00:00Also, when you talk about things that get the people going,
00:02C.J. Stroud and the way that he finished off this season,
00:06the conversations that are there to be had
00:09and what you're looking for in this season.
00:11And I think anything that the Rockets do has some level of a tinge of, okay.
00:19The Texans, you mean.
00:19I'm sorry, the Texans, again.
00:22I appreciate that cleaning up.
00:23But anything that the Texans do, thank you, has a little bit of a tinge of, okay.
00:27And so, what does that say about C.J.?
00:30What does it mean for C.J.?
00:31And you've looked at these first few days of Fury Agency in a particular way
00:35when it comes to C.J.?
00:36Yeah, and I think it's the way that the Texans are making clear.
00:41We're all under the understanding, impression, opinion
00:45that C.J. Stroud did not really thrive or like to thrive in this offense very much.
00:50We can go back to week four, whatever, body language,
00:54and, you know, just doesn't seem to be embracing, you know, their style.
00:58The Texans are basically saying, lump it, too bad.
01:02I've never heard someone say lump it.
01:04Yeah, that's an old saying.
01:06Okay, that's why.
01:06I was like, I've never heard that before.
01:08You've never heard that?
01:08713-572-467?
01:10Have you heard someone tell you to lump it?
01:11Now you're about to have all old people texting in.
01:13Hey, what are you saying to me?
01:15What are you saying to me?
01:16That sounds like an old saying.
01:16I really wouldn't know.
01:17You've never heard anybody say, too bad, lump it?
01:20No, not once.
01:22I heard she.
01:22Not once?
01:24Literally, not once.
01:25I just experienced something that I'd never had in my life before.
01:29All right, the texters are going to come through for me, I know.
01:31They're texting on their flip phones right now.
01:33That's an old thing.
01:34About to trash me and Reggie for being millennials.
01:37Yes, exactly.
01:37That's fine.
01:38But the Texans truly, let's look at everything they've done.
01:41If they had planned to maybe mix in some things for C.J. Stroud's benefit,
01:50you want to let it rip a little bit, you want to make it a little easier,
01:54we'll add this and we'll add that.
01:56No, they got rid of that.
01:57They got rid of their West Coast guy, or they mutually parted in Gerard Johnson.
02:02They brought in, they doubled down with Szaplinski as the quarterback,
02:07and then they started making moves.
02:09Run blocking.
02:10We know they're going to do.
02:11So, you know, they're doubling and tripling down on Patriots-style offense.
02:16And they're basically, they're sending a message to C.J., like,
02:18get on board, buddy.
02:19Yeah, they're pretty much saying this system works.
02:21Yes.
02:22You got to get with it or you're going to be lost in the sauce.
02:25What you just said exactly.
02:26You got to get with it.
02:28Honestly, it's a little bit scary, too, because that's how Bill O'Brien was working,
02:32who was in that Patriots system.
02:34He was, and we heard the stories from Cecil Shorts talking about how he was showing a bunch of Tom
02:41Brady stuff.
02:42I know this works because it works in New England.
02:44Yeah.
02:44That's a direct quote, according to Cecil Shorts.
02:47Yeah.
02:47Well, New England had a guy named Tom Brady, but okay.
02:51So, that's what I'm saying.
02:52Like, they want, and we want, you know, we talked about it shortly after the playoff loss to New England.
02:58You know, he has to come back humbled.
03:00He has to come back embracing what they are.
03:02And they're basically saying, yeah, you better, because we're not going to change everything.
03:07We're not going to all of a sudden go West Coast offense, you know, just throw it to a spot
03:12kind of deal.
03:12They're doubling down on what they've already done.
03:14I mean, should they, in your mind?
03:17Well, I'm glad you said that.
03:19I'm not to dominate here, but.
03:20No, go for it, dog.
03:21You got it.
03:21I saw.
03:22No, no.
03:23Pardon me.
03:23I saw.
03:24Clear out.
03:24No, no.
03:25Clear out.
03:25He getting buckets.
03:27He going for 83.
03:28But I'm glad you said that because part of me.
03:3084.
03:32Omaha.
03:33No, part of me.
03:34That's Will.
03:34Part of me kind of likes it.
03:36Part of me kind of likes, like, if you're going to, you can't waffle and be a little bit of
03:40this and a little bit of that if what your heart of hearts is truly telling you is, I think
03:44this can work.
03:45We'll find out if this can work.
03:46But they think it will.
03:48So they're all their resources, all their acquisitions, you know, the run blocking Braden Smith, the tight end that we're
03:54going to talk about here in a little bit.
03:55You know, these are all.
03:56Do you know his name?
03:58Faroe.
03:59That's right.
03:59That's exactly what his name is.
04:00His name is Master Faroe.
04:02Thank you for the spoon.
04:03They're all 12 personnel.
04:05Run the ball.
04:06Safe passes.
04:07Read the defense and go.
04:08Part of me kind of likes it.
04:09Like, get on board, CJ.
04:11I mean, you know, and the other part that they have some leverage with, he's playing for some money, too.
04:16He's playing for some money, too.
04:18So he better get on board.
