Nico Collins Still Not At Texans Practice, Rockets Destroy Spurs, Paul George Gets Booed

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Yeah, lunchtimers, this is the Matt Thomas.

Speaker 2 (00:05):
Show ten oh three. Good morning, Houston, and welcome to
a Thursday edition of The Matt Thomas Show with Ross.
This is Sports Talk seven ninety. That is up and
that's no good. You want him taking that shot all
day long. Van Blee looking for a long pass in
front jump Barry with a two hand flush another time

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out to San Antonio the lead at game high fourteen
on a thirteen to two Houston run, almost face guarded
by Landell, he lost the basketball. Both poked away Rockets
on a break up their own a man Thompson gets
by a Champagne and then jump sit down with the
two hands. A nice flush for a man. Thompson didn't
know if he was gonna lay it up, and then

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he does that all he's gonna dunck it in after all.
Wret comes across the timeline screen set by Jalen fred
to the window, goes up, turns to her right hand
and throws off the back put in for two tough
shot on that left base line. Fifty eight thirty six Friday.
He's got them saving it is tom sent and he
throws it all to Tari. He said in a brand
new fourteen for the Rockets, Easton on the post up

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fade away from sixteen A tough make mine goodness, Tari
Easton with a fallaway to make it one thirteen eighty
four give it up, not Ah Soco and ladies and gentlemen,
the Houston Rockets tonight inside Tota Center. Why no, was
one tie the rest of the way. It was an
all Rocket lead and a nice impressive Rockets win. Final

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score Tonight's not true seven for Houston and ninety nine
for San Antonio. Oh, we should never replay kept that highlight.
They screwed the scoreboard up. There's one hundred. I tell
you can't read no, I would have I look at
the scoreboard when I read that. Get rid of that highlight.
I love it, I tell I said, I read for
the Rocks score hey by that that song I've never

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heard of before. You say it's on the beat all
the time. Yes, it has a lot of texts in it.
And I have not said this much in my life,
especially as a broadcaster in the last twenty years. The
Spurs suck. They are terrible. I mean, my god, am
they terrible? And I love it thankfully. After all the
years of Tim Duncan and Monagenobley and Bruce Bowen and

(02:17):
Robert Ori and Mario Elliot, Sean Ellien and who Matt
Bonner and Matt Bonner. I mean now I've replaced that
with Zach Collins and Blake Wesley and Sandra mamal Kelshvili
huh CDs sooco Malachai Brannam, Thank god they suck. Melica Branam, okay,

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love it you think? Try right now? Well it's ten
o six, okay, sure, whenever you've never done at pre noon.
I know I'm not even awakened right My eyes aren't
even open full right now, Matt like an infant child.
Madica Brando, Okay, Am I doing this or you doing
what you're doing? I don't think I can pull this off.
It's too early, Okay, go ahead, Good morning. It is

(03:02):
the Matt Thomas Show with Ross and Sports Talk seven hounty. Well,
we are here to celebrate all things are Rockets victory
against the San Antonio Spurs. Yes, five and three? Now,
I love, are you? Are you serious now? You're tweeting
out if the playoffs started today eight games into the season.
You're ridiculous. I see the embarrassment on your face. You're

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a little embarrassed of yourself. You should be. I am
holding out supreme optimusic. And is that okay that I
do that? Yes? Yeah, you know what, You're trying to
dunk a little too early on what's going on. And
that's basically what some others in this on this station
are doing. And that's okay. I just thought it was
because I looked at the standing just to see how

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things are going so far, because there are a couple
teams in the NBA that are off to terrible starts,
and I thought, wow, where are the Rockets compared everything?
And I looked, oh dang, the playoffs started to day,
the Rockets would be hosting Dallas in the seven round
first or seven first round best seven serious, I'm like, yeah,
tweet it?

Speaker 3 (03:58):
Why now?

Speaker 2 (03:59):
Seven game knockdown, drag out with the map, easy travel.
You could go with me for sure. I could stay
in my room for sure. Okay, let's go get two queens.
We'll be good. Yeah, we'll go to head out to
the wind store every night. I'm sorry the men's mom.
They don't spend money, that's fine. They do spend money
in Dallas for the or the mocktawe whatever. Yeah, on

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off days in between after shows. Oh absolutely, it's probably
from downtown Dallas. We're off two now, like an hour
and a half. I think about an hour and a half. Yeah,
it's not bad. That's not bad at all. We're gonna
we can drive your vehicle, put the miles on. Uh,
you don't get a rental, not one. Charge it to
the game, charge to iHeart. I hear they're spending money. Okay,
I got you. All right. We are here today until

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two o'clock. It's gonna take a still a while to
get through some of that. I'm working on it. Ten
to two the match Time Show with Ross with Ross
on the radio program today the return of our Thursday
feature this every Thursday now because we're looking to have
a little few benchmark segments. Time setter. Yeah, I think
appointment setting is always very important. As appointment setting, Yeah,

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it's always important for radio. So love me thirty today
we're gonna do. I just don't get it. Normally we
did it for a while and then we replace it
with Rotten five during football season. But we're gonna get
the this four hours to get the best of both great.
So at eleven thirty today, I just don't get it,
and you're like, well, Matt, what is I just don't
get it. That's the thing where you just call in
and anything on your mind that you just don't get.
Whether it's like one gas station is twenty five cents

(05:26):
more expensive on the other side of the street, you
don't just don't get. You don't get I mean anything
like sports were, like the kickoff rules in the NFL.
I still I don't get it. I've been trying to
adjust to it, trying to adhere to it. I just
don't get the kickoff rules. Yeah, that's more of I
just don't understand it either way. That's the bit. So

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that'll be eleven thirty today, we have the news at noon,
we will have uh, doctor Rodal at one o'clock is
moving up a half hour for us every week, so
he'll be with us at one o'clock. And then you'll
have the Rotten five at one thirty. So we got
a nice, nice little shift for you today. Wow, jam
packed four hour show. Let's go, baby, We're ready to go.
I don't know if the rockets are moving the needle
just yet. It would be probably my guest, entirely too

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early for that to happen. Now. It would be nice
if they go to Oklahoma City tomorrow night. We were
leaving today as a matter of fact, to get up
to Oka see play this Thunder. And I think the
Thunder lost their first game of the season.

Speaker 3 (06:19):
Lost.

Speaker 2 (06:20):
They lost to the Nuggets. The Nuggets. I know they
were leading in the fourth quarter, but I didn't keep
up with it. So that's their first loss of the year.
Every one of their previous seven victories were by at
least twelve points. So they're really good. They're pretty good.
They're pretty good there in Oklahoma City. I don't know
if the NBA is in necessarily excited about Oklahoma City
being the franchise team of the Western Conference. I mean,

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they were putt one around twenty twelve when they were
going to the finals with Kevin Durant and James Harden
and Russell Westbrook. They were, I mean, they were a
big deal. You can win anywhere and you can be
a star anywhere in the in the twenty twenty four
that is nice, and it's not nice for Rockets, but
it's nice that in the NBA, just in the NFL,
you don't necessarily have to be attached to a big

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market team. That's the one big problem that baseball has
is that you just you know, Kansas City was made
the playoffs this year, but Kansasity buying Lartin does have
a World Series to its credit in the last fifteen years.
But Kansas City is gonna have way more downtimes than
there up times. Yeah, but on the football side, they
have the two biggest stars I would argue in the NFL. Yeah,
but I mean green or reasons in the Green Bay
and Pittsburgh had to compete and Pittsburgh hasn't competed in

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baseball in a long period of time. Correct, So yeah, Uh,
salary caps work, they do baseball. The players Union, it's
the players Union. I was gonna say, I don't think
the union's looking forward to to a salary cap. I
don't think Alex Bregmant wants a saturdy cap. No, he doesn't.
I don't think you say it's money possible from the
New York markets, let's go. Yeah, Kyle Tucker is anti

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salary cap. Yeah, the Dodgers and the Yankees are anti
salary cap.

Speaker 3 (07:48):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (07:49):
I still want to know, and it would probably take
a sports economist to help me. How in the world
do the Dodgers sign show Hao time for all that money?
It is all that deferred money, and no one is
batting an eye on that. Is that because the Dodgers
just know in their economic forecast for the next thirty
years to say we can cover his cost No big deal. Yeah,

(08:12):
I get yeah, if they go under, they're gonna be
in some trouble, Matt, But I don't think it's gonna happen.
They just won the World Series. But don't you Eventually
it's like it's like layaway, right, or it's like putting.
You know what the Dodgers did is they put the
they put show Hay on a credit card. Yeah, layaway
works too or whatever. And that's the thing too, is
all that it's not only the money that that show

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Hay is giving up its upfront, it's if he would
put that into savings or bonds or mutual funds or whatever.
He's costing himself all that interest over those those many
years too. He he put a lot, so he left
a lot of money on the table. It takes two
to tango, Yeah, absolutely, yeah, But I again, if that
was what showhy did. Then why wouldn't every team do it?

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Why wouldn't Why wouldn't even the lower end teams, the Pittsburgh's,
the milwaukeees u, the Cleveland's. Why wouldn't they take their
superstar players, give them these huge contracts and say hey,
we'll pay We'll defer the dollars. They would. But it's
just what I just told you. Sho Hao Tani not
only threw away all that money, he threw away all
that accrude interest. And it's because he makes like forty
million a year in endorsement. You gotta be really comfortable

(09:16):
in your own skin financially. Somebody of this the ilk
of the star of Sho Halo Tani to say, you
know what, I'm making so much an endorsements, I don't
need this money up front, okay, or want it okay.
So let's use Bregman as an example. Bragman doesn't need
the money. No, he does. If he if he all
of a sudden said I'm retiring from baseball. Yes, he's

(09:36):
got enough money for Knox, Knox's future sibling and Knox
his grandchildren, you would think, I mean, let's see, I
don't know he buys expensive Faberge eggs on eBay or soth. Oh,
you know he's being the horse racing game. Oh, horse
racing is not cheap. So maybe actually that's horse racing
is expensive. Yeah, but my point is this is that
if you are in this world now sports, and you've

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made a couple hundredion dollars, you could certainly take ten
to fifteen years to pay off your next contract. Yeah,
but the players don't want to do that. But you
only get one your your amount of time and career.
The retirement age right in America is sixty five. The
retirement agent Baseball is like thirty seven thirty eight, So
he needs to make all the maximum that he can

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for the rest of his life. Seven one three two
one two five seven ninety is how you reach a show.
It is a Matt Thomas show with Ross seven one
three two one two five SEVENANTI the Rockets get that
wire to wire win over San Antonio. And also I've
been staring at the Texans injury port, staring at it.
I don't know why, but I'm obsessed with who's playing

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and who's not playing. Okay, well we'll go through. It's
at least a Wednesday, seven one three two one two
five seven ninety.

Speaker 1 (10:48):
Matt Thomas and Ross by a real two guys extremely
passionate about Houston sports.

Speaker 2 (10:55):
You can tell them to go get a room, Max.
We've shared a hotel room, but they already have, and
then I've shared a bed. Truth be told. Thanks for
the visual pillow in between. There's no pillow between you
and more.

Speaker 1 (11:08):
Lunchtime, he was doon Sports Talk on Sports Talk seven.

Speaker 2 (11:18):
It is ten twenty on the Matt Thomas Show. Is Ross,
good morning to you. People still sending me tweets? Are
our good friend? Tom asked, what are we gonna do about the strippers?
And the strippers do not get up at ten o'clock
in the morning under any circumstance, they will might be
going to bed. That's that feels. I mean, I think
the latest stripper goes a bet at about eight thirty.

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Because you work till two, you go to an after
hours bar, then you go get breakfast, and then you
get out and going. You're smoking men till six, and
then you get some breakfast, and then you got to
come down from your meth high speaking then you got
to put the kids. You got to put the kids
to school. There had to been some of the Rockets
game last night strippers. There were three women that were
bet the elevator that I where to god had maybe

(12:03):
had dollars coming out of their shorts. I mean they
might have had a little bit of dental floss and
clinics on their body is what they were wearing. But
I was like, I mean, I understand normally the average
sports fan's gonna wear sports garb to a game. Yes,
you know, jersey, a shirt, maybe some sweats. Okay, there
is one brunette. I don't know who she was or

(12:26):
where she was head well, I think I had a
pretty good field where she was headed after. But I
was like, my goodness, I don't know why I brought this up,
but I just like, okay, it's just everybody treats dressing
up for a sporting event a little different than others
do HM, And they were out to well when it's
the playoffs, when the playoff talent comes out, Oh, the
playoff talent is good. What a center is nice? Or

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when the Lakers are in town. That's why you're gonna
see kind of MC government more games come playoff time.
It's true, our Rockets insider is gonna be there a
lot more play in the groundwork now, which we appreciate. Yeah, yeah,
that's right, all right? Seven one three two two five
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven
nine zero As the Rockets win last night. The injury
report on the Texans was out let yesterday. We'll go

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through that coming up in just a couple of minutes.
What else we got going on? It feels like we're
just in a wait and see on the Lions.

Speaker 4 (13:18):
Now.

Speaker 2 (13:18):
You were looking at our buddies at Pro Football Focus, Oh,
I was actually during the break, we get some one
of them. We got to get one of those guys
on Well have they been laying off most of them?
Have they really?

Speaker 3 (13:29):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (13:29):
Didn't Collinsworth buy him a lot of massive layoffs there?

Speaker 3 (13:32):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (13:33):
Well yeah, collins Worth invested and then he just yeah,
he just goes into meetings and says, here's a guy
over and over again. I just hate not Wait a minute,
I like Chris collins Worth. He's okay. You don't like
he's great? I No, he's okay. Okay, So that's not great.
Okay is not great? Who is your who's your favorite analyst?
Right now? Pound for pound. I mean, I still think

(13:56):
Tony Romo does a good job. I like Tony. I
think Tom Brady does a good job. Yeah, I think
I don't know, name me some more. Greg Olsen was
doing it, greg Olsen spectacular. Yeah, he got very good.
He got demoted. They're like, sorry, Greg Olsen, you haven't
won seven Super Bowls, so we'll see you later. So
this is a little in the weeds on broadcasting stuff.
So stayed with me in for one second. So Greg
Olsen last year was a number one broadcast for Fox.

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Former Cowboys fullback Daryl Johnston was the number two broadcast. Okay,
So everyone's making a big deal out of Greg Olsen
going from the number one game to the number two
game of the week. The bigger fall was Darryl Johnson.
He went from two to five. So he's calling like
Eagles commanders last year to now he's doing like New England, Tennessee.

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I mean, that's a fall from grace. It's not good
all because of Tom and his under an eighty million
dollar Fox contract and him being a part owner and
can't say he can't even speak his mind on the broadcast.
You know what. I brought this up on a to
tell the truth of you months ago. I don't know
how this is gonna happen, but do you think owning

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the Raiders financially will be worth more than his Fox contract?
Even the small piece that he owns of the Raiders,
that he would basically say, if I got a chance
to buy a bigger chunk, because look, Mark Davis has
got to be what late sixties at this point owner
of the Raiders, Brady's making a lot of money. Maybe
he buys a bigger piece. Maybe he says, this broadcasting

(15:26):
bit's kind of cool, and I can give up the
Fox money because I want to own a football team
because every time an NFL owner touches a football team,
the valuation of that franchise goes up up a fifteen
percent per year. I don't know. He wants to do both,
and I'm gonna put my name on something right this second.
Oh hold on, let me get there. No, it's no
st correct his file. Tom Brady's not finishing out that

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Fox contract. Oh my god, are we gonna be on air?
How long is that deal? Well? I would hope that
you and I would be on air at that point
when that that voice is done You're gonna be like,
seventy five. That's not true at all. That's terri Okay,
hold on, let me write this down.

Speaker 3 (16:02):
Geez.

Speaker 2 (16:03):
Yeah, that Tom Brady is going to realize that maybe
owning a larger stake of the Raiders. Right now, I
think he owns what he owns? What five percent? I
think it's three percent? Okay, it's it's in the single digits.
I think he got a discount because I think the
actual valuation on that was way more millions than he paid.
But anyways, okay, okay, but why wouldn't Tom Brady put

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together an investment group to buy the Raiders if when
Mark Howld's markin let me look up how how market
Mark is now and Mark's I mean a ten year,
three hundred and seventy five million dollars deal. That just
shows you, I think how great it is to own
a sports franchise. Mark Davis is sixty nine years old. Okay,
So let's say he wants to run the day to

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day operations for the next ten years. Tom Brady and
a co investor paid two hundred and forty four million
for his stake in the Raiders five percent for two
hundred and forty four million. Yes, and he will get
a tremendous kickback on that right away. I guess every
time I negotiate a new TV deal, that's just more

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money in the conference. Then let's talk to Gil in
Hockley at ten twenty six on seven ninety high time,
our Gill. Excuse me?

Speaker 3 (17:15):
What's going on?

Speaker 5 (17:16):
Guy?

Speaker 2 (17:16):
Good morning.

Speaker 6 (17:17):
So I like to make a mistakement by strippers.

Speaker 5 (17:21):
I've put a few through college in my time.

Speaker 6 (17:23):
I'm sixty three years old, and I'll spend my money wisely.
But every once in a while, I'm pleasantly surprised when
I walk into a doctor's office or a I don't
know a teachers or something. I recognize the face, and
so not all strippers. Don't give one stripper a bad
name when there's two of them.

Speaker 3 (17:43):
Is that is that? Okay?

Speaker 7 (17:45):
Yeah, Matt, do you agree with me or disagree?

Speaker 2 (17:47):
Don't speak ill of the strippers, and thank you for
your service, Gil. Yeah. I don't really know any strippers,
so i don't have any kind of relationship with any
of them. I'm just happen to see the one that
was waiting by the elevator yesterday, and she warned basically nothing.

Speaker 6 (18:03):
So you're basically telling you never entered a strip joint.

Speaker 2 (18:06):
I didn't say that.

Speaker 6 (18:09):
Okay, you just don't know him personally.

Speaker 2 (18:11):
Yeah, I'm gonna be honest with you. I've been I
have gone to a fair number of strip clubs in
my life, and I've never gotten in sort of any
sort of intimate relationship with any of them.

Speaker 8 (18:19):
Okay except the ones in the bootht A at the time.

Speaker 2 (18:21):
Right, what do you say?

