00:00All right, give it to us, man.
00:01A little tape drop Tuesday on what you saw against the Chargers.
00:03Ron, I want to make this short and sweet.
00:05I want to make it clean here.
00:07Look, there was obviously a lot of good,
00:08and I don't want to make a mountain out of a molehill that was the Chargers.
00:10I don't want to oversell this thing.
00:12Now, the Chargers defense was the better part of that team,
00:17and I do think that on that side of the ball, offensively,
00:20I think we can take some things from this game positively
00:25that should carry over into games that matter.
00:27They're damn sure the Cleveland game next up,
00:31but the day that C.J. Stroud had was big time,
00:37and it was big time because obviously the production,
00:41five touchdowns was big, but Tankdale, as you mentioned,
00:47had a big day, a kind of re-emergence, if you will.
00:52We knew what he had, but we just didn't know if he still had it after the injuries.
00:56And then Kayshawn Booty's a guy that I've been talking about
01:00from the time the trade was made.
01:01Like, man, I've always thought there's more juice there.
01:03The guy's got a little bit more to him than just being a role player receiver.
01:07He had a monster day, obviously.
01:09So I thought what we'd do is just run down these touchdowns real quick
01:14and explain kind of how they went down because they were all just –
01:18they were truly works of art.
01:19Great calls, great design by Nick Kaley, and just the way C.J. Stroud
01:27is playing the quarterback position right now, Ron,
01:30there's nobody in the league playing the position better than him.
01:32And this wasn't a perfect game by any means.
01:34There were some mistakes.
01:35There were some misses.
01:36No question about it.
01:38But this is – this was a game where, you know, the ability to go out there
01:47and put pressure on a defense and the ability to go out there
01:50and give the organization a lead so the defense can play with a lead
01:53and the defense can rush the passer and the defense has the advantage
01:57instead of their back constantly being against the wall, I think was the story here.
02:02And less about what the defense did and more about what the offense did.
02:05But I thought these were – I thought these were big time –
02:08a big time, big time day overall.
02:10But I do want to drop the touchdowns individually.
02:13I got – I got T. Milley, as usual, to dress this thing up for me.
02:16He's got – he's got each touchdown and we're going to play them
02:19and then we'll discuss each one of them.
02:22Here is C.J. Stroud to Xavier Hutchinson to get the party started.
02:29Here's the snap to C.J.
02:31Got a little time.
02:32C.J. looking, waiting, throwing right side of the end zone.
02:35And it's a touchdown.
02:36Xavier Hutchinson with the TD catch.
02:3917-yard strike.
02:40Boy, he had time to throw that, Dre.
02:4317-yard touchdown strike.
02:45And here's what you got, Ron.
02:47You got a trips left bunch tight.
02:50So, of course, condensed formation.
02:520-87, F out, H, Texas.
02:55And the beautiful thing about this, if you're going to throw it down the field,
02:58there was one guy open, and that was Hutch.
03:01All right?
03:01And they somewhat had him kind of bracketed early on,
03:05thinking that we were going to attack the middle of the field in rhythm.
03:07Well, he's not – the ball's not out in rhythm,
03:10and so the goal then is to run all the way across the field to the front pylon,
03:14and he just flat-out outruns folks.
03:16And he is the guy that's open down the field.
03:19I do think it's worth mentioning two other things on this particular play.
03:23H, Texas, Woody Marks ran a nasty route, right?
03:26If CJ had wanted to be a little bit more conservative and check it down,
03:30Woody Marks would have had a great catch and run right there in a big way.
03:35Great protection up front.
03:37Great protection by the big fellas up front.
03:39As you heard Mark Vandermeer say, he had plenty of protection.
03:43There's clearly something in this game that they game-planned, Ron,
03:47where attacking those front pylons to the sideline,
03:52once they get inside the 30 or inside the 25-yard line,
03:55attacking those front pylons on the sideline were obviously a focus in this game plan.
04:02This is technically one of the better throws that you're going to see CJ Stroud make.
04:06He threw that ball early, with air, with some anticipation,
04:10and it wasn't a perfect throw because the DB almost got his hand on it,
04:13but when you throw it up early and you let the receiver run to it like that,
04:17good things typically happen.
04:18So the Hutch touchdown to get things started was big time.
04:22Now the fireworks show started with Tankdale.
04:27This is Tankdale's 63-yard touchdown catch from CJ Stroud.
04:32CJ looking.
04:33He's got a little time now.
04:34Pocket collapsing.
04:35Airs it out right side.
04:36Tankdale across the 25 right sideline.
04:39The 20, the 10, the 5.
04:41Rock and roll.
04:42Tankdale to the end zone.
04:4463 yards.
04:46Mr. Showtime putting on a show in L.A.
04:5011 personnel, a little 2-by-2 formation.
04:53Spread left hip, 8-0-4-H pump.
04:55The pump meaning Tankdale run the out and up.
04:58And he ran the out and up.
05:00They go quarters coverage behind it.
05:02They rush 4.
05:03Here's the interesting thing about this play, Ron,
05:05is if you look at the double move,
05:07you hope the DB bites so drastically that your double move runs by
05:12and it's kind of a throw in the ocean.
05:14This was anything but a throw in the ocean.
05:16The DB didn't play it bad.
05:18He squeezed Tank to the sideline out of the double move.
05:23I mean, he literally made CJ throw this thing in the garbage can out there.
05:28There was about a 3-by-3-yard box out there that this thing could have been thrown in
05:33if it was going to be complete.
05:34And CJ dropped it in there.
