The Texans-Cowboys matchup on Monday Night Football does not seem to have the same buzz around it as expected ahead of the season. But it should be a good night for Texans fans, The Drive's Ron Hughley says.
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00:00Listen, uh, as we roll through here, I just want to say thank you to the schedule makers.
00:07I just want to get the schedule makers. I don't know if they did it on purpose. I listen,
00:11I ain't gonna lie to you. There's no juice in this game at all. Um, I, I thought guys,
00:17when the schedule came out, this would be the biggest game of the season. Uh, it is
00:21not, um, I'd like to be clear. You're talking about Cowboys. I'm talking about Cowboys,
00:26Texans. I thought this would be the biggest game of the season. It is not hell. I thought
00:30we may do something special for it. We're not. And I mean, obviously the Cowboys have
00:37made it even worse with their injuries and they're just falling apart. But I mean the
00:43Texans right now are just, you know, the, the, the fan base is probably at the lowest
00:47point that they have been. I think we've said that two weeks in a row now, but the lowest
00:51point that they have ever been, uh, with the Texans in the D'Amico era. Uh, and so
00:57their buzz is down, you know, we thought we'd have two, two really good football teams maybe
01:01potentially facing off and there's a battle. I think we should still go. I can meet y'all
01:07Sunday night. I'll buy Javier's. Yeah, that's cool. You talking about driving? Well, I'll,
01:14I'll be flying in from somewhere else, but yeah, I'll meet y'all there. Javier's me flying
01:18in from somewhere. Oh, it's Monday. I'm out. I think Bajani's coming over to watch it.
01:23Is he? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait a second. We're neighbors. Wait, that's fine. It's even
01:28makes it with my point that even validates my point. Did you just say you're out on Javier's
01:33in Dallas and Monday night football for, so Sean can come, your neighbor can walk next
01:38door and watch a game? Well, I got him and my pops is coming over too. I already made
01:42some plans. I love Sean, but damn, he ain't holding up my Dallas plans. Damn sure Javier's
01:48involved. You're more than welcome to come Sean, but you ain't keeping my ass. Oh wow.
01:53Take your ass to sleep on that hot ass couch you slept on during that time. It wasn't no
01:59damn power. You're sleeping on there. But, um, I, but I, but it just brought me, I think
02:04happiness because I'll be honest with you. I don't, you know, I, I, many of you think
02:08that I, that I enjoy the, the pain of you. I don't. Hold on. So I like it to be happiness.
02:15And tomorrow we'll be out, uh, at, at, at Buffalo Wild Wings on a thirsty Thursday
02:20at Willowbrook Plaza. Come on out and hang out with us from two to six. And I want to
02:24see the happiness in people's eyes. I get the feel when we start talking about Texans,
02:28we might see some snarling anger from people that aren't over things. I want to see happiness.
02:34And now Clint, I think we're going to get it because right now you're at the low point,
02:39but nothing I think would dig Houston Texans fans out of a low point than beating the brakes
02:45off the Dallas Cowboys in Dallas. And that is what's going to happen. They're going,
02:52they're going to beat the brakes off of them. And I think it will completely uplift the
02:57city as negative as it is right now, as we got people trying to fire people and we got
03:02people trying to get rid of people and make moves and hand and anger when you beat Dallas,
03:08which this game to me, Clint feels like a 30 to seven type of a game. I don't think
03:13they're going to score touchdowns, a 30 to nine type of game. I think it's going to make
03:17everybody feel good. They're going to dominate the Cowboys because I think the Cowboys is
03:22the, this version of the Cowboys, Clint's the worst team they've played on their schedule.
03:27And that includes the new England Patriots. When I told you they were going to beat the
03:31brakes off the Patriots and some of y'all for some reason was nervous and they did,
03:36they beat the brakes off of Niko. I believe we'll be coming back. They'll have some reinforcements.
03:41They are going to murder this awful Dallas Cowboys team. What's your point? And it's
03:46going to make everybody feel good, Jerry. And I'm here for it. So the schedule makers
03:51made it at a perfect time to beat this low. Nothing is better than beating the hell out
03:55of the Cowboys for Houston, Texas, man. Thank you. That's well, that's well said there,
04:01Ron. I mean, there is, there is nothing that could bring you lose three or four. There's,
04:07there are, I'm just, I'm really, this is terrible to say, but I'm glad that the, the, the, a
04:12lot of the fan base, the coaching staff, the team, I'm glad they're more aware. It's at
04:16six and four of the problems that were very obvious at six and two. So we've made progress
04:21there, but there's nothing better than a quiet week where everybody's doubting you for the
04:28team to refocus and go work.
