Payne & Pendergast

Seth and Luke discuss the rough breaks the Texans and Rockets have caught over the past several months, and assess if the Astros are the team that will save us all.

Seth and Luke dive into and assess Aaron Schatz's take on the Texans: how good they are, Stroud's performance, and their lights-out defense.

Seth and Luke discuss Texans RB David Montgomery not being listed in the top 20 RBs in the NFL, if that's a concern, and how good the Texans' run game might be this season.

Seth and Luke hear some pettiness in the PettyCast. Today they hear a rule Larry Bird had, President Trump's drive-by on President Taft, what it's like being a Hornets fan, and some shade thrown at young QBs from a former GM.

Seth and Luke assess if we've all been unfair in how we judge Cam Smith. Is it an expectations problem?

Seth and Luke look at the age of QBs who have won Super Bowls and assess if CJ Stroud is simply just too young right now, discuss the idea of teams paying for the chance to see if the QB they took is the right guy, and Luke tries to take down the idea of wearing suits with sneakers.

Seth and Luke discuss Kevin Durant posting a pic of what looked like him in a Tigers hat (turns out it was not), a clip of him telling Cade Cunningham how much he likes Detroit resurfaced, and if the Rockets' hands are somewhat tied by him.

Luke Mauro is in for Sean. Seth and Luke kick off the show discussing the unsustainability of the Astros' pitching woes, with an interesting comparison.

Luke Mauro is in for Sean. Luke and Seth talk about the Astros winning 2 of 3 vs the Rays, their series coming up with the Nationals, the Balogun suspension being suspended itself so he can play tonight, go through the day's Headlines, discuss the crazy spectacle of the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding, give credit where it's due in Acknowledge Me, assess if the struggling o-line last year was partially on CJ Stroud, lay out the biggest X-factors for the Astros the rest of the season, their concern that the Rockets are running it back, some funny context given to the Dre vs Finnegan fight we all know and love, discuss the Athletic listing the Texans as one of the teams with the biggest concerns, assess what Andre Ware had to say on Friday when Reggie and Ron asked him what the biggest issue/change was for CJ Stroud last season, react to Brandon Aiyuk seemingly getting sideways with one of the few allies he thought he had in Jayden Daniels, and see what B-Scott and Criss Partee have coming up on In the Loop for the question of the day.

Luke Mauro is in for Sean today. Luke and Seth talk about the Astros winning 2 of 3 vs the Rays, their series coming up with the Nationals, the Balogun suspension being suspended itself so he can play tonight, and go through the day's Headlines.