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Speaker 1: Monday edition of Texans All Access from the Honday Texans

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Speaker 1: Radio Studio. So glad to be with you this evening

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Speaker 1: on a wonderful night. Now, it's hot and humid, and

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Speaker 1: that's to be expected in checks calendar May May. It's

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Speaker 1: not even the summer yet. It's getting hot, but it

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Speaker 1: is nice and that is a good thing. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Sean Harris, football analyst, sideline reporter, flying on a solo

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Speaker 1: mission tonight. That's okay because we're gonna have a little

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Speaker 1: help from Deep City a little while later, because she

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Speaker 1: sat down with Obo okron Quo. See I said it

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Speaker 1: like a champ. Not gonna say Obo's first full name.

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Speaker 1: I can mess that up. But Obo okron Quo one

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Speaker 1: of the newest Texans. It seems like we said a

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Speaker 1: lot of that lately, but yeah, new Texans. But he's

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Speaker 1: not new to Houston. He's from my hihood where I

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Speaker 1: used to live over near a Leaf, love my folks

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Speaker 1: over an a Leaf and Obo making his way back

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Speaker 1: to Houston. Glad he's here. Has tremendous pass rush ability,

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Speaker 1: So I'm really excited to see what he brings to

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Speaker 1: this defensive pot. Hey, we're gonna talk a little bit

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Speaker 1: about some of the defensive players, a couple of rookies

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Speaker 1: here in just a little bit. So we'll hear from

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Speaker 1: obo Okronqua a little bit later in the show. But

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Speaker 1: today was the Houston Texans Charity Golf Classic and all

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Speaker 1: the luminaries were speaking. Lovey Smith, Nikos Saria, Greg Grissom,

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Speaker 1: and Cal McNair all spoke today, answering questions on any

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Speaker 1: number of different things. So I thought it's time for

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Speaker 1: a little Texans audio jukebox. I'm not sure how many

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Speaker 1: people were able to hear what they had to say.

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Speaker 1: They didn't have an extended press session. But when you've

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Speaker 1: got the four heavy hitters that you have, step up

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Speaker 1: to microphone, it's always good to eavesdrop if you will.

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Speaker 1: And we'll start with Lovey Smith, who was asked about

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Speaker 1: two defenders the Texans drafted right off the bat with

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Speaker 1: one and then one right off the bat on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: that being Derek Stingley Jr. And Jalen Petrie. Well, I

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Speaker 1: think did you just go back to my comments I've made.

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Speaker 1: I didn't think we were good enough from the back end,

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Speaker 1: Did you really take another step? Cornerback was one of

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Speaker 1: those positions I talked about. I think we addressed it

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Speaker 1: in free agency with Steve Nelson and of course with

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Speaker 1: you know, Jalen Petrie two. We did a lot of

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Speaker 1: research on him and I thought that he would really

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Speaker 1: at that safety position so well. And when you draft players,

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Speaker 1: you know some programs, you know, hey, we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: them sit around for a few years and see what

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Speaker 1: they can do. Now, if they're good enough to play,

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Speaker 1: they'll play early. And it's not eventually they'll be ready

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Speaker 1: to go, they'll play. Lovey reiterated what he had said.

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Speaker 1: I believe it was the first day of conditioning. It's

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Speaker 1: funny because once you get the draft season, I've said this,

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Speaker 1: people have asked me, well, this guy said this, and

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Speaker 1: this guy said that, and this coach to this and

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Speaker 1: this gif said that. I'm like, don't believe anything. Nothing,

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Speaker 1: nothing is the truth. But right at that first day

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Speaker 1: and Lovey was asked about the secondary, and that's exactly

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Speaker 1: what he said about the secondary. He said, this secondary

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Speaker 1: And last year they didn't. And so when I heard

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Speaker 1: get that, but is that going to lead to premium

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, Derek Stingley's gotta be a day

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Speaker 1: And when they do and they're ready, let's go. Could

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Speaker 1: doesn't matter. They proved last year. There is no timetable.

