The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - Ravens Spoil Texans Christmas, Stroud Not Looking Good, Beyoncé Saves The Show

Episode Date: December 26, 2024

Matt Thomas and Ross Villarreal of "The Matt Thomas Show with Ross" recap the Houston Texans losing to the Baltimore Ravens 31-2 on Christmas Day. Cornerback Kamari Lassiter forced a safety with the tackle of running back Derrick Henry to score the Texans' only points. Quarterback C.J. Stroud threw an interception and held a 59.2 passer rating in one of his worst performances of the season. With a playoff spot secured after clinching the division, how can the Texans improve in the coming weeks to earn a postseason win? Matt and Ross also:talk with Rockets head coach Ime Udoka about tonight's matchup against the Pelicansreact to Beyoncé's halftime performancereview the NFL's worst teams in "Ross' Rotten Five"have Dr. Roto cure their fantasy football bluestell people to "Shut Yo Bum Ass Up, Ain't Nobody Got Time" and more.

Lunch timers. This is the Matt Thomas show. 10-0-2 in H-town. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to a Thursday edition of the Matt Thomas show with Ross. We're all here. This is Sports Talk 790.

As anybody we have right now in the NFL. Seven plays for first downs, and now an eighth play for a touchdown. Derek Henry pounds at home for Baltimore. Play action for Jackson. Pump. Jackson stepped on the brakes extending the play throws end zone touchdown Isaiah likely Lamar Jackson making magic in H town Jackson will keep this time and look at the speed

Lamar Jackson's done the bulk of his damage throughout his career first and goal Jackson play action flukes it wide oh be Christmas and invasion all of you got your presence yesterday you spent time with family and friends you have opened your stockings up you got the sweater that you wanted or maybe the uh remote control vehicle or that pair of socks or you got i don't know whatever you put was on your wish list because yesterday was a day that you wish for a texans victory frankly ross battle red ross i'm going to probably call you this between now and two o'clock you wish for a competitive game you got none of that and liked it I didn't like it, but it wasn't a competitive game.

You're correct. 31 to 2. 31 to 2. 31 to 2, Matt. 3 1 to 2. Thank God we're here. Because there are a bunch of wannabe radio hosts on YouTube channels or fail miserable hosts that are trying to sell you.

Oh, they'll fix this. This team is toast. And you know it. Battle Red Ross knows it Deep Steel Dan knows it Texans Darlene Although she's an idiot Because all she's trying to do is get on TV

She doesn't know Because she doesn't know anything about football So doesn't matter This team is done Finito I mean You ain't coming back from this my man You know it

I mean I guess it depends on what sense you're talking about They're in the same spot That we thought they were coming into this game that they weren't a World Series. They weren't a Super Bowl contenders. They have a better chance at winning the World Series in the Super Bowl at this point.

So, yeah. Actually, you know what? There was a positive out of this. Go ahead. It can't get any worse? You don't have to play Baltimore in the Wall card. You may have a chance to win a Wild Card.

Yeah, maybe they take the game, that's what it was. They tanked. It was a tank job so they could avoid the agreement. Let's sell it as that. Yes. You're not going to find it anywhere else in any other radio station at town.

the Texans intentionally tanked to avoid Baltimore in the playoffs. That makes total sense. We talked about it when the schedule was released. We pointed to this stretch of the schedule. We said we were going to learn who the Texans really were by this time of year, and we have learned who the Texans really were. They're mediocre at best. They're not horrible to me.

They've still won nine games, even though that was the worst performance of the year. It wasn't even close. They obviously have major issues. They do have some injuries. And they're not anywhere near where we were hoping they would leap this year. And C.J. Straub, by the way, had his worst game of the year. Okay, I brought this up, and it's a phrase that we use sometimes in sports

when our favorite players massively underperform. Is C.J. broken? Maybe. I don't have the answer to that question. But he's been, he now. He looked really sharp for a lot of stretches of the Chiefs game, I will say. So let's get into it. The overthrows, that's just bad mechanics, right? I mean, he didn't do that last year.

He's rushing with his feet more this year than he did last year. He's not getting a set. He's not been. Last year he was way more cool under pressure. Yeah. But I think maybe the amount of pressure he's been under has possibly gotten to him. And to me, he missed more throws in that game. Of course, I don't chart every one of C.J. Stroud throw,

he missed more games in that throw than he has all year. yeah he looks like and and look it's not a deer in headlines because i think he is that he knows what's going on i think he's wanting to win i don't believe this is intro related i do believe this is a common he missed some time in the game and he has talked about how he's not been 100 i was even mentioned what was one of the thursday night games the thursday night game they had i don't know what that was weeks ago was it against the jets but how but how many but how many NFL quarterbacks are feeling great after 16 weeks of back competition. I mean, he knows.

He can't go to the injury card, especially when Pat Malholmes. He's not, and he hasn't. No, as I'm saying, I mean, I refuse to believe that he is so hurt, if he's so hurt he can't play, can't play. So that's, I'm not even used as a factor. This is a byproduct of losing some key

receivers. This is a byproduct of his offensive line being mediocre at best, although there were some lanes that were open yesterday. No, they're horrible. They're horrible. Oh, no, no, no, no. Nick Ocero didn't think there was anything to worry about come train deadline. He didn't have Kinder Green and Blake Fisher

on the right side of the offensive line with Titus Howard kicked inside. This is not the offensive line that Nick Asherry envisioned. Yeah, but Nick Casero also didn't want to do anything come train deadline. He just thought we're fine. He gave us a bunch of word salad around the deadline, and it was ridiculous.

He should have done a better job of at least kicking the tires or find something. But that's something here. He's regressed a little bit. And here's the thing. C.J. Strata's franchise quarterback. You've got, I'm on your side on that.

But sometimes franchise quarterbacks have off time. Sometimes, rookie year campaigns lead towards sophomore slums. And he's in a sophomore slump. You add on top of the fact

that your defense has been hurt by injuries, you have two key receivers gone, there's just nothing. They're not going to come back from this. And it is what it is. They'll hopefully try to fix this in free agency. They'll hopefully be able to go get this

with fix it in the draft. But this season's done. There's no coming back for that. That was yesterday one of the worst performances I've ever seen in my entire life. What do you mean this season's done? For a home team. Yeah, I mean, they might win a wild card game, and that's a might. But there should be nobody to think.

I mean, the difference between Kansas City, Buffalo, and Baltimore just took, I mean, it was a wide separation to begin with. It's 10 times worse now. There are people around the world going, how in the hell are the Texans going to the playoffs? That's how bad it was yesterday. They're like, are the Texans really getting into the playoffs? They were people saying that Alabama should take their spot in the playoffs. They always heard to put Alabama in the playoffs for some sort.

That seems a little extreme. Yeah, I know. It was just awful. It was just an awful. for people to go. Oh, by we got to check in with Connor. Connor, you went to the game. Oof.

You probably had more fun. Hey, Beyonce did a great job. Than the game itself. Beyonce was the best part. 100%. I checked out in the second half. After Beyonce, I was just talking with my friends and hanging out. Do you stayed at the game, though?

I stayed in so there was five minutes left in the fourth. By that, NRG was pretty empty. Except for Ravens fans. Of course. Yeah. All right. So, I'll throw out. I think this is, I mean, if you win the wild card game, it's unbelievable.

Because I don't think there, I mean, I, look, now, granted, Pittsburgh was terrible yesterday. In Denver, I don't, I'm not sold on. I told you this when we did the tell the truth on Monday. You got a chance against Pittsburgh. You got a chance against Denver. You're not beating the Chargers. I don't care for the home game. And you certainly aren't being the Baltimore Raven.

So you tell me, I mean, so do you disagree with that? those four thoughts? I didn't catch all of them, but I don't think so. They're just, yeah, they're in shambles right now. The offensive line is a mess. It was already one of the worst, it was already coming down the stretch,

one of the worst units in the league, and they were horrible yesterday. CJ Stroud definitely looks like he needs some time off, like he needs the offseason in the worst way, and you're down, you're down Stefan Diggs and Tank Dell. That is significant. Yeah, but you get Alzi's out to your back this week.

Okay, great. Cool. I mean, I don't know. If he's even going to play, has there been any announcement about who's playing or I guess we'll hear some more from Coach. Is he speaking today? I have not seen an calendar for what they're doing. No media availability of the week. That's a good idea.

That's probably the best thing. That's smart for everyone involved. We'll see you next week, DeNico. Yeah, well, you know, have a long weekend. Enjoy time with your family and friends. Get some Christmas home. We'll go. Exactly. By the way, I had ham on Christmas Eve. It was quite delicious.

Okay. Thank you, Matt. And barbecue yesterday for Christmas, Ross. Briscuit burn ends ribs. How do you feel about that? Wow, you ate brisket. I'm proud of you, Matt. It was the moist brisket, too. Okay. Rather than you lean. I like to lean and the moist. Yeah, that's true. But the moist is better.

It depends on how it's cooked. I can prefer. A perfectly cooked lean to me is. good, but a lot of places don't do the lean perfect. There you go. Then you got to go. All right, 713, 212, 579. 713, 212, 790. I mean, if I say that the Texas won the wall card, you go, all right, well, then they do that? Then maybe they'll get their mojo back. Or do you say, you know what?

I don't even care if they win the wall card. Because, again, Kansas City, Baltimore, and Buffalo have certainly separated themselves from the rest of the AFC. 713, 212.790, 713, 212-579. By the way, I'm here in New Orleans. Ross is back in Houston. What? What? Eme Adoka.

Yeah, I'm not in studio with you today. You're weekly. 1230. We have Eme Adoka. We've got, yeah, that's where we should have been together here. Eme Adoka is at 1230 today. We have shut your bum ass up at 1130. Got that going on.

And we have Dr. Roto hosted by Ross today at 1 o'clock as Ross goes for yet another championship. I mean, there's a lot of sadness in the I-Heart family these days. Trying to cement the dynasty. One of them is you. We'll see how it goes, Matt. And you're out of the league. Are you playing Trey? It's me, yes.

It's myself and Trey. I've got some injury issues and some concerns. We'll see how it shakes out. I'll speak with the doctor. And I bench Xavier Worthy, worthy, who got 19 points. I hate to hear that. 713-212-5-7-90.

It's 1014. Matt and Ross with you here on Sports Talk 7-90. The Matt Thomas Show with Ross continues on Sports Talk 790. It is 1019. It is the Matt Thomas show with Ross. I'm here in New Orleans. And Ross is back in Houston. Great to have all of you with us on this Thursday.

I hope you guys had a very happy and safe Hanukkah and Christmas. And sorry that your local football team blank the bed. Glad to see that Hannah and Cal were really aware of what was going on with them. they want to jump on in the convertible and hang out with Beyonce during halftime? Yeah, it was nice to see them and see the ownership at the forefront. Good for them. No, they were tone deaf. Seriously, go.

Tell them thanks, but no thanks. That was terrible. You don't think that was the suggestion of one of them? No. Are you kidding me? Hannah gets a chance on national stage to be hanging out with Beyonce? She ain't turning that down. You don't get to score 40.

You don't think it was maybe even her idea? Oh, I'm sure it was. Here's a great idea. Why don't we go out there in a separate vehicle and hang out with them? Our team's down 17 to 2 and our fans are booing us at halftime. Let's go out there and do it. Cal's like, we're okay, whatever. You want to.

Very Christmas, baby. Yeah, I'm not going to turn down the shot to be near Beyonce. How about that one guy who's the luckiest man on the planet? How lucky is he? Do you know who I'm talking about? No. Did you see when she got held up? Oh.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah. can I be brutally honest? I don't know any of her songs. So she did sing Blackbird, and I was very impressed with that because that was a Beatles song. Yeah, she covered it on her latest album with Paul McCartney's blessing. Well, I would hope so. I mean, he is one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

The Lenin McCartney duo. Okay. I'm starting to debate. I don't want to do that. No, I'm running a debate. It's fine. They wrote great songs. I feel like you.

You're clunching your teeth as you say. No, I'm not. I just stubbed my toe. That's fair. That's fair. Yeah. Her outfit was just unbelievable. I mean, it is what it is.

I was actually polite. You didn't tweet anything this time. We're proud of you. I didn't tweet anything this time. Not this time. Previous years I might have. Strong to very strong, as some might say. One Beyonce knows.

Yeah. And by the way, just like I thought it would, I went to go look. social media. How was the performance? Half America hated a half. I loved it. Which is, again, party lines, politics got in the way. Politics? Oh, I guess she did appear. Okay, I forgot. I didn't even think about that.

Yeah. Yep, yep. But I didn't know any of her song, so really, you know, after she sang Blackburn and came out in that outfit, and I had my wife next time, I was like, let's go eat. And so I just saw it from a distance. All of a sudden, you were hungry for a honey ham all of a sudden. Correct. How much do we, do we know how much she got paid for that?

I have no idea. It had to be a pretty penny. I mean, to get Beyonce. I mean, that was a Super Bowl halftime. That wasn't like a, you know, let's put out, yeah, yeah, that wasn't the teacup girl. What's her name? Oh, the Red Panda. Red Panda, that wasn't Red Panda at halftime.

That wasn't the dog that catches a frisbee in the air. That was damn Beyonce. That had to be a pretty penny. It was a whole product. As you mentioned, they had a full band. had all the cars. She got lifted up on a platform. That was, yeah, Super Bowl-esque.

Yeah. But that's good. I mean, that was the highlight of the night, frankly. And watching Mark Andrews, not 4.4 speed down the sideline, right? In the sideline in that game. According to variety, though, the halftime performance cost $20 million. Ooh. I don't know how much of that is.

It goes straight to Beyonce. So how much did Netflix pay for that? and how much did the NFL pay for that? Did the Texans have to cut a check for that? I don't know. Hannah's like, I'll pay for some of this, but I'm going to damn well meet her, and I'm going to be in a convertible behind her.

And Cal, you're coming with me. And if you don't want to, too bad. And Cal's like, I'm going. Are you kidding me? I get a chance to hang out of Beyonce? Sure. Throw up the ages in front of her. Did they do that?

I didn't notice. No. Yeah, well, Cal's always throwing the ages up when he can. Yeah, because he's in town through and through, Matt. Yeah, his H-Town through and through, and he's going to be one playoff game through and through. Let's go to Ken and Humble at 1024 on 7-90. Hi, Ken. Hey, guys.

How you doing? I'm driving back from Dallas in this pouring and rain, but I don't know, I caught a couple of two weeks ago by the offense from my head. I said they weren't that good. And people follow me up with all this and that. But, you know, the thing about that kid at quarterback, you know, would you want to be standing back? I think he's true or shy. And the kids are one hell of a damn great quarterback. But we're seeing changes in him because when you've got to stand behind an offensive line,

take it from me like that. He's gunshot. His throws indicated. I mean, you're thinking about what's going to come from your backside. He's running for his life, trying to make throws on the runs. I feel for the kid. And what's said is the Texas, they've known. If you're going to have a quarterback like that, you know, look at him a home.

You can have a quarterback that. You've got to do everything in your power. People say defense wins championships. Let me tell you. That may be true. But if you don't have an offensive line, you can't control the football at important times, well, especially put points on the board.

You're not going to be successful. I know they've won nine games, but look who they've beaten. But I just feel bad for the kid. He's really a super talent. But he's right now, you can't. claim him for anything. You can just watch his footwork, his throws, and you two guys know

football. He's shell-shy right now. He's trying to get rid of that football without getting killed. I tell you the worst, the one thing, and I'm going to go let you guys talk about it, but the one thing about it is watch the kid, watch his expressions when he's out on the field,

when he's walking off the field. He's just not a happy player right now. And I don't blame him, and I feel bad for him. I blame the Texans, they knew we had to build an office line for this kid and look what they gave. And with that, I'll let you guys comment. But, I mean, that's just what I call, like I said, I called a few weeks ago, and people five more with boo-hoo.

