Texans Players of the Game in the Wild Card Win Over Steelers

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00:00Game Tyler, let's start off with you.

00:02Who is your Man Eye Institute player of the game?

00:06Y'all talked earlier about the big jump in this Texans run game,

00:11the rushing attack, and Woody Marks was at the center of that.

00:14I'm going with Woody Marks, player of the game.

00:17He had 19 carries for 112 yards.

00:20Yes, that is triple digits, and he averaged 5.9 a carry with a touchdown.

00:24Young Woody for me.

00:25Yeah, Woody was – Woody didn't know what to do with himself.

00:31Some of them holes that were opening up for him.

00:33Yeah, he was really, really good yesterday.

00:36The best running game performance we've seen out of the Texans.

00:41So, Woody Marks, well-deserved, tough, tough cat,

00:45a great draft pick for Nick Casario and company.

00:49Woody Marks is Tyler's player of the game.

00:51Who's yours?

00:53Well, I'm torn here.

00:54I want to go Jalen Petrie because he gave me a feeling

00:57that only superstars typically give you

00:59in terms of being able to take over a game.

01:01But I just – I got to stay on the offensive side of the football,

01:04and I got to go with Christian Kirk.

01:06I believe it's a Texans playoff record, eight catches, 144 yards, one touchdown.

01:11And I had to go Christian Kirk for a couple of reasons.

01:14One is – I don't know anybody that wouldn't have put Christian Kirk in the bad box of Nick Casario signs

01:26to this point.

01:28I mean, complete, total disappointment this season.

01:3116-plus million dollars for Christian Kirk.

01:34And, I mean, he brought damn near zero to the table throughout the regular season.

01:41And then who would have thought that that guy would then turn around,

01:44go eight catches, 144 yards, and a touchdown for the Texans in a playoff game.

01:50So, that alone deserves a huge tip of the cap.

01:53But then you add to the equation, Kyle went out in this game.

01:58And with no Nico Collins out there, C.J. Stroud's got to go to somebody.

02:04And while I know that this offense has never been geared around Nico Collins,

02:09so it's not like you just completely aborted mission, right?

02:13But when Nico Collins isn't out there getting the attention that he typically gets,

02:18somebody's got to go make plays.

02:20And that somebody was Christian Kirk in a major, major way.

02:25So, while I loved what Jalen Petrie did, I've got to go with Christian Kirk

02:29on the offensive side of the ball.

02:30That was impressive.

02:31Unbelievable on third down.

02:34I mean, the moment –

02:35The biggest offensive play, I would argue, they get the errant snap

02:40that takes it to third and 15, and then he gets the long third down conversion,

02:45one of C.J.'s best plays of the night.

02:48Yep.

02:48And that was a huge one going into the fourth quarter

02:51because it felt like, all right, this is a potential stop at 7'6",

02:57and they may get good field position,

03:00and all they're going to need is a field goal to take the lead.

03:03But that was a huge play for him.

03:05Yeah, man, my man had negative three yards last week.

03:10Christian Kirk had.

03:13That's right.

03:13Caught a one of them all poorly executed screens, didn't he?

03:16I had negative three yards last week, man.

03:18I would tell you, yeah, I called him two for 20.

03:21He was more than that last week.

03:24All right.

03:25My man, I institute player of the game, Sheldon Rankins.

03:30He got the big boy touchdown.

03:32I'm with you.

03:33We see several people Petrie timing in.

03:37I'm going to go Sheldon Rankins.

03:38He also had a sack and a half, right, in this game.

03:42So, he had the most sacks in this game, scored a touchdown.

03:46He could have easily gone down.

03:47He picked that thing up and got a big boy touchdown,

03:51and that's his second one of the season.

03:54And he was just dominant up front.

03:57And like you said, on that play, number 73 just got your ass kicked.

04:02I don't know if they watch film session after your season ends,

04:06so maybe he may avoid it.

04:08But he got his ass just thrown back.

04:10There was no stepping up in the pocket because Sheldon Rankins just ran him over.

04:15And he was fantastic against the run, pressure from the inside.

04:19So, Sheldon Rankins, man, I give you love, man.

04:22He is my man-eye institute player of the game.

04:24Man-eye institute, see life better.

04:27Yeah, that's a big one, man.

04:28I mean, that's what a lot of people don't realize, what he did before picking that ball up

04:34and running for a touchdown.

04:35Not only, as you mentioned, did he just, I mean, deplete a really good offensive lineman

04:41and put him in the quarterback's lap, but he gave nowhere for the quarterback to escape

04:45the edge rusher that caused the fumble.

04:48And so, I mean, just this wasn't one of those beneficiaries of the ball kind of falling at his feet,

04:53pick it up and go.

04:54So, he had as much to do with that play, that fumble happening as anybody on the field

04:59and then just had the wherewithal to pick it up and be the big man with sweet feet

05:03and get it to the end zone.

05:04So, yeah, man, that was impressive.

05:07Could have gone Kalen Bullock.

