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Heisman Trophy winner and Texans radio analyst Andre Ware joins The Drive with reaction to the Marvin Harrison Jr. trade and the Texans picking up their first win of the season.
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00:37Sean is in.
00:38And it's that time, y'all.
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00:51It's always good on a weekly basis to get Andre Ware.
00:54Where to find folks in this beautiful city know where to tune in and hear him talking college ball,
01:00talking pro ball, talking Texans, and sometimes a little marriage advice Ron got into last week.
01:06But nonetheless, Dre, what's good, baby?
01:08How we doing?
01:09You got it, man.
01:10It's always better on a Monday after the Texans win a game.
01:15And so we are in the clouds today.
01:19Come on, man.
01:20Come on.
01:20You hear that little background, don't you?
01:21I hear that, man.
01:23I hear you firing that off a little bit.
01:25Hey, I gave it to T.
01:26That was a surprise.
01:27T's got all the creative freedom in the world to build your intro, man.
01:31Get ready.
01:32Whenever it happens, it's going to be live, bro.
01:35But hey, real quick, man.
01:36The Texans adding Marvin Harrison Jr., man, for a second-round pick.
01:41Look, I know there's a lot of opinions out there about the value of a second-round pick,
01:45about the history of Marvin Harrison Jr., both the distant history as well as, obviously,
01:50the last four or five games in Arizona.
01:54Just, man, I just opened the floor up to you, man.
01:56Your thoughts on Marvin Harrison being added to this roster?
02:00I love it because I don't know that you're going to get a player with that pick in this
02:05upcoming draft that has the physical tools of a guy like Marvin Harrison Jr.
02:11Now, the only thing that you could, you know, maybe poke a hole in is that why not another
02:17offensive lineman for that second-round pick, you know?
02:20But it's another game-changer, another playmaker opposite Nico Collins, and I just think they
02:29need someone else to kind of step in and fill that void.
02:33And also, Clint, and I think you may know this as well as I, that it's kind of saying that
02:38we are transitioning to a pass-first offense when you make a move like this and not the
02:45dominant running physical team that you sold all offseason.
02:49So, I'm okay with it.
02:50As long as they can acknowledge it and it changes and you win football games, absolutely,
02:56you make that change.
02:58Dre, I know, look, you're in no position to necessarily speak about Arizona and the organization,
03:03and I would never ask you to do that, but I think we all know that there's something
03:09there when a player and how players respond and the support they have in an organization
03:16that's, let's call it, it's less than desired in terms of kind of the dysfunction that's
03:22going on in Arizona, totally different than what's going on in Houston.
03:26I personally chalk up maybe some of the shots being fired at Marvin Harrison Jr.
03:33are probably more in line with, hey, man, it's hard to go to work every day at Arizona.
03:38What are your thoughts on just kind of some of the negative, you know, hey, he's quitting
03:41on routes, he's not giving 100%.
03:43What's your thoughts on that being a reality in Arizona?
03:47It's got to be frustrating.
03:48You and I both know that there are certain organizations that are notorious for losing,
03:52and they will continue to take the Dolphins being one.
03:55They hadn't been relevant basically since Marino, I would think, and so they go out
04:00and they sign Malik Willis from the Titans, bring him in, and you know right away that
04:05that's not going to work out.
04:07Well, when the Cardinals named Jacoby Brissett, no, you know, no shots.
04:12I mean, I guess they're catching strays, but when you sign certain guys, especially at
04:18that position, you know what the season's going to look like.
04:22Jacoby has been a career backup for most of his career, had opportunities to start when
04:27guys have gotten hurt.
04:28But if you're naming him the starter going into the draft, you know exactly what's going
04:32on.
04:33They are not trying to win games at any cost, and that affects a guy like Marvin Harrison,
04:40Jr. directly.
04:41And so if you know you're not getting the ball, these guys can be divas.
04:45They're going to shut it down and maybe not finish a route or when he knows that the ball's
04:49not coming his way, that'll change because of the climate and the locker room in which
04:55he's walking into, as well as the head coach he's going to be playing for here, who requires
05:00maximum effort every single day.
05:03So I expect a totally different football player.
05:06I expect a guy that's coming here that's going to have, you know, getting a fresh start and
05:10an opportunity to kind of dispel what was being said about him in Arizona.
05:15Dray, I'm going to take you back a little bit to your playing days with the Detroit
05:19Lions when you were with them.
05:2190 to 93, right?
05:23I did a little digging and, you know, the Lions, to my research, never really made a
05:29mid-season trade.
05:30But I did find that you guys acquired Brett Perryman right before the 91 season when the
05:37Lions already had guys like Robert Clark and Willie Green and yet a young Herman Moore.
