1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: Welcome into NRG Stadium the Hyunday Texans Radio Studio. I'm 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Mark Vandermeyer as we bring you Texans All Access tonight, 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 1: and it's gonna be a fun one getting to know 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 1: your Texans a whole lot better. We'll hear from Bill 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: O'Brien in just a few moments. You know him well. 6 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: Jordan Nakins meets the media. Jordan Nakins meets John Harris, 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: Lamar Miller talks to dpcito. Later on, Darren Fells and Dpcito. 8 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: We've got Roderick Johnson, the left tackle. What's he like? 9 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:28,560 Speaker 1: We'll let you know. We'll dive deep with Drew Doherty 10 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,600 Speaker 1: and then get ruined Johnny here in studios. Somehow I'm 11 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,559 Speaker 1: going to ambush them as they're about to record in 12 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:35,320 Speaker 1: the lab. They don't even know this yet. So let's 13 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: get to it all, starting with Texans Audio Jukebox as 14 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 1: we round up what happened at practice today at the 15 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:48,520 Speaker 1: Houston Methodist Training Center. And we begin with head coach 16 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien, who after practice was asked about a bunch 17 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 1: of things, including offensive lineman Saniel Callamette playing some guard 18 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 1: for his team. How has he been in camp. He's 19 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: had a good camp. He's a very versatile player. He's 20 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: done a good job. He's had a good camp. Yeah, 21 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:05,640 Speaker 1: he can play a lot of different spots. It's good. 22 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: It's good to have a guy like that. He certainly can. 23 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: And again, the old line a lot of mixing and matching. 24 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: I think the five they're going with this week. I 25 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: said this in previous weeks, you ideally wanted the five 26 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: out there that could be out there against the Saints. 27 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,119 Speaker 1: Now the issue is you have Titus Howard, a little 28 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: Nick Dup, you have Matt Khalil going through whatever he's 29 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:27,279 Speaker 1: going through. So you're gonna want those guys, those five 30 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: out there ideally by next week and certainly the week 31 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: after to get your wrapped up for the game. It's 32 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: not like plug and play with some of these guys 33 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: because they haven't played a regular season game as a group. Now, 34 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: let's talk about Duke Johnson. He was at practice today 35 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: and it was good to see the former Miami Hurricane 36 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 1: running back out there, the Cleveland Brown who was acquired 37 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 1: in a trade, Duke Johnson. Here's Bill O'Brien on the 38 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: new back. It's great to have him out here. He's 39 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: a good addition to the team. Good in the passing game, 40 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: good runner, had some good plays today. Good to have 41 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: him out there. Good asked receiver. Just a natural catcher 42 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: of the football. That's my assessment. That's my John Harris 43 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 1: Exito assessment of Duke Johnson. Just the ball belongs in 44 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 1: his hands. It just looks natural when he catches it. 45 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: And he also Bill O'Brien also goes over why Duke 46 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: Johnson was a good addition to this football team. He's 47 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 1: a very instinctive player. Good player, good hands, good route runner, 48 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: does a good job. All right. Not a lot of 49 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: elaboration there, but you get it. Now, what about this 50 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: comment about Jordan Aikins, one of the Jordan's Peanut butter 51 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: and jelly. He's the jelly. That's right. The nickname for 52 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: the Jordan's is peanut butter and jelly. Bill O'Brien says 53 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 1: Aikens adds a lot to the Texans attack. He's a 54 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 1: valuable guy. He does a lot of different things. I mean, 55 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: you just said it. You know, he's a good route runner, 56 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: he's getting better as a blocker. He does a good job. 57 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: All right. Now, let's talk about Jordan Aikins a little 58 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: bit because he was a big subject today and Aikins 59 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: met with the media afterwards. Talks about the fact that 60 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: he played a lot of positions when he was coming 61 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,839 Speaker 1: a coming of age in the game of football, which 62 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: has helped his development. Start out as a running back. 63 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: Then I moved to tight end, and then I moved 64 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,239 Speaker 1: to quarterback, and always played both sides of the ball. 65 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,200 Speaker 1: So start out as a linebacker and move to safety 66 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: and even play some corner d even played some baseball, 67 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: as y'all know. He was a professional baseball player. And 68 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: he also loves the matchups he gets in certain situations 69 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 1: out there as a receiver. It's definitely a mish matching. 