1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the show that gets you 2 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 1: inside NRG Stadium all year long, five nights a week, 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,959 Speaker 1: six to seven o'clock. Great to have you listening Tonight, 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 1: Mark Vandermaer and John Harris with you with a big program, 5 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: and by big, I mean we start off with JJ Watt. 6 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 1: In just a moment here, Bill O'Brien, we have his 7 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: reaction to the schedule. You're gonna hear that in segment three. 8 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,159 Speaker 1: Johnny and I have not been on the air to 9 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 1: talk about the schedule yet. We've been on Cooler Talk 10 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: on Houston Texans dot com and the social media channels, 11 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: and yesterday we did a live show about the schedule 12 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:35,120 Speaker 1: before the schedule came out. So tonight we'll talk about 13 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: the actual schedule and how it plays out of the 14 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,159 Speaker 1: Texans and some of the Texans opponents as well. So 15 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,800 Speaker 1: you want to stay tuned for that huge week next week. 16 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:46,360 Speaker 1: The Draft is one week from tonight. We'll have full 17 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: draft coverage, sixteen hours of it here on Sports Radio 18 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: six ten and Texans Radio dot com and everywhere else 19 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: you can pick us up and earlier in the week 20 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: to Sean Watson, Brian Gaine, it's gonna be a lot 21 00:00:57,600 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: of fun. But let's kick off the program with Jay 22 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: Jay Watt right here the Hunday, Texas Radio Studio. JJ, 23 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: You've got your Charity Softball Classic coming up. You're back. 24 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 1: You gotta be excited. I am. I'm very excited about it. Now. 25 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: The last time we saw you play, you were coming 26 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: back from an injury, and I'm seeing you take these 27 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: cuts and I'm thinking, I guess this is okay. Yes, 28 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 1: so you should have no concerns this year. I'm very 29 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: excited about it. That year, I still managed to win 30 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: the home run derby over Shane. So I'm very excited 31 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: about defending my title this and you've probably you know 32 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: Lorded that over held it over his head for a while. 33 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure. First of all, since you brought it up, 34 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: Shane Luckley retires, we saw your either Instagram or Twitter 35 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: post about that Shane retiring should go into the Hall 36 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:42,839 Speaker 1: of Fame. But what did he mean to this team? 37 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: What do you mean to you? JJ? First of all, 38 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: I did not realize that I broke the news to 39 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: the world. I thought everybody knew he retired, Yeah you went, 40 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: Chef durn. I did not know that. So, like we 41 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: had this retirement party, which you would assume a retirement 42 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: party means the world knows you're retired. It's gonna get out. Yeah, 43 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 1: And so I posted picture of us and people were 44 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: like JJ Watson Shane like he was retired, and I 45 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 1: was like, I thought everybody knew that I didn't know, 46 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:10,080 Speaker 1: but Shane is. He is one of the best teammates 47 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: I've ever had. He's one of the best people I've 48 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: ever met. I think anybody that's met Shane or is 49 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: interacted with Shane will tell you that he's as good 50 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: of a guy as there comes. And I'm very lucky 51 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: and fortunate to have played as many years as I 52 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 1: did with him. In my opinion, he is a surefire 53 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer. I don't think that there should be 54 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: any question about it. I think when you look at 55 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,600 Speaker 1: his stats, when you look at his career and everything 56 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: that he did, and if anybody truly sits down and 57 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,360 Speaker 1: looks at his stats and you can put them up 58 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: against a Ray guy or anybody, He's a Hall of Famer. 59 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: There's no question about it. That was a heck of 60 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 1: a night, though, right to see everybody gather for that event. 61 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: What was that like for you. So it was it 62 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: was awesome a for me to see all these people 63 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: and all his former teammates and see how many people 64 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:52,919 Speaker 1: cared about him. But then be the actual surprise itself. 65 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: Shane walked in and everybody said surprise, and he thought 66 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 1: that he ruined somebody else's surprise party. He said, babe, 67 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: he said to his wife, said, babe, were rooted. Somebody's surprised, 68 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: and she's like, no, it's yours. It's for you. And 69 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: then he saw Janetkowski and he saw everybody and it 70 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 1: was so cool to just kind of wash the lights 71 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: turn on as he saw each person, and the memories 72 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: flew back to him, and it was a special night. 73 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: And everybody got up and he have RC Slocum and 74 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,400 Speaker 1: all these people telling these great stories about Shane and 75 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: what he meant to to their lives. And you realize 76 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: how over a career like he had so many years, 77 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: how many different lives, and how many people he affected. 78 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,080 Speaker 1: So back to the classic. First of all, is Leckler 79 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: invited back? Does he get invited even though he's no 80 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: longer playing. He has a lifetime invite, But it seems 81 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:40,119 Speaker 1: like he has more and more demands every year. So 82 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 1: now this year he's not playing in the NFL anymore, 83 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 1: so it's cool. There's going to be a little bit 84 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: more full this year. But yeah, he's coming back. He 85 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: is adamant about being in the Home Run Derby even 86 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: though he got he lost last time, so I'm very 87 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: excited to beat him again. And then I'm gonna have 88 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: him pitch for a team defense because he's been a 89 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: great pitcher for us through all the years. And if 90 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 1: he gets hit in the face, he's not on a 91 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: team something matter. Who else is a contender to win 92 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: this Home Run Derby. That's what we were discussing, because 93 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: every year I have guys be like, you gotta put 94 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: me in the Home Run Derby. You gotta put me 95 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: in the home under because you can only have ten 96 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: in the home runder, so I can't put everybody in. 97 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:16,600 Speaker 1: Every year, these guys begged me, and I put him 98 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: in and they'll hit zero or one and I'm like, 99 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: you begged me to put you in. Last year it 100 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 1: was DJ Reader. DJ Readers like, I played baseball in college. 101 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: Yeah he did. That's so hard though. Oh but he 102 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: was like, I'm gonna I'm gonna hit bombs man I'm 103 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: gonna hit bombs, and I was like, all right, I'm 104 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:35,000 Speaker 1: gonna put you in silch. I was like, so, I 105 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: don't know. It's really with me and Shane Cush. Back 106 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: when Kush was in and he played in it, he 107 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,720 Speaker 1: he could really hit it, so he was a contender. 108 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: But hopefully I think a J. Mccaron might have a chance. 109 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 1: He's a baseball back. You meant coach, yeah, which he 110 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 1: doesn't obviously like that. Yeah, we heard the scouting report 111 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: that he really doesn't want to be called a coach. 