1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: To be able to take it to that next level. 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: That's what I'm excited about. Mills brick past the hands 3 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,719 Speaker 1: and hard with the sack back at the twenty five 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,759 Speaker 1: yard line touchdown. You stand, rock and roll, Trey Mosmith, 5 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 1: coast to coast. There is no off season for your 6 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: Houston Texans. Game day is every day. No, it's Texans. 7 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:33,600 Speaker 1: All exits fired up tonight, Hello Texans, and we are ready. 8 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: Mark Vandermayer, John Harris with you joined by because it's 9 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: Thursday night, and I guess sometimes we do miss it, 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 1: but most of the time we're here. N nine point 11 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: nine percent of the time, we're all here together with 12 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: John McLean, the general from Sports Video six ten, and 13 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: occasionally the Chronicle and sometimes the Waco is it the Tribune? John, 14 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: Waco Tribune Arrow, Okay, Waco Tribune, Harold And on that note, 15 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: hall of famer John McLean and Texas a sports Hall 16 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: of Famer. How was that a job? Before you start? 17 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,119 Speaker 1: I said earlier this week out the year. I don't 18 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: know if you heard it that you were probably just 19 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: as happy, if not happier, that Sharine Williams got into 20 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. You are exactly right. 21 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: Mark Sharne is my best friend in the NFL, one 22 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: of the best friends I've had the thirty years. I 23 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: met her when she was covering the Buccaneers in Orlando. 24 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: Then she went to the Star Telegram Fort Worth cover 25 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,119 Speaker 1: the Cowboys, and she's been working for Pro Football Talk 26 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: at NBC. And to have her be voted into the 27 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:35,039 Speaker 1: Texas Sports Hall of Fame and share the podium with 28 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: me was an incredible honor. And I gotta tell you, 29 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:41,680 Speaker 1: I thought in two thousand and six, Shrine was my 30 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: presenter in Kenton when I was inducted into the Hall 31 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:50,279 Speaker 1: of Fame there, and there were seventy five hundred people 32 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: and I was at the head Dais with all the 33 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 1: Hall of famers and that was incredible. And I rode 34 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame parade with Carol next to 35 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: me on the back of a red Corveack convertible and 36 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: Shrine in the passenger's seat. But I gotta tell you, 37 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 1: Saturday Night, Waco's my hometown. I grew up there. I 38 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: had people there from far back as the third grade. 39 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: I had people from my junior high high school Baylor, 40 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 1: And it was the greatest night in my life. I 41 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,680 Speaker 1: thought that the Pro Football of Fame as the ultimate 42 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: accomplishment a member of the media can have. Every year 43 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: they take one writer from the Pro Football Writers of 44 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: America and you get the award for long and distinguished 45 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: coverage of the NFL. But this one, it was me 46 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: against the Metroplex the other seven. We're all from Dallas, 47 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: Fort Worth, Arlington, and we were only the second media 48 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: class in history to go in. It's not like they 49 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: do this every year. And to look out and see 50 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: so many people at the Hall of Fame and cheering 51 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: me on as I was the local boy make Good column? 52 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,040 Speaker 1: Is there, Bryce Perry, the Cherry, the sports editor, the 53 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:11,399 Speaker 1: long column on Meal on Saturday, and people were I got, 54 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: people reached out to me I hadn't heard from in years. 55 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: And if people knew what I did when I was 56 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: in high school and where they thought I was going 57 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: to end up. One girlfriend's dad said he's a thug 58 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: and he's going to end up in Huntsville, And to 59 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: think about that and where I actually am now, it 60 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: just is mind boggling to me. And I just wish 61 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: my parents, who put up with a whole lot, we're 62 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: here to see it at least my dad knew about 63 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: kat and my mother was already dead, and I wish 64 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: they could have been there Saturday night. General, you thought 65 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: this was Texas all Axis, but this is actually an 66 00:03:54,080 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: intervention because you said you retire, and it feels like 67 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: you're doing more work now than you ever did with 68 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 1: the Chronicle. Have you in fact retired or was that 69 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:14,080 Speaker 1: in some way, shape or form a ruse to get 70 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: us all thinking you had retired. I'm only joking, but 71 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: it does feel like you have retired. You just continue 72 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: to work and work. And you talked about maybe a 73 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: couple weeks ago, do the story at Janlen Petrie for 74 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: the Waco Tribute and Harold, is that right? Waco Tribute Harold? 75 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,599 Speaker 1: I don't know, Yeah, Waco, Javian, Harold, I did a 76 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 1: Sunday story week ago. How did that go? What was that? 77 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: How did you like that? A? And doing that article 78 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:40,520 Speaker 1: for the Waco Tribune, Harold? And B what'd you find 79 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: out about Janeen Petrie that you think fans would really like? Well, 80 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: first of all, I retired from the Chronicle forty seven years, 81 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: all those decades covering the NFL. I just thought it 82 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: was time and I love talking about sports. So I 83 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 1: still do my ten talk shows every week in six cities, 84 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: and I still have people call me about podcast and 85 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: other shows talk about the Texans, and I'm on Sports 86 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,599 Speaker 1: Radio six ten, four days a week, and I love 87 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 1: being on with you guys. One of the reason that 88 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: I like to extend so much is instead of being 89 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: on one show four times a week, I'm on every 90 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: show once and including with you Guys on Thursday six 91 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: to six thirty. And I watched almost every game Petree played, 92 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: but he became a great player the last two years 93 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: when Dave Randa came in and gave him a new position, 94 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: a hybrid safety linebacker position. By the way, Dave Randa 95 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: is about to come for the annual Baylor Night at 96 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: the Omni Hotel on Tuesday, and I think a lot 97 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 1: of Baylor fans will be out there, including me. I'm 98 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:46,280 Speaker 1: going to be in there interviewing him, and then I'm 99 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: gonna tweet it. And I started thinking the other day, 100 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: I have one hundred and forty eight thousand, two hundred followers, 101 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: so when I tweeked things, there's a good chance they're 102 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: gonna see it. So I came to the OTA and 103 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 1: I watched the interviews and then I came home and 104 