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Speaker 1: What's happened? Everybody.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into a Monday edition of Texts All Access from

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Speaker 2: the Hunday Texans Radio studio. I'm your host, John Harris,

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Speaker 2: football analyst, sideline reporter, and cannot wait for ten days

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Speaker 2: and all the speculation, all the noise, all the whatever

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Speaker 2: that goes with the NFL Draft will maybe not be over,

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Speaker 2: but at least will be in motion and we can

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Speaker 2: see how the Texans are going to change this roster

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Speaker 2: forever more or at least in.

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Speaker 1: Twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 2: And that means we get to find out from Nick

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Speaker 2: Casseio tonight who he's drafting at two and twelve. Nope,

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Speaker 2: not really, that is not gonna happen. But what is

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Speaker 2: gonna happen is Nick Casaria is gonna join me a

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Speaker 2: little later in the show. Is we go one on

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Speaker 2: one exclusive Mark with his shirty golf tournament benefits junior achievement,

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Speaker 2: so he's unable to be there today, and I know

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Speaker 2: he's just chopping at the bit when that time came,

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Speaker 2: when Nick and I were getting this recording done in

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Speaker 2: studio today after his presser, and there's been a lot

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Speaker 2: of talk about his presser. Wolf of Wall Street Leo DiCaprio,

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Speaker 2: he ain't going anywhere, which is great news. I love Nick.

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Speaker 2: I think he's absolutely fantastic. I think he's great at

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Speaker 2: what he does. He's one of the most intelligent football

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Speaker 2: minds that I've come across, and I just love dealing

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Speaker 2: with him. And you'll hear that in the interview here

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Speaker 2: and just a little bit. Well, also, I'm gonna hear

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Speaker 2: from Charlie Potter, who covers Alabama for twenty four to seven,

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Speaker 2: so he knows Will Anderson inside out, and dpcity is

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Speaker 2: gonna bring us that in the following segment.

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Speaker 1: Now, why would I do that? Will Anderson. I've had

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Speaker 1: a hunt for a while.

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Speaker 2: Will Anderson was gonna be a Texan, And potentially, with

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Speaker 2: some of the noise that's been out there, maybe the

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Speaker 2: Texans don't go with a quarterback and number two, maybe

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Speaker 2: they trade down. Regardless of what they do, Will Anderson

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Speaker 2: is gonna be in the mix. There's no question he

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Speaker 2: All the defensive ends, Tyree Wilson, Miles Murphy, et cetera.

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Speaker 2: Those guys are all gonna be in a mix. At

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Speaker 2: what point, I don't know the Texas pick a two.

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Speaker 2: Did they pick a twelve picking either who knows, but

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Speaker 2: Will Anderson Junior will.

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Speaker 1: Definitely be on the radar screen, there's no question.

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Speaker 2: So we will learn a little bit more about number

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Speaker 2: thirty one from Alabama little later in the show. And

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Speaker 2: there's news in the NFL, especially as it pertains two quarterbacks,

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Speaker 2: one a Houstonian, the other one could be impacted by

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Speaker 2: the Houstonian.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk about that, but it's now time to catch

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Speaker 1: up with.

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Speaker 2: Nick Assio a little one on one studio today.

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Speaker 1: Take a listen, all right, Nick, I want to start

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Speaker 1: right here.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, there's been a lot of noise about things that

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Speaker 2: have been going on outside this building, and people have

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Speaker 2: been coming up with all these different stories about things

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Speaker 2: that are happening with the Texans, whether it's quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Or you or whomever.

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Speaker 2: I just want to start with this you personally, how

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Speaker 2: do you insulate yourself from the noise and how do

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Speaker 2: you deal with the noise if it does in.

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Speaker 1: Fact get to you. There's lots of it, and I

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Speaker 1: mean we all hear it.

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Speaker 3: It's this time of year.

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Speaker 4: Lens itself that because I think there's a lot of

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Speaker 4: heightened awareness around the draft. There's a lot of discussion

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Speaker 4: and it really starts in January February, so you have

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Speaker 4: two to three months of discussion.

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Speaker 3: But what you have to do, I think you mentioned it.

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Speaker 4: You just have to insulate yourself from it, and you

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Speaker 4: have to be disciplined, and you have to block out

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Speaker 4: the noise, and you just have to focus on your

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Speaker 4: process because any end, that's a thing that's gonna matter most.

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Speaker 4: It's not gonna matter what's kind of set externally, what's

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Speaker 4: going on externally. So you know, we encourage our staff

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Speaker 4: to just focus on the things that you can control.

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Speaker 4: It's the same message that we have for the players.

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Speaker 4: Focus on the things that you can control, which is

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Speaker 4: your attitude, which is your effort, which is your performance,

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Speaker 4: which is your preparation. And if you do those things,

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Speaker 4: regardless of what happens or the decision that you make

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Speaker 4: any end, we're gonna have to live with our decisions

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Speaker 4: and then support the decision, and then.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna have to move forward.

