QOTD: Which role player will you ALWAYS appreciate?

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00:00Who is a role player that you will always appreciate?

00:02713-572-460.

00:04Man, this can go any number of ways.

00:06Obviously, Texans, Rockets, Astros, at large, your favorite college team,

00:11whatever it may be.

00:13I don't know, like, whenever we get these questions out there,

00:16it's kind of funny what immediately pops into your mind.

00:21That's generally where you should go.

00:23I want to know what you guys are thinking.

00:25What name just popped into your mind?

00:27You and I, go ahead and say it because we had the same one.

00:29Did we?

00:30Yes.

00:31I don't even know if I said this.

00:31Kevin Walter.

00:32Kevin Walter, that's right.

00:34I was trying to figure, that's one of the things, though,

00:36is, like, football role player is kind of an interesting way to go.

00:40Like, obviously, role player in general, you think, not a star.

00:43But football is kind of funny in that there's so many specialized tasks

00:46that role player kind of ends up being tough.

00:49I think Kevin Walter is just a fan favorite, generally.

00:51Yes.

00:51Right?

00:52As a wide receiver.

00:53So, yeah, that was one of the ones that came to mind.

00:55Like, overall, though, the role player that I will always appreciate

00:58was Marwin Gonzalez.

01:00Like, that was the one that came to mind for me.

01:02Yes, that's a great one.

01:03Someone in the vein of, like, the Mauricio Dubon of currently, right?

01:06Just a dude who can step in anywhere and everywhere

01:08and give you admirable play.

01:10Dubon is on that list.

01:11Absolutely.

01:13Absolutely, right?

01:14Marwin Gonzalez is always going to be the one that I think about.

01:16Even tying up, tying the game up in the ninth and game two

01:21versus the Dodgers, right?

01:22Like, those are things that I will not forget.

01:25And, obviously, he had a number and number of circumstances like that.

01:28But, yeah, very much Marwin Gonzalez was the first one.

01:30I got a couple more, and then I'm curious what else is popping in y'all's minds

01:34because more than a role player, but for me, he always played a specific role.

01:40The one that just immediately popped into mind was Otis Thorpe.

01:44Interesting.

01:44He's more than a role player.

01:45Yeah, he's more than that.

01:46He's more than that.

01:47But, just, he had a particular role and just played, hell, you could say Clint Capella.

01:52You know?

01:53Yeah.

01:53Clint was real instrumental because as much as James Harden was a fantastic engine

01:59for an offense and really just one-on-one, you were going to be in hell

02:02trying to keep this really strong dude from getting downhill

02:05and using his dark arts against you.

02:09The notion of having that vertical element that he could throw that lob up to

02:13made it impossible to guard him.

02:15Yeah.

02:15Absolutely impossible to guard him.

02:17What about you guys?

02:19Yeah, the first one I thought about, and I don't want to really speak to his impact

02:24on the game and all that stuff, but just his presence as a role player,

02:28Gerald Green.

02:29That's the first person I thought about.

02:31Yeah.

02:32Especially just being in this situation, being a Houston guy,

02:36playing for the Houston Rockets.

02:37It just seemed like when, in a good, not a disrespectful way, but every time I think about the 2010s type

02:46of Houston Rockets, I think the first thing I think about is Gerald Green.

02:49Yeah.

02:50Just being from Houston with the Braves and all, Gerald Green.

02:55I feel like when you get to Rockets ones, it's going to be championship era and dudes that had moments.

03:01So, Mario Ellie comes up.

03:03Vernon Maxwell.

03:05Mad Max is going to come up.

03:06They were kind of like Otis Thorpe, more than a role player, but definitely played a role.

03:10And then Robert Ori is another one that absolutely comes up as well.

03:13I was trying to think of, like, Texans ones specifically.

03:17I've got one.

03:18You've got one that came in.

03:19Somebody said Antonio Smith, and I thought that was a really good one.

03:24I'm actually thinking of modern day, because you mentioned Davis Mills.

03:26There's a couple of guys that showed up in this game in various ways that I think are starting to feel

03:31and starting to get their nose to this degree, which is Tommy Togiai.

03:35Oh, for sure.

03:37Like, he is specifically role player.

03:39He got his sack, man.

03:40Technically a half sack.

03:41However, he did show up, and that's what it's been, right?

03:46Look, still disrespect.

03:47It feels like he don't even play until the third quarter, but when he does, you immediately know,

03:51oh, Tommy Togiai's in the game, right?

03:52Runs are stuffed now, and things are changing on that offensive line.

03:56What did Tommy do to Reggie?

03:57What do you mean?

03:58I have no idea.

03:59Why are y'all paying me as the Tommy Togiai hater?

04:02I saw one sack.

04:03That's right.

04:04I'm reporting what actually happened so they don't get on here saying,

04:07in the loop, said he had a full sack.

04:09I've seen three sacks.

04:10I'd say one from Will, one from Daniil, and one from Tommy Togiai.