Oh, it's not the line, all that. But, yeah, it is. And until the Texans are committed to put some good people in front of him, it's going to be a rough road for him. But, T.J, I think he's a great, he's a hell of a damn young kid, and he's got a ton of talent. but shame on the Texas for putting what they put in front of it. But anyway, I'll leave it at that. You guys comment.

I'm heading back from Big D, and you guys have a great day. Thanks, Ken. Appreciate it. Okay, so I don't want to revisit. I don't want to read. I don't want to go. Let's be accurate about the history. So they signed, they draft Blake Fisher, right?

Yes. and they drafted juice scrugs the year before and they said Green we're going to give him an opportunity to be one of the starting offensive alignment Kenyon

not Kenyon Green because he has been often hurting when he was not hurt he sucks that's correct I mean I don't mean to be blunt but I'm trying to think of it I'm trying to be accurate here just this is stating facts

so that's where the goof was was was thinking that Blake Fisher could step in here right away and help and maybe he wasn't needed to do that. It has been, you've got guys moving in and out of different spots. Kenyon Green has been terrible. Kendrick Green is just a guy. A Shaq Mason Ross looks like he's 56 years old right now.

I mean, so. Yeah, I mean, what do you do? If you had a chance to go back and redo this, this, what would you do? Would you go draft more offensive linemen? Would you go spend some more money in France? Where was the flaw on how this was developed to begin with? Yeah, I would say

the interior line. I feel like, I mean, Titus Howard has been a good NFL right tackle and you've been paying him good money and Laramie Tunsel. You'd prefer him not to have 15 penalties or whatever he has, but you don't, it's not a need to address left tackle at that point. You've

drafted Blake Fisher as a backup backup plan for kind of a developmental year for him. And he's been playing better since he was horrible to start the year. But I would say, yeah, interior of the line perhaps could have been addressed at some point, especially anywhere in the interior could have been addressed. Yeah. 1029, and it's the Matt Thomas show. We got Shut your bum ass up coming up at 1130 today.

We have the news at noon. We have Dr. Roto. We have Emma at Doca, Rockets and Pelicans tonight playing here in New Orleans. And I will be doing, believe it or not today. Ross, do you want to give me the category? I'll do it. Okay, absolutely. Whatever it is.

What would you like? How about questions about the four touchdowns scored by the Ravens? How about who would win a foot speed contest between Mark Andrews, me, and you? Who would finish first, second, and third? I would go Andrews first, then me, and then you. By the way, does Lamar Jackson have that zero to 60 going pretty fast? when he takes off. That guy's pretty good.

Now, even if the Texans' offense was humming on all cylinders, they probably lose that game, but it looks that much worse, that they were just horrible. Horrible. Yeah. Yeah. 1029, Matt and Ross with you till 2 o'clock this afternoon.

713-1-2-5-790. More Matt Thomas show with Ross. Now on Sports Talk 790. Everybody didn't play well, right? And that's everybody. Nobody played good enough for us to win the football game today. So, of course, there are, you know, some opportunities we had that we didn't make, not only, you know, from CJ, but defensively, the tackling, all those things, like in position to make plays.

At the end of the day, you have to make plays. The Ravens made way more plays than we made today. They were not good last night. Let's get into it. If y'all want to, I mean, all the happy. happiness of Christmas is gone. It's reality time. Your NFL team is a hot mess right now.

1036 on Sports Talk 790. 7-19. 7-192-7-190. 7-1-3-212-5-7-90. Ross, here's a reality of it, too. I know that was a short week for everybody that played yesterday. They could have played this game Sunday at 12 noon. I don't know if it had a different result. I mean, the Texans look defeated almost from the jump.

And I don't know. We're hearing finally, not finally. because I don't think it's fair. But we are hearing some criticism of D'Amico not getting his guys ready for this game. I mean, it would probably be more inside football. To get into that, I guess. I don't know exactly what they could have done more as far as scheming and all that type of stuff. But it was a short week, but the Ravens were on a short week as well.

And they just looked like they didn't belong anywhere on the field with the other team. And that hasn't happened since the game against the Vikings. very early on in the season. They've lost some games, but to where they got completely and utterly outclassed, they looked like they were at least, I don't know, somewhere on the, they weren't as good as the Chiefs, but they were somewhere in the, in the ballpark. They didn't belong on the field with the Ravens. That was, I mean, a college team scrimmaging against a high school team is what it looked like yesterday. Yeah. Well, that was, in the storyline, the theme has been, this is a team that won a division

that's one of the worst in sports. It's 9 and 7 right now. It acts like a 9 and 7 team. It acts like it's been played to Jacksonville and Indianapolis and Tennessee and blah blah blah blah. I mean, it looks like it's played a first play schedule when you play somebody

that's really good, you're going to get beat. And here's the crazy thing of it is Ross is this the same team that beat the Buffalo Bills that gave Josh Allen one of his worst days ever. I mean, I thought Will Anderson early on look like he wanted to play. Yeah, he was playing well early on. And I mean, the game just

completely slipped away with the turnovers and with, I mean, not getting the fourth downs and fourth and goal. That's miss opportunities. That's points off the board, which I still stand that they should have gone for that fourth and goal because you needed eight. You need sevens, not threes against Ravens and Lamar

Jackson, unfortunately. You couldn't, you didn't get sevens or threes. You didn't get any of them. But it's been a season of, we've been away, even when they were of, you know, five and won. We were talking about, okay, this team's five and one. And I was saying at that point, they still have an opportunity to

play better and to show us that they are going to be a contender and it just has never materialized. It's never come to fruition. You can point to the injuries or whatever you want to, but it's just, they have not gotten all on the same page. And they haven't had a really

a dominant performance. I mean, maybe it gets a Cowboys who were down a quarterback. And then What else? The Patriots game when Drake Me was making his first start. So we're talking about the Cowboys who aren't missing. They aren't going to make the playoffs. And the Patriots who are one of the worst teams in football.

Those were their two best games. Other than that, it's been a struggle even when they've been winning and beating the Colts or the Jaguars or whoever. I'm going to ask you this question. And I really don't have the answer to it because I don't know the intricacies of football like this. But what happened to Joe Mixon? I mean, Joe Mixon was getting 100-yard games. Joe Mixing was breaking tackles. Joe Mixon was getting 7, 8 yards of carry.

Where has that been the last? Are we just talking about going against better teams? Because maybe that's the answer. But it wasn't like he was not having some success against some good teams. He had good night. It wasn't like he was getting fat and happy against the cults and sucking against everybody else. But for the last month, Joe Mixon, and maybe it's the injuries.

I don't know. I'm literally throwing this out to see what people can figure out on on this. He hasn't been the same player the last month or so. Yeah, and he said, multiple ankle injuries this year, so I don't know how much that's hampering him or slowing them down. He's still their best option. And I would also say early in the year

when he was getting going and really flexing his muscles, it's not like he was getting eight, nine yards per carry necessarily. It was averaging out. It was 100 yards, but it was like 20 carries, 25 carries. And he hasn't really been able to get in the rhythm in any of these games because they've been behind and, you know, to one bad run

and then all of a sudden, and then a miss pass at third and 12, you're not going to run on third and 12. if he's even going to be on the field, and then you're going three and out. They're not having sustained drives. He's not going to rack up carries. He's not going to be able to make his presence felt

to the other team's defense if he's not even on the field and able to get the opportunities. And one of the things that we have counted on, especially since CJ first took over as the quarterback of the team, is his impeccable accuracy, throwing into tight windows, being able to complete passes for first downs when you, how does that ball get to that receiver?

I'm talking about Nico Conno. or before Stefan Diggs gets there, even Dalton Schultz, the two screens, and they made about the same driver, I think they were in back-to-back drives, I don't remember which one I was, but there were two screens that he massively overthrew. And they kept saying, Greg Olson kept saying, something's off, and I don't know what that is.

But the accuracy has been the number one thing this year that we have not seen that we saw last year from CJ. And I want to know what that is, too. Is that because of the constant heat? But Ross, that's a quarterback's too. Quarterbacks in the NFL face heat. I mean, you don't sit in a clean pocket for 16, 17 weeks of season. It's just not possible.

But as the early effects of being hit and being sacked as much as he has forced him to be, not the case of the yips, but he's just not as confident because of all of the different hurries that he's had to go through this year. I think it's all of the above. I don't think he's 100% healthy. Just the way he's moving around. He just hasn't looked like that since probably, I mean, even the Jets game.

I think it's been, it has been the pressure. It does look like it's getting to him. It looks like even I think he anticipates not having a clean pocket to where even if he's clean for two to three seconds, he's like, I got to get moving. I get moving. Even if there was a couple times yesterday where he would have had five seconds, but at three seconds, he's starting to run. He's starting to look around.

He's seeing ghosts. and he's starting to rush things and then he's rushing his throws. He's not setting his feet. Perhaps, I don't know if it, I'm just speculating if it's a legadry or whatever, but he just doesn't look like he's moving great. So maybe he's not planting as well and as stoutly as he can. I don't know.

But I think it's a combination of everything. You know, it's like quarterback's supposed to have that clock on their head, get rid of the ball for a certain length of time. It's almost like he's trying to get rid of it a half second. Accelerating clock, right. In that half a second is everything. Last year he was throwing, he was standing in the pocket. guys were bearing down on him and he was throwing under pressure and he was taking the hits,

but he was also still braving the pressure. And I just don't think he's doing that as much this year because of how much pressure is accumulating. Yeah, yeah, 713-212-5-790. 7-1-3-212-5-7-90. I brought this up multiple times and I don't know when you've been with me or not, but somebody Ross is going to be very disappointed because Kansas City is playing out of its mind right now, going to Pittsburgh and completely destroying the Steelers yesterday.

But then you've got Josh Allen who needs a Super Bowl in the worst way. You need Lamar Jackson. There are going to be, now, I'm not, nobody feels bad for Kansas because they went back to back. But Rossi, Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson are having MVP type years. One of them is not even

going to the Super Bowl. Isn't that crazy? Yeah. That's the nature of the BISA. That's also the narrative. That's I hate the Super Bowl or bust narratives or this. Lamar Jackson doesn't have a Super Bowl. So Josh Allen doesn't have a Super Bowl.

It's hard to win a freaking Super Bowl, man. Just because the Chiefs and Pat Mahomes make it look easy. It's hard to even get there at this point when you get the Chiefs standing in front of you. It's almost like the, you know what it is? It's like the Rockets trying to win Western Conference when the Golden State Warriors in front of them. We don't have to bring that up.

I want to do it again, I promise. 713-212-5-7-90. Shut-chill, bum-ass up, coming up at 1130 today. The news at noon. 1230 and Dr. Roto at 1. We got a busy edition of The Matt Thomas Show with Ross 1044 Sports Talk 790. The Matt Thomas Show with Ross continues on Sports Talk 790. There will be no one complaining about NFL football next year on Christmas because it's on a Thursday, which means Rossi.

We're not going to get two games on Christmas Day. We're going to get three. Yeah. Right? Does Amazon have rights to that date? I think they, well, again, everything is adjustable. I mean, they, you know, they adjusted to have a Black Friday game. I mean, there's no, like, said rule that says every Thursday game must be on Amazon.

NFL says you will cut the check, we'll figure it out. What are you? You need football on a Wednesday? We got you. You want to play Tuesday morning at 6.30 in the morning so people in Paris can see it? Yeah, we'll put a game on. We'll figure it out. Yeah, we'll send you the Jaguars.

Jacksonville, Carolina, you guys are available. We'll put you guys on there. So, yeah, maybe it could be, as you're predicting a triple header. It could be one Amazon game and then two Netflix. Or it could be, you know, all three could be on one. Who know? I mean, my guess is Netflix is very pleased with spending $150 million because they got Beyonce on there. I mean, you got, you had millions of people that could give two craps about Baltimore and Houston playing football watching because Beyonce was performing.

I was doing, for the first game, I was kind of not really watching super intently. And then the second game, we put it on CBS. But there were no streaming issues for Netflix. right i don't think so no one i was doing the same thing i put on channel 11 too so yeah just not any not yeah not not not not not not anybody said anything i think people upset generally speaking said the graphics were good production was good i mean they netflix spent a lot of money putting the people on the broadcasts it put a lot of i mean a lot of extra cameras they had the blimp i mean all that kind of stuff man tito is there

it's great one hundred and fifty million dollars for the rights to broadcast two football game. My God, is the NFL powerful. It's like the sports mafia, you know what I mean? Yeah, I get you. Like, they're taking over. Like, there was a tweet I retweeted.

It was like the NFL's just taking over all the corners. Yeah. Yeah. Meanwhile, LeBron's like, hey, you know, I love the NFL. It's being important to us, but NBA's our day. I'm like, br, it ain't your day anymore. I mean, I love the NBA myself. it's never going to be the NBA's day over the NFL's day.

The NBA was a better product on Wednesday than the NFL was just by virtue of the blowout games. I mean, we were watching, we're pretty invested in Houston, but how much were people watching when the Ravens got up big like they did? Well, again, they probably stuck around until Beyonce and then that they were done. Let's go to the phone. [phone]-790. Tim's and Friendswood at 1052 on 790. Hi, Tim.

What's up, guys? Matt, it's been a long time since I called into your show. But, hey, one thing I've always appreciated about you is you know your lane, and I don't mean that in a negative way. I really appreciate earlier when you said you don't know the intricacies of football, and I appreciate that, man. Don't BS this and pretend like you do, so I really appreciate that. So, listen, I got a question and a short comment, and then I'm going to hang up because I'm driving in this freaking rain. I'm going to listen to you guys talk about this. So when it comes to the Texans, right, so if you pull up quarterback sacks, the past, God, you can go back as far as you want, but let's just say all time, right?

There's three Texans in the top seven, and CJ is second this year and sacks allowed. We've spent high, high draft picks on three quarterbacks, David Carr, and Sean Watson, and now CJ. I guess I'm kind of curious is why do we spend so much of our draft capital and stuff moving up to get these guys or having the ability. to get these guys and squandering their potential careers. I mean, I look at, Deshaun was kind of different, right? But Carr was a product of his environment, and I'm not going to lie, man. I'm worried about CJ. I'm starting to see happy feet back there.

The dude is constantly under pressure, and I don't understand why it's an organization. We can't seem to protect the guys that we go out and draft high. So once you guys maybe chat about that, but hey, I got one real quick comment for you. and this is a real unpopular opinion, but I think it's factual. Tankdale is the Lance McCullors of the Houston, Texas. Oh, geez. I know, man. Y'all have a great day.

After a great day, I got to roll that one, man. Thank you. Be careful. Be careful. Apparently the weather is not great back home. So, you all are driving in rain, be careful. Tornado watch is going to be infected out of this afternoon as well. Let's go to Tanker real quick.

Ross, he ain't playing next year. That's what it sounds like. It sounded like, what did they say, kneecap, ACL, PCL, MCL, UCL. They were making up initials. He got Tommy John as well. He got Tommy John, which I didn't think you can get a knee, but you can get a Tommy John. He's going to have career arthritis like Fred G. Sanford had.

I mean, it is a potential career-threatening injury, tearing all those ligaments with your kneecap busting as well. And the fact is, and this was the number one thing that I was scared about. And again, it was friendly fire. So it wasn't like he was in a... What happened to him there could have happened to anybody. I would are, correct. His size perhaps played a factor in the first injury,

even though anybody could get rolled up, blocking in the red zone like he was in that first one. But can somebody, and here's the question, can a receiver that's normal 6-2-215 withstand the friendly fire that Tankdale couldn't? You got somebody firing like a missile at your knee? I don't think so. I think anybody in the planet gets injured there.