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Speaker 1: First of all, that's all the same for draft picks,

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Speaker 1: which there should never be. And the fact that if

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Speaker 1: when the rookies are ready, young guys are ready, they'll play.

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Speaker 1: And the same groups for vets. If a Vet's ready.

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Speaker 1: has felt now. Of the early picks two defense Jalen

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Speaker 1: we say we're tough foot ball team. There are some

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Speaker 1: Then said last part, he's talking about Metchi saying he

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Speaker 1: right now, which I found fascinating when I heard that clip,

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Speaker 1: All of that comes to fruition with one of the

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Speaker 1: They're playing an SEC championship game and Mac Jones. There's

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Speaker 1: interception to tradean from Florida, and it's early in the

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Speaker 1: blasts him. I mean just flat out smoked him. Smoked him,

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Speaker 1: there's been plenty of situations where we didn't know what

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Speaker 1: So seventh round pick barely played college football and really

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Speaker 1: some progress. You know, we'll see how the offseason goes

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Speaker 1: that we do it in the building and it's just

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Speaker 1: just incredible, And I know the mcnairs are just so

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Speaker 1: thrilled that we are able to give back to the

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Speaker 1: community as much as the Texans are able to. All Right,

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Speaker 1: how's a nice little Texans audio jukebox? Finishing there with

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Speaker 1: Greg Grissom. But how about we get the extended version

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Speaker 1: of a song? Next with obo Ocaranquo, newest Texan while

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Speaker 1: one of them, but he is not new to Texas,

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Speaker 1: nor is he new to Houston. He's from a leaf.

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Speaker 1: Let's do a little obo Okoronquo deep slant with Deep

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Speaker 1: Citter next right here on Texans All Access since All

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Speaker 1: Access since All Access bok maxim Money edition of Texas

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Speaker 1: All Access from the Hunday Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: John Harris, football an a Silode reporter, so glad to

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Speaker 1: be with you on a wonderful evening, little steamy, little

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Speaker 1: hot But it's Houston in May. May turns to June,

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Speaker 1: June turns to Julael, it's August, and it's still ninety

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Speaker 1: two degrees that I don't know, seven o'clock at night

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Speaker 1: or whatever whatever time it is right now, But you

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00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,480
Speaker 1: get the point. It's hot and a guy that knows

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Speaker 1: that about as well as anybody is Obo Okaron Quo,

447
00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:14,960
Speaker 1: formerly of the Los Angeles Rams now Houston Texans, signed

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Speaker 1: with the Texans this offseason. The edge rusher is coming

449
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Speaker 1: back home. He's from a leaf. Believe he went to

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Speaker 1: a leaf. Taylor did go to Oklahoma, So I know

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Speaker 1: there are probably a lot of people are like, mall,

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Speaker 1: where did you go to Texas College? Either way, he

453
00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:29,359
Speaker 1: went to Oklahoma, then he went to the Rams, and

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Speaker 1: now he is back home. And when given the opportunity

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Speaker 1: to come back home, he jumped at the chance to

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Speaker 1: get back to his hometown family, get a chance to

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Speaker 1: see him play. It's really cool and I think he's

458
00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:47,200
Speaker 1: got some serious pass rush skills and that is gonna

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Speaker 1: be something hopefully the Texas can rely on. At twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty two, here is Deepisitu doing a little deep slant

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Speaker 1: with Obo. It's Deep Slant one on one presented by

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Speaker 1: Xfinity joining me today, Obo okoron Quo. There you go,

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00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:03,439
Speaker 1: all right, and it's Obo is short for so I

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Speaker 1: can call you Obo. That's come oo oil busy whatever

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Speaker 1: one you like? Oh I like obusy. Yeah, that's your

466
00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:11,880
Speaker 1: that's your handle on Instagram and Twitter and everything. Right,

467
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,920
Speaker 1: all right, so Obo is Okonko is Nigerian? You're from Nigeria?

