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Speaker 1: Hello, Texans, Welcome to the program. Great show for you tonight,

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Speaker 1: as we recap joint practice with the La Rams this morning.

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Speaker 1: Johnny Harris in the on deck circle swinging the microphone.

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Speaker 1: John mcclan's going to join us a little bit different

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Speaker 1: format for this Thursday show, as we'll get to the

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Speaker 1: general in the next segment, but started out with what

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Speaker 1: was really cooking here at NRG Stadium. I know it's

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Speaker 1: literal because it's hot, but I mean football wise, Okay,

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Speaker 1: it's cooking here. We got the game coming up in

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Speaker 1: a couple of days. Noon Kick with the Rams on

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Speaker 1: Saturday Live right here and on ABC thirteen with Kevin Coogler,

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Speaker 1: n D. Kalud, Johnny Harris and Shelby Coppage on the sideline.

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Speaker 1: Can't wait for the broadcast. I watch it later because

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Speaker 1: I'm on the air with Andre. We miss Johnny, but

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Speaker 1: we'll get him back on September eighth, so we can't

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Speaker 1: wait for that. All right, joint practice today with the Rams.

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Speaker 1: Let's dig in right away, get into the meat of

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Speaker 1: this thing.

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Speaker 2: Some of your observation.

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Speaker 1: Harris hits, some vander hits as well, because I was

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Speaker 1: watching mostly Houston offense versus Rams defense. Now, it's not

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Speaker 1: just because I'm simplistic and I want to see the fireworks,

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Speaker 1: not just because of that's Johnny, but game prep wise,

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Speaker 1: it's much harder to get ready for a team's defense

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Speaker 1: than their offense. Their offense, you feel like you get

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Speaker 1: it to the flow of it. You can get the

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Speaker 1: players on the go. You don't have to memorize the

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Speaker 1: offensive line as much as the other areas of the

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Speaker 1: team when you're in play by play man. So for

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Speaker 1: the defense, I wanted to really watch them, but I

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Speaker 1: got to see some playmaking by the Houston offense. And

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Speaker 1: I know you were watching both a lot of defense

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Speaker 1: versus the Rams offense and some stuff off the screens

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Speaker 1: that they have.

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Speaker 2: Boy, you could have used this ten years ago.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt it was. I thought the defense did

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Speaker 3: some They had periods of really really good stuff. Now

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Speaker 3: the Rams got theirs. Cooper Cup had a couple of

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Speaker 3: couple of really nice catches. This was absolutely brilliant and

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Speaker 3: needed work for Kamari Lassiter, and Kamari Lassiter stepped up

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Speaker 3: in a massive way, so Cup got him. They went

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Speaker 3: down to the low red zone and Cup got him

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Speaker 3: on the first one. It was literally it literally is

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Speaker 3: a basketball play. It was going to the post, box

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Speaker 3: him out, we'll throw you the ball. Well literally, it

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Speaker 3: was what it was. And Kamari was right the goal

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Speaker 3: line like waiting and Cup literally ran into him, boxed

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Speaker 3: him out, and Stafford put it on the one in

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Speaker 3: the zero, and I'm like, what do you do another

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Speaker 3: Kamari could have done?

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Speaker 2: I mean, it was about ops. It was just it

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Speaker 2: was perfect.

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Speaker 3: He just put his He just boxed him out like

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Speaker 3: his basketball showed him his numbers, and that ball was

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Speaker 3: on him. Then the next time that Stafford came in,

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Speaker 3: they ran kind of a pylon out route and Kamari's

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Speaker 3: in great, great position and as he turned to pick

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Speaker 3: it off, basically stumbled and as he stumbled, Cup just

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Speaker 3: snatches it. So earlier, when they were just out in

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Speaker 3: the like just working first down work and just kind

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Speaker 3: of running, you know, plays against one another, Kamari had

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Speaker 3: a play where they tried to hit I think it

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Speaker 3: was DeMarcus Robinson down the scene, Kamari leapt up, tipped it,

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Speaker 3: Kaylen Bullock came sliding in with the interception. Oh, I

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Speaker 3: was like that was nice, Like okay, So then they

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Speaker 3: get to the last drill, and it was a situational drill.

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Speaker 3: I think they went two minute situations, and I think

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Speaker 3: they went back and did some things. First play of

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Speaker 3: the drive, he's on Cup one on one, Stafford tries

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Speaker 3: to go to him, Kamari knocks it away, like okay,

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Speaker 3: that was nice. Last play of that drive. So there's

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Speaker 3: five plays in that drive, and I think there were

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Speaker 3: a couple of things that.

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Speaker 2: Happened in between.

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Speaker 3: And then last play of the drive, they run a

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Speaker 3: deep out route to Cup and Cup runs it beautifully.

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Speaker 3: I mean Cup runs this route and it's like that's

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Speaker 3: a completion, that's an absolute completion. Kamari does it's called

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Speaker 3: a baseball turn, so instead of you know, he had

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Speaker 3: to turn himself because he thought Cup, Cup did a

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Speaker 3: great job of making it look like the same route,

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Speaker 3: like he's running a vertical route. So when Kamari sees

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Speaker 3: that Cup has broken it out, he baseball turns to

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Speaker 3: meet him at the sideline, which is I don't think

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Speaker 3: it's really the best thing to do for a defensive

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Speaker 2: But when he spun out, he broke right.

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Speaker 3: To where the ball was going, and Cup thought he

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Speaker 3: had a completion and Kamari came over and knocked it

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Speaker 3: away last.

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Speaker 2: Play, last play. It was like whoa.

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Speaker 3: So he had three plays today, two of them directly

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Speaker 3: one on one with Cooper. Cup came away with two PBUs.

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Speaker 3: He had the one that I think was the Marcus

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Speaker 3: Robinson if I remember correctly, going up tipping that and

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Speaker 3: Bulock making the interception kamar last the day was really

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Speaker 3: really good. Now, he was a really good practice the

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Speaker 3: day before too. I mean, he's he's back. He is

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Speaker 3: absolutely back. And the reason I liked it today was

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Speaker 3: I guarantee you the Rams were like, we're not throwing

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Speaker 3: at twenty four. That's that's not what we should do.