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Speaker 4: So I think the more emphasis there is in in

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Speaker 2: I know a lot of people generally will talk about you,

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Speaker 2: we'll talk about Demko, we'll talk about the McNair's we'll

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Speaker 2: talk about people at that particular level, but you mentioned

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Speaker 2: that at your press conference. I want to go into

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Speaker 2: this little bit deeper. Nick, Your scouts, especially this college

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Speaker 2: scouts at this point of year, the guys that have

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Speaker 2: sort of work. And I don't want to say it's

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Speaker 2: thankless because you're up there thanking them, but the work

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Speaker 2: that those scouts do for you. How important does that

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Speaker 2: end up building your and the team's boards and thoughts

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Speaker 2: about these particular players.

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Speaker 4: No, it's massive, and you honestly can't overstate the impact.

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Speaker 4: I'd say the influence and the work and the appreciation

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Speaker 4: they're essentially the grass roots on the grass roots level,

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Speaker 4: they're the initial exposure to the player, the initial introduction,

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Speaker 4: the background of the player, the feedback from this. Are

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Speaker 4: we getting the right information, who's the right person to

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Speaker 3: Are they painting the right picture?

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Speaker 4: So all the information gets pushed into our database so

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Speaker 4: that as you're watching a player. If I'm watching a

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Speaker 4: player in September October, I'm gonna go and say, all right,

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Speaker 4: what did John have to say about this player? What's

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Speaker 4: his vision, what's his bottom line, what's the background of

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Speaker 3: What did Z think? What did Brad think?

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Speaker 4: And we value their opinion and they're in those positions

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Speaker 4: for a reason because we trust their judgment, we trust

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Speaker 4: their input, We want their feedback, and we rely on

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Speaker 4: them and they're as important as anybody to this process.

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Speaker 4: And you know, without them, none of this would be possible.

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Speaker 2: The information that you have to sift through, and that's

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Speaker 2: one of the things that we've talked about because seemingly

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Speaker 2: the draft is about information you can see with your

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Speaker 1: Okay, this is the kind of player that's going to be.

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Speaker 1: We know what goes beyond that?

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Speaker 2: As you sift through that information, how do you figure

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Speaker 2: I don't know about this, how do you kind of

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Speaker 2: sift through all that It kind of goes back to

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Speaker 1: But how do you know this is information that I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a great question. John.

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Speaker 4: You have to look at say, hey, at the school, right,

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Speaker 4: and what's the reputation of the school. Do you have

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Speaker 4: somebody at that school if you pick up the phone,

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Speaker 4: what they're going to give you kind of mirrors what

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Speaker 4: we're getting. And like you said, you have to distill

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Speaker 4: through a lot of information.

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Speaker 3: But what we try to do is what's the bottom line.

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Speaker 4: It doesn't mean everything else that's in the report doesn't matter,

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Speaker 4: but we're really I'm a kind of a bottom line person. Right,

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Speaker 4: What does so and so think? Here's what he thinks

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Speaker 4: this player to. Okay, got it? That creates an initial

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Speaker 4: picture in your mind. All right, there's a question about

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Speaker 3: Okay, how does that crystallize itself? Like, how do we.

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Speaker 4: Get to the endpoint of Well, here's what it is

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Speaker 4: and here's some tangible examples. So to your point, it's

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Speaker 4: a massive amount of information. It's voluminous and you can

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Speaker 4: bogged down. You have to know what you're looking for,

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Speaker 4: what you want. What questions do you have to answer?

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Speaker 4: Which when you go back to the December meeting, that

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Speaker 4: meeting with our scouts, that first initial meeting is a

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Speaker 4: needs meeting. Okay, Joe Smith, what do we really need

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Speaker 4: to know in this player? Not much clean, good makeup, smart,

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Speaker 4: good competitiveness, good toughness. Looks like he can be a

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Speaker 4: third corner. Okay, here's the reason why. Okay, got it?

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Speaker 4: Other player? Well, not sure about his tackling, not sure

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Speaker 4: about his mental toughness, not sure about his weekly preparation.

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Speaker 3: How does he take coaching?

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Speaker 4: All right, those are the things that we're going to

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Speaker 4: have to get answers to during the pre draft process

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Speaker 4: January February March April, and continue to drill down to

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Speaker 4: accurate picture and profile we have with a player.

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Speaker 2: When you're sitting down, and I'm sure over the years

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Speaker 2: where you have maybe not completely different opinion from what

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Speaker 2: that particular player, good, bad, or otherwise. Maybe you're hiring

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Speaker 2: of work through that with them to come to that consensus?

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Speaker 4: Happens probably more often that you think, and I think

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Speaker 3: You have to have an open dialogue.

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Speaker 4: You have to communicate I would say pretty honestly and truthfully,

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Speaker 4: and be very respectful and understand the relationship is reciprocal.

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Speaker 4: So we want their feedback, we want their input. They

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Speaker 4: like we've talked about, no one.

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Speaker 3: Person has all the answers.

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Speaker 4: So you don't want what you have to balance is

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Speaker 4: for arguments sake. So that's where you have the right

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Speaker 4: about a collaborative effort. It's about relying on the people

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Speaker 3: We're going to move forward.

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Speaker 2: Nick, When you have a new coaching staff come in,

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Speaker 2: it feels like everybody speaks English, but there's different dialects.

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Speaker 1: In the South, you've got the draw.

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Speaker 2: In the Northeast, you've got a little bit of a

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Speaker 2: different accent than you do maybe out west, et cetera.

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Speaker 2: How do you with the new coaching staff. How's it

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Speaker 2: been to kind of get to understand their language, how

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Speaker 2: they speak, and then them learning the language you speak.

