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SportsRadio 610 presents a collection of the week's biggest debates from Payne & Pendergast, In The Loop, and The Drive. The crew dives into the Astros' five-game skid and whether the pitching rotation has hit "Crisis Mode" after losing Hunter Brown to the IL. Plus, Payne & Pendergast debates if the Texans should break the bank for Dexter Lawrence, and B-Scott joins The Drive to break down how Alperen Şengün and Amen Thompson fueled the Rockets' seven-game win streak. That and more this week on the Best Of SportsRadio 610!

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros' struggling pitching facing off against the Mariners' struggling bats this weekend, take a look at the Rockets' playoff picture after their win last night, dive into what "intel" the ESPN draft pundits are hearing about the Texans, go through the day's Headlines, assess Kevin Clark's take that an improved CJ Stroud gets the Texans to the Super Bowl this season, dive into more from the Mike Vrabel-Diana Russini drama that's surfaced, see who Garrett Podell has the Texans picking at 28 in the Mock Draft Injection, dive into the top Texans nuggets from Aaron Wilson as outline by @TexansJacob, discuss a long-form piece on the most recent Jon Gruden helmed Raiders that has them thankful Texans brass are on the same page, react to JD Martinez crushing Astros veteran leadership from his time with the team, see if any of the worst takes of the week can dethrone reigning champion Charles Huff in Take-a-Mania, dive into what anonymous scouts are saying about the more intriguing RBs in the draft class, lay out what they're hoping to see from the Astros and Rockets this weekend, and see what the ITL question of the day is.

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros' struggling pitching facing off against the Mariners' struggling bats this weekend, take a look at the Rockets' playoff picture after their win last night, dive into what "intel" the ESPN draft pundits are hearing about the Texans, and go through the day's Headlines.

Seth and Sean assess Kevin Clark's take that an improved CJ Stroud gets the Texans to the Super Bowl this season, dive into more from the Mike Vrabel-Diana Russini drama that's surfaced, and see who Garrett Podell has the Texans picking at 28 in the Mock Draft Injection.

Seth and Sean dive into the top Texans nuggets from Aaron Wilson as outline by @TexansJacob, discuss a long-form piece on the most recent Gruden-helmed Raiders that has them thankful Texans brass are on the same page, and react to JD Martinez crushing Astros veteran leadership from his time with the team.

Seth and Sean see if any of the worst takes of the week can dethrone reigning champion Charles Huff in Take-a-Mania, dive into what anonymous scouts are saying about the more intriguing RBs in the draft class, lay out what they're hoping to see from the Astros and Rockets this weekend, and see what the ITL question of the day is.

Seth and Sean discuss what anonymous scouts are saying about the Running Back prospects as outlined by Bob McGinn's piece on GoLongTD.com.

Seth and Sean see if Mel Kiper, Diego Pavia, Patrick Beverley, Diana Russini, Charles Omenihu or Koa Ka'ai can dethrone the current champ, Coach Charles Huff, in this week's Take-a-Mania.

Seth and Sean dive into the Athletic's long-form piece on the most recent iteration of the Jon Gruden-helmed Raiders. Whew! This makes us all thankful that DeMeco and Caserio are on the same page.

Seth and Sean dive into Aaron Wilson's Texans nuggets as outlined by TexansJacob and discuss Christen Miller as being a big culture guy on the level of Will Anderson Jr.

Seth and Sean discuss what Garrett Podell of CBSSports.com has the Texans doing with the 28th overall pick in today's Mock Draft Injection.

Seth and Sean discuss Kevin Clark's take that improvement from CJ Stroud will get the Texans to the Super Bowl, and dive back into the Mike Vrabel-Diana Russini resort drama with some more old clips that have surfaced which may add some context.

Seth and Sean lay out the Rockets standings after their win last night as the playoffs near, and dive into the "intel" the ESPN pundits are putting out there about what the Texans have planned in the draft.

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros' matchup with the Mariners this weekend, what starting pitching might look like, the Astros being awful statistically at pitching and the Mariners being statistically awful at slugging.

