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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, welcome to the program that gets you and

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Speaker 1: keeps you up to date with your Houston Texans. That

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Speaker 1: would be, of course, Texans All Access. Like you heard

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Speaker 1: of the intro, and we are coming to you from

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Speaker 1: the Hunday Texans Radio studio here at NRG Stadium. I'm

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Speaker 1: Mark Vandermer, your host tonight, joined by John Harris. Johnny,

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Speaker 1: how you doing. I'm doing very well. Mark. It's uh,

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Speaker 1: it's been a little while since we have actually even

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Speaker 1: done a segment. We didn't do Friday, right Thursday, no McClean,

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Speaker 1: So it's been since Wednesday. Yeah, so it's been almost

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Speaker 1: a week and here we are after a mini camp

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Speaker 1: practice today and that was fun to watch. They'll go

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Speaker 1: again Tomorrow's schedule to do something on Thursday. Who knows

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Speaker 1: what that's gonna be. Usually that gets canceled, all right, Kob,

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Speaker 1: guys got to catch a punt? Oh, is that what

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Speaker 1: has to happen? I think that's what happened, and I'll

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Speaker 1: drop it. I mean, if you've got to rely on

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Speaker 1: one of the big guys to catch the punt, I

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Speaker 1: don't want to rely on that for a day off, no,

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Speaker 1: I know, but if you had to, yeah, oh who

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Speaker 1: you had to Reader? Yeah, I wouldn't want Reader too,

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Speaker 1: or what if he's healthy? Yeah, I'll take what over anybody. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: of course, you know mister America catching that punt. He's

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Speaker 1: caught touchdown passes before. But readers a sensational athlete. I

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Speaker 1: don't think you go wrong with Reader. He's a pitcher.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's got to catch that ball coming back

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Speaker 1: to the mound from the catcher, I mean Lechler makes

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Speaker 1: Leckler makes it easy. I mean he gives him. He

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Speaker 1: doesn't hit the skyrocket like he normally hits. He hits

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Speaker 1: the easy one. But that's been the last four years.

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Speaker 1: That big guy catches punt. You go home. Everybody's you know,

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Speaker 1: taped up, ready to go, and then they're out of here.

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Speaker 1: So it's interesting. Teams have taken some different approaches to

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Speaker 1: Mini Camp. The Packers, how if you saw this, Mark

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Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy gave sixteen vets Mini camp off. Oh so big,

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Speaker 1: Mike Daniels, Aaron Rodgers players like that. Given some young

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Speaker 1: guys a little bit more like Hubiac did that. I

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Speaker 1: think maybe not the whole camp. Maybe he did do

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Speaker 1: the hi I remember him doing that with Mini camp

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Speaker 1: he gave him both day and he ended up giving

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Speaker 1: them both days off, which I thought, that's a pretty

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Speaker 1: that's a that's a dark good idea to get some

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Speaker 1: young guys some reps. Yep. But then again, the flip

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Speaker 1: side of that is you you do that and you

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Speaker 1: don't have the opportunity like today to have DeAndre Hopkins

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Speaker 1: and Kiki Qt together they can work on the same

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Speaker 1: side of the field together. Well maybe, Dad, you know so,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think they've had this year enough

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Speaker 1: of that because Watson isn't doing the full team stuff.

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Speaker 1: He's doing seven on Seven's an individual he's I think,

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Speaker 1: and let's start there. Watson's workload. You know, tomorrow is

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Speaker 1: gonna be the last practice in all likelihood, Yeah, Watson's

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Speaker 1: workload during this spring. I mean, I think you have

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Speaker 1: to feel pretty good about the mental reps he's gotten

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Speaker 1: in the full eleven on eleven and then the seven

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Speaker 1: on seven and the individual work. He's throwing the ball

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Speaker 1: a bunch, and I think that you have to feel

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Speaker 1: pretty good. Didn't wear the brace today, Bill O'Brien joked

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Speaker 1: after practice. I'm not the brace doctor. I didn't even notice.

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Speaker 1: I'm not the braceto. Is there a brace doctor doctor Lowe.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but I thought that. I thought it

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Speaker 1: was funny when JJ walk got his doctorate. Yeah, that

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Speaker 1: was one of the things that that Bill I used

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Speaker 1: to say was oh, ask doctor Clowney and then well

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Speaker 1: you got a doctor a doctor. I don't want to

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Speaker 1: how do I how do I say this? Not so

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Speaker 1: much want to play Devil's advocate, but kind of I

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Speaker 1: to to build off your point, Mark, this is gonna

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Speaker 1: sound really weird. I don't know that doing a lot

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Speaker 1: of team would have really helped the Sewan. This Ota

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Speaker 1: I say that. I think what they're going to end

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Speaker 1: it in training camp. You follow what I'm saying. I

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Speaker 1: in mini camps. I've not a ton my little flip

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Speaker 1: Anybody that said, oh to Shaun Watson's arm, I mean,

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Speaker 1: look at the combine RPMs. He can sling it. Man.

