1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program that keeps you 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: and gets you up to date with what is going 3 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:08,480 Speaker 1: on with your Houston Texans. I'm Mark Vandermayer on Texans 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,879 Speaker 1: All Access here from the Hyunday Texans Radio studio right 5 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: across the hall from the locker room Texans getting ready 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: to get out a charter tomorrow to go to the 7 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: Big Apple. The metropolitan area of New York. We can't 8 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: say New York because it's really New Jersey, but it's 9 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: close enough, right across the river, and some things to 10 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: keep an eye on. Let's get to the injury report 11 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 1: right away. And by the way, we'll get John McClean 12 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 1: in here in just a moment, making his way over. 13 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: Opening segment one Gigantic hot Read presented by Geico. Fifteen 14 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: minutes can save you fifteen percent or more on car 15 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: insurance called one A hundred and nine four seven Auto 16 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 1: Geico dot Com. All Right, injury report information here. Some 17 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: of the highlights. I'm not going to give you every name. 18 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 1: Diante Foreman did not participate in practice today. Not injury related. 19 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,279 Speaker 1: Bnardric McKinney also not injury related. I don't know what's 20 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: up with McKinney. Let's hope for the best. There Foreman, 21 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: I would doubt he would play. I know a lot 22 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 1: of you have been asking about out you asked on 23 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: Cooler Talk. But form it is on the fifty three 24 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: man roster. We'll just see how it goes with him 25 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: week to a week limited today, Kiki qt is questionable. 26 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: That's not good, but we'll see. Zach Fulton questionable. Really 27 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:15,759 Speaker 1: hope he can go. And Andre how with the ankle 28 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: questionable as well. Some notes about the New York Jets. 29 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: By the way, one other note for the Texans. DeAndre 30 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 1: Carter full go at practice today with the evaluation for 31 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 1: the concussion that he was undergoing on Sunday in the 32 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 1: game against the Colts. That's great news that Carter is 33 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: gonna be good to go to return kicks and if 34 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: qts out, he can be that slot receiver. So this 35 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: is good news for the Jets. They've got three prominent 36 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:45,199 Speaker 1: players out, among them Isaiah Crowwell, they're running back who's 37 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: got a toll problem now. Two other running backs are 38 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 1: banged up, Trenton Cannon and also let's see who somebody 39 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 1: else's right off the injury report. Eli McGuire he's actually 40 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,559 Speaker 1: full participation today with the ankle, so he's going to play. 41 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: But Crow, well, I've been doing pretty well for them, 42 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: and that's all I'm gonna give you on the injury 43 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: report right now. Later on of the show, John Harris 44 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 1: with some nuances of this matchup, but let's get to 45 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: him now that general John McLean here in studio and general, 46 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 1: what do you make of this one? Coming off the 47 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,519 Speaker 1: loss of the Colts at a relatively short week to 48 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 1: get ready for the New York Jets at the Mental Lands. 49 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: Unlike the rest of us, who focused on the last 50 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 1: game all week, and the players always put it behind 51 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: them after they watched the film the next day and 52 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: they move on to the next team. So Bill O'Brien 53 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: his coaches make sure that they are concentrating on the 54 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: Jets the possibility of being upset. They don't talk about it, 55 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,639 Speaker 1: but that's always a possibility. You think Pittsburgh thought is 56 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 1: gonna lose it? Oakland, of course not. And so I'd 57 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,239 Speaker 1: think that the only way that Texans would lose this 58 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 1: game is if they went up committed a bunch of 59 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: turnovers and put themselves in bad field position. And turnovers 60 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: have not been an issue. They are plus nine now 61 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,399 Speaker 1: and which puts them up among the league leaders. Amazing. 62 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: They wanted to turn over battle against the Colts and 63 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: lost the game even though it was just one. But 64 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: I think that Romeo Crenell, this is something I'm writing 65 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: about for tomorrow, is he'll have an interesting plan drawn 66 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: up for Sam Darnel, as he did Baker Mayfield in 67 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: the first half when they confused him and then he 68 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: kind of took his foot off the pedal in the 69 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 1: second half. And they also played Josh Allen in the playoffs. 70 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 1: Right now, they'd be playing against Lamar Jackson. So I'm 71 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: writing about the rookie quarterbacks. The only one they won't 72 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: face good in the first round was the only one 73 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: they can't face is Josh Rosen from Arizona. But I'm 74 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:46,080 Speaker 1: interested to see the plan for them. I'm interested to 75 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 1: see can the Jets get pressure on Watson. Can the 76 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: Jets shut down the run the way the Colts did. 77 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 1: I don't think so. But I think the Texans should 78 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 1: win this game unless they won four in a row 79 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,760 Speaker 1: in the road, I believe unless they turn it over 80 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: a lot, which if they if they have it, why 81 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: would they start now, yeah, I think if they don't 82 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: turn it over there in great shape in this game. 83 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,040 Speaker 1: But sometimes it's a big if you gotta hold out 84 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: of the rock, especially up there. And I know the 85 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 1: weather is not that big a deal, but you know 86 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,919 Speaker 1: you're on the road in the northeast into Semer in 87 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: East Rutherford, New York, the tempter is supposed to be 88 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: high fifty and so the game is at four twenty five, 89 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:27,040 Speaker 1: it'll be dark shortly after they'll be cold, so the 90 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: temperature will drop. But as you know, Mark, there's always 91 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: a swirling wind in that stadium, as it was in 92 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 1: Giants stadium. Sometimes it's really strong, sometimes it's not. And 93 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: so rain in the forties is cold, and if it's 94 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: windy two then that's bad conditions. And I looked up 95 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:53,839 Speaker 1: Watson last year in Seattle. It was fifty at game time, remember, 96 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: and it was started to miss team through four and 97 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: four yards And to him, he just shrugs his shoulder 98 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: and he said played and cold weather in Boston College 99 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: and then in December in the ACC championship game in Charlotte, 100 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 1: and he had a little snow in high school. But 101 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: I kind of think it was just a little mist 102 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 1: of snow, he said, certainly, nothing like it is up 103 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 1: in New York. But football players love it when there's 104 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: a little weather. They do. I think they feed off, 105 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: although I don't think they like rain, and I don't 106 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 1: think they like win. I don't think cold and snow 107 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 1: like it was in Green Bay two years ago. That 108 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,720 Speaker 1: was a winter wonderland with big old snowflakes coming straight down. 109 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: And that's not what they're gonna get there. And I'm 110 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: thinking by the second half, it's gonna be pretty cold 111 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: because it's in dark. You know, they're close to water. 