05:36This is the play to me, though, Ron, where I go, okay,
05:39the playmaker in Tankdale is back.
05:42He separated a full yard, I would say, the last second of that route
05:48and allowed that ball to fit in there the way that he did.
05:51He showed his hands late.
05:52The ball goes through his hands to the back tip of the ball.
05:55He catches the back tip of the ball,
05:57and then he shows the speed to take it to the house.
05:59That play right there is the one that tells you all you need to know about Tankdale,
06:02whether you're talking about the playmaking ability,
06:04the great catch ability, or the run after catch.
06:07It was big time.
06:08Hell of a throw, too.
06:09No, great throw.
06:11Tank made it difficult on him.
06:14It couldn't have been put anywhere else.
06:16Here is Kayshawn Booty.
06:17Talking about having a day now.
06:18Here's Kayshawn Booty's first touchdown, 12 yards for a big score for the Texans.
06:24First down inside the 13th.
06:26Stroud fires deep left side.
06:28End zone.
06:28Caught.
06:29Booty.
06:30And touchdown.
06:32Kept the feet in.
06:33That throw, along with others, but that throw.
06:36When you're throwing the ball like CJ Stroud is right now,
06:40defensive backs don't have a shot.
06:44I didn't know how much I'd appreciate Mark Vandermeer saying caught booty.
06:49That is a ball.
06:51Caught booty.
06:52You get it?
06:52Yeah, caught that booty.
06:53Spread white.
06:54Spread white.
06:55Spread right.
06:56Wide.
06:56Zen 178 wide box is how I'd call that thing.
06:59They comboed Nico big time.
07:01CJ knew it from the jump.
07:02And the route by Kayshawn Booty was textbook.
07:06Step on the toes of the safety.
07:08Speed cut it out to where?
07:09The front pylon.
07:11And CJ knew he could lay that thing early with air.
07:13This was a more impressive throw than the Xavier Hutchinson throw.
07:17Really, or the Tank Dell throw.
07:19This throw right here was teach tape worthy.
07:23You want to talk about anticipation?
07:24Because the closer you get to the end zone,
07:26the harder it is to fit that ball in there.
07:28You have to anticipate it and place it perfect.
07:30This was a beautiful, beautiful throw by CJ Stroud.
07:34Nico Collins.
07:35This is being tabbed as the greatest catch by anybody wearing a Texans uniform.
07:40And it is special.
07:43Here's CJ Stroud and Nico Collins for a 13-yard acrobatic touchdown catch.
07:47CJ takes the snap.
07:48Here's pressure.
07:49Stroud fires left side.
07:51Nico.
07:51One-handed grab.
07:53He's got it near the pylon.
07:54Touchdown.
07:55What a catch.
07:56What a catch by Nico Collins.
07:58A masterpiece for a TD.
08:0111 personnel spread right with some true splits.
08:04Again, 0-48 F corners, how I'd call this thing.
08:07The mic.
08:07They got a mic in the A-gap.
08:09And I'm going to tell you, Ingram, Ingram didn't have a chance.
08:12I mean, this is one of those.
08:13This was one of those.
08:14CJ Stroud had to get rid of the ball because Ingram was so bad up front.
08:18Just get it out and give your guy a chance.
08:19And he gave 12 a chance.
08:20He gave his best guy a chance.
08:22And he went and made a play for him.
08:23Not a lot to analyze here.
08:25Just the reality of it is your O-line lets you down.
08:27And your quarterback picked up Ingram in a big way by getting the ball out.
08:32Instead of talking about a sack in a critical situation,
08:34we're talking about the greatest catch maybe ever in a Texans uniform.
08:38That's what good quarterback play, getting the ball out,
08:40can do for an offensive line that struggles in pass protection.
08:43Last but not least, my man, Kayshaun Booty.
08:4663-yard touchdown catch.
08:48He had this in his bag.
08:49True team.
08:50True team effort.
08:51Boy, this, again, teach tape if you're talking about wide receiver
08:54or pass catcher play.
08:56Steps up.
08:57Fires over the middle.
08:58Hits Booty.
08:59Across the 40 left side.
09:0035-30.
09:0125-20.
09:0215-10.
09:045.
09:04And he's in the end zone.
09:06There is no foul on the play.
09:07The result of the play is a touchdown.
09:09Rock and roll.
09:10Touchdown, Kayshaun Booty.
09:1311 personnel.
09:15Trips right.
09:159-22 F-flat.
09:16Easy.
09:17It's the all-slant, double-slant-flat combo out of trips.
09:21We all run this thing since high school.
09:23They hit it in the second window.
09:25I mean, it was true cover, too, so there's windows everywhere.
09:29Again, big red.
09:3166.
09:32He gets beat.
09:33CJ buys a little bit of time with that drift to his front side
09:36and then feeds it to Booty, and then you can't talk about this play
09:40without talking about Dalton Schultz.
09:42Great cut, by the way, to Booty to get behind Dalton Schultz
09:46and give him a chance to make the block.
09:48I think Dalton Moore was kind of like a dummy standing there,
09:51and he used him as a pick route.
09:53But then also Nico Collins downfield making a block as well.
09:58True cover, too, against the Texans, against CJ Stroud
10:02in a spread situation where you got three wide receivers on the field,
10:0511 personnel, he's going to pick that apart all day, every day,
10:09and twice on Sunday.
10:10So big day by CJ Stroud, five touchdowns.
10:13If you notice, I think they were all out of 11 personnel.
10:15Might be wise to stay in that a good chunk of the time.
10:17So we shall see.
10:18But there's your CJ Stroud, big day by the quarterback.
10:21There it is.