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Speaker 1: He's not Josh Allen Buffalo, but at least the sean

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Speaker 1: So I think not having the reps and team, I

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Speaker 1: think that actually has been a good thing because it's

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Speaker 1: given Brandon Weed and a good amount of reps. It's

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Speaker 1: think it's actually worked out really, really well. But the

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Speaker 1: and basketball thing. He didn't want that thing. I mean

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Speaker 1: when he played with it at Clemson in that that

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Speaker 1: the Patriots. And eventually, here's what's gonna happen. He's gonna

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Speaker 1: So you're just sort of waiting to exhale after that moment,

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Speaker 1: and we'll just wait till it gets here, and you're right,

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Speaker 1: you will, well, we'll do that. But it's like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: coming from with this. It's still to me such a treat.

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Speaker 1: It feels so special to see him out there. Number

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Speaker 1: in practice in seven on seven. You feel great about that?

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Speaker 1: Other things about practice, all right? I think we've been

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Speaker 1: And one thing I noticed is that Jordan Naikins looks

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Speaker 1: a lot bigger in person than I thought he was

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Speaker 1: on Draft night. Ye what is he? Six six four

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Speaker 1: him compared to some of these other guys like Matt Lengel,

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Speaker 1: and he's kind of a dark horse at tight end

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Speaker 1: the draft the other draft choice who's huge, bigger than Aikens.

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Speaker 1: But it's not like Aikens is this svelt you know,

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Speaker 1: Garrett Graham type receiving tight end. Garrett was a good

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Speaker 1: receiving tight end, don't get me wrong, but it looks

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Speaker 1: like Aikens can handle some of the blocking as well

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Speaker 1: as the receiving. I know he's not that blocking type

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Speaker 1: F tight end, but the guy can well, the F

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Speaker 1: is the receiver right receiver type. Yeah. I was gonna

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Speaker 1: You got F and you and why? Yeah, And he's

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Speaker 1: probably a you, He's probably yeah. I mean he can

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Speaker 1: do both. You're right. We talked about that last night.

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Speaker 1: dB Sitter and I did about the training camp battles,

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Speaker 1: the positions that are gonna be a lot tougher than

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Speaker 1: it seems, and tight end is one of them. Because

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Speaker 1: not keeping one of the tight ends, one of the

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Speaker 1: Jordan Thomas can run man at two hundred seventy five

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Speaker 1: question mark pounds. He can run. He ran a route

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Speaker 1: even he it's not barreling when you think of got

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Speaker 1: you know he was. He was smoothly running his route

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Speaker 1: and luckily Curtis Drummond kind of snatched him a little

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Speaker 1: running right by him. But he's I'd imagine you're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to keep four. But if you keep four, then

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Speaker 1: that means the langules on the outside. But Linglos looked

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Speaker 1: One of the kind of surprise competitive position groups on

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Speaker 1: the team. Now. I guess he shouldn't be that surprise,

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Speaker 1: considering they drafted two guys at the position. Yeah, but Griffin,

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Speaker 1: know he can catch? Yeah, and think about how you

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Speaker 1: felt though after CJ retired. I remember we were talking

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Speaker 1: up in the priority, and it did. It did. They

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Speaker 1: got Jordan Thomps, So it did. It was a priority

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Speaker 1: for them. Now, we haven't seen those guys in the

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Speaker 1: goes for the Raiders. It's the Pro Bowl. Davante Adams

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Speaker 1: goes to the Packers. Wide receiver Alan Robinson to the Jaguars.

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Speaker 1: Second round, Jarvis Landry to the Dolphins Pro Bowler. But

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Speaker 1: here's the thing about that class. You have Jimmy Garoppolo

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Speaker 1: and who knows what he's going to become. If you

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Speaker 1: had to redraft twenty fourteen, car and Garoppolo are going

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Speaker 1: extremely high. Right, Mortals is going to get pushed down

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Speaker 1: big time. You know, Clowney's still going top five in

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Speaker 1: my opinion for sure. I mean he really is. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's a tremendous talent. I heard some guys saying, well,

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Speaker 1: he's been at discipline. Look, I admit the early injury

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Speaker 1: issues were not ideal, right, but Clowney as a player

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Speaker 1: is such a one man wrecking machine that how do

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Speaker 1: you not want him on your football team? Now? I

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Speaker 1: know Kalil, Max, Great, Mike, all these players like you mentioned,

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Speaker 1: they're all terrific. Odell Beckham, how high is he going

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Speaker 1: now he's at injury issues as well. I mean, when

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Speaker 1: he's healthy, he's unbelievable, but you know he's out a lot.

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Speaker 1: The difference I think for JD versus Khalil Mack versus

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Speaker 1: Aaron Donald is, first of all, Donald is going to

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Speaker 1: do his stuff on the inside, and he's he's so

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Speaker 1: unbelievable on the inside, Max doing everything. On the outside.

