00:00Oh, I can't believe it.
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00:23Well, somebody on the text line, 713-572-4610,
00:27they didn't believe it that you would think
00:29losing to Cincinnati and Dallas.
00:32Why?
00:33Well, let me explain.
00:38Those two offenses are capable of scoring 35.
00:41And I know, I hope not.
00:43We'll see.
00:44But I would imagine that
00:48are going to be able to throw up more points
00:52versus our defense than the other offenses.
00:54Given that they've got a great quarterback,
00:56they've clearly got really good play callers,
00:58and they've got two.
01:00Each team has two of the top receivers in football.
01:06George Pickens and C.D. Lamb were in the...
01:08I think they were ranked 7-8 or maybe it was...
01:11Yeah, 7-8 or...
01:126-7.
01:136-7.
01:136-7.
01:14It was right before...
01:14It was, right before Nico was 8.
01:16That's right.
01:17And then, obviously, you've got Jamar Chase,
01:20who was number one,
01:21and T. Higgins, who I believe was an honorable...
01:23He's an honorable mention.
01:24So, I mean, you've got that right there.
01:27This season, in those kind of games,
01:30boils down to,
01:32do I like those offenses I just mentioned
01:35versus our great defense
01:36to be better than our offense
01:39versus what were suspect defenses.
01:44And as you can see with my pick,
01:46I like their offenses
01:49versus our great defense
01:50to be better than our offense,
01:53which I don't like,
01:54versus what I think their defense
01:55to be a little bit better
01:56than they were last year.
01:58Yeah, I mean, I think it's fair.
01:59I mean, those are all...
02:01I think all...
02:02You know, three of the four games.
02:03I think if the Texans are Super Bowl...
02:06Real Super Bowl contenders,
02:07they will take care of the Colts.
02:09But those other three games,
02:12those are difficult games.
02:13And I think that's a perfect setup, Clint,
02:16to believe it or not.
02:18And today's Believe It or Not,
02:19is we go through
02:20and a lot of the things
02:22that have been reported
02:23or come from that building,
02:27we look at it,
02:28believe it or not.
02:29713-572-4610,
02:31YouTube and Twitch,
02:32you can jump in on
02:33if you believe it or not.
02:35And the first one is
02:36the Texans' defense
02:38will be better than last year.
02:40A lot of people
02:42have looked at this
02:43and think with the additions
02:44of Reed Blankenship,
02:48another year older
02:50with guys like Lasseter
02:52and Will Anderson
02:53that are young guys
02:53that are sending players
02:56and some of the additions
02:57at the cornerback spot
02:58that this team could be better.
03:00Do you believe that or not
03:02that this team
03:03that was the number two
03:04overall defense
03:05most of the year
03:07people felt like
03:07was the top defense
03:08and I would say
03:09the number one defense
03:11of a team
03:12that was good
03:13that had to carry
03:14the load
03:15as much as they did.
03:16Seattle's defense
03:17was ranked number one
03:19in total defense
03:20and points,
03:21but they didn't have
03:22to carry their team
03:23nearly as much
03:24as the Texans' defense
03:25had to carry
03:26the Texans' team.
03:27Do you believe that?
03:29Do you believe that
03:30or not they'll be
03:30better than Lasseter?
03:31I do for multiple reasons.
03:33Number one,
03:33I think they'll end up
03:36being better inside
03:37with Caden McDonald
03:37even if he's just
03:40a first and second down
03:41defender
03:42and they're there
03:43to be early down
03:45or goal line type
03:46defending.
03:46I think they're better there.
03:47Reed Blankenship
03:48obviously is better
03:49and you mentioned
03:51Seattle.
03:52Look,
03:53the reality of it is
03:54it's a lot easier
03:55to take risk on defense.
03:56It's a lot easier
03:57to weather the storm
03:58of an injury or two.
03:59It's a lot easier
04:00to play defense in general
04:02if you've got an offense
04:03that can take some
04:04of the pressure off of it.
04:05I don't believe
04:07the Texans all the way
04:08to the Super Bowl.
04:08I do believe
04:09they're going to be
04:09significantly better
04:10running the football.
04:11And so the fact
04:12that we are better
04:13on the offensive side
04:14of the ball
04:14I do believe
04:15is going to make
04:16our defense
04:17significantly better.
04:18Like,
04:19obviously you can't
04:20get much better
04:21than you already were,
04:21but I'm talking about
04:23the ability to go out there
04:24and at times
04:27because you're dominating
04:28the play clock
04:29or because you know
04:29you can run the football
04:30or because you're scoring
04:31some points,
04:32hopefully,
04:33you know,
04:34our defense is going
04:34to be able
04:35to take some more risk.
