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Speaker 1: There is no off season for your Houston Texans. Game

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Speaker 1: it is good evening everyone. Mark Vandama or John Harris

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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program as we take

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Speaker 1: Football League. Texans and OTA's Week two. They'll have Week

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Speaker 1: good evening. How's it going with you, my friend margat John,

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Speaker 1: I'm doing great. I hope you are as well. General.

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Speaker 1: What's your soul? What are your summer plans? What are

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns when they visit an RG stadium. What's

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Speaker 1: I know Rusty Harden said. Trevor Bauers has nothing to

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Speaker 1: do with what will happen to Sean Watson, But when

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Speaker 1: they make decisions in New York, the public sentiment figures

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Speaker 1: into it. What's going to be the backlash? What shouldn't

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Speaker 1: we do? And they've had some controversial suspensions through the season.

432
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Speaker 1: They want to get this one right. And everybody knows

433
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Speaker 1: it's coming, and so I would think it would be

434
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Speaker 1: somewhere before the start of training camp and will know

435
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Speaker 1: he could be there, he can practice, he can work,

436
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Speaker 1: and he's got to go when they get ready for

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Speaker 1: the season. So do you have just Jacobe persist as

438
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Speaker 1: the number one quarterbacking camp? And so that's that. You

439
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Speaker 1: know there's Mayfields there. Some people are wondering would Baker

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Speaker 1: Mayfield be the starter? And I'm thinking no, there's too

441
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,360
Speaker 1: much bad blood there. I could see Mayfield being treated

442
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,280
Speaker 1: like Watson was last year, where you show up, you

443
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Speaker 1: do what Watson did, and you're nowhere around on the

444
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Speaker 1: game day, but you're there to make sure you get

445
00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:17,760
Speaker 1: paid till the team is willing to make a trade

446
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,000
Speaker 1: and absorb a lot of that eighteen million dollars contract

447
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Speaker 1: this season. So everybody wants the league to do it.

448
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:30,040
Speaker 1: I think they if the person in investigating, he turns

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Speaker 1: it over to a guy that makes the decision. Now,

450
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Speaker 1: if they say no suspension, there's no suspension. Could they'll

451
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Speaker 1: can't do anything about it. But if they say ten,

452
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Speaker 1: he could produce it on a bill. But I think

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Speaker 1: it's coming soon, and man on man, I think how

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Speaker 1: much attention that will get. It'll be interesting. In general,

455
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Speaker 1: thanks so much. Are you gonna be up in Conroll

456
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Speaker 1: with the guys in the afternoon tomorrow? How sure? We'll

457
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Speaker 1: be there. I can't wait. I always love going on

458
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Speaker 1: our remotes and hanging out with a listeners. I get

459
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Speaker 1: there early, and I'll be there tomorrow as well. I'll

460
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Speaker 1: be there early and I can't wait. Thank you guys

461
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:12,159
Speaker 1: very much. As all right, thank you General John McLean

462
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,200
Speaker 1: joining us as he does every Thursday. It is a

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Speaker 1: regular thing. In case you haven't noticed. Coming up, well,

464
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Speaker 1: we mentioned Ryan Fitzpatrick retired. Where does he fit in

465
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Speaker 1: among Texans quarterbacks? All time? We will do that. That's

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Speaker 1: what we do here. Also OTA questions for John Harris.

467
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Speaker 1: Johnny watches practice the way Zach Galifanakis counts cards. Okay,

468
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Speaker 1: I mean he's all over it. He's got everything you

469
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Speaker 1: need to know. So I'm going to throw him some

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Speaker 1: questions about OTA. See what he thinks about what he's

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Speaker 1: John Harris with you, Johnny? You ready to rank Ryan

481
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick in Texas history? Come on, it's fun. It's summertime.

482
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Speaker 1: I didn't have any problems since you brought it up.

