1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to everybody to a Wednesday edition of Texans All 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Access from the Hounday Texans Radio Studio. Glad to be 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,200 Speaker 1: with you yet again on this Wednesday. I am John 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: Harris and I am joined I'm a good friend the 5 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: voice of the Texans, Mark Van, I Mark Johnny. I know, 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 1: I know you were under the weather yesterday. Yeah, I'm 7 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: not going to make a big deal of it, because 8 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 1: James Harden was not making a big deal of it 9 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 1: yesterday either, And I know you won't make a big deal, 10 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: but I will tell the people, just like Dan Tony 11 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: told the people that Harden was playing under the weather. 12 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 1: You're under the weather today, yesterday under the weather, but 13 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,239 Speaker 1: we appreciate it. Playing pain my friend. Yeah, well, you 14 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 1: know that's what the league is about. The next man up, 15 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: I mean obviously, yeah, but you're the next man and 16 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:41,120 Speaker 1: the next man after that. Well, it was, you know, 17 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: speaking of the rockets. It's so it's funny when in 18 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: some sense narratives get shot down. And there's been this 19 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: narrative for so long about Chris Paul. Yeah, I can't 20 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 1: get to the Western Conference finals and then in the playoffs. 21 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: He's never been really great. He was ridiculous last night. 22 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: He was unbelievable last night. It was it was really 23 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: fun to watch. I mean, he was the human heat 24 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,479 Speaker 1: check in that thing that fourth quarter. Now Donovan Mitchell 25 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: was that in the third quarter, but everything Chris Paul 26 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: was thrown up. There was going in I mean, banking 27 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: in three. I mean, it was really it was really 28 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: cool to watch. And I think this is a series 29 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: that everybody is waited to see now with the Warriors 30 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 1: and see how far the Rockets have progressed, obviously with 31 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: the additions with Chris Paul, and this is the true 32 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: test starting on May fourteen. This feels like the eighties 33 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,400 Speaker 1: NBA again in a way, you know, when you have 34 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: this kind of matchup, because the Warriors the Laker equivalent, 35 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: and then you know, I think Dale Robertson said this 36 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 1: is the biggest league semifinal series in this city since 37 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: nineteen seventy nine and the Oilers and the Steelers, and 38 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: I thought, you know, that's kind of a disrespectful thing 39 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 1: to say to the Rockets franchise itself, and maybe to 40 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 1: the Astros as well. They just played the Yankees in 41 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,640 Speaker 1: the ALCS and won that thing in seven. So to me, 42 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if I buy that, but I think 43 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: it's huge. There's no question that it's huge. The magnitude 44 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: is there. I look at the Rockets though, that series 45 00:01:58,120 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: that the Rockets had in the eighties with the Lakers, 46 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: when they broke through and made the finals at eighty 47 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 1: six with Ralph Sampson, and I mean, come on, that 48 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: was amazing because think about it, the Rockets are the 49 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 1: only team in the eighties to come out of the 50 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: West and make the finals other than the Lakers. Nobody 51 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: else did it. No Spurs, nobody, no Sonics, no Warriors, nothing. 52 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: It was just the Lakers and the Rockets going to 53 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: the finals, and the Rockets went twice. They lost both times. 54 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: But I think that they don't get their historic do 55 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 1: for that sometimes. Yeah, the ninety four ninety four NY five, 56 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: I think because the Sonics got knocked off in ninety four, 57 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: I think some people look at that, but they had 58 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,839 Speaker 1: to knock off the Suns in that and I'm trying 59 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: to think which series that was when they beat the Suns, 60 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 1: and then obviously they had to do it the next 61 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:49,119 Speaker 1: year ninety five, where they beat the Suns and beat 62 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 1: the Jazz and beat the Spurs, right. I think a 63 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: lot of people thought that Spurs series was gonna be 64 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: one like that because it was David Robinson and gets 65 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: a team. Yeah, the MVP. But Elijah One was so 66 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: in that series. It never it never even came to fruition. 67 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: But oh this is look. I've I've said this a 68 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: few times. I've wanted you know, there were years where 69 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 1: the FC South was was down and I would watch 70 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,679 Speaker 1: a Baltimore Pittsburgh game, or I would watch the Cowboys 71 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: and the Giants play a game, and I would say, man, 72 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: those rivalries they have, Oh this must be so much, 73 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: so much fun to be in. Right, And and now 74 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,440 Speaker 1: we're gonna see the AFC South go to two different levels. 75 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: I think we're gonna start seeing some rivalries. There's gonna 76 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: be some you know, I don't listen too much to 77 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: the guys in Jacksonville anymore because like those guys, they've 78 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: got they've got street cred. Now you know, some bravado. 79 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: Now now they're now they're like, well, you know when 80 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: we went to the AFC Championship game. Sit they're going on, 81 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: I've been a championship game. I mean, they should have 82 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: won that gum thing. Oh gosh, when you think about 83 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: it from that perspective. Well, DP and I were talking 84 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: about this last night because we mentioned the Dark Arts 85 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: and the Texans being third most likely to win the 86 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,520 Speaker 1: AFC according to some Dark Arts people. Not that we 87 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: bring that up much on this program, but it was 88 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: worth mentioning because I thought it was newsy, of course, 89 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: and then you think about the Jags making the AFC 90 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: Championship game. You think about that Jags regular season visit 91 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: here to NRG Stadium, and how's that going to be? 92 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 1: That could be for the AFC South. So yeah, a 93 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,800 Speaker 1: lot of great AFC South contests coming up. But I 94 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: know we mentioned it a lot, but I think it's 95 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: worth mentioning because the tide has certainly changed in this 96 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: division for sure. Yeah, there's no doubt. I went through 97 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: the other day of looking at I love looking at 98 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: the power rankings, so I love to see where, you know, 99 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: how the power rankings compared to what Vegas has to say. 100 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 1: And you know, Warren Sharp of Sharp Football, he did 101 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: a strength of schedule for Vegas win totals and found 102 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: that there are two teams in the NFL that have 103 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: particularly easy schedules and they are the Patriots and the Texans. Yes, yeah, 104 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:54,720 Speaker 1: easy according to what happened last year, right, of course, 105 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: because the Giants, to me, could have a bounce back year. 106 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: The AFC South is not easy. So I don't know 107 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 1: what anybody's t about there. I think sometimes and I 108 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: know they're they're using record to determine this, but I 109 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: think sometimes we see names, brand names that we get 110 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: swayed by that as well, because there's certainly a sort 111 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: of impression you get from seeing a schedule. Yeah, you're 112 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 1: not playing the Steelers, all right, you're not playing the Raiders, 113 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 1: