suffinity. Mark's gonna join me after a 20 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: little bit and we're gonna chat about kind of finishing 21 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: up the Colts and then getting ready for the Denver Broncos. 22 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: He's also gonna have his men behind the mics play 23 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: by play extraordinary Dave Logan for the Denver Broncos also 24 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: coaches one of the high school teams. I want to 25 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: say Cherry Creek. I could be wrong, though, but he 26 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: coaches a high school team and it's been fabulous over 27 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 1: the years. So we'll have our men behind the mice 28 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: Hiccoff second hour, Mark will be in and then I 29 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: will tell you about the last time that we were 30 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: in Denver. Now, if you remember the last time we 31 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: were in Denver, it was a really exciting ending and 32 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 1: I unfortunately played a little bit of a role when 33 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: I shouldn't have. So I'll tell you that story a 34 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: little bit later in the show. But we have to 35 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: kick off tonight's show with the general manager of your 36 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: Houston Texas at being able to say that every single Wednesday, 37 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: it's just I love getting a chance to catch up 38 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: with Nick Kissario. And not surprisingly, Nick Kisserio has not 39 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: seen Draft Day. Maybe he needs to see it. I 40 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,919 Speaker 1: don't know. Maybe top T Lasko hadn't seen him. The 41 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: Chargers made him watch it, and then they filmed him 42 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: watching it. It is hilarious. I think we need to 43 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 1: do that with Nick Cassarrio. But either way, we had 44 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: other things to talk about. Of course. How do you 45 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: deal with a tie? All right, So I'm gonna ask 46 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: you this, how do you feel your feelings? Nick after 47 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,800 Speaker 1: a tie? You've never been part of one, if I'm 48 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: not mistaken with the Patriots anyway, What about college or 49 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: anything like that. Yeah, actually we had a few in college. 50 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,280 Speaker 1: We had two in college. Actually, okay, one year I 51 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: think we win six two and two whatever it was. 52 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: But anyways, each game is own entity, and you kind 53 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: of go through the game and whatever the result is, 54 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: the result is. So there's a lot of plays that 55 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: came up during the course the game, like we talked 56 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,160 Speaker 1: about last week, and you're looking around the league a 57 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: little bit. I don't want to say there were nine 58 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 1: one score games in the first week of the season. 59 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: Usually those games come down to, you know, handful of 60 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: plays in each game. We saw that in the Denver 61 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: Seattle game as well. So in the end, whatever the 62 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: situation is, you're gonna execute or not execute, and then 63 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: whatever the result is is the result. And then really 64 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 1: it's about turning the page and moving on to the 65 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,119 Speaker 1: next game, the next opportunity in front of us, which 66 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 1: will be Denver Nick. As you thought about week one 67 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: and the Colts heading into the game, as you walked 68 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:24,119 Speaker 1: out of there, Yes, it's a tie, and nobody really 69 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: knows how to feel about that. But just from an 70 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: unfield standpoint of where the product is versus last year 71 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,239 Speaker 1: and how much we've improved in all that kind of stuff, 72 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,680 Speaker 1: how did you feel about that aspect of things, physicality, athleticism, speed, 73 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. How did you feel one 74 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: year to the next. Yeah, again, it's a week to 75 00:03:41,880 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 1: week endeavor. But I would say there's certain areas of 76 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: the game where we did some good things. We had 77 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: our opportunities. Kind of started slowly, a little bit offensively, 78 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: kind of played decent in the middle of the game 79 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: and in a fourth quarter, probably an execute as well 80 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: as we needed to defensively. One of the things that 81 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: we did that kind of kept this in the game. 82 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: Play good in the red area, so gave a lot 83 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: of yards. Things in a run game that we need 84 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: to get cleaned up and get and get fixed, and 85 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: a passing game limited some of the exposive players are 86 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 1: able to take the ball away. So there's some positives 87 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: to take out of the game. There's the things that 88 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: we did well. We just got to build on some 89 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 1: of the things that we've done well consistently and try 90 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 1: to improve in the areas that you know, we need 91 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: some work and that's what you have to do over 92 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: the course, I would say, the early part of the season, 93 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: before you know, you get four six, four or five 94 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 1: six games under your belt and everybody kind of sees 95 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:25,480 Speaker 1: what you are, what you have. So say, some players 96 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: took advantage of the opportunity, made some plays and as 97 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: a team collectively do we just have to play better 98 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 1: and we have to execute better in the end, Yeah, 99 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 1: it is the first sixty minute game for this squad. 100 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: You have the three preseason games, but it's game one. 101 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 1: What about game one to game two? You talk about 102 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:41,680 Speaker 1: four or five weeks whatever, but game one to game 103 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: two has got to be a pretty big leap. Yeah. 104 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: I mean, really played a game and a half defensively, 105 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,280 Speaker 1: ninety four plays on that side of the ball, So 106 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: you really you have to flip the page because it's 107 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: a new I would say team, new opportunity, new schematic 108 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 1: front structure. Defensively, what Denver does is different when Indie does. 109 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:02,280 Speaker 1: They do offensively is different than what Indy does. So 110 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: you have to look at the team that you're playing 111 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: and kind of look at it and the whole week. 112 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: We have to go through the whole week and kind 113 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: of start a preparation over go through the game from 114 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,280 Speaker 1: last night, and really that's kind of the bulklet preparation. 115 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: This is the first opportunity for a lot of the 116 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: starters on both sides the ball for Denver that played, 117 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: so not a lot him playing the preseason, go back 118 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: to last year and really study some of the personnel. 119 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:27,159 Speaker 1: But schematically it's a little bit different. Maybe defensively, there's 120 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: some carryover because this is kind of rooted in Vic's system. 121 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: So we knew the coach Overo he was, you know, 122 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,599 Speaker 1: not Vic's system, but he's with coach Staley who was 123 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: in Vic's system, So there's some carryover in terms of 124 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: that what they're doing, and then some of the new players. 125 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: So really it's about understanding the team, understanding the opponent, 126 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: understanding the personnel, understanding schematically what they're doing. In all 127 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,839 Speaker 1: three phases, Nick, you saw Jerry Hughes for a number 128 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: of years when you were with New England. He's with 129 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: Buffalo and we obviously saw him here in various games, 130 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: playoff game, I mean, he's terrorizing quarterbacks and then he 131 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: steps on the field thirty four years old, and he 132 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: looked like he was arguably the best player on the field. 133 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: I'd imagine you felt good about what Jerry brought to you. 134 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 1: But what does he bring? Not just striped sacks and 135 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 1: interceptions and those kind of things, but what does Jerry 136 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:10,800 Speaker 1: bring overall? What did you see the other day from 137 00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: him against the Colts. Yeah, We've talked about this at 138 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: different points through the spring, him and training Cam and 139 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: he's been consistent since day one. So his performance what 140 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:19,479 Speaker 1: you saw in the field on Sunday, you saw a 141 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: lot of that in practice as well. So if you 142 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: do in practice, there's a good chance you're gonna do 143 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 1: in a game and all of a sudden, you know, 144 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: you know, dudes don't do something in practice and then 145 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: you're gonna flip a switch and something's gonna happen in 146 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: the game. So you know, he was disruptive. He made 147 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: some negative plays there. Honestly, the interception probably negated a 148 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 1: touchdown because that right side of the field, there was 149 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: nobody on that on that side of the field on 150 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,400 Speaker 1: the screen, So you know, we were able to kind 151 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: of make a big play at RM. We kind of 152 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: eliminated a big play on the Colts and offensively so. 153 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,440 Speaker 1: But Jerry has been consistent from day one. Obviously, the 154 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,560 Speaker 1: fact that he was elected captain speaks to what his 155 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: teammates and what does peers think of him, which that 156 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: speaks to, you know, more than anything that we talk about. 157 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: How about the rookies nick getting their first taste of 158 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 1: regular season action, because everything seems to have an extra 159 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: level of speed, your training camp practice, your preseason games, 160 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: and now here we are in the regular season. Yeah, 161 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: it wasn't too big for them. I'm gonna handful or 162 00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: haven't any played in the game, so you know, some 163 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: played more snaps than others. But it's a good opportunity. 164 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:19,920 Speaker 1: I think the big thing, just philosophically is it's still football. 165 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: So even though you go from training camp, practice, the 166 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: preseason games, the regular season games, is still about football. 167 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: It's still about your execution, still about your preparations, still 168 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 1: about your signment and just doing the right thing when 169 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,560 Speaker 1: you're on the field, and because once you stop on 170 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: the field, nothing else really matters. So just focus on 171 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: what you have to do that play. Just have enough 172 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: discipline and have enough mental toughness to focus on that 173 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:43,119 Speaker 1: particular situation. So from that perspective, I'd say that group 174 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: did a decent job. So as another opportunities will be 175 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: a new i would say stimulus this week going on 176 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: the road, I'd say playing in his hostile and loud 177 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:52,920 Speaker 1: environment is the NFL, So playing on the road, there's 178 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: some different elements that go into it, So focus on 179 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: concentration will be at a premium, not that it wasn't 180 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: last week, but even more so when you go on 181 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: the road. Joked in training camp and then near preseason games, 182 00:08:03,440 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: we're like, who's gonna be the Amendola this year? Who's 183 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: gonna be Danny Amendola, the player we'd never see coming 184 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 1: that jumps into week one and makes an impact and 185 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: we're like, there's not gonna be one. And then Oj 186 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: Howard catches two touchdowns. When you brought Oj here, Nick, 187 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: what did you see in him? I mean physically he 188 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: looks like he's a power forward, But what did you 189 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: see and what did you think he could bring to 190 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: the team. Yeah, I mean Oj has good attributes that 191 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 1: go into playing that position. He's got good size, he's 192 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: got good length, he runs fairly well. He's a smart player. 193 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:33,400 Speaker 1: I think it's a credit to really Oj and coach 194 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: Burbs for you know, getting him ready to play in 195 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: the game. I think he had twelve plays kind of 196 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 1: maximize some of these opportunities. I mean those two plays 197 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: were well executed, the way they we're put together, the 198 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 1: way Pep kind of structured, those plays were able to 199 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: get a certain look and we're able to capitalize on it. 200 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: So Aj is a good kid, or excuse me, OJ 201 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: is a good kid who works hard. He's smart, um, 202 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: you know, he has a good football aptitude, and he 203 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: has good skills. So we see if we can build 204 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: on some of the things that he did, you know, 205 00:08:58,200 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: in the first week. So it really it's about week 206 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: to week. What happened last week why, frankly is not 207 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,200 Speaker 1: going to really matter. It's gonna be what can we 208 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:06,719 Speaker 1: do this week to prepare, you know, for Denver to 209 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: go out there and perform at a high level. Nick 210 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:10,800 Speaker 1: Lovey talked about the running game. Want to see more 211 00:09:10,880 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: production there. We saw more production than a lot of 212 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:16,840 Speaker 1: games last year, so there was progress in that area. 213 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: What do you make of where you're at now and 214 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: where you're headed. Yeah, had some you know, some players 215 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: a little bit better and others probably left some yards 216 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: on the field quite frankly in a running game, whether 217 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: it was just kind of read or just maybe not 218 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: finishing a block at the second level. So I think 219 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 1: finishing plays just to understanding how the plays designed, understanding 220 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: you know, the course from the backs perspective kind of 221 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: what you're looking at. Don't try to do too much. 222 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: Just run the play the way it's being blocked and 223 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,079 Speaker 1: just try to block it to the best of our abilities. 