483
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,919
Speaker 1: I was like, yes, I don't do it. I like

484
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Speaker 1: I've always do. Like Fitsy man, I've always I always

485
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Speaker 1: have Yes, All right, top Fitsy moment for you go

486
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: or do you want me to go first? It's gotta

487
00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:56,879
Speaker 1: be the it's gotta be six touchdowns. It's gotta be

488
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Speaker 1: the six touchdowns against the type. Yeah, but okay, how

489
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 1: about this one? The Buffalo pregame speech and then beating

490
00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:10,120
Speaker 1: the bills, right, it's pretty at home. Yeah, you beat

491
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Speaker 1: the Bills. He went nuts in the breakdown right before

492
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Speaker 1: the team goes back into the tunnel. And yeah, the

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Speaker 1: Watt pick six a Watt pick six in that game.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, how about JJ family expecting, Yes,

495
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Speaker 1: the worst expecting. I saw, I saw the post and

496
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Speaker 1: she seems pretty far along. No, he must be getting

497
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:36,720
Speaker 1: on that for a while. Yeah, I guess so. But

498
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Speaker 1: great for them and good Yeah, it's good luck to

499
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Speaker 1: the Watson as as Trump pender guts. Get that nil

500
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:50,479
Speaker 1: money ready because whatever boy or girl emerges from that

501
00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 1: womb is gonna be as athletic as anything you've ever seen.

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Speaker 1: So get that nil money ready because that that kid's

503
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Speaker 1: gonna be an athlete. And related story, the University Wisconsin

504
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 1: just purchased a bunch of crypto Just kidding. So anyway,

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Speaker 1: I think Buffalo Now. As far as on field stuff,

506
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,480
Speaker 1: it's interesting because you know the Oakland game, what was

507
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,680
Speaker 1: that week two of the twenty fourteen season. That's where

508
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 1: I walked through his first touchdown pass h Fitz. He

509
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 1: kind of steered the ship. He played pretty well in

510
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Speaker 1: the Dallas game. Not entirely perfect. He was never perfect,

511
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 1: but he did have his best season. He had his

512
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:38,320
Speaker 1: best season to date in twenty fourteen working for Bill O'Brien.

513
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 1: The following year, he topped it with the Jets and

514
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 1: they would have, could have should have made the playoffs.

515
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Speaker 1: But anyway, I'm not gonna do this is not gonna

516
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Speaker 1: be a debate like who's number one, shop Watson And look,

517
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 1: we know the talent of Deshaun Watson. All right, I'm

518
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Speaker 1: not gonna get into that whole thing, but those two

519
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 1: guys are the top two quarterbacks and franchise history. We

520
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 1: could just put them in that class. The next thing,

521
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Speaker 1: who's third and fourth and fifth? And he gets interesting here, Yeah,

522
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Speaker 1: it gets interesting here because I'm gonna say t J.

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Speaker 1: Yates has to be third, and I know that the

524
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Speaker 1: numbers and whatever else, but the guy won a playoff game. Here.

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Speaker 1: He saved your season in twenty eleven as a fifth

526
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Speaker 1: round draft choice rookie. He basically saved your season from

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Speaker 1: the quarterback position. It was a team effort in twenty

528
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Speaker 1: fifteen when it was sliding out of control and didn't

529
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Speaker 1: win the division for you, but he got you going.

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Speaker 1: He got you going when you needed a spark, and

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Speaker 1: he gave it to you coming off the bench at Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: then beating the Jets, and then was Howire back for

533
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Speaker 1: the Saints. I don't think he was back here. That

534
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,320
Speaker 1: was still Yates. I think it was still I'll check

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Speaker 1: it out. But anyway, whether he was or wasn't, he's

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Speaker 1: my number three guy in the history of the franchise.

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Speaker 1: What about you, I would have to agree with you.

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Speaker 1: I think you hit on all of them. It's ever

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Speaker 1: with TJ. It's never been about, oh, he's gonna put

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Speaker 1: a massive numbers. I think the game that always gets

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Speaker 1: forgotten for some for some reason, and maybe it's because

542
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Speaker 1: of the way that season ended, how badly, but that

543
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Speaker 1: twenty fifteen win over the Jets, he played very well

544
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Speaker 1: in that game, and he hit that deep ball to

545
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Speaker 1: DeAndre against Rivas, and it made me think about it

546
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Speaker 1: today because the Jets announced I think three dates this

547
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Speaker 1: year in which they're inducting players into their Ring of

548
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Speaker 1: Honor or Hall of hon Or whether they call it,

549
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Speaker 1: and Rivas is one of them. And and look, Revs

550
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 1: should be a first ballot Hall of Famer. I mean,

551
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 1: he he's arguably the best or in the team picture.