112 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,599 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, no, I've I actually haven't even thought about 113 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: calling him coach. Well, there's some there's some AMMO beforehen 114 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 1: you walk in to the Sports Performance Center JJ, at 115 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: some point in twenty eighteen, or at what point in 116 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:11,280 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, did you feel like I'm back if I've 117 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: said it many times, but I don't know if I 118 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 1: have ever or will ever say that, because I think 119 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: the second you say that is when you start to 120 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: be real complacent. You start to feel like, all right, 121 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: I'm good. But during the off season, the latter part 122 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 1: of the off season, I would say July ish was 123 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: when I was like, all right, I'm going into this 124 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: feeling pretty damn good. Training camp is going to be 125 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: a good chance to get my feedback under me because 126 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: my conditioning level was up and all these things started 127 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: to come together. And then throughout the season, you know 128 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: that Giants game early in the year was like okay, 129 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 1: that there was three sacks there that felt like an 130 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 1: old school type of game, and from there you just 131 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: try and take a role. I know it's very different, 132 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: but there's some comparison here. You watch Tiger over the 133 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: weekend and he came back from being physically down and 134 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: having to recover and to win the Masters. You come 135 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,000 Speaker 1: back from everything you went through to half sixteen sacks 136 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 1: and get back to the top of your game. Can 137 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 1: you relate to that a little bit? Maybe? You know what, 138 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: I would never put myself in that category with how 139 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: incredible his whole career has been, but I will say 140 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: that when I was watching it and you hear the 141 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 1: announcers talking about overcoming injuries and coming back and being 142 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,119 Speaker 1: able to perform at a high level after so many 143 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: devastating injuries, there's a part of you that watches that 144 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,440 Speaker 1: and just knows what he's going through and knows the 145 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 1: emotions that he has to be feeling at that moment, 146 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: because you've been at those low lows where you question, 147 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:32,920 Speaker 1: can I ever do it again? I mean, he's talked 148 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: about it before, how he questioned if he could physically 149 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 1: do it again, and he told people he was done 150 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 1: at one point that I can say that I've felt 151 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: those feelings where you're down and you're like you never know. 152 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: But then to see him triumph and to see him 153 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: get back to the very top of the game, I 154 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: know how good that feels too, and it's such an 155 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: incredible feeling. So I think that my emotions might have 156 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: been even more than a regular person watching him play 157 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 1: that because I know what that feels like to be 158 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,800 Speaker 1: down and then to be up and how special that 159 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: moment is. And he doesn't show emotion a lot. He 160 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: doesn't show a lot of emotion, but I think that 161 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: inside of his head it had to be that feeling 162 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: where I did it. Yeah, I think he got jim 163 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: nance to show emotion in father's cabin. I think he 164 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: did JJ In twenty sixteen when we played the Packers, 165 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:20,600 Speaker 1: unfortune weren't able to play due to the injury, and 166 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 1: I thought about you when we left Lambo that day, 167 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: like man, I hope, I hope J just playing in 168 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: the next eight years so he gets to play in Lambo. 169 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: And then the news announcer we're going to Green Bay 170 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: not only to play in the preseason game, but to 171 00:07:32,440 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: also practice as well. When you heard that news, what 172 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: were your thoughts the fact that Hey, I am going 173 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: to get a chance to go play in Lambo. Yeah, 174 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: the preseason game. Who cares, it's Lambo, You're playing a game. 175 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 1: There's Mark and I talked about how cool is it 176 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: to hear that news that you're going back home in 177 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: air quotes to go play the Packers. I think it's 178 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: actually for me, it's cooler the way we're doing it 179 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: than it is playing a regular season game. When we 180 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,760 Speaker 1: missed that game, or when I missed that game back 181 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen, I was sad that I wouldn't get 182 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: that chance to play in LAMB. I mean, I just 183 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:02,240 Speaker 1: I knew I wasn't going to get it because we 184 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: don't play there for eight more years. But this hearing 185 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: that we were going to go to Lambeau and hearing 186 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: that we were going to train there for a week, 187 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: for me was cooler because I went to Packers training camp. 188 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: As a kid, I watched training camp there. I thought 189 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: to myself, how crazy is this. These guys get to 190 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,920 Speaker 1: do this for a living, like that's their job. And 191 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: I sat there as like a middle school kid, watching 192 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: them pull up to practice, watching them ride the bikes down, 193 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: and watching them practice, and I thought to myself, that's 194 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,119 Speaker 1: the best job in the world. That would be the dream. 195 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,880 Speaker 1: Right there, I stood outside asking for autographs at their 196 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: parking lot. I went to one practice, and I've been 197 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: to one game at Lambeau and no matter how far 198 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 1: I go, no matter where I go, that place will 199 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: always be special just because of those memories I made 200 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: as a kid. And so it's really cool for me 201 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: to be able to go back there, play in front 202 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,199 Speaker 1: of Wisconsin fans, play in front of and have a 203 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: lot of my family and friends who've never seen me 204 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: play live get a chance to come up and watch 205 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: practice and see me. Now, I could see a situation 206 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: where normally in a preseason opener build, Brian might not 207 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 1: want to put you in in this particular game, thought, 208 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: I'm getting at least one play. I'll tell you this, 209 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 1: I'm getting at least one play if I go out 210 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:12,760 Speaker 1: there and take a knee ye something to let me 211 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 1: ta jj. Mark and I've talked about this a little bit. 212 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,839 Speaker 1: I went to games there many many times. I was 213 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: a little kid, so I don't know that I really 214 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: grasp how important Lambo really is to the landscape the NFL. 215 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: Why in your mind, growing up in Wisconsin, why is 216 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,319 Speaker 1: Lambo such a Why is it the cathedral? As Mark 217 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,360 Speaker 1: cull like, what is it about that place? I think, 218 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: obviously it has a history and tradition. I think the 219 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: team being owned by the fans, you know. I think 220 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: growing up in Wisconsin, I had a chance to see 221 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: just the immense pride that the state takes and the team, 222 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,599 Speaker 1: and I think that partly is partly the difference is 223 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: because of the team is owned by the fans and people. 224 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: Every every household in Wisconsin has that little plaque on 225 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: their wall that says zero point zero zero zero zero 226 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: zero one percent owner of the Packers. Um. But also 227 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:58,360 Speaker 1: it's just for me. I mean, I grew up in 228 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: a middle class family, not rich, not poor or we 229 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: couldn't you can't afford to go to the games. But 230 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 1: when you watch them on Sundays, it was pretty much church. 231 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: I mean, it was everybody tuned in every Sunday. You 232 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 1: had to wear green and gold. On Friday, you were 233 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: to class. If they won, you were it on Monday. 