224 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: So you know, hopefully this is a good front to 225 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 1: It would be a hard front to run against here, 226 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,840 Speaker 1: so I think they I mean, I think Seattle ran 227 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 1: for eighty yards last night or something like that, so 228 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: you know, running the ball he will be difficult against 229 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: his front. But just string a good plays together. Um 230 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: see if we can kind of pop in there, maybe 231 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: try to get an explosive run. Anytime you get an 232 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,199 Speaker 1: explosive run, it kind of helps the drive in your 233 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: overall offense. So we'll see if we can build on 234 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: some of the things that we did. You know, a 235 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: little bit in the running game Nick went for you 236 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,880 Speaker 1: is Sunday over with the meeting, you're talking about the 237 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: Sunday game, but it feels like you're so ready for 238 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: Denver that hey, week once done, let's let's move on. 239 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,560 Speaker 1: What does it sort of leave your system and you're 240 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: truly onto the Broncos. Yeah, it's funny. You're really kind 241 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,959 Speaker 1: of doing multiple things at once. So even though we're 242 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: working on Denver, the coaches and the players are working 243 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: on Denver to kind of flip their preparation. You know, 244 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 1: we're actually working on Chicago as well, So you're kind 245 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: of doing multiple things at once. But specific to your question, 246 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: once a game is over, you know a lot of 247 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: coaches my process, go home, watch a game, go through 248 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: the game, all three phases, make your notes, coming in 249 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: the morning, kind of clean some things up, and then 250 00:10:48,480 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 1: you're moving on. So as soon as you come in 251 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: really the next morning, you're onto the next opponent, the 252 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: next team, the preparation that goes along with it. If 253 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: they had a game the previous day, you're going to 254 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,680 Speaker 1: go through that game. Now in this situation, we're able 255 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:03,000 Speaker 1: to go through. I would say Chicago, start to watch 256 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: them a little bit. Watch the Chargers. They had their 257 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: game against Vegas, which in turn that's an opponent after 258 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: the buy. So you really you play the game, you 259 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 1: get the result of the game, you see what happens, 260 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: You watch it individually. Then the staffs meet and go 261 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 1: through it collectively. We talked about it as a staff 262 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: kind of midday and then we're moving on to the 263 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: next thing. So that's how this league works, and you 264 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 1: have to do that. If you spend too much time 265 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: about what happened, you know, two days ago, like you're 266 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 1: wasting a lot of time and you're gonna put yourself 267 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: behind your preparation for the next team. It's a short 268 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: week for the Broncos, so historically, how do you look 269 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:37,720 Speaker 1: at that analytically As it's not as few days as 270 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,199 Speaker 1: it would be for a Sunday Thursday kind of thing, 271 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: but it still has to be a bit of a factor. Yeah, 272 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 1: every team has to go through it, even in a preseason. 273 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 1: If you have and we went through that, play Friday, 274 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: then throw around and play Thursday. So everybody has short weeks. 275 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,680 Speaker 1: I'd say the staffs have probably some level of experience 276 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: about how they want to plan and attack that. So 277 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: my suspicion is and we would do the same thing 278 00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:00,040 Speaker 1: that we would probably try to get ahead on the 279 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 1: next opponent, understanding we have a little bit extra time. 280 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 1: So if you play on Monday night, you kind of 281 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,959 Speaker 1: have all day Sunday or to maybe start to look 282 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 1: ahead to the next opponent, maybe Monday morning, So you 283 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:14,199 Speaker 1: just figure out logistically what you need to get done 284 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,559 Speaker 1: just to maximize your preparation. So it'll be a quick turnaround. 285 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: You know, Tuesday is an off day probably for Denver, 286 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: and then they'll do something on Wednesday, they'll practice Thursday, Friday, 287 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: and they'll get ready to go. So everybody kind of 288 00:12:25,679 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: goes through it. So you just have to kind of 289 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: have whatever your plan is and just kind of stick 290 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:30,880 Speaker 1: to it and be consistent. Just make sure you articulate 291 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:33,439 Speaker 1: the important things to the players. Okay, let's jump into 292 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: the deep end, because you're already there. Let's get us there, 293 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: Brocos in Denver, they've got some dudes on the defensive 294 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 1: side of the ball, like a Russell driving and offensively, 295 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: what do you see, Nick, Yeah, they're a good team. 296 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,959 Speaker 1: They got a lot of good players, some new players 297 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,839 Speaker 1: they've added to the team. Offensively, obviously, Russell is a 298 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: big part of what they're doing. He's been as consistent 299 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: and productive a player at that position has been in 300 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: the league. I think they showed a stat last night 301 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: or however many wins one hundred and thirteen wins and 302 00:12:57,160 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: however number of seasons and first in the league over 303 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: the period of time. So the thing about him, he's 304 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 1: very accurate with the ball, and he's a very accurate 305 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: deep ball thrower, so eliminating the big plays and the 306 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 1: explosive plays. Even the touchdown last night to Judy Corner 307 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: was in phase, but the ball was putting such a 308 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: good spot. But that's emblematic of who Russell is. So 309 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: pass rush will be important containing a quarterback, he does 310 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: a really good job at keeping plays alive. And then 311 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 1: a running game. I'd say Javonte Williams is probably one 312 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:26,239 Speaker 1: of the more underrated young players in the league. Combination 313 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: of being able to run the ball and I think 314 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: he was one of their leading receivers last night. So 315 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 1: between Williams and Gordon kind of have a one two punch, 316 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: and then the emphasis on the tight end. Coach hack 317 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,559 Speaker 1: at his background offensively is the use of the tight end. 318 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: I think the first half of the game, like they 319 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: didn't target a receiver. So they have three or four 320 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,079 Speaker 1: tight end draft at Dulcitch in the middle rounds there 321 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: who was limited a little bit with a hamstring injury. 322 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 1: And on the offensive line, it's kind of the same 323 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: group that they've had. I mean, Bowl has been a 324 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: good player, you know, Cushion Berry did a good job 325 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: for them last year. So they're good, I would say 326 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: offensively and defensively, they got a lot of good players. 327 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: Has probably one of the best defensive players in the league. 328 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: It's very unique combination of size, length and overall athleticism 329 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: and instinctiveness and competitiveness. And then Simmons does a lot 330 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: of things well. It's very versatile, very instinctive. Darby does 331 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: a good job on the other side. He's been in 332 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,040 Speaker 1: the league a long time, very fast. They signed Kawan 333 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 1: Williams who's with San Francisco. Has done a good job 334 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 1: in the slot. They've had some injuries in the inside 335 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: linebacker group, so they've kind of had some different players 336 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 1: in there. And then their edge group is a really 337 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 1: strong group. I mean Chub I would say, looks like 338 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:31,840 Speaker 1: this is the chub that you know when he was 339 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: drafted in the top five or whatever. It was, signed 340 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 1: Gregory in free agency and then really kind of another 341 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: maybe underrated signing. He's probably DJ Jones defensive tackle who's 342 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: with San Francisco last year. So, I mean, they're a 343 00:14:43,400 --> 00:14:45,680 Speaker 1: good team, present a lot of problems on both sides 344 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: of the ball. So it's gonna come down to execution, 345 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: like it does every week. So can you execute in 346 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 1: the critical situations? Can you play good in the red area? 347 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: Can you play good in a third down? Can you 348 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 1: play good at the end of the half, in the 349 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: end of the game and not turn the ball over 350 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 1: and minimize the penalties. But like a lot of talented players, 351 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: the first home game for them new ownership group a 352 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: lot of excitement, So it'll be a big challenge. It'll 353 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: be a very hostile environment, and we're gonna have basically 354 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: ourselves to rely on and trust each other, and that's 355 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: all we really need, and we just got to go 356 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: out there and try to play well. Over the years, 357 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: I've heard mixed reviews about the altitude, Nick, and you've 358 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: been a part of some big games there. What is 359 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: your take on that aspect of things. Yeah, I think 360 00:15:22,360 --> 00:15:25,880 Speaker 1: there's an acclamation period or process, but really what you 361 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: have to do is just go through your preparation during 362 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: the course of the week and not to get too 363 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 1: caught up in well, we're going to the altitude and it's, 364 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: however many feet above sea level and all that. So 365 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: just have to make sure that your body is prepared, 366 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: so i'd say hydration, nutrition, sleep. It's an emphasis every week, 367 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: maybe a little bit more heightened awareness on that. Some 368 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: players may have a little condition where they're predisposed of 369 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: that situation and that environment. But in the end, you're 370 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: playing at Denver Broncos you're not playing the altitude, so 371 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: it's gonna be warm. I think it's going to be 372 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 1: eighty five nine degrees, so it should be a good 373 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: day to play football. So you know, we have to 374 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: use our depth and hopefully rely on a lot of 375 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: the players that we have in a game. Use everybody 376 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 1: at the game, all forty eight players. Hopefully they can 377 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: help us and we'll have a role. So it's just 378 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: kind of probably rotating players in using your depth and 379 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:11,960 Speaker 1: trying to make sure that you're as fresh as possible. 380 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 1: In a fourth quarter. I mean, the focus is on 381 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: the Broncos, not so much on the altitude, but you 382 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 1: just have to make sure that your body's acclimated and 383 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: prepared as best you can for that. Nick Mark is 384 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: the biggest fan of special teams now and it's been 385 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: amazing to watch the first couple of weeks of both 386 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 1: the NFL and a college season and teams that may 387 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,160 Speaker 1: not have lost a games solely because of special teams, 388 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: but in games that they could have stolen at the 389 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: end or made a play at the end to win 390 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: a game, it's been a wingback blocking out instead of down. 391 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:45,000 Speaker 1: Yet Sunday it felt like your kicking game. The special 392 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: teams Frank Ross and Baked they did a whale of 393 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: a job in every single facet. It felt like, how 394 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: important has that group been and how good were they 395 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: on Sunday. Yeah, it goes without saying the kicking games 396 00:16:57,080 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: a third of the game, and you have to view 397 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: it through that ends. It's not kind of offense defense 398 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 1: that kicking games and afterthoughts. So, I mean, you look 399 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: at the Ravens, They've been as good in the kicking 400 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 1: game as any team in the league. And there's a 401 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 1: reason because they allocate a lot of time, a lot 402 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 1: of resources and make it a priority. And it's important, 403 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 1: and you have to make sure the players understand why 404 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: it's important. There's starters that playing a kicking game, there's 405 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: a reason that you do that. You want to get 406 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,639 Speaker 1: your best players in the roles so that you can 407 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 1: actually maximize what happens in that particular phase. So we 408 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: put a lot of time, a lot of effort and 409 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 1: emphasis in the kicking game. It's something that we did 410 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: in New England as well. And the kicking game could potentially, 411 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: like you said, John winn or lose games. And when 412 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,880 Speaker 1: you look at what happened just in the first week 413 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: in the NFL, missfield goals, botched attempts, ball handling, almost 414 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: blocked punts, I mean, it could be the difference on 415 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: the margins between winn or losing the game. So we've 416 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 1: played fairly competitive at kicking game on Sunday. You know, 417 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:52,080 Speaker 1: we had a lot of touchbacks. Kyme kicked the ball 418 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: really well and the field goal opportunities and the extra points. 419 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: We did a pretty good job covering a field and 420 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: a punts. So that when you can control the few 421 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: to control the game a little bit and force the 422 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: opponent to go on a long field. The percentages tell 423 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: you you have a better chance to win. Probability is 424 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: a little bit better. So it's about executions, about commitment, 425 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: and just make sure the players understand there's a reason 426 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: we have a heightened urgency in that phase because it's 427 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: really important in any end, it can be a difference 428 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 1: between winning and losing. Well more for you. The coaches said, well, 429 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 1: they have to watch the Monday Night Football Live video 430 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: of the game because they don't have the All twenty 431 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: two yet. So as they were watching it in progress, 432 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: I was wondering, what are you watching? And do you 433 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:36,280 Speaker 1: watch the manning cast and hear me out because serio 434 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:40,239 Speaker 1: cast I spell rating. I think I know the ends 435 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: of this one. I don't think anybody wants to hear 436 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 1: what I have to say in any serio gests. But 437 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:46,640 Speaker 1: you watch the game, it's really more of the ebb 438 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 1: and the flow, and maybe there's something that the announcers 439 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: mentioned or talk about because they've had a chance to 440 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: visit with the staff. But in the end, it's about 441 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: what goes on on the field. So trying to get 442 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 1: too caught up in the actual the TV copy serves 443 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,600 Speaker 1: a purpose, so that's and component part of the preparation, 444 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 1: and then the all twenty two servers of purpose as well, 445 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,360 Speaker 1: So you have to merge the two and just take 446 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,199 Speaker 1: all the information in the data and then process it 447 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: and then if it helps you in preparation for the 448 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: game plan, whatever is out there, we're gonna utilize to 449 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: our advantage, to the best of our ability. You know, 450 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,240 Speaker 1: one that I would like to see you opine upon 451 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 1: is Draft Day. Oh yeah, the movie he would kill 452 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,680 Speaker 1: the movie. He don't say that. Have you just say 453 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: yes or no? Have you seen it? I have not. 454 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: My I mean a list of movies we've talked about. 