Speaker 3 (18:24):
Are you saying?

Speaker 2 (18:24):
Whack job Gil? Thanks for the phone call. I feel
like Gills. I think Gill's one of those guys. Thanks
Gil for the call, and it's kind of probably gets
to know the girl's names. Hey, what's wrong? You get
bored in Hockley? What's a hockey stripper like? Oh? Cigarette burns?
Look at you? Stereotyping. You asked the question, and I
answered two things I hate in life, stereotyping and hockey strippers.

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Maybe get Gail. If you've got a relationship with some
of the stripper's, good for you. Yeah, what's the problem, Matt.
I'm god, he put many of them through.

Speaker 3 (18:59):
Call.

Speaker 2 (19:00):
Good for him. He's he's he's a resourceful man. They
they see Gill and they go you know what, let's
go on in the dance and he can pay for
my college. Yeah, what's the problem. I'd say there was
a problem. It's called a little something called free market economy.

Speaker 8 (19:14):
Matt.

Speaker 2 (19:14):
That's true, all right. Seven one three two one two
five seven Natti.

Speaker 8 (19:19):
We don't.

Speaker 2 (19:19):
We'll have strippery, stripper talk, and Gill come and give
us the stripper of the Week. Stripper Talk seven ninety
Stripper of the Week, desiree. Can we partner with a
strip cloud? This will really help Connor out? Why would
it help Connor out? He's already got his girl. He's fine,
she's got she's making them run a ten k. You
don't want to do that. Poor guy turkey trotting and
he's found a woman that makes him run gobble, gobble.

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I don't care what they do in their bedroom. Seven
one three two one two five seven Natti. Seven one
three two one two five seven Natty, A Texas injury
port is up next here on The Matt Thomas Show
with Ross.

Speaker 1 (19:53):
Welcome, Good afternoon, the best sports luncheon h Town.

Speaker 9 (19:57):
Matt's really smart, he works hard, he has a good
rasp of players.

Speaker 8 (20:01):
He's been around the game.

Speaker 2 (20:02):
Would you love him. We love him so.

Speaker 9 (20:05):
Excited for the opportunity that Matt has in front of him.

Speaker 2 (20:06):
For sure, this is the Matt Thomas Show. Nick, you see,
I hope you trust what's in the building. I love
that term in the building. That's a very football sche type.
Praise hills in the building, say Weill Anderson Junior did
not practice yesterday. Derek Parnett did not practice. Ful Arunso

(20:28):
photo Kassi did not practice. Kenyon Green did not practice.
Dylan Horton not practice. He was sick. Damian Pierce did
not practice. Wait, Kenyon Green was on the practice report. Yes,
a shoulder Yeah, I think he had shoulder surgery. Oh yeah,
so I think we can take him off the list
for all. I was gonna say, it must be a
miraculous recover that he's even on this report to begin
with limited participation. Alsi's Al Shayer, Jay Hanson, Jerry Hughes,

(20:52):
Shack Mason, Jeff Akudah, Laramie Tunsel he's resting, of course
because he's just a loafer. And Jimmy Ward. Why is
len me Tuncil resting? Did they not? Did that have
Friday Saturday Sunday off? Did you see him chasing around
edge defenders all week on Thursday, I mean all night
on Thursday. He's tired, Maddie, it's called veteran rest. Let him,

(21:13):
it's fine. What's he gonna learn on a on a
Wednesday practice that he needs for the weekend? Well, he
just rested, although I said limited participation, so he didn't.
He'd actually put the uniform on, so I get it. Yeah,
and then Jarrett Patterson was a full participant yesterday and
probably gonna be your starting left guard, right, I would,
I would, I would guess, so, yes, yeah Patterson. Who's

(21:36):
the swing fit Derek does it? Derek Fisher?

Speaker 3 (21:38):
Is that the guy's name?

Speaker 2 (21:39):
Derek Fisher? The swing Attackles being a rookie, had a
notre dame who is Well, I mean, I'll ever matchin
at this point, I'm telling you, and I don't want
to be the doom and gloom guy. Okay, they call
me mister positive on these parts. I don't see how
CJ makes it the rest of the year. Okay, go ahead,

(21:59):
predict it. Predict he's gonna get hurt. It's the NFL.
You could be right, No, because it's too it's too easy.
Because even the best offensive lines can have quarterbacks get hurt,
so it's not even worthy of making a prediction. I'm
just telling you that your buddy's at Pro Football Focus.
Jared Golf loves the five guys that are in front

(22:20):
of him.

Speaker 3 (22:20):
C J.

Speaker 2 (22:21):
Stroud is tolerating the five guys in front of him.
I mean, they have the Lions with the number one line.
They have the Buccaneers with number two. Baker Mayfield's hurt
with a toe injury right now. They have the Chiefs
number three. Pat Mahomes been hurt all year. That's what
I'm saying. Just because you have a great offensive line
does not guarantee any sort of success that you're gonna
stay up right correct. But they have. They have the

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Texas at twenty four. They have the Commanders that at
eight excuse me eight, and Jayden Daniels got a rib injury.
He was almost gonna miss something. I remember last year's
offensive line was not great either, but CJ. Stri was
able to live through that. He missed a couple of games. Yeah,
with the concussions. Concussion I think he had multiple last year.

(23:02):
Quite frankly, yeah, there's probably at least two other times
that he looked very woozy, and I think my guess
is an it looked the state of the concussion world
in the NFL is always changing. That they went back
and looked at it and said, we sent CJ out
there maybe once, if not twice, when he never should
have gone out. Do you want to hear their blurb
on the Texans offensive line? The Pro Football Focus folks, Okay,

(23:22):
remember this is Pro football. Focuses are gentlemen that, oh gosh,
go ahead, that spend time studying the intricacies of the NFL. Yes,
and that's all I'm going to say. We appreciate that
left guard Kenyon Green suffered a season ending shoulder injury
in their loss against the Jets. He was replaced by

(23:44):
Kendrick Green, who allowed five pressures and finished with a
fourteen point three percent pressure rate, tied for the third
worst clip among guards in week fourteen or week nine.
So Kenda Green stepping in at some point, it's not
all of a sudden going to make things significantly. But
I'm going to tell you there's probably a reason that
Kenyon multiple reasons that Kenyon Green was was continuing to play,

(24:05):
and one of them was that there wasn't an all
pro waiting in the wings. Yeah, all right, so we'll see.
And it also begs the question, then, why didn't Nick
Casario do something at the deadline? Why didn't he make
a deal for somebody? And again there was a top
ten list that was out of top ten available players,

(24:26):
none of them featured offensive linemen. But there were offensive
linemen that were moved before the trade deadline. Yes, so
what we don't know the answer to, And it's just
us as guessers. Either the price was too high, whether
they're like we couldn't find anybody that we really liked,

(24:48):
or we think that the return of Jared Patterson and
putting in Kendrick Green and just maybe even being c
J strab being a little bit more wiser when it
comes to where he needs to throw the foot, all
how to get rid of it, where to find himself
in space, all those things will fix itself. And that
last year's offensive line was never greated great, but CJ

(25:09):
was able to stay upright for fifteen games. Yeah, and
Demiko Ryan did this. Ryan's did the speak last yesterday
on the trade deadline saying there's no savior for this team.

Speaker 3 (25:22):
Now.

Speaker 10 (25:22):
I didn't emphasize anything in to our team like we
have the guys we have. I mean, everybody thinks the
trade day line comes and you're gonna just, you know,
find this guy who's gonna save your team. I don't
see it that way right. Transactions were made across the
league and there has to be two parties available to
do a trade. Everybody's anty about trades. It's not just

(25:45):
us going and taking somebody from another team. People have
to be available and people the trade has to be
on good terms for everyone. So I know everybody's in
an uproar about us trading at the deadline. It's like
it's not from a lack of us working to get
our team better and improve our team, but there's no
savior coming to save our team.

Speaker 2 (26:07):
And there has to be two parties involved in trading,
meaning we may have liked one or two guys and
we were held by kings ransom. Where do you want
to go? I mean, you can fall back on what
Tomiko just said, Ross, but if you're picking up CJ
but with a spatulo this year, because the pressures continue

(26:27):
to come, there's going to be some criticism towards Dimiko
and Nick on this. Now Flukey injuries are gonna happen
in the NFL. But if he faces the pressure rate
that he faced against the Jets, and that's a regular
occurrence the rest of the way, there will be for
the first time in Dimiko's life, heavy criticism towards you

(26:49):
defended your guys way too much, and Nick Casseio was
not aggressive enough at a time where he knew there
was a problem. Now, if the pressure's back off a
little bit, Yeah, and CJ changes a few things about
how he gets rid of football, maybe a split second sooner.
This may be water under the bridge. That's what I
think the Texans are hoping for. Yeah, I mean, and

(27:09):
I think it'll be more falling on Nick Cassario than
it would Demiko Ryans. Dimiko Ryans is in front of
the microphones every multiple times every week. Nick Cassario's not.
So what is Dimiko RAN's gonna say? Yeah, I told
Nick to get us somebody, and he threw his hands up,
And I'm really pissed with him, Like he's not gonna
say that'd be really good, that would be really funny.
But it's just not gonna happen. So Dimiko Rans is
doing what he has to do and I think there

(27:31):
is a nugget of truth in what he's saying, and
that they're the savior. Wasn't the savior of our team,
wasn't available for trade, Yeah, so we gotta go with
who we got. Maybe they think they're gonna get better
with Kenyon Green out and now Jarrett Patterson back, they
can't really be much worse, and they were saw they

(27:52):
were not great in the first six with the weeks
of the season, but solid enough to where we weren't
really talking about this as much as we have in
the last three weeks. But that's what I'm saying, is
that sometimes things show up, and during the most crucial
times of the year, we knew the back half of
the schedule was going to be more difficult than the
front half of the schedule. Yes, and so if you
want to secure your spot as an elite team in

(28:13):
the AFC, knowing that you've got a problem in the
middle of the season, what do you do to address it?
But that that back half of the schedule, it's it's
really kind of to the Chiefs, the Chiefs and the
ball and the Baltimore Ravens. Well in this game, coming
up against the Lions, every other game they they should
be favored in and should win. They're not gonna wor
but you're thinking about playoffs more than anything else on
a regular season, right, But we kind of went through it.
If they somehow beat the Lions this week and then

(28:35):
they lose a couple of more, if they lose to
the to the Ravens and the Chiefs, then then what's that.
That's twelve and five. But that's not gonna happen. They're
gonna They've They've been in too many one score games.
I don't think that they're just gonna you know, I
don't know that they're gonna beat the Lions this weekend.
And it's not an automatic that they're gonna sweep all
of the Cowboys, Titans, Jags, and then Titans again. Yep.

(28:58):
Seven three two five Sevenina Anthony on twitters is the
Texans offensive line being twenty four is insane? I hate
to see what thirty two looks like. Thirty two is
the New England payer. I was actually typing up a
tweet to him, and I'll go ahead and hit send.
The New England Patriots are thirty two. They made look
Will Anderson's good. They made him look like prime Reggie White,
what did you have like three sacks in that game?
That's crazy? All right? Seven one three two one two

(29:19):
five seven ninety seven one three two one two five
seven ninety I just don't get it. Coming up at
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Speaker 11 (29:34):
Ninety more Matt Thomas now on Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 2 (29:56):
All right, it is a ten forty eight on The
Matt Thomas Show with Ross on three two one two
five seven ninety seven to one three two one two
five seven nine zero. Let's talk to some people in
the great city Houston. Let's start with actually and I'm
gonna go to Houston. We're going to l Passel, Ross,
Dwayne is on the Mount Thomas Ol Ross, Dwaane, Good.

Speaker 3 (30:15):
Morning, Good morning, Matt. How's everything going excellent?

Speaker 2 (30:19):
What's on your mind?

Speaker 3 (30:20):
All right?

Speaker 12 (30:21):
As far as the game this weekend, I think it's
going to be a real good one and I'm not
going to predict who's going to win or lose. But
both of those teams have had plenty of time to
practice on exactly what their plans are to do, what
they have to do offensively and defensively because they and

(30:42):
then you guys are getting another receiver back this weekend
to play with y'all, which is another opportunity for y'all's
quarterback to you know, get through that hopefully that defense
that Detroit's going to bring. So I think that now
in the NFL, the records are not counted anymore like

(31:04):
it was at the end of the season. Now it's percentages,
and you can have a nine to eight team going
to the playoffs possibly if they're you know, percentage is
higher than someone else's percentage. But I think it's going
to be a good game, and I think that if
they can keep that defense from pushing back the quarterback
and that quarterback just lets that ball go right away

(31:27):
to his receivers, I think they got a pretty good
chance of winning it.

Speaker 5 (31:31):
That's all I got to say.

Speaker 2 (31:33):
Well, I appreciate it, Thank you, Dwayne. We don't know
if Nico Collins is playing. By the way, he is
not on the injury report because he has not been
taken off of the injured list injured reserve, So we
don't know exactly what's going to happen, you know, when
the Texans were practicing a little bit. Later on, they'll
be able to figure it out, but right now, we
don't know what's gonna sound good right now, it's not
been activated. I would think if he's been gone the

(31:55):
four weeks that he's been gone, you're like, Oh, he's
feeling great, He's ready to get on the football field
right to put the pads on in rent some routes,
and I haven't heard that now. Again, that could obviously change, yes,
but he's basically going to have two days of practice
while missing those weeks that he's missed, to go against
a team that they're going to need him to have
a big game whenever he comes back. He looked they

(32:15):
didn't go after a receiver either, so they're hoping that
Tank dell Is WR two and Nicos WR one and
then they're all in on Robert Woods and Xavier Hutchinson,
John Matschie and Dalton Schultz and guys like that. I mean,
Dalton Schultz, let's go. It's not had a great year, No,

(32:35):
he has not uh seven one three two one two
five seven ninety's seven one three two one two five
seven and there stuff. Could't understand where he was saying.
But no, he was just saying that, didn't I guess
the record like you know, the old twelve and four
we used to think of that's a really good year
and right it's just different now and it's more about
the percentages. But it was always about the percentages. So

(32:57):
that's fine. Yeah, I understood what he's saying. Okay, the
reality is they're going to win the division. You get
to hang up another AMC South banner. But that's been
kind of what the Texans mantra has been, and they
and I think they want to change that. They're gonna
make the playoffs and they're gonna be out in the
division round. That's what it feels like right now. Yeah, Max,

(33:20):
do you think other six and three teams are in
the NFL feel this way? Right now? Let's run through Matt,
so go through what's going on on this Okay, let's
see I clicked the wrong button. Hold on you stall,
tell the people where to find you on Twitter. Never mind,
we're good. Baltimore Ravens are six and three. They also
have a plus sixty four point differential. The Texans have

(33:42):
a plus one save scored one more point than their
opponent's hat. Yes, the Texans. That is so weird. Yeah,
that makes sense. They've been getting blown out and they've
they've been winning ones. Usually, if you're six and three,
you've got a couple of blow outs in the mix, right,
They've got one and that was against the Patriots, who
are terrible. Let's see who else is six and three?
Green Bay Packers, Well, they beat you are If you're

(34:05):
a Green Bay Packer fan, are you feeling great greater
about your Super Bowl chances than the Houston Texans fans?
I would say, no, do you feel better worse than Pittsburgh?
Pittsburgh six and two. I think it's foolish to sleep
on Pittsburgh defense. Their defense, and then Russell Wilson has
been good enough. They were winning games with justin Fields.
They made the playoffs with Mitchell Trubisky and tiny Hans

(34:27):
Kenny Pickett last year, Tiny Hans Canny Picket. Yeah, that's
not I mean, that's kind of rude. Frankly, you was
to his face. No, I don't think I would, but
you'd say to an on a radio show. Yeah, that's
you know what that is rude. I'm sorry, Kenny, but
he knows I'm not saying anything he didn't know.

Speaker 7 (34:44):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (34:45):
Uh, Atlanta Falcons six and three are on three, Matt,
better chance to win the Super Bowl. Falcons are Texans
one two three Sexans because the NFC is easier. Okay, okay,
better team on three one two three Texans. Yeah, but
that was the original question you asked. Okay, well I

(35:06):
changed it. Yeah, because you're a hater, no matter hate.
I'm a real as Texans heater, and that's what I'm
here for. I'm here because ninety eight percent of the
rest of the market are drinking every bit of the
kool aid. You ought to thank me for being part
of the two percent. Thank you, Matt. When they're good,
and I mentioned that CJ stras a franchise quarterbacks, I
tell you that that's why you should thank me. I

(35:27):
cried on my pillow last night. I was so proud
of you. Well, you and Jimmy Kiple both cried yesterday
for different reasons. But yeah, well, yeah, they they are.
They're they're really really good. But Baltimore, Kansas City are great.
Pittsburgh's really good. See, I'm not nearly as worried about
Pittsburgh as you are. Okay, I'm not really worried about Denver.

(35:49):
I think it's I think everything is about what do
you do to climb the hump, to get over the top,
to go on the road in win in Baltimore and
win in Kansas City, And so far the Texans have
been unable to show they can do that. Well, They're
going to go on the road and play in Kansas
City and that will be a good address rehearsal for

(36:10):
the AFC Championship game. I imagine the one seed will
still be on the line then unless unless Kansas City
just continues to pull off miracle after miracle and win
all these close games, yeah, week after week. Yeah. Uh,
and look that they can't there. They're not gonna be
Kansasity' is not is going to lose a football game.
There's gonna be something that we're gonna see. And again,

(36:33):
here's the strange part of it. And you you mentioned
this because you were watching the Buccaneers and uh the Chiefs, Chiefs.
You I was taw your tweets. There was a little
bit of worry about whether or not Pat Mahomes is
gonna be able to stay up right. Yeah, he was.
He was getting beat up in that game. He's been
getting beat up really a lot of this year, and

(36:54):
Baker Mayfield has been he's got a toe injury right now.
I don't think he. I think he didn't practice yesterday. Yeah,
So it's everywhere. It's the NFL. It's the most violent
game as far as a major American sports. That's not
a combat sport, that's true, but anybody can go down
for any reason. I think they should let him fight
like a hockey fifty yard line square up, you're off

(37:17):
for two drives? Is that what it is? Yeah, and
not kick anybody out. Yeah, how come you can throw
seventy six punches in a hockey game. You throw one
punch in a football game and you're out. It's not right.
Should you be allowed like a like one personal foul
slap across the bitch slap and then go on? You know,
it'll be like that movie did you ever see Troy

(37:39):
where Brad Pitt is Achilles. He represents the their army
and then they send their baddest dude from there on.
So each team sends their baddest dude to go fight
at the at the fifty and then that'll settle it.
Whoever wins. Yeah, that should just be settled the game.
Who would the Texans send? Oh? Who would be denial?