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Speaker 1: J D does it up and down the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 1: But where j D is where if you want to

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Speaker 1: say he lags behind anything, his sack numbers are are

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Speaker 1: lesser than those two obviously. I mean, his sack numbers

451
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Speaker 1: are like the defensive end outside linebacker equivalent of Andrey

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Speaker 1: Johnson not scoring touchdowns. Right, he does everything but that,

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Speaker 1: and he still does that, but he still impacts the

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Speaker 1: game in so many different ways. It's not just about

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Speaker 1: the sack numbers, of course, because it's about the TFLs.

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Speaker 1: He's right up there among the league leaders the last

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Speaker 1: two years in that category. And then you look at

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Speaker 1: just basic Oh he's changing the way the offense does

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Speaker 1: things by his mere presence. There's yeah, no no doubt.

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Speaker 1: And we got to listen. We got to see Aaron

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Speaker 1: Donald up close and personal last year with the Rams,

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Speaker 1: and he's he's as good as advertised. I mean, he

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Speaker 1: needs to get every dollar he's deserved. And I heard

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Speaker 1: I think it was Seth and Mike and Paul on

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Speaker 1: Mad Radio talking about it this morning, and they were

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Speaker 1: talking about those two and kind of setting the benchmark

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Speaker 1: for those players contractually, and then you got Taylor Luan

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Speaker 1: in there, who's obviously looking for a deal. But you

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Speaker 1: got these guys all looking for a deal, Donald, Beckham, Luan,

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Speaker 1: bar Mac JD. Even though JD has said and Bill

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Speaker 1: Lebron said a triple that the other day that he

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Speaker 1: promised he would be there in July twenty fifth, but

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Speaker 1: he's looking for a deal because they've got the one

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Speaker 1: year left. These guys have all been dominant in their

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Speaker 1: own ways, but the NFL has gotten to the top twenty.

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Speaker 1: They've gotten into the top twenty in their NFL Top

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Speaker 1: one hundred players series. JD was at thirty two. Donald

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Speaker 1: and Mac are still upcoming the fact that you got

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Speaker 1: three of the top thirty two players in the league

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Speaker 1: from this twenty fourteen drop. Mike Evans is in that group.

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Speaker 1: That's another one that's gonna be showing up, and typically

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Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Junior is there. Had he not gotten hurt,

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Speaker 1: he would have been in that mix. To have five

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Speaker 1: of the top thirty players in the league come out

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Speaker 1: of one draft is just is phenomenal. But I'm as

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Speaker 1: it pertains to clowning the Texans. I'm curious how the

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Speaker 1: market gets set. Who sets the market? Is it Donald?

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Speaker 1: Is it Mac? Is a JD. And then everything is

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Speaker 1: based off of that because those guys are gonna get deals.

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Speaker 1: Taylor Luan is just the most recent one to set

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Speaker 1: out a mini camp and he's done I think a

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Speaker 1: solid job at tackle. I think he's done a solid job. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but it takes a lot of guys. Did I remember

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Speaker 1: that twenty fifteen game. Twenty fifteen game here he got

495
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Speaker 1: abused by Merciless and Watt. Those two went back and

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Speaker 1: forth all day on Lujan and you remember after the

497
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Speaker 1: game they took away his captaincy. They're like, we're taking

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Speaker 1: away a captain. CEI, you can't be a captain playing

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Speaker 1: like that. And then the light went on for him

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Speaker 1: late in fifteen on it to sixteen and sixteen seventeen.

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Speaker 1: It's been but where that ends up being where he

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Speaker 1: in some sense has some leverage of the Titans. Is

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Speaker 1: Jack Conklin's coming off an ACL tear, so as Conklin

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Speaker 1: gonna be ready. You can't go into the season having

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Speaker 1: some issues with Taylor lu On a left tackle and

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Speaker 1: then not knowing exactly whether Jack conck was gonna do it.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna get the deal done. The question is what's

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Speaker 1: the market here, because Bortles has a deal, right, yeah,

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Speaker 1: bless deal. Well, once you start looking at Mac and

510
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Speaker 1: Clowney and Donald, I mean these guys, and those three

511
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Speaker 1: guys in particular, it's not just where you were drafted,

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Speaker 1: it's what have you done for me lately? And Clowney

513
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Speaker 1: the last two years has done a lot for you lately.

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Speaker 1: So now you're looking at what's the value. I don't

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Speaker 1: know what the answer to that question is. I don't

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Speaker 1: know what the numbers are, but I think they're all

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Speaker 1: gonna be, you know, very well to do. Yeah, they

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Speaker 1: are very much so. And I think the one thing

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Speaker 1: that people have to keep in mind contracts is you're

520
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Speaker 1: not gonna get paid for what you've done. You're gonna

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Speaker 1: get paid for what the team thinks of your value

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Speaker 1: moving forward, right, So they but there's a little bit

523
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Speaker 1: of what you've done, because that's the track, right exactly.