455 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,480 Speaker 1: It is very small and short, so Draft Day is 456 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: non one. I would love to see your reaction to 457 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: things that happen in that. Remember it's a movie. It's good, 458 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: but you'll be like, this is crazy. It's never mind, 459 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: we can get into it another time. Nick takes a 460 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: lot of good luck, thanks, guys. I mean, listen, I'm 461 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: telling you. I think it would be hilarious to watch 462 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 1: his reaction to a young GM at Jacksonville trading three 463 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 1: number twos for the number six pick. Overall, I I 464 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: love that I would love to see his reaction that. 465 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: Like I said, the Chargers did that with Tom Tolesco 466 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:08,120 Speaker 1: their GM and his reaction was hilarious. The certain things 467 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: that you just didn't even or wouldn't even catch. The 468 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: first time that Kevin Coster walks into the room and 469 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:19,679 Speaker 1: the draft board is up on the wall, to LESCo 470 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 1: points out and says that's terrible, Like that's that's not good. 471 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: I mean, he was just so matter of fact about 472 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: some things. And then he would he kept coming back 473 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: to it like that was terrible. What where did the 474 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: draft board come from? He was so incredible. So I 475 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: would love to see Nick's reaction to draft Day maybe 476 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 1: one day down the road. All right, that's gonna do it. 477 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: For the first segment coming up next, we're gonna learn 478 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,240 Speaker 1: a little bit more about the newest tight end to 479 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:49,160 Speaker 1: the tight End Room, O J. Howard. Now he's not new, 480 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: he's he's got some rings around the tree, if you will, 481 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: but he's new to the Texans and he was fabulous. 482 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 1: On Sunday, dpcre cut up with him for a deep 483 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 1: flant review of the week spotsored by Expany. That's next 484 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:06,199 Speaker 1: a Texan Toil access. Stay tuned for more on the 485 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: Houston Texans and the NFL on Texans All Access. 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Broxel 495 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: celebrating ten years ahead. Celebrating ten years ahead. Celebrating ten 496 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 1: years ahead, we returned to Texans Radio, cooking back to 497 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: this Wednesday initiation of Texans All Access from the Honday 498 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 1: Texans Radio studio. I'm your host, John Harris, Football and 499 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,959 Speaker 1: All sidela reporter, and I'm really good friend the bill. 500 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: My name a Deep City. If you haven't heard of Deep, 501 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: then I would ask where have you been? It's been 502 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 1: with the team, says twenty thirteen does an awesome, awesome job. 503 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: She is one of my favorites. To sit down and 504 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,280 Speaker 1: talk to do anything with I mean on air off air. 505 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,919 Speaker 1: It's always funny because she always has a question that 506 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: I like, wait, what huh, I haven't thought about that. 507 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: Like she always asked me a question about a game 508 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 1: or something that happened and I hadn't really given that 509 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 1: much thought. And she does that with players in interview 510 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 1: we call the Deep Slant, and it's always thought provoking 511 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 1: and I love, love, love getting those interviews on the 512 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 1: air on a Wednesday evening. So tonight Deep had a 513 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,479 Speaker 1: chance to sit down with a guy that I first 514 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: saw in person at the twenty sixteen Senior Bowl. And 515 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 1: that was my third, my third Senior Bowl, because my 516 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:54,440 Speaker 1: first will never will always be the Aaron Donald Senior 517 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 1: Bowl back in twenty fourteen. That was that was incredible, 518 00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: and it was the third one. So it was twenty 519 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:03,520 Speaker 1: six stein and Oj Howard was one of the tight 520 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,400 Speaker 1: ends there, and I was a little surprised because I thought, 521 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: you know what, he's gonna end up being a first 522 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: round pick. I mean, he just had come off a 523 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: tremendous game in the National Championship Game. He had two 524 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,200 Speaker 1: touchdowns and ran away from guys. I mean he saw 525 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,520 Speaker 1: the size of speed everything. I got a chance to 526 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 1: see him up close to the senior one. I thought, 527 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: oh my god, this guy's a freak azoid. And he 528 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: had a really really good week. And that opened up 529 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: the eyes of a lot of teams and maybe something 530 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 1: that weren't totally in one hundred percent committed to a 531 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 1: tight end drafting a tight end. We're like, okay, we 532 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: gotta get this guy in the bucks. Eventually we're that 533 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,199 Speaker 1: team that drafted OJ. And he ended up had some 534 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 1: injuries at the end there, but then he ended up 535 00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: in Buffalo and was allowed to go seek it infer 536 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: team when he got to the text, and I thought, 537 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: you know what, this could be interesting. And I think 538 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,800 Speaker 1: for a lot of fans, well we recognize that name O. J. Howard. 539 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: But okay, how much he has the how much does 540 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: he have in the tank. He's had to go through 541 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: some injuries. I'll tell you this. Watch him in practice. 542 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:01,360 Speaker 1: I turned to market at some point point went man, 543 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: he looks good. What the heck? And then you saw 544 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: it on Sunday with two catches down to see him. 545 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: I think he played twelve plays. Coach Smith said, love you. 546 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: Smith said in his press conference Wednesday or maybe Monday, 547 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:17,199 Speaker 1: I can't remember. Twelve plays, two touchdowns, pretty nice and 548 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: those are two of the best thrown balls by Davis Mills. 549 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: He threw it high, relatively high, but write it about 550 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: OJ's face mask where OJ was gonna be able to 551 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: make a play in the first one and then the 552 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 1: second one. He threw it up a little bit where 553 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 1: you had to go up and get it, but he 554 00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: was able to reel it in six six and brought 555 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,479 Speaker 1: it into the end zone. Two touchdowns, the only two 556 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: touchdowns of the day, both by Oj Howard, the guy 557 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: that's been in Houston all of about three weeks. So 558 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: Deepcity had a chance to catch you up with Oj 559 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,200 Speaker 1: Howard and we get the meeting for the first time 560 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 1: right here on Texas All Access Deepe take it away. 561 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 1: It's the Deep Sight one on one presented by Xfinity. 562 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: Joining me today, tight end Oj Howard two catches, two touchdowns. 563 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: All he does is catch touchdowns. Welcome man, I mean 564 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: we've met in the locker room, we've been after games, 565 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 1: but officially, welcome to the Houston Texans. What have the 566 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 1: first two weeks been like for you? It's been good, 567 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: you know my coach because berber Beach has been doing 568 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: a great job, but give me in, you know, trying 569 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: to get me accimated to the offense to allow me 570 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: to play fast on Sundays. So it's been good so far. 571 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: Kind of hated it at times because you know, I'm 572 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: just moving in trying to you know, get seven in 573 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: the city in general. But it's been good. You said 574 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: that you came in in week one and you were 575 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: only learning your portion of the playbook. So now that 576 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,120 Speaker 1: you're heading into week two, how has that transition been 577 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: going even learn a little bit more. Yeah, it's been good. 578 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,439 Speaker 1: That was that was a plan, you know, kind of 579 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,280 Speaker 1: just go week to week and then you know, as 580 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:35,880 Speaker 1: we go on, try to like give me the whole 581 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: schematically scheme of the playbook in general. So you know, 582 00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: this week, my role as far as trying to learn 583 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 1: more has grown. So you know it's it's a lot 584 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 1: of studying and you know that's what I've been doing 585 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 1: really all right. So first game of the Texans, you 586 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: scored two touchdowns. You were just the third tight end 587 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: in NFL history who scored two touchdowns in their first 588 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: game with a team. So you're part of NFL history. 589 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 1: You've also had some pretty historic games. Tom Brady as 590 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:02,639 Speaker 1: a buccaneer. His first touchdown was also t Yeah, what 591 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: was that moment? Like when Tom Brady comes in and 592 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:06,879 Speaker 1: you're the first guy that catches a pass from in 593 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: the end zone. Um, that was cool. It was awesome. 594 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 1: Funny thing about it is when he first got to 595 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: training camp, I call it the first tennisdown pass. Oh 596 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 1: you did, yeah, so, and then it just happened to 597 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,119 Speaker 1: work out that way in the game. So it was 598 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: kind of cool that, you know, it happened that way. 599 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 1: But that was awesome. Um, I got a chance to 600 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: keep the ball, so I still got it. Okay, it 601 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,679 Speaker 1: framed at home, So that was pretty cool. I mean, 602 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: you worked with a lot of different quarterbacks over the years. 603 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,880 Speaker 1: Was it super different when Brady comes in and he's 604 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:30,919 Speaker 1: sort of running the offense. Yeah, it was, you know, 605 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:33,879 Speaker 1: just you know, hearing this guy, you know, speak about 606 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: you know, the game from a different aspect of that. 607 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,159 Speaker 1: We've always heard it, you know, it's it's stuff we 608 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,639 Speaker 1: hadn't heard before. I mean, stuff we've heard before. But 609 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: to make him keep it simple was like, oh, it's 610 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,000 Speaker 1: really that easy. You know. It was it's just the 611 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: way his terminology was made it a last. He've also 612 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 1: played with a quarterback that we're very familiar with here, 613 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,479 Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick, who we just loved when he was here. 614 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: Fitzy and he had the moment where he put on 615 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: to Shaan Jackson's jacket and gold chains because he wanted 616 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: he was joking like we should stay humble, not change 617 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: who we are. I went back and I looked at 618 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,520 Speaker 1: the stats. You also kind of touched it on that 619 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,840 Speaker 1: game too, Yeah, the one that really elevated Fitzy in 620 00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,359 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay seventy five yard touchdown game. What was it 621 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:11,879 Speaker 1: like playing with Fitzy? It was awesome. Always magic, you 622 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: know what I mean, Like fitz Magic is magic, is real. 623 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:16,880 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, so I got to play with him, 624 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 1: and you know, it's always like the plays that you know, 625 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,199 Speaker 1: you can't draw up on paper and you still make 626 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: the touchdowns happen. You know, just the experience, his personality, 627 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: it was the whole nine yards. So as a tight end, 628 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: like a lot we see a lot of guys switched 629 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:30,960 Speaker 1: to tight ends in their career, but You've always been 630 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: a true tight end. You're a five star recruit coming 631 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: out of high school, first round draft pick coming out 632 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: of college. When did you decide that tight end was 633 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,120 Speaker 1: a position you were going to play and was there 634 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,959 Speaker 1: ever any other position that interested you? Yeah? Yeah, So 635 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: you know, really when I started playing tight end was 636 00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: like eleventh grade when I kind of like, it's kind 637 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: of like tapped into it a little bit. But seeing 638 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 1: years were not really fully went the tight end. Even 639 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: at Alabama, I was getting recruited as a linebacker outside 640 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 1: a linebacker at first, and then they were like, Okay, 641 00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: this kid can play tight end, let's offer me a 642 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 1: tight end. So, you know, it was my senior year 643 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:03,479 Speaker 1: when I finally like dialed in and played tight end 644 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: fully the whole football season. Other than that my high 645 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: school I played all around, running back, quarterback a little bit. 646 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,680 Speaker 1: So senior year. I know, I don't know if you 647 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,719 Speaker 1: read your Wikipedia page, because Wikipedia's we know is not 648 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,840 Speaker 1: all facts, but on there it says that Nick Saban 649 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,680 Speaker 1: actually regretted that he didn't play you more before your 650 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,959 Speaker 1: senior year. So did that actually happen and how did 651 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 1: that conversation go? Yeah? So Wikipedia, quick quick thing about it. 652 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: It's not always fact. It's not always my birthday's wrong 653 00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 1: on Wikipedia. So you know, I know that's true, So 654 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,639 Speaker 1: it's not it's not you writing your Wikipedia clearly. Okay, 655 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 1: that's parts true, but um, well yeah that is. Coach 656 00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: did come out and say that, I think in an 657 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,920 Speaker 1: interview or so. But you know, at the time when 658 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 1: I was at Alabama, we were known for running the 659 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: ball really well. Yeah, and we we were establishing the 660 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 1: dumbinity run game. So, um, the tight end would get 661 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 1: the ball, you know, off of that, you know what 662 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: I mean, off the success of the run game, and 663 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: then if it's if it's working, I'll change it. So 664 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: we didn't really air it out like that Alabama when 665 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 1: I played, but you know, it still worked out. It 666 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: helped me become a blocker and developed as an all 667 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: around tight end. So you have a national championship with Alabama, 668 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 1: you have a Super Bowl ring. I mean that's very 669 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 1: rare I think for a football players have both of 670 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: those things. So if you had to rank your best 671 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: sports memory, what would it be? I would say, you know, 672 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 1: the National championship because of the work that I put 673 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: in with those guys and we all came in as 674 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 1: a class and as freshman and we all got to 675 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,680 Speaker 1: become come from boys to young men as we got older, 676 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 1: because we wanted our junior year and we're going to 677 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 1: be the last class to not win one because Nick Saban, 678 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: every class has won a ring with him, Okay, recruited 679 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: and it came down to our last year to do 680 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 1: it before guys entered the draft. So that was our 681 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,440 Speaker 1: last chance, and God's buckled up and made it happen 682 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 1: and we kept it going until this day. That's still 683 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: the fact that every team has won a championship every 684 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: recruiting class. So that that was special to me because 685 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: it came down to the war. For us, it was 686 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: either win it or be the team that kind of 687 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: messed it up the street. Yeah, so that that really 688 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: was special to me. Well, I was going to ask 689 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: you what means more the national championship or the Super Bowl, 690 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,200 Speaker 1: but it sounds like in college that means or just 691 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: because you're with the same guys for so long exactly. Um, 692 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: it's that commodity, like standing at the dorms with those 693 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 1: guys running those one teams and sweating and like I said, 694 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 1: it just college is a lot, you know, a lot 695 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: more connected, I think, but nothing takes away from the 696 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,440 Speaker 1: super Bowl, but that college one is something that you know, 697 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: we always will remember for sure. All Right, You've gone 698 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: through your share of adversity in your career as well. 699 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 1: Back in twenty twenty, you had the Achilles injury which 700 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: knocked you up for the year. Was that the toughest 701 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 1: injury that you'd had to date? And what was that 702 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 1: like coming back from that? Yeah, that was hard. You know, 703 00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 1: the recovery process was hard. You know, that's a tough injury. 