112 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: But that's not going to be a factor against the Jets. 113 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,160 Speaker 1: I don't think. I remember an old four when they 114 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: went to Chicago and it was around zero degrees and 115 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: they won that game late in the season. The next 116 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: week they were in Jacksonville and it was in the 117 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: thirties but missing and a little windy, and it was 118 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: just colder. It just felt cold. It felt worse because 119 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: I don't think you were ready for it, you meaning me. 120 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 1: I don't think I was just ready for it as 121 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 1: I was the week before where it totally geared up 122 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 1: for it. But anyway, that's besides the point. I think 123 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,280 Speaker 1: they'll be ready. We were both there for the coldest 124 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 1: game in franchise history three degrees at Lambeau Field, and 125 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: they beat Aaron Rodgers when Chris Brown kicked that great 126 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: field goal to win. And it wasn't windy that day. 127 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: That was the coldest game the Texans I've ever had. 128 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 1: That's one of the coldest I've ever remember. What shop 129 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,679 Speaker 1: through for that day. Nope, it was over four hundred 130 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 1: yards in Green Bay, Green Bay. And he said, because 131 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: it wasn't windy, so never mind ball grip. He was fine, 132 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:35,480 Speaker 1: it wasn't windy, so they could throw the ball. They 133 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: made a lot of plays through the air, and I 134 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: think they'll be able to do that on Sunday on 135 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,599 Speaker 1: Saturday rather. But I'm really hoping they get the running 136 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: game going again, and that was a big myths against 137 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: Indianapolis that they couldn't run the ball. They did it 138 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: better in the second half, but not well enough over 139 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: fifty yards rushing in the second half without Watson's yardage, 140 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: because it wasn't much. So I think that they got 141 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: to get that going. You're probably in agreement with me, 142 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: of course, and the Lion's got to be better because 143 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: the line was terrible in this game. Terrible run blocking 144 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: and passport tagt Indies front is better than people think. 145 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: They've been really good against the run over the last 146 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: six games, only giving up ninety two yards once more 147 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 1: than ninety two yards once, and I think they're getting 148 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: better hiding the world. They got shut out six oh 149 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: at Jacksonville, maybe biggest ministry of the NFL season. But 150 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: the Colts team we just saw beat the Texans by 151 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,239 Speaker 1: three is a Colts team that is playing Cowboys Sunday, 152 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: their favorite. If they beat the Cowboys, then they got 153 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,240 Speaker 1: it easy one. But then they finished against the Titans. 154 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,200 Speaker 1: That game could be determined who makes that last wild card. 155 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: It really could. It's gonna be very interesting down the 156 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: stretch here. And I think the Texans the most interesting 157 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: thing for them is just to beat the Jets. Just 158 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: get that down, get that tenth win of the season, somehow, 159 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: some way. But help me put that Colts game in 160 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 1: a box and put it in the closet, put it 161 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: on the shelf, put it away for a moment. What 162 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 1: do you think it happened that day to the Texans? Really? 163 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: I mean, when you look at it going in the 164 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: way you felt about it what you thought about it 165 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 1: versus what played out that I said a month ago 166 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: in my Friday mailbag. DA asked me when I thought 167 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: the losing streak went in, and I said against the Colts, 168 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: because it's gonna be hard to beat Andrew Luck two 169 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: times he goes for four sixty four and three ninety nine. 170 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: And but even that being said, even though they couldn't 171 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: run the ball, even though they struggled in pass protection, 172 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: if they got in the ball one last time Clowney 173 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,199 Speaker 1: n jumped off sides, it would have been what one 174 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 1: fifteen left, and maybe they'd have been at the ten 175 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: yard line. And Watson, though as loves those situations, and 176 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 1: Kamie Fairbaron can kick it fifty five fifty six yards. 177 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: It would have been a great opportunity. And speaking of opportunities, 178 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,280 Speaker 1: had they won that game, they would be in second 179 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: place with a inside track to a bye since the 180 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: Patriots lost on that miraculous play. But I think this 181 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: time of the year, crunch time after thanks is just 182 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: so interesting as team's jockey for those playoffs spots, and 183 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: the Texans, let's see, they can clinch with a win, 184 00:09:08,880 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: but Pittsburgh and somebody else has to lose. I just 185 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: read both that. It's not like, oh Miami and Miami 186 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: wildcard clinch. Yeah for just making a playoff. Yeah, but 187 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:21,959 Speaker 1: they won't know. I mean they't if they're watch it 188 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 1: on television, right because they're the early game. And uh, 189 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,320 Speaker 1: for you think ordinarily Pittsburgh, I don't know who picked 190 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and New England. New England's lost four road games, 191 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh's lost three home games. Steelers have lost three in 192 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: a row. Bella Jack is not lost back to back 193 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: December games since two thousand and two. That's a big deal. 194 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:45,080 Speaker 1: Two thousand and two is the follow up Bowo. Ted 195 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: Johnson was there. He contributed to those back to back losses. 196 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,359 Speaker 1: I remember that Patriot team and it was a big disappointment. 197 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: I think there were still nine and seven, they still 198 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: had a winning season, but they missed the playoffs. It 199 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: was perplexing that play that the Patriots lost on against Miami. 200 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: How do you rate that one? Historically? I was at 201 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: the Music City Miracle. I was watching the immaculate reception 202 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 1: the hell Mary trying to think. I've seen so many 203 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: great plays. I think the one that was the most 204 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: incredible in college was when let's see Cordell Stewart, oh, 205 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 1: when he threw his long pass, and Michael Westbrook and 206 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: Michael Westbrook and it's not just hell Mary's you know 207 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,560 Speaker 1: that happens in the end zone, but when a hell 208 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: Mary is not possible, and like this one, and Belichick 209 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: just got killed because of a strategy and bad clock management. 