1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: To be able to take it to that next level. 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: That's what I'm excited about. Rose over the metal, wide open, 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: across the five peason touchdown, Houston fires. Somebody, this is intercepted. 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: Back to back possessions with picks for there's Texans defense 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: takeaway number three on the day, game days, every day, 6 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: five nights a week. HiT's keep on coming. No, it's 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:33,199 Speaker 1: Texans all excess. Oh yes it is, Hello Texans. Mark Vandermayer, 8 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: John Harris with you. It's Thursday. It's game weekend number three. 9 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: There's nothing like it the NFL season. We've got action 10 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: tonight too, with the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers going 11 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: at it. Let's go at it now with the General 12 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 1: John McClean, who joins us every Thursday night. General, good evening, 13 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: what are your thoughts on the Week three matchup Texans. 14 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,160 Speaker 1: It bears, two second year quarterbacks going at it and 15 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:05,199 Speaker 1: both teams wanted so badly. Good evening, All right, good evening, guys. 16 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: I thought before the season, as you guys did, because 17 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: we talked about it, the Texans best chance that we 18 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: looked at the schedule and win, of course be against 19 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 1: Jacksonville because they being the main consecutive times. And then 20 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:21,199 Speaker 1: Jaguars are coming off that twenty four h victory over 21 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: India and they look better than we thought. And the 22 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 1: Bears are one and one. They beat the forty nine ers. 23 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 1: Trey Lance struggle big time in the rain, a downpour 24 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: at Soldier Field, and I remember looking at halftime of 25 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:39,839 Speaker 1: that game and Justice Phil's rating was liked two point seven. 26 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: Then he threw two touchdown passes in the second half. 27 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 1: But it's pretty obvious the pet Hamilton if he doesn't 28 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: couldn't give the ball to Damian Pierce twenty five times 29 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: in this game against a run defense that is the 30 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 1: worst in the league by far one hundred and eighty 31 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:00,559 Speaker 1: nine yards of game allowed. Then something's wrong. They want 32 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: to run the ball and control the clock. There's two 33 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: teams with the worst run defense of the Texas, the 34 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,959 Speaker 1: Bears Tights. And I'm writing this right now column for 35 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 1: Supports Radio sixten dot com about the running games and 36 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: the run defenses and how what a key factor it's 37 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: going to be Sunday. That would certainly take a lot 38 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: of pressure off Davis Mills, who's coming off one of 39 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: his worst performances general the Bears Justin Fields. The class 40 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty one really hasn't set itself apart maybe 41 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence that performance last week, but Justin Fields for 42 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: the Bears. If my numbers correct, the Bears are averaging 43 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: seventy six point five yards per game through the air, 44 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: but he's pretty dangerous through his legs. We're gonna test 45 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 1: the Texans having facing Justin Fields second quarterback at Ohio State. Well, 46 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: we say that, and he's averaging two point five yards 47 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 1: of carry, so they've done a good job of keeping 48 00:02:57,160 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: him box stand and the Texans have to do that, 49 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: you know. Jonathan Goddard, Jerry Hughes and now Rasheem Green. 50 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: They got to set the edge and not let them 51 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 1: get outside. The one they need to worry about David Montgomery. 52 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: Remember two seasons ago when the Texans had their worst 53 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: loss of the season and he made Trubisky look like 54 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame quarterback with three touchdowns and one 55 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: hund twenty six rating, And Montgomery had an eighty yard 56 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,119 Speaker 1: run and he's still there leading rusher and they got 57 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: a guy Khalil Herbert to a second so you know 58 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: they're gonna run the ball a lot, and of course 59 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: I would imagine and when in their play action they 60 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: got Darnell Mooney and he burned the Texans big times 61 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: two seasons ago. And in this game, if I were them, 62 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: I'd try to run it between the tackles, and then 63 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: when the Texans started to try to stop Montgomery and 64 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: Herbert between the tackles, I would have fields news RPOs 65 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:57,520 Speaker 1: and then fake it and take off around the corner 66 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 1: and see if they could get Grenard and Hughes caught inside, 67 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 1: maybe get him down the sideline, because their passing game 68 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: has been awful. A league glow fifteen completions, a league 69 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 1: glow twenty eight attempts, and I'm not sure what the 70 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: deal is. You know, in the first game, of course, 71 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,600 Speaker 1: to win in the rain, they didn't throw much. Then 72 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: they got to go to lambeau Field. They may not 73 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: be as bad as people are thinking because it's been 74 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 1: in bad conditions. And then at Lambo when the Packers 75 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 1: bounce back from their opening laws. But the Texans can 76 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: win this game. They should not say they should be. 77 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:39,280 Speaker 1: They should have beaten Indianapolis and they could have beaten 78 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: the Broncos to be two and oh and you know 79 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: just to play here there, I as love he Smith. 80 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: What how do you what do you tell your players 81 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 1: to keep them confident when they're in that situation where 82 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: one or two plays you're in position to win the game, 83 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 1: as opposed to losing that confidence because they keep not 84 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: making it. He you show them, You show them the 85 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: plays they could have made now close they are, and 86 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: then you work a little bit harder on that. And 87 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: so we'll say this week if it pays off with 88 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: their first victory and they could be in first place. 89 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 1: John McLean joining us John on the injury report today. 90 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: Farrell Brown shows up with a shoulder at a DNP. 91 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:25,360 Speaker 1: That's a did not participate, along with Kurt Heinisch who 92 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: has a foot problem. Apparently he did not practice today. 93 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 1: But let's focus on the tight ends here. Brevin Jordan 94 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: two straight days no practice, Farrell Brown shows up today. Well, 95 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 1: we have our old friend Jordan Nakens on the practice 96 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: squad who could be elevated. What are your thoughts on 97 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:42,679 Speaker 1: the tight end position and how they might handle things 98 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 1: this weekend against Chicago. Well, tight ends didn't do squat 99 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: in this game. After Oj Howard had two touchdowns in 100 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: the first one, they had one catch for seven yards. 