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- 0:26All right, folks, you're listening to our next installment of Opposition Territory here
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- 0:47entering pro football. The NFL Draft was this past weekend. We've had some
- 0:51time to dissect and digest what we saw and on Opposition Territory this week,
- 0:58we're gonna be getting into the huston Texans. We have got a great,
- 1:02great guest coming up. Let's get to that discussion now and joining us this
- 1:06week. It has been too long since we have had him on the podcast
- 1:10and on one of our Opposition Territory shows we have from battle redblog dot com.
- 1:14You know we love our sp nation sites. You can follow him on
- 1:17Twitter at Jeremy Brenner, the one and only Jeremy Brenner. How you doing,
- 1:21Buddy Good, Jeff, always a pleasure to come back. I'm honored
- 1:25to be a multiple Opposition Territory guest now absolutely I get like, do I
- 1:30get like a punch card or something? Yeah, yeah, well we'll get
- 1:34we have you know, we have the the PST Club card. I'll have
- 1:38to send you one in the mail. And after yeah, yeah, after
- 1:42after the show, yes, there we go. After like ten appearances.
- 1:46We we'll give you a little something. I guess. Okay, yeah,
- 1:49goody bag or whatever. I'll take this sounds good, sounds good. Hey,
- 1:52Jeremy. I wanted to bring you on because you're extremely knowledgeable, of
- 1:55course about the Houston Texans. This is a team that so many of us
- 1:59have been following football fans in general and and just those who follow pro football.
- 2:04We've been focusing on this team because of you know what, where they
- 2:07want to go in the future. And I just find them to be so
- 2:10interesting over the years. You know, the last time you were on,
- 2:14we talked about, you know, the coaching changes over the years. Of
- 2:16course. Me. You see this you know Penn State thing above my head
- 2:20here on zoom. You know, I'm a Penn State fan. Yeah.
- 2:23And and Bill O'Brien and I think you know what he did that, you
- 2:27know, and I know there's a lot of love hate relationship between Bill O'Brien
- 2:30and Houston Texans fans because of his tenure down there. But but I think
- 2:35with Demiko Ryan's coming in as the as the head coach for the Houston Texans,
- 2:38I think I think this fan base is going to end up seeing some
- 2:42really good things. And again going back to the changes that we've seen over
- 2:46the years. When you were on the last time, it was about a
- 2:49year ago or so, and I use the word transition to describe the Texans
- 2:53franchise at that particular moment. Fast forward here almost a year later, and
- 2:59I'm still using that word transition to describe this Houston Texans team. So I'm
- 3:04wondering, you know, kind of to get back into it from maybe about
- 3:06a year ago, what's that one word that you would give to describe the
- 3:08Texans as a whole here? And why? Optimism? Jeff, there you
- 3:15go. Optimism, I mean, and the Demico higher is probably the best
- 3:21of the Texans have felt. Yeah, um in a long time. Um,
- 3:24you know, to get a guy that you know, like, the
- 3:27Texans don't have that you know, long of a history, but Demico Ryans
- 3:32is like the first moment of you know, the Texans kind of honoring their
- 3:38history in a way and not just that, you know, and I think
- 3:42a lot of people may look at that and may overgrade this higher, but
- 3:46also Demico Ryan's led the number one defense in the league last season, and
- 3:52not only that, he's got a vision to like a cultural vision that he
- 3:59has that he's looking to kind of bestow around his seamons. It's a lot
- 4:02of the backbone behind the first successful iteration of the Texans a little over ten
- 4:09years ago when he was leading that defense in the early twenty tens. And
- 4:15I think that I think that with that idea, you know, that excites
- 4:20a lot of Texans fan There's a lot of optimism surrounding the Texans because of
- 4:25that. And then, of course, you know this draft that they were
- 4:28able to parlay out of it. They also had a really successful free agency,
- 4:31in my opinion, still signing you know, a bunch of It was
- 4:34a very similar free agency, I think to where they had last year where
- 4:38they were signing a bunch of guys to one year deals, kind of prove
- 4:42it deals, and they did that this year, but the value in the
- 4:46guys they got are a lot stronger. They got Devin Singletary on a one
- 4:49year deal. They got Dalton Schultz on a one year deal at tight end
- 4:54and what that is able to do. It gives the Texans the most cap
- 4:58space going into free agents see next year, because all of these guys are
- 5:01going to be off the books and then the Texans can decide whether they want
- 5:04to go long term with these guys or part ways with them after a year
- 5:08if it doesn't work out. Yeah, and I think the Texans are from
- 5:12a business standpoint too, as you were just mentioning in a very very good
- 5:15position. Got to say with Damiko Ryans and one of the main reasons I
- 5:18also love him is because he's a former Philadelphia Eagle and he was fantastic,
- 5:23just fantastic memories of him being on the Eagles defense and just doing some great,
- 5:29great things in Philadelphia. But moving along here, Jeremy, you know,
- 5:32the Texans landed two of the top draft prospects in this year's NFL draft,
- 5:38and CJ. Stroud and Will Anderson as many of us know, and
- 5:41they now finally have who they hope is their quarterback of the future in CJ.