704 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 1: It is. It is it's like you know, used to 705 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: be a career under like maybe like fifteen years ago. 706 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,280 Speaker 1: So but you know, and and at that time it 707 00:30:37,320 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: was the first year Tom came. I was, I was 708 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: having a great year starting off, and you know, got 709 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,960 Speaker 1: a good connection with him and then boom, week four, 710 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: I do that it just kind of tore me up. 711 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: So yeah, that was hard, you know, in the recovery 712 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 1: was a tough one. And like I said, that injury 713 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 1: is like a two year recovery process just to get 714 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,160 Speaker 1: the nervous system back going the right way. So that 715 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 1: that by far was the toughest one ever. So that 716 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: was in twenty twenty, and then this offseason you signed 717 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: with Buffalo You're with Buffalo throughout the whole off season, 718 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 1: throughout camp, they released you, and then you signed with 719 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,720 Speaker 1: the Texans as we know, right after training camp ended. 720 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 1: So what were the emotions like going through something like that. 721 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: You've been with the same team for five years and 722 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: now you switched two teams in the off season. What's 723 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,080 Speaker 1: going through your head when all this is going on? 724 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,240 Speaker 1: You know, like I told all my friends and my 725 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: family as all that was going on, it was it 726 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,440 Speaker 1: was kind of hectic a little bit for you know, 727 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 1: people you know that were outside a little bit, but 728 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,239 Speaker 1: the friends and family kind of knew. I was like, 729 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 1: you know, the work has been put in. We're just 730 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 1: gonna trust the process, you know what I mean. Everything's 731 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 1: happened for a reason. It's already written, so you know, 732 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,760 Speaker 1: if we just do our part, everything gus is going 733 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 1: to fall in line. So that was kind of my 734 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,240 Speaker 1: mindset up in Buffalo. I got an opportunity too to 735 00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: put in some great work. You know, it's a good team, 736 00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,800 Speaker 1: got to work with another great quarterback, the great players 737 00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 1: on defense. So you know, I knew that I was 738 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:48,320 Speaker 1: getting great looks, you know what I mean. If it 739 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 1: didn't work out, like it didn't if I had made 740 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:51,960 Speaker 1: another stop and found a home and I was gonna 741 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 1: be ready to play. And that's what happened kind of here. 742 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: I know, in the locker room you had said that 743 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: you had heard about Lovey through some guys in the 744 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers locker room. He was gone by then, 745 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 1: but there were some players that remain. I asked Lovey 746 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:04,920 Speaker 1: about it today if he had if he had heard 747 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,520 Speaker 1: anything about you, and he said, of course, she saw 748 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 1: those connections with Buffalo and Tampa Bay and they really 749 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 1: wanted you here. So when you come here in Houston 750 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 1: and you meet with Lovey for the first time, did 751 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: you sort of live up to that expectation or what 752 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: you had heard? And did you guys have any of 753 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: those conversations? Yeah, yeah, he did. Like you know, a 754 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 1: lot of the guys that I was around, like Lavonte, 755 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 1: David Camemberate, those guys were there with him. So you know, 756 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: I was just like, how was the coach before I 757 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: got here, and they were like, oh, it was Lovey. 758 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:30,880 Speaker 1: It's like, man, we liked him, bro he down to earth, 759 00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:32,800 Speaker 1: you know, it was it was those types of conversations 760 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,280 Speaker 1: me as a rookie wonder like how it was before, 761 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 1: you know, in the previous regime. Yeah, so we got 762 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: on conversations like that, and I had a buddy and 763 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 1: equipment room that coached under him. He even said great 764 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 1: things about him. Then when I got here, I met 765 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,600 Speaker 1: Coach Smith. And well, before I actually met him, we 766 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:49,280 Speaker 1: got on the phone first. Okay, so they we got 767 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 1: we called on the phone, and then I met him 768 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: in person. And then you just watching him around and 769 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 1: a demeanor as cool as a fan, you know, real 770 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,360 Speaker 1: stand up guy, and you know what I mean. And 771 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 1: those are the things I already heard. But when you 772 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,360 Speaker 1: see it and you getting me to for yourself, it 773 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,520 Speaker 1: brings it to light. So that that was cool. That 774 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: was a cool It's cool to see, all right. So 775 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,040 Speaker 1: you meet Lovey, you meet your new teammates. So I 776 00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: want to play a little word association game with you. 777 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 1: The first word that comes to mind when you when 778 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 1: I asked about your fellow tight ends. Now, this could 779 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,720 Speaker 1: be based on your first impressions, or actually it should 780 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: be based on here or how well you know them now. So, 781 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 1: Pharah Brown, I remember Pharaoh was kind of like in 782 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,880 Speaker 1: a high school recruiting ports. Well, you do Okay, it 783 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: was something like around we were in high school kind 784 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:27,239 Speaker 1: of thing. I ran into him before, maybe like at 785 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: a comebind or something. So that's that's like the first 786 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,719 Speaker 1: thing that I remember when I heard Pharaoh's name again, Like, oh, 787 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: I think I met him before, like coming through high school. Oh, okay, 788 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: are you guys about You guys are about the same year. Yeah, yeah, 789 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,040 Speaker 1: I think we like either he's twelve and I'm thirteen, 790 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: like a year apart, so he was something like that. Yeah, 791 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: he's a year he's a year of order. So you 792 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 1: guys have that, you have a previous connection. So what 793 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 1: personality was? What do you what do you think of him? Um? 794 00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 1: Just real you know, understands the game. You know, he's 795 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: a very intelligent like like I'm learning the offense myself 796 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: now so I can go to him. And you know, 797 00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 1: he has a really sharp mentality. So he's that kind 798 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 1: of business type of guy and you know can get 799 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: you know, just be a coach kind of on the 800 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:06,760 Speaker 1: field for you. All right. Brevin Jordan Brevin. I know 801 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 1: going back to Brevin is like young guy. I was 802 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 1: this guy's counselor one time at a football camp. Really yeah, 803 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 1: he was when I was in college in oh I 804 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: got called out to Oregon. He was at to something 805 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 1: called the Opening, and I was a tight ends coach 806 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,920 Speaker 1: up there as a counselor and he was one of 807 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,120 Speaker 1: the campers and he brought was he was he like 808 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,360 Speaker 1: how he is now? Back then? Yeah? He was, you 809 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:28,800 Speaker 1: know he because he was from He was from I 810 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: remember he was the kid from Vegas. He had a 811 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 1: quarterback from high school. Yes, so everybody in the camp 812 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: kind of knew who they were, okay, um, you know, 813 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,480 Speaker 1: And like I said, I was the counselor for the 814 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,080 Speaker 1: tight end so I was around the guys and I 815 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,359 Speaker 1: just remember him. And you know, I remember he went 816 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:42,839 Speaker 1: to Miami and then like when I got here, the 817 00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 1: first thing, you say, what's up, bro? And I was like, 818 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 1: he remembered you, and you remember him? He didn't. When 819 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:50,200 Speaker 1: he remembered me, it brought me back. So wow, that's 820 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:51,880 Speaker 1: kind of like what happened with him. But he I 821 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:53,239 Speaker 1: was like, like I said, he was a senior in 822 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,799 Speaker 1: high school back then. So yeah, so you wow, you 823 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 1: really have a history with these guys, all right. Jordan Aikins, 824 00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,279 Speaker 1: he was a guy that was here a few years 825 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,360 Speaker 1: ago and now he's back again. I saw him in 826 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:03,280 Speaker 1: the hallway and I was like, welcome back. He's backward 827 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:05,040 Speaker 1: number eighty eight. But what are your first persons of 828 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:07,879 Speaker 1: Jordan Nakins? Yeah, E is a guy that, uh kind 829 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,600 Speaker 1: of we were like, he's like one of my buddies 830 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,640 Speaker 1: right now because we're both like going through the processes 831 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:14,160 Speaker 1: learning this, a relearning it. Yeah. Yeah, so we've always 832 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:16,320 Speaker 1: been hanging out like these these last these couple of 833 00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: weeks and um, you know, getting to know him better 834 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,319 Speaker 1: and learning about his family, you know what I mean, 835 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,640 Speaker 1: and his journey about playing you know, baseball. He was drafted, 836 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,279 Speaker 1: he was drafted by the rankers. Yeah, and we know 837 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:30,120 Speaker 1: some mutual friends that UCF. So that's cool. That's kind 838 00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 1: of connection made him have right now. So yeah, that's cool. Okay, 839 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,320 Speaker 1: do you have any connections with Mason Shrek No, I'm curious. 840 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, well no connections Mason. Okay, but what do 841 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,960 Speaker 1: you think? What are your thoughts of him? Mason is 842 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:41,759 Speaker 1: another guy that kind of knows, you know, and knows 843 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,040 Speaker 1: how it goes, you know what I mean, and humble guy, 844 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,480 Speaker 1: great personality. You can go up to him and talk 845 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:47,920 Speaker 1: to him and you know he would just give you 846 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 1: anything you needed answers and you know, help you out. 847 00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: All right. Well, I think my word for you have 848 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,640 Speaker 1: to be well connected, like you have connections everywhere throughout 849 00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:56,200 Speaker 1: the league, and we love to see the connections that 850 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:57,759 Speaker 1: you make with Davis Mills. Can't wait to see more 851 00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 1: of them throughout the season. Ojay, thank you so much 852 00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,480 Speaker 1: for the time. Thank you man. I love the fact 853 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:07,600 Speaker 1: that Omar E. Jackson Lindsay in our prer department said 854 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,919 Speaker 1: okay when dep asked for OJ Howard. I mean sometimes 855 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 1: we be a new player and they're a little bit reticent. No, 856 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,319 Speaker 1: I'm not totally sure about doing this, and OJ jumped 857 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,120 Speaker 1: right in and give us a great interview. That was fantastic. 858 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:20,160 Speaker 1: Glad that that OJ did that with our good friend 859 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:24,280 Speaker 1: Deep City. Now we go to Denver. We'll leave on Saturday, 860 00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:27,359 Speaker 1: play a game on Sunday. Remember kick off is three 861 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:32,080 Speaker 1: twenty five Central time, and if you're in Denver, two 862 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:36,240 Speaker 1: twenty five, so it's a little bit later. We last 863 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,799 Speaker 1: went to Denver in twenty eighteen and it was one 864 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:43,719 Speaker 1: of the more interesting games that I can ever remember, 865 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:47,120 Speaker 1: and it finished in a way that well, I'll just 866 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 1: have to bring it to you next right here on 867 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:55,280 Speaker 1: Texans All Access, Chickson's Radio continues in a moment, Ashley 868 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:58,280 Speaker 1: is proud to call Houston Hall. We believe your personal 869 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:02,360 Speaker 1: style makes your house a hall. Discover incredible styles, selection 870 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,560 Speaker 1: and quality at a price to fit any budget. Ashley 871 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,600 Speaker 1: has just the looks and options you need. Explore totally 872 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,920 Speaker 1: different styles and trends all in one place. 