552
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 1: The top three cover guys ever played the game and

553
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 1: DeAndre torched him that day, but TJ laid in that

554
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 1: deep post to him, like sixty one yards and it

555
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,880
Speaker 1: was like, yo, I mean, this guy just beat the

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Speaker 1: Bengals on Monday night and now he's doing it on

557
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 1: Sunday afternoon back home. I think that games, that game

558
00:31:56,400 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: gets forgotten, but it's it's a tremendous TJ game. But

559
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Speaker 1: you're ready saved. He saved eleven, fifteen, he saved, and

560
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,120
Speaker 1: then he came back in seventeen. Obviously, you know, the

561
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 1: magic was out of the was out of the hat

562
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 1: at that point. But he had done so much and

563
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 1: forgot it was a fifth round quarterback, drafted, you know,

564
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: went to the combine as a camp arm apparently, and

565
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 1: he just he made the most of his opportunity. I

566
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 1: think you gotta put him three. And I wish you

567
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:27,720
Speaker 1: feel like TJ and Sage are kind of on the

568
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 1: same from a production standpoint. There was never ever like

569
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Speaker 1: production one or the other, one way or the other.

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Speaker 1: But it's just that TJ, I think, had a couple

571
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Speaker 1: of the bigger moments and big big moments that you'll

572
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 1: never fright yet. Sage, I think you'll remember as being

573
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Speaker 1: a guy that when he got the opportunity, he played

574
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 1: very very well. Was Sage? I remember that Thursday night

575
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Speaker 1: game against the Broncos and oh seven. Was that the

576
00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:59,040
Speaker 1: catch a bottle game? I think it was? And he um,

577
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 1: he was great in that game against Broncos. I mean

578
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 1: it was the I was like, Wow, Sage looks great tonight.

579
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Speaker 1: And there were moments like that for Sage. TJ just

580
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 1: won the bigger games. Yeah, he looked good. Sage looked

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Speaker 1: good against the Buccaneers a few days earlier in a

582
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Speaker 1: Sunday game. Yes, So they beat the Bucks and they

583
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Speaker 1: beat the Broncos to go to seven and seven, And

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Speaker 1: at the time, that was whoo. That was unbelievable to

585
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Speaker 1: be five hundred that late in the season, especially after

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Speaker 1: the start they had that year, and that was the

587
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 1: first year they finished five hundred. We talked about that

588
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:34,080
Speaker 1: season recently. But here's the issue. What do you do

589
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: with David Carr here? Because there's a lot of sentiment

590
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: for Case Keenom somewhere and Ryan Fitzpatrick, that's what brought

591
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 1: this whole thing up in the first place. What do

592
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 1: you do about David Carr, who you got us a rookie.

593
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: You were an expansion team. We all know the problems

594
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Speaker 1: with the line and the injuries early on and having

595
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 1: to play rookies, so many rookies on offense, and had

596
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,400
Speaker 1: he played better, maybe things would have been different, especially

597
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: in two thousand and four when they were what four

598
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,960
Speaker 1: and three at one point that year, but could not

599
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 1: get the offense wrapped up anymore after that. I don't

600
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: know what to do about him, but I think I

601
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 1: gotta put him right here because of the longevity four years.

602
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 1: But maybe I'm wrong. What are your thoughts, Boll. It's

603
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 1: a tricky one because there were there were some moments

604
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Speaker 1: early obviously, but then at the end you could kind

605
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,799
Speaker 1: of see the confidence waning, and not just him, but

606
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 1: also you know when Gary takes over a two thousand

607
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,640
Speaker 1: and six, by the end of that season, you can

608
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,359
Speaker 1: tell the confidence was just gone, I think in both

609
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:36,840
Speaker 1: quarterback and head coach, in his quarterback and it's it.

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Speaker 1: But it's so tough because there is a long longevity thing.