210 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: Then the first half bad clock management, and the fourth 211 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: havn't grown Kowski out there to knock down to hell 212 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,719 Speaker 1: Mary when they weren't close to hell Mary. And I'm 213 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: glad you. I'm glad you bring this up because this 214 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: is and I'll take a mini tangent here. Nobody's perfect, 215 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,240 Speaker 1: you know, And I know everybody watches the technics games, 216 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 1: every fiber of it, and sure sometimes there is something 217 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: to criticize, no question, any NFL team, And that's my point, 218 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,960 Speaker 1: any NFL team. Belichick himself the Super Bowl against Seattle, 219 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 1: he screwed that up. They just got away with it. 220 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: But he had to stop the clock there to preserve 221 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: some time just in case I could not believe. And 222 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 1: then he said afterwards, while we didn't want to give 223 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: them any time to think, oh, come on, really, no, 224 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna score there you have to have that assumption. 225 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:27,520 Speaker 1: See have some time in the clock for the best 226 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 1: quarterback of all time, you won't Gronkowski when the ball 227 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: is thrown in the end zone. That was going to 228 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: be impossible. Somebody I was listening to NFL radio said 229 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 1: they thought that the Patriots the Dolphins would try and 230 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: quick pass for another ten yards and then give him 231 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: enough room for hail Mary. But as it was, it worked. 232 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 1: Great teams work on plays like that. I remember in 233 00:11:47,480 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: the Music City Miracle when the Titans beat Buffalo, Jeff 234 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: Fishers said, They've been working on that play on Saturdays 235 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: for years, and the players are like, oh, why do 236 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,080 Speaker 1: we have to keep doing this? And as Bill O'Brien, 237 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: of course it takes. They have theirs too. If you 238 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: ever showed tape of these plays actually working, and he 239 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: said yes, because you tell him is one thing, but 240 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 1: you show him that's something else. To say, Okay, it 241 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: worked here. He could work for us when the time comes, 242 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,360 Speaker 1: although the odds are greatly against team pulling that off. 243 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: I heard you ask him that, and I liked his answer. 244 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 1: Later in the week, during a full week, this is 245 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: a short week, obviously, but on a Saturday or a Friday, 246 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: he'll start showing the guys some stuff like that, because 247 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: I think he likes to keep it entertaining, and he 248 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: tells us that entertaining and informative and educational. But in 249 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: a way that's gonna make the guys continue to pay 250 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: attention because you gotta keep things fresh. This last game, 251 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: had they gotten the ball back instead of Clowney had 252 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:43,320 Speaker 1: the penalty, they may have had to have a play 253 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:47,120 Speaker 1: like that themselves. If they'd gotten somewhere close to midfield 254 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: is too far from a field goal. I think they 255 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: had a plan for it, yeah, because that was third 256 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: and a long one. When Clowney jumped. If you stop 257 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 1: now that it's a big if if you stop him 258 00:12:57,240 --> 00:12:58,959 Speaker 1: on third down. But well, they were good. They had 259 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: to run because if they trusted luck enough and it 260 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: was incomplete, like the big play in the first team, 261 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: you're giving the Texans too much time. But if you 262 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 1: run it and you get stopped, and obviously you run 263 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: the clock down as much as you can. So the 264 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: Texans it was a two minute warning, so they probably 265 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: would have gotten the ball back with about one ten 266 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: or one fifteen on the clock, which is still good. 267 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: And even though the Texans wouldn't had a time out? 268 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: You know? So what here? They ever know? Here? They 269 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: are nine and four? John? Is what the best defensive 270 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: player on the field right now for the Texans? Is 271 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: it Kareem? Is it j Joe? Is it? Tyrn? Matthew 272 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 1: is a Clowney? How do we gauge this? Or is 273 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,719 Speaker 1: it just too close to every way? Every week I 274 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: look at a Pro Football focus on ESPN, the matchup, 275 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,959 Speaker 1: which I think is the best. And every time they 276 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: put a front seventh stat out there, Watson it, Clowney's 277 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:54,320 Speaker 1: not in it? Wats in it? And and while some 278 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:58,840 Speaker 1: other players have played well, you ask any coach that 279 00:13:58,960 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: goes against the Texas his defense, it's all about what 280 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: what do you do about what? He gets double teamed 281 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 1: all the time. And I sometimes would like to see 282 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:13,000 Speaker 1: him lining up in the gaps next to the center 283 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: like Clowney gets to do, just to see what he 284 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: can do laps. Let him stand up and then go 285 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: flying through that gap. What if roll they squeezed down 286 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 1: on Himan, You get the outsides opening up him and 287 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:28,960 Speaker 1: Clowney on each side of the center, and stand him up. 288 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: Boy that centers start peeing down his leg Well, if 289 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: you could get merciless from the outside of that case 290 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: and let whitney Box go from the outside, let somebody 291 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: else go from the outside, but put those two right 292 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: there in the middle, shortest path to the quarterback. He 293 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: does do a lot of creative things. Oh he does, 294 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 1: he does, But JJ lines up outside on both sides 295 00:14:51,960 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: where Clowney is the one that gets to do the 296 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: most movement. I found it interesting Sunday night watching the 297 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: Barras tick on the Rams and he have two former 298 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 1: Texans to defensive coordinators going at it with Vic Fangio 299 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: and Wade Phillips, and I just I like stuff like that. 300 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: I like watching those kinds of matchups. There's a lot 301 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 1: of people talking about Vic as a head coach. Vick's 302 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: not gonna be a head coach. Bix Been had some 303 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: great seasons before when people talked about it. Remember when 304 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: he was at Stanford. He and Greg Roman, two former 305 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: Texans coaches working under Jim Arball with Andrew Luck, and 306 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: they parlayed dead to come back to the NFL. But 307 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: right now, the Bears, the Seahawks, the Bear. The Texans 308 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: have not dominated a game in a great offense like 309 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 1: the Bears did against the Rams. And you see now 310 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,320 Speaker 1: that there's a report by Ian Rappaport that Carson Wentz 311 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: may not play the rest of the season. So you 312 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 1: get could get Nick Foles next week? You want a 313 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 1: Super Bowl? And what they could be eliminated by then 314 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: because the Rams have them on Sunday night. Okay, General, 315 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: let's get to some of the other action around the league. 