Bussin' With The Boys - Best of the Bus: CJ Stroud On His Early Success In The NFL

Episode Date: September 13, 2025

The Boys had stud rookie quarterback for the Texans, CJ Stroud, zoom into the show. They immediately got into how CJ had so much success as a rookie and what had helped him achieve that early success. Taylor then, in Taylor fashion, gave CJ some flack for playing at Ohio State, and CJ took it gracefully without much to say back since he never beat them. Finally, the Boys wrapped up their time with CJ by asking him about his shittiest moment as a rookie and finishing with a Spooktober-themed Tier Talk. CJ was just another one of the guys, and we looked forward to having him on the bus on day. Enjoy, fellas.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey guys, it's us The Jonas Brothers. I'm Joe. I'm Kevin. And I'm Nick. And guess what? We created our own podcast called, Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it.

We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. We get to ask other people questions because we're sick and tired of being asked questions. Well, sick and tired is a strong way to put it. But, you know, tired and sick. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it.

I'm Joey Dardano. And on my new podcast, Hope From a Hypocrite, I'll be changing lives, helping people in need with thoughtful solutions. Sike, I'm a comedian. I'm not qualified to give good advice. Join me and my comedian friends as we riff, rant, recommend some of the most legally dubious advice known to me. This is Help from a Hypocrite, the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from Hypocrite Wednesdays on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, it's Edwin Castro, also known as Castro 1021. And I'm Kunky, his best friend, and business manager.

And we've got a new show called The 1021 podcast. I'm taking you behind the scenes on how I became one of Twitch's most popular streamers. We also love sports. And with the World Cup right around the corner, we'll be breaking down the biggest storylines ahead of the big tournament here in the USA. Listen to the 1021 podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Fellas, welcome to another best of the bust episode where we drop an episode every

Saturday recapping some of our best of episodes and interviews back in the day. CJ Stroud hopped on a Zoom call with the boys back in 2023. And we talked about his early success in Houston, took some playful shots at his Ohio State days because, of course, you know, go blue. Taylor's a Michigan boy. And wrapped it up with his worst rookie moment in a. spooktober tier talk. This is one for the book.

CJ's one of the boys, and we got to get him on the bus next off season. Enjoy this one. Big hugs, tiny kisses. CJ. What's up, man? What's up, bro? How are you?

How are you? I'm good, man. I'm blessed. I love that. Are we rolling? Yeah. There's three people on this bus right now. Let's give a round of applause for CJ's drug.

Best quarterback in Ohio State history. Already proven. best quarterback of all time. Brother, listen, getting drafted by the Houston Texans. I know you're sitting there and the PR guys are sitting right behind the computer right now, trying to tell you what to say and not to say. When you get drafted by Houston, people were saying the franchise, like, franchise might be dead, a lot of issues.

You've come in and have truly played incredible. Yes, you really have, man. What was the vibe when you got drafts where people were like, oh, Houston, or were they, like, fired up for you? I know my inner circle, like, and including me, I was excited. I've always loved challenges and love new things to work on and to be better at. And I haven't been anywhere where we've been bad. So it was kind of new and just being honest with myself, the situation.

So I knew there's a lot of work that's going to be how to be made. So I wasn't ducking from that. And so me and my family, we were really excited, man, because not only was it a new opportunity to flip something around, but Houston is a great city and I didn't want to live in the middle of nowhere anymore. So which Columbus isn't, but I didn't want to live in the Midwest no more. So it was good to be into a city that was kind of, they were proud of being who they were. And I was just ready for them to rep the Texans at that point.