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Speaker 1: But if the team thinks, hey, this is the best

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Speaker 1: we think this guy's gonna play. We think he is

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Speaker 1: at the he's on the downside of this thing like

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Speaker 1: that was just the apax last year. He's going down,

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Speaker 1: then there's gonna probably be some content. It's just negotiation. Now,

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Speaker 1: I don't think j D at any point is heading

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Speaker 1: on a downward cycle on either as McDonald. The question

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Speaker 1: becomes just how much more are you're gonna have with

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Speaker 1: those guys. But that's the thing with the contract, Yes,

533
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Speaker 1: you don't. You don't get a contract because you deserve it.

534
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Speaker 1: You get a contract because you provide value to the

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Speaker 1: team going forward at a particular rate. And that to

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Speaker 1: me is gonna that is going to be most intriguing

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Speaker 1: to watch for those guys this summer as they head

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Speaker 1: into training camp. All Right, we mentioned that twenty fourteen

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Speaker 1: Draft class seventh round. Top pick in the seventh round

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Speaker 1: was Andrea how we brought him up in the first segment,

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Speaker 1: and we wish Andrea the very best as he fights

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Speaker 1: Hodgkins limb Foam up. Now in that secondary, Johnny, let's

543
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Speaker 1: spend a few melt moments on this now that we

544
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Speaker 1: know that Hall is out. Yep, you'll look at the

545
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Speaker 1: safety position. You look at how they can and might

546
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Speaker 1: and will handle it. When you have Honey Badger here

547
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Speaker 1: at Tyrn Matthew, who looks really great in practice practice.

548
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Speaker 1: But you know, he's an excellent player, so you're not

549
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Speaker 1: worried about him at all. Justin Reid, I don't know

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Speaker 1: what I'm looking out there. I do see him making

551
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Speaker 1: some play, So that's not because he's a rookie from Stanford.

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Speaker 1: That's good. A lot of people are sort of not people.

553
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Speaker 1: But I've gotten a lot of messages since Friday, since

554
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Speaker 1: the news broke, Oh my gosh, I'm really worried. But

555
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Speaker 1: to me, and I brought this up many times, all right,

556
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Speaker 1: you're down a man, there's no question, and he's a starter.

557
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Speaker 1: But we've mentioned this from the get go. When you

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Speaker 1: go in to Nickel, you're gonna be without a hol

559
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Speaker 1: or a Kareem or whoever they decide to sit because

560
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Speaker 1: they have so many names back there right now. So yeah,

561
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Speaker 1: you just go minus one right now. But you still

562
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Speaker 1: have You have Corey Moore coming back from injury. You

563
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Speaker 1: still have Tyran Matthew, you have the possibility of Kareem

564
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Speaker 1: playing some safety. You have Justin Reid, who you just drafted.

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Speaker 1: You do have options back there. You should be able

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Speaker 1: to fill the slot. Yeah, no doubt. Filling the slot

567
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Speaker 1: and making sure that you have the right fit back

568
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Speaker 1: there are obviously two different things, but it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: key I there on one end, I have this massive

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Speaker 1: worry that when you go to New England, your safeties

571
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Speaker 1: are gonna beIN read Tyra, Matthew, Kareem Jackson, or you know,

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Speaker 1: some some mix of those two on the field at

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Speaker 1: a time, three at a time, whatever the case might be.

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Speaker 1: And none of them other than Kareem playing a few

575
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Speaker 1: plays at safety in the playoff game a couple of

576
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Speaker 1: years ago, have ever played safety, have never played for

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Speaker 1: this team, and now they got to face Tom Brady, like,

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Speaker 1: oh gosh, yikes. The flip side of that is, with

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Speaker 1: Reid and Matthew and Jackson, you're probably as a whole

580
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:32,960
Speaker 1: more talented than you've been at safety. All told, now

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Speaker 1: you should be able to get Corey more back in

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Speaker 1: training camp, and Corey has faced the Patriots. In fact,

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Speaker 1: he's had some of his better games against the Patriots

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Speaker 1: last year. If you can just come up with one reception,

585
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 1: that's a different story. So we have been tough catch

586
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:48,440
Speaker 1: either way there. There there's not a ton of experience

587
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Speaker 1: back there at safety in this defense. There is a

588
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Speaker 1: ton of experience playing football back there, especially with Tyre

589
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Speaker 1: Matthew and Kareem Jackson. Now it's just a matter of

590
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Speaker 1: can you get all those pieces coming together, and then

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Speaker 1: just then you got just read the rookie whose first

592
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Speaker 1: football game is going to be against Tom Brady. So

593
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 1: at that point it's all downhill from there for him.