101 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: You know, you got to incorporate them in the passing game. 102 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: And I'd love to see Jordan Nakens back on the field, 103 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: at least we know he's produced. I don't imagine. I 104 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 1: don't expect to see bravin Jordan, because when you got 105 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: an ankle injury and you're required to do what a 106 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: guy in his position is required to do, I just 107 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: don't see it. I was surprised by Pharaoh, you know, 108 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:15,920 Speaker 1: but he's been in out the lineup ever since he 109 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 1: got here. But if it's if it's O. G. Howard, 110 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: Jordan Nakins, I'm good with that. General in the passing game. 111 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: Nico Collins Brandon Cooks both had four catches last week 112 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: against the Denver Broncos. Now this is a Bear secondary 113 00:06:31,640 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: that's a lot better than people think, But they are 114 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: playing two rookies back there. Hey, how bortant is it 115 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: to get those two guys involved? And which bee? Which 116 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: one do you think should end up being the go 117 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: to guy this one against the Bears? Well, I would 118 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,839 Speaker 1: saying Cooks because he's the best receiver on the team. 119 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: But Collins, after catching two for twenty six in the 120 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: first game, you know he led the team in yardage. 121 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: He had a couple of good games, including on the 122 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 1: last series in which it looked like they had a 123 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: chance to go down there and at least tie the game, 124 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 1: and then they didn't. But they got to get Nico 125 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: involved more. We saw in preseason what he can preseason 126 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: and camp, what he can do when he's fighting a 127 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,880 Speaker 1: guy for the ball. One of the things that looked 128 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,559 Speaker 1: like to me, and I went back and watched every 129 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 1: play multiple times, especially with Meals and the receivers. As 130 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: receivers are not getting the separation you want, so he passes. 131 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: He's trying to make them pinpoint where they can catch 132 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: it in the dB can. Sometime you got to throw 133 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 1: it and let the receiver fight the dB for it. 134 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: And if I wanted one of those guys to do that, 135 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: of course it's going to be the six four Nico Collins. 136 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: So if they can run the ball well and get 137 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: pierce the ball twenty to twenty five times, that would work. 138 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 1: Wonders for the play action, and maybe they can have 139 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: some receivers getting our tight ends get open. I wouldn't 140 00:07:57,480 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: mind seeing them throw the ball to Piers out in 141 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: lat seems they can get him in some one on 142 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,320 Speaker 1: one and because he's does a really good job of 143 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: breaking tackles. All right, it's time to play guess how many. 144 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,679 Speaker 1: It's the new game show Sweeping the Nation. You both 145 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: get a chance to guess how many. And the question 146 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: is how many winning seasons have the Bears had since 147 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: both these teams hooked up in twenty twelve in that 148 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: soaker at Soldier Field that the Texans won? How many 149 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: winning scenes have seasons have the Bears had? General? Four? John, 150 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:38,559 Speaker 1: what's your guest? Johnny Harris? One? John Harris wins our 151 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: prize of nothing. It's just pride. One winning season twenty eighteen, 152 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: they were twelve and four. They had a couple of 153 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: eight and eights. Everything else was a losing season. They 154 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 1: actually went to the playoffs in that twenty twenty year 155 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: where they beat the Texans at Soldier Field during COVID 156 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: They lost a wildcard round. But General, are you surprised 157 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: that a proud franchise like this has struggled so much? 158 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: This is the Chicago Bears, pop up Bears team we're 159 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: talking about here. One of the problems they've had they 160 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: don't have great quarterbacks. If you go back and look 161 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: at statistically the quarterbacks they've had, how many have been 162 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: there a long time, and how many can actually throw 163 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: the ball. Because they're right there on Lake Michigan, they 164 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: get a lot of bad weather. I don't blame them 165 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: want to move thirty miles away. I had friends in 166 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: Cleveland tell me if they had put their stadium on 167 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: the other side of town, they wouldn't They wouldn't have 168 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: the kind of wind that they get off of Lake Erie. 169 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: So they just haven't done a good job. Now. They 170 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 1: think they did with Fills, But their tradition, as you 171 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: guys know, just like the Browns, they got to run 172 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: the football, and if you run the football, they need 173 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,440 Speaker 1: to build their line. They just they've changed general managers. 174 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: You know, drafting Tropisky second overall turned out to be 175 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: one of the dumbest decisions and were made. Now they 176 00:09:56,559 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: have to draft justin Fills. The Gems, I'm and go. 177 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: The ownership, the McCaskey family stays the same and the 178 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 1: Gems come and go, and they just can't get the 179 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 1: team where they want it. You know, when they were 180 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: great with Dica, they had a great defense, They had 181 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: one of the greatest running backs in history, and then 182 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 1: they had Jim McMahon who was a serviceable quarterback but 183 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: a great leader, and they don't have that right now, 184 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 1: and they got mad Eberflus. And as you guys know, most, 185 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: not all, the defensive coordinators who become head coaches are 186 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:36,160 Speaker 1: generally conservative, much more conservative than offensive coordinators who get 187 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:42,600 Speaker 1: those jobs. General How bad is it in Nashville with 188 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,560 Speaker 1: the Titans right now? Though it's amazing time, there's people, 189 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: well they need to get rid of right variable. They're 190 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: owning two and they lost that first game to the 191 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: Giants that was a terrible, terrible defeat. And then they 192 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: go to Buffalo and I'm predicted they get crushed Buffalo 193 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: one like seven a row by double figures. Won't surprised me. 194 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 1: Get off. They go to Miami and went by double 195 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: figures because it looks to me like the only team 196 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:11,520 Speaker 1: close to Buffalo is Kansas City because of Patrick Mahomes 197 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: and Gary Henry has been a non factor. Ryan Tannehill 198 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: has been terrible, and they put in MALIEK. Collins. He's 199 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 1: not ready to play, and they know he's not ready 200 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:25,439 Speaker 1: to play. It if at any point they play him, 201 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:30,040 Speaker 1: they might as well waive the white flag because they're 202 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: surrendering and you can't surrender in this division. Because, like 203 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: I said earlier, if things break right in Texans beat 204 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: the Bears, they could be in first place on Monday. 