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Speaker 1: Tg I f Thank god it's Friday. Welcome and everybody

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Speaker 1: to a Friday edition of Texans All Access. John Harris

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Speaker 1: Mark vandum me there, Mark, Good afternoon. How are you, Johnny?

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Speaker 1: I am doing so well. It's hot, humid, wonderful summer.

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Speaker 1: Can't wait for training camp. You know the usual, the

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Speaker 1: usual when we begin the show, I'm fired up to

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Speaker 1: talk about some football. Yeah, we're gonna talk about football

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Speaker 1: here in just a second. But yeah, weatherwise, I'm driving

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Speaker 1: says one hundred five, one zero five. Ye the seriously,

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Speaker 1: Oh that's a leaf. Yeah that that that made me

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Speaker 1: feel good. Oh, but it's gonna cool off next week?

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Speaker 1: What four? But you're sure? But yours truly will be

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Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. So it's ridiculous. Yeah. Yeah, My my

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Speaker 1: My wife said, yeah, it's kind of a little mini

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Speaker 1: Yeah for them, Yeah absolutely. Oh man, it's been unbelievably hot.

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Speaker 1: But you guys stay safe out there, um and hopefully

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Speaker 1: you will do that. Roy Lopez and Danny Barrett are

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Speaker 1: both gonna join us in the next segments, so a

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Speaker 1: little bit of coach, a little bit of player. Now,

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Speaker 1: Roy Lopez and Danny Barrett a little bit later in

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Speaker 1: the show. But Mark, I want to hit on something

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Speaker 1: that you you wrote about, which I find fascinating because

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Speaker 1: I've had this I've had this thought, and i had

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Speaker 1: this thought, and it actually brings the Texans for the

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Speaker 1: early Texans kind of back in view in some sense. Hm.

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Speaker 1: You were talking in your article about the a FC

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Speaker 1: South and what the AFC South has done actually says

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Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, and let's get a couple of teams in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. Seventeen it was Jags and Titans. Eighteen it

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Speaker 1: was US and the Colts, nineteen it was US and

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Speaker 1: the Titans. Twenty twenty was the Colts and the Titans.

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Speaker 1: And last year was just the Titans and they and

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Speaker 1: the Titans ended up being the number one seed, but

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Speaker 1: just played like garbage at home and didn't make it

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Speaker 1: to AFC Championship game. Yet again, you had two that

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Speaker 1: went to the AFC Championship in seventeen, the Jags and

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Speaker 1: should have gone to the Super Bowl. In twenty nineteen,

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Speaker 1: you had the Titans. They should not have They lost

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Speaker 1: to the Kansas City Chiefs. But here's what popped into

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Speaker 1: my head, the name Mario Williams. Why did that pop

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Speaker 1: into your head? Well? Remember when? And I remember when,

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Speaker 1: remember way back when, what team was the team to

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Speaker 1: beat in the division? Indianapolis had to beat Indianapolis, right,

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Speaker 1: and so Mario Williams was drafted. I mean because he

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Speaker 1: was an athletic freak, but also because he would get

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Speaker 1: after Peyton Manning, who was the star quarterback for Indianapolis.

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Speaker 1: You had to beat Indianapolis to win a division. E

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Speaker 1: went out and you got Mario Williams. I asked this

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Speaker 1: question because there's no Payton Manning in this division anymore.

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Speaker 1: But that's in a year. So arch Manning deciding to

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Speaker 1: There's no even Philip Rivers in this division quite anymore.

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Speaker 1: But the thought was, if you can to win a division,

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Speaker 1: you gotta go beat Indianapolis. And to do that, your

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Speaker 1: get Maria Williams. Which is the team to beat in

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Speaker 1: the division this year? And how do you go about

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Speaker 1: beating them? You gotta stop the run. It's Tennessee with

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Speaker 1: Derek Henry, right, or it's even Indianapolis, right, Jon Taylor,

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor, this is running back you this division? It is.

