WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.359 --> 00:00:05.280 I don't want to hear any more small talk off that short period took a 2 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:07.879 long walk while Style a free because it ain't off top. I'm Matt Joe. 3 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:10.480 Throw go Kiti cock drop. I don't want to hear any more small 4 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:13.320 talk off. That short period took a long walk while Style a free because 5 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:15.720 it ain't off top. I match, you'll throw go kitt coop, drop 6 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:18.640 this cush. Let me do much in your brain. Turn the mush but 7 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:22.280 flat on your toush. You could have handled a product I pro shot because 8 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.559 I'm just used to it. I just do it like Nike swush, none 9 00:00:25.600 --> 00:00:28.199 of that Vengjie Bush because I'm top shelf. I ain't got wealth, but 10 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:31.640 I'm on my grind like park Rails. 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Kick rocks can't kick me out because 21 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:06.480 I picked locks. The hearing me knocking, I'll never be stopping icky this 22 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:08.599 ship pupping like lip glass can be pissed off and the host walk with the 23 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:12.120 red ducks something like chip honk, give me y'all what you gotta like it? 24 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:15.599 Rushing me young, feeling like Tony Hawk never stopped that it better not 25 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:19.000 to running up marathon and you what's tarts this month? World? Give guitarist 26 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:22.719 put the bullet you get in the hornes. I'm a tarrist. I don't 27 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:25.400 want to hear it anymore. Small talk off that short period took a long 28 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:27.120 walk while style aint free because it ain't off top. I'm that your throat 29 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:30.680 coat kick cock drop. I don't want to hear it anymore. Small talk 30 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:33.359 off that short period took a long walk, WI style ain't free because it 31 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:53.319 ain't off top. I'm that your throat kick drops. Hey everyone, and 32 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:59.200 welcome to another edition of the Boilers Fan Battle podcast, presented to you by 33 00:01:59.319 --> 00:02:06.400 the fanat Sports Network. So I'm here your host Michael here again hosting co 34 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:12.479 hosting with Tyler and you want to say, hey everyone, Hello, every 35 00:02:13.000 --> 00:02:19.759 everyone. What a way to start off this oilers as you say podcast? 36 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:24.159 Yeah, yeah, we got one more week of oilers. We had a 37 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:30.000 nice, nice opening with the oilers earlier this year, so hopefully we can 38 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:38.879 duplicate that. Yeah, I was at that game. Nice and before I 39 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:43.360 forget, everyone, don't forget to follow, like, share, subscribe, 40 00:02:43.879 --> 00:02:47.680 comment, all that good stuff. Check us out on fanbattlesports dot com for 41 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:54.080 all the latest news, articles and blogs on your favorite team. Earlier this 42 00:02:54.319 --> 00:03:00.479 week, I put up an article remembering Frink watch it. Do you have 43 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:09.639 any memories of him back in the early times days? No, because that 44 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:16.680 was before you correct how old was he? Fifty two? Yeah, he 45 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:24.680 got young. That was probably before my time because I'm twenty eight. Oh 46 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:30.560 yeah, yeah. He was one of the originals that came here as him 47 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:37.080 McNair and Eddie George, the original three got it Okay, yeah, I'm 48 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:40.560 not. I need to brush up on my oiler's history. Yeah. He 49 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:47.800 he wore the Oilers for three years before they got over here as the times. 50 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:59.479 Okay, moving on to the the NFL news of the day. How 51 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:02.960 quick things can change in the NFL. Like, what was it two and 52 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:06.840 a half months ago, everyone was wondering why we didn't keep Josh Dobbs here. 53 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:12.360 He was out in Arizona looking good, got traded to the Vikings, 54 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:15.519 looked good for a game or two, and now he's basically the practice squad 55 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:24.319 QB for the Vikings. Relegated to third stream. They said, I mean 56 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:30.319 backups are backups for a reason. Yeah, it's kind of the Royn Fitzpatrick 57 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:33.839 syndrome. He could come in and give you two or three good games and 58 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:42.600 then five or six bad games right behind. Yeah, I mean he just 59 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:48.839 