- 5:46Stroud. I was kind of up and down about him throughout the draft
- 5:49process. Again going back to the fact that we generally don't necessarily see Ohio
- 5:57State quarterbacks kind of thrive in the league justin field. He may be proving
- 6:00a lot of us wrong in that regard within the coming years, for sure.
- 6:04I hope CJ. Stroud does as well. I really do. I
- 6:06hope he has a great career in Houston. But I'm wondering too, you
- 6:12know, what's going to be different with CJ. Stroud in the quarterback position
- 6:15in Houston in the future as you've you know, kind of digested what this
- 6:19really means to the team and to the franchise. Yeah, I hope he
- 6:24works out too, Jeff, Probably a little bit more than your um I
- 6:29would say this. You know, the AFC is is incredibly tricky right now
- 6:32because it really is hard to see any team cracking that Mahomes Burrow Josh Allen.
- 6:44You know, a little triangle right right, But that doesn't mean you
- 6:47can't try, because those guys are going to be around probably for the next
- 6:51decade or so. But that doesn't mean the Texans can just you know,
- 6:56wait until that happens, because then the next guy maybe coming along and then
- 7:00they're they're screwed. Again so and with the number two pick in the draft,
- 7:05they really had an opportunity to go and get a guy that they really
- 7:11wanted. M and Bryce and CJ. I was kind of back and forth
- 7:15on on both of them in the process. At the end though, when
- 7:18all of the you know, the test score with CJ came out, that
- 7:21that did kind of turn me off a little bit. Um. However,
- 7:27you can't deny his football talent and and he's far better than anything they would
- 7:32have gotten with Davis Mills this year. The ceiling is just a lot higher.
- 7:38Like I genuinely think, and it's maybe a hot take, I genuinely
- 7:42think the Texans have a shot at the playoffs this year. I really do.
- 7:45With CJ under center, I think he's gonna get the start right away
- 7:49and the Texans are just gonna cry their bet like And another thing that I
- 7:55like about what they did, you know, a lot of people may say
- 7:58that they overpaid, you know, for Will Anderson, and I do think
- 8:03that that I see where people are coming from. Um, But what they
- 8:07did is they traded their own pick, and that's what a lot of people
- 8:09are criticizing the Texans for. But what that does is it gives the Texans
- 8:13no incentive to tink this year, right right, It's saying Damika Ryan's is
- 8:16saying a set message. We need to go out and win every game.
- 8:20We need to compend. Yeah. Yeah. And the thing is like,
- 8:24when are the Texans ever going to get an opportunity to draft two of the
- 8:28top three guys in the draft? Yeah? Ever, so you have to
- 8:31take that opportunity when it when it comes. And I really have a really
- 8:37hard time faulting the Texans draft. It's like, you know, they got
- 8:41the best defensive player in the draft in my opinion, Will Anderson, and
- 8:43they got in some cases, maybe the best quarterback. I think bryceon CJ
- 8:50have been compared their whole careers. Bryce has always edged CJ in every little
- 8:54aspect. But in terms of, you know, just NFL size and quarterbacks,
- 8:58Siege today is more reminiscent of the size that successful NFL quarterbacks are.
- 9:05And they're not a whole lot of quarterbacks are, you know. And this
- 9:07is not to knock Bryce Young, but not there are fewer quarterbacks that are
- 9:11Bryce Young's stature that go on to have very successful careers. Not saying that
- 9:16Bryce can't do that, I think he absolutely can, but I think CJ
- 9:20is a safer pick in that regard. But I do not, like I'm
- 9:26not saying CJ is gonna be a slam dunk, but I will say he's
- 9:30a lot better than what the Texas have had in the post Oh absolutely,
- 9:33yeah, absolutely, And I think a lot of it is going to come
- 9:35down to coach ability too, and just the relationship that is forged with the
- 9:41quarterback coach, with the offensive coordinator, inevitably with Demiko Ryan's as well.
