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Houston Insider Deepi Sidhu on the New Look Houston Texans | Week 3 | Countdown to Kickoff · The Jacksonville Jaguars Official Podcast Network

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  Speaker 1: Countdown to kickoff continues the Houston Texans and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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  Speaker 1: It's a one o'clock kickoff time at Everbanks Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida.
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  Speaker 1: In Week three. AFC South Divisional rivalry renewed and DP
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  Speaker 1: Sidhu of the Houston Texans Insider and senior writer, lead writer.
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  Speaker 1: She does everything for the Houston Texans and Houston Texans
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  Speaker 1: dot Com. It's great to visit with you, and here
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  Speaker 1: we are back again for a Texans Jaguars matchup.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's always beginning of the season, the end
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  Speaker 2: of the season. It's always a battle.
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  Speaker 3: And I actually love these division games because I feel
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  Speaker 3: like these two teams know each other so well, and
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  Speaker 3: even though the Texans look completely different from what they
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  Speaker 3: looked like last year, it's always, I think, a really
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  Speaker 3: good test when you go again up against a team
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  Speaker 3: like the Jags, who have had the most consistency in
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  Speaker 3: the last few years in the division, it seems like,
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  Speaker 3: and they've been through some rough years themselves, so I
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  Speaker 3: think seeing Trevor Lawrence, Doug Peterson in the second year,
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  Speaker 3: seeing some of this such a young Jags team playing
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  Speaker 3: them in Jacksonville, it's it's always a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 2: Cannot wait.
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  Speaker 1: Wet's start with the head coach, Tamiko Ryans obviously played
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  Speaker 1: there in Houston, a longtime linebacker in the NFL and
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  Speaker 1: really cut his teeth in San Francisco as an assistant coach.
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  Speaker 1: It's tough sledding early in this season. It's going to
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  Speaker 1: be a long build here for Demiko. But what is
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  Speaker 1: the tolerance the patients around Houston for him and as
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  Speaker 1: he puts this organization together.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we'll see.
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  Speaker 3: I think that there is more tolerance around Demiko Ryans
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  Speaker 3: just because he's not just some guy that you brought
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  Speaker 3: in from the coaching process. People have seen what he's
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  Speaker 3: able to do as a player. That he was so
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  Speaker 3: well regarded and so well respected, I mean defensive Rookie of.
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  Speaker 2: The Year, and then when All Pro in.
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  Speaker 3: His second season, Guys like Brian Cushing talked about what
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  Speaker 3: Demiko Ryans meant to his career as a rookie. When
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  Speaker 3: JJ Watt was drafted here in twenty eleven, he said
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  Speaker 3: that he found a house across the street from Demico
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  Speaker 3: Ryans because he said, if Debiko bought a house in
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  Speaker 3: this neighborhood, well there must be something, right, So I'm
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  Speaker 3: going to move across the street and leve across him.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, that's sort of the effect he's had
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  Speaker 3: on the players, and so you just know the fans
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  Speaker 3: and the city has seen that through the years and
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  Speaker 3: even throughout the coaching process, every single team that was
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  Speaker 3: looking for a head coach had put into to interview
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  Speaker 3: Demico Ryans, and he wanted to come to the Texans.
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  Speaker 3: So this was a team sort of left for dead
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  Speaker 3: the last few years. I mean, you've had three head
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  Speaker 3: coaches in three different years. You know, all your stars
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  Speaker 3: were gone. You've pretty much gone through this rebuild for
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  Speaker 3: the last few years. And of all the teams Demico
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  Speaker 3: Ryans could have gone and coached for, it was this
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  Speaker 3: Texans team that he wanted to come home to. He
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  Speaker 3: calls Houston home, his wife is from Houston, and I
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  Speaker 3: think that Houstonians have really embraced Demico Ryans as one
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  Speaker 3: of them. And you don't really get to say that
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  Speaker 3: too much of the NFL, that you got a head
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  Speaker 3: coach that you're excited about because he's from here and
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  Speaker 3: we saw him play and we're really invested in him.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's what it is this city is really
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  Speaker 3: invested in Demko Ryans. So I think that there is
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  Speaker 3: a lot of patience and forgiveness for Demico Ryans because
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  Speaker 3: he's coming into such a tough situation. You know, he's
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  Speaker 3: got a riocky quarterback, he's got a brand new coaching staff,
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  Speaker 3: and people can see the flashes of what.