70 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: You know. Um, if I can stack him, I can 71 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: use my speed in mine. You know, my size. He 72 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: was talking specifically about cornerbacks in that cut. Now he's 73 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: comfortable filling in in the backfield, and he has his 74 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: brother to thank for that. He says, I really studied 75 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: my brother growing up. My brother was like one of 76 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: the best running best ever seen in the life. So, um, 77 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 1: you know, I always try to mimic everything. Um. It 78 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: really taught me vision. Um taught me a lot of lanes. 79 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: You know, how to read the lanes and how to 80 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: read the field, how to read some of the linebackers, 81 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: you know, Tilton and coming down here. So um, I 82 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: think it. You know, it's a it's a big advantage 83 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: to me, and you know, I kind of get ahead 84 00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: of the game. My brother is a venture capitalist and 85 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: sometimes I feel like I should have mimicked him a 86 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: little bit. But that's another story for another day. What 87 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 1: about a former Texans running back who helped him learn 88 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 1: how to play some fullback when necessary, because that's part 89 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: of a tight ends job description from time to time. 90 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: Alfred Blue did a really good job with me, teaching 91 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: me how to read the lanes as a fullback and 92 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 1: how to block it. I'm a lot more comfortable is 93 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: lining up as a fullback, and you know I work 94 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,160 Speaker 1: on my power and my speed coming out of the 95 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: back fields all season, so you know, I'm pretty comfortable. 96 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: All right, Little shout out there to Alfred Blue. Now, 97 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,960 Speaker 1: what about areas where he's feeling better entering his second campaign? 98 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: Such a big difference between year one and year two 99 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 1: for these players, nor my sawments knowing what to line, 100 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: how to line especially in multiple positions and that gives 101 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: me an advantage to play fast and use my speed 102 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:58,280 Speaker 1: to saws. All right, Jordan nakins a little bit of 103 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: audio juke box on him. One more Buddy how who 104 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: had the big night against the Detroit Lions, and Bill 105 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: O'Brien said, yesterday, you'll want to see it again. You 106 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: want him to do it again, and maybe he can 107 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: against the Cowboys. We'll see when they put him in 108 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: the game. But Buddy Howe was certainly noticeable over eighty 109 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 1: yards and fifteen carries. He had a touchdown on the 110 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 1: fourth quarter against the Lions at NRG Stadium. How talked 111 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: about Duke Johnson what he brings to the lineup. He's 112 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: a stable mate in the backfield, in the running back 113 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 1: position group, the first person in trouble because he's not 114 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 1: the person that's gonna get talking about the first person. 115 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 1: He got a lot of moves in his tool box 116 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:39,479 Speaker 1: and he know how to make people miss. He's very elusive. 117 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 1: So it's just excited because him he make moves. A 118 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: lot of people can't make the moves he made, so 119 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 1: it's pretty interesting. It's pretty dope because he's been doing 120 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: that for a long time. So I'm just ready to 121 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: see it a live action all right. Duke Johnson a 122 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: former hurricane. Now, Buddy How wasn't he went to fau 123 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 1: Florida Atlantic University, but he's from South Florida City. You 124 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: feel like there's a little kinship going on there. And 125 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 1: how says competition is good for everybody. No animosity in 126 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 1: the running back battle when you look at the group, 127 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: because hell, there's a lot of guys who's capable of 128 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: getting a job done. And that's what we're preaching. We 129 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,159 Speaker 1: make sure we hold each other accountable, just like because 130 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 1: dB hold us accountable. We don't want nobody. It's not 131 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: a situation where I'm like, I want him to mess up. 132 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 1: I want him to do that, because that's that's kind 133 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: of like Haydn, I really want all of us to 134 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: be successful and all of us to go out there 135 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: and be effective. So we basically help each other and 136 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: we give each other tips and it's a brotherhood. One 137 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: more here from Buddy How doesn't worry about the roster situation. 