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: tweeted a bunch of observations. It's like John, you put 105 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: him on Houston Texans dot com. I put him on 106 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: Twitter and hopefully people will see him. And so I'm 107 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: gonna do that with Dave Randa, and you know, everybody 108 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:16,640 Speaker 1: interviewing him before when he'll do his media scrumb is 109 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: going to be asking him about Jalen Petrie. And plus 110 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: he'll get asked about the two coaches in the sandbox, 111 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: Jimbo and Nick. And I'm guessing he's not in the SEC, 112 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: so he doesn't have to be quiet when he talks 113 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,600 Speaker 1: about it. But Randa is very low key and he 114 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: came from the SEC and LSU, so you would think 115 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: that he you know, he has a lot of thoughts 116 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,279 Speaker 1: about it. But I can't wait to see if he 117 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:47,359 Speaker 1: says anything publicly. As far as Petrie, there's two things 118 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,960 Speaker 1: I predict right now is Damien Paris will rush for 119 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,640 Speaker 1: a thousand yards and they may not start him the 120 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: first game because they don't like starting rookies. Necessario doesn't. 121 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,480 Speaker 1: But I think he'll rush for thousand yards. Number one, 122 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: he didn't have a lot of competition, they improve the 123 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: offensive line. Davis Mills is going to be better, so 124 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: defense is gonna have to worry about the passing game. 125 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: And Pierce has a great opportunity to come in here 126 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: for a coach and an offensive coordinator who want to 127 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: run the ball better. And the other one is Jalen 128 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: Petrie will be a captain in his second season. We're 129 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: talking about a guy as a master's in educational psychology 130 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 1: and is working on a third degree. It's very smart. 131 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: He is instinctive. He diagnoses things well. And even though 132 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: he's five eleven one ninety eight this time next year, 133 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: he'll probably be five eleven two h five when they 134 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: get some weight on him and get him stronger, and 135 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: people won't see him making a lot of mistakes. And 136 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 1: I don't see him as a too deep kind of guy, 137 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: and more and more teams are going to too deep coverage. 138 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: I see him as around the line of scrimmage type 139 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: of guy covering, covering a slight receiver. He's really good 140 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 1: at that, did it a lot last season. And he's 141 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 1: very good against the run. Eighteen and a half tackles 142 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: for loss. That's a safety. And so I think people 143 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: because he's smart. He's gonna pick up Lovey system pretty quick. 144 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: They're going to see him making plays from the get go. 145 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: John McLean joining us on Texans All Access General. So 146 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 1: we all watched OTAs this week, and give me a 147 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 1: couple of takes right away. What you noticed right away 148 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,959 Speaker 1: being out there at the Houston Methodist Training Center this week, Well, 149 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: I wondered where Larry Tunsil was because you know, he 150 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: missed a lot of time with the injury last year. 151 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: He's healthy, you want him there at left tackle. New 152 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: offensive line coach, and they didn't have Kenyan Green working 153 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: with the first team. No rookie was working with the 154 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 1: first team. But it's only a matter of time. Titus 155 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: Howard is the starting right tackle and will be a J. 156 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,200 Speaker 1: Cann starting right Guarden will be justin Brent's the center. 157 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: So the offensive line, even though they'll never admit that 158 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 1: is set with barring injuries, and it's going to be better. 159 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: And I think George Warhop will make it better. And 160 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: the thing I like about it tas you can't tell 161 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: anything about the lightnman, but you can tell about receivers, 162 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: defensive backs trying to cover them, and see quarterbacks and 163 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 1: I watched Mills a lot, and I know you guys 164 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: did too, because so much of this team's improvement is 165 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 1: going to hinge on Davis Mills, and and he he 166 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: just looks so much smoother, confident players talking to him. 167 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: You know, he's not an openly charismatic guy, but I'm 168 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:46,079 Speaker 1: told behind the scenes, people gravitate toward it because he's smart, 169 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: he's likable, he's respected. They like his work ethic, and 170 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: the players understand if they're gonna be better, he's going 171 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: to be the catalyst. And at some point this season 172 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: he'll have Cooks and Collins outside. Collins made a couple 173 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: of great catches, and he'll have John Netchie the rookie 174 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: in the slot, and he'll have Damien Piers, rookie running back, 175 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: and his offense is going to be so much better. 176 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: So I looked up one time and I saw Collins 177 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: just making those long strides, streaking down the left sideline. 178 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: Caught a deep ball. I think it was strong by 179 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 1: Jeff Driscoll. But just watching the body language of Davis 180 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: Mills when he's in the huddle, standing behind the huddle 181 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 1: talking to teammates, you can tell he's so much more 182 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 1: comfortable than this time last year when he was like 183 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 1: a deer in headlights. John I asked this question that deep. 184 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: I talked about it with Mark the other day, and 185 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,080 Speaker 1: I'll ask you. I did this segment with Deepe where 186 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: I gave her three different topics and gave her the 187 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: opportunity to give me three reasons why. And the one 188 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 1: first thing I asked her was three things that you 189 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 1: are absolutely totally confident, but Texans are better than they 190 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: were in twenty twenty one, and she had a couple 191 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 1: of good ones. Ye she talked about love you taking 192 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: over his head. Coach. Don't tell me what she said. 193 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: Don't tell Okay, you give me you don't give me three, 194 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: But what would you say You're most confident in the 195 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: Texans in twenty twenty two are better than they are 196 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one. Davis Mills is going to take 197 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 1: big strides with working with pet Hamilton again, pet Hamilton 198 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: calling the plays and knowing he has a better running 199 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: game to take pressure off of him. And Brandon Cooks 200 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: is not going to be better, but Collins is going 201 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,719 Speaker 1: to be better. And the guys who were first year 202 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: guys last year will be better. He'll have a better 203 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 1: offensive line. So number one is Davis Mills. Number two. 204 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,959 Speaker 1: The worst running game in the NFL, the worst in 205 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: franchise history, will be substantially improved. I'm not saying it's 206 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: going up to top ten, but just somewhere in the 207 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 1: neighborhood of twenty. After going thirty one and thirty two 208 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: the last two years, I am confident in that and 209 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: the next one. I know with Derek Stanley and with 210 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: Jalen Petrie, this secondary is going to be vastly improved. 