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Speaker 1: That's what I wrote about the rebrand of the AU

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Speaker 1: right And because of that, does it change the philosophy

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Speaker 1: for how you build the team in your estimation? Does

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Speaker 1: it change how you go about building your team? Because

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Speaker 1: not like facing Baltimore twice, right, But you get six

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Speaker 1: know that I don't know the answer to this. I'm asking, legitimately,

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Speaker 1: do you build the team to win this division? And

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Speaker 1: if you, if you do that, then how do you

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Speaker 1: go about doing it. Is there anything that the Texans

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Speaker 1: But to win this division a do you have to

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Speaker 1: build that defense to absolutely, without a question, stop the

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Speaker 1: if you do happen to win a division, nobody else

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Speaker 1: how difficult does that actually make? Kind of team building?

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Speaker 1: The fact that if you want to win your division,

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Speaker 1: different from anything that you've seen. It's kind of an

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Speaker 1: does that help any of the teams in the division

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Speaker 1: You were getting hammered against the run and you were

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Speaker 1: this year you're playing the NFC East, right, Well, what

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Speaker 1: not breaking news, would love to run it. Sure, you

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Speaker 1: know if they can run it, they'll run it until

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Speaker 1: you can't stop it anymore, until you stop it, right,

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Speaker 1: So if you can't stop it, they're gonna keep giving

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Speaker 1: But you're right, it's quote only six of seventeen games

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Speaker 1: That's three years ago. That's nothing. And then it completely

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Speaker 1: shifts to, Yes, now we're really a running division with

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Speaker 1: Last year, he missed over half the season while Taylor

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Speaker 1: know they have quarterbacks that can kill you. Matt Ryan

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Speaker 1: it's Benny gonna cut it. But then also the second

428
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Speaker 1: half and unleashed a little bit. Yeah, and that's really

429
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Speaker 1: where it's it's got to get to you. And I'm

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Speaker 1: not saying you're gonna score twenty When we scored a

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Speaker 1: second half twenty five, you're not gonna score twenty five.

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Speaker 1: But I think they started to show, hey, look, you

433
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Speaker 1: can do some things against these defenses in your division.

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Speaker 1: But man, name we really have got to get out

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Speaker 1: of the shoots fast against the Colts, especially with the

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Speaker 1: way the Colts shut this offense down in the last

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Speaker 1: the last year. They didn't shut it down in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, they shut it completely completely down, and

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Speaker 1: that's got to change week one. Yeah, it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: interesting because you have to see improvement at so many

441
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Speaker 1: different positions. Come on, they won four games last year.

442
00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:44,800
Speaker 1: But it's all about Mills. We're gonna be let me

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Speaker 1: rephrase that. So much of it is about the Hills. Yes,

444
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,159
Speaker 1: it's a better Wayite is a better way of saying this.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if he can take it up another notch

446
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Speaker 1: or two and get better as the year goes on,

447
00:22:56,600 --> 00:22:58,560
Speaker 1: well you have a chance to win more games. You

448
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Speaker 1: have a chance to do what we're talking about, and

449
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Speaker 1: that's flirt with there's no, five hundred eight or nine,

450
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Speaker 1: nine or eight, but flirt with that kind of range

451
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,680
Speaker 1: would be so wonderful. I think they have the kind

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Speaker 1: of schedule where it's possible, but we all know they

453
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Speaker 1: need to improve greatly to do it. We'll all be

454
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Speaker 1: here to watch. Here's what I want. Okay, of course

455
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Speaker 1: I want a Super Bowl. I get that. I mean,

456
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Speaker 1: but I'm being reasonable. I want to be sitting here

457
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Speaker 1: in December, mid December and it's Sunday night Football. I

458
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,480
Speaker 1: don't even know what game is coming up in Sunday

459
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Speaker 1: Night Football, and they do the pregame show and they

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Speaker 1: show the four teams that are leading to vision, and

461
00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,359
Speaker 1: they show the three wild cards, and then they have

462
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Speaker 1: the teams that are in the hunt. Yeah, at least

463
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Speaker 1: be in the hunt. In the hunt and just be

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Speaker 1: on that screen. That's what I want to say, and

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Speaker 1: not ridiculously because so many teams were in the hunt

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Speaker 1: until late the season, exactly like the Jags and Texas. Yeah, right,

467
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Speaker 1: so you definitely want to be be on the screen.

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Speaker 1: Get your logo on that screen, darnedge. That's the that's

469
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Speaker 1: the ultimate goal. It's a goal for Roy Lopez. The

470
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Speaker 1: ultimate goal. Well, it's one of the goals. You're right,

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Speaker 1: that's a good point. It is a goal that could

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Speaker 1: lead to an ultimate goal. It's also a goal. Roy

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Speaker 1: Lopez and Danny Barrett both have well hear from coach

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Speaker 1: and player next with dpcity right here on Texans All Access.