04:31Your ass off because you pay on Monday night, by the way. And then for the opponent to be
04:36the Dallas Cowboys, who I'll be honest with you, I think they should probably start Trey
04:40Lance, but I hope they don't for the Texans sake. Um, the Texans go beat the Dallas Cowboys.
04:49That scenario right there is, uh, I don't know. You could draw it up any better. I don't
04:57know that you could draw it up any better. There's something about if you were hitting
05:03on all cylinders and beating the hell out of people when the top AFC teams and the Cowboys
05:07were down and out that wind just wouldn't quite mean as much right now, both teams are
05:12in a spot where boy, you need, you need some improvement and you need it big time. You
05:17got all the, all the reason in the world to go put the blinders on and grind and shut
05:22out the noise and, and, and be really motivated with a sense of urgency all week to put your
05:27best product out there. And the Texans are the better football team. Clearly. I mean,
05:34there's no doubt about it. Even with their warts, they are a better football team. Honestly.
05:38And I do, I believe this version of the Cowboys is worse than any team they played like the
05:43Patriots. I was like, boy, they're starting a rookie quarterback. Obviously we've seen
05:47Drake may hell. We saw Drake may in the game. Yeah. Right. They like, this is, but this
05:51crew here, man, they can't stop the run. And I mean, at full strength, I mean, they
05:55can't, I mean, I feel like Joe Mixon is going to go nuts on this group. I mean, they got
06:00Micah Parsons and he's, he's an issue, but like their, their defense as a whole is worse
06:05than the Patriots, their quarterback situations for Cooper rush again, 48 yards last week.
06:12And this defense is better than the Eagles defense. Like this defense that calls Josh
06:17Allen to go nine for 30, whatever it was like, they're going, they're, they're going
06:21to smash them. We've got people like Larry up here. Larry's up here talking about, I'm
06:26not making a trip to Dallas. This is what we're talking about. Now we've got people,
06:29Larry, Larry going to go to camp, but he ain't going to drive up to Dallas to rub this in
06:33a face. Oh man. Larry going to be out there and act yak blasted drunk and feeling himself
06:39and happy again. It is from the text line. Why are, why are y'all such Debbie Downers?
06:44How the hell am I being a Debbie Downer? I said, they're going to go to the hell of
06:49them. He said, what? Who's down? The defense looks awesome. We're getting our awesome wide
06:53receiver back. We have a winning record. Everybody is a winning record. Now that you say that,
07:01I would say, I would say, Texter, it has not been, it has not been a very, a very positive
07:09feel from the fan base. I respect, I respect the fans that aren't prisoners of the moment,
07:18but the truth of the matter is you've lost three or four, uh, in that, in that three
07:22of four that you lost your, your quarterback has been the most pressured quarterback in
07:28the league for three of those four games on prime time. Yeah. Your second, your second
07:33half scoring is absolutely atrocious. And you know, you're, there's a lot of folks here
07:42and nationally that are, that are calling for the offensive coordinator's job. Um, I
07:47would say there's, there's a little something to sink.
07:51You TV, the NBA, all joking aside, I admire that the lens that you're watching it through.
07:58I would not, I would not say the negative talk at this point is Debbie Downer though.
08:02I don't, but I don't think there's nothing negative. We just talked, we just talked about,
08:06I think it's just, we're going to have a party in here. We're going to be drinking mad dog
08:10on Monday. Um, and I'm sure Tyler will lose and we'll drink mad dog on Monday. I'm, I'm
08:15spending a good one. I got, I got enough to spend. I don't think we did mad dog Monday
08:20last week. No, we didn't. It didn't matter. Um, but I, but so anybody, I know you had,
08:24you had somebody, you didn't, you didn't blow him. No, but you, you sent one in, you didn't,
08:29you didn't blow it. So I believe you sent, you sent your mad dog player in. I think we
08:33should go ahead and count that against. No, we're not doing that. Oh, we're not doing
08:35that. It's unfair. We got a new, we're going to be drinking money. We're going to drink
08:38a man. I'm going to find a new flavor if I can.