211 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: Those are the three things. John. It's funny with Pep Hamilton. 212 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: You brought him up and Love he Smith. There's some 213 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,400 Speaker 1: parallels here because it didn't go as well as Pep 214 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 1: wanted at the end. In Indianapolis, he had good years offensively, 215 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen with Luck. Luck gets hurting fifteen 216 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: it's the Hasslebeck year. They take a step back. He 217 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: ends up in Cleveland as quarterbacks coach, then has to 218 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: go back to college. Now he's head coach of the 219 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: DC Defenders in twenty twenty in the XFL, and then 220 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 1: the Chargers obviously, but both Love and Pep have worked 221 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,640 Speaker 1: their way back to the league here and I like 222 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: these parallels and what are you really expecting here from Pep? 223 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 1: It's interesting to see the way his career has gone 224 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 1: and I'm eager to see what he makes out of 225 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: this opportunity to be a coordinator again for the first 226 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 1: time in the NFL, for the first time since twenty fifteen. 227 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: Nick Cassario in the personnel department have given him some 228 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: talent to help this offense be better, and he'll you know, 229 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: he had other opportunities to leave, and I think I'm 230 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 1: told one of the reasons, he states, because he wanted 231 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: to work with Mills again. He's fired up about Mills. 232 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: Lovey Smith knows he's fired up about Mills. Hamilton knows this. 233 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 1: You take your four finger and your thumb and you 234 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 1: put him together. That's how close he is to be 235 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: an head coach. And one of the things I'm really 236 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 1: interested in when a coordinator comes and talks to the 237 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: media once a week, people are watching it, and Pep 238 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,600 Speaker 1: is going to be in there talking to us, and 239 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 1: he wants to make a good impression because all that 240 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: goes out on social media and he'll have chances to 241 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: be a head coach. And today when they're interviewing people 242 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 1: for head coaching jobs. Being able to stand in front 243 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 1: of a crowd of media and address that media and 244 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: talk to your ticket holders and your sweetholders and your 245 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 1: sponsors through the media, that's important, and I'm eager to 246 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: see how he handles that. And everybody's fired up about 247 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 1: him being a coordinator, just like I'm fired up to 248 00:14:23,160 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: see what Love He's going to be able to do 249 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: having more talent on defense, being in charge again. I 250 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: believe had Love he not gone to the the University of Illinois, 251 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: which was dead end, he would already be a head 252 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,440 Speaker 1: coach again somewhere else. He would have gone somewhere as 253 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: a coordinator. Maybe he sat out a year like he 254 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: did after between the Bears and the Bugs, and then 255 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: I think he would have been a head coach. But 256 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: I know he was hungry. It's a great opportunity for him. 257 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: He's got a coach he's worked with before, and Pep Hamilton. 258 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: Those two guys trust each other and they believe in Cassarrio, 259 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,840 Speaker 1: and Cassario works well with him, So I think fans 260 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: ought to be fired up. I was having meeting with 261 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: the people today and they asked me. I said, I 262 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 1: could see the Texans win in five or six games, 263 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 1: and this time next year after they have another big 264 00:15:15,760 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: draft with two number one picks and Nickssario has spent 265 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: money on not go crazy and try to win March 266 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: like Jacksonville, but he has money to spend, being one 267 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: hundred million under the cap. People are gonna be talking 268 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,440 Speaker 1: about the Texans being a contender, whether it's for the 269 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 1: division or whether it's for a wild card birth I 270 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 1: don't know, and I'm not saying they'll make it in 271 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: twenty three. I think they will have turned a corner 272 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,160 Speaker 1: and they'll be a contender and that and I'm taking 273 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: any consideration that. I think Mills is going to make 274 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: significant improvement, and I like the direction they're going, and 275 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,120 Speaker 1: I like the people that they have in charge of 276 00:15:56,120 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: it general. What do you make of the Colin Kaepernick's situation? 277 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: Getting the opportunity to work out with the Raiders Apparently 278 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: it went it went well. What do you make of that? 279 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: The fact he hasn't played since twenty sixteen. Obviously we 280 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: know he was suiting the NFL. What do you make 281 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 1: of the Colin Kaepernick situation? And what does your Crystal ball. 282 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: Tell you how it works out for him. Well, Roger 283 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: Goodell has said they basically made a mistake with him. 284 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: He got blackballed. I hope that he gets another chance, 285 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: But anybody that gives him a workout knows it's going 286 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: to be a big news all over the country. The 287 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,080 Speaker 1: coach is going to get asked about it. If he's 288 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: on your team, Say the Raiders sign him as a 289 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: backup for if Derek Carr starts the first game, throws 290 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: a couple of interceptions and they lose, everybody's gonna be safe. 291 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: Played Colin Kaepernick, even though he hadn't played since sixteen. 