So that's what my goal was. And I feel like I'm comphing that a little bit. We've got a lot more to go in the tank. Dude, you really have. You've had an incredible year thus far as a rookie. And I just used the word surprising in like an impressed way. Like it's been very impressive to see you play and how everything has unfolded for you. When you got drafted to Houston, I know you haven't played anywhere else in the NFL,

but what do you feel like the organization and the staff and the culture has kind of done to transition you into the NFL because you hear it every year when rookie quarterbacks, they play right away, they struggle, they do this. It's almost like doing them a disservice to play them right away. What do you feel like that organization and staff has done to help you transition so well to the NFL? NFL? I really believe that they had a plan for me when I got in here, not only just myself, but just like the scheme that we run. Bobby Slogger, O.C. has done a great job. He coming from the 49ers with Kyle Shanahan. So we run the West Coast offense. And he did a great job of putting

pieces together that kind of fit my plan style on top of the offensive scheme. And then coached really well along with our receiver coach Ben and Dry Johnson, our quarterback coach, Retirement coach, Jake Moreland, O'line coach, Coach Strausson. We've all kind of bought into this new scheme. So that was kind of testament to what he's done over with Kyle and Kyle and Cajanahan with the Niners and brought it here. It kind of did his own twist to it, which has been great. But, man, I really believe that, man, you don't believe that you kind of lose talent once you become to the league. I think either you work hard or you're just in the – you either don't work hard or you just go into a bad situation.

So I really don't think it's a in-between. So for me, no matter what the situation was, it was never going to be on me. I was just going to work really hard to make sure that this thing went right way. When you think leadership, when you think about the quarterback position, it's an automatic leader. You're basically guaranteed a see on your chest. And you're walking into coming from a college locker room where everyone's hanging out

the boys, you guys are all kind of going out on the weekends doing your thing. Now you're in the NFL where, you know, nine, 10-year vets are married. They got multiple kids and stuff like that. How did you approach the process? of becoming a leader in that locker room? Yeah, for me, I wanted to let it be known when I first got drafted. Like, I don't want anything to be giving to me. I want to earn everything.

And for me, coming from a place like Ohio State, like that's how it was there. And that's why I feel like I was able to grip that locker room and to fall in love with me and understanding that I was a natural born leader and not just somebody who was just a quarterback. So I was kind of like the same thought process here was I was going to come here and try to not just win guys over, but make them trust me, not only on the field but off.

So just spending time with guys, building core relationships, and not just small conversations on just, man, how this doing and not really caring and not talking about it ever again, but really just having deep conversations with guys. And just being myself, I think that I've done a decent job along with help with Will.

Will is also a captain, but it's something that we could admit to it, man. We weren't giving it. We earned that, and we brought a new swag and a new type of mindset to this culture. And I think D'Amico also has that, and that's why he gave us that scene on our chest, to represent the Texans like we do. So you come from Ohio State.

You come from a conference that's the toughest, most competitive conference in the country. You play against some of the best defenses you'll ever see, like the ones in Nebraska. Is the NFL as big as a jump as you thought it be? or is it a little easier than you thought it'd be? Hey, it's us, the Jonas Brothers, and guess what? We have some big news. What's the news, name? Huge news.

We created our own podcast called, Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts. We're starting a trend. But this one's extra special.

So how do we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. And, well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band before Jonas Brothers. This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, people could call in and say, hey, Jonas.

And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. The story I've told myself about love or relationships can then shake my behavior and that can lead me to sabotage the possibility of connection. This mental health awareness month, tune into the podcast deeply well with Debbie Brown and explore the journey of healing, self-discovery and returning to yourself. We explore higher consciousness, emotional well-being and the practices that help you.

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Hey, I'm Jared Adano. You might know me as that loud guy who yells out, help on the internet. Help! Somebody! Please! But there's so much more to me than me. I'm an actor.

I'm a comedian. And recently, I've become quite the helper myself. And on my new podcast, Hope from a Hippocrite, I'll be changing lives, helping people in need with my sage advice and thoughtful solutions. Sike!