594
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Speaker 1: But I athletically, I like the mix. I like the

595
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Speaker 1: mix of guys. I like the different things that they

596
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Speaker 1: can do, and I like the versatility mix. I like

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Speaker 1: the fact that they can use different guys. If you

598
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Speaker 1: think about it, We've seen Kareem Jackson rushed to quarterback before,

599
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Speaker 1: We've seen on film. I've seen Aaron Colvin. He did

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Speaker 1: it against the Texans. Aaron Colvin can rush the quarterback,

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Speaker 1: Tyrn Matthew can definitely rush the quarterback, and I would

602
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Speaker 1: imagine that Justin Reid at some point with this size

603
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 1: could probably get to the quarterback too. So there's a

604
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Speaker 1: lot of different disguises and things that you can do

605
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Speaker 1: with this group of players. And they all have experience

606
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Speaker 1: rushing to quarterback too and making plays. So I think

607
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Speaker 1: the different versatility the mix you can have of the

608
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Speaker 1: players is ultra important. Again, I think overall, the play

609
00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 1: and the secondary comes down to what happens at corner,

610
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Speaker 1: in particular with Kevin Johnson because of Kevin's rock solid

611
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Speaker 1: and Jjoe was healthy than Aaron Covin. There's so much

612
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,280
Speaker 1: you can do with Aaron Colevin, so much, play him outside,

613
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Speaker 1: play him inside. I mean, you can do so much

614
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Speaker 1: with him. But the safety has become very very interesting

615
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Speaker 1: to me. Yes, you will miss Andre how There's no question,

616
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Speaker 1: And I think Andre had become a leader of that defense.

617
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Speaker 1: Set the pick or not, he had become a leader

618
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Speaker 1: on that defense. They they fed off at his fervor

619
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Speaker 1: and passion. And I played the interview last night that

620
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Speaker 1: we did with him last year at this time, and

621
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Speaker 1: we'd ask him a question about being a leader, and

622
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 1: he took so much pride in it. Just the way

623
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: he talked about it and the way he held himself.

624
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Speaker 1: It was really interesting to listen to. But to me,

625
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 1: that safety mix is now it's now different. But I

626
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Speaker 1: like the mix because of all the different looks that

627
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,080
Speaker 1: they can show, because all those guys can all do

628
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 1: very similar things, and it's just a matter of which

629
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Speaker 1: one do you want to unleash to do a certain thing,

630
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 1: which once you want coverage, Which one's gonna rush, which

631
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Speaker 1: one's gonna play in the box? Which one is gonna

632
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 1: play on diamond? Nick? I mean, I just I love

633
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Speaker 1: the mix back there. I loved it from the beginning.

634
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Speaker 1: But you're right, there are a lot of bodies back there,

635
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Speaker 1: and unless you could play a DBS at a time,

636
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,400
Speaker 1: you weren't gonna be able to play them all. So

637
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Speaker 1: I hate the fact. And you've always said, You've always

638
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 1: said injuries and other things, whatever you want to call them.

639
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 1: They it's a natural thinning of the hurt in some sense,

640
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 1: and I hate that this has happened. Andre how But

641
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,640
Speaker 1: Drew made a great point Mark last night we were

642
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 1: talking about it. He said this, justin redrafting, justin Reid,

643
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:27,320
Speaker 1: this is exactly why you draft best player available, because

644
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 1: had you reached for a tackle at that point, because

645
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 1: you needed an offensive lineman, think of Think of the

646
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,800
Speaker 1: hole you're in without a guy like just pretty bad.

647
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 1: You'd have to go to the street maybe to get

648
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 1: a guy and then hope for the best. You know,

649
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,200
Speaker 1: maybe you pick up a Bernard Pollard or Eugene Wilson

650
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: and get lucky. But Will Demps, I wouldn't want those

651
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 1: guys now necessarily Quintin Demps. I wouldn't want those guys.

652
00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: There was a Will Damps too. I know there was

653
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,600
Speaker 1: a Will Damps and he was very well dressed, wasn't he? Like?

654
00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 1: Didn he win some sort of well dressed things? I

655
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 1: can't remember, but yeah, Quintin, I mean, you know, look,

656
00:30:58,320 --> 00:30:59,960
Speaker 1: he's done a lot of great things for this team.

657
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:01,920
Speaker 1: Let the team in picks two years ago. The point

658
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:03,560
Speaker 1: is this, you don't want to have to do that

659
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: if you can help it. Anyway. I got a lot more,

660
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: including but not limited to Tommy Boy and a big

661
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 1: NFL story that broke today and Matt Lengl tight End

662
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 1: he's gonna be on the show. It's all happening on

663
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 1: Texans All Access. Keeping it rolling along here on Texans

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Speaker 1: All Access from the Hunday Texans Radio studio. Mark Vandermer

665
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 1: and John Harris with you, and we're hanging out talking

666
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 1: about some of the stories in the NFL today. Now,

667
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: one of them reminded me of Tommy Boy, Johnny, because

668
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 1: there's the scene in Tommy Boy where Tommy makes his

669
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:06,520
Speaker 1: first sale and as you remember, Rob Lowe and Bo

670
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 1: Derek did not like it at all. He would be

671
00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,640
Speaker 1: good for us we want to sell the factory. I'm

672
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 1: not going to sell the factory as long as Tommy

673
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 1: keeps making sales. And the reason why I bring this

674
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:24,120
Speaker 1: up with this little scene is because what would be

675
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,800
Speaker 1: good for us. Andrew Luck throwing the football is not

676
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: good for us. I don't like this at all. I

677
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: always wondering where you were gonna go with the Tommy

678
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,200
Speaker 1: boy that was good. That was my first thought that

679
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 1: I relate everything to movie scenes in life. I'm justlike

680
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 1: that because I'm a media guy. But I'm thinking Andrew

681
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 1: Luck throwing the football. This is not good for us.

