The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - Jay Glazer: New Texans Offensive Coordinator Nick Caley is 'Going To Help Develop That Offensive Line'

Episode Date: February 5, 2025

Jay Glazer of FOX Sports joined "The Matt Thomas Show with Ross" live from Radio Row at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans to discuss the Texans hiring Nick Caley as their new offensive coordinator, recap quarterback C.J. Stroud's sophomore season and preview Sunday's matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.

He's put on the headset right now. He is, man, he's got an entourage with him. Jay Glazer joins us. They're called babysitters, not entourage. I was just saying, Jay. I'm famous enough to have an entourage, but I need a lot of babysitters. I was just saying there's a lot of people here on Radio Row, and we'd be coming for so many years that you go, is that so-and-so?

I don't know if that's so-and-so. You're one of the most, like, unmistakable. That's Jay Glazer. When you see him, you know that's Jay Glazer. Hurricane Glaze coming through, man, yeah. I appreciate it. First and foremost. They're saying I'm the best-looking guy here.

That's what I'm hearing. Yeah, well, absolutely. Sometimes people go, is that Brad Pitt? I get that a lot. First and foremost, I know you're from L.A. No, I'm not. No, no, I live in L.A. You live in L.A.

And you have businesses in L.A. and all that. Is everything good with you, fires and all that? My wife was right over here, Rosie, we evacuated three times in about five weeks. We had three different fires. The last one, obviously scared the crap out of us. Our old house burnt to the ground. We got out of it. We have a new house, which is fantastic.

But we were, yeah, we were, we were evacuated for quite a while. And then when we got back, we kept turn our power off. But I got a lot of friends who've lost literally everything. And like everything. And actually my wife did a beautiful thing. My wife, Rosie over here owns clothing stores called Varga. And at Fox we had, I think, eight women who lost everything. When I say you lost everything.

Like the clothes you have on your back is, oh, you have. Yeah. And she actually outfitted everyone at Fox who did lose everything. Wow. Full wardrobes again. I don't know if you saw it, but a couple weeks ago, you know, we have crossed the street from our house, 100 yards. It looks like a military base. It goes on for a mile and a half, 5,400 firefighters were staged.

And I started going down, and I'm bringing down. I'm part of this company called Jimmy bars, Protein Bar, so I started bringing that down. I started trying to give mental health talks to them just to lift them up, anything. And then finally one day, they're like, hey, you know what we really need besides energy drinks and powery, this, that's. We just want to watch football.

And I said, I know somebody who can make that happen. And I called the CEO of Fox, Eric Shaggs, Fox Sports. And I was like, dude, these guys just want like this escape when they're on break. And by the way, their shifts were going. At first they're 48-hour shifts. And think about this, too, the bravery of these people, like, they left their homes. And we saw people, firefighters in that area, from Israel who flew in, from British Columbia, from my wife's from tiny town in Idaho called Melbourne. We saw firemen from there, from Wyoming, Colorado, you name it.

It's the worst of times brings together the best of people. But actually, in a day, Fox got 10 TVs put up there for them to watch. All the playoff guys, not just foxes. And I ended up my hit from down there. I had Dan Campbell and Dan Quinn FaceTime the firefighters. Oh, that's awesome. Before their game. That's pretty cool, yeah.

I appreciate you, you ask. Yeah, yeah, I just, I knew, you know, everything I hear about, you know, L.A. It's crazy. Let's talk a little football. We're on in Houston. Texans have a new O.C. Tell me what you know about Nick Cayley. What do they get in that?

I like Nick Kelly, man. Obviously, you know, he's with Sean McVeigh for a little bit and the Patriots. But love is, look, the culture that. that Sean, you know, teaches guys is fantastic. And, you know, there's a difference in a guy who just comes in and calls plays and somebody who's going to help develop. And he's going to help develop that offensive line, tight ends. The quarterback, too, quarterback's great, but you always need development as a quarterback.

So I do. I think he'll do a great job. Ross, you want to jump in here? Yeah, I got you. Ross back in Houston with you, Jay. you for coming on with us and yeah just on that in the OC search just if you have any insight as far as you know Nick Casario as the general manager here in Houston the relationship with Domeico Ryan's not necessarily whose call was it go is a stud yeah that dude just

stud that dude is a stud yes I've knew what I knew him as a player and um again culture is everything and I think a guy like that too um I think they'll always kind of be in that in the because of him, like a Sean McVay, you'll always, Kyle Shannon, they'll always be in the conversation for, as a contender. It's interesting, the offensive line. I mean, it was a problem. I don't know how you fix it. I mean, Laramie Tunsell's not getting any younger,

Shaq Mason and all that, but when you saw the Texans this year, was that the glaring weakness and protecting Stroud and giving him time? I thought a lot of it. I was kind of looking at, I was kind of confused. I'm like, man, why is this? Why are they struggling so much there? I thought Sloak was good also. It's interesting also how this league works.