But yeah, you don't know. But here's the thing you can't. argue is that somebody that's of his slight build is going to have a longer recovery time. I don't know. I mean, I feel terrible for him because he's a nice young man. He's worked his ass off to get to the NFL because he is atypical of a typical receiver size and build. But that was the number one thing. Can this guy stay in the NFL as big and physical, whether it's friendly fire or non-friendly

fire? Can he withstand? Freakish injuries, non-freakish injury? Who knows? and yeah I would be stunned if he plays in 2025 because there's no way he's ready for training camp and then at that point would you bring somebody in that has had the kind of injury you had and say week 13 of a season

I don't think you want to do that either yeah the football doctors I follow say a 15 month injury so oh gosh almighty no now as far as the offensive line is concerned Rossi here's the thing every team fights through this You know, we always do these reports.

We have different people on from different cities. You know what the common theme is? I don't know if you pay attention to this or not. But everybody's worried about their offensive line. Everybody. Everybody, even the Baltimore guy we had on Cordow Woodland yesterday from 105-7, the fan or the game or whatever hell it's called. He was worried about the Baltimore offensive line.

I don't, tell me of a team, and I know there's got to be one, but it can't be 20 of them. The Lions. Yeah, okay, maybe the Lions. That's right. The Eagles. We had Detroit's radio guy out of it. We're fine.

They're fine. They're not worried about the offensive line. But everybody's worried about it. Eagles are not worried about the offensive line. I don't know. There's some other chiefs line. Chiefs offensive line's been pretty good. But even Baltimore was worried about it.

It's not about being worried. It's about having one of the worst units on the planet. That's what the Texans have. Everybody is worried about their offensive line. And everybody's going to say the quarterback needs to be protected. But you look at any sort of metric that you pull up as far as blown blocks, pressure rate, all that type of stuff. Texans are amongst the worst in football.

And they remember they had so many penalties on the first half of the year. At least they're not, you know, illegal formations is not an issue anymore. That's good. At least this is not a constant false starts from Laramie Tunsell. Although I just jinxed it now. Once the last time he had a false start? It's been a while, right? It's been a while.

Yeah, it's been a while. But, like, you know that when you watch a Sunday night game, they have the PFF rankings underneath the guy's names. Yeah. You were noticing? I think they didn't even bother putting up Kenyon Green's or Kendrick Green. It was Blake Fischer's. I can't remember.

Well, I think it was asterisk not available. I was kidding on that. But yeah, it's, you have to go, you have to consistently invest in the offensive line. You have to find out if there's 32 teams want to do that. It's just not that easy. You got to make smart draft decisions, and you have to be able to, if you have a good offensive line,

and you've got to make sure he's compensated well, and if you have a if there's an offensive line in then that feels like he wants to go somewhere else you get to figure that out i mean it's what's the equivalent in sport and other sports um you can have a great lineup one through eight but if you're starting pitching rotation is a hot mess giving up seven runs a game and i'm not going to do any good i would say pitching rotation an offensive line might have some similar yeah i'm just trying to find you know you don't mean i'm trying to find an analogy thank you mad i just don't know that one necessarily exists just because the the nature the different nature of the sports But yeah, I mean, you're down.

Of where you thought you were going to be with your starting five at your offensive line, you've got one in the place you thought he was going to be, and that's Laramie Tunsel. That's it. Everything else at this point is, guys, you didn't know we're going to be there. You didn't know Titus Howard was going to be your guard, Jared Patterson at center, and then Kendrick Green and Blake Fisher on the right side. So four out of the five positions is not going as planned.

And four of those five positions probably don't start for half of the first. the really good teams in the NFL. Titus could start somewhere, but the other guys, see it. You look at you, you're a wiggle on that. Titus, I guess, could go somewhere. Yeah, there's a team that could use Titus Howard. Come on.

And Blake Fisher may ultimately be a good guy, but he's just young and experienced. Yeah, and Juice Gruggs has been heard and hasn't played a whole lot, Franklin has NFL. I mean, they could turn it around. They could, but if Nick's not worrying about this is with his first, second, third, fourth, I mean, it's a heavy offensive line draft.

Yeah, but I mean, he drafted Kenyon Green in the first round, Kenyon Green has been a disaster, so it's also not as easy to say. But wasn't that a reach to begin with? Didn't everybody on the draft goos? Some of the draft gurus said it was a good pick, but I think it was mixed. But I would say philosophically, philosophically, taking a guard that early, you have to have a can't miss prospect. And clearly, Kenyon Green was not a can't miss prospect.

Yep. 713, 212, 5-790. 7-1-3-212-5-7-9-9-0-7-9-0. Ross, Matt, I'm here in New Orleans. Rockets and Pelicans. We'll have that for you tonight. By the way, some interesting NBA injury news to get to as well. We have shut your ball mass up at 1130.

And Ross, what is today's edition of, believe it or not, that I should be working on? The city of New Orleans. Okay, the things about New Orleans? I can do that. A lot of rich history there, Matt. Oh, a lot of rich history. A lot of money left at the certain casino next door to my hotel. Oh, things didn't go so hot for you?

It was fine. I wasn't there too long. It wasn't great, but it wasn't horrible. High limits. By the way, 6.5 on the blackjack. $25 limits, but if you want to play more than one hand, you can still play it at $25 a hand. If they don't have to double your back. You were playing 6 to 5?

I couldn't find. There was no 3-2 to find unless it was $100 minimum, but I'm not playing $100 a hand. You disgust me. Take a stand. What are I supposed to do? Just not give up? Yeah, just not play, yes.

Take a stand, draw a line in the sand. Pick it. Why am I argue with Jerry Seinfeld over this? What? You sound like Jerry Seinfeld. What's the deal with 6 to 5 blackjack? 713-213-2-5-790. That was actually very good.

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I'm here in the Big Easy. Ross is back in Houston. Ross, they're looking for you, by the way. You've got a tab that you have not pitted a couple of bars in the local areas. That's not true. That's not true. We're in back here to. All right, I kid.

Rockets and pelicans. Yeah, go ahead. I was going to say rockets and pelicans. Okay, go ahead. Go ahead. It's fine. Go ahead. the way, getting word from the Texans, here comes, we are adding two new members of the

Ring of Honor. Oh, boy. Previous members would be, of course, JJ Watt, Andre Johnson, Bob McNair, Reggie Wayne. Okay, come on. T.Y. Hilton? And now we're, what's that? T.Y. Hilton, don't forget T.Y. Hilton. T.Y. Hilton? Marvin Harrison?

but it's a lot of Colts receivers in this group. A lot of bad secondary. Oh, and we're now, yeah. And we're now welcoming Lamar Jackson and, oh, Derek Henry. Welcome to the 2024 class of the Texans Ring of Honor. Now, I disagree with the addition of Lamar Jackson. I'm going to see a need to see a little bit more of him in his career in RG Stadium. Well, has he lost to them yet?

No. Derek Henry well earned. Well earned. I don't know if there is been a. bigger misstep in recent NFL history than the Titans saying Derek Henry you're done how about the eagle how about the Giants saying Sequin Barkley oh Seqa Barclay yeah yeah that's the two leading rushers in the NFL yeah I mean my but Derek would be a little more pronounced because he was on he's another how Sequin's not even 30 years old yet is he

no I think he's Derek's on the other side of 30 or eight. I'll look. Yeah. Yeah. And then allowing him to go to another team within the own division. Sequoan is only 27.

Oh, yeah. Yeah. I think the Derek Henry one is even more profound because of the fact that he was plus 30. He had his per game, her, it's per carry average. It dropped a lot. You know, thank you very much, Derek.

You're a good guy. We appreciate all you've done for us. And now, goodbye. This begs the question. What would his rushing yards be if he had good offensive lines? Now, they had some decent offensive lines of the Titans over the years. Yeah.

Yeah. Oh, I put Derek Henry in the Barry Sanders group of if you had good offense, like good ones, how awesome they would have been. That's high praise. He's had a 2000 year season.

Yeah. God, he was good. He just, maybe he's just plays well against the Texans, and not that I watch every Derek Henry game, but, I mean, look at the numbers. He was second in the NFL and rushing going into the game yesterday.

And he broke, you know, 100 yards almost in the end of the first quarter. It was just awful. Yeah. You poor people that went to the game. No, there's a lot of Beyonce fans there. Connor doesn't regret it.

All right. So let's build the curtain back, Conner D. McGovern. I want you to tell me who you went with, how you spent your day. You said you left with five minutes left to go in the fourth quarter. But realistically, when did you check out and when were you thinking about downloading some new Beyonce songs after her halftime performance? I went with my brother, my cousin, my aunt, uncle, and my mom, and then my girlfriend showed up too. We went to the game, watched the first half, and watched Beyonce halftime, and then checked out midway through the third quarter. Like, I would have checked in and everyone's while to catch a snap, but then I wasn't watching football. I was just talking with everybody I was sitting with.

Okay. Now, you said your girlfriend showed up. Did someone drop a ticket off for her, or what happened? My dad was supposed to go with us, but he wasn't feeling well. So we had an extra ticket, and I called a couple of people. She was available, and she was a big Beyonce fan. So it worked out. We didn't want the ticket to go unused, so.

Good for you. And how were your seats? They were good. We were in one of the end zones. A couple rows up at that second level. Oh, yeah. One of the end zones. Yeah, those are good seats.

You know, and it looked like to me, Ross, the stadium was full at kickoff. Maybe that's part of the charm of that. having a 3.30 games that people actually could get there before, you know, because 12 o'clock games are never full. I wouldn't have spent my Christmas day watching them lose to the Ravens or, I mean, they were projected to lose anyways, but congratulations to people that did. So, and you would say when you looked at five minutes left to go on the fourth quarter, do you have any trouble leaving the parking lot?

Was it it was an easy, breezy leaving an energy stadium? We had to walk a little bit to our car anyway, so we were pretty close, where we parked was pretty close to the exit. And people started leaving. It was pretty nice. It was staggered. People were leaving the stadium, so it wasn't all jammed up, everybody leaving at the same time.

So it was pretty easy to get out. So basically, Ross, the easiest way to go to a Texan game is to have a blowout one way the other, so you can just choose your time when you want to leave. Or you can just head back to the tailgate. What a night. Well, at least Cal and Hannah got a good view of hanging out with Beyonce. Yeah, that's good.

Do you think that, do you think that, Do you think Cal was staring at, you know what? And Hannah's like, eyes up here? No, I don't think so. He's well-trained. Yeah, he's like, yeah, I can't mess this up. Because Hannah will, yeah, she's running the organization. She will put him in timeout.

Yes, she will. All right. So after the Texans get beaten badly, they need to play next week, by the way. At least the starters have at least need to play a half. Yeah. I mean, I know there's going to have to play for. No. But you can't, but you promise Ross, you cannot have the last feeling of a regular season game be what that was yesterday

and expect to have any sort of good vibe going on the playoffs. That's my point on that. So they'd have to risk injury for vibes. It's not necessarily vibes. It's working out the kinks on things. Yeah, I mean, I imagine just the way the Domingo is. I imagine we'll see the stars at least some. I mean, you tell me it.

If you have a compelling argument, I'll listen to it. But I don't think that's, if that's the last time they would play a regular season game, you're talking about two and a half weeks in between games, I wouldn't want that to be the last thing in the last snaps I took. Yeah, I would say treat it like one of the last preseason games, play a couple of drives and then get out of there. Yeah, yeah, that's what I think. They should definitely do.

I don't think it would play all four quarters. By the way, it will be, there are two guarantees, Rossi. Next week's game will be at 12 noon. That's a Sunday game. Yes. Those noon Sunday games are week 18. no one cares about. And if you're making plans for the postseason to have that playoff game,

plan to be 3.34 o'clock at Energy Stadium on Saturday. The Texans rightful place in the first round of the playoffs. And good for you in your under nine and a half, that the division is all wrapped up and they don't have anything to play for. Otherwise, they would beat the Titans, I think. Yeah. By the way, I had a gut feeling. The Texans were going to lose by double digits.

Yes, you did. I didn't think it was going to be by 29. Was that a score gami last night, by the way? Do we know? It was not. It had happened two other times. Yeah, we had a first half score on me, but never a full game scoregami. Can you spell scoregami, by the way?

You want me to spell it? No, you don't have to. I'm just thinking if you could just do off the top of your head. S-C-O-R-I-G-A-M-I? It sounds good to me. I'm not going to argue with you. I don't know. Go with that.

All right. I just ran a little. I see it's right. Yeah, it looks like I got it right. But I did see the tweet yesterday. It happened twice before last in September 19th of 1965. Is 31? It would have been better if 310 or better 312?

Two sounds funny at least. Two sounds very intriguing. At least you got on the board. You didn't get shut out, even though you did get shut out, but you didn't. Yeah, that's the story. You did get shut out, but you really didn't. When Kamar and Lasseter's your leading point score. That's not great.

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713, 212. 577197-1-3-21-2-5-7-990. If you want to visit with us for you Twitter, you may do that as well at SportsMT, at SportsRV, and at Conardy McGover. All right, so are we getting our playoff parties ready? Because it's going to be the Texans, probably against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I didn't see a whole lot of Steelers game, obviously, yesterday because I didn't want to spend time with the family and friends. But man, oh, man, Kansas City went in there and beat them badly. Woo! Yeah, maybe you can go back. I told you not to sleep on the Steelers.

Maybe you can go back to sleep on them. They lost three in a row. Yeah, I thought you were the, weren't you the president of Russell Wilson fan club? That is not true. That is not true. He was going to be good enough and then that defense is going to be dominant to where they can win some games. But defense has not been so dominant the last three. And by the way, are we going to stop trying to convince ourselves that the chiefs are fluky now with all their victories?

No. They were playing poorly early on. Kind of what we're hoping in parallels to the Texans like to where, okay, yeah, They haven't played their best ball, but they're still winning games. That's how it was with the Chiefs. And now they're playing their best ball. They're looking great. They're rounding into form.

So are you ready? Because we watched Baltimore yesterday, Ross. They looked fantastic. Yes. I mean, the one blemish, the last under safety on the run for Henry. I mean, but other than that, I mean, their biggest problem is their offensive linemen had to be trained to stay at the line of scrimmage because Lamar Jackson keeps plays alive for like, 25 seconds at a time. Yes, he does, and he does a great job of it.

And, I mean, when he's locked in, he's unstoppable. He's completely unstoppable. I mean, Henry's getting six yards of carry. I mean, watching Mark Andrews try to sprint down the right side on that screen pass that when I'm being like, what was it, 69, 70 yards, something crazy like that? Yeah, well, yeah, he stiff-armed Christian Harris into oblivion, and then he never caught up to him, and then he got ran down by who was it, Kaelin Bullock, I can't remember. And then that one scramble play were like,

where Lamar Jackson's back in the pocket, then he turns was right, he goes to Buckees and gets some donuts, and then he goes and gets some coffee at Starbucks, and then he takes a nap, and he throws and finds it, was it, Andrews in the end zone?

Who was that? That touchdown was likely, Isaiah likely. Oh, that's right. When he floated to the right side and then found him the other way, and the ball left his hand, and he turned around to celebrate before it was even caught. It was like, he was playing a game of Frogger. You know,

he was just jumping from lane to lane, trying to find a spot. He's Steph Curry. Like, Steph Curry, let's go to the three and just starts, all right, time to go to the other end of the floor. He's Steph Curryed. It was incredible. He's so good.

Yeah, by the way, I want Steph Curry to try one of those. He did one of those last night where he made a three and he took all that. I wanted to do that with an air ball. Does he shoot air balls? No, very rarely. Man. I mean, that was an ass kicking yesterday. I mean, there's just really no other way to say it.

31 to 2. It's pretty bad. When Tommy Townsend, is that the guy's name? I don't even know what the damn punter's name. He was the MVP of the game. Dude, when Netflix is showing the highlights of him jumping up high in the air, trying to get some brohugs from somebody on the bench, because first of all, no one's going to brohug a punter.

But he was up there in the air trying to get everybody motivated. When your punter's trying to motivate you, you know your team sucks. You're letting him know his legs getting tired. God Almighty. I mean, if anybody should get a full. full meal after the game. It's him. Here, he's the only texting that earned their paycheck, yeah. Ian Kamar last ever.