205 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: Who you're picking between them and the Raiders this week? 206 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,439 Speaker 1: I'm taking the Raiders Titans, their own Titans. They look 207 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: terrible now. Verayble, as you guys know, is a really 208 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: good coach, did a tremendous job last year. And the 209 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 1: Raiders have scored a lot of points. They've lost two 210 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: games they could have won one. I don't see them 211 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 1: starting OZ and three. I think the Raiders are gonna win. 212 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: Who the Colts play, They play the Chiefs, of course, 213 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: the Chiefs are gonna win. And who the Jaguars play 214 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: the first charge Jaguars they should get Yeah, they should 215 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:18,959 Speaker 1: get beat. So if the Texans beat the Bears, we're 216 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:24,880 Speaker 1: gonna be talking about the first place Houston, Texas. Oh boy, 217 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: ball here for it. But we're assuming, we're assuming that 218 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 1: the Jaguars will lose to the Chargers. Was it a 219 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: case of just beating a team that they always beat 220 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 1: in Nuvaal County or at the Jaguars turned the corner 221 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:42,079 Speaker 1: with Doug Peterson and now Trevor Lawrence General. This is 222 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: gonna be a much better indication than that one was, 223 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: because the Colts just looked awful. Matt Ryan look worse 224 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,319 Speaker 1: than Carson Wentz looked at any point last year. I 225 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:54,559 Speaker 1: think that's seven consecutive losses for them in Jacksonville, and 226 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: I certainly don't see them win in their first game 227 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,199 Speaker 1: at home against the Chiefs. Can you imagine they're like 228 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: the fans of the Browns. Browns looked at the schedule 229 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: and they said, well, we're gonna start two and oh 230 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: and they're lucky to be one and one in that 231 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: game they blew to Joe Flacco. Was unbelievable. I tweeted, 232 00:13:14,559 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: I think yesterday who who wants the Browns to lose more? 233 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield of the Texans. You know, one's revenge and 234 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:27,160 Speaker 1: one's hired drift choice and and and just like other teams. 235 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,199 Speaker 1: Do you think the cold stoff the Colts and their 236 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 1: fans stought they're gonna start owing two, play in Houston 237 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 1: and Jacksonville, New and they're gonna get crushed in this 238 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: home game too. Well, they didn't start oing two. They 239 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 1: start one one oh, that's right. Sorry, oh one one. 240 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 1: But for them the tie was like a loss. Here 241 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 1: it ties like a victory. Well, I was on a 242 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:51,800 Speaker 1: podcast today. I almost said, oh and two. It's just 243 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 1: a weird feeling to have that tie up there. But 244 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:55,839 Speaker 1: it's a good thing. It's a good thing to keep 245 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: that number out of the lost column. No doubt they 246 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 1: could come in handy later. We'll see how it plays 247 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:06,120 Speaker 1: out general if the Jets keep winning, any shot that 248 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: Flacco holds out of the seat for a little longer 249 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: until he loses, until he falters in the first game, 250 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 1: Flacco is terrible. He was Joe Flacco and Sunday a 251 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: tree must have fallen hit him in the head, and 252 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: he thought that he was the Joe Flacco of the 253 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: Super Bowl season when he was MVP, because nobody, nobody 254 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: it could even dream about him having a performance like that. 255 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: So no, I don't think they're gonna be they good. 256 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: But it's like the Cowboys. Jerry Jones is asked on 257 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: his show, what if when Dak Prescott is ready to 258 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 1: come back, the Cowboys are unbeaten with Cooper Rush and 259 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: Jerry couldn't go Well, of course, we're not going to 260 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,760 Speaker 1: be unbeaten with Cooper Rush. But as he said, hey, 261 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: that's a great problem to have. But the fact is, 262 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: when Dak Prescott's ready to come back, he's playing no 263 00:14:56,240 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: matter what they've done. And when will's Jack Wilson come back, 264 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: you know he's the quarterback of the future, not Joe Flacco. 265 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 1: And I don't think there's anybody's gonna have to worry 266 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: about Flacco continuing to play this way where that's a 267 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 1: tough decision to make, all right, General Bills Chiefs could 268 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: argue one is number one, one's number two in the league. 269 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 1: Who's number three? Eagles, Chargers? And the Chargers lost to 270 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: the Chiefs the Dolphins. Which team is number three behind 271 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: the Bills in the Chiefs the Rams? Even though the 272 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: Rams are one and one having lost to the Bills 273 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: in the opening weekend. What team is behind right behind 274 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: the Bills and Chiefs. Maybe the Buccaneers doing Oh Buccaneer's 275 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: offense doesn't looked, good defenses looked great. Eagles led the 276 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: league in rushing last year. They're off to another great 277 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: startling ground Jalen Ards is continuing to improve. Don't you 278 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 1: know they're glad they didn't get Deshaun Watson. They made 279 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: a big run at him last year, and he told 280 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: his people know he wasn't going to Philadelphia and Miami. 281 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure this week they're glad they didn't get 282 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: Watson considered to a talk about low three six touchdown passes. 283 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:10,840 Speaker 1: But since I picked the Chargers to win the Super 284 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: Bowl and Justin Herbert to be MVP, I'm not gonna 285 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 1: downgrade them. I think the Chargers after that close lost 286 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: Kansas City, I think I put them number three. But 287 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: the surprise team and the worst unbeaten team is the 288 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:33,560 Speaker 1: New York Football Giants, very much a surprise, and the 289 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: Texans will be there in November to play them at 290 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 1: the Meadowlands. John, I'll go back to some around the 291 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 1: league questions in just a moment here. Let's get the 292 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: Davis Mills though, who's on the injury report with a 293 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,200 Speaker 1: right thumb issue. But it's a full participation thing, and 294 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: we were at practice this morning, and fans just know 295 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: that Davis Mills is capable of throwing the football. He 296 00:16:51,960 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: was throwing it this morning, So that's good stuff despite 297 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,120 Speaker 1: whatever that thumb thing is. And maybe Lovey Smith will 298 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 1: have something to say about that tomorrow. But where are 299 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 1: you at with Davis Mills right now? Obviously early in 300 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: the season. He's looking for a big game on Sunday 301 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 1: at Chicago, coming off whatever happened at Denver. The two 302 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: touchdown passes in the opener. Need more of that Sunday 303 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 1: in the Windy City of your thoughts. So many people 304 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 1: have turned on him after one bad game. I've learned 305 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 1: in my forty seven years of doing this forty five 306 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: in the NFL, you can't judge anybody based on one 307 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: bad game. And he needs to have a good game, 308 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: and he needs to help him when he needs to 309 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,320 Speaker 1: bring him from mine. But like it wasn't his fault 310 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: when he ran for sixteen yards down to the nine 311 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: yard line, tounsel atty wasn't his fault. Brandon Cooks dropped 312 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 