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Everyone’s thrown out ideas, but it’s time to make it official — what nickname should we give this Texans defense?
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00:00Hit us.
00:02I've been spitballing.
00:03I gave this a lot of thought because I'm like, all right, this is enough.
00:05Oh, see.
00:06Whenever he starts thinking of nicknames, it goes solid.
00:07No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:09I was dead serious.
00:10I was dead serious.
00:10No, I know you were serious.
00:11That's the problem.
00:12That's actually the issue here.
00:14I do like Figgies.
00:15Well, I say Figgies.
00:16Yeah.
00:17It's been out there, and this is one that you're embracing.
00:19Yeah, Swarm City.
00:20And I first heard it from Woody Marks when he got drafted.
00:23Yeah.
00:24And you know how you do those little videos like, hey, happy to be drafted by Houston.
00:28Let's go.
00:29And he did – the one thing I hate about this video, he did the horns up.
00:33Yeah.
00:33Hit that to H-Town.
00:34Yeah.
00:34He did the horns up and said, Swarm City, let's go.
00:36Yeah.
00:37And that stuck with me.
00:38So, here's where I was when I was trying to think of one.
00:40And, again, this is all stuff.
00:42Start sending them in.
00:44Oh, they have.
00:45We'll put it out there.
00:46They have.
00:46But the one that I keep going back to, and she mentioned Legion of Boom.
00:50The Legion of Boom was so good because it told the exact story.
00:53That is exactly what they were.
00:55That defense, it was all three levels.
00:57It was big-time hits.
01:00It was turnovers, et cetera.
01:03So, I started thinking, like, what is a term that tells the whole Texan story?
01:08Interceptions, getting after the quarterback, turnovers, tackling, sacks.
01:14I came up with, well, I don't know if I came up with it, but one that I think I like is
01:19the Bullhawks.
01:21Bullhawks?
01:21The Bullhawks.
01:23It feels like you're just...
01:23Because they are Bullhawks.
01:24Yes.
01:25They are absolute Bullhawks in every way, at every level.
01:28So, that's one I'm going to throw out there.
01:30We are wide open.
01:31This is an open slate, but we got to put something on wax.
01:34That's interesting.
01:34I like what you're doing there.
01:36It almost sounds like you're just specifically talking about number two, Kalen Bullock.
01:40No.
01:40No, no.
01:41The Bulls.
01:41No, I hear you.
01:42I hear you.
01:43Okay.
01:45281 says, I'm pitching Kirby Killers once again.
01:48Okay.
01:49I'll get into reading them.
01:50I wanted to...
01:52I was thinking about the same thing you were, right?
01:54Something that feels like it's indicative of what this team is.
01:56Yeah, representative.
01:57And as I was thinking, I stumbled across Scott Quessenberry, obviously.
02:01And I was like, oh, he did it.
02:03Especially because it comes back to something that, in that group, it speaks to it.
02:09And you mentioned Legion and the Boom.
02:11They kind of generated that themselves.
02:13And then we were like, oh, no, it feels like it fits.
02:16We will make this go.
02:18You remember these guys talking about going over the middle of the field against this defense?
02:23How so?
02:24Right?
02:24When teams want to go over the middle of the field and try and throw at that linebacker level?
02:29You remember what they talked about and what they call it?
02:31What?
02:31The kill zone.
02:32The kill zone.
02:33I like the kill zone.
02:34And I don't know if there's...
02:35I'm trying to find, like, does there need to be something alliterative with it, like the kill zone?
02:39But kill zone, killers feels very...
02:41It feels too redundant.
02:42Or the swarm zone.
02:43The kill zone defense or something.
02:45I like kill zone.
02:45I feel like it has to incorporate kill zone because that's something of their own accord that they talk about.
02:51And it feels like it fits.
02:53When I say kill zone, is there a play that comes to mind?
02:55Because I can immediately think of one from this week.
02:57Yeah.
02:57Petrie.
02:58Right.
02:58That's one of those things where it feels like this defense.
03:02I feel like it has to incorporate kill zone.
03:04Shout out to Scott Quessenberry.
03:05Look, I like all three of these.
03:07Swarm City, Bullhawks, the Bullhawks, and kill zone.
03:11But let's go to the...
03:12Let's go to the...
03:12Who do we got?
