Texans Circle of SWARM, Divisional playoff round edition

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It was tough limiting the Texans Circle of SWARM to just six players this week, but Payne and Pendergast make their best attempt here.

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00:00Hopefully not our final circle of swarm of the season, but I think the most difficult one to find just six. Here we go

00:07You know D'Amico always says swarm what we're looking for is players, right?

00:12Who are looking to swarm the swarm mindset that whole mentality?

00:15We want players to have a special work ethic and a relentless mindset in everything that they do

00:23It's the pain and Pendergast Texans circle of

00:27Will rapid-fire this one text message real quick circle of swarm must be it's expanded this week

00:33No, and then the text goes on the list like ten got no

00:36No

00:38That is the most that's the only rule of this fight club is that there will only be six

00:44It really is the only rule, you know

00:47We're not gonna we're not gonna lower our standards at the end of the in the most critical game of the season my god

00:53No, no, so it's it is a is a tough week. It is a tough week. It's no doubt a tough week

00:58So, um, I'm gonna let you go first for those who are new to the circle of swarm Seth

01:02And I've been doing it every week since week three

01:05It's based on previous recent performance with a little bit of hope baked into it for the next game

01:10But largely based on recent performance and as we know the Texans had arguably their swarmiest performance of the season

01:18Yes the

01:20Chargers laugh, I'm at you go first. We each picture. This is a really tough week. There's gonna be some there. It's hard

01:26Okay, um, whoo

01:29Oh

01:31Derek singly

01:33Okay, Derek singly jr. Two picks. That's a good one. I mean five pass breakups, you know

01:38Yeah alone is that's the that's how that's how cornerbacks swarm. I'm told is by knocking the ball away on passes

01:45Look, he's an all-pro this year

01:47He just did everything you've ever wanted out of him this season stayed healthy the entire time

01:52It's probably gonna have two punt returns for touchdowns this week

01:55Yeah, so Derek singly. Do you think he gets used in the punt return game?

01:59I know you and I are both hoping for it. I think it happens. I say yes, I

02:03Think you got to empty the chamber man. You got to do whatever it takes

02:06How often the guys actually get hurt returning a punt, you know, it's a people

02:10Not the CFL, you know where there's no fair catch or any Derek Stingley's gotten hurt in a bunch of other ways

02:15All right. Yeah, I trust his hands better than a but just for a mere ball security

02:19But he could go back and fair catch it every time if you want. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's a good point

02:24All right. So Derek Stingley jr

02:25I this one's an easy one for me because we've been talking about him all week. He had a good game against the Chargers

02:31He's been cited

02:32multiple times on multiple shows as the difference in this game versus the last game and

02:37He would be the guy that if he hadn't gotten suspended and hadn't gotten injured earlier this year would be the leader in the clubhouse

02:43For the the swarmiest player on this team as he's out Shire is in the circle of swarm

02:48I he's got to be this week as he's out Shire

02:51Must have a good game this week and he's every time he's been on the field like he's deserved to be in here. Yeah

02:56Yeah, yeah, just the he is the x-factor

03:00He's quite injury right now. So it's gonna be a gutsy performance out of him. But as he's out Shire my

03:07next circle of swarm

03:09Honoree this week will be a guy who is just now

03:13In his young career and in his last two years has just started to really show up as a rock-solid

03:20You can count on him to have a huge playoff performance

03:24Nico Collins eco we get an offensive guy in there. I like it

03:27Yeah, and he set a record for receiving yards against the Chargers

03:31Texans

03:32Receiving yards in a game for the playoffs record in that game to with 122. So that's yeah

03:37That's a good one on that that 99-yard drive. He they he had three receptions on that one, including the touchdown

03:43Yep, Nico Nico's Nick Nico belongs in there. All right. Oh

03:47Boy, this is getting tricky now, man. This is getting tricky

03:50I think the pass rush needs to be represented in this game in some shape form or fashion and there were I mean the guys

03:57I you go to like Danico Autry made it might have had the most swarmy

04:02overall performance

04:03Because just like the way he man-handled some dudes, but holy fodder Kasi made some good but Mario Edwards had a vicious sack and a half

04:12It's hard Sean. I don't envy you

04:14Tim settles been good all year and obviously you got to Neil Hunter and Willie Anderson jr. Who are just they're just great players

04:20I think you just named the guy though

04:23and this is part this is part based in his actual performance in the Charger game the optics of his performance because he

04:31Embarrassed some of the offensive linemen on the Chargers embarrassed

04:35Yeah, and I do think like as far as necessity goes in this game

04:38I don't think this guy and I'm about to name play chiefs can either if I'm not mistaken

04:43I know Will Anderson jr. And Daniel Hunter gonna show up for this game, but Danico Autry man, we need you