And Will Anderson was good, too, earlier. But for me, it's about Beyonce. Well, yeah, she was a Houston one at the end of the day. Houston, America won with Beyonce yesterday. She's nice. That outfit won. That outfit won for America yesterday. That was a gift that just kept on giving. 713-212-5-790 7-1-3-212-5-790

Lamont's with his said 1123 on 70. Lamont, good morning. Hey, man, Merry Christmas to you guys, man. I'm kind of... Same to you. Yeah, I'm upset, but I'm not really upset because it's a silver lining up. I believe that Mercosurio is going to have to come to some plungance. is last year C.J. Shrout

the real deal or this year? Because C.J. Shrout freaking sucked. I mean, he freaking sucks right now. Now, you get rid of the O.C. Brands, because then build his own... He probably, if the trends are going correct, he's probably going to stand to make, like, $300 million.

So you got some decisions for me. This morning yesterday, outside of Cal McNair and his wife, you know, driving on the field with the drop top of, you know, car with the elbows on it. The biggest one of yesterday, uh, the biggest one of this season was the S2 test. That two tests told us what C.J. Shrod was. It improved.

It improved out last year. We just grew this year. He's straight up. And as far as the, the line, the captain, counsel, like that, 20.

He was going to put it up again. So I could have a crazy joke for those cuss. All right. See you later. Was that my connection or his? Was he like it? It was his.

He was going in and out. I think he was calling C.J. Strugge garbage, which is just false. Yeah, I don't think. CJ was terrible yesterday. The connection was going out. So I don't know. Yeah.

Yeah. The benefit of the doubt. He's playing poorly. And he, like I said, he had to me his worst game of the season last year. Maybe his worst game as a Texan yesterday. He might have worse games by numbers, completion percentage, whatever, but just the amount of misthrows and just the lack of confidence in his overall play,

that felt like the worst game of the year last year. The screens yesterday were terrible. I mean, how do you, for a guy that was known for his accuracy last year to miss on screens, then they weren't going to be, well, maybe one or wouldn't have been a nice size game, but I mean, God, it was just throwing to the sidelines. Some good throws, and he can still wow you every now and then, but it's about he needs to be more consistent, and he hasn't been this year. So if you were to pour some true serum down him, could you say, man, I'm beat up,

I'm getting my ass kicked this year, I don't trust my offensive line, I ain't feeling it. I don't like Slowick anymore. Because I don't know if you've been with me when I said that. Maybe now things have changed that maybe the offense performance was so bad that Hannah's going to force D'Amico to make a move. I just don't know if you have one bad season, if you have to, if it requires a significant coaching change like an offensive coordinator,

especially for a guy that was so highly regarded less than a year ago. Yeah, I think... Was yesterday so bad that it's going to force a change? I don't think there's going to be a... Before the end of the season? No, I'm talking about for you. Yeah, I mean, we'll see. He's not going to probably be the hot coaching candidate that he was last year.

No, no, no, no. But, I mean, if you were to... If you were to really... You and me went to... And him went to get some... something... We went over to... We went to...

Let's go... The three was when to go get McRibbs. And, C.J., what's really going on? Would he say part of it is I suck? Part of it is I have a terrible offensive line. Part of it is I don't respect Bobby Slovick's play calling. It could be a combination of all. I don't think there's a lack of respect.

Just to me with Bobby Sloick, I think it feels like he's not as creative as he could be with play calling. I think he often keeps it simple. I don't know if this is even instructions from Domeko Ryans or what or how that whole hierarchy goes, but it does seem like especially when they get leads, it's played extremely close to the vest. And when there are plays, let's say a play works in week one. He's just going to keep running that play into the ground. And what he needs to realize is that other teams get tape. Like, for example, the wide receiver screens.

Those worked great early on in the season with Nico Collins and with others. But teams have caught up. They have not been working for basically three weeks now. And he keeps calling them. And he needs to realize that at the surface level, yes, I make this play call. This play call works. I will keep calling this play. But he needs to get to that next level and say, you know what?

This play works when there's not as much tape on it. Now when teams are ready for it, I need to stop calling that or play off of that look and do something else. And I just don't think sometimes that next level creativeness to me doesn't seem to be there. Let me ask you this real quick. Was the wheeler out to mix it on that fourth down play? was that the call or was that CJ going nobody else is available downfield? Yeah, I think there was a couple of, yeah, I don't know,

you're not looking at like the all-22. It feels like there was a couple. Oh, you should be looking at all-22. What are you talking about? There's probably a couple short throws that were covered up and so he had to go long. Yeah. Or CJ missed something.

I think somebody said that Nico Collins is wide open on that play, so I'm not totally sure. Something was missed. I don't think it was, let's chuck it deep on a fourth and short. I'm not trying to. You're talking about the Robert Woods pass interference play? Well, that got him to where they were down the field.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, so there was no pass interference on that play. They got bailed out. No, no, no. If anything, it was offensive pass interference. Yeah. If anything. But I don't think on that fourth down play to Mixon,

that was it mixing or it was mixing, right, on the wheel route. Oh, you're talking about fourth. Oh, I got you. Yeah. Yeah, I think there was probably, he looked to his left. Now, I don't know if he was trying to look off the defense, and that was the plan. Right. But he should have gotten that ball out faster.

Mixon was open from the get on that play. But, yeah, I don't know exactly what the read was. It looked like he was either, A, looking off the linebackers to try to look left and try to get them the shift and then throw it to Mixin, which I think is probably what the play design was. And Mixon just couldn't get there in time, and the Ravens did a good job of closing it down on it. Yeah, first thing I knew was I get to the hotel yesterday here in New Orleans, and that's the play they're shown over and over again. How bad was it for the Texans?

Joe Mixing, the athletic guy that he's been all year long. Good run after catch. Good bouncing off tackles. Can't get past the one-yard line. Stop there. Baltimore took over from then, and it was over. It was frankly before that, but that was just the highly it happened to be shown on the ESPN.

1130. Sports Talk 790. 7-1-3-212-12. 5-790. 7-19. We've got Roger and James and Mike want to talk Texans. We can certainly get into that. If you want to tell somebody to shut their bum-ass up,

we can do that as well. at 713-212-1-2-5-7-R-A, but we can always push that back because we've got a lot of folks that want to get in on what they saw and heard yesterday inside NRG Stadium. 1130, Sports Talk, 790. Let's get back on the phones. You guys want to talk. We're here to listen to you.

1135, Matt Thomas Show with Ross. I'm here in New Orleans. M. A. Doke is going to join us in less than one hour, Rockets and Pelicans tonight. No Dylan Brooks again for the Rockets. No Zion Williamson, no Brandon Ingram. No Jose Alvarado. Easy win?

Is that what you're saying? I'm saying that Zion's never going to play 70 games in the NBA. He did. Yeah, but he had the playing game as part of it. He did it. Roger and Arlington at 1136 on 7.A. Roger, good morning. How are you doing, guys?

Love your show. Thank you. Hey, yesterday's loss is a reflection. You know, two rookie coaches, you know, second year, correct? For D'Amico, second year, not for John Harbaugh. John Harbaugh? Not quite. John Harbaugh is...

I'm talking about the Texans, guys. You know, Slovak, you know, second year. You know, the only thing that bothers me is that that team wasn't ready to play, and I understand the timing of the scheduling and et cetera. But if you look at that game, that O-line was terrible. You know, I think Stroud has lost confidence through the year, this year, of what he's lost as far as his receivers. Then the O-line, you know, it blocks, you know, and then it doesn't block.

The running game was nonchalant yesterday. And it was, it was ugly. And I hope this doesn't continue because we have to understand when you reach the playoffs, it's a different season, regardless of how they've been playing during the season. Does that make sense, guys? Are you telling me that they're going to turn it on or they need to turn their preparation up? They need to turn on their preparation up. You're trying to beat a team that you know you're going to have to beat the winning AFC.

And if they weren't prepared to try to play, even on a short week, they gave me zero hope they're going to have a long playoff run. If that's what you're trying to ask. I get it, guys. But what we have to understand that there's a different season coming up at the end of this one. And it's not the – well, it's the team. in itself. But there's a responsibility that falls on the coaches,

which falls on Bobby and Ryan. You know, they just have to get this team to raise to another level. And you can't tell me that these players, you've got a bunch of all pro players playing for this team. You know, and you have some rookies playing. Well,

with some that can rally this team. You know, we're playing bad ball, period. We're not a bad team. And it's the responsibility of these two coaches, in particular, and the offensive line coordinator, to

prep up these guys. Because yesterday, it wasn't just about CJ Stroud. This team was really unprepared to play the Ravens in general, period. And it showed off the, it just, they just showed it off, I hope,

we get the Steelers, man. because the Steelers' offense can be nonchalant at times. You know, Russell Wilson is unpredictable. You know, they have a good, good defense. Nothing to say about their defense. But their offense is not in tune at times. And they put him some points yesterday against those chiefs. But I think we really have a good chance and we play the Steelers.

You know, that's all I'm saying, guys. Because I'm a Houstonian, and these guys just need to raise their level. man, I mean, you know, to where they know where they can play and do their thing. Thanks a lot, guys, for the show. And how about that Beyonce show? Thanks a lot. All right, thanks, Roger. Finally, something I agree with, Roger.

Yeah, I was going to say, I'm sorry, folks, this team is cooked. They just are. It's not, this has been a season-long issue. There have been very few, oh, my God, wild moments for the Texas this year, like we had a bunch of them last year. This team is beset by, um, poor offensive line play, a variety of injuries, second half, Uber conservative play calling,

regression by its quarterback. I mean, I don't see any silver lining. I don't see them coming back on Monday after having a few days off and going, all right, guys, we're not going to step it up. That was what we heard Rossi when they had the buy week, or the off week, was we're going to come back, we're going to rejuvenate, we're going to get our juices

flow, we're arrested, we're ready for the home stretch. No, they weren't ready. They're not ready. They're not going to be ready. This team is done. Toast finished over with. If they get one playoff win, consider that a blessing of bonus, but that's it. Yeah, I mean, it's all relative to what you're talking about. I mean, if you want to say

their division champs, they're going to the playoffs, so they're not done. The Las Vegas Raiders are done. The New York Giants or whatever are done. But the AFC South sucks. The AFC South does suck, and they won arguably probably the worst division in football. But how long is Shaq Mason and Juice Scruggs going to be out?

That would be my question. If this is going to be their offensive line, I'm going to agree with you. They probably won't even win one playoff game. I think that that Pittsburgh front will mull them if this offensive line doesn't get healthier if both Shaq Mason and Juice Scruggs stay out. If they do come back,

if they can play some semblance of decents, like, you know, mediocre. We're asking for mediocrity at the offensive line. I can have some semblance of hope, but if not, it doesn't matter. And the ceiling is already going to be limited because of just how poorly they have played, especially offensively where they're not going to be able to move the ball consistently against, I mean, any of these teams in the playoffs, talking chiefs, well, bills, maybe you can move the ball a little bit. But we just saw they scored literally zero points against the Ravens.

Chiefs have one of the best defenses of football. same for the Steelers Chargers Broncos. Mike, North Houston on 7-90. Mike, good morning. Good morning, guys. My comments are, I think, last year, C.J. surprised the league and played above means. And then when you got to remember that all these are professional football players,

that they had time to, this year, they know what they, they know what the two expect. So they're setting it. The opponents are setting the bar higher against CJ and slowly. My second thing is, is that CJ's, in my opinion, is holding the ball too long, trying to hit the big, big shots instead of taking the mediocre medium routes and getting rid of the ball instead of standing there in the pocket. And that's why he's getting beat up like that.

He's almost getting beat up like David Carr did back when he first came. to the league. And the third comment is that maybe his concentration is off because of the fiance and the expected twins and he's not concentrating on his full duties on the field.

He impregnated somebody? I didn't even know that. He's got twins coming? That's what I heard about a week and a half ago. Huh. So having sex and having an pregnant girlfriend friend slash wife is ultimately affecting his performance on the field.

I'm buying it. He's worried about being a father. You know what? I'm going to go with that. He's on YouTube about how to change diapers and instead of on his iPad looking at coverages. I like this. Yeah.

He's trying to figure out what baby food is proper for the child where they should go formula or should go with breast milk. Oh yeah. I got that. That's good. The benefits of a natural birth. I mean, honestly, Ross, I have three children. my performance during those times where my wife was pregnant and I was still on the air,

it suffered. Yeah, I'm sure you were terrible, Matt. Yeah. Distracted. That was 17 years ago and I've been perfect since then. I didn't know that C.G. Stroud had twins on the way. Good for him. I didn't know that either. Are we sure?

I don't know. That's what he said he heard. I had not heard that, but also it doesn't matter for him being on the field. Of course not. no in fact you probably should be better because he's like you know she's he he would want to go to the office a lot earlier because man you imagine a pregnant woman with twins like oh well you rub my feet will you go get me some pie will you go order me 19 pizzas no honey I got to go to the office I got to go work go work out I go study tape it works just the opposite Ross you're spending more time of the facility not less okay we're looking for

My wife. My wife, every, can we go get some pizza? Like, honey, it's six days in a row with pizza. Can we back off? Can I just go to the store and get some pizza rolls? Well, that's how to ask you? And then she wanted, she wanted cherry tomatoes every day? Oh, my God.

Women in your cravings for when you're all pregnant. I'm glad you were there for her, Matt, some of the time. I was. I was there most of the time. Weren't you all separated by geographically for some of the pregnancy? A little bit That's how I had to work That's right

My focus is working Yeah I went home And obviously took care of what I needed to take care of Thus the pregnancy I always thought Peyton looked like the garbage man Hey

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Ross, what do you got this week? Last week, Matthew, I was in the Crescent City, as you are now. As a big easy as it's also known. and for my birthday, I had purchased tickets. Since some people came from way out of town as a gift to them, I'd purchase a bunch of tickets to this concert I wanted to go to on Frenchman Street. And we did reserve tables. So we had table number one and table number two for the purposes of this conversation.

When we get there, there's this guy and this lady sitting at table two. This is behind a velvet rope. And we're like, sir, you are in our seats. and he starts fighting with us. He's like, no, no, they're not. I got table two. And we're like, no, look, I show him my phone. I show him our passes.

I'm like, I'm on table one and table two. We have these tickets. And he's still like, okay, well, how many people do you all have? I'm like, it doesn't matter. You need to leave. And so then he won't get out of his seat. So we have to go call the manager. The manager comes over there and checks his tickets.

The dude has general admission tickets. He does not have a seat. and the woman he was with with some random drunk lady he was trying to pick up. She was smashed, hammered, way out of it, couldn't hardly speak a sentence. So to that man who was fought us the entire time

trying to argue that he had a seat and he had general admission tickets, ain't nobody got time for you and you got to shut your bum ass up and I hate you your scum of the earth. Ain't nobody got time for that. Shut your bum ass up, man. I got one from a couple days ago, Ross.

Okay. I want you to close your eyes, Ross. You're not driving. You can do this, right? Okay. I want you to pretend that you're married and you have three kids. And it's late December. Like December 23rd, 24th. And it's about 7 o'clock at night.

And you're like, hey, let's have a little family movie night. All right? You still envisioning this? Yes. And you're sitting down and said, let's go find a movie that cherishes the season of the holidays of Christmas. One person says, oh, let's watch Elf. Another person says, let's watch it's a wonderful life. Under no circumstance is a seven-year-old child who's dreaming of Santa Claus and gifts and toys thinking,

Hey, Mom and Dad, let's put Die Hard on. Die Hard is not a Christmas movie. And for those of you think it is, shut your bum ass up, mate. Shut your bum ass up, man. Thank you, Matt. I agree. You would not put your children in front of that movie and go, hey, kids, let's see the real Christmas meeting. You know what?

You could even go comedy. You can put Christmas vacation on or bad Santa or I don't know what, anything else. But diehard, the plot is around December. The plot is around the holidays. But there's nothing. You can put home alone on. Planes, trains, and automobiles. Any of that stuff.

