The Josh Innes Show - Monday Night Preview

Episode Date: October 20, 2025

The Texans have a must win game with Seattle. Is the Texans offense back or will it be more like the first month of the year? I love, love, love the Lions/Bucs game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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because, you know, I mean, the season's not over if they lose, technically. But if they lose, it's pretty much over. They've dug themselves too big of a hole. And if they lose, they're two and four. And that's that. So it is a must win. You look around the league and you look at the standings in the league right now, and you look around the AFC, there's a lot of teams that are flirting with the same number you are.

But you're in a tough spot, too, because, I mean, look, New England's already five and two. But you look at the bills who are four and two. So that's a team you're chasing. The Bengals are three and four. You're chasing them and they seem to have found something with Flacko. You're chasing both the Jaguars, who boy, they're a fraud. But the Jaguars and the Colts, you're chasing both of them inside the division. Then you've got the AFC West where three of the four teams have at least four wins.

You fall to two and four and you're really screwed. So this is a must win. So we'll talk about that. Let's play a couple commercials. When you support Movember, you're not just for. fundraising. You're showing up for the men you love. Your dad, your brother, your partner, your friends. It isn't just a men's issue. It's a human one. That's why Movember exists to change the face of men's health. From mental health and suicide prevention to prostate and testicular

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the Saints and the Saints are going to drive up some people's numbers. I get that. And that was a strange game. You know, they beat them by 31. But look, you beat the Cardinals by three. You beat the Jaguars by eight. You beat the Steelers by 14. Your two losses were by three and four points respectively. So it means a pretty accurate depiction of who they are. Maybe they're a little less than that because the Saints drove it up a little bit. But still, they're a team that can score and they're a team that at home expects to beat you. What is the spread in this game tonight? Let's see. What is the, I need to see the line in this game, please. Let's see here. It is, I don't see it. Here we go. Seattle is a two and a half point favorite. Actually,

it's up to three and a half now. And the question I have for the Texans tonight, is who are you? Because I think we know who you are offensively. And I know that this is a cop-out answer, but you are somewhere between the anemic, putrid offense you were for the first handful of games and what you've been in the like basically the fourth quarter of the Titans game and what you were last game. You're somewhere in the middle of that. And if you would have been somewhere in the middle for the whole year, you probably wouldn't be two and three. You may have scored more than 14 against the Rams

and more than 17 against the Jaguars and more than 20 against the box. But I don't believe that that Ravens game is some sort of true indicator of who the Texans are offensively. And I don't think you do either. I mean, look at them. Offensively, the Texans are awful and have been this year. And that Ravens game, like everybody, remember people sending me messages after the Ravens game flexing on me on Twitter. Like, go fuck yourself. Flexing after beating the shitty ass Ravens.

Don't come on me with that noise. Everybody beats the shit out of the Ravens. The Ravens are one of the worst, the Ravens may be the worst defense in the league. And they had no quarterback either. So congrats on beating the. the shit out of the Ravens. That doesn't mean shit to me. Go on the road and beat Seattle. And it may not be your granddad Seattle or your dad's Seattle, but they're a four and two football team that's not bad. And they're at home in a tough place to play on Monday night.

So go beat them. Because again, you look at the schedule that the Texans have in front of them. I mean, look, you still have to play the, look, I'm not going to do schedule breakdown shit, but you still have to play the Colts twice. The Colts are a fucking juggernaut right now. you still have to play the bills you still have to play the chiefs the broncos the 49ers Seahawks tonight so you must win

you're not in a position where hey if we lose this everything's fine you lose this you're two and four and it's over hey no pressure Domeco season's over if you lose tonight you are Dunzo because you will not be favored against look you're not going to be favored against the 49ers you're at home so you know what you may

be slight favorites. That might be a pick-em at home. And you might be favored at home against the Broncos. Slight. And the Jaguars. And that's why this game's huge too, because you've got a three-game homestand coming up. And look, it's not a three-game homestand against cupcakes. Every one of these teams has a better record than you.

One of them's already beating you, the Jaguars. I don't think the Jaguars are any good, but I don't think the Texans are any good. Texas defense is salty. Offense blows. We know this. But this is a big one. You have to win this game. There's no, like, again, you can say that's over, that's dramatic, that's hyperbole.

No, you have to win the game. If you lose this game, your season is over. You are not coming back from two and four and making the playoffs in the current AFC. I just don't see a path because I don't see any of these teams falling off a cliff. Like, find me the team that you circle and you go, they're going to fall off a cliff. In the AFC. Jaguars, maybe. Okay, great.