I'm a comedian. I'm not qualified to. give good advice. Join me and my comedian friends as we riff rant and recommend some of the most legally dubious advice known to man. If I'm calling you, even if you're on your phone, let it ring twice. One ring is too scary. Cream a chicken suit. Hey, cream. Cream a chicken suit. This is Help from a Hypocrite, the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from Hypocrite as part of the MyCultura podcast network available on the I-Hart Radio app, Apple Podcast.

or wherever you get your podcasts. I would say it's like in between. I wouldn't say it's easy nor like super hard. I feel like football is football. And of course, the players get better. The windows are smaller. Throws are, you guys be more efficient, a lot more accurate. But I mean, I feel like that's the fun part of the game.

That's what I enjoy. That's what I love. Just the grind of like how detailed you got to be to execute your job every play. and just go want to know a play. And I think sometimes as a young player, you can try to do so much on one player, really just you think that you're Superman

when you come out of college. But for me, I knew that, man, I had to grow and I had to learn. And I knew that if I put into work, not only would I be good, but I would hopefully be great and lead my guys to victory and leave my guys to be better.

And then that's kind of like the mindset I've had was just want to know each play. and not trying to put too much on my plate. Control the controllable. I don't know it's easy to say it's harder to do, but I really try hard to just get on my routine and make sure that I was simplifying everything so I can just play fast on Sundays.

And, of course, my team around me has done a great job. I have a great marketing team, a great agent, a great manager assistant. I have a great team around me that kind of filter out a lot of stuff so I can just focus on ball, which is a super good thing for me and a blessing. when you came from college, you came from a system that you look to the sideline and you see a cool, you know, cardboard and you look at a couple of pictures and then you know what the play is.

What was the process like for you to learn the verbiage and bring it into a huddle and be able to be confident and spew it and not only spew it as well. Was that a difficult thing? Yeah, it was tough, man. Because everything, like you said, in college, is all signals. So it was even hard learning those signals when I first. to college and then when you get to the league you have to throw it out of the way and get used to that headset and the earpiece that's in your um your helmet which is isn't always the most clear thing ever so you kind of just got to get you to like the um i would say the accent in there like it sounds like

gibberish sometimes so you got to really know your plays so you can piece it together um and really you want to tell a story right you're in there you don't want to just ram through the play and make it seem like it's it can sound like something else uh you want to like tell a story um and give it really detail so guys know exactly what's going on. So that was a really big jump coming from that. And, of course, in the Big Ten, there was a lot of defenses that were like NFL style. So that kind of helped me as well,

kind of going back to your question from the last question. So it was kind of a little bit of both, though, was learning the new idea of listening to in the headset to going out there and then looking at the defense. from a huddle and not like being out there the whole time and be able to see it as you're getting to play. Can I just say something before you ask the next question? Go ahead.

I want to give a shout out to your PR team. They have done it a phenomenal job of, hey, this is what you say, this is what you don't say. You seem like you're doing a great job of being a pro in this moment and kind of trying to decipher what their show is all about and you kind of just come in a thing, hey, answer it, don't give them too much, too much bullet to material, anything like that. Like, you know, maybe he needs more credit. Yeah, but he plays with too much swag. Plays with too much.

You know, and you can tell he's meticulous. He's trying to make sure that he doesn't say anything wrong right now. And I love that. Yeah. That's the thing you should do. I think what I love hearing is when he talks about doing the, you know, because I played on defense. Like I, you know, whether or not wearing the green dot and telling a story,

like as he's talking about the plays, delivering the plays. And like you kind of got to tell a story. It's like when he's sitting there, he's on a knee, talking to his huddle and like giving the energy throughout the play on like, we're kind of in this situation. Some guys, you know, whether you're sticking up your arm here, you're like, you're kind of telling a story. What I want to go back to is you talk about this one and O mentality and you're like, it's easier said than done. Do you have any, you know, process or something you lean on or something you've picked up and learned that you really try and lean into during this?

Because you're right. It is really hard to go one and O every play. It's hard to forget about a failure you might have had just the play before. Is there anything there or you feel like you've just kind of cultivated this naturally? Hey, it's us, the Jonas brothers. And guess what? We have some big news. What's the news, name?