doesn't Well. I also think that had JJ been playing those games, I 60 00:04:48.959 --> 00:04:57.079 think that he may have lasted a little bit longer. Yeah, yeah, 61 00:04:57.120 --> 00:05:01.720 I think so. That NFL came out and made some news today. They 62 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:06.360 mentioned two rule changes, well, one that they're not going to change in 63 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:15.879 one that they are so. First, Roger Goodell and another executive for events 64 00:05:15.920 --> 00:05:20.319 that both said that the tush push is not under consideration for band, that 65 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:29.519 they wouldn't consider making a rule change just because the play is effective. I 66 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:38.680 think in that instance, teams just need to get inventive to find ways to 67 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:43.240 stop it. Yeah, get a defensive lineman that's going to be good enough 68 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:47.240 to stop it. I mean, get to a Jeffrey Simmons. Yeah. 69 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:54.839 Yeah, and it's it's not unstoppable for everyone. Other teams other than the 70 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:59.079 Eagles have I think they said, are at like sixty four percent success rate 71 00:05:59.160 --> 00:06:02.319 and the Eagles are ninety three. So you're basically just saying the Eagles are 72 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:06.240 too good, So change the rules, right. It's very sly, baby, 73 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:13.759 and I'm not I don't support from The other rule change that they said 74 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:20.000 they are going to make is the fair catches on kickoffs, so that kickoffs 75 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:26.160 continue to be the play where the most concussions happen in the NFL, and 76 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:30.360 that's why they instituted the fair catch. But I guess that rule has impacted 77 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:36.000 the game too much. Thirty one of the thirty two teams have more than 78 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:42.839 sixty percent of their kickoffs are touchbacks because of the fair catch rule, and 79 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:46.519 so the NFL. I guess it is saying two thirds of kickoffs ship and 80 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:59.720 be touchbacks. It needs to get closer to that fifty percent range that they 81 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:06.000 they just need to stick with the rule. I mean, honestly, like 82 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:15.199 I'm just sick of they want this like perfect scenario of like they have this 83 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:21.079 like idea of this like perfect NFL game and they're constantly trying to fine tune 84 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:25.399 it until they get it, and I don't think that that'll ever be the 85 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:30.240 case. Like do we need to have a repeat of the Chiefs and the 86 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:33.959 Rams both scoring fifty points on Monday Night Football like every game? Like no, 87 00:07:34.600 --> 00:07:39.519 Like that's what makes these things so special, and so you, like 88 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:44.240 I've said before, like if we keep making these rule changes, you're going 89 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:50.759 to really make the fan base hate the game of football because it's so hard 90 00:07:51.079 --> 00:08:00.079 to follow something where there's the rule changes and rule sets are constantly changing and 91 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:03.759 going all the way back to when they changed the overtime rules. I was 92 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:09.319 a fan of the old sudden death overtime just because it feels like you're taking 93 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:13.199 special teams out of the game, Like if you have a kicker that can 94 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:16.279 kick a sixty yard field goal to win a game for you in overtime. 95 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:20.279 The team shouldn't be punished for that, right, And the same thing with 96 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:26.720 this. They move the kickoffs up five yards to increase the number of touchback 97 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:31.959 then they institute the faircatch rules. It seems like they're trying to just go 98 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:39.559 away with special teams as much as possible. Yeah. It I understand why, 99 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:43.360 because they don't want people to get injured. But at the same time, 100 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:48.200 injuries are going to happen in the NFL. It's not a matter of 101 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:52.279 if, it's a matter of play. Yeah, you got all twenty two 102 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:58.399 guys on the field are basically more than two hundred pounds running full speed into 103 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:01.519 each other. Like guys, they're going to get injured. You can't take 104 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:05.039 that out of the game unless you're going to play black football. Yeah. 105 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:16.240 But moving on to the the miracle on Monday night, right, Well, 106 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:20.960 what about it? Well the do you think it's time to