1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,360 Speaker 1: What's going on? Everybody. Welcome to Monday edition of Texans 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: All Acts says, I'm your host, John Harris. Glad to 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: be with you as I am eating everybody at your host. 4 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: It's nice to be here, beautiful day in our city 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: of Houston, Texas. Now I assume you're in Houston, Texas. 6 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: You could be anywhere. We get notes all the time. Hey, 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: I'm a Texas fanover in Germany. I'm in Michigan. I'm 8 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 1: out in Callie, California. Some people are in Portugal. Man, 9 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: you're all over the place. My main Moscow having himself 10 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: a little one down in Mexico. See, I know he's listened, 11 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: So congratulations to him, no doubt. That's exciting stuff. So 12 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: on the show this evening, I think we'll do in 13 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: our second segment, I have a chance to catch up 14 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 1: with one of my good friends around the league in Buffalo, 15 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: sideline reporter for one of the better teams in the league. 16 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: It's been flipped for a long time. Buffalo went so good, 17 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: we were pretty good. Now Buffalo is the talk of 18 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: the town and South Paco Silom reporter and also radio 19 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: host on WGR there in Buffalo. Just an absolute great dude, 20 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: one of my one of my great friends. He will 21 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: join us in the next segment. We talked about a 22 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: little bit everything. We talked about Bill's draft, we talked 23 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: about gard Taylor, we talked about David Culley. The more 24 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: I got talking about it, the more more people we 25 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: on Earth that Sal had connections with. And one of 26 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,479 Speaker 1: the things he said about David Cully is he's one 27 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: heck of a golfer. And that's where Coach Cully was 28 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 1: today out at the Texas Charity Classic out of River 29 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: Country Club. We'll hear from coach Kelly had a little 30 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,199 Speaker 1: a little bite about something that's taken place this weekend, 31 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: so we'll get to that a little bit, and then 32 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 1: we got to hit some stuff around the league, in 33 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: the NFL, because there's in particular, there were two things 34 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: that happened in the AFC South today, at least it 35 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: was announced. I don't know if it went totally aial 36 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: because you got physicals and all that kind of stuff, 37 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: but there were two things that happened in the AFC South. 38 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: One of them, my response to it was just to chuckle, like, 39 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: oh my god, is that a real And then the 40 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: other one was that could be kind of interesting, and 41 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: if you know what that you are, you don't know 42 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 1: which one to react, which reaction goes to what. And 43 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: we'll get to that a little bit later show as 44 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: we go around the NFL. But this is a pretty 45 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: important week for the Texans in that the rookies arrive. Now, 46 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: there were some teams last week that had rookies on 47 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:45,119 Speaker 1: campus and they were able to have a rookie mini camp. Now, 48 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 1: there have been years in which the Texans could run 49 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: a full rookie mini camp because it's not just the rookies. 50 00:02:56,360 --> 00:03:00,799 Speaker 1: You get guys that were on practice squad all year 51 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: long that have a certain number of years of service 52 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: that you can bring to the rookie mini camp. And 53 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: those guys are important because they kind of know the 54 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:12,040 Speaker 1: lay of the land. They I was about to say 55 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: they knew what practice was like, but it really is 56 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: a whole different crew. Obviously with David Culley running things 57 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: as opposed to Bill O'Brien many years ago, so practice 58 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: gonna be a little different, but they'll still have an 59 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: understanding of how an NFL practice goes together. Now, I 60 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 1: don't really have any idea of what will happen what 61 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: Texas Mini Caamp this week. What I do know is 62 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: pretty much what you you guys know, and that is 63 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: I can do math, and you guys can do math too. 64 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: There are five draft picks, there were I think four 65 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: undrafted rookies. That makes nine. That's not going to be 66 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 1: enough now even if you add in a little, a 67 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: little and full of those guys that I mentioned now 68 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: are quite rookies, but they don't have a year of 69 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: service to their record. You know, I remember Case Keenan 70 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: was able to be in rookie Minicamp in twenty thirteen. 71 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: He was on practice squad the entire twenty twelve year. 72 00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 1: Twenty thirteen, he gets the opportunity to go through rookie 73 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: Mini Caamp and that was hugely valuable for Case back 74 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen. I don't know how many players for 75 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: the Texas fall in that category. So this might be 76 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: a situation where you don't have even enough guys to 77 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 1: go through a full on practice. However, this becomes a 78 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 1: massively important weekend for these guys coming in, some of them, 79 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure, if not all of them. Trying to think, 80 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 1: if there's anybody have ever been to an argy stadium, 81 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 1: they may have seen it in a zoom interview. Well, 82 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: they've never been here, never came for a visit. I 83 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: mean I remember players many many years ago. You see 84 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: him to cafetier all the time, like, oh, hey, there's 85 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: such and so I remember Titus Howard. I remember right 86 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 1: inside us at salad bar, and I looked up like, yo, 87 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: Titus Hey, And I think he was a little surprised 88 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 1: I knew his name. But either way, we taught we 89 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:13,479 Speaker 1: chadded for a second because we'd see him at the 90 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: Senior Bowl and then he ends up coming here that 91 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: obviously would know on campus visits. These players are seeing 92 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: some of them seeing Houston for the first time, some 93 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 1: of them, if not all of them in the building 94 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: for the first time. So it is going to be 95 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,840 Speaker 1: interesting for these players kind of figure out where does 96 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: everything go, who's my position coach, what's the playbook look like? 97 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: What does a practice? Even though it's maybe a smaller crew, 98 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: they're probably gonna adapt or just I would imagine, but 99 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: all those things kind of hit this weekend and today 100 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 1: at the Texas Charity Golf Classic, Nick Kissario talked about 101 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: what this weekend for the rookies is really all about. 102 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: The big thing is more than anything, just giving them 103 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: a foundation about our program and what the expectation is, 104 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 1: because the reality is a lot of these guys have 105 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: been essentially independent contractors for six months, maybe the longer, 106 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,799 Speaker 1: depending upon whether or not they played during the fall season, 107 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: right John, So, Okay, fast forward to January, Combine training, 108 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 1: whatever the Combine was, pro day, Like, they've kind of 109 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,280 Speaker 1: been on their own. Okay, now everybody knows where they're going. 