youre putting too much into it.. the "and then some" was shortly followed by the comments that james knew the system better than ryans, knew the calls better than cushing did too, having played in the system for a few years.. is this statement untrue?
Doesn't matter if it's true or not. Perception is what matters.
My wife asks me "Do I look fat?" and so I pause for a second...then say "No." She didn't hear me say "No," she heard the awkward pause before I gave my answer. Conversations or attempts to communicate a message are inherently laced with problems right out of the gate, and Herring sort of flubbed this one.
Herring should have made it all about Bradie James, there was no need to even say the words DeMeco Ryans when trying to elaborate upon the impact Bradie James can potentially make with the Texans. He went there, though, and like it's been said...a P.R. guy whisked him away for an, ahem, "meeting" he was late for. LOL.
True vs. Not True is not the issue. The words he used, the stark comparison of the two guys, it was awkward. Everybody loves them some 'Meco, and it's just a bit of a gaffe to utter those words and then try to understand it in context.
At the end of the day, Herring is saying that we got 'Meco back AND THEN SOME and yet we didn't, IMO, because truthfully and factually Bradie James hasn't played a single down of Texans football yet to justify those comparisons. It's almost like Herring is jinxing it to me. Oh well.