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Speaker 3: They threw at Kamari a number of times, and that

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Speaker 3: dude stepped up and played like not a rookie.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I'm gonna quit saying.

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Speaker 3: Rookie cornerback Kamari Lasser because he is playing not like

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Speaker 3: a rookie. When he knocked out that last one away,

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Speaker 3: the defense went nuts. I mean they were just they

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Speaker 3: were all cheering with him. They ran over and you know,

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Speaker 3: Kamari's like posing, he's doing seat belts and all kinds

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Speaker 3: of stuff. But it was just really cool to see

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Speaker 3: how the defense ended practice and how did the offense

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Speaker 3: end practice. How about that out and up from Davis

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Speaker 3: Mills to Steven Simms to in practice. Just huge. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I mean right in the north part, the north end zone,

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Speaker 3: right in front of the fans. They went nuts. The

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Speaker 3: offense jumped off the field. I mean it was that

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Speaker 3: was some cool stuff. That's cool way to end it.

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Speaker 1: Might have earned himself a place on the bench in

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Speaker 1: a good way on Saturday. Yes, I think, so you're good. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, you did plenty of action. You had plenty

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Speaker 1: of action in the joint practice, So you're all right.

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Speaker 1: So CJ's throws in training camp, I'd have to go

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Speaker 1: back through my Harris Hits files to find out what

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Speaker 1: were the best throws that we saw at the Houston

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Speaker 1: Methodist Training Center.

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Speaker 2: Now, one of them was today.

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Speaker 1: It was a top three throw today to Joe Mixon

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Speaker 2: Oh it was, Johnny.

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Speaker 1: I was standing right in front of it because I

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Speaker 1: was under the stands in the Texans Radio position were

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Speaker 1: being on the air. And by the way, our staff

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Speaker 1: put a cooler out there for us of Texans Radio

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Speaker 1: water bottles. Wish I thought, you know, And it was

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Speaker 1: all the way across the field from where you are. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you get media, water or whatever you need. Yeah, but

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Speaker 1: I noticed this and that was very nice of them.

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Speaker 1: It was nice, and I said, you know, I'm not

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Speaker 1: going to let this go to waste. So I just

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Speaker 1: started passing out waters all the fans.

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Speaker 2: Oh, look at you. I was doing it.

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Speaker 1: I'm not doing it for accolades here. I just thought,

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Speaker 1: I guess I am. I thought everybody looked kind of

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, in.

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Speaker 1: Shade, but it was not so anyway, Steve, he makes

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Speaker 1: a throw while the ball's in the air. I'm thinking,

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Speaker 1: I don't think this is going to be caught mixing.

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Speaker 1: Would have to make a hell of a play on

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Speaker 1: play on the ball at all, because the ball dropped

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Speaker 1: in a bucket in a one foot area where only

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Speaker 1: he was going to make that catch either he was

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Speaker 1: to be right in the bread basket because he ran

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Speaker 1: a great route. Joe Mixon ran the ball well today,

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Speaker 1: caught that throw exceptionally.

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Speaker 2: Well.

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Speaker 1: He's going to be a tremendous weapon for this team.

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Speaker 1: I know We've been talking a lot about Damian Peers

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Speaker 1: in a running game. Listen, as long as mixing is healthy,

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Speaker 1: we can just debate. It's like talking about the backup quarterback.

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Speaker 1: In some ways, I know you're going to use the

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Speaker 1: second string running back a lot more than you would

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Speaker 1: use a backup quarterback, we hope. But mixing's going to

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Speaker 1: make this team really good. And that was an excellent

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Speaker 1: play right there. That was a throw that you'd call

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Speaker 1: it did just see the throw, That's how you'd refer

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Speaker 3: So the good thing having fans, especially in a joint practice.

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Speaker 3: I had made the decision like, Okay, I'm gonna alter.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna go back and forth because they'll have different

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Speaker 3: team periods. I think they had sixteen periods, So I'll

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Speaker 3: watch offense for one, I'll watch defense for the next

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Speaker 3: offense defense, I'll go back and forth. So what I

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Speaker 3: liked early on was they were kind of staggered, so

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Speaker 3: you could see an offensive play and i'd write my

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Speaker 2: See the defensive play.

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Speaker 3: But one of the things that they've done at practice,

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Speaker 3: and you heard Kamari talk about this in his press

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Speaker 3: conference on the video boards at practice, they will replay

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Speaker 3: two or three different looks of the play. They'll have

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Speaker 3: the all twenty two shot, they'll have the end zone shot,

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Speaker 3: you can watch it after the play.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: So I was watching defense and I'm like, man, okay,

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Speaker 3: they're doing some good things. And I hear a roar.

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Speaker 3: I mean I hear a roar. I'm like, what happened?

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Speaker 3: Go to the video board. I look up at the

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Speaker 3: video board and I'm like, oh, I like this. It's

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Speaker 3: a route that they tried to hit the other day

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Speaker 3: and missed it. Joe Mixon had a step on Daniel

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Speaker 3: Hunter down the sideline like and I could see CJ like, ah,

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Speaker 3: I missed it.

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Speaker 2: He had him.

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Speaker 3: Joe knew it. They like, okay, they're gonna connect on

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Speaker 3: that one. So as soon as I look over, I

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Speaker 3: see Joe running that same route and I'm like, oh, okay,

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Speaker 3: they's the one.

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Speaker 2: They hit this one. So I was able to see

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Speaker 2: it on a video board. I didn't see it live.

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Speaker 3: But thank you whoever's decision that was in this organization

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Speaker 3: to put those replays up on the board, because that's

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Speaker 3: what Kamari talked about. Kamario is like, I play the

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Speaker 3: play and then I can look up at the video

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Speaker 3: board and I could see in real time what just happened? Ye,

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Speaker 3: did I do the right thing? What else was going on?

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Speaker 3: I was locked into my receiver, like what else was

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Speaker 3: going on? What happened? They can watch that video board

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Speaker 3: and see the you know, see the play. What a

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Speaker 3: teaching tool it very much is. And I think that

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Speaker 3: is it's if it's not grow going throughout the league,

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Speaker 3: it definitely a should be. And if you don't have

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Speaker 3: that at your team's practice, it's just it's lost. It's

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Speaker 3: just it's lost reps because you get that immediately. And

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Speaker 3: I have a feeling that Kamari probably looked up because

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Speaker 1: Well, fun guy to watch. On Saturday, he'll play in

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Speaker 2: Noon kick.