468
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,760
Speaker 1: Are your parents are? Okay? Well, welcome to the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: We just signed you as a free agent here in March.

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Speaker 1: But you're not really new to Houston because you grew

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Speaker 1: up in a league. So what's it like being back

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Speaker 1: in htown after all these years? Oh? Miss a dream

473
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Speaker 1: come true? You know, to be able to go win

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Speaker 1: a Super Bowl and then come home like that's like

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Speaker 1: a storybook. It really is. I mean, you were a

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Speaker 1: part of the Rams championship run, you played in all

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Speaker 1: the playoff games. Was making the decision come to come

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Speaker 1: to Houston? About the location? I mean, what whened that

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00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:47,920
Speaker 1: decision to come? Signed with the Texans? Just love some

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Speaker 1: system that he runs here is just very player friendly's

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Speaker 1: very d line in past Russia friendly. Then getting to

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Speaker 1: come home. I couldn't I couldn't pass on those two things. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean he says it's a linebacker friendly defense. You're

484
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Speaker 1: a linebacker. So what excite you the most about playing

485
00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,359
Speaker 1: in this defense? Just being able just to just to go,

486
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 1: you know, just to react and use your athleticism and run.

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00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,359
Speaker 1: So although you obviously you play football, you got a

488
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Speaker 1: lot of talents as well. And we just wrapped up

489
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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty two NFL Draft in Vegas and you

490
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Speaker 1: were a correspondent for the NFL. You're out there with

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Speaker 1: your camera. I knew you like to take a lot

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Speaker 1: of pictures. So tell me how that all sort of

493
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Speaker 1: came about you getting to do that for the league.

494
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 1: I think somebody heard that I'd like to take pictures,

495
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Speaker 1: so they hit up the RAMS, I guess the play

496
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Speaker 1: personnel people, and they were like, oh, he's not here anymore,

497
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Speaker 1: but we can shoot him the message, you know. So

498
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,159
Speaker 1: it was jack Quaz McClendon from from the RAMS. So

499
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Speaker 1: he texted me like, Hey, I have an opportunity for you,

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Speaker 1: you know, and I'm like, you know, let me hear it.

501
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:47,080
Speaker 1: And then he was like, you'll be shooting the red

502
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Speaker 1: carpet for the draft and I'm like, okay, but how

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Speaker 1: do they know? How does the league know that your

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Speaker 1: how you been taking So during the Super Bowl, Um,

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Speaker 1: I wanted to do something really cool because you know,

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Speaker 1: that's like it could be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

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00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 1: Hopefully it's not. Hopefully, boy, it won't be Okay. Well,

508
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:09,199
Speaker 1: so Uninterrupted uh hit me up and wanted wanted me

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Speaker 1: to do like something well with my photography. But because

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Speaker 1: I guess they stumbled across my page, I'm with Clutch Sports,

511
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:17,320
Speaker 1: so you know. Yeah, so when they stumbled across my page,

512
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Speaker 1: they asked me if I wanted to do something, you

513
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Speaker 1: know with my camera for the Super Bowl. So I

514
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 1: just you know, slept on it for a couple of days.

515
00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:26,879
Speaker 1: I thought about it, and then I came up with

516
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Speaker 1: the plan to get a bunch of disposable cameras, give

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Speaker 1: them to everybody in the locker room, and just logged

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Speaker 1: the week through the disposus. Okay, so we even logged

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00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,240
Speaker 1: the game, after the game, going to the game, the

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00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,360
Speaker 1: week of practice on the field, out in the locker room,

521
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,639
Speaker 1: and then even the parade, and then we turned in

522
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Speaker 1: all the pictures and then um we got to as

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Speaker 1: a team looked through all of them and it was

524
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Speaker 1: real amazing. Yeah, what was the best part about covering

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00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,280
Speaker 1: the red carpet at the Draft? I mean, obviously I

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00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,000
Speaker 1: would imagine the Super was a little bit more stressful

527
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 1: because you gotta play game but now it's like you

528
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:58,920
Speaker 1: could just focus on your craft and take pictures. What

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Speaker 1: was the most enjoyable moment of just covering the draft?