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Speaker 1: Sit right here on Texans All Access. Sit do right

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Speaker 1: here on Texans All Access. Sit rightio Well Backs Friday

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Speaker 1: edition of Texas All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio.

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Speaker 1: I am John Harris Football and Out sideline reporter and

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Speaker 1: hopefully good friend of the brilliant Dpcity. At least, I

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Speaker 1: I'd like to think I'm a friend of hers. She

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Speaker 1: may not think that way about me, but I love

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Speaker 1: her to death and she is absolutely awesome when she

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Speaker 1: sits down with players and in this case a coach.

484
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Speaker 1: She had a player and a coach near the end

485
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Speaker 1: of the off season. She had the opportunity to talk

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Speaker 1: to Roy Lopez and running backs coach Danny Barrett. So

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Speaker 1: let's hear from Danny Barrett, the longest niard Texan staff member.

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Speaker 1: How about that longest tenured staff member talking coaching staff,

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Speaker 1: other staff. Now, I believe on the medical staff, I

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Speaker 1: think Roland's been here for a long time. CAP's been

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Speaker 1: here for a long time, So I think those guys

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Speaker 1: pre date. But when you're talking to coaching staff players,

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Speaker 1: Danny Barrett has been here the longest as the running

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Speaker 1: backs coach for your Houston Texans, and you're about to

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Speaker 1: hear why. He's one of the best guys you can interview.

496
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Speaker 1: Is one of the funnest guys to talk to. Knows

497
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Speaker 1: the game played, the game played the CFL has a

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Speaker 1: connection to George warhop I believe. I believe Danny Barrett

499
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Speaker 1: was a quarterback you see Cincinnati when George Warhopp was there,

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Speaker 1: So there's a connection there. Here's deep talking to the

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Speaker 1: great Danny Barrett. It's the Deep Slant one one presented

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Speaker 1: by Xfinity. Joining me today, running backs coach Danny Barrett.

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Speaker 1: Danny offseason programs in the books. How do you think

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Speaker 1: your guys did or your goals throughout these last few

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Speaker 1: weeks and where do you think the group stands as

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Speaker 1: a whole right now? Well, I thought it was a

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Speaker 1: great offseason for so we had some great additions to

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Speaker 1: the room coming in with Marlon and dol Ray and

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Speaker 1: the addition of the young Buck Damian Pierce. So coming

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Speaker 1: into this offseason, we wanted to try to get that

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Speaker 1: continuity and camaraderie, you know, from the group, and I

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Speaker 1: think we developed that they get along well, they encourage

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Speaker 1: one another, they compete with one another, trying to make

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Speaker 1: them better each and every day. And we came out

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Speaker 1: of it healthy and which is a blessing in which

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Speaker 1: we always look forward to going into the summer break.

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Speaker 1: That we left healthy, So let's come back fresh, ready

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Speaker 1: to go. You mentioned Marlon mack big signing for your

519
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Speaker 1: group this offseason. He's got some experience in the league,

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Speaker 1: He's played at a high level, dealt with some injuries.

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Speaker 1: How do you feel like he's sort of come in

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Speaker 1: and transition with the group that you have. He's come

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Speaker 1: in and done a good job I thought coming in initially,

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Speaker 1: you know, being the veteran that he is, he came

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Speaker 1: in and kind of got to feel for everybody, they

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Speaker 1: got to feel for him. And since that first week,

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Speaker 1: you know, everything has been smooth selling for him, and

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Speaker 1: I think he's gotten his confidence back to the level

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Speaker 1: in which he was playing at prior to his injury.