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Speaker 1: Next up the General John McClain, let's chop it up

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Speaker 1: about roster decisions and then some here on Texans Radio.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's keep going here, Mark vandermin and John

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Speaker 1: two weeks from Sunday, my goodness, but another test drive

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Speaker 1: to go your thoughts on where the Texans are at

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Speaker 4: As you guys know, they've been Everything they've been doing

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Speaker 5: And I'm I hope that you have Damian.

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Speaker 3: So that ends up being the sixty four million dollar

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Speaker 4: I would trade him for a low pick or whatever

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Speaker 4: but he's a really good special teams player. These are

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Speaker 4: I don't think Xavier Hutchinson's going anywhere because they utilize

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Speaker 4: I think Robert Woods is gone because Roberts not doesn't

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Speaker 4: contribute on special teams in the kis. Who's number six?

438
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Speaker 4: I'm guessing Scornics going on hour, they could cut him,

439
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Speaker 4: put him on a practice squad. So that last spot

440
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Speaker 4: I'm guessing's going to go to Noil.

441
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Speaker 1: Brown, Noel Brown, who hasn't been healthy for a long time.

442
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Speaker 1: What do you think the biggest upset is there in

443
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Speaker 1: the wide receiver room and the running back room. I

444
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Speaker 1: get stoupset. Maybe both of you both position groups. The

445
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Speaker 1: thing that if they do it next week, Oh my gosh,

446
00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,040
Speaker 1: I can't believe they did that, but I guess it'll

447
00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,440
Speaker 1: make sense because they'll have their logic they're rashing out

448
00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:15,040
Speaker 1: for doing it. So both position groups, running back and receiver.

449
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Speaker 1: Whoever wants to.

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Speaker 5: Go first, John, I'll go on the running backs.

451
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Speaker 4: If they kept Damian Peers and they cut Cam Akers,

452
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Speaker 4: I think we've all think cam Makers has look better

453
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Speaker 4: than Peers. He fits the scheme. He's what twenty five

454
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Speaker 4: years old, he's had two torn achilles, and he looks

455
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Speaker 4: really good. If they did something with him, I'd be shocked.

456
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Speaker 3: Okay, so this is gonna be a little different the

457
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Speaker 3: way that I'm gonna approach this.

458
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Speaker 2: Okay.

459
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Speaker 3: I think a surprise that wide receiver would be the

460
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Speaker 3: number of wide receivers.

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Speaker 2: All right.

462
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Speaker 3: I think that we're gonna look up and go oo, man,

463
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Speaker 3: they kept seven wide receivers now, but but but but

464
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Speaker 3: so always a big butt.

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Speaker 2: I think one of.

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Speaker 3: Those wide receivers is a guy that you could look

467
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Speaker 3: at it and go, well, you know, we could play

468
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Speaker 3: him at fullback, you could play them on special teams.

469
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Speaker 3: He's not quite a wide receiver. Only one guy like

470
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Speaker 3: that's Ben Scaroniic. I think Ben Skarnigan's up making a

471
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Speaker 3: team is kind of a jack of all trades. He

472
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Speaker 3: goes into the receiver room and counts against the wide

473
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Speaker 3: receiver total as seven but I think his use is

474
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Speaker 3: going to be more special teams in Jack of All Trades,

475
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Speaker 3: So that's the one I think that could.

476
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Speaker 2: Be a surprise.

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Speaker 1: You know, the funny thing about all this is training camp.

478
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Speaker 1: It's there for a reason. We've seen every practice. Have

479
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Speaker 1: you seen moments that make you say, oh my gosh,

480
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Speaker 1: that's gonna be incredible. They're not practicing under the cloak

481
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Speaker 1: of darkness where we don't see it like they do

482
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Speaker 1: in the regular season, where they're cooking up things and

483
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Speaker 1: oh my gosh, wait till you see what this guy

484
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Speaker 1: can do, where that guy can do.

485
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Speaker 2: We've seen it all.

486
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Speaker 1: We've seen everything they've gotten unless they have some secret,

487
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Speaker 1: double secret magic stuff that we're not ever gonna get

488
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Speaker 1: to see that they don't want to show anybody with

489
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Speaker 1: certain individuals. And I don't want to even point out

490
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Speaker 1: Scornic here because I think a lot of people can

491
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Speaker 1: fall into this category. So taking it at face value,

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Speaker 1: would say, I don't know if he's done enough to

493
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Speaker 1: match up with the other guys who are battling for

494
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Speaker 1: those final perceived to be three spots.

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Speaker 2: But maybe you're right, Johnny, maybe they do go with seven. Well,

496
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Speaker 2: and and like you said that would be a surprise.

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Speaker 3: I don't think they'll it'll be seven, but I do

498
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Speaker 3: think that could be a surprise because of who that

499
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Speaker 3: seventh wide receiver ends being. As you look at it

500
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Speaker 3: as Ben scroung but I think it would be Ben doing.

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Speaker 2: A lot more. And that's the other one general, is

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Speaker 2: what do they do at fullback?

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Speaker 3: I know fullback is not usually a position, and a

504
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Speaker 3: lot of people talking about the Texans used it probably.

505
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Speaker 3: I think they were top five most usage with a

506
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Speaker 3: full back last year being Andrew Beck or you know

507
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Speaker 3: Brevin Jordan had to do that when Andrew was hurt.

508
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Speaker 3: What do you think about the fullback position general? How

509
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Speaker 3: do you think that's gonna go. Do you think it's

510
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Speaker 3: gonna end up being Back who's been banged up, or

511
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Speaker 3: do you think they might try it use a number

512
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Speaker 3: of different guys in that role, kind of as they

513
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Speaker 3: did when Back was injured.

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Speaker 4: Well, I'd be shocked if they did that with ben'skronic.

515
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Speaker 4: I haven't seen anything from him that makes me go,

516
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Speaker 4: ohh that's why they.