292 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: People act like he won multiple Super Bowls When he played, 293 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: he went to one and he played well. And if 294 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: I can't imagine the Raiders bringing him in knowing all this, 295 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 1: didn't do it with the idea of signing him. So 296 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,959 Speaker 1: I believe he'll sign there because if he doesn't, then 297 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: they're gonna get a lot of more negative publicity for 298 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 1: having him try out. He's worked out so many times 299 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: in so many places, and it's on tape. You could 300 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: watch it, and I don't know what they would glean 301 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: out of it, because he's worked out a lot, John 302 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 1: McLean joining us. All right, Lamar Jackson, I don't know 303 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 1: what's happening here. He's not at OTAs. We all know 304 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 1: about the fifth year option contract situation, no agent. But 305 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:36,879 Speaker 1: a good point was made today. It might have been pft. 306 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: You know, if you want to win a super Bowl, 307 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: might be good for you to be at OTAs, especially 308 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 1: since you're still really developing as a perfect or perfected 309 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,159 Speaker 1: version of yourself. I should say, so, what do you 310 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 1: make of the Lamar Jackson situation and how it's gonna 311 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: play out? General margin, John, I have never seen a 312 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:58,719 Speaker 1: situation like this because number one, they have said Steve Mascotti, 313 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 1: the owner the cost of the GM, John R. Ball, 314 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: the coach of all said they want to they want 315 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 1: to sign him to a long term deal, and they're 316 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: not doing it because of him, And he doesn't have 317 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,680 Speaker 1: an agent. It's him and his mom. I hope he's 318 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: got a good advisor. You know. The agents would line 319 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,159 Speaker 1: up and backstab each other like crazy to get him 320 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: as a client and then for him to not show 321 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 1: up either they started negotiations privately we don't know about 322 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: or maybe he's playing at Beach Football again. He almost 323 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: got hurt three years ago. But it is a strange situation. 324 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:39,840 Speaker 1: I would have thought he'd have been there leading everybody, 325 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 1: doing everything he can to have a great year so 326 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: he can set the standard next year and get two 327 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: hundred forty million guaranteed. General HBO announced that Team Drama 328 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: Ak the Arizona Cardinals will be the end season hard 329 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:02,159 Speaker 1: knocks team. What hocking coming off suspension at quarterback that 330 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 1: wants to deal. We don't even know whether he'll be there. 331 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 1: You've got captain Kingsbury who lives in glass houses, hopefully 332 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: doesn't throw stones. What were your thoughts about the Cardinals 333 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: being named the end it season hard knocks team. First 334 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:19,400 Speaker 1: of all, Murray will be there. It's forty thousand a day. 335 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: If he's not, he may do like Watson and show 336 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 1: up and work out on his own. Or I asked 337 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,199 Speaker 1: yesterday Seth Payne and Wade Smith what it would be 338 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,439 Speaker 1: like to have a teammate who was holding out for 339 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: more money and wanted to be traded and showed up 340 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: just to keep from getting fine. What would it be 341 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 1: like in the locker room when those players talked about him, 342 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 1: and both of them said, well, if he was trying 343 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,880 Speaker 1: to get more money but wanted to be there. It'd 344 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: be more understanding than if he's trying to get more 345 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: money and wanted out, And so in Murray's case, he 346 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:59,760 Speaker 1: will be there. I'd rather see them as the pre 347 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: season hard knocks because the Murray thing would be a 348 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: bigger issue now during the season, when DeAndre Hopkins comes back, 349 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 1: that'll be big. You know, JJ will be a star 350 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 1: and of those hard knocks, and I think it's great 351 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: more power to them. I think this. If I were 352 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 1: a team trying to make the playoffs and coach maybe 353 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:30,119 Speaker 1: trying to save my job, I wouldn't want hard knocks around. 354 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: John McLean joining US general. When do you think the 355 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: Watson decision comes down from the league on what kind 356 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,880 Speaker 1: of suspension? How long? When do you think that happens. 357 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,720 Speaker 1: Is it a Friday news dump tomorrow? Do we wait 358 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,119 Speaker 1: until late June July? What is it going to happen? No, 359 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 1: I think it's not gonna be anytime soon, but it 360 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: has to be. It's grossly unfair to the Browns and 361 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: their fans and their players and their coaches if they 362 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 1: drag it out. You know why I have this, Sean, 363 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: And remember, when you're when you're suspended, you can be 364 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 1: there working out till the games start. Well, if Jacoby 365 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: Brisette's going to be the start of the first game, 366 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: they need him taking the reps with the first team, 367 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,359 Speaker 1: So I would think somewhere around the start a training 368 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: camp so they can get on with their business. And 369 00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: course Watson's trying to learn a new playbook, new terminology, 370 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: new teammates, so he's still going to have to get 371 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,080 Speaker 1: in a lot of work in camp because when the 372 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:34,479 Speaker 1: suspension ends, he wants to hit the ground running. And 373 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,680 Speaker 1: of course the Texans want the suspension to be as 374 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:39,919 Speaker 1: long as it can be, and they want them to 375 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: play terribly and Jacoby Brissette to be awful because the 376 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 1: more the Browns lose, the higher that draft choice is 377 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: going to be next year. So I don't think it's 378 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,679 Speaker 1: going into the season. I don't think the NFL is 379 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,679 Speaker 1: going to be unfair about it, because the Browns are 380 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 1: way too important a franchise. Okay, General, I got to 381 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: ask this quite my man, Tyler Suttarth was in studio 382 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 1: and he turned around on one points to be Johnny, 383 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 1: I got it either or for you, So okay, so 384 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: I'll ask you. He said, beat the Colts, loose to 385 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 1: the Browns or loose to the Colts and the opener, 386 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,120 Speaker 1: but you beat the Browns in December, which one you're taken? 387 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 1: And Mark you think about that because you're answering that 388 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 1: later on too. Well, first of all, it's a no brainer. 389 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: You got to beat the Colts, their division team, and 390 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 1: last year the Colts embarrassed them twice. They split with 391 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: the Titans, and they swept the Jaguars. They were better 392 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: in the AFC South than they were against everybody else. 393 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: So emotionally, you would rather than beat the Browns and 394 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:44,440 Speaker 1: Watson throw five interceptions and Derek Stingley run back too 395 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:48,360 Speaker 1: for touchdowns. But when you look at it with your 396 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,360 Speaker 1: brain and not your heart, they need to beat the Colts. 397 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 1: Also winning that first game this year, and I think 398 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: they will beat the Colts. I think that they would 399 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:00,080 Speaker 1: have beaten the Browns last year. If Tyrod Taylor and 400 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,680 Speaker 1: got hurt into the first half and they play Davis 401 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 1: Mills before he's Granny, I think they're gonna beat the Colts. 402 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,560 Speaker 1: So I would say it's more important to beat the 403 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: Colts outstanding. I love that opening game prediction. Don't like 404 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: the rest of it, Johnny, I don't like that either. 