A movie with violence and terrorism is not a Christmas movie. Period of the story. I'm not having this conversation anymore until next year. It was a summer blockbuster action thriller. Now, the sequel took place at Christmas, but Die Hard 3 didn't take place at Christmas. DiHard 4 didn't take place. When did Home Loan 2 take place, Matt? Christmas.

When did Home Loan 3 take place, Matt? Christmas. Christmas movie. Die Hard. So shut your bum ass up. Shut your bum ass up, man. And if you're putting your 5 and 6 year old in front of that movie before Santa Claus comes, your bad parents.

Now, if they're 23-year-old kids, that's different. But 5 and 6? No. Connor, what's the matter with you? Yesterday, I started off a little bit stressful just because we had to go to the airport, pick up the family that was coming out of town, and then my dad wasn't going to the game,

so we kind of had to find somebody to fill that ticket. We didn't have to, but we wanted to. Anyway, and then get all the way that I just stayed in. But we got there. We were excited to watch the Texans take on the Ravens. And then the Texans got shut out. Thank God for Camari Lasseter, and frankly, Beyonce.

for kind of saving the day, because that whole experience kind of would have been, I don't know, terrible. Did you bring binoculars? Oh, no, no. We had a pretty good view of, Yonze. The big screen did some good work as well,

but anyway, nobody got time for the Texans getting everybody hyped up for a good Christmas Day matchup to go out there and lay an egg. Ain't nobody got time for that? Except for Camar and Laster's safety. You're telling the Texans

that shut there, bumasses up. All right. We're getting a tweet, Matt. People sending text after or a team loss, shut your bum ass up. Shut your bum ass up, man. Is that aimed towards you? I mean, I might have done that.

I did tell somebody's loss yesterday. We're the worst. And by the way, Cal and Hannah, anybody got time for you getting in the convertible and trying to cloud chase Beyonce, literally on the field. Your team was down 17 to 2. People were booing, and you were out there

with your Neiman Marcus Black, card. By the way, where were your kids? She wasn't waving the black card. Stay with me on this. Where were your kids? Why don't you put your kids in a convertible? Why don't they want to see one of their musical heroes?

Damn, clout chasers. Hannah and Cal, shut your bum asses up for being out there yesterday. Shit your bum ass up, man. You know what, Matt? Let the McNair's do what they want. If they want to appear with, they own the team. If they want to appear with Beyonce on Christmas. Let them do that. Shut your bum ass up.

No, you know what? Why don't we change the name of the team of the Houston tone deafs? Because that's exactly what they were yesterday. Tone deaf. It wasn't tone deaf. Wait a minute. If the rockets are getting their ass kick by 42 points, do you think Toma Fretina's out there at Michigan Court having a big party based on what the score is? Yeah. Yeah, absolutely.

I don't think they should have been out there. Even if the Texans were blowing them out. There you go. Even better, Connor. Thank you. that's fine that's right that's the number one thing don't even be out there that's not your time what purpose was it seriously i answered this question what purpose was cal and hannah being in the convertible for uh for their own personal benefit there you go and i thought it would perfectly said you could meet them you could have drinks them you could invite bianca to your suite and have prime rib carved up over there hmm that was terrible look

5-7-90. The news at noon is up next. Lunch timers. This is the Matt Thomas show. 1203 Sports Talk, 790. Ime Adoka is going to join us at the bottom of the hour. We've got Dr. Roto for your playoff championship week of fantasy football at 1 o'clock. Ross is rotten 5 at 130, and I'll have, believe it or not, today, at 150 about all things about New Orleans. Don't say it like that. It's got to be New Orleans or Nalans. Right now, we present to you the news at noon.

And the number one New Year's resolution for Ross during the news and noon is he doesn't put on his news anchor voice. I would never put on a news anchor voice, Matt. Oh, sorry for talking over you there. In New Orleans, Matt, how are things in the Big Easy? It's fine. It's like 61 degrees in overcast. You know, that's what they used to call my high school girlfriend.

You know, you got to make it... 61 degrees in overcast? No, sure. Why not? You got to make a cheesy joke if you're going to be on the news at dude, Matt. You know that. You know, can imagine all the news anchors yesterday going, go Texans? Like Texans, darling's like running the 5 o'clock news. More Matt Thomas show with Ross.

Now on Sports Talk 790. I think Hannah pulled the station from us here. Station. Are we on the air at 790? I was swearing a lot. Do you kick us off the air? We were off the air? Yes.

Well, we just had, um, Taylor Swift on the show That was a huge gig Nobody got to hear it You sound way better by that way now Thank you very much Or something sounds different Oh

Something sounds different in my ears Never mind No Do I sound Melotinous Melotinous? Melotinous Melodius

Well yeah That's what I sound like Euphonious Yeah yeah It sounds good Dulcette Yeah the dulcet tones Have won sports empty

I'm going to go with you phonyas because it's a fun It's a fun word to say It is how often you say it once a year? Well, I don't know. It depends. All right, do we miss anything in the news at noon? You mentioned Rockets? You mentioned Texans.

Well, we only really got talking about the Texans, Matt. Anything off the beaten track that you wanted to bring up? We can talk about the Houston Rockets. That's why you're there in New Orleans. Yep. And Amy Maddogo is going to join us at the bottom of the hour, so looking forward to that. Yeah. All right.

Time for break. See you. We know, we just took a break. Okay, fine. We can actually talk to the people. Let's talk to Gio on Atascisita at 1213 on sports talks. I'm running. Hi, Gio.

Morning. I mean, well, good afternoon, Mr. Thomas and Mr. Rila Riel. How are you, sir? At equipment, I'm good, man. Actually, I'm pretty okay. At equipment, y'all got back there, is probably as reliable as Bobby Schlois call him plays on game day, man. Y'all got to get that fixed. Geez.

Yikes. But anyway, so I got to shut the bum ass up. I'm at work today with a Christmas hangover, like the degenerate that I am. And the coworkers and everything, you know, they're, you know, taking, talking about the Texans game with the glass half full kind of mentality. And, you know, I am a Texan fan through and through. But you guys, you just got to shut your bummed ass up. Because ain't nobody got time for a glass half full type of mentality, man.

We're cooked, all right? We scored two points on Christmas on Netflix. That's ridiculous, man. I ain't nobody got time for that and shut your bum ass up. And Matt, stop getting on Ross for his damn, his news anchor voice, man. That thing's incredible. Ross, keep going, man. Thank you, Gio.

Oh, that voice, by the way, Gio, shut your bum ass. That voice is annoying as hell. Why don't you go and shut your bum ass up, Matt? Oh, my God, it's terrible. All right, hey, get over your hangover, man. You sound like hell. We love you anyway. Thank you very much.

I'm wishing Gio the best. Yeah, poor Gio. He's, yeah, look at him. He keys, he ruffling things back there. He's got the giggles. He's got the giggles. I don't know. Yeah. Oh, poor Gio.

Nobody, yeah, nobody wants, you know what they are, Ross? I've just, I've just, I thought of this earlier, and I saw this yesterday on Twitter. They're cooked. The Texans are cooked. They're ain't, you can't come back from this. You don't have to go dig deep inside your inner soul. You don't have to get in the workouts a little harder. You don't have to spend a little bit more time in the, in the, and, you don't have to go.

in the film room. You're not having more. They're done. They ain't beaten Kansas City. They ain't beaten Baltimore. They ain't ain't beaten Buffalo. They might be Pittsburgh. Okay, that's great. They're cooked. So they're where they were before the game started, in my opinion. They're going to maybe win a playoff game and that's about it.

But what about all those has been radio hosts that are doing YouTube pages that are all built all the talking about. Can you stop bringing them for the new year? Can you stop bringing those people up? Let them live their life. They don't matter. It's fine. but I like making fun of them.

New Year's resolution. Because they are overly are self-important in their world. So I don't want to make sure they're not important, Matt. They've seen their YouTube revenues. Okay. Okay, fair enough. All right, you know what, that's it. You get rid of news anchor voice.

I won't bring up their film. Oh, I don't know if that's a deal. I'm willing to make all this would bat. Oh, my God. All right. So where are we on commercial breaks? Because we were off the year. I mean, I think I'm rolling it all the way to,

I think we got rolling back on regularize if we're just coming from from break now, I think. All right. We're going to get an email. We'll take a little small little break before we get ready for email. Yes. So we can get our cells prepared. All right.

But by the way, there is, I don't know if this is related to why we were off air, but there was a tornado warning issued for the city of Houston. So, wait, let me make sure. Is it a watch or a warning? I believe a warning. No, I think the reason why we were off the air, I mean, we do have terrible equipment, but it was because of the weather. It wasn't because of us.

Okay. Yeah. tornado watch tornado watch issued for the entire Houston area north and east sides of the city higher risk so you folks be careful out there yeah where's our transmitter do we even know we're 790

transmitting I do but I'm not going to say publicly okay that feels about right alright so let me ask you serious question we were talking about how much you know Netflix paid 150 and obviously the Texans would have played we don't know the answer this because we probably won't know until next year but will we spend a lot of time Netflix and games that don't involve the Texans next year.

I mean, I'm watching NFL. We're not going to be seeing a lot of national television Texan games a year from now. I mean, when national NFL is on, I watch it generally 85% of the time. Yeah. But how'd you spend you yesterday? I watched a little bit of Spurs, Knicks.

I watched the end of the Minnesota-Dalice game because it got a lot closer than it was supposed to be. I watched a little bit of Lakers Golden State. And then I watched a little bit at the casino of Denver, Phoenix. But, I mean, I did check in on everything yesterday. I was a pretty sportsy guy yesterday. That's good.

I'm proud of you, Matt. Wait, so you weren't even near your family on Christmas Day? Oh, they were there. In spirit? In spirit. Let's face it. They got their gifts. They left me alone after about 9.30.

I was wondering if the casino was going to be open on Christmas Day. Clearly they were. It wasn't super crowded, though, honestly. That's good. But I didn't get to the casino to almost 10 o'clock at night, So it wasn't like I was going there during prime hours. Oh, yeah, you're a real degenerate. You're there at 10 at night on Christmas Day.

Yeah. Like all the cocktail waitress is like, do you need a hug, sir? I'm like, yeah. I mean, I'm giving you a break. Your work traveling, that's different. Yeah, yeah, I would not have come here. Your family? Yeah.

That would have been a serious problem. Sir, why are you here? Because I have no family and no friends and no one likes me, and I'm sitting here, I'm sitting here a betting on 25-hour blight check at 6 to 5. Yeah, they'd be like on Stepbrothers when Dr. Doback goes to the Christmas, they go to the cheesecake factory on Christmas Day. Thank you, Dan Matthews, for that. I tried to bring you that on purpose, actually.

I know you did. You were going, you're going to go all the way to that way. I had a smile on my face when I did it. It's terrible. We can never mention movies on this show ever again because we're going to bring up a Dan Matthews reference. You know what we had to do. We need to have Dan Matthews do the ding for us. Or we should get a Dan Matthews, it's an official,

Dan Matthews movie reference. Yeah. Obligatory Dan Matthews reference. Yeah. Exactly. Let's talk to James and Klein at 1218 on Sports Talk 790. James, good afternoon. Thanks for holding. Good afternoon. When you look like clowns, you're going to play like clouds.

Ain't nobody got time for them uniforms. Ain't nobody got time for that. You know what we had to do? We need to have Dan Baccus do the ding for us. Or we see a Dan Bear, it's an official. Dan Matthews movie reference. Yeah. Obligatory Dan Matthews, right? Yeah, yeah.

Let's talk to James McFle and 12, 18 at Sports Talk, 7. James, good afternoon, thank for all. Good afternoon. When you look like clouds, you're going to play like clown. Ain't nobody got hammering uniforms. We can't let this go on much longer, can we? It's going to go on a loop in perpetuity if you let me. It wasn't a great segment to begin with.

It would be like letting it play over and over again. That would have been like putting them a mirror up against a mirror. It was just going to keep going. Yeah, it was going to bounce back off of different audio walls. I hate you for saying a word. By the uniforms are not great. Those were not good yesterday. They didn't look like clowns.

It just didn't look great. I don't mind them. I thought they were fine. What's wrong with them? I think they're sharp. I like them. The logo I don't like... The logo I don't like the uniforms I do.

Yeah, you know, I like to have the white pants with the blue tops. Would be better for me. Oh, my God. But I'm in the white. I look, I lose on that one. You're white pants obsessed. You want everybody have white pants? Yeah.

Do you tell your groomsmen to have white pants? No, we wore black suits. Oh, yeah, that's good. Yeah. I'm not white pants in general. I'm talking about white pants in a football. Like white, you know. You work the white pants on the space city for the Astros, too.

That is, well, they're getting rid of those uniforms because the Astro players didn't even like them. So, yeah, two, color on color I don't like. Like, when Seattle wears, like, the green tops and the green pant, those, that's a tough watch. The highlighter green? The highlighter green. And then when Baylor does it, when they wear the, like, the,

uh, highlighter yellow on top of the highlighter yellow. I mean, you know, I'm not, I'm not, you know, you know,

you know, they don't call me a fashionista. No, they don't. That's okay. You have your opinions on uniform. That's okay, Matt.

Your opinion are valid. Yeah. I mean, yeah. The age probably to me, I, in the light, like the,

it's like a bubble gum blue, right? Yeah, it's definitely not exactly. They call it H-Town blue, I guess, but it's certainly not Columbia blue. I think they had to go off a,

a hue or two. Yeah, they should. They had a couple of pantones off, Matt. Oh, you said pantones and hue in the same sentence. There's an art major around town bump around going. That man knows his colors. So, they should just, look, let the Oilers have their stuff. Forge your own legacy with your own logo and your own uniforms.

You don't have to huff the fumes off the dead Oilers franchise. Just make your own legacy. Unfortunately, they haven't been able to do that. No. And, well, I mean, the best thing was when the Titans wore the Columbia blue uniforms and the Texans kicked their ass. That's when they were ultimately dead in my mind. That was the final nail in the coffin to me. Yep. Yep. I have absolutely zero affiliation with anything order related now. You know, you can become a Texans fan now, Matt. Nobody's going to accuse you hopping on the bandwagon after that performance. Maybe I should. Maybe they do reverse jinks. Maybe they need me.

I think they do. Maybe me and Darleine a little. drive up to Nashville together. We'll go a little road trip. I don't think she wants to be anywhere near you. You've been slandering her for years. All she wants to do is just a fine. All she wants to do is represent her team and have a good time and get on the Jumbotron. And all you want to do is yell at it.

And get on the TV. And she could name five players and she wears lots of bling. And no. Yeah. So what? She's like the Fireman Ed of the Texans. Did you see Fireman Ed is beefing with MetLife Stadium because they won't put them on the Jumbo Tron? That's when fans have got to check themselves.

Yes, Fireman Ed does the... You know what? He can shut his bum ass up. Yeah, Fireman Ed. Nobody cares about you. You know who cares about you? Your ego. I thought he had retired anyways. I don't know.

It's like crazy George when the olders were around. I don't know who that is. You don't worry about it. It was an Oilers fan. He's the one that kind of started the way, too. Really? Yeah. And basically,

he would have a tambourine and a drum, and he would play this thing to get people revved up. I don't think he was an employee ever the Oilers. I think he was just some super fan. And then one day in like 1976 or whatever, he would go to different games. He wouldn't even roll older fan. He would just bump,

he'd go anywhere where he could go, put a jersey on, and start banging his tambourine. Oh, he did create the one. So you're never going to guess what his described profession is on the Wikipedia page. professional fan American professional cheerleader

oh my god professional then a play he got paid yeah because I remember when teams would bring him in and pay him to sit in the stands to start get the fans going oh wow Houston hot shots Houston Oilers

Houston Stallions yeah yeah yeah when I was doing hot shot games on a radio he was there really to me and 2300 of our closest soccer friends Hey, those games are thrillers. Weren't they like 10 to 7 and stuff?