just turn the 107 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:35.679 offense over to Livis Mm hmm, not yet. I think he still has 108 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:41.559 a lot to learn. He's a rookie. He looked like a rookie there 109 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:46.919 for a second. He definitely made some rookie mistakes in that Dolphins game with 110 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:56.080 the pick six that he threw and with that fake uh toss to Henry that 111 00:09:56.360 --> 00:10:01.799 I'm sorry not to fake the bad toss to Henry that was Oh, that 112 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:05.960 was so bad. There's definitely some things that he needs to work on. 113 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:11.679 I think we can turn it over to him. But I also think he 114 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:16.320 needs a Like I've said before on here, he needs a good supporting cast. 115 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:24.360 And you can't expect your quarterback to do everything otherwise he will get injured. 116 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:33.039 I e. Lamar Jackson, So I don't want him to be Lamar 117 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:37.000 or to be Andrew Luck in the sense where they don't have a good supporting 118 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:41.120 cast, so they're having to make plays on their own and that offense is 119 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:48.120 their offense because the longevity just is not there. But I think he can. 120 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:54.399 I mean with how specials he looked with d hop the seven catches for 121 00:10:54.440 --> 00:11:01.080 one hundred and twenty yards and the TD that looks very promising. Yeah, 122 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:07.960 and see, I think like I jotted down some stats that as I was 123 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:13.279 watching the game, in the first quarter he had four pass attempts and in 124 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:20.000 the second quarter he had six pass attempts up until the two minute drill at 125 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:26.080 the end of the half, okay, and then in the third quarter we 126 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:31.039 went back conservative because it was a one score game in the second half, 127 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:33.639 and that's always been the Titans monfre to get to the fourth quarter in a 128 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:39.480 one score game. In the fourth quarter, he had two pass attempts until 129 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:46.879 we were down by fourteen points. So like to me, like he needs 130 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:52.919 more passes. He needs to have more control over the offense than two pass 131 00:11:52.919 --> 00:12:00.279 attempts in the fourth quarter. Once he once he was inside of the two 132 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:05.039 minutes. He scored eighteen points inside of the two minutes in the first half, 133 00:12:05.120 --> 00:12:13.519 in the second half. Yeah, but you make a very good point, 134 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:22.639 very fair. I just at some point in time it's going to catch 135 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:24.200 up to him. Oh yeah, definitely. I mean he's going to have 136 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:30.000 his bad games, especially as a rookie that he ain't afraid to let the 137 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:35.120 ball goat. So he's throwing into some top windows and the receivers, like 138 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:37.679 you said, Hopkins is making him look good throwing into those top windows. 139 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.639 But if he tries that with Burt's or Carl Phillips, then that might be 140 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:48.960 picks and tips. Yeah. I mean I watched him throw into triple coverage 141 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:54.679 on Monday night at two to d Hob, which normally you would caution against, 142 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:58.919 but when you have people like d Hob, you're like, oh, 143 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:03.000 triple coverage, Like that's nothing. I mean, how many times have I 144 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:07.960 watched that? I as a kid watched, you know, teams put three 145 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:15.519 or four guys onto Megatron to prevent him from catching the ball. Yeah. 146 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:20.399 I had Megatron on my fantasy team the year that he went over nineteen hundred 147 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:24.399 receiving yards. He's the only person I needed on my team to win the 148 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:33.080 championship that year. You're very lucky. The other big, big impact player 149 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:39.159 on Monday Night is Howard Landry. Looks like he's fully back with a three 150 00:13:39.279 --> 00:13:45.519 sack performance. Yeah. I was very happy with Harold Landery's performance. He 151 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:52.639 definitely stepped up in the presence of of Jeffrey Simmons not being there. I 152 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:56.360 want I hope that this is just foreshadowing of what's to come. I hope 153 00:13:56.360 --> 00:14:01.559 that he continues to have games like this and heat, because then that's going 154 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:07.039 to take some pressure off of Jeffrey Simmons and Denik o Auntrey as well as 155 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:13.200 that's also going to help out Ardent to make some very key plays. So 156 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:20.039 if this is if we're getting the herald landry of old, this could be 157 00:14:20.120 --> 00:14:24.799 a team that could be dangerous enough to upset a team in the playoffs. 