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Speaker 1: You can see the burst and the speed that shows

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Speaker 1: up which he showed before prior to the injury. So

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Speaker 1: we're looking forward to him coming back in the fall

533
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Speaker 1: and in the making that room better, all right, Jamie

534
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Speaker 1: and Pierce. I had a chance to interview him after

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Speaker 1: the draft. I mean, he's got a personality. So what

536
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Speaker 1: about for these rookies, what's the biggest goal for them

537
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Speaker 1: going through the offseason program and what's that learning curve

538
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Speaker 1: like as you prepare them for camp. I think you've

539
00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,879
Speaker 1: already mentioned as for us, a learning curve. You know,

540
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,720
Speaker 1: they have to come in and learn a whole new

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Speaker 1: really a way of life, you know, how to take

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Speaker 1: care of their bodies, how to learn from different type

543
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Speaker 1: of instruments, whether it be filmed, whether it be walked throughs,

544
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:51,840
Speaker 1: and a lot of it is on their own. And

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00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 1: he's done a good job coming in and really just

546
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Speaker 1: trying to learn. You know, what we want him to

547
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Speaker 1: do on a daily basis, and now over the break

548
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,479
Speaker 1: is to be vitally important for him, you know, to

549
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Speaker 1: continue on that curve and come back feeling even more

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Speaker 1: confident with the things that he've already showed him he

551
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Speaker 1: can do. It seems like this time of year is

552
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,679
Speaker 1: a lot about learning and teaching and Pep. Hamilton obviously

553
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,600
Speaker 1: was with the team last year, but as offensive coordinator,

554
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,879
Speaker 1: how much does it change what you have to do

555
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 1: with the new OC and Pep, Well, it's really just

556
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Speaker 1: being on the same page and really, you know, just

557
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,000
Speaker 1: being you know, and continuity one another. You know, he

558
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,760
Speaker 1: wants to come in and do things a certain way.

559
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,119
Speaker 1: He's a very detailed coach, which is what we talk

560
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Speaker 1: about all the time and making sure the guys know

561
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Speaker 1: the why and what we're doing. And he's done a

562
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Speaker 1: great job this offseason, you know, not only with the

563
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,760
Speaker 1: coaches staff and in front of the players as well.

564
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Speaker 1: I think, you know, leaving here we all feel confident

565
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Speaker 1: in the things that we'll be able to do. And

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Speaker 1: now we're going to look forward to a limit of

567
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Speaker 1: a break and come back and let's compete and see

568
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Speaker 1: what happens in the South Division. All right, let's talk

569
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Speaker 1: about training camp, because pads come on for your group.

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Speaker 1: What excites you most about your running backs group as

571
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Speaker 1: you head into camp, Well, again, it's with the past.

572
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 1: You know, we've had a chance to come out and

573
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Speaker 1: really run with our short zone and really feel good

574
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Speaker 1: about things. And now you start putting the pads on

575
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:13,200
Speaker 1: now a little bit more contact, you know, can we

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Speaker 1: really sustain you know what we've already accomplished, you know

577
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 1: through contact, hanging on to the football and being able

578
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 1: to get those tough yardage. So that's what's going to

579
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Speaker 1: be the key for us coming back. You know, it's

580
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Speaker 1: going to be a mindset. You know, I've always believed

581
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Speaker 1: that you have the right mindset each and every day,

582
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Speaker 1: and I think this room that we have has that.

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Speaker 1: I didn't even ask you about the fullbacks. Levey Smith

584
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 1: says he really wants a fullback this year. How do

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00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 1: you feel about that? Because it seems like fullbacks sort

586
00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 1: of come and go depending on the coaching scheme and

587
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Speaker 1: the coaching staff. But you've got a couple in your

588
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Speaker 1: group right now. What do you think about the role

589
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Speaker 1: of the fullback and how that's going to help the

590
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Speaker 1: run game? Well, again, you're right as for as fullback

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Speaker 1: coming into the fall, this is my first year in

592
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Speaker 1: seven years having to coach fullbacks, you know, at this level,

593
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Speaker 1: and it's good. You know that the guys that we

594
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Speaker 1: have Paul and and Andy and Troy has moved over

595
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 1: as well. They're doing a good job. They're competing, helping

596
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,520
Speaker 1: one another. There's not a whole lot of reps, but

597
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: so they have to really make them count and so

598
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 1: everything they really have to be technician. And again it's

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Speaker 1: going to be a big training camp for those guys

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Speaker 1: once the contact start, being able to stay healthy and

601
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Speaker 1: being able to run their feet through contact and looking

602
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Speaker 1: forward to that competition. How our pans out there? All right,

603
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Speaker 1: So a little bit of a break before camp. What's

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Speaker 1: your advice to the guys. I know that you want

605
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 1: them to disconnect a little bit from football, but still

606
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 1: stay in shape. What are your parting words to your

607
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Speaker 1: guys before they leave? Enjoy your time with your family

608
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Speaker 1: and your loved ones. Now take a little bit of

609
00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:39,479
Speaker 1: a break, but don't lose what you gain, you know,

610
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Speaker 1: make sure you come back ready to go from day

611
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 1: one again, it's all gonna be about a mindset and

612
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Speaker 1: we come back it's going to be strictly business. And

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Speaker 1: that's what I tell them, strictly business. So we have

614
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Speaker 1: an opportunity to get back on top of the southward

615
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Speaker 1: where we belong and which where we want to be.