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Speaker 4: How has that gone? Yeah, No, that's always a challenge.

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Speaker 4: So you're trying to marry maybe two different philosophies, but

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Speaker 4: the nuts and bolts might actually be the same. So

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Speaker 4: then it just comes out to okay, we call this

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Speaker 3: Okay, what does that mean?

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Speaker 4: So part of our job is to say, all right,

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Speaker 4: this position, what are the things that you deem are important?

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Speaker 3: How do you want to code this? How do you

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Speaker 3: want to classify this?

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Speaker 2: I know you and you smartly don't read anything that

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Speaker 4: I was definitely not going to watch the movie Draft Days,

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Speaker 1: Nick. Thanks, I'm just disappointed.

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Speaker 2: I didn't wear the vest today, left it at home,

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Speaker 1: And I like that.

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Speaker 2: I like the fact that it's it's a mystery. It's

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Speaker 1: Next Thursday and Miller Outdoor Theater.

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Speaker 2: We started getting some rumblings about Derek Stingley at number

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Speaker 2: Nonetheless, the one thing Nick said his presser, and he

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Speaker 2: Laramie Tunzel, if you perform well, you'll get compensated. And

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Speaker 2: that's exactly what's happened here in Houston.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully that continues. So big thanks to Nick Casario for

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Speaker 1: joining me this evening. All right, we're coming up.

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Speaker 2: Coming up next, Charlie Potter from twenty four to seven

442
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Speaker 2: covers the Alabama Crimson Tide. Could Will Anderson Junior be

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Speaker 2: a Texan potentially, Let's get to know a little.

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Speaker 1: Bit about him with the help of Depcter. Next in

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Speaker 1: Texas All Access.

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Speaker 2: So what happens on draft night of the Texans determine that,

447
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Speaker 2: you know what, the best player for this organization is

448
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Speaker 2: not a quarterback. Well, it's probably the fact that they've

449
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Speaker 2: looked at a couple of defensive players or a few

450
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Speaker 2: defensive players, and thought, those are the guys that we can.

451
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Speaker 1: Bring here to Houston.

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Speaker 2: The only other players you would think about wide receiver,

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Speaker 2: off its line, running back, and I don't I think

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Speaker 2: any of those are going to be taken at number two.

455
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Speaker 2: But could an edge rusher be coming to Houston at

456
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Speaker 2: number two? And if so, which ones? Well, one of

457
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Speaker 2: them is arguably the most decorated defensive player we've seen

458
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Speaker 2: the last three years in the game of college football,

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Speaker 2: and that is Will Anderson Junior.

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Speaker 1: Deepcity.

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Speaker 2: Your caught off with Charlie Potter, who has covered the

462
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Speaker 2: Crimson Tide Star from the day he set foot on

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Speaker 2: Campus's learned a little bit more about Will Anderson junior.

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Speaker 6: Right here, we're continuing our NFL Draft series for twenty

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Speaker 6: twenty three prospects, and of course tons of Alabama prospects

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Speaker 6: in this draft class. I've got Charlie Potter, who covers

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Speaker 6: Alabama football for twenty four to seven sports, joining me.

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Speaker 6: This time we're talking about edge rusher Will Anderson. Charlie,

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Speaker 6: welcome in. It seems like we're seeing a lot of

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Speaker 6: each other over these past two years with all these

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Speaker 6: Alabama prospects. But what have you thought about Will Anderson

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Speaker 6: and the buzz surrounding him so far?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, first off, thanks for having me. I

474
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Speaker 5: think with Will, the buzz around him, I feel like

475
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Speaker 5: it really generated his fresh in the season. He's a

476
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Speaker 5: guy that came in during the COVID year, so you know,

477
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Speaker 5: we as reporters aren't really allowed anywhere near the facility.

478
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Speaker 5: They're trying to be as safe as possible. And the

479
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Speaker 5: first people they are going to kick out as media,

480
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Speaker 5: as you probably well know. But sure, even then, it

481
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Speaker 5: was hard to ignore and avoid the buzz that he

482
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Speaker 5: was generating as a true freshman in the springtime. In

483
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Speaker 5: Alabama's preseason camp, I was getting text and calls just

484
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Speaker 5: being like this guy is insane, Like they can't block him.

485
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Speaker 5: He's he's going to be very hard to keep off

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Speaker 5: the field. And sure enough, Alabama puts out its depth

487
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Speaker 5: chart much as jagraned Nick Saban on that first game

488
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Speaker 5: leak of the season, and there's Will Anderson top line

489
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Speaker 5: true freshman as an outside linebacker, and he held on

490
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Speaker 5: to that spot his entire career and just was remarkable.

491
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Speaker 5: You know, he had an unbelievable season in twenty twenty one,

492
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Speaker 5: whenever he was really comfortable and was the guy on

493
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Speaker 5: that defensive side of the ball. He because a sophomore,

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Speaker 5: he was named a team captain, and I think that

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Speaker 5: says a lot about him as a person. As a player.