158 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:28.919 Yeah, absolutely, because we've we've been begging for that front seven to find 159 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:33.799 a pass rush all year and they not showed up at all. Really, 160 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:39.279 Landry, I wrote down before the bye week he had one hundred and eleven 161 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:46.039 plays, he only generated four pressures in one and a half sacks, And 162 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:50.159 since the bye week he's had one hundred and seventy nine plays, twenty seven 163 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:56.000 pressures and seven sacks. So it seems like that needs getting healthier as this 164 00:14:56.159 --> 00:15:01.519 season goes on. Yeah. I mean I've always been told that recovering from 165 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:07.840 ACL surgeries, it takes like a good year to really feel like yourself like 166 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:11.919 how you used to. So he must have a really good sports medicine doctor. 167 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:18.279 Yeah. Yeah, we can only hope, especially if we're going to 168 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:20.799 try to make this playoff run at the last minute. Yes, that is 169 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:26.559 true, But do you think that this can be a momentum spark for the 170 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:31.879 team to actually make the playoff? Fish Er, you think it's just too 171 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:35.320 little, too late that they needed to win a game or two earlier. 172 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.320 We're not eliminated, so I don't think it's too late. We're close, 173 00:15:41.399 --> 00:15:48.519 though. I think that we have an opportunity to really make a good push 174 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:52.679 after this Sunday's game. If we win this Sunday's game, which I think 175 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:58.399 is likely due to the massive amount of injuries that the Texans have, that 176 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:02.759 could. I mean, it's it's hard to stop a team once they find 177 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:11.039 their rhythm. And so if tij Spears goes out there and continues to you 178 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:15.519 know, rush for twenty thirty yards on the ground and have eighty yards in 179 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:22.080 the air and de Hop has one hundred and twenty yard games, we could 180 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:27.159 we could be a threat, you know. The next we only have one 181 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:33.399 road game coming up where we travel to the Texans in a couple of weeks. 182 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:38.840 The rest are home games. If we can win these three divisional games, 183 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:45.480 we we have a very good shot. The downfall is is that we've 184 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:48.679 lost to the Steelers, the Colts, and the Browns, so we need 185 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:52.639 some help. I always feel like every year there's always that one team that 186 00:16:52.720 --> 00:17:00.159 always needs, like the fifth sun on the seventeenth moon, the eighteenth day 187 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:08.240 of the winter soulstice, help to get into the playoffs, So hopefully that's 188 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:15.519 the Titans. But I mean, I wouldn't be mad if we missed the 189 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:18.480 playoffs so that we have a higher draft pick going into the draft this year. 190 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:25.920 Yeah, And touching on two points there, we're not eliminated yet, 191 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:30.039 but a loss on Sunday does eliminate us. If we lose any of the 192 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:36.079 remaining divisional games, were officially eliminated from the playoffs. The only game we 193 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:41.920 can lose is the Seahawks game, and with how the Seahawks are playing, 194 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:45.599 I don't foresee us losing that one either. No, Geno Smith is pretty 195 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:49.240 much already designated out that game, so we're going to be going in there 196 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:56.119 with against a backup quarterback, So so I think it's very possible. Yeah, 197 00:17:56.599 --> 00:18:03.680 And the other point talking about the Texans injuries, let's go ahead and 198 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:11.599 start looking at the Texans here. Their number one wide receiver Nico Collins left 199 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:17.480 Sunday's game with an ankle and hasn't practiced all week, so he's likely out. 200 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:22.880 Number two wide receiver Tank Dell is on IR so he's out. They're 201 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:30.279 starting outside linebacker Cashman has already been rolled out with the ham string. Their 202 