but you're playing I think the Broncos. Not that they're 114 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,039 Speaker 1: gonna have a huge bounce back, but they could bounce 115 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 1: back to eight and eight in that division. You know, 116 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 1: I don't know how the Chiefs are gonna be. You know, 117 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 1: you're not playing the Chiefs, who are a good team, 118 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 1: but they've lost some pieces. You know, they're not exactly rebuilding, 119 00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: but they're a little bit of a reload here. When 120 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: you change quarterbacks, anything can happen. I think my home 121 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: is gonna be pretty good. But they had a formula 122 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: with Alex Smith and it was serving them well regular 123 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: season wise anyway. Yeah, The one thing that stood to 124 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 1: me when I looked at the power rankings, the Texans 125 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 1: were raided twelfth. That was the fifth fifth best AFC team. 126 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: Elliot Harrison for NFL dot Com does them and he 127 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: always adds some humor to some of the things that 128 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: he does, and he's right up on the Texans. There's 129 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 1: one moment in particular where he talked about the Texas 130 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: not having a first or second and he said they 131 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 1: were happy that they didn't have a first because that 132 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: gave me Deshaun Watson. He said they might have been 133 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: even happier because of the second round pick not being there, 134 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:14,919 Speaker 1: why they had to give up that second, But either way, 135 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: I thought it was interesting. But they were they were 136 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: the fifth team. The Patriots were in the top three. 137 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: I think Patriots were two. Then you had the Jags four. 138 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 1: So you played obviously those those teams three times, and 139 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: then you had the Chargers in front of them, and 140 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 1: you had the Steelers in front of them, and then 141 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: you had the Texans at twelve, and then it had 142 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,040 Speaker 1: tightened the thirteam. But I thought it was fascinating. Was 143 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: numbers twenty eight, twenty nine, sorry, twenty nine, thirty thirty 144 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: one thirty two, Jets, Browns, Dolphins, Colts. The Cults are 145 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: assessed as the worst worst team in the league. Yes, 146 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: I don't know Jets, Browns, Dolphins, Colts. They have them 147 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: ranked as and I could. I could see the Dolphins absolutely, 148 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: I could see the Colts absolutely. I don't think the 149 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: Browns will be down there, and I don't think the Jets. 150 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,280 Speaker 1: I think the Jets will be a little bit better. 151 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: But you're still talking about five games three yeah, three 152 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: plus two. They get five games against for the considered 153 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: for the worst teams in the league. So when when 154 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: I heard that article yesterday about Warren Sharp saying the 155 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:16,400 Speaker 1: Texans are going to be favored in most of the 156 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: most of their games, I thought, well, yeah, it makes 157 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: some sense. I thought it was funny that one of 158 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: the games that they weren't favored it was one against 159 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: the Jets. I didn't see that. You know, it's whenever 160 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,679 Speaker 1: you bring it up that way, games you'll be favored, 161 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,119 Speaker 1: you know, more likely to win, more likely to lose. 162 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: I get it, but we've seen this league too many 163 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: times unfolded ways. You don't think the Dolphins, to me, 164 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: bounce back year could be the Dolphins. Now they have 165 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 1: changed a little bit. They've made the playoffs, you know, 166 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: two years ago, all right, so their year removed from 167 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: a playoff season. But I get it, you know, that 168 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: was a strange kind of year for them, and they 169 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: broke through. They made some changes defensively offensively as well. 170 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: Tannehills their quarterback. We'll see how it plays out. The Jets, 171 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: all right, what was the twenty fifteen and they had 172 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: the Fitzpatrick ten win season and a couple of stow Yeah, 173 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: and then a couple of bad seasons for them, but 174 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: they're always competitive, and to me, the cults are I 175 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: can't believe that the worst team in the league. You 176 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: rate them behind the Browns at this point. Andrew Luck alone, 177 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 1: if you're gonna say that Texans are gonna be healthy, 178 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: then how can you say, well, I guess you can 179 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 1: say it because Andrew Luck missed the whole season, and 180 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: until he starts throwing a football, I mean, well, we 181 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: haven't heard a ton about what Watson's doing so far, 182 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: but Watson is on schedule, according to the coaches, And 183 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 1: you just feel like whatever's coming out of Indianapolis lacks 184 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 1: credibility because this is what they were saying exactly this 185 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: time last year, or you know, pretty much the same 186 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:38,439 Speaker 1: thing about Andrew Luck, he'll be ready to go for 187 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: training CAB and he wasn't. Yeah, And I think with 188 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: the injury that he suffered, I don't know that they 189 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 1: can know. And yeah, I think the other part of 190 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: it is that injury that he had. I mean, it 191 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,199 Speaker 1: could be more severe than they ever let on, or 192 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: maybe that they ever knew. But when you look at 193 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: the Colts roster and and I look at it, plenty 194 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: of like, okay, take take Luck out of the equation, 195 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: t Y Hilton, okay, Mollie Hooker okay. And then unfortunately 196 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: they're starting to put it off into line in front 197 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: of in front of Luck with Ryan Kelliott, center, Quintin 198 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: Nelson and guard they just drafted it in and then 199 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: Anthony Costanzo. You start to see the pieces come together. 200 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: But beyond that, you're going, all right, well, all things considered, 201 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 1: which other guys on this roster scare you? It's gonna 202 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 1: take a minute. It's gonna take a minute to really 203 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: get it going. But when they do, when they do, 204 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: it's gonna be scared. I think a lot of these 205 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: sties are gonna have to play right away, which which 206 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,679 Speaker 1: makes sense that they would be a bottom bottom feed 207 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 1: or team. I think for us. On the flip side 208 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:38,200 Speaker 1: of that is the depth. The depth for us becomes 209 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: I think the bigger, the bigger issue if our depth 210 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: is where it needs to be in our key guys. 211 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: And I said this to Drew the other day. In fact, 212 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: I mean, if I think Jesse was in our office 213 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: and I showed him we've got to We've got a 214 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:56,400 Speaker 1: schedule poster and it's Scott Whitney and JJ and Clowney 215 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,839 Speaker 1: and will Fuller and Hopkins and Watson, so the six guys, 216 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: and it's on the schedule. I was looking at it, 217 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: was kind of staring at a little bit, and I said, Jess, 218 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: I said, hey, look at this, And I said, if 219 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 1: these six guys play fourteen games plus, just through that 220 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,840 Speaker 1: number out there, they play fourteen games plus, what what 221 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 1: will we be? What will our record be? Any immediately 222 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:22,640 Speaker 1: went eleven and five easy. I thought, yeah, My first 223 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,560 Speaker 1: gut reaction was ten and six, minimum, ten and six 224 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: if all those guys stay healthy. If those guys are 225 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: all healthy, Hopkins, Merciless, Fuller and who else? Oh, yeah, 226 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: that guy. I thought I just mentioned him. No, I didn't, 227 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 1: And we started kind of playing around with Okay, well 228 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: what if you what would you trade this? Well, okay, 229 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: what if this guy misses the season? But these guys 230 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: are okay? And we kind of went back and forth 231 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: with that. But if those guys end up staying healthy 232 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: for fourteen plus games, you got I mean, in the 233 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: point being that your top level talent is exceptional, it's 234 00:10:58,040 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: I mean, you can compare it to other teams in 235 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: the league. You do the top one hundred list, you're 236 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: gonna have at least four guys. You put Tyron Matthew 237 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: in there. That's five. And if you get one of 238 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: these free agents to bust through like a J. Boyer 239 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,439 Speaker 1: did for Jacksonville or Klais Campbell did for Jacksonville, you're 240 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: talking about an insane exceptional top part of the roster. 