Nico Collins joined Sports Illustrated from Radio Row ahead of Super Bowl 58. Nico Collins talks about the transformation the Houston Texans have undergone and how they will continue to get better.
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00:00 All right, ladies and gentlemen, what you don't know is I got my dog Nico Collins sitting on my left he wears number 12
00:06 I used to wear number 12 back in my days
00:09 He's out there balling. I used to ball back in the day. How you feeling baby?
00:14 I'm feeling good man, I'm feeling good, you know blessed healthy
00:17 I'm out here for Super Bowl weekend man, great vibes, great people, you know, just great man. Great situation right now.
00:23 All right. Let's talk about the Houston Texans season. Yeah, okay. Demico Ryans
00:28 CJ Stroud in the building and now we run into all cylinders
00:32 Talk to us about the transformation of the Texans because obviously last few years weren't as good as this
00:40 And y'all were making noise in the playoffs
00:42 Into which some people had y'all winning that game against the Ravens. So talk to me about that transformation
00:49 That Demico brought in obviously being the coach and then CJ I guess amplified being the quarterback man
00:55 You know just when I first got there, you know the first two years it was not there
00:58 Yeah, you know, we won two games both two years both years. I was there man, but for the first time
01:04 You're right. It was to get Demico man and off and for them to get CJ
01:08 We'll you know adding a piece to you know, the puzzle man
01:11 If I don't realize you know what we need to be great man and for them to pick the right people
01:17 It was big time man. You know, they
01:20 Got the right right tools. We need it boys got CJ man to do do special and
01:25 We all know what you about. It is only so much we all I can say about it
01:30 Can we all know what he can do? Yeah, we know and it's only up from there
01:33 What do you think the Texans have to do in order to make it to a is the championship?
01:40 I feel like first man. We just gotta keep going
01:43 Keep going be relentless man. Just have a litmus mindset, you know continue to chase our goal, you know
01:49 I continue to just be 1% every day, you know, I feel like we can't get satisfied
01:53 I feel like once you get satisfied man, that's when that's when things go down here
01:56 I feel like we just always got to be hungry. Niko. I
01:59 Could tell you tall. Yeah. I know you was this tall six-fold
02:05 So what you know as big receivers, I'm a big receiver - now you bigger than me, but I'm a big receiver - I
02:12 Would like to watch the other big receivers in the game
02:16 Even when I was in college coming up the Calvins the Brandon Marshalls. I just watch my kids. I was walking to say no
02:22 That's why I say I'm on my game. Okay. Okay. Okay. So so what is it about Mike cuz Mike is a dog
02:29 Feel like a thousand yards every year dog boy your dog
02:44 Let's not let's not receive a top man, let's not receive a time
02:47 I feel like your favorite route to catch watching out play is deep post
02:52 What what do you think is your favorite? I like deep post like a bang
02:57 Yeah, and I like the dagger the deep the deep in cut like 20 yards
03:01 Yeah, they're in a vertical you don't know what he run. I was go route put in the ground
03:04 Are you are you a are you a speed? Are y'all a speed cut offense? Are you uh, it's really whatever
03:11 Yeah, you know whatever the coach wants you to do. You know, I'm saying really who's the more come to balance team
03:16 Yeah, cuz the timing, you know, I was coming in there too fast. We all got speed
03:20 Yeah, I'm saying so I kind of mess up the timing CJ probably on his reads first aggression. I that go back. Yeah
03:25 Yeah, yeah, so and but to get in the window too early
03:29 So it's probably we had to come to balance, you know more the time make the route deeper
03:32 So we get in the window the corner so, you know, whatever we can, you know, just get open
03:36 Okay
03:39 It's a Super Bowl. Yeah, it is. Let's talk a little bit about the AFC side. Yeah. Yeah, we got Patrick Mahomes
03:46 Got Chris Jones
03:49 eyes a potato
03:51 What do you think they have to do to win the game? What are the keys that they have to do because from a receiver standpoint
03:56 They haven't done that great. She writes has been balling in the playoffs
04:01 Yeah, there's somebody that needs to step up this Valdez can they need to step up because I feel like
04:07 They're gonna try to eliminate Travis got you and they might try to eliminate Rashid
04:13 Got you. Who do you think?
04:15 Somebody's gonna step up man. I
04:18 Got faith in man. We receive it. We are
04:21 Okay, man. Okay, George boy got you. You got it. You don't step up. That's well. You got you
04:29 What
04:33 They gotta come to play though, yeah, they gotta go to play they gotta come play I like that friend
04:37 I won't say a friend. I just I played a to underdog in the team and they got the dog right now
04:41 I know I feel like it's it's a perfect situation for him
04:44 Just go out and have fun. Just be there
04:47 Let's go back to the receiver talk cuz I got
04:51 Yeah, who do you think
04:56 Who do you think's the best receiver in the game today right now?
05:01 I'm say me. Yeah, that's a confident. Yeah, I rip good. Thank you. I'll go my games man
05:08 Let's pick tomorrow let's go let's go Mount Rushmore in the league right now. Hmm
05:17 Right now right now not not history right now right now I go I
05:23 Go on Jenna. Okay, we had JJ on
05:29 My games. Yeah, so dog cuz what he did is
05:33 On the dog and he og. Oh gee, I know that man goes hurt and I go AJ Brown. Hey, bro. Okay, it's out to AJ
05:41 Does he have a sponsor
05:47 Typically everybody got a sponsor
05:57 Yeah
05:59 All right, ladies and gentlemen
06:03 The future is very bright. Nico Collins is a dog
06:06 If you don't know his name, you will know his name in the future because him and CJ that connection is dirty
06:12 My dog
06:15 Thank you