110 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: It's not this team's gonna draft you. This mock draft 111 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 1: hasn't here. Okay, you know where you're going. You know 112 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: where you're gonna be. So now it's like, let's start 113 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: to learn our program. Let's get a foundation in place. 114 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: These players are honestly really behind our players. Our players 115 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 1: have been training for call of three to four weeks. 116 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: Some players have been training I choose two three months. 117 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: So again, they have a long way to go. The 118 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: expectation is just like, let's have a good Friday, let's 119 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: go out there, let's have a good whatever we're gonna 120 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,279 Speaker 1: do on a field, which I would say it's probably 121 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: not going to be that much because we got a 122 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: long way to go. With the big thing, it's giving 123 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,240 Speaker 1: them a foundation about our program and then ultimately just 124 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: getting them ready for training camp because that's really the 125 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 1: next true test of what we're actually going to see 126 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: relative to football. So yeah, I often use the words practice. 127 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: I call it practice, and you know, practice takes on 128 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:09,480 Speaker 1: all kinds of different forms. Whenever we call you know OTAs. 129 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: That was essentially a practice without pads. You know, Mini 130 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: camp was essentially practice without pads. This may not be 131 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,920 Speaker 1: a full on what we normally would think of as 132 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: a practice, but it's getting the rookies acclimated to something 133 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: new that I wish. I wish they would allow the 134 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: rookies from the prior year to go through the mini 135 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: camp as well. That would help the group of twenty 136 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: twenty rookies. Now they know where everything is they you know, 137 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: they know where the cafeteria is, they know where locker 138 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: rooms are now that's all. That's all changed too because 139 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: of COVID. There are like five different locker rooms I 140 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: think last year, and who knows where they where they 141 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: all were. But either way, point being, they won't have 142 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: that opportunity. But the twenty twenty rookies probably use a 143 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: little a little refresher as well. But this could be 144 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:07,480 Speaker 1: good to get to twenty twenty one class of Davis Mills, 145 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: Nico Collins, Brevin Jordan, Garrett Wallow, Roy Lopez Junior, and 146 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: then the undrafted is that we know of at this 147 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: point now none of the undrafteds are official, but Ryan 148 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: McCollums center from Texas, AM, Carson Greene offensive tack off 149 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: its a lineman from Texas and am also Damon Hazelton 150 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: University Missouri wide receiver formerly of Virginia Tech, and also 151 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: final receiver. They're Marlin Williams from UCF as we know 152 00:08:36,080 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: it right now. That obviously could change and there could 153 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: be somebody that wasn't announced, but that's what's been rumored. 154 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,679 Speaker 1: We know the draft picks those are official. I mean 155 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: they announced them, so they have to be. The draft 156 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: picks have to be official. But the undrafteds, that's what 157 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: we know of. So I this weekend not really thinking 158 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: about it as a practice more so just an opportunity 159 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: for maybe the guys, especially Davis Mails, Nico Collins, Brevin Jordan, 160 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: get on the field together, start throwing a rock around 161 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: a little bit. Here are the routes you're gonna run. 162 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 1: Those are some of the things you can do, Garrett Wallop, 163 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: You're not gonna be able to work on special teams. 164 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: You don't have guys, but start learning the defense, go 165 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: through a practice, through some of the individual drills that 166 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: you're gonna do during linebacker time. All those kind of 167 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: things they can work on. They're not gonna be able 168 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: to do any seven on seven or team sort of stuff, 169 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: which you could in previous rookie mini camps because you 170 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: would have this boatload of rookies you know obviously don't 171 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 1: have that. But that said, this group of nine coming 172 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: in that we know of right now ends up being 173 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:51,680 Speaker 1: a pretty interesting group from the standpoint of of these players, 174 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 1: which ones can you get them out on the field. 175 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:58,800 Speaker 1: You're early. You just get them out on the field 176 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one and help you as close to 177 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: immediately as possible. When we think about Davis Mills, obviously 178 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 1: the quarterback situation, we've talked ad nauseum and obviously there's 179 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: not much we can add to that because of the 180 00:10:13,760 --> 00:10:18,720 Speaker 1: legal situation that has evolved with Brevin Jordan. There are 181 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: about eight thousand tight ends. I mean, I'm I mean 182 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: Jordan Nakins remains, Farrell Brown remains, Collie Warren's still here. 183 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: Paul Quisenberry brought in, Ryan Zoe brought in, Antonio Claire 184 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: brought in. Now you bring in Brevin Jordan into the mix. 185 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: So tight end is gonna be tight end is gonna 186 00:10:38,880 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 1: be one to have to sift through a lot of 187 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: bodies to find the three or four most dynamic and 188 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 1: pactful players. And you know, Brevin Jordan more like you're 189 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: gonna be on the team. Look, there's no guarantee. Last year, 190 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: the Raiders drafted Lynn Bound Junior in the third round, 191 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: expecting him to be kind of a weapon X player. 192 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:56,679 Speaker 1: They gave up on him in one training camp. He 193 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 1: went to the Dolphins and actually got on the field 194 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: more than a lot of rookies that were drafted in 195 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 1: the first round. So no guarantee of a rookie having 196 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 1: to be retained. But I would imagine they're not going 197 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,240 Speaker 1: to give up on some of they just drafted. But 198 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: where does Brevet Jordan, Fitt and all that wide receiver, 199 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: Brandy Cooks, Randall Cobb, Kik qt Vets. Those guys have 200 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: been there, They've done that. Now comes Nico Collins. What 201 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 1: gives Collins a little bit of an advantage on getting 202 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: out in the field in some way, shape or form. 203 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: Number one, he can fly. Number two, He's got the 204 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 1: size that none of the other receivers in this mix have. 205 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: I mean, Chris Connley is the closest that you get. 206 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: I mean, Conley's got just flat out jets, that's about 207 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: the closest you get. But six four and a quarter 208 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: at two hundred and fifteen pounds, he's going to stand 209 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: out like a sore thumb. So from that perspective, maybe 210 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 1: he gets out on the field for select downs to 211 00:11:56,640 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 1: take the top off, get him the ball out now 212 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: screen or smoke screen, let him do something with it. 213 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: You know, there's an opportunity there for Nico. And obviously 214 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: the Texans moved up to go get Nico. So oh yeah, 215 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 1: moved up. That means they must really like him. Well, yeah, 216 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: that means they like him, but it may not mean 217 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,839 Speaker 1: that he's absolutely ready to go. And plus for Nico, 218 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: he's got to shake some of that rustoff. Garret Wallow 219 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: is in a mix of Zach Cuttingham and a number 220 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: of free agents that was signed a number, I mean 221 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: a big number of free agents that were signed to 222 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: the mix. So Garrett's got to kind of sift through 223 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 1: there find his role. I think he's a consummate four 224 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: to three will linebacker, but gimo campus and see what's 225 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 1: the right fit in Lovey Smith's do defense. Although he 226 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: was the last pick, and I felt like this in 227 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen two and I hope it repeats itself. But 228 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: when DJ Reader was drafted in twenty sixteen, he was 229 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: the last pick of the twenty sixteen draft for the Texans. 