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It was week 883 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,879 Speaker 1: nine of the twenty eighteenth season. The Texans had won 884 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,800 Speaker 1: five in a row. If remember they lost the first three, 885 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:01,800 Speaker 1: lost in New England on the road, and lost to 886 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:04,280 Speaker 1: Tennessee on the road. To blame Gabbett and the Wildcat 887 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,960 Speaker 1: and then lost to Sequon Barkley in the Giants at 888 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,640 Speaker 1: home oh and three. However, they writed things with it 889 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:15,440 Speaker 1: overtime victory over to the Indianapolis Colts and oh, by 890 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,840 Speaker 1: the way, just as an aside, it just hit me. 891 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,879 Speaker 1: Had that game ended in a tie, the Texas would 892 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:24,239 Speaker 1: have had to have gone to Indianapolis that year to 893 00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,600 Speaker 1: win the division. But that's beside the point. Either way, 894 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,000 Speaker 1: they got five wins in a row and they went 895 00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:32,360 Speaker 1: to Denver. But in the fifth win of that streak, 896 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,719 Speaker 1: the Texas played on a Monday night or on Thursday night, 897 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:39,320 Speaker 1: excuse me, and will Fuller put on a show until 898 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:43,080 Speaker 1: he was dragged down in the end zone by Bobby 899 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,680 Speaker 1: McCain I believe it was, and towards a cl and 900 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,160 Speaker 1: will Fuller would be out for the rest of the year. 901 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:53,680 Speaker 1: So it was a few days before the trade deadline 902 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:56,960 Speaker 1: and Brian gained the GM at the time, decided he 903 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,520 Speaker 1: had to go to work. And they have been talking 904 00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,840 Speaker 1: about Thomas in Denver. They had drafted or brought on 905 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:05,759 Speaker 1: I think it was Courtland Sutton. He was rookie. They 906 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,680 Speaker 1: felt like there was an opportunity they could get something 907 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:12,000 Speaker 1: forward to Marius, even though he'd been there forever, they 908 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,200 Speaker 1: could get something, and eventually John Elway at the time, 909 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:19,440 Speaker 1: the general manager the Broncos, and Brian agreed, Hey, fourth 910 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,400 Speaker 1: rounder Damarius comes over to the Texans. Well, it just 911 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,560 Speaker 1: so happened that the first game after the trade was 912 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:30,120 Speaker 1: in Denver and we're pulling up to the stadium and 913 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,479 Speaker 1: the buses pull in and we look up and there's 914 00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:36,439 Speaker 1: big scoreboard. They were passing by and you just see 915 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:41,480 Speaker 1: de Marius Thomas's poster on the side of the scoreboard 916 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:44,120 Speaker 1: and it was like, WHOA, this is gonna be a 917 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:47,280 Speaker 1: weird day. And then when Damarius came out, his family 918 00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:48,440 Speaker 1: was there. I think it was one of the first 919 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:50,880 Speaker 1: times they'd seen him play in a long time. It was. 920 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:54,160 Speaker 1: It was wild to start, and right off the bat, 921 00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 1: the Texans got de Marius involved in this game. First 922 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:00,040 Speaker 1: half Texans at the Houston thirty six watch to the 923 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,239 Speaker 1: the gun and Watson hits to Maryus Thomas right side 924 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:06,280 Speaker 1: screen across the forty five fifty DT forty five forty 925 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,560 Speaker 1: of Denver and out of bounds inside the thirty five 926 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:12,480 Speaker 1: yard line of the Broncos. His first career catch is 927 00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:14,680 Speaker 1: a big one down to the ten Ver thirty three 928 00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:17,120 Speaker 1: that guy thinks rolling for the Texans that day, it 929 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,840 Speaker 1: was not really a big scoring day for the Texans, 930 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,360 Speaker 1: and in fact, in the third quarter they got a 931 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:27,000 Speaker 1: drive going. But then in the third quarter one of 932 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:32,000 Speaker 1: the strongest sustained winds I'd ever felt to that point, 933 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:35,280 Speaker 1: even sometimes in hurricanes. I mean, it was amazing. Things 934 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,439 Speaker 1: were flying over the field. The kicking neck got knocked down. 935 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,719 Speaker 1: I almost got knocked down just standing up. And in 936 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:45,279 Speaker 1: that wind, Kimi Fairbaron hit a key field goal to 937 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,840 Speaker 1: give the Texans the lead at the start of the 938 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,880 Speaker 1: fourth quarter. Thirty seven yard field goal by Fairbaron for 939 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,239 Speaker 1: the lead, and he's got it and the Texans get 940 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,960 Speaker 1: in front of Denver nineteen to seventeen with fourteen to 941 00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,520 Speaker 1: sixty to go on the fourth quarter. In that fourth quarter, 942 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:03,840 Speaker 1: both teams had opportunities, didn't do much with it until 943 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,319 Speaker 1: with about three or four minutes left in the game. 944 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:10,200 Speaker 1: Case Keenum got the ball down two and drove the 945 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:15,200 Speaker 1: Broncos into what looked like I don't want to say 946 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,319 Speaker 1: easy field goal territory for Brandon McManus, but he get 947 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:22,520 Speaker 1: him within fifty ish, he's got a bomb for a leg. 948 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,879 Speaker 1: I mean, he just absolutely bombs it. I mean either 949 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,080 Speaker 1: night the Broncos tried a sixty four yard or with 950 00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,760 Speaker 1: him and he nearly made it, So fifty one yards 951 00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:35,759 Speaker 1: was definitely within his range. And that's where case Keenum 952 00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:37,839 Speaker 1: got him too. They got to a buff the thirty 953 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:40,560 Speaker 1: four thirty five yard line. As McManus set up for 954 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,640 Speaker 1: a fifty one yard field goal, and as he did, 955 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:46,200 Speaker 1: I do what I always do. I did what I 956 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:48,360 Speaker 1: always do, and that is I stand underneath the uprights. 957 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:52,440 Speaker 1: Because sometimes in different buildings, Mark doesn't have the vantage point. 958 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:54,200 Speaker 1: He doesn't he can't see it, so he has to 959 00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:56,279 Speaker 1: wait for the referee arm So I kind of give 960 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,640 Speaker 1: him a little cheat sheet and I tell him wide, right, wide, 961 00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:01,200 Speaker 1: left or good. Those the only thing I don't say 962 00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:06,400 Speaker 1: no or oh well, And I say three things wide, right, wide, left, good. 963 00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:10,680 Speaker 1: That's it. So I'll let you figure out which one 964 00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:12,880 Speaker 1: I said. When Brandon man has tried a fifty one 965 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:16,040 Speaker 1: yard field goal, McManus sets up from near the right 966 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,680 Speaker 1: hash mark fifty one yard attempt for the wind. The 967 00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:21,040 Speaker 1: snap is down, the kick is white right, Why right? 968 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:24,600 Speaker 1: Why it's no good. That's why right the Texas within it. 969 00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:31,240 Speaker 1: Nineteen seventeen, Houston prevails. The Texans have won their sixth 970 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:35,399 Speaker 1: straight game. Now's my voice, you're here heard screaming wide 971 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:38,640 Speaker 1: right now inside baseball. I am always talking to Mark 972 00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:40,480 Speaker 1: in his ear. I'm always talking to Dre in his ear. 973 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,600 Speaker 1: But I'm in what's called Q. I'm in Q, meaning 974 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:45,399 Speaker 1: they can hear me, but I don't go out over 975 00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:48,279 Speaker 1: the air. But just prior to that, I was a 976 00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:51,000 Speaker 1: little disappointed that the defense allowed the Brockers to get 977 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:54,719 Speaker 1: into position, and I was also giving the conditions. All right, 978 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,680 Speaker 1: the wind doesn't look that bad at that point. I 979 00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:00,000 Speaker 1: don't know, it's still fifty one yards. You know, we'll 980 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:04,080 Speaker 1: see And our engineer at the time, who's a great 981 00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:06,240 Speaker 1: friend of mine and just a great engineer, Chris Jones, 982 00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:08,720 Speaker 1: just happened to forget to take my mic back down, 983 00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:11,319 Speaker 1: and that's why you heard it. And so we get 984 00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:13,160 Speaker 1: on the bus and I was like Mark, I saw him. 985 00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:14,600 Speaker 1: I was like, Mark, how was your call? And he 986 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:16,520 Speaker 1: goes Jones he left your mic up, and I just 987 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,720 Speaker 1: felt I felt horrible and Jonesy felt horrible. Of course, 988 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:23,239 Speaker 1: it still is a great call. By Mark Capturing the 989 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:27,319 Speaker 1: last time the Texans played at Denver, a nineteen to 990 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:31,719 Speaker 1: seventeen win, as Kemmie Fairbairn hit that field goals as 991 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,160 Speaker 1: you heard to put him up by two, and then 992 00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:38,239 Speaker 1: Brandon McManus pushed it wide right. And I saw it 993 00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:40,359 Speaker 1: right away too. That's why I was screaming wide right. 994 00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:41,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I knew it was it left his f 995 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:43,520 Speaker 1: I could see. I was like, that thing's not turning 996 00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:47,080 Speaker 1: back in. That just started squeaming, screaming, wide right, wide right, 997 00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:49,560 Speaker 1: and lo and behold it was wide right in the 998 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:52,360 Speaker 1: Texans one. 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I am your host, John Harris, football analyst, 1024 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:27,720 Speaker 1: sideline reporter and joining us next is a guy who 1025 00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:31,239 Speaker 1: has played it. Played in the NFL, played for the 1026 00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:34,400 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns, was drafted in all three leagues, was an 1027 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,600 Speaker 1: incredible athlete, a great receiver in the late seventies early 1028 00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:39,919 Speaker 1: eighties for the Browns. He's now the play by play 1029 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:43,920 Speaker 1: voice of the Denver Broncos. His name is Dave Logan. 1030 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:47,319 Speaker 1: He's also an incredible high school football coach. He has 1031 00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:50,600 Speaker 1: been destroying it in the Denver area for I think 1032 00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:53,880 Speaker 1: about two decades now. He's just been incredible. And I 1033 00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:56,480 Speaker 1: gave his homework assignment to Mark about five six years ago, 1034 00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,759 Speaker 1: but more than that, about six seven years ago. Mark, 1035 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,120 Speaker 1: get on a horn. Well, he's played by play voices 1036 00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:03,319 Speaker 1: and just chop it up. It's awesome. Get to hear 1037 00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,520 Speaker 1: both voices that you would hear during the game. Do 1038 00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:09,040 Speaker 1: it called maybe behind the mikes? Marks like don bet 1039 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:12,799 Speaker 1: it's on. So it's on right now, Mark Vandomir with 1040 00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:15,520 Speaker 1: Dave Logan. It's men behind the mics, the two that 1041 00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:19,080 Speaker 1: would be behind the mic for their respective teams on Sunday. 1042 00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:21,640 Speaker 1: Let's go join us right now in Texans Radio. It's 1043 00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:25,160 Speaker 1: Dave Logan, the voice of the Broncos, and Dave rough 1044 00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:27,480 Speaker 1: Night in Seattle the other night. What did you make 1045 00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:29,560 Speaker 1: of that game? I know everyone's talking about the end 1046 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:32,560 Speaker 1: of it, but the way it played out in general. Yeah, Mark, 1047 00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:34,480 Speaker 1: good to talk with you. I think a couple of 1048 00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:38,919 Speaker 1: things in calling that game. The Bronchos defense really did 1049 00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:40,960 Speaker 1: not play very well in the first half. I mean, 1050 00:46:41,040 --> 00:46:44,040 Speaker 1: Geno Smith looked like, I don't know, one of the 1051 00:46:44,080 --> 00:46:46,839 Speaker 1: top twelve fifteen quarterbacks in the league. Good for him, 1052 00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:50,759 Speaker 1: and but that's that's not what his career would tell us, 1053 00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:54,000 Speaker 1: is the case. But the Broncos defense played very well 1054 00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,360 Speaker 1: in the second half. Twenty one snaps of offense for 1055 00:46:56,440 --> 00:47:00,520 Speaker 1: the Seahawks, thirty four nat yards. And I thought the 1056 00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:02,759 Speaker 1: Broncos office did a lot of good things. I thought 1057 00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:07,000 Speaker 1: they were creative early. They ran the ball efficiently, they 1058 00:47:07,040 --> 00:47:10,520 Speaker 1: spread the ball around, and seven receivers that had catches. 1059 00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:12,920 Speaker 1: It's been a long time, honestly, you probably have to 1060 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:17,279 Speaker 1: go back to twenty fifteen Peyton's last year that I've 1061 00:47:17,280 --> 00:47:19,560 Speaker 1: seen an offense that would move up and down the 1062 00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:23,799 Speaker 1: field with a great amount of regularity. Now, the end 1063 00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:27,120 Speaker 1: of the game obviously was not good, and the fact 1064 00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:31,239 Speaker 1: that they fumbled twice on the Seahawks inside the Seahawks 1065 00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:34,960 Speaker 1: one yard line. That's the first time in thirty six 1066 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,360 Speaker 1: seasons in the NFL that a team has done that, 1067 00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:39,719 Speaker 1: and you and I both know if you do that, 1068 00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:42,719 Speaker 1: the chances of you winning are very, very slim. Yeah, 1069 00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:45,000 Speaker 1: let's talk about the offense a little bit. You mentioned it, 1070 00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:47,920 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. Everyone's talking about him. What about the ground 1071 00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:51,600 Speaker 1: game and the philosophy of Nathaniel Hackett, how he wants 1072 00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:54,520 Speaker 1: to handle things throughout the season on that side of 1073 00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:57,640 Speaker 1: the ball. Dave, Yeah, I think he's I think he's 1074 00:47:57,640 --> 00:47:59,920 Speaker 1: a guy that has committed to the run. What I 1075 00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:02,960 Speaker 1: like about him. And then it's early, obviously. I mean 1076 00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:04,799 Speaker 1: we haven't seen the starters play. They didn't play at 1077 00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:07,880 Speaker 1: all in the preseason, so and I did think the 1078 00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:10,520 Speaker 1: fact that they didn't get any reps in the preseason 1079 00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:13,520 Speaker 1: to me was evident a little bit because I thought 1080 00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:15,520 Speaker 1: they were out of sync a little bit on offense. 1081 00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:20,799 Speaker 1: But that's that's the way they decided to run the preseason. 1082 00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:24,520 Speaker 1: But he's a guy that wants to run the ball, 1083 00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:27,600 Speaker 1: but he'll run it in creative ways. He'll run it 1084 00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:32,120 Speaker 1: in different personnel packages. They went twelve personnel, they went 1085 00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:37,759 Speaker 1: thirteen personnel, they played eleven lots of different formations, and 1086 00:48:38,120 --> 00:48:40,640 Speaker 1: I think that helps. It takes a lot of pressure 1087 00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:43,920 Speaker 1: I think off the offensive line because it forces the 1088 00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:48,359 Speaker 1: defense to first identify the I mean who's in the game, 1089 00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:51,879 Speaker 1: and then identify in terms of what formation he has 1090 00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:53,880 Speaker 1: a lot of motion in the offense. And so I 1091 00:48:54,239 --> 00:48:58,120 Speaker 1: think from a creative standpoint, I was impressed with what 1092 00:48:58,719 --> 00:49:02,600 Speaker 1: Nathaniel Hackett did in one. All right, let's talk about 1093 00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:05,839 Speaker 1: Williams and Gordon in the backfield and what they bring 1094 00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:07,839 Speaker 1: to the table. Dave, these guys are gonna be tough 1095 00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:13,120 Speaker 1: to stop for the Texans. Yeah, big strong backs. You'd 1096 00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:15,759 Speaker 1: like them to hang onto the ball. I mean the 1097 00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:18,880 Speaker 1: Javantes fumble inside the one was on a play that 1098 00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:21,600 Speaker 1: Russell actually changed the play and two of the offensive 1099 00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:25,239 Speaker 1: lineman didn't hear the didn't hear the check. Now, you know, 1100 00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:28,279 Speaker 1: you can certainly find some fault in that, because that 1101 00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:31,680 Speaker 1: was about as loud a place as I've been in 1102 00:49:31,719 --> 00:49:34,960 Speaker 1: a long long time. And you know, you it's hard 1103 00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:39,680 Speaker 1: to check plays from from a place like that. That said, 1104 00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:42,080 Speaker 1: you still have to hang onto the ball. But both 1105 00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:46,120 Speaker 1: those guys I thought ran effectively. Both of them are 1106 00:49:46,160 --> 00:49:49,719 Speaker 1: guys that can break tackles, and so you know, I 1107 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:52,080 Speaker 1: think they feel pretty good. Both guys went over nine 1108 00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:55,560 Speaker 1: hundred yards each last year. So I think the running 1109 00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:58,240 Speaker 1: game uh is going to be a point of emphasis 1110 00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:01,080 Speaker 1: for the Broncos coming up this week against the Texans 1111 00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:04,000 Speaker 1: and moving forward. What kind of Russell Wilson do you 1112 00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:06,479 Speaker 1: think he'll be getting for the next couple of years here. 1113 00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:10,239 Speaker 1: It's not exactly very late in his career, but he's 1114 00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:12,400 Speaker 1: played for a while. He's taken a lot of hits. 1115 00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:14,640 Speaker 1: What are you seeing in Russell Wilson in training cap, 1116 00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:17,640 Speaker 1: Dave and through week one? Well, it's been hard to 1117 00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:19,839 Speaker 1: evaluate him, Mark, tell you the truth and training camp 1118 00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:22,440 Speaker 1: because they really haven't they haven't put him in a 1119 00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:25,000 Speaker 1: lot of game like situations. But I thought he was 1120 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:29,839 Speaker 1: pretty damn good against Seattle. You know, he's twenty nine 1121 00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:32,520 Speaker 1: to forty two for three hundred and forty yards a touchdown. 1122 00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:36,480 Speaker 1: He kept plays alive, the extended plays. He's got a 1123 00:50:36,520 --> 00:50:40,400 Speaker 1: real ability to what I call pinball in the pocket 1124 00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:44,640 Speaker 1: where if he feels edge pressure, he'll step up and 1125 00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:47,400 Speaker 1: then when that starts to collapse, he'll bounce back and 1126 00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:50,800 Speaker 1: he buys himself some time. And he extended plays probably 1127 00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:53,120 Speaker 1: three or four times, maybe four or five times in 1128 00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:55,680 Speaker 1: that game, and they all turned out to be big plays. 