Because Sloak probably could have gotten a head coaching job last year if you wanted to. And so now I need to learn a little bit more, which I really liked about it. And it just goes to show you how fast things can change. Yeah, that's what I always say. Like when you're the hot thing, go jump. Go. But at the same time, if you don't think you're ready, it's like, it's a slippery slub. I'm not ready.

I'm going to crap out here in four years and never get another shot. I think most guys have confidence like, hey, I'm not. not ready, but I'm going to be here for another couple years where I can learn, nothing you're going to get fired the next year. Yeah. But that's the NFL, man. You know, it's the only, and I think that's why people of us have so much, so many close relationships in the NFL, because there's no other job.

Like, if some accountant screws up your taxes, the whole world's not talking about on, on radio the next day or on Fox that weekend. And, you know, they're not telling your kids, hey, man, your dad screwed up these taxes. Like, you know, if you're screwed it, send up. at a restaurant it's not out there constantly yeah so i think it makes people to leave a lot closer what uh where would you rank stroud in terms of quarterbacks i mean he was he was top of the world last year and this year it i don't want to say he regressed because it was still a really good year but like where would you put him if you're ranking quarterback still top

yeah put him with somebody at start a franchise around absolutely yeah yeah it's it's just it's it's it's it's tough to be super critical of him and say sophomore slump because his numbers was still very good but they had all those issues when you look around the a fc south where I mean, do you still think it's Texans moving for? I mean, Jaguars, we're going to see what they're going to do. Titans, I mean, maybe a quarterback real bad. We'll see what they do with the top pick. But what do you make of the AFCs?

Still right up there, absolutely. You've got to knock them off. Yeah. Right? But, you know, there's going to be, you know, changes. I can't say anything because I don't know who the Titans quarterback's going to be. Yeah. Right?

I think Liam Cohen will do a great job. I got to know Liam really well because he lived with McVeigh. Yeah. So, Sean and I spent a lot of time together. Sean was really one of the first guys. in the league I helped with mental health when I really started open up about stuff and then he needed it and didn't realize he needed it

because Sean, like the worst thing that ever happened in Sean's life is that he didn't win the Super Bowl in his second year ever as the youngest head coach in the history of the NFL and then and his parents look like the freaking people you see in pictures and Target and the picture frames. He don't get trauma. So

we had to work through a lot and it's made him a much better coach. So like Leon live with him. I got to me like really know him I think Liam's gonna I think Liam will do a really good job you mentioned mental health that's one of the big things that you've been

focused on and part of the reasons why you're here let us know because it's funny when we were kids growing up like you would joke oh he's got ADHD he can't sit still he can't pay attention and all this now we're way more sensitive to it and now talk a little bit about how old are you? I'm 40s

okay so I'm 55 I got diagnosed in 1989 so there was no oh it's got to He has ADHD. Like, no one understood. I got taking a Princeton University to get tested, and I used to have to go tell my teachers, hey, I got to step out and take a pill, right?

So I go and talk to teams now a lot about this, about what depression feels like, what anxiety feels like, what ADHD feels like. And ADHD, I tell these guys, it's like you feel like you're drowning. And the only way for me to get a breath of fresh air is disrupt the class or to speak out or to not pay attention to draw a game on my pad or just walk out the class. Do you think I want to get trouble every week of my life?

Hell no. But I didn't have the capability not to it. I tell these coaches now, I said these players, like they told me how to learn a disability growing up. I didn't have a learning disability. I just didn't learn the way you guys taught. Me, I've coached tons of guys in mixed martial arts. I've got to teach differently.

I've got to coach differently. I have a general consensus, but I've got to make sure that, you know, I connect with everybody there and grown up that wasn't the thing. So with all my mental health struggles, I've tried a million pharmaceuticals, at least for the depression and anxiety, none of them work, so I've had to find other skills, but for the ADHD, you know, I could put in stimulants early, and when you have depression, no stimulants, it does not work well with you. And a guy like me, too, it brought out a lot of bad stuff.

and because I'm able to talk about it now, though, I have more options than I ever would have had. So Kilbrie got brought to me, and they're like, it's non-stimulant. Non-stimilent. Like, you could take it a night. I'm like, I can take it at night, and it does. And I call it the Kelbrie Com.

It calms me down at night. It gets the roommates in my head to stop, to a million of them to stop talking and all that stuff. And I'm able to focus and look on Fox. I don't use teleprompter. So when you got ADHD and, you know, before I had Kelbury, And there's a lot of things your brain works too fast and you're just like moving it. Now I am able to focus so much better.

But also like I love talking about it. It's like I'm able to be of service and give it words to people so we don't feel screwed up. And, you know, I've tried to figure out too where my ADHD and my depression and anxiety became my superpower and where I could weaponize them. Yeah. So if I weaponize them, they're my advantage. I'm not ashamed anymore. And that's why I'm really trying to get people to understand to him. Well, it's very cool.

is Jay Glazer. One more for you real quick. Just give me a quick thought, Super Bowl. I mean, two best teams. I mean, couldn't ask for anything better. Man, I know Patrick Mahal is done, but I don't know what he can't do. So until he starts me otherwise, man, I can't go against them. Jay, thanks so much for the time. I really appreciate it.