Huge news. We created our own podcast called, Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But this one's extra special.

So how do we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. And we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the, early names of our band before Jonas Brothers. This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this.

We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Just listen.

We don't care where you hear it. The story I've told myself about love or relationships can then shape my behavior, and that can lead me to sabotage the possibility of connection. This Mental Health Awareness Month, tune into the podcast deeply well with Debbie Brown and explore the journey of healing, self-discovery, and returning to yourself. We explore higher consciousness, emotional well-being, and the practices that help you find clarity, peace, and self-master. in a world that can feel overwhelming. The world is becoming lonelier. We're not becoming more social and connected. We're becoming more individualized,

but we actually meet people in connection. If you've been searching for a soft place to land while doing the work to become whole, this podcast is for you to hear more. Listen to deeply well with Debbie Brown from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

Hey, I'm Jared Adano. You might know me as that loud guy who yells out, help on the internet. Help! Somebody! Please! But there's so much more to me than me. I'm an actor.

I'm a comedian. And recently, I've become quite the helper myself. And on my new podcast, Hope from a Hippocrite, I'll be changing lives, helping people in need with my sage advice and thoughtful solutions. Sike!

I'm a comedian. I'm not qualified to give good advice. Join me and my comedian friends as we Riff rant recommends some of the most legally dubious advice known to man. If I'm calling you, even if you're on your phone, let it ring twice. One ring is too scary. Cream a chicken suit. Hey, cream.

Cream a chicken suit. This is Help from a Hypocrite, the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from Hypocrite as part of the Mike Cultura podcast network available on the IHartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I would say a little bit of both. I would be lying if I said I've always been kind of cool, calm, like let stuff go. Like just being young and immature, like probably even before college and going into college, I was very, very, like, fiery and I didn't take no BS. Like, I just was, that's just who I was.

And I still am that way, but I know how to kind of put that to the side when it's not necessary, which is important, especially as a quarterback. that everybody's looking at you when stuff hits the fans. So for me, I mean, I always lean on my faith. And I try to pray through things and just have like some breathing exercises that I do. But when those things, I mean, those things usually work. But I also kind of just understand, man, like thinking about the last play, like what benefit does that do me?

What is that going to help in the long run in the future? So you might as well just throw it away and go to the next. play because I'm king of like man like man I after the game rewatching a bad clip 10 times like man I should have did that I should did this I mean when you're moving at the speed of light man and you know how y'all both played in the league for a long time at a high level you're moving so fast sometimes your body and your mind just does things so you got to play with your instincts at the same time and give yourself a little bit of credit even when you do make a mistake because I think as players we can be our biggest critic that's a good thing but since

how you got to build yourself up just like you break yourself down when you know you have to keep yourself accountable. So I try to do both, but more so anything, I try to make sure that I have a plain face and I'm saving even kill throughout the whole game because I know that just how your next play could have been, your last play could have been bad. It could have been good, too, so you got to let that go as well. So it's a little bit of both. Man, that's really well said. Was there a moment, not, I know that's like a combination of moments, right? But was there a time where you were losing your cool and maybe you had a the conversation kind of made you rethink about it and zoom out.

And you're like, oh, yeah, I kind of see this. Was it observing somebody? Like, because you said, like, I wasn't always like this. Like, sometimes I wouldn't let shit go. But, like, was there a loss that you had, like, at a game in college? Or was there a sequence of plays to kind of make you rethink that? Yeah, it was all the way back in college, man. I actually was just in Columbus this past weekend.

And I was talking to my running back coach, Coach Tony Alford. And at the time, like, you know, you see your buddies on the other side of the country who stay home or, like, you see some guys that you feel better than playing well. And, like, the time I wasn't playing, I was a freshman. And, like, being myself, like, man, I feel like, like, I know I wasn't going to play over Justin, but, like, I feel like, man, we were up by a lot. Like, I should have got in and stuff like that. And I was like, man, I'm ready to go home. Like, I'm tired of Columbus. I want to, I want to leave.