- 9:46Something we've been saying on this podcast now for a while close to a good
- 9:48year or two, Jeremy, is that a lot of NFL players, a
- 9:54lot of professional athletes in general, are going to thrive if they have good
- 9:56relationships with their coaches the coaching staff. And I think that's going to be
- 10:01absolutely critical for CJ. Stroud moving forward too. And I also think too
- 10:05that from like when you look at what he's going to have on offense.
- 10:09As we're kind of moving along here in terms of the topics, the concern
- 10:15that I have though for CJ. Stroud is he's coming from a program at
- 10:18Ohio State that had very top and elite wide receivers and Marvin Harrison Junior,
- 10:26Jackson Smith and Jigba. Is there concern amongst Texans nation at all at the
- 10:31level of past catching talent that's currently in Houston for CJ. Stroud to really
- 10:37grow here early in his career. Is there is there any concern about that
- 10:41at all? Yeah? You know, when I was watching CJ. Stroud
- 10:46highlights, I was confused. I was like, CJ. Stroud, you
- 10:50know highlight reel or is this a Marvin Harrison highlight reel? I was like,
- 10:54very like, Marvin Harrison is just unreal. He's incredible, but it
- 11:00kind of reminds me a little bit of um, like kind of Justin Jefferson's
- 11:05college tape. Yeah, uh, not not to bring up you know those,
- 11:09but the Eagles are doing just finally took a little bit, but they're
- 11:13they're getting there. But um, you know, like Justin Jefferson, you
- 11:18could argue he had a better quarterback in college in in Joe Burrow, but
- 11:22now he's cousins and he's still slinging it. Um. My thing with um
- 11:28he doesn't have a lot. He doesn't have a true number one receiver yet,
- 11:31and that is some what worries some however, Um there, I don't
- 11:37know if you've heard of this, Jeff, but um, you know it's
- 11:39it's big in Houston circles right now because I'm you know, I'm a little
- 11:43bit more just you know. Yeah. So, um, after so at
- 11:50the combine, uh, c J Stroud uh ended up linking up with a
- 11:54receiver by the name of Tank Dell. Yeah. Yeah, and he and
- 12:00Tank Dell obviously was on the Texans radar being a Houston guy. But CJ
- 12:05told the Texans after they drafted, and they said, hey, if Tanks
- 12:09on the board, please go get him. Yeah, and they got him.
- 12:13And so to me, that that, to me is a very telling
- 12:16sign of number one. Uh. You know how the team views CJ already.
- 12:20Um. Not to say that CJ was the one making this decision to
- 12:24go out and get Tanked Dell's important. They yeah, and they have they
- 12:28have a chemistry building already, um, you know, from the draft,
- 12:33and that's only going to grow as they worked together throughout the off season and
- 12:37beyond. And I think that, um, I think that the best receiver,
- 12:41like the number one receiver for CD Strout probably isn't in the building yet.
- 12:46Um, if they could get Marvin Harrison next year, that's ideal,
- 12:50but hopefully they aren't in a position to where, uh, you know,
- 12:54they could draft well unless Cleveland sucks, Like if Cleveland is like a bottom
- 12:58five team this year, that's a Texans what because it's like you get if
- 13:01you can get Marvin Harrison next year, or even Ameca Buca from Ohio State
- 13:07as well, like you know, you can go and get that guy.
- 13:09I think wide receiver for them is a knee down the line, and I
- 13:13think that will be stressed this year that he does need a number one receiver.