04:19I actually, because as much as you want to do things that fit your players, that was the sell that
04:25Nick Cayley came into this team with was, you know, the offense is going to be an offense that plays
04:30to your players.
04:31I think, one, if, and this is a bit, you know, this is an if.
04:34I know that there's some people that will say, no, they definitely do or they definitely don't, but that's why
04:38I end up where I'm saying if.
04:39If you have any concerns about CJ Stroud and his ability to deliver, would you not then want an offense
04:46that we can kind of, not actually, but we can kind of cut out what the quarterback is and be
04:51able to run the football and complement your defense with that?
04:54One, two, I think that you also have to, this is where we have to be capable of looking at
04:59the league at large and recognize there is a running renaissance in the league.
05:04And defense.
05:05Even, even great offensive players, great quarterbacks have had teams that have a conscious and concerted effort to try and
05:12run the ball with that in order to kind of alleviate some of the pressures that are being there with
05:16the defenses that are out there.
05:18So I think that in some ways, right, and it's not the particular way that they're doing it, maybe you
05:23can have some qualms about, but I think the general philosophy actually fits in a way that I think is
05:27logical.
05:28The only thing that makes it feel a little bit less logical is CJ wants to play a particular way.
05:33And honestly, as much as I get that and he has the capability of playing that way, I think that
05:38they're probably right in getting to this, what'd you call it?
05:41Lump it mentality.
05:42By the way, are our texters coming through for me here?
05:45Buddy, it's all over the place because there's people that are like, I've never heard that.
05:49And then there's some people that are like, yeah, I heard it a million times in my life.
05:52And I want to know what the distinction is that creates it.
05:54I think the old saying, and I'll look it up here in a little bit, is love it or like
05:58it or lump it or love it or lump it.
06:00Something like that is the old, is worthy of the origin of it.
06:04But to your point, Reggie, I want to make clear, I'm not saying, oh, they're doing this wrong.
06:08Sure.
06:09No, I kind of like what they're doing.
06:12And keep in mind also, Nick Casario, he's basically said, and maybe not even basically, you'll remember the exact quote.
06:21CJ Strasse our quarterback for the year.
06:24For the year.
06:26You know, as far as we, you know, he didn't go down long distance, you know, long-term type stuff
06:30and all that.
06:31No, I do like it.
06:32If you're going to be that, be that all in.
06:34Now, there is one little itsy-bitsy tiny, tiny qualifier here.
06:39Okay, all right.
06:40CJ does have to buy in.
06:42And he didn't exactly look all the time last year like he was buying in.
06:46So, he's still, it's still up to him to come back, as I've mentioned multiple times, humbled and buying in.
06:54No, without question.
06:55I mean, that, and that's, because I see you on the text line, 832.
06:58If you had a prize horse, would you then change the style that it runs?
07:00And that's very, I hear that point.
07:03It's a well-made point.
07:04I think the thing that I then go back to is that this is a team that values its culture
07:10above all else.
07:13Is that fair to say?
07:13Because I was going to say, is there anything else that they put over it now?
07:15They value their culture above all else.
07:17And part of that culture is no individual above the team.
07:21Like, we are all in here making this go, and we're all putting our best foot forward, right?
07:25I think that that is something that I think is showing up in what you're talking about here.
07:30If indeed we're doing this, hey, CJ, we need you to fully lean into this and buy in.
07:35And we've seen when he does, this could be workable.
07:38It might not be the most palatable to the way that he plays, that he wants to play, but it
07:42is workable.
07:42And it does show up where you can do good things.
07:45Talk less of if your offensive line is getting better.
07:48If you have more effective run capabilities, especially having a better running back one.
07:53But there's a level of trust that's required there.
07:56And I'm very intrigued, because I can't say definitively whether or not it's there.
07:59I'm very intrigued to see what the demonstrable level is of that trust with the organization and with CJ Stroud
08:06as they go forward this year.
08:07And the most important thing of this segment, Figgy, the phrase is, like it or lump it.
08:13Multiple texts are coming in with saying, like it or lump it.
08:16And the origin goes back as far as the 19th century and has obviously been used for a long time.
08:24You have to like something, and if you don't, you lump all your chips, all your money.
08:29Into something else.
08:31You're either in here or you're in here.
08:33That kind of makes sense to me.
08:34Yeah, you lump all your money over here then, or all your hopes and dreams or whatever.
08:39Okay.
08:39So we accomplished something today.
08:41Like it or lump it.
08:42Like it or lump it.
08:43I haven't used that term in a long time.
08:45I could tell since about 1880 when it started.
08:48Yeah, absolutely.
08:48I think I was 10 years old.
08:50So, yes.
08:50No, Lopez is not making it up, because there are people in the text line that not only have heard
08:54this, have heard it a lot.
08:55I don't know how I'm going to do this, but now in the back of my brain, there's a social
09:00experiment that needs to be done.
09:01You're going to use it.
09:02No, I'm not.
09:02I'll tell you I won't.
09:03But I am intrigued at why some people hurt and some people don't.
09:08Like there's a sociological aspect to this that I would love to get to the bottom.
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