316 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 1: Chargers and Chiefs playing the Thursday night Marquee matchup. What 317 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: do you think, boy, I can't wait to get home. 318 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:06,840 Speaker 1: I hope I don't run any traffic. I want to 319 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:09,760 Speaker 1: be there for kickoff. Well, you can listen here on 320 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: the radio. You imagine that if the Chargers win this 321 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: game and get home field advantage in that little twenty 322 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,480 Speaker 1: eight thousand seat bandbox. How embarrassing that would be the 323 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: NFL when most of the fans there would be for 324 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: the opposing team. No, the bolt fans would come out 325 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: of the woodwork. The Bolt fans haven't coming out of 326 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: the woodwork. And I don't see it. They're too mad 327 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 1: at him. And I just what if Kansas City played 328 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: there again in the first game of the season when 329 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: the Chiefs won. I saw a picture was almost all 330 00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:46,400 Speaker 1: red Sea of Red. That would be such a black 331 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 1: mark on the NFL's and the NFL's got to be 332 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: cheering for the Chiefs. And we all know Andy Reid's 333 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: playoff record. He's won two playoff games and all the 334 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: times he's been in with the Chiefs, and he lost 335 00:16:57,560 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: last year at home in the playoffs to the Titans. 336 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: Everybody says, well, this year is different because of Patrick Mahomes, 337 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: and maybe it will be. Maybe they'll win the Super Bowl, 338 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,679 Speaker 1: but this is a big game and the Chargers Anthony Lynn, 339 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:15,399 Speaker 1: along with Matt Naggey, Bill O'Brien and Pete Carroll I 340 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 1: think of the top four coach of the Year candidates, 341 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,439 Speaker 1: And even though the Chargers finished strong last year, what 342 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: impresses me the most is they have no home field advantage. 343 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: It is impressive They're not going and playing before screaming 344 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: crowd that gives them a three point advantage. Most of 345 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 1: the time, the opposing team has more fans and being 346 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: able to deal with that is a terrific coaching job. 347 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: I think the Chiefs will win because they're an airhead, 348 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: but Lamar Jackson came within three points of beating them. 349 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 1: What Mike Philip Rivers be able to do. What do 350 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: you think of my homes? I think he's fun. He's exciting. 351 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 1: That no look pass like I just saw a ground 352 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: level view of it. You know, what's the point? I know, 353 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: but it's turned your head. But it's exciting. If they don't, 354 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,000 Speaker 1: you know, they'd love to have him in the super Bowl, 355 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: Oh gosh, they were. John Harris made a good point though. 356 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: Every quarterback coach in the country at any level just said, no, 357 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 1: their guys are gonna try it, and that's the last 358 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:09,680 Speaker 1: It's hard enough to complete passes when you're looking right 359 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: at the guy. Yeah, but I think he's I love 360 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,159 Speaker 1: to watch him and uh, I just think on the 361 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: road to the super Bowl, somehow the Kareem hunt, uh, 362 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,680 Speaker 1: the loss of fiasco of losing him is going to 363 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 1: affect him more so. And to escape Arrowhead with a 364 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: three point victory over a rookie quarterback that was fortunate. 365 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 1: Now they've got San Diego coming in, it wouldn't surprise. 366 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. The Los Angeles Chargers Cup do it too. 367 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: We all do it. I don't even care anymore that 368 00:18:39,359 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: I do it. Everybody knows who we're talking about. They 369 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 1: should be in San Diego. They should never have left. 370 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:47,240 Speaker 1: And it wouldn't surprise me at all. If Philip Rivers 371 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: doesn't lead an upset, which would and I'm not sure 372 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 1: about the tiebreaker, they would have split the series. And 373 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: it's isn't it amazing that the Patriots have lost four 374 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 1: road games. It's incredible they've been And I saw a 375 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: thing they were fifteen and one on the road in 376 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 1: December or something that just they've been so good. And 377 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: if if the Texans have to go to Foxborough, and 378 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 1: there's a chance that will Foxborough or Kansas City, if 379 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,959 Speaker 1: they were gonna win in Foxborough in our lifetimes, this 380 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 1: would be the time to do it. This is not 381 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:25,080 Speaker 1: a great Patriot tape. Now I'll take that chance. I mean, 382 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,639 Speaker 1: just get me there somehow to the postseason, please, that 383 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,679 Speaker 1: would be lovely, all right. So other action. After the 384 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 1: Texans take out the Jets, the Browns will play the Broncos. 385 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 1: Now this doesn't have a lot of marquee value, but 386 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,359 Speaker 1: I gotta say this, the Browns have won three or 387 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: four and I think of that Texans way, if we 388 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: were doing college football here, I'd say that was a 389 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:44,880 Speaker 1: nice win. After all, that was a more impressive win 390 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:46,919 Speaker 1: than you think beating the Cleveland Browns at home the 391 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,920 Speaker 1: way they did it. Because the Browns have something going 392 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:50,919 Speaker 1: on clearly, and they're gonna be at Denver and I 393 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: would not put it past them to beat the Broncos. 394 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: Do you know if Mayfield had not had those two 395 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 1: pass plays called back because the penalties, he would have 396 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 1: thrown for four hundred and forty seven yards in the 397 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: second half. Yeah, that's really And then he had the 398 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: great game when he just bounced back. Who did they 399 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: just beat? They just beat Carolina and they beat Carolina 400 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: and he only had like five in completions. It wouldn't 401 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: surprise me at all he didn't go into Denver and 402 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,919 Speaker 1: win this game. They're talking playoffs, they're winning out and 403 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: having a shot. Players speaking out they want Greg Williams 404 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 1: back and Freddie Kitchens as offensive courts. I got a 405 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 1: hard time saying that they're wrong. I mean, you have 406 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 1: to think that Greig Williams has a really great shot 407 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 1: to win that job, But I don't think that. I 408 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 1: don't think that's who they want. Well, but let me, 409 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: maybe winning out as too much to ask. With three 410 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 1: games to go for the Browns but if they go 411 00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:42,560 Speaker 1: two and one down the stretch, I think I'm not 412 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 1: gonna say they're crazy not to do it, but I 413 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: would think they should. John Cowboys and Colts. Did you 414 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 1: pick that game in the last segment you talked about 415 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 1: it Indie hosting Dallas. Yeah. The Annapolis Cowboys have won 416 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 1: five in a row and they've got great defense, great 417 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:01,439 Speaker 1: running game. Dak Prescott is meeting too many turnovers, but 418 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: he wins. I believe his yardage Sunday was the most 419 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:09,160 Speaker 1: boy Cowboys quarterbacks at seventy eight and but they don't 420 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: want him doing that. They want to run the ball. 421 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: But it's gonna be a great matchup with their defense 422 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: against Andrew Luck, and Luck will see if he can 423 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: do to them what he did in the Texas. I 424 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,199 Speaker 1: hate Rudy for Dallas, but I have to do it. 425 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: You have to do it. And I was ready for 426 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: them Sunday when they took on the Eagles because I 427 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: wanted them to make the Eagles the irrelevant by the 428 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: time the Texas play. You have to pick the Rams 429 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: over my Actually, you know you think about, Okay, who 430 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: do you pick based on who you want the Texas 431 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: to play? If they're the third seat. Well, if you're 432 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: gonna go, you don't want to play the Colts, you'd 433 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:42,479 Speaker 1: prefer to play Baltimore Tennessee. Yes, No, I don't want 434 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: to see India again. So if I'm thinking that far, 435 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: I had, you know, hypotheticals, it's okay for us to 436 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,000 Speaker 1: do it. Yeah, we could do it. No, bring it 437 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: up with Bill in the press conference. Which one of 438 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 1: those teams would you rather face? The sugar round and round? 