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:36.279 number three cornerback Thomas has already been rolled out with the ham string, their 203 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:42.039 starting right tackle has not practiced all week with a hip injury and is questionable, 204 00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:49.799 and their stud rookie defensive end Will Anderson has not practiced all week with 205 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:56.079 an ankle injury and ESPN's reporting film is doubtful. And on top of all 206 00:18:56.200 --> 00:19:02.519 that, c J. Stroud hasn't practiced all week with the concussion, and 207 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:10.160 ESPN was talking earlier that the NFL concussion Protocol has five levels that you have 208 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:15.160 to go through to come back, and the second or third level is getting 209 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:19.839 cleared to practice, and CJ. Stroud hasn't been clear to practice, So 210 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:25.599 if he's still on level one or two of five, then seems pretty unlikely 211 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:30.680 that he's going to play on Sunday. That would be massive for us. 212 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:33.480 If he doesn't play, I mean, it's very sad to hear that he 213 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:38.359 has a concussion. I would not wish that upon anyone. But at the 214 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:42.559 end of the day, if he doesn't play and all of these starters for 215 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:49.440 them truly do not play, this could be the momentum we need to try 216 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:56.519 and make a playoff run. Yep, this would be monumental it'll make two 217 00:19:56.640 --> 00:20:02.279 weeks from Sunday pretty interesting the calls. Most of these guys are going to 218 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:04.480 be back for that game, and so that's going to be the big rematch 219 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:11.480 and it'll be hard for well, I mean, he's gonna ce j Stroud 220 00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:18.119 if he does come back, he's gonna be down some receivers. I just 221 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:25.799 I I'm really looking forward to playing the Texans, to play our old number 222 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:32.160 one wide receiver from last year who talked the Mattis smack after we released him. 223 00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:40.880 So I'm I'm I'm excited for this game. Yeah, and it's gonna 224 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:45.200 be interesting. We release him and he talked all that smack and we replaced 225 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:48.799 him with Hopkins, who's also in a rebiwned game against his old team. 226 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:52.680 So it's going to be a battle of who can get the most yards between 227 00:20:52.759 --> 00:21:00.880 you and two. I would bet the money that it'll be d hop Yeah. 228 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:04.759 Scenes I mean it could come down to meals versus Levis, and I'll 229 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:10.400 take Levis in that battle every time. Yeah. When I when I watched 230 00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:17.200 Levis go one on one with Jalen Ramsey, a top five defensive back in 231 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:22.759 the entire NFL, who's all pro I think I'll take will Levis. So 232 00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:29.799 I was wanting to address this comment here that Mells played well against the Cattans 233 00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:34.200 last year, and I would just like to point out that Malik Willis ain't 234 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:38.000 going to be wearing a jersey on Sunday. We got a slightly better quarterback 235 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:42.720 suiting up for this game. I'd also like to point out that I'm so 236 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:48.240 happy that this person said that Mills played well against US in twenty twenty two 237 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:53.480 and twenty twenty one. I'm just wondering who who did the the Texans have 238 00:21:53.640 --> 00:22:02.359 to spend the number two overall pick on a quarterback because didn't have what it 239 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:07.720 took to be a starting quarterback. Nah nice, looks like one of the 240 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:15.559 career backups coming in. Do you think this game is going to be a 241 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:27.960 Lewis game or a Henry game? Henry likes running against the Texans a lot 242 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:33.799 of two hundred yards games against I'm pretty sure that Henry has records for two 243 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:41.920 hundred yard games against the Texans, So with that, it's hard to say 244 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:48.920 that it won't be a Henry game. Yeah, I agree, but I'm 245 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:56.759 leaning towards Lewis just because I think that with all of the injuries that the 246 00:22:56.079 --> 00:23:02.039 Texans are going to overcommit and sail out to stop Henry, and that's going 247 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:08.119 to leave room for Hopkins and Levis to cook on the back end fair and 248 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:15.400 so especially with Will Anderson possibly not playing, and so that's going to limit 249 