230 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: I think they had a six or maybe a seventh. 231 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,640 Speaker 1: They moved those along so they could go get picks 232 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 1: I think in the following year. And so Reader was 233 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 1: the last pick of twenty sixteen and that was that 234 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: was a Will Fuller, Nick Martin. You know they got 235 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,080 Speaker 1: some result from the top two picks in that draft. 236 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: Then Braxton Miller didn't pan out. The safety from West 237 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,080 Speaker 1: Virginia whose name kJ Dillon was coming off an injury 238 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: that never then he got hurt. No, I'm sorry he 239 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:31,760 Speaker 1: got injured as a rookie going out a special teams 240 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,559 Speaker 1: never really found his footing at that point. But Reader 241 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: was the last pick, and I just always had this 242 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: feeling with him after seeing him at the Senior Bowl, 243 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:45,400 Speaker 1: like this dude can play. There's no doubt in my mind. 244 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,839 Speaker 1: And if all he does his hold up blockers and 245 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 1: linebackers go running to the ball, that's gonna be good enough. Well, 246 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: Reader turned into more than that, and I think Roy 247 00:13:54,440 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: Lopez Junior just his strength, leverage, his intelligence upfront, understanding 248 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: how to play up front. He's not Bill like DJ. 249 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,120 Speaker 1: DJ was like six two sixty three. DJ was a 250 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: good three thirty five and he was a He was 251 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 1: a baseball player, so he's an athlete. Roy Lopez Junior 252 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 1: is about six one little over six one three or five, 253 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: so's not quite both that way, but maybe stronger and 254 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: having been a wrestler, he understands leverage, hand placement, all 255 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. I think Roy Lopez Junior has 256 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: got an opportuny to get on the field at some 257 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: point be really excited. And I know people are like, 258 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: he's a six rounder, John, I mean sixth rounder. Really 259 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: getting on the field. Well, it took Reader a little bit, 260 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: but by the end of the season, Reader was starting 261 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 1: right next to Vince Wilfork and doing a great job. 262 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: Than those two would come off the field when they 263 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: when they did their jobs, and then you'd have a 264 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: bunch of pass rushers go on the field on second, 265 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:49,840 Speaker 1: third down and away you go. So I think Roy 266 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 1: amidst the group that's got Ross Blacklock more a three technique, 267 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: that's got Bill Charles, a man who will bumped out 268 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: the defensive. But you got Lee Collins who's probably better 269 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: served being three technique. Vincent Taylor and he's probably a 270 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 1: little bit more of a nose, but you don't have 271 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: a ton of size, but at least with Roy, you've 272 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 1: got a bunch of strength and that can help. So 273 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: the rookies are coming and head coach David Culley is 274 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: very very excited to see him. Well, it gives us 275 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: our first look at our guys come in and we're 276 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 1: looking forward to it, you know with the COVID and whatnot, 277 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 1: not being able to see these guys during the minicamp, 278 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 1: I mean during the season as we have before. It's 279 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 1: very important for us. They're looking forward the same thing 280 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: with us too, So I can't wait for it. Great 281 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,120 Speaker 1: to hear from coach Cully out at the golf tournament today, 282 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: Texas Charity Classic that was at River Rose Country Club 283 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: and just a really fun event for everybody involved in 284 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: it and Obviously you get Nicks Seri out in the course, 285 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:49,720 Speaker 1: David Culley out in the course. And it's like I 286 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: said this a little bit earlier, Apparently David Culley's one 287 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,040 Speaker 1: heck of a golfer. My Man sal Capaccio from the 288 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills, he'll second that in our next segment. But 289 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: I'll make sure we send our thoughts and prayers and 290 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: continued support to coach David Culley. He lost his father 291 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: who was so incredibly just blown away that his son 292 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 1: was the NFL head coach and when Texans hired him, 293 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 1: Coach Cully said to his dad, Dad, I'm the new 294 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: head coach Houston Texans, and his dad was able to 295 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: celebrate that moment with him, and unfortunately, a couple months later, 296 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: the week heading into the draft, Coach Cully's father passed, 297 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 1: and Coach, thoughts are with you and we'll always will 298 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: always be there, and we know that your dad is 299 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: very very proud of you. You know we're proud of 300 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: you here in Houston, but just wanted to send our 301 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: thoughts and prayers out to you, my man David Culley. 302 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: All Right, I mentioned South Buffalo Bill side of the 303 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: Reporter Radio hostedt WGR one of the best in the business. 304 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: He's gonna join me. Next, we're talking about the AFC. 305 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:53,040 Speaker 1: We can talk about that number one game, the opening 306 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: game of this season. Last year we played the Chiefs, 307 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 1: and that opening Thursday night was a rumor that Buffalo 308 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:03,320 Speaker 1: might be playing the Tampa Bay Bucks week one. Here, 309 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: what's Salas to say about that? Next? Right here in 310 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: Texas Access. Yes, Yes, welcome back this Monday issue the 311 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:15,000 Speaker 1: Texas All Access from the Hounday Texans Radio Studio Moble 312 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 1: Version aka the Crib, the Harris Household, where it's been 313 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 1: many many nights. Unfortunately, well, I should say unfortunately, it's 314 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,399 Speaker 1: been fun. My kids sit outside the door and listen. 315 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 1: They feel like they get upfront listen, and which is 316 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: kind of cool for them. I guess, No, I'm joking. 