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  Speaker 2: Is good about this team. Obviously, c J.
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  Speaker 3: Stroud just played his heart out in Sunday's game against
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  Speaker 3: the Colts. He was actually questionable heading into this game
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  Speaker 3: against the Colts. He had a shoulder injury. Wasn't sure
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  Speaker 3: if he was going to play all week, unbeknownst to
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  Speaker 3: the rest of us that saw him out at practice,
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  Speaker 3: and then Friday magically shows up, which is the thing
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  Speaker 3: you don't want to see.
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  Speaker 2: You're starting quarterback on the injury report list.
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  Speaker 3: Oh and your left tackles out, and oh three of
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  Speaker 3: your four offense, four of your offensive linemen are out,
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  Speaker 3: three of which you weren't even here in training camp.
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  Speaker 3: So's it's really been tough from the jump for Demiko Ryans.
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  Speaker 3: And even then, his offense played really hard. Now the
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  Speaker 3: defense played really tough.
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  Speaker 2: In Week one. It was a little bit of juckle
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  Speaker 2: and Hyde from week one to week two.
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  Speaker 3: You didn't really see the performed that same level in
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  Speaker 3: week two, and there's a little bit of frustration there,
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  Speaker 3: of course, But I think we've seen flashes from both
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  Speaker 3: sides of the ball of what is coming together, what
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  Speaker 3: Dimiko is trying to build. So I think right now
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  Speaker 3: there is a lot of patience for Dimico Ryans. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: the city is not expecting a championship, super Bowl championship
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  Speaker 3: this year. They just want to see some growth. They
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  Speaker 3: want to see some improvement week to week, and I
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  Speaker 3: think Demko is.
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  Speaker 2: The kind of guy that can get either.
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  Speaker 3: I think the players respect the heck out of him
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  Speaker 3: because he's done it. He's done it at a high
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  Speaker 3: level and it wasn't even that long ago that he
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  Speaker 3: was doing it, So you know, I think it's.
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  Speaker 2: A perfect situation.
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  Speaker 3: I think for Texans, fans have a coach that gets
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  Speaker 3: them and they get him as well. So I think
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  Speaker 3: that Dimico Ryans right now. It's certainly people are way
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  Speaker 3: to see with baited breath, and there's still.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of positivity surrounding him.
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  Speaker 1: Texans Insider with US Are you touched on CJ. Stroud
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  Speaker 1: the number two overall pick I called a bunch of
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  Speaker 1: of state games over the last few years. And when
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  Speaker 1: he has time to stand in there and he has
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  Speaker 1: weapons around him, the guy's a pinpoint passer, big arm.
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  Speaker 1: The question is, with all this offensive line stuff going
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  Speaker 1: on in Houston, will he have that time and how
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  Speaker 1: has he handled that situation so far with a revolving door,
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  Speaker 1: if you will, on the offensive line. At some point
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  Speaker 1: will that get to a rookies mental state?
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  Speaker 3: I think the thing with him is he just has
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  Speaker 3: come in with this mentality of a winner. I mean, JP,
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  Speaker 3: you know, I went to Purdue. I do not like
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  Speaker 3: Ohio States, but I have to say they really have
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  Speaker 3: a top notch program. And he's come from Ohio State,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, he's played on such a big platform,
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  Speaker 3: and I don't think he uses anything as an excuse.
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  Speaker 2: Even the hurt shoulder, the.