05:41And just curious from your perspective, being a part of that team and how it could apply
05:45to, you know, making an addition like this for the Texans receiver core, when you've got,
05:50you know, guys like that and where the Texans have Nico and Noel and Hutch and company, how
05:56challenging can that be on a team from an offensive coordinator, quarterback, receiver standpoint
06:00to just try to make that fit at this point in time?
06:04Especially with that position group, Sean.
06:06And it's a great question.
06:07When we brought Brett in, we added an element of explosiveness.
06:12And that's, I'm sure, what this coaching staff and the organization is hoping that will
06:17transpire by bringing in a guy like Marvin Harrison Jr.
06:20But, yeah, that room, kind of, you massage that room a little bit because there's some egos
06:30in that room.
06:31There are nobody, there's nobody nervous, more nervous right now than a guy like Kayshaun
06:35Booty or Xavier Hutchinson or anyone else, Jared Wayne.
06:39When you give up a second round pick, those guys, if you draft one, they're expected to
06:44come in and start for you.
06:47If you bring one in, you give up a pick to get a player, you know that player is going
06:51to participate.
06:53And at the very least, he is a complimentary piece that's going to play a lot of snaps.
06:58That means somebody's not active that week.
07:01That means somebody is not getting as much of an attention as they once did.
07:06All those things happen, especially in the wide receiver room where there are tremendous
07:11egos.
07:12I know, Dre, across the board in that wide receiver room, they just got better and the
07:16depth is better.
07:17And an offensive system that just overemphasizes distributing the football, I mean, this is
07:22a bigger get than even just the name Marvin Harrison Jr.
07:26Speaking of distributing the football, CJ Stroud, man.
07:29Look, I knew that CJ Stroud, I never doubted CJ Stroud's ability to play the quarterback
07:36position and spin the ball around the park at a high level.
07:39I'd be lying, Dre, if I didn't tell you for five games now, for the most part, five games
07:44now, I'm not in awe of just how successful he's been throwing the football given everything
07:50that's going on around him, given the lack of separation, the, you know, the, the, I mean,
07:57zero, zero interception worthy passes.
08:00I mean, the, the, the level at which he's playing right now is, is, is wild.
08:05No doubt about it, Clint.
08:07When you, you talk about seven touchdown passes and he hadn't put the ball in harm's way.
08:12I love underdog stories.
08:14I love second chance stories.
08:16I love guys that bet on themselves.
08:19And so he bet on himself and it was supposed to be a year in which, you know, he just
08:25managed
08:25and not messed it up.
08:27And the Texas were going to be this, you know, this Superbowl caliber team.
08:32Well, out of the gate, the first four weeks, that wasn't the case, but the one consistent
08:37from this year and now through five weeks has been CJ Stroud.
08:42There's never been a question about what he was doing from a completion standpoint, from
08:47an understanding standpoint, whatever it is.
08:50I like to see guys get paid.
08:52I think he is well on his way to, to doing exactly that and not having it minimized to
08:58just being a game manager.
08:59He is, he has prevailed over a lot.
09:02He has gone through a lot and, uh, and has come out on the other side of it because he
09:07believed in himself and the guys in that locker room believe they can win when number
09:13seven is in the lineup each and every week.
09:15That is something that the organization cannot take lightly.
09:19Dre, the, the, I just told you, I never, never doubted CJ Stroud's ability to, to play
09:24the, the, the quarterback position at a high level.
09:27The part, the part that I, that I have questioned was the leadership and, and, and the alpha and
09:33the taken, I don't mean being a good guy and I don't mean being a leader because you're
09:37a good player.
09:38And I'm talking about that.
09:39Take control, hold people accountable.
09:42And I'm going to tell you, man, the, the most beautiful thing about from a, from a quarterback
09:47perspective that I've watched CJ do, and I may be reading into this.
09:51You tell me if I am reading into it too much, but the interaction on the sideline with the
09:55head coach, D'Amico Rhines and in a, in a healthy way, I haven't seen some of the, some
10:00of the kind of interactions may be friction between him and Kaylee on the sideline, which
10:04I think is healthy by the way.
10:06Um, you know, that is something we haven't seen the post game presser of him saying, Hey
10:11man, you know, talking about Kaylee in a way of like, yeah, man, we're, we're, he's doing
10:15things more, I guess, more in a, a detailed manner, a specific manner.
10:21I just overall, I love what I'm feeling and hearing about CJ Stroud off the field as well.
10:28Yeah.
10:28You know, I'll go back to the first part of your question.
10:31Guys just lead differently.
10:32You know, uh, yeah, I spent a lot of time with Warren moon.
10:36He was a leader that was sort of like CJ.
10:38He would do things behind the scenes, but never out as teammates or a coaching staff or the
10:44organization in public.
10:46That's just not his style, but behind the scenes, he was a totally different dude.
10:51Um, and CJ's, you know, he, the second part of that is that CJ is D'Amico's guy.