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Speaker 1: You just wonder what if David Carr were a veteran

612
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Speaker 1: and came on at two thousand and two, would he

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Speaker 1: have had four years as a starter or did he

614
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,319
Speaker 1: get four years because he was number one overall? And

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00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,840
Speaker 1: and so that's that's always kind of a tricky a

616
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Speaker 1: tricky thing, got a good The other flip, the flip

617
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Speaker 1: side of his mark is if you don't put him there,

618
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 1: who do you put in his stead? Who do you

619
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Speaker 1: who do you put in place of him? That's that's

620
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: the that's the one. I have a heart. I know

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Speaker 1: Case will Case. I just don't think it was long

622
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:13,799
Speaker 1: enough for Case. But those two wins in fourteen will

623
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Speaker 1: always it will always stick with me. Yeah, yeah, it's

624
00:35:18,080 --> 00:35:21,160
Speaker 1: it's a fan favorite thing with keenom right, I think

625
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,400
Speaker 1: he is. He's not exactly like he's adored in the

626
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: city of Houston, but he's certainly well liked, and he's

627
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: adored by many, let's just put it that way, and

628
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 1: a lot of people have followed his career with great interest.

629
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Speaker 1: I've got a good way to do this car thing

630
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:37,560
Speaker 1: and to eliminate him from finishing third or fourth or

631
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Speaker 1: fifth in that after he leaves, he doesn't get another shot.

632
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 1: They're not gonna play him again. Right, So he didn't

633
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 1: do enough here necessarily, and I'm out of hate him.

634
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 1: I'm not bashing the guy. I'm just saying for the

635
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,799
Speaker 1: sake of this list. Yes, but after he left, he

636
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,839
Speaker 1: didn't get another opportunity, and there's a reason for that.

637
00:35:56,360 --> 00:36:00,360
Speaker 1: So Case Keenom did, Case Keenom did some things. He

638
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:04,840
Speaker 1: started many games after he left here. Ryan Fitzpatrick started

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Speaker 1: many games after he left here. Brian Hoyer started games

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Speaker 1: after he left here. Right, still got an opportunity. So

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00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:15,399
Speaker 1: what do we do with car We slide him down

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Speaker 1: a little bit here? I think fourth, this is where

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Speaker 1: Fitzy sits, unless you want to put and I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: keep Mills out of it. It's incomplete. I'm not I'm

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Speaker 1: not gonna give him a grade with eleven stars and

646
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Speaker 1: work here and all that. But I think, yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think right here it's it's Fitzy unless you want to

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Speaker 1: slide Hoyer in there. But I don't know, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if I'm ready to do that. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that I could do that with Brian.

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Speaker 1: I thought, Brian, when you when you think about the

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Speaker 1: twenty fifteen season, how often do you come back to, Oh,

653
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Speaker 1: Howyer made plays in that game that got us to win.

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Speaker 1: I can think of the Tennessee game at home, but

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Speaker 1: the Tennessee game at home, I think about Whitney. Whitney

656
00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:59,880
Speaker 1: merciless was just tremendous, and obviously Watt was on a

657
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Speaker 1: player of the Year trajectory, so he had a great game.

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Speaker 1: I remember Howyer throwing a deep pass and eate Washington,

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Speaker 1: But I don't remember Hoyer doing things that made me

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Speaker 1: think they're winning because of Brian Hoyer or he's making

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00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 1: contributed plays. I feel I thought about that with TJ.

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00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 1: When TJ was in, I thought about him making winning plays. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: like I mentioned the throw to Durell Reeves, the throws

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Speaker 1: he made in that in that Sincinnati Bengals game, not

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Speaker 1: just the one to Hop but the one to Ryan

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Speaker 1: Griffin early. So it's hard for me to think about

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Speaker 1: putting Hoyer in that mix. You can't put Mallet in

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Speaker 1: that mix. Um, I'm trying to think who You're definitely

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Speaker 1: putting the Brockster in there. That's not happening, rum Man.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I I think you would almost have to

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Speaker 1: put Tom Savage in front of Brian Hoyer. No, oh

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Speaker 1: my gosh, No, you can't do that. I don't think

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Speaker 1: you can't. But let me ask you this. You got

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna roll the ball out there, Johnny, and you

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Speaker 1: get to have in there whatever version of prime you

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00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,359
Speaker 1: want to cook up here with the Houston Texans. You

677
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 1: get to have Savage or Hoyer. You gotta win. I'll

678
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:17,239
Speaker 1: take non concussed Hoyer every day of the week over Savage.