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros getting swept by the Rockies, Christian Javier and Jake Meyers leaving the game with injuries, the Texans picking up the 5th year options on CJ Stroud and Will Anderson, go through the day's Headlines, discuss Rich Eisen's point that the Texans not giving CJ Stroud a contract extension could negatively impact his sway in the locker room, dive into the Diana Russini-Mike Vrabel drama and its tie to the Texans' draft a few years ago, see who Nate Tice and Charles McDonald of Yahoo! have the Texans picking in the Mock Draft Injection, dive into the Rockets' playoff picture and remaining schedule, power rank the most indispensable Astros, discuss if the Texans could be in danger of loving their QB too much, examine some old “evidence” that's surfaced about Diana Russini in the whole drama with her and Mike Vrabel and Judge Zaza adjudicates how liable she is, they discuss Giants DT Dexter Lawrence just not being worth what it'd likely cost to trade for him, react to what might be the dumbest take on deciding on QBs ever, and see what the question of the day is with Reggie and Lopez.

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros getting swept by the Rockies, Christian Javier and Jake Meyers leaving the game with injuries, the Texans picking up the 5th year options on CJ Stroud and Will Anderson, and go through the day's Headlines.

Seth and Sean discuss Rich Eisen's point that the Texans not giving CJ Stroud a contract extension could negatively impact his sway in the locker room, dive into the Diana Russini-Mike Vrabel drama and its tie to the Texans' draft a few years ago, and see who Nate Tice and Charles McDonald of Yahoo! have the Texans picking in the Mock Draft Injection.

Seth and Sean dive into the Rockets' playoff picture and remaining schedule, power rank the most indispensable Astros, and discuss if the Texans could be in danger of loving their QB too much.

Seth and Sean dive into some old “evidence” that's surfaced about Diana Russini in the whole drama with her and Mike Vrabel and Judge Zaza adjudicates how liable she is, they discuss Giants DT Dexter Lawrence just not being worth what it'd likely cost to trade for him, react to what might be the dumbest take on deciding on QBs ever, and see what the question of the day is with Reggie and Lopez.

Seth and Sean discuss Clint Stoerner being bullish on the Texans potentially trading for Dexter Lawrence and give their thoughts on why it's just not worth it.

Seth and Sean take a look at some old incriminating evidence in the Diana Russini-Mike Vrabel drama, and Judge Zaza decides how liable she is.

Seth and Sean discuss the state of the Astros at this point and power rank the most indispensable Astros on the roster.

Seth and Sean discuss the Rockets facing the 76ers tonight, why it's actually better to lose at this point, and what the remaining schedules look like for the Rockets, Lakers and Nuggets.

Seth and Sean discuss what Nate Tice and Charles McDonald of Yahoo! have the Texans doing in the 8th edition of their mock in today's Mock Draft Injection.

Seth and Sean discuss Rich Eisen's take that the Texans not giving CJ Stroud a contract extension this offseason could impact the locker room negatively and dive into the Texans angle and more from the Diana Russini and Mike Vrabel soap opera going on.

Seth and Sean discuss the Texans picking up the 5th year team option for CJ Stroud and Will Anderson Jr.

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros getting swept by a bad Rockies team, Jake Meyers and Christian Javier leaving with injuries, and what 6-man rotation without Javier and Brown means.

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros' 5-1 loss to the Rockies, how they feel about the rotation with Hunter Brown looking like he could be out for months, why it's not worth it for the Texans to trade for DT Dexter Lawrence, go through the day's Headlines, discuss Hunter Brown's injury and potential timelines for his return, Diana Russini of the Athletic and Mike Vrabel being seemingly caught in a thing, assess if they'd leverage the Rockets' future to bring in Giannis, see what Peter Schrager has the Texans doing at 28 in today's Mock Draft Injection, discuss the Texans hosting CB prospect Martin Emerson, if the Texans should kick tires on any of the free agent WRs left out there, if Fernando Mendoza skipping the draft matters, what a grade 2 shoulder strain actually means for Hunter Brown and the Astros, what's real and what's not in terms of what's formed their emotions on CJ Stroud's offseason, assess if Diana Russini or Mike Vrabel are dumber in getting caught essentially, dive into Patrick Beverley's beef with Matt Barnes, and see what the ITL question of the day is with Reggie and Lopez.