405 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: Or all right, one more for you, General New England's offense. 406 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: What's going on, Matt Patricia, Bill Belichick, you got Joe Judge, 407 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: you don't have offensive people. Although Belichick can do anything, 408 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 1: let's be honest. What do you think they're doing and 409 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 1: how's it gonna play out. I heard a thing the 410 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:37,360 Speaker 1: other day that all those guys started their careers on offense, 411 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 1: and so that's one reason it's not a big deal 412 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: to Belichick. I'll say this, Bill Belichick, I think he 413 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:50,480 Speaker 1: has earned the respect that if he thinks Judge and 414 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:54,720 Speaker 1: Patrician can help him coach the offense, then if he 415 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 1: thinks it, I think it. It's not a bad They're 416 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: simplifying it. You never know. Yeah, all right, General, Well 417 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,360 Speaker 1: we look forward to hearing you tomorrow afternoon with Clinton. Ron. 418 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,000 Speaker 1: We really appreciate the visit as always, and have a 419 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,120 Speaker 1: great weekend. Guys will be in Sam's bode Cypress come 420 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,879 Speaker 1: see us. Thank you very much. I'll see you guys 421 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: about ta next week and I'll be on with you 422 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: next Thursday. Thank you. Sounds beautiful. Thank you. John McClain, 423 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: the General from the Houston Chronicle. Johnny, you up for 424 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: a who's better? We have a who's better. As far 425 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,879 Speaker 1: as he gives you threw me some opponent stuff yesterday, 426 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,879 Speaker 1: I'll throw you some. And also, of course quarterbacks come 427 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,199 Speaker 1: up in the conversation, and I'll give you my answer 428 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,159 Speaker 1: to that either or even though I don't want to do. 429 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 1: It's Texans Radio. 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Sometimes I listen to the 447 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: show while I'm walking the dog at night, just to 448 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:06,719 Speaker 1: review some things that I might have missed, or some 449 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:11,280 Speaker 1: other sports Radio six ten programs, or my favorite podcast, SmartLess, 450 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: or other things. You never know, Johnny, are you ready 451 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 1: for Who's Better? Yeah? But I have a question when 452 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: you're listening, Yeah, are you listening for your subject? Verb? Agreement? 453 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 1: Something you wish you could have said better, something that 454 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:31,199 Speaker 1: actually was it? Which all of it I see? I 455 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,560 Speaker 1: think if you're a broadcaster and you don't air check 456 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,160 Speaker 1: yourself every once in a while, you're not doing your job. 457 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: You have to listen to yourself. You might think I 458 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 1: know what it is, I know if it's good or bad, 459 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: but you have to go It's like reviewing the tape 460 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: of a game. You have to go back and listen 461 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,679 Speaker 1: to yourself and you'll hear things I didn't like the 462 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,439 Speaker 1: way I put that, Or sometimes when I'm saying, I 463 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:54,120 Speaker 1: know it's coming out badly, like maybe now. But when 464 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: I go back and review, I get ideas, maybe I 465 00:26:57,040 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 1: should do more of this or less of that or whatever. 466 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: It's really important. It's like anything in life. You want 467 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,399 Speaker 1: to check your work. Right. I've blown away at guys 468 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:06,479 Speaker 1: like Johnny Depp. Not for the trial he's going through 469 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,440 Speaker 1: right now, though that's another subject. But he says he 470 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:13,639 Speaker 1: never watches himself in a movie. Well, I've blown away 471 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,199 Speaker 1: about that. Don't you want to see the work? I 472 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: get being frustrated about, Well, they edited this out. They 473 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 1: edit the work so much that you really don't even 474 00:27:24,160 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: understand sometimes how it's gonna come out until you see 475 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:28,880 Speaker 1: the final product. Don't you want to see that product? 476 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: He says. No, he says he's fine, he did the 477 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: whole shoot and he's good. I think what helped me 478 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 1: in that regard the first few times I listened to 479 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: my voice, I thought, hey, man, I don't know. I 480 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,199 Speaker 1: don't know if I like the way I say that 481 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: or said that or whatever. The kid you're but you're 482 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: absolutely right. The one thing that helped me, though, was 483 00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 1: was a being a coach. I had to watch everything. 484 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 1: I had to you know, the whole self scouting thing. 485 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,359 Speaker 1: I mean, just going back and watching what you know 486 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: we were doing and how we were doing it, and 487 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: we didn't. You know, I didn't like it when I 488 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,439 Speaker 1: looked up there and went, why are we doing that? 489 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: Why are we not doing this? And then you gotta 490 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,959 Speaker 1: wait six months at least for us. If we make 491 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: a mistake, if our subject verb agreement stinks, or we 492 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,879 Speaker 1: say something factually not totally accurate, we come right back 493 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 1: the next night and we can fix it. But but 494 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,639 Speaker 1: you're right, the first show we ever did, I remember. 495 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,959 Speaker 1: It's back in twenty fourteen and I had been off 496 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:23,639 Speaker 1: the air for a few months, and I remember listening 497 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: to it and I was like, oh man, you could 498 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 1: tell I was talking way too fast. I kept saying, 499 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 1: you know, you know, you know, and I was like, 500 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:32,239 Speaker 1: I do not like that at all. I gotta fix that. 501 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,360 Speaker 1: And it was all because I listened to that first 502 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: show that we ever did. So yeah, it absolutely helps. 503 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: But I know, I know people in this business are like, Nope, 504 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: not gonna watch myself, not gonna listen to myself, just 505 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 1: not gonna do it. Oh, especially TV, you gotta watch 506 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 1: yourself if it's funny because Drew Jordy's really good at this, 507 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 1: and a lot of the guys who are on TV 508 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: a lot are so good at this. Guys and gals 509 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,760 Speaker 1: are so good at this. They know if I moved 510 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: this way one inch, it's gonna look They know exactly 511 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: what that looks like. I still don't know that. And 512 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,920 Speaker 1: I've been on TV plenty, but I'm not a TV guy, right, 513 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: I still don't know, Like, if I tilt my head 514 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:13,080 Speaker 1: this way, that's gonna look just fine. No, I'm not sure. 515 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 1: And when I see it, oh my gosh, why did 516 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: I do that? Why don't I shift in my chair now? 517 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 1: It looks all off or whatever. You know, Drew is 518 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,600 Speaker 1: totally polished and deep, and Johnny, you do a great 519 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: job as well. All Right, let's do who's better? All right, 520 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 1: who's better? Second year quarterbacks? We're gonna take Mills. We're 521 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:35,480 Speaker 1: gonna abstain with Mills. Second year quarterbacks. Better season in 522 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:42,520 Speaker 1: twenty twenty two Fields, Lance, Wilson, Lawrence or Jones. Better 523 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:47,880 Speaker 1: season out of those five? Give it to me, Trey Lance. 