317 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 1: Then they don't listen. Heck, they're teenagers and older. They 318 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: don't listen to this show. But you are. And I 319 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: joke about that. They do listen to the show, they 320 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 1: just don't listen outside the door. So there you go. 321 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,239 Speaker 1: But you're here, and that's what's important to me. And 322 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,960 Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys all being here. Now you've heard 323 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,239 Speaker 1: me talk about my man, Sal Capaccio. You follow him 324 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 1: on Twitter at South Sports. This guy's a complete ball 325 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 1: on the sidelines. Man, I've got to know him. We 326 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:59,400 Speaker 1: we really got to know each other at the comp 327 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: first time we met was the twenty fourteen we had 328 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: our game here against Buffalo, and it's kind of one 329 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 1: of those solid reporter things. I looked over at one 330 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: point and he was on a sideline next to me 331 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: and I looked at him, like, the hell are you 332 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,639 Speaker 1: doing here? And then he was like, I can't get 333 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: reception on the other side, and he seemed really nice. 334 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: I was like, yeah, man, no problem, whatever you need. 335 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 1: And so we went to Buffalo next year to know him. 336 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: But then the combine following that twenty fifteen season, early 337 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,360 Speaker 1: March or twenty sixteen, we had our radio tables next 338 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: together and we started talking. Realized we had a lot 339 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 1: in common. He was just a just a lovely dude, 340 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 1: and I love talking to him, and so we talked 341 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 1: about any number of things. This morning to chat about 342 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: the Bills to Rod Taylor, coach Kelly, and coach Cully 343 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: as a goofer. Here's Paccio, Buffalo Bill's sideline reporter Joe 344 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 1: Amy right now in Texans Radio. I am thrilled every 345 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 1: time in my pal. I say his name so many times. 346 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: You in Houston, you people probability know him. You love 347 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 1: hearing the voice. I love talking to him. A good 348 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: pal from Buffalo side of reporter W Gards a tremendous 349 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 1: job there, he is, He does it all Man sal Capacco. 350 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: So how you doing, my friend? I'm good, I'm good, 351 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 1: thank you. And we're just a couple of days closer 352 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:10,960 Speaker 1: to find out when you're gonna be up here visiting 353 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: me in Buffalo, because comes out Wednesday night. Okay, I'm 354 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 1: gonna ask you that question because that came up six 355 00:19:18,760 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 1: years ago and I remember saying, look, I don't want 356 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,120 Speaker 1: to be up there in December, and then we got 357 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 1: the first week in December, and I remember going up 358 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: there going not so bad. It wasn't too bad. And 359 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 1: so I've told you this, and when we met twenty fifteen, 360 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:35,439 Speaker 1: it was kind of for you and I really we 361 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:37,720 Speaker 1: have to know each other at that combine right after 362 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: that game, talk a lot about that. I love going 363 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: to Buffalo. What what is it about that place that 364 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: makes it? I mean even for people that go in 365 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: there to see games, they get that same feeling. What 366 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: is it about that place that makes it such a 367 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:55,000 Speaker 1: fun trip for people to go? So Buffalo is a 368 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: much smaller city than you know, what you're used to 369 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 1: in Houston. We're not New Yorkshi, La, Philadelphia. We're a 370 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:03,640 Speaker 1: very small market in the NFL, one of the smallest, 371 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: and we really love our football, but we kind of 372 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 1: we pack in all that passion and that's kind of 373 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 1: small community in that small place. You don't have to 374 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: drive very far, the traffic's not too bad. There's enough 375 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 1: to do, but not so much to do that you 376 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 1: don't know what to do, if that makes sense, right. 377 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 1: I mean you can come here, it's like what is 378 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 1: there to do? Okay? We could send you here, we 379 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: could send you there. We have great restaurants, great food. 380 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: Of course, you know about the chicken wings and beef 381 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: on Wick and all those kinds of things. But when 382 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: you get here, you really get immersed in understanding what 383 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: football culture is in the Buffalo Bills mean to this community, 384 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: and if you come during that time period, even the 385 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,439 Speaker 1: Sabers in college basketball like we're a great sports community. 386 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: We really are. But I think that's what it is 387 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:42,840 Speaker 1: to be honest with you, John, which is, you know, 388 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,199 Speaker 1: people don't understand we get knocked on the weather and 389 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: things like that. We're I live twenty minutes from Niagara Falls. 390 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: You know, you want to come up for go to 391 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,760 Speaker 1: a game, go to Knacabols, you want to There's a 392 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: lot of things you can do. You go to Canada. 393 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 1: You're an hour and a half from Toronto when the 394 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 1: borders open, right, I mean, there's so much to do 395 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: from Buffalo. And I think that's really what it is. 396 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: People love the passion we have about our our city 397 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: and our teams. So was Brandon being excited or nervous 398 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:13,439 Speaker 1: when Spencer Brown decided to do Bills Mafia on a 399 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: table right after he got drafted. Oh, I'm sure that 400 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: he probably was a little bit nervous watching that. But 401 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: you know, we've kind of come a custom in embracing 402 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 1: people who do that. The kid got drafted, he's super excited. Obviously, 403 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: you can't blame him for that. You know, it was 404 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: really interesting to see and I think that's been another 405 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 1: part of this, which is this is kind of taken 406 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: on its life of its own. You know, we've talked 407 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: about Bill's Mafia, where it created. My friend Del Reid 408 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: and a few people actually created the whole notion of it, 409 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: which is actually was started to help people in need. 410 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:46,479 Speaker 1: And there's a tecret company called twenty six Shirts. But 411 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:48,639 Speaker 1: Bill's Mafia's kind of taken off into the viral videos 412 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 1: you've seen and things like that, and now people think 413 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: it's all about smashing tables, and of course the players 414 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 1: have kind of embraced it. And I think what's really cool, John, 415 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: is anytime you hear a player come here, they say, 416 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,879 Speaker 1: this really is like a college atmosphere. That's what it is. 417 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: You know, you go to Houston, you have how many 418 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,199 Speaker 1: pro teams a ton? We only have two year. We 419 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: have the Bills, we have the Sabers, but we have 420 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,359 Speaker 1: college teams and we give you the feel of a 421 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: college football atmosphere when the Bills playing. Bills just got 422 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: through with the draft now a little different. First of all, 423 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 1: it was a little different than last year because the 424 00:22:20,520 --> 00:22:22,639 Speaker 1: first round picked was some guy named Stefon Diggs and 425 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 1: kind of a crazy way that they ended up with 426 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: him and he had a tremendous, tremendous year. Brandon Bean 427 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 1: had a great comedy said, yeah, I'm finally done making 428 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: all the monthly payments on the Stefon Diggs deal. But 429 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: then this year you're picking down in the thirties because 430 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 1: that's what good teams do, They pick late in draft 431 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 1: with sal When I've looked at the Hall of Gregory Rousseau, 432 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 1: Boogie Basham, Spencer Brown from othern Iowa. They get a 433 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: really upstart in Tommy Doyle six seven six stay tackle, 434 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 1: and then they get a guy from Houston with some 435 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: serious burners, and that's Marquette Stevenson. I think Damar Hamlin 436 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 1: in the sixth round is just a tremendous steal our 437 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 1: wild Goose, same thing. And then Jack Anderson Texas tech guard. 