439 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: Would you rather go to Kansas City or New England? Bill? 440 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: Can you handicap the NFC for us? I actually want 441 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,400 Speaker 1: him to do that. I'm tempted during the show. Look, 442 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: coach teams, you're not playing, it doesn't matter. I want 443 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: your opinion as an analyst on these games. Now, he's 444 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 1: not gonna do it. Well, first of all, he is 445 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,800 Speaker 1: watching him because he's scouting teams that he knows there's 446 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: a chance they could play. Huh, guarantee you he knows. Boy, 447 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: he beat Miami, he's split with Tennessee, he's split with Indianapolis, 448 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:29,159 Speaker 1: and the only one he hadn't played that's in the 449 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: running seriously is Baltimore. And I'll guarantee you once he 450 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: does that game plan he's got, he's gotta on what 451 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: the Ravens are doing too. Well, you think about scouting. 452 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,159 Speaker 1: They're playing the Eagles next week. So the Eagles have 453 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 1: played the entire IFC's South and you're playing the NSC East. 454 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: So all of that tape of Eagles playing this opponent 455 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: and that opponent, opponents that you've faced. Oh, the Redskins 456 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 1: did this against them. That worked. We can do that, 457 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: or we can't do that, but we can do that. 458 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 1: You know, all these different combinations you can get off 459 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: at watching that. In particular game team Patriots at Steelers. 460 00:22:59,080 --> 00:23:01,920 Speaker 1: Did you pick that one? Or I'm big in the 461 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: Patriots because of that stat because the Steelers Roethlisberger's hurt. 462 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: The Steelers just look like they're ready to implode now. 463 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: People are saying, fired Tomlin. What they just have had 464 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 1: one issue after another. Going back to Levion Bell's original holdout, 465 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: Chris Boswell slipped and missed field goal at Oakland. They're 466 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:28,160 Speaker 1: bringing in two kickers to try out. But even though 467 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 1: they just gave him like a four million a year 468 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: contract and he slipped, it's not like he missed a 469 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 1: Oakland turf. So they played baseball they can't grow grass there. 470 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: Connor James Connors still hurt. I know it's texts. They 471 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: can't run, so um, I'm going in New England. They 472 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: lost on a miracle. The Steelers got beat by the Raiders. Yeah, 473 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: this is a very perplexing Steelers season. I thought that 474 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:54,919 Speaker 1: everybody thought that they were out of the woods at 475 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 1: one point, but they've gone right back in. The Titans 476 00:23:57,400 --> 00:23:59,159 Speaker 1: are gonna be at the Giants, so they'll play at 477 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:02,360 Speaker 1: the Medlands the day after. The Texans take on the Jets. 478 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 1: Back to back AFC South appearances on a weekend in 479 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,240 Speaker 1: New York. So what do you think of Titans Giants? 480 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: Giants have won three and four. Pet Shermer's done a 481 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,119 Speaker 1: good job. Everybody's ready to fire him. Get ready elive 482 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 1: playing Kyle play Kyle Aletta. What they've guaranteed is Eli 483 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 1: is going to be the quarterback again next year. Se 484 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 1: Quon Barkley's playing great offensive. Rookie of the Year is 485 00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 1: gonna come down to him and Baker Mayfield. All the 486 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 1: people in New York act like it's over it's Barkley, 487 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 1: but that's the way they are. I wouldn't rule out 488 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:37,399 Speaker 1: Mayfield and the votes not until after the season, and 489 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 1: it wouldn't surprise me at all to Giants don't win. 490 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 1: This game's kind of game the Titans lose. They just 491 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 1: beat up Jacksonville after Jacksonville shut out Indianapolis, So Tennessee, 492 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,160 Speaker 1: this is a must win for the Titans. If they 493 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: lose this game, they want that last game in Nashville 494 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:01,199 Speaker 1: against Indianapolis too. Well. First, they'd like to have no 495 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: meaning because they've already secured the wild card, but let's 496 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: face it, that game is gonna have playoff implications, probably 497 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: for both teams, and they need to beat the Giants. 498 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna take the Giants just because they're 499 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,400 Speaker 1: at home. Yeah, I mean, it's interesting to see how 500 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 1: well they're playing lately. And it doesn't make you feel 501 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: better about the Texans losing. Look, I don't feel better 502 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: about losing ever. Eli Manning played a great game, and 503 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: I mean he was pinpoint and everybody thought, oh boy, 504 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 1: he's back, and then they were terrible for a long time. 505 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,720 Speaker 1: That that's not a tough loss because of the way 506 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,720 Speaker 1: he played. The tough loss will always be to blame 507 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:42,199 Speaker 1: Gabbert Oh, the special teams Blay Yeah. Week two terrible. 508 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: All right, So let's relive some things here. This is 509 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: the first trip for the Texans to New York to 510 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: play the Jets since twenty twelve Monday at football they 511 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: beat They who won that game? Texans? Texans? Did I 512 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 1: remember that game where Sanchez at the long pass on 513 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,280 Speaker 1: the sideline to beat him? That was twenty ten. That 514 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 1: was very painful. Indeed, that was with REGs Ryan And 515 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: then I remember the first game of sanchez career year. Yeah, 516 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: that was not good either. Uh So the Jets and 517 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 1: the Oilers. You brought this up nineteen eighty The Oilers 518 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:18,360 Speaker 1: quarterbacks by Kenny Staybler go to Shay Stadium and they 519 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: lose thirty one to twenty eight. Now I heard you 520 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: tell the story yesterday at Sports Radio six ten. Uh 521 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 1: fact check guy here. Richard Todd did play. He played, 522 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,399 Speaker 1: I thought I think you thought he was he played. 