00:00All right, this to me was the best thing, I think, out of camp thus far.
00:09We'll see what happens, and I think it starts with yesterday.
00:16Sheldon Rankins, and I promise you, I do not believe the veteran Sheldon Rankins
00:22was saying this to try to big-time the offense
00:28or to rub it in faces or as really trash talk.
00:32I think he was really just uplifting what Will Anderson has become
00:42and where he is in his game.
00:45But it is not a surprise to me that after, and I'm going to play it for you.
00:51Tyler's going to play it for you.
00:54But my old place, I used to have the ability to play my own cuts.
00:59Now I control.
01:01So when I messed up, I screwed up myself.
01:03Will we play this audio?
01:04You'll see.
01:04Tyler will.
01:06Tyler, if he wants to, will play this audio.
01:09But hearing this audio, probably not a major surprise that this event occurred
01:18after hearing this audio.
01:19I wonder how much these guys hear these things.
01:21But this is what Sheldon Rankins had to say about Will Anderson
01:26and where he is in his game.
01:28It's the, I think the turning point for players of his caliber is like
01:32when they realize that when they want to take it over, they can take it over.
01:38And I think he's getting to that point where, you know,
01:40he realizes if he wants to shut practice down, he can shut it down.
01:44Like if he don't want them to get a playoff, they won't get a playoff.
01:47If he don't want them to get a pass-off, they won't get a pass-off.
01:49If he won the TFL every play, he can go do it.
01:54Again, I don't think Sheldon Rankins was trying to tell them dudes.
01:59Because I'll be honest with you, there's a couple of times over the last couple of days,
02:02Sheldon Rankins looks like when he wanted to get to the backfield,
02:05he got to the damn backfield himself.
02:07I don't think he was trying any shade towards that.
02:10I think it was more just uplifting Will.
02:13But Clint, I don't think it is a surprise that we saw today, and these are some reports,
02:21brief shoving exchange after the snap between Texans rookie Keelan Rutledge
02:27and all-pro edge rusher Will Anderson Jr.
02:34Clint, we have been wondering and asking for two years, maybe more than that,
02:40who in the hell on this side of the ball is going to have that whatever it is in him
02:47to not just take this?
02:49Again, I don't know if Keelan Rutledge heard that yesterday.
02:52I know I would have felt a certain kind of way if I was in training camp every day
02:56going up against these cats, especially this guy right here,
02:59who in walk-through periods will try to embarrass you by doing stuff.
03:06But they talked about this dude was going to be somebody that was going to change
03:10the culture of the offensive line.
03:13We saw him last week running and sprinting alongside with running backs all the way
03:1840 yards down the field to the end zone and then sprinting back and calling his huddle
03:22and not appearing to be whipped.
03:24That was one thing.
03:25That's a different dude.
03:27This right here, they have needed this.
03:30They have needed this, Clint.
03:32Before I get to you, let's hear what D'Amico had to say about it
03:35because in my mind, I believe D'Amico was – he maybe didn't do it out there,
03:39but I believe D'Amico was celebrating inside.
03:41I believe he was like Tiger Woods, fist pump, everything.
03:46I think he was juiced that, yes, somebody then went back at him.
03:50Somebody then went back at him.
03:52But here he is talking about the little shoving match that happened between Rutledge
03:56and Will Anderson.
03:57Better be careful there.
03:59You're messing with Will Anderson.
04:01No, I love it.
04:02I love the scrappiness of Keelan.
04:05I love that his mindset is what I love.
04:08He's not backing down from anybody as he should.
04:10I expect that from every player on our team.
04:12We're not backing down from anybody.
04:13We know we're not physically fighting, but there's always chippiness in our game
04:17because it's a tough, it's a physical, violent game that we play,
04:22and there's going to be some chippiness that goes on.
04:24We just have to make sure we're smart, especially in game.
04:28We have to make sure we're smart and make sure we're not that second guy
04:31to cause the team to hurt ourselves.
04:33And then coach is going to be really upset.
04:35Is that Tiger Woods?
04:38I don't know if that's Tiger, but I'm going to tell you what.
04:40I think D'Amico, Cole Popovich, that staff, they loved every second of that.
04:47That, yeah, this dude's a little nuts.
04:50He don't care who you are.
04:51He went right.
04:51He's a rookie that did that.
04:53We haven't seen a lineman do anything like that in the past several years.
04:57Well, I would like to see what started it.
05:00I'd like to know what went down because Will Anderson has zero,
05:05zero excuse to get mad at anybody for going hard.
05:08I mean, he's pissed everybody on the offensive line off going extra hard
05:14and doing all this extra Will Anderson stuff that everybody laughs and chuckles about.
05:19So if this is about Keelan Rutledge going too hard or playing beyond the whistle,
05:25boy, shame on you, Will Anderson.
05:26Now, let's go back to what you said
05:29because I think you brought up some valid points there, some key players.
05:33Let me tell y'all how this works, and this is how I hope it works.
05:38Because there's no way that Keelan Rutledge even has the audio of Sheldon Rankin's on his radar.
05:46It's not even part of what he's, you know, of his everyday going zones.
05:52But I tell you what might have happened and what I hope happened
05:56was I hope somebody brought that to Cole Popovich's attention.