682
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: This is not good. Now. I like Andrew I don't

683
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: wish anything bad to happen to him, but in a

684
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: pure football context, I don't like this at all. I

685
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: wanted that Week four visit to the Colts to be

686
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: a get well game. I know you can never say

687
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 1: that about the Colts, and I'm the first one to

688
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: tell you that. Jacobe Pricett twice last year, thank you

689
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: very much about I don't want to face Andrew Luck

690
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,960
Speaker 1: anyways football. He is starwing football. Now. There is a

691
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,720
Speaker 1: difference between throwing the football and preparing for a season,

692
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 1: So there is I'm curious to see what will happen

693
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 1: over these five weeks before training camp starts, and then

694
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,440
Speaker 1: how much into because look what you get to training camp.

695
00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: You got a couple of weeks before the first preseason game,

696
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,080
Speaker 1: and then before you know it, three and a half

697
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 1: weeks later, you're in. You're playing your first game. So

698
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 1: we'll see. I'll the fact that he's strowing a football

699
00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 1: in practice, and I saw they showed the video he

700
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 1: was throwing a couple of swing passes. Look, he hasn't

701
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 1: had to drive one. He hasn't had to throw that

702
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 1: that deep eighteen yard in round. He hasn't had to

703
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 1: do that just yet. We'll see if he's able to

704
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,320
Speaker 1: do that. But if he is, he is. Look, I

705
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 1: still think the Colt's roster is a step behind everybody else's.

706
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 1: An AFC south Andrew Luck could do only so much

707
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: with that roster. And I even think for him the

708
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 1: last time we saw him, which was twenty sixteen, that

709
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 1: roster is even is lesson even more so from that standpoint, Hey,

710
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 1: good for the Colts, Good for Andrew. Where I you know, look,

711
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 1: I'm a I'm a big Oliver Luck fan and have

712
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: been an Andrew fan for a while. I just hate

713
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 1: the fact that it's the Colts. But you're right, this

714
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:11,240
Speaker 1: is not good for us. But then again, it doesn't

715
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:15,120
Speaker 1: prove unlike Tommy Boy Now, Chris Father was able to

716
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 1: continue to make sales because he had found the secret sauce. Yeah,

717
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck, we don't know whether he can continue to

718
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 1: do that because we don't know where the army is.

719
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:26,120
Speaker 1: Only he knows, so we'll see. But you are right

720
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,360
Speaker 1: that Andrew Luck is back throwing. There is video evidence

721
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,480
Speaker 1: of it, and he's throwing the duke apparently the duke,

722
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:34,960
Speaker 1: which is the actual football, not a nerf ball or something.

723
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,080
Speaker 1: Oh wait a minute, he's throwing nerf balls. That doesn't count.

724
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, help me. You mentioned this though? You

725
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 1: really think that this roster for the Cults is worse

726
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: than the one they had in twenty sixteen. Yes, that

727
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 1: was an eight and eight team. I guess you're right.

728
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 1: Huh yeah, I think it's gotten better. I think with

729
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: a line that has Ryan Kelly, Quintin Elson, Anthony Castanzo,

730
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: I think the line is better. Defensively, Look, Millie Cooker's

731
00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:00,920
Speaker 1: coming off an ACL and I think he's gonna be

732
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: a really solid safety. But I don't think they're great

733
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: at corner. I don't think they're great at linebacker, and

734
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 1: I don't think the front's very good on defense. I

735
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:11,960
Speaker 1: think they've got a couple of players I think you

736
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:14,400
Speaker 1: got they drafted in twenty seventeen. Grover Stewart is going

737
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,360
Speaker 1: to be an animal for them, and they've got to

738
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: let him. They got to let him in the lineup

739
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:20,839
Speaker 1: a little bit more. But other than that, they've got

740
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,239
Speaker 1: they've got some they've got some room to grow, and

741
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: this rookie class is really gonna have to contribute for them.

742
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,920
Speaker 1: The weird thing is in twenty sixteen, with Andrew Luck

743
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 1: at the helm, the Texans swept the Colts. Yep, they

744
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 1: beat him here and up there with Brockos Wilder quarterbacking,

745
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: and twenty seventeen the Texans get swept by the Colts.

746
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 1: Jacobe Brissette quarterbacking for the Colts, and Tom Savage and

747
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:43,960
Speaker 1: then t J Did he play in the game up there?

748
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 1: I guess he did, and the Texans get swept by Eddy.