(38:00):
Will Anderson's too much of a finesse. Well, I mean
Will Anderson's his ankle is gonna snap out there. Yeah,
you need somebody out there that's like built from granted,
from head to toe. I'm going to Neil Hunter, maybe
Aziz al Shaer.

Speaker 7 (38:13):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (38:14):
Joe Mixons I thought I can shift. Joe Mixon's a
good one. Just throw that out. There's a possibility. Who
is the best MMA fighter on the Texans seven seven
seven one three two one two If you wanted to
go see a Texans player tap somebody out, choke him out. Oh,
it's gotta be Joe Mixon. He's got the he's got
the pedigree, he's done it before. Oh boy, am I

(38:38):
telling something that's not the truth. Well, this person would
be in theory be defending themselves, all right. Seven one
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(38:58):
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Speaker 2 (40:26):
We start the second hour of four. We are now
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Talk seven. On any good afternoon or good morning to you.
It's still strange. We will be waking up the lunchtimers
or just hang what's up with you guys? In an
hour from now, the strippers be open and walking up
tomorrow at noon. That doesn't change. I'll be in Oklahoma
City tomorrow for the Rockets and the thunder. We've still

(40:47):
got I just don't get it. Coming up at the
bottom of the hour where you just have to figure
out something in life you just don't get and you
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(41:09):
nine zero. You are right over there, he's shaking his head.
I'm gonna take a nap. What time you're coming back?
If you come back, you're back at twelve thirty. It'd
that's still an hour and a half. All right, I'll
see you. Got road at one o'clock today, that's always easy.
I can't wait. And the Rotten five at one thirty
we might skip that. Well, I mean, I'll be probably

(41:31):
on a plane. You have no control over. There's a
lot of writing. It's a little prep. I'm not feeling
like I have the mental capacity to write right now. Okay, Well,
we'll get you fixed. Seven one three two one two
five seven nine zero. Good point from Pollard's vision. On Twitter,
Aaron Wilson says it nicos one hundred percent, but has
not been cleared yet. Okay, what upbout that? So what's

(41:52):
the point. That's what I'm saying. We don't know what's
going on. He didn't say one hundred percent ready to go.
That's just not I think it's been one hundred percent
healthy but passed all tests whatever that means. I think
there is a difference between having a hamstring that is
ready to go and actually getting out on the field
and doing it. Passed all tests for hamstring, no setbacks,

(42:13):
per league sources, regain, speed, mobility, ready to Oh he
did say ready to go. You know what I'm wrong.
I thought he didn't use that word, but he did
use those words ready to go, So that the I
mean ready to play. But it's a matter of when,
not if he'll be designated for returns. Does that mean
he's gonna play this weekend? It says team still determining
if activating him for a Lions game. So that's what

(42:35):
Aaron Wilson said. And that was a Monday. Today's Thursday,
so we got you know, maybe there's a update. By
the way, Yeah, he didn't even practice yet. Wouldn't he
have practiced yesterday? Yeah, he was not listening to the
injury report. Well, can he practice and not be activated.
Are they trying to like play this call? He was
not a practice this year, There was not a practice. Okay,
Well then that doesn't sound like it's looking good for
him to play this weekend to me. I mean, we'll

(42:57):
find out more today. Obviously, I would think if he
doesn't practice today, he doesn't play Sunday. Was why would
you send him out there for one day of practice
on Friday, which is usually a light workout day. Yeah,
don't you want to see him kind of go one
hundred percent? Well, if he's one hundred percent ready to go,
then why wouldn't they practice him yesterday? I mean just
I mean, it's not making me have a good gut

(43:19):
feeling about him playing this weekend. You know, it's crazy,
and you know the Astros get a lot of criticism
for this. Yeah, but it's really generally speaking in sports,
these teams just they don't mind if you have to guess.
They don't care if you guess. They'll be ready to
tell you when a player is ready to go. When

(43:39):
they're ready to tell you. It makes more sense in
football because I mean, it does change the Lions and
Nimit's legend. Aaron Glenn's game plan if if Nico Collins
is on the field or if he isn't. Yeah, what
changes if Kyle Tucker has a shin bruise or a fracture.
Nothing he could, don't change the starting pitcher. He's out
for ninety games. Yeah, it's time. Well, we want to

(44:02):
know what to divulge in the information they might learn
that he had a fracture. Okay, so what But I
but I think when you become a general manager or
a coach in any sport, you think the world is
going against you. I think, and I think because of
the inquisitive nature of reporters and fans in general, I
do think some people relish in keeping things a secret

(44:27):
and keeping them I'm not going to tell you because
I don't have to because you're a reporter or you're
a fan and you don't have to know. I think
there's an element of that. I totally agree. I think
Dusty Baker relished in that. I think it's been half
of the Astros forget this is anybody listening. Do you
know some things in your life that you're kind of

(44:49):
proud that you know mm hmm, that you're never gonna
tell anybody yes, My answer is one hundred percent.

Speaker 7 (44:57):
Yes.

Speaker 2 (44:58):
Guess what, I don't have to tell you report do
your job elsewhere. I don't have to tell you fan
he's on the field or he's not. You're gonna watch
us anyways. But I but I don't think that's the
driving force. The driving that just there's just a small
smidge of that. I think there is a smidge. I'm
with you, We're on the same page. Yeah, I will
say that, what if going back to the Astros and

(45:19):
when Kyle cracked his shin, if he would if they
would have announced that four to five days later, or
maybe even two weeks later when they figured it out,
when the swelling went down. Whatever, Yeah, were we gonna
blame the Astros? No, thems, the breaks, injuries happen. It sucks, Dana,
we fail for you. But it felt it was an

(45:42):
unnecessary layer of cynicism. And that's where I think, to
a much more smaller extent, this Nico Collins situation is, now,
do you game plan if you're the Delions differently of
Nico Collins is out there compared to him not yes,
way more so than a baseball but still, do you
do these general managers and these coaches want to keep

(46:02):
an element of surprise and not give their opponents even
a smidge of an advanced preparation. And I can understand that.
And I guess you also set a precedent. So when
it's one injury that may affect a game plan and
it's one that won't if you hold back both of them,
you say, this is our policy, this is what we
always do. I guess. I mean, but obviously Aaron Wilson

(46:24):
didn't just write that off of a tweet and go,
you know, I think I'm gonna say he's one hundred percent.
Somebody must have told him at least that part. Yeah,
and it better not have been a team doctor, because
you cannot be giving a team doctor information unless the
team authorizes you to do that. That's true. And so
far to Meka hasn't said word one except for we're
hoping to get it back soon. Let's talk to Renee.

(46:47):
And where is maple Wood? I have know where maple
Wood is? Hi, Renee?

Speaker 7 (46:50):
Hey, Mabel's right next to Bella. We can look right
across the street to see all the two million and
the seven million dollars homes from our little homes.

Speaker 2 (46:56):
Okay, I asked an answer, thank you very much much.

Speaker 7 (47:01):
So you earlier you were talking about what Texans you
thought would be proficient or do well in the MMA five,
they got two for you, some oldies with goodies. I
don't know if you run with these guys, Brian Kushner
and Marian Foster. Yeah, both big, big Brazilian jiu jitsu guys,
and I have a lot of black belt friends who
roll with them, and those guys are amazing. Not only

(47:23):
are they talented athletes, but they're amazing jiu jitsu practitioners
as well. So I mean you can put them on
top of the fact that they're already extremely gifted. But
those two guys will tear a part of anybody in
the Texans roster.

Speaker 2 (47:36):
Now, wow, well there are somebody that. I mean, an
NFL locker room is full of badasses. I'm going to
assume that huge ten years ago will probably crush you
like grape too.

Speaker 7 (47:46):
I mean, these guys will look at you in the face,
so hold on to you and say if you want
to stop yourself, it's not like you tear your nee off.

Speaker 2 (47:54):
But so anyway, thanks, thank you, appreciate it. I'm tapping
out right now I'm good. I only got a few
years left to walking without limps, so I'd like to
keep that going. Yeah, Mma, and we had we had
Derek was the name Derek Derris Lewis. People pulled out

(48:15):
of that fight. I think, did he really? Yeah? He
was so devastated from your interview, we didn't we try
to fire him up a little bit, get him motivated. Yeah,
Derek Lewis. I put in Derrick Henry. Derek Henry be
a guy I would want to watch an m M
A fight, for sure. He might be if there was
like NFL Fight Club, he might be the last man's standing,
Who's the who's the meanest sob? Right now? In the NFL.

(48:38):
I mean, there's so many to choose from. I don't know,
you know, I wouldn't take wouldn't take a quarterback, that's
for sure. Well, No, it was dangle out there and
tap out so quick. Uh yeah, medical issue. It just
says undisclosed medical issue. I hope he's okay, non weight
cut related medical issue. Oh you an air quotes? You

(49:04):
know if we'll clumped over that. Poor Derek Lewis. Now
he's cough up. Let me tell you I cough up
a storm too and judging you at all. I know
you better not. You're the last one. That's why I
said I am judging you. Apparently he weighed in there
as they have a heavyweight limit in UFC, which I
think they should do in boxing. I agree, But two

(49:24):
sixty six he was right at the limit, so it
wasn't This says it was not okay due to a
weight cut related issue, right seven one three two one
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I just don't get it. If there's something in your life,
whether it be sportulated whether it be life in general,
that you just don't get. I want to hear from you. Okay,

(49:51):
what are some of our classics? I just don't get
taking your shoes off on an airplane? Jersey guy, jersey
wearing guy, or how about the fan of two teams
splitting a jersey in half and having half one long
and half. Okay, that's what. If you're in the family,

(50:12):
that's acceptable, especially if you got like two sons that
are playing for two. Yeah, that's but yeah, generally speaking,
or how about this, I just don't get why Dann
Matthews are the broducer. The afternoon show is one week
jumping all crazy over Georgia football, and the next week
he's going crazy over LSU football. I think he grew
up with LSU and then he worked with like the

(50:33):
Georgia radio networkers. I worked in Minnesota. I'm not Golden Gopher, Matt,
I know. I mean, you'd love to be. Why would
I love to be a Golden Gopher? I don't know
why not. They've been fun, They've been, frankly an underperforming
athletic program for a long period of time. Middle of
the pack into Big Ten and below third in the
bat in the basketball. So definitely wouldn't be golden go

(50:54):
for Matt. Although it's one of the rare cities in America,
big cities that have a college team that actually draws me. Unfortunately,
the university in our city we had twenty three's CA
solid there. We did. We had we had a rally
on the field and party. It was more of like
a get. It was like a mixer, well it was.
It wasn't a storming of the field. It was like

(51:14):
a gathering. The weather cost seventeen thousand people have to come.

Speaker 3 (51:17):
Mm hmm.

Speaker 2 (51:19):
That's that's what I how many sellouts this year in
my mind too, but how many in reality? I don't know.
I don't, I don't. I'm gonna take a take a Ross.
I don't count, Okay, I'm just asking seven one three
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one two five seven eighty. So, yeah, the Texans will
be practicing here pretty quick here and we'll get an
update and exactly who is going to be partaking an event,

(51:41):
and hopefully Nico Collins be one of them. Seven one
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Speaker 1 (51:50):
He's having trouble seeing Dallas to win anything anytime soon.

Speaker 2 (51:55):
Sorry about that, Friends to the North. Back to the
Matt Thomas.

Speaker 13 (51:58):
Show, eleven eighteen in the am here on Sports Talk
seven ninety.

Speaker 2 (52:18):
That's right, it is the Mat Toomas Show with Ross
with you until two pm. If you're not aware, ten
am to two pm now the time slot for this
program coming up at the bottom of the hour. One
of the signature segments of the show. I just don't
get it. Something that you're seeing that's popular in this
country or whatever nonsports typically you don't understand it. And

(52:42):
you're like, how does this happen? You call this show
and you say, I just don't get it. Yeah, mine
might be a tinge political. Oh and I don't want
to do it, but I it's a legitimately, I just
don't get it. Okay, political, okay, but just a tinge,

(53:02):
a little political, Just a tinge, a little political. Oh
that's dead rhymes right, that put that in your rhyme.
But you had me calling a highlight yesterday saying I
was a poet and didn't even know it. I didn't
realize that I was. Did I said, I didn't know?
If you knew it? No, I did not? For sure?
It was green? What was it? I can't remember green
for three or something like that.

Speaker 14 (53:18):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (53:18):
Yeah, something it was. It was good? Okay, maybe yeah,
I know. Maybe maybe you just start start rhyming so
warm Matt. Some people rhyme on Rockets broadcasts were used
to all right, last night, a speard should be feared.
But besides the Rockets win over the San Antonio Spurs.

(53:39):
Paul George for the Philadelphia seventy six ers, he made
his debut. He did make his debut. They cleared him,
They let him play a wheelchair. Yes, that's great. He
played against the La Clippers, a team that he used
to play for. Uh huh uh. He was seven to nine,
eighteen points, seven rebounds, three steals. Uh, but the Clippers
lost one, ten to ninety eight. Paul George got a

(54:02):
video tribute and called the Clippers franchise first class. He
said his return drew a fair and split reaction, but
did not understand or care for the booze after helping
the Clippers when their mate reats are only Western Conference
finals in twenty twenty one. This is how you don't
endear yourself to the fans in which they used to

(54:22):
love you. It is stupid. I mean, I was a
free agent, you know what I mean. It wasn't something
that I demanded or traded or went against the team here.
I was a free agent. The team presented something that
was team friendly, and I did what was best for
me in that situation. So there were cheers. I appreciate
to them. They were the ones that I played hard for.
The booze I didn't get it. I still don't get

(54:44):
it when I go back to Indy. But it is
what it is. It's sports. I look forward to next
year being back here and more booze. Here's the reality.
When you go back somewhere for the first time and
you've had a great run, you should get your fair
amount of cheers. But I'm not. I mean, as much
as I appreciate Carl's Korey on what he did for

(55:05):
the Astros, or Garrett Cole or any of the Astro
players that have left, or any for that matter, or
any of the if there was any great text in it,
left and came back, you get one round of applause,
and then it's fair game. You left, you chose, you
could have stayed in LA. Now, granted you didn't like
this financial situation the Clippers were offering you, that's fine,
but booing is this a fundamental right in sports? And

(55:31):
you just don't cheer for the teams you don't love,
and you were hurt most of the time you were there. Yeah,
so people look, it is what it is. It's not
necessarily Paul George's fault. But people don't like when players
make a bunch of money and they're hurt and they
don't play and then they sign away somewhere else. And
you were Paul George Kawhi Leonard and James Harden. On paper,
that should have been a team that should have gone
to at least one NBA final, not win it. Paul

(55:52):
George has an interesting NBA career where we never talk
about him as one of the best on the planet.
We never really I mean maybe in the end of
his Indianapolis career he's one of the great two way players.
But I just kind of pulled up his page. Nine
time All Star, six time All NBA, which is number

(56:13):
first second, Well five of those are on the third team. Yeah,
four times All defense career averages they're not good because
early in his career he was averaging like seven points
a game, twenty point eight points per game, because it's funny,
you know, the thirty eight three point shooter. One of
the last years he was in Indianapolis with the Pacers
was one of the first years I was doing Rocket

(56:33):
games and I was calling the game and Paul George's
having a big game against the Rockets, and I was
telling my status ISSI, I said, man, this guy is
such a star. People must love him here, and like,
you know what, he can't get out of here fast enough. Hmm,
I don't. I just think Paul George just probably isn't
considered a fan favorite at on top of the fact

(56:53):
that he spent much of the last handful of years
being injured and people are gonna be resentful of that. Yeah,
it's just funny. If I'd have told, if I'd have
said to you, like not giving you the name, nine
time All Star, five times All Third Team Defense, I think,
one time first team, four time All Defense Most Improved
Player award, you'd be like, that guy's a borderline Hall
of Famer. I just don't. I don't feel that way.

(57:15):
A guy that would be on the marquee of a billboard.
I don't feel that way at all about Paul George.
He's good, he had a great prime is very short prime,
but he's just been injury riddled as well lately. Yeah,
but I don't understand why these players take it personally
when frankly fans take it personally. Why wouldn't they be

(57:35):
upset you said, I don't want to play for you.
I can make ungodly amount of cash somewhere else, which
again nobody's begrudging you on that. But you don't have
a warm you have one woman fuzzy moment. You get
your little video tribute and then you play on Yeah,
I don't want to. Maybe why are players so sensitive
if they don't get like and to the to the

(57:57):
former Astros credit, George Springer hasn't gone on and said
why they just George Berring gets boomed now not booed,
but just largely indifferent. Carlos Kray is largely indifferent here.
Now there's a few smatterings of collapse in here that whatnot,
But it's not like it's you know, look, it's gonna
be tough when Bregman leaves. Oh I speaking of Bregman.
We listen to the A team yesterday, very entertaining show.

(58:18):
Who Clinton and Wexler not familiar. I don't know what
Wexler's percentage is. Clinton thinks it's fifty to fifty he
comes back?

Speaker 3 (58:27):
Is it?