234 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,959 Speaker 1: I didn't know any different. I literally didn't. And that's 235 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: how every kid in Wisconsin was growing up. It wasn't 236 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 1: oh I liked the Packers. It was the Packers are 237 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: our team. And I just think it's such a special 238 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: bond that that place has. And it's a small town 239 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: in a small city. There's nothing fancy. It's not like 240 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 1: there's these big fancy hotels. It's just regular people up 241 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: there supporting the team that they love. You know, it's 242 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: great to hear you talk about Wisconsin like this. This 243 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: is where you grew up, but we know you love 244 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:43,319 Speaker 1: it here. When did you officially fall in love with Houston? 245 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:48,200 Speaker 1: When did you feel that it was my rookie year, 246 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: especially I mean near the end of it, I mean 247 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: the playoff game with the Bengals, it was I mean 248 00:10:52,160 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: I got down here and they we all know that 249 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: they booed me on Draft Day. Not everybody, but there 250 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: was a decent chunk of people that bowed me on 251 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: Draft Day, so we all know that. But I fell 252 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: in love with the idea of making these people see 253 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 1: what I could do. I think, you know, I knew 254 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: that wherever I went, I was gonna love because that 255 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: you don't have any choice, you want to make it. 256 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: But I think that once I went through my rookie 257 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: year and I saw the love and the passion and 258 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: the craziness that these fans had, I was like, this 259 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: is a good place for me because it's and I've 260 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: built that bond ever since, and I'm so lucky to 261 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: play for a fan base like this who has shown 262 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 1: me such incredible love over the years, whether it's on 263 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: the field, whether it's with my charity, whether it's going 264 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: through Hurricane Harvey and everything that we went through during that. 265 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 1: I feel like I've grown up with this city and 266 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: I've grown up with these people, and they're my family, 267 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: and for me, I couldn't ask for a better family 268 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 1: to be a part of. And Houston is ingrained in 269 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 1: me forever, and it does feel just as important to 270 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: me as Wisconsin. Well, we get the special moment with 271 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: you May fourth at the Charity Classic at Been of 272 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 1: Aid Park, and I know that means so much to you. 273 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:00,680 Speaker 1: We talked about not doing it last year, so then events. 274 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: There you are in front of thousands of people, but 275 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 1: you're helping so many more. Really, and John pointed out 276 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 1: before we got on the air here about it's all 277 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: over the country. It's not just Houston, not just Wisconsin, 278 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: It's everywhere. Now. Yeah, So I don't want to speak 279 00:12:13,880 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 1: out of turn because I haven't looked at the most 280 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: updated number, but the last time I checked, I believe 281 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 1: we're in over thirty states. And it's just when I've 282 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: told this story before, but when we first filled out 283 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: this paperwork during when I was in college, you have 284 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,160 Speaker 1: to fill out paperwork to start a charity, and it 285 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: says how much are you hoping to raise? We put 286 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollars because and that's not one year, 287 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: that was total. Ever, we were just like, if we 288 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: could ever reach one hundred thousand dollars, that would be incredible. 289 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I was a college junior. I didn't know. 290 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: I was just trying. I was selling wristbands for a dollar. 291 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: And here we are today, I mean multimillions of dollars later, 292 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 1: and schools all over the country being helped. And I'm 293 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: thankful to my mom and to my buddy who helped 294 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: me start it, and I'm thankful to all the people 295 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: who've donated and help throughout the years. And it's so 296 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,199 Speaker 1: much bigger than just me. I know my name is 297 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:02,959 Speaker 1: on it, and I get a lot of the credit, 298 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: but there's so many people who have helped make it happen. 299 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 1: J J. We talked to de Sean about this a 300 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: little while ago, and when you start talking about family 301 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: and Houston, it got me thinking about the McNair family, 302 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: and I think back to the Monday night game against Tennessee. 303 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,319 Speaker 1: We found out that news late in afternoon on Friday, 304 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: mister McNair had passed, and then you guys, I gotta 305 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,199 Speaker 1: play that game on Monday night. I know it was 306 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 1: tough for everybody to build him, but you guys are 307 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: on the field going through that. What was that night 308 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: like with the moment of silence and seeing mister McNair's name, 309 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:30,920 Speaker 1: and you obviously were very very close with him and 310 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: the McNair family, what was that moment like? That entire 311 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: night against the Titans on Monday night? It was tough. 312 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,320 Speaker 1: I mean, obviously getting the news is extremely tough. I mean, 313 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 1: I've been here for eight years and so he's all 314 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: I've known I mean, he's been the owner here, he's 315 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 1: always him and his family have always treated me with 316 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 1: such respect and kindness. So to find out that news 317 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: was so tough, But then it immediately turned to okay. 318 00:13:54,080 --> 00:13:55,959 Speaker 1: All he wanted to do was win. All that man 319 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: wanted to do was have a team that won. And 320 00:13:58,080 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 1: so for us to go out there and to be 321 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:02,120 Speaker 1: able to put on performance and win that game, that 322 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 1: was the best tribute we could give to him. And 323 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: now obviously we wanted to continue that tribute throughout the year, 324 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 1: and it didn't end the way we wanted it to. 325 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: But that night, I thought the tribute was beautiful. I 326 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: thought that the way the fans paid honor to him 327 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: was beautiful. And I thought that the way we went 328 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: out there and played in the way that the guys 329 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 1: put on a good performance that whould be proud of 330 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: was great. All Right, one more for you, this program 331 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: nine weeks. What's it like for you, especially at this stage. 332 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:29,680 Speaker 1: You're healthy going into it, and you've got a lot 333 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: of things that you want to work out. I'm sure 334 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: new guys to me, what it's this like for you, 335 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: it's a chance to For me, it's just as much 336 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: a chance to get better and stronger and faster and 337 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 1: work on your physical body. As it is for us 338 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: all to come together as a team. Now. It's not 339 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: like we're going to come out of this nine weeks 340 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: and be as tight as we're going to be at 341 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 1: the end of training camp. But this is a chance 342 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: for us to get to new new guys, to get 343 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: to know new guys who are coming into the program, 344 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: be re equainted with each other after we've all been 345 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: gone for these weeks, see what everybody's been up to, 346 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: and then see build those bonds that make us want 347 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: to play for each other and want to be better 348 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: during the season. I mean, it all starts right now, 349 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: and it's We're not gonna be holding big Kumbayam meetings 350 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: or anything, but we're going to be shooting the breeze 351 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: with each other. We're gonna be in the locker room 352 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:13,480 Speaker 1: playing ping pong or playing games. We're gonna, you know, 353 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: I'll have the guys over, We're gonna play pool, volleyball, 354 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: and we're gonna you do things that make you create 355 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: memories together so that later on down the road, when 356 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: you're in the