05:59And Cole Popovich said, y'all send me that cut, please.
06:03And then that offensive line sits their ass down in that meeting room this morning
06:07and goes, hey, fellas, this is what we're dealing with right here.
06:12This group across the ball, they're great.
06:14No, I ain't knocking them.
06:15And they're great.
06:16They are.
06:16But this group across the ball literally thinks that 51 can shut down practice on y'all's ass
06:23anytime he wants to.
06:24Probably can.
06:24I said, if I'm Cole Popovich, hey, that is one of the most disrespectful things I've ever heard.
06:32If somebody out there gets out there.
06:33It's the way he said it.
06:34That's it, man.
06:35That's it.
06:35Just shut down.
06:36If he wants shut down practice, he can.
06:38Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:38If they don't want to get a pass off, he can.
06:41Yeah, man.
06:42Because that is.
06:43I think it might be true.
06:44That's how – if this did have anything to do with it, which I wouldn't put it past
06:48Cole Popovich, but if this had anything to do with it, that's how it went down.
06:51Cole Popovich heard it.
06:52It came on Cole Popovich's radar, and he said, let me give my boys a little reason to go
06:57a little harder today and quit getting embarrassed at practice.
07:02That's how that goes down.
07:03And good for you.
07:05Good for you, Keelan Rutledge.
07:06Good for you to – it don't matter what number's on that chest.
07:09If they got a problem with you going hard, if they got a problem with you finishing beyond
07:14the whistle, if they've got a problem with how you play the game, let them know about
07:18it.
07:18To hell with them.
07:19But you know what?
07:21And I think there is something to a feel of maybe some portions of the Texans' offense
07:31could be punked over the years.
07:34Like I'm talking about from other teams.
07:38Like if thinking that they can be physical or push the envelope with the Texans because
07:46you wonder how much respect they have if they're going to actually do something.
07:51Right.
07:51And if he'll do it to Will, his own teammate, because I'll be honest, I'm like we haven't
07:59really seen very much of a scuffle really at practice or camp.
08:04And the rookie is the one who did it.
08:08And he did it to the number one guy that you're probably not supposed to be doing it with.
08:13Yeah.
08:13Like, you know, you can hear D'Amico saying, yeah, just don't be the second guy.
08:18Like, I think D'Amico loved it.
08:20But somebody texted, hell, I bet Will loved it.
08:22Yeah, I bet Will probably loved it, respected it.
08:25But like, yeah, man, this is a new time.
08:28You just can't, you just, like, we're not going to sit there and just let you just do
08:31whatever the hell you wanted to do all the time.
08:34And they just haven't had that type of presence.
08:38Well, that's the, you know, from a fan's perspective, that's exactly what we want to hear.
08:45I mean, as soon as you drafted this guy, you told us about how physical he was.
08:49Every time that everybody from Nick Casario to Nick Cayley's been asked about this guy,
08:54it's, again, just the stroke job of how physical he is.
08:57And I love the way this guy's wired.
08:59And, boy, he's all day tough and this and that.
09:01That is exactly what you would expect.
09:04It's for something like that.
09:05That is on brand for the guy that they've described.
09:09So, it's good to see that occur, given how he's been hyped up.
09:15You think that spreads?
09:17You've seen it.
09:18You think that spreads across the other guys, across that offensive line?
09:22Or you just have to have that in you?
09:26Yeah, I just think you've got to have that in you.
09:27I mean, I don't.
09:28You mentioned the other day, like, the run where I can't remember if it was Woody Marks
09:33or David Montgomery, but he runs a touchdown and you look up
09:36and Keelan Rutledge is about 10 yards behind him trying to catch him.
09:39Yeah, he is on the desk and then ran back.
09:41Yeah, you're just wired a different way.
09:43And maybe some of that has to do with the youth and inexperience.
09:47And maybe he'll chill out a little bit in his older age
09:49just from a standpoint of showing it like that or like the incident with Will.
09:53But right now, it's exactly what he needs.
09:56And I think you've just got to be wired that way.
09:58If you're not wired that way, you're not going to do it often enough
10:01or physical enough to piss anybody off.
10:03You know, it's just you're going to do it while the coach is watching
10:06and then you're going to keep it moving.
10:08I mean, this dude appears to do it.
10:10You know, he gets out of bed with a physical nature.
10:13I mean, so, yeah, he's going to piss him off.
10:15No, he's not backing down.
10:16No, I love it.
10:17Absolutely love it.
10:18Yeah, I do.
10:19Because you're thinking, because in my mind, I'm just trying to figure this out.
10:25Like, where did he – like, the center and the edge rusher.
10:30Somebody's got to get over to that person.
10:32Right?
10:33Like, they're not – they're not – unless he's pulling over there or something.
10:37Right.
10:38They're like, somebody had to seek that person out.
10:40And you ain't lying.
10:42If Cole Popovich is about that business, I hope so.
10:46Because that man, that kid probably just sitting there stewing.
10:48Like, just did – he is just one thing.
10:51Just one – just one – I'm waiting for one moment.
10:54Then I – that's just going to set me right off.
10:57One moment.
10:58I love it.
10:59I love it.
11:00That's what they've needed.
11:00They have needed that big time.
11:01You hope it was one of those maybe where he got a little too close to CJ.
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