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Speaker 5: This past year, you saw teams really hone in on

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Speaker 5: him and maybe try to take him out of the

498
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Speaker 5: game plan or from him, you know, wreaking having it

499
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Speaker 5: to him in the backfield. But he still had an

500
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Speaker 5: excellent season. He had double digit sacks, I think nearly

501
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Speaker 5: twenty tackles for loss. He was near the lead or

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Speaker 5: Levy s hec in both categories. And you know, he

503
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Speaker 5: exits Alabama as a guy that is second. And you know,

504
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Speaker 5: you look at Alabama's or at ll Anderson's career and think,

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Speaker 5: how can this guy be second in terms of sacks

506
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Speaker 5: and tackles for loss? But he's behind a guy named

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Speaker 5: Derrick Thomas who just oorted the stat sheet when he

508
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Speaker 5: was at Alabama. So an amazing career. He won every

509
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Speaker 5: defensive award you can win this past season. He deserved it.

510
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Speaker 5: And as good of a player as will Anderson is,

511
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Speaker 5: he's an even better person. And I think just with

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Speaker 5: you know how his teammates perceive him the impact that

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Speaker 5: he has. I think that says a lot. And yeah,

514
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Speaker 5: wherever he goes, he's somebody's going to get a special

515
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Speaker 5: player and he's going to have a long and prosperous

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Speaker 5: career in the NFL.

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Speaker 6: I think one of the most impressive parts of his

518
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Speaker 6: game is just his ability to get pressure on opposing

519
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Speaker 6: quarterbacks and just in looking at his stats, especially his

520
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Speaker 6: twenty twenty one stat line eighty one total pressures, fifty

521
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Speaker 6: five quarterback orris eleven quarterback hits, and an outstanding fifteen

522
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Speaker 6: sacks on the season. What do you think makes him

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Speaker 6: so effective at getting to the quarterback.

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Speaker 5: It's a good question. I don't think it's just one thing.

525
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Speaker 5: I think he is a guy that knows how to

526
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Speaker 5: use his technique and has really worked on that over

527
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Speaker 5: the course of his career. He knows how to use

528
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Speaker 5: his hands. He is effective just in being a strong

529
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Speaker 5: pass rusher and kind of bullying his way into the backfield.

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Speaker 5: He can do everything, and I think that's something that's progressive.

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Speaker 5: Over the course of his time in Alabama. You know,

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Speaker 5: he's worked with South Sincere a lot and doing that,

533
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Speaker 5: and then Coleman HUDs did this last season, and yeah,

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Speaker 5: I mean, just to finish your career with your thirty

535
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Speaker 5: four and a half sacks is special and it is.

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Speaker 5: It's funny that the twenty twenty one season he was

537
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Speaker 5: just a had in the backfield, but you also had

538
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Speaker 5: the emergence of Dallas Turner, who was a true freshman

539
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Speaker 5: then in another former five star recruit at Alabama kind

540
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Speaker 5: of emerged in the second half of the season, and

541
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Speaker 5: because I think teams were starting to focus more on

542
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Speaker 5: Will and being like, we can't let this guy disrupt

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Speaker 5: our game. And while Dallas kind of emerged and had

544
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Speaker 5: some good stats, it still didn't stop Will from having

545
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Speaker 5: remarkable performances in this past year. Like I said, the beginning,

546
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Speaker 5: even more so, teams tried to stop thirty one from

547
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Speaker 5: just disrupting everything they were doing in the backfield. It

548
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Speaker 5: didn't work all the time, but his numbers took a

549
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Speaker 5: little bit of a dip. But I think that also

550
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Speaker 5: says a lot about the respect he has from opposing

551
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Speaker 5: offensive coordinators because he is a guy that whenever he

552
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Speaker 5: gets his hands on a tackle or you know, makes

553
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Speaker 5: his pass rush move, he's going to be in the

554
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Speaker 5: backfield and be in the backfield in a hurry because

555
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Speaker 5: he has a quick first step, and you know, he's

556
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Speaker 5: a knowledgeable player, so he knows what to do. He

557
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,800
Speaker 5: knows what the play is, you know where the play

558
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Speaker 5: is coming, where the ball's coming, and so yeah, you know,

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Speaker 5: I feel like I'm just reading the almanac or like

560
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Speaker 5: the what makes a good pass pressure? But I really

561
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Speaker 5: think if you trow to look that up, Will's picture

562
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Speaker 5: might be under there because he brings everything to the table,

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Speaker 5: and you know, I think he's a guy that he's

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Speaker 5: not someone you're going to ask to really drop and

565
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Speaker 5: coverage a lot. I think when Alabama did that that

566
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Speaker 5: was kind of a mistake. But you know, the times

567
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Speaker 5: they send him, the times he's only on the scrimmage

568
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Speaker 5: and you know, helping stop the run or getting after

569
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Speaker 5: the quarterback, he's going to be effective, and if not,

570
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Speaker 5: he's going to freeze opportunities up for his teammates. And

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Speaker 5: he did a lot of that during his time in Alabama.

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Speaker 6: I was reading somewhere that the one thing holding Will

573
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Speaker 6: Innerson back from being considered generational talent might be his size.