1129 00:50:55,719 --> 00:51:00,759 Speaker 1: So I think, I mean, he gives the Bronco a 1130 00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:03,560 Speaker 1: chance to win every game, and we haven't been able 1131 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:06,440 Speaker 1: to say that. I certainly haven't since Peyton Manning left. 1132 00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:10,200 Speaker 1: So if you have one of those guys at quarterback, 1133 00:51:10,239 --> 00:51:12,400 Speaker 1: if you have an elite guy, and I think Wilson 1134 00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:15,720 Speaker 1: still is, then you feel pretty good about your chances 1135 00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:18,799 Speaker 1: each and every week. Dave Logan, voice of Lebroncos, joining 1136 00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:22,240 Speaker 1: us on Texans Radio. Okay, the defensive side of the ball, 1137 00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:26,000 Speaker 1: Bradley Chubb, impossible not to notice. You have Randy Gregory, 1138 00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:28,879 Speaker 1: you have a lot of other playmakers on that side 1139 00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:31,239 Speaker 1: of the ball. Dave, what are you seeing overall? Yeah, 1140 00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:33,879 Speaker 1: I think the defense has a chance to be very good. 1141 00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:37,560 Speaker 1: Now you look back last year marked different staff obviously, 1142 00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:40,040 Speaker 1: but they were top five scoring defense. They gave up 1143 00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:44,120 Speaker 1: too many yards and they weren't very good on third 1144 00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:47,879 Speaker 1: down efficiency. But I didn't like the way they played 1145 00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:49,960 Speaker 1: in the first half. I mean, Geno Smith was seventeen 1146 00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:54,480 Speaker 1: of eighteen and Seattle made a lot of big, big plays. 1147 00:51:54,520 --> 00:51:57,800 Speaker 1: But second half they buckled down and I thought played 1148 00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:00,640 Speaker 1: very well. I think the key for them is their 1149 00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:03,120 Speaker 1: ability to stop the run, because I think for the 1150 00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:06,680 Speaker 1: first time in the last handful of years, there are 1151 00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:10,200 Speaker 1: good chances that the Broncos will be ahead in the 1152 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:13,359 Speaker 1: second half or third or fourth quarter, which they weren't. 1153 00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:16,960 Speaker 1: They weren't last year, and they weren't actually many times 1154 00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:19,839 Speaker 1: since twenty fifteen. So what a team is that you're 1155 00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:22,960 Speaker 1: playing is ahead and they know that you can't score, 1156 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:25,759 Speaker 1: they don't tend to drop back and throw the ball 1157 00:52:25,840 --> 00:52:28,080 Speaker 1: take a lot of chances. So for edge pass rushers 1158 00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:33,279 Speaker 1: it becomes really frustrating and increasingly difficult to impact the 1159 00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:37,279 Speaker 1: game to force pressure on that quarterback because the ball 1160 00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:40,279 Speaker 1: is coming out or and they're running the football. So 1161 00:52:40,640 --> 00:52:42,560 Speaker 1: I think that's going to be a strong part of 1162 00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:45,320 Speaker 1: this defense, a strong part of this team, the defensive 1163 00:52:45,320 --> 00:52:48,480 Speaker 1: side of the ball. All right, Everyone's talking about Hackett 1164 00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:50,719 Speaker 1: and the decision late in the game, and I get it, 1165 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:53,680 Speaker 1: But overall, Dave, when you look at the head coach 1166 00:52:53,719 --> 00:52:56,040 Speaker 1: of the Broncos, what does he bring. I know he 1167 00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:58,680 Speaker 1: brings a lot of offensive knowledge and everything, and what 1168 00:52:58,719 --> 00:53:00,879 Speaker 1: are you see in so far? I know it's only 1169 00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:04,359 Speaker 1: week one, but you've lived with him throughout the offseason. Yeah, 1170 00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:09,359 Speaker 1: I see creativity, which is important in this league. Now 1171 00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:11,680 Speaker 1: you have to be efficient, you have to understand what 1172 00:53:11,719 --> 00:53:13,640 Speaker 1: you're doing. But but what we have not seen a 1173 00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:17,719 Speaker 1: lot of creativity here the last handful of years. We've 1174 00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,920 Speaker 1: seen guys just line up in a set formation, try 1175 00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:23,839 Speaker 1: to run play. Defenses are too good for that. You're 1176 00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:27,640 Speaker 1: seeing a lot of concepts that have been successful in 1177 00:53:27,760 --> 00:53:30,160 Speaker 1: college and even in high school to a certain degree, 1178 00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:33,839 Speaker 1: and you're seeing the broncos I was impressed in game 1179 00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:39,440 Speaker 1: one with how many different looks they gave the Seattle defense, 1180 00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:44,760 Speaker 1: and they were able to buy either formation or movement, 1181 00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:48,160 Speaker 1: do what I call buy an extra hat. They got 1182 00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:50,880 Speaker 1: an extra hat at the point of attack in the 1183 00:53:50,960 --> 00:53:54,279 Speaker 1: running game. I thought, I thought, really it was a 1184 00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:58,319 Speaker 1: very very good game plan. And that's the positive. The 1185 00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:02,000 Speaker 1: negative is that was a game they absolutely should have won, 1186 00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:05,240 Speaker 1: and I think had to win because they're better than Seattle. 1187 00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:07,919 Speaker 1: I don't think Seattle is a playoff team. I don't think. 1188 00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:10,680 Speaker 1: I mean, I think they're gonna be six and eleven 1189 00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:13,080 Speaker 1: probably at the end of the year. So when you 1190 00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:15,399 Speaker 1: have a chance to win a game like that, I mean, 1191 00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:18,560 Speaker 1: you have to win the game. And the reality is 1192 00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:22,120 Speaker 1: they did not. Dave Logan voiced the Denver Broncos with 1193 00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:25,240 Speaker 1: US on Texans Radio. Okay, you've been through an ownership change. 1194 00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:28,200 Speaker 1: It's early in the new era. But what's that like. 1195 00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:30,759 Speaker 1: What has it been like for you, Dave? Is it 1196 00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:35,720 Speaker 1: any different at all? Well, it's it's been. It's actually 1197 00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:37,840 Speaker 1: been kind of exciting. Had a chance to introduce the 1198 00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:41,439 Speaker 1: new ownership group and they went out and spent about 1199 00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:45,000 Speaker 1: an hour with him before the press conference, and you know, 1200 00:54:46,120 --> 00:54:51,640 Speaker 1: really smart, seemingly smart people, people that have been very 1201 00:54:51,719 --> 00:54:55,320 Speaker 1: successful at a variety of things. I mean, it was cool. 1202 00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:57,640 Speaker 1: Greg Pinner of course will be the sort of the 1203 00:54:57,719 --> 00:55:01,040 Speaker 1: voice of the team he and his wife carry. But 1204 00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:05,640 Speaker 1: it was great to meet doctor Condeliza Rice and spend 1205 00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:08,240 Speaker 1: a little bit of time with her and Melody Hobson, 1206 00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:11,880 Speaker 1: who has been very very successful in her career as well. 1207 00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:14,880 Speaker 1: So I mean, I think they've said all the right things. 1208 00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:17,120 Speaker 1: They certainly have deep pockets. I think they have an 1209 00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:21,000 Speaker 1: interest in doing whatever they can do to make sure 1210 00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:24,640 Speaker 1: this team gets back to relevancy. I mean, the Bronchos 1211 00:55:24,640 --> 00:55:27,600 Speaker 1: and the Jets are the only two teams since twenty 1212 00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:31,040 Speaker 1: fifteen not to make a playoff appearance. Now, if you're 1213 00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:33,640 Speaker 1: mentioned as you know, if you're mentioned the same breath 1214 00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:38,200 Speaker 1: as the Jets in basically anything, unless you're comparing your 1215 00:55:38,239 --> 00:55:41,080 Speaker 1: favorite shade of green, that is not a good thing 1216 00:55:41,239 --> 00:55:45,640 Speaker 1: by NFL standards. So I think Broncos fans have high expectations, 1217 00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:49,000 Speaker 1: and just meeting the owners, I would say they share 1218 00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:52,319 Speaker 1: those expectations. Well, that's an interesting stat right there, and 1219 00:55:52,360 --> 00:55:55,480 Speaker 1: a lot of people would not realize that. But time flies, 1220 00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:58,200 Speaker 1: especially since we've all lived to the pandemic, and that 1221 00:55:58,280 --> 00:56:01,960 Speaker 1: seemed to accelerate certain things, maybe slowed downtime and other things. 1222 00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:04,120 Speaker 1: Dave Logan, Voice of the Broncos with us, Dave, we 1223 00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:07,760 Speaker 1: all know Denver the Broncos are number one in the city. 1224 00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:13,560 Speaker 1: But who's number two among the pro sports franchises Nuggets, Avs, Rockies, 1225 00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:17,760 Speaker 1: who's number two in Denver? Well, I would say Mark, Now, 1226 00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:20,520 Speaker 1: it would be the Apps, especially after winning the Stanley Cup. 1227 00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:24,719 Speaker 1: I mean, they had such a great, great run. I 1228 00:56:24,719 --> 00:56:27,120 Speaker 1: think the Nuggets started exciting team. I think I think 1229 00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:30,239 Speaker 1: people love the Nuggets here and also I think they 1230 00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:33,479 Speaker 1: feel like the Nuggets are close. You know, two time 1231 00:56:33,800 --> 00:56:38,360 Speaker 1: MVP Nicole Yokich and some some pretty good supporting pieces 1232 00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:40,799 Speaker 1: as well. But I think right now, if you had 1233 00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:44,080 Speaker 1: to pick one, I would say av second, Nuggets, third, 1234 00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:49,480 Speaker 1: Rockies fourth. Refresh my memory. You were coaching last time 1235 00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:52,400 Speaker 1: we talked. Are you still coaching high school football? Dave? Yeah, 1236 00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:55,840 Speaker 1: I am. This is let's see, this is your thirty 1237 00:56:55,840 --> 00:56:58,520 Speaker 1: three call in the Bronco games. You're thirty as a 1238 00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:01,359 Speaker 1: head high school coach. All right, head high school coach. 1239 00:57:01,480 --> 00:57:05,080 Speaker 1: So tell me have there been any conflicts anytimes when 1240 00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:08,399 Speaker 1: you had to make that tough choice between Broncos and 1241 00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:11,080 Speaker 1: being the head coach of the high school team. Well, 1242 00:57:12,640 --> 00:57:15,239 Speaker 1: two separate questions. There have been conflicts, But I have 1243 00:57:15,400 --> 00:57:19,720 Speaker 1: never missed a single Broncos game, and I've never missed 1244 00:57:20,040 --> 00:57:22,480 Speaker 1: one of one of my high school games as well. Now, 1245 00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:26,400 Speaker 1: there have been there have been a handful of close calls. 1246 00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:29,440 Speaker 1: We played in state championship game back in two thousand 1247 00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:33,560 Speaker 1: and one, missed the only flight that night to get 1248 00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:36,120 Speaker 1: down to Miami. The Broncos played in an early game 1249 00:57:36,200 --> 00:57:41,040 Speaker 1: the next day, had to charter a plane way way expensive, 1250 00:57:41,120 --> 00:57:42,920 Speaker 1: gotten in about three o'clock in the morning. There have 1251 00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:47,240 Speaker 1: been some there have been some situations like that, and 1252 00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:51,360 Speaker 1: but but you know what, I bet I've missed probably 1253 00:57:51,560 --> 00:57:55,200 Speaker 1: five or six practices in thirty seasons with the team 1254 00:57:55,280 --> 00:57:57,439 Speaker 1: with the kids. So I've been blessed to be able 1255 00:57:57,480 --> 00:58:01,400 Speaker 1: to do both. I really enjoy both, and life is good. Dave, 1256 00:58:01,480 --> 00:58:05,080 Speaker 1: how does being an active high school football coach effect, 1257 00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:08,240 Speaker 1: if at all, your view of the Broncos and the 1258 00:58:08,320 --> 00:58:11,600 Speaker 1: way you interpret what's going on on the field. You 1259 00:58:11,640 --> 00:58:14,640 Speaker 1: know what it's it's kind of funny I think that. 1260 00:58:15,720 --> 00:58:17,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I've always been a football nerd. I mean 1261 00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:21,120 Speaker 1: it's just been football has been my life for so long, 1262 00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:24,120 Speaker 1: played for a long time, and now been blessed to 1263 00:58:24,160 --> 00:58:27,280 Speaker 1: be able to stay in the game. And I think 1264 00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:30,800 Speaker 1: what I think how it would affect me most is 1265 00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:32,920 Speaker 1: when I go back and look at the Broncos games, 1266 00:58:32,920 --> 00:58:35,200 Speaker 1: look at the All twenty two, look at some of 1267 00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:38,680 Speaker 1: the concepts they employ, and it makes sense to me 1268 00:58:39,320 --> 00:58:42,960 Speaker 1: sometimes in terms of what I see them trying to do. 1269 00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:46,800 Speaker 1: So and then listen, you, it's just like any other coach. 1270 00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:49,480 Speaker 1: You steal a couple of things here and there from 1271 00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:51,840 Speaker 1: film you see, you try to make sure sure that 1272 00:58:51,960 --> 00:58:55,320 Speaker 1: you can implement that high school kids will be able 1273 00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:59,800 Speaker 1: to understand it. With your terminology. But yeah, I call 1274 00:58:59,880 --> 00:59:01,440 Speaker 1: it the game. It's just like you. I mean, you're 1275 00:59:01,480 --> 00:59:04,880 Speaker 1: calling what you see, trying to be descriptive as you 1276 00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:07,439 Speaker 1: possibly can be for people that are unable to see 1277 00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:09,360 Speaker 1: the game. But after the game, when I go home 1278 00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:11,480 Speaker 1: and pulling it up on the All twenty two, I 1279 00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:14,760 Speaker 1: really enjoy just the the XS, the nose and the 1280 00:59:14,960 --> 00:59:19,320 Speaker 1: strategy involved watching those games. Dave Logan, Voice of the Broncos, 1281 00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:22,280 Speaker 1: with us a few notes on the AFC West Dave, 1282 00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:24,520 Speaker 1: and it had to be weird seeing Seattle because that's 1283 00:59:24,560 --> 00:59:27,760 Speaker 1: an old AFC West team, actually the team you played 1284 00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:29,920 Speaker 1: Monday night football. But what do you make of the 1285 00:59:29,960 --> 00:59:33,240 Speaker 1: rest of the division, Well, it's a it's it's a 1286 00:59:33,240 --> 00:59:37,080 Speaker 1: tough division. I mean the Broncos haven't beaten the Chiefs 1287 00:59:37,120 --> 00:59:40,360 Speaker 1: since the first of two matchups back in two and fifteen, 1288 00:59:41,040 --> 00:59:43,840 Speaker 1: so it's been you know, you can do the math. 1289 00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:46,840 Speaker 1: I mean, the Chiefs have dominated this this division, and 1290 00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:50,760 Speaker 1: I think losing Tyreek Hill and a lot of people saying, Okay, 1291 00:59:50,800 --> 00:59:54,760 Speaker 1: that's gonna make a big difference. Uh, He's he's a 1292 00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,080 Speaker 1: great player, and he can certainly take the top off 1293 00:59:57,080 --> 01:00:00,440 Speaker 1: the defense, and he's he's the fastest guy that I've 1294 01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:03,360 Speaker 1: seen in a league full of fast guys. But you know, 1295 01:00:03,440 --> 01:00:06,320 Speaker 1: Mahomes comes out the first week and throws five touchdown passes. 1296 01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:09,680 Speaker 1: I think Kansas City is going to be very good. 1297 01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:13,160 Speaker 1: I think the Chargers are going to be very difficult 1298 01:00:13,160 --> 01:00:15,960 Speaker 1: as well, so the Broncos. I mean, you you that's 1299 01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:18,280 Speaker 1: why the Seattle game is so disappointed. You have to 1300 01:00:18,320 --> 01:00:20,240 Speaker 1: win the games you're supposed to win. You don't. You 1301 01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:23,200 Speaker 1: don't get games back, right, So I think it's gonna 1302 01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:26,400 Speaker 1: be very, very difficult for all four teams in this division. 1303 01:00:26,800 --> 01:00:30,480 Speaker 1: You mentioned that the offense should be clicking almost as 1304 01:00:30,480 --> 01:00:32,480 Speaker 1: well as it did in the Peyton Manning era, that 1305 01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:34,240 Speaker 1: this is the first time you're seeing this kind of 1306 01:00:34,280 --> 01:00:38,800 Speaker 1: prowess on offense. How do the Broncos fans Bronco Nation, 1307 01:00:39,120 --> 01:00:41,640 Speaker 1: what's the feeling on Tim Tebow and what he was 1308 01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:44,360 Speaker 1: able to do in that magical season with the playoff 1309 01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:46,440 Speaker 1: victory over the Steelers. You know, you see a lot 1310 01:00:46,480 --> 01:00:49,080 Speaker 1: of stuff about that. How is the feeling with the 1311 01:00:49,080 --> 01:00:53,600 Speaker 1: Broncos and Tim Tebow? Well, that that was I mean 1312 01:00:53,640 --> 01:00:58,000 Speaker 1: that season I think was maybe of my thirty three years, 1313 01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:02,880 Speaker 1: that was the most probable season I mean there were 1314 01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:06,600 Speaker 1: games where they were just completely dead in the water. 1315 01:01:06,920 --> 01:01:11,200 Speaker 1: I mean the game was figuratively over in the fourth quarter, 1316 01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:15,120 Speaker 1: and inexplicably they would come back and he would make 1317 01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:17,840 Speaker 1: plays and they would win the game. So I think 1318 01:01:17,880 --> 01:01:21,440 Speaker 1: Tim Tebow is an immensely He's polarizing in one sense 1319 01:01:21,480 --> 01:01:24,360 Speaker 1: because the people that love him, they think he should 1320 01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:26,760 Speaker 1: be playing quarterback in the league. The people that don't 1321 01:01:26,800 --> 01:01:29,240 Speaker 1: love him say he can't throw the ball. What are 1322 01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:32,000 Speaker 1: we having this conversation about. So in that regard, he 1323 01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:34,080 Speaker 1: was polarizing. But getting to know him a little bit 1324 01:01:34,160 --> 01:01:37,400 Speaker 1: doing his show, I mean, just a great young dude 1325 01:01:37,480 --> 01:01:40,400 Speaker 1: that you know you'd be happy if your daughter wound 1326 01:01:40,440 --> 01:01:43,000 Speaker 1: up dating him. But I'll tell you what, I've never 1327 01:01:43,400 --> 01:01:47,360 Speaker 1: seen a season with so many improbable endings as that 1328 01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:51,480 Speaker 1: two and twelve season. Yeah, that was amazing, incredible to watch, 1329 01:01:51,640 --> 01:01:54,520 Speaker 1: all right. Well, and we both share Gary Kubiak as 1330 01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:57,560 Speaker 1: an alum of the organization really and I know or 1331 01:01:57,640 --> 01:02:00,120 Speaker 1: Super Bowls involved with the Broncos. But he is love 1332 01:02:00,200 --> 01:02:02,840 Speaker 1: it here as well, and I'm sure the feeling remains 1333 01:02:02,880 --> 01:02:06,680 Speaker 1: there in Denver. Oh Yeah, I mean Gary will forever, 1334 01:02:06,800 --> 01:02:10,400 Speaker 1: I think be revered here in Denver. I think people 1335 01:02:10,400 --> 01:02:14,000 Speaker 1: have such immense respect for him. He's a football guys 1336 01:02:14,040 --> 01:02:16,840 Speaker 1: I was talking about. He loves football. He goes about 1337 01:02:16,880 --> 01:02:19,080 Speaker 1: it the right way. He treats his players the right way. 1338 01:02:19,160 --> 01:02:21,439 Speaker 1: I'll tell you something about Gary though. You know when 1339 01:02:21,440 --> 01:02:23,480 Speaker 1: you talk to him in person, he's kind of a 1340 01:02:23,480 --> 01:02:26,880 Speaker 1: soft spoken guy's press conferences soft spoken. He's not soft 1341 01:02:26,880 --> 01:02:29,440 Speaker 1: spoken with players. I can assure you that I've seen 1342 01:02:29,520 --> 01:02:32,720 Speaker 1: him interact you have as well, with players, and he will. 1343 01:02:33,360 --> 01:02:36,040 Speaker 1: He holds them accountable in a way that if you 1344 01:02:36,120 --> 01:02:38,560 Speaker 1: didn't know better and you heard that, you'd be very 1345 01:02:38,680 --> 01:02:42,600 Speaker 1: surprised in terms of those exchanges between Kubiak and the players. 