517
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Speaker 5: Made the deal. Andrew. What player scored?

518
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Speaker 4: Let's see as a runner, a receiver, and a returner

519
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Speaker 4: for the Texans last year, there was only one, and

520
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Speaker 4: I do not see them cutting it.

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Speaker 2: Andrew Beck, right, I just told Jake him, Bob.

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Speaker 4: You know Dimiko and Bobby Slowik, they're traditionalists when it

523
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Speaker 4: comes to the backfield. They watched how Kyle Senny and

524
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Speaker 4: used his full back, and I think they're doing it

525
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Speaker 4: the same way. I think they want the traditional fullback

526
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Speaker 4: and not a converted wide receiver.

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Speaker 2: You know what name we heard today.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to reveal some behind the walls production meeting stuff, Johnny,

529
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Speaker 1: because this is good and I think the listeners would

530
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Speaker 1: like and they'll hear some of it in the broadcast.

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Speaker 1: And I'll give Shelby Cottage credit for asking this question

532
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,240
Speaker 1: of Bobby Slowick. Shelby's our sideline reporter for Texans TV games,

533
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Speaker 1: and she asked him about his coaching influences. Of course,

534
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Speaker 1: his dad came up, longtime defensive coordinator in the NFL,

535
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Speaker 1: still coaches in the CFL. But he mentioned Shanahan, Mike

536
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Speaker 1: Shannick Shannan and he worked with them in Washington, and

537
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Speaker 1: that was of course at the end of the Mike

538
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Speaker 1: Shanahan career. But he talked about his preparation, his philosophy,

539
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Speaker 1: the way he approached the game, his standards for excellence

540
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Speaker 1: that he demanded from everybody.

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Speaker 2: In the organization.

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Speaker 1: That just popped out to me, right when you're talking

543
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Speaker 1: about traditionalists, when looking at the backfield and the system

544
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Speaker 1: as they run it, Because yes, it has evolved, for sure,

545
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Speaker 1: but it has its roots in that Bill Walsh, Paul Brown,

546
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Speaker 1: Bill Walsh, West Coast offense, and Mike Shanahan got pieces

547
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Speaker 1: of it. They've all contributed over the years, but the

548
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Speaker 1: basis is still with the San Francisco forty nine ers

549
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Speaker 1: of the late seventies early eighties.

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Speaker 3: I think what's fascinating about that general, Mell, I'll let

551
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Speaker 3: you comment on it in just a second. One of

552
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Speaker 3: the things that's fascinating about that is that coaches that

553
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Speaker 3: have come out of that quote unquote Shanahan tree starting

554
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Speaker 3: with Mike, and I think the fullback is really kind

555
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Speaker 3: of an interesting focal point because all the Shanahan offenses

556
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Speaker 3: have kind of diverged a little. They're divergent from kind

557
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Speaker 3: of what Mike Shanahan had in Denver for a long time.

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Speaker 3: He took a converted If you think about Mike Shanahan's

559
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Speaker 3: offenses back in the late eighties.

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Speaker 2: Who is the fullback? Was a guy named Howard Griffith.

561
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Speaker 3: Howard Griffith was a tailback at Illinois, set a record

562
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Speaker 3: for the number of rushing touchdowns in a game as

563
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Speaker 3: a tailback. They get him to Denver, would they make him?

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Speaker 3: They made him the full back. He was a full

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Speaker 3: back after being a tailback in college. They converted him.

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Speaker 3: But over the years we've seen each mcvay's offense, who

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Speaker 3: does he put at full back? Well, sometimes he's got

568
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Speaker 3: a tight end, sometimes he's got an h back. Very

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Speaker 3: rarely do they have a true two hundred and fifty

570
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Speaker 3: pound Andrew Beck at tight end? Who did the forty

571
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Speaker 3: nine ers have the forty nine ers have Kyle euscheck

572
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Speaker 3: Us check is not a hammer lead blocker. He's good

573
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Speaker 3: at it, But what do they use him for? They

574
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,399
Speaker 3: use him to catch the ball on the backfield. I

575
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Speaker 3: find it fascinating that Bobby brought that up because all

576
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,960
Speaker 3: of that Shanahan tree is it's the branches have gone forever.

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Speaker 3: Full back in particular is one of those spots that

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Speaker 3: really all of them have looked at differently. They really

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Speaker 3: like McDaniel. What does he use for a fullback in

580
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Speaker 3: in Miami.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he.

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Speaker 3: Uses uh, well, he used to use alec Ingold. I

583
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Speaker 3: don't know if he still does. He's more of a

584
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Speaker 3: traditional fullback.

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Speaker 2: So I find it.

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Speaker 3: That that we're talking about fullback kind of fascinating in

587
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Speaker 3: a sense that SLOWI brings up Mike Shanahan because they've

588
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 3: all kind of evolved. And that's why I think about Bobby,

589
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,199
Speaker 3: and I don't know exactly which way he would go,

590
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Speaker 3: because they've got Troy Harriston, who's just a true hammerhead

591
00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 3: two hundred and fifty pound just run blocker. Then they

592
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Speaker 3: got Andrew, as John pointed out, scored three different ways

593
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Speaker 3: last year, is the only textan ever scored three different

594
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Speaker 3: ways in any season, who does some different things. And

595
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 3: then you've got all these tight ends that could do it.

596
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Speaker 3: Kate Stover, don't schultzz line up there, Brav does it.

597
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Speaker 3: So I don't know that they really have kind of

598
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Speaker 3: settled on Okay, this is the kind of fullback we want,

599
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Speaker 3: especially because all those Shannahanian guys have all adapted their

600
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Speaker 3: own version of that offense.

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Speaker 2: Generally, your thoughts about what I just when I just spit.

602
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Speaker 4: Out, Well, first of all, I think the games changed

603
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Speaker 4: so much. What Mike Shanan did doesn't have jack to

604
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Speaker 4: do with squad because, as you said, they've all changed

605
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Speaker 4: the way things have done. And I think that Bobby's

606
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 4: most recent job was with the forty nine ers, and

607
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,719
Speaker 4: just check is he can block and he can gadge,

608
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Speaker 4: and I think that back in block and.

609
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Speaker 5: He can cadge.