524 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 1: As long as huge caveat caveat, If Debo is back, 525 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 1: Debo has to be back. For that offense for a 526 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: Trey Lance rich Kittle fantastic player. I mean, we saw 527 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,400 Speaker 1: that he didn't have a catch really all game and 528 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:08,360 Speaker 1: then makes a one handed down the seam, beautiful catch, 529 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: blockswell at the line of scrimmage. I think their running 530 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 1: game will be like it always is. I think the 531 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: forty nine Ers offensive line, I think Trent Williams. I mean, 532 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: everybody knows how I feel all Laramie. I love Laramie, 533 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 1: although the guys that PF don't I do. I think 534 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: Laramie is fantastic. I think he is one of the 535 00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:28,200 Speaker 1: three top tackles in the league. I think Trent Williams 536 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: is one of those other three. You give me Trent Williams, 537 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: you give me Laramie Tunsil, I'd be very very happy. 538 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 1: I'm happy that we have Laramie, but try Williams, I 539 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 1: think is the best left tackle in the game not 540 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:40,040 Speaker 1: named Laramie. I think your offensive line is underrated. I'm 541 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,160 Speaker 1: curious to see how they'll be without Lake and Tomlinson. 542 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:48,400 Speaker 1: But Tray Lance, given opportunities in that offense with Deebo 543 00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 1: Samuel Trey Lance, I think we'll have the best year 544 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: of those second year quarterbacks. If there's no Deebo Samuel. 545 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 1: For some reason, I don't trust that Mac Jones is 546 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,720 Speaker 1: gonna be able to do it without an offensive a 547 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: true offensive mind next him. I do think that Trevor 548 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: is gonna bounce back and have a decent year with 549 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 1: Doug Peterson. But I still think even with the weapons 550 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: they've added, I don't think they're great weapons. I think 551 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,440 Speaker 1: there are a bunch of number twos and threes. There's 552 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: no bona fide Number one to really get the ball too, 553 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 1: so he's gonna need that run game to pick him 554 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:26,680 Speaker 1: up a little bit. I think Justin Fields will make strides, 555 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: but there's nobody in Chicago. He's start a Darnell Mooney. 556 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 1: That's it. That's it. Darnell Mooney and Cole Commet. That's 557 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 1: all that he's got working. The one that I think 558 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:41,080 Speaker 1: is interesting is Zach Wilson, because if Zach Wilson takes 559 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: some strides, there are pieces around him. The offensive line 560 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,120 Speaker 1: has been bolstered. I think the New York Jets with 561 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: Zach Wilson could be could be a team to watch. 562 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 1: But I think Zach Wilson would be the next one 563 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:56,360 Speaker 1: I pick. But it's Trey Lance to me, Trey Lance. 564 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,959 Speaker 1: It's funny because almost all of these guys other than 565 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 1: Mac Jones could take incompletes as a grade. In twenty 566 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: twenty one, I mean Lawrence with the coaching situation, Wilson 567 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 1: got hurt, Fields didn't play much. Lance didn't play. We 568 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 1: saw him, but he didn't play much. So they kind 569 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: of take incompletes and even Mills at eleven starts. That's 570 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 1: a hefty number of starts. But the way the season 571 00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: was broken up, you graded on a curve. You graded 572 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: on a specific element of all right, how he played 573 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,160 Speaker 1: when he came back and trending in the right direction. 574 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: All right, let's do more. Who's better here? Texans opponents 575 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: and these two matchups they play each other, Colts Cowboys, Johnny. 576 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 1: Who's better between these? Remember the Cowboys won twelve games 577 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: last year. People look at the playoff meltdown. Okay, but 578 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: they won twelve games and they're back and they're hosting 579 00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,479 Speaker 1: the Colts. I'm not saying who's gonna win this game, 580 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: but who's a better team. It's December fourth, a Sunday 581 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 1: night er. Who's better Indie or Dallas? And by the 582 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,360 Speaker 1: way that night. I'm I'm not gonna say go Cowboys, 583 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,440 Speaker 1: but I want Dallas to win that game. Yeah, I'm 584 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 1: with you. I think that the Colts, top to bottom 585 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,240 Speaker 1: and in the key areas on the field are better 586 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: than the Cowboys. Look, there may not be a better 587 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 1: football player on the field at night than MIKEA. Parsons. 588 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:21,600 Speaker 1: I mean, he's unbelievable. But I don't think the Cowboys 589 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,320 Speaker 1: have the interior guys. I don't think the Cowboys have 590 00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 1: got the offensive line that the Colts do. I don't 591 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:30,000 Speaker 1: think the Cowboys have a running back, even though oh 592 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 1: they got Zeke, No Zeke's Zeke's not it right now. 593 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: And Tony Pollard made some strides, but they're not Jonathan 594 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 1: Taylor at all. So I think the Colts have the grimeer, 595 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,560 Speaker 1: grinded out sort of stars they don't have. You know, 596 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: the Colts have the Forest Buckner. What do the Cowboys have? 597 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 1: The Cowboys have some flashy guys at key spots on 598 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: the outside, on the perimeters, but in the trenches that's 599 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 1: the Colts. And I will always lean trenches, you know that. 600 00:33:56,080 --> 00:34:00,200 Speaker 1: So I'm going Colts over the Cowboys. Somebody, I think 601 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:03,960 Speaker 1: it was Baldinger. Today, Brian Baldinger tweeted a video of 602 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:06,560 Speaker 1: Darius Leonard and you know, I've talked about this, and 603 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,839 Speaker 1: they got me thinking about the Colts. And Leonard played 604 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,800 Speaker 1: all last year with an ankle that I could promise 605 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,520 Speaker 1: you just watch him. He looked like he was sixty 606 00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,880 Speaker 1: to sixty five percent of what he had been. And 607 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,960 Speaker 1: this guy doesn't tackle anybody. He goes to punch the 608 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 1: ball out. He creates eight forced fumbles last year. I 609 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 1: think he had one or two against US in two games. 610 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 1: He's just a phenomenal football player. He's one of those 611 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:32,399 Speaker 1: guys that I was not extremely high on going into 612 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,719 Speaker 1: the draft. I just thought at the Senior Bowl, I 613 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,279 Speaker 1: thought when the Texans coached him, I saw him up close, 614 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: I'm like, yeah, I just not totally impressed with this guy. 615 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:43,520 Speaker 1: But man, he is exceptional. You put him behind Buckner 616 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,920 Speaker 1: with the secondary that they've gotten now was Stefan Gilmour. 