Oh my God, I had fun calling. I was actually soccer I appreciate it because somebody actually scored in a game. Maybe that's what's, you know, it's ruined your opinion of real soccer because the low-scoring, the real stuff. Yeah, I like to go to fashion 11-9 indoor soccer game. That's true. You're right about that. All right, let's take a quick time out and come back and hear from Eme Adoka.

Your Rockets are playing the New Orleans Pelicans tonight. We'll have an update from him on how the team is. doing and how Tara Easton is feeling and shoot around the day and whether or not we should be worried about Dylan Brooks for the long term. 713212-5-790. 7-1-3-212-5-790. It is 1227 here. I want to tell you about set these fine jewelry on Vosrope between San Felipe and Westheimer.

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This is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross on Sports Talk 790. 1231 on Sports Talk 790. It is a Matt Thomas show with Ross. We'll spend 10 quality minutes right now with the head basketball coach of your Houston Rockets. Tonight, New Orleans take on to the Pelicans. It is Eme Adoka here on 7-90. Coach, good afternoon. It was nice seeing Tari.

Eason practicing over at the arena. How's he feeling right now? He's feeling better, obviously. We'll see, you know, game time decision, how he feels after this workout and test it out before the game and go from there. You mentioned us a few days ago about maybe the number of days off. in between the tournaments in Vegas and the extra long time off in between games may have hurt him a little bit.

Is this being back in a more of a normal routine helping him right now? Yeah, I think so, but I mean, honestly, you know, if it flares up and, you know, who knows what the cause of that is. And like I said, being stagnant a little bit or off the schedule may have added to the stiffness, but, you know, benefited other guys with the rest and all that.

And so for us, we just have to test through it and hopefully, you know, he doesn't feel any more pain and it settles down and we can get him back to a normal routine. But, yeah, so it's a weird thing where, you know, different injuries affect people different ways. And for him, hopefully it's just back to normal routine treatment, you know, playing his regular minutes, and it calms down, settles down. He's good to go the rest of the way. So how'd you spend yesterday? I know obviously he had some family and friends around. There were five different NBA games going on.

Did you peek in on all of them, watch them religiously? what is it like for a coach on a non-Christmas Day? Because you played before on Christmas, I'm assuming, or at least coached on one. So what's it like just kind of being a relaxing in front of the TV kind of guy? Yeah, I played in one myself and coached in several. And so obviously a different experience, experience you want to get to as a coach, and we'd love our team to get on that stage eventually. But for me, it was, you know, open presents with my son.

And then I went to the Ravens, Texans game. So I did a little bit of both. but caught a piece of every game in between. Oh, it's your fault then, for what the Texas did yesterday. All right, I see where the blame can go. I think it was a Lamar Jackson's fault, probably more. Are you a Beyonce guy? Yes or no?

Not really any more than any other part of this, I guess, but apparently wanted to see her as far as the reason we went, but I'm more interested in the game. I got you. I got you. I didn't turn out until halftime. It was not looking great. Yeah, it didn't turn out well very well at all.

Hey, a thought or two about the road trip so far, and we went home for a couple days, but the Toronto game was emotional for, I think Fred had actually play in his first time, and then you had the bounce back with him the next game against New Orleans. By the way, 62 to 31 half-time leads are never going to get old, are they? I think you're talking about the Charlotte game after. Oh, Charlotte, that's what I mean.

Yeah, it was obviously, you know, to go back to a place you want to have each of them. You know, I had started up at undrafted and what I did there was obviously going to be a little bit emotional. But other guys stepped up, everybody stepped up and, you made a shot late, but other guys stepped up and took care of business.

You got the head bounce back against Charlotte as well, but, yeah, looking for, you know, the carryover we had from our last war on this game and, you know, did well, at home, you know, less than a week ago, and though it'll be trying to get back at it but we like the consistency

we've been showing for the most part great start at times we're also figuring out how we're going to try to call email back just a second we've got a little bit

of a phone connection issue we're going to get him in just a couple of seconds here so we're going to put him on a hold and try to call him back to let him finish the conversation again Rockets tonight against New Orleans Pelicans it'll be the launch pad at 6 o'clock

we'll have a pregame network joint at 630 and then at 7 o'clock we'll have the tip here from New Orleans Rockets by the way with a semi-difficult back-to-back tomorrow night. They'll be home for the Minnesota Timberwolves. So tonight it's New Orleans.

Tomorrow it's Minnesota. And we'll have both games right here on Sports Talk 790. And then on Sunday, the Miami Heat will be in town. So even though the Rockets have had a pretty nice stretch of some off time in between these games, it's going to be three days and four nights. And EMA is back with us here. I was telling the audience, coach, after having some little bit of time off to relax and kind of rejuvenate, three games,

in four days and some good competition coming up, especially when you have with Minnesota the way they beat Dallas last night. Yeah, I think we had the on-scheduling for the most part, you know, around the in-season tournament and some days off. But now we'll get the, you know, games every other day, and like the level of competition will kick in. But what I do like is that we have taken care of business against some of the lesser teams, and that's a sign of a good team.

It's not having any flip-ups. I mean to continue that with New Orleans tonight. And then I have some really good team coming in and start. Starting with Minnesota on the back-to-back tomorrow. Miami, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boston. So it's a really good schedule for us to measure ourselves and try to go in the right direction. I know Dylan is out for tonight as well.

Where are we on how he's feeling these days? It's literally day-to-day. You know, he needs a little bit of time and the scheduling. You've had the two days off in between, but you've had back-to-backs with Toronto and Charlotte. Obviously played great back home in Toronto. and then tonight and Minnesota doesn't give you a lot of time to rest in between. But literally day-to-day, he's got some shots up today, has some soreness there,

but it calms down as well, and he's back on the court in no time. You know, it feels like to me that we've had a lot of back-to-backs this year as compared to maybe the last couple of years. I know the NBA, it's, look, just trying to schedule these things is tough. How much input does you as a coach, do the coaches association have about the number of back-to-back? I know you're trying to squeeze in a bunch of time, but you want to give some guys some time off during the All-Star break. You want to give some time off during the in-season tournament.

Does it feel like to you that maybe they've gone back to more of these three-game and four-night deals? And that could they be ultimately detrimental to some teams that are trying to fight through some injuries? Yeah, I felt like we got hit pretty hard. Yeah, I think it always kind of balances out. And when you have a tough stretch throughout the season, but I think we make on the high end of the back-to-backs, and I think they give a little more leeway to some of the top level teams. And so we have to work ourselves up to that level to not as many back-to-backs.

But it's just part of the season. Everybody wants to go through it. And what we've done so far this year due to, you know, guys being in shape, our health is a little bit of luck. Obviously, it's going to be pretty much injury-free. That's a little things here and there. But compared to the rest of the, I think we're going to do as far as that. And so we like that part about us.

We like our depth that we can play several different guys. and these back-to-backs to me and how to take this the same amount. So everybody has to go through them. The morning is down and accomplish. For nice back-to-backs have good records and those instances. It'll be good for you all forward.

All right. Last question for let you run. We were having dinner last night with a family and my father-in-law who's always been a rocket fan, but it's been tougher to watch the team the last handful of years and obviously things have gotten a lot better. He's like, he was telling me, he says, man, I love him in Thompson. And what he does in terms of playing.

playing different positions. He's very tenacious defensively. He's a good ball handler. His shooting has gotten a lot better. I mean, among many things that you're very boastful about and prideful about, his development, even from just last year, I feel like has been significantly improved. Tell me about what he's done in terms of becoming a guy that you've been able to rely on for more for shooting, beyond the other things he already did before.

He's all of a sudden become a much better scorer for you. Yeah, I think really the main thing with him was he got hampered by the health early in the year with the ankles that, you know, hurt in Summer League and then hurt the first 20 plus games of season. And when he came back, you saw a rapid increase in his confidence, his game overall, and how he impacts the game for us and the versatility. And so now being healthy this season so far, he's had good carryover from last year, kind of hit the ground running as far as what he did toward the end of the season when he was starting a bunch, when, Alperin went out and so it's good to see him take that second year jump. He's a meticulous worker on this specifically with this jump shot, tireless worker in general. And so it's a luxury for sure to have a guy like that that you can play every position

offensively and defensively. And if somebody happens to be out, Dylan right now, you just plug him in and he can fill that hole. And so for us, his growth has been great. One of our favorite players on the team, just the way he goes about his business. every night and the versatility brings to our team so definitely invaluable guy that's worked extremely hard and he's reaping those rewards right now and maybe you don't want to do this but I think people as sports fans like to make comparisons to players if you look ahead in his career

three four five years down the road what do you think he could ultimately be is there is there a comp right now in the NBA that makes sense for who he is or what he can be it's a hard one honestly because he's so unique in what he does. There's not a lot of people that can, you know, play one through five and guard one through five and play both sides of the ball at every position. So, you know, has a point guard mentality and pushes the pace of one-man fast break, but also can guard threes, four, fives, and everything in between. And so it's a tough one.

And we love the uniqueness about him and what he brings the table. And so hard to say, honestly. You know, I coached Ben Simmons in Philadelphia when he was rolling all-imbing. be a defensive player and he has a lot of those traits as far as being able to guard every position, push the pace, a one man fast breaking those things. But it's even tougher because Ben was a bigger guy and couldn't guard as well with the ones and twos as much. And obviously, I'm in as locked down as far as that. Coach, thank you for the visit as always. Happy holidays to you and your family. Congratulations on the great start. I like being in the number two spot in the Western Convigals.

Keep it that way. And good luck tonight against the Pelicans and we'll see you at the arena later this evening. I appreciate it. All right, buddy. That's IMAIDOCO, joining us here on the Matt Thomas show with Ross. If you are playing for a fantasy football championship, you're going to get some help in about 30, 20 minutes from now as Dr. Rorto is going to hang out with the Ross between 1 and 130 to get you ready for championship week.

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Thanks again to Emaya Doca for joining us Sorry we had a little bit of a phone glitch on that is what it is right Ross is back with us. Ross is already game ready for his championship weekend. Now, if we're rooting for Team Ross and his fancy football,

who were two or three guys, you've got to have good play this weekend? I will. Baker Mayfield, number one. Okay. And then let's go with Bejohn Robinson, hook him horns. Hopefully he can have another good week. So you're relying on NFC South people to help you win a championship. They have me in the championship.

I can't hardly hear you, Matt, from the bench over there. All right. God Almighty. And Devante Adams is questionable. Jackson Smith and Jigba has been good, but he's playing against the bears who have a good secondary. So we'll see. We'll see what happens.

Oh, and James Connors, pray for James Conner's knee. I will. I'm going to root vicaracy for you the rest of the way because I don't believe you. I don't believe you. I don't believe you for one second. You can, you know what? Trust me on this when I tell you I'm done. No, I'm saying I don't believe you're rooting for me.

Oh, that's probably right. Yeah. I was trying to get away with that, but it didn't work. All right. 713-212-5-790, 7-1-3-212-5-790. Today's edition, I believe we're not coming up at 150 today. Connor, what is in the prize vault? We have anything in the prize vault for a...

By the way, Ross, I'm assuming there's no one in the office. Is that accurate? That is correct. Nobody's up here. Not a single soul is in at all? There's like two people. Gordy, one of them? I think he's out of town.

Oh, okay. He might be in New Orleans. I thought he was in New Orleans with you. No, he didn't ask for tickets. Yeah, well, I think he's, isn't the sugar bowl in town? Well, yeah, but that's not for a while, I don't think. Okay, well, he clearly doesn't want to hang out with you if he hadn't hit you up.

You know what they should be playing the playoff games today? The college football ones? Yeah, why not? Didn't they just play Saturday? Well, but I mean, you could space them out. You don't have to play, you know. These kids got to get in school, Matt. It's all about the test.

First of all, they're on winter break, Ross. Second of all, they're never worried about school. Student athletes, Matt. Mm-hmm. Yeah, how about those Texas Longhorns? The big win over the Clemson Tigers. Taking on Arizona State. You know what?

You're going to the championship. I don't know. It could be Oregon looming in the semifinal. Oregon's pretty good. Yeah, they're really good, actually. It would be nice. If Texas could knock Phil Knight out of contention, that'd be great. The fight in Phil Knights.

Isn't it crazy what Phil Knight basically told Oregon? Have you heard this? Blank check. Blank check. I'm 86 years old. I want to win a national championship before I die. Whatever it takes. Well, you know, the mighty underdog longhorns who don't spend any money in NIL

are hoping to knock out the Oregon duck. Why are you laughing, Matt? I don't know. By the way, what do you think of my idea? If they reseated, it would be Oregon taking on Arizona State this week. Or would Boise State be in the mix? We give Boise State a top four? No, I'm going by playoff ranking seed rather than the actual seed.

Georgia would be taking on Boise State. Hmm. You know, I'm mixed about it because. Because in the NCAA March Madas, they don't reseed, but they reseed in what? NFL is the major one they recede. Do they reseed in baseball? I don't think

they do. I don't think so. No. I mean, it's not one of those arguments I'm willing to have with anybody that's, you know, I was like, oh, you have to do it this way. Yeah, but when you get Arizona State as an auto, when you have the auto bids, I think that makes the reseeding even better. Because Boise State right now is a

three seed. That's ridiculous. Well, I mean, so the number one change you want is if you win your conference, if you are the highest ranked of the non-power fours, you deserve in, but you don't necessarily deserve a top four spot if you are better than, say, the ACC was. The number one change I would want is just go one through 12,

and that's that. Regardless of championships. Right. But don't you think that the... Arizona State would have made it. They were 12th in the final rankings. Boise State would have made it. They're ninth in the final rankings.

Notre Dame can never win a conference That's their fault That's true They want the money Yeah they're saying money is more important than the college football playoff But hell they got another home gate They mean they beat up Indiana They had the completely sold out place

They were selling high I mean if you're Notre Dame Do you really feel bad that you didn't You had to host a first round game except having to play it? Probably not right No they're probably not that bad But it's an extra game you have to win let's go to our buddy Yankees Keith at 1253 on 7-0.

Yankees Keith, good afternoon to you. Well, good afternoon to both of y'all. Merry, well, happy New Year. We'll take Merry Christmas, too. We'll accept all that. So yesterday, when they had Mariah Carey on there, was that the 55-year-old Mariah Carey, or was that an old tape? That's a great question, because as soon as I saw her on camera,

on that video, whatever it was? I went and looked at her age. She's 55. She looked gorgeous, man. She was amazing. She was amazing. Beyonce was amazing. But I got a comment

for both of y'all. All right. So when I became Texans' Keith last year after ditching the Titans because of what happened with, you know, know the Titans and I became a Texan keys.

And I called y'all after the season was over, I said, you know what the Texans need, Derek Henry. And both you and Ross said, Derek Henry's washed. We don't want to spend all this money for a running back. And now Derek Henry has 1,800 yards and 16 touchdown. So I can tell both you and Ross, shit y'all's bumasses up. Goodbye.

Now, honestly, Ross, if I did, then I should be told to shut my bum ass up. I don't remember saying... There was significant decline with Derek Henry. There is a reason that the Titans let him go. He's a 30-year-old, and he was coming off his worst yards per carry basically ever. Did we say it was washed? I would have to pull the chain on that. It's possible.

No, I don't think the word wash was used. I would say probably... If I said he was past his prime, I probably... I probably could have said that last year. He was used, look, there was doubts that he was going to be as effective as he has been this year. Nobody expected him. If anybody knew that he was going to be getting six yards of carry and threatening for a rushing title, he wouldn't have been as readily available as he was at 30 years old.

I just, let me ask you, when the Raven signed him, were they thinking he was going to carry the ball 20 times a game, averaging about five or six yards of carry? No, it was a two years. $16 million deal. So even they're surprised by his performance? I would say yes. No, I wouldn't say surprise.