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  Speaker 3: Banged up O line, none of it was an excuse.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, I didn't know what to expect from
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  Speaker 3: him in week two. Week one, he didn't throw any touchdowns.
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  Speaker 3: But Week two, I mean, he threw for three hundred
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  Speaker 3: and eighty four yards. He threw two touchdowns. He's not
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  Speaker 3: had an interception in the first two weeks of play. Now,
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  Speaker 3: there have been some strip sacks, there's been sacks that
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  Speaker 3: he probably shouldn't have taken. There's been some fumbles here
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  Speaker 3: and there, But as far as is passing everything that
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  Speaker 3: we had heard about him coming out of Ohio State,
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  Speaker 3: Like you said, the pinpoint accuracy ball placement is the
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  Speaker 3: one thing that I heard so much about and you
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  Speaker 3: knowing a lot of people, we were talking about this
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  Speaker 3: on Texans All Access as well that a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Of people said, Okay, but look at his receivers.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's had some. He's had Garrett Wilson, He's
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  Speaker 3: had Marvin Harrison Junior. He's got all these top notch
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  Speaker 3: receivers that are all like first round draft picks. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I tell you, he comes in here and he's making
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  Speaker 3: these receivers have the best games of their career.
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  Speaker 2: Nico Collins, who was here in twenty twenty, who has.
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  Speaker 3: Really struggle at times, looked great in camp but just
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  Speaker 3: never really put together standout games, had one hundred and
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  Speaker 3: forty six yards receiving in a touchdown. Tank Dell the
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  Speaker 3: rookie over seventy yards receiving and a touchdown. He's really
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  Speaker 3: made the receiver shine, and it's it's a credit to CJ.
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  Speaker 3: Because with an offensive line is banged up as it is,
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  Speaker 3: even with a veteran quarterback, if he's not able to
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  Speaker 3: throw the ball get the ball out on time, you'd
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  Speaker 3: understand it.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 3: That's not to say the run game hasn't struggled behind
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  Speaker 3: this O line. Like I don't think they want to
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  Speaker 3: see CJ throwing forty seven times with a hurtz shoulder
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  Speaker 3: like he did against Indianapolis, so that there definitely are
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  Speaker 3: some issues with how do we get this run game going.
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  Speaker 3: But I think CJ's confidence right now is not one
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  Speaker 3: of him. He is hard on himself even when he
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  Speaker 3: does have a great performance because he didn't win. I
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  Speaker 3: think that's the thing that I think the players in
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  Speaker 3: the locker room really respect about him. That's why they
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  Speaker 3: voted him a team captain as a rookie. I think
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  Speaker 3: they see that hunger in him and his drive to win,
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  Speaker 3: and I think mentally he is really really tough. And
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  Speaker 3: you just hope that you get some players back on
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  Speaker 3: the O line and give him a little bit of
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  Speaker 3: time and it shoulder heels up and then see what
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  Speaker 3: he's really able to do.
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  Speaker 1: Dp we know about the past ten to fifteen years
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  Speaker 1: in Houston on the defensive side of the ball, been
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  Speaker 1: some incredible, some of the all time great defensive players
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  Speaker 1: that have played for that organization. And then not only
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  Speaker 1: did you have a number two overall pick quarterback, but
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  Speaker 1: traded back up to number three and picked up Will
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  Speaker 1: Anderson from Alabama. Yeah, it's a couple games in. What
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  Speaker 1: do you like about him so far? Is there still
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  Speaker 1: a projection that he could be that next wave of
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  Speaker 1: big time generational defensive player in Houston?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you know, you've probably watched a lot of
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  Speaker 3: Alabama games JP. You know what Will Anderson's cape be love.
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  Speaker 3: I think that if there was any people were talking
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  Speaker 3: about a sure thing in the draft, Will Anderson was it.
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  Speaker 3: And I think we learned really early on in camp.