523 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: So did Staybler really go out with Richard Todd before 524 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,119 Speaker 1: the game? Somewhere in my in Manhattan. So they both 525 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:40,080 Speaker 1: go out and then they both played the next day. 526 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 1: Now Stabler out duels Todd. He throws four touchdowns and 527 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 1: four picks. Aren't they all four pigs in the first 528 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 1: half and four, I believe actor he sobered up at 529 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: halftime Todd I don't remember if he was out late 530 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: or not. And then Pat Leahy beat him in overtime 531 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: on the field goal. So it was the greatest turnaround 532 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: I've ever seen by quarterback Kenny Stabler made in that game, 533 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,679 Speaker 1: and he did practice Gosh and the Oilers that dropped 534 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: the Oilers to eight and four at the time, that 535 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 1: nineteen eighties season that we really don't talk about much. 536 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: In fact, I saw a lot about it in that 537 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,679 Speaker 1: Stabler football life that I watched it you were a 538 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 1: part of on NFL net work. That was pretty cool. 539 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:20,960 Speaker 1: That was a really good team. And then they lost, 540 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: of course at Oakland and the wild card game. Stabler 541 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:27,360 Speaker 1: was terrible. And then but Adams fired everybody, Budd Midnight 542 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 1: massacre and anybody after a failed playoff of Oakland went 543 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 1: on to win the Super Bowl, as Pittsburgh had done 544 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:38,919 Speaker 1: the previous two. Because lad Herzig, the financial guy, convinced 545 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:43,240 Speaker 1: Bud that bum Phillips was mortgaging the future and that 546 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,199 Speaker 1: they couldn't win and if he'd make him the general manager, 547 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,199 Speaker 1: Bums general manager, he could work it all out. So 548 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 1: he fired him and made herzig GM at thirty four. 549 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: He elevated Biles from defensive coordinator and they were a 550 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,640 Speaker 1: disaster between eighty one and eighty six and eighty seven 551 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: under Jerry Jerry Glanville. They went to the playoffs seven 552 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 1: years in a row under him and party. All right, 553 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,399 Speaker 1: we brought up Stabler. We always talk about Pastorini. Warren 554 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 1: Moon comes in in the era you're talking about, of course, 555 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: with the Oilers Houston quarterbacks. John. Here's DeShawn Watson year two. 556 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 1: What are you thinking right now as we get to 557 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 1: the close to the end of the regular season here 558 00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: with the Shawn Watson at the house. I look back 559 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,719 Speaker 1: George blandas in the Hall of Fame. But by the 560 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,280 Speaker 1: time he came here and won the first two championships, 561 00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,080 Speaker 1: they and they threw the ball all over the place 562 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 1: with Charlie Hennigan and Bill Groman. They had a prolific 563 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 1: offense and George was great, but he was older at 564 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 1: the time. And then he made such a name for 565 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: himself going to Oakland as a backup quarterback and as 566 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: a kicker. And then Pastorini comes in at seven and 567 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: one and takes him to two championship games, and then 568 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 1: Moon comes in in nineteen eighty four and Warren he 569 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: and the offense and the team struggled eighty five and 570 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 1: eighty six, and then and then they got really good 571 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: Warrens and all of fames. Steve McNair came in third 572 00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:09,680 Speaker 1: overall pick in nineteen ninety five, mostly a backup for 573 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,640 Speaker 1: two years until they went to Nashville. He was an MVP. 574 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 1: And what Watson has done at this stage of his 575 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: career now, they're like a Pastorini. They didn't dan through deep. 576 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,040 Speaker 1: He threw the deep to Kenny Borough one year. They 577 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 1: average like fifty yards on the touchdown plays between them, 578 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: and but Watson is hit this point of his career, 579 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 1: is off to a better start than all of them, 580 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 1: a better start than all of them, better start than 581 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 1: all of them. That's a great thing to say. I 582 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: know it's a different quarterbacking era. We talk about quarterback rating, 583 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,800 Speaker 1: how that changes and everything, but I think it says 584 00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 1: a lot about ability. He's on a team that runs first. 585 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 1: You know, they're not a past first team, not a 586 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:52,719 Speaker 1: run first team, which is good for him. And I 587 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 1: can't wait to see what Brian Gaine and Bill O'Brien 588 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: do about the offensive lineing off season, and can you 589 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,680 Speaker 1: imagine if Watson had the protection of some quarterbacks in 590 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 1: the NFL where you can actually go back and hold 591 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: a ball a second and throw it without guys being 592 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: pushed back into him, which happens quite a bit. And 593 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: the offensive line has got to give him better protection. 594 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: He's got to do a better job of not taking 595 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: those long sacks, because I know while you're broadcasting, I'll 596 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,760 Speaker 1: guarantee you you're thinking, get rid of it, Get rid 597 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: of it, get rid of it like the rest of 598 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,640 Speaker 1: us are, or just go down. Don't keep holding the 599 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: ball trying to make a play in a boom you 600 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: get obliterated. So and he will improve it that he 601 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 1: said yesterday. I said, what do you want to improve 602 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,000 Speaker 1: on the most? He said, he's deep pass him because 603 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 1: he overthrew the two balls, but also not taking as 604 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 1: many sacks. John, what do you have going out of 605 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: the chronicle? Let's see for Friday. Today I wrote about 606 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 1: what they got to do to cut back on the 607 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 1: deep path on all the long completions, and Friday I'm 608 00:30:56,160 --> 00:31:00,120 Speaker 1: writing about the rookie quarterbacks they've gone against. Carnal Will 609 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: be three possibil Lee, Lamar Jackson and what they think 610 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: about those rookie quarterbacks. And then we're moving everything up 611 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: our Sunday stuff to Saturday because of the game. And 612 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,720 Speaker 1: thank you very much, Mark and joined as always, we 613 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: always have fun here in the Hyunday Texans Radio studio, 614 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 1: no matter what the situation. Okay, maybe down the stretch 615 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 1: last year we weren't having quite as much fun as 616 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,120 Speaker 1: we possibly could have, but you know what I'm saying, 617 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: it's a blessing going to be here at NRG Stadium 618 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 1: right across the half in the locker room, the Texans 619 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 1: shoving off tomorrow morning to the New York area to 620 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: play the Jets, and John Harris joins me now for 621 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:36,720 Speaker 1: a little look at not only that one, Johnny, but 622 00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 1: I want to get your thoughts on tonight on the 623 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,960 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs taking on the San Diego Chargers. Big 624 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:48,600 Speaker 1: picture here though, the success of Mahomes, the success of Watson, Baker, Mayfield, 625 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,959 Speaker 1: all these young guys, Jared Goff to a certain extent, 626 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 1: really doing well coming from the offense as they came from. 627 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: I know they're all a little bit different, but has 628 00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 1: quarterbacking changed forever. The way that the pro of value 629 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: aurs are going to look at these college guys coming out, Well, 630 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: all you gotta do is go back and listen to 631 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,360 Speaker 1: what I said last year going into the draft, and 632 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,400 Speaker 1: that was I thought that was the case heading into 633 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 1: last year's draft, and it was one of the reasons 634 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: why I sort of felt like Josh Rosen might be 635 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: pushed down the quarterback listing because Josh isn't the kind 636 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,840 Speaker 1: of guy oho. Josh is more athletic than I probably 637 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: give him credit for, because I have seen him make 638 