241 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: Now that depth needs to get and continue to be better, 242 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 1: and the offensive line's got to show that all these 243 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,320 Speaker 1: additions can work together and protect the Shawn Watson and 244 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,560 Speaker 1: if they do, then yeah, obviously something special can be done. 245 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:31,559 Speaker 1: But I think beyond the exceptional talent, which guys need 246 00:11:31,640 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: to step up and end up being you know who's 247 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: going to be this year's Brandon Dunne. Hopefully Brandon Dunne 248 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 1: becomes Brandon Dunney again, because because DJ Dunney was fantastic 249 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: last year, but you need to have you other guys 250 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: because no guarantee is gonna be DJ Dunney again on 251 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: the field. But I mean, he was so he was 252 00:11:48,920 --> 00:11:50,559 Speaker 1: so good last year, and you have that, you can 253 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 1: capitalize that which rookie steps up. And obviously the rookies 254 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: are going to be in the building to mark starting 255 00:11:55,920 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: tomorrow and they'll start getting there their physicals taken care of, 256 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 1: and we'll find out who the official undrafted free agents are. 257 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: But to me, that's what it is for this team 258 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: is just where's you've got the top level talent, but 259 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: can you surround that with some depth, some young depth 260 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:14,079 Speaker 1: and can guys and then go out and make plays. 261 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: And obviously those six guys to me end up being 262 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,320 Speaker 1: if they stay healthy, what can you end up doing? Yeah, 263 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 1: I think if they stay healthy, you're in really great 264 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: shape of this just ind because you could survive some 265 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 1: injuries at some positions and unrelated to them and get 266 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,280 Speaker 1: through it. But I think the offensive Lion, Johnny. We 267 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: could talk about this, We could do five shows a 268 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 1: week on the offensive line. And until we see it happen, 269 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:39,600 Speaker 1: I think Mike Devil it will tell you. Until they 270 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 1: see these guys in pads, until they see these guys 271 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 1: maybe in regular season games, they're not really gonna know. 272 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,520 Speaker 1: There's so much pressure here on Julian Davenport, Sean Trelle Henderson. 273 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: By the way, if you've heard stories about him being big, 274 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: I just saw him in the hallway a couple of 275 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: hours ago, and I can verify this, and you know 276 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: we had him here in the studios, but just to 277 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: see him again, it's on. The guy is so large, 278 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,760 Speaker 1: like you're thinking, you know, a pass rusher, no matter 279 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: how fast, it's gonna take a while just to get 280 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: around him, you know, never mind if he doesn't even 281 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: block him. Just to get around it's like running around 282 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 1: a building. They got to run around the block to 283 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 1: get to the quarterback. Watson can get the ball off 284 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:19,439 Speaker 1: in that amount of time. We'll see how he does. 285 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 1: Look he did pretty well in Buffalo when he was starting. 286 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 1: The hope is that he just stays healthy, stays out 287 00:13:24,480 --> 00:13:27,439 Speaker 1: there and can do his job. But again, a lot 288 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 1: of pressure on him to stay healthy and stay present 289 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: at right tackle. Julian and Davenport has to step it 290 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: up at left tackle. I think in the interior they've 291 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: got enough options there to make it all work out. 292 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 1: But it's really gonna be at work in progress. There's 293 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,160 Speaker 1: no way you can, you know, automatically say that's all 294 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 1: gonna work out. No way. So they're gonna be the 295 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:46,440 Speaker 1: first ones to tell you it's all got a gel 296 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: And there's a lot of pressure. There's a lot of 297 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 1: scrutiny facing that group. If Indianapolis is the thirty second 298 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: team in the NFL, how happy will you be? I 299 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: will be so happy, Johnny to have the Colts be 300 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: the thirty second best. See, it was fun having Jacksonville 301 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:07,439 Speaker 1: and it's so deep. Well, look, as bad as the 302 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: Colts were last year, they still beat the Texans twice. 303 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: I mean, how horrible it don't see he did this 304 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: on purpose to get me started. He did this on purpose. 305 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: He's forgetting about those two games that we lost to 306 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,320 Speaker 1: them because they don't even count. Well, the first one 307 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: counted because I think if the Texans win that one, 308 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: Watson gets hurt. Somehow, they beat the Colts that day. 309 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: Even though it's a sninky Colts team. You beat the 310 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 1: Colts that day, and then all of a sudden you 311 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: feel like, you know what, maybe they can ugly out 312 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: some wins here and stay in the race and what now. 313 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: But that one kind of it didn't seal the deal. 314 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 1: You still had a lot of season left, but it 315 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: showed him. Guess what, it's worse than you thought. It's 316 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: gonna be a real uphill battle. And it's over. That's over. 317 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:50,720 Speaker 1: I know it took me down this road. It's all behind. 318 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: Every time I try to get out, they pulled me 319 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: back in again. Mark appreciate it. Thanks Johnny. Just like 320 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: people can push my buttons, I can push his buttons. 321 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: I knew exactly which ones. He doesn't that many of them, 322 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: but I know the ones he has are very big. 323 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,840 Speaker 1: One that's spelled c l p S. We get back 324 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: d R e W. Drew Dorty will join me and 325 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: we're well, it's our Wednesday Night draft. We are drafting 326 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: a defense. I'll explain next right here in Texas All Access. 327 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: It is time for our Wednesday Night Draft. That's right, 328 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: I'm your host, John Harris Football as a salary Porter 329 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:29,280 Speaker 1: and Drew Doherty is about to join me our draft tonight. Well, 330 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: I'll let Drew take it from here. Draft an NFL 331 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 1: team all time with players from only Texas colleges. So 332 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: they have to play it at a college in Texas. 