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Speaker 4: I'm more interested in what they're going to do at

611
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Speaker 4: defensive attack and the Marcus Harrison You've been writing about

612
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 4: this John making plays. I can't see them letting him go.

613
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Speaker 4: He's a draft pick. They need help inside like that.

614
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 4: They got a lot of candidates. I can't wait to

615
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Speaker 4: see what they do at defensive tackle. And before the

616
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Speaker 4: season I would have said, well, I think Derek Barnett

617
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Speaker 4: would have a hard time making it because I thought

618
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Speaker 4: de Nico Autry would be there. But Barnett is like

619
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Speaker 4: clil Davis, when he gets to play, makes big play

620
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Speaker 4: and sometimes more than one. So of the of the

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Speaker 4: I'm guessing Mario Edwards and Folly Photocossia the starters, and

622
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Speaker 4: you think Heinish and phlil Davis would be the backups,

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Speaker 4: but then what about those other guys in there? It's

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Speaker 4: I think that's going to be very interesting. And a

625
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Speaker 4: lot of people have been asking me lately about all

626
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Speaker 4: these five veteran corners they signed. You know, Kud has

627
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Speaker 4: been hurt, Henderson's been hurt, He's been back. We know

628
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Speaker 4: who the top three are going to be, counting Beatrie

629
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Speaker 4: playing in the slot. I think there's gonna be some

630
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Speaker 4: surprises in a secondary as well. But nothing intrigues me

631
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Speaker 4: more than the interior defensive line.

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Speaker 1: So the fact that you play nickel more than you

633
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 1: play your base defense in this league, now, how does

634
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Speaker 1: that affect the numbers? We used to talk about six

635
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 1: corners for safeties done, four to three defense, six linebackers,

636
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Speaker 1: double up on the linebacker spot, You're done.

637
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Speaker 2: But I look at the linebacker crew right.

638
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Speaker 1: Now, and I don't know what's happening with Christian Harris

639
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 1: got to get him back, clearly, But Aziz Harris, Henry

640
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Speaker 1: Neville hewittt. I can't cut. There's no way I'm cutting

641
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Speaker 1: Jake Hanson. I don't know what happens after that. If

642
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Speaker 1: Harris has to go on some kind of pop or

643
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Speaker 1: I are and I'm not saying he does, and I'm

644
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Speaker 1: hoping he doesn't. But if he does do you keep

645
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Speaker 1: five and wait for his comeback and that buys you

646
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Speaker 1: extra spot either on the d line, a tackle or

647
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Speaker 1: somewhere in the secondary where the cuts are pretty tough.

648
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Speaker 5: Well only to play most of the time.

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Speaker 4: As you mentioned about playing Nickel and those other guys

650
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Speaker 4: got to be great on special teams, so I'm thinking

651
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Speaker 4: it's coming down special team. Jake Hansen's great on special teams.

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Speaker 4: Neville hewitts as good as they got on special teams,

653
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Speaker 4: and I think both those guys are going to be

654
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 4: in there with a to Atoa and h l Shire

655
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:30,400
Speaker 4: and Harris. You know, it's a mystery some of these

656
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 4: guys that haven't been playing in Bracton. I'm wondering are

657
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 4: they being al out or.

658
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 5: Are they hurt? Because Demico is so secretive.

659
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 4: Starting the next starting in two weeks, he's gonna have

660
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:43,520
Speaker 4: to reveal what the injuries are on the injury report.

661
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 2: Here's where it gets really interesting.

662
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 3: Okay, Mark, do that thing where like Thursday is game week,

663
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 3: it's game week Thursday, but.

664
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 1: Clearly Friday, because Saturday Sunday, I mean yesterday was Thursday,

665
00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:58,800
Speaker 1: Tomorrow is a typical Saturday.

666
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,720
Speaker 3: Well, I'm I'm kind of gonna do this to kind

667
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 3: of point out what you're talking about here with the linebackers. Okay,

668
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 3: General mentioned a second ago, Well, what happens if you

669
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 3: don't keep Daria goombwalle Well, Daria goombwle is a Core

670
00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 3: four special teamer, right, So if you don't keep Dara,

671
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 3: then do you have to keep an extra linebacker? Say it,

672
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,440
Speaker 3: del Sean Phillips, Because del Sean Phillips, you have to

673
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,480
Speaker 3: have a core four special teamer? Right, So if you

674
00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,960
Speaker 3: don't keep Daa, do you have to keep another guy

675
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 3: at linebacker that you know for a fact we'll play

676
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 3: on special teams? Because you also know, let's just say

677
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 3: that you keep let's just say at receiver, you end

678
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 3: up keeping Robert Woods, John Metchi, Xavier Hutchinson. Yeah, well,

679
00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 3: you know x plays all four special teams, but does Mechi?

680
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 3: Mechi is not, and you know Robert Woods hasn't. So

681
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 3: now all of a sudden, if you don't keep Daria

682
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 3: goomblewalle Man, then the receivers, holy Cowley, one of those

683
00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 3: non big three places on all four special teams?

684
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 2: Do you have to keep an.

685
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 3: Additional linebacker so that you have have enough guys that

686
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 3: are gonna play on all four special teams.

687
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:03,840
Speaker 2: Great question.

688
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,200
Speaker 1: And by the way, I didn't get to answer my

689
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: own question about the shocking thing that would the thing

690
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,080
Speaker 1: that would shock me the most of running back Darry

691
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:12,880
Speaker 1: getting cut.

692
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 2: Right right now, that would be a shock to me.

693
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,560
Speaker 1: Darry had a couple of runs today where if Pierce

694
00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 1: had done them, we'd say Pierce's back. Pierce has embraced

695
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:24,040
Speaker 1: the system. He's got it, no question about it. We're

696
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:28,120
Speaker 1: good to go. Darry still looks good running the football.

697
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 2: I know they're not.

698
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 5: Gonna say Piers is done.

699
00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: Oh wow, General, but bringing the tough stuff, bringing the

700
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: tough love today.

701
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, just make sure General that you don't make a

702
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,680
Speaker 3: bet and you eat the paper. So yeah, exactly, don't

703
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 3: do that.