10:57That's why they, that's why you see the relationship that they have on the field.
11:02That's why CJ goes out for the coin toss by himself as just one captain, as opposed to
11:10the op, the opposition bringing out four or five guys.
11:13Sometimes they are telling you that they are good, that everything in the city of Houston
11:18between D'Amico Ryan's and CJ Stroud is good.
11:21They're telling you in every way possible, but he's just not the kind of leader that's
11:26going to do it publicly.
11:28He'll do it at practice.
11:29He'll do it at, you know, walkthroughs.
11:31He'll do it in, in pregame, all of that stuff in the locker room, but you're just not going
11:35to see that side of him, uh, publicly.
11:38And that's, that's okay by me.
11:39Andre Ware joining us on the drive.
11:42Dre, uh, you know, people in Houston thought times were going to be really good before this
11:46thing got kickstarted.
11:47And then Owen four slapped us all in the face.
11:49And then here we are right.
11:51Uh, D'Amico Ryan's takes back defensive play, calling duties.
11:55I know it's one game.
11:56I know it was an inferior opponent.
11:58Uh, but at least from my perspective, I expected a little bit, um, you know, tougher
12:03competition, a more formidable Titan team on Sunday than the one that we watched.
12:07I want to know if you were able to discern any difference in, you know, the way that you
12:13saw the defense play line up their aggressiveness, um, with D'Amico Ryan's calling the shots
12:19yesterday.
12:19Yeah.
12:20Early in the game, I was concerned, Sean, because of how, uh, with little resistance,
12:26Tennessee went down the field.
12:27I'm like, Oh boy, we're going to have, we're in for one here on the road.
12:31Who knows what the weather's going to turn into, uh, because it was supposed to have been
12:35bad yesterday, but it was, it was fine all game long.
12:38Um, but with that, um, they took care of business after that initial drive.
12:45And then it became, you know, field goals by the Texans and things of that sort.
12:49And they held to just one field goal.
12:51That's his immediate impact.
12:52When, when, uh, when the head coach regains playing ability, whether it's on offense or
12:58on defense, that is a clear message to that unit that, Hey, we have got to step up, whether
13:03they were getting it before or not.
13:05That is a, that is a, Hey, the head coach has eyes on us now.
13:10And so we've got to do our part and that's exactly how they played after that first drive
13:15and the remainder of the game.
13:17It was good to see they were able to shut down the run and cut that valve off and then
13:22force Tennessee to throw the football.
13:24And then man, it was nice to see Clowney on the field with Will Anderson Jr on the field
13:30with Daniel Hunter, um, big Logan, our, our Cougar brother.
13:35And he's on the field making plays Logan Hall.
13:37So to see that and not have to blitz to get the kind of pressure they were getting, it
13:43just tells me you are loaded in that area.
13:46Now you just got to stop the run early in games against other opponents like the Cowboys
13:51and the Colts and the Bengals and bills.
13:54Hey, Dre, I thought, I thought Logan, I thought he took out cam and I thought cam was cooked
13:59on that one.
13:59You and me both, man.
14:01When he hit him, I don't know if you guys heard it, but during the broadcast, I stepped
14:05all over Mark with a big, Ooh, it was, it was so explosive in the, in the hit that he
14:11made on cam war.
14:12I couldn't help myself, man.
14:14Hey, when they, the best part watching it on TV, man, it happened in real time.
14:18And you was like, man, that was violent.
14:19Yeah.
14:19And then they come back and they, they show it in slow motion and everything's in slow
14:23motion except for like the, the actual contact.
14:26And you're like, man, that looked violent in slow motion, man.
14:29I was ready for him to throw a flag.
14:31I'm like, ah, here we go.
14:32Yeah.
14:33Hey, but to cam's credit, he got right back up, man.
14:35And kept, kept throwing darts.
14:37That's it, man.
14:37He, he got up one of these days.
14:39They're going to learn in Tennessee to play a little bit more on schedule and, and, and,
14:42uh, and not get his ass killed, but we'll, we'll, we'll see how that goes, man.
14:46Hey, Dre, man, we appreciate it, man.
14:48Uh, always good to have you, man.
14:50We're looking forward to, to this season.
14:53Hopefully we can have more winning, more winning, uh, Andre Ware appearances than losing, but either
14:58way it goes, man, we always love having you on and, and, um, and respect what you got
15:02to say, brother.
15:02Love you guys, man.
15:04And, uh, enjoy the show every single day.
15:07I got it on from two to six.
15:08So I'm somewhere listening to you, whether I'm working or just, uh, traveling around
15:12the city.
15:13Well, we greatly appreciate it.
15:14A big shout out to image net consulting for, uh, for letting it happen, for making it happen.
15:20Image net consulting, man.
15:21We, we greatly appreciate you.
15:23All right, Dre.
15:23Thank you, man.
15:24Thank you guys.