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Speaker 6: And I feel like we had this discussion with about

575
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Speaker 6: Bryce Young as well, but six ' four two hundred

576
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Speaker 6: and forty three pounds. How fair is that assessment that

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Speaker 6: that's the one thing holding him back. I mean, is

578
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Speaker 6: there a concern that he might not put on more weight,

579
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Speaker 6: or that being undersized is somehow holding him back from

580
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Speaker 6: the stat sheet, because the statue certainly doesn't reflect it

581
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Speaker 6: holding him back at all.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it doesn't, But I think he could. He could

583
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Speaker 5: certainly add some weight. He is leaner. When you just

584
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Speaker 5: look at him, you know, he's an imposing figure. He's

585
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:10,359
Speaker 5: a guy that definitely earned the terminator nickname. But I

586
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Speaker 5: think he could certainly add some bulk to his frame.

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Speaker 5: I don't know if that's something that teams want him

588
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Speaker 5: to do. I'm I'm not saying that. I think it's

589
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,679
Speaker 5: certainly something he could do, though, But you know, you

590
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Speaker 5: look at the way Alban's defense has evolved, I think

591
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Speaker 5: maybe they're looking to get back to more of the

592
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Speaker 5: old school approach. Is they wanted those leaner guys in

593
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Speaker 5: the defensive line to be able to chase down guys,

594
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Speaker 5: to be able to get back in the backfield in

595
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Speaker 5: a hurry, and to be able to chase down people

596
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Speaker 5: in space. And we've seen an evolution on the defensive

597
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Speaker 5: side of the ball across college football because offenses are

598
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Speaker 5: so fast and spread out. But I think at the

599
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,720
Speaker 5: next level he can certainly add some weight, and I

600
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Speaker 5: don't think he's a guy that would have any problem

601
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Speaker 5: with that. And I don't think he would be that

602
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Speaker 5: much of an issue for him, because he came in

603
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Speaker 5: as a le even more lean person, and I think

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Speaker 5: it's a situation where if he's asked to do that

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Speaker 5: again or even you know, bulk up to maybe two

606
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Speaker 5: fifty two to fifty five. I don't know if to

607
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 5: sixties maybe where they want him, but I think he

608
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Speaker 5: could do that, and I think that at that plain

609
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Speaker 5: weight he can still be very effective because he's going

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Speaker 5: to be even even stronger, even more powerful, will have

611
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Speaker 5: some more punch behind his past Russian ability. So I

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Speaker 5: haven't really heard anybody say anything about his size being

613
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Speaker 5: an issue, but I could certainly see if it need be,

614
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Speaker 5: he could add it and that wouldn't be any kind

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Speaker 5: of problem for him.

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Speaker 6: All Right, any particular performance or moment in your time

617
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Speaker 6: covering Anderson that really stands out to you, there's a lot.

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Speaker 5: You know, I mean, heck, you think about the pick

619
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Speaker 5: six he had early in the season this past year. Honestly, though,

620
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Speaker 5: when I think of Will and this is a kind

621
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Speaker 5: of a reporter biased thing, it's kind of just the snippets,

622
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Speaker 5: the soundbites he's provided behind the podium, because there was

623
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Speaker 5: a time last year where you know, Alabama almost lost

624
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Speaker 5: at Florida. They went on the road and lost at

625
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Speaker 5: Texas A and M. And he's a he's a guy.

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Speaker 5: If he ends up in Houston, you'll you'll know this

627
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Speaker 5: right away. He always has a smile on his face.

628
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Speaker 5: You know, whether he wants to speak to reporters or not,

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Speaker 5: he's going to do it. He's just a happy, go

630
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,520
Speaker 5: lucky guy like around the facility when he's not on

631
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 5: the field. That obviously changes when he gets on the field.

632
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Speaker 5: But when that happened, he just the smile kind of

633
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 5: vanished and he was all business and he provided some

634
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 5: of the best quotes just in terms of you know,

635
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Speaker 5: being a leader and kind of getting back to the

636
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 5: Alabama standard and stuff. It wasn't that boying, I can

637
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 5: promise you that, but yeah, you can tell he was

638
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 5: pissed off and it was refreshing because you know, guys

639
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,240
Speaker 5: at Alabama, especially their the robots when it comes to

640
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 5: talking to us and we'll just let it fly about

641
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,960
Speaker 5: how he felt about how guys weren't doing their jobs

642
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 5: and how they had to get back to a certain way.

643
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 5: And that's you know, as someone that covers the team

644
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 5: on a regular basis, you like to see that and

645
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 5: see guys be open. So for me, when I think Will,

646
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 5: I just I think of that and I think of

647
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,400
Speaker 5: just what he said to us when he would come up,

648
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Speaker 5: Because I mean, like we've talked about, he makes plays

649
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 5: all the time, but I think it's that charisma, is

650
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:12,720
Speaker 5: that attitude that makes him special. It's what makes players

651
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 5: gravitate towards him. Is why he was voted a two

652
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Speaker 5: time team captain. So yeah, I think if he ends

653
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 5: up in Houston, Texas, fans are going to love him.

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Speaker 5: But I think reporters are going to love him just

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Speaker 5: as much because he's a guy that he's going to

656
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Speaker 5: speak his mind and when things aren't going well, he's

657
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Speaker 5: going to be pissed off about it. And I think

658
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 5: that's always just to hear a player be open about that.

659
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Speaker 5: That's always something that you respect as a reporter.

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Speaker 6: All right, Charlie, what about other players from Alabama that

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Speaker 6: are Initier's draft class. There's so many that are draft eligible.