Speaker 2 (58:28):
Are some people getting caught up in the Dana Brown.
We're doing everything we can to keep him here. We've
had substantive talks the last few weeks on this. What
they had Chandler Roman, what did he say? But trust him?
I trusted Chandler Well, uh no, I didn't listen to

(58:48):
much of Chandler. I didn't get to hear anything really
except maybe just like one small SoundBite, they're just saying
it's it's just that's their top priority. And to the
pro Bregman stays crowd, that does make a little bit
more sense that you'd feel a little more hopeful because
you've never heard George Springer was a top priority. You
never heard that Garrett Cole was a top priorty. You

(59:09):
never heard that Carlos Carey was a top priority. But also,
I mean, none of those were Dana Brown at the Helm.
Janny Brown is kind of a different cat when it
comes to as we said, he sees a glass that
is half full and he says it's spilling over. Like
he's over optimistic all the time. He said Jose Brady

(59:31):
was gonna be great when it came back from the
FODA Complex League, Kyle Tucker, he'll be back to real soon.
And and the crazy part about contracts and players deciding
where they want to play is you can be on
a Monday, I'm never coming back, go to bed Monday night,
wake up Tuesday morning and go, you know what why
am I doing? I can just stay right here. You

(59:54):
can have changes of heart. You can change your heart
so fast that if you were, if you and I,
you and I have predicted we believe there's no chance
he stays yes. But that's not us for us to decide.
That's one human being's decision, and the human mind and
the human emotions and the heart changes on a dime. Well,
I mean well and two. I would say two. Jim
Crane as well, depending on how close they are. I

(01:00:17):
think they're close to the tax after arbitrate with once
they settle arbitration with everyone. Yeah, could could Jim say
we'll pay the competitive balance for a second straight year.
It'd be shocking if he did, it would be shocking.
But he can also have a change of heart as well.
He can he can say, you know what, Bregman's our dude.
The window is still open. We want to continue to
sign players. We're probably gonna lose Kakuchi and free agency,

(01:00:39):
which means we're gonna probably have to go find somebody
else there. And we don't want to lose our goal
glove third basement, who's been a rock solid part of
this organization since his entire championship run. Yeah, so I
guess I guess the question is we probably shouldn't put
percentages on these things because it's only one person's mind opinion.

(01:01:00):
There's no formula to say if this happens. Is because
even if the Astros offer him ridiculously crazy money, he
can still say no, he can still say, you know what,
it's maybe just time for a change. I wouldn't think
that's how way Bregman's built, but you know what, that's
only for Alex to decide. All right, do you not
get something every day? There's a lot of things in

(01:01:22):
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Speaker 15 (01:02:45):
When I listen to the Matt Thomas Show, I don't
even understand the eclectic nature of the show, the dichotomy,
the ostentatiousness, the perfunctory that sounds about as smart as
leva ball.

Speaker 2 (01:02:56):
Back to the Matt Thomas Show, whoever he is.

Speaker 16 (01:03:06):
Do you have.

Speaker 17 (01:03:07):
Something in your life that you just don't get no
need to worry, no need to We will just do
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Speaker 3 (01:03:18):
Can use our friends.

Speaker 2 (01:03:19):
It's time to say I just don't get it, all right,
Mine is a tinge political here it goes. So we've
all been inundated with this, with all the amount of
money that was being spent on political commercials and texting

(01:03:40):
and all that. But it feels like this year the
celebrity endorsement has been a bigger issue than ever before.
Elon Musk supporting Trump, He's not really Joe Eberty, Joe Rogan,
He's a very very well known person. He made himself
a celebrity. There were wrestlers like Games on the other side.

(01:04:07):
You've got Beyonce, You've got George Clooney, you've got Taylor
Swift all and again. When have I ever cared about
what a celebrity wants me to do with my vote?
I mean this with the passion of someone that is
as a political as it gets. I just don't get

(01:04:30):
why anyone would give two craps about why any celebrity
would endorse anything, and why anybody would care what any
human being that is a famous person singer, writer, would
ever want a performer, actor, actress, athlete who they're rooting

(01:04:51):
for Oprah rooting for Kamala didn't do anything for me.
Hulk Hogan's putting his support behind Donald Trump did nothing
for me. I look at I looked at the issues,
and I said, here's the person I think is going
to lead us in towards the better the next four years.
That's where my votes are going to go. So I

(01:05:13):
say to anybody that thinks that celebrities coming out and
saying I support this candidate over this candidate, I say, Ross,
I just don't get it. I'm sad to say I
do get it. Matt Okay, please explain. It was down
to us being dumber and more simple as society, where

(01:05:36):
hundreds of years ago we would respect more the voices
of I don't know, politicians, writers, journalists, scientists. Now we
live in this hubbub world of a lot of people.
The biggest figures in their lives are a Taylor Swift
or whatever celebrity, or a Lebron James or and we're
just the educational system has gone down. We are all

(01:05:59):
wrapped up in our own lives that are the celebrity
driven and people are stupid, and so they listen to
these celebrities. That's it. No, I get it, but their
vote as awesome as Taylor Swift is well didn't seem
to work. And as fantastic as I like Ho Cogan is,

(01:06:22):
I didn't take. You know, if like my favorite American
performer would be Billy Joel, I don't know if Billy
Joel came out with somebody or not, but I love
Billy Joel the singer. I don't care what Billy Joel
the person or the political stance happened to be on it.

Speaker 7 (01:06:36):
Well.

Speaker 2 (01:06:36):
It's also it's like advertising. It's the exact same thing
as advertising. Just because I don't know who's a celebrity
that speaks first time, I'll give you example. I speak
for things. If you like me and I read a
commercial and tell you about something, it's because I believe
in it, and I would hope that you would try
it out. But I'm not forcing you to do it.
I would like you to do it, but I'm not

(01:06:57):
forcing you to right. But so people who hear those advertisements,
they're not necessarily sitting in their car and saying, uh,
Matt Thomas did this. So I'm gonna copy him. It's
also about brand awareness and it's about building momentum and
snowballing at all. So I just I tend to believe
that me talking about big city wings or uptown apply
and Repair is not on the same spectrum as well.

(01:07:18):
My favorite celebrity, Lebron James wanted me to vote for
fun person or Thompson wanted me to So I've gotta
go vote for this day and Age. It's It's very
It's not too dissimilar from fort speaking for a corporate product.
Are you gonna buy uh more icy hot because Shaq
told you to buy more icy hot? Or are you
gonna say, you know what, I've heard of that and
then you go to the store and you go to

(01:07:38):
the aisle, you go to the shelf, and you it's
more front of your mind because you saw that advertising. Well,
are you gonna say, Hulk Hogan votes this way, So
I'm gonna vote this way. Maybe not necessarily, but it's
gonna be more front of mind for you. It's a
form of advertising, basically, is what it is. I still
don't get it, though, because I can, because I think
I'm smart to realize the difference between an endorsement of
a commercial and endorsement of a political candidate. It's all

(01:07:59):
part of the continual dumbing down of our society, and
it's only gonna get worse. So all right, well, I
still don't get it, and I would hope four years
from now that every celebrity keeps their political patients themselves.
It's irreversible. It's not gonna happen. It's gonna get worse.
The education systems are gonna get worse, the parents and
student therefore, the students and teachers and all that, it's
all getting worse. All right, Well, then now you've made

(01:08:20):
me feel worse about the whole situation, and I'll conclude
my political conversation for the day. I would like to
make it clear I'm not saying this because of who
won the either way. By the way, I am very
this is I don't really speak on political things because
I I think I would make everybody upset with my opinions.
I think the world is going this way and there's

(01:08:41):
nothing we can do about it, and it's not about
who wins them. It's not at all about who won
the presidential election. All right, there you go, that's me. Sorry,
I just had to say that, I just don't get
this is stuff celebrity worst. Carlin was talking about this
in the nineties. Yea, in the nineties. He was talking
about O the way I saw him for one of
his last conference ever. You said he was terrible. He

(01:09:02):
was terrible, and I was a bug. He was nearly dead. Yeah,
all right, Well, don't you get selfish ignorant? By the way,
if you have something you don't get and I would
hope it's maybe not political, but I just had to
say mine, I'll go sports seven one seven, honey, I'm
gonna go sports for you for I just don't get it.
Since we just went off the sports all right, Uh,

(01:09:23):
why did the Panthers just sign Chewba Hubbard to a
big deal? They spent a lot of money on him.
They drafted Jonathan Brooks. Now, Jonathan Brooks hasn't played at all,
the Longhorned legend, but he was drafted in the second round,
hasn't played a game because he's recovering from a ACL
and ACL injury. And they just signed Chewba Hubbard to
a four year, thirty three million dollar deal. Yeah. Wow,

(01:09:44):
I just don't get it. Carolina Panthers. Yeah, what are
you doing? You couldn't let Chewba Hubbard go. He's Chewba Hubbard.
He's been very good for them. But that team is
in the toilet, and you're gonna spend money on running
back when you just took somebody in the second round,
especially when those guys are utterly replaceable because as they
get older they fall off dramatically. They're replaceable with draft picks.
You just took a guy in the second round. What

(01:10:07):
are the Panthers doing over there?

Speaker 3 (01:10:08):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:10:08):
I got another one for you, okay. I used to
work for the Golden Arches. Okay. And the signature sandwich
has been I'm going to say, because it's wild, they
known it the Big Mac. Okay. It's two all beat patties.
It's special sauces, luduce and cheese, pickles, onions on a
sesame seed bun and the sauce is amazing. You've had

(01:10:30):
the Big Mac around for I don't know what sixty
seventy years. Someone't give or take. Why did you in
twenty twenty five go to the Chicken Mac to make
more money? Yeah, but that's the chicken. The Chicken Patty's
been in the McDonald's repertoire for a long period of time. Yes,
exactly what made them think of twenty twenty four, All
of a sudden, chicken mac was gonna work. That's smart,

(01:10:52):
that's the that's the that's the Taco Bell method. Every
Taco Bell item has the same six ingredients, so they
are you don't have to buy more special sauce, more
buns or anything. You just slapped the chicken patties on there.
This is very smart by McDonald's. You market it as
this new brilliant idea. You don't really have to change
your inventory that much. If you gotta go get a
chicken patty got a flatten, you have chicken patties with

(01:11:14):
the chicken with the I imagine they go back to
the factory. Anything else is the same, and they're gonna
test it out. They're gonna try there. I'll tell you
what they're trying to do. But they're trying to make
more money. They're trying to give you another reason to
go to McDonald's. I think sometimes you just don't want
to take the number one premiere thing and bastardize it.
That's exactly what it is. McDonald's. You're bastardizing a big

(01:11:35):
mac with the chicken mac. Well, I'll tell you there's
a place in New Orleans that has a pig mac
and that's quite delicious. What is that bacon, it's uh
pork ground pork really Oh that pig mact Sewan Butcher
in New Orleans. Please have it. It's delicious. All I
would say, let's stop worrying about the chicken mac and
get more mcribs out there. Make mcgrib great again. Mccrib

(01:11:57):
was never great. It's always been disgusting. It's a pressed
grecil sheet that some people have alleged has bits of
shoe leather in it or shoe You know, that's fake news.
I think it's fake news too, thank you. But I
choose to believe fake news. That's because it's twenty twenty
four and I could do that. All right, McDonald's, don't
mess with the big man. They're questioning one of the

(01:12:19):
most profitable companies on the planet I am, and their
marketing strategies, well, they are one of the most profitable
companies ever. Went with McDonald's breakfast in the morning, they
got right in the evening, and they got rid of
that really quick. Yeah it was. That was because of
the pandemic. No, no, that is post pandemic. Did the
McDonald's breakfast absolutely in the middle of the did didn't
they do that? Recently? They brought back, they brought all

(01:12:40):
day breakfast and then gonemic Hampany and went away. No, no, no,
it's been gone. It's been gone sooner than that. I
mean after that, they were so yeah, I was gonna
make a year ago, but it went away. Are you sure, yes,
I'll look it up. Connor will give you his what
he just doesn't get when he comes back. If you
got something you just don't get, let me know. Seven
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(01:14:25):
complicated at times. You're balancing women that like to go
out run on Thanksgiving, being a Rockets insider, dancing keeping
the youth alive. What don't you get outdoor weddings? My
brother and his fiance are planning an outdoor wedding now.
They booked the venue two years from this past September,

(01:14:46):
and it's in the northeast Okay, so normally it should
be nice, but summer weather was extended this year.

Speaker 16 (01:14:51):
Who knows what it's going to be like in two years.
I really don't want to be sweating in my suit.
Knock on wood, there is in any rain or anything
like that. The venue might be beautiful, but I just
don't get taking the risk of planning and outdoors.

Speaker 2 (01:15:03):
Well, I got some news for you. Is it your wedding? No,
it's not. Are you paying for any of this wedding?
This is why I'm not telling him. I'm telling everybody.
I'm not telling him. You're not telling him, you're just
telling all of Houston. Which, Hey, what what city is
this going to be in? Uh? I don't know. Somewhere.

(01:15:25):
I think somewhere in Delaware, Okay, And we're talking about
one month? Sorry? What month is this going to be?

Speaker 3 (01:15:30):
In?

Speaker 2 (01:15:30):
September? September and Delaware? You're gonna be fine. I totally
get it. Let the love birds have their outdoor wedding
of their dreams. They might be hot. Let me tell
you something. I went to a Vegas wedding in July
one hundred and fourteen degrees. That's hot Delaware in September.
You know what your sawft You're soft. You're soft. You

(01:15:56):
soft like the folks that calling on Yankees are talking
about the six game series loss. Look, it's like anything
in life. It's a gamble. You gotta roll the dice.
I think out where door weddings are more picturesque and
beautiful than indoor weddings, and I respect them for rolling
that said dice. I told I totally get it. Yeah,
I live a little connor. You got a risk in life. Nah,

(01:16:21):
gotta be saving his cure. What what if? What if
you wanted to have the wedding of your wedding on
the atrium at Saint Thomas High School, beautiful area outside?
Why they're definitely not. Why not? It's nice? I have
no idea Thomas picture looking at it? What I gotta
go back? Yeah, but it's maybe it's maybe where you uh,
maybe he had some bad times, maybe you met us,
Maybe he met the Saint Agnes girl. There or something.

(01:16:42):
I don't know. I'm just a guys. Didn't meet my
wife there? Yeah, but I mean you could have brought
her to a dance, did they? They had dances. Saint
Agnes was like the sister school. Okay, no private talk,
school talk.

Speaker 3 (01:16:56):
I did.

Speaker 2 (01:16:56):
What's happening? All right? I went to I went to Aldie.
I was gonna say something rude, but I don't want
to say no, no, no, go ahead, no, what's up?
I was gonna ask if you're, if you're, if you're
if your dances were in Harris County jail. But that's
not nice. See, that is very rude. And they weren't Matt.
They were at the school like everyone else's. And know
there were no stabbing or shooting and incidences that I recall.

(01:17:18):
Did you have to have massive uh, like metal detectors
before you went to the dance hall. I don't think
before the dance hall, but there were metal detectors to
get into school. Okay, that's right, everybody's got that now. Uh, No, Connor,
you're gonna take a lot awesome this one. This is
their wedding. They want to be outside. How does your
brother losing? It's just what I don't get okay, is
your brother? Is your brother offended by this? Or is
he okay with it? Man? And I didn't asked for

(01:17:39):
my opinions. I didn't tell him.

Speaker 7 (01:17:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:17:40):
Actually we're getting word from him. He says, shut your
bum mass up. Yeah, he's actually moving over from one
day to the other on this one.

Speaker 3 (01:17:46):
No.

Speaker 2 (01:17:46):
I mean, I get that you don't get it, but
I get that I get it. What nice? That was
highly confusing. It's a more green teenior system. I'm trying
to get as much. I'm pumping as much caffeine and
my system like can I'm getting withdraw mid show seven
one three two one two five seven Hony. For those
of you new to this segment, this is what we

(01:18:06):
do for about a half hour once a week. We
just kind of run through things in our life that
we just don't get okay. And uh, Connor's uh now
telling his brother, he's texting him, I'm not attending your
wedding and uh hope the marriage last about two years. Oh,
I get another one. I just don't get. Please. Johntay Cook,
sophomore four star receiver with the Texas Longhorns. Yes, now,

(01:18:30):
his snaps and his catches have gone down since the
start of the season, but he and the program have
mutually agreed two part ways. I just don't get it.
He can't enter the transfer portal four a month. The
Longhorns have another month of games left. Yeah, they I mean,

(01:18:53):
you could suffer any number of injuries. Sure, he's been
further back of the depth chart of guys like I
said a bond of course, Matthew Golden who got called
up for the big leagues. Right, But just because your
snap's have gone down and you haven't be getting as
many catches you can, why don't you wait until the
transfer portal opens. I don't get it. He wants to

(01:19:14):
get his name out there early, so you get himself
on the top of the depth chart on the transfer
December ninth is when he can do it. That's before
any of the sort of I mean the long words
are in all likelihood going to be in the playoffs. Well,
he's probably failing out of school. I mean that's first
and foremost. Well, it could be he's in his second season.
Does he want to go to class the next month?
There's no chance of that. Can Can he leave class

(01:19:35):
and still go in the portal? How does that work.

Speaker 3 (01:19:37):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:19:37):
I don't, I don't, I don't know. I bet it's
ever been in the portal. Well, highly touted four star
De Soto Texas recruit number twenty six overall player in
twenty twenty three. I think you just upset that someone
would leave the forty acres. No, I'm not upset. I
just he's hardly playing, so it doesn't matter. Oh okay.
I just don't get why you wouldn't wit until the
transfer portal opens, and maybe there's a couple of injuries
and the team needs you. And then to guess what,

(01:20:00):
then you could put good tape on the on the
field for other programs. Then there must be a backstory
to it. Maybe he's got a promise from somebody. Maybe
he's already trying to get his NIL lined up. Yeah,
maybe he's a little bit jump a little bit of
a jumpstone. I found that puzzling for some for for
the the portal not opening for a month, for him
to already mutually part ways, that's what they're calling it.
To wrap up our segment here, there is something that

(01:20:22):
just came down from Pete family. Do we like him?
We have a feeling on Pete family at all. Yeah,
he's he's I would say, extremely accurate. Although he was
he was head button with Brett McMurphy and McMurphy won
that battle. I don't remember exactly what the what the
story was. Yeah, there was a tweet that says, and
I wish I could have pet Devil by the way
used to when he was on Yahoo, used to come

(01:20:43):
on the show. Now he doesn't.

Speaker 3 (01:20:44):
Big Time.

Speaker 2 (01:20:44):
Well, I mean that's fine. Here we go. Big twelve
board chair Linda Livingstone. That sounds like a porn name.
Linda Livingstone. Oh, absolutely, have you seen a movie with it?
Sounds like a bad eighties comic who wore pantsuits. That's
Uhaul Poundstone, same thing. Big twelve board chair Linda Livingstone

(01:21:04):
didn't even realize there was such a thing as a
board chair. Okay. Sent a letter to college presidents and
chancellors calling for quote an urgent need from where the
presidents and chancellors from the ACC, Big twelve, Big ten,
and sec to gather in person to discuss quote models
for the future of college football, specifically in college athletics overall. Specifically,

(01:21:26):
please don't leave us out of any alliance that the
Big ten and SEC are going to make It's funny
that you would say that. Pete Dammill two tweets later,
said sources telling ESPN that there is no expectation that
any Big ten or SEC presidents will attend there you go,
So she must be filling the pressure. There's going to
be a super conference built out of those two and

(01:21:48):
everybody else is going to be playing for the next round. Boy,
Terrible Ross, I got news for you. We might hate
the next round of the changes in college.