1: that play, but dropped that pass. There was another one 313 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:46,080 Speaker 1: at near the end of the game where they had 314 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: to settle for a field goal and he did something good. No, 315 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: he did not play well, and his completion percentage fifty 316 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: six percent is way below where he wants it to be, 317 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: but so is his for attempt at five point six. 318 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 1: And I think against the Bears he can bounce back. 319 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,720 Speaker 1: Then he's got a team the Chargers he played great 320 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 1: against last last year, one of his three best games, 321 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 1: along with the Patriots and the Titans, and he gives 322 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: him a chance to play even better against them. Now, 323 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: if he didn't play well against the Bears and the Chargers, 324 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,560 Speaker 1: something's wrongs. Not like he's gonna be bench. They're gonna 325 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: ride him till the end of the season. But he's 326 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:30,320 Speaker 1: got to bounce back, and his receivers have to do 327 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 1: a better job too. You absolutely write about that, General. 328 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 1: He's had a couple of throws. He had one of 329 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: Chris Moore and the Colts game that should have been caught, 330 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: the one we debated that on the radio, the one 331 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: the throw to Brandon Cooks could have been a better throw, 332 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: the kind of called branded in between. You'd like to 333 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: think that one's got to be caught. So I think 334 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 1: you're right about that, General. There are two teams in 335 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: the NFL that are owing to that. There was a 336 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,120 Speaker 1: lot made about them in the offseason because one made 337 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,919 Speaker 1: significant change as the head coach general manager and they 338 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 1: brought in a high pricede receiver. The other one was 339 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: coming off a Super Bowl trip, which one has been, 340 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: and they met in the playoffs and it was a 341 00:19:05,920 --> 00:19:09,760 Speaker 1: very very close game. Which one has been more disappointing, 342 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:12,280 Speaker 1: the O and two Bengals and the O and two Raiders, 343 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: the old two Bengals because the O and two Bengals 344 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 1: were in the Super Bowl. And I don't know what 345 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 1: it is about losing a Super Bowl that causes such 346 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 1: a hangover. And you'd think that the Super Bowl loser, 347 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 1: no team would be hungrier than the team that got 348 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: to the championship game and loss and their problem it's 349 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 1: not all the offensive lines faulled and Joe Burrow holds 350 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 1: the ball too long and they have too many five 351 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: and seven step drops. They didn't incorporate three step drops. 352 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: Ball's got to come out to help Burrow get back 353 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: his confidence because you give sack thirteen times in two 354 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: games and hit no telling how many other times it 355 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: wears on you and you start to get epytee and 356 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,159 Speaker 1: you're already seeing that with him. As for the Raiders, 357 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 1: they've come close twice. They play in the toughest division 358 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,000 Speaker 1: there worst to play, the FC South, and Derek Carr's 359 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: got a quick throwing interceptions. John the Amazon Viewing Experience 360 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:12,600 Speaker 1: a week ago, we were telling people because that was 361 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,359 Speaker 1: week one of the Amazon package. We were telling people 362 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: and reminding them that the game's on Amazon, but it's 363 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: free right here on Sports Radio six ten, folks, So 364 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: don't forget about that. As the Cleveland Browns take on 365 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: the Steelers tonight, what are your thoughts on what you saw, 366 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 1: The way it worked, the way I don't the user 367 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 1: friendliness of it all. What are your thoughts. I watched 368 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: it and one of the things that has bothered me 369 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: is when they need to turn up their mics in 370 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 1: the pregame because they like to get around the fans, 371 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: and you hear the fans too much. I think I 372 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: like Fitzpatrick, I like Richard Sherman. There's some things I 373 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: don't like about it, but overall, I think they did 374 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: a really good job. And I've always liked Kirk Herbstreet. 375 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: He's one of my favorite announced. Of course, Al Michael 376 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,680 Speaker 1: is one of the greatest ever. So I thought for 377 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:08,120 Speaker 1: their first game, not counting the preseason game here, I thought, 378 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: with so many ads on them from all over the country, 379 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 1: and I'm not talking about just fans, I'm talking about 380 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:17,440 Speaker 1: media creating social media, I thought they did a pretty 381 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:21,119 Speaker 1: damn good job. I'm a football traditionalist general, but I 382 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 1: like the different options that you could have during the game. 383 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: You had an option to watch Dude perfect and watch 384 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: the game. You have an option to see some of 385 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: the geo tracking stuff that they were doing on their 386 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,000 Speaker 1: Prime I came up what they called it Prime Choice, 387 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: but they had like four different slots that you four 388 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,920 Speaker 1: different channels that you could watch, which I, as a traditionalist, 389 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 1: I wouldn't think that, but I actually did like that. 390 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 1: So tonight Steelers v. Browns were all Steelers fans tonight, 391 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: do you give him a shot? Mitch Trubisky is shot 392 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: of beating Jacobe Brissett and the Browns. Of course, I'll 393 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: say this about Trubisky, he's a rigin five point one 394 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: yards per tim He's just dumping off the ball. I'll 395 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: be willing to see Kenny Pickett will be starting in 396 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 1: the next couple of weeks because it's not like he's 397 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 1: an inexperienced quarterbacks. Not like Trubisky came into the NFL. 398 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: He'd been in college two years and started I think 399 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 1: fourteen games, and I think Pickett as rookie quarterbacks go 400 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: is ready to go and Trubisky just hadn't showed anybody 401 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 1: that he's gonna play like he did against Texans two 402 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,840 Speaker 1: years ago. And as far as all those gadgets, I'm 403 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 1: a traditionalist too, but I like to focus on the game. 404 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 1: I don't like to be distracted. But this is the 405 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: way we're going. You know, at some point I saw 406 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 1: somebody tweet this. At some point in my life, I'm 407 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: being able to tell my kids that there used to 408 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 1: be this thing called television that we watched sports on. 409 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, I still enjoy watching it on television. Well, 410 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: it's a flat screen, it's whatever kind of we're gonna 411 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: watch it on. At some point it'll be a hologram 412 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 1: or a brain ship and they'll download the game into 413 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: our brains in real time. I don't know how they're 414 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: gonna do that, but it might happen. General, I'm gonna 415 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 1: throw a take at you in the form of a 416 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: rhetorical question, and I want you to