333 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 1: They don't necessarily have to have been from Texas, but 334 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 1: they can't be Texas guys who played college at I 335 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:49,000 Speaker 1: played college ball like Notre Dame or Harvard or UCLA. 336 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 1: It's got to be Texas college guys. Okay, we'll start 337 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: with the defense. Since I usually jumped the gun and 338 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 1: take the first selection. You, my friend, get to select 339 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 1: for today. Okay, a couple of things here first, and 340 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: we're not gonna snake because it's just you and me. 341 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: That's fine. Are are we picking by position? We picking 342 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: eleven positions? Defense? Yes, so you can run a three fourth? 343 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: Do you want to run a nickel? You can do that. 344 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: You want four three? So you're giving me the very 345 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: first pick? Yes? All right. Well I think the greatest 346 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: defensive linement of all time came from the state of Texas. Yes, 347 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: I think he played at North Texas. I think North 348 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: Texas changed it's mascot once. This gentleman was done playing there. 349 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: He's one of the greatest ever play he created the 350 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: slant nose in Pittsburgh. I will take as the first 351 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: pick me and Joe Green. I like that, that's a 352 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: good choice. It was North Texas State University back then. 353 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: It's known by UNT now. I like it. I like that, 354 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 1: it's a good pick. I had him very high on 355 00:16:52,680 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 1: my draft board. I, however, did not have him at 356 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: the top of my draft board. I had another defensive 357 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 1: lineman from the North Texas area on my draft. Cooar, 358 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: I don't know who I had these guys one two 359 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: and I had him. You could maybe say this is 360 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: the greatest Dallas cowboy. Why I didn't pick him? And 361 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:14,400 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have defensive lineman Bob Lily from TCU as 362 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 1: my first pick. I got to interview Bob Lie at 363 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: his house in Sun City back in two thousand and three, 364 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 1: two thousand and four ish. I don't know if he 365 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: still lives there now, but great guy. Had a lot 366 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:28,760 Speaker 1: of fun profiling him on Texas Legend of Sports. And uh, 367 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 1: that's who my first pick is. Okay, okay, So those 368 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 1: are one two on my board, and those are the 369 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: first two players that I thought of when I came 370 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 1: up with when we came up with this idea. Huh, 371 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: so that leads me to this. I think the best 372 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: pass rusher that does not wear a Texans uniform currently 373 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:49,119 Speaker 1: in the NFL play at Texas A and M. I'd 374 00:17:49,119 --> 00:17:50,640 Speaker 1: like to create some heat off the edge. I'm gonna 375 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: take outside linebacker Von Miller. I'm gonna get some help. 376 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,919 Speaker 1: I want somebody in the middle. Yep, I need a 377 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: good linebacker. I know it is coming because I had 378 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: had it was down to these two who I would take. 379 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: I'm going with Samurai Mike from Baylor. Mike Singletary my 380 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,640 Speaker 1: second pick. Okay, it's a good one. I got Mike Singletary, 381 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: also from Worthing. Okay, so you take inside linebacker Mike Singletary. 382 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: All right. Now, what I like about all these guys 383 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 1: thus far that we've taken it. They are all from Texas, Yes, 384 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: thus far. I don't know if it'll continue that way, 385 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,640 Speaker 1: but I think I know where you're going. No, actually, 386 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 1: I don't know that you do. I think I do. 387 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 1: I think I don't know that you do. I go ahead, 388 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 1: but I got Joe Green already, So I'm gonna go 389 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: to the secondary. Oh, I didn't know where you're Yeah, exactly, okay, 390 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: And it's a guy that's often come up on your 391 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: side a lot of times. You have picked this particular individual. Now, 392 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: you didn't played a big school, but you play at 393 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,360 Speaker 1: per View A and m yep. One of the greatest 394 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 1: ever be at HPCU, one of the greatest ever playing NFL. 395 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: I'm taking Kenny Houston. Great choice. He's a Texans ambassador 396 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: as well Pro Football Hall of Famer. So far five 397 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 1: four of the five that have been chosen are Pro 398 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: Football Hall of Famers. Von Miller to be there Sunday 399 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: on his way. Yeah, yeah, he's on his way. See, 400 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 1: I thought you were gonna chose the guy that I'm 401 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:09,399 Speaker 1: choosing now because you said, uh, not necessarily from the 402 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 1: state of Texas. Well. Michael Strahand, I believe was born 403 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 1: in Germany. I grew up in Germany wards correct, played 404 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 1: just down the road here at TSU. So I'm gonna 405 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 1: go with defensive lineman Michael Strayhand, defensive end Michael Strayhand. 406 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put him there up on my line from Texas, 407 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: Texas TSU. So there we go. That is that's very 408 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: very well done. Thank you appreciate that. All right, So 409 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: off the board thus far from me he Joe Green, 410 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: Von Miller and Ken Houston for you, Bob Lilly, Michael Strayhand, 411 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: and Mike Singletary. So all right, So I'm just looking 412 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 1: at my board here. Yes. Now, one thing that you 413 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: did when we did our draft of of Texans uh 414 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: in history. You went after corners. Yeah. Now, when I 415 00:19:58,400 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 1: started looking at the pass rushers, I mean you, Yeah, 416 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 1: I think Von Miller, Michael Strahan off the board. Nice job. 417 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: I'll appreciate what you did there. I feel like the 418 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: state of Texas has produced some unbelievable corners. Yeah, and 419 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: so I'm going back to Texas A and M for one. 420 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: They outlawed stick him because of this guy. Yeah, he 421 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: was fantastic. His nickname was the Molester, but only because 422 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 1: that rhyme did his first name. That's the old that 423 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:27,239 Speaker 1: I won't use his nickname. But Lester Hayes is one 424 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 1: of the best I ever played. In his nineteen eighty 425 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: one season, I believe it was thirteen interceptions, and he 426 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: created a tandem with Michael Haynes. When Haynes got there 427 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 1: from New England in nineteen eighty three. They were phenomenal. 428 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:46,120 Speaker 1: So I'm going Lester Hayes Texas A and M as 429 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:50,119 Speaker 1: one of my shutdown corners. That's a nice one I wanted. 430 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 1: I think I don't want to be bereft of corners. 431 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: I don't want to be without corners. And I still 432 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: got some defensive lineman that I want to take, but 433 00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: I want to block you from taking this corner that 434 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 1: I have really high on my list, and it's a 435 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,640 Speaker 1: guy from Texas A and I one of the fastest 436 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,760 Speaker 1: players in NFL history. He played for what I think 437 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 1: he played sixty seven years in the NFL No. Sixty three, 438 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,360 Speaker 1: sixty three years, Darryl Green. I'm going with Darryl Green 439 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,240 Speaker 1: over Yah. That was pretty good. Thank you, glad you 440 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: brought up Texas say, And I want to because I 441 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: feel I feel very good about what I can do 442 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 1: with defensive tackle, with what I'm about to do. Okay, 443 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: he's not very well known. In fact, as I was 444 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: as I was doing this project, I used the website 445 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 1: called draft hisstory dot com. Well, you'd have to look 446 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: long and hard to try and find this particular individual 447 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: who was too short, he was too small. He came 448 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 1: from a very small town of Texas and he ended 449 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: up at Texas A and I because he want to 450 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: go too far away, he went up to Minnesota. He 451 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: creates the best inside combo of three technique with this 452 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: guy Amy and Joe Green, who could play with that 453 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 1: slant nose. So I'm taking a defensive lineman, defensive tackle 454 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,680 Speaker 1: in particular, I'm taking John Randall. And you just secured 455 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: the greatest personality on this entire draft for as well. Yeah, 456 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,880 Speaker 1: there's that. That's good. Okay, Well, I'm gonna go back 457 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 1: to the well I said, I wanted to keep addressing 458 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 1: my defensive line. I'm gonna stay in the the kind 459 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:12,440 Speaker 1: of interior part of it, although I think he could 460 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:14,720 Speaker 1: probably play on the end a little bit. And I'm 461 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 1: gonna go with Mango from the University of Texas, made 462 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 1: his bones with the Bears. I'm gonna go with Steve McMichael, 463 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 1: part of the Monsters of the Midway, the eighty five Bears. 