Speaker 13 (01:21:59):
Football money it's all about but forget that.

Speaker 2 (01:22:02):
We but you know we've gone through the transfer portal
and IoT, we still love college football. On Saturday, we're
still gonna watch. Are we still gonna watch if it's
only twenty four teams playing for a championship? Yep? Are
you sure? I feel like this could be the one
that would really hurt. And you I can see in
your voice. Are you seeing your face? You're thinking there's

(01:22:23):
a possibility. I'm not saying that people are gonna turn away.
I'm not saying it at all. It's not but I'm
saying that you're really gonna take two conferences and til
the rest of the other one hundred to go away,
and you're gonna have the winner of the SEC play
the winner of the Big Ten for some glorified national championship.
I'm really trying not to spout more cynicism on the
show today, Matt. So you've been very cynical. I think

(01:22:46):
it's I'm tired of trying to get more caffeede. All right,
I just don't get well, actually, you know what, I do,
totally get it. The SEC in the Big Ten don't
care about anybody else but their own conferences. They have
zero interest in maintaining any sort of umbrella of college football,
of the pageantry. They don't care. So Alabama's going to

(01:23:07):
play Ohio State every other year for the national championship
in college football. Yeah, okay, I hope. I don't hope
this works. Hope it falls flat on its face. And
that was I just don't get it. The news at
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Speaker 1 (01:24:23):
Lunchtimers, this is the Matt Thomas Show twelvel four.

Speaker 2 (01:24:29):
What's happening to lunch timers. Good afternoon to you, and
welcome to our number three of the Matt Thomas Show
at ross time. Now for the News at noon. All right, Matt,
here on the news that let's go to duds it dude,
Aaron at Wilson underscore n FL Texans wide receiver Nicocollins

(01:24:56):
not practicing today, Matthew your reaction Lions by thirteen? Come on,
you asked my reaction. I'll giving it to you. I
can get to Lake Charles and put your life savings
on It's three and a half. I'll be said, promise,
I'm gonna be it. I'll be at MGM in Detroit
on Sunday, but I won't be able to cash a
ticket because we're playing an afternoon game. Why don't you

(01:25:18):
designate somebody to mail it back to you. That seems
like a lot of certified mail. Now I'm good, Okay,
Lions are gonna win. You can't have Tank Dell and
a bunch of people that don't do much. I try
to outscore. To believe the Texans will cover the three
and a half. Will they win the game? The Texans

(01:25:41):
will cover the three and a half. I believe you're
as big of a phony as ever. What are you
talking about?

Speaker 3 (01:25:48):
It's my lock of a week.

Speaker 2 (01:25:49):
I've hit fourteen pounds in October. Baby, it's a November then,
remember it's November. How is that holding it? Three and
a half. By the way, I don't even know say,
maybe they're not as bad as we think. Maybe we're
overreacting to one game, which we tend to do in
an NFL season. It was a horrible short week, short

(01:26:09):
handed Texans. They've had the extra days off. Yep, they
got more days to game plan. Jarrett Patterson's back, and
they're gonna be ready to go to cover the three
and a half Lions. Thirty one Texans seventeen six. No,
I'm gonna say that, No, thirty one to seventeen. Kymie
Fairburn's going to joink a couple of field goals. Also

(01:26:33):
from Aaron Wilson, you have Will Anderson practicing, I'm sorry
Will Anderson not practicing, along with Damian Pierce as well.
Folly Fotacasi also out of practice as of right now.
But Aziz al Shire and Jimmy Ward returning all right,
and they will return for the Lions game, according to

(01:26:54):
Aaron Wilson, both of those guys. So that's some good news.
Your defense is going to get a little bit bolstered,
and you're gonna need it against that line offensive line
that is rated number one in football. And then their
skill position players and their quarterback are pretty good too. Yeah,
thirty one to seventeen de trait all right, we'll keep
it going on the news at noon, but we will
keep it with the Texans as well. Here's what Tamiko

(01:27:15):
Ryans had to say about all that outside noise about
not making a deal on deadline day.

Speaker 10 (01:27:22):
No, I didn't emphasize anything to our team like we
have the guys we have. I mean, everybody thinks the
trade day line comes and you're gonna, you know, find
this guy who's gonna save your team, don't. I don't
see it that way, right, Transactions were made across the league,
and there has to be two parties available to do
a trade.

Speaker 2 (01:27:43):
Everybody's antsy about trades.

Speaker 10 (01:27:45):
It's not just us going and taking somebody from another team.
People have to be available, and people at the trade
has to be on good terms for everyone. So I
know everybody's in an uproar about us trading at the deadline.
It's like, is not from a lack of us working
to get our team better and improve our team, but

(01:28:05):
there's no savior coming to save our team, and there
has to be two parties involved in trading.

Speaker 2 (01:28:10):
Takes two to tango, no savior on the way anyways,
Matthew and no deal, made major deal anyways. But meanwhile,
plenty of other teams are in the NFL that were
contenders made deals to get themselves better, including the Lions,
who will be here on Sunday. I think that is
kind of That's what's more telling to me is that, Yeah, Okay,

(01:28:32):
you can say, look the deadlines years ago, there would
be hardly we wouldn't talk about the NFL right now
the NFL it was the worst one. Yeah, but there's
more activity than I remember in the last five years. Jets, However,
other many teams we can point to they they tried
to improve their team at the deadline. Lions who are

(01:28:52):
coming in here, they traded for this Zadarius Smith. I
mean a lot. I would say more than not the
top Super Bowl contenders traded or a piece to improve
their team for this year. Yep, the Texans did not.
And here is what here's actually Nick Cassario, this from
Texans Media. Here's what he had to say about the

(01:29:13):
trade deadline. Not being a roster builder.

Speaker 8 (01:29:15):
Usually much ado about nothing.

Speaker 9 (01:29:17):
So essentially, a lot of players, You're a lot of
players that get moved a are on a kind of
expiring type contracts.

Speaker 8 (01:29:23):
B hasn't worked out with their team.

Speaker 9 (01:29:26):
Most of it is kind of late round picks, some flips. Essentially,
you saw a few trades there with a compensation. Maybe
it was a little bit bigger than what it was,
but you're kind of looking at your team. There's an
opportunity to add a player that you have a specific
defined role for. Great if not, it's just you know,
you're not going to do something just to do something,
just to create a bunch of busy work.

Speaker 2 (01:29:47):
But you're not doing that. That's my point is you're
not doing it just to do busy work. You're doing
it because your team is a contender for the AFC, right, correct,
You're keeping go. You need to keep up with the
jone we talked about this with Baseball. That sounded like
somebody that was I don't even know what that sounded like,
but that was just terrible words sound once again, terrible,

(01:30:09):
Nick Cassario word salad again.

Speaker 8 (01:30:11):
Usually to do about nothing.

Speaker 2 (01:30:12):
Yeah, exactly, that's what you said. Your quotes are typically
how do you get behind this guy? You know what,
prove us wrong? Prove us wrong. That's just not the
right the way to attack that that question and topic.
You should say. Look, we tried to have some conversations,
substenced conversations. Were always looking to improve the team, but

(01:30:32):
we felt the prices were too high to to to
try and make this team better, which we want to do.
But at the end of the day, the draft compensation
was a little too much for our blood. We're gonna
play this. We're gonna play this comment again and you
guys can jump in at seven one, three, two, seven. Honey,
was this a guy that was just trying to brush
it off or was this a guy seriously perhaps on

(01:30:54):
the phones until the very last second, here's the comment.

Speaker 8 (01:30:56):
Usually much to do about nothing.

Speaker 9 (01:30:58):
So essentially, a lot of players, you're a lot of
players that get moved a are on a kind of
expiring type contracts, be hasn't worked out with their team.
Most of it is kind of late round picks, some flips. Essentially,
you saw if you trades there with a compensation maybe
was a little bit bigger than what it was.

Speaker 2 (01:31:16):
But you're kind of looking at your team.

Speaker 9 (01:31:18):
There's an opportunity to add a player that you have
a specific, defined role for great If not, it's just
you know, you're not.

Speaker 8 (01:31:25):
Going to do something just to do something, just to
create a bunch of busy work.

Speaker 2 (01:31:28):
Okay, you know what, that's your guy that thinks that
everything is just fine. That is going to have c J.
Stroud picked up by a spatul LTT before the end
of the season and scooped off the field. That's that's
what he is. That's what it is. Give him credit
for draft picks, although that offensive line is a mess.

(01:31:48):
Give him uh credit for tanking Tank Dell for going
c J. Stroud, for the picking up with Joe Mixon,
Stefan Diggs was a nice tribe. But that's ultimately not
going to pan out. But your general manager just word salad.
You'da We're not doing it just to do it. You don't.
You don't do it just to do it. You do

(01:32:10):
it because you need help. Why am I the only
one not catching us understanding this ross you are? But
just to do it? That's not what people were asking
for you to do. That God, I mean seriously, that's
word salad. Is that what you wanted on a chance

(01:32:31):
to go for a Super Bowl this year? Is word salad?
From your general manager dismissing to dismiss the dead line.
Dismissing the deadline as if it's like two thousand and five.
I think that's why I'll never be a text event,
because that's them in town in the building. Hannah. I
have been on your side once you got that second
black card and you told caw to go eat barbecue

(01:32:51):
and play video games to get out of the way. Canna,
you walk in that office and say, Nicholas, you don't
call them Nikki, Nicholas. You go get a deal because
my franchise quarterback is running for his life. Instead you
get well, we don't know the man. I'm just I mean,
not even Dana Brown sounds like that. Jesus sorry, and

(01:33:17):
that's your news at noon. It is the news. We've
got a couple of things, but he can get to
But the Rockets won last night. The Rockets won last night,
and is Ryan pressing on the move. We will discuss,
We will discuss. I'm sorry that now I'm revd up.
Hearing that Casio sound by just pissed me off. Now
I'm not even a fan, but I found as a

(01:33:38):
fan I be pissed. We're not gonna just make come
out because I mean, it's a lot of way around.
It's just a lot of guys expiring.

Speaker 16 (01:33:46):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:33:46):
They seemed like ten teams thought they wanted to get
better before the trade deadline. I don't know. Maybe that's
just me.

Speaker 18 (01:33:54):
We're just gonna do some things to do this, and
they're gonna attain this, and we're gonna you know, I
want to get caught up in the logistics seven. I
don't want to give up a I you know, I
hold my six rounds and my seven round picks with
uh such reverence, and I.

Speaker 2 (01:34:07):
Get your asses bounce in the first round again, and
then all the fake media who's been serving up cals
Burgers can go run around and go you there we
go again, AMC South champions four years in a row
or whatever the hell it is. You know what I do,
I sound like a fan. That's not exactly what it is.

Speaker 16 (01:34:24):
Ross.

Speaker 2 (01:34:25):
I'm a fan. I'm a I'm a behind the scenes fan, really,
and I'm pissed off to my general non low Kim
hi key right now. I'm a high key ass Rocket
Texans fan and my general manager didn't didn't want to
take the time because you know, it's just a lot
of extra movement and moving parts of things that don't
make a difference. All right, good, enjoy it. Enjoy watching C. J.

(01:34:51):
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Speaker 1 (01:36:04):
Houston, Lunchtimers, lunch Timers, this is the Matt Thomas Show.

Speaker 2 (01:36:12):
You know what, we broke our all rule Earlier today
I said I don't want to hear from Cassella anymore.
And again, I respect the job that he has. It's difficult,
and I think he's gotten done a good job. He's
built a good team, but I want him to do
a great job. Okay, And we would have said the
exact same thing of Dana Brown would have sat on

(01:36:32):
his hands when James Click didn't set on his hands,
when Jeff Lintell certainly didn't set on his hands. Sarah
just said, man, we're good. Can you say Cacouci play
left guard? Let's go. That wouldn't be bad, can't be
worse than Kenyon Green. Again, I don't have a dog
in this fight, but let's just show you that I
have a Maybe I do have a dog in this fight.

(01:36:53):
Maybe I want to see the Texans do something they've
never done in their franchise as a history. Instead, I
got a guy who's just find well, it's just a
lot of extra work. That's what your job is. The
great general managers find ways to get better in the
middle of a season. They just do help me. Ross
tell me, don't I don't know what the I can't
help you. Yeah, I don't know what conversations Nick had.

(01:37:15):
I don't know what trying of compensation people were asking
for your left guards. I think people do know that
they were perhaps there was an air of desperation and
then when when well, they're as that they're absolutely correct. No,
Dickas didn't have any desperationition he would have made a move.
So the only thing I look and I'm just you're
just asking me to give you a reason. And the
only reason I can think of is basically, first of all,

(01:37:39):
if Nickosio believes what he said, if he believes that
the trade deadline is this.

Speaker 8 (01:37:44):
You usually want to do about nothing, and.

Speaker 2 (01:37:46):
He's not been paying attention. He's not He's he's got
his head in the sand. This is not twenty years
ago when the trade deadline was much ado about nothing.
He's not paying attention to what the Steelers and the
Chiefs and the Bills and the Jets and all these
other teams are doing to try and improve their teams.
That's what That's what does trouble me about those comments.

(01:38:08):
If he came out and said, we were working hard
day and night, burned in the candle at both ends,
but we couldn't come up with the deal that was
right for us, and and and when the deadline came
and unfortunately we fell short, that was one thing. But
to say it's nothing and completely brush it off a
lot of aspiring contract I mean, he knows his team

(01:38:31):
better than I do. I'm not going to hide that.
But the results are everybody has two as a pair
of eyes. We watched the Sunday games, we watched the
demeanor of Stride. By his own admittance this week, said
his team needs are having fun again. You know the
reason why I'm not having fun is because he's running
for his life. He's running for his life. Greg on

(01:38:52):
seven ninety, thanks for holding good afternoon.

Speaker 19 (01:38:54):
Hey, Thanks thanks Matt, thanks Bross, thanks thanking the call. Hey, look,
you know the comment about whether Caso just made or
that y'all played, I mean, come on, we finally we
finally have a team that has Like you said that
has the chance to do something that they've never done
before and to sit back and blow it off as
a oh just too much to do, you know about

(01:39:17):
nothing at that. Oh my gosh, I don't know about you.
I mean, you hit it right, Matt. I mean, I'm
with you on this one. I'm a little bit upset
being a fan, I mean a long time fan of
football here in Houston, and we get that. I mean,
come on, and you can tell by ce james demeanor,
like you said, he's definitely not the same person that

(01:39:37):
he was at the end of last year or at
the beginning of this year. So I just, you know,
props to you on that. I mean, you hit it
on your head. You hit it on the head, and uh,
you know, keep up the good work, you guys.

Speaker 2 (01:39:52):
Thank you. What ross would you say a minute ago?
Makes absolutely one percent sense. We burn them in at all.
We tried, we we you know, we love our guys,
but we know we've got to guess in the fix.
Problem is we just couldn't get the guy we wanted,
or that the expectations of what we were willing to
give up were too high. I can buile that because

(01:40:12):
we've heard that before from other general managers. But he
treated it like it was he was filling out a
form and page nine of his tax form and didn't
want to fill it out because it doesn't cost him
a few extra minutes. I mean, by god, yeah, well
you just yeah, unless unless he's I don't mean to
have a pun here, keeping it close to the vest.
It's it's like, I'm gonna make an analogy. Man, let's

(01:40:34):
know this, This would be better than mind bought something and
there's like a five dollars rebate, and he's explaining to
his wife why he didn't bother mailing in the five
dollar rebates. I was just five dollars. It's not a
big deal. Yeah, at the end of the day, it
would have been better to have the five dollars, but
it's it's not something I'm really overly concerned about. That's
what he sounded like. That was an average phnalogy. Thank

(01:40:55):
you better in mind, though I could wish it was nothing,
which is zero Robert and Stafford at twelve twenty six
on seven on a Hello.

Speaker 20 (01:41:02):
Robert, Oh, I I've been here all my life is
lovely blue orders and anyway, George Blanda anyway, Well, I'm
just want to get.

Speaker 21 (01:41:14):
That guy needs to put his job on the line.

Speaker 7 (01:41:16):
That's all.

Speaker 20 (01:41:17):
It's just scared that as long as the everything's going fine,
he can doesn't.

Speaker 3 (01:41:21):
Worry about it.

Speaker 21 (01:41:22):
But everything it's gonna be going down here that's not
gonna be no maybe way this or that. And listen
to our quarterback. I mean, well we ever got to
get another you know chance like that.

Speaker 3 (01:41:32):
No, it just happened.

Speaker 20 (01:41:34):
So but don't know, it's just it's very you know,
up said he uh, maybe we don't lose something. Maybe
I don't know if this is that, but they're telling
you about somebody get hurt. You think, don't want to
come back. You can't do all them things.

Speaker 2 (01:41:48):
So just yeah, we're let you go.

Speaker 8 (01:41:50):
Robert.

Speaker 2 (01:41:51):
You got a very bad connection, probably our fault, and
I apologize for that in advance if I don't, If
I honestly, Ross, I'm set at us that we didn't
play that SoundBite earlier because we worried about trying to
get revved up. That would have reaved me up if
we had play that. Coming at ten o'clock this morning,

(01:42:11):
you are fired up, man, I am. I'm seriously and
it's I mean, I've been around a lot of great
general managers, and Nick's a good general manager. Nick is
getting a good grade. He is not a poor general manager.
Not perfect Kenyan Green first round, not perfect. No, but

(01:42:36):
what's the end game here? And I'm stunned at Hannah
wouldn't have gone in there and said something like I
thought she was going to say. This is also what
I believe they think. I think Vegas says they're only
three and a half point dogs to what we think
is this offensive force that is going to drop fifty
on them if they believe in that building that they

(01:42:58):
can correct the things that have been ailing. The offensive line,
You've still got CJ. Stroud. Doesn't look like Nico Collins
is coming back. But you established a run with Nico Collins,
and you have put on a good defensive performance, and
you went on Sunday Night Football. If they win as
a three and a half point dog, which happens all
the time in sports, then we're sitting here on h

(01:43:19):
But I don't give two craps about what Vegas thinks
about this week. I think about what the city Houston
in the NFL thinks about in January. This has never
been about a week to week basis. For me, this
is about doing something that you built. You went and
got all the defensive guys in the offseason. You went
and got Joe Mixon, you went and got Stefan Diggs.