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 1: some plays and he's gonna end up being a really 639 00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 1: good quarterback because he's a tough guy and takes some 640 00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,960 Speaker 1: hits because he'll stay in the pocket. But if you 641 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 1: don't get out of the pocket and do something with 642 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: your legs, forget it, you're just not gonna have an 643 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: opportunity to be a top knots quarterback. The days of 644 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 1: a pocket guy just Dan Fout, Dan Marino, Tom Brady 645 00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:44,760 Speaker 1: Ish just standing in a pocket. Now. I'll give Brady 646 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,920 Speaker 1: some credit, he does have over a thousand rushing yards now. 647 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: But in a bunch of years though, But I still 648 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 1: you look at the quarterbacks that are succeeding. Now they 649 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 1: can all do something out of the pocket. They don't 650 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,640 Speaker 1: have to They don't have to run like the Shaun 651 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 1: They don't have to run like Arson Wentz. They don't 652 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 1: have to run like even Baker, and Baker doesn't even 653 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: run all that much. You don't have to run like 654 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. You do at some point I have to 655 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 1: prove you can throw. But what's happening is because these 656 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 1: guys can run, all eyes are going to them, and 657 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 1: it's leaving receivers more open than they've ever been before. 658 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,520 Speaker 1: You got ready and you as a defense, it's you've 659 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,560 Speaker 1: got to be able to stop the quarterbacks running game 660 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: with four or five guys, so everybody else can be 661 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: devoted to coverage. If you've got to use six and 662 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: seven guys to be devoted to one guy's spying. One 663 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:33,440 Speaker 1: guy's in the short zone, but he's still looking at 664 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: and I saw it last last week with Andrew There 665 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,520 Speaker 1: were times the Texans would spy Andrew Luck, But then 666 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,760 Speaker 1: there were times where underneath defenders would be locked in 667 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,880 Speaker 1: on Luck, like waiting for him to escape the pocket 668 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 1: instead of trying to find receivers in their own so 669 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,480 Speaker 1: they get kind of mesmerized by him, and nobody could 670 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 1: do getting out of the pocket, and then receivers are 671 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: open behind them. Wow. So it's the ability to run 672 00:33:55,000 --> 00:34:00,120 Speaker 1: and move is changing the quarterback position. Henceforth, Mahome, this 673 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 1: isn't gonna run a ton, But because he can move 674 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 1: and get himself out of the pocket, it's allowed him. 675 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 1: And because he can throw the ball from so many 676 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,680 Speaker 1: different arm angles and whether he's looking at the receiver 677 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,359 Speaker 1: or not, it's changing everything. I mean, the Chiefs are 678 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,279 Speaker 1: able to do whatever they want to do because they 679 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:14,680 Speaker 1: can roll him out, they can boot him, they can 680 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:16,239 Speaker 1: put him straight into pocket and all of a sudden, 681 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: if they bring seven or eight guys and you miss him, 682 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,359 Speaker 1: he can get out of the pocket and make something 683 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,399 Speaker 1: move and you gotta go pick up five six yards 684 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,360 Speaker 1: on the ground. He can do that too. So I 685 00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,719 Speaker 1: think it's changed. I thought it last year, and I 686 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 1: think it's gotten even more so with the way that Mahomes, Watson, Traubisky, 687 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,239 Speaker 1: Mayfield Alan Now Allan's gotta pick up his passing game. 688 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,600 Speaker 1: But he's made the Buffalo Bills relevant because he drops 689 00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,640 Speaker 1: the throw, you never know what's gonna happen. He had 690 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,080 Speaker 1: over one hundred yards last week against the Jets. He 691 00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:44,400 Speaker 1: had over one hundred year week before that. That's unbelievable. 692 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 1: And he's got the strongest arm I've ever seen in 693 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:49,439 Speaker 1: my life. Now he'll scatter shot it all over the place. 694 00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,560 Speaker 1: But he doesn't look like a guy. When you see him, 695 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: like a big, tall, big physical guy, you think, oh, 696 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 1: he's gonna be a gun slinger. He sort of is, 697 00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 1: but he's got the ability. And the Jets found this out. 698 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,239 Speaker 1: The Jets took wide rushes on him and the well 699 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 1: just opened up right in the middle and they're all 700 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 1: man coverage. He's took off thirty yards and there It 701 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:12,360 Speaker 1: wasn't as if guys were were, you know, running him down. 702 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:14,839 Speaker 1: I mean he's slid because the safety was in front 703 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,440 Speaker 1: of him. He's a fast guy. So I think quarterback 704 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: position going forward has changed immensely. Guys like Justin Herbert 705 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:23,799 Speaker 1: at Oregon, I think it's going to be a better 706 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,719 Speaker 1: prospect because he can do that, he can get out 707 00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:27,759 Speaker 1: of the pocket. Dwayne Haskins at Ohio State is more 708 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 1: a pocket guy. I you know, I'm curious to see 709 00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 1: what he's able to. Drew Lock from Missouri is guy 710 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,440 Speaker 1: that could get out of the pocket if you need to. 711 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:36,080 Speaker 1: He can move around, he can make some place. He's 712 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,799 Speaker 1: not like Mahomes, but he's kind of a mix of 713 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,320 Speaker 1: Haskins in Herbert. So I think it's really I'm curious 714 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:44,600 Speaker 1: to see how teams look at quarterbacks going forward. But 715 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:48,280 Speaker 1: you better have that element. He can't all be that element, 716 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,200 Speaker 1: but you better have the the element of this guy 717 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,560 Speaker 1: can run and make put defenses on notice that his 718 00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,279 Speaker 1: scrambles can really hurt you. What do you like in 719 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:59,200 Speaker 1: Chiefs Chargers? I like Chiefs playing at home. Yeah, I 720 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:00,960 Speaker 1: just think playing at home on a Thursday night is 721 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: such an advantage. We played up at Cincinnati two years ago. 722 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,719 Speaker 1: Last year, but yeah, last year it was the second 723 00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:10,439 Speaker 1: game of the year. The fatigue of the season hadn't 724 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: kicked in yet. We're talking about Week fifteen and the 725 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,759 Speaker 1: Chargers gotta go without their running game. Basically, you know 726 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,200 Speaker 1: who's gonna I mean that start, but you know who's 727 00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:21,160 Speaker 1: gonna play running back tonight for the Chargers. Blast from 728 00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:25,560 Speaker 1: the past. Tremaine Pope. How about that? Oh my gosh, 729 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,240 Speaker 1: he's been in the practice squad. But Eckler's hurt. Melvin 730 00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:31,640 Speaker 1: Gordon's hurt, they have Justin Jackson, the rookie, and they 731 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,200 Speaker 1: need somebody else, and so they brought up to have 732 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,719 Speaker 1: a big game. Wonderful. I would love it. I think 733 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,200 Speaker 1: he had a really good preseason. He just kind of 734 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:41,240 Speaker 1: got squeezed by numbers game. But I think the Chiefs. 735 00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:45,240 Speaker 1: I just think if Hill is healthy, which it sounds 736 00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:48,279 Speaker 1: like he's gonna play, then I think it's tough to 737 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,440 Speaker 1: stop the Chiefs. If you're the Jets, how are you 738 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: going to handle the Texans? What's the decoordinator line on 739 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,160 Speaker 1: this one? Every single time that Deshaun Watson goes back 740 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:01,000 Speaker 1: to pass, I should be bringing some some sort of 741 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:04,560 Speaker 1: defensive back. I should be bringing some sort of I mean, 742 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 1: the Colts brought Kennymore the star nickel basically the nickel position. 