704
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,280
Speaker 2: I don't know. I don't know.

705
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 5: And look, I expect things getting cut.

706
00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 4: If they keep they keep the top three, that would

707
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 4: be Piers and and uh uh gam Makers two and

708
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,080
Speaker 4: three and then four.

709
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,920
Speaker 5: Would be dry. Then you gets cut, Juar Jordan, Well,

710
00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,960
Speaker 5: we don't know what. They don't generally cut those draft picks.

711
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,640
Speaker 1: We don't know about Beck's injury. So can I hide

712
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 1: Because Johnny talked about this yesterday, saw some reps British

713
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 1: Brooks in practice at full back? Can British Brooks? Can

714
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 1: you kind of hide them at full back if you

715
00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: have to. I don't know what this Nick Boden is

716
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 1: going to do for them, if anything. Did he get

717
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:17,840
Speaker 1: reps today, Johnny?

718
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 2: I mean I didn't see any reps, So that means

719
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:22,080
Speaker 2: he's playing in this game. For sure. He's gonna play

720
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 2: in his game. He's gonna play in this game to

721
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:24,400
Speaker 2: take a look at him.

722
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's your only chance really against live competition

723
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 1: other than your own team. Now, they're going to be

724
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:32,440
Speaker 1: in pad some next week against each other, but we

725
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 1: will not be there to see it.

726
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,200
Speaker 2: That'll the end of the cloak of darkness exactly.

727
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,120
Speaker 3: Now, we the three of us, have all talked about, Okay,

728
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 3: how many you keeping at this position?

729
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:41,840
Speaker 2: How many keep it in this position?

730
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,920
Speaker 3: We all three know that every single year that we

731
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,400
Speaker 3: have covered this team, this Texans team, there has always

732
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:55,080
Speaker 3: been an addition. After you've gotten a fifty three man cutdown,

733
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 3: you've gone and you've gotten de Maris Johnson in twenty fourteen,

734
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 3: then you started one, which is just fascinating.

735
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 2: Back at twenty fourteen, it was ridiculous.

736
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:10,279
Speaker 3: So if and I'm not saying who it's going to be, right,

737
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 3: but what position general this is for both of you?

738
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,720
Speaker 2: What position do you think?

739
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 3: Okay, and I know it might be dependent upon which

740
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 3: guys are available via waiver claim, but which position do

741
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:29,240
Speaker 3: you think they might look outside the building to fit

742
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:32,200
Speaker 3: the fifty three man roster at a particular position? I

743
00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 3: know I have two of them that I think they

744
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:35,440
Speaker 3: could potentially look at.

745
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 2: I know my two, but I'm gonna save. I want

746
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:38,360
Speaker 2: to hear what you guys have to say.

747
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:42,719
Speaker 3: What position do you think they might highlight from a

748
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,359
Speaker 3: player outside the building for this fifty three man roster?

749
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 5: I must say, a defensive tackle and a guard.

750
00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 2: Okay, I like that. I like that a lot.

751
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, barring an injury in this game, because

752
00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:58,879
Speaker 1: you're gonna play players in this game that are making

753
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 1: the team, yes, and players that you have high hopes for,

754
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,000
Speaker 1: And if you lose one or two of those guys

755
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:05,320
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, oh wait a minute, all of

756
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:07,319
Speaker 1: a sudden, we're really thinn a corner or wherever the

757
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 1: injuries might occur. And I don't want to wish that

758
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 1: on anybody, but that's a reality. People get hurt in

759
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:15,239
Speaker 1: football games. Barring that, I kind of like the detackle.

760
00:36:15,360 --> 00:36:17,400
Speaker 1: Can I just give you the d tackles that are

761
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:21,439
Speaker 1: available to right now, like as we speak, you're talking

762
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: about and the general mention this Mario Edwards fully fut

763
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 1: of Cassi, Khalil Davis, Tim Settle's been bagged up for

764
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 1: a while. I don't know what his situation is exactly.

765
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,879
Speaker 1: Kurt Heich, Kurt Heinish has missed some practice. I don't

766
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,719
Speaker 1: know what his situation is. I don't know if that's

767
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:38,240
Speaker 1: serious or not. McTelvin a game, Johnny, if both Harris

768
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 1: Marcus Harris the rookie and McTelvin a game, if they

769
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 1: both make the team, how surprised are you?

770
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 3: I really wouldn't be surprised, because that just goes back

771
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 3: to the whole iron sharpens iron competition. Because those those

772
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 3: two guys now general said it. Marcus Harris was a

773
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 3: draft pick. Now he was a seventh round draft pick.

774
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,040
Speaker 3: But he's a draft pick, and and he's gotten better

775
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 3: every single week, So you'd think they'd like to work

776
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 3: with him at some point. Try and keep on the

777
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 3: practice squad as if you can. But you know, a

778
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 3: lot of times, seventh rounders aren't high waiverclaim types elsewhere,

779
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:13,720
Speaker 3: so you think you at worst case.

780
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,240
Speaker 2: You'd be able to put him on a practice squad.

781
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 3: But if you ended up with Padakassi, Mario Edwards, Junior,

782
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:25,439
Speaker 3: Khalil Davis a game and Marcus Harris number one, Kurt

783
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 3: Hinish has probably hurt. He's probably going on some sort

784
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,320
Speaker 3: of pup or I are or whatever, and they feel

785
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 3: pretty confident that Sosa McTelvin A game can continue to

786
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 3: play at that level. I do think one of them

787
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 3: would be inactive on game day. One of those five

788
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 3: would be inactive on game day. But to me general,

789
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,399
Speaker 3: I think the positions would be, you hit on it,

790
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,600
Speaker 3: you hit guard. I just think offensive line. I think

791
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 3: definitely in interior would make some sense because they've got

792
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 3: some guys banged up there. And I also think corner

793
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,400
Speaker 3: John mentioned it, you talked about the five guys they

794
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 3: ended up that they brought to the team. Akudah Henderson,

795
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 3: Mike Ford and anybody else that I miss. Bryant, uh

796
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,759
Speaker 3: Miles Bryant. Now he's a tricky one. He is a

797
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 3: really tricky one because that dude is a football player,

798
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 3: a really good football player, and I think they're gonna

799
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 3: have long discussions on what to do with Miles pro.