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  Speaker 3: In fact, Demigo Ryans even said you have to kind
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  Speaker 3: of hold him back because there are no pads, there's
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  Speaker 3: no tackling. But a lot of times in training camp
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  Speaker 3: you'd look, you'd blink, and there he is in the backfield,
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  Speaker 3: just standing there, and you couldn't wait till he was
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  Speaker 3: able to go up against you know, quarterbacks not wearing
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  Speaker 3: a Texans jersey and in Week one. I mean, what
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  Speaker 3: a test to go up against Lamar Jackson. He gets
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  Speaker 3: a sack on him, hurried him six times. I mean
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  Speaker 3: his stat sheet was littered with numbers against the guy
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  Speaker 3: that is tough to bring down, tough to tackle, tough
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  Speaker 3: to corral. And I think that was what really impressed
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  Speaker 3: everyone about Will Anderson Junior, the fact that he's able
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  Speaker 3: to do that against one of the best quarterbacks in
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  Speaker 3: the NFL right now at escaping top notch defenders.
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  Speaker 2: The issue with will Anderson is that it wasn't really.
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  Speaker 3: Duplicated in Week two, but that was also the entire defense,
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  Speaker 3: and a lot of that is when you're playing from behind.
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  Speaker 3: The Colts got off to an early fourteen to nothing
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  Speaker 3: lead in the first quarter.
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  Speaker 2: And so that is not what anybody expected.
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  Speaker 3: You're playing from behind, your pass rush isn't really playing
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  Speaker 3: the way it should, You're not as disciplined. Maybe you're
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  Speaker 3: trying to do a little too much to get yourself
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  Speaker 3: back in the game. But I think as far as
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  Speaker 3: Will Anderson's concerned, he is a guy that has was
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  Speaker 3: a leader in the locker room at Alabama, comes in
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  Speaker 3: here and everyone's seen the way that he works his
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  Speaker 3: work ethic. Tomigo Ryans, who was known for his work ethic,
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  Speaker 3: is talking about a rookie's work ethic and how he
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  Speaker 3: works really hard days after practice. He's just such a
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  Speaker 3: likable guy, great head on his shoulders. And even after
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  Speaker 3: that first game against Baltimore, I asked him if he
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  Speaker 3: got any feedback.
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  Speaker 2: He's got like.
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  Speaker 3: Five older sisters, and he said, yeah, this was an
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  Speaker 3: okay game, but I'm not going to get too excited
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  Speaker 3: because I'm sure next week they'll have something else for
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  Speaker 3: me to say.
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  Speaker 2: Humble as can be.
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  Speaker 3: He definitely has all the physical traits and attributes, and
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  Speaker 3: then on top of that, he works really really hard,
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  Speaker 3: which I think is a combination that can really take
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  Speaker 3: you places in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: I think people are very excited about will Anderson.
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  Speaker 3: With him in the mix, offensive coordinators have to, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the hope is playing around him, and then guys like
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  Speaker 3: Jonathan Bernard or Jerry Hughes or guys on the other
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  Speaker 3: side of the D line can get some sacks as well.
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  Speaker 3: But right now, Will Anderson he seems to be everything
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  Speaker 3: as advertised. He just has to put together consistent performances
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  Speaker 3: week over week. But we've certainly seen everything that everyone's
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  Speaker 3: touted about him, and we can see why he was
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  Speaker 3: a number three overall pick.
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  Speaker 1: Well, DP, there's no doubt when you have five sisters,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to get some feedback.
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  Speaker 3: And they used to give him a hard time too,
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  Speaker 3: so he's humble of nothing else. And he said, luckily
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  Speaker 3: they were on the plane so they weren't texting give
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  Speaker 3: him during the game or after the game against Baltimore.
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  Speaker 2: But he certainly heard from him the next day, so
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  Speaker 2: he was laughing about it.
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  Speaker 3: But you know, you know that he's definitely heard about
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  Speaker 3: it from his family members, that's for sure.
