00:00I think if what I refuse to accept happens on Sunday,
00:07then this is a full-fledged conversation
00:10because then I think anything is on the table at this point.
00:17But Clint's bringing to the table, would you trade Nico Collins?
00:21I mean, really thinking through that, would you trade Nico Collins?
00:25Yes, he is coming off of the two-catch for six yards ball game.
00:30That you lost to the New York Giants.
00:34And 7-1-3-5-7-2-4-6-10 before Clint gives you his thoughts.
00:39YouTube and Twitch, your answers.
00:41If the unthinkable, check that.
00:44If they lose to the Chargers, because that's not unthinkable.
00:47If they lose to the Chargers, would you be on board with trading Nico Collins?
00:55Because there are teams that would come after him.
00:57I don't know if he's going to get a Jeffrey Simmons-type deal,
01:00but there are teams that would come after him.
01:01Where are you at on this?
01:02Look, if the Texans fall to 2-6, the trade deadline, what, the 10th?
01:05Yeah.
01:06So a week from today, next Tuesday, the trade deadline,
01:09and the Texans are sitting at 2-6.
01:10And this organization, meaning D'Amico Rines and Nick Casario,
01:16are still singing the same song, which I don't know why they sing a different song at 2-6
01:21and they sing at 2-5.
01:24Then you're absolutely right.
01:26They should trade Nico Collins.
01:29100%.
01:30You said 100%.
01:31100%.
01:32Right?
01:33Oh, my God.
01:34Look, here's the deal.
01:36You're only going to have a handful of players that you're legitimately going to consider trading.
01:41I think Daniil Hunter's one.
01:43I think Nico Collins is one.
01:45I'm talking about real bring back, like get something in return.
01:49And the reality of it is,
01:52the return you can get for Nico Collins right now is as good as it's going to get.
02:01Number one.
02:02Number two, if you are 100% committed, which I think they are, to Nick Caley offensively,
02:10and this is how you're going to move forward with playing offensive football,
02:16if you're going to approach offensive football the way that Nick Caley
02:19and the Houston Texans approach offensive football,
02:23I'm happy with that.
02:24then you cannot justify keeping and paying Nico Collins.
02:29You just can't justify it.
02:32Look, you're in a gotta-have-it, gotta, I mean, you've dug a hole
02:37against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London.
02:39And my man had three catches on five targets.
02:43You're in a gotta-have-it sitting at two and four at home against the Giants,
02:49a team you should be able to mop the floor with, if we're being honest.
02:55Two catches on five targets.
02:57And they've repeatedly talked about not building around the quarterback.
03:01They've repeatedly talked about all their wide receivers being interchangeable
03:05and being able to do everything.
03:06And they've repeatedly shown us that they're not going to treat Nico Collins
03:10as a priority in this offense.
03:12They're not going to get creative with him.
03:14They're not going to run exotics with him.
03:16They're going to allow the New York Giants to come in here
03:18and put some guy named Banks on him and take him completely out of the game.
03:23Sorry, DeAndre.
03:23Sorry, Bob.
03:24But that's just the reality.
03:26And if they're going to do that, it makes zero sense to keep and pay Nico Collins.
03:31I'll go one further.
03:32It makes zero sense to not get what you can get right now for Nico Collins
03:37if that's the way you're going to approach offensive football.
03:39Right?
03:40You've got Higgins coming back.
03:41You're obviously impressed with him.
03:43And then you've got four or five other guys that you believe are interchangeable
03:47and can block and can play other positions.
03:49If you're going to continue to choose in any game, no matter who the opponent is,
03:54to make a sixth offensive lineman a priority over Nico Collins being on the field.
03:59By the way, I'm not sure that Nico Collins is on the field once.
04:03Like when there was one receiver on the field, I think it was Marvin Harrison Jr.
04:06and it was Xavier Hutchinson every time when they went that super heavy formation.
04:13They're not even leaving him on the field in those situations.
04:16And so I just – in my opinion, I don't – I mean, I'm there.
04:20If you fall to two and six and this year's a wash and you're committed to Nick Kaley,
04:26I believe that the smartest thing this organization can do is move Nico Collins.
04:29Yeah, if you're committed there.
04:31I can't do it because if they lose to the Chargers, then I am even more inclined
04:40to believe major moves will be made in terms of the decision makers.
04:46Major moves is they drop to two and six as the season's over.
04:49They're going to join the Colts and the Jags as given up.
04:53And I can't do that for two big reasons.
04:56One, I'm still – I still want CJ to stay here.
05:00And, you know, I don't know how trading his most proven still in his prime weapon
05:09would help the cause of that.
05:11Two, I also, Clint, don't believe that you just have to now quit and start over.
05:19And, to me, I think if you remove – and I think maybe you're getting at this
05:26and your thought process would change if they went in a different direction offensively.
05:31I think if they lose, they've got to go in a different direction offensively.
05:35And I think Nick Kaley will be gone and should be gone.
05:39And I think Nick Casario should at least be thought of to be gone.
05:44At that point, if this season goes completely south and you lose to the winless Chargers.
05:48But that doesn't mean that you've got to start over
05:52and you just start unloading guys that could be a part of your future.
05:56I'm with you on Daniil Hunter.
05:59That is somebody that may not be passed this year.
06:03But, Nico Collins, I still think if you've got the right offensive people in here
06:09next year, this team could contend.
06:13Like, I don't think if you – just because this is a bad year with this coaching staff
06:19to me doesn't mean that you're, like, done moving forward.
06:23Right?
06:23If you found the right – like, to me, if Shane Steichen came in
06:26and became your offensive coordinator next year,
06:29like, I would feel much better about CJ with the weapons
06:34and then potentially whoever they bring in to get a better cast
06:38of an offensive line around him.
06:41That's, to me, why I just can't do that.
06:42Like, I can't – I can't – they go 2-6, I'm not letting Nick trade anybody
06:48that worth that high.
06:49This is a Dana Brown situation for me.
06:52I'm not allowing you to trade – because your ass is going to be gone.
06:56I'm not allowing you to make that decision.
06:58At 2-6, next Tuesday at 2-6, I'm going to tell you right now,
07:02they ain't going to be in the get rid of Nick Casario position.
07:06They ain't going to be in the get rid of Nick Caley position.
07:09I agree with you that – I mean, I'd build around my quarterback.
07:12I'd get the best offensive experience, play caller as I could.
07:15I agree with all your points.
07:17I just don't believe that this organization is in any way, shape,
07:21or form going to be – I don't think they're even remotely close to a –
07:24we're going to part ways with another offensive coordinator
07:26and change everything we're doing this offseason.
07:28I don't know, man.
07:30I think it would be – it would be that big of a drop.
07:35Because this is not just one year, the problems.
07:38And it would be that big of a drop.
07:40Well, it's –
07:40For a team that is supposed to be a Super Bowl contender.
07:43But they're not – they're not a Super Bowl contender because of Nick Caley.
07:47I mean, they're not a Super Bowl contender because of the head coach
07:49who's a defensive-minded coach, and that defense is awful.
07:52Well, that's a part of it, but also they're not also a competent offense
07:59against good teams because of the offensive line and because of the offense.
08:05I'm 100% with you.
08:07I got my problems with it.
08:08But we know D'Amico's not going anywhere.
08:11If you're going to rank the problems in Houston,
08:13they're going to start on the defensive side of the football
08:15with the defensive coaches before you get to the offensive score
08:1830 points three times.