comment, and it 417 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: is this, what kind of wacky world do we live in? 418 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: When the long Horns and Aggies are finally going to 419 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,399 Speaker 1: get to play again because they're both in the SEC 420 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,480 Speaker 1: but Bedlam is going to be canceled. What's going on? 421 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 1: Tell me, well, first of all, Oklahoma's trying to blame 422 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,639 Speaker 1: it on Oklahoma's state and Mike Gundy said, well, we 423 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: know why because they've gone to the SEC. But if 424 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: Texas hadn't gone the SEC, they wouldn't be playing A 425 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 1: and M. And we don't even know about the alignment 426 00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: in the SEC. You would think that A and M 427 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:52,200 Speaker 1: and Texas would be in the same division with Arkansas 428 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: and could renew rivals. I love watching A and M 429 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: in Arkansas play, and because I got so many friends 430 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: that went to those two schools, and it is where 431 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,560 Speaker 1: you can't make them. But it's gonna be just like 432 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: and him in Texas and I'm gonna play Unlet's say 433 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: somehow Oklahoma State ends up in the SEC general in 434 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 1: the Southwest Conference went away. What rivalry did you miss 435 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:18,600 Speaker 1: the most when when Baylor went to the Big Twelve? 436 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 1: Which rivalry have you missed the most with all this 437 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: conference realignment with Baylor? Well, Baylor was Baylor and A M. 438 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: I just to love to watch Baylor and and M, 439 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,399 Speaker 1: especially when Baylor beat them, and then the rivalry I 440 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: missed the most, of course, it is Texas in A 441 00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: and M. But Texas and Arkansas had a great rivalry 442 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: for a long time for all of us old fogies, 443 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 1: and it was it was so good. And then when 444 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:44,360 Speaker 1: Arkansas left, which the SEC, they were almost a non 445 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: factors because they didn't recruit Texas like they used to 446 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: when they were in StWC. But they called it the 447 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:54,360 Speaker 1: Hogs coming down from the Hills to Dallas and Houston 448 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,920 Speaker 1: and Waco. Everywhere they went. They were supported so well 449 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:03,640 Speaker 1: in football and basketball. Don't forget tax Act. Texas Bowl 450 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,879 Speaker 1: December twenty eight at RG Stadium General. Thanks so much 451 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 1: for the time. What do you up going on Gallery 452 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: sports and Sports Radio six ten? Tell us Sports Radio 453 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 1: six ten. I'm writing a column right now about the 454 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,719 Speaker 1: strategy for the game and the team it runs them 455 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: all the best to win. 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There's our roots strong. 490 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: There's JIS Radio's back, Mark Vaddermaron John Harris with you. 491 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 1: All right, Johnny, We're gonna play Who's Better? And I'm 492 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 1: sure you are ready to go as always, so scope 493 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: we will start it off like this, who's better, Johnny? 494 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:37,920 Speaker 1: The Bears backs David Montgomery and Herbert or the Denver backs. 495 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:44,159 Speaker 1: We saw last week Williams and Gordon, esquire Williams and Gordon, 496 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 1: who had over a Hundy? And yet Montgomery you had 497 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 1: over a Hundy by himself against the Packers last week, 498 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,719 Speaker 1: and inexplicably the Bears could not score points somehow because 499 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:58,720 Speaker 1: of that or despite that. So you tell me, Broncos 500 00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 1: Javant and Gordon I think are I mean it's Gordon 501 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,399 Speaker 1: is kind of the difference in this because I think 502 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: Javante and David Montgomery are pretty similar. I think Javante 503 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 1: is a little bit more electric. I think David Montgomery 504 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: is a little bit more powerful and hurts you with that. 505 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 1: With that power. Then again, if you open up the 506 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,679 Speaker 1: sea gap wide wide open, he can run at eight 507 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: yards on you, like he showed against us in twenty twenty. 508 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 1: And Cleil Herbert's a very very good backcop. I mean, 509 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: he's the perfect, perfect number two in that offense, especially 510 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: that offense wants to run the ball the way that 511 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: it does, you know, especially with Justin Field's legs. My 512 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,600 Speaker 1: company gets tired. You're bringing a fresh Herbert. He's tough, 513 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: but Gordon's seat it all done at all, And I 514 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: think he's just a shade ahead of ahead of Cleil Herbert. 515 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,800 Speaker 1: So I'll give the Broncos the edge and that one. 516 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: But I'm glad you brought up Herbert because that one too. 517 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 1: Commentation is tough and they're built very similarly, five ten 518 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 1: two twenty five thick. Not the fastest guys in the world, 519 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: but really difficult to bring down. They ran for a 520 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:14,840 Speaker 1: lot of yards against the Packers. I'm not sure what 521 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:18,480 Speaker 1: the final number was, but they've been running the ball very, 522 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: very well. So that is a that is a concern. 523 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 1: It's it's not as much justin fields. You just don't 524 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: want Justin to play playground ball if you will. You 525 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: don't want him off schedule, you don't want him out 526 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:30,280 Speaker 1: of a pocket. You don't want to do in those 527 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,720 Speaker 1: sort of things when they do decide to pass. But 528 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: when those two are running the rock man, your gap 529 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: responsibility is going to be on point. And offensive line 530 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 1: can run block. It's not a great offensive line, especially 531 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 1: pertains to pass protection, but those two running backs can 532 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: find a scene, they can break some tackles, and they 533 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 1: can make some life miserable. So you gotta get a lead, 534 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 1: get a lead, force fields to have to throw the football. 535 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,719 Speaker 1: And even at that point, whatever lead you have may 536 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: not be big enough because they'll continue to run as 537 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: they showed against the Packers. So you've got to complete 538 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,840 Speaker 1: the eliminate any running lanes. You've got to tackle at 539 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: a pristine level, and then you got to hang on 540 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 1: and hope against those two powerful backs. But I'm gonna 541 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: give it to the Broncos on that one, just because 542 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon, I think he's got a little bit more 543 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,880 Speaker 1: than clear Herbert. At this point, I know we're in 544 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: the middle of who's better. But since you brought it 545 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: up about stopping the run, what about Fields? Not the 546 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: ability to run? Because we know he can do that, 547 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: he has not thrown it that much. The attempts are 548 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: so low. What are they gonna try to do this 549 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 1: weekend against the Texans? Well, I think if I'm watching 550 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: the Texans, the one thing I look at are the safeties, 551 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 1: and I look at Jalen Petrie, and I look at 552 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:38,800 Speaker 1: Jonathan Owens, and I look at how quick they are 553 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: to trigger to the run game. And you have a 554 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 1: guy like Darnell Mooney that's got absolute jets. If Justin 555 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: Fields is good with his ball fakes, that's gonna sell 556 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:51,320 Speaker 1: those two safeties. And I like our safeties being aggressive, 557 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: but sometimes it's a tad aggressive. And then you take 558 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: Darnell Mooney and you just run and right over the top. 559 00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,479 Speaker 1: So it's run run, run, deep shot, run, run, run, 560 00:30:58,560 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: deep shot. It's kind of like strike out home run. 561 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: But that's kind of where the Bears are right now, 562 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: it's not it's not a consistent enough crew throwing the 563 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 1: football that they can live throwing at twenty five times 564 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,479 Speaker 1: he'll hit, you know, receivers across the middle of those 565 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,400 Speaker 1: kind of things. I think it's more run, run, get 566 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 1: him in, get him in, keep coming, keep coming, keep 567 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: coming now, and then they hit the deep shot over 568 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 1: the top to Darnielle Mooney. I think that's what they 569 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: may try. You know, in the twenty twenty game, you're 570 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: Trubisky just took advantage of Alan Robinson. That passing game 571 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: was at a much different level than this one is. 572 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 1: They're just not there. But if Fields well the better 573 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: deep ball throwers, he's a very good deepall thrower. It's 574 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 1: one read. If it's kind of right into the whole, 575 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 1: justin field sort of mindset and mantra if you will, 576 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 1: that's the key. Those safety to God to make sure 577 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: that they're not biting on running ghosts and they're getting 578 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,400 Speaker 1: burned over the top. That's something they've got to be 579 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: very conscious of this week. All right, Continuing, who's better 580 00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 1: better chance of success? The Bear airs with Fields or 581 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 1: the Jags with Trevor Lawrence better chance at success. Boy, 582 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,320 Speaker 1: I just walked right into that, didn't I Well, well, 583 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,880 Speaker 1: will hear my answer? It's the Jags with Doug Peterson. 584 00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: I think Peterson has changed what they're doing offensively. I 585 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,240 Speaker 1: think he's helped Trevor. I think Trevor also has calmed down. 586 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,080 Speaker 1: I think the game has slowed down for him as well. 587 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,040 Speaker 1: I think he's not trying to carry that whole thing 588 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,600 Speaker 1: on his shoulders. He knows to get the ball to 589 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 1: Christian Kirk. Christian Kirk. I know there's a lot of 590 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 1: a lot of talk about the contract that he signed, 591 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 1: but he's been worth it, at least thus far. He's 592 00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: been the go to guy for Trevor Lawrence. But Lawrence 593 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: isn't trying to do too much. He's twenty five or thirty. 594 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 1: The other day, I think it was two hundred and 595 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 1: fifty yards. It was not you see guys there twenty 596 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,959 Speaker 1: five to thirty. You know you think, oh many three 597 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 1: for three hundred yards. No, it's a very controlled it's 598 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 1: a movement passing scheme. I think that helps Trevor. If 599 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:01,440 Speaker 1: Doug Peterson had gone to Chicago, I think justin Fields 600 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: we'd see some progress with Justin Fields. But I think 601 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: we're seeing with Trevor. I think Trevor would overall the 602 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,520 Speaker 1: better quarterback in that draft, and I think he's starting 603 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 1: to show it because Doctor Peterson's helping him. Not to 604 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: say the Bears coaching staff isn't gonna get Fields to 605 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 1: a certain point, but I do think there were some 606 00:33:16,280 --> 00:33:20,480 Speaker 1: limitations in Justin's game, and they're just not accentuating or 607 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: helping him with those particular things as of right now. 608 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,880 Speaker 1: And I don't think Justin's helping himself either, So I 609 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,920 Speaker 1: think it's to me it's the Jags with Doug Peterson 610 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,960 Speaker 1: and Trevor Lawrence more so than it is Trevor Lawrence 611 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 1: versus Justin Fields at this point, Okay, who's better Johnny 612 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:45,040 Speaker 1: better legendary super Bowl winning team the eighty five Bears 613 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: or all the Steelers super Bowl wins from the seventies. Now, 614 00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 1: I say it this way, not who would win, but 615 00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: who's better, who's remembered better, who's thought of better? Who 616 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 1: is better loved? Perhaps? I think the I think the 617 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 1: eighty five Bears would have barely beaten each of the 618 00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:14,239 Speaker 1: Steelers super Bowl teams and it would have been really, 619 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,279 Speaker 1: really close. I think maybe the seventy eight team for 620 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:21,319 Speaker 1: the Steelers might have been the one because that's really 621 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,840 Speaker 1: when the passing game took off for the Steelers and 622 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 1: they still had Franco and Rocky Blyer. I think they 623 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:28,560 Speaker 1: both ran for a thousand. Maybe that was that was 624 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,319 Speaker 1: a couple of years early and seventy six. Either way, 625 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: point being, I think the Bears would have really shut 626 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:37,560 Speaker 1: down those teams, and they would have done enough offensively 627 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,800 Speaker 1: with Walter Payton running the rock, with McMahon doing a 628 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,400 Speaker 1: you know, like we just talked about Justin Fields, Walter Pilot, 629 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: Walter Payton, and then boom, it's some deep shots to 630 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: Willie Galt. But the one thing about the Steelers the 631 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 1: seventy four seventy five teams, those are defensive dominant teams 632 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,680 Speaker 1: and the offense was kind of like a tag along. 633 00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,720 Speaker 1: I mean that those offenses would have even scored against 634 00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:03,719 Speaker 1: the bar seventy eight seventy nine teams. They were more 635 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 1: offensively driven. They hit the deep shots, but the running 636 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,440 Speaker 1: game was starting to fade a little bit and the 637 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 1: defense was starting to get older. I think the eighty 638 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,239 Speaker 1: five Bears team would have been able to take advantage that. 639 00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:15,720 Speaker 1: I think the best game would have been the seventy 640 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: eight Steelers and eighty five Browns. That would have been 641 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:22,120 Speaker 1: a NAO biting, like twenty to seventeen game, and there 642 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,480 Speaker 1: would have been a lot of dudes put in a 643 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:27,560 Speaker 1: hospital with how physical that game would have been. Do 644 00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: I over inflate how the eighty five Bears will remember 645 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,240 Speaker 1: that that is probably one of the most nationally loved 646 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:38,480 Speaker 1: teams that has ever played in this league. And just 647 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,200 Speaker 1: people who aren't from Chicago just think that team is 648 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:44,120 Speaker 1: so awesome, and they were awesome. But the team with 649 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:49,840 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl Shuffle, the Jim McMahon's image, the refrigerator, 650 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:53,799 Speaker 1: all that stuff, people ate that up. Well, the row 651 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,320 Speaker 1: on top of that, Buddy Ryan and Mike Dicka, and 652 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 1: there was drama. There was drama all year long with 653 00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: that team. And I mean not always bad jahma, but 654 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,160 Speaker 1: you know, they shot Super Bowl Shuffle the tuesday they 655 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: got back from getting beat by Miami, the only loss 656 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,799 Speaker 1: they had that year. They go and shoot the Super 657 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:14,080 Speaker 1: Bowl Shuffle the day after that, and it's like, man, 658 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:15,400 Speaker 1: it's just gonna blow up in our face. And they 659 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 1: were like, man, we're good. And they went and they 660 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,920 Speaker 1: ran They ran a table they were completely dominant. They 661 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:22,120 Speaker 1: with the Fridge that kind of took it over the top. 662 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,239 Speaker 1: They had one of the most respected players ever in 663 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:28,279 Speaker 1: Walter Payton. Jim McMahon was every single week. He just 664 00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 1: kind of had to see him and he was finally healthy. 