I'd say stunned. Yeah. There's no way that they thought that Derek Henry they were getting was the one of five years ago. No chance. So good on them. Now, to compare, I thought when the Giants gave up Sequan Barclan, he's in Philadelphia,

you know Philadelphia was dancing around like they were going to the Super Bowl because he still had a lot left in the tank. Yeah, I thought Sequan had a lot more left in the tank because he, I mean, he's younger. He's 27 now. Yeah. So, yeah, again, I don't know if... Wash seems a little strong.

I'm sure I might have thought he was past his prime. And I do remember him saying the Texans should sign Derek Henry, but I don't know. They ended... I don't know how that timed out with him and them getting mixing. Yeah. I don't think the Texans were ever in on Derek Henry. I mean, I was worried about mixing and he was great. What happens happened this year?

have to realize is largely unprecedented. When you have a bunch of veteran, older running backs switching teams, it doesn't normally work out as a smash hit as it has for Barclay, Mixen, Henry, Josh Jacobs, you can throw into the mix, although he's still younger.

But yeah, what is happening right now is a running back renaissance that really nobody saw coming. Or these teams, they would not have all changed hands the way that they did if these teams thought that all these running backs

are as good as they have been. That's right. By the way, getting breaking news that Chris Gordy will be in attendance in tonight's game here at the Smithy King Center. Now, the problem is if I see Gordy tonight, he better speak to me in all New Orleans tongue. Why? Because he's in his town.

This is where you can talk like it. He's in the 504, baby. Yeah. Yeah, I don't want to hear regular speaking. Grammatically incorrect, Chris Gordy. Okay. Are you guys going to the Cats Meow tonight? No, I'm going to do the game and then get on a plane and come back into the game tomorrow.

I mean, I can go right now. You got time. No, I have to, we leave right after the game. You can sleep. I'm saying you can go right now after the show. No, I got to take a nap. You sleep on the plane. All right, maybe so.

All right, you and Dr. Rodon, is you going to have this next half hour? Yes. Here's the reality, folks. Ross is going to spend the whole half hour talking about his team. That is not true. that is what you do not anymore call in

RIP to the TOROS Zero time champions Hey we're going to the Pro Football Hall of Fame dog No you're not For sustained success Okay Call in with your questions about your team

Because unless you don't call If you don't call in It's going to be basically Ross running through his entire roster for half an hour That's not compelling right now I'm prepared to do it 713 212-790 7-13-212-5-790

Roto is up next for the fastest 30 minutes of major market radio here on Sports Talk 790 Lunch timers This is the Matt Thomas show You know what that music means It's time to talk some fantasy football And it also is Championship Weekend

With the Houston Toros not even limping into the play playoffs and me going for back to back to back championships, Dr. Roto. Matt Thomas has handed off the segment to me. How are you? Are you going through your third championship in a row? Yes, I am. And that would be four or six. So how is it possible that you and MT could be sitting in the same studio and one of you

listens and one of you doesn't? I always listen, Dr. Rota. And then Matt Thomas is just zoning out and he's like liking picks on Instagram while you're talking. I think that's what's happening. Could be, could be, but I hope you had a Merry Christmas and I wish you an all happy new year. Let's kick some butt and get you another championship. Yeah, I'll give you a second to brag on yourself, Dr. Roto.

How many leagues? How many championships you're looking at this week? I am in three finals for sure this week, and then I'm in a bunch of high stakes leagues where, you know, it's another accumulation. I got you. A pretty good week. But three weeks, three championships available this week, so hoping to take them all down. And what is your thoughts philosophically when you get to the finals of the playoffs? How much of are you just a dance with who brung it kind of guy,

keep it simple? Are you still really looking for the razor-thin margins and the matchups? And how much are you hemming and hawing this week as opposed to other weeks where you want to, of course, win the championship, but you also don't want to get too cute? No, it's such a good question. So I'm in a big experts league. It's the Fantasy Sports and Gaming Association has an experts league.

And one of my, I'm in the finals. I had Kyle and Murray, not happy. he's got both of his tackles out. No way I want to play Kyler. I have Marvin Harrison. Not thrilled with Marvin Harrison this week. Hasn't look good in a while. So, you know, it's going to sound I'm crazy. But I just picked up Bryce Young this week. Why? Last time he played Tampa, he threw for 298 yards. Tampa can't stop anybody, including Cooper Rush. So do I want to put my fantasy season on Bryce Young, who's looked good over the last few weeks, who's playing a horrible defense? Or do I want to worry about Kyler Murray? No way. I'm taking Bryce Young. So I'm willing to do what it takes at

this point to win a fantasy championship. All right, there you go. Good advice from the doctor there for championship weekend. So just keeping it general again, what are we monitoring as far as guys with playing time? We know that there's been a lot of teams who have been eliminated from contention, who maybe aren't going to get the snaps that they once were. We know that's probably going to happen with the Texans, although that'll be next week. Who are some of the running backs, wide receivers, quarterbacks, whoever you're monitoring,

keeping an eye on as far as they might not get the playing time and opportunities that they would normally? Yeah, I think the big one is the Cardinals, right? James Connor. Heard himself last week. Are they going to rush him back? I don't think so, not after giving him a big contract. Trey Benson, their rookie, you know, this guy's got an ankle injury. This would be a great day for him to start. But will he? I can't tell you. Aaron Rogers for the Jets dealing with an injury. Does he sit out? We don't know. So basically the problem is it almost goes down to the last second here. And I hate to say that to people because people love certainty. They want to know they want to put their lineups in on a Thursday and feel great about it. Kenneth Walker's not playing tonight. I know that.

I know I play Zach Charbonnet. We're on a day-to-day basis. We're on a practice-to-practice basis. But you've got to be able to pivot. So, for example, Kate Otton may not play this week against Carolina. So you better pick up Payne Durham if Kate Otten is out. Payne Dorm is pretty darn good. So you have to leave yourself options and you've got to be ready to the last second.

So you're saying I could be in a situation. I'm saying it's Payne Durham and Bryce Young's season for the last. the championship. Dude, that's what I'm doing on that team. I just told you about it. I swear to you that is what I'm doing. How are you feeling about that? I actually feel pretty good.

I'm not going to lie. You're talking about two teams who can't stop the pass. And look, do I want to have the name? Of course, I want to have the name. But I want to have the points, Ross. I want to win. That's right. You're right.

Whatever it takes. That's why you are the good doctor. 7-13-212-5-790. If you want to get in, 7-1-3-2-1-2-790. As we mentioned, their playoff I mean, there are playing time question marks. There are injury issues.

So let's go to the waiver well again. You mentioned Bryce Young is a good guy to pick off as far as a quarterback. Any other quarterbacks you're looking at who could be available on people's waiver wires who could give them some points this week. All right. That's a really great question. So I think we're looking at, don't laugh now. I'm just giving you random names. We're at a point where you could. Mason Rudolph playing the Jaguars.

Last time these two teams played is a 10-6 game. Do I think it's going to be 10-6 this time? No chance. Is Drake May worthy of playing? Yeah, Drake may win somebody a championship this year and certainly next year. What about the Eagles? Is Jalen Hertz going to play? I don't know. Michael Pennix, though, has a really good matchup against the commanders. If he's out there and you need a quarterback, might want to play him. So I think these are some names that I'm willing to look at depending on how badly I need them. All right. Let's keep it going on the waiver side with some tight ends. You mentioned Payne Durham. Anybody else we could be looking at this week that might be a very event. available. Yeah, so David Nujoku, I don't know if he plays. Jordan Akin's if he's out there, you guys remember him from his days in Houston, he

might be a good one. Let's see, Brenton Strange for the Jaguars not at 100% Luke Farrell would be his backup. Juane Johnson, if he doesn't play, Foster Moreau would be his backup. You know, the problem is Adam Troutman. I'll give you two that nobody are thinking. First of all,

Adam Troutman. Why would anybody play this guy? I'll tell you, Cincinnati's defense is horrific. against opposing tight ends. So this is a name where the guys have two or three receptions each week. He may have three or four this week if you're desperate. Daniel Bellinger, Indianapolis,

has been one of the worst teams against opposing tight ends. If the Giants just had a quarterback who didn't suck, Bellinger probably catch six or seven passes this week. I mean, Drew Locke could get that done. So once again, that's another guy who's high in my list. All right, then. Also, it's a bad matchup for some of the good defenses, including the Vikings I've had to drop.

but what about defenses that you could pick up and find on the waiver wire? Give me the Colts against the Giants. I mean, Drew Locke or DeVito, those guys will take four or five sacks for sure. About the Browns. I think the Browns are a bit of a mess in terms of who is their quarterback. Is a DTR? That guy stinks. James Winston's a gift that keeps on giving.

So I'd be looking there. That's a good one. I think the Saints Raiders game. That could be a defensive struggle, and I'm using that term loosely. But there could be a lot of sacks in that one, especially if Spencer Rattler's in there, all of a sudden the Raiders defense looks interesting to me. So once again, I think for me it's the Colts.

I think the Colts versus the Giants feels like a good one. All right. Another thing that we always look at is the wide receiver cornerback matchups. You're always good at bringing us zone versus man matchups as well. Can you give us a couple of guys you think will really thrive this week either with the coverages or because of their cornerback matchups and maybe even some stayaways from, we know some of the stalwarts around the league, the Patrick Certains, well, Joey Porter has already played.

but those types of guys that might be limited by cornerbacks and those who will thrive. Yeah, so for example, I love Jaden Reed this week. Vikings play a lot of zone coverage, and Reed thrives in his own coverage. He hasn't done a lot the last few weeks, so people might not want to play him. You definitely want to play Jaden Reed this week. I love Terry McClure in this week. Atlanta has a second worst DVOA against opposing wide receivers. He's in a great spot.

Tyreek Hill, oh man, this dude is in the greatest spot ever this week. because Cleveland plays man coverage and they let up a lot of explosive plays. I think he's a really good play. Some other ones for you. Let's see. Wide receiver ones. Like Terry McLaurin, I mentioned, Calvin Ridley. Calvin Ridley's in a really good spot.

And then I would look in whether Joanne Jennings, who didn't do much last week, I think he has a rebound week this week too. All right, there you go. Dr. Roto here on the Matt Thomas show with Ross. It is Championship Week. You know you got some questions for Dr. Roto. Go ahead and get in at 713-212-5-790. 7-1-3-212-5-7-90 is the phone number. You can also send tweets to At SportsRV.

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713. 2125790. 713. 2125-790. And Dr. Roto, before getting to the questions of anyone else, well, I'm going to have to ask you questions for my own team. So I do have James Connor in the flex. I do have Trey Benson and I have Michael Carter. If it comes down to Michael Carter, this is a flex and a half PPR.

Do I still play him over Josh Downs or Jalen Waddle? Or I also just picked up Jalen Coker. Wow, what a mess. Oh, thank you. I think, yeah, yeah. I think Downs is not a great play this week. I mean, do you know how many passes and Anthony Richardson completed last week? I think it was seven.

Yeah. Right? So I don't know if Josh Downs getting more than two, maybe three like you had last week. Jalen Waddle's not 100%. But I do, I mean, if he's playing, if he's actually active, he does well against man coverage, so I'm not against that start. Jalen Coker's fine. I mean, that game could explode. It's a very high-scoring game on the slate.

But I think, sadly, I might just stick with Carter because if Carter's playing, it means that Connor and Benson are both out. And DJ Dallas is nobody starter. So I think Carter would probably get 15 to 18 touches and touches rule. So I think I would do that. Yeah, I have all three of them. So if Benson plays, definitely pay Benson over everyone, right? Oh, for sure. He's great. Okay. All right. With that, 713, 212, 212, 5790, the phone number to get in.

713, 212, 5790. Let's start with Maddie B. Holden longest. You want to talk to Dr. Doroto. Maddie B, go ahead. Hey, Dr. Roto. Real quick. I know you said you like Jane Reed. Would you start him over Garrett Wilson and also quarterback? would you go golf, Tua, or Anthony Richardson if he goes? Okay, so look, I don't love Anthony Richardson. I know what he did last week.

I get that. He could give you that type of game. I kind of like Tua this week. If Tua is healthy and playable, you know, I told you, against man coverage, they should be able to score a lot of points in that game. I know it doesn't feel like they will as long as the weather holds up. I think Tua is actually a really sneaky start. Garrett Wilson, I don't know what he did to piss off Aaron.

Rogers but Aaron Rogers doesn't look his way and I give Garrett Wilson a good soldier award because he doesn't call anybody out during these interviews but you can tell he's miserable you can tell he doesn't want to be there I'm starting Jaden Reed over him all right 713 212 5 790 week with Dr. Roto rolls on 713 212 5 790 John and Conro go ahead hey what's up guys I just wanted to call in I was listening to you just wanted to say I'm in four championships and I'm going for a 4P. All right, Dr. Roto, I got a question. Am I four P?

James Connor might not play Saturday, so I'll have to stay forward in. But my flex, do I play D.K. Metcalfe or Calvin Ridley? And I'll hang up. Yeah, I'll play. Yeah, congratulations. I'm making your another championship there. I'm playing Ridley 10 times out of 10 over D.K. Metcalfe. Metcalfe's not even the number one receiver anymore.

They're going to J.S.N. all day. Secondly, Chicago's been stingy against a. opposing receivers. Jacksonville's been very generous and he got the revenge narrative. You know it really wants to stick it to Jacksonville, so I really like him this week. All right, 7-13-212-5-790 on the phones. Got a couple on Twitter.

Superflex QB, Dr. Roto, Gino or Tua, or pick up Bryce Young off of waivers? I'm definitely not playing Gino tonight. I'll pick up Bryce Young off waivers just in case. I have no problem going with Tua, but I always like flexibility. So just cut your worst player and pick up Bryce Young.

All right. Another one on Twitter. Dr. Roto picked two out of the three, as in bench one, full PPR. Keenan Allen, Debo, Samuel, Calvin Ridley. Keenan, Debo, and Ridley. I'm definitely playing Ridley 1,000 percent. I'm playing Debo Samuel as well.

I mean, Detroit is really generous against opposing wide receivers. And I worry about this game tonight. I think this game tonight, here's who's going to be successful. I love Zach Charbonnet, right? Zach Charbonnet is going to have a good game. Chicago hasn't stopped any running back in weeks.

Don't laugh. I like me some Noah fan tonight. Chicago can't stop a tight end. I like JSN2. Those are the three guys I actually like here. On the other side, I mean, I don't hate Swift. I don't hate any of these receivers, but Seattle's been kind of stingy on defense.

So I don't think any of these guys are great plays, and I don't trust Caleb Williams as far as I could throw them. 713-212-5-790, keeping it rolling with Dr. Roto here on the Matt Thomas show. with Ross. Roy on the south side. Go ahead. Dr. Rotto, I heard your point about Jayon Reed and

he was, he's been disappointed all year, so I was going to keep him on the bench. But to your point, him or Tate Bixby, Mike Evans and Flex, or Juan Jennings and Thielen, would you put

him in over any one of those? Yeah, so look, I like, I love Thielen this week. I think Thielen's in a great spot. I love Joanne Jennings, too. You don't trust Hank Bigsby? It's not that I don't like Tank Bigsby. I don't trust Tank Bigsby.

But here's what I can tell you about Minnesota. I'm going to try to pressure Jordan Love. Jordan Love has looked a lot more confident recently, and I think the Packers have played really some good football. If you can give Jordan Love a little time, can pick you apart. How do you beat the Vikings? Through the air. It's hard to run on them.

I don't see this as a big Josh Jacobs week. So if there was ever Jane Reed Week, I think this is it. We haven't seen it in a while. And Christian Watson's not 100%. He's got a bruise on his knee. I like Dobbs and I really like Reed. Now, could I be wrong? Of course I can. I mean, nothing is perfect here. This is fantasy football. But I can tell you this. Tennessee's run defense hasn't been bad. Travis EPN is still hanging around. Those things annoying me too. 713-213-2-5-790. The phone number if you'd like to get in. 7-1-3-212-5-7-90. Michael, next up with Dr. Rodo. I got a question for you. I've got flex position and thinking either Charbonnet or Dante Adams. Devante Adams? Yeah, Devante Adams is a good play.