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Speaker 1: And you know, I had high hopes for Tom, like

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00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: a lot of people did. It just didn't work out.

681
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,359
Speaker 1: You mentioned Rosenfels earlier, and look, his starting record as

682
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: a Houston Texans signal caller is six and four. That's

683
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:32,360
Speaker 1: not bad. We probably should stick him behind Yates and

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Speaker 1: then go with Fitzy or somebody, and then that's the five.

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Speaker 1: I think that's the five, right there, Yates, Sager, FITZI

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Speaker 1: three four five? Yeah. Are we not giving enough press,

687
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: enough praise, enough pub to Brock? Just kidding? Uh, Rock

688
00:38:55,120 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 1: doesn't win, Johnny, Stop stop, I know it. Look, I

689
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:07,719
Speaker 1: mean we talk about you talk about memorable performances from

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00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 1: the quarterback position that see, this needs to be a show.

691
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 1: We need to do this show. You talk about memorable

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Speaker 1: performances for a Texans quarterback. How far down the list

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Speaker 1: do you go? Take Watson out of it? And his

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00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,399
Speaker 1: performances because obviously he had many of them. But how

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Speaker 1: far down the list do you go before you say

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Speaker 1: brock Oswiler, fourth quarter in overtime twenty sixteen on Sunday

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Speaker 1: Night football against Innneapolis Colts. That's it. That's all I

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00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,400
Speaker 1: got from him. I mean, that's all we got, but

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00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:42,319
Speaker 1: it's pretty good. He was at the Helm for a

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00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: season that turned out to be a division championship, but

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00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,920
Speaker 1: he was benched. Savage came in. We all know the

702
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:51,280
Speaker 1: rest of the story, all right, and he was quarterback

703
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Speaker 1: for a playoff win, for one of your four playoff wins.

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Speaker 1: Mean he was they beat Connor Cook and the Oakland Raiders.

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00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 1: But still it counts, and I'll take w every time.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. All right, that's our list, and it's incomplete,

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Speaker 1: and give us an eye and we'll try to finish

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Speaker 1: this up maybe next week or something. Johnny, I've got

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Speaker 1: ota questions for you. Rapid Fire coming up next year

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Speaker 1: on Texans Radio. Stay tuned for more on the Houston

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Speaker 1: Back to the show that teach you plugged in with

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Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. All right, here we go, Johnny Ota questions. Look,

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Speaker 1: I've been out in a bout a lot. I know

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Speaker 1: you have two and I get thrown these questions. I'm

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00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: gonna throw them to you now. We don't have much

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00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:08,919
Speaker 1: time left, so I need you to answer these in

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Speaker 1: maybe twenty to twenty five seconds or less. Are you ready?

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Speaker 1: Of course? Let's go? All right, here we go rapid fire. Okay, first,

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Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna pretend to be a fancer, like, hey,

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Speaker 1: how do they look at there at practice? How do

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00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:23,359
Speaker 1: they look at Johnny fast? I think this is one

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00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:25,479
Speaker 1: of the faster groups that I've seen. It's the team

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00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:27,799
Speaker 1: speed is definitely more than Spenn last year and the

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Speaker 1: year before that. It's been fun to watch this team

735
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:32,839
Speaker 1: move and run. I think that's probably the biggest thing

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Speaker 1: that stands out is how fast guys look in comparison

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Speaker 1: to what it's been the last few years. What are

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Speaker 1: you seeing from Davis Mills at practice? I think you're

739
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:46,520
Speaker 1: seeing exactly what you want to see. You do want

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00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 1: to see a little bit of struggling. You do want

741
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,440
Speaker 1: to see some adversity. You want to see him bouncing

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Speaker 1: back and forth or bouncing back from bad plays, bad series,

743
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 1: a bad day, and see him come back the next

744
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: day and look good and making his reads. I think

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Speaker 1: Pep Hamilton's gonna continue to be the right tonic for

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Speaker 1: Davis Mills. I love to watch their interactions, how they

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00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 1: communicate with one another. I just think there's so much

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Speaker 1: more of that going on, which I absolutely love to see.

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Speaker 1: I think Davis is making the right strides. I think

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00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:17,280
Speaker 1: defense is out of the offense, but I think Davis

751
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:19,799
Speaker 1: is showing some progress and he'll continue to get there.