1346 01:02:42,600 --> 01:02:45,480 Speaker 1: But great, dude, I think excellent coach as well. And 1347 01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:49,240 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, in front of a crowd, he's amazing. Now. 1348 01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:52,720 Speaker 1: Press conferences, I'm not including press conferences in this statement. 1349 01:02:52,760 --> 01:02:54,560 Speaker 1: When you get him at a dinner or something like that. 1350 01:02:54,600 --> 01:02:57,040 Speaker 1: He was at the John McLean retirement dinner here in Houston, 1351 01:02:57,040 --> 01:02:59,520 Speaker 1: brought the house down. I wasn't surprised. I've seen him 1352 01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:02,920 Speaker 1: do it before at big kickoff lunches and things like that. 1353 01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:05,520 Speaker 1: I'm sure that's been your experience as well. Oh no, 1354 01:03:05,560 --> 01:03:08,120 Speaker 1: doubt about it. I mean, he's just a quality guy. 1355 01:03:08,200 --> 01:03:13,440 Speaker 1: I mean, Gary's Gary is. He's down to earth. You know, 1356 01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:16,000 Speaker 1: he doesn't strike me. I've been around a lot of 1357 01:03:16,080 --> 01:03:18,680 Speaker 1: NFL coaches, head coaches, you have as well. I mean 1358 01:03:18,720 --> 01:03:21,800 Speaker 1: there's a certain amount of ego involved, and I'm sure 1359 01:03:21,840 --> 01:03:24,400 Speaker 1: Gary has an ego, but he manages his ego very, 1360 01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:28,560 Speaker 1: very well. He's self deprecating, he's humble. You know, he 1361 01:03:28,680 --> 01:03:31,000 Speaker 1: played nine years in the league and never talks about that. 1362 01:03:31,200 --> 01:03:34,600 Speaker 1: So I just have higher respect for Gary Kubiak. Dave, 1363 01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:36,600 Speaker 1: thanks so much for the time. As always, I really 1364 01:03:36,600 --> 01:03:38,880 Speaker 1: appreciate the visit. Great catching up. Look forward to seeing 1365 01:03:38,920 --> 01:03:41,439 Speaker 1: you on Sunday. Sounds good. Mark. Always great to catch 1366 01:03:41,480 --> 01:03:43,720 Speaker 1: up with you. Last time we were in Denver it 1367 01:03:43,800 --> 01:03:45,880 Speaker 1: was twenty eighteen. Talked about that at the end of 1368 01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:49,919 Speaker 1: last segment. Does Mark Vanimir remember it like I do? 1369 01:03:50,400 --> 01:03:52,600 Speaker 1: I bet he does. Let's put him to the test 1370 01:03:52,680 --> 01:03:57,560 Speaker 1: next right here in Texans All Access. Texans All Access 1371 01:03:57,600 --> 01:04:01,880 Speaker 1: continues in a moment the Kroger Plus card. 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Back to the show that keeps you plugged 1382 01:04:35,680 --> 01:04:40,000 Speaker 1: in with the Houston Texans. Welcome back to this Wednesday 1383 01:04:40,120 --> 01:04:43,560 Speaker 1: edition of Texans All Access. I'm your host, John Harris, 1384 01:04:43,800 --> 01:04:46,160 Speaker 1: joined now by the man you've just heard, and no 1385 01:04:46,280 --> 01:04:49,120 Speaker 1: not Dave Logan, although it's kind of cool, Mark vandomir 1386 01:04:49,680 --> 01:04:51,240 Speaker 1: to hear. And I was the one that gave you 1387 01:04:51,280 --> 01:04:54,320 Speaker 1: this homework assignment many many years ago to get on 1388 01:04:54,360 --> 01:04:56,600 Speaker 1: the phone and call the play by play voices and 1389 01:04:56,680 --> 01:04:58,760 Speaker 1: have them on for our segment called Men behind the 1390 01:04:58,840 --> 01:05:01,439 Speaker 1: Mikes if you get something out of it. I love 1391 01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:04,080 Speaker 1: to hear the other voices that we hear on all 1392 01:05:04,080 --> 01:05:07,600 Speaker 1: the NFL films and all those great shows, and Dave 1393 01:05:07,640 --> 01:05:10,280 Speaker 1: Logan is one of those voices we've been hearing forever. 1394 01:05:10,760 --> 01:05:12,920 Speaker 1: Do you like catching up with those guys and kind 1395 01:05:12,960 --> 01:05:14,560 Speaker 1: of chopping it up with them and getting kind of 1396 01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:17,840 Speaker 1: the thought on where they are with their teams and such. Yeah, 1397 01:05:17,840 --> 01:05:21,560 Speaker 1: because it's interesting. Dave Logan actually played for the Cleveland 1398 01:05:21,640 --> 01:05:25,400 Speaker 1: Browns in the seventies and I didn't know this, Johnny 1399 01:05:25,480 --> 01:05:28,240 Speaker 1: that he's one of a handful of people. I think 1400 01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:31,400 Speaker 1: it's less than ten in history to be drafted by 1401 01:05:31,440 --> 01:05:35,880 Speaker 1: the NBA, Major League Baseball and the NFL, which is 1402 01:05:35,920 --> 01:05:39,360 Speaker 1: really interesting. The high school coaching thing, though, fascinates me 1403 01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:41,640 Speaker 1: a lot because it's still going on and he's the 1404 01:05:41,720 --> 01:05:44,400 Speaker 1: voice of a team. But he and Steve Rabel from 1405 01:05:44,520 --> 01:05:46,880 Speaker 1: Seattle both played in the league and they're both played 1406 01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:50,040 Speaker 1: by play guys. Man, I can't go back in time 1407 01:05:50,040 --> 01:05:52,240 Speaker 1: in the Deloreate and play in the NFL. I would 1408 01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:54,920 Speaker 1: not only need that, I would need that Captain America 1409 01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:59,200 Speaker 1: machine to get to be of the condition to play 1410 01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:01,440 Speaker 1: in the NFL and the Deloreans. I don't know how 1411 01:06:01,440 --> 01:06:03,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pull that off. Zach Street was doing the 1412 01:06:03,960 --> 01:06:05,920 Speaker 1: play by play for the Saints. He's now an assistant 1413 01:06:05,960 --> 01:06:08,439 Speaker 1: coach with the Saints, so I guess there's only two now. 1414 01:06:08,680 --> 01:06:11,080 Speaker 1: But it was really interesting to catch up with Dave. 1415 01:06:11,120 --> 01:06:13,720 Speaker 1: He's seen a lot of big games. Yeah, he certainly has, 1416 01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:16,439 Speaker 1: and it was great to hear him on the air 1417 01:06:16,520 --> 01:06:20,439 Speaker 1: with us. And it got me thinking, well, at first 1418 01:06:20,440 --> 01:06:21,840 Speaker 1: he got me thinking with the last time we played 1419 01:06:21,880 --> 01:06:23,120 Speaker 1: the Broncos. I was like, no, I don't want to 1420 01:06:23,120 --> 01:06:25,240 Speaker 1: remember that one. So then I went back to the 1421 01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:31,280 Speaker 1: last time that we played the Broncos in Denver. And 1422 01:06:32,680 --> 01:06:34,920 Speaker 1: when I bring up twenty eighteen Denver, see, all of 1423 01:06:34,920 --> 01:06:36,800 Speaker 1: our games have names. I mean, you don't have talked 1424 01:06:36,800 --> 01:06:40,520 Speaker 1: about this. There's Hasselbeck in a diaper, there's an I kick, 1425 01:06:40,680 --> 01:06:43,480 Speaker 1: there's all we have names for all. You know, hop spins. 1426 01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:46,360 Speaker 1: Maybe it doesn't have a name. But what's the one 1427 01:06:46,360 --> 01:06:50,400 Speaker 1: thing you remember about twenty eighteen Denver McManus. I remember 1428 01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:54,440 Speaker 1: McManus missing, and I remember your microphone being open. Yes, 1429 01:06:54,640 --> 01:06:56,760 Speaker 1: I was calling it no good. You're like, it's no good, 1430 01:06:57,200 --> 01:07:00,640 Speaker 1: and you sounded like every other NFL team's color commentator. 1431 01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:02,600 Speaker 1: Step on the play by play guy and you're not 1432 01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:05,760 Speaker 1: the color commentator, but you're on the sideline and the 1433 01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:09,520 Speaker 1: engineer accidentally left your mic up. Usually folks at home, 1434 01:07:09,640 --> 01:07:12,720 Speaker 1: Johnny's Mike is in Q so he was just trying 1435 01:07:12,720 --> 01:07:17,320 Speaker 1: to help me out vociferously. It all worked out. You know, 1436 01:07:17,360 --> 01:07:19,120 Speaker 1: you listen to it now because it sounds pretty cool. 1437 01:07:19,120 --> 01:07:21,360 Speaker 1: It just sounds like the announcers are going nuts. Yeah, 1438 01:07:21,400 --> 01:07:23,840 Speaker 1: it really so. And I remember hearing it on NFL 1439 01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:27,560 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football the next day and I just kind 1440 01:07:27,560 --> 01:07:28,880 Speaker 1: of buried my head in my hands. So I remember 1441 01:07:28,880 --> 01:07:31,160 Speaker 1: getting out, We're getting on the bus. And I've told 1442 01:07:31,160 --> 01:07:35,160 Speaker 1: you this a million times. I in radio one of 1443 01:07:35,160 --> 01:07:38,200 Speaker 1: the one thing that I hate more than anything else 1444 01:07:38,840 --> 01:07:41,840 Speaker 1: is for an analyst to step all over a play 1445 01:07:41,880 --> 01:07:44,040 Speaker 1: by play man or just a radio show where guys 1446 01:07:44,040 --> 01:07:45,880 Speaker 1: are just always stepping on each other. And it's always 1447 01:07:45,880 --> 01:07:49,080 Speaker 1: one of my major, major pet peeves. And as I said, 1448 01:07:49,520 --> 01:07:51,200 Speaker 1: you know earlier in the show, I was talking about 1449 01:07:51,240 --> 01:07:54,040 Speaker 1: that particular moment. I'm always in que with Mark, so 1450 01:07:54,120 --> 01:07:56,960 Speaker 1: Mark can hear everything that I say. So I try 1451 01:07:57,000 --> 01:07:59,120 Speaker 1: not to say as much when we're in the game 1452 01:07:59,160 --> 01:08:02,240 Speaker 1: unless i'm spot for you finding a tackler or you know, 1453 01:08:02,360 --> 01:08:04,920 Speaker 1: the balls out or something like that. And so I 1454 01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:06,680 Speaker 1: say to you three things in your ear on a 1455 01:08:06,680 --> 01:08:09,760 Speaker 1: field goal wide, right, wide, left or good, And I 1456 01:08:09,840 --> 01:08:11,920 Speaker 1: just happened to be standing. I didn't go all the 1457 01:08:11,920 --> 01:08:13,760 Speaker 1: way under the goal post. I happened to be standing 1458 01:08:14,560 --> 01:08:16,959 Speaker 1: left of the goal post, which is to his McManus 1459 01:08:17,080 --> 01:08:18,560 Speaker 1: is right and the boss coming right at me, so 1460 01:08:18,600 --> 01:08:21,559 Speaker 1: I know it's wide right. And I was like, wide right, 1461 01:08:21,600 --> 01:08:23,160 Speaker 1: and then I heard you say wide right. So I 1462 01:08:23,240 --> 01:08:25,800 Speaker 1: was like, okay. Sometimes I know when you've heard me 1463 01:08:25,960 --> 01:08:27,720 Speaker 1: because you'll say it how I gave it to you. 1464 01:08:27,760 --> 01:08:29,240 Speaker 1: If I give you a guy's full name, you'll say 1465 01:08:29,280 --> 01:08:30,840 Speaker 1: his full name, or you'll say his last name if 1466 01:08:30,880 --> 01:08:32,680 Speaker 1: I gets the last name. When I said wide right, 1467 01:08:33,200 --> 01:08:36,320 Speaker 1: you said wide right. I was like, okay, good, he 1468 01:08:36,360 --> 01:08:38,679 Speaker 1: got it. I got into bus and I was just like, dude, 1469 01:08:38,680 --> 01:08:40,400 Speaker 1: your call, how was it? What'd you think? And you 1470 01:08:40,479 --> 01:08:44,280 Speaker 1: looked at me and you went Jonesy had your mic up, 1471 01:08:44,320 --> 01:08:49,400 Speaker 1: and I swear my heart dropped. It dropped like three stories, 1472 01:08:49,439 --> 01:08:51,120 Speaker 1: and I was like, I'm so sorry because I had 1473 01:08:51,160 --> 01:08:53,200 Speaker 1: just done a hit because you guys had asked me, 1474 01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:55,599 Speaker 1: what's the wind, what's the you know, what's it look 1475 01:08:55,680 --> 01:08:57,800 Speaker 1: like down there? It's Denver And so it was a 1476 01:08:57,840 --> 01:09:00,519 Speaker 1: little because if you remember that game, remember in the 1477 01:09:00,600 --> 01:09:03,320 Speaker 1: third quarter of the wind the wing kicked up in 1478 01:09:03,360 --> 01:09:05,320 Speaker 1: like the middle of the middle of the late third 1479 01:09:05,360 --> 01:09:08,000 Speaker 1: quarter like I've never seen. I mean, it was it 1480 01:09:08,160 --> 01:09:13,519 Speaker 1: was swirling, there was trash everywhere. The punt net had 1481 01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:16,320 Speaker 1: fallen on me on the sideline and I was just 1482 01:09:16,400 --> 01:09:17,960 Speaker 1: kind of standing near by and it just fell out. 1483 01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:20,680 Speaker 1: I was like, oh my gosh. It was wild. But 1484 01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:24,759 Speaker 1: by the end of it, the wind had stopped. Relatively speaking, 1485 01:09:24,800 --> 01:09:26,639 Speaker 1: it wasn't quite like it was. It was just kind 1486 01:09:26,640 --> 01:09:29,560 Speaker 1: of normal as it was to start the day. But 1487 01:09:29,600 --> 01:09:31,479 Speaker 1: that's one of the games I remember a lot mark. 1488 01:09:31,680 --> 01:09:33,280 Speaker 1: I don't think it's when we talked about a lot, 1489 01:09:33,520 --> 01:09:36,439 Speaker 1: but it's one I remember because A how it ended, 1490 01:09:37,280 --> 01:09:41,519 Speaker 1: but B it was Demarrius Thomas return, yeah decend, one 1491 01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:45,160 Speaker 1: week after he had been traded, and I remember we 1492 01:09:45,160 --> 01:09:46,840 Speaker 1: were pulling up in the bus and you look upon 1493 01:09:46,920 --> 01:09:50,240 Speaker 1: the scoreboard and on the back of the scoreboard they 1494 01:09:50,280 --> 01:09:53,200 Speaker 1: had von Miller on one side and they had Damarrius 1495 01:09:53,280 --> 01:09:55,760 Speaker 1: Thomas on the other. As we were pulling up with 1496 01:09:55,840 --> 01:09:58,479 Speaker 1: the Marius Thomas on the bus with us. It was 1497 01:09:59,479 --> 01:10:03,360 Speaker 1: it was strange on a number of different levels. But 1498 01:10:03,400 --> 01:10:05,960 Speaker 1: then you got into the game and away you go, 1499 01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:08,040 Speaker 1: and you ended up with the nineteen seventeen win. You know, 1500 01:10:08,080 --> 01:10:10,360 Speaker 1: it's interesting and I wrote about this on Houston Texans 1501 01:10:10,479 --> 01:10:13,960 Speaker 1: dot Com some of the oddities of this series. The 1502 01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:18,479 Speaker 1: Texans have beaten Peyton Manning and Jay Cutler in this series, 1503 01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:23,960 Speaker 1: They've also lost to Trevor Simeon and Drew Locke. I mean, 1504 01:10:23,960 --> 01:10:26,519 Speaker 1: that's a and Tim Tebow in the three hundred yard 1505 01:10:26,520 --> 01:10:30,920 Speaker 1: tebow performance in twenty the strangest games ever. So it's 1506 01:10:30,960 --> 01:10:32,640 Speaker 1: been a weird series that way. And I thought for 1507 01:10:32,680 --> 01:10:35,400 Speaker 1: a moment, oh my gosh, did Case Keenham play for 1508 01:10:35,479 --> 01:10:37,920 Speaker 1: each team against the other team? But he did not. 1509 01:10:38,080 --> 01:10:40,759 Speaker 1: In twenty thirteen, it was match job playing against Peyton 1510 01:10:40,760 --> 01:10:44,439 Speaker 1: Manning a three for four hundred and five touchdowns out 1511 01:10:44,479 --> 01:10:46,800 Speaker 1: here at NRG Stadium on the turf, and that's the 1512 01:10:46,880 --> 01:10:49,519 Speaker 1: day set the single season touchdown pass record, and it 1513 01:10:49,600 --> 01:10:52,400 Speaker 1: was horrible. And I'm thinking, oh, at least I could 1514 01:10:52,400 --> 01:10:54,880 Speaker 1: have had that Keenam note, but it didn't happen. Keenham 1515 01:10:54,920 --> 01:10:57,080 Speaker 1: played against the Texans in the twenty nineteen game for 1516 01:10:57,240 --> 01:11:00,960 Speaker 1: the Broncos. Yeah, twenty eighteen game, because twenty nineteen was fad. 1517 01:11:01,200 --> 01:11:03,280 Speaker 1: I mean you think about that. We flaced Denver. How 1518 01:11:03,320 --> 01:11:06,840 Speaker 1: many times we saw Trevor Simeon on Monday night when 1519 01:11:06,880 --> 01:11:10,920 Speaker 1: the word thrumble was created. Yeah, twenty sixteen, it was 1520 01:11:10,920 --> 01:11:13,280 Speaker 1: also night that Derek Newton blew out not one, but 1521 01:11:13,479 --> 01:11:16,840 Speaker 1: both knees. That was night. That was the night, That 1522 01:11:16,960 --> 01:11:21,439 Speaker 1: Monday night that was bizarre. I mean, that was bizarre world. 1523 01:11:21,880 --> 01:11:25,360 Speaker 1: Um that particular night twenty eighteen when we faced him, 1524 01:11:25,400 --> 01:11:27,679 Speaker 1: that was case. Twenty nineteen we faced him was Drew Locke, 1525 01:11:27,880 --> 01:11:31,519 Speaker 1: and now in twenty twenty two it's Russell Wilson. The 1526 01:11:31,520 --> 01:11:34,599 Speaker 1: Broncos put up all kinds of yards against the Seahawks 1527 01:11:34,680 --> 01:11:37,320 Speaker 1: up in Seattle, but did not come away with a 1528 01:11:37,439 --> 01:11:39,400 Speaker 1: w Before we get there, Mark, I don't know if 1529 01:11:39,439 --> 01:11:43,200 Speaker 1: you heard. I read it was on PFT. They essentially 1530 01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:47,679 Speaker 1: had some quotes from Pete Carroll talking about yeah, getting 1531 01:11:48,080 --> 01:11:51,519 Speaker 1: in that was eye popping and eye catching. What he 1532 01:11:51,560 --> 01:11:56,120 Speaker 1: had to say in paraphrasing what Florio wrote about Carroll 1533 01:11:56,240 --> 01:12:00,000 Speaker 1: essentially saying, yeah, they brought back a bunch of former Seahawks, 1534 01:12:00,320 --> 01:12:05,840 Speaker 1: and the Fourios thought was that through those years Carroll 1535 01:12:05,920 --> 01:12:09,960 Speaker 1: was so defensive of Wilson, but now it was bringing 1536 01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:12,519 Speaker 1: all those guys back in that he loved to show. Yeah, 1537 01:12:12,560 --> 01:12:14,600 Speaker 1: you guys were always the reason we want all this 1538 01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:17,080 Speaker 1: kind of stuff. I mean, it was really telling what 1539 01:12:17,120 --> 01:12:20,559 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll was saying without saying the words, hey, we 1540 01:12:20,600 --> 01:12:23,920 Speaker 1: don't miss that guy. Good ridden Like there's a big 1541 01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:27,679 Speaker 1: resentment against Russell Wilson, and you talk about those legion 1542 01:12:27,720 --> 01:12:31,520 Speaker 1: of Boom guys and really important members of that organization 1543 01:12:31,720 --> 01:12:36,160 Speaker 1: over the successful period they've had led by Wilson. I'm wondering, 1544 01:12:36,200 --> 01:12:38,080 Speaker 1: you know, how did that really go in the locker room, 1545 01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:40,960 Speaker 1: because clearly they've had a ton of success with Russell Wilson, 1546 01:12:41,000 --> 01:12:44,160 Speaker 1: all the postseason success, two super Bowl appearances, one super 1547 01:12:44,200 --> 01:12:46,760 Speaker 1: Bowl victory. Was it really that bad? I don't know. 1548 01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:49,280 Speaker 1: I'm hoping if it was bad, it's bad in Denver 1549 01:12:49,360 --> 01:12:52,760 Speaker 1: two Johnny and it starts right away. I'm kidding around here. 1550 01:12:52,800 --> 01:12:56,479 Speaker 1: But now, really it's really a fascinating story. You know, 1551 01:12:56,520 --> 01:13:00,240 Speaker 1: I wonder how they actually do feel because look, Richard 1552 01:13:00,280 --> 01:13:03,240 Speaker 1: Sherman could have stayed with the team, right, I mean, 1553 01:13:03,320 --> 01:13:06,000 Speaker 1: they could have kept him. I should say, he was 1554 01:13:06,040 --> 01:13:08,840 Speaker 1: still seeking employment in the NFL and ended up with 1555 01:13:08,880 --> 01:13:11,519 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, and old Bobby Wagner's obviously now 1556 01:13:11,880 --> 01:13:14,600 Speaker 1: with the LA Rams, So obviously he wasn't at the 1557 01:13:14,600 --> 01:13:17,120 Speaker 1: Monday Night game. But there's a lot to take in there. 1558 01:13:17,240 --> 01:13:19,639 Speaker 1: That's a story that you're gonna hear more about, especially 1559 01:13:19,720 --> 01:13:22,920 Speaker 1: if Wilson, I guess, no matter what Wilson does in Denver, 1560 01:13:23,280 --> 01:13:26,519 Speaker 1: but especially if he's not successful in Denver. Yeah, he's 1561 01:13:26,560 --> 01:13:29,800 Speaker 1: a It's funny because I didn't really think about him 1562 01:13:29,840 --> 01:13:32,960 Speaker 1: this way for a long time, but it just feels 1563 01:13:33,000 --> 01:13:37,040 Speaker 1: like he is an extremely polarizing figure. And maybe every 1564 01:13:37,120 --> 01:13:40,760 Speaker 1: NFL quarterback is that way. Maybe every NFL quarterback is 1565 01:13:40,760 --> 01:13:44,600 Speaker 1: a polarizing figure for some reason, whatever it might be. 1566 01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:47,479 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, shoot, Aaron Rodgers is a 1567 01:13:47,560 --> 01:13:50,480 Speaker 1: polarizing as it gets. I mean, Lamar Jackson is polarizing, 1568 01:13:50,520 --> 01:13:53,000 Speaker 1: but in a different way. And maybe that's just the 1569 01:13:53,040 --> 01:13:56,240 Speaker 1: world in the NFL now, But my goodness, that's team 1570 01:13:56,280 --> 01:13:58,240 Speaker 1: put up a lot of yards, but then fumbles at 1571 01:13:58,280 --> 01:14:01,320 Speaker 1: the one twice, and you know you watch him defensively 1572 01:14:01,320 --> 01:14:03,960 Speaker 1: and you're like, well, defensively, you know, you know Nick 1573 01:14:04,000 --> 01:14:05,760 Speaker 1: talked about that earlier in the show. You know, they're 1574 01:14:05,760 --> 01:14:08,800 Speaker 1: good in the back end with Patrick Surtan. You know, 1575 01:14:08,840 --> 01:14:11,800 Speaker 1: Kiroon Williams is taken over as the nickel. I still 1576 01:14:11,800 --> 01:14:14,559 Speaker 1: think you can hurt that secondary, especially if Justin Simmons 1577 01:14:14,600 --> 01:14:19,120 Speaker 1: isn't isn't quite ready to go back there, that's that's 1578 01:14:19,120 --> 01:14:21,320 Speaker 1: gonna be something that I think plays a role for 1579 01:14:21,360 --> 01:14:23,160 Speaker 1: them if he's not ready to go back there. But 1580 01:14:24,040 --> 01:14:29,719 Speaker 1: up front, DJ Jones another DJ Draymont Jones, they're good 1581 01:14:29,840 --> 01:14:33,800 Speaker 1: up front. This front is gonna have to have to 1582 01:14:33,840 --> 01:14:36,080 Speaker 1: get some movement and run the ball a little bit 1583 01:14:36,120 --> 01:14:38,679 Speaker 1: better and Mark at that point love me Spith talked 1584 01:14:38,680 --> 01:14:42,479 Speaker 1: today about getting more touches for Damian Pierce. Do you 1585 01:14:42,520 --> 01:14:44,519 Speaker 1: think that's what it is in the run game, that 1586 01:14:44,600 --> 01:14:47,559 Speaker 1: it's a few more pierced carries that maybe kind of 1587 01:14:47,640 --> 01:14:49,960 Speaker 1: kickstart that thing in the right direction, or do you 1588 01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:52,960 Speaker 1: think that there's maybe more that needs to be done 1589 01:14:53,040 --> 01:14:55,719 Speaker 1: to kind of get them going where they want to go. Well, 1590 01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:58,559 Speaker 1: I think Kenyan Green's gonna play a ton all right, 1591 01:14:58,600 --> 01:15:01,360 Speaker 1: and maybe you just have to say, if we drafted 1592 01:15:01,400 --> 01:15:03,400 Speaker 1: him as high as we did, let's go ahead and 1593 01:15:03,439 --> 01:15:05,559 Speaker 1: put him out there and just live with it. See 1594 01:15:05,600 --> 01:15:08,200 Speaker 1: what happens. It's gonna be very loud, you know this 1595 01:15:08,439 --> 01:15:11,840 Speaker 1: breaking news. It'll be loud in Denver, Yeah, will be 1596 01:15:12,040 --> 01:15:14,839 Speaker 1: especially for these young players. But it's not like Kenyan 1597 01:15:14,880 --> 01:15:17,160 Speaker 1: Green hasn't played in big games where it's been loud, 1598 01:15:17,240 --> 01:15:19,400 Speaker 1: and now it was a college level, but it's the SEC. 1599 01:15:19,520 --> 01:15:23,000 Speaker 1: It's the top line, and we'll see how he handles that. 1600 01:15:23,400 --> 01:15:25,880 Speaker 1: The communication is going to be very important. You're playing 1601 01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:28,280 Speaker 1: a three to four front now, so what is that 1602 01:15:28,400 --> 01:15:30,320 Speaker 1: going to be like versus what you've been facing in 1603 01:15:30,400 --> 01:15:33,000 Speaker 1: practice and what you've faced in week one? I mean, 1604 01:15:33,040 --> 01:15:35,679 Speaker 1: you tell me front seven of the Colts, even without 1605 01:15:35,760 --> 01:15:40,360 Speaker 1: Shack Leonard versus front seven of the Broncos, who's better, Johnny, 1606 01:15:40,520 --> 01:15:44,719 Speaker 1: I'm doing a Thursday night thing on you. It's very similar. 