749
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:49,920
Speaker 1: I'll give you the Cult's roster. I'll give you the

750
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,879
Speaker 1: Texans roster. Which one you want? Oh? Come on, Okay?

751
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:57,920
Speaker 1: Then that's I still think this. I think that I

752
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 1: gotta be careful the way I say this. I wonder

753
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:04,800
Speaker 1: if you privately pulled the gms of the Jaguars and Titans.

754
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: Let's leave the Colts out of it for the moment,

755
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,319
Speaker 1: roster trade straight up? Who will who you like? Now?

756
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,279
Speaker 1: Everybody takes pride in their own picks, of course, you know.

757
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: And the Jags are coming off at AFC Championship Game appearance,

758
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,320
Speaker 1: and my gosh, you gotta feel great about their defense

759
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,440
Speaker 1: and some of their weapons on offense for sure. But

760
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,759
Speaker 1: still when you look at a healthy tech, if you

761
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 1: could guarantee full health for the Texans, ye, they're gonna

762
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: be a tough team to beat. We all agree with.

763
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 1: That's the thing. You're not gonna get a full guarantee

764
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,359
Speaker 1: on health, but you're also not going to have last

765
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,520
Speaker 1: year hopefully. Flip side of that is you're not gonna

766
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:38,320
Speaker 1: get one hundred percent clean bill of health from the

767
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 1: Jaguars all year long either, Yeah, because that's what they

768
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 1: were able to get. So yeah, they unbelievably I hate

769
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: to use the word lucky, but it is. When you

770
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 1: keep everybody off the trainer's table. Absolutely, and I still

771
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 1: think looking at I look at the Titans roster, and

772
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 1: there is the only roster in a division where you

773
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 1: could tempt me, tempt me at all, would be the

774
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 1: jag Wars. Because with the Jaguars, for the most part,

775
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: you're talking about young roster that is gonna stick for

776
00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 1: a while, with Ramsey and Boye at corner, with Telvin

777
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 1: Smith that linebacker. Oh you guys they've added up front.

778
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:16,920
Speaker 1: Now Clay's Campbell and Leek Jacks aren't gonna be long

779
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,360
Speaker 1: for that place. That I think is gonna change. But

780
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 1: Yannick and Gockway, he's gonna get better. I do think

781
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: Dante five. I hope that somebody throws a bunch of

782
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 1: money at Dante follow and gets him out of there,

783
00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 1: which would be kind of nice. So they only have

784
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,160
Speaker 1: in Gockway, you could focus on him a little bit more,

785
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:35,319
Speaker 1: but that their their youth. That would be the only consideration.

786
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:38,279
Speaker 1: But then I look at Borreles v. Watson, and I'll

787
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 1: take Watson. Yeah, I think just about anybody. I'll fight that. Johnny,

788
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 1: thanks a lot, you gotta Mark, thank you. That's John

789
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,799
Speaker 1: Harris all right right now. Deep City and I had

790
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 1: a chance to catch up with Texans tight end Matt Lingo.

791
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:51,200
Speaker 1: Let's get to know him a little bit. He's gonna

792
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,439
Speaker 1: be in the mix and that very tough position group

793
00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:57,920
Speaker 1: battle at tight end once the Greenbrier time hits. In

794
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 1: what six weeks now, He's been looking good at OTAs.

795
00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:03,719
Speaker 1: We asked them first about strength and conditioning here with

796
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,400
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. Everything I've heard from you know, Lad

797
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 1: and the nutrition down to Luke and the entire strength

798
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,319
Speaker 1: staff has just been overhauled. And you know, I'm really

799
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: enjoying it and I'm feeling the benefits and the you know,

800
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,799
Speaker 1: positive impacts for fans that haven't seen you play. Tell

801
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:20,239
Speaker 1: us about your game. What do you bring it to

802
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:22,800
Speaker 1: the table here? Uh? You know, I'm I hope to

803
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 1: bring a very physical and um, you know, positive impact

804
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 1: towards the team. You know, I just want to be

805
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 1: able to do anything that's asking me, really, But you

806
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,840
Speaker 1: know there's a I feel like my game I've always

807
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 1: been asked to be, you know, that blocker and that

808
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:39,840
Speaker 1: you know, that's what I've kind of been told I

809
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 1: was going to be doing is be more of the why.

810
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,080
Speaker 1: But you know, really, whatever it comes down to, I

811
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:45,560
Speaker 1: want to be able to you know, do whatever the

812
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: coach is asking me, and you know, be on time,

813
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,239
Speaker 1: be you know, better light room, all those good things.

814
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:53,359
Speaker 1: Have you always wanted to play tight end or were

815
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: you playing a different position or was there ever a

816
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: crossroads where it's like I could do this or I

817
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 1: could do this. Um well, growing up, I was always

818
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: a fullback. We ran the wing tea growing up, back

819
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 1: in high school, so growing up as a fullback. And

820
00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: then I got too tall, so they're like, all right,

821
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:09,880
Speaker 1: we got a sticky somewhere else. So I got online

822
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 1: and I was still able to kind of play that

823
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 1: physical football that I enjoy playing. And you know, the

824
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: reason why a lot of people start playing football is

825
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 1: because it's a physical sport. And I still kind of

826
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 1: get to do that, you know, playing playing tight end.

