00:00All right, there's some people on the text line 713-572-416, YouTube and Twitch as well, commenting on this.
00:10On YouTube, our guy Cornbread, frequent listener, he said it's called leadership, people being professional
00:17and still coming to work and being an example for his team on YouTube, I mean, on the text line,
00:28as some people are jumping in with their thoughts on CJ.
00:34So you're cool with what he is saying and how he said it.
00:41I'm good with it, but he's got to play better in the playoffs, and then they'll give him a contract.
00:46Well, clearly, I mean, he's accepted what's happening.
00:49Yeah, we know he's got to play better in the playoffs,
00:52but I think he certainly has a great case to feel, as he was saying, that he's done his end
01:02of the bargain.
01:03I think he certainly has a case presented that he can present, excuse me,
01:08and David Mulligetta that he deserves a contract based on everything he has done
01:14in the history of what happens at that position.
01:16But yeah, hell yeah, he's got to play better.
01:18He's got to play better.
01:19He's got to play better.
01:20None of it matters, right?
01:21I mean, ultimately, none of it matters.
01:23I think that's the truth.
01:24I think the, you know, D'Amico Ryan spoke, he spoke about Will Anderson
01:30and about how Will Anderson at practice, he's not afraid to call guys up
01:34and tell them, hey, that's a crappy practice.
01:35We've got to start this thing over.
01:36Like, I don't think CJ's ever going to be that guy, right?
01:40I don't think that is the case, right?
01:44But what CJ has to do, right, and this is an outsider's view, take it for what it's worth,
01:49but there has to be, you've got to have a backbone, man.
01:53You've got to have a spine.
01:54You've got to, you've got, you can't let people just push you around.
01:58And in this instance, we're talking about sports, right?
02:00We're talking about the contract.
02:01You can't, he cannot, I don't care whether you deserve it or he doesn't.
02:04You can't sit up there and let people, oh, well, he's our quarterback for one more year.
02:09And then you get up there and you go, I just, I'm just thankful, I just thank the Lord
02:12that I've got another year here.
02:13I just think, I'm just so thankful to be a part of this team.
02:15Like, at some, at some point, CJ Stroud has to put his foot down and be like, yeah,
02:20we'll see what happens in a year, damn it.
02:22Right?
02:22There's got to, there's got to, I mean, and I'm just, I'm saying it from a point of,
02:26like, if you're going to be a leader of men in a huddle in a locker room,
02:30at some point, you've got to be that dude.
02:32At some point, even if it's just for yourself, even if it's about a contract,
02:37you've got to be that dude that at some point stands up to the machine and says,
02:41no, man, yeah, I think I've held up my end of the bargain.
02:44You know what?
02:45It didn't end well, but I've held up my end of the bargain.
02:48And, hey, maybe you can say, hey, I understand where y'all are at right now,
02:51but damn it, I held up my end of the bargain.
02:53I feel like I've been slighted.
02:55But, hey, I've got one more year as a Texans quarterback.
02:57We'll see what happens.
02:59Like, to me, you've got to be that guy.
03:01And maybe it's, hey, he's been young the first three years
03:04and now he's kind of growing into it.
03:05Maybe the contract thing has pissed him off enough
03:08to where he bows his neck a bit, but you've got to be able to bow your neck.
03:12Right?
03:12You can't be everybody's friend.
03:14You can't be a yes man.
03:16You can't be a good soldier.
03:18You can't be a everything starts and ends with I'm thankful to be here
03:24and I thank the Lord for the opportunity.
03:26Like, everything can't be that.
03:27And it just, to me, these are the kind of moments with CJ.
03:31And I know it seems, I know people want to minimize it
03:34and it seems simple and it seems like it's not a big deal.
03:36I think it is a big deal.
03:38It can be there, but you also probably want to just add this in, too.
03:41You might just add it.
03:44Hey, I know what I've done.
03:46I've deserved it.
03:47I deserve it.
03:48I know what I've done.
03:50All right.
03:50And regardless of what you was, it is,
03:53it's probably some cats in that locker room.
03:55I'm like, damn, CJ.
03:56Man, they didn't pay you?
03:58They didn't.
03:59Like, do you honestly got a gut feeling?
04:02Tyler, jump in on this, too.
04:03Gut feeling.
04:04Do you think the Texans have even presented him an offer?
04:09I don't think an actual offer has been presented, no.
04:12I think there might be some sort of understanding with Mulligetta
04:15that's been spoken like, hey, perform this year,
04:19do what we're expecting this year.
04:21So you don't even think – that's what I'm saying.
04:23So you don't think there's probably a number.
04:25Like, there hasn't even been like, hey, man,
04:27maybe we could do an extension at 50 per.
04:30I don't think so.
04:31You don't even think there's – yeah.
04:33That's why, like, for him, again, you sit there,
04:35this is a guy talking about,
04:36I feel like I've held up my end of the bargain, and damn it,
04:40y'all didn't even slide me nothing.
04:42Y'all didn't even –
04:43Well, even if there was, I don't think it was a number
04:46that CJ Stroud would even –
04:47like, he –
04:48I would venture to say that they would find it disrespectful.
04:52Even if they did offer, like, Mulligetta would be better off
04:54not even telling his client.
04:55You know what I mean?
04:56Like, that's –
04:57That's something that –
04:57Yeah.
04:58But I just – yeah.
04:58But I think there is a difference of them even saying,
05:01yeah, we would commit.
05:02Like, I wonder if they even said,
05:04we don't even know that we want to even commit with you
05:08at a bargain right now.
05:10Yeah.
05:10You know what I mean?
05:11Yeah.
05:11Like, we won't even commit with you at a bargain right now.
