As good as the Texans offensive line was against the Colts, Clint Stoerner says left guard was the best among them.
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00:00As if the offensive line playing as well as they did, didn't surprise you enough.
00:06The best offensive lineman on that football field Sunday for the Houston Texans, Ron?
00:11Kenyon Green.
00:13You said, you said you was impressed now.
00:17It was better than what you thought.
00:18Oh, better than what I thought?
00:20Hell, it was, it was significantly better than what I thought.
00:25And I'll be honest with you.
00:26Hell, I thought highly of it.
00:27I mean, hell, I've been drawn to tears about the path the man's taking about
00:31rebuilding his body and trying to relay how difficult it is for a big guy to do that.
00:36So I expected him to play well.
00:38And this isn't on a curve, you're saying, right?
00:40This isn't on the, hey, Kenyon just coming back, his first game.
00:44No.
00:45If you take the name off the back, Ron.
00:47Like he was better than Shaq Mason.
00:48Yes, without a doubt.
00:50He was better than Titus Howard.
00:52Yes, without a doubt.
00:53Now, that's tackles versus guards is a hard comp, right?
00:56Yes, yes, yes.
00:58When you talk about what he at guard is asked to do there, I think there were,
01:04there were weak moments and mistakes made by both tackles.
01:08And I'm not even talking about the penalties, but you can throw that in there as well.
01:13There were situations where, you know, leaving double teams too early by the tackles or
01:20not handling a twist up front by the tackles.
01:24There were just some moments in there.
01:26Shaq Mason as an interior guard, there was, there was, I believe it ended up being a sack.
01:31Shaq Mason didn't pass off a, I think it was a tackle, tackle stunt and gave up a sack.
01:39And I'm not being critical of those guys.
01:40I'm just telling you that everybody across the board, other than Kenyon Green,
01:45unless in the fourth quarter he blows up, then, you know,
01:51he's the best offensive lineman in that game.
01:54With Juice Scruggs left him, he hung him out to dry one time and left him.
01:57And I think it gave away an immediate pressure because they brought three week
02:01and Juice Scruggs went strong for some reason.
02:03So Laramie got a guy and Kenyon got a guy and the third guy came free.
02:08So that's something that appeared to be on Juice, not Kenyon.
02:12Yeah, Ron, I mean, I mean, if you take the name and you take the number off the jersey
02:18and you just watch this film, the first guy that you say,
02:23and you do it multiple times, by the way,
02:25the first guy that you look at the guy next to you and say,
02:27hey man, who is that?
02:28Who is that playing guard?
02:29Who is that?
02:30You're not asking about the tackles.
02:32You're not asking about the right guy.
02:34Hey, who is playing left guard right now?
02:37Damn, that was good.
02:38And then you get to watching him and it's like, damn, he's got good feet.
02:42And then you watch him.
02:43It's like, he's not just blocking well in the run game, Ron.
02:47He's road grading.
02:48Yeah, he's demolishing people.
02:49What people thought he would be coming out of A&M.
02:51You know, you know, I think it's the first run of the game.
02:56Ended up being like a four, maybe a three or four yard gain.
02:59And it's the one where Big Boy, what was Big Boy's name in the middle?
03:04Buckner.
03:04Buckner made the tackle like it was.
03:06And I remember when it happened, it was weird.
03:07He's like, why was Buckner that far in the backfield?
03:09Did he stunt?
03:11Was he playing linebacker?
03:12What the hell?
03:12What the hell was that?
03:14He, him and Laramie, Kenyon and Laramie doubled him and then both let him go.
03:20And I don't, I think it was Laramie, Laramie let him go.
03:22That's why he was going to go to the second level.
03:24But when I say, but it was one where Kenyon had him initially.
03:27And it was, it was the guards guiding and the tackles going, supposed to take him over.
03:32And the guard was going to go up to the next level, right?
03:35Well, they both went to the next level.
03:36So they screwed that up.
03:38But the initial push of the three to four yards was Kenyon kicking his ass.
03:43I mean, it was, and it wasn't just that the play that somebody posted on YouTube
03:47the other day where Kenyon got to the second level.
03:48And he passed off on Buckner and then got up to 32.
03:52Yeah.
03:52Guess what?
03:53There's, there's a very similar play where he got up on, on, uh, what's Zaire Franklin,
03:57the linebacker that was talking that trash to, uh, to, to CJ.
04:00He didn't take him to the ground, but he got up and gave him his business.
04:03I mean, it was like, it was, you know, I'll tell you this.
04:07And again, I want to preface it by saying the fourth quarter may blow up on me now,
04:12but you know, the second best lineman was most impressive.
04:17No, no doubt.
04:19No doubt.
04:20The two guys that were that played the most in the preseason and the question.
04:23Yep.
04:24Yep.
04:24I mean, Ron, I'm telling you though, they, they, when you talk about, I don't know about
04:28how you watch film, but when I watch film, it's like, I don't expect, I really don't expect my,
04:31unless I'm watching Trent Williams, I really don't expect my tackles to just be real nasty,
04:36dirty, you know, physical, um, maulers.
04:39Like I just don't, if you find one, I love it.
04:41Now don't get me wrong, but like, I, I just don't, I don't expect that.
04:45I absolutely 100% expected for my interior offensive lineman and all three of our
04:52interior offensive lineman had, had plays where they were just, I mean, absolute dogs in the
04:58middle.
04:58And, um, I mean, I'm just, I never would have thought that I'd be sitting here talking about
05:04Kenyon green being the best.
05:05If I'm telling you not game one, I'm telling you not game one, man.