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Speaker 1: All right, Jenny, thank you so much for the time,

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Speaker 1: and enjoy your break as well. I will thank you.

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Speaker 1: I know, the biggest thing on Danny Barrett to Jenda

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Speaker 1: during his break is just getting those knees healthy and

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Speaker 1: getting him ready for the season. I saw today and

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Speaker 1: it made me actually think about Coach Barrett because he

622
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Speaker 1: had surgery on both knees and he's coming back from

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Speaker 1: that slowly, but surely he's getting there. And those people

624
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Speaker 1: that have knee replacement surgery my dad had that, it's

625
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: just grueling and I can't imagine what that's like to

626
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Speaker 1: stand on a sideline day after day after day after

627
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Speaker 1: day after you've had that happen. Well. I saw today

628
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Speaker 1: where UAB head coach Bill Clark, who is one of

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Speaker 1: the best coaches there is in a country, is actually

630
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 1: stepping down and retiring because he apparently has a back

631
00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: issue that is so bad that it really paints him

632
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Speaker 1: to stand up for as long as coaches have got

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Speaker 1: to stand up, And I thought about Coach Barrett and

634
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Speaker 1: the pain he must have been going through getting that done.

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Speaker 1: But kudos to him, and he's got he's got a

636
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Speaker 1: whale of a time trying to sift through these running backs,

637
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Speaker 1: trying to get it right for the twenty twenty two season.

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Speaker 1: But he has a really nice job. What's the kind

639
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Speaker 1: of get in the groove, what's they find the right

640
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Speaker 1: guys and hopefully they have found the right ball carriers

641
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 1: and then Danny Barrett can sift those carries out with

642
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,640
Speaker 1: the help of oc Pep Hamilton. Now on the defensive

643
00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 1: side of the ball, and it's not a coach but

644
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 1: a player, Roy Lopez. Now, Mark and I will have

645
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 1: an interview with Roy later this offseason, so probably, I

646
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: don't know, the next couple weeks or so before training camp,

647
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: and we had an opportunity to sit out with Roy

648
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 1: and we went. We had a chance to go a

649
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 1: little bit longer with him, so we dove ined a

650
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 1: number of different things, but DEEPI did a little deep

651
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 1: slant with Roy Lopez and it was fun as you

652
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 1: would expect. Roy, You're out here, it's mini camp. I mean,

653
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 1: how does it feel to be in year two? I

654
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 1: assume it's very, very different from what this was like

655
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 1: for you last year as a rookie. Yeah, it's awesome.

656
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 1: I feel good. The team feels good. We're kind of

657
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 1: just molding together and being able to grow. We got

658
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: a lot of new guys on d line, so it's

659
00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: just kind of, you know, trying to pick each other's

660
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,080
Speaker 1: brain and keep growing with each other and trying to

661
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 1: be the best. So it is an interesting group because

662
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 1: you got a lot of guys that were here last year,

663
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,480
Speaker 1: and then you got new guys that have a lot

664
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,840
Speaker 1: of experience, like Jerry Hughes, Mario Addison. What's the dynamic

665
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 1: like in your d line group. It seems like you

666
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: guys are still having a lot of fun out there. No. Yeah,

667
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 1: we got a good mixture of the young guys and vets.

668
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 1: So we're very fortunate to have the vets we have

669
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,280
Speaker 1: because they mold real well with our room how it

670
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 1: was already, and they bring experience and knowledge and some

671
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: you know, fun and flavor to our rooms. So very

672
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,400
Speaker 1: thankful to be able to play with Mario and Jerry

673
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 1: and rashiem you know. So it's just, uh, it's awesome

674
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 1: to see all the new guys come in and just

675
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 1: right away be able to be treated like family. So

676
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 1: all right, Ricky, year, you had a great year, But

677
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,959
Speaker 1: you look a little bit thinner to me, I mean,

678
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 1: if I can say that in the nicest way possible.