fourth quarter of a game and it's tough, 357 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: you want to fight for the guy next to you 358 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: because you know his family, you know his background, you 359 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 1: know him well, and you want it just as bad 360 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: as he wants it. And those the relationships are developed 361 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 1: through at all. It's not just developed on a game day. 362 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: Can we please shoot pool volleyball for Houston Texas dot Com. 363 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just saying, I think there's a reality 364 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: show here. There's all here. We've had some really interesting 365 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: moments that pool volleyball in the past. I mean, we've 366 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: had some It gets extremely competitive. What we've learned is 367 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: that the offensive line is very good at it because 368 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 1: they have a lot of length and they can stand 369 00:15:57,160 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: with them that and pretty much block everything. The defensive 370 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 1: line isn't quite as tall. But we take a lot 371 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: of pride in our scrappiness and pull volleyball um. But 372 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:07,120 Speaker 1: we had one year I'm not gonna say any names 373 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: of who were what happened, but somebody got absolutely smoked 374 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: in the face by a spike just as bad as 375 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 1: meet the parents. I mean, I have a decent sized 376 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: backyard and the ball was spiked onto the face and 377 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 1: it flew off of the face back over the fence. 378 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: That's how hard it was spiked and it was blood drawn. 379 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: There was no blood, but there was a very serious 380 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: stoppage of play. Are there still hard feelings? Oh yeah, 381 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, there was a It got very real, very quick, 382 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: and uh we had like wives and girlfriends involved, and 383 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: uh we had to like reevaluate our seriousness because it 384 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: was a guy that got hit, thankfully, but I mean 385 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: that that ball was coming at somebody in a smaller stature, 386 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: it could have been a real problem. Excellent, JJ, thanks 387 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: a lot for joining us. Thank you. I appreciate you. Guys. 388 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: J J. Watt, you've heard of him, and you'll be 389 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 1: seeing him at NRG Stadium as fall as the Texans 390 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: will have their home open or week two against the 391 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars. Johnny and I with plenty on the schedule 392 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: coming up, Bill O'Brien's thoughts on the schedule as well, 393 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: coming up within the next half hour right here on 394 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:15,360 Speaker 1: Texans Radio in the Hunday Texans Radio Studio. Mark Vandermyer 395 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:17,520 Speaker 1: with John Harris with you. We have not been live 396 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: on the air talking about the schedule. Really. We had 397 00:17:20,880 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 1: cooler talk last night, Johnny, which is not really radio, 398 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 1: but it feels like radio. With visuals, which is not 399 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:28,959 Speaker 1: always the best thing when it comes to me anyway, 400 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: but better upheard and not seen, I often say, But 401 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: we haven't. We haven't commented much on this, and you 402 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 1: know you've had twenty four hours to think about it. Now, 403 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,400 Speaker 1: the schedule, your general takeaway, what's the first takeaway from 404 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: the schedule, And we'll hear Bill Bill O'Brien's comments on 405 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 1: the schedule in the next segment. By the way I 406 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: think starting, I think it's for everybody starting that starting 407 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:54,719 Speaker 1: the season in New Orleans. Then by the night, I mean, 408 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: that's it's tough. But we said last year going to 409 00:17:57,320 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: New England. You know, look, there are no soft time 410 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 1: just on this schedule. And the last year I think 411 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 1: you could have said that there was a stretch where 412 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:05,439 Speaker 1: we were facing some quarterbacks that weren't that great. This 413 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: year to be a little bit different. Last year was 414 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: the year of the rookie quarterback. But yeah, this year 415 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,440 Speaker 1: we're facing the veterans. We're facing Drew Brees, we're facing 416 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers, we're facing Tom Brady, we're getting the we're 417 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 1: getting the vets. More I look at it, the less 418 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:22,959 Speaker 1: I like it. Yeah, but look getting the Saints. I 419 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: think the Saints get better sort of like whether they 420 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: tell you about um, you know, you make a meal 421 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 1: or a casserole, Like my wife makes a really good jambalaya, 422 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,520 Speaker 1: but like the second day, it's like really really good. 423 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: It's kind of the Saints. The Saints get better the 424 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: second like from week four to five on, but like 425 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: early on, maybe that's the time to catch him. Who knows. Look, 426 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: they're they're they're gonna be down. Probably Sheldon Rankins probably 427 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 1: not gonna play. He tore his ACL I believe, in 428 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 1: the game against the Steelers late in the year last year, 429 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:55,640 Speaker 1: So I don't think he'll be there. He's a really 430 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: key figure on that team. They're dealing without mark Ingram. 431 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: And I went back and I watched the NFC Championship 432 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: game today, watched like the first three quarters of that. 433 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,720 Speaker 1: They relied pretty heavily on Ingram that Ingram Kamara want 434 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: to punch. So they're gonna find somebody to replace that, Yeah, 435 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: And I think that's still gonna be pretty difficult. I 436 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,360 Speaker 1: think it's gonna be difficult Max longer, their center retired, 437 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: So I do think they'll have a couple of additional 438 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 1: pieces but look, you gotta cover Michael Thomas yea, And 439 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: you gotta try and slow Drew Brees, and you gotta 440 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,879 Speaker 1: find a way to slow down album. I gotta be honest, 441 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:29,440 Speaker 1: I hate opening there. I just think that stinks. I mean, 442 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,920 Speaker 1: whether or not they're better earlier. Yeah, I was thinking 443 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: about it the morning. Guys were talking about how, you know, 444 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:37,919 Speaker 1: you could have a down Saints year or whatever or 445 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: however they phrased it, and I thought, even a down 446 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: year for the Saints at seven and nine, you know, 447 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 1: you can be one of their seven because they are 448 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 1: so good. Breeze is so good. They could catch fire 449 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 1: on any given day, even in a year in which 450 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,919 Speaker 1: they're not so good. But they've been really good. You know, 451 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 1: they've been really good the last couple of years. And 452 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a real tough out for 453 00:19:57,720 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 1: the opener. You know, it's a rip off the band 454 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: aid kind of game. But look, you gotta play it 455 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:03,920 Speaker 1: the way they give it to you, right, yeah, what 456 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: are you gonna What are you gonna do about it? 457 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: I think the other aspect to me is I started 458 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: looking at the teams in the division, right, what else 459 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 1: are the teams in division because we got the prime 460 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 1: time games Thursday night against the Colton and Sunday night 461 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 1: against the Patriots, so it'll be tough, but they're both 462 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,080 Speaker 1: at home. So the other thing is having a primetime 463 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 1: game with such short travel with two New Orleans is great. 464 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: That's that's fantastic. But I look at the other divisions. 