03:13Oh, we got callers?
03:14Yeah.
03:14Oh, let's go to the phone line.
03:15All right.
03:16We got suggestions on this defense, the nickname that ultimately lands on it.
03:21Who's on the phone line with us?
03:23Is it Bentley?
03:25Yep.
03:26Yo, you on Sports Radio 610.
03:27What's happening?
03:29Go, Bentley.
03:30Oh, no.
03:31Yeah.
03:32Well...
03:32How about Edward?
03:33Yeah, this is Edward.
03:36Yeah, go for it.
03:37What's happening?
03:37What's the nickname suggestion you got for us?
03:39Yeah, so we talk about their swarming defense all the time and how great...
03:44Why does that stick?
03:45It's the Texans Swarm.
03:48No, you're right.
03:49But as something like...
03:50I'm thinking, like, put it on a shirt.
03:52I guess Texans Swarm might work.
03:54Yeah, but it already feels like...
03:57Yeah, that sounds like a statement.
03:58Yeah.
03:58Kind of.
03:58And I feel like there's a lot of people trying to make the Swarm work, Swarm Hunters, Swarm
04:04Zone.
04:06It's got to be something with Swarm, in my opinion.
04:08Well, let's keep going to the calls.
04:10All right.
04:10Why not?
04:10Let's roll through them.
04:11We're going to roll through some texts, because we have to do this.
04:14Let's go.
04:15Yo, what's your nickname?
04:18I got Fear the Steers.
04:20Fear the Steers.
04:21Fear the Steer defense?
04:23Yeah, Fear the Steers.
04:23Okay, all right.
04:24All right.
04:25What do you say to the argument that some people threw out there that not every great
04:30defense has a nickname?
04:32Obviously, you could talk about the Steel Curtain and the Purple People Eaters.
04:36Doomsday.
04:37Doomsday.
04:38You also still talk about the 85 Bears.
04:40Does that become their nickname?
04:42Right.
04:42You say 85 Bears, you think...
04:44You know exactly.
04:45Or the 2000 Ravens.
04:47Right?
04:47Yeah.
04:48Would it not also be an argument to say that the 2025 or the 25 Texans...
04:54The 25 Texans?
04:54Like, they are kind of...
04:56I mean, yes, but no.
04:56Especially when you talk about the 85 Bears and the 2000 Rams, they're very workmen.
05:01Yeah.
05:01Right?
05:01They just kind of get the job done.
05:03Mm-hmm.
05:03There's not a...
05:04You know, there's not an overarching kind of...
05:07I don't know, about me type feeling.
05:10Everybody is in.
05:11It feels like that would be something that fits, right?
05:14It fits, but I want something.
05:15But you need something.
05:16You need something.
05:16I want something.
05:17So, let's keep rolling.
05:18All right.
05:18Hey, what's your name for the defense?
05:22Hello?
05:23Yeah, you're on.
05:23What do you got?
05:24You're on with us.
05:24We got you.
05:25Oh, man.
05:26Scroost and Swarm, baby.
05:27Scroost and Swarm.
05:28Scroost and Swarm.
05:29Okay.
05:30That ain't bad.
05:31That ain't bad.
05:31I don't hate it.
05:32I don't hate it.
05:33I will say, personally, anything of Doom or Legion of, I feel like you're biting off of something
05:40else.
05:40Yeah.
05:40We don't need to do that.
05:41All right.
05:42Who we got, and what's your nickname?
05:45All right.
05:46I like the Killzone that Figgie mentioned, and then use Enter the Killzone, or QB's, that
05:53I don't like Die, but Die in the Killzone.
05:55You can do any number of things with that.
05:57All right.
05:58All right.
05:58Appreciate it.
05:58Appreciate it.
05:59That was Reggie, by the way.
06:00Yeah.
06:01All right.
06:02Shout out to Reggie there.
06:04Good name.
06:04Uh-huh.
06:05Somebody said we're thinking too hard.
06:07Yeah, I get it, but-
06:08No, we're not.
06:09Eventually, you just gotta find one that fits, right?
06:11Yeah.
06:11I mean, I'm gonna keep going with this.
06:14Yeah.
06:14We have a full board here, and I hate doing that.
06:17Do it.
06:17But the fans want to hear their voice.
06:20All right.