679
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 1: What's been your workout routine had have you slimmed down

680
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 1: a little bit. Yes, the goal was just to be

681
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:48,960
Speaker 1: you know, bigger, faster, stronger, you know. So and I

682
00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 1: kind of in the off season we sat down me,

683
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,719
Speaker 1: Lad and Mike are nutrition's on strange coats, and uh,

684
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 1: we just went to work. You know. We started from

685
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: you know, square one, and we built from there and

686
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 1: we came out every day we worked and we changed

687
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 1: our eating habits and you kind of just make sure

688
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 1: we got our vestvals, our proteins are carbs and everything

689
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 1: like that. But a goal is just to be you know,

690
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:09,440
Speaker 1: the best shape I can be and play more snaps

691
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,279
Speaker 1: and be more impactful for the team. And uh, we're

692
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,319
Speaker 1: not done, you know, so we're just working on it.

693
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 1: Can I ask how much you've lost or what's what

694
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:18,560
Speaker 1: is there like a goal or a range? It was

695
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:20,839
Speaker 1: really just fat percentage. We want to lose a lot

696
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,839
Speaker 1: of fat. I've lost I think ten fifteen pounds, but

697
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 1: a lot of it was fat, you know, So I

698
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:28,400
Speaker 1: got rid of bad weight. So that that was the

699
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 1: main purpose, you know, just to look better, feel better

700
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 1: every day, have a better day. You know. So yep,

701
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,239
Speaker 1: how does this figure in your d line dinner that

702
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:37,840
Speaker 1: you were going to cook for everybody. I mean, I

703
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,840
Speaker 1: feel like you're cooking healthier now. No, yeah, sometimes you

704
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 1: gotta have your meals, you know, you gotta have your

705
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 1: cheat meals for sure. I'm people will say like one

706
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,719
Speaker 1: a week. I might get to a week, you know, so,

707
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: but no, it's definitely I still have fun, fun with

708
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 1: everything I do, you know, and the food everything I don't,

709
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,319
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't mind even bad every now and then.

710
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,400
Speaker 1: You know, I just want to make sure that this

711
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 1: this this sport, this game, this team in my priority.

712
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:02,360
Speaker 1: So anything I can do for myself to help the

713
00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:05,319
Speaker 1: team is the biggest thing. So all right. Levey Smith

714
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,120
Speaker 1: talked about OTAs in mini camp. He said, this is

715
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 1: sort of a period for individual growth and getting better.

716
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: What have you learned about yourself and where do you

717
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 1: feel like you've really grown in these last few weeks.

718
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:16,919
Speaker 1: I feel like I've grown, you know, just as a leader,

719
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,280
Speaker 1: being able to bring in guys in my position that

720
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:20,759
Speaker 1: we that were younger than me. You know, I was,

721
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: I was the young guy last year. So now I'm

722
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 1: sitting here older than the guys now, and it's just

723
00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,319
Speaker 1: like you know, full circle, you know, I learned from

724
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 1: the bets and being able to pass their knowledge down,

725
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 1: you know, from from the past bets we had last year,

726
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,879
Speaker 1: and just being able to grow that way, lead by

727
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: example and stuff like that. Being able to study more

728
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,800
Speaker 1: film and know exactly what I'm learning the plays I'm learning,

729
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 1: and uh that way when I see it on the film,

730
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: everything is just faster, you know. So I think that's

731
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 1: the biggest thing is I've grown a lot in the classroom,

732
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:49,440
Speaker 1: you know, taking care of my body, but really just

733
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,760
Speaker 1: a lot in the classroom and learning the game, starting

734
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,239
Speaker 1: fresh and learning the game. So when training camp starts

735
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: and the pads come on, do you you know, how

736
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,440
Speaker 1: do you build on what you've learned here? What are

737
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,319
Speaker 1: some goals that you have for yourself to get better

738
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 1: as as training camp sort of amps things up a

739
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:03,439
Speaker 1: little bit more, right, you know, we have a three

740
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 1: technique by named Elie Collins. You know, Dud's a monster,

741
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,359
Speaker 1: so he's a freak. Everybody knows him. Um, I just

742
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:10,719
Speaker 1: want to be able to help him. I want to

743
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 1: be able to help the ends around me and uh,

744
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: you know, just kind of thrive together. That's that's my

745
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 1: main goals for our d line to be one of

746
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 1: the most dominant, if not the most dominant in the NFL. UM,

747
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: that's our goal to literally be the best in the league. So, um,

748
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,760
Speaker 1: you know, when you're around guys and Malie Collins, Jonathan Grenard,

749
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: Rashine Obo, Jerry Mario, you know our D line Ross,

750
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:33,959
Speaker 1: you know is we got some depth through our D line.