1607 01:15:44,760 --> 01:15:48,920 Speaker 1: They're very similar. I don't think that the two Broncos 1608 01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:52,120 Speaker 1: interior guys. Now, DJ Jones looks like a fire hydrant 1609 01:15:53,040 --> 01:15:55,599 Speaker 1: inside and it's the three four, so you've got that. 1610 01:15:55,680 --> 01:15:59,760 Speaker 1: But Draymond Jones, DJ Jones and Williams on the inside, 1611 01:16:00,120 --> 01:16:03,280 Speaker 1: those guys aren't quite as stout as Buckner and Stewart are. 1612 01:16:03,600 --> 01:16:07,000 Speaker 1: That's that's one. Randy Gregory on the outside though opposite 1613 01:16:07,040 --> 01:16:10,600 Speaker 1: Shob they're better than Quitty pay Uh and Yannick and 1614 01:16:10,640 --> 01:16:15,400 Speaker 1: Gockway and really, in all honesty, though pay got a 1615 01:16:15,520 --> 01:16:19,240 Speaker 1: sack late um that Davis probably held the ball a 1616 01:16:19,240 --> 01:16:22,800 Speaker 1: little bit too long, and in Gockway didn't do a 1617 01:16:22,840 --> 01:16:25,000 Speaker 1: whole heck of a lot when he was going one 1618 01:16:25,040 --> 01:16:27,720 Speaker 1: on one Larry mctunseil. So when when teams have good 1619 01:16:27,800 --> 01:16:30,240 Speaker 1: edge rushers, which we're gonna face throughout the FC West 1620 01:16:30,280 --> 01:16:33,120 Speaker 1: all year long. I feel okay with Larrymy and Titus, 1621 01:16:33,760 --> 01:16:36,880 Speaker 1: but I want that run game to be I want 1622 01:16:36,880 --> 01:16:40,479 Speaker 1: those five guys to be more finishers. They did a 1623 01:16:40,520 --> 01:16:45,040 Speaker 1: decent job getting contact and initial contact, but they didn't 1624 01:16:45,160 --> 01:16:48,920 Speaker 1: latch on and in finished blocks. And I'm not talking 1625 01:16:48,920 --> 01:16:50,920 Speaker 1: about putting a guy in his back on a pancake 1626 01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:53,960 Speaker 1: or anything. I'm just talking about staying on a block 1627 01:16:53,960 --> 01:16:56,760 Speaker 1: and occupying that particular block such that that guy doesn't 1628 01:16:56,760 --> 01:16:58,800 Speaker 1: gonna make a tackle. You know, it's one thing to 1629 01:16:58,840 --> 01:17:02,439 Speaker 1: be physical, but it's another thing too. Yeah, strike a 1630 01:17:02,479 --> 01:17:04,040 Speaker 1: guy and then he pops off of you because you 1631 01:17:04,040 --> 01:17:05,599 Speaker 1: can't stay on the block and he goes and makes 1632 01:17:05,600 --> 01:17:07,800 Speaker 1: a tackle for a yard run when if you stay 1633 01:17:07,800 --> 01:17:10,880 Speaker 1: on it, eh, you never know. I'd be shocked. I'll 1634 01:17:10,920 --> 01:17:13,719 Speaker 1: be shocked if Pierce doesn't get a lot more carries, 1635 01:17:13,920 --> 01:17:16,519 Speaker 1: all right, if at all possible, he had eleven carries. 1636 01:17:16,600 --> 01:17:18,320 Speaker 1: It's not like he didn't carry the ball. Some people 1637 01:17:18,320 --> 01:17:19,880 Speaker 1: are ething like he had four or five carrics. He 1638 01:17:19,880 --> 01:17:22,920 Speaker 1: had eleven carries. You know, that's a decent sample size 1639 01:17:22,920 --> 01:17:25,759 Speaker 1: within the course of a game. It's just that Birkehead 1640 01:17:25,840 --> 01:17:29,200 Speaker 1: had fourteen, right, So no problem Rex getting carries. But 1641 01:17:29,439 --> 01:17:32,040 Speaker 1: the way Lovey is talking to get the feeling that 1642 01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:34,519 Speaker 1: if they have a similar number again, if there's twenty 1643 01:17:34,560 --> 01:17:36,600 Speaker 1: five carries to go around between the two backs, and 1644 01:17:36,640 --> 01:17:38,720 Speaker 1: you hope there are more than that, but if they're 1645 01:17:38,760 --> 01:17:40,960 Speaker 1: twenty five carries to go around, that Pierce is going 1646 01:17:41,040 --> 01:17:42,960 Speaker 1: to get the bulk of the carries. It'll be a 1647 01:17:43,160 --> 01:17:45,280 Speaker 1: fifteen to ten or whatever the ratio is going to be, 1648 01:17:45,720 --> 01:17:48,120 Speaker 1: and you're gonna be able to see what he can 1649 01:17:48,240 --> 01:17:53,040 Speaker 1: really do with a longer visit with the offense, and 1650 01:17:53,120 --> 01:17:55,519 Speaker 1: as we all know, Johnny, a lot goes into it, 1651 01:17:55,600 --> 01:17:59,400 Speaker 1: including third down conversions. They were two for nine after 1652 01:17:59,439 --> 01:18:01,840 Speaker 1: the half the other day. They've got to be able 1653 01:18:01,840 --> 01:18:04,679 Speaker 1: to get that going in the second half again. Now 1654 01:18:04,720 --> 01:18:08,120 Speaker 1: it wasn't like they were just racing down the field 1655 01:18:08,160 --> 01:18:10,120 Speaker 1: in the first half, but they had some success. We 1656 01:18:10,160 --> 01:18:12,439 Speaker 1: had Nikos Sarrio on he was talking about, Look, we 1657 01:18:12,479 --> 01:18:13,840 Speaker 1: had some success. In the middle of the game, he 1658 01:18:13,920 --> 01:18:17,120 Speaker 1: talked about the sandwich, right, the punt sandwich. Punts on 1659 01:18:17,160 --> 01:18:20,679 Speaker 1: the outside, but meat on the inside. They need more meat. 1660 01:18:20,800 --> 01:18:25,519 Speaker 1: I want Atkins diet on Sunday. I want keto. I 1661 01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:28,960 Speaker 1: want all protein all the time with this offense. If 1662 01:18:29,000 --> 01:18:35,360 Speaker 1: it's possible, I want New York Pastrami sandwich. As Mitch 1663 01:18:35,400 --> 01:18:38,479 Speaker 1: Hemberg used to say, it's like a cow. The crack 1664 01:18:38,520 --> 01:18:41,479 Speaker 1: aren't either side. That's that's what we gotta have against 1665 01:18:41,479 --> 01:18:46,759 Speaker 1: this group. I think that Justin simmons absence is really intrigued. 1666 01:18:46,800 --> 01:18:48,679 Speaker 1: I think he's the guy that keeps that defense together. 1667 01:18:49,160 --> 01:18:51,920 Speaker 1: And so going back to the Davis Mills conversation, I 1668 01:18:51,960 --> 01:18:54,960 Speaker 1: was listening to Ron and Clint talk about this a 1669 01:18:54,960 --> 01:18:58,160 Speaker 1: little bit too, and I mentioned it before the game. 1670 01:18:58,560 --> 01:19:00,479 Speaker 1: They did go deep. They found Brandon Cooks on the 1671 01:19:01,040 --> 01:19:03,320 Speaker 1: fleet Flicker route. I'd like to see them challenge even 1672 01:19:03,400 --> 01:19:07,840 Speaker 1: more with whether it's Cooks or door set or with Nico. 1673 01:19:07,880 --> 01:19:09,920 Speaker 1: I think Nico's really got to get involved in this 1674 01:19:09,960 --> 01:19:12,840 Speaker 1: game business the time. Yeah, this is the time where 1675 01:19:12,840 --> 01:19:15,120 Speaker 1: they really have got to get Nico involved, I think 1676 01:19:15,160 --> 01:19:17,479 Speaker 1: in every way, shape or form. And then when they 1677 01:19:17,479 --> 01:19:20,360 Speaker 1: get down in the red zone. Obviously, Oj Howard was 1678 01:19:20,400 --> 01:19:22,720 Speaker 1: able to make those catches you know, from the low 1679 01:19:22,760 --> 01:19:24,640 Speaker 1: red zone out, but they get eat further in the 1680 01:19:24,680 --> 01:19:27,040 Speaker 1: red zone. Hey, let's sell the fade to Nico. Let's 1681 01:19:27,040 --> 01:19:28,880 Speaker 1: put Nico up against one of these corners. They're not 1682 01:19:28,920 --> 01:19:31,320 Speaker 1: big corners of the certain and see if he can't 1683 01:19:31,320 --> 01:19:33,479 Speaker 1: go up and moss somebody in the back corner of 1684 01:19:33,560 --> 01:19:35,719 Speaker 1: the end zone. That's I just want to see Nico 1685 01:19:35,800 --> 01:19:38,240 Speaker 1: get a little bit more involved in the offense. And look, 1686 01:19:38,240 --> 01:19:39,760 Speaker 1: they're there. As a lot of things you want to 1687 01:19:39,760 --> 01:19:40,920 Speaker 1: say about the other you want to run it better, 1688 01:19:40,920 --> 01:19:42,680 Speaker 1: You're gonna ge Nico involved. Yeah, I just wanted to 1689 01:19:42,680 --> 01:19:46,200 Speaker 1: see better at execution overall. If they can run forever hound, 1690 01:19:46,280 --> 01:19:48,439 Speaker 1: you get Nico involved, I'm gon feel really good about 1691 01:19:48,479 --> 01:19:50,920 Speaker 1: what they're able to do on Sunday. If Nico is 1692 01:19:51,000 --> 01:19:55,840 Speaker 1: on an obviously smaller corner and you have that single coverage, 1693 01:19:56,120 --> 01:19:58,400 Speaker 1: I feel like it's it's got to be almost an 1694 01:19:58,400 --> 01:20:01,240 Speaker 1: automatic John. Yeah, take it, put it up there, high, 1695 01:20:01,320 --> 01:20:03,160 Speaker 1: let him high point the ball, let him make a 1696 01:20:03,200 --> 01:20:04,920 Speaker 1: play on the ball. I think he can come down 1697 01:20:04,920 --> 01:20:07,280 Speaker 1: with those plays. He did it in La against the Rams. 1698 01:20:07,560 --> 01:20:09,240 Speaker 1: That kind of play That's what I want to see 1699 01:20:09,240 --> 01:20:11,760 Speaker 1: out of Nico Collins and Davis Mills. Get that kind 1700 01:20:11,800 --> 01:20:14,400 Speaker 1: of connection, that kind of chemistry going. And you're right 1701 01:20:14,400 --> 01:20:16,800 Speaker 1: about going deep. Look, we saw it with Tyrod Taylor 1702 01:20:16,880 --> 01:20:20,040 Speaker 1: last year Opening Day, going deep to Brandon Cooks, let 1703 01:20:20,120 --> 01:20:23,479 Speaker 1: him make a play, give the receivers an opportunity to 1704 01:20:23,520 --> 01:20:25,640 Speaker 1: make a play. Mills did it against the Patriots with 1705 01:20:25,720 --> 01:20:29,000 Speaker 1: Chris Moore. He made a catch that was okay, there 1706 01:20:29,040 --> 01:20:31,240 Speaker 1: was a little traffic there, but more made the catch 1707 01:20:31,240 --> 01:20:33,479 Speaker 1: and he was gone. So let's see if you could 1708 01:20:33,520 --> 01:20:36,679 Speaker 1: do stuff like that. I'm not saying every week, but 1709 01:20:37,160 --> 01:20:40,800 Speaker 1: test the defense and maybe it happens this weekend. Hey 1710 01:20:40,880 --> 01:20:45,719 Speaker 1: mile Hi, Johnny Ball flights all these long field goals. 1711 01:20:45,920 --> 01:20:47,920 Speaker 1: He's one of a handful of guys to hit three 1712 01:20:47,960 --> 01:20:50,719 Speaker 1: field goals from fifty seven beyond in a single game, 1713 01:20:51,080 --> 01:20:54,360 Speaker 1: which prompted me to Texans brag about Chris Brown once 1714 01:20:54,439 --> 01:20:57,400 Speaker 1: upon a time hitting three field goals of fifty four 1715 01:20:57,439 --> 01:21:00,400 Speaker 1: and beyond in a single game, and that included a 1716 01:21:00,439 --> 01:21:02,679 Speaker 1: fifty seven yard or to beat the Dolphins in OH seven, 1717 01:21:02,880 --> 01:21:06,919 Speaker 1: Texans barag alert it's done. I'm finished with that particular one. 1718 01:21:06,920 --> 01:21:09,479 Speaker 1: Oh but Kymie fairbarn has hit one from sixty one plus. 1719 01:21:09,479 --> 01:21:11,920 Speaker 1: Now he's not better on grass outside and mile high, 1720 01:21:12,000 --> 01:21:14,360 Speaker 1: but but mile high you get the ball flight. Look. 1721 01:21:14,360 --> 01:21:17,800 Speaker 1: I've played golf in Denver once when we visited in fourteen. 1722 01:21:17,880 --> 01:21:20,320 Speaker 1: We were there for a week and one afternoon after 1723 01:21:20,360 --> 01:21:23,559 Speaker 1: all the work was done, Robert Hensley, Patty Smith. Did 1724 01:21:23,560 --> 01:21:26,120 Speaker 1: Patti Smith come with us? Would she did? She did? 1725 01:21:26,280 --> 01:21:29,160 Speaker 1: She did, and we played and I remember, you know, 1726 01:21:29,200 --> 01:21:31,160 Speaker 1: I usually hit my pitching wedge like one oh five, 1727 01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:34,320 Speaker 1: one ten, you know, a nice smooth swing. I know 1728 01:21:34,360 --> 01:21:36,800 Speaker 1: I don't hit it that fore or whatever, but it was, 1729 01:21:37,640 --> 01:21:40,759 Speaker 1: you know, I was over shooting greens with the approach shot. 1730 01:21:40,880 --> 01:21:42,840 Speaker 1: You know. I was like, all right about it's about 1731 01:21:42,840 --> 01:21:45,040 Speaker 1: one hundred, I've hit it one thirty. I'm going too 1732 01:21:45,120 --> 01:21:47,800 Speaker 1: long with this. And I thought, oh, it's the mile high, 1733 01:21:47,800 --> 01:21:51,000 Speaker 1: it's the altitude. So it's pretty cool. I felt like 1734 01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:53,840 Speaker 1: I was John Daily out there with the driver. When 1735 01:21:53,880 --> 01:21:55,799 Speaker 1: I was in high school, I actually took a recruit 1736 01:21:55,880 --> 01:21:58,320 Speaker 1: trip the Air Force Academy to play baseball, and so 1737 01:21:58,439 --> 01:22:01,240 Speaker 1: I went out there and Air Force had a coach 1738 01:22:01,360 --> 01:22:03,080 Speaker 1: by the name of paum and Erry who ended up 1739 01:22:03,120 --> 01:22:04,960 Speaker 1: being the coach had Notre Dame and then an LSU 1740 01:22:05,240 --> 01:22:08,519 Speaker 1: great career, and I remember that was one of the 1741 01:22:08,520 --> 01:22:10,880 Speaker 1: things that they said to was my buddy. I was 1742 01:22:10,880 --> 01:22:12,640 Speaker 1: a third base, he was shortstoped we were out there 1743 01:22:12,640 --> 01:22:14,960 Speaker 1: together and so he was talking to both of us 1744 01:22:14,960 --> 01:22:16,760 Speaker 1: and he said, look, by the time you get to 1745 01:22:16,960 --> 01:22:20,439 Speaker 1: game three of a series out here, and they were 1746 01:22:20,439 --> 01:22:22,479 Speaker 1: in the whack at the time. He's like, you get 1747 01:22:22,479 --> 01:22:24,800 Speaker 1: the fourth or fifth pitcher on a Sunday. Those games 1748 01:22:24,800 --> 01:22:27,719 Speaker 1: are twenty to eighteen and you're crushing home runs, and 1749 01:22:27,760 --> 01:22:30,360 Speaker 1: you know, we've got you know, banjo hitters that are 1750 01:22:30,439 --> 01:22:33,479 Speaker 1: hitting fourteen fifteen home runs a year because they're playing 1751 01:22:33,479 --> 01:22:36,400 Speaker 1: out here. And I was like, hmm, intriguing. I like 1752 01:22:36,520 --> 01:22:38,479 Speaker 1: your thought, coach, I might have to consider that. Then 1753 01:22:38,520 --> 01:22:39,880 Speaker 1: I went to the the other so the other side of 1754 01:22:39,880 --> 01:22:42,040 Speaker 1: the country and went to a Brown university played football. 1755 01:22:42,080 --> 01:22:44,880 Speaker 1: But that was the selling point, like you get bombs, 1756 01:22:44,920 --> 01:22:47,599 Speaker 1: a lot of them here in the altitude, and they 1757 01:22:47,600 --> 01:22:49,679 Speaker 1: don't put their balls in the human or their baseballs 1758 01:22:49,680 --> 01:22:51,679 Speaker 1: that is, and so they don't put them into humandoor. 1759 01:22:51,760 --> 01:22:54,439 Speaker 1: And so I could have done that, but I did. 1760 01:22:54,640 --> 01:22:56,599 Speaker 1: I chose not to. But it is a beautiful place. 1761 01:22:56,600 --> 01:22:58,720 Speaker 1: If you're going to the game, remember to twenty five. 1762 01:22:58,840 --> 01:23:03,200 Speaker 1: Kick on five back. Here is the kickoff time, so 1763 01:23:03,240 --> 01:23:07,120 Speaker 1: make sure you keep that in mind. Is afternoon game, 1764 01:23:07,640 --> 01:23:09,240 Speaker 1: but it's gonna be a little bit steamy. It's gonna 1765 01:23:09,240 --> 01:23:13,600 Speaker 1: be eighty six during the game. Mark, and that's steamy. 1766 01:23:13,760 --> 01:23:17,200 Speaker 1: Eighty six. I guess Denver thin air. Eighty six. Oh boy. 1767 01:23:17,320 --> 01:23:19,800 Speaker 1: I hope that they're really warm though. The Broncos like 1768 01:23:19,880 --> 01:23:22,000 Speaker 1: it's so hot and our guys are out there in 1769 01:23:22,000 --> 01:23:24,080 Speaker 1: like eighty six degrees at eight am in the morning 1770 01:23:24,080 --> 01:23:27,880 Speaker 1: with humidity. So the text sans should be used to this. 1771 01:23:27,960 --> 01:23:30,639 Speaker 1: And Justin Britt made that point with you and I. 1772 01:23:30,680 --> 01:23:32,760 Speaker 1: He was good to say, yeah, all right, it is 1773 01:23:32,760 --> 01:23:35,680 Speaker 1: what it is, but we practice in some pretty tough conditions. 1774 01:23:35,760 --> 01:23:39,000 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna feel sort of lung liberated in 1775 01:23:39,040 --> 01:23:43,640 Speaker 1: the mile high air. Actually, I like that lung liberated. Yeah, 1776 01:23:43,680 --> 01:23:46,320 Speaker 1: I like that lung liberation. That sounds like it should be. 1777 01:23:46,439 --> 01:23:49,320 Speaker 1: Uh well, I won't get into that, but Mark appreciate it. 1778 01:23:49,560 --> 01:23:52,639 Speaker 1: Gonna go around the NFL. Next right here on Texans 1779 01:23:52,640 --> 01:23:58,479 Speaker 1: All Access More Texans Radio is on the way. 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The Drive continues. We 1790 01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:39,080 Speaker 1: want to fall segment this edition of Texans All Access. 1791 01:24:39,200 --> 01:24:41,559 Speaker 1: We'll go around in the NFL. But first the Texans 1792 01:24:41,560 --> 01:24:47,639 Speaker 1: injury report from the day. Justin Britt missed today's practice, 1793 01:24:47,720 --> 01:24:50,839 Speaker 1: not injury related personal matter. You're Hughes missed, not injury 1794 01:24:50,880 --> 01:24:55,360 Speaker 1: related rest. Malie Collins yikes did not participate dealing with 1795 01:24:55,400 --> 01:24:58,400 Speaker 1: a knee issue. Limited participants. Rashima Green, who coach, talked 1796 01:24:58,439 --> 01:25:01,880 Speaker 1: about today, hoping he's training in right direction with a 1797 01:25:01,960 --> 01:25:04,920 Speaker 1: limited participant, dealing with five Brevin Jordan and ankle, and 1798 01:25:05,120 --> 01:25:09,240 Speaker 1: Isaac Adam deal with abdomen over the Broncos Side one 1799 01:25:09,320 --> 01:25:13,240 Speaker 1: two three, four, five, five key players did not participate. 1800 01:25:13,280 --> 01:25:16,400 Speaker 1: Now they just played Monday night, got back late early 1801 01:25:16,439 --> 01:25:19,840 Speaker 1: Tuesday morning. Randy Gregory dealing with a shoulder and a knee, 1802 01:25:19,920 --> 01:25:24,799 Speaker 1: kJ Hamler's slot receiver Nina Hip, Jose Jewel Calf, Quinn 1803 01:25:24,800 --> 01:25:28,920 Speaker 1: Miners hamstring, Sean Williams back. They were all d nps 1804 01:25:29,080 --> 01:25:33,160 Speaker 1: in practice limited ky One Williams the nickel with a risk. 1805 01:25:33,479 --> 01:25:36,599 Speaker 1: The risk full participant was Billy Turner dealing with a knee. 1806 01:25:36,640 --> 01:25:40,559 Speaker 1: The big news for the Broncos Justin Simmons going on, IR, 1807 01:25:40,720 --> 01:25:44,080 Speaker 1: he will not play in this game. And that is 1808 01:25:45,080 --> 01:25:48,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this, it's for the Texans. It's good news. 1809 01:25:48,200 --> 01:25:50,000 Speaker 1: And the fact that it's one of the better players 1810 01:25:50,000 --> 01:25:52,920 Speaker 1: in the league that will not play on the Broncos side. 1811 01:25:52,960 --> 01:25:55,680 Speaker 1: I think he is the heart and soul of that 1812 01:25:55,800 --> 01:26:00,200 Speaker 1: Broncos defense. He is That defense is Jalen Petrie with 1813 01:26:00,200 --> 01:26:01,800 Speaker 1: Pelts on the wall. That guy has been around, He's 1814 01:26:01,800 --> 01:26:04,360 Speaker 1: been to Pro Bowls, He's been part of the top 1815 01:26:04,400 --> 01:26:07,200 Speaker 1: one hundred players in the league. He went, he goes on, 1816 01:26:07,320 --> 01:26:13,800 Speaker 1: IR will miss the next four games. So that's the 1817 01:26:14,280 --> 01:26:17,400 Speaker 1: sich if you will, from Denver and Tech and the 1818 01:26:17,520 --> 01:26:24,400 Speaker 1: Texans with their injury report. We've got more football tomorrow. 1819 01:26:24,439 --> 01:26:26,479 Speaker 1: How about that. I mean, that's how fast we're in 1820 01:26:26,520 --> 01:26:30,559 Speaker 1: the groove. Now, you play Sunday, you play Monday night, Tuesday, 1821 01:26:30,600 --> 01:26:34,799 Speaker 1: Wednesday we got radio and then Thursday game. Chargers Chiefs 1822 01:26:35,240 --> 01:26:41,880 Speaker 1: cannot wait for that. More news about the Dak Prescott situation. 1823 01:26:41,960 --> 01:26:45,080 Speaker 1: Did not go on IR. It's a little bit of 1824 01:26:45,080 --> 01:26:48,720 Speaker 1: a surprise that he didn't go on IR, but he 1825 01:26:48,840 --> 01:26:50,240 Speaker 1: is not going to go out on IR with that 1826 01:26:50,280 --> 01:26:52,880 Speaker 1: thumb issue he had surgery. Apparently he went a little 1827 01:26:52,880 --> 01:26:58,120 Speaker 1: bit better than they had expected. So Dak Prescott well 1828 01:26:58,200 --> 01:27:03,600 Speaker 1: definitely be back for the December eleventh matchup with the Texans. 1829 01:27:03,680 --> 01:27:06,599 Speaker 1: But we'll see what happens over these next four weeks. 1830 01:27:06,640 --> 01:27:09,880 Speaker 1: This is going to be very very interesting with Dak 1831 01:27:09,880 --> 01:27:14,480 Speaker 1: Prescott is able to come back. Number of power rankings 1832 01:27:14,560 --> 01:27:22,639 Speaker 1: unveiled on Tuesday. Texans in NFL dot coms they dropped 1833 01:27:22,640 --> 01:27:28,479 Speaker 1: one twenty seven to twenty eight. Dallas Cowboys dropped twelve 1834 01:27:28,920 --> 01:27:31,240 Speaker 1: down to twenty seven, So the Cowboys one step ahead 1835 01:27:31,240 --> 01:27:33,040 Speaker 1: of the Texans, which makes me want to play that 1836 01:27:33,080 --> 01:27:37,080 Speaker 1: game tomorrow. But it's going to be the Broncos on Sunday, 1837 01:27:37,240 --> 01:27:40,320 Speaker 1: coming off with a feat up in Seattle, sixty four 1838 01:27:40,360 --> 01:27:44,320 Speaker 1: yard field goal went wide. Actually, why right? I believe 1839 01:27:44,600 --> 01:27:46,720 Speaker 1: I'm visualizing it and seeing the one that happened in 1840 01:27:46,800 --> 01:27:50,479 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. Brandy McManus unfortunately had to be put out 1841 01:27:50,520 --> 01:27:52,439 Speaker 1: there for a sixty four yard and wasn't able to 1842 01:27:52,479 --> 01:27:55,439 Speaker 1: bang at home. So Broncos own one Texans oo in 1843 01:27:55,640 --> 01:28:00,760 Speaker 1: one matchup three twenty five local time here twenty five. 1844 01:28:00,840 --> 01:28:04,200 Speaker 1: If you go into the game there in Denver where 1845 01:28:04,240 --> 01:28:07,000 Speaker 1: we will start to broadcast, we'll have the pregame postgame. 1846 01:28:07,040 --> 01:28:09,280 Speaker 1: We got it all for you, Houston Texas dot com. 1847 01:28:09,360 --> 01:28:11,120 Speaker 1: Check out the app Stra six ten. We got it 1848 01:28:11,120 --> 01:28:13,120 Speaker 1: all for you. Appreciate you guys listening to big. Thanks 1849 01:28:13,120 --> 01:28:15,559 Speaker 1: to everybody who's part of it. O. J. 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