827
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Speaker 1: And you know, like I said, I've just always been

828
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,879
Speaker 1: in offenses that you know, blocking is the main thing,

829
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 1: and you know, that's just what I enjoy. We've had

830
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: a little Cleveland Brown's reunion in the studio with Sammy

831
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Speaker 1: Coates and Abraheim Campbell and so you have you guys

832
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:41,960
Speaker 1: talked about the transition. Oh yeah, sure, yeah, and uh,

833
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:43,719
Speaker 1: you know it's nice always coming to a team too,

834
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 1: where you have a couple of guys that you're familiar

835
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:47,279
Speaker 1: with as well, and you know, you've been around and

836
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:49,759
Speaker 1: you know how they work and you know, you know

837
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:51,879
Speaker 1: who they are. You played for New England as well.

838
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,480
Speaker 1: So how does that experience help you coming here with

839
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,480
Speaker 1: Bill Briant and all these New England Patriots connections. Yeah,

840
00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: I mean, like I said, it's you know, always nice

841
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,840
Speaker 1: having that connection and uh, you know kind of some teams,

842
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:04,840
Speaker 1: you know, some guys from you know there, you know

843
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,840
Speaker 1: New England here they sometimes refer to it as like,

844
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:11,919
Speaker 1: uh you know that, well they're so similar pat Yeah,

845
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 1: patriotslf um, you know, but it's their own thing down here,

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Speaker 1: and um, I'm I'm excited to be a part of

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Speaker 1: it really. Um. You know, it's just you know, even

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Speaker 1: growing up Texas football is you know, everybody around the way.

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Speaker 1: I even get chills saying it right now, is just

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Speaker 1: Texas football and it's you know, you want to play football,

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Speaker 1: you want to go to Texas for the best play

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Speaker 1: and uh, you know that's what I'm excited about. But

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Speaker 1: you're from Pennsylvania, which does have some great football tradition itself.

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Speaker 1: It sure does, so I'm gonna stick up for them

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Speaker 1: too as well. So I mean that's top five easy

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Speaker 1: in the country of states that are good at football

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Speaker 1: bar none. All right, So you're playing tight end. You

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Speaker 1: mentioned you want to catch the ball a little bit

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Speaker 1: more in addition to being a blocker. What about the

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Speaker 1: system here with Watson and what they're running. I know

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Speaker 1: it's similar to New England's, but obviously, as you said,

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Speaker 1: they're doing their own thing. Yeah, I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: there's some there's some similarities, but you know, there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of differences as well. You know, with all the

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Speaker 1: um offenses in the NFL, you know, there's some things

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Speaker 1: that overlap and some things that are kind of universal

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Speaker 1: in the football world. But um, you know with this offense, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, with what I've been told, they want me

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Speaker 1: to be able to do, and um I just like

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Speaker 1: I said, man, I just want to help out any

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Speaker 1: way I can, and I don't want to limit myself

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Speaker 1: to you know, this is what I you know, I

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Speaker 1: say I want to block, but I don't want to

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Speaker 1: just limit myself to that. You know, I want to

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Speaker 1: be able to, you know, work on every part of

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Speaker 1: my game and just you know, continue to be whatever

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Speaker 1: the team needs me to be. How much did you

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Speaker 1: watch the Texans last year? And you know, you when

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Speaker 1: you're in the league, it's kind of hard to watch

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Speaker 1: other treats and see what they're doing. But how much

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Speaker 1: were you able to watch this offense, Deshaun Watson and

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Speaker 1: see what they're able to do? Um? Honestly, UM, not

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Speaker 1: much because, like as you said, you know, when you're

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Speaker 1: somewhere else, you're you're so focused on what your job

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Speaker 1: is there, and just like I would be here, you know,

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Speaker 1: I I'm here now and my job is to you know,

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Speaker 1: absorb everything that the Houston Texans is and everything you

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Speaker 1: know that I need to know here. And you know,

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Speaker 1: you kind of get a little bit of tunnel vision

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Speaker 1: at least from week to week, you know, when you're

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Speaker 1: learning and studying an opponent. Um. So, truth be told,

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Speaker 1: I didn't you know, were you in that game here

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Speaker 1: when Cleveland was here? I was not. I was inactive

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Speaker 1: for that game. So it's just, uh, I was getting

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Speaker 1: over an injury last year that I you know, got

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Speaker 1: during training camp. But UM yeah, I'm hearing, ready to

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Speaker 1: go now, ready to rock, Matt, Thanks all joining us,

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Texans tight end Matt Langle, all right,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna do it for the show tonight. Thank you

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Speaker 1: John Harris for being on. Thank you to Matt. Thank

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Speaker 1: you Deep. Have a great night everyone, and go Texans.