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Speaker 1: I think just seeing the young guys with their families,

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Speaker 1: you know, just uh seeing them enjoy their day. You know.

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00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,919
Speaker 1: It was a lot of just genuine happiness out there.

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Speaker 1: It was beautiful, all right. So how did you get

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00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 1: into photographer? You've been doing this for a long time. Yeah,

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00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 1: I've been doing it for a while. I think it

536
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,720
Speaker 1: was always a hobby of mine. But um, a couple

537
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: of years ago I got it. I had like a

538
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,760
Speaker 1: six week injury on my elbow. Okay, it was about

539
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 1: it was like my second year in the league, and

540
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,440
Speaker 1: when I was down for the for that time, just

541
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,840
Speaker 1: to just to stay up, keep my spirits up, I

542
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,320
Speaker 1: sort of just got into it a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: And then from there it just it just grew bigger

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00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,440
Speaker 1: and bigger. So how much equipment do you have? Because

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00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 1: I I dabbled in photography like a long time ago.

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00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,440
Speaker 1: It's not cheap. But how how many lenses? What sort

547
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,160
Speaker 1: of a are we talking about? I got a couple

548
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 1: of toys. I gotta, I gotta what's your camera? First

549
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,159
Speaker 1: of all sony a seven R three Okay, and how guy,

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00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:57,720
Speaker 1: that's it's not too pricey, but it's a it's a

551
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,119
Speaker 1: medium like priced camera. Okay. And then how many how

552
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,040
Speaker 1: many lenses would you say you have? Maybe five? Okay?

553
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,440
Speaker 1: I got. I got some prime lenses that's just like

554
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,280
Speaker 1: a just a you know, fifty or thirty five. And

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00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 1: then I got a lot of zoom lenses, you know,

556
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 1: just something like give me some more depth and such. Okay.

557
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:17,160
Speaker 1: So I saw some of your pictures from the draft.

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Speaker 1: How many lenses did you have to take? How much equipment?

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00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: How long were you working? What did the days look

560
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,159
Speaker 1: like when you were there? I worked for about three hours.

561
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 1: I brought one camera. I brought two cameras, a film

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00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: camera and a digital camera, and then two lenses for

563
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 1: the digital Okay, So I switched between those, got some

564
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,960
Speaker 1: for portraits and some for just why everybody was just

565
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,600
Speaker 1: mean going. Was there any pressure? Did you feel stressed

566
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Speaker 1: doing that? Like did you feel like, oh no, not

567
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 1: at all a high profile moment like you're trying to

568
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 1: capture them all. I was just having fun. Honestly, it

569
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,280
Speaker 1: was really cool, you know. Um, it wasn't like so

570
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 1: me being on the on the red carpet and talking

571
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,000
Speaker 1: to them is different than a regular photographer because they

572
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: know I've been the league for five years. That's true,

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Speaker 1: So you know, the way that they received me and

574
00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:59,280
Speaker 1: talk to me is a little differently than they would

575
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,480
Speaker 1: have regular for talk for So we were as having fun,

576
00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 1: we were talking were they were even asking me questions

577
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,040
Speaker 1: like like that only like me and them could hear.

578
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,440
Speaker 1: It was cool. Okay, did it kind of bring you

579
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 1: back to your first year in the league and just yeah,

580
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 1: just like all those question marks, you know, like you

581
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 1: know you're gonna get drafted, you hope you're gonna get

582
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 1: drafted minutes just like it's just a just a bunch

583
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 1: of questions afterwards, like you know, when do I have

584
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: to leave? When do I have to show up? When

585
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 1: I get there? Am I going to be in shape?