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:19.000 their past rush and so they're probably going to have to blitz more and so 250 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:25.119 that opens them up to play actions and that's will Evis's strong suit. He's 251 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:30.680 those play action deep shots are just where he makes his money at. Yeah, 252 00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:34.240 that he does. I'm thinking about that really cool catch that the hop 253 00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:42.359 hat laying on his back. Yeah, and what about the diving catch Henry 254 00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:49.440 had for a first down on second and fifteen. I was scared. That 255 00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:53.119 was the Tabit scary to watch. Yeah, if he landed on his shoulder 256 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:56.559 or on his hip the wrongly and he would be out for the rest of 257 00:23:56.640 --> 00:24:00.319 the season. Yeah, I was. I was scared because you normally don't 258 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:04.480 see Henry do that a lot. Though. I was like, please don't 259 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:08.240 enter yourself, like that's the last thing we need. We don't need you 260 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:15.680 leaving this game when we're trying to win. Yeah, this this is an 261 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:23.319 interesting comment. Rabel versus Damiko to defensive minded, tough former players. That's 262 00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:27.519 that's a not cut coaching combo. I don't think either. I think both 263 00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:33.640 teams have good coaches with these two. Yeah, Jamiko Ryans I think should 264 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:36.440 should be up for Head Coach of the Year. Yeah. I think so 265 00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:41.000 too, with what he's done with Stroud And everybody was expecting the Texans to 266 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:45.440 be a four or five win team again and they're here competing for a playoff 267 00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:49.160 spot. Yeah. They they nailed it with this year's draft box. Yeah. 268 00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:59.599 Absolutely. But we talked earlier about Landry and Key and Audrey and can 269 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:06.079 we duplicate that past Russia second week and a row without Simmons because he's not 270 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:11.640 practiced this week and so it's trending that he's not going to play. I 271 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:18.640 think it's possible. I mean, we had five sacks against Tua, and 272 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:22.160 if they're missing the right tackle, that definitely is going to open up some 273 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:27.480 lanes for us. And we have Deniko Autrey, who's used to playing and 274 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:33.359 in the AFC South against the Texans twice a year, whether it be on 275 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:37.000 the Colts or on the Titans. I think that this could be a really 276 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:41.640 big game for him. Yeah. I think so too. We also put 277 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:45.839 Picco, which was who was replacing Simmons on I R. And so I 278 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:51.519 think that it's going to be a lot of responsibility put on Audrey for this 279 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:56.119 game. He's probably going to see quite an uptick in his snaps. Yeah. 280 00:25:56.240 --> 00:26:00.799 I think also that they'll do a I think the will rotate out the 281 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:07.640 other defensive end spot. Yeah. And with Key, I mean, if 282 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:12.240 he's going up against a backup right tackle for the entire game, and then 283 00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:19.240 Landry is going up against Tunsul who missed one practice this week, he's dealing 284 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:23.319 with an injury as well as well on the left side, So I mean 285 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:29.519 it could be a vulnerable offensive line that they're rushing up against. True, 286 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:33.640 that will make it very hard for them to run the ball. Yep. 287 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:38.559 And with their number one and number two wide receivers out and their quarterback out, 288 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:41.559 it's already going to be tough sled and trying to throw the ball. 289 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:47.759 So if we just off the run game, that could completely stifle their offense. 