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros' 5-1 loss to the Rockies, how they feel about the rotation with Hunter Brown looking like he could be out for months, why it's not worth it for the Texans to trade for DT Dexter Lawrence, and go through the day's Headlines.

Seth and Sean discuss Hunter Brown's injury and potential timelines for his return, Diana Russini of the Athletic and Mike Vrabel being seemingly caught in a thing, assess if they'd leverage the Rockets' future to bring in Giannis, and see what Peter Schrager has the Texans doing at 28 in today's Mock Draft Injection.

Seth and Sean discuss the Texans hosting CB prospect Martin Emerson, if the Texans should kick tires on any of the free agent WRs left out there, if Fernando Mendoza skipping the draft matters, and what a grade 2 shoulder strain actually means for Hunter Brown and the Astros.

Seth and Sean discuss what's real and what's not in terms of what's formed their emotions on CJ Stroud's offseason, assess if Diana Russini or Mike Vrabel are dumber in getting caught essentially, dive into Patrick Beverley's beef with Matt Barnes, and see what the ITL question of the day is with Reggie and Lopez.

Seth and Sean circle back to the story about Diana Russini for the Athletic and Head Coach Mike Vrabel of the Patriots being essentially caught, and assess which one of them is dumber in this situation.

Seth and Sean assess what's real and what's not in how their emotions about CJ Stroud's offseason have been shaped: the tattoo? the haircut? offseason workouts in California?

Seth and Sean talk about if it actually matters that Fernando Mendoza is skipping the NFL Draft event and react to Mel Kiper's crazy comp for Mendoza, and John Gruden being very excited by Diego Pavia.

Seth and Sean discuss the Texans hosting free agent CB Martin Emerson, react to Adam Schefter's list of big name WRs left in free agency, and assess if the Texans should be "kicking tires" on any.

Seth and Sean see what Peter Schrager of ESPN.com has the Texans doing with the 28th overall pick in today's Mock Draft Injection.

Seth and Sean dive into Hunter Brown's injury and potential timeline for a return, discuss Diana Russini and Mike Vrabel seemingly being caught in a thing, and assess if they'd essentially leverage the Rockets' future for Giannis based on some concerns outlined in Shams Charania's piece about him.

Seth and Sean discuss if the Texans should consider trading for Giants DT Dexter Lawrence, and why it doesn't make much sense despite the Texans having the 2nd highest odds of being his next team.

Seth and Sean open the show by talking about the Astros' 5-1 loss to the Rockies, their thoughts on the pitching rotation without Hunter Brown, and briefly talk about the Rockets' win over the Suns.

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros' 9-7 loss to the Rockies last night, if the Texans should think about trading for Giants DT Dexter Lawrence, who just requested a trade, go through the day's Headlines, discuss Bill Barnwell's piece where EVERY draft pick gets traded, assess if they'd do the one for the Texans, react to Gary Kubiak explaining how he got DeMeco moved up on their draft board back in the day, see what Chad Reuter has the Texans doing in the Mock Draft Injection, react to Eric Ebron laying out why Andrew Luck retired and dive into the Geno Auriemma vs Dawn Staley spat in the PettyCast, discuss Hunter Brown going to the IL, Christian Javier not being very good, their excitement about Cam Smith, circle back to if Dexter Lawrence would be a fit for the Texans, power rank the MLB power rankings based on where they put the Astros after not even 2 weeks, discuss what Raheem Mostert said about being coached in Miami and Troy Aikman being a Dolphins consultant, assess if things are breaking the Rockets' way at the perfect time, and see what Reggie and Luke have for the question of the day.

Seth and Sean discuss the Astros' 9-7 loss to the Rockies last night, if the Texans should think about trading for Giants DT Dexter Lawrence, who just requested a trade, and go through the day's Headlines.