138 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: He knows that if he battles hard, he has a 139 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: good chance to make it. Nothing's counted on, but he 140 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: knows he has to continue to concentrate on special teams 141 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: and running the ball well doesn't hurt either. Even if 142 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: you have a soilidified spot, you can't slack off. Just 143 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: like Lamar, hes gonna put this up each and every 144 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,159 Speaker 1: day because it's always somebody that it's behind you and 145 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: always and in this league, it's always somebody can can 146 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:57,359 Speaker 1: replace you. So honestly, to me, I just I'm just 147 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,359 Speaker 1: grateful to be here, and I'm grateful that I have 148 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 1: the opportunity to show myself and work hard as I 149 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: can and give them everything I got. So at the 150 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 1: end of the day, you know, I'm just grateful. Man. 151 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,359 Speaker 1: I'm just having fun and I don't really think too 152 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: much about I know, roster spots and all that stuff, 153 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: because and any day I can't control it. I going 154 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: to control what I control and what I'm doing the feeling. 155 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 1: I'm just here to have a good time, buddy. How 156 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: try to stay lose, try to be humble, and make 157 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: this football team again. I think a guy who's a 158 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: pretty good lock to make the football team is Lamar Miller, 159 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: coming off a really productive season, had that ninety seven 160 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: yard run. I'm Monday Night football. He just looked great. 161 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 1: Highest yard per carry average, in his career. Dep City 162 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: visited with Lamar Lamar year eight for you, how have 163 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: you felt about the work you put in so far 164 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: this off season and in camp? Right now, I'm feeling 165 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,560 Speaker 1: pretty good. No, I think all the work that I 166 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: put in this off season, you know, pairing off, I'm 167 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: feeling good. I think the coach has been doing a 168 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,760 Speaker 1: great job taking care of me. So outside of that, 169 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: you know, I've been feeling good. All right. So we've 170 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: seen you pretty much every day out in camp. We 171 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: haven't seen you at all during the preseason. So how 172 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 1: hard is that be on the sidelines watching the game. 173 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: Are you ready to get in there and get some 174 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: game reps? Or do you like to sort of sit 175 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: back and observe No at all? It depends, you know 176 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: it go it go both ways. But of course I 177 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 1: want to go out down compete with my teammates, you know, 178 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: just setting them go go out down battle. Um. You 179 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,680 Speaker 1: know I want to bet that as well. So you 180 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: know right now, um, the coach, whatever the coaches tell 181 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: me to do, That's what I'm gonna gonna do. So, yeah, 182 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: it's an important balance staying healthy and getting your game reps. 183 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: Is that a conversation you have with the coaches. How 184 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 1: do you manage that? I really don't have a conversation 185 00:08:31,960 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: with them. They just told me that they make sure 186 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: that they'd be smart with me, making sure making sure 187 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: that I'm ready for the season. So I'm taking that approach. 188 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: So um, when I'm out in practice, I'm just trying 189 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:45,559 Speaker 1: to get better and just trying to push myself to be, 190 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 1: you know, in great condition. So what do you think 191 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 1: of the young guys? I saw you after the during 192 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: the game. Buddy Hell scores a touchdown, you celebrated with them. 193 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: Crockett in the first game had a nice touchdown run. 194 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: What have you thought about the young guys so far? 195 00:08:57,640 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: I think they've been doing a great job. You know, 196 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: they've taken the avantage of the opportunity, you know, whatever 197 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: the coach have been telling them to do throughout the week. 198 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,800 Speaker 1: You know, they've been putting it on film and they've 199 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: been running the ball pretty hard. So you know, that's 200 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,200 Speaker 1: something that stood out to me. You know, they never 201 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: let the first guy attacking him, so they've been running 202 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 1: the ball pretty hard and taking taking advantage of the opportunity. 