290 00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:55.240 That is one hundred percent tru But the Titans ain't won a back to 291 00:26:55.359 --> 00:27:00.799 back game in three hundred and ninety six days, so do they finally reset 292 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:08.119 that back to zero. I think that they do. I think this is 293 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:14.759 the game too, this is game number two. This is the best chance 294 00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:17.279 I think right now we have to win to in a row. Yep, 295 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:22.519 I think so as well. And it's also been four hundred and fourteen days 296 00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:30.599 since we beat a divisional opponent. So just to think that there's been two 297 00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:36.440 Halloweens, two Thanksgivings, and a Christmas since we last won a division game. 298 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:41.640 If we lose this one, the next one isn't going to be until 299 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:45.039 after Christmas. So we'll have two Thanksgivings, two Halloweens, and two Christmases 300 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:52.519 since the last division one. That's brutal, but I think that I think 301 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:56.920 they get it done this week with all the injuries, and then they're going 302 00:27:57.000 --> 00:28:03.200 to be still high Monday night win and the home crowd is going to welcome 303 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:07.799 him. I think it's I think this is when we finally get that monkey 304 00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:12.720 off of ver Beth. Correct Drew, you got a prediction for the score, 305 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:26.519 I'm gonna say twenty eight fourteen titments. I have it. I have 306 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:30.319 a similar score. I think that we get in the end zone one extra 307 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:34.319 time. I have it thirty four to thirteen times. We have how many 308 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:40.079 games? How many days has it been since we've scored thirty points? It's 309 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:44.759 been less than four or fourteen, because we score thirty I think against the 310 00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:49.680 Green Bay Packers, So that was last Thanksgiving, but I think it's been 311 00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:55.400 it's been three hundred and seventy something something like that days. I got it 312 00:28:55.480 --> 00:29:00.559 wrote down somewhere because I like to bring up those streets every time I think 313 00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:07.319 they're going to break Themsel got to. But before we get out of here, 314 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:14.440 I was want to look at some playoff math and things that need to 315 00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:22.599 happen for us this week. So everyone's posting about the Titans have one percent 316 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:27.000 chance of making the playoffs, which is true if you consider every possible outcome 317 00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:33.880 of the NFL season. But the only realistic way for the Titans to make 318 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:37.119 the playoffs is to win all four of the remaining games on the schedule. 319 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:41.240 So if we do that, if we take care of air business, then 320 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:45.880 that increases the odds to eighteen percent, which still ain't great. One in 321 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:53.319 five pretty much right, But the Titans have three games that they really need 322 00:29:53.440 --> 00:30:00.599 to break their way this week. So those three games are the Cowboy beaten 323 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:06.960 the Bills, the Lions beating the Broncos, and the Vikings beating the Bengals. 324 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:12.279 If those three things happen, then the Titans odds increased the twenty five 325 00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:19.759 percent again, assuming we win all four of their games. I think two 326 00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:25.279 of the three will happen. The one that the doubtful one in my mind 327 00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:30.640 is Vikings and Bengals. I agree with you there, so I was diving 328 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:36.680 deeper into that one before we jumped on here tonight. So they have the 329 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:42.359 same record on the year, but they're both missing their quarterbacks. The Vikings 330 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:48.279 chose to move on from Gods and of course Cousins got injured earlier this year 331 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:52.559 and Burrow is out for the season, so it could come down to which 332 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:56.519 of those two backups are better. And Browning has looked really good with his 333 00:30:56.680 --> 00:31:03.160 wins over the the last couple of weeks. I think one of them came 334 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:07.880 against the Colts if ain't mistaken, and I think did the other one come 335 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:11.519 against the Jaguars that that is true, Yeah, I mean he's looked good. 336 00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:17.359 He also has a top five wide receiver to throw to. Yeah, 337 00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:23.799 and is Jefferson out this week? I would be shocked if he's playing this 338 00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:27.359 week because he left the game with the chef's injury. I haven't read the 339 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:32.160 injury report though, to see if he's if he's been practicing or not, 340 00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:36.119 but I would be shocked if he's. If he's playing, it's sad because 341 00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:40.279 I would have loved to have seen Cousins and JJ go up against Burrow and 342 00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:49.880 Jamar. But maybe they're saying that ESPN has the Vikings calling him questionable. 