438 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: I thought I'd have a lot of promise salads. I 439 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 1: just look at that draft, man, I get really excited 440 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,199 Speaker 1: coverance thing the way that I do. I get really 441 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: excited for the Bills with those prospects. Now, it's not 442 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,640 Speaker 1: like some other places where they've got to have these 443 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: guys immediately come in and play. Your roster is pretty stacked. 444 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: That's a pretty nice draft by Brandon being What was 445 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: the thought overall about draft weekend for the Bills, Well, 446 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: I think if this didn't convince anybody that Brandon being 447 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,400 Speaker 1: truly does go best player available versus need than nothing will. 448 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 1: I mean, that's what they did. Even he said, I 449 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,360 Speaker 1: wouldn't have anticipated two defensive ends with our first two 450 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 1: picks and then two offensive linemen with our next two picks. 451 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: The Bills have a good enough roster where it's gonna 452 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 1: be tough for any rookie to come in, especially at 453 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:44,840 Speaker 1: the number through thirty pick as you know, to contribute 454 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,680 Speaker 1: right away. So what do you do? You look around 455 00:23:46,720 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 1: for more depth on your roster? Where can we get 456 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 1: the best player available? We got contracts coming up. And 457 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,879 Speaker 1: it's funny, John, You know, people think you know the Bills. 458 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: You know, at some point you get to pay these guys, 459 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: you will, Josh Allen and people like that. But the 460 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,919 Speaker 1: Bills starting line of you took just the twenty two 461 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 1: starters pretty much every one of them is not only 462 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 1: in our contract this year, but twenty twenty two as well. 463 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,080 Speaker 1: The only spot where they have a couple of guys 464 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: our defensive end, and they basically they just drafted Jerry 465 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: Hughes and Mario Addison's replacements on top of aj Epenesa, 466 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,719 Speaker 1: who they drafted last year at a Obadah who came 467 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 1: from Carolina. So this is the train that they're trying 468 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: to keep running. These guys they drafted, though, it's amazing 469 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: how big they are six eight six eight six seven 470 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 1: us They walk in there immediately the best, the biggest 471 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 1: players on the Buffalo Bill's ros. And I think that's 472 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: something that really stood out about this draft two is 473 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,800 Speaker 1: they really went for size and athletic size, by the way, 474 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: guys who could move for their size. Yeah, Spencer Brown 475 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 1: is one of the most incredible six eight athletes team 476 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,119 Speaker 1: you've ever seen. You and I talked. I think whether 477 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: it was on or off there, I can't remember. You know, 478 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 1: we text all the time. Obviously Etn was off the board, 479 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 1: Nag Harris went off the board. Jarthe Williams was still 480 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:55,840 Speaker 1: on the board of pick number thirty. But as I 481 00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:57,919 Speaker 1: look at it, there's no running back taken. Was that 482 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,720 Speaker 1: not a red flag? But was that something to you 483 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: and many in Buffalo like, Hey, wait a second, what 484 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:06,720 Speaker 1: are we can do about the running game here? We 485 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: didn't take a running back in this draft, and I 486 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 1: know a lot of people felt like the running back 487 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 1: crop was not great in this draft. I thought it 488 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:16,159 Speaker 1: had some players that you could find some nuggets in 489 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,359 Speaker 1: the wilderness if you will. But they didn't draft the 490 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 1: running back. Is that a red flag at all? Or 491 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:21,320 Speaker 1: how do you think the running game will go? No? 492 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: I like the depth of running back in this draft. 493 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: Later on, those guys Joan Williams, Keneth Gainwell I thought 494 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: would have fit perfectly. That's for what he does, right, 495 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:30,679 Speaker 1: You know, Brandon Bean has been telling us since the 496 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 1: end of the season, Hey, our running game struggles were 497 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: not really necessarily on our running backs. There are a 498 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,239 Speaker 1: lot of things that we could do differently. They liked 499 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: Devin Singletary, they like Zach Boss. The key is, though, 500 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 1: the way this team has structured Brandon Being, I believe 501 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 1: has a philosophy of not spending premium assets on a 502 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: running back. Now, he said after the draft, Hey, I 503 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 1: don't have a hard fast rule about not spending a 504 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: first round pick. But John, he spent a third round 505 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,440 Speaker 1: and a third rounder, and I'm telling you he doesn't 506 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,280 Speaker 1: want to pay big money to a free agent. And 507 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: why when you throw the ball as much as they 508 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: do and you have Josh Allen. What's funny is there's 509 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 1: a lot of people here who wanted to add that 510 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 1: kind of an element. There's a lot of people who said, 511 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: I don't want to because I don't want them to 512 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 1: go away from who they are, which is Josh Allen's 513 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 1: playing the ball around the field. Yeah, that's a great point. 514 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,080 Speaker 1: I mean, that's a tremendous point. If you take the 515 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,280 Speaker 1: ball out of his hands, he's your best player and 516 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: makes it makes a ton of sense. I've always been 517 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,439 Speaker 1: a Singletary fan, and I loved Zack Moss, so I 518 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: felt like the running back depth was solid as a 519 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 1: matter of keeping guys healthy, especially at that particular position. 520 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,240 Speaker 1: But I know there have been a lot of talk 521 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: about the running back position for you guys, and then 522 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,359 Speaker 1: not seeing one, you're like, wait a second. But I 523 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: like the guys they had, and I think those guys 524 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: will be fine again if they all stay healthy. So 525 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: I woke up this morning and I can't remember if 526 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: it was Peter King's article or if Albert Briers. One 527 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 1: of those articles made a note about the Bills potentially 528 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 1: playing that opening game down in Tampa, which I know 529 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 1: for you would be very interesting being back in Florida, 530 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,880 Speaker 1: where you coached for a while. What do you think 531 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,600 Speaker 1: about that opening game and opening opening up at Tampa. 