Like, I want to do this. I want to do that. You know, you're just talking. I remember I sat down for like three hours with my running back coach after practice in the freezing cold, and we were just talking, man, just about everything. And so, like, I go back to that moment. And I was kind of like a really big moment for me to just as a man. And he was just being honest with me that whole time.

And he really was just saying, man, comparison is a thief of joy. My dad used to always tell me that as a kid. It's a good quote. Like comparing yourself to somebody on social media, especially in the social media day and age where everybody's posting their wins and victories. a lot of his fate. Like back then, when my dad was telling me, it wasn't so alarming to me

because I was just a kid at the time. But when my coach said that, it made me think about when my dad used to tell me, man, if you compare yourself to others, man, you don't really get to love your life, I love what you're going through, and you have to go through some type of struggle to be great in anything.

So that was a moment where, like, man, it was like, oh, it made sense, and then I started getting a lot more mature, I started calming down some more. that's amazing. That is incredible. You talk about your relationship with your running back coach

in high school. Have you been able to find a similar type of relationship in the NFL with one of your coaches now that you're able to lean on from an emotional standpoint when things don't go well, when you have a three and out

or you make a bad pass or something like that? Is there any time or any coach on that staff that you're like, hey, just give me a second to kind of vent and talk a little bit? Yeah, I mean, all quarterback coach, Rod Johnson, he's always right there.

He's somebody that I've known since high school. I mean, he was my lead 11 coach when I was in high school. I was like 16. So for it to come full circle, it's kind of crazy. So he's always right there.

My guy Davis and Case Keenham. They're always right there to talk about a play or to tell me, man, you couldn't do anything right there. Like, you got to just get rid of it. Whatever, like bad or good. They always try to get, be honest with me, which I really appreciate.

And for me, even bigger, like off the field, I have a lot of support because sometimes, man, you know, y'all play this game at a high level. So, you know, when you get home sometimes, you don't want to talk about ball. You want to talk about anything else. And so I have a good friend of mine who helps me

just talk about certain things that I need to get off my chest and things like that. So that's some advice for you guys out there who are coming into this league, man, for next year. Or if you haven't done that yet, just might have somebody that you convince to because this world will tell you how bad you are

and you'll start listening if you don't have something to kind of get out of that way. So for me, I mean, those are being some big pieces for me to be successful. You brought up, hold on before you do that segment, you brought up being back in Columbus this past weekend. Obviously, big win against the Nittany Lions. What is your expectation going into the third week of November this year? You know what? What's your expectation for Ohio State this year?

Hey, it's us, the Jonas Brothers. And guess what? We have some big news. What's the news, huge news? We created our own podcast called, Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it.

We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts. We're starting a trend. But this one's extra special. So how do we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it.

And, well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band before Jonas Brothers. This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your

podcast. Just listen. We don't care where you hear it. The story I've told myself about love or relationships can then shake my behavior and that can lead me to sabotage the possibility of connection. This mental health awareness month, tune into the podcast deeply well with Debbie Brown and explore the journey of healing, self-discovery and returning to yourself. We explore higher consciousness, emotional well-being and the practices that help you. find clarity, peace, and self-mastery in a world that can feel overwhelming. The world is becoming lonelier. We're not becoming more social and connected.

We're becoming more individualized, but we actually meet people in connection. If you've been searching for a soft place to land while doing the work to become whole, this podcast is for you to hear more. Listen to deeply well with Debbie Brown from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, I'm Jared Adano. You might know me as that loud guy who yells out, help on the internet.

Help! Somebody! Please! But there's so much more to me than me. I'm an actor. I'm a comedian, and recently, I've become quite the helper myself. And on my new podcast, Hope from a Hippocrite,

I'll be changing lives, helping people in need with my sage advice and thoughtful solutions. Sike, I'm a comedian. I'm not qualified together. give good advice. Join me and my comedian friends as we riff rant and recommend some of the most legally dubious advice known to man. If I'm calling you, even if you're on your phone, let it ring twice. One ring is too scary.