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Speaker 6: But who are some of the other players to watch

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Speaker 6: out for.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, obviously Bryson Will are the big names, but Alabama

665
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Speaker 5: has some good players in this draft. I think Brian Branch,

666
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Speaker 5: the defensive back, another junior that declared he's going to

667
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Speaker 5: be a guy that could hear his name called in

668
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Speaker 5: the first round. He could be the first safety off

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Speaker 5: the board. And he's a guy that can play a

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Speaker 5: lot of roles. I think he played every position least

671
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Speaker 5: practiced every position during his time in Alabama in the secondary.

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Speaker 5: And yeah, he's a guy that I think can bring

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Speaker 5: a lot to a team. I think Jamier Gibbs is

674
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:11,960
Speaker 5: that versatile running back that can you know, make explosive

675
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Speaker 5: plays in the running game, but also you know you

676
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Speaker 5: can split him out wide and play him as a receiver.

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Speaker 5: He's going to be a guy that has a successful

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Speaker 5: career in the NFL. And those are the guys that

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Speaker 5: I think that are kind of the top of the

680
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Speaker 5: list in terms of your Day one picks, maybe early

681
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Speaker 5: Day two. But Alabama has a ton You're right. Eli Ricks,

682
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 5: the corner played one year at Alabama after transferred from LSU.

683
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 5: I'll be interested to see, you know, how he measures

684
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Speaker 5: and what he does leading up to the draft and

685
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Speaker 5: where he goes. You have some seniors like Jordan Battle

686
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:44,560
Speaker 5: the safety, Henry Toatoa the linebacker, And I was in

687
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 5: Mobile this past week and Alima had a strong contingent

688
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 5: down there. I think guys like Cameron Letwo the tight end,

689
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Speaker 5: Tyler Stein the offensive tackle, Emile like your offensive guard.

690
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 5: Those guys you know, did some good for themselves. So

691
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Speaker 5: some versatility and impressing folks down there. So yeah, it

692
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Speaker 5: should be another draft for Alabama has you know, multiple picks,

693
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Speaker 5: if not, you know, double digit and they'll just continue

694
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Speaker 5: to add to that first round total because I know

695
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 5: Will and Bryce they're not gonna last long.

696
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Speaker 2: Could Alabama have picks one and two in this twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty three NFL.

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Speaker 1: Draft, could they? Yeah, well yeah, sure they mean they could.

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Speaker 2: Will they That's a that's a big Matza ball because

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Speaker 2: I would imagine and more signs have pointed to Carolina

701
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Speaker 2: taking Bryce Young. It's not set in stone, but Bryce

702
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Speaker 2: Young canceled the rest of his visits and my thought

703
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,400
Speaker 2: is that Bryce has gotten some sort of assurance that

704
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 2: he's one or two or three. So whatever visits he had,

705
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 2: I would have mad I mean three. It wouldn't be

706
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 2: the areas on the Cardinals. It would be some other

707
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 2: team trading up. But we don't know what that trade

708
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:53,480
Speaker 2: will be. So maybe that's what's holding Arizona's trade up

709
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 2: a little bit. They don't know exactly who's gonna be

710
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,120
Speaker 2: there at three, and part of that is what the

711
00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 2: Texans are doing at number two. They might more action

712
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:04,560
Speaker 2: on draft night after the Texans make the selection, if

713
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Speaker 2: indeed they go quarterback, or if they don't go quarterback,

714
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Speaker 2: if cj' john is on the board still after.

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Speaker 1: Two, if the Texas do go with Willy Anderson.

716
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Speaker 2: But I don't think there's a question that Alabama will

717
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Speaker 2: be featured at least in the top. Oh.

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Speaker 1: I don't know at worst five picks.

719
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Speaker 2: I would imagine if you got Bryce Young and you've

720
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Speaker 2: got Will Anderson junior, so.

721
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Speaker 1: You got that happen. The other just gonna look at

722
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Speaker 1: it as Georgia.

723
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Speaker 2: You got Jalen Carter, you got Noland Smith, those two

724
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Speaker 2: of Roderick Jones, Well you.

725
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Speaker 1: Got three Bulldogs? Am I missing one?

726
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Speaker 2: I think those are the three and Argua with the

727
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 2: best player they have has to go back to Cole

728
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 2: for another US brock Bauers a tight end. Maybe he

729
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,920
Speaker 2: becomes a Texan in twenty twenty four, but he's got

730
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Speaker 2: to finish his third year at Georgia and maybe ends

731
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 2: up with a third straight national championship, which would be

732
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 2: incredible for that twenty twenty one recruiting class. As it is,

733
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Speaker 2: there's been as you Nick and I talked about it,

734
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Speaker 2: and you've read, there's been a ton of noise. If

735
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,400
Speaker 2: you do anything on social media, you know, the people

736
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 2: have been trying to figure out what the Texans are

737
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 2: going to do it too, And as Nick said today

738
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:08,399
Speaker 2: and I quote, anything as possible, straight down, straight up,

739
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:14,319
Speaker 2: potentially take a pick, take quarterback, take an quarterback. There

740
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:15,840
Speaker 2: are a lot of different things that Texas could do,

741
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,759
Speaker 2: and they're keeping their cards close to the vest. So

742
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Speaker 2: it's gonna make Thursday night very very interesting. And maybe

743
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,640
Speaker 2: it turns out to be all along Young or Stroud whoever.

