John Harris hosts a Monday edition of Texans All-Access from the Hyundai Texans Radio Studio, and the conversation starts where the encouragement is: the offense.

Andre Ware opens with C.J. Stroud, and his read is specific — a shortened throwing motion, a tighter spiral, and a quarterback who got the offense into the right protections all afternoon. From there Ware digs into the offensive line's debut in its new configuration, why Keylan Rutledge and Evan Brown stood out, and what David Montgomery and Woody Marks look like as a pair. He also gets into the tight end usage, why Dalton Schultz deserves more volume, and what Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and Mike Gesicki will demand from the Texans secondary on Sunday.

John McClain follows with the wider view: what he saw from Stroud that should settle some nerves, why the pass rush not getting home changes everything behind it, and why he still expects this defense to answer. The General also runs the league — the AFC South openers, the Ravens, the Monday night matchup in Denver, and the weekend's biggest surprises.

Then it's a Texans Audio Jukebox with C.J. Stroud, who went to the podium and talked through the first-drive turnover, finding a rhythm, the second-half three-and-outs, the two-minute work at the end of each half, and his response to a question about the defense. Harris adds the broadcast-booth context on which sacks were taken and which ones simply happened.

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