04:36Our defense is going
04:37to be able to
04:37certain guys
04:38get breathers
04:39here and there.
04:40So,
04:40yeah,
04:40I think for multiple reasons
04:42our defense has got
04:43a chance to be better.
04:44My biggest concern,
04:45my biggest concern
04:46as it pertains...
04:47I want to hear it
04:48because mine is not.
04:49I do not believe it.
04:50You don't believe
04:51they're going to be better?
04:51That they're going
04:52to be better,
04:52no.
04:53I can't believe it.
04:55The biggest concern
04:56is the injury bug.
04:57Yep.
04:58They were unbelievably
04:59healthy last year,
05:01especially their key players.
05:03They were unbelievably
05:04healthy last year
05:05and,
05:07boy,
05:07it's hard to think
05:08that you can do that
05:09playing defense
05:09the way they play
05:10to stay that healthy.
05:11They were,
05:11and when I say
05:12they were number two
05:13behind Seattle
05:14in total defense
05:15and points,
05:15it was percentage points,
05:17really.
05:18Really,
05:18to be honest with you,
05:19it was the Colts'
05:20final game
05:21where they took
05:21everybody off the field
05:22and Riley Leonard
05:23and company
05:24kind of went a little crazy
05:25and Alec Pierce
05:26kind of went a little crazy
05:27that probably hurt them.
05:28I just say,
05:29from what you said,
05:31I think they're guaranteed,
05:33I'll be shocked
05:34if they're not
05:35a top five defense.
05:36I feel like they're
05:37obviously going to be that.
05:38Last year,
05:39I feel like they were
05:39a top one or two
05:40and that's them
05:41in Seattle going back.
05:42And I would argue
05:43they were the best defense
05:45just because,
05:45as I said,
05:46they had
05:47more pressure
05:48on them
05:49to hold teams down.
05:51But with saying that,
05:53I think the injury thing,
05:54I wonder if they'll be
05:56as fortunate
05:57injury-wise.
05:58And then there's
05:59some depth concerns
06:01there in certain spots,
06:02especially the way
06:04they like to play
06:05on the D-line
06:06and on the edges.
06:07And we'll see
06:08what happens
06:08with Derek Barnett
06:09again.
06:09If that comes about
06:12and he is signed
06:12with the team,
06:13it will make me
06:13feel a bit different.
06:14But instead of Barnett
06:17and Danico Autry
06:18adding on to
06:19that defensive line,
06:21it's Dominique Robinson
06:22and Dylan Horton
06:23and Logan Hall.
06:24And the way he likes
06:26to play them,
06:27he loves to use
06:28seven, eight
06:29defensive linemen.
06:30And I do,
06:31that depth
06:33is a little different
06:34from beyond.
06:35So the combination
06:36of that
06:36and teams
06:38are really
06:39going to be
06:40concentrating on.
06:41All right,
06:41what the hell
06:43can we get
06:44away with
06:45on these guys?
06:46And I don't know
06:47how much they're
06:47going to find,
06:47but there's no
06:49sneaking up at all
06:52on offenses
06:53on what the Texans
06:54have the ability
06:54to do.
06:55So I think
06:55they're going to be
06:56more a top five
06:58defense this year
06:59with everything
07:00that potentially
07:01can happen
07:01than a top one
07:02defense
07:03like they were
07:04last year.
07:05Yeah.
07:05Well,
07:06there's just
07:06the injury bug
07:08I think is the only
07:08one that can slow
07:09them down.
07:10And here in Houston,
07:10we're all too familiar
07:11with what's going on
07:12with the Astros.
07:13I thought you'd
07:13back off that for a little.
07:14Well,
07:14I just think it has to be
07:16it's going to have
07:17to be like
07:18they've shown the
07:19ability to overcome
07:21one or two injuries.
07:22It would have to be
07:24just a slew of them
07:25or to your point
07:26to a position
07:27that quality backup
07:28anymore
07:31for them to really
07:32really feel it.
07:33I mean,
07:33this is a combination
07:34of scheme and ability
07:35that is just right.
07:37I mean,
07:37it's perfect.
07:38So they can overcome
07:39some things,
07:40but boy,
07:41a run of two or three
07:42main guys getting
07:43injured,
07:44that'll slow them down.
07:45Other than that,
07:46I think they're all right.
07:47All right,
07:47believe it or not,
07:48Clint,
07:49this is the year
07:50Brevin Jordan
07:51really contributes,
07:53believe it or not.