464 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 1: He's a good one and that's who I want. That's 465 00:22:31,359 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: an excellent one. As a matter of fact, thank you, 466 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: it's really good. Now I'm gonna go back to that 467 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 1: whole corner. Well, just because I feel like I'm gonna 468 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:41,119 Speaker 1: be able to create with what I'm about to do, 469 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna create some shutdown corners. Now, he only played 470 00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 1: at A and M for a short amount of time 471 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:51,000 Speaker 1: because he played at Bling College to begin his career. 472 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 1: He's one of our Vanimer's favorites. Yep, he was in 473 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 1: original Texan. In fact, I think he might have been 474 00:22:55,720 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 1: the Texans first Pro bowler. I believe sounds about yeah 475 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:04,479 Speaker 1: out he and Gary Walker, maybe Aaron Glenn good job. Now, 476 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,439 Speaker 1: I've gone to the A and M well a lot. 477 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:11,640 Speaker 1: But when you think about defense in the state of Texas, yeah, 478 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: I mean that's that's really where where you It's a 479 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,359 Speaker 1: shame if you're listening as a Longhorns fan, because yeah, 480 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 1: there are there are a few Longhorns, but for the 481 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: most part, there are some studs at A and M. 482 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 1: Throughout the years with without a doubt, there have been 483 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: some studs. Okay, uh, I want to stay stay strong 484 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 1: there at linebacker, and I'm gonna go with a guy 485 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: who is a borderline NFL Hall of Famer, Pro Football 486 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:47,640 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer, surefire college football Hall of Famer, and 487 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 1: until Earl Karrent Campbell came along, he was the greatest longhorn, 488 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: one of the greatest longhorns of all time, Tommy Nobis, 489 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put him in the middle of there at linebacker. 490 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 1: Pair him up with Singletary. That's what I'm going with, 491 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 1: all right. I know was on my board as well. 492 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 1: I have a different longhorn. In fact, I might wait 493 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: to take him now because I don't imagine you're gonna 494 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 1: go with another linebacker. I don't think, but I'm not sure. 495 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: You know what. I'm just gonna go and take him 496 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: off the board just because I'm gonna feel good about 497 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,840 Speaker 1: this guy. He just became one of the newest Oakland Raiders, 498 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 1: but he played a long career in Kansas City. I'm 499 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: gonna take DJ Derek Johnson. Inside love that guy. I 500 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: love Travis Johnson, but I think the Texans at OH 501 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: five would have been well served to have taken Derek Johnson. 502 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 1: That's a good choice. All that guy did was forced 503 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 1: fumbles his last year Texas. He was a hell of 504 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: a player there, and he's stuck around the NFL for 505 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 1: a long time. Nice choice. Okay, Like you mentioned, I've 506 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,560 Speaker 1: got a pretty overwhelming defensive line. I'm gonna do something 507 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: for the greater good of my team. And I'm still 508 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 1: gonna make my defense I think a lot better. But 509 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to Yale. What you can't go to Yale, 510 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,879 Speaker 1: Well you can go to Yale if it's Yale. Larry 511 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:58,280 Speaker 1: Texas A and m Aggie and Pro Football Hall of Famer, 512 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: great defensive back, great punter. If we need to good 513 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 1: at damn good return man he made I think he 514 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: made Pro Bowl at all three, So I'm gonna add him. 515 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put him at defensive back maybe says corner. 516 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 1: That's pretty good. He's kind of got a little bit 517 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: of Honey Badger in him. So I'm gonna go with Yale. 518 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: Larry probably not as well known to most football fans 519 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: out there listening, but trust me, look him up, y 520 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 1: Ali and then last named Larry with only a one arm. 521 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,439 Speaker 1: You went deep in the recesses. I mean no, no, 522 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 1: I mean I I don't. I don't have disagree with 523 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 1: you there now. My secondary Lester Hayes, Aaron Glenn, Kenny Houston. 524 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: I feel good about what I've got in the secondary. 525 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: I feel good with Von Miller on the outside. I 526 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: feel like I could use I feel like I could 527 00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:48,440 Speaker 1: use it, do it all linebacker. Yeah, guy that could 528 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,119 Speaker 1: do just anything. I got one. He's highest on my 529 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 1: board right now. Yeah, yeah, well I got one. I 530 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,399 Speaker 1: played tex saying now, oh, may not be the one 531 00:25:55,480 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: year things. No, but I feel like, I don't know, 532 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: maybe maybe maybe injury's short change his career a little bit. 533 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: I felt like he was on the field, he was fantastic. 534 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 1: He's the first Vietnamese born player to be in the NFL. 535 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 1: And when he comes to Texas practice, I love seeing him. 536 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 1: I could play him inside, I could play him a 537 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 1: little bit outside. I'm gonna draft that win from you 538 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 1: from Texas han out, good choice. I like it. I 539 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,840 Speaker 1: like it. So I thought you were initially talking about 540 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: another somewhat undersized linebacker who also played in the mid 541 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:31,640 Speaker 1: nineteen nineties. But I thought you were talking about Zach 542 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: Thomas from Texas Tech wound up with the Dolphins. It's 543 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: great one. I'm gonna roll with a four three and 544 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put Zach Thomas in there with Singletary and 545 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,119 Speaker 1: with Tommy Nobis and let them sort it out. I 546 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: think that's a pretty good linebacking corps there. Yeah, you 547 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: got it. That that's a good one. That's a very 548 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 1: good one. That Zach Thomas poll was was exceptional. I mean, man, 549 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:57,920 Speaker 1: he was sideline to sideline. He was unbelievable to watch 550 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: the guy his size. He's won the game back then, 551 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 1: a guy at his size being able to do what 552 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,159 Speaker 1: he was able to do. And ironically he comes from 553 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 1: Texas Tech, where there there haven't been I mean, we 554 00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: haven't seen too many great defensive players come out of 555 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 1: Texas Tech over the last how many ever years, But 556 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 1: him coming out of there, he was, he was, he 557 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:23,000 Speaker 1: was something else, all right. So looking at mine, I'm 558 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 1: I'm pretty good up front, But you know what, there's 559 