586
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 1: But you know, there's all these questions that you have,

587
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 1: and then you know, it was cool that I could

588
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: just alleviate some of that for them. All right. So

589
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:33,239
Speaker 1: I find it interesting that you said you only took

590
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: up photography when you're in the league. So growing up,

591
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,920
Speaker 1: I had read somewhere that you only started playing football

592
00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,240
Speaker 1: as a sophomore in high school? Is that correct? So

593
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:44,080
Speaker 1: how did you get into football? First of all, um,

594
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: so I probably somebody saw you and was like this.

595
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:53,240
Speaker 1: I was. I wasn't always this build, do you know? Okay,

596
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 1: I had like a growth spurt. I think that summer

597
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: going to sophomore sophomore year, were you athletic? Did you

598
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 1: play other sports? Skateboarder? You skateboarding like you weren't playing

599
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 1: any team sports. And then who saw you and said,

600
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 1: you know what, the skateboarder looks like he'd make a

601
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,880
Speaker 1: good football player. It was two of my coaches. One

602
00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 1: of them he was like my health teacher, and my

603
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 1: coach he's Brian Randall. He's a he's a coach out here,

604
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:19,760
Speaker 1: your skateboarding coach, health teacher. He was a health teacher

605
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 1: in the coach And then um my other coach, coach Lanza.

606
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 1: They were just like, hey, man, like you're built to

607
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 1: play football. And I was like, mmmm, I don't know

608
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,120
Speaker 1: because I hadn't really you know, played from that point.

609
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 1: I've watched it and my dad was like a big fan,

610
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:37,719
Speaker 1: but I had never really just been I got to

611
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 1: just get physical with anybody, you know, like ever, So

612
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:43,760
Speaker 1: then when I went out there. It was fun. It

613
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: sort of came natural, you know, And I played a

614
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:47,959
Speaker 1: couple of games, and by the end of the year,

615
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,040
Speaker 1: I had a couple of scholarships to go play you know,

616
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,440
Speaker 1: like really like good schools, and that was an opportunity

617
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 1: of a lifetime. So yeah, So football, like from that

618
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 1: point on, like I knew like it was gonna be

619
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Speaker 1: what I need. You know what I what I did

620
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 1: to propel my life for before you became a football player.

621
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 1: If you weren't going to do football, what were you

622
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: planning on doing. I don't want to be a social worker.

623
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 1: You did, okay, And what propelled you into social work

624
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:14,480
Speaker 1: as just like giving back to my community. Um. I

625
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: feel like where I'm from, Um it's a little different.

626
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 1: A lot of people don't know what they want to

627
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 1: do after high school, you know. I feel like I

628
00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 1: just want to be able to be a voice and

629
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: you know, just a guide for like children my age

630
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 1: who felt how I felt at that time. All right,

631
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,080
Speaker 1: so you're now you're back in Houston. You grew up

632
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 1: in a leaf. What's it like being back in Houston

633
00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:34,640
Speaker 1: after all these years? Man, I'm feeling the love. Man,

634
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 1: I'm feeling the love in the city. You know, It's

635
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: just it's just great everywhere everywhere I go. You know,

636
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 1: it's like I feel like, like, do these people even

637
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 1: know my name? They're calling me champ. Did you go

638
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Speaker 1: back to your old stomping grounds, you go back to

639
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Speaker 1: a Leaf or check out the high school on your neighborhood? Now, yeah,

640
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Speaker 1: I planned on throwing a camp soon. Okay, So when

641
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Speaker 1: I threw that camp, I was going to invite like

642
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Speaker 1: everybody from like a Leaf the Southwest a Leaf area

643
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 1: yet for a camp for the kids. All right, tell

644
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Speaker 1: us about the camp. When is it, where is it,

645
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 1: and how do people sign up? So no dates yet.