Oh, cream of chicken suit. Hey, cream. Cream a chicken suit. This is Help from a Hypocrite, the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from Hypocrite as part of the MyCultura podcast network available on the I-Hart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. A big expectation, man, just like every year, man. For us, it's Natty or nothing. I mean, I know you being a team of North guy, you have your own opinion. And I respect.

I respect. And I can't talk too much. I didn't beat y'all. So I have respect for those guys over there. I don't like y'all, but it's respect. And I think that team over there talking to the DC, you, Mike, who's with the Ravens now, my first time I'm actually talking to him

since we played him in 2021. And he had a lot of respect for me, seen a Joe Boo, I got to see Hutchinson. And it's all respect after you're done playing in that game because we know how hard that game is if you've played in there. So it's not from respect for me. I still a little bitter from it,

just being honest. But this year, I hope we get you guys and we get to go to the Big Ten championship and win a natty man so that's the go for us every year uh but that's the big game every year so i'm excited to to see what happens this year cj we got a segment uh presented by dude wipes it's the shittiest it's the there we go dry but holes are a thing of the past it's all over with dude wipes uh clean it up at the end of your shit what has been your shittiest moment of your rookie year so far hmm that's that's a great that's a great great question

For me, I've had a couple. You know, you always get a couple, but I would say maybe my preseason game against the Patriots. My first drive, it was like third and 26, and like me being as hungry and aggressive eye, and I'm like, man, I'm going to get the first down. And my guy Mills from the Patriots, shout out to him, great, great player. They were in like this one plug look or really one lurk where the guy was robbing my eyes.

And he was guarding our tight end and our tight end blocked. So he freed up. they noticed and he jumped right in front of it and picked it off so that was a good learning point for me it's just 30 to 26 sometimes you got to just lick your wounds to take the check down um so that was good learning for me so that was probably one of the the um the worst moments i had um i'm trying to think of a funny one that i've had like off the field uh did did you get any rookie hazing anything with a veteran not that it's like a shitty i'm pissed off moment but like uh yeah like you got got by one of the boys i've gotten fined a lot

for like, for being on TV. I don't know, like. That's that locker room culture. Always on TV, get fine. Yeah, so rookies on TV, I guess, is a no-no. So I got fin this weekend for being on game day. I get fin after every win that we get for being on, on with the reporter after the game, filling them in on certain things.

So it's kind of funny to me, but I have a lot of money right now. If you show up on TV, what is, What's that fine? It's like 500. No, I think it's a ban. It's a thousand. Oh my God. Seriously?

They see nothing but dollar signs. We got some funny fines in a quarterback room too. Any mainstream media show, watching this show right now, stop putting C.J. Stroud on the TV. Save my man some money. Yeah, he can come to our podcast. He'll just do our pod. Dude, let's talk the spirit in the holiday of Spooktober.

If you don't know what Spooktober it is, it's funny a word for October, which is Halloween. Dude, the fall has hit. The leaves are falling. The weather is breaking. It's a beautiful time. especially in Houston where it's a little swampy down there.

Let's take it back to when you're a little kid. We're going to do a thing, a segment called Tier Talk, and it is going to be your top three favorite Halloween candies. We like to start from the bottom three and go up to one. And once you finish,

everybody on the bus will give a one-word answer describing how we feel about your picks. Are you ready for that? You want us to go first? Y'all go first. I'll finish it off. You want to go first? Go ahead.

Okay, my tier three is going to go to when you're hungry. You're a little aggressive, you're a little bit angry, and what do you pop in there? You pop in a Snickers. I think a Snickers, and especially the fun size, for whatever reason, it's a nice little snack. You just pop it in your mouth real quick.