05:08I I'm anxious to see, I don't know.
05:10I have to ask Bajani or Creighton, one of the advanced stat guys, but there's, I'd be
05:14interested to see if they're post grades anywhere.
05:18I I'd be, I'd be willing to bet you right now.
05:20I'm sure PFF did.
05:22I'd be, I'd be willing to bet you right now that Kenyon's the top graded, graded lineman.
05:28Especially in a day where they were to me, the number one, I think they were the number
05:35one reason the team won.
05:37Absolutely.
05:38And to think that they were the number one reason that a team that their team won.
05:44And putting up 29 points and Kenyon green was the best from your vantage point is a,
05:50is a, is a huge step.
05:53We said he's passed every single step that he's had to pass since, you know, OTAs, mandatory
06:00mini camp, all of that.
06:02And now it has paid off and he's looking good on the field.
06:04Ron, whether you're talking about knowing your assignment and executing it, you're talking
06:09about pass protection, holding your ground.
06:11So the quarterback has somewhere to push up in the pocket, or we're talking about the
06:15run game where your work, not just working a double team, but you are driving a defensive
06:21tackle two, three, four yards deep and allowing the tackle to take over.
06:27And then you're showing athletic ability to get to that next defender, whether it's a
06:30linebacker or safety.
06:32And then on top of that, you're showing the ability to finish violently.
06:37You're showing that level of dog that everybody hoped that you would have been when you got
06:42drafted.
06:43This Kenyon green that we saw Sunday is absolutely worth taking in the first round.
06:49This Kenyon green that we saw Sunday, again, you take the numbers and the names off of
06:53it.
06:54That is the guy that you point to.
06:56And you want to know who the hell that is.
06:58That's the guy you point to.
06:59And you say, that's the tone setter on this offensive line.
07:02That guy, right?
07:03Yeah.
07:03You better run it off the, off the left guard's ass.
07:05Cause that guy right there means business.
07:07That's that's how, that's how violent, how physical and how impressive Kenyon green was
07:14Sunday against the Colts.
07:15Can he do it for 17, 18?
07:17I don't know, but on Sunday versus the Colts, he was the best Texans offensive lineman.
07:21He's got to be gaining confidence off of that performance, especially man at times is you
07:27sit manhandling manhandling Buckner.
07:30Like he did.
07:31He's got to, that's got to give him major, major confidence moving forward.
07:36Absolutely.
07:37The other thing real quick.
07:38I mean, I, I, I just stroked the hell out of Kenyon green.
07:40So, um, this is going to be a little bit of a buzz kill, but
07:45Will Anderson, Ron, I'm gonna tell you, maybe it's just that we've, we've had an off season
07:52and I've been watching preseason football and I've been watching training camp.
07:58And this ain't nothing that we don't already know about Will Anderson, but it was on,
08:03it was showcased in a big way.
08:06He is a, he is a MF in problem, bro.
08:09Kid is a freaking baller.
08:11In a good way.
08:12He, he is, I'm going to tell you this, just watching that game.
08:16If I'm an offensive coordinator, if I'm an offensive line coach, if I'm an old lineman
08:20in this league, if I'm a tackle, I'd rather try to block the Neil Hunter.
08:26Like in terms, like, I don't know, I'm not saying I would have more success against,
08:30against the Neil Hunter.
08:32But physically he, like, you know, you putting in, I mean, it worked physically in a game.
08:37You go soak in a tub after, bro.
08:39We've all had this guy.
08:40We've all had this guy, right?
08:41Rick Casey, the guy at practice that just has such a high motor that in latent practice,
08:46you're like, come on, man.
08:47We're just trying to get to the house.
08:48Yeah, man.
08:49You know what I mean?
08:49Like you can't play.
08:51I only play one way.
08:52That's what Will Anderson looks like in a game.
08:54It looks like everybody else is practicing and just trying to hang on.
08:58And he is just, he is just, I mean, killing folks.
09:01And it's like, it's not even, I looked up one time on the film and I just paused the film,
09:05Ron, and it looked like there were three people trying to tackle him.
09:09There was a guard, a tackle, and I don't know if it's a tight end or a running back.
09:12They literally were all, and it's not even, it's not, it's just so violent and so nonstop
09:19that it's just like, if you're a tackle, it's got like, I don't want to block this guy for
09:22four quarters.
09:23If I got to block him once or twice, cool.
09:25I'm fine with that.
09:26But if he's going to be on my side the whole game, give me DeNeal Hunter.
09:29I'll go over here and get my ass beat on a pass rush a couple of times and give up a
09:32couple of sacks before.
09:34I mean, it's just, it's just, I mean, he is, I don't know what the pass rush is ever going
09:39to look like.
09:40Because there was nothing in there that I was like, man, you can see where he's, you
09:43know, and I don't know that we'll ever see that.
09:44But, you know, the thing about him was that the pass rush skill set wasn't necessarily
09:49polished.
09:50I don't know that in this film you can really see anywhere where you're like, boy, yeah,
09:55he's gotten better in that pass rush.
09:57But I'm going to tell you the high motor, the violent high level of physicality, Will
10:05Anderson is real and he's back and that little ankle injury that he was nursing for about
10:11felt like six months in training camp.
10:14It didn't seem to bother him one bit.
10:16It may be sore today.
10:18Hell, he may have been on a snap count because of it.
10:21I don't know.
10:22But man, I'm telling you, he is an absolute monster and it is, it is nonstop.
10:28I don't know.
10:28I don't know where the dude gets the energy.
10:30Yeah.
10:30Better get ready every time you face him.