646
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Speaker 1: We're still working out the logistics because I want the

647
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Speaker 1: D line there. I'm trying to get my D line

648
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Speaker 1: coach there. So we're all just trying to find a

649
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 1: date that works well for all of us. But I'll

650
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Speaker 1: let you know as soon as I know. All right,

651
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Speaker 1: So coming out this summer sometime in Houston, You're gonna

652
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Speaker 1: put on football camps for my kids. I'm also going

653
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 1: to have like a health day. I'm gonna do that

654
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Speaker 1: with Juice Land. Okay, yeah, with Juice Land. I'm just

655
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Speaker 1: trying to you know, just promote health. And you know,

656
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Speaker 1: I think health is like really important, and I think

657
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:38,280
Speaker 1: that we shared like informed children about health before healthy

658
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 1: before they're adults. You know, I learned when I was adult,

659
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Speaker 1: but I wish, I wish as a young child that

660
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Speaker 1: somebody would have just showed me what health you know,

661
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Speaker 1: some healthier options. So I'm having a health day with

662
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Speaker 1: Juice Land. We're just gonna just you know, just promote wellness.

663
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Speaker 1: How healthy are you now as an athlete, as a

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Speaker 1: professional athlete. I mean, I have my cheat days, but

665
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: I'm for the most part, honest, Yeah, for the most part,

666
00:32:58,160 --> 00:32:59,840
Speaker 1: I'm fairly clean. When am I eating? All right? So,

667
00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 1: how about this offseason workout for I know you're sort

668
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 1: of in the middle of it now, but but what

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Speaker 1: about for you personally this offseason? What's it been like

670
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: for you Just getting to your teammates. It's been fun

671
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,280
Speaker 1: meeting everybody. There's a lot of personalities in there, there's

672
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,720
Speaker 1: a lot of talent in there. And then the draft.

673
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: We had a we knocked the draft out of the park.

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Speaker 1: So you know, I'm just ready to see it all

675
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Speaker 1: like coming together and be cohesive, you know, really excited

676
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Speaker 1: about being here. I love the way that this team works,

677
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 1: you know, every day, I feel like this team is

678
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 1: just getting a little closer and a little better. I'm

679
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Speaker 1: excited to see what happens is fall all right, We're

680
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: excited to see you as well, and maybe we'll see

681
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Speaker 1: some more pictures from you here at like camp or

682
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 1: throughout the season. Yeah maybe right now, right now? Worried

683
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 1: about winning the championship? All right? I like that. Well

684
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,920
Speaker 1: you've got experience there as well, So thanks so much

685
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Speaker 1: for joining us, Obo con Quo, obasi for sure us

686
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 1: off the tingue pleasure meeting you and best select the season.

687
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Speaker 1: Thank you, obeasy? All right? Got it? Oh tho, it's

688
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Speaker 1: cool double oh. I'm sure there's all kinds of different nicknames,

689
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Speaker 1: but Obo con Quo looking forward to seeing what he

690
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,959
Speaker 1: is able to do. Can't wait to see OTA's mini camps.

691
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:04,680
Speaker 1: And I know these guys don't get to do in

692
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Speaker 1: pass rush drills and all those kind of things that

693
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Speaker 1: we'd love to see when we go out to practice,

694
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: but doesn't matter. I love seeing these guys move around.

695
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:14,919
Speaker 1: You can tell how fluid guys are. Guys are tight

696
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 1: into hips, you know, not as fluid or hey man,

697
00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 1: this guy's surprising, this guy moves pretty well, this guy

698
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,319
Speaker 1: runs pretty well, Hey what about this guy? And yet

699
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 1: there's still some new guys that we got to check

700
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 1: out and see what they're all about. And obviously Quo

701
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 1: is one of those obeasy as. He didn't mind us

702
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Speaker 1: calling him, so I'm sure we'll be calling him that

703
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Speaker 1: in due time. Coming up next, we'll go around the NFL.