751
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 1: So we're excited. So when you ask me what I

752
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 1: want to do, I just want to. I want to

753
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:39,719
Speaker 1: play my part, you know, I want to. I want

754
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 1: to make sure that our D line as a whole

755
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 1: is talked about and appreciate it for how much work

756
00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: we put in. And we're excited. We're hungry, and we

757
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:48,879
Speaker 1: just can't wait. So I'm excited to see this too.

758
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 1: I can't wait as well. All Right, you got a

759
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 1: little bit of time off, so the plan is to

760
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 1: unplug from football, but yet stay in shape for camp.

761
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 1: How about for yourself? What do you plan to do

762
00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 1: these next few weeks before camp starts? Right? I gotta

763
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,879
Speaker 1: like pull up surgery next week, so that's exciting. I'd

764
00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,919
Speaker 1: be able to clean up my nose. Besides that, that'd

765
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,879
Speaker 1: be like a week week off. But really just seeing

766
00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 1: my family spend time with them. Um, be out there

767
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 1: in Arizona and my dad's team, and I'll train with them,

768
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 1: you know, get some reps in with them, be able

769
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,319
Speaker 1: to spit some knowledge to them. But um, you know,

770
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 1: I love doing that. I love seeing my family, but

771
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,439
Speaker 1: then also be able to go train and and really

772
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,400
Speaker 1: work with high school kids, you know. And so that

773
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 1: man also, Malie Collins, will be out in Arizona, so

774
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 1: we're gonna get some work in too. So he's he's

775
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:30,799
Speaker 1: been begging me to go out there and train with them.

776
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 1: But we'll see Arizona. We've traded Houston Heat for Arizona Heat,

777
00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:36,239
Speaker 1: but I like it. He likes the boxing, so so

778
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 1: we're gonna throw some hands and move our feet. So

779
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:43,200
Speaker 1: it's getting shape because we planned to play like some cheetahs,

780
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: some wild dogs. It's a little bit of boxing out

781
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:48,440
Speaker 1: in Arizona. Small yeah, yeah, some work, some sweat, all right,

782
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,839
Speaker 1: some sweat and work. Roy always a pleasure, that's a luck.

783
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: Can't wait to see out me here. Thank you, appreciate you.

784
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:55,040
Speaker 1: I think about Royal a lot because at this point

785
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:59,760
Speaker 1: last year I was actually making a track towards Los Angeles.

786
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,839
Speaker 1: I went through Los Cruces, New Mexico. State, where Roy

787
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 1: played the majority of his college career, and then I

788
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:09,480
Speaker 1: ended up finding my way to Tucson, where I stayed

789
00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 1: the night before driving the rest of the way to

790
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,880
Speaker 1: LA the next day, where Roy played the rest of

791
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 1: his college career in twenty twenty, the COVID year. I

792
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 1: think he only ended up with four or five games

793
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 1: that year after transferring from New Mexico State, but I

794
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 1: thought it was New Mexico State wasn't gonna play in

795
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, so he decided to go back to his

796
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: home state in Arizona and go ahead and play that

797
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,400
Speaker 1: one year. Didn't get a lot in but the Texans

798
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,879
Speaker 1: and I talked to Nickossaria about this area. Scouts were

799
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:38,760
Speaker 1: on top of it when he moved from New Mexico

800
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,879
Speaker 1: State and knew exactly where he was going. They kept

801
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,440
Speaker 1: tabs on him, and thank god they did, because Roy

802
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 1: Lopez has been a godsend for this defense and will

803
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:49,280
Speaker 1: continue to do so. All Right, We're gonna go around

804
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 1: the league and finish up on a Friday Nation of

805
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:56,600
Speaker 1: Texans All Access, All Access, All Access. We on funnel

806
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: segment this Friday Nation to Texas All Access from the

807
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 1: Honday Texans Radio studio. I'm John Harris, your host. Let's

808
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 1: bounce around the NFL and maybe, well, I don't know,

809
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 1: not really the NFL, how about just football in general.