It's a fun, delicious treat. Everybody can enjoy. My Tier 2 is going to go to sour skittles, preferably the little tiny bag, and I know the quantity of them is oil. like six or seven. However, I think if you have a bunch of those little sour skittles, you start doing the thing a little quick. If you want to say pause, you're more than welcome to you again on that. I think you have that. And then all of a sudden turns

into a sweet little treat as well and down the gullet it goes. And my tier one, not sure why it might be the branding they've done since the 90s, 2000s. They've done an amazing job of it is going to go to the Resey's pieces. I'm not a chocolate guy. I'm more of a gummy guy than I'm a chocolate guy. But the Riesies always did a phenomenal job of taking the bite out, making a spooky commercial, and really making you feel like the Reese's peanut butter cup is the staple, the franchise player of Halloween. Sorry, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, not Reese's PC. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.

Thank you for that. Okay. That is a big clarification. That's a big change. That's a big change. CJ, do you want to give one word to describe how you feel about my picks? I would say solid. That's solid.

It's a key word in this bus. Good. Oh, okay. I'll go with good. Mitch, what's your word? veteran. I have been doing it a long time, 32 years old.

Willie, let's see what you got. My tier three, and I don't think they get enough love. I think it could potentially be in a popular opinion, but I want to give them their flowers because I enjoy a nice handful of candy corn. I'm a candy corn guy. I love the candy corn.

I love the shapes. I love the colors. I give me the candy corn. I see that face, CJ, that's okay. That's nasty. My tier two, peanut M&Ms, I love. peanut M&Ms.

And when you get them in that little fun-sized bag again, it's like another, it's like another fistful, no pause. Peanut Eminus. My tier one is in the Reese's family, but it's a fast break. Dude, getting fast breaks. They are the fucking best. That's my top Halloween candy of all time.

It's the fast break. And that concludes my tier talk. CJ? Yuck. Ew. Ew. One of those two. average.

Okay. Mitch? Almost. It's the candy corn. It's the candy corn. You guys the candy corn? The fast break might be the best candy of all time. I got to dive into another fast thing.

It's been a while. I don't know what that is. You know what fast break is? Well, yeah, you got to get you on, brother. Okay. All right. CJ? Yeah, whenever you're ready, brother.

Okay. And just clarification, I'm not a big candy guy. Like, I don't like candy. I really, I was a born kid, I guess. But if I had to pick... You're a protein bar guy. I hope he just names all protein bars. Yeah.

If I had to pick, I'm going to go Jolly Ranchers. Huh. Blue raspberry and grape. Those are my top two. Not water? Number two, I'm going to go Starburst. Pink is my favorite. Pink and red.

You can't go wrong with good Starburst. Fair. And then I was an angry kid. I'm just kidding. But I'm going to go with Snickers to be my number one. Hey, it's us, the Jonas Brothers. And guess what? We have some big news. What's the news, name? Huge news. We created our own podcast called Hey Jonas.

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the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from Hypocrite as part of the MyCultura podcast network available on the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcast. or wherever you get your podcasts. Hyphenated, not hyphenated. Rainbow. I'll say, okay. Mitch? Okay. Amateur.

Damn. That's not taking a shot at your own guy. Who's Mitch? Mitch is one of our producers. He's an Ohio State guy as well. All right, Mitch. Yeah. All right, Mitch.

Switching to a beach. Do you hear that? A. CJ's tried the best quarterback in Ohio State history. Do you have a question? No. Do you have a question for CJ? I know you are an Ohio State fan,

but do you got something fired up for him? I guess a question I would have for you, it would be stemming back to Ohio State Days. What was it like being in that wide receiver room with Garrett Wilson, Olave, and Jigba? Who else? Marvin Harrison, like all those guys. Those guys suck.

No, I'm just kidding. Nah, of course, man. It was a blessing, bro. Like, not only did they help me a lot, I feel like I helped him. And we were kind of like yin and yang. We just worked together really well. I had a natural connection and chemistry right when I stepped on campus with him.