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:28,600 Speaker 1: a guy and I thought you would have taken him. 560 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: I really, I really thought this was a fatal complete 561 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: really no, you know what, I think their safety, Okay, 562 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 1: I think one of the best, and I think he's 563 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: on his way to the Hall of Fame right now. 564 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:42,440 Speaker 1: Plays in Seattle. Picked off the Sean last year, had 565 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: to pick six. He's been one of the great players 566 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,199 Speaker 1: in the NFL. I'm gonna take it safety. Putting next 567 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 1: to Kenny Houston, I will take Earl Thomas. It's a 568 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 1: good choice. It's a really good choice. I like it. 569 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 1: That's tough, all right, right now, highest on my board, 570 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,440 Speaker 1: I have a nose tackle that I'm I'm just not 571 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,160 Speaker 1: gonna take him because I don't need a nose tackle. Really, 572 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,640 Speaker 1: I'm running a four to three. I mean, he could 573 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 1: play inside, could play defensive tackle. I just I don't. 574 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:13,439 Speaker 1: I don't want to do that. I'm conflicted. I think 575 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,640 Speaker 1: I'm what I'm gonna do. I guess I'll stay with Man. No, Man, 576 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 1: this is tough, John, I know all right. Now we're 577 00:28:20,840 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 1: getting out of the nitty gritty. All right, I'm gonna 578 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 1: finish off my line and I'm gonna put a defensive end, 579 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: big defensive end. I guess I'll go with Tony Brackens. Okay, 580 00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:35,360 Speaker 1: good solid JA Jaguar, Yeah, University of Texas Longhorn. Yeah, 581 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: he hit. And I'm trying to remember who it was 582 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: that night, and maybe and Clingler. I think it was 583 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: Cleanler when he was at Texas quarterback and maybe it 584 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:48,080 Speaker 1: wasn't Cleaning. I can't remember hit a punter, didn't he 585 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: didn't hear? Yeah, I think it was. I think it 586 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: was he destroyed. Now that we're talking about it, now, 587 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: I gotta go look it up. But I mean he 588 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 1: absolutely destroyed somebody running a sideline right in front of 589 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 1: a TV camera and I think you may have been 590 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 1: an ESPN game, and I mean it was an unbelievable hit. 591 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: I'm kind of all over the board with what I got. 592 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,200 Speaker 1: I bet this was a dream of people at Texas 593 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 1: A and m What if Von Miller lined up opposite 594 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: Miles Garrett. Yeah, that's why I was thinking. I think 595 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,479 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna take Miles Garrett, put 596 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 1: him at defensive end. We're outside linebacker, depending on what 597 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: we're gonna do, and hope he's healthy. Because if I'm 598 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: bringing Miles Garrett and Von Miller, I get Randalling Green 599 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: on the inside. Again, I'm getting interior pressure, which I like. Sure, 600 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,240 Speaker 1: And so that leaves me really with just I can 601 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,280 Speaker 1: take best available player at that point. See, I've gonna 602 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 1: go defensive backs now, and I'm deciding there's some ways 603 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: you can go with defensive backs. Yeah, I'm deciding between 604 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: you know what, Raymond Clayborne from Texas was a damn 605 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: good cornerback, was good with the Patriots back in the day. 606 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 1: And yeah it's forgotten because of when he played, but 607 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Raymond Claiborne and get down. That's 608 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,880 Speaker 1: why I think is the best corner left on my board. Yeah, 609 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 1: I mean, that's a Raymond Claiborne was an excellent, excellent 610 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: football player. I mean I think that's a that's a 611 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: that's a really good pick. Yeah, I gotta, I gotta 612 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: give it to you at that point. Um, I feel 613 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: like I need to take best available player at this 614 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: point that can do pretty much anything on the field 615 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,120 Speaker 1: that I want him to do. Now, I have gone 616 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,960 Speaker 1: to Texas in Texas and and well a lot. Yeah, 617 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 1: I did go to Prayer of YouTube, but I feel 618 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: like I need to go there again, especially upfront, because 619 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: there are some dudes up front in this state with 620 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: beyond a shadow of a doubt. I mean, there were 621 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 1: some big time players. If we got to stop the 622 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,160 Speaker 1: run and we gotta do it, and we gotta do it, well, 623 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: one of the best ever do it. It was a 624 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 1: true nose tackle. Yep. If you versus of Texas, Casey 625 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: Hampton thirteenth on my board. It's the highest spot I 626 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: have right now. All Right, I need a defensive back 627 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,520 Speaker 1: because right now I have two corners in Raymond Claiborne 628 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,720 Speaker 1: and Darryl Green and have Yale Larry I mean he 629 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,760 Speaker 1: could kind of play safety. I guess I need to 630 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 1: get a true safety. So should I go with SMUs 631 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,520 Speaker 1: Wes Hopkins who played pretty well for the Eagles? Should 632 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:15,040 Speaker 1: I go way back in time? Take Bob Bradley, safety 633 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: from Texas who wound up being an All Pro for 634 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: early part of the seventies. It's a good one. Sho 635 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: Michael Griffin, another safety from Texas, tired with the Titans. 636 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 1: He was pretty good, played longer than Bradley, but I 637 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: don't know that he reached Bob Bradley's heights as a 638 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: safety in the NFL. I'm gonna go back. I'm gonna 639 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: go Bob Bradley here. And of course we left a 640 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 1: number of players on the board. You can listening in 641 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,720 Speaker 1: the Lab podcast iTunes, Stitcher, however you get your podcasts 642 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: and you can hear some of the players we didn't draft, 643 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 1: and we'll also preview the offensive players for next week's 644 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,720 Speaker 1: draft as well. We get back, we'll go around the NFL. 645 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,240 Speaker 1: There are plenty of things happening. I got some questions 646 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 1: on Twitter, some thoughts about some of the different things 647 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,720 Speaker 1: that have happened in the last couple of days. We'll 648 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: do that next right here in Texas All Access to 649 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 1: Final US when the Texans All Access from the Hunday 650 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harris. I have 651 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: been a little bit under the weather, so I don't 652 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 1: have my normal snap in energy tonight, but hopefully we 653 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: were able to give you good some good stuff. We 654 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:18,000 Speaker 1: did our Wednesday night draft. We drafted a full defense 655 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: Drew Doherty and I did from consisting of players from 656 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: Texas universities, and I don't have to be from Texas, 657 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 1: but they had to play at a Texas university. I 658 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:30,360 Speaker 1: feel really good about what we were able to come 659 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 1: up with. I have a defensive features a front of 660 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 1: me and Joe Green, John Randall, Casey Hampton, Von Miller, 661 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 1: Miles Garrett, linebackers that win, Derek Johnson, a secondary that 662 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: features Lester Hayes, Aaron Glenn, Kenny Houston. Pretty good stuff 663 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 1: that we had. We had a good time and Earl Thomas, 664 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 1: so I was able to capitalize on some of the 665 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: legendary players and obviously guys that are creating their own legends. 