800
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 2: I have him on the team, I have him on

801
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 2: my fifty three.

802
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 3: I got I feel like you gotta have him. But

803
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:26,959
Speaker 3: he want to go to war with that guy?

804
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:28,920
Speaker 2: I know you do. I know absolutely. The only thing

805
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 2: quote unquote wrong with Miles Brian is he's five eight.

806
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 2: That's it.

807
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 3: But Acuda and Henderson we all talked about in the offseason, like, Oh,

808
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 3: there's gonna be a battle right there. They're going to

809
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 3: battle to play that corner to start that. It's Kamari

810
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,799
Speaker 3: Laster's job, Like there's no question.

811
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 2: Right, But you're one snap away from who.

812
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 3: But that's exactly right. That is exactly the point. You're

813
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:53,799
Speaker 3: one snap away from who. Yeah, I mean, you know

814
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,560
Speaker 3: Dez outside, I don't know. I don't know if the

815
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,359
Speaker 3: Demina wants to do that within a game.

816
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:02,319
Speaker 1: Yes, baseball ability over the long haul or even three

817
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,719
Speaker 1: or four game haul, I think you're gonna go. I

818
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 1: don't know how comfortable you are with Chris Chris Boyd

819
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:10,280
Speaker 1: right there, yep, uh, whether it's CJ.

820
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 2: You know he's made some plays out there.

821
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just don't know what his current status is

822
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 1: he's gonna play Saturday too. I would think he's just

823
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:18,520
Speaker 1: gonna play. I know, you know, Kudo is a guy

824
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:20,279
Speaker 1: you'd like to see. But I'm dying to get out there.

825
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 1: If I'm a Kuda, I need to get out there.

826
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 1: But it's basically proving my point. I do think that

827
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:25,800
Speaker 1: they will absolutely look at corner.

828
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you think corner now or safety.

829
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,480
Speaker 1: He I think he's a safety's slash nickel. He's not

830
00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:37,760
Speaker 1: an outside corner. He's never done that in this certainly

831
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: at this level.

832
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 5: Is just playing inside.

833
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a nickel. He's a nickel slash safety depending.

834
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,800
Speaker 4: Off an extra safety since he's playing inside so much.

835
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,840
Speaker 3: Yes, now and again, this is where it gets tricky

836
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 3: to Miles point. Miles Bryant can play nickel, but they've

837
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:56,799
Speaker 3: been playing him at safety a little bit general, I mean,

838
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 3: just trying to get a guy that kind of like

839
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,399
Speaker 3: with British Brooks playing a little bit fullback. They're trying

840
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,279
Speaker 3: to get a look at a guy that they know,

841
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 3: they know deep down, they know they're seeing a really

842
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 3: good football player and they don't want to lose them,

843
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:10,840
Speaker 3: and so they're trying them at different least know.

844
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 5: Then because of just all the things you guys said.

845
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 2: It's gonna be tough, but I still think they're gonna

846
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 2: too many ways. That's right. He'll be a core four

847
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 2: special teamer.

848
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 3: He might even be able to return punts if you

849
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 3: wanted him to. Is something that he's done in his career.

850
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,120
Speaker 3: He did it at University of Washington as well. So

851
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 3: those are my positions. I think corner and offensive line

852
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 3: will be ones, and there might be some not gonna

853
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 3: be a Bill O'Brien crazy trade day like in twenty nineteen.

854
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 3: It's not gonna be like that, but I do think

855
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 3: there'll be there will be a move made of some

856
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,239
Speaker 3: sort where we go, huh.

857
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,240
Speaker 2: Okay, somebody brought that one up to me today.

858
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,200
Speaker 5: I know is going to be doing that because he

859
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 5: does it every year.

860
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 2: Yep, he'll find something.

861
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:55,720
Speaker 5: That revolving door is gonna be revolving general.

862
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:58,399
Speaker 2: What will we find online on Houston Texans dot Com with.

863
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:02,960
Speaker 4: You Well wrote earlier this week about John Matchie's performance,

864
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:05,960
Speaker 4: and I secures his place on the team because it's

865
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 4: what they've been looking for. And then I wrote today

866
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:15,720
Speaker 4: on Houston Texans dot Com about Kamari Laster and Kaylen Bullock,

867
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:19,120
Speaker 4: and then I'm writing about the running game for Friday,

868
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,440
Speaker 4: and now I think Damian Pierce should be traded so

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Speaker 4: they don't have to lose somebody like Dargan Mawally or

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Speaker 4: Juwar Jordan. Because Bobby Slowick signed off on every running

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Speaker 4: back to come into this system in the last two

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Speaker 4: years because he thinks they can play in his zone

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Speaker 4: outside zone scheme. But he did not have an opportunity

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Speaker 4: to sign off on Damian Pierce. So if Pierce comes back,

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Speaker 4: somebody's gonna get hurt cut and it could be painful.

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Speaker 2: General, thanks a lot for joining us.

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Speaker 5: Thank you guys very much for having me.

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Speaker 1: All Right, there's John McClean coming up. What's going on

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Speaker 1: around the league? Texans opponents? Does one play tonight?

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Speaker 2: Yes, they do. Well.

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Speaker 1: I be watching at least a couple of series or

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Speaker 1: however long Anthony Richardson lasts we'll discuss next here on

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Speaker 1: Texan's All Access. All Right, one final segment here on

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Speaker 1: tonight's show, and when this one is up. If you

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Speaker 1: missed some of the beginning, John Harris talking about what

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00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: he observed in the joint practice with the Rams, you

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Speaker 1: can catch it via podcast on the Odyssey app. If

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00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 1: you go to the Sports Radio six ' ten page

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00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 1: on the app, scroll down find Texans All Access. We

890
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:29,800
Speaker 1: also put it up on the website a little bit later.

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00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: Multiple ways to catch it, including Spotify, Apple. I just

892
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Speaker 1: get that out there every once in a while.

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Speaker 2: Be sure to.

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Speaker 1: Subscribe, don't you hear that a lot? Be sure to subscribe.