- 13:18I also think there's a chance that maybe the Texans aren't done in the
- 13:22receiver department. Maybe they decide that they need to go get a veteran,
- 13:28you know, in training camp. Maybe. I mean they do have a
- 13:31pretty deep group. You know, they spent they spent another pick on a
- 13:33wide receiver. They traded up in the fifth or sixth round for Xavier Hutchinson
- 13:39from Ohiowa State, so they view him pretty highly as well. They've also
- 13:43got John Metchi who didn't play last year, was a second round pick for
- 13:46them, but had was diagnosed with leukemia. But he's in remission. Now
- 13:52he's expected to be playing, you know, in training camp and the preseason
- 13:54and the regular season as well. So there's a lot of young receivers in
- 13:58Houston. On top of that, Robert Woods they signed in free agency as
- 14:03well. Nico Collins is in his third year. So it's like when you
- 14:07look at it on paper, it's not something that you know, jumps off
- 14:11the page. Um, but I would and it's not as robust as the
- 14:18receiver corps he had in Columbus. Um, but I think it won't be
- 14:22that large of a concern. Yeah, okay, very good, Yeah,
- 14:28very good. I I you know, I look, I mean Dalton Schultz
- 14:31to look, you know that were definitely helps And the fact yeah yeah,
- 14:35Devin Singletary can also be part of the passing game. I think that helps
- 14:37as well. Again, folks talking to Jeremy Brenner from battle Red Blog and
- 14:43uh love that sp Nation site, following on Twitter at Jeremy Brenner and shifting
- 14:48over to the defense. Now, this unit still has you know this,
- 14:52they still have some holes and some depth issues of course, but now they're
- 14:56going to be able to really I think build up front and on the defensive
- 15:01line. Around, just an amazing talent, as we've kind of already discussed
- 15:03here in will Anderson for the future. So I'm wondering, Jeremy, how
- 15:07do you see the Texans improving this coming season and beyond from a defensive perspective
- 15:13based on what damiko' Ryan's really wants to do with this defensive front. What
- 15:18are your thoughts? You know, Willy Anderson is a huge part of this
- 15:24puzzle. I would feel a lot I would feel a lot less optimistic if
- 15:28Willy Anderson was not on this team right now, which is why I'm so
- 15:31glad they traded right he was. He was my personal pick for number two,
- 15:35like I would have taken him, and I would have been okay passing
- 15:39on a quarterback. I felt like Willy Anderson was needed for this team.
- 15:46Tyree Wilson. I wouldn't have been that mad about either. But I think
- 15:50will Anderson has the higher floor and he gives the Texans the number one pass
- 15:54rusher, which they absolutely needed. They don't have that currently on the roster
- 15:58outside of him, um but at the linebacker position. I also really loved
- 16:03the Henry Tootoo pick. I thought that was an incredible value getting him in
- 16:07the fifth round. Um, and you you pair him up with Christian Harris.
- 16:12You also was at Bama two years ago, so though you got three
- 16:15Bama linebackers right now. Um. And I think that's how Demiko Ryan's is
- 16:22gonna build his You know, he's a he's an Alabama linebacker himself, right,
- 16:25so he's that's how he's gonna build the defense. And I'm really really
- 16:30looking forward to it. I think there is there are some holes on the
- 16:33defensive line in terms of run blocking. That part is probably the biggest weakness
- 16:38in my opinion for the Texans. They got ran overall last year. Uh,
- 16:42you know, dashed on runs. Um, So that would probably the
- 16:47biggest weakness. But this team is built with its linebackers, and I'm curious
- 16:52to see how Demiko Ryan's is able to take the number one defense from last
- 16:56year and apply what made that defense number one to this current roster. I
- 17:02don't think that Texans are going to end up as the number one defense this
- 17:04year, but I think they're going to be better than they were last year.
- 17:07I'll leave it at that, absolutely. And I think a lot of
- 17:11that also has to deal with to the maturity of what we're going to be
- 17:15seeing with this defensive backfield. And I wanted to move along to defensive backfield
- 17:21because you've got Derek Stingley back there, who didn't allow a single touchdown last
- 17:25season. Shure, he went through some growing pains, but not allowing a
- 17:29single touchdown in your rookie season, there's something to be said for that.