744
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:27,839
Speaker 2: The Panthers don't pick. It could be as simple as that.

745
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,880
Speaker 2: But we'll find all that out in ten days from today.

746
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Speaker 1: Now.

747
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 2: There's some other stuff going on in the NFL. I

748
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:39,400
Speaker 2: mitched it earlier. Are Hewstonian in the news. Stonian quarterback

749
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,839
Speaker 2: in the news, I should say, and another quarterback that

750
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Speaker 2: has been most talked about, probably this offseason, maybe more

751
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:48,359
Speaker 2: than any other year. Let's talk about Jalen Hurts and

752
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,320
Speaker 2: what it means for Lamar Jackson and the rest of

753
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Speaker 2: the NFL.

754
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Speaker 1: Riley NFL right here in Texans All Access.

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Speaker 2: Next, we all fought a segment of this edition of

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Speaker 2: Texans All Access from the hyundaiy Texans radio studio.

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Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris, football analyst.

758
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Speaker 2: Headline reporter for your Houston Texans mentioned a few times

759
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 2: Bears repeating ten days away from Draft night, Texans currently

760
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 2: sit at two and twelve. Now, I say currently because

761
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 2: I got a feeling that it won't be two and twelve,

762
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:29,320
Speaker 2: two and seventeen, seven and twelve, seven and ten, five

763
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Speaker 2: and twenty five. Who's to say what ends up happening

764
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 2: on Draft night. My gut tells me that two and

765
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 2: twelve just isn't gonna happen. But that's kind of been

766
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,240
Speaker 2: my gut all along. But I always and have thought

767
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 2: that twelve was the prime spot to move down because

768
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,239
Speaker 2: I think there will be some wide receivers and some

769
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 2: edge players those are two big needs for the Texans,

770
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 2: so there will be as Nick has talked about both

771
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,800
Speaker 2: with me. You may heard him, Mitch it applying demand

772
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 2: and you start getting players in sort of like pods,

773
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:05,920
Speaker 2: and you look at that pod, you're like, man, we

774
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,440
Speaker 2: got six of these guys still.

775
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:07,760
Speaker 1: On the board.

776
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 2: Hey, we can move down five to seven spots and

777
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 2: we could still get one of those players in the

778
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:14,080
Speaker 2: pod where we have it.

779
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 1: So let's see if we can move down now.

780
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:20,560
Speaker 2: Again, Trading down is all well and good, but you

781
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,480
Speaker 2: gotta find that partner. And so you gotta find that

782
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,960
Speaker 2: particular team that's like, man, we gotta go get up

783
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 2: and get this guy. And so last year it was

784
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 2: moving from thirteen to fifteen trading. I believe it was

785
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,960
Speaker 2: with the Philadelphia Eagles. So they went up and they

786
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 2: got Jordan Davis at thirteen and then they waited until

787
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 2: fourth excuse me, fifteen to pick and then they took

788
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 2: Kenyan Green, the offensive lineman from out of tex A

789
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:44,840
Speaker 2: and m who I think is do to have a

790
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 2: big year in his second year. I've said this before.

791
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,640
Speaker 2: I think Kenyan dealt with a few things last year

792
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 2: he's dealing with kind of with like a peck or

793
00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:55,400
Speaker 2: shoulder or something was not right, try to play through it,

794
00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 2: and it just it didn't go well the last half

795
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:00,319
Speaker 2: of the year for Kenyon. He would tell you that.

796
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,919
Speaker 2: I mean, you could watch it see he wasn't quite right.

797
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 2: But I think he is definitely the right guy. I

798
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,840
Speaker 2: think this is gonna be kind of a Kareem Jackson

799
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 2: turned around year in his second year, and that's gonna

800
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 2: be fun to watch. Now, speaking of Houstonians, a Houstonian

801
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:22,400
Speaker 2: got paid today, and but I got paid. I mean, well,

802
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,399
Speaker 2: I think it. I don't know how much he gets

803
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 2: today by signing, but I did. I did see an

804
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 2: astronomical number. I don't know if that's the I don't

805
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 2: know if that's the number that it goes, that goes

806
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,360
Speaker 2: his bank account today, I don't know. But Jalen Hurts

807
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 2: agreed to terms on a five year, two hundred and

808
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 2: fifty five million dollar contract extension and makes him the

809
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,280
Speaker 2: highest paid player in NFL history. So, City of Houston,

810
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:54,959
Speaker 2: you have the highest paid player in NFL history, having

811
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 2: come from this town from Channel View, Texas won Jalen Hurts.

812
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 2: Now that contract includes one hundred and seventy nine point

813
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 2: three zero four because I guess we're being really exact here.

814
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,640
Speaker 2: One hundred and seventy nine point three million dollars in

815
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 2: guarantees and.

816
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: Oh wait for it. See if you've heard this before,

817
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:17,240
Speaker 1: a no trade clause? Yah heard that before? Huh?

818
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 2: Now I want to say that I saw at some

819
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:28,480
Speaker 2: point that the initial signing bonus is like one hundred

820
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,120
Speaker 2: and ten million dollars or that's what he gets when

821
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 2: he signs.

822
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Speaker 1: I mean, that is just that is just fabulous.