666 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 1: So we'll do the offense next week. The running back 667 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 1: position is going to be a monster. I mean, you 668 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 1: can't miss. You start thinking about the running backs that 669 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:11,840 Speaker 1: have played at Texas universities in the state. Eric Dickerson SMU, 670 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 1: Priest Holmes at Texas, Rickie Williams at Texas, Ladanian Tomlinson 671 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,880 Speaker 1: at TCU. Oh, some guy named Earl Campbell at the 672 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: University of Texas. There have been some greats along the 673 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 1: way in this state. Then you know the dog Walker 674 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 1: at SMU. A lot of a lot of running backs 675 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,520 Speaker 1: you can go to. I mean, just we're gonna walk 676 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:38,120 Speaker 1: out what somebody's gonna walk out of there with Eric Dickerson, 677 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: Ladanian Tomlinson. Now, I'm not sure how we're going to 678 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,080 Speaker 1: piece together what positions because I don't know if you 679 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:45,959 Speaker 1: have to have two running backs my guests as well, 680 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,400 Speaker 1: a quarterback and running back who either sheevers a tight 681 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 1: end in a flex and that flex you can go 682 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 1: ahead and put another running back. So where's the possibility 683 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 1: that you could have Eric Dickerson and Ladanian Tomlinson, or 684 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 1: you could have Earl Campbell and Ladanian Tomlinson, Earl Campbell 685 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,400 Speaker 1: and Eric Dickerson, depending on how you want to piece 686 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,840 Speaker 1: your offense together. So that's gonna be that's gonna be 687 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,880 Speaker 1: some fun next week to talk about our offense. But 688 00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:10,759 Speaker 1: if you want to hear the entire podcast, go to 689 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:15,359 Speaker 1: in the Lab on iTunes on Stitcher, trying to think 690 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: of what else has podcast, but you can go check 691 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 1: that out right there and hear the whole thing. We 692 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,040 Speaker 1: talk about some of the players that we didn't draft 693 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,800 Speaker 1: that I know I had on my list, Brian Rackbo 694 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: University of Texas, Sean Rodgers, or somebody the University of 695 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 1: Texas that Drew brought up. I brought up Van McElroy, 696 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 1: defensive back safety, played with the Oakland Raiders for a 697 00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 1: good while and also a very well respected NFL agent. 698 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: Van McElroy. All right, let's get some news from around 699 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,839 Speaker 1: the NFL. I don't know if Mark had a chance 700 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 1: to hit this yesterday, but speaking of Mark, Mark Ingram 701 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 1: in a little bit of trouble with the NFL. He 702 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: is to be suspended for the first four games of 703 00:34:54,880 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 1: the twenty eighteen season for violation of a perform enhancing drug, 704 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: a banned substance. Now Ingram put out or as actually 705 00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 1: his agents put this out, saying that he claims the 706 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:11,080 Speaker 1: suspension for violing the league's PD policy stemmed from a 707 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:14,759 Speaker 1: legitimate medication, and he will also claim that the test 708 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:17,440 Speaker 1: showing he took the medication was invalid, said his agents 709 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 1: mark Ingram tested positive for a substance that was not 710 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,880 Speaker 1: a performance enhancing substance, nor an illegal substance, but a 711 00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: substance in fact permissible with the proper use exemption with 712 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:33,439 Speaker 1: the NFL. He has vigorously challenged the test results through 713 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 1: the arbitration process, so that when I first read that, 714 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 1: the first thing I thought of and look is as 715 00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:46,879 Speaker 1: somebody that has has had family members over the years 716 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 1: that I have taken various substances, and I've seen a 717 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,359 Speaker 1: number of substances that players have taken over the years, 718 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:57,880 Speaker 1: adderall vivands, SSR eyes. Those are things that can be 719 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:02,200 Speaker 1: taken with a prescription, and yeah, with a prescription, and 720 00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,840 Speaker 1: that are prescribed. But I think as a Britain's the NFL, 721 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: you have to get that approved, I believe with the NFL. 722 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,319 Speaker 1: So I don't know if that's what it is. Maybe 723 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:15,960 Speaker 1: it's some other maybe it's some other band substance. I 724 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,320 Speaker 1: don't know, but my guess is that the appeals process, 725 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 1: and I'm assuming that he's gone through the appeals process. 726 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:27,879 Speaker 1: But we'll find out what more, what more will come 727 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:32,040 Speaker 1: from this. The arbitrator who denied Ingram's appeals expected to 728 00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:36,640 Speaker 1: produce a full written ruling within a week, so within 729 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:40,759 Speaker 1: the next seven days we'll find out. But this it's 730 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,239 Speaker 1: unfortunate because I felt like last year one of the 731 00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,080 Speaker 1: one of the best stories in the NFL. And we 732 00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,320 Speaker 1: could say this because we're in AFC, but was watching 733 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:52,000 Speaker 1: what was going on with Alvin Kamara and mark Ingram, 734 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,359 Speaker 1: the one two punch in New Orleans for all those 735 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:56,400 Speaker 1: years with Drew Brees and the passing game, and all 736 00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,040 Speaker 1: of a sudden, they've got a running game now and 737 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,719 Speaker 1: Kamara's great out of the backfield, and look how they 738 00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,640 Speaker 1: fit together. You got the buttoned up mark Ingram, You've 739 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,759 Speaker 1: got Alvin Kamara, who's who thinks a little differently. He's 740 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: an independent thinker, if you will, which I sort of like. 741 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 1: Those two are hitting it off, and they were a 742 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,600 Speaker 1: major story almost every single week in NFL. So it 743 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,719 Speaker 1: looks like the Saints are gonna be without mark Ingram 744 00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:23,560 Speaker 1: for the first four weeks. Thing about that Ingram obviously 745 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: is not getting any younger. And you got a guy 746 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,759 Speaker 1: in Kamara that I would imagine wants to be and 747 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,080 Speaker 1: would love to be the number one guy and the guy, 748 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,399 Speaker 1: the unquestioned guy there in New Orleans. So we'll see 749 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 1: what he's able to do. And the first four weeks 750 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,800 Speaker 1: of the season. Earlier in the show, Mark and I 751 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,080 Speaker 1: talked about what's going on with the Indianapolis Colts, and 752 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,520 Speaker 1: there's an interesting article, I think it was Greg Rosenthal 753 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,920 Speaker 1: has put together what he anticipates the starting lineups are 754 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,920 Speaker 1: going to be for each team in the NFL, but 755 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 1: he had it was the NFC, I'm sorry, the AFC South. 756 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:58,879 Speaker 1: So it starts with the Texans and you start looking 757 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,279 Speaker 1: at the roster and you're like, oh, okay, s roster 758 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,800 Speaker 1: looks pretty good all things consider all these guys healthy, 759 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,240 Speaker 1: it looks pretty good. And then of course he questions 760 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:10,279 Speaker 1: the off the line. Everybody will, and then he goes 761 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,759 Speaker 1: through each team and he points out some holes or 762 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:16,000 Speaker 1: some areas. Of course, talks about the Jacksonville Jaguar rosters. 763 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 1: It's the greatest thing since the eighty five Bears. And 764 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,600 Speaker 1: then he gets Inniapolis Colts and he talks about how 765 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,560 Speaker 1: The offensive line being put together with the Indianapolis Colts 766 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,880 Speaker 1: is looking better and better by the day. Anthony Costanzo 767 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:29,040 Speaker 1: has been the entrenched starter at left tackle. They added 768 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:31,799 Speaker 1: Quenton Nelson, number six pick in the draft. Ryan Kelly 769 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:33,920 Speaker 1: could easily be the best center in the NFL if 770 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:37,439 Speaker 1: he ends up staying healthy. From Alabama, they drafted Braydon Smith. 