532 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,199 Speaker 1: We had that game last year in Kansas City and 533 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:07,920 Speaker 1: it was in the COVID time. We're coming out of 534 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 1: no preseason games. We looked predictably rusty, especially in corporating 535 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,399 Speaker 1: some new assets into it. What are your thoughts about 536 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 1: playing that opening game, potentially taking on Tampa at Tampa 537 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: on a thursdaynight to open a season. I think it'd 538 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 1: be super intriguing. I mean, I'm not totally in love 539 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:25,560 Speaker 1: with it. I think that that's a tough spot for 540 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: any team to be in, but it's a great test, 541 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 1: it's a great challenge. I think it'd be really good 542 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 1: for the league. This is something that Bills fans have 543 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: been into really since the end of the season, when 544 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,440 Speaker 1: we've known that we are the Bills one of eight 545 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: teams on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers home schedule. Then you 546 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,400 Speaker 1: look at it and say, all right, which team's fit. 547 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,160 Speaker 1: So I recently had a little plug if I could. 548 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 1: I recently had Mike North, the VP of broadcast Planning, 549 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,919 Speaker 1: on my podcast, and this guy is amazing, and he 550 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: really got in depth of what goes into the NFL schedule, 551 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: and I specifically asked him what about the Bills opening 552 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,280 Speaker 1: weekend Thursday night in Tampa, and he said, oh, they 553 00:27:57,280 --> 00:27:59,680 Speaker 1: are certainly in the discussion. But he made a great point, 554 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 1: which is, lots of people are You're already gonna have 555 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,360 Speaker 1: people watching that game? Do you need a game like 556 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 1: that week won to get point? Don't? Right? So do 557 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:10,480 Speaker 1: you save that one later for when it's a little 558 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: bit more meaningful to both teams? I think this is fascinating. 559 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 1: I can't wait to find out. My guess is right 560 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 1: now it is either the Bucks, I mean, sorry, the Bills, 561 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: or the Cowboys, but I think the Saints might be 562 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 1: a team here to look out for, because let's be honest, 563 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 1: John Post, Drew Brees era. People are curious, and what 564 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 1: if it's Jamie is going back to his former team. 565 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:36,359 Speaker 1: That's a storyline. Oh, it's It's definitely a storyline. I 566 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: mean the last thirty the last thirty thirty guy we've 567 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,200 Speaker 1: had in the NFL is Jamis Winston. I mean, you 568 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,880 Speaker 1: talk about can't get a read on a guy. Holy cow. 569 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: Either that or it's Taysom Hill, which just be all 570 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,680 Speaker 1: kinds of like sideways, especially if if Sean Payton's got 571 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 1: an entire offseason to trying to figure out an offense 572 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 1: that Taysom Hill is going to run, as opposed to 573 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: throwing him into different spots knowing he's got Drew Breese 574 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: the whole way. That's by the way, you'd rather come 575 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: to Buffalo, not in December. You'd rather come to Buffalo, 576 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: not in December. I'd rather go to Tampa in December. Yeah, 577 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 1: that's I mean, we went. We went two years ago 578 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen. We went in December, and yeah, I mean, 579 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 1: you know, you and I both lived in Florida. We've 580 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: we've seen Florida in December. It's nice. It's nice. You 581 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: can handle it. But I mean, look, we went to 582 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 1: Chicago last year. I was all worried about it in December, 583 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 1: and I was the only one of our radio career traveled. 584 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: I was like, not so bad. Man. By the fourth quarter, 585 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, come on, this is cold. So 586 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 1: I know last time we came to Buffalo in December, 587 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,480 Speaker 1: it wasn't too bad. But man, by the fourth quarter, 588 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 1: if it's not a good game, it's like, oh, man, 589 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 1: I gotta I gotta go. This is tough. But I 590 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,880 Speaker 1: love going there. I was so when I walked out 591 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: at stadium and we went home. Other than losing to 592 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: ironically Troy Taylor, I was, I was like, man, I 593 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 1: love this place. This place is great. Speaking of Torod Taylor, 594 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: you and I talked about Shack Lawson, who had spent 595 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 1: time with the Bills. Torod Taylor, albeit a few years ago, 596 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: spent some time with the Buffalo Bills. It's now, you know, 597 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: obviously six years since you know he We saw him 598 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen, twenty seventeen, heaves a starting quarterback when 599 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 1: they went to the playoffs. So you've been down on 600 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,080 Speaker 1: the sidelines with him, you've been around him. What can 601 00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:26,920 Speaker 1: Texans fans expect from Tarrod Taylor? So what I find 602 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: interesting is David Culley was his quarterbacks coach yer in 603 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,200 Speaker 1: buffal Right right now, obviously he's the head coach in Houston, 604 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,719 Speaker 1: and you know Tyrod goes there. So it's it's I 605 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:39,160 Speaker 1: think a comfortable situation for him. What you can expect 606 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 1: from Taylor is a guy who's going to make plays 607 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 1: enough to keep you in games, help you win some games. 608 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: But he does have a ceiling. He's not a guy. 609 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,560 Speaker 1: He's not to Shaun Watson. He's not a guy that 610 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 1: if everything else starts going wrong, he's going to carry 611 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: you to carry you to victory. But he's not gonna 612 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 1: lose games for you, you know what I mean. Like, 613 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: I don't want to call him a game manager because 614 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: I think he can make more plays than a game manager. 615 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: That's not why you have Tyrod Taylor. But I do 616 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: think that there you have to be able to do 617 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: other things around him. You got to give him a 618 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 1: little bit of a better defense, you got to give 619 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: him a little bit of a better running game. He's 620 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:12,120 Speaker 1: not a guy that works all parts of the field 621 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:15,959 Speaker 1: all the time. They can make every throw necessarily, But again, 622 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 1: I think he's You're comfortable if I had if I 623 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 1: had Tyrod Taylor and the Buffalo Bills as a backup, 624 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:23,440 Speaker 1: I'd feel very comfortable if my starter went down, which 625 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: maybe is the situation. We don't know what's going on obviously, 626 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,160 Speaker 1: But if he has to start four or five games, 627 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: I think that's fine. I think you're in a pretty 628 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: good situation. If he has to start all seventeen games, 629 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 1: you're probably looking at a season where maybe you wish 630 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 1: you had an upgrade at the end. But again, I 631 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: think he's the kind of guy that everything else is 632 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,080 Speaker 1: kind of flown around him. He's very capable to win 633 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:45,800 Speaker 1: a lot of games in this league. And I think 634 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 1: right now, with the situation being as it is here 635 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: in Houston, which it's one of those will it's the 636 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: emoji like, we don't know, we have no idea to me, 637 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:56,880 Speaker 1: he's kind of the perfect guy to have because of that, 638 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 1: because of the things that you have going on and 639 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,400 Speaker 1: you don't know, and you have what's what's it gonna be? 640 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,360 Speaker 1: I think he's the perfect person to have. And just 641 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: watching him on hard knocks a couple of years, just 642 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 1: watching how he is as a professional, how he dealt 643 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 1: with younger players, how he helped justin Herbert Um, you know, 644 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: just help him with something simple as a snap count. 