665 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:32,759 Speaker 1: And then of course that defense led by Buddy Ryan. 666 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:35,719 Speaker 1: You know, I remember something Brian Billick said, I was 667 00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:38,640 Speaker 1: watching America's game two thousand because those those teams are 668 00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,400 Speaker 1: often compared two thousand Ravens and eighty five Bears because 669 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,840 Speaker 1: the two thousand Ravens won with defense. And I remember 670 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,759 Speaker 1: Billick saying, if you win with defense, a lot of 671 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,600 Speaker 1: times you're thought of kind of like thuggery, and oh 672 00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:53,600 Speaker 1: you won with defense. Those teams aren't as highly thought 673 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,719 Speaker 1: of because it was the defense that carried you and 674 00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:00,359 Speaker 1: not the sexy offense. But with the Bears, they had 675 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,360 Speaker 1: enough guys and personalities on the offense to go with 676 00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:08,320 Speaker 1: that dominant defense. On top of having two coaches that 677 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,920 Speaker 1: just went at each other all the time. It added 678 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,319 Speaker 1: to everything. And then the dominance just each and every 679 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:17,680 Speaker 1: week just grew and grew and grew and look as 680 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:21,360 Speaker 1: a as a kid to mean, I was two or 681 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,000 Speaker 1: three years old. Um. I was a Packers fan growing 682 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: up before I got here, and I was here in 683 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,839 Speaker 1: eighty five, but I was still had that Packers love 684 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,920 Speaker 1: in me. So I hated that eighty five team, hated it, 685 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:36,200 Speaker 1: respected it, but hated it and hated Monday Night when 686 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,279 Speaker 1: the Fridge just carrying a ball and making a you know, 687 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:41,000 Speaker 1: embarrassment of the Packers on Monday Night football. I mean, ah, 688 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:45,120 Speaker 1: so yeah, I didn't really truly enjoy all that. Now 689 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 1: many years later, I do. I respect it probably a 690 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:51,800 Speaker 1: little bit more. But man, that was a there was 691 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:56,439 Speaker 1: a nationally known phenomenon in Chicago. It was thinking back, 692 00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: I I hope there's a team in the NFL that 693 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,400 Speaker 1: we could kind of file and that sort of thing 694 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,440 Speaker 1: out because that was a really romantic time with that 695 00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:07,840 Speaker 1: particular team. Yeah. I hope that team would be in Houston, Texas. 696 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:13,120 Speaker 1: That'd be awesome. Who's better color commentator Herb Street for 697 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:17,240 Speaker 1: college football? Or pick your NFL guy? Is it Aikman? 698 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:22,720 Speaker 1: Is it Romo? Is it Collinsworth? Pick your NFL guy? Johnny? 699 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,600 Speaker 1: Who is it? Oh? Well? Can I pick Herb Street 700 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 1: against Herb Street? I guess you could. I mean I could, 701 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,320 Speaker 1: I could. Um, I don't. I mean I think I 702 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,560 Speaker 1: think Kirk is fantastic. I mean, general said it. I 703 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,759 Speaker 1: think he does NFL well too. There was a there 704 00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 1: were a couple things he said the other night where 705 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:41,759 Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, Kirk, you missed on that one. 706 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 1: But I get it. I listened as much as I 707 00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:47,640 Speaker 1: could to an in Miami game when I got back 708 00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:49,120 Speaker 1: to the hotel, because when where we are at there, 709 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,880 Speaker 1: we really couldn't hear anything. And I this is a 710 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,200 Speaker 1: guy that did a game on Thursday, NFL game on Thursday, 711 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:59,479 Speaker 1: did game College game Day on Saturday, and then flew 712 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,160 Speaker 1: to AM to do the AM Miami game at night. 713 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,200 Speaker 1: And I was like, Okay, I'm waiting to hear the fatigue. 714 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,800 Speaker 1: I'm waiting to hear him make mistakes. I'm waiting to 715 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:11,320 Speaker 1: hear and none of that. Like there was none of that. 716 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:12,960 Speaker 1: I mean, he just seemed like he was totally on 717 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,560 Speaker 1: his game. It was really impressive listen to. I would 718 00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:22,279 Speaker 1: think in the NFL. Oh boy, you know, I think 719 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,319 Speaker 1: it's he's not. I mean, he's the number one now 720 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,960 Speaker 1: in Fox. I think Greg Olson's very good. I think 721 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:29,520 Speaker 1: Greg Olsen is very very good. I enjoyed listening to 722 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,960 Speaker 1: Greg Olson as an analyst. I think he's done a 723 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,120 Speaker 1: really nice job. But I think of the known guys, 724 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:39,680 Speaker 1: the guy's doing a national Games, I would probably say 725 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,279 Speaker 1: that Aichman is probably more my style, I guess, than 726 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:46,879 Speaker 1: anybody else. Yeah, yeah, okay, coming up here. I need 727 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:50,399 Speaker 1: a key stat that must change. Give me one key 728 00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:52,719 Speaker 1: stat that must change. And he can't be scoring more 729 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:57,279 Speaker 1: points against the Bears that was in place last week 730 00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,600 Speaker 1: in Denver. I've got one. I want yours. It's all 731 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:05,120 Speaker 1: coming up next. It's Texans Radio. Texans All Access continues 732 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:09,040 Speaker 1: in a moment. If you've wanted to buy bitcoin but 733 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,920 Speaker 1: didn't know how to get started, try bitwallet, the official 734 00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:16,200 Speaker 1: digital currency wallet of the Houston Texans. Go to the 735 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:20,279 Speaker 1: website bitwallet dot org and download the bitwallet app and 736 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:23,480 Speaker 1: you'll get started right away with the fastest, simplest way 737 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:26,960 Speaker 1: to buy bitcoin with your debit card. It's Houston founded 738 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:31,080 Speaker 1: and based. Bitwallet is a platform for individuals and businesses 739 00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:38,000 Speaker 1: with no fees and no chargebacks. Bitwallet dot org. Bitwallet Org. Bitwallet. 740 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 1: Back to the show they teach you Plugged In with 741 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:47,879 Speaker 1: the Houston Texans, Mark vandamer John Harris as we talk 742 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:52,400 Speaker 1: about Texans at the Bears, Johnny. When Green Bay played 743 00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:55,439 Speaker 1: Chicago the other night, it was a Sunday night game, 744 00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,880 Speaker 1: one of the weirdest stat games you'll ever see. Somehow, 745 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,319 Speaker 1: the Bears only scored ten points while rushing for one 746 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:07,200 Speaker 1: hundred eighty yards and being even in the turnover battle. 