(01:43:40):
You didn't expect everybody to be healthy, you didn't. Yeah,
but if you win the Super Bowl, it could be
the likelihood. The Lions are who you're facing. Yeah, so trying.
I'm just trying to tell you what they're thinking. I
don't necessary, but no, no, no, I don't like to have
seen them improve the team. I think they should have
made a deal. What this signifies to me, and the
fact that Nikosario is being so dismissive, is that they

(01:44:03):
believe in their guys. Now, will that turned out to
be true? I don't think so, but they believe it,
and he's gonna have to answer to somebody if it doesn't,
because again, cal Hanno, not in previous years, trade deadline
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Speaker 2 (01:45:30):
I want a better analogy than your five dollars rebate.
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Speaker 3 (01:45:44):
What not?

Speaker 2 (01:45:45):
You? Oh man, I wouldn't be surprised. But that's a
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paperwork that's way worse. Okay, that's what I'm saying. I'm
not good with an malogy because trying to incrementally improve
the team employment, that'd be your whole that'd be your
whole income at that moment. So Noel Anderson and no

(01:46:08):
Nico Collins. At this point, Nico probably not gonna play
on Sunday. It doesn't seem like it right if he hadn't,
he hadn't practiced today. They know Damian Pierce. They haven't
even designated for a return for him to return and
open his window. Sometimes they open window on players and
they don't. Jonathan Brooks a couple of week, three weeks ago,
they opened up his window and now they're just activating him. TJ.
Hockinson on the Vikings, he was had his window open

(01:46:29):
for a couple of weeks. They don't haven't even opened
Nico's window. I'm concerned. I'm confused because Aaron Wilson's tweet
was ready to go. Yeah, it's Aaron Wilson's fault. Yeah,
let's get him on to get well. He's Alano's on
other shows. I guess we can have him on if

(01:46:51):
you want to. Yeah, what what other show Shawn's is
it going with airon Sean? I don't know. I think so, okay,
we'll take the clips. Willie in the Heights on seven
nine of your twelve thirty six. Hi Willie, Ah, How
y'all doing good?

Speaker 3 (01:47:10):
Man?

Speaker 14 (01:47:11):
I listened to y'all show as much as possible, and
I'm just devastated with detections. Here are two things I
got to say, Nicko served got a pretty good job
early on. Nick Coserve need to be fired. Offense of
lineman need to be fired. And I just don't know they.

Speaker 1 (01:47:33):
Planning the Detroit A Lowne this week?

Speaker 14 (01:47:35):
The best team it is, which which if you had
pretty much everybody held, it was gonna be hard to
beat this team. But man, I'm just sick to my
stomach if it ever was a team that's we're trying
to give a team a win.

Speaker 8 (01:47:52):
Last week is with the Jets.

Speaker 14 (01:47:54):
They did everything possible to give a text and a
win and they still I'll come away with alongs man,
I'm just sick of my stomach with what these kicks
that's doing well.

Speaker 2 (01:48:06):
Honestly, I'm not Look, Willie, he took a calculated risk.
I don't agree with it. Thank you for the call.
By the way, I wouldn't say I'm sick to my stomach.
This is this is not a travesty. This to me,
just like a lot of teams of the trade deadline
in baseball, is a big missed opportunity and it's opening

(01:48:32):
yourself up for second guessing both ways. If CJ stays upright,
offensive line improves, you have whoever's gonna be wide receiver
opposite tank doing some things you're not worried about going
to get somebody else in the in the passing game.
If the line holds up and you know, whatever combination

(01:48:54):
is out there, Kendrick Green, Patterson, whatever keeps c jap right,
it's a win. I got another analogy for you. Okay,
this is going to be the best of the three.
Maybe not go ahead. Nick Kissario has a car. This
car can get him a to B. It has issues,
especially the last few weeks, so he's looking at new cars,

(01:49:18):
but he just didn't find the right deal. To pull
the trigger on the The interest rate was a little
bit too high on the loan, so he decided to
stay pat for now. It's going to cost him up
too much down the road to improve. Right at this moment,
the warning light goes on free much chak. Engine light

(01:49:41):
goes on quite a bit. Yes, but it turns off occasionally,
and it still runs, and the vehicle still goes And
you got a good driver, and the one and the
and the oil pressure shows below normal but not in
that red danger area. Yes, how about that? That's best
the best of a bad situation. Thank you, and thanks

(01:50:05):
for calling in Willie. Yeah, I feel like yeah, the
way Willie talks, he's got some good stories about the
good old days. Let me tell you something. I want
to go and have a little sip of bourbon with Willie. Okay,
now we're not gonna go. We're gonna sip. You gotta
splash cherry sprite in it. You don't drink anything without
like some kind of fruit water. I don't believe you,

(01:50:26):
bourbon branch. When's the last time you had a bourbon water?
Been a while? You never in your life? How about
we do whiskey instead? Okay, Well, whiskey is a bourbon?
Bourbon is whiskey? Yeah, it's It's very confusing. I know
you going Kentucky straight.

Speaker 3 (01:50:43):
Mmm.

Speaker 2 (01:50:43):
No, I'm gonna Willie and I are gonna sip on it.
We're gonna talk about this, and I don't want to
be discussed. I want to be disappointed, but not discussed.
You can have a cigar too, but I'll tell you this.
Uh yeah, Or I'll just I'll just have a Swiss
to sweet in my mouth and just chew on it.
That's weird.

Speaker 8 (01:50:58):
I'm just telling you.

Speaker 2 (01:51:01):
The same guessing is were there, and you know what,
Here's what I'll do, and I'll mark I'm marking it
here on November the seventh time I'm wrong. If the
everything works out well and the Texans reached new plateaus
at least the AFC Championship game, I will apologize on air.
I can do that. I'm okay with that. This is
not a hot take. This is me being realist here.
I will throw a statement at you and you can
choose to buy or sell it. I don't know if

(01:51:22):
it's true either. Is this a vote of confidence in
Jarrett Patterson? You better not be Why not? Friend of mine. Oh,
friend of the show. Oh you could say that. Okay,
he's an offensive line guru. Okay, doesn't like him. Is

(01:51:44):
this the same friend that really likes Kenyon Green though, Yes, okay,
but that guy knows his stuff. Yes, that guy told
me because we were talking about it, just keep a
couple of nights ago. Really will were you guys talking?
He called me really? Oh, I know why. You really
don't know the real reason why, but it was part
of the conversation. Okay, Rich and Katie on seven out

(01:52:06):
of your twelve forty one high Rich.

Speaker 22 (01:52:09):
That how you doing good?

Speaker 2 (01:52:11):
Great?

Speaker 22 (01:52:11):
Hey, listen, been listening to your show for a long time,
love it, but just wanted to give you my two
cents on the situation with offensive Line and people calling
in and talking about Nick's got to go and buy everybody.
I'm sure the Texans have a plan.

Speaker 9 (01:52:27):
They don't have the one year plan.

Speaker 22 (01:52:28):
They probably have two, three, four or five year plan.

Speaker 2 (01:52:31):
And what I've been.

Speaker 22 (01:52:33):
Saying the last couple of weeks, got to have two
to tango when it comes to a trade. And I'm
sure Nick, again, in my opinion, these other teams have
been probably asking for quite a bit in return, so
I think Nick is trying to do the best he
can with what they've done over the off season and
what's happened this year. And I just think he doesn't

(01:52:54):
want to give up a lot of trade capital my opinion,
but to call for firing him, and plus two, you
bring in a lineman, I'm gonna take at least probably
a week or two, even if he's a veteran to
understand the calls and what's going on. So it takes
time to for an offensive line to jail. And uh,

(01:53:14):
here's lastly, I'll say this.

Speaker 4 (01:53:17):
I think if the Texans can get out of the
regular season without any more major injuries and work on
this offensive line in other areas that you know, it's that's.

Speaker 22 (01:53:27):
Why they call it a season. They get into the
playoffs with that offensive line playing a little bit better,
more efficient for TECHDJ who knows what happened at the
dance And uh, that's all I can say.

Speaker 2 (01:53:40):
Yeah. By the way, I want to make sure that
people can turn in and out. I'm not calling for
Nicosso will be fired A call her did that. I
want to make sure I'm very clear. I think Nickosso
has done, generally speaking, a very good job. You can't
be thinking about the future about there's nothing about the
future that says sixth and seventh round picks and fifth

(01:54:01):
round picks create your future. High end prospects in minor
league baseball, that's your future. Fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh round picks.
Add layers to your team, and you can find a
you know, a you can find the starters in those
late rounds. It's certainly very impossible, but no one builds
their team around giving up an extra fifth round pick.

(01:54:24):
And to be really honest, not that I've looked at
every NFL trade so far, but it feels like the
number of trades that have happened so far in a
very active pre trade deadline season have not involved first
or second round selections. I think there was maybe a third,
It was maybe given somebody, but it's mostly people think
mostly four. You see anything over a fourth, they could

(01:54:45):
maybe the DeVante Adams was the fourth that could be
a third with if he makes all pro and plays
over sixty percent of a tame, you're not gonna be
able to find You're gonna, I should say this, You're
you could certainly find a swing guard, slash tackle. Been
there on that for less than anything. You would consider
it mortgaging the future. And I don't think Caserio did

(01:55:08):
his job on this particular situation because I don't think
the people that I trusted look at the offensive line
says you had to do something. Mike Williams was a fifth,
Marshawn Lattimore was a third and a fourth, A third,
fourth and sixth for a fifth, hmm, yeah, for the

(01:55:29):
most part, that was probably the biggest one. Marshawn Lattimore
a very good defensive player, yeah, who's still very very
much in the prime of his career. Cam Robinson's a
good left tackle. That costs you a fifth. So I mean,
if we go on the Cam Robinson, that's what the Vikings.
The Vikings traded for Cam Robinson and a seventh and

(01:55:53):
gave up a fifth, and that's for an impact left tackle.
So you have to think that a guard would have
cost you less than a fifth. So we're thinking fifth,
max probably a sixth, So I yeah, that could have
been done. I would think now more mad than I
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Uh coming up, doctor Roto, I'm gonna run out because
I'm going to Oklahoma City with the team, So I'll
be bouncing at the top of the hour, so you'll
be like basically rash. You'll get to your all your
fantasy questions answered bout your team. I was gonna say,
what is this list? You just handed me the top
five questions for the Houston Toros. I don't think I'm
gonna ask these, Matt. I don't care. I'm done it
for this year. You know that. Come on Richard in

(01:58:42):
League City on seven ninety on The Mat Thomas Show
with Ross Hi Richard. Hey, guys, Hi.

Speaker 23 (01:58:48):
So while we're so down on the tech Sands and
I'm feeling it, but I gotta say, Matt, well, first off,
thank you for your call on the Rockets games.

Speaker 8 (01:58:57):
Thank you.

Speaker 23 (01:58:57):
Abably spend more time listening to you than I do
watching the show because I start listening on my way
home and it's a long commute, and I just got
to say, you're really great at what you do, and
I almost feel like I'm watching it when you're making
the call.

Speaker 2 (01:59:11):
So well, first of all, thank you very much. That's uh.
I wish I wish I had a larger audience. It's
just radio for basketball. This is a little bit different
than the other sports are, but I thank you very much.
It means a lot that you said that, and I
truly am humbled by you saying that.

Speaker 8 (01:59:26):
Thank you, well, thank you.

Speaker 23 (01:59:28):
What I wanted to say is to the maybe to
the Houston sports fan who's kind of bossed interest in
the rebuilding Rockets over the last couple of years. I
think it might be time to get back on the
Rockets train. Because when this season began, I was worried
the way they came out of the gate, because they
have all this potential and I'm waiting for them to
grow into it. But then they beat Dallas, and the

(01:59:50):
way they beat Dallas and the way they didn't allow
Dallas to come back in the fourth quarter, I thought, Okay,
this this might be the team. And then they went
and beat New York, another share playoff team, a really
good team, and they beat them well. And then last night,
and I know San Antonio is struggling, but what I
saw last night felt like that's the identity of this team.

(02:00:13):
And if that's the identity, that kind of swarming defense
with Tari and I'm in and just these young players
just being so aggressive and turning it into offense, I thought,
if this is their identity. This is gonna be a
really exciting season and this becomes the norm. We're really
gonna be lucky to have this team. And so I'm

(02:00:35):
just encouraging folks to listen to Matt on the Rockets train.

Speaker 2 (02:00:40):
The check is in the mail, Richard, thank you for
the phone call. The reality is Ross and Richard, and
thank you again. It's gonna take twenty five thirty games.
It just is. And if we're talking about this team
being seven or eight games, about five hundred it's game thirty,
then I think we're gonna have a lot of folks
jumping on it. But really, the basketball season for a
lot of sports fans, a lot of markets outside the

(02:01:01):
championship markets doesn't really start until after the first of
the year. That's just the reality of it. Well, I
was gonna say two or three years, but I don't
talking about just not not like every single day, but
just hey, I'll peek in on them more good, Okay,
I think when the city of Houston is gonna take
longer than that. You're probably right. I'm just trying to
trying to be sorry. You know what, my co we

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Speaker 1 (02:02:26):
This is the Matt Thomas Show, our.

Speaker 2 (02:02:30):
Number four of the Matt Thomas Show with Ross here
on a Thursday, which means we got to get to
one of our signature segments of the week, bumping it
up a half hour earlier. But that's the way it goes.
It's time for the one and only Dr Rodoo. Waiver claims.

Speaker 24 (02:03:04):
Have to be made, and I've got trade proposals fly
in my way. My first round pig turn out to
be a big flop. I don't know which wide receiver
I need.

Speaker 8 (02:03:24):
To drive.

Speaker 7 (02:03:27):
Oo.

Speaker 2 (02:03:28):
Doctor Roto, gimme the news. I really don't know what
I should do.

Speaker 13 (02:03:35):
My quarterback keeps getting sacked.

Speaker 24 (02:03:37):
I've got a bad caass of fair deceive blues.

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(02:04:04):
ninety Doctor Roto, we're giving you a reprieve from Matt.
You're welcome. How are things over there in Florida.

Speaker 3 (02:04:12):
We're doing fine. It's good to be with you.

Speaker 7 (02:04:14):
Ross.

Speaker 3 (02:04:14):
Hopefully we don't have to hear about Empt's team being
in the car.

Speaker 2 (02:04:17):
Oh well, actually, the Toros, you're resuscitating them. They've won
a couple of games in a row. He's he still
says he's going to quit the league, which we got
to have that discussion for another time. I'm still upset
with him because it's hard enough to fill this twelve
team league up here at work. But anyways, we're not
not going to talk about the Toros at least right now.
Let's talk about some of the injuries that you're monitoring

(02:04:38):
and and maybe some of the backup plans. As far
as the skill position players, quarterbacks, et cetera. What are
we kind of keeping an eye on as far as
practice reports this week?

Speaker 3 (02:04:47):
Well, you're gonna keep your eye on Trevor Lawrence, who
right now looks unlikely to play in week ten. So
they're talking about Mac Jones possibly getting the start there.
I think we're absolutely looking at the receiver position. You know,
c Dee Lamb. Is he going to play a Jay Brown?
Is he gonna play Tebow? Is he gonna play Drake London.
Is he gonna play? Just so? I literally just watched
the video. London looked a little tight there with that hip,

(02:05:10):
so I can't say that he's a guarantee. Remember, Christian McCaffrey, obviously,
I think, is playing, and Brian Robinson will probably go
down to the last second. For the Commanders, it's Thursday.
Friday's the big day, right, Friday's the day where we
know eighty percent. Then on Saturday, Schefter or Rapp Report,
one of those guys usually drop some knowledge on us

(02:05:31):
and tells us even more. Don't get worked up about
Thursday injuries. I don't panic yet. I start panicking tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (02:05:39):
And just philosophically, especially when it comes to like ham
it feels like there's just been a rash of hamstrings
injuries throughout the year. Are you more wary, let's say,
if it's an ankle injury as opposed to a hamstring
and soft tissue, are you more wary to put a
guy in your back in your starting lineup with risk
of re injury When it comes to something like a hamstring.

Speaker 3 (02:05:58):
They're all bad for me, right, So a hamstring The
worst part of a hamstring injury is that you think
you're better, and then all of a sudden, you go
out all full full speed and you're not, and you
pull it again, and then when you pull that second time,
you're out longer than you were the first time. So
usually when guys have hamstring, so let's say they say
it's two to three weeks, that first week back, I'm
always hesitant. Now the second week back, I'm better, right,

(02:06:21):
But that's that first week because that's when you can
really reinjure it. In terms of ankles, ankle becomes more
of just a pain tolerance because these guys can't play
for two or three weeks, so they can't play for
four to six weeks or the high ankle, but when
they're back, it's usually dealing with pain. The hamstring comes
out of nowhere, those soft tissues, and it's a problem.

Speaker 2 (02:06:40):
That's why we call you doctor Rhodo. Okay, well, with
that injuries, you also have some buys. So let's go
ahead and look at some of the streaming options that
we would be looking at. Guys, we need to pick
up off the wave wire that you think our viable
starts this week, and let's start with quarterbacks.

Speaker 3 (02:06:55):
Well, look, I think you first look at let's say
a Cooper Rush right playing, gonna play for the cas
Dak Prescott missing a few weeks, do we want to
go with Derek Carr? I know that the defense is bad,
but hey, bad defense makes it for that they have
to move the ball more on offense. What about Russell Wilson.
They added Mike Williams this week, so I'm sure that
you know maybe he's out there in some leagues. And yes,

(02:07:17):
Joe Flacco. We call this flop lag where guys were
supposed to be good last week and they weren't. They
stink and now all of a sudden, people like, oh
that guy is terrible. Well, now he's got a better
matchup against Buffalo at home. I think Flacco will have
a good week. So those are some quarterbacks that you
could find.

Speaker 2 (02:07:31):
All right, what about tight ends?