465 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: Remember last year when we talked about was the first 466 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: thing that stood up about the schedule? Oh man, we 467 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 1: start the first two on the road against two playoff teams. Well, 468 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:41,640 Speaker 1: Indianapolis starts on the road at Chargers at Tennessee. Then 469 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: you've got Tennessee starting at Cleveland, and then they get 470 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: a visit from Indianapolis. Jacksonville starts with Kansas City at 471 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: home and then they come here. So it's not like 472 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: anybody in AFC South is getting any soft touches coming 473 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: out of the gate. So the fact that Indianapolis gets 474 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:00,120 Speaker 1: those two right out of the gate, here's what I 475 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:04,240 Speaker 1: don't like. Guess who gets a buy right before a 476 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 1: visit from the Texans. No, yes, the Indianapolis Colts. So 477 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: the Colts in week five go to Kansas City like 478 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: we do. So Kansas City gets us and the Texans 479 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:22,640 Speaker 1: back to back at home week five, casey Indianapolis. Then 480 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: Indianapolis gets a bye week while we're at Kansas City, 481 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: and then the next week we go back out to Indy. 482 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: That's a stretch right there. I think that'll tell us 483 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,560 Speaker 1: what kind of football team is gonna be. They're gonna 484 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: be at the Steelers the Colts, which I do like, yeah, right, yeah. 485 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,199 Speaker 1: Week nine they're gonna be at the Chiefs, so I 486 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: like that they have to go there as well, and 487 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: that was where they lost the playoff game in the 488 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 1: divisional round. Now the AFC East team that they have 489 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: based on finish the Miami Dolphins. Really, Texans have the 490 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: Patriots at their place. The Colts have the Dolphins at 491 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,679 Speaker 1: their places. Get the Dolphins. I guess they tied with 492 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:01,600 Speaker 1: Tennessee Dolphins coming I can't tell. No, the Dolphins came 493 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: in second in the East. Gosh, it was that the 494 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 1: Patriots play in the most putrid division in the history 495 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,280 Speaker 1: of it. But you know what, the Dolphins pushed them 496 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: all the way to the limit last year and actually 497 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 1: should have beat them, had a ten point lead if 498 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: I remember correctly, late the game they did at their place. Oh, 499 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: this is a different Miami team. The one thing about 500 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 1: Indianapolis schedule though, if you look, three of the last 501 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: four are on the road, including at New Orleans. At 502 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: New Orleans late number sixteenth, that's a night game that'll 503 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: be interesting. They'll also have the Panthers at home, and 504 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,760 Speaker 1: then they'll be at the Jags to close it out. 505 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: I mean, you want to talk about closing kick. That 506 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 1: Saints game is tough, but when you look at the 507 00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:44,160 Speaker 1: other ones on paper anyway, at the Bucks, Panthers, Jags, 508 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: Like I said, that doesn't look terribly daunting. You know, 509 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: it's funny because I'm looking at the Jags again, like, wow, 510 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,160 Speaker 1: this should be a wait a minute, they have Nick Foles. 511 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: Like you have to remind you team that this could 512 00:22:55,800 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: be a very different team with Nick Foles at the trigger. 513 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,520 Speaker 1: I don't think. Let me ask you this. If you 514 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,120 Speaker 1: had to pick the division right now, like this second, 515 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 1: you have to go one through four. Forget about one 516 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: and two Texans, Colts, Jags, Titans. I think it's very 517 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:13,400 Speaker 1: tough to win this division. I Texans Colts want and 518 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,880 Speaker 1: however you slice it, but to me, there is a 519 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 1: definitive gap between Texans Colts and the other two and 520 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 1: Titans Jackson right, still put the Titans ahead of the Jaguars. 521 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,400 Speaker 1: I just said Jaguars against ahead of Titans. I put 522 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,680 Speaker 1: Jaguars three. Okay. I think Folds makes a difference for them. 523 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,359 Speaker 1: I think the Jags have a discernible elite defense. I 524 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: think the Titans are hit or miss defense. At last. 525 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: That's the best point right there. And lest we forget that, 526 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: even a bad Jacksonville team took care of business against 527 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: New England beat the Colts six nothing somehow late in 528 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:48,959 Speaker 1: the season when the Cults were going good. Cults, we're 529 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: going good at that point, and then they hit the 530 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,639 Speaker 1: brakes with a six nothing lost at Jacksonville. Of course, 531 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: what was the one team that just ground Jacksonville's submission? Tennessee, Right, 532 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: But weird it is, you know, it's weird. Indianapolis and Houston, 533 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,919 Speaker 1: we've knocked each other off. They beat us here, we 534 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: beat them there. It's been like that for the last 535 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 1: you know, probably four or five years. But Tennessee owns Jacksonville. 536 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:18,880 Speaker 1: Tennessee owns Jacksonville, but Indie owns Tennessee. Yeah, it's it's 537 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: it's bizarre the way that it's really gone in this division. 538 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:24,160 Speaker 1: But last night, Mark, I was listening to NFL radio 539 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: pretty late. I had to run out and get chocolate 540 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: because that's what you do when you have a daughter, 541 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: and so I went out to the story to get chocolate. 542 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 1: I don't know. It was tennis, and I was listening 543 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 1: to Serious x M NFL radio and they had on 544 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 1: Mike North, who's the senior director of broadcasting I think 545 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: ye for the NFL. So he's instrumental in the schedule, 546 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: along with Howard Katz, and then my buddy Blake Jones, 547 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: who's my quarterback many many years ago, and so there's 548 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 1: one other person involved, so it's like the four of them. 549 00:24:51,119 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: And they were talking about how the schedule was put 550 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,080 Speaker 1: together and the things that they really took into account. 551 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:01,479 Speaker 1: And one of the things that to hear to hear 552 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 1: Mike say this, I was like, whoa. But he was 553 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,200 Speaker 1: talking about the Eagles. The Eagles have a stretch where 554 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: they're on the road three straight weeks. They go to Minnesota, 555 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 1: to Dallas and two Buffalo week six, seven, and eight, 556 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: which are late mid to late October. It pretty much 557 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: runs the last I think three weeks October. And he said, 558 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 1: because he was asked about you know what about places? 559 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 1: Oh no, he actually volunteered the information. He said, you know, 560 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 1: there are certain places in the NFL, certain stadiums that 561 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:37,959 Speaker 1: share real estate with another professional organization. Dallas is one 562 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: of them. Philadelphia is the one that gets really sticky 563 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 1: because you've got their basketball arena, and you've got the 564 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: Assistance Bank Park, and you've got Lincoln Financial all in 565 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 1: that same area. And so he said, I'll give you 566 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 1: an example. I know Philadelphia Eagles fans are not real 567 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 1: happy about this, but we put them on the road 568 00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 1: in those three weeks because we worried about the Phillies 569 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: and Bryce Harper being a playoffs, which I can't believe 570 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,280 Speaker 1: they take it to consideration. You know, Baltimore has some 571 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 1: close proximity as well, the Ravens and the Orioles, but 572 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:10,199 Speaker 1: worry about the Orioles, right, And so Mike's comment was, 573 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: Eagles fans can thank Bryce Harper for the Eagles going 574 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 1: on the road for three straight weeks. So I like 575 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: Bryce Harper. Yeah, so it was interesting to hear him 576 00:26:20,119 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: say that. And then one of the are leading the 577 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: nl East right now yeah barely, Yeah, long way to go. 578 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 1: And I know people will say well, what about the Astros. 