- 17:32Jalen Petrie, who I loved coming out of last year's draft. These two
- 17:37guys are some key pieces moving forward for that Texans defensive backfield. And as
- 17:41we talked about the defensive front, I'm wondering how you see the backfield here
- 17:48improving this coming season and beyond, because in this particular division, the backfield
- 17:52is going to be extremely important when you're looking at these other other teams that
- 17:56are going to be competing against the Texans. So in terms of defensive backfield
- 18:00improving this coming season, what are your thoughts here? Yeah, I mean,
- 18:04they didn't really put too much attention on defensive backs in this draft simply
- 18:11because they use their first two picks last year on on dbs or two of
- 18:17their like. You know, they spent two high picks Stanley and Petrie on
- 18:21that. But they also I mean, they got a seventh round pick Brandon
- 18:23Hill from Pittsburgh. But the biggest key to my like the biggest key to
- 18:30the free agency we haven't discussed yet is signing Jimmy Ward from San Francisco from
- 18:37Demico Ryan System. He's Demico's guy. He's gonna be kind of like an
- 18:41on field coach in my opinion. I think he's entering like his ninth or
- 18:45tenth season in the NFL, gives the Texans like a really strong, legitimate
- 18:49veteran guy who's actually gonna play. Like I imagine Jimmy Ward will be starting
- 18:55with Jalen Petrie in that safety you know duo right there. And I think
- 19:00he's going to be a huge part of this team, um, and not
- 19:06just the defense, but the team itself. You know, the Texans really
- 19:08need culture changers on this team, and Jimmy Ward might be the biggest one
- 19:15in terms of playmakers on the squad. And I think having a guy like
- 19:19that, uh, you know, if he can rub off of you know,
- 19:22Jalen Petrie a little bit, Derek Singly a little bit, um,
- 19:26Steven Nelson, you know, there is there is potential for growth here.
- 19:32Um, And I think Jimmy ward Is is a big part of that.
- 19:33In my opinion, probably the most underrated signing of uh not just the Texans
- 19:38offsees, maybe the whole NFL offseason interesting. Interesting. All Right, Well,
- 19:44to close us out here, we're going to talk about strengths and weaknesses
- 19:47of this Texans team as we're looking toward this twenty twenty three season. So
- 19:52let's get into the biggest strength so far of the Houston Texans. What is
- 19:56their biggest strength heading into this season. Their schedule, Alright, schedule,
- 20:03Their schedule is probably one of their biggest strengths. They have probably one of
- 20:06the easiest schedules in the league, and it's a big reason why I think
- 20:11that they could um see the playoffs this year. I Mean, the the
- 20:17AFC South is in a bit of a flux. It's just in flux right
- 20:21now. You know, there's not a whole lot of UM there's just not
- 20:23a whole lot of UH like competition in that division. I'm gonna I'm pulling
- 20:29up like the uh the opponents they have UM and and I looked at it
- 20:33and there's not a whole lot of games where I'm like, they're definitely losing
- 20:37this one. I mean, Cincinnati, they'll probably lose that one. But
- 20:41they gotta go to Atlanta Baltimore. That one's probably not as hot. They
- 20:45go to Carolina, Bryce Young, CJ. Strout. Yeah, probably the
- 20:49week two or three Thursday night game probably Um. But then they play the
- 20:55AFC North, Um, you know, Cleveland, Pittsburgh. I think those
- 20:59are winnable game. They play New Orleans, Tampa, NFC South. I
- 21:03think all of those teams are winnable games. Um. And then every every
- 21:07divisional game should be a winnable game for the Texans. I think, if
- 21:08I'm not mistaken, all of their games they won last year were in the
- 21:11division. They were three and three in the division last year, so or
- 21:15three two and one because they tied that game with the polls. So so
- 21:21they they they do well against their division in Denver, Arizona. Like,
- 21:25there's a lot of winnable games on the schedule for the Texans, and I
- 21:29think if they if they compete, they'll have a shot and they're not gonna
- 21:33be totally out of these games. And I think also, you know,
- 21:36even though the Texans were three thirteen and one last year, a lot of
- 21:41the games that they uh, they lost. There were some there were some
- 21:44close games. There were games in the fourth quarter that they were in the
- 21:48they were they were winning and then they give it up in the fourth quarter
- 21:51for whatever reason. And changing Davis Mills to c J. Stroud, that
- 21:56small, little change could make a world of difference. And you also add
- 22:00in the fact that you've got Damiko Ryan's there and that defense should be a
- 22:03little bit better as well. You know, there's really room for potential.
- 22:08I think, like it's still gonna be very hard. Like I'm not saying
- 22:12this Texans team is going to go from second worst in the league to the
- 22:15playoffs. But Jacksonville had the number one pick last year they made the playoffs.