Aaron Rogers loves Devante Adams. That's a good play. But Buffalo is a tough team to play against. I love Charbonnet tonight. Kenneth Walker is out. Look at what running backs have done to Chicago recently. It's been a bloodbath. I mean, Charbonnet, I would have told you,

was playing on Sunday. It would have been my lock of the week. That's how much I like him. I'm not benching him. All right. Let's keep it going on the phone lines or actually, looks like that person is on hold. That's okay. Another question from Twitter. Dr. Roto, James Connor, Jacobi, I think he means Jerome Ford or Isaac Garando. Yeah. So if I had a guess, I think James Connor's out. There's just no reason to play him. Unless Connor goes up to them and says, hey, play me, coach. They're not playing. him. What is the purpose? None. Garendo would be a good start, but we're going to have to wait until Monday because we just don't know. Now, the good news is by late Sunday, which is when that

Dolphin Brown game is going to happen, we should have some idea about Garendo. If Garendo is playing, I'm happy to play him because you know anybody in the San Francisco backfield gets over 20 touches, and I don't think Patrick Taylor looked very good last week. But if Grendo is out, I think Jerome Ford doesn't play. He looked good last week. I mean, he's a solid. players, not Nick Chubb, but I mean in Week 17, if you need a running back, you're certainly fine. All right. Final call of the week, Championship Week, Scott

in Sugar Land. Go ahead. Your question for Dr. Roto. Hey, yeah, I've got two questions if you can do it for me. The first one is would you play Connor or Charbonnet? One million percent Charbonnet. I don't think Connor's playing. I don't. Yeah, you can't wait on. Oh, sorry. Go ahead.

That's terrible news. What about Knicks or Love? Great question. That is a great question. I think Nix may be one of the locks of the week, and I'll tell you why. Cincinnati's defense is bad, and they let up a ton of rushing yards to opposing quarterbacks, and Bo Nix is mobile. So this could be one of those games where Bo Nix throws for 240 yards,

throws for two touchdowns, rushes for 40 yards, and maybe even finds the end zone. You could have the Bo Nix week that you can. you've always dreamed about. So I think crazily enough, I'm starting Bo Nex. Wow. Well, I'll circle back to my team then, Dr. Rotto. I have Bo Nix on the bench for Baker Mayfield. Oh, yeah.

I see Baker. That one I'm going to stay with Baker. Okay. And the reason why is Carolina's defense has been very generous in that game could explode. But they're both two of my favorite five starts of the week. On my website, I do something called visionary plays of the week. They're two of my five favorite quarterbacks of the week. Yeah, I got two of the top five.

I got them both off the waivers. That's funny how that works. And I'm in the championship. I'm playing your leagues. Hey! Well, Matt Thomas and Adam Clanton are leaving the league, so it's going to get a little stronger, I think, next year. Yikes. M.T. is leaving. He threatens to leave every year.

I know, but I think he's serious this time. I'll be a silent partner. Yeah, well, no, we don't need you involved. Actually, one call snuck in, so let's get it real quick. Jeffrey, go ahead, be quick. Yes, sir. I've got Perry McLaughlin or T. Higgins for Flex. Good questions. I do like both, but I'm going to go Terry McLaurin. Higgins is not 100%. Denver's defense has been pretty good this year, so I'd be careful. McLaren's the only game in town. I think he goes for 100 yards in a touchdown.

All right, doctor, it is that time of the week. It is championship week, so neat. We need what you have. And that is Dr. Roto's lack of the week. Lack of the week. I mention Tyreek Hill. I love him. I mentioned Terry McLaren. I love him. But the lock of the week is Jemir Gibbs. If you have Jamir Gibbs, congratulations. David Montgomery's injury probably brought you a fantasy championship. The dude's going to get, I don't know, 25 touches, 130 yards and two touchdowns. Lock him in your lineups. I will be locking him in the absolute, no doubt about it, lock. Odo Week, Jamir Gibbs. Thank you, Dr. Roto.

Let the folks know where you can find all of your great content. All right, you can find me at X.com, at DRROTO. You can find me at my website, Dr. Roto.com. and of course at Sirius X-M Fantasy Sports Radio every Saturday morning from 8 to 10 a.m. Eastern Ross, I wish you and all the listeners are very happy and healthy new year, my friend. Yes, to you as well, and of course, good look in our championship games, and good luck to you, Dr. Roto.

You too. Talk to you soon. All right, there you go. Dr. Roto with some fantasy football stuff. Find him on Twitter at Dr. Roto. D-R-O-T-O. He is very good on Twitter about answering questions, and you can get all his content there as well. All right, time for a quick break here.

On The Matt Thomas Show with Ross, man has gotten a half hour off, and well, he's going to have some of the next segment off as well. But that's okay. He's been busily writing, believe it or not, that is also coming up as we're with you until 2 o'clock. The Rotten 5 is next. Don't go anywhere on the Matt Thomas Show with Ross. The Matt Thomas Show with Ross continues on Sports Talk 790. 134 on Sports Talk 790.

Good to hear Dr. Roto. Give Ross all the proper advice. Ross, we on behalf of all of us in Houston rooting for you for championship success this weekend. I don't believe you, but that's okay. All right, it's good. Thank you, Matt. At least you're feigning support, which is, that counts for something.

Yeah, I mean, but Trey County needs money more than you do. Yeah, I'm okay with getting second. My team was probably, my team was not the best team in the league this year. I got lucky in the playoffs and I went up against the best team and I got lucky to win. That's how it goes. And fantasy football, if I happen to win, I happen to win.

All right. Sure. A lot of luck involved in fantasy football. I got a decent squad, but... I mean, even Adam Clinton got lucky one year. I don't know how that happened. I think he won back-to-back. Jamar Chase.

That's two more championships than Matt Thomas. You don't get lucky in back-to-back seasons, buddy. Oh! Jamar Chase did drop a 50 bomb on you, Maddie, in the championship. I drafted him, like, as a rookie in, like, the late rounds, too, so I don't want to hear it. What you're going to hear is that Die Hard is not a Christmas movie. Get him, Matt. So when does it take place again? Christmas Eve?

When was it released? Who cares when it's released? A July? On 34th Street was released in the middle of the time. What year was that? What year was at? Yeah, we're talking about a movie in the middle of the depression. So one being released.

Home Alone was in November. Christmas vacation was in December. Home Alone 2 was probably in November or December. Christmas movies are released in Christmas. And as I pointed out earlier, the sequels are Christmas movies two. Die Hard 3. There's not even a mention of Christmas. That's because it took place in the middle of the summer, so it's not a Christmas movie. Because it's not a Christmas series of Christmas movies.

Let's go to more important things, okay? Number one, how was your show on Christmas Eve? It was great. What are you talking about? How was your show on New Year's Eve coming up? We won't have one because LSU is playing on our station. Yeah, seriously. The amount of work you don't do and get paid for is incredible. I mean, get it written into your contract, man. Don't whine to me. You need an agent or something.

No, I don't. Just kidding. We don't need agents. No, we don't need agents. If you have an agent in this business, you're kind of lame. That felt kind of personal for some people. It was for a couple people in this city. Well, one's not here anymore.

He's fat. All right. Is Adam part of the rotten five, Rossi? No, he's not in the rotten pie. No, the Texans have all five spots. No, they don't. I was waiting for your video today, Adam. What happened?

Well, that team sucks, so they didn't get a video. Are the Rockets going to start getting some videos here shortly? I've been asked that question repeatedly. I'll see if they make the postseason, and then we'll go from there. Am I retiring the Astros videos is the real question? And then here's the thing. When you start saying I was there with you, I really was there with you. Well, for the home games.

That's true. We can't take you on the road. Did you really walk around in a casino on Christmas? Duh. And your family. When did you open presents with your family? Are you doing that when you get back? No, no.

We were, we didn't leave until 8 o'clock last night. Oh, I didn't know that. I don't know your track. I'm not on fancy mat time. Well, I mean, you can text, but you were busy doing God knows what. I had family over. It's good. I was busy not walking around a casino.

I had family in my house, too. We were all good. I got the best of both worlds. I got a great meal. I got great presents, good time with the family. And I got to say, double down, please. Hey, it's 138 in the afternoon on a day where the rockets tip off against the five-wing pelicans at 7 p.m. So I don't think it's too early for me to ask you this question, Matt, and you'll be very familiar with it.

Go ahead. Should the pelicans just give up? They suck, man. There were people on Twitter that were asking me to do there for the Texans. I was like, you know. But no, we had to wait to see Cal and Hannah go out at halftime in the convertible. That was the best part. Remember when she, like, had some juice in the offseason because of the uniforms and they were looking good?

Yeah, that's all gone. Yeah. It's all right. Did you get your Christmas gift from that, by the way? No, I never do anymore. But I'll tell you what, their PR staff is very good to me in Kansas City. I saw that. That's the first game I've gone to all year and the last.

And who did you sit with? Which side? The right side of me was some very nice people. Okay. Fair night. Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you, is this, is this the last Thursday? No, we got one more of these, right?

Yeah, one more. One more week of this, yeah. We present not the five best teams. You'd hear that kind of stuff on the eight team. We want to give you the five worst teams in the NFL. We present to you Ross's Rotten Five. They've gone bad if they draw flies. Ooh, it's Ross's Rotten Five.

This don't smell quite right. All right, Matthew, the penultimate. Broaden five for the year. How are things shaking out? Well, I will let you know. Let's welcome back to the list, a familiar name. The Cleveland Browns, they've earned their way back on this list after losing their last four games and six of their last seven.

And oh, by the way, they only have three wins on the year. The Browns, clearly in tank mode, they're like, yeah, we're going to go with Dorian Thompson Robinson as the starting QB because he gives us the best chance to win. Sure. Things going to plan there. They only mustered six points against the mighty Cincinnati Bengals defense. Defense's actually still been decent most of the year. Congratulations to Miles Garrett. He did notch his 100th sack of his career. But at the end of the day, my goodness, the Browns are horrible. They are the fifth worst team in the NFL.

You are a factory of sadness. Let's keep it rolling along with the New England Patriots, all familiar names for throughout the rest of this. list. They played the Buffalo Bills. The good news, they did cover the 14-point spread. The bad news, they turned the ball over a bunch, and they have now lost five games in a row, their last win coming over the Chicago Bears. The defense continues to be mediocre. They're about 19th in yards per play, but the offense continues to be one of the worst in football 28th in that metric. Add to the fact they had the Chargers in town this week, looks like more losses are on the horizon for the team that is also going to get the bills again at the end of the year, although

mercifully the bills may be locked into their playoff seed. We will have to see. But right now, the New England Patriots, the fourth worst team in the NFL. We're getting ready for Cincinnati. No, I think it's New York, Bill. And you're at UNC. Why are you here? All right.

The horrible Jaguars, phew. They have been really bad. They've lost seven of their last eight games. The lone win coming against those terrible Tennessee Titans, so I had to rank them ahead of them. Last two losses coming against the awful Jets. Raiders. It was supposed to be a cake schedule down the stretch for the Jaguars. They seem to disagree as they've turned to Mack Jones and, well, looks like Matt Jones is still a bad quarterback. Squad only putting up 14 points against the Las Vegas Raiders.

Defense giving up more yards for play than any other team in football. Jaguars in line to get another high pick. They've had four top 10 picks in the last six drafts looking like it's going to be five and seven because they are terrible. They are the third worst team in the NFL. Oh, we've been strong. We're just playing by the the rules. Going to miss you, Jaguars, lady, when the offseason hits. Oh, right. Holy hell, the Titans are terrible. They're a bad football team. They've now lost six of the last seven games, including bad losses to the Jacksonville Jaguars. I mean, then they lose last week to Anthony Richardson and the Colt. What is going on? Things are so bad for Will Levis. The team has been

turning to Mason Rudolph, and to the shock of absolutely no one, Mason Rudolph is not the answer quarterback for the Tennessee Titans. And also, good thing you signed Tony Pollard to an $8 million a year contract. The same number that Derek Henry was signed by the Baltimore Ravens. Great dynamite stuff there, Tennessee Titans. You could have had Derek Henry for the same money. Tony Pollard's been decent, but he has not been Derek Henry level. The Titans are terrible.

They are the number two worst team in the NFL. Guys, we got to go get Ben Shown. Well, he is available. All right. Let's keep it here at the bottom. We know who is here. It is the New York Giants. I mean, goodness gracious.

How many different ways can they lose and lose horribly losing this past weekend to the Atlanta Falcons? 34 to 7 to Michael Pinnock's in the Atlanta Falcons. Drew Locke turns out he's not the answer, nor is Tommy DeVito, nor is Daniel Jones. And looks like Brian Dable could be on the way out. They have lost 10 games in a row, the New York football giant. My league neighbors has heard as well. I mean, it is time to just pack it up and try to get that number one overall pick for the team that only has two wins on the year. And is 32nd in the NFL.

There's 32 teams. That's not good in yards per play. The New York football giants are horrible. They are the absolute worst team in the NFL. That fucks more than anything that I've ever fucked before. And there's your rotten five. You sound like Charlie there. And that's not good.

That was good. I came to get pneumonia and die. I open up the refrigerator and there's milk and sour cream and butter and that's about it. Hold on. Hold on. All right. We open up the refrigerator door again looking for a big, tasty sports story and there's milk and sour cream. That's about it No butter Man there's nothing going on today

If you're not going to play the storm one What's the point? Go ahead, play the storm Okay Well Yeah, it's the holidays, right? It's fine Hold on, let me get there we go

Matt's umbrella Let me say off the top This is the absolutely Most ridiculous Professional environment In which I have ever Ever worked I have the mic

turned dead away from the rain and the wind. But we are live, and I've never said that as excitedly, at the Shell Houston Open, where we are 39 days and 40 nights away from full-on arc conditions. It's unbelievable. Our electric just got blown out. We on the air with this generator? Was that just a light switch? All right, we're on the air. Make sure that's not going to catch fire.

that's a chair blowing in can you hear this through the air I don't think we're going to be here much longer particularly if this tent blows over on top of me Matt's umbrella just bit it yeah I came to a golf tournament to get pneumonia and die so good

so good shout out to you Charlie if you're listening man that's good stuff right there all right so we got time for one more audio bit a famous moment of mine in New Orleans when we return. 146, believe it or not, is up next. The prize vault basically empty, autographed photos of Adam Clinton and some daisy dips if you win today.

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Believe it. New Orleans is the home of the first batch of distilled bourbon, thus the name of the famous street. Believe it or not? Not. That's right, his name after the famous bourbon family. Statement number two for the win. It's illegal to ride on any Mardi Gras float in the city

without wearing a Mardi Gras mask. Believe it or not. Illegal. Not. It is illegal. Did you know that, folks? You don't wear a mask? You can make crimes.

Ross, I've got 30 seconds. Do you want to play these, believe it or not? You've not done this before. Sure. I think I'm 2-1 right now. How many questions have you asked? Four? Oh, whatever.

New Orleans once had an arena football team known as the Voodoo. Believe it or not? Not. Believe it. Ross, New Orleans has hosted the Super Bowl six different times. Believe it or not? Believe it. No, 10 times.

That's a little minutia. Ross, the band Pearl Jam, was discovered by an epic records executive while performing at the Blue Nile Bar in the New Orleans. Oh, actually, I'll say believe it. No, I made that up. That's good, actually. I said not initially. I should have stuck with it. Last one, there are 976 calories in an order of three Cafe Dumont Piniets.

Oh, my God, this one's stupid. I'll go over. No, 976, probably a good number. I'll save you believe it. Sure, why don't? No, 527. Sorry. Oh, my God.

This is the worst question ever. Talk to you tonight for Rockets and Pelicans. Up next, two guys that barely worked the last week. The AT about Sports Talk 790.