579 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: We don't say share the same real estate. The Phillies 580 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 1: and the Eagles share the same parking lot. Yeah, they 581 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,800 Speaker 1: say that, and that's a complete difference. So I thought 582 00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: that was interesting. And the other aspect that he got 583 00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: into was particular players that they I mean literally, players 584 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 1: that they know the networks want to have on television, 585 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: and he said they got very little pushback from the 586 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: networks at all. He said one team was trying to 587 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,480 Speaker 1: push back on the schedule like this. WHOA, this is 588 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:00,320 Speaker 1: wild and I wouldn't be surprised. That's Oakland, Oh glind 589 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: on the schedule. They play the first two at home, 590 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 1: they get Denver and Casey at home. Then check this out, 591 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: they go to Minnesota, They go to Inneapolis, then they 592 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: get a home game against Chicago in London, they get 593 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 1: a buye week, then they go to Green Bay and 594 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: then here, boy, that's seven weeks of not playing a 595 00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 1: game in Oakland. And this is somebody said that one 596 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:28,000 Speaker 1: of the Raiders fans. Week two against Kansas City will 597 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 1: be the last game ever in the NFL played on dirt. 598 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:32,960 Speaker 1: That's kind of sad in a way. I know it 599 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,640 Speaker 1: is really for the players who don't enjoy that surface. 600 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 1: But I remember playing at Miami opening the season there 601 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 1: at oh three, and you're thinking, oh, Miami Dolphins Stadium, right, 602 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 1: The Marlin still played there. They had to deal with 603 00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 1: the enfield dirt. Won the championship that year, they won 604 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: the World Series that year. But yeah, and I saw 605 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: somebody saying week two, because it's week two by the 606 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: time they get to their next home game after that 607 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 1: is Detroit Week nine. Which week is the last week 608 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: in October. Well, that's what happens when you're building a 609 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 1: new house and you have to rent. Coming out. Bill 610 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: O'Brien's thoughts on the schedule and what some other Texans 611 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,959 Speaker 1: opponents are dealing with with the twenty nineteen slate, It's 612 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: all happening on Texans Radio. It's the show that gets 613 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: you inside the building NRG Stadium. And speaking of inside 614 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: the building, the head coach has been working day and 615 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,919 Speaker 1: night getting ready for the twenty nineteen campaign, and he 616 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: had thoughts on the schedule. Drew Doherty caught up with 617 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: him on Texans TV. Let's find out what Bill O'Brien 618 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: thinks of the slate in twenty nineteen. What stands out 619 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:34,840 Speaker 1: in the most see when you look at this schedule 620 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:37,359 Speaker 1: first time, well, you know, obviously the first game. You know, 621 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,719 Speaker 1: you look at that first game and it's really an 622 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 1: interesting time of the year because you've just started the 623 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: offseason program and the schedule comes out at a time 624 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,680 Speaker 1: where it really creates a little bit more focus, and 625 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 1: everybody's looking at that New Orleans game and you know, 626 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,920 Speaker 1: obviously a great opportunity for us against a great football 627 00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: team Sean Payton, excellent head coach, Drew Brees, Hall of 628 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: Fame quarterbacks, So, uh, monumental challenge for us, but something 629 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,680 Speaker 1: that we're all we're all looking forward to. Yeah, and 630 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 1: before the schedule even came out, you knew you're gonna 631 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 1: see a lot of great quarterbacks this season two right, 632 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 1: no doubt. You know, I think that's the thing, and 633 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 1: that's that's where you want to go against the best, 634 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:17,720 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, we see it throughout the schedule. 635 00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: You know, obviously in our own division. You know, I 636 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 1: think we all know the quarterbacks in our own division. 637 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 1: We've got a great division of teams and coaches, and 638 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 1: then you know, some really good quarterbacks and then obviously 639 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,560 Speaker 1: Drew Brees. Uh, you know, Tom Brady. You know, we 640 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: we we've got some guys that we're facing Patrick Mahomes. 641 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,600 Speaker 1: You know that are going to be big challenges for us. 642 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,320 Speaker 1: Prime time wise, sketch, you get a fair slate of games. 643 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,840 Speaker 1: Obviously the league thinks highly. How do you view the 644 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,600 Speaker 1: primetime slate that's headed. I think it's great, you know, 645 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,479 Speaker 1: I think anytime you have a chance to play on 646 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,440 Speaker 1: Monday night, Sunday night, Thursday night, I think it's great 647 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:52,760 Speaker 1: for the players, the fans. Uh. You know, obviously the 648 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: road games are a little bit more difficult, but that's 649 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,240 Speaker 1: that's that's really the challenge. You know, can you can 650 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: you be ready and focused and to be at your 651 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: best on those nights on the road. That's a big deal. 652 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 1: But I think overall, you know, those primetime games means 653 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: so much to our players, to us as coaches, our organization, 654 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 1: and our fans. Yeah, and it reflected last year the 655 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 1: way you play. I mean, you're four and one a 656 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: prime time games. Yeah, I think it's good. I mean, look, 657 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 1: I think at the end of the day, every game 658 00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: is important. I don't think there's any way that any 659 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:21,680 Speaker 1: coach would tell you that, hey, this game is more 660 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 1: important than that one because it's at night, and it's this, 661 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 1: and it's that. But I do think that there's something 662 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: special relative to the tradition of our of our game 663 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,680 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Playing on a Monday night, playing on 664 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 1: a Sunday night, you know, those are unique opportunities where 665 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: you're really the only show in town and great, great 666 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,600 Speaker 1: opportunity for our players. You've had experience as an assistant 667 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: playing in London. What do you think about playing their 668 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 1: Week nine against the Jaguars. It's it's a road game, 669 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,480 Speaker 1: but you know you're getting to play in a neutral site. Yeah, 670 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 1: it's it's it's a really unique experience. We did this, 671 00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: uh when I was in New England, so it was 672 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,280 Speaker 1: ten years ago. It's two thousand and nine. We played 673 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,640 Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over there. The deal is you 674 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 1: got to win the game. That makes it a great experience. 675 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: But you know, it's I think it's unique where you're 676 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 1: able to organizationally go out to London. You're there to 677 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 1: play a game, but it has that that feel of 678 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: overseas a lot of things going on in a great 679 00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,720 Speaker 1: city in London. We're focused on the game. We have 680 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:16,360 Speaker 1: to stay focused on the game. But it's a great 681 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: opportunity to showcase the NFL in London. And then what's 682 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 1: the toughest part of that trip other than playing the Jaguars, 683 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,239 Speaker 1: you think, I think, well, the toughest part, yeah, like 684 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 1: you said, is playing the Jaguars, a really good football team. 685 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,400 Speaker 1: Nick Foles now a quarterback, Doug Moron, great head coach, 686 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 1: So that's the biggest challenge. But I think logistically, you know, 687 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,160 Speaker 1: the offseason right now, during this time of the year, 688 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 1: getting getting the plans straight. You know, we have people 689 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,880 Speaker 1: over there right now looking at London hotels where we 690 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 1: might be able to practice those types of things. I 691 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,200 Speaker 1: think it's more about our administrative staff, who does a 692 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: great job just going over there and making sure everything's 693 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,480 Speaker 1: in line so we can we can really hit the 694 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: ground running when we get there. All right, there's some 695 00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 1: reaction for Bill ol'brants sitting down with Drew Jordy talking 696 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: about the schedule for twenty nineteen. All right, a few 697 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 1: other things here, Johnny. We mentioned what the Colts are 698 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: dealing with because I like this, I like looking at 699 00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:10,960 Speaker 1: what the other teams have to deal with and the 700 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 1: fact that they have to go to Kansas City, they 701 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: have to go to New Orleans. I like that a lot. 702 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,280 Speaker 1: I remember this was going down in twenty fifteen when 703 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 1: the Texans lost to Carolina and they had that horrible 704 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 1: start to the season, and the Colts had a bad 705 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,400 Speaker 1: season as well, and you're only hoping that that would continue. 