645 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: He just felt like the right kind of teammate that 646 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 1: that you wanted to have out on the field. You 647 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:24,560 Speaker 1: mentioned David Culley as well. I think there are a 648 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 1: lot of people in Houston that are still okay. We've 649 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 1: heard he's been in different places. We heard from a 650 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: lot of people that have been around him. What was 651 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: the thought about David Culley when he was there in 652 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 1: Buffalo just as a coach, just as a leader of men. 653 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,440 Speaker 1: I can also tell you about his golf game. I 654 00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,200 Speaker 1: got to golf with him me team now. So he's 655 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: a really good golfer by the way. So we in 656 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: like third place. It was like this pair up media 657 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:50,080 Speaker 1: with him. Yeah, I did. So it was really cool. 658 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: We got to Yeah, we got to know each other 659 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 1: really well. He's a really fantastic person. I think what's 660 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,280 Speaker 1: interesting about David Cully is he's done everything. He was 661 00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 1: a wide receivers coach, he was a quarterback coach, you know. 662 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 1: Now he's a head coach. He's kind of been involved. 663 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: He was with Baltimore, he was in Buffalo, He's been 664 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,239 Speaker 1: involved in all the other kind of systems, organizations and 665 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: things like that. When he was here, there was a 666 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,400 Speaker 1: lot of criticism that, oh, you hired a wide receivers 667 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,959 Speaker 1: coach from Kansas City to be a quarterbacks coach. Right, 668 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,959 Speaker 1: But as you know, John, like if you know football, 669 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,479 Speaker 1: you know football coaching is about relating. It's about teaching. 670 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: It's about making sure you don't have to be necessarily 671 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 1: have a certain specialization that renders you not good at 672 00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: everything else. And I don't think that's the case with him. 673 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,120 Speaker 1: I love the fact that you know, sure he doesn't 674 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 1: have the experience of a head coach, but he knows 675 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: how all the parts work in an organization. And I 676 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,800 Speaker 1: think that's super important for any head coach to have. 677 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 1: And that's why I think he's at least gonna have 678 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 1: a shot to succeed. I mean, I don't know how 679 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 1: the good they'll be on the roster, but at least 680 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 1: David Culley knows what the job is of all the 681 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 1: assistants and the coordinators because he's been there before, no doubt. 682 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 1: At South Sports on Twitter, if you're in the area, 683 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 1: check out WGR Listen to my man there. He does 684 00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:57,720 Speaker 1: a tremendous job. Salue the best, brother, Thank you so 685 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 1: much for joining a man and we'll catch up soon time, buddy, anytime. 686 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,959 Speaker 1: Some great stuff there from salth Capaccio Sata, reporter of 687 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. Now I mentioned earlier in the show, 688 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: as we go around the NFL. Next, there were two 689 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,239 Speaker 1: moves made. I should say, it's not even around the 690 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 1: NFL's around the AFC South. Two moves were made today 691 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:18,880 Speaker 1: and one made me think, oh my god, what is 692 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,239 Speaker 1: going on? The other one I was calling, uh interesting, 693 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 1: which reaction applies to which move We'll do that next 694 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:31,200 Speaker 1: right here in Texans Axis. Here in Texans Axis. Here 695 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: in Texans Axis. We got one file segment of this 696 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:37,840 Speaker 1: edition of Texas All Access, a Monday edition Beautiful Skies, 697 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:42,240 Speaker 1: Wonderful Day, a little hot. We're getting into the eighties 698 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,840 Speaker 1: more regularly, which means we're going to get to the 699 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 1: nineties very very quickly. And as I mentioned earlier, John Harris, 700 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,560 Speaker 1: your host, mentioned this about the rookies coming in from 701 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,719 Speaker 1: Mini Camp. I remember there were a couple of times. 702 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 1: There was one year and may have been twenty fourteen. Actually, 703 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,000 Speaker 1: I think it was CJ for the wear Wits. He 704 00:35:02,120 --> 00:35:05,080 Speaker 1: was saying about how hot it was at practice, and 705 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: one of the equipment guys left over was said, do 706 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:11,839 Speaker 1: you think this is hot? And CJ looked at him like, 707 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 1: what you mean he gets hotter? Oh man, Yeah, it's 708 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:22,480 Speaker 1: it's got an opportunity to get pretty hot. You know, Stanford, Michigan. No, yeah, 709 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:25,720 Speaker 1: those guys now, Nico's from Alabama and Davis is from Georgia, 710 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:27,840 Speaker 1: so they know they know hot. Brevin was in Miami. 711 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,960 Speaker 1: He understands it, he gets it. Garrett played a TCU 712 00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:35,600 Speaker 1: Roy Lopez Junior was at Arizona. Yeah, I think they're 713 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,560 Speaker 1: gonna be okay, They'll be all right. They understand hot. 714 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,239 Speaker 1: I want to have an issue, not like some of 715 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:40,920 Speaker 1: the guys that come from the North. They're like, Yo, 716 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 1: this is a whole there's a whole different world here, 717 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,200 Speaker 1: all right. I mentioned we go around the NFL. But 718 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,200 Speaker 1: when I realized this, we just go around the AMC 719 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 1: South with two moves, they kind of triggered the meter 720 00:35:55,840 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 1: across the league. Today, I said, there were two reactions. 721 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:04,719 Speaker 1: The first one was like, huh, what is that? And 722 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 1: the other one was like hmm interesting. Well the hmm 723 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:15,439 Speaker 1: interesting one. As with the Indianapolis Colts, the Colts did 724 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:19,080 Speaker 1: not draft a tackle on this draft, and following the 725 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:23,280 Speaker 1: number of Indianapolis media that I do and just following 726 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,960 Speaker 1: things around the AC South, there was this sort of 727 00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:31,360 Speaker 1: point of panic of Chris Ballard. You do know that 728 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:35,840 Speaker 1: Anton Costanzo retired, You know that right? Because there was 729 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:39,120 Speaker 1: no tackle drafted, there was no move made for an 730 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 1: offensive tackle. Until today, The Indianapolis Colts will be signing 731 00:36:46,360 --> 00:36:52,400 Speaker 1: a one year, about nine million dollar deal with Eric Fisher, 732 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:58,080 Speaker 1: former number one overall pick in twenty thirteen with the 733 00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,839 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. The connection in there, if you will, 734 00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:05,320 Speaker 1: is that Fisher was in Kansas City when Chris Ballard 735 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,640 Speaker 1: was director of player personnel in Kansas City. Now I 736 00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,920 Speaker 1: don't believe that Ballard was part of that pick. I 737 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,360 Speaker 1: think he came the next year if I remember correctly. 