And I definitely appreciate like the grind that they taught me to put in to be great in his game, especially Marv. Like Marv, man, he's the epitome of just a workaholic. Then Garrett, like, he just naturally just super great at everything and basketball, baseball. table tennis, like, you name it, you know, he's good at it. Yeah, so you get him a ball, he's gonna make it happen. And Chris, man, he's silk, man, silky smooth, smooth the other side of the pillow.

And he's just, that type of swag that you just, like, you feel comfort around, because, you know, he's gonna make a play. And then Jackson, he's just a dog. Like, he's somebody who just loves football. And he does, I've never seen him get guard one-on-one, like, and get locked up ever in my life. Like, I don't think I've ever seen him not.

make a play up in a game and excited to see what he does in Seattle. So, man, I missed him boys. And it was a blessing to be in such a talented room at the time, man. We were just young kids figuring it out and now we're all in the league now. So it's pretty cool. And Marvin's, Marvin's next. So excited to see

the future for everybody. I don't know how many questions you have left. I have two questions. Yeah, I'm solid, man. Yeah. Marvin Harrison, Jr., let's say you guys don't make the playoffs. Would you want, if Marvin Harrison Jr. is available when your team picks next year,

is that the number one guy you'd like on your team out of everybody in the draft? I'm playing GM. Yeah, man, of course. I got to say my guy, Marv. And I wouldn't just, even if he wasn't my teammate, you turn on the film. You hear the word of mouth of everybody on how hard he works, what type of guy is. And I know for him, like, everybody always talks about his family and, like, his pops. and he gets it from that.

If I would be honest, I would say his dad set the foundation, and he let him go. And Marvin loves this game for himself. And for me, that kind of opens their eyes. Like, man, this dude's going to be great because you hear, like, stories from guys, from great players' kids.

They want to be great because they want to be better than their dad or whatever the kids may be. Marv wants to be great because he wants to be great. So, man, if I had to pick, I'll definitely pick Marvin for sure. He's a top three pick. In my opinion, he should be the first guy drafted. but that's not for me to decide.

Yeah, I love that. My last question is going to be about an AFC South divisional opponent, and it's going to be about the Tennessee Titans. This week they are wearing the throwback oiler uniforms. Where is your stance on who should be able to wear the oilers uniforms? I would say it would have to be us. I mean, we're Houston, so I don't really know too much about the robbery or too much about like the color situation.

I know that we were, they were here and then moved to Tennessee and then Mr. Ginerer picked up the team. So I would say just like whoever started in that home city and I think those colors are dope. Like baby blue is my favorite color. So if you're listening, Mr. Regnerer, let's go back to baby blue. But, nah, man, I always say us, but man, at the end of day, man, they're colors. Like, let's play ball.

I love that. And I have 100% disagree. with you, but we can get into that at a different time. Because we'd have him on the bus in the office. We'll have you on the bus in the off season. Dude, I'm fired up for you. I really am. I know I went to Michigan and all that, and I have these dumb jokes about Ohio State quarterback's

being blessed. You are really playing at a level that all of Houston Texans, all Houston Texans can be happy about and be proud about and know that their franchise is on the right on the right path, man, happy for you. I appreciate that a lot, man. Thank you. CJ, thanks for coming on, man. Like, legit. I'm a fan.

I'm a fan of yours. I'm going to be room for you the rest of the And I think the story that you gave when you were a freshman in college and you had a three-hour conversation with your running backs coach and where your mental was, I think can relate to any good freshman player that is struggling with wrapping their mind around patience and waiting on their moment. And I think that is incredible. And I am. I'm a fan of yours. So I'm excited to watch the rest of the year. Appreciate that, man. Fan of y'all's, man.

I've been a fan of y'all for a long time. So I appreciate y'all a lot. You'll be on here in the off season, bro. I can't wait. Yeah, I can't wait. All right, I see you, CJ. All right, y'all. You'll be blessed. Hey, guys, it's us. The Jonas Brothers. I'm Joe. I'm Kevin.

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