06:20I'll stop slowing it down.
06:21Run through it.
06:21Run through it.
06:21Run through it.
06:22What we got?
06:22Nickname.
06:23Nickname.
06:23Nickname.
06:23What you got?
06:24Go ahead.
06:25See, we're gonna call it the House of Pain.
06:27The House of Pain?
06:28House of Pain.
06:29How you feel about that, Lopez?
06:30I feel like I've heard it before.
06:31Okay.
06:31What do you got?
06:35SwarmNado.
06:36Those teams are coming into a SwarmNado.
06:38A SwarmNado.
06:39Okay.
06:39Here comes the SwarmNado.
06:41All right.
06:42That's starting.
06:42Reggie's writing some of these down.
06:44Okay.
06:44I'm just trying to have it in front of me.
06:46I'm a visual person.
06:46All right.
06:47Nickname.
06:47We need it.
06:48What do you got?
06:50SwarmStorm.
06:51All right.
06:52That has the alliteration.
06:53I like the SwarmStorm.
06:55I think the SwarmStorm has a little bit-
06:57You might be coming close to the Swarm City.
06:59Mm-hmm.
06:59Okay.
07:01All right.
07:02All right.
07:02What you got?
07:03What's your name?
07:04Heath.
07:06What do you got?
07:06What's the nickname?
07:06Hey, what about-
07:07I know we've used it before.
07:09What about Bulls on Parade?
07:10I like-
07:10You know what?
07:11I thought of that, too.
07:12And I was trying to use the Bull.
07:13That's why I said Bullhawks.
07:15I like it.
07:15I don't mind it.
07:16Do you have any issues with Bulls on Parade being used a second time?
07:20Does that not feel like an intellectual infringement of sorts?
07:23It just seems like a different type.
07:25I kind of do.
07:25I feel like it's a different era.
07:27Yeah.
07:27Because when I think of Bulls on Parade, I kind of think of the obvious era.
07:30Right, right, right.
07:31But this is-
07:32To me, I look at this as a whole different era.
07:34Mm-hmm.
07:35All right.
07:35All right.
07:36What you got?
07:36What's your name for the defense?
07:40James out of Dickinson.
07:43Slab City Swarmers.
07:47Slab City.
07:47Hey, that would be-
07:49I'm cool with Slab City.
07:51To be honest.
07:52I like that, too.
07:54All right.
07:54Next caller.
07:55What you got nickname-wise for this Texans defense?
07:59What do you have?
08:00Stampede of Death.
08:01Stampede of Death.
08:02Stampede of Death.
08:03All right.
08:03All right.
08:04It's accurate.
08:04That's the theory.
08:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:06You got to have-
08:07One of the things that I've-
08:08Because I went to a middle school where our nicknames was the Hornets.
08:11Okay.
08:12And you think about it and you go, man, a Hornet does not sound imposing.
08:15And I think that that's one thing that we might be dealing with, trying to get Swarm in here,
08:18but get that imposing feeling, I think that might be making it a little tough.
08:22All right.
08:23Next caller.
08:24What's the nickname suggestion you have for this Texans defense?
08:27I got the Horned Swarm.
08:30The Horned Swarm.
08:32Hey, that's a pretty good one's coming in here.
08:33I'm not bad.
08:34That's not bad.
08:35All right.
08:35All right.
08:36Next.
08:36What do you got?
08:37What's your nickname?
08:39I got Killer D's.
08:42Because since we got an awesome killing defense, I say Killer D's.
08:45Houston Astros had Killer D's.
08:48You know what?
08:48We should be Killer D's.
08:49There's something there.
08:50There's something there.
08:50There's something there.
08:51I like it.
08:52I like it.
08:53All right.
08:53Next.
08:54What do you got?
08:55What's the nickname?
08:57Hey, man.
08:57No, the caller was right.
08:58It just needs to be Slab City.
09:00I'm going to put you on the slabs.
09:01I like Slab City, man.
09:03I can see that on the shirt.
09:05The city monikers are staying, don't they?
09:07Aren't they?
09:07Yeah.
09:08Right?
09:08Like Swarm City, Slab City.
09:10You got Slab City.
09:11I like Slab City.
09:12I like Slab City.
09:12Crush City.
09:13Swarm City.
09:14Slab City.