823
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,319
Speaker 2: Now when it comes to contracts, I don't know kind

824
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 2: of get all in, you know, like he gets this

825
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 2: or what or this gets guaranteed for injury or whatever

826
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:46,920
Speaker 2: the case might be, unless he gets compared to all

827
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,280
Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson is looking forward to Baltimore Ravens.

828
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Speaker 1: Now, a lot has been made about what Deshaun Watson got.

829
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 2: Into the contract going to the Cleveland Browns, and that

830
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 2: has kind of been held as an outlier throughout the NFL.

831
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Speaker 1: Oh you don't nobody's getting that contract.

832
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 2: Well, you could argue that Jalen Hurts getting the contract

833
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 2: that he did. Today proves exactly that. Now it has

834
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 2: been out there that Lamar is looking for more. He's

835
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:15,760
Speaker 2: not a fully guaranteed contract, but he wants more guaranteed

836
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 2: money than Deshaun Watson. So news came out today that

837
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 2: Lamar's offer was two hundred million dollars guaranteed. So Ian

838
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 2: Rappaport tweeted this out earlier today. He said, comparing the

839
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 2: Ravens offer to Lamar Jackson and Jalen Hurts, new contract

840
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 2: is complicated, but here's some clarity. Jalen Hurts is guaranteed

841
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 2: one hundred and seventy nine point three million dollars guaranteed

842
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:45,920
Speaker 2: for injury. Lamar was guaranteed one hundred and seventy five

843
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:50,840
Speaker 2: million guaranteed for injury. Two hundred million becomes guaranteed for

844
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:53,920
Speaker 2: skill injury cap in March twenty six. So one hundred

845
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 2: and seventy five million guaranteed becomes two hundred million. And

846
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:02,000
Speaker 2: that's the contract that has been offered to Lamar Jackson. Now,

847
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:07,960
Speaker 2: it doesn't get to the all guaranteed or more guaranteed

848
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 2: money than Deshaun Watson, but it's two hundred million dollars guaranteed.

849
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 2: Is that gonna be what puts Lamar Jackson back in

850
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 2: a Baltimore Ravens uniform. Now one of the piece of

851
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 2: information that came out this weekend was that apparently Lamar

852
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 2: Jackson had said to the Baltimore Ravens management, look, you

853
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:30,279
Speaker 2: go get OBJ and DeAndre Hopkins and.

854
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Speaker 1: We'll see what we can do.

855
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 2: Well, last weekend you had the Baltimore Ravens going and

856
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 2: getting OBJ. Now Deander Hopkins is still out there, but

857
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,080
Speaker 2: they would have to trade and then pay him. And

858
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 2: the Ravens told Lamar that they said, look, can we

859
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 2: could probably get one?

860
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:45,839
Speaker 1: He said, okay, get one.

861
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 2: Well they got one, and then you see this offer

862
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,239
Speaker 2: come out today which is two hundred million dollars guaranteed.

863
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 2: I don't know the link of that contract, but I

864
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,359
Speaker 2: think Ian Rapport have seen it. So we'll see what

865
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Speaker 2: this ends up meaning for Lamar Jackson going back to Baltimore.

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Speaker 2: I have been with the general for the most part.

867
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Speaker 2: I've always thought he was going back to Baltimore. I

868
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:09,880
Speaker 2: did put in my mock draft to shake things up

869
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Speaker 2: a little bit. I wanted to just kind of shake

870
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 2: things up, and I didn't want the Tennessee Titans trading

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00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 2: up the three. So I just came up with the

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00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:18,399
Speaker 2: Washington Commanders trading to three, and I got I got

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00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 2: spell he's not going to Washington. I have found that

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00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:25,279
Speaker 2: this draft cycle has been very vicious amongst you know,

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00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 2: the fans and followers, et cetera. It's like, you know,

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00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 2: you say something that they have not expected and it

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00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,800
Speaker 2: is just like it's feeding season. My main Lands Airlines

878
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 2: taken heat for just telling people what he knows, and

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00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 2: he just it's ridiculous. The amount of vitriol that has

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00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 2: come from from people. It's just it's nuts. So I

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00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 2: said that, you know, I didn't go to explain. I

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00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 2: just said that they were gonna trade, and I was like, look,

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00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:53,880
Speaker 2: they're gonna have new ownership. That new ownership might want

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00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson as their guy. That might be what they want.

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00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:00,839
Speaker 2: They may want him, and that might change is Lamar's mind.

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00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,200
Speaker 2: That new ownership might end up giving him over two

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00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 2: hundred and forty million guaranteed.

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00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,240
Speaker 1: Who knows. I don't think that's gonna happen.

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00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:08,640
Speaker 2: Down deep, I really felt like he's going back to

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00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 2: Baltimore because I just didn't think any other teams would

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00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:13,160
Speaker 2: do that contract work and then get stiffed at the

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00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,839
Speaker 2: author because Baltimore could just match it. So point being,

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00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts got paid today he will remain an Eagle

894
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:22,480
Speaker 2: for the next five six years. Mark Jackson got a

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00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:26,319
Speaker 2: contract offer with two hundred million guaranteed in it. Will

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Speaker 2: Lamar sign it before the draft. Keep your eyes peeled

897
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 2: because anything is possible as we learned today. Big thanks

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00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:35,560
Speaker 2: to Nick, to d B, Charlie Potter. It's all you

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Speaker 2: for Listen, We'll see next time. It as always Go Texans.