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00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 1: It doesn't cost you anything though. That's nice. You know,

896
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,960
Speaker 1: in the old days with magazine subscriptions, those cost you something.

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Speaker 2: These don't.

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Speaker 1: You just hit a button and you're there and then

899
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:50,839
Speaker 1: you can always opt out. But don't but don't all right,

900
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:54,800
Speaker 1: stuff going on around the NFL. The cults play tonight.

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00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:58,280
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Now this is of interest for a variety

902
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 1: of reasons. If the tech, since we're playing the Colts

903
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:04,439
Speaker 1: in Week five, I would be interested because I'm that guy.

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00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:07,319
Speaker 1: I've often said I'm in the oppressed minority of people

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00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:09,240
Speaker 1: who really enjoy preseason football.

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Speaker 2: I don't think I'm alone. I don't think i'm alone, but.

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00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,640
Speaker 1: I know that some people still regard preseason football as Eh. Look,

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00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,239
Speaker 1: I know it's not the real thing, but in our

909
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,359
Speaker 1: derv is not the meal doesn't mean I'm turning down

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Speaker 1: the your.

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00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,760
Speaker 2: Deervs, I like your drvs.

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00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 1: I want the appetizers, right this is the appetizer to

913
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 1: the season. And guess what, it's all we got right now.

914
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Speaker 1: But Anthony Richardson and the Colts starters are supposed to

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00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:37,560
Speaker 1: play more than a quarter, according to head coach Shane Stikeen,

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Speaker 1: So I want to see how they look. Get a

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00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,480
Speaker 1: little gauge of Anthony Richardson. It's not going to be

918
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Speaker 1: the finished product that you're going to see on September

919
00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 1: eighth at India and the Texans open the season.

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00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:49,439
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, I can't wait.

921
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Speaker 1: And I think I've given you what I'm really concerned

922
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Speaker 1: about that day. I'm always concerned about the Colts no

923
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 1: matter what, no matter who's playing quarterback, I don't care.

924
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:58,520
Speaker 2: They could start Sam Ellinger.

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Speaker 1: I'm concerned because it's the Colts and the history between

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Speaker 1: these two teams. But Anthony Richardson will arrive at the

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Speaker 1: starting line presumably healthy, and that means to me, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he might be able to beat you with his arm,

929
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Speaker 1: but he could certainly do a lot of heavy damage

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Speaker 1: with the legs. And the running ability of Richardson concerns me,

931
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Speaker 1: especially after watching what he did here early in Week

932
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Speaker 1: two last year. So I want to get a little

933
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Speaker 1: gauge tonight how he's throwing the football.

934
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Speaker 2: What does that look like for Anthony Richardson.

935
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Speaker 1: John McClain said earlier in the show, something to the

936
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Speaker 1: effect of Jonathan Taylor has tortured the Texans or torched

937
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Speaker 1: them or something with a t.

938
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Speaker 2: I don't know, but it's been bad.

939
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Speaker 1: It's not quite Derick Henry bad, but it's been really

940
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Speaker 1: tough to be able to stop. Jonathan Taylor got a

941
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Speaker 1: little nicked up in that regular season finale last year,

942
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Speaker 1: and that was a good thing for Houston, sort of.

943
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Speaker 2: Slowed him down a bit that final drive.

944
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Speaker 1: They were still driving anyway, but the Texans came up

945
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Speaker 1: with the stop, I know, the bad throw, missed catch,

946
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Speaker 1: whatever you want to call it. That hell, you know what,

947
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Speaker 1: even if he catches that ball, no guarantee he scores,

948
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Speaker 1: no guarantee they score, but they might. I would just

949
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Speaker 1: hope that if they were going to score, you would

950
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Speaker 1: have left time on the clock for seven to do

951
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Speaker 1: his thing. And man, did he look good today at times.

952
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:19,279
Speaker 1: At other times man at d line that front that

953
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:21,439
Speaker 1: Johnny talked about for the Rams. They were getting into

954
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Speaker 1: the Texans backfield on occasion. So there's something to work

955
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Speaker 1: on again. Preseason, whether it's a game or joint practices,

956
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Speaker 1: gives you stuff to work on. But when you put

957
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Speaker 1: this thing in these words, the opener is two weeks

958
00:45:34,520 --> 00:45:37,799
Speaker 1: from Sunday, you could feel a sense of urgency. You know,

959
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 1: Dimiko Ryans and Nick Cassario hard at work to break

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Speaker 1: down that fifty three and get the sixteen on the

961
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Speaker 1: practice squad. Maybe make some moves with players who are

962
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Speaker 1: available in the waiver wire or through free agency they

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Speaker 1: clear waivers, however you want to slice it, maybe they

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Speaker 1: make a deal. We'll see and we'll discuss that more

965
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Speaker 1: tomorrow as well. On tomorrow's show, JB Long voice of

966
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Speaker 1: the Rams head coach Tamiko Ryan's pregame talk with me

967
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Speaker 1: and also Drew chats with case Keenum and you certainly

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Speaker 1: don't want to miss that in advance of Saturday's preseason

969
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Speaker 1: finale against the Rams at noon. Starters not playing, but

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Speaker 1: you know what, it's going to be good to see

971
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Speaker 1: the other guys get the test drive and find out

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Speaker 1: who's gonna win a job or not. On Saturday against

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Speaker 1: the Rams at NRG Stadium. All right, that's gonna do

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Speaker 1: it for this show. A couple of reminders The Game

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Speaker 1: Saturday on ABC thirteen with Kevin Kogler, Johnny Harrison nd

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Speaker 1: Kalu in the booth, Shelby Coppage on the sideline, and

977
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Speaker 1: of course live right here, Andre and I with the

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Speaker 1: call for you. Robert Hensley in the booth with us,

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Speaker 1: Aaron rabeld Our engineer. The gang is ready to rock.

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Speaker 1: Can't wait for another showing for your Houston Texans. That's

981
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Speaker 1: gonna do it for the show back tomorrow at six.

982
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Speaker 1: Sean and Seth with plenty of great stuff in the

983
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Speaker 1: morning on the joint practice, they were both there observing

984
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Speaker 1: and coming up area forty five. Sean and Patrick check

985
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Speaker 1: him out next. Have a great night, Go Texans,