706 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 1: I remember them playing at Carolina, you know, so you 707 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: have a lot of similarities here. But we talked about it. 708 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: They get the Dolphins. They get Pittsburgh though on the 709 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: road as their NFC North opponent. The Texans get the 710 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: Ravens on the road. I don't know. I mean, if 711 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: I had to pick between those two, I would say, yeah, 712 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:46,680 Speaker 1: give me the Ravens on the road over the Steelers. 713 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,080 Speaker 1: I don't want to see stealers. Yeah. I think the 714 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 1: Steelers are gonna I think they're gonna be fine. Look, 715 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: James Connor became became a Pro Bowl. They'll be tough. 716 00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 1: Not that the Ravens aren't tough, and the Browns are 717 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,760 Speaker 1: pretty tough this year. Yeah. I mean, they proved last 718 00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:59,640 Speaker 1: year without leveyon Bill that they could get things done. 719 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,719 Speaker 1: They want of Juju, but they've got James Washington who's 720 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:04,960 Speaker 1: got to grow up very quickly. As the second rounder 721 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: in last year's draft. So I think offensively they're gonna 722 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 1: be fine. I think the Steelers have really got to 723 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:10,880 Speaker 1: find a couple of They gotta find a couple of 724 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 1: players in this draft. They got one in TJ at 725 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 1: number thirty. And the thing for the Steelers, they've been 726 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: drafting down into twenties for most of it. This is 727 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,000 Speaker 1: this is I think the earliest that the Steelers have 728 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 1: drafted in a while. They gotta take advantage of this. 729 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 1: They've got to end up with a linebacker like Devin 730 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 1: Bush or Devin White or somebody that can change the 731 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 1: game for them on the inside. But yeah, Indie's gotta 732 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 1: go to Pittsburgh. You mentioned New England. We played New 733 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:41,360 Speaker 1: England week thirteen home Sunday night game, right, so New 734 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,560 Speaker 1: England goes check this out. This is not gonna be 735 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: easy for them New England starting in week ten. They 736 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: gotta buy. In week ten, well, I'm sorry, they go 737 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 1: Week nine, they're at Baltimore, then they gotta buy. They're 738 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 1: at Philly, then they get Dallas at home. Then they 739 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,560 Speaker 1: got to face us here and they turned back around 740 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:02,800 Speaker 1: and face Kansas City following Sunday night. Oh, that's New 741 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: England stretch. Now, if you don't catch New England before that. 742 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 1: They finished with Buffalo Miami. I'm sorry, they finished with 743 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: at Cincinnati Buffalo in Miami, so you better get them 744 00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 1: before that. I so you're talking about New England, but 745 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,839 Speaker 1: I got a fact check here. It's not Sunday night. 746 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:23,480 Speaker 1: It's Sunday at three twenty five Central. Oh, the Casey game, Casey. Yeah, 747 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:26,239 Speaker 1: that makes sense because we play them on a Sunday 748 00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: night the week. It could very well be flexed at 749 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 1: that point. I was shocked that that wasn't a primetime 750 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:34,040 Speaker 1: game Kansas City in New England after what happened last year. 751 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:35,879 Speaker 1: I guess they figured they're probably gonna get They're probably 752 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:37,880 Speaker 1: gonna get Kansas City, New England in the playoffs at 753 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,399 Speaker 1: some point. I don't know. I just think that I'm 754 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,480 Speaker 1: trying to figure out what else they have. They couldn't 755 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:45,800 Speaker 1: fit it in. What's the Sunday Yeah, what's the Sunday 756 00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: game that week? Because not even that, but why didn't 757 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:52,120 Speaker 1: they have That's weird. I was shocked. That's not I'm 758 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,439 Speaker 1: shocked that's on a Sunday game or Sunday night game. 759 00:34:54,680 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 1: But that's a tough stretch at Baltimore, bye at Philly Dallas, 760 00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,400 Speaker 1: and even before balth they get Cleveland. They get Cleveland 761 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 1: at home at Baltimore, then a bye, then at Philly Dallas, 762 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:15,640 Speaker 1: at Houston and KC. So they'll face Baker, Lamar, Wentz, Prescott, Watson, Mahomes. Okay, 763 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 1: So the Sunday night game the week that the Patriots 764 00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 1: and Chiefs are playing, Week fourteen, and it's an afternoon 765 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: game for them. The Sunday night game is Seahawks at Rams, 766 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:28,359 Speaker 1: which is a really good one. That's a really good one. 767 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:31,120 Speaker 1: But if one of those teams is imploding, and you 768 00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 1: would think not, but if one of those teams happens 769 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,719 Speaker 1: to be emploding, oh, I'll give you one that'll get 770 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,799 Speaker 1: flexed out. You ready for this one that's gonna get 771 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 1: flexed out late in the season Vikings at Chargers. My 772 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 1: confidence level in the Chargers is not extremely high, and 773 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,160 Speaker 1: my confidence level on the Vikings not extremely high. In fact, 774 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,560 Speaker 1: I am shocked Johnny that that is a late season, 775 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:57,239 Speaker 1: pre scheduled Sunday night game the Vikings in the now 776 00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:02,759 Speaker 1: watch this, They'll both be like going into that. We'll 777 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,520 Speaker 1: see how it goes. Yeah, I mean some of the 778 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,320 Speaker 1: some of the a FC NFC matchups this year I 779 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,320 Speaker 1: think are pretty interesting. Obviously, get them every every four years, 780 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,800 Speaker 1: but Vikings Chargers, you go. At first glance, you go, 781 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,680 Speaker 1: but then you think a second that can get kind 782 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:20,120 Speaker 1: of that can get kind of interesting, a little Kirk Cousins, 783 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 1: VA Philip Rivers one of those teams. Well, Minnesota started 784 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,480 Speaker 1: faded last year. I think Minnesota's got a better chance 785 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:30,000 Speaker 1: of coming back into Kubiak offense. Yes, Kevin Stefanski takes 786 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,000 Speaker 1: over his offensive coordinator, his right hand man is gonna 787 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,600 Speaker 1: be great Kubiak. So Minnesota's gonna be interesting. I think 788 00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:37,280 Speaker 1: the Chargers could come back to the pack a little bit. Yeah, 789 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 1: I think the Chargers and the team too. Yeah. I 790 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:41,719 Speaker 1: think the a FC West is not gonna be put 791 00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 1: together two really good years in a row. Yeah, I know. 792 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:46,600 Speaker 1: Let me throw this one at you. And this is 793 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:51,040 Speaker 1: a sub topic. Really, Wolves in Sheep's clothing fan bases 794 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:54,320 Speaker 1: in Houston closet fan bases of course, the Cowboys of 795 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,879 Speaker 1: the biggest one Steelers, but as a Christmas Day game 796 00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,160 Speaker 1: was unbelievable. Yeah, I think a lot of people might 797 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 1: have come in for it. But yeah, you're right there. 