09:14Slab City's pretty cool.
09:16I like that one.
09:16All right.
09:17All right.
09:17All right.
09:18What do we got next?
09:19What's your nickname?
09:21Rico.
09:22Yeah.
09:22What's the nickname you got for this?
09:23Bull Zone.
09:25The Bull Zone.
09:25Bull Zone.
09:26Bull Zone.
09:26Okay.
09:27All right.
09:27All right.
09:29Next one.
09:32Go.
09:32What do you got?
09:34The Magnum D.
09:38You got the chuckle, I guess you wanted.
09:39I appreciate you calling in.
09:41All right.
09:43Next one.
09:44What you got?
09:44Texans defense.
09:46Nickname.
09:46What you thinking?
09:48I'm thinking Lone Star Lockdown.
09:50Which, again, is what they do.
09:52Not bad.
09:53Not bad.
09:53Not bad.
09:54All right.
09:54Somebody said, as long as it ain't Rock Boys.
09:57It will not be Rock Boys.
09:58I can tell you that for certain.
10:00All right.
10:00Your suggestion for the Texas defense's nickname is?
10:04How about the trauma unit?
10:07Hey, a little medical center stuff.
10:09How about a couple more here?
10:11We got the board is full.
10:12Just keep sending them in on the text if you don't get on air.
10:14All right.
10:15Killer Bulls.
10:16Killer Bulls.
10:17Killer Bulls.
10:18Killer Bulls.
10:18Okay.
10:18All right.
10:18All right.
10:19And then what you got?
10:20Yeah, I got a couple.
10:24I got the Swarminator defense or the Steel Blue Swarm.
10:29Steel Blue Swarm.
10:30Swarminator defense.
10:31Okay.
10:31All right.
10:32What do you mean?
10:32One more?
10:33Two more?
10:33Yeah.
10:34A couple more.
10:34All right.
10:34Two more real quick.
10:35Real quick.
10:35Not that one.
10:36Well, yeah.
10:37You got to hold on there.
10:38All right.
10:38Two more.
10:39What do we got here?
10:40Nickname for the Texas defense.
10:42The House of Pain again.
10:44House of Pain again.
10:46Okay.
10:46I like that.
10:47I like that.
10:47I'll spend on it.
10:48All right.
10:48Final one here.
10:49Final one here.
10:49What do we got?
10:50Nickname for the Texas defense.
10:52All right.
10:54If you want alliteration, how about either the Swarm Squad or the Swarm Squadron?
10:59Swarm Squadron.
11:00Swarm Squad.
11:02Man, this is blowing up.
11:04I like Slab City a lot, man.
11:05I like Slab City, too.
11:07Somebody said Concussion Protocol.
11:08H-Town Hitters is one that I've seen a whole bunch of because they sure do do that.
11:16All right.
11:16So, do we have one that we're landing on?
11:18I like Slab City.
11:20I like, what was the other ones that we, you were writing them down.
11:23I was just writing, I mean, we came back to the House of Pain or like redoing House
11:29of Pain or even Bulls on Parade 2.0 is one of those ones that it still feels like it
11:34could work.
11:34What is something you can see on a shirt?
11:36Swarm Troopers just came in on the text.
11:39Yeah.
11:39Swarm Troopers is one that I liked.
11:41I just wondered if they wanted to go with that, you know, that allusion to.
11:46How about the Bayou Bullies?
11:48Bayou Bullies has come in.
11:49Yeah.
11:50I like Bayou Bullies.
11:51Yeah.
11:52Okay.
11:53All right.
11:54Because they are, like I said, tell the story of what they do.
11:56Yeah.
11:57That's why I went with Bullhawks, but Bayou Bullies, that's what they do.
12:00They bully you.
12:02Slab City is just cool.
12:04Yeah.
12:04I can see a shirt that says Slab City.
12:06I will rock that shirt.
12:08That's right.
12:09There are a lot of suggestions, and we can't even get to all of them, but we appreciate
12:13you getting involved here.
12:14I cannot wait.
12:16Hudson Harden just came in.
12:17Okay.
12:17Very good.
12:18I cannot wait to see, because it feels like, regardless, if they keep their head to no
12:22to the grindstone, which I know that they will, that this is going to be a defense that's
12:26going to be reckoned with for years and decades to come in the national football league.
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