704
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 1: Plenty of news in the league, including a well not

705
00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,640
Speaker 1: so much a rumor. It's not something that the Texans

706
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: will ever say they did, but it's been reported in

707
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 1: a few different places about a particular corner who was

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Speaker 1: released today with the New York Giants. We'll talk about

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Speaker 1: that next. Right here on Texans All Access. We got

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Speaker 1: one final segment this Monday edition of Texans All Access

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Speaker 1: from the Hunday Texans Radio studio. I'm your host, John

712
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Speaker 1: Harris Football, I know a sideline reporter and love, love,

713
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 1: love what the Texans have done today at their annual

714
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 1: charity golf tournament, raising nearly three hundred and ninety thousand

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Speaker 1: dollars for the charitable foundation, Houston Texas Foundation that does

716
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,200
Speaker 1: so much for the charities in this town. We have

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Speaker 1: Texans Care Volunteer Day coming up this weekend. I believe,

718
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Speaker 1: so Texans giving back and that is awesome, awesome, awesome,

719
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Speaker 1: awesome stuff. Now, let's go around the league, and really,

720
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Speaker 1: I think the biggest story around the league is tied

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00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 1: into the Texans in some way, and that has to

722
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Speaker 1: do with former Giants cornerback James brad berrys and the

723
00:35:58,000 --> 00:35:59,600
Speaker 1: Pro Ball a couple of years ago, signed a big

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Speaker 1: deal with the Giants after leaving the Panthers. Well, heat

725
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:10,240
Speaker 1: today was released by the New York Football Giants Joe Shane,

726
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 1: first year GM, formally with the Buffalo Bills, try to

727
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:19,799
Speaker 1: get a deal done, couldn't get the deal consummated, and

728
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Speaker 1: just decided, you know what, We're gonna take the dead

729
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:26,040
Speaker 1: money hit. It's about eleven million in cap savings. I

730
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: think it's a ten million dollars hit this year, a

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Speaker 1: million dollars next year on the cap for the Giants.

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Speaker 1: But I don't think the Giants right now totally concerned

733
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Speaker 1: with that. They need to get things in order with

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Speaker 1: their cap, get their elite talent in order, all that

735
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Speaker 1: kind of stuff. So James Bradberry is released by the

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Speaker 1: New York Giants, and now it becomes awfully interesting to

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Speaker 1: see what market develops for James Bradberry. And I know

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Speaker 1: what some people are thinking, Well, wait, the Texans, Hey,

739
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,360
Speaker 1: what about this guy's a Pro Bowl corner. I know

740
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 1: we just drafted Stingy, but man Stingley and Bradberry, and

741
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Speaker 1: I know you just signed Stephen Nelson a few weeks ago,

742
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Speaker 1: but come on, man, this guy's a Pro Bowl corner.

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00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: He's out there, he's available. We got money, right, can

744
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 1: we go do this? Well? Apparently the Texans had a

745
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:21,040
Speaker 1: similar thought, and that was to go sign James Bradberry.

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Speaker 1: It's been reported by a few different people. I think

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00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 1: Pro Football Talk was the first one I saw that

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Speaker 1: had it, and then Aaron Wilson from PF PFN three

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Speaker 1: sixty five. It does a great job. Came in with

750
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: some clarification a little bit later. But apparently the Texans

751
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 1: did have a deal negotiated with the New York Giants

752
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:47,160
Speaker 1: for Bradberry, but that deal was contingent upon James Bradberry

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Speaker 1: signing a contract extension with the Texans. And that's the

754
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:52,799
Speaker 1: way it goes for you know a lot of things.

755
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 1: A j. Brown. The trade to Philadelphia was only approved

756
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: once a j. Brown approved the contract he was going

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00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:04,760
Speaker 1: to get from the Philadelphia Eagles. That's the way things

758
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:08,640
Speaker 1: typically have gone with trades. Now, obviously it didn't quite

759
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 1: go that way with Larmy Tunso, but the Texans ended

760
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: up getting a deal done the following year, and Larmie

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Speaker 1: Tunso is a Houston Texans this one though, brad Berry.

762
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,480
Speaker 1: The Texans apparently had agreed on the trade terms. I

763
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 1: think it was a Day three pick, maybe some more.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but didn't know that particular is that.