343 00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:56.359 But Jefferson himself said in the locker room told a reporter he's playing on Saturday, 344 00:31:57.279 --> 00:32:00.480 So he says that they like he's going to make a go of it, 345 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:13.319 So good for him. That'll be interesting Jefferson versus Chase. That'll that'll 346 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:15.079 be interesting. If it was like I said, if it was Burrow and 347 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:20.400 Cousins, it'd be a high scoring game. Yeah, But I don't think 348 00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:29.160 it will be. Yeah. So there's a couple other games we have slight 349 00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:35.759 interest in, but they don't drastically impact us this week. One is tonight's 350 00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:39.799 game the Chargers and the Raiders. So both of them have the same record 351 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:45.400 that we have right now, so it would actually benefit us if the Chargers 352 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:50.759 win tonight because we own the head to head tiebreaker over them, so we 353 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:57.319 would want to finish in the tile with them. Okay, let's see what 354 00:32:57.599 --> 00:33:04.680 was the other ones I've noted here? The Ravens and the Jaguars. Of 355 00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:08.839 course, if the Ravens beat the Jaguars, then that keeps a small path 356 00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:14.599 to the division title open for us, So it's better to have two pats 357 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:22.039 than one path. And then the other one is the Stealers and the Colts. 358 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:27.640 So no matter who loses that game, if we win on Sunday, 359 00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:30.400 we will be one game behind them and they will be the seventh seeds. 360 00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:37.519 Okay, And so we need the loser of that game to lose two of 361 00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:42.400 their final three games because they both on the head to head tiebreaker over us. 362 00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:45.240 So it's not good enough for them to lose one more game because then 363 00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:51.599 they have the tiebreaker, so we need them to lose two after this weekend. 364 00:33:52.359 --> 00:34:00.400 I've seen the Colts of schedule. It's pretty soft. That is because 365 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:06.039 they have the Steelers, they have the Raiders, and they have they have 366 00:34:06.160 --> 00:34:13.400 Steelers, Raiders, Texans. Yeah, and I can't think of who else. 367 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:19.320 It is pretty soft. It's the Steelers, Texans, Raiders, and 368 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:28.159 Falcons. So Falcons they can maybe lose too. Now, if they win 369 00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:31.039 and the Steelers lose, then we would need the Steelers to lose two of 370 00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:37.519 their final three, which is the Ravens, the Bengals, and the Seahawks. 371 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:42.159 And I could definitely see them losingto the Ravens and maybe the Bengals on 372 00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:50.039 that schedule there. Yeah, so it as much as I would hate to 373 00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:52.519 root for the Colts, it may be in our best interest for the Colts 374 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:58.119 to win that one since the Steelers are more likely to lose games down the 375 00:34:58.159 --> 00:35:04.320 stretch. That is true, and that would be nice, That would be 376 00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:08.280 nice. Those are that pretty much runs it down. But yeah, it 377 00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:13.719 sounds when people say you've got a one percent chance, it sounds like we 378 00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:19.400 need a just massive amount of help. That we just need help from three 379 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:22.280 teams this week, and two of them are very likely to happen. So 380 00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:30.199 anything maybe gets lucky wants. I mean, I've also I've seen the Colt 381 00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:35.840 squander a ninety percent plus chance to make the playoffs. All they had to 382 00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:38.920 win was all they had to do was win between the win one game between 383 00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:44.679 Jacksonville and Raiders, and they went on to lose both. So I mean 384 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:47.719 any literally, anything can happen. I mean, hell, look at us 385 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:52.000 last year after the Packers game, we was ninety four percent chance to make 386 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:58.079 it and the Jaguars were less than one percent. You know what happened there? 387 00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:07.199 That is I think that'll probably do it for us tonight. You want 388 00:36:07.239 --> 00:36:13.199 to tell everyone where they can find you at yep. You can follow me 389 00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:17.599 on Facebook at either a warrant or you can follow me on Instagram at Many 390 00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:24.679 of Steel. 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