Bengals, I mean, that division stinks. But the bills, the charts. the Chargers, the Chiefs. I mean, look, those are three teams right now that are not winning their division. There's three playoff spots for a wild card right there. So the number you're already chasing for a wild card spot right now is four. You're at two. If you lose tonight, it's over.

You're not catching anybody. No pressure, but it's a must win. But that's not the good game. That's the late game. Great. The first game tonight's going to be spectacular. If it's not, it's going to be a massive letdown. because you had a bad game from the Lions last game.

I don't think they're going to have back-to-back bad games. They're playing at home. They're playing Tampa. Tampa's fun. Seemingly going to have Mike Evans back. I think is Ibuka playing tonight or no? But that's going to be the game, man. That's going to be a fun one to watch.

I love the – I've told you this. I love watching the Lions play. And a lot of it's based on how I bet on things. So, again, take that for what it is. But I love betting on guys to catch passes in certain spots in games. Like I bet on a lot of small stuff like that. and they always come through, whether it's Amin Ra, whatever. Like, I love watching Amin Ra, I love Jemir Gibbs, I love David Montgomery,

I love Sam Leporta, I love their offense, but defensively, they're in trouble. Speaking of the Lions, but here's a fucking dumb-ass thing the Lions are doing. I saw one of their players, I forgot which, Terriott Arnold, I think, tweeted that he wants all the players to wear their Brian Brant shirts to the game because it's a free Brian Branch. Like, oh, fuck, you're up. Like, I punched a dude. Dude, do you think he's not going to get suspended?

Like, after the game is over, the dude went out and attacked a guy after the game was over. Like, what did you think was going to happen? Like, that's embarrassing. It's just like these same people that are like, hey, free Rishi Rice and he's back. And oh, my God, read the fucking room. But holy shit, I'm watching this guy's social media and he's like, free Brian Branch. Like, Brian Branch punched a guy. What did you think was going to happen?

Please enlighten me. What did you think was going to happen when after the game was over? The guy went out and punched another dude. He should be suspended just for punching a dude in the helmet, which is a dumb thing to do anyway because you're stupid. But like, hey guys, please wear your Brian Branch jerseys and show your support for Brian Branch. Free Brian Branch. These players are fucking morons. Holy shit.

Like social media has revealed how dumb some of these people are. And like the idea that we're going to sit here and be like, free Brian Branch. The guy punched another dude. we could say it was a big deal or not, but do you think he's not going to be suspended? Like, what did you think was going to happen? Please, enlighten me. What did you think was going to happen when after the game is over, on national television, on NBC, Sunday night football? There's a fight on the field that was started by your dude.

Oh, but he got blocked in the back during the game. Shut up. Great. And then, oh, my, like, when I'm reading this, I saw this yesterday. and it's like, oh my God, you are clueless. These players are dumb. Like, they should stay off social

media. They just look like morons. And I like the lions. And I want them to win. I root for them. But the idea that somehow Brian Branch is some sort of victim in all of this. Like, oh, free Brian Branch. Oh, shut it. You sound like a doofus. You sound like a dipshit doing that.

Free Brian Branch. Free Richard. These players have no concept of personal accountability or anything. It's crazy. When you just hear the lack of accountability, the lack of personal accountability from these guys is astounding. And then their teammates all want to play. And that's the world we're in, though. This is 2025.

Everybody's a victim. Everybody's got a cause. Like, oh, I'm a victim. No, you're not. You're not a victim. You punched a guy. You punched a guy in a football game and you're going to get suspended for that, especially when it was after the game,

especially when it was on TV and it led to a semi-brawl, a mini-brawl. What do you think's going to happen there? Oh, free Brian Branch. Free Brian Branch. Wear your shirts. Wear your Brian Branch shirts. Like, oh my God, you sound like a doofus.

Ooh. Like, that's just pandering to the lowest common denominator of dipshit fanboy who thinks that everything that goes against their team is some sort of great tragedy. And they think everybody's out to get their team and they have no, and they're fans. I expect them to have no accountability because they're wackos. I'd expect some sort of accountability or some sort of ability to see reality from a player.

But apparently you can't expect that from some of these dipshits, like Terri-on Arnold. Anyway, it should be a good game tonight, though. I think that's a good game tonight. I don't know if the Texans game's a good game. I really don't. They are impossible to get a read on because this could be a scenario where the Texans defense plays really well and offensively, they don't do a fucking thing. And this is just an ugly, boring ass second Monday night game.

And why are we not getting an overlap? Like, why does this game? I think this game starts at what, 10 o'clock east? Woof. Oh, God, 10 o'clock east. I'm going to be up to a one in the morning. I know you got your own problems, but woof, I'm never going to sleep. All right, anyway, more to come.