07:56I don't believe it.
07:58I don't believe it.
07:59I just,
08:00look,
08:00the injuries are
08:01a big enough reason
08:01to not believe it,
08:02but then when I look
08:03at this offense
08:04and what they want
08:05to really focus
08:06on running the ball,
08:07I don't know
08:07that that's Brevin Jordan
08:08strong suit.
08:10I don't know
08:11that Nick Cayley
08:12is great at packaging
08:14unique skill sets
08:15like Tankdale
08:16or like Brevin Jordan.
08:17I don't know.
08:19There's too many unknowns
08:21for me
08:22from a health perspective
08:23and from an offensive
08:24play caller,
08:25schemer,
08:26designer perspective
08:27for me to go,
08:28yeah,
08:29I believe Brevin Jordan
08:30is going to be a dude.
08:31Can he maybe stay healthy
08:33and have a couple
08:34of big plays
08:35that stick out
08:36to all of us
08:36and we remember?
08:37Sure,
08:37he has the ability
08:38to take an 80.
08:39Hell,
08:39he's one of the guys
08:39that can hit his head
08:40on the goal post.
08:41But being a,
08:42you know,
08:44a big-time
08:45contributing piece
08:46to this offense,
08:47I just,
08:47I don't believe it yet.
08:50I want to believe it.
08:51It'd be fun.
08:52I want to
08:52because it,
08:53it,
08:53it,
08:55going back
08:56to some of the
08:56New England stuff
08:57that we've heard
08:58and some of the stuff
08:58we heard from Brady
09:00is he fits the mold
09:02of the athletic type
09:04of the tight end
09:04that they,
09:05that they wanted
09:06to use.
09:07Usually,
09:08Gronkowski
09:09and the killer
09:10and,
09:11you know,
09:11like,
09:12you can,
09:13you can get a sense
09:14to see,
09:15like,
09:15man,
09:15there's,
09:16there's some,
09:17some of the things
09:18that his talents
09:19that he brings
09:19to the table
09:20is something
09:21that they,
09:22that they would use.
09:23and,
09:24and the tight end
09:25and,
09:25and to be honest,
09:26CJ has done well
09:27with the tight end position
09:29and really throwing inside
09:30since he's entered the league.
09:33So you,
09:34you,
09:34you'd want to say
09:35they use that as a weapon
09:36but I think the two things
09:38is the injury thing
09:39and there's just,
09:41there's,
09:42there's too much
09:42of a possibility
09:43of,
09:44of other guys
09:45in the position
09:46that could stop him
09:48from being on the field.
09:49We already know
09:50Dalton Schultz
09:50is going to be
09:51on the field
09:51all the time.
09:52How much do they want
09:53to have the guy
09:54they invested
09:55a second round pick
09:55to be on the field?
09:57Cade Stover
09:57is somebody
09:58they brought,
09:59you said,
09:59looks different,
10:00right?
10:00Foster Moreau,
10:01it seems like
10:02they're in love with him.
10:03He's going to get repped.
10:05So I just think
10:06what is in front of him
10:07and the injury history
10:09is hard for me
10:10to go with.
10:11I believe it.
10:12Although I can really
10:13get a sense of
10:14him having tools
10:16that they,
10:16they would want to use.
10:18I just,
10:19I just don't know
10:20if he's going to have
10:21the ability
10:21to be on the field enough.
10:22That's just the thing.
10:24The saving grace here,
10:25Ron,
10:26I think is,
10:27I've said this many times
10:29about Dalton Schultz.
10:30I think he's extremely
10:31valuable from a
10:32possession perspective.
10:33I think he's really
10:34valuable from a chemistry
10:34and a veteran
10:35experience perspective.
10:37So he's your guy.
10:38There's no doubt about it.
10:40But the complimentary
10:42piece in that room
10:44that's most likely,
10:47assuming he'd be a guy
10:48that really turns on
10:49a coach and staff
10:49is Brevin Jordan.
10:51Now we'll see again,
10:52can he stay healthy?
10:53Can Nick Cayley
10:54make that happen?
10:55Can he pull it off?
10:56And what does it look like?
10:57We'll see.
10:58But the fact that you
11:00don't have a super
11:02explosive,
11:03game-changing
11:04tight end in front of him
11:06puts you in a spot
11:07where you feel
11:08pretty good about
11:09if he can stay healthy,
11:09he can find a spot.
11:10And as Tyler said
11:11in my ear,
11:12Nick Cayley,
11:13that is his area
11:13of expertise.
11:14Peace.
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