Speaker 3 (02:07:34):
Tight ends? Look, Mike's sick, he may be out there.
If he's out there, you definitely want to get him.
Jatavian Sanders for the Panthers. He's starting to m horns. Yeah,
hook them horns. He looks really good. Third round pick.
And you know, we always liked his ability to catch
the ball, and now he's becoming a complete player. And
take a look at Theo Johnson for the Giants. They
play the Panthers, he's questionable. It's an early game on Saturday.

(02:07:57):
I think he goes, and if he goes, he should
have a big day.

Speaker 2 (02:08:00):
And then some of the defenses you think that could
be available and pop this week on the waiver wire.

Speaker 3 (02:08:05):
Yeah, so I think my favorite three one the Chargers.
The Chargers played Tennessee. I take anybody against Tennessee. I mean,
Tennessee is just terrible. Two the Giants, the Brian Burns
revenge game. I don't care that if it's a Munich,
but Brian Burns is going to be possessed. You know
he's gonna want to sack Young at least two or
three times. I think he's going to have a good
game in Minnesota. If Trevor Lawrence is out and Mac

(02:08:27):
Jones is in. I don't hate Mac Jones, but I
mean the guy hasn't played all year. Now you've got
to go up against a Brian Flores defense. Good luck
with that.

Speaker 2 (02:08:34):
All right, Now, let's do a little bit. You mentioned
Jameis Winston and Joe Flako. I want to ring those
guys up in a few others. Let's just kind of
do a little buy or sell. I'm going to give
you the names of some people and then you just
tell me if you're buying or selling what we've been
seeing from them lately. And let's start with Jameis Winston
and Joe Flacco because I like that they have pop.
But at the end of the day, you're like, I'm
starting Jameis Winston and or Joe Flacco. How are we

(02:08:55):
feeling about those two guys long term?

Speaker 3 (02:08:58):
I'm buying Jameis Winston. There's no Watson anymore. And look,
he's always willing to throw the ball, which is good
for fantasy points. And yes, he throws it to the
other team a couple of times a game, but you know, look,
the guy's gonna throw two fifty and two most week.
So I'm buying. In terms of Flacco, I don't know.
I think I may be selling if the Colts continue

(02:09:18):
to lose. Are you gonna keep a thirty nine year
old guy as your starter or you're gonna bring richardson
back and see what he can do. I don't think
that Flacco is obviously the long term answer. So I'm
buying Winston's selling Flaka.

Speaker 2 (02:09:29):
All right, let's keep it going. Big week for DeAndre Hopkins.
How are we buying or selling his long term viability?

Speaker 3 (02:09:37):
We love him this week, I don't love him, but
in general I love him. So what happens is ross
there are different defenses play different coverages. Tampa plays the
Cover two. When they do that cover zone, Hopkins loves
zone coverage. It's his favorite thing. Not as good against
man coverage. Well, what is he gonna see this week

(02:09:57):
against Denver? It's gonna see Patrick's for ten, tougher matchup
for him. So that's why I'm not as high on
him this week. So basically, you just want to look
at the defenses and truck And this is why depth
is so important in leagues. People like, well, I've got
three or four good guys on my bench. I don't care.
I want as many good guys on my bench as
I can find, because some weeks I'm going to rotate
guys in and some weeks I'm going to bench them

(02:10:19):
depending on the styles and the matchups.

Speaker 2 (02:10:21):
All right, continuing with doctor Roto, you can find them
on Twitter at d R R O t Oh with
some buy or sell You mentioned Mike GASICKI how are
we on him long term? And I'm gonna throw is
Kate ott in the top ten tight end the rest
of the year.

Speaker 3 (02:10:36):
It could be a top five tight end rest of
the year. Tell me, tell me, guys, you want more
than not Let's go Kelsey, Kittle, McBride, Bowers, Uh laport.

Speaker 2 (02:10:46):
Do you put a way? No way? Okay, Okay, I'm asking.
That's why I asked the doctor. And here's why.

Speaker 3 (02:10:53):
You got Jamison Williams back. You got Ama ras Saint Brown,
you got Gibbs, you got Montgomery, you got one football
is not getting enough of that football right now. If
you ask me who's Baker Mayfield's number one target, it's
Kate Hadden. So as much as we like Laporta in general,
and I do, I think is more valuable right now.

(02:11:13):
So j just sicky is interesting because t Higgins wants
out right, he wants out And my trepidation with him
when the season started was that when he was going
to get an injury, he wasn't coming back so fast
because he doesn't want to risk himself in any way,
shape or form for a team that is cheap and
he knows he's not playing with next year. So when
he's out, when t Higgins is out, Joseki becomes the

(02:11:36):
number two receiver. He really does. Now. They wanted to
get Jermaine Burton, the rookie, more involved, but this dude
was missing meetings. Jiscki. They move him out. He's not
a blocking tight end. He's the receiving tight end. And
he's gonna have a good night tonight.

Speaker 2 (02:11:48):
By the way, was that real? Is that picture of
Jermaine Burton at a slot machine?

Speaker 3 (02:11:52):
Is that real? No? But there was a picture. Check
it out.

Speaker 2 (02:11:56):
Okay.

Speaker 3 (02:11:57):
He went to sit down next to Joe Burrow on
the sideline, and Joe Burrow looked at him and like
something like, get up, you don't deserve to sit or
something like that. Burton stood up two seconds later and
moved away from Burrow. That was bad.

Speaker 2 (02:12:09):
That does sound bad, and just a couple of more
buyers sell real quick. It's I can't believe I'm even
asking you this question. But Pat mahomes not very good
all year long, had a pretty good week this week.
How are we feeling about him long term?

Speaker 3 (02:12:23):
Well? Once again, I mean I told you that it
was going to be a good week because Kelsey and
Hopfens against that defense, it was perfect. So as we
look at the Chiefs. So let's look at the playoff weeks. Right,
He's got Cleveland, he's got the Texans, and he's got
the Steelers. Not the easiest schedule in the playoffs, right,
I mean, so are we going to have him throw
two twenty to forty and one to two touchdowns? Yes?

(02:12:46):
Am I expecting three hundred yards and three touchdowns in
those games? No, if you can move mahomes for somebody
with a great playoff schedule, I'm not against it at all.
I'm not. I mean, look at Arizona. Arizona has New England,
Carolina and the Rams. That's a great schedule.

Speaker 2 (02:13:01):
Yeah. And speaking of that, with trade deadlines coming up,
do you got some bi low candidates guys that you're
trying to poach from other teams teams?

Speaker 3 (02:13:10):
That's a really great question. I don't play in a
ton trading leagues anymore. On playing some what I would
do is I would go for guys like Ray Davis
and Khalil Herbert and Braylan Allen, guys who are like
one injury your way from being a starter. Because those
are the guys that when they get the look God

(02:13:30):
for good. Chase Brown gets hurt tonight, Khalil Herbert's going
to get twenty touches a game, and all of a
sudden it becomes a fantasy star. So I want to
try to trade for guys like that who I think
are one injury your away from being successful.

Speaker 2 (02:13:41):
All Right, there you go, Doctor Rodeo d R r
O t O on Twitter. You can also find him
at doctor Rodo dot com. Coming up in the next segment,
all of your calls start, start or sit trades or
anything like that. Seven one three two one two five
seven ninety is the phone number seven to one to
three two one two five seven ninety more with Doctor

(02:14:02):
Roto when we come back here on The Matt Thomas
Show with Roums.

Speaker 1 (02:14:06):
Matt Thomas continues on Sports Talk seven ninety all right,
maybe you know what that music means.

Speaker 2 (02:14:14):
Time for the second segment here with Doctor Roto. A
couple of lines open if you want to get in
with some questions for the good doctor. Seven one three
two one two five seven ninety seven one three two
one two five seven and ninety Doctor Roto, Let's go
ahead and get after it. Starting with Mark in the
sugar Land holding alongest what's up? Mark?

Speaker 3 (02:14:37):
All right? Yes, sir Mike Joseki or a questionable Kyle Pits.

Speaker 5 (02:14:42):
Since I have to make the decision right now.

Speaker 3 (02:14:46):
Yeah, I'm gonna go, and I'm gonna play Joseche. I mean,
like I said, T Higgins going to be out. Seki's
been fantastic, Baltimore's got literally one of the worst two
or three pass defenses in the league. So I mean,
we have to write the hothand and Cincinnati needs this
games is a very important game, and so I think
they got to go get it after it and Joe
he's going to help.

Speaker 2 (02:15:04):
Them, all right. One via email CJ. Stroud or Kirk Cousins.

Speaker 3 (02:15:11):
It's a tougher one. Look, you beat Detroit through the pass,
but you know they've been running the ball really well
with Joe Mixon, so they're going to rely on him.
Kirk Cousins. That game is always a high scoring game.
So let's put this way. I think Stroud has the
opportunity to be the higher upside play, but Cousins is

(02:15:32):
the higher four play. So what do I mean by that?
I feel like, really guarantee almost Kirk Cousin's going to
get your fifteen to eighteen points. Stroud to get your
fourteen where he can get you twenty two. So look
at your opponent, see what you need. If you need
the upside, go with Stroud. If you're the team favorite
to win, you have the better matchup locking Cousins' points.

Speaker 2 (02:15:51):
How do we feeling about CJ. Stroud long term? Because
here in Houston we're all panicked about the offensive line.
They did not make a trade to improve it, and
the weapons have been limited and Nico Collins hasn't been practicing.
Even though we love the talent of CJ. Stroud, the
situation around him not great.

Speaker 3 (02:16:06):
It's not his fault. I mean, look, before the season started,
we thought they were it was an embarrassment of Riches,
right Diggs, And we get Collins, and we had Dell
and we had Scholtz and now all of a sudden,
like got nobody. See he's still a great player, but
remember year two, so look at what he did last
year and like the expectations to throw the roof, I
still love him. I still think he's a fantastic player,

(02:16:26):
and I'm a big fan. So I think you know,
the question is can they get an offensive line around
him that doesn't get penalized every five seconds.

Speaker 2 (02:16:35):
Yeah. Seven one three two one two five seven ninety
with Doctor Rodo seven one three two one two five
seven ninety. In the tradition of Matt Thomas, I will say, K,
So what is your chili con question?

Speaker 7 (02:16:47):
Hey, guys, Jared Goff or Daniel Jenes? Also, what do
we think about mars and Harrison going up at New
York Jets defense?

Speaker 3 (02:16:56):
Thanks? Yeah, I actually like Marvin Hower this week. The
Guts play a lot of man coverage. Marvin Harrison this
terrific and man coverage Sauce Gardner has not been as
good this year as he has been in previous years.
So look, do I want to endorse Daniel Jones. I
know they're playing Carolina, I get all that, but you
know you got to give me Jared Goff in a
game that could explode. I mean, the Lions just run

(02:17:21):
amazing plays. They've got the arguably the best offensive coordinator
in the league. They just look different. They're in another
plane right now. So you think I want to play
Daniel Jones over a guy who could be in a
Super Bowl, gimme Jared Goff.

Speaker 2 (02:17:33):
You know what you mentioned Patrick Shuksane of the Broncos. Earlier,
you mentioned Sauce Gardner there. What is your thought as
far as the shadow coverages and how much do we
really want to avoid it and what is the list
if you can kind of think of it. Outside of
Patrick Sartain, we know we want to avoid him. Is
there are there some other corners around the league we
need to be aware of?

Speaker 3 (02:17:51):
Yeah, there always are. Jalen Johnson's pretty darn good for Chicago,
Janneer Alexander when he's right as fantastic, Marshaun Lottimore reporter,
Joey Reporter's been sensational for the Steelers. I mean it's
it's a real difference maker. When you've got a guy
out there that can take one guy off the field,
it's a game changer, and you pay those guys a lot. Now. Personally,

(02:18:12):
I don't like shadowing. I like a guy just taken.
This is your side of the field. Don't let anybody
on that. But certain guys are better than that. So
when Patrick's sertainds out there, you got to respect it.
I love Terry McLaurin, but I don't know if I
love him this week to get with Joey reporter there.

Speaker 2 (02:18:26):
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety questions
for doctor Rodo seven one three two one two five
is seven ninety, Josh, go ahead.

Speaker 9 (02:18:36):
Hey Ross Rodo, Xavier Legette, or a questionable Deebo Samuel Singer.

Speaker 3 (02:18:45):
The problem with that is you're going to have to
decide about nine to twenty eight in the morning. If
everything is equal, I want to play Deebo Samuel Tebo.
Samuels is great against his own coverage. I don't care
that McCaffrey's back. Tebo should have a good game. I
would argue that Perdy maybe the best quarter back play
of the week against Tampa. I mean, how does Tampa
not go for that two pointer to try to win

(02:19:05):
that game. It's a short week, you get a bad loss.
Now you gotta go play the forty nine ers or
on Bot who just coming off a bye week. That's
a tough one. I really like San Francisco this week,
so if he both playing, we go with him. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (02:19:16):
That's that's actually an interesting angle too. How much do
you factor in like aggressiveness. We know that Dan Campbell
and the Lions are going to go for it, and
maybe that hurts the kicking situation, and and Todd Bowles
is somebody that is going to be more conservative. Is
that ever something you try to factor in and guys
that you're starting.

Speaker 3 (02:19:32):
Yeah, absolutely so, especially when if you're if you're in
the league that uses kickers, you don't want the Lions
kicker because Dan Campbell is going to go for it.
You you want a team that's going to stop and say, oh,
we'll take the three points.

Speaker 8 (02:19:44):
That's great.

Speaker 3 (02:19:45):
I mean Todd Bowles retrospectively, that's a big olt by him.
You're on the road, you just got tied the game,
or you just start down by one, go for it,
show your team that you trust them to get that
two point conversion, and then you go and you lose
that game. I mean, did any but do you think
Tampa Bay was going to win that game the minute
went overtime?

Speaker 2 (02:20:02):
I know I didn't. No, no, no, we didn't. Seven
one three two one two five seven nine of the
phone number seven one three two one two five seven nine.
You can also send tweets at sports RV at d
r R O t O a couple of them on
the Twitter verse. Uh this guy, Yanni Yanez says he's
desperate for running back help Ray Davis, Warren, Aler Jeer tayj.

(02:20:25):
Spears available as well.

Speaker 3 (02:20:27):
Wow. Yeah, I mean the problem is this. Do I
like Davis the most in many ways? Yes, but he
might do nothing this week. So if you're trying to
win this week and you're not playing in a dynasty,
I think Algier is in a really good spot. I mean,
the Falcons could put up thirty one points this week.
You know, if Bijeon gets taken out of the three
yard line and Algier comes in and he gets that touchdown.
I don't love Jalen Warren. I don't think he's in

(02:20:49):
a great spot. But look, ask yourself this question, Gofer
bit something. Have Bijon Tyler Algiers a top twenty running back,
maybe even a top ten?

Speaker 2 (02:20:57):
Yeah? Absolutely? And how we I just put a Bijon.
As far as in general, the way that it kind
of been an up and down season started off in
a Bell cow Roll kind of slack back, but now
ram back up with the Falcons.

Speaker 3 (02:21:09):
Yeah, actually it was actually they didn't use him enough
and now they're using him the way we wanted him to.
So I think if you had to look back at
the season, who would be the number one running back
in a PPR format. Don't laugh. I might even argue
Devona Chan when two was there. When two is there,
he throws in the ball all the time. He's been fantastic.
Bijon's gotten better. McCaffrey, we haven't seen all season. Bris Hall.

(02:21:32):
Some games they give him the ball, some games they
forget his name. Alvin Kamara is still pretty good and
he's going to have a big week this week. But
a lot of these and Saquon Barkley would obviously be
number one. He has been the MVP this year.

Speaker 7 (02:21:42):
All right?

Speaker 2 (02:21:43):
Another one from Twitter? Pittman Junior or Roma doonza.

Speaker 3 (02:21:48):
Man. There's bad vibes going on in Chicago right now.
If you're not seeing what I'm seeing a they hate
Matty Eberfluss b Caleb Williams is overrated. See TJ. Moore
walked off the field during a play last week. Did
you see the video on that run?

Speaker 2 (02:22:03):
Yes? He said right, believe or no way.

Speaker 3 (02:22:10):
And then there was another video when Caleb Williams was
leaving the huddle and more hit him on with his shoulder,
Like dude, that is bad juju going on there, so
please don't give me Roman Donzay. I like Roman Donzay.
I think he's tremendous, but I don't want any part
of Chicago right now. The only guy want in that
game is DeAndre Swift.

Speaker 2 (02:22:30):
All right, one more on email, PPR Najie Harris, JK Dobbins.

Speaker 3 (02:22:37):
Look, you got to roll with JK Dobbins. He's been great.
I think the biggest fear about JK Dobbins was not
the ability. It's the ability to stay healthy. So you know,
the best ability is the availability. He has been great.
He has looked tremendous. The Chargers are the most improved
team in the league on both sides of the football.
Their defense against Cleveland was was smoldering. It's going to

(02:22:57):
be smoldering this week.

Speaker 5 (02:22:58):
Agads.

Speaker 3 (02:22:58):
The Titans got roll with dick Ki Nobbins.

Speaker 2 (02:23:01):
All right, Nick in river Oaks, next stuff? What's up?

Speaker 3 (02:23:04):
Nick?

Speaker 12 (02:23:04):
Hey, guys, So a lot of us pretty much said
this week, but going forward long term, would you rather
start in Joku or Hockinson.

Speaker 3 (02:23:13):
Thanks, that's a really good question. I think my answer
is going to be ni Joku because Jamis is going
to throw the ball thirty eight forty times a game.
And Nijoku looks like he's you know, Jamis's number one
or one a target. I like TJ. Hockinson, but you've
got to feed Justin Jefferson. Jordan Madison has been complaining
for the last three weeks of not getting the football.
You still have to run. So I like Hockinson, but

(02:23:34):
I think in terms of just more receptions, it's David Joku.

Speaker 2 (02:23:37):
Yeah, I think kind of the back end of the
tight ends. We do have a lot of questions getting
another one. Would you drop Jake Ferguson for Kate Otten?

Speaker 3 (02:23:47):
Yes, yeah, I mean Dallas is a mess right now.
And by the way, going to get Jonathan Mingo? Seriously,
if Mingo is any good, wouldn't Caroline have kept him? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (02:23:56):
I would think so as well. All right, Ed in
Cyprus has rung in on the phones.