- 22:19Yeah, you know, it's it's definitely doable. And then also other
- 22:25strains. Love the running back room. I think Devin Singletary is a number
- 22:30two. It's one of the better number twos in the league. The offensive
- 22:33line is also really strong. Larry Y Tunsil's got a new deal, Titus
- 22:37Howard has been there for a few years. They got Shaq Mason from the
- 22:41Tampa Bay Buccaneers, another you know, veteran guy to protect CJ. Stroud.
- 22:47That's The thing with CJ is he's got an offensive line, and like
- 22:48that's the difference between him and the last Ohio's take quarterback justin fields. He
- 22:53doesn't have the strong of an offensive line in Chicago that CJ has him Hughes.
- 23:00So I think it's gonna be big for CJ's development. It's going to
- 23:03keep him upright and protect him from injuries and sacks and whatnot. Yeah,
- 23:07yeah, yeah. I was gonna say, in terms of the weaknesses,
- 23:11and maybe we already discussed it, is it the run defense for you at
- 23:15this point and given where you know the expectations are where the defense is going
- 23:18to potentially go under Demiko Ryans this year, is it the run defense that
- 23:22is the biggest weakness for this team? I would say, I would say,
- 23:26so, okay, I would say so. I would say, like,
- 23:29you know, the the Texans, they gave up probably more. I
- 23:33want to say they gave up more rushing yards than any team in the NFL
- 23:37last season or really close to the bottom um. But in terms of like
- 23:41you know, true you know, defensive lineman, they didn't add a whole
- 23:45lot in free agents. I mean they got Sheldon Rankins. That's probably their
- 23:49starting defensive tackle. Ye. And I'm optimistic about that as well. I
- 23:55think I think that's better than what we've had in the past. UM,
- 23:57but it still is h question mark for me. I'm still not entirely convinced
- 24:03that the Texans are going to be um a strength in that area. UM.
- 24:08But I guess another another weakness I would say this team has, probably
- 24:12the biggest one is youth. That they're just not experienced yet and there's nothing
- 24:18that they can do to really fix that. You know, that's how you
- 24:19got to build these teams to become great, is you gotta build through the
- 24:23draft and you gotta, you know, hit on these picks. And you
- 24:27know, they've got several picks in this year that I feel really strongly about
- 24:32that are going to get playing time. And that's how they want to develop
- 24:37this team. They want to give these guys playing time and then let them
- 24:41make the mistakes. They don't want them to sit behind veterans like some other
- 24:45teams may decide to do. They're they're throwing them into the fire right away,
- 24:48win or lose, because you know, they really don't have much to
- 24:52lose. You know, they don't have their pick that they can lose um.
- 24:56So I would say that the Texans um, you know, that's probably
- 25:00their biggest weakness. I would say, is that is that youth um.
- 25:06But if they can uh, you know, if the veterans can provide that
- 25:10support that they need to those on field coaches in Jimmy ward Um and just
- 25:15the mindset of this team. You know, this team is really excited,
- 25:18Like the young guys on the team are really like that we're here the year
- 25:23in years past, twenty twenty two, twenty twenty one. Those guys are
- 25:26really really hyped about what Damiko Ryans has to bring on board. And if
- 25:30they buy into the message, I wouldn't be surprised if this team was in
- 25:36the playoffs uh this year or at the very latest twenty twenty four, twenty
- 25:41twenty five. You know, anything is possible in the NFL. And it
- 25:45was great talking with you Jeremy again, folks, Jeremy Brennan from battle redblog
- 25:49dot com at Jeremy Brenner, Jeremy Brenner on Twitter and normally just you know,
- 25:56just forget it, but there is a Jeremy Branham. Oh really the
- 26:00media space, okay, And I've been confused with them before. Oh so
- 26:06yeah, it's but you know, I don't care what you call me as
- 26:08long as you call me. There you go. It sounds good. Jeremy
- 26:11Ben I would love to talk to you at some point down the road,
- 26:14my friend, come back and join us. I would love it, of
- 26:15course, anytime you call all answers. I'm very much looking forward to seeing
- 26:21what this Houston Texans team is going to do this year with new coaching leadership
- 26:26and Demiko Ryans. They have a new quarterback that Jeremy and I were just
- 26:29talking about in CJ. Stroud, a new defensive strategy that is likely going
- 26:33to be implemented by Demiko Ryans and company. It's gonna be fun to watch
- 26:37this team continue to grow, continue to progress, and we're gonna be following
- 26:41all of it here at the PSD podcast show. So that's gonna do it
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