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Back before streaming service soaked up the entirety of our lives, and people have the audacity to say life is too short, we would buy DVDs to watch movies and shows, physical copies, spinning discs would propel sound and video upon our screens. The disc could fit more than just the entertainment itself. Additional space for other things. Bonus scenes. Hilarious bloopers! Director's commentaries. Different things to further enrich the experience you just experienced. On this episode of Battle Red Radio, Matt and Taylor hop in the time machine and travel all the way back to the year 2002, when the Houston Texans exploded from the metaphorical womb and beat the Dallas Cowboys 19-10 to pick up their first win in franchise history, and we want YOU to come along this magical journey with us. The instructions are simple. Find Dallas v. Houston 2002 (the direct link is here). Mute your television. Then play the game when the podcast is at the thirty second mark. Enjoy the game, and don't forget, we are all in this t

Fantasy football takes real players and puts them on an imaginary team drafted by you. Each week players pick up fantasy points in a head to head battle against your friends, your family, or some online high stakes enemy. This is similar, but different. It’s a fantasy within a fantasy. Not only are the teams fake, but the players are too. On this episode of Battle Red Radio: Matt and Taylor savor an afternoon of their lives by drafting imaginary football players to build a fantasy football team. Since there are no points, or algorithm that this information can be plugged in to to come with a victory we need your help loyal listener. Topics include: how many touchdowns is Bobby Boucher worth, where does friend of the podcast Dennis Quaid get drafted, the Golden Retriever, if A.J. Soprano could have developed into a tight end if he wasn’t stuck playing defensive tackle, and our favorite football movie. Please vote by clicking here. Let's start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscri

Corey Bradford. Billy Miller. Jeff Zgonia. Jermaine Lewis. Kris Brown and Chris Brown. Vernand Morency. Keshawn Martin. Jeff Tarpinian. Jabar Gaffney. Double pick six Aaron Glen. Derrick Ward. These are all some guys, that you, as a Texan fan, and me as a Texan fan, have watched over the course of our lives. On today’s episode of Battle Red Radio we remember some guys. Guys like these mentioned, and of course other guys, and topics like: Alfred Blue’s career 3.6 yards per carry, J.J. Watt’s nine quarterback hit zero sack game against Buffalo in 2014, Brian Cushing bicep flexing, Charles Spencer and Barbados, CHAD Casey, Garrett Graham’s contract extension, and C.J. Fiedorowicz’s eagle tattoo. Let's start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.

The 2020 NFL Offseason is pretty much over. It’s time to hang out and safely enjoy the sun until season previews are published and training camps open up, if they ever do it all. The Texans have resigned their own players, they’ve made trades, they sifted through free agency, completed the 2020 NFL Draft, and I still am perplexed by what they were trying to accomplish. To find some greater clarity to discover what the plan was, if there was even a plan at all, Rivers McCown and bigfatdrunk hopped on the podcast to review the Texans overall offseason, and search for some deeper meaning. Topics include: the need for speed, if hearts have changed since the DeAndre Hopkins trade, what Tim Kelly and Anthony Weaver add to the team, which defensive prayer is most likely to be answered, how Houston fits in the rest of the AFC South, and most importantly, the joys of Deshaun Watson. Let's start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You c

The tsunami of free agency has already crashed upon the shore. The NFL Draft is over. The meat and potatoes of the 2020 NFL offseason have been devoured. Now is the time for big sky living, grass hill sitting, to be fully in tune with the right here and right now. Football resides solely in nostalgia, and remembering what was. Soon we will close our virtual doors down, scrape the content barrel, and think about the before, but now, now is as good of a time as ever to review what has occurred this offseason, and where the NFL stands before poolside sipping. In this episode Matt and Taylor rank all teams 32-1 and separate them into four groups, rebuilding, maybe, just maybe, playoff hopefuls, and contenders. Topics include: the pretty days ahead for the Cincinnati kitty-kats, the sad state of affairs in Chicago, if Arizona or Houston scores more points, the impending drama in the AFC South, and how much per year does Dak really deserve. Let's start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and su

Everything is in and of itself. Without the opposite, a reference point, it’s impossible to have the other. You can’t have love without hate, or courage without cowardice, or, in this case, constantly hating Bill O’Brien without understanding what he does well. The Texans’ fanbase is split among those who decided that O’Brien isn’t the person to get the Texans past the Divisional Round after years of first down runs, sticking to awful tall and white or athletically limited and intelligent quarterbacks and wasting the prime of J.J. Watt’s career, Alfred Blue 183 carry seasons, the inability to work with others, stagnated ball control offenses, being flat out unprepared in big games, not utilizing skill players well, and of course, now that he’s the general manager, this means getting crappy value in the trades made, and acting in a myopic and desperate manner. Those who feel this way are usually too far on this side though, and lose their argument, by failing to admit what O’Brien is good at, and those who sti