798 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:06,320 Speaker 1: They're everywhere. Packers, a lot of packers. But the Kansas 799 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 1: City Chiefs there are a lot of kids. God, and 800 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:11,879 Speaker 1: they all seem to work in radio. You know, yeah, 801 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 1: they all work in radio. They seemingly do. But that 802 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:19,719 Speaker 1: at that level they I'll never forget when they beat 803 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,520 Speaker 1: us in that playoff game thirty to nothing, and I 804 00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,920 Speaker 1: went over to the other side because that I was like, oh, 805 00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:28,879 Speaker 1: I was glad the season was over. At that point, 806 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:31,160 Speaker 1: I was we were all tired. I think it's just 807 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:33,719 Speaker 1: kind of a grind at last last year, draining coming 808 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:36,360 Speaker 1: back from two and five. But I like we covered 809 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:39,359 Speaker 1: the team's emotionally draining for us. No, yeah, that's all 810 00:37:39,360 --> 00:37:41,400 Speaker 1: that matters. I went over to the other side of 811 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,000 Speaker 1: the field to do my postgame Uh at that point 812 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,759 Speaker 1: I was doing with Patti Smith, and so I walked 813 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,799 Speaker 1: over and I said good bye that you guys gave 814 00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:50,319 Speaker 1: them MIC and I went over there. So I watched 815 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,520 Speaker 1: the last couple of minutes and the fans from Kansas 816 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:56,200 Speaker 1: City had all come down into one and I mean 817 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,279 Speaker 1: it was like and they I mean they filled it up. 818 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: They filled it up like Katie High School. Like if 819 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:02,960 Speaker 1: you remitted in Katie High School playoff game. They fill 820 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:06,160 Speaker 1: up one hundred level and then the two Katie fans, 821 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:10,560 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, they and oh they were obnoxious, but 822 00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:12,719 Speaker 1: I mean, you look good. Fans are obnoxious. We see 823 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,520 Speaker 1: the same thing when we when we go on the road, 824 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 1: traveling Texans all move down to the one hundred level. 825 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:18,799 Speaker 1: You got to lead and all those other fans leave. Yeah, 826 00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,759 Speaker 1: hopefully they're disappointed. They're they're miserable, and you're happy. All right. 827 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,759 Speaker 1: So the Chiefs open get this, yeah you saw this. 828 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:31,040 Speaker 1: Yeah at the Jags at the Raiders, oh poopsie or 829 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,400 Speaker 1: on the road two consecutive games, but it's all right. 830 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,239 Speaker 1: The Jags could be better. They're gonna be better, but 831 00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:39,560 Speaker 1: it's the Raiders. Then they host the Ravens, all right, okay, 832 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,400 Speaker 1: and then they're at the Lions. Look, they're no easy 833 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:45,240 Speaker 1: out in the NFL. But that's an interesting opening four 834 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,720 Speaker 1: for them. But then it gets harder in a hurry, 835 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:51,640 Speaker 1: as the Cults will visit, and then the Texans will visit. 836 00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,839 Speaker 1: Then they gotta go to Denver, where they struggled last year. 837 00:38:54,080 --> 00:39:00,040 Speaker 1: So they're gonna get luck. Watson fac Rogers, cousins and 838 00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:01,680 Speaker 1: then they've got two games right for the buyer where 839 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:05,520 Speaker 1: they go to Tennessee and to the Chargers. So it's 840 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 1: good and they don't get to buy to week twelve. 841 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:11,279 Speaker 1: They gotta go eleven straight and that game gets the 842 00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:15,040 Speaker 1: Chargers in Mexico City. Wow, because San Diego gives up 843 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:18,160 Speaker 1: a home game because they're playing in the bandbox. Oh 844 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:21,680 Speaker 1: did I say, Sandy, Yes I did. I'm sorry, but 845 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,920 Speaker 1: I'm not sorry. It's a sorry, not sorry from me. Well, 846 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:26,319 Speaker 1: you know what's happening to me is every time I 847 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,480 Speaker 1: see LA C on the on the schedule, because of 848 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,840 Speaker 1: La R, I think of Clippers. Yeah, automatically thinking of Clippers. 849 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: I'm like, dang it, they're playing the Clippers C lowercase age, 850 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,240 Speaker 1: little age. That would help because the Rams are LAAR, 851 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,400 Speaker 1: like I've gotten used to that one, and because the 852 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,560 Speaker 1: Rams were la at some point. And look, the Chargers 853 00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:47,239 Speaker 1: were once Los Angeles, but that was well before I 854 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:49,040 Speaker 1: was born, and so I don't rememb that was only 855 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:51,719 Speaker 1: for a year. So from that standpoint, I see LAC, 856 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:54,960 Speaker 1: I'm like the Clippers like Patrick Beverley is gonna go 857 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,200 Speaker 1: lock up, you know, Tyreek Hill, the Wolverine, you know 858 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,080 Speaker 1: you talked about the open stretch of quarterbacks for the 859 00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,880 Speaker 1: Houston Texans. But with six games to go, you have 860 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,239 Speaker 1: a back to back with Tom Brady and Andrew Luck. 861 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,040 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck first with the Thursday night game. The good 862 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,920 Speaker 1: thing about this is you have the mini buy, you 863 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,680 Speaker 1: have that Thursday night game, and then you have that 864 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:19,360 Speaker 1: weekend off to get ready for New England. And I 865 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,680 Speaker 1: kind of liked that right there. And at least you 866 00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,600 Speaker 1: get this back to back at home. Well, last year 867 00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,520 Speaker 1: you won a Thursday game at home, and so you 868 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,319 Speaker 1: gotta try and do that. The problem is when you 869 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,600 Speaker 1: have faced the Colts, you're owing three I think against 870 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:35,600 Speaker 1: the Colts. Right with Thursday night games. I know since 871 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,440 Speaker 1: I've been in the building, we lost one in fourteen, 872 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:41,240 Speaker 1: we lost one in fifteen, lost those two and hopefully 873 00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:44,520 Speaker 1: we don't lose this one. But that Thursday night game 874 00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,360 Speaker 1: against the Colts. Man, there's just something about it. But 875 00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:49,440 Speaker 1: you know, we'll see where this team is at that point. Look, 876 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:52,239 Speaker 1: so much changes in the first couple of weeks of 877 00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:53,919 Speaker 1: the season. All of a sudden, you think a team 878 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,440 Speaker 1: is gonna be like, I mean, you who thought? I mean, 879 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,560 Speaker 1: how many different mock drafts did I see when we 880 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:00,680 Speaker 1: were owing three and we had the first pick in 881 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,400 Speaker 1: the draft, you know, because we were all three, and 882 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,840 Speaker 1: then we end up winning, you know, eleven of the 883 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,200 Speaker 1: next thirteen, and if we had one other, we would 884 00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:10,239 Speaker 1: have been a number one seed in AFC. And how 885 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,600 Speaker 1: how things change at that point. So things can change 886 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:14,759 Speaker 1: in a hurry. You know, teams are gonna come back 887 00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:16,480 Speaker 1: to the pack, and the Chargers I think are one 888 00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:18,719 Speaker 1: of those teams. Jacksonville will be a little bit better 889 00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:20,960 Speaker 1: than they will maybe Tennessee's not as good as they 890 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,080 Speaker 1: were last year. And you know, there's gonna be a 891 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:25,359 Speaker 1: surprise team. There's gonna be a surprise team that we're 892 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,040 Speaker 1: not thinking about that you look at and go, oh man, 893 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,799 Speaker 1: I did not see them coming, Like the Jets. Like 894 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:32,759 Speaker 1: I think the Jets would be a prime candidate for 895 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,640 Speaker 1: that where it clicks for Darnold. They get him a 896 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:41,120 Speaker 1: couple more weapons on offense, go Robi, yes, together and 897 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,719 Speaker 1: somebody gets hurt in New England and somehow it all 898 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,320 Speaker 1: kind of kind of works. Sign me up for that, Okay, 899 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:47,520 Speaker 1: not that I want to see people, No, no, no no, 900 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:49,440 Speaker 1: I don't want to be There's something kind of minor 901 00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,720 Speaker 1: to keep them out of actions like John Brady retiring. 902 00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,719 Speaker 1: That would be great. All right, Johnny, thanks a lot, 903 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:55,200 Speaker 1: do you gotta? Mark? Thank you. We'll have a show 904 00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:58,120 Speaker 1: for good Friday tomorrow. It's gonna be good, So join 905 00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:01,200 Speaker 1: us six o'clock tomorrow to Houston Texans dot com. Roll 906 00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:03,600 Speaker 1: the video's schedule, information, everything you need to know about 907 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:06,600 Speaker 1: your favorite team, Have a great night, and go Texans.