738 00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,279 Speaker 1: That could be wrong on that, but I know that 739 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 1: they overlap there. The interesting part comes a wow, they 740 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:24,120 Speaker 1: just got a number one overall pick. Guy I went 741 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,720 Speaker 1: to Pro Bowls. He got that was pretty pretty sualty 742 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,400 Speaker 1: with the Kansas City Chiefs, got a second contract with 743 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:33,000 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. But he also tore his achilles in a 744 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,200 Speaker 1: playoff game. He's not going to be ready to go 745 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:41,719 Speaker 1: until October apparently. Now youar that, you're like, oh my gosh, 746 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 1: you have the seasons over. Well. For me, that was 747 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,480 Speaker 1: my first reaction, and then I was like, okay, that's 748 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:49,520 Speaker 1: the college season. Typically the college season, you get to October, 749 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:51,880 Speaker 1: it's about halfway over, but you'll be about four or 750 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:54,319 Speaker 1: five weeks in, depending on what part of October. If 751 00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,279 Speaker 1: he gets all the way through October, he might be 752 00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,359 Speaker 1: week seven or eight. You might get him for just 753 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: a half a year. But the thought being he's not 754 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:08,080 Speaker 1: going to be ready to go until October. So now 755 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,840 Speaker 1: the interesting part because the m there Fish of the 756 00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,680 Speaker 1: Colts like, okay, I get it, let's see it interesting though, 757 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,480 Speaker 1: that he won't be able to be there until October. 758 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,239 Speaker 1: So what do the Colts do with the guy that 759 00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 1: took a lot of sacks last year, got beat up, 760 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:24,680 Speaker 1: did not have great protection in front of him and 761 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:30,719 Speaker 1: Carson Wentz in Philadelphia and it impacted him greatly. So 762 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,680 Speaker 1: what a coach is gonna do until Fisher is ready 763 00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:38,600 Speaker 1: to go? That's the interesting part. And I'm sure that 764 00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:42,120 Speaker 1: Chris Ballard has considered and thought about it. What they're 765 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,080 Speaker 1: gonna do, how they're gonna go about it. There was 766 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:47,680 Speaker 1: a rumor about Quinn Nelson potentially going over to left guard, 767 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:51,160 Speaker 1: from left guard to left tackle. I wouldn't do it, 768 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:53,960 Speaker 1: but look, there's that possibility. It's a possibility of Braydon Smith, 769 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,919 Speaker 1: right tackle moving over to left tackle. I don't love 770 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,279 Speaker 1: the moving pieces. My guess is they'll try to find 771 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:04,080 Speaker 1: somebody to fill the gaps for the first seven eight weeks, 772 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,880 Speaker 1: can just get them through until they can get Fisher 773 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,359 Speaker 1: fully healthy. Air Fisher jumps in and that could be 774 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:17,440 Speaker 1: a major, major nugget fined for Chris Bowed Indiapolis Colts. 775 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,040 Speaker 1: It could also be a complete and total disaster, which 776 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,400 Speaker 1: everything could be. But just given the severity of his 777 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:27,280 Speaker 1: injury the achilles in fact, I think he's now thirty 778 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:31,719 Speaker 1: two years old, you're not gonna have him until probably October, 779 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:37,680 Speaker 1: there's some risk there. Now. The move in the ANFC 780 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:44,000 Speaker 1: South that I just chuckled, what's the fact that. And 781 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,160 Speaker 1: I had to make sure this was not tweeted by 782 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:54,879 Speaker 1: Adnan Schefter or Adam Scheister or Ian Rampumport. I had 783 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:58,280 Speaker 1: to make sure it was legitimate, and I've double checked everyone. 784 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 1: The Jacksonville jag Ours are signing Tim Tebow to a 785 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:12,240 Speaker 1: one year contract to play tight end. So I chuckled 786 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:19,040 Speaker 1: at that, because, first of all, Tebow bristled at anybody 787 00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:23,120 Speaker 1: who ever brought up the idea of playing tight end 788 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:27,600 Speaker 1: while he was playing coming out of college. Completely not 789 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:31,520 Speaker 1: gonna do it. Nope, I'm a quarterback, says what I am. 790 00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:34,359 Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, when things went south 791 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,839 Speaker 1: in Denver, he went to the Jets, and he went 792 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,239 Speaker 1: to the Patriots, and he went to the Eagles, and 793 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:43,560 Speaker 1: he was out of the league. Boom out. Maybe the 794 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:46,160 Speaker 1: light went on. He went to go play baseball as 795 00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:48,640 Speaker 1: he was doing the TV thing. I think he's actually 796 00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:52,560 Speaker 1: pretty good on TV. But I get it. I get 797 00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,680 Speaker 1: the fact that a guy would want to continue to 798 00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:56,920 Speaker 1: play because football, of all sports. Look, you can go 799 00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:01,040 Speaker 1: play pickupball, basketball, you can go join it years softball league. 800 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,000 Speaker 1: It might even be like some semipro baseball leagues you 801 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,520 Speaker 1: could play. There isn't that in football. You can't go 802 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:08,359 Speaker 1: just play a pick up football. Hey, let's go down 803 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,240 Speaker 1: to Memorial Park and let's play a game at tackle football. 804 00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,359 Speaker 1: It doesn't quite work like that. So if you still 805 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:18,640 Speaker 1: got it, then okay. Now there's no guarantee that he's 806 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:21,880 Speaker 1: gonna make the squad, But man, I gotta imagine that 807 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:25,640 Speaker 1: tight end room is like, man, that's Urban's guy. We 808 00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:29,719 Speaker 1: gotta watch herself. There's a lot of different components to this. Yes, 809 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,839 Speaker 1: Tebo's there to set the culture, but what's he got 810 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,120 Speaker 1: left in the tank? Look, he is a tank. I 811 00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:39,320 Speaker 1: mean he's built like, I mean, blessed from the gods. 812 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:44,759 Speaker 1: But there was never any real sort of explosive He 813 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:47,840 Speaker 1: was just a power guy. But he wasn't like a twitchy, 814 00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:49,840 Speaker 1: you know, run away from you sort of guy, and 815 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,719 Speaker 1: he never really had great hands. So I'm not exactly 816 00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:56,840 Speaker 1: sure what the Jacks see here other than Urban Meyer 817 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,279 Speaker 1: seeing his guy Tim Tebow and giving him a shot 818 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,880 Speaker 1: because he wants it. And I can respect that. But 819 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:07,640 Speaker 1: I got a chuckle I do because I know that 820 00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,400 Speaker 1: wouldn't fly in a lot of NFL locker rooms in 821 00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:14,600 Speaker 1: a lot but Ermeyer run things in Jacksonville. We'll see 822 00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:18,520 Speaker 1: how that goes. But Tim Tebow a member of his 823 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:22,560 Speaker 1: hometown pro team to Jacksonville Jaguars, and I had to 824 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:25,799 Speaker 1: chuckle at that. I wish him well. I've always been 825 00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,120 Speaker 1: a big fan of Tebow. I just think taking reps 826 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,440 Speaker 1: away from other tight ends, other young guys that they 827 00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:34,239 Speaker 1: can build on and build with, is foolish. But that's 828 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:36,640 Speaker 1: their decision. They can live with it. Big thanks for 829 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,920 Speaker 1: well man, sal capaccio to all of you listening, and 830 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:42,560 Speaker 1: every night I end the show with Go Texans, and 831 00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:46,320 Speaker 1: I will tonight. One minor addendum, I love you, be 832 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,560 Speaker 1: gonna miss you, buddy,