771 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,399 Speaker 1: He'll probably play right guards, so they'll have some ups 772 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,839 Speaker 1: and downs with two rookie guards in there. But then 773 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,919 Speaker 1: the right tackle, I want to say he had Joe Haig. 774 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:49,640 Speaker 1: It may not matter because the Colts added right tackle 775 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:54,399 Speaker 1: Austin Howard. Howard is a guy that was with He's 776 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 1: been with the Ravens. He's been with the Raiders last year. 777 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,360 Speaker 1: I believe he was with Baltimore. Now he had apparently 778 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,920 Speaker 1: worked out for the Texans last year. They didn't come 779 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:07,080 Speaker 1: to a contract agreement apparently, and so Austin Howard never 780 00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:11,600 Speaker 1: became a Texan. He now becomes in Indianapolis. Coult He 781 00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:15,560 Speaker 1: started all sixteen games the right tackle last season for Baltimore. 782 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:17,279 Speaker 1: He's played with the Jets, so that was the other 783 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,320 Speaker 1: one the Jets he had played for, So Austin Howard 784 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,839 Speaker 1: has added to the mix to help protect Andrew Luck, 785 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:25,480 Speaker 1: and he will definitely take over, I would imagine at 786 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:29,680 Speaker 1: right tackle. They also added Matt Slawson through the free 787 00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:33,800 Speaker 1: agent process, so the Colts adding more to their offensive line. 788 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,120 Speaker 1: Jackmu Hort, we don't know what exactly is going to 789 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:41,120 Speaker 1: happen with him in his health, but Colts doing what 790 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,360 Speaker 1: they should have done a long time ago, and that 791 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,960 Speaker 1: is add pieces to help Andrew Luck give them that 792 00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,279 Speaker 1: opportunity to throw the football. I just don't know who's 793 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,399 Speaker 1: gonna throw to at this point, Ty Hilton, Ryan Grant. 794 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:53,960 Speaker 1: I was a big fan of Ryan Grant coming out 795 00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:56,600 Speaker 1: of Tulane. Just hasn't all come together yet and maybe 796 00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,719 Speaker 1: doesn't Indianapolis. We'll see. But they add Eric Ebron, They 797 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:03,440 Speaker 1: Jack Doyle. Look, I didn't mean to poo poo this 798 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,919 Speaker 1: earlier talking about the Colts being the thirty second team 799 00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:09,279 Speaker 1: in the league. They're gonna be. They're not gonna be 800 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,080 Speaker 1: there very long. They're building this the way it should 801 00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,600 Speaker 1: be built by the inside out, and they're adding pieces 802 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,120 Speaker 1: to that roster that they're going to make that roster 803 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:20,319 Speaker 1: very difficult to be as long as Andrew Luck can 804 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,360 Speaker 1: obviously stay healthy, but that was one of the reasons 805 00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:24,520 Speaker 1: that Ballard took the job in particular, was that he 806 00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:30,600 Speaker 1: had his quarterback already enhance. So Austin Howard will become 807 00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:33,080 Speaker 1: an Indianapolis Colt. I would imagine he steps right in 808 00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,640 Speaker 1: at right tackle. The thirty one year old that who 809 00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:39,200 Speaker 1: played all year with the Ravens. In twenty seventeen, C J. 810 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:44,160 Speaker 1: Anderson from the Denver Broncos, or should say formally of 811 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos is added to the Carolina Panthers. I 812 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,600 Speaker 1: think it's a good move for Carolina. Jonathan Stewart they 813 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,959 Speaker 1: let go he was in his thirties. Jonathan Stewart moved 814 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,279 Speaker 1: on to the New York Giants, leaving Christian McCaffrey and 815 00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,879 Speaker 1: of a big hole in the Panthers running game. Well 816 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:07,400 Speaker 1: they add today. See Jay Anderson who leaves Denver and 817 00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,000 Speaker 1: moves on to the Carolina Panthers. Well, I should say 818 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,960 Speaker 1: Denver quit him and then he picked up with the 819 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:16,640 Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. Anderson was on NFL Network and he said, 820 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:18,480 Speaker 1: I just think it fits my game personally. Well, they 821 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:20,880 Speaker 1: love to run the ball. That's something they do more of. 822 00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:22,680 Speaker 1: They have a history running the ball and using backs 823 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:24,319 Speaker 1: in certain ways. I think with the power in my game, 824 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,400 Speaker 1: a little bit of quickness to break tackles, and the leadership, 825 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,920 Speaker 1: I can bring the football I Q on top that 826 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,080 Speaker 1: I can bring to Carolina hopefully puts them over the hump. Yeah, 827 00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:34,480 Speaker 1: Caroline is gonna be I think pretty salty. Now they're 828 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:36,799 Speaker 1: gonna be without Thomas Davis for the first four games 829 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:41,520 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl linebacker, but now they've added see Jay Anderson 830 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:46,320 Speaker 1: for that particular roster. So plenty plenty going on in 831 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,319 Speaker 1: the NFL that we're obviously keep an eye on. If 832 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:53,440 Speaker 1: you've got questions, I will answer questions all all manner 833 00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:56,160 Speaker 1: of speaking anytime, any day. You can hit me up 834 00:41:56,200 --> 00:42:00,120 Speaker 1: on Twitter at Jay Harris Football under the weather or 835 00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,920 Speaker 1: not under the weather. I will do that. Tomorrow it's 836 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:07,120 Speaker 1: gonna be John McLean, the Venerable John McClean at McClean 837 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,400 Speaker 1: on NFL on Twitter. He will be in here with 838 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,439 Speaker 1: Mark for Thursday's show and we'll talk about the rookie 839 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:15,000 Speaker 1: mini camp. Looking forward to seeing the rookies get into building. 840 00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:20,480 Speaker 1: On Thursday, we'll finally get the full roster of both 841 00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:24,120 Speaker 1: tryout players, undrafted free agents and drafted rookies. Now we 842 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:27,600 Speaker 1: know who they drafted, and we've seen reports of undrafted 843 00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:29,680 Speaker 1: guys that hey have signed, and those guys have obviously 844 00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:33,400 Speaker 1: put things on Twitter. But like I said, last year, 845 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,040 Speaker 1: there were two guys I was looking forward to seeing 846 00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,160 Speaker 1: and neither one of them showed up. So we'll wait 847 00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:40,719 Speaker 1: for the official rookie roster to be handed out and 848 00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:44,240 Speaker 1: then rookie Mini camp starts on Friday. It goes Friday Saturday, 849 00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:47,200 Speaker 1: and then also on Mother's Day on Sunday. So looking 850 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,080 Speaker 1: forward to getting those rookies in the building. Their heads 851 00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:51,080 Speaker 1: are gonna be spinning. It's I don't want to say 852 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:53,640 Speaker 1: it's fun to see them that way, but to kind 853 00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:55,880 Speaker 1: of look around the building and go, yeah, there's the vets. 854 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:57,839 Speaker 1: The guys that are rookies last year looking at him, 855 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,359 Speaker 1: going glad, that's not us. We know, we know where 856 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:02,800 Speaker 1: everything is. These guys are coming in, Hey where's the bathroom, 857 00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,239 Speaker 1: Hey where's the locker room, Hey, where's the cafeteria. So 858 00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:06,840 Speaker 1: they gotta go through all that and they will do 859 00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:10,120 Speaker 1: that after, of course they passed physicals and become official 860 00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:14,080 Speaker 1: members of the ninety man roster. Here for the Houston Texans, 861 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:16,719 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys, listening. Thank you so much, it means 862 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:18,359 Speaker 1: a lot to me. Sorry I was under the weather. 863 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:22,000 Speaker 1: They have my typical upbeat energy, but hopefully we gave 864 00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:24,520 Speaker 1: you enough to chew on. Go to listen to our podcast. 865 00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,400 Speaker 1: In the Lab, Drew, Dorry and I drafted a defense 866 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:32,160 Speaker 1: full of all stars, all pros, Hall of famers from 867 00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:35,000 Speaker 1: Texas Universities. Will do our offense next week, but appreciate 868 00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:37,520 Speaker 1: you guys being here. Big thanks to Mark, Big, thanks 869 00:43:37,560 --> 00:43:39,960 Speaker 1: to Drew. We'll see tomorrowybody, and as always, go Texans.