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  Speaker 1: DP City with a Texans insider final thought with it
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  Speaker 1: just the outside looking in view of the Jaguars, you know,
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  Speaker 1: this this stretch run last year doesn't happen if there's
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  Speaker 1: one fumble in the last five games of the season
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  Speaker 1: that goes the wrong way. But it all went the
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  Speaker 1: right way and they won the division. They added a
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  Speaker 1: piece or two to a team they feel like was
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  Speaker 1: pretty strong. What's the outside view of the Jags looking in?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I think this Texans team doesn't want to
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  Speaker 3: give the Jags credit for me the runaway leader of
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  Speaker 3: the AFC South. I mean the rest of the NFL
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  Speaker 3: and the rest of the country may say, Okay, the
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  Speaker 3: Jags are going to get this division.
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  Speaker 2: You know, the Texans and probably the Colts and the
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  Speaker 2: Titans who are not going to give it to them
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  Speaker 2: so fast. Just yet.
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  Speaker 3: Now with that being said, they all know that it's
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  Speaker 3: going to have to go through Jacksonville. I mean, Doug
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  Speaker 3: Peterson's done a phenomenal job of turning that offense around,
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  Speaker 3: turning that team around.
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  Speaker 2: Two years ago with Ervin Meyer.
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  Speaker 3: Nobody thought that Doug Peterson could just walk in and
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  Speaker 3: do what he did and really turn Trevor Lawrence's career
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  Speaker 3: around as well, because we saw that he was a
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  Speaker 3: number one overall pick. But we really saw it last
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  Speaker 3: year with the Jags. They added Christian Kirk. They paid
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  Speaker 3: so much money for him. I don't know where they
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  Speaker 3: got all that money from. But then somehow, then they
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  Speaker 3: get Calvin Ridley, and they've got all these number one
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  Speaker 3: picks they've been quietly stashing away year after year. And
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  Speaker 3: I think, you know, I'm telling you just from a
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  Speaker 3: personal perspective, just seeing what the Jags have been able
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  Speaker 3: to do with all these high top draft picks. You know,
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  Speaker 3: the Texans hope that you know, one day they're going
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  Speaker 3: to go toe to toe their quarterback as well, who
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  Speaker 3: gets some experience under his belt with all these number one,
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  Speaker 3: number two, number three picks as well. So I think
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  Speaker 3: there's a lot of respect for that Jaguars organization, what
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  Speaker 3: they've had to go through and how they've had to
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  Speaker 3: really build themselves up after you know, making it to
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  Speaker 3: the AFC Championship game against the Patriots several years ago,
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  Speaker 3: and you know, let me just say that was the
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  Speaker 3: hardest game to watch because I was like, I don't
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  Speaker 3: want to cheer for the Patriots and I don't want
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  Speaker 3: to cheer for the Jaguars, and I want everyone in.
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  Speaker 2: The AFC Championship game to lose. But I digress because
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  Speaker 2: the Jaguars.
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  Speaker 3: Have turned it around, and I think it's a great
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  Speaker 3: test for this Texans team that is so young, and
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  Speaker 3: if they can come in and put up some points
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  Speaker 3: and play really well against this Jaguars team and maybe
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  Speaker 3: steal a win like they seem to do every single
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  Speaker 3: year at some point or another, I think that that
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  Speaker 3: would make this Texans team feel like they're going places.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that's a sign of respect to the
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  Speaker 3: Jaguars because they are such a formidable AFC South opponent.
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  Speaker 1: It's always a pleasure. You always bring the heat. It's
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  Speaker 1: a division rivalry, we expect nothing less.
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  Speaker 2: Bring some trash talking too while at it.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, Duck CJ. Could be a long day at the office.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully if the Jaguars defense gets going.
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  Speaker 2: We'll talk to you d all right. Thanks so much, JP.
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  Speaker 2: Always appreciate catching up with you.