203 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: You guys have been doing joint practices with other teams. 204 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 1: But how different is it to actually get those reps 205 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 1: in a game versus doing it in joint practice or 206 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: is it pretty similar this Timmer year? Oh, it's pretty 207 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: much similar. You know, you know the guys that you're 208 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: facing because you've practiced with them throughout the course of 209 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:31,640 Speaker 1: the week, so you know what top of you know, 210 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: I know for us that was running back. We know 211 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,319 Speaker 1: what top top of linebackers that who will be facing 212 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: whether it's blitzing or shooting a gap when they when 213 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:41,840 Speaker 1: we're running the ball, so um, you get a feel 214 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: for them. Um. So yeah, one guy you're very familiar with, 215 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:47,480 Speaker 1: Duke Johnson. He hasn't started practicing yet, but he's been here. 216 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: You've known him since before he even signed with the Texans. 217 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: Bill Brian said, he talked to you about him. Talk 218 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:53,959 Speaker 1: to Andrey Johnson. What does he bring to this run 219 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: back running back up. I think he'd bring a lot 220 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 1: of you know, a sitement bit plays. You know, he's 221 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: the guy who you could run the ball and he 222 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 1: could cast the ball out of the backfield as well, 223 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: so you know, it just brings another playmaker to this offense. 224 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,839 Speaker 1: And I'm just looking forward to working with him. I 225 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 1: was reading an article that Frank or you used to 226 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:12,839 Speaker 1: train with Frank Gore, you still do in the off season, 227 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:15,880 Speaker 1: and Frank Gore talked about how you like to train 228 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 1: with some of the younger guys, one of them being 229 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: Duke Johnson. So you like to train with veterans and 230 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: younger guys. What does each sort of bring to your 231 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 1: game in the off season. Yes, you know, I allowed 232 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: to miss it, miss it up. You know, just working 233 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: out with guts like Frank Gore who's been in the 234 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: league for a long period of time. You take a 235 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:34,959 Speaker 1: little advice for him and try to put that into 236 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,319 Speaker 1: your routine or your game. And just going to competing 237 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,760 Speaker 1: against the younger guys, you know, on day younger so 238 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: you know they have a lot of energy. So it 239 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: just helped push you and balance, you know, your routine. 240 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: All right. So if you guys got a new foot 241 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: race all the running backs, who would win? Of course? 242 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:50,839 Speaker 1: I was like, I feel like I kind of know 243 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,040 Speaker 1: the internet. Yeah, all right, you guys, the Miami guys, 244 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: now you're a little group. Andrey Johnson, you and Duke 245 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: the season starting the Saturday, you guys got a little 246 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: watch party got any that's going on. I'm not sure 247 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,000 Speaker 1: because you played the same day, so we play on 248 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: Saturday and they play on Saturday as well, So I'm 249 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: pretty sure we gotta find a way to, you know, 250 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: trying to watch the game. So drop the season. You 251 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 1: guys have to come up with a plan. Oh yeah, 252 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:15,079 Speaker 1: it's going to sea. I'm pretty sure we ll probably 253 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:19,319 Speaker 1: get together and watch the game, just you know, I 254 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: don't know. Yeah, some friendly rivalries. I'm sure we'll pop 255 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 1: up throughout the season. Of course, some of our friends 256 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: testing me right now and they're trying to do something 257 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: for Saturday. So it's a lot of bragging arts. So yeah, 258 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: all right, good stuff. DP City with Lamar Millard. Now 259 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,160 Speaker 1: we heard from Jordan Aikins earlier, but let's get to 260 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: know him in a different way, shall we. John Harris 261 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: does this thing on video called the forty and it's 262 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: fun radio too. Johnny with Jordan Aikins. All right, training 263 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: camp day number thirty five thousand or so. It seems 264 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: like I'm a man right here. Jordan Aikins and Jordan 265 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: we always start with this question. Now, Jordan Thome has 266 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: called you out a little bit on this, so I 267 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,679 Speaker 1: gotta get the truth. The fastest forty you ever ran 268 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: fuf Okay, he said you didn't run at the combine. 