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Speaker 1: My next one was about Pep. What do you think

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00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:25,719
Speaker 1: the Pep offense is gonna look like? And what are

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00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:27,600
Speaker 1: you seeing from him coaching out there? You gave us

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00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 1: a little bit of that yeah, I love why. I

756
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:33,480
Speaker 1: was actually standing right right near him of the OTA

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Speaker 1: the other day. And I love the video boards because

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00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,399
Speaker 1: the video boards at practice are awesome because you watch

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00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 1: a play and then you can turn around and you

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00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 1: can then you can watch the replay of that play.

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Speaker 1: And I forgotten the video board was over there, and

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Speaker 1: I saw Pep looking at me, and I was like,

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Speaker 1: why is he looking at me? Oh, the video board.

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Speaker 1: He wasn't looking at me, He's look at the video boards.

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Speaker 1: So Pep kind of got me looking over there. So

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Speaker 1: I'm like, all right, watch a play, Okay, cool? Did

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00:42:58,120 --> 00:42:59,839
Speaker 1: he get his reads right? He's you doing that? So

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Speaker 1: I just think Pep's demeanor with Davis is great. I

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Speaker 1: think his communication level is great. And Pep is not

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Speaker 1: scared to break out the whistle and stop a play

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Speaker 1: if he doesn't see something, if he sees something he

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00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:15,279
Speaker 1: doesn't like team seven on seven, whatever it is. He's

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Speaker 1: not scared to stop playing. Go do this again. We're

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Speaker 1: not right. But he does it in a way where

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00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:24,800
Speaker 1: he's not throwing his whistle at everybody. He's not throwing shoes,

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00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: he's not throwing stuff. He's just back in the huddle.

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Speaker 1: Do it. Right, guys, let's go. I mean, and I

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Speaker 1: think that's gonna be helpful for an offense that's still,

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Speaker 1: you know, looking to take it to another level. Give

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Speaker 1: me a rookie or two that looks good. Damian Pierce

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Speaker 1: the general stole my thunder. I thought Damian Pierce ran it. Well, look,

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Speaker 1: there's no tackling. I get that, But just the cuts

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Speaker 1: the vision? Are they seeing the cut that is supposed

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00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:54,040
Speaker 1: to be there and then adjusting when there's a different

785
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 1: cut and a better cut there. I think Damian Pierce

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Speaker 1: has been pretty impressive. I'm gonna give you one way,

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00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 1: way off the radar. Seth Green, not the actor. Seth

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Speaker 1: Green the tight end. Former quarterback at the University of

789
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:13,000
Speaker 1: Minnesota transferred to Houston, was at tight end. I went

790
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Speaker 1: to his pro day and he crushed it. Crushed his

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Speaker 1: pro day. He's a heck of an athlete. Dropped one

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00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:20,799
Speaker 1: at the end of practice, but that was it. Other

793
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 1: passes he caught, made some really nice plays, and he

794
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:26,240
Speaker 1: is athletic as it gets at the tight end position.

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Speaker 1: He's a lot like Bravin. He's more athlete than he

796
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,440
Speaker 1: is blocker. But he's got some sweethends. I can't wait

797
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:32,920
Speaker 1: to see what he does when they put the pads on.

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Speaker 1: Do you think of Doctor Evil when you think of

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Speaker 1: Seth Green, the Austin Powers series, or any other film.

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00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:44,200
Speaker 1: I think of the one with Jennifer love Hewitt, and

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Speaker 1: I can't remember the name of it. It drives me insame.

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00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,640
Speaker 1: Can't hardly wait, Yes, can't hardly wait. That's the one

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00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,640
Speaker 1: I think of. But you're right, it probably should be

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00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 1: Doctor Evil when million dollars and he doesn't like his

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00:44:58,160 --> 00:44:59,839
Speaker 1: own son, and he gets Mini Me and the rest

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00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:03,760
Speaker 1: is history. Johnny, thank you tomorrow, Big Show, six o'clock.

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Speaker 1: We're looking forward to it. Thank you Chris for producing,

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Speaker 1: Thank you for listening. Everyone ever, great night, and go Texans.

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