04:15All right, so here's one.

04:17And then I also wanted to mention, EJ Speed has been really good in that role.

04:21He's been so good.

04:21Right, just coming in and being a heat-seeking missile in moments.

04:26Yeah, yeah, yeah.

04:27He's been really good for this defense.

04:28All-time Texans.

04:29If I told you there was a guy that played nine years in the total of 93 yards rushing,

04:37would you say he's memorable?

04:39No.

04:40Nine years, 93 yards rushing.

04:41Ten yards a year?

04:42Yeah, no, we're not saying that.

04:44What if he had 796 receiving yards, a million pancake blocks?

04:49His name was Vontae Leach.

04:50Yeah.

04:51I love that guy.

04:51Well, yeah.

04:52I love that guy.

04:53Set you up, man.

04:54I love that dude.

04:56Yeah, man.

04:56He was a bad dude.

04:58Is fullback like the position where you're most likely to just get a fan favorite?

05:04He could catch the ball, man.

05:05Yeah.

05:06He was just toasting fools out there.

05:08Without question.

05:10Let's see.

05:11There's a lot of names coming in in all sorts of different spaces.

05:15Case Keenum for being like a coach on the sideline for a number of times.

05:20And then also, he's a local legend at that point.

05:23Tony Eusebio.

05:24I'm with you.

05:25I'm with you on Tony.

05:27Chucky Brown.

05:29Yes.

05:29Chucky Brown was definitely a memorable role player.

05:32Actually, it feels like just a lot of the Texans backup quarterbacks,

05:36because they've been called into duty so much in the short history of this team.

05:39Like, I've seen some TJ Yates, which can't really deny you,

05:42because, like, again, he came in and won playoff games, right?

05:45Yeah.

05:45Like, that's absolutely filling your role.

05:48Moochie Norris, if for no other reason than the hair.

05:52The blowout.

05:53Right.

05:53The hair.

05:53The hair was beautiful there.

05:54No, but he actually had a very good game.

05:55Carl Herrera.

05:57Oh, yeah.

05:58Yeah, there we go.

05:58I feel like there's going to be a lot of rockets that pop up here.

06:01Oh, wow.

06:02All right.

06:02So, does this count, considering Seth Payne is the text that came in?

06:07I know Seth would not be upset with being described as a role player,

06:11but is that accurate?

06:12Is that an accurate way to describe that, man?

06:16I feel like that's not fair to him.

06:18Joel Driesen comes in.

06:20Bill Bates of the 90s Cowboys?

06:22Oh, he's the ultimate special teams guy.

06:25You know, yeah, he fits the category.

06:28Absolutely.

06:29Oh, Shane Battier.

06:30Shane Battier was like a super role player.

06:33Like, he was a defensive stopper.

06:34I feel like we can't.

06:35Making those charges, man.

06:36Scott, now, Scott Padgett.

06:37Yeah.

06:38I would like to know exactly what got you on the Scott Padgett train there,

06:408-3-2.

06:41But, Scott Padgett, there we go.

06:42We're a little bit closer to what we're talking about there.

06:45But, yeah, man, it's, I mean, Davis Mills, you have this written down here.

06:49Two starts, obviously 2-0, even though quarterback wins is not a stat.

06:53But 566 yards passing.

06:55According to you.

06:56Four touchdowns.

06:57Yeah, that's right.

06:57And I'm right.

06:58A single interception and then a couple of game-winning drives.

07:01Like, being able to step in in this place, this season could have been over.

07:06Over.

07:06If it wasn't for, I mean, you know, it deserves a little discussion here.

07:11And that is, you know, Nick Casario, by the way, joining Pain and Pendergast tomorrow?

07:16Tomorrow, 7.30.

07:177.30 a.m.

07:18Re-signing him right before the season.

07:21And you're kind of thinking, eh, you know, whatever.

07:24You signed him.

07:25And when you signed him, you know, we had the discussion on this show.

07:29You don't want him to get more than two or three wins for you.

07:31You know, you want him to come in and be able to give you two or three wins, you know, in a pinch.

07:36That's exactly what he did.

07:37That's exactly what he did.

07:38He didn't necessarily put the team on his back, but he made big plays at the end.

07:44You know, you talked about it.

07:45566-yard passing and two starts.

07:48You know, those 34 rushing yards, including the big touchdown, four TDs.

07:54And your offense hadn't been Sterling before, but you haven't really had a drop-off at all offensively, right?

08:01In fact, at times it feels like he might have a better command of the offense than what you had been doing prior.

08:07But, yeah, that is absolutely what you – that's your best case scenario for a backup quarterback to come in.

08:13And it would have been really bad if you had a backup quarterback come in and not be able to do this.

08:17And you have losses against the Jags and the Titans, right?

08:20Just getting the wins is important.

08:22Who you were playing against also mattered.

08:24And so shout-out to Davis Mills for holding this down.

08:26And we'll see if he might need to be called into duty once more.

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