05:08Kalen Bullock had a hell of a game.

05:09He scored a touchdown, too.

05:11Yeah, yeah, that pick six.

05:13Not necessarily the catch.

05:14Hell, he threw it right to him.

05:16Burn was awfully impressive.

05:18Jalen Petrie, as I said, gave me those chill bumps of like, yeah,

05:22Jalen ain't going to let this thing get out of hand.

05:25Yeah, there's a lot there, man.

05:27There's a lot there.

05:28This was a hell of a football game for any Texas fan out there.

05:31Yeah, someone said we could have gone with Will and Daniil.

05:35Yeah, they were themselves.

05:37They were the all pros that they are.

05:39All right, I do want to build off a little real or fake here of Christian Kirk.

05:43You talked about Christian Kirk, who was your player of the game.

05:46Christian Kirk's season is all forgiven with his performance last night.

05:50Real or fake?

05:51Oh, real.

05:51Real as ever.

05:52He earned every bit of that $16 million last night.

05:56There's never been a moment when we needed somebody to step up

05:59and not just step up and have a couple of catches in this offense

06:02that spreads the ball around, but be a matchup problem

06:06and be a guy that the quarterback could depend on

06:08and make big boy plays, create separation, easy throws for the quarterback.

06:12He did it.

06:14So, yeah, no, all is forgiven, absolutely.

06:16Earned every penny.

06:17Hell, no.

06:19I believe that's real.

06:20Man, hell, no.

06:20That's fake to me.

06:22No, man.

06:23I'm glad you came through and you played well.

06:26That's $16 million, man.

06:28My man had negative three yards last week, five yards before that.

06:33No, man.

06:33It was to me more about time, about damn time,

06:40that all is forgiven.

06:43But if he does it again next week, then I'll change my tune.

06:47But, I mean.

06:48No, man.

06:49I don't even know what the hell got into him.

06:52Like, he was pulling away from that last crosser,

06:58and I think third and four where Echols was coming across with me,

07:00gave him that little jab, shake move,

07:03and created like five yards of separation.

07:05Where the hell's that been?

07:07You remember he couldn't get past that linebacker in Tennessee?

07:10Yep.

07:12And now, I mean, he's just running away from folks.

07:14So, yeah, he was great last night.

07:16But, no, man, that, yeah.

07:18I still remember you got too many single-digit yard games in here

07:24to make up for that money.

07:25All right.

07:26Real or fake, Clint?

07:28Indiana, the Hoosiers being an eight-and-a-half-point favorite over Miami

07:32with a game being played in Miami is too much.

07:35Real or fake?

07:37Fake.

07:38It's not too much.

07:39They are on the verge of skull-dragging their way to a national championship

07:43through the college football playoff.

07:44You think they're going to do it to Miami, too?

07:46I do.

07:46Eight-and-a-half, you said?

07:47I don't think it's going to be as embarrassing.

07:49Look, I think you look at Oregon,

07:51I just think Oregon left a lot to be desired.

07:53You said they were going to blow them out.

07:55I think this ends up being a quote-unquote blowout

07:59for national championship standards.

08:02But, yeah, I think that's a reasonable number, given what we've seen.

08:06Yeah, man, it does feel fair, man.

08:11Like, I do want to see, it will be fun to see what those offense

08:15and defensive lines of Miami look like against Indiana

08:18because Indiana has just looked, as you said, dominant.

08:23And I don't know, man.

08:24It feels like Miami can play with them up front like that.

08:29We'll see the rest of it.

08:31But, yeah, man, eight-and-a-half, man.

08:34They're playing in Miami.

08:36Miami's home right there.

08:39That's how impressive they've been, man.

08:40But they beat the hell out of Oregon.

08:42I mean, the number they did on Alabama was just ridiculous.

08:46They have certainly looked like the number one team.

08:49And I don't think the in Miami part matters as much.

08:53I feel like.

08:55Did you see how Indiana traveled last week?

08:56There are some people that I know in our business or just people that I know in general

09:03that are Indiana Hoosier fans or from the area, they are out.

09:08We got people out here blowing past mortgages, blowing past.

09:13I mean, anybody making that trip.

09:16Anybody making that trip.

09:17They didn't have to make the trip to Pasadena, Atlanta, and now Miami.

09:23You think they're working their way east?

09:24You think Indiana's got more fans there than Miami?

09:28Yes.

09:29Yeah.

09:29And that's a crying shame in your own back.

09:30And Miami is feeling amped and excited.

09:34But I think they're going to buy them extra $25,000 that is for everybody.

09:39That Miami fan base got a lot.

09:42It got a real USC vibe to it, boy.

09:44It can be non-existent unless you're on a national title run.

09:47Yeah.

09:48And that Indiana got to this the first time we had never had anything.

09:52And I.

09:54Yes, indeed.

09:55That Indiana fan base got a lot of once-in-a-lifetime type of thing.

10:00And that's why I think if A&M ever made a run like that, they would all just be there.

10:05It's a big if.

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