269 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:08,319 Speaker 1: I did not, Okay, you right at your product four 270 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 1: five five. I did not run the promo that was. 271 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: That was when I was training in Dallas, a m 272 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: j P four of them hamming off the bone, training 273 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: poor like a week before to come off. So let's 274 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: get into this peanut butter and jelly thing real fast. 275 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: We got to settle this because I asked him yesterday 276 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,199 Speaker 1: about peanut butter and jelly, and both you are claiming 277 00:12:27,240 --> 00:12:30,640 Speaker 1: peanut butter, and I tend to agree with you a 278 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,959 Speaker 1: little bit more. I get your idea about peanut butter. 279 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 1: He seems more jelly, but he's claiming peanut butter. You 280 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: got to settle it for the people. I don't know. 281 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 1: I'm peanut butter, j T he jelly. You know what 282 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 1: I'm saying. I mean jelly all over the plays. You 283 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: know I mean, I'm signing all It's a good point. Now, 284 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: I played three sports growing up. I know a man 285 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: SuDS film and he played a few sports. You played baseball. 286 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: Everybody knows that. How did baseball make you a better football? Player. Um, 287 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 1: it just really taught me to control what I can't control, 288 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: don't worry about what I can and you know, just 289 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: keep going. Baseball is a game of failure, so you 290 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: know every day it did. The only difference is you 291 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,079 Speaker 1: get a player game the next day. And so you 292 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:13,599 Speaker 1: know football, you ast you to get the trap and 293 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: you know, get ready to get yourself reading on the Sunday. 294 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:18,559 Speaker 1: So I feel like out of that, I just take 295 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: advantage of controlling about picknt. What do you have to 296 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: say about an og like Darren Fells? Ye know, ogs 297 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: like you said, and man a lot of knowledge about 298 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 1: of wisdom on my pickets brain every day and it 299 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 1: makes me a better player than computers. Jordan told Jess said, 300 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: the player in your room most likely to get find 301 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: is Kallie wearing true false joy call a j T. 302 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:43,160 Speaker 1: I get fined about myself. You get fined. What do 303 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 1: you get fined for? We have a little systems, you know, 304 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 1: like Belgie told pot for vacations, So you know, coachb 305 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: actually hard on, Well, you're contributing to the pot. That's 306 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: what it is. You're not really good at five. There 307 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: is forty yards with peanut butter Jordan Nakens. Appreciate it, Jack, 308 00:13:56,559 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: there you go. Nope, he's jelly, got it wrong. Okay, 309 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 1: So next up, let's hear from Rod Johnson. Roderick Johnson 310 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: played left tackle on that opening drive the other night, 311 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:08,599 Speaker 1: so we want to listen to what he has to 312 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: say with Drew Doherty as we get to know him. 313 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: And Darren Fells was also part of that drive how 314 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: to catch early in the action. Let's hear more from 315 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 1: Fells as we get to know your Texans a little 316 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 1: bit better here on Texans All Access, the show that 317 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: gets you inside NRG Stadium and gets you closer to 318 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 1: your Houston Texans as we get closer to the season. 319 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: The Texans played the Dallas Cowboys Saturday night, six o'clock. 320 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: You can stream it on the app. You can watch 321 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 1: it on ABC thirteen and listen right here on Sports 322 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: Radio six ten or on the app. So there's a 323 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: lot of ways to get this thing. And don't forget 324 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 1: kickoff is at six o'clock Saturday night, earlier start time. 325 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: Rearrange your day, Get ready Texans Cowboys. It's gonna be 326 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: fun stuff. Speaking of fun stuff, what about Roderick Johnson? 