The 2020 NFL Draft is over. Sports are over. This podcast shall be the phoenix rising from the ashes before it is taken out by a private airplane somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico, and then, from there, I guess we can all hope baseball comes back around. On this episode of Battle Red Radio. Matt and Taylor hand out awards to discuss the 2020 NFL Draft some more. Topics include: which team had the best draft, the quarterback most likely to bust in round one, the hottest pick, would you rather, late round sleepers, and what's in a steak salad. Grab a quart of milk, put your head phones in, and let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ross Blacklock. Jonathan Greenard. Charlie Heck. John Reid. Isaiah Coulter. This is your 2020 Houston Texans draft class. Weeks of Youtube scouting, podcasting, highlight posting, Twitter threading, and mock drafting, have all come to an end. On this episode of Battle Red Radio. Matt Weston and Jordan (Texans Thoughts) review the Texans 2020 NFL Draft Class. Topics include: Ross Blacklock feelings, the Jonathan Greenard slam dunk, draft day Charlie Heck trade down trade up drama, John Reid's role on the team, Isaiah Coulter's competition, undrafted free agent thoughts, and of course, your perfect and beautiful listener questions. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2020 NFL Draft review episode squirted an extra leg, and delivered this little bit of Houston Texans analysis. Jordan (Texans Thoughts) and I discussed the Laremy Tunsil extension, and the Tashaun Gipson release. Give this cute little bonus a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2020 NFL Draft went as good as it could go from a I love the Houston Texans perspective. A big run on offensive tackles and wide receivers. Four quarterbacks selected. Cornerbacks scooped off the board. Aside from the expected front seven defenders: Derrick Brown, Javon Kinlaw, K’Lavon Chaisson; this portion of the defense went relatively untouched. Houston is now set up to grab first round front seven talent without having to trade up. For this episode, Matt, Kenneth, and Jordan (Texans thoughts) review day one and preview day two. Topics include: our favorite selections, time being a flat circle for Aaron Rodgers, if we ever thought Houston would trade up, our #40 desires, and Saturday sleepers. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcas

Sports aren't dead. They've just morphed into entirely different forms. Stocks are sports, video games are sports, the numbers you track on your iFitness are sports, podcasts are sports, The Way Back is sports, reality television is sports, but one sport reigns supreme over all the others, the 2020 NFL Draft. For three months the regular season has been underway. Twitter threads. Mockdraftable spiderwebs. Youtube sleuthing. Frame 237 throwing motion analysis. And, of course, mock drafts. This is the last and only mock draft of the year from us here, and then, finally, this weekend, the 2020 NFL Draft begins. I have no idea what we are going to do after that. Topics include: will Miami take Tua, how many offensive tackles could be selected in the first round, pigtails or pony tails, Houston's 2020 outlook, the run on wide receivers, and if Kansas City will add more scoops to their offensive sundae. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/list

The Texans need to improve their pass defense in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft. You know this. I know this. And hell, even Bill O'Brien knows this. Last week, here on Battle Red Radio, we discussed the EDGE defenders available in the 2020 NFL Draft, and on this episode, Jordan, Kenneth, and I, discuss the interior defensive line prospects from the 2020 NFL Draft. Topics include: Bill O'Brien's bizarre safety comment from last week, Derrick Brown or Javon Kinglaw (?), the fast car Neville Gallimore drives real fast, the great player lurking inside of Raekwon Davis, slippery Jordan Elliot, Ross Blacklock's pad level, what is or isn't or could be Justin Madubuike, and interior sleepers. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic

There’s a lot soup in this kitchen. Will Fuller, Kenny Stills, Randall Cobb, David Johnson, DeAndre Carter, Duke Johnson, Jordan Akins, Jordan Thomas, Kahale Warring, Darren Fells, and now Brandin Cooks. This is the Texans current stable of pass catchers since Houston traded the 57th overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft for Brandin Cooks and a 2022 4th round selection. In this episode Matt and BFD explore every crevice of the Brandin Cooks trade. Topics include: Cook’s skillset, what happened to him in 2019, where he fits in Houston’s offense, if this is a trade before another trade, the contract stipulations, and if Houston made the right decision turning DeAndre Hopkins into Cooks, David Johnson, and moving up 17 spots in the 2020 NFL Draft. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn

The Houston Texans used to have two second round draft picks, then Bill O'Brien traded the second one of his second round selections (pick #57) for Brandin Cooks. The second round options are limited now, but Houston should still be able to find someone who can dramatically improve their pass defense with pick #40. In the first of a three part series reviewing pass defense prospects Matt, Jordan, and Kenneth discuss the EDGE defenders. Topics include: Jordan's love of Zach Baun and his wishes for him to slide to #40, Terrell Lewis's upside if you want to call it that, Marlon Davidson's freak show potential, and our favorite midround sleeper selections. Let’s start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here. You can subscribe/listen on Spotify here. You can subscribe/listen on Stitcher here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After DeAndre Hopkins was traded, after the first wave of free agency ended, the Houston Texans were quiet. No one was around to discuss the reasoning behind the trade, or the decisions to sign Randall Cobb and Eric Murray. NRG was on fire. We stood outside and made a lot of noise. Then, last Friday, they finally spoke, not to the media, not in a statement, but as a corporate conference call between Marc Vandermeer, Cal McNair, and Bill O’Brien and Jack Easterby. On today’s show, Matt Weston and BFD break down the Texans’ conference call and try to decipher what the Texans’ team building strategy is. Topics include that little bug sweeping the world, skyping and zooming, T.E.A.M., being tough smart and dependable, when the NFL season is won, and how great people and great processes create great results. Let’s hop on the conference call and start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google her