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Speaker 1: But they weren't unable to come to a contract extension.

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Speaker 1: And this is where Aaron had gotten some information saying

767
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 1: that Texans were about five million dollars apart. Now I

768
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 1: don't know if that's five million dollars per year or

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00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: just five million dollars in total, but they could not

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Speaker 1: come to an agreement on the contract. Therefore the trade

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00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,800
Speaker 1: didn't occur. The Texans then went out and signed Stephen

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Speaker 1: Nelson to come in and got the deal done. I

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Speaker 1: don't know, I can't remember what the terms were for

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Speaker 1: Stephen Nelson, but my guess is those terms are definitely

775
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 1: now what James Bradberry is going to be looking for.

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Speaker 1: Given the fact that he has been to a Pro

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00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: Bowl maybe two for the New York Giants. Just two

778
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 1: years ago he was in the Pro Bowl. So the

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00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: Texans were trying to make that trade. They did make

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00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:22,200
Speaker 1: a contract extension offer, but when Bradberry and his people

781
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: balked at it, then the Texans walked away. No deal

782
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:29,879
Speaker 1: with the Giants. Then they went and made a deal

783
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 1: with Stephen Nelson. Then they drafted Derek Stingley and away

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Speaker 1: you go. Now, it doesn't mean the Texans can't go

785
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:44,800
Speaker 1: revisit those contract negotiations now that brad Berry is released

786
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:47,640
Speaker 1: and is an unrestricted free agent, he doesn't have to

787
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:51,360
Speaker 1: clear waivers, but it does sound as if the Texans

788
00:39:51,400 --> 00:39:54,960
Speaker 1: are not going to be moving along. We're trying to

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Speaker 1: get James Bradberry. Like I said, Stephen Nelson came in.

790
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 1: They also resigned Desmond Kingham over the off season, and

791
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:05,279
Speaker 1: then they drafted Derek Stingley junior at corner, so they

792
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 1: feel like depth at corner. We got the guys we

793
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 1: want to see compete. We're good and could come to

794
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 1: an agreement with James Bradberry. So he's not going to

795
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:19,400
Speaker 1: be a Houston Texan again. It could happen. They could revisit.

796
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 1: Brad Berry could be like, you know what, I really

797
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 1: want to be with the Texans, Let's come to a deal.

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Speaker 1: They come to a deal. I just don't think it's

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Speaker 1: going to happen, given the fact that the one piece

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Speaker 1: that forced the trade to fall through is the one

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00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,840
Speaker 1: piece that would have to happen now, and that's a

802
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: contract negotiation agreement, and they didn't come to it however

803
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Speaker 1: long ago it was. I would imagine they're probably not

804
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:44,760
Speaker 1: going to come to one now, especially given the fact

805
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,360
Speaker 1: that other teams are going to be in the mix

806
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 1: to put out offers to bring in James Bradberry into

807
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: their organization. So James Bradberry Pro Bowl Corner released today

808
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,279
Speaker 1: in New York. They were up against the cap gives

809
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:03,480
Speaker 1: them about ten eleven million dollars a cap relief. The

810
00:41:03,600 --> 00:41:06,840
Speaker 1: Texans were in that mix, couldn't come to their contract extensions,

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Speaker 1: so they couldn't consummate the trade. And now James Bradberry

812
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:15,040
Speaker 1: is an unrestricted free agent soon to be taking an offers.

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00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 1: I would imagine throughout the NFL. All right, it's a

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Speaker 1: great show tonight. Appreciate everybody being with me. Appreciate Hannah

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Speaker 1: and Cal and Greg Grissom and Lovey Smith and Nickkissaria

816
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 1: for the sound they gave us earlier, to okaranquo Obezi

817
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 1: and to DP City, to my man Austin Mendez, and

818
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Speaker 1: to all of you out there listen. Thanks so much.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you next time, and as always, go Texans.