04:49We need that performance you had against the Chargers

04:52We need that to sack game you had against the Jets the junkyard dog bad

04:56MF er that Nick Casario described on this very show the guy you want in the dark alley with you

05:02That is who needs to show up

05:04Tomorrow at 330 for the Texans. So I am Seth

05:07Yes, I am putting Danico Autry in the circle of swarm this week and he go out you did play in that last game

05:13Did he okay when he's to play better

05:20Alright who's your last one my last one

05:23It's gonna be simply the guy who

05:26flipped the switch himself at some point right after he took his eyes off the snap and

05:31Fumbled the snap and then turned around to have a 36-yard

05:37completion to Xavier Hutchinson downfield on that 99-yard touchdown drive and

05:42Who seemed to have unlocked something in himself letting the game come to him after that point CJ Stroud

05:48I'm glad you got CJ in there, man

05:50I'm glad you got him in there cuz he was on my list and I'm like, oh man, they're still there's still so many defensive guys

05:56Okay, I'm gonna go on this last one, man

05:59I know Eric Murray had a pick six in this game and was really really good

06:02We haven't even named Kamari Lassiter or either Will Anderson or Daniil Hunter you rattled off two or three other defensive linemen

06:09That could be in this thing. Yeah, there are so many I almost I almost feel like as long as you've got one rep

06:14Resentative from the defensive line. We've covered that. Yeah, they're cool. They're a tight-knit, but that's kind of where I'm going

06:20With and and offensively, I think we've got like you could easily put Joe Mixon in here, right?

06:24I mean they leaned on Mixon to close out that game. Yeah against the against the Chargers

06:30there's so many guys you can put in here, but I

06:33Think special teams is gonna have to play a role in this game. I think they're gonna need some invisible yards

06:39They're gonna need to play on special teams, you know, whether this is a reward for previous performance, too

06:44I get it. I get it. Yeah, D'Angelo Ross had two big plays in that game against the Chargers

06:50freakishly

06:52Maybe you know on this show. I think an under discussed special teams effort by the Texans in that game

06:58yeah, I just going back and watching the

07:01Watching them mic'd up with D'Amico

07:03Yeah

07:03And I I was watching D'Amico and I was kind of trying to come up with a workout a full body workout routine

07:09That would be based on D'Amico's

07:11thing

07:13Gyrations on the sideline. He burns a lot of calories out there, but there was one play on

07:18One of the two special teams plays where I just there was a blur that sprinted past him like running a 4-3-4

07:27You couldn't even make out who it was other than you only know that it's got to be Frank Ross

07:32Yeah zooms across this. He looks like at the Roadrunner. Just zoom. Yeah. Yeah, it's really funny

07:38There was a another instance on that mic'd up to after one of D'Angelo Ross's plays either the block punt or the the two-point

07:46Return

07:48Where D'Amico a little later on after one of those plays

07:51I can't remember which came over to D'Angelo Ross after special teams made a play and said hey, man

07:56I didn't hug you for that play before like I didn't get you which is

08:00Like is so like that D'Amico like his energy on the sideline man. I say this every time he's mic'd up. I'm like

08:07Love your job as much as D'Amico Ryan's loves his job. It's probably a category on his notepad

08:12You know Belichick always had that little notepad

08:15You figured like one of his categories was probably people to fire or kill after this game. I feel like D'Amico's got a

08:23Checklist of people he needs to hug people hug

08:25So he probably looked at his notebook and was like I got to go hug D'Angelo Ross

08:28I'm gonna put D'Angelo Ross in in part because of the dynamic you were talking about with the defensive line Seth as I feel like

08:34This is an all hands on deck game here for the Texans

08:37And I don't this is not picking some rando off of special teams D'Angelo Ross made to shoot that dude the return of that

08:44the return of that

08:46the the blocked extra point for for a two-point conversion

08:51And I I think it was Autry who blocked it also, so we've got him in there as well

08:56Yeah, it was either Autry and it got corrected to Barnett or vice versa

09:01I remember whoever they had blocking at first it actually ended up being somebody else nevertheless

09:05I feel like special teams needs to be represented in here and there you go D'Angelo Ross

09:10So our circle of swarm this week. This is a good one Derrick Stingley jr.

09:15Representing the secondary Aziz al-shair really representing the ethos of swarm and the linebackers

09:21Nico Collins and CJ Stroud representing the offense

09:24Daniko Autry representing the d-line and D'Angelo Ross representing special teams. This is what the circle of swarm is all about

09:32Yeah, and you can guys you can I know you won't save them, but you can save all of your you know

09:38Clarify your corrections and you're allowed six, okay?

09:42Yeah, there were more than six worthy there were more than six worthy this week is just the way the cookie crumbles

09:48That's it. I mean Peyton Pendergast with you

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