Three weeks from now, in the rubble of the apocalypse, we may look back on the DeAndre Hopkins trade and think, wow, that was such a great and fun time. That’s still far away. We are still where the DeAndre Hopkins trade hurts, and the package of #40 overall, David Johnson, and a fourth round pick swap makes it even worse. Some will boycott the Houston Texans until Bill O’Brien is gone, if that ever happens at all, and in the meantime, they will be lost and hopeless, spending Sunday going for walks, reading books, or canning beets, or finishing the roof to the tool shed they never quite got around to. Dang, that sounds really nice actually. And others will still watch football and are left sifting through the ashes. We are here to help the latter. Those who are committed to football watching, but don’t know where to turn. For those lost souls, we have eight fish bowls for you to swim in. Topics include: Tom Bay, Exotic Joe the Tiger King, what the Cowboys have to offer, Miami schadenfreude, and Teddy Bridgewa

The centerpiece of the Texans’ offseason was Bill O’Brien’s decision to trade DeAndre Hopkins for David Johnson, a second round pick, and a fourth round pick swap. Other important decisions were also made to the detriment of the franchise. Signing Randall Cobb to replace Keke Coutee. Adding only Eric Murray and Jaylen Watkins to the 26th ranked pass defense. Resigning the same players to maintain a “tough”, “smart”, “dependable” culture. Other things, that reside in the same stupid universe as the Hopkins trade. On today's show, Matt Weston and BFD review the entirety of the Texans' offseason by breaking out the fat red markers and grading the moves the team has made. Topics include: the decision to retain one's own, the Cobb and Murray signings, our favorite move of the offseason, the path for Houston's pass defense to improve, and of course, your questions loyal listener. Let's start the show. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You c

The only sport remaining is the 2020 NFL Offseason. Sure, DeAndre Hopkins is searching for condos in Scottsdale, Jadeveon Clowney is about to TITAN UP, Tampa Tom is wearing a XXL floral Tommy Bahama shirt and sipping on newly discovered mango-madness vape juice, and everything is awful and terrible and miserable, but it's the only awful and terrible and miserable we got left. Let's play the violin. Hang onto the little bit of normalcy still flapping. And keep talking about football-football-football. In today’s episode, Matt Weston and Taylor summarize and review the 2020 NFL Offseason. Topics include: the silver lining of the DeAndre Hopkins trade, how much Dallas is going to miss having Cobb in their teeth, the blasphemy and devastation that is Tom Brady taking over for Jameis Winston, the new AFC East favorite, Atlanta’s all-first round draft pick offense, and comfy landing spots for the top free agents remaining. While you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/listen

The Houston Texans went from calling about David Johnson, to trading for David Johnson, to trading DeAndre Hopkins for David Johnson and a second round pick. By doing this the Texans traded a future Hall of Fame wide receiver, one of the three best receivers in the league, someone who has missed one game in his entire career, and had carried offenses by catching passes thrown from hilariously awful quarterbacks, for a running back, a running back who will be paid $11.156 million this season, who was the third best running back in Arizona in 2019, who has a redundant skill set with Duke Johnson, who has had one great season going all the way back to 2016. Bill O’Brien has full control of the roster to build the team exactly how he wants it. Well, here it folks. Your wish has been granted. In today’s episode, Matt Weston and BFD breakdown the Hopkins trade and answer your listener questions. Lock yourself indoors. Stay inside unless you need to pick up essentials. Stay away from your geezers. And smash that pla

The Texans have plenty of decisions to make this offseason. Should they resign Carlos Hyde? Should they franchise tag D.J. Reader? When, should, and if Laremy Tunsil and Deshaun Watson will receive contract extensions? How will they improve their pass defense? What will they do this offseason to improve a team that was mediocre on a performance basis? Houston isn’t the only team that has an interesting offseason. There are plenty of other of big fishes in this sea. On this episode of Battle Red Radio we discuss the most interesting teams of the 2020 NFL offseason. Topics include: the surplus Miami has, how Cincinnati can build around Joe Burrow, what the Texans are doing since the recent contract extensions, the free agency maneuvering Dallas has to coordinate, and if Jameis Winston will get kicked out of his Tampa Bay boathouse. And while you’re at it, give it a five star review and subscribe below. You can subscribe/listen on iTunes here. You can subscribe/listen on Android/Google here. You can subscribe/