617 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 1: It's the Colts of the Cowboys. Okay, Giants and Jaguars. 618 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,960 Speaker 1: They're gonna play each other. AFC South plays the NFC East. 619 00:34:56,200 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: Who's better Giants or Jaguars? Two teams trying to climb 620 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: out of the Dungeon. Well this is a hard one. Wow, 621 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 1: the chance of the Jets. Yeah, I know, um, because 622 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,800 Speaker 1: my first thought as we were going through the teams 623 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,759 Speaker 1: last night, and it's like, Okay, what player you most 624 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: intrigue with? What player are you most worried about? And 625 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,560 Speaker 1: I thought about the Giants. I'm like, man, I don't 626 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,440 Speaker 1: know who worries me on the Giants. I mean, sa 627 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 1: Quan could. But look, because they're a guarantee that sa 628 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,799 Speaker 1: Quans could be playing in that game. I mean, we don't. 629 00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,600 Speaker 1: He just hasn't been healthy, asn't proved he can stay healthy. 630 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 1: But then beyond that, what defense you know Timideau again, 631 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,320 Speaker 1: you know, is he gonna be Is he gonna be healthy? 632 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:40,839 Speaker 1: But then look at the Jags, and I think, Okay, 633 00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,320 Speaker 1: Trevor could get it together. I think the book's written 634 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:45,440 Speaker 1: on Daniel Jones. It's just a matter of whether you 635 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 1: want to get all the way through to the appendix 636 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,360 Speaker 1: at the end or not. And I don't know that 637 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 1: I want to do that. I don't know if that's 638 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:51,960 Speaker 1: a book I want to continue to read, but I 639 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:54,279 Speaker 1: want to if I'm a Jags fan, I'm definitely reading 640 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,359 Speaker 1: the rest of the Lawrence book, because I think he'll 641 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,000 Speaker 1: get it back together. For that reason and almost that 642 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 1: reason alone, I think I'll go with the Jaguars. But 643 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 1: I think the Jaguars want two running back with Robinson 644 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:06,879 Speaker 1: at ten, I think that's gonna be a much better 645 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,360 Speaker 1: combination because at TM will be there and make it 646 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:14,279 Speaker 1: a combination. So I'm gonna go Jags because I probably 647 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 1: fear a healthy Trevor Lawrence more than I fear a 648 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:23,880 Speaker 1: healthy or not healthy Daniel Jones. Okay, one more for you. 649 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,200 Speaker 1: These are Texans opponents. They don't play each other in 650 00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,800 Speaker 1: the regular season. They do in the preseason in Miami 651 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:34,080 Speaker 1: ouch very warm. Indeed, in August in Pro Player Stadium 652 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: whatever they call it this year, Hard Rock Stadium had 653 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:39,319 Speaker 1: called it that for a couple of years. It was 654 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 1: it was Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Land, Shark Stadium, 655 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:48,319 Speaker 1: Sun I think it was Dolphins Stadium for ten minutes. Oh, 656 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 1: it was like sun Kissed or sun something something. That 657 00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:55,319 Speaker 1: stadium might have had more names than any stadium in 658 00:36:55,360 --> 00:36:58,200 Speaker 1: the NFL. Anyway, the Dolphins and I'm gonna go with 659 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,719 Speaker 1: a similar weight class here. Even though the Dolphins didn't 660 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:06,680 Speaker 1: make the postseason the Raiders did. Didn't beat Cincinnati, came close, 661 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,600 Speaker 1: didn't beat them. Raiders Dolphins. I'm gonna say there's some 662 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:14,439 Speaker 1: similarities here in weight class. Who's better? And think about 663 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:19,520 Speaker 1: the Dolphins editions Raiders exactly, Yeah, didn't exactly you know, 664 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:24,000 Speaker 1: go backwards here at acquisitions. I mean, they acquired Davante Adams, 665 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,520 Speaker 1: So what do you think they acquired DeVante Adams and 666 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 1: they also acquired Chandler Jones. Chandler Jones and Max Crosby 667 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,160 Speaker 1: are going to be a handful. I mean, imagine the 668 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:36,360 Speaker 1: AFC West tackles. They got to face Khalil Mack and 669 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:39,000 Speaker 1: Joey Bosa one week, then they got to face Max 670 00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,719 Speaker 1: Crosby and Chandler Jones the next and then, oh, by 671 00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,840 Speaker 1: the way, the Broncos are throwing Randy Gregory and Bradley 672 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:48,759 Speaker 1: Chubb at those tackles. I mean that's six games having 673 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:52,240 Speaker 1: to face those guys. Yeah, Randy Gregory going to Denver 674 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,759 Speaker 1: will be interesting because of what they allow in Denver. 675 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:59,400 Speaker 1: But that said, Giants Raiders, I mean, Dolphins Raiders is 676 00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:04,400 Speaker 1: a great comparison, great comparison. I think top to bottom 677 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:10,120 Speaker 1: Miami is a Tableit more talented I think their offensive 678 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:13,120 Speaker 1: lines are similar. I think their running games. I think 679 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,439 Speaker 1: the Raiders are a little bit better. But I can't 680 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:20,320 Speaker 1: make a case definitively with now Chase Edmonds in Miami 681 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 1: over Josh Jacobs. I mean that's really close. Ye had 682 00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:26,400 Speaker 1: Tyreek to Waddle and GASICKI. You know you got Davante 683 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,480 Speaker 1: Haunter renfro And while that's a really good comparison, but 684 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:35,800 Speaker 1: what separates those two teams is the quarterback and that 685 00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,359 Speaker 1: leans heavily towards the Raiders with Derek Carr. So I'm 686 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,920 Speaker 1: gonna say the Raiders based on Derek Carr. The addition 687 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,360 Speaker 1: of Chandler Jones with Max Crosby gives the Raiders a 688 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,000 Speaker 1: little bit more of a thread off the edge. And 689 00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:52,680 Speaker 1: I would and I will fear Derek Carr more than 690 00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:55,799 Speaker 1: I will too, not too it could you prove us 691 00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:00,520 Speaker 1: wrong with this offense. And obviously every single every single 692 00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:04,160 Speaker 1: day you look up and you see you see a highlight, 693 00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,600 Speaker 1: oh to a complete this pass an ota. So they're 694 00:39:06,760 --> 00:39:11,520 Speaker 1: really really the social media team for Miami is really 695 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:14,000 Speaker 1: trying to sell Tah if he lives up to it. 696 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:18,279 Speaker 1: And look, I don't think Tah will completely bottom out. 697 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:20,920 Speaker 1: But I think two of might be it might be 698 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,759 Speaker 1: the worst thing, and that tam might be just good enough. 699 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:27,080 Speaker 1: Each week it'll be like two hundred and fifteen yards passing, 700 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:31,279 Speaker 1: maybe a couple of tuddies in a bad pick. And 701 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,600 Speaker 1: it'll be like that throughout the year. Where you go, Man, 702 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,680 Speaker 1: there's some good things and then there's just some. You 703 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:42,560 Speaker 1: need to have clarity, as Nick Cassario talked about after 704 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 1: the Shawn Watson trade, you want clarity, You need clarity. 