747 00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 1: They average six point seven yards per carry. Give me 748 00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:14,479 Speaker 1: some of that, please, some of that rushing yardage number. 749 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,480 Speaker 1: All right, I'm gonna give you my stat. You give 750 00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:18,560 Speaker 1: me years. We're gonna run out of show quickly. Here though, 751 00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:21,440 Speaker 1: my status third downs. Look, I can say a big 752 00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,200 Speaker 1: rushing yard total, and that'd be awesome, But third downs, 753 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,759 Speaker 1: if you are converting third downs at a better clip, 754 00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,000 Speaker 1: and they had all those third and four, third and five, 755 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:30,759 Speaker 1: third and six, you were reading them off on the 756 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,759 Speaker 1: air the other day, if they can just get three 757 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,759 Speaker 1: or four more of those in a similar type game, 758 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,800 Speaker 1: in a similarly played game, while you're looking at a 759 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:42,080 Speaker 1: completely different result. We all want to see Piers get 760 00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,560 Speaker 1: more carries. You know, you get more carries, more possessions 761 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:48,799 Speaker 1: or extended possessions with those conversions, and you've got it there. 762 00:41:49,160 --> 00:41:51,640 Speaker 1: And obviously that means Mills is throwing the ball well 763 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:54,320 Speaker 1: and they're catching it. You're not having the drops or 764 00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:57,640 Speaker 1: whatever else plagues you in the passing game. At the moment, 765 00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:02,360 Speaker 1: your stat please, six sess on third down leads to 766 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,640 Speaker 1: more trips to the red zone in two games. How 767 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:08,920 Speaker 1: many trips to the red zone do we have? Oh 768 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:12,239 Speaker 1: my gosh, Well, last week you're ope for one and 769 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:15,759 Speaker 1: then the two touchdowns were scored. Oh, one was in 770 00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:21,160 Speaker 1: the red zone opening day, two trips to the red 771 00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:24,160 Speaker 1: zone touchdown the first, one field goal in the second. 772 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:27,160 Speaker 1: So you're afaging five trips for red zone. That's not 773 00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:30,640 Speaker 1: enough trips, I mean not enough trips. Now, against the Broncos, 774 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 1: you only gave them two trips to the red zone, 775 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:34,680 Speaker 1: but it was the one outside the red zone they 776 00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:37,839 Speaker 1: scored touchdown on. So you've got to have trips into 777 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:40,000 Speaker 1: the red zone. Obviously, you want your red zone to 778 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:42,360 Speaker 1: defense to be at the same level it was the 779 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,480 Speaker 1: other day, holding them inside the five twice to two 780 00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:48,640 Speaker 1: fuel goals. But you got to get into the red zone. 781 00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:53,360 Speaker 1: You've got to get into scoring territory often, and obviously 782 00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:55,800 Speaker 1: once you get to the red zone, it's seven's not threes, 783 00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:59,600 Speaker 1: especially against a team like the Bears. That is scoring challenge. 784 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:01,799 Speaker 1: More sevens you put up, the more pressure you put 785 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:03,400 Speaker 1: on fields. But man, you gotta get in the red 786 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:05,160 Speaker 1: zone and then be effective in the red zone, not 787 00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:09,000 Speaker 1: settling for three so on one out of two down 788 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:11,040 Speaker 1: in the red zone, but just having two red zone 789 00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:13,960 Speaker 1: trips in two games, that's not gonna cut it for 790 00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:17,520 Speaker 1: this team. I see this as a game in the 791 00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:21,359 Speaker 1: teens until further notice. The Texans are a team that's 792 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,279 Speaker 1: gonna be Wow. You want to get to twenty points 793 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,360 Speaker 1: and beyond, obviously, but it's just hard to see it 794 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:30,359 Speaker 1: right now. Although there's a breakout game at some point, 795 00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:32,960 Speaker 1: maybe it's this weekend, but I could see it being 796 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:36,440 Speaker 1: a low scoring game of twenty to seventeen, seventeen to 797 00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:39,919 Speaker 1: sixteen kind of game. How do you see it? Yeah, 798 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:42,800 Speaker 1: I think you're right on. I feel like twenty sixteen 799 00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:46,040 Speaker 1: something like that. Maybe kind of an odd score, maybe 800 00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,799 Speaker 1: there's a safety or something happens, kind of a kind 801 00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:50,840 Speaker 1: of a weird score, if you will, you know, like 802 00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:52,880 Speaker 1: nineteen eleven or I don't know, something like that. It 803 00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:55,680 Speaker 1: was nineteen ten what the Bears beat the forty nine ers, 804 00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:57,319 Speaker 1: which I'm stills kind of scratching my head at after 805 00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:00,480 Speaker 1: watching the Bears Packers game, like, man, the Bears ran 806 00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:02,799 Speaker 1: the ball pretty well, but man, they couldn't do anything else, 807 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,600 Speaker 1: and they really didn't stop the Packers from running the 808 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:06,520 Speaker 1: ball at all. They were seven. It's just weird to 809 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:11,720 Speaker 1: watch the Bears run defense be attacked like that against 810 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:14,919 Speaker 1: the Packers. So it feels low scoring. And that's why 811 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:18,240 Speaker 1: a successful red zone trip that comes up with seven 812 00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:21,200 Speaker 1: could be ultimately the difference. You set up for three, 813 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:23,840 Speaker 1: but you put his seven up there. Now you're putting 814 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:26,400 Speaker 1: pressure on them, and that's the one that's the one 815 00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,200 Speaker 1: place you want to be. You want Fields to have 816 00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:30,120 Speaker 1: the ball in his hands late in a game with 817 00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:34,160 Speaker 1: pressure on him, down ten down, a touchdown, and he's 818 00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:37,719 Speaker 1: got to produce and have that pressure on him. I'll 819 00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:39,880 Speaker 1: take that all day. So get the ball in the 820 00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:42,640 Speaker 1: red zone, be successful in the red zone, turn them 821 00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:44,480 Speaker 1: over a couple of times, and then put the pressure 822 00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:46,000 Speaker 1: on Fields to have to pull it out in the end, 823 00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:47,560 Speaker 1: and hopefully you walk out of there with a w 824 00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:51,200 Speaker 1: It's hard to judge anything from the numbers of the 825 00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,080 Speaker 1: Bears first game at the forty nine Ers on the 826 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:56,960 Speaker 1: rice patty, but the Niners ran for a buck twenty two. 827 00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:00,799 Speaker 1: Without Trey Lance's rushing numbers, he ran for fifty four yards. 828 00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:04,040 Speaker 1: You take those out, they still at a healthy total. 829 00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:06,560 Speaker 1: So it's really interesting to see that the Bears are 830 00:45:06,560 --> 00:45:08,000 Speaker 1: giving up a lot on the ground and maybe the 831 00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:11,719 Speaker 1: Texans can make some hay that way. Johnny, thanks so much, 832 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,800 Speaker 1: looking forward to the Keys tomorrow night, a visit with 833 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,640 Speaker 1: Lovey Smith, a whole bunch of other good stuff on 834 00:45:17,719 --> 00:45:20,600 Speaker 1: the Friday Night Texans All Access program. Thank you very 835 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:24,800 Speaker 1: much Chris for producing tonight and coming up next for free, 836 00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,000 Speaker 1: It's going to be the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cleveland 837 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:31,759 Speaker 1: Browns Thursday Night football. Have a great night, Go Texans. 838 00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:38,200 Speaker 1: This is Texans Radio on Sports Radio six ten. The 839 00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:41,400 Speaker 1: Houston Texans and Schlumberjay are proud to present the Houston 840 00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:44,840 Speaker 1: Texans Stats Challenge for our seventh consecutive year. 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