743 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,440 Speaker 1: They brought him probably five to seven times, and I'm 744 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 1: not sure that we picked it up effectively all those times. 745 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,319 Speaker 1: Another a few times we didn't pick it up at all. 746 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,360 Speaker 1: They're gonna be ready for it now. Absolutely. I know 747 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:19,800 Speaker 1: we got. That's what I'm saying we got. But I 748 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,319 Speaker 1: would I would dare them, I would dare them. Are 749 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,840 Speaker 1: you guys ready for this? Yeah? Here? We come, and 750 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:26,640 Speaker 1: I would I would put the owners on DeShawn to 751 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,320 Speaker 1: see it, read it and get the ball out that 752 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,080 Speaker 1: I would challenge him to do that. Once he does that, 753 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:37,160 Speaker 1: Once he does that, then I think then then they're 754 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,359 Speaker 1: in trouble. Then they better just shut the running game down. 755 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,839 Speaker 1: They better to shut our running game down and make 756 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,080 Speaker 1: everything about throwing the football. And then maybe you bring 757 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,440 Speaker 1: them from different angles. But I would test them with 758 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,959 Speaker 1: the Nickel blitz and then I would put two guys 759 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 1: on Hopkins on every play and would force one of 760 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,040 Speaker 1: the other receivers are tight ends to beat you, and 761 00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:56,360 Speaker 1: I think they can. I think they can, but I 762 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: would not let Hopkins get his at all. I just 763 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,560 Speaker 1: I'm taking them away and I don't think they'll do that. 764 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:05,320 Speaker 1: I think they believe in Morris Clayborne and Tremaine Johnson, 765 00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:07,760 Speaker 1: and if they decided to go one on one against Hopkins, 766 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,399 Speaker 1: they'll get destroyed. Johnny, thanks a lot. You got check 767 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,319 Speaker 1: out all of John Harris's stuff on Houston Texans dot com. 768 00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:17,160 Speaker 1: He's got the telestrator, no your foe, he's got observations, 769 00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,440 Speaker 1: and he's all over Twitter at Jay Harris Football all right. 770 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:25,279 Speaker 1: Time for Houston Methodist minutes with doctor pedro Cuscujuela from 771 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,759 Speaker 1: Houston Methodist West Hospital. How's it going, doctor, I'm doing great. 772 00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,040 Speaker 1: How about yourself, sir? Doing very well. So let's talk 773 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:34,120 Speaker 1: about achilles tendons. You and I have discussed this subject before. 774 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:36,720 Speaker 1: Let me ask you this because we know it happens 775 00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,480 Speaker 1: in professional sports. How often do you see this injury 776 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 1: with weekend Warriors or whoever? In the real world, so 777 00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:46,600 Speaker 1: to speak. That's actually the vast majority of our patient population, 778 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,320 Speaker 1: even though we see it in athletes with a pretty 779 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:52,480 Speaker 1: good frequency. The majority of the patients that I see 780 00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,520 Speaker 1: in my office are patients who are picking up a 781 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,960 Speaker 1: sport for the week and haven't played football for a while, 782 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,960 Speaker 1: or more commonly than that, decided to play some basketball 783 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,600 Speaker 1: and then show up after they hear a pop when 784 00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:06,480 Speaker 1: they land where they describe someone stepping on the back 785 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,920 Speaker 1: of their ankle, and as soon as we take a 786 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 1: look at them, we know exactly what's going on, doctor, 787 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,400 Speaker 1: With many pro athletes, is this the kind of injury 788 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,600 Speaker 1: that was going to happen one way or another? Maybe 789 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,000 Speaker 1: it was freeing or something, or is it just one 790 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,080 Speaker 1: of those random things? Tell me how that goes for 791 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:25,800 Speaker 1: the pros. So it's interesting if you look at the literature, 792 00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:28,760 Speaker 1: it suggests that people that have Achilles tendon ruptures usually 793 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:33,160 Speaker 1: present with Achilles tendon inflammation prior to the injury. But 794 00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:35,560 Speaker 1: it is our experience your methodist also that that's not 795 00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,920 Speaker 1: necessarily true. I would tell you that the vast majority 796 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,160 Speaker 1: of the patients that we see in the office have 797 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:43,960 Speaker 1: no symptoms prior to it tearing. And the reason it tears, 798 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:46,360 Speaker 1: it's like a tug a war between your calf muscle 799 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:49,439 Speaker 1: and your heel. Your calf muscle is the motor part 800 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:52,320 Speaker 1: of your Achilles tendon, the tendant itself being the pulley, 801 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,759 Speaker 1: and i pulley attaches to the back of the heel. 802 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,759 Speaker 1: So what happens is your calf is trying to bend 803 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,239 Speaker 1: your ankle down, your foot is being bend up by 804 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:02,320 Speaker 1: the floor, and that tug of war leads to that rupture. 805 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:04,400 Speaker 1: We don't see it every time you have that type 806 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,120 Speaker 1: of maneuver, but that's the most common type of injury. 807 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,839 Speaker 1: What's the best prevention for Achilles tenant injuries. It's got 808 00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,200 Speaker 1: to be stretching of some kind, But clearly the athletes 809 00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:15,719 Speaker 1: are doing that in many cases, the reality is there's 810 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,840 Speaker 1: no way to prevent it. I mean, obviously when we 811 00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:21,040 Speaker 1: see patients that have inflammation of the achilles and then 812 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:23,320 Speaker 1: we explain to them that their at risk of a rupture, 813 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:26,319 Speaker 1: but these are sudden movements that cause that rupture, and 814 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:29,200 Speaker 1: so it is impossible to prevent that, especially if you're 815 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:32,480 Speaker 1: an athlete and there's certain demands of the sport that 816 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,000 Speaker 1: have to be met. So it's one of those things 817 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:36,960 Speaker 1: that you play knowing that there's a chance that you 818 00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,640 Speaker 1: may tear your achilles tendon, and unfortunately, if it happens 819 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,200 Speaker 1: and that's something that needs to be treated, tell me 820 00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:46,720 Speaker 1: about the minimally invasive surgical procedure you're doing, known as PARS. 821 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:50,920 Speaker 1: So instead of making a large decision and visualizing the tendon, 822 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,000 Speaker 1: what we do is to make a very small one, 823 00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,360 Speaker 1: and we have these special tools that direct our suitures 824 00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:59,440 Speaker 1: into the achilles, and that way we don't have to 825 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,080 Speaker 1: strip out of the tissue surrounding the achilles. We can 826 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,479 Speaker 1: retain a lot of the structures that provide blood flow 827 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,200 Speaker 1: and help with fealing of the achilles tendon rupture. And 828 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,920 Speaker 1: it allows us to do so through a very small incision. Doctor, 829 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,160 Speaker 1: thanks so much of the time. We appreciate it. Thank 830 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,640 Speaker 1: you very much for the opportunity, Doctor pedro cuscu Juela 831 00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:21,320 Speaker 1: from Houston Methodist West Hospital. Houston Methodist Orthopedics and Sports 832 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,600 Speaker 1: Medicine provides expert care at advanced technology to help athletes 833 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:28,560 Speaker 1: at all levels return to peak performance. 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