05:14That may be – because that could be how he –
05:17Well, you risk the –
05:18But you risk the –
05:19I mean, CJ, I don't think that they're stupid.
05:21Look, I don't think there's some things,
05:24some non-negotiables that CJ hasn't shown
05:27or just flat out doesn't possess
05:29that may be non-negotiables for D'Amico Ryans and Nick Casario.
05:33On and off the field.
05:35I think there's probably a couple of things
05:36that they would consider non-negotiables.
05:38But I don't think they're stupid.
05:39I think they understand that there's a chance
05:40that if he comes into his own
05:42and or maybe they put the right leadership around him,
05:46all of a sudden his weaknesses or his voids are minimized
05:49and he's able to just go play football,
05:51that this kid, talent-wise,
05:54has the ability to be one of the best passers
05:55of the football in the league.
05:56Like, I don't think they're stupid.
05:58So I do wonder of, like,
06:01did they sit in the office and go,
06:03hey, man, we're better off saying
06:05we've got to see another year
06:07before we offer you $60 million.
06:10Is that easier than going,
06:12hey, man, we think you want to,
06:13we want to offer you some of that,
06:15some of that Sam Darnold, Daniel Jones type of money.
06:19We want to offer you that.
06:20We could be at $45.
06:21You know what I mean?
06:23Like, I look at, like, if I were in their shoes,
06:26I would rather go say,
06:27I've got to see another year.
06:28I need to see you develop
06:30before I pay you $55 or $60
06:33than low-balling.
06:34Because if you're low-balling,
06:35it's over.
06:36I've got to believe it's over.
06:38I just, but I've just,
06:39from his perspective of, like,
06:41man, they didn't even got nothing
06:43even on the table of a fault
06:45of an extension.
06:46They just gave this brother 50
06:48in Will Anderson.
06:50They just gave everybody.
06:52They didn't even,
06:53I'm just talking about from their minds.
06:55I can understand how you're saying
06:57they may be going about it.
06:58Text line also coming through.
07:01Ron and you,
07:03I'm guessing, Will,
07:04or, oh no, Ron,
07:06you and the excuse makers,
07:08apologists,
07:09are the only ones late to the party.
07:10The street's been trying to tell you.
07:12Get ready for Davis Mills
07:14to start this season.
07:15And I would say to that,
07:16get ready to be in Bill O'Brien, Texans.
07:20Here comes the general.
07:24I mean,
07:25you're, that's,
07:26he's worse than Matt Schaub.
07:31I'm just saying, like,
07:32if that, if, if,
07:33now I don't know if you're saying that
07:35and to say, like,
07:36you think Davis Mills is,
07:37it should be the way they go.
07:40I'm just telling you,
07:41you can go ahead
07:42and take championship aspirations
07:44and flush it down the toilet
07:45if Davis Mills is going to be the answer.
07:48D-Mills gets it done!
07:53I've continued to watch that
07:54Tampa Bay Buccaneers thing.
07:56That's, I mean,
07:56that's where we are right there.
07:58You just keep rolling.
08:00Sean King-esque right there.
08:02Davis Mills.
08:03Just keep rolling.
08:04Yeah, I mean,
08:04like, that can't be,
08:07like, that can't be,
08:07it may happen,
08:08but, like,
08:09your chances of being able
08:11to compete for a championship
08:13drop
08:15to me in a major fashion
08:16with Davis Mills
08:17as the quarterback.
08:19So, I mean,
08:20hell,
08:20that may be it.
08:21That may be something
08:21that happens,
08:23but,
08:23I don't know.
08:24Overall, though,
08:25the,
08:25are you,
08:26are you surprised
08:29from the,
08:30the vibes he's given?
08:31CJ?
08:32Because he's given,
08:33Clint, he's given,
08:34like,
08:34it feels like,
08:35if you watch the video,
08:36he feels like,
08:37hey!
08:38Yeah.
08:38It's almost like,
08:39hey,
08:40y'all all know
08:41there's a chance
08:42that I could be picked.
08:44Oh, baby.
08:44I'm good, baby.
08:45I'm good.
08:46No, look,
08:46there's the,
08:47the,
08:48this is,
08:48this is where I think
08:49it pays to cover the team
08:51on a daily basis,
08:52obviously.
08:53I think,
08:53like,
08:53if I were a national guy
08:55and just watching
08:56all quarterbacks
08:57and,
08:57and,
08:58and,
08:58you know,
08:59dipping my toe in the water
09:00every now and then in Houston,
09:01I would have heard that
09:02and been like,
09:03yeah,
09:03it's good,
09:03it's good,
09:03man,
09:03starting quarterback.
09:04That's,
09:04that's right,
09:05going into fourth year,
09:05that's what you ought to,
09:06that's the attitude
09:06you ought to have.
09:07There's so much more
09:08to it than that.
09:09There's so much more
09:10to it than that
09:10and,
09:11and,
09:11and if you're covering
09:11this,
09:12this team on a daily basis
09:13and you're,
09:13and you're covering
09:14this team honestly,
09:15like,
09:15you,
09:15you,
09:15you,
09:16you're not buddies,
09:16you're trying to be
09:17friends with everybody
09:17or you're not,
09:18you're not,
09:19you know,
09:19fans of,
09:20of everybody.
09:21Like,
09:21like,
09:21if you're just covering
09:22it honestly and listening,
09:24there is,
09:25there's clearly more
09:26to that story
09:27than just,
09:27hey,
09:27man,
09:28year four,
09:28yeah,
09:28man,
09:28developing into a mature
09:29veteran quarterback.
09:30No,
09:30there's,
09:30there's a little
09:31something there
09:32and it's,
09:33it's good to see it
09:34from CJ,
09:34man.
09:34It's this,
09:35I'm proud of him.
09:35That's big time.
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