Speaker 3 (02:23:59):
What's up?

Speaker 5 (02:24:01):
He said, doctor Rolla, what are you doing? Actually said,
I moved to Magnolia Russ anyway, Yeah, it's nice here,
a lot less crime. Anyway. Listen, I want to ask Roto,
I've got I got both party and Hurts. Okay, Perty's

(02:24:21):
probably gonna get is he gonna get me more points
this week? And also other than that if if my guy,
if my I head a lot of a he's out.
I don't know if they're going to go to this
new guy Tipton. But between him as a flex player

(02:24:42):
and this guy from from Pittsburgh, the tight the wide
receiver there, Gabe Davis I think his name is. Is
Tipton worth a shot this week if I because I
got a Lobbies out and I got a couple other
guys out, and then I got a jig. He's sitting
this week, so I got nobody. I got to pick

(02:25:03):
somebody up.

Speaker 3 (02:25:04):
Okay, I was a mouthful there. Congratulations on your move
to Magnolia. Uh. Purdy and Hurts I think are very
even this week. I like Purty a Ton I mean Tampa.
Like I said, I think this is a perfect storm
for Purdy to throw three touchdowns, so I think he
I probably would lean to party. In terms of the
other one, if a Lave is out, bub means is out,

(02:25:27):
Shaheed is out. Tipton maybe like the last man standing there.
Dave Davis for the Jaguars, I don't hate him. But
if Trevor Lawrence is out with Mac Jones, I don't know.
It's hard to trust either of those receivers, but I mean,
I have no problem with tipt them. You look good
in spots.

Speaker 2 (02:25:43):
All right, doctor roto real quick. My producer Connor McGovern
has a question for you. So we were just talking.

Speaker 16 (02:25:49):
About Gabe davis y in practice on Wednesday, still listened
to as questionable. Do I take a chance of playing
him even with Trevor Lawrence like you were saying, not
maybe not being able to go?

Speaker 2 (02:25:56):
Or should I start Noah Brown instead?

Speaker 3 (02:25:59):
I think you're going to start Noah Brown. So my
assumption is that Joey Porter is going to see a
lot of McLaurin and that's going to leave Noah Brown
open and the Steelers play a lot of zone defense.
Noah Brown's been really good this year. I think he's
a merchant that has the number two.

Speaker 2 (02:26:13):
All right, now, I'm gonna give you one full pp R.
Brian Thomas or Jalen Waddle or Tyrone Tracy.

Speaker 3 (02:26:23):
Hasn't Tyrone Tracy been special? Ye's really been good against
Carolina two? This is a Tyrone Tracy week. I love him,
I really love him.

Speaker 2 (02:26:31):
I think so too, But I love Brian Thomas so much.
But anyways, I.

Speaker 3 (02:26:34):
Do you know what I would have told you, Brian
Thomas if Lawrence had been but now it's back.

Speaker 2 (02:26:38):
Yeah, okay, cool, and then well let's go ahead and
get to it. It is the signature moment of our
signature segment. It is the absolute, no doubt about it,
can't misplay of the week. We call it Doctor Roto's
look in a week. What do you got, doctor Roto?

Speaker 3 (02:26:55):
Assuming that Trevor Lawrence is out, that Jacksonville offense is
gonna be futured, which means the defense is gonna be
on the fields over and over and over, which means
Justin Jefferson is gonna go for I don't know, eight
for one, ten in a touchdown, maybe two Vikings win big,
Justin Jefferson.

Speaker 2 (02:27:11):
Lock of the week, Justin Jefferson. Doctor rodos block in
a week, Dr Rodo, tell us where we can we
can find all of your great and well informed content.

Speaker 3 (02:27:23):
All right, first on on exit d R r ot O,
certainly at my website dodor roto dot com, and of
course on Serious XM Fantasy Sports Radio eight to ten
am on Saturday mornings Eastern and I appreciate you having
me on Ross.

Speaker 2 (02:27:36):
All right, thanks doctor Rode for the time as always me.
All your lineups be winners. You bye, all right, appreciate it.
There you go, Doctor Rodo. Here on the Matt Thomas
Show with Ross Okay, time for a quick break. Here
a couple of segments ago. Matt Thomas has left. He
is being a five diamond Matt Jet setting with the
Houston Rockets. We got a lot of stuff to talk
about if you'd like to get in. We're still talking

(02:27:56):
about Nick Casario not making a move. We have comments
from both Miko Ryans and Nick Casario on that we
didn't even really get to Ryan Presley. Should he be moved?
Will he be moved by the Houston Ashtros for salary
relief concerns. We also have the Rockets winning last night
against the San Antonio Spurs. Big blowout victory over Victor
Wimbin Yama and the San Antonio Spurs. Anything you want

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to get to seven one three two one two five
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Talk seven ninety at seven one three, two, one two
five seven ninety did a lot of time. I spent
a lot of time in this show talking about Nick
Cassario and the Houston Texans and the comments that Casario had.
If you had not heard them, uh, maybe you want
to sit down. I'm gonna go ahead and play them
really quickly, and then we're going to address the reality

(02:29:23):
because first of all, yes, the Texans did not make
a deal at the deadline, but we have to move
forward from that. But Nick Cassario's answer, I just thought
was not very good about the lack of moves from
the trade deadline this year.

Speaker 9 (02:29:37):
Usually much ado about nothing, so essentially a lot of players,
you're a lot of players that get moved A are
on a kind of expiring type contracts b hasn't worked
out with their team. Most of it is kind of
late round picks, some flips. Essentially, you saw a few
trades there with a compensation. Maybe it was a little
bit bigger than what it was, but you're kind of

(02:29:58):
looking at your team. There's an opportunit to add a
player that you have a specific, defined role for.

Speaker 2 (02:30:02):
Great. If not, it's just.

Speaker 9 (02:30:05):
You know, you're not going to do something just to
do something, just to create a bunch of busy work.

Speaker 2 (02:30:09):
Can we time check that? Can we make sure that
was from twenty twenty four or I mean at least
at some point in the last five years. Is Nick
Cassario not paying attention to what's happening across the NFL?
Did Nick Cassario not see that the Steelers traded for
a wide receiver to get better the Ravens, the Bills
traded for wide receivers to get better as well other

(02:30:32):
teams like the Detroit Lions, who are going to be
in town this week. And these are all teams I'm listing,
by the way, who fancy themselves as playoff teams and
possible Super Bowl contenders. The Detroit Lions trading for Zadarius
Smith and putting him on the edge against your offensive
line this week that needs shoring up. How does that

(02:30:53):
come out of the mouth of Nick Cassario to just
completely be dismissive of the trade deadline when while that
rang true in the year's past, this year, if you
just get your head out of the sand, you could
see that there are teams all across the NFL who
are trying to make the playoffs and who are trading

(02:31:15):
four players and for the most part not costing them
more than a at max a fourth round pick, generally
fifth or sixth round pick. Just unbelievable that those would
be the comments from Nick Cassario as far as this deadline,
wouldn't you we have to live in reality. I mean,
you're you're gaslighting your fan base at this point if

(02:31:37):
you're gonna say that it's much ado about nothing of
the trade deadline and Adam Schefter and inan rappid bord
are breaking trades like every fifteen minutes the last week
and change. I mean, it's just ridiculous. But look, that's
Nick Cassario's belief, or those are his comments. At least,
does he truly believe that was he trying to get
something done, and he's trying to cover up himself and say, yeah,

(02:32:00):
deals are getting done, but you know, it's not much
to do about nothing. His words, not mine. I don't know.
I hope he doesn't truly believe that, because if he does,
he's stuck in the past and he's not paying attention
to what's happening around the league. The Texans, I'm not
gonna say they sat on their hands, but they did

(02:32:21):
not make a substantive move to improve this offensive line
or at pass catcher either, which other teams are doing.
And clearly there were wide receivers on the market, and
Stefan Diggs tore his ACL and he is out for
the year now. If maybe you want to just go
ahead and call that a sunk cost to where I
spent a second round pick on a receiver to have

(02:32:45):
for one year, which kind of didn't make sense in itself.
I don't want to further compound that mistake by sinking
more draft capital. But if the goal is to win
to the Super Bowl this year, then it shouldn't matter.
Fourth fifth round pick generally not gonna have the whole
lot of value. But Nick Kosario, of course, feeling differently

(02:33:08):
about that.

Speaker 5 (02:33:09):
CJ.

Speaker 2 (02:33:10):
Stroud also speaking to the media. Here's what he had
to say about improving the offensive line, saying he's talked
with them and well, they need to wake up because
they've gotten hit in the mouth.

Speaker 25 (02:33:20):
Yeah, I know, we had a lot of great conversation
with him, and you know, I believe, you know that
sometimes it takes getting hit in the mouth and maybe
getting hit in them mouth multiple times to wake up.
And you know, you know, I believe that, you know,
this is a wake up call for us and get
things fixed. And you don't understand, like, man, if we
give ourselves a shot and we stay in the green,
we moved the ball really well. We just you know,

(02:33:42):
got to finish. We gotta be able to lose those
one bad plays and a driver, those two two bad players.
Of the penalties, you know, it's always something. So if
we can get rid of that, I believe that, you know,
we can, we can really be great for our team.
And we already are. Man, we we're a really good
football team. Like there's no time to hang our heads. Wow,
we it ain't that bad. We're gonna figure it out

(02:34:03):
for sure.

Speaker 2 (02:34:04):
See that that's what I'm kind of thinking. And I
don't know if we're overreacting prisoners of the moment National
game against the Jets, their absolute worst game of the
season in terms of Saxon pressures, and maybe maybe we're
overreacting and it's gonna get better and everything's gonna be fine,

(02:34:25):
and they're gonna go out there and NRG Stadium on
Sunday and they're gonna they're gonna crush those Detroit Lions.
I'm not feeling like that's what's gonna happen, but that's
from from everything I'm hearing from Dimico Ryans and Nicocollins,
the CJ. Stroud to others and then Texanville that they
they feel like they're okay. They don't feel like, you know,

(02:34:46):
they're there's horrible team that's gonna go up and give
up eight sacks every week. And I don't expect them
to give up eight sacks there every week. And maybe
there's the belief that they're going to get better with
Kenyon Green out and Jarrett Patterson, and maybe Garrett Patterson
of course not some all pro waiting in the wings,
but if he can be better than the literal worst

(02:35:07):
guard in football, which is what Kenyon Green has been
grated as. Then that's an improvement for the Texans, and
we'll see. That's the beauty of it. We talk sports
here on these shows and with you and your friends,
and that's what this show is is we're talking about
this at the bar, and we're sending to the bar

(02:35:28):
and you and I are probably saying, man, I can't
believe they didn't make a move, But clearly they believe
in themselves and they're gonna play the game and we're
gonna see, as they say, the tape don't lie, how
is that offensive line going to hold up? Are the
pressure numbers going to be down? And are they gonna,
I mean, shock the world at this point and beat

(02:35:49):
the Lions, because even the sportsbooks have made it three
and a half. But I saw somewhere like eighty nine
percent of the tickets are being bet on the Detroit Lions.
So it's something that's overblown. We're saying, nobody believed in us,
Nobody thought we could do it at this point right now,
nobody does believe in the Texans. Not nobody, not one

(02:36:10):
hundred out of one hundred, but eighty nine percent of
the betting slips against the Texans at three and a half,
and right now I put a poll on my Twitter
account as well, Lions minus three and a half winning
sixty eight to thirty two percent on that pole. So
the most part, I mean my gut feeling at this moment,

(02:36:32):
which can fluctuate. It's not feeling great, but there seems
to be the swell of belief from those who are
close to the team. We'll see on Sunday seven one
three two one two five seven ninety. The phone number
if you'd like to get in seven one three two
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(02:36:54):
continues after this short break. The most talkward nooner you'll
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(02:37:17):
Welcome back to The Matt Thomas Show with Ross ros
Viria with you for a couple of more minutes. We'll
handing it off to Adam and Adam that is Adam
Wetxer and Adam Client, and they're coming up two to
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although Matt has decked out early six to ten the

(02:37:39):
Shawn Salisbury Show as well, and also with all this,
I normally like to do the Nightcap program, and I
really haven't really talked about this much on air. It's
a show that I like to do. It's a show
that's fun. I appreciate those of you that reached out
on Twitter and all that type of stuff saying you
enjoyed listening to it. It will be a good hands
Dan Matthews will be taking over the Nightcap But for
me to do you get here two hours earlier, do

(02:38:02):
a four hour show, wait for four hours and didn't
do the Nightcap just as a practical matter, didn't really
jive with my schedule. So unfortunately I will have to
be dropping that. But you do get another hour of
the Matt Tommy Show with Ross, so you take what
you can get in this life of ours. But I
will be dropping out and bowing out unfortunately of the
Nightcap program that started without me, I believe, then I

(02:38:25):
joined it, then I hosted it solo, and then now
it is in the good hands of one Dan Matthews.
Still a couple of minutes left if you want to
get in on the phone lines at seven one three
two one two five seven ninety. But something that I
teased about talking about that we hadn't really got to. Unfortunately,
in this show crazy, we got four hours, but we're
so busy, can't even get to everything here.

Speaker 7 (02:38:46):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (02:38:46):
Houston Astros, according to our good friend Chandler Rome, have
had internal discussions about trading setup man Ryan Presley. According
to two people briefed on the conversations, perhaps a signal
that Around is exploring avenues to get further away from
the luxury tax. Now. I don't know necessarily if this
is a direct impact of Alex Bregman and getting closer

(02:39:13):
and closer to under the tax threshold. That way, making
room kind of like what you have to do. It's
funny how it's not a cap league is Major League Baseball,
but other teams and other leagues that are capped, NFLNBA.
You gotta make moves if you want to make you
gotta make move A to make move B so you
can stay under the salary cap. And unfortunately, for a

(02:39:36):
lot of teams, the competitive balance tax threshold in Major
League Baseball has become a de facto salary cap. Now
Jim Crane went over that last year, but also if
he does it again this year, there is the repeater
penalty to where everything over the threshold is taxed at
twenty percent. That goes up to thirty percent in the
second year, and that goes up to fifty percent in

(02:39:59):
a third year. So clearly something that owners are encouraged
to try to stay away from over and over and
over again, and that Jim Crane. I do not fault him.
I'm not calling him cheap. I'm not saying he doesn't
spend at all, spend one of the top payrolls in
baseball over this run that the Astros have been on.
But the fact of the matter is Astros want to

(02:40:22):
stay away from it. Ryan Presley is making fourteen million
dollars this season right now, approximately depending on where you
look Fangrass roster Resource whatever, Astro is going to be
about ten million below the first threshold. If you take
out Ryan Presley, that becomes fourteen million. Can you give

(02:40:44):
them to another team at basically no cost and say
we'll pay half of this, Because if you remember with
the Justin Verlander deal, despite him making forty plus million dollars,
with the Astros and the Astros not being on the
hook for that. If his contract says that's what he's making,
that's what it counts against the threshold on the payroll.

(02:41:06):
So you could send some money to with Ryan Presley
and take on maybe a nothing prospect or. I don't
even know if they could do cash considerations or can
you they send a little cash and then you send
more cash. I don't know how it works. I don't
know exactly what they would do with Ryan Presley and
shipping him out, but that would help as far as
salary relief, wanting to retain Alex Bregman. And even if

(02:41:27):
you do go over that threshold, perhaps you don't go
over as much. But of course, the one caveats all
of this, Ryan Presley is a full no trade clause,
So you'd have to I would imagine you'd you'd have
to find a contender willing to take on the fourteen
million dollar salary of Ryan Presley. And let's be honest,
Ryan Presley's not a fourteen million dollar reliever right now.

(02:41:47):
He simply is not. So you'd have to find somebody
willing to take on his salary, and somebody who can
give you whatever it's gonna take and then help out
a team that's probably gonna be a fellow contender, and
Ryan Presley has to agree to it. So that just
makes it all kind of a mess. Thirty six years old,

(02:42:10):
Ryan Presley will be when the next season starts. He
wasn't a bad reliever. Got too much for a bad rap.
There's too many of you out there acting like Ryan
Presley was horrible and he was like Rafael Montero level.
He wasn't that bad, but there was some slippage. Really
in the last two years. Fastball hasn't been as good.
He's still got that wicked curveball, one of the best
in baseball, but in order for that one pitch to

(02:42:34):
shine the other stuff around, it has to be legitimate,
and that just has not been the case for Ryan
Presley the last couple of years. So if Ryan Presley
were to be moved, he would have to agree. First
of all, you got to find somebody that was even
willing to take on his salary, and probably you're gonna
have to send some cash. And oh, by the way,
they have to have that type of room. If it's

(02:42:54):
another contender under the competitive balance tax threshold, they have
to say we're gonna take on this fourteen million with
the cash that the Astros likely would be sending we
have to send back whatever, and then Ryan Presley has
to agree to the trade. So I'm curious if that's
gonna happen. But this happening at all and being talked

(02:43:16):
about at all, it does make me make me think
and wonder if this is impacted or if this is
the result of Alex Bregman and the Astros legitimately trying
to sign him back, or would they be trying to
do this no matter what, because if Alex Regman signs
here or if he doesn't, Ryan Presley at fourteen million

(02:43:37):
dollars is not great for the Houston Astros, and perhaps
they would be trying to get under the competitive balanced
SAX threshold regardless of Alex Bregman being signed back here
in being a Houston Ashra for the foreseeable future, I
don't know, We'll see, but interesting to see how the
offseason continues to play out for the Houston Astros, whether

(02:43:57):
or not Alex Bregman signs back. That is going to
be the first domino to fall, and then what's gonna
happen there? What is Plan B, What is Plan C
for the Astros? As far as the corner infield, something
we will certainly have to keep an eye on here
in Houston. And with that now I'll do it four
the Matt Thomas Show with Ross here on Sports Talk

(02:44:19):
seven ninety. My name is Ross saying thank you so
much for the listening to the program. If you made time,
I do truly appreciate it extra special. Thanks to those
of you got involved directly, thanks to doctor Roto doing
a great job. Thanks to Matt Thomas for leaving early.
Thanks to Connor McGovern for producing doing a great job
as he always does. I'll talk to you folks tomorrow
at ten am right here on the Matt Thomas Show.

(02:44:39):
But now it's not only one Adam, it's another Atom.
It's the A team and it's coming up here on
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