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Sixty-six hours from kickoff in Cleveland, Marc Vandermeer and John Harris welcome Pro Football Hall of Famer John McClain to preview Texans-Browns and Deshaun Watson's latest meeting with his former team. The General explains why he has moved on from Watson and is "married to C.J. Stroud" now. He also breaks down how the Texans pass rush can attack a Browns line led by rookie T Spencer Fano and former Texan Tytus Howard, and why the safest path in Cleveland is building a lead so the game doesn't come down to one final drive.

McClain says the new pass-first identity under OC Nick Caley is the way the Texans should have played all along. He calls Stroud the hottest passer in football, and he and Harris push back on national critics of WR Marvin Harrison Jr., pointing to his routes and blocking. Around the league, the crew grades the Colts' decision not to trade Jonathan Taylor, the Jaguars' deadline push and Kirk Cousins' return to Minnesota, then debates which AFC quarterback they'd trust most in January. There's also a hot take on whether Stroud's next contract starts with a 7, and with Browns week underway, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame detour: McClain makes his case that The Guess Who are the Hall's biggest snub.

In the second half, Harris shares his *More to Me* conversation with CB Derek Stingley Jr.: an all-time LSU secondary, a 2019 LSU national title team that flipped a switch in fall camp, and the favorite-interception debate. Harris calls the 2023 pick over Courtland Sutton "the birth of Sting," while Stingley picks his 2023 interception against Arizona. Stingley is one interception shy of tying Johnathan Joseph's franchise record of 17. The show closes with the Thursday injury report and a Houston Methodist Minute with Dr. Larry Balle on how professional athletes use sports psychology.

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EVP/GM Nick Caserio joins John Harris and Marc Vandermeer to scout the Browns ahead of Sunday in Cleveland. He also talks trade deadline strategy and tells the story of drafting Rob Gronkowski. DT Naquan Jones explains why coming back to Houston was a no-brainer, and Browns voice Andrew Siciliano breaks down Deshaun Watson’s comeback season.

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It's Trade Tuesday on Texans All-Access, and Marc Vandermeer and John Harris break down everything that went down at the NFL trade deadline. They start with Houston's own moves ahead of the deadline, including WR Marvin Harrison Jr. and WR Kayshon Boutte, then look around the AFC South. The Jaguars pushed their chips in with three defensive acquisitions, including DT Jordan Davis. The Colts kept RB Jonathan Taylor after pulling off a series of sales. Elsewhere, Marc and Johnny react to the Vikings bringing back QB Kirk Cousins and to Jordan Schultz's report that Minnesota also checked in on Justin Herbert, Daniel Jones and Geno Smith.

In the second segment, T Aireontae Ersery sits down with Texans legend Johnathan Joseph on the No Audibles podcast. Ersery talks about switching from basketball to football, the spark from his O-line coach at Minnesota, the mother who drives him and the pride he takes in protecting QB C.J. Stroud. To close the show, Marc looks back at the Texans' history in Cleveland, and HC DeMeco Ryans explains why Houston is taking it one week at a time ahead of Sunday's road trip to face the Browns.

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