810
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,280
Speaker 1: I think the biggest news that came down football wise

811
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 1: on Thursday and on Friday too, kind of bleeding into Friday,

812
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,840
Speaker 1: is the news about the nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning,

813
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 1: the son of Cooper Manning. Arch Manning, arguably the number

814
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:34,439
Speaker 1: one quarterback in the country, plays at Isnor Newman High

815
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 1: School in New Orleans, Louisiana, like his father did, like

816
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,960
Speaker 1: his two uncles did. He's been the starting quarterback there

817
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:46,839
Speaker 1: for four years, and he decided on Thursday that he

818
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 1: would attend the University of Texas. Now, there was a

819
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:55,279
Speaker 1: lot of handwringing over the last oh, I don't know,

820
00:39:55,680 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 1: a couple of months ish about Texas saying recruiting and

821
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: Longhorns were coming after Aggie's about celebrating a February March

822
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 1: championship or whatever as it pretended to recruiting. And then

823
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:13,200
Speaker 1: yesterday Arch commits and our Longhorns were like, yeah, recruiting, man, yeah, cruiting,

824
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: We're doing it. You know, I said to Mark afterwards,

825
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:20,439
Speaker 1: you know, just celebrate your own. It's cool. You don't

826
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 1: have to go back at anybody else. You really don't.

827
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,399
Speaker 1: And congratulations to Longhorns that he's a really big commitment. Now,

828
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 1: a couple of things. One, it is June. There is

829
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:33,920
Speaker 1: an opportunity for Arch two decide to not com sign.

830
00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: He's only committed. My guess is that he'll honor the commitment.

831
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:42,200
Speaker 1: That just strikes me as something that would be pretty

832
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: solid in the Manning family. He is going to University

833
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:51,160
Speaker 1: of Texas. Already there Quinn Eures, the quarterback from South

834
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 1: Lake Carol who reclassified up into the class of twenty

835
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: one so he could take an IL deal as he

836
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 1: went to the I guess do I have to say

837
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: the Ohio State University while I'm going to the Ohio

838
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 1: State University. So Ewers transferred back to Texas was there

839
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: in his spring. Malik Murphy one of the top quarterbacks

840
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 1: in class of twenty twenty two coming out of J.

841
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 1: Sarah High School in LA. He is a true freshman

842
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:21,759
Speaker 1: on campus at University of Texas and Arch Manning will

843
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 1: arrive I would imagine January, but he's got one more

844
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 1: season in high school football. That isitor Newman. It's a

845
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 1: backlog of quarterbacks for the University of Texas, and it's

846
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:36,800
Speaker 1: quite frankly, I'll be honest, when A M and Texas

847
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 1: are good at the same time. College football is fantastic

848
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:43,280
Speaker 1: in the state. It's fantastic in this city, and Texas

849
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 1: hasn't held up. It's end of the bargain. The last

850
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:47,800
Speaker 1: couple of years. A and M was really good twenty twenty,

851
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:49,480
Speaker 1: fell off a little bit in twenty twenty one, but

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Speaker 1: the recruiting has really kept them forefront of college football

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Speaker 1: fans minds. Of course, jimbo v Nick Saban this, I

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Speaker 1: felt like it's really good for the University of Texas,

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Speaker 1: whether arch Man ends up being a player or not. Honestly,

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Speaker 1: Malik Murphy could end up being a guy and they

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Speaker 1: all got to beat out Quinn Ears. So we'll see

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Speaker 1: what ends up happening. But University of Texas gets a

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Speaker 1: massive recruit and who knows of those three quarterbacks, which one, two,

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Speaker 1: or maybe even three end up playing in the NFL

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Speaker 1: down the road. So there you have. It's a Friday show.

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Speaker 1: We back on Monday with more for you right here

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Speaker 1: at Texas All Access. Appreciate Mark being here make thanks

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Speaker 1: to Roy Lopez, Danny Barrett, DP, SIT, all of you

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Speaker 1: for listening. Thank you so much. We'll see on Monday

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Speaker 1: and as always, go Texans.