327 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: Fun to watch a player developed right before your very eyes. 328 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: They picked him up at the outset of last season, 329 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: and he was able to stick with the team, learn 330 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:05,440 Speaker 1: and get better this offseason to the point where he 331 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: started the game on Saturday night. Let's see if it 332 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: continues this weekend. He's been getting a lot of reps 333 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,080 Speaker 1: at practice. And Drew Doherty went for a dirty dozen 334 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: questions with Roderick Johnson. First things first, Roderick, do you 335 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: have any nicknames? Rod? The Rod? They called me a 336 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: Rod around here, Brother, Yeah, I do, Brother Raw and Rod. 337 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: Why does Bill O'Brien call you a Rod? That's the 338 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,400 Speaker 1: question you have to ask, Sine. I mean they started 339 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: him out position room, I believe, and it just spread 340 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: it all throughout the facility. I like it though, Brother 341 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: Rod is a good one. Who gave you that one? 342 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 1: Never became with the players, actually came last year in 343 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: our first few year. They came somewhere about I don't 344 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: know how that was if there was a player's name though, 345 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:46,400 Speaker 1: because of your disposition, right, maybe Rod is a nickname. 346 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: Let's rank the Rods and Rodericks, the famous rock Rodricks. Okay, 347 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: we got Roger Johnson, Rowdy, Roddy, Piper Rod Stewart, Alex Rodriguez, 348 00:15:56,440 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 1: A Rod and Rod Woodson. Give me the rankings there, 349 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: This tough Roddy Piper is good now one A Rod, 350 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: Roddy Piper. Who else we got? Got Rod, Stewart and 351 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: Rod Woodson. You gonna put them all four tied for one? 352 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: No time for one? I think t one A Rod, 353 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: t two Piper, three Woodson in Stewart. All right, Stewart, 354 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 1: so you're going fifth. You're gonna go with the humble route, 355 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 1: of course. I mean that wasn't great. Right They call 356 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: me a Rod because the number one a rare right there. 357 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: I think that's that's the real a rd right there. 358 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,080 Speaker 1: Fair enough, fair enough. I see you all the time 359 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: in the off season in the cafeteria, always saying hello, 360 00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 1: I see the brother Rod. I understand that. What did 361 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: you do this offseason to improve by light years? As 362 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien says, what's been different? I'm really just the 363 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,800 Speaker 1: off season worked on damn mentally physically and got my 364 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 1: mind right for OCAs and just taking that day by day. 365 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: So it was all in the weight room, all in 366 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: the tape room, all that stuff, all of all of 367 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: the weight room physical therapy, all that film room and 368 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: all those things. Did anything spur that change or I mean, 369 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: make that change or is it just kind of a 370 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: natural progress? I think it's just not the progression. I mean, like, 371 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure that if I was the same person 372 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: as I was last year, then I would really would 373 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 1: be dissatisfied myself. But to see growth from myself within 374 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 1: and to other people here that I'm being grown and 375 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: seeing different person from last year, I must be doing 376 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: something right. What goes on your pizza when you have 377 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: your choice? I like LUs you know, I like sausage, 378 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,320 Speaker 1: green peppers, and olives. I could go with the special 379 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 1: to deluxe. What type of cruss we're looking at it? 380 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: You know, sometimes if basic, if I'm feeling on edge, 381 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: you know, it's Friday night chilling, maybe go with the 382 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: stuff crust. But back at home in Saint Louis, we 383 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 1: got a place called Emails that serves flatbread. And that's 384 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: a pretty good spot. You brought up Saint Louis. I 385 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: was gonna ask you about that. What is other than family? 386 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:43,480 Speaker 1: What's one of the main things you miss the most 387 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: about St. Louis? My friends? I mean I talk to 388 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: them almost every day