705 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,879 Speaker 1: That will not help the Miami Dolphins at off too. 706 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:50,759 Speaker 1: It does that, But I'm gonna go Raiders in that 707 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,799 Speaker 1: situation based on the edge rushers and Derek Carr over 708 00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:58,440 Speaker 1: to him. Wild to be going down there back to 709 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,480 Speaker 1: back years as the Texas to play the Dolphins in 710 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,759 Speaker 1: South Florida. All right, coming up on Texans Radio Stories 711 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,960 Speaker 1: of the Day, I want to get to the Kaepernick 712 00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:08,879 Speaker 1: thing in a football sense. We're not going to talk 713 00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:12,120 Speaker 1: protests and things like that, but it did factor into 714 00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,279 Speaker 1: the long gap between him being on teams. If he 715 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:18,920 Speaker 1: does indeed become a Raider, and I'll give you your 716 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:25,319 Speaker 1: either or answer. Luckily it's Texans All Access. Texans All 717 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:36,680 Speaker 1: Access continues in a moment. Texas go hand in hand. 718 00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:40,719 Speaker 1: It's the only way to drive across the lady. 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You know, it's been so 736 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,160 Speaker 1: many years since he played, and it's kind of sad 737 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:57,839 Speaker 1: because I heard elements of the podcast he did with 738 00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:02,680 Speaker 1: Brandon Marshall and who else, and he said, you know, 739 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:04,560 Speaker 1: I just want to play. I want to compete. Let 740 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:06,759 Speaker 1: me compete, and if it doesn't work, it doesn't work, 741 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:10,560 Speaker 1: and just tell me goodbye. I'm paraphrasing here. And I 742 00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:12,640 Speaker 1: liked hearing that and that, yeah, you just want your 743 00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:15,359 Speaker 1: shot and everything. And I don't know if it was 744 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,120 Speaker 1: that we weren't hearing it from him or it wasn't 745 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:21,359 Speaker 1: getting reported, but I think that kind of language, that 746 00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,719 Speaker 1: kind of dialogue certainly helps in getting an opportunity in 747 00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:27,640 Speaker 1: the league. And years ago, I just think it just 748 00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:31,600 Speaker 1: got so big, this story, and you know, McClain was 749 00:42:31,640 --> 00:42:35,480 Speaker 1: talking about Roger Goodell apologizing about it earlier. It's too 750 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,759 Speaker 1: bad because I think he still had enough game to 751 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:40,520 Speaker 1: help a lot of teams at least as a backup, 752 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:44,160 Speaker 1: at the very least, you know, twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen. Maybe, 753 00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:46,879 Speaker 1: but it's been years and it's got to be very 754 00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:49,120 Speaker 1: tough for him to come back and be productive. But 755 00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:50,920 Speaker 1: maybe he could at least be a backup and you'd 756 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:55,160 Speaker 1: never know. Yeah, I think the one thing that you 757 00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:57,920 Speaker 1: sort of alluded to it. I heard, I can't remember. 758 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,640 Speaker 1: I think it was Shawn, I mean and Wade. We're 759 00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:04,960 Speaker 1: playing it this morning. The snippet from Kaepernick from the 760 00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,880 Speaker 1: podcast that said, you know, look, I'll be a backup. 761 00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:11,319 Speaker 1: But and then the it's the butt part that would 762 00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:14,000 Speaker 1: worry me, and that is, but when I'm ready to 763 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:17,880 Speaker 1: be a starter, I should be the starter. Well, whose 764 00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:21,359 Speaker 1: decision is that to make? If it's Collins going, Hey, 765 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:23,799 Speaker 1: I think I think I'm better than that guy. I 766 00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,600 Speaker 1: believe I'm better than that guy, Well, then there's gonna 767 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:29,640 Speaker 1: be a problem. How do you know you're definitively better 768 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,480 Speaker 1: than that guy when really you've shown it in what practice? 769 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:36,239 Speaker 1: How do you know, having not played for six years, 770 00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,560 Speaker 1: that you're better. That's the one thing I would worry about. Look, 771 00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,359 Speaker 1: I'm all for giving him a shot. Hey, yeah, I've 772 00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:42,000 Speaker 1: been all for giving him a shot for a long time. 773 00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:43,879 Speaker 1: Give him a shot, let me see what he can 774 00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:47,600 Speaker 1: do and go from there. So I hope he gets 775 00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:51,120 Speaker 1: an opportunity, But I don't want it to be a 776 00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:55,440 Speaker 1: situation where, you know, he ends up in Las Vegas 777 00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:58,400 Speaker 1: and Derek Carr struggles out of the shoot and everybody's like, oh, 778 00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:00,879 Speaker 1: Kaepernick's ear in a position. Now I'm like, whoa. This 779 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,080 Speaker 1: is a lot more nuanced and complicated than people think, Oh, 780 00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:06,400 Speaker 1: he's better than that guy. It's not quite that easy. 781 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,760 Speaker 1: I know we do it. You know, it's called who's better, 782 00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,759 Speaker 1: and we just did it on the radio. In real 783 00:44:11,800 --> 00:44:14,719 Speaker 1: life and football, it's a lot more complicated and nuanced 784 00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:19,839 Speaker 1: than that. Well, put my friend, all right, you're either 785 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:23,799 Speaker 1: or what I replicated. I want to make this more 786 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:27,239 Speaker 1: complicated for you, okay, okay, for you? For general, I 787 00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:30,160 Speaker 1: made it easy for you. You come out of the 788 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:33,880 Speaker 1: gates and you beat Indian at home and Denver on 789 00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:37,799 Speaker 1: the road, but you lose to Cleveland and Dallas back 790 00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:42,480 Speaker 1: to back weeks. Or you come out of those gates 791 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:44,880 Speaker 1: eltantly strong, but you don't win those games and go 792 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:48,719 Speaker 1: oh in two, but you win against Cleveland and you 793 00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:51,920 Speaker 1: beat Dallas. Which one are you taking? So now I'm 794 00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:55,320 Speaker 1: making a little bit more complicated. Oh, I'll take the 795 00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,880 Speaker 1: wins over Cleveland and Dallas later the season. I know 796 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,920 Speaker 1: Dallas is NFC versus AFC and I'm losing to the Colds. 797 00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:03,479 Speaker 1: But you know what, I don't want to start one two. 798 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:05,759 Speaker 1: But if you're gonna give me that choice and rev 799 00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:09,000 Speaker 1: it up in December, and I gotta take losses if 800 00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:12,280 Speaker 1: I take the wins early. I'll take those losses early 801 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,440 Speaker 1: and take the wins late because that means I'm playing 802 00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:18,480 Speaker 1: well and I'm gearing up for something. Possibly Possibly i 803 00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:20,720 Speaker 1: might just be getting hot in a very bad season. 804 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:24,320 Speaker 1: But I'll take my chances with that one. See solved 805 00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:27,440 Speaker 1: the problem. I've got to win that Cleveland game, Johnny, 806 00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:29,719 Speaker 1: especially if certain people are participating in that on the 807 00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:33,360 Speaker 1: other side. Okay, that is it for the show tonight. 808 00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:35,200 Speaker 1: Thank you very much for being a part of it, 809 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:38,399 Speaker 1: Johnny and John McLean as well. Thank you Chris Santiago 810 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,920 Speaker 1: for producing. And this show will be up on the 811 00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:43,759 Speaker 1: Texans app soon enough. It's also going to be at 812 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:45,839 Speaker 1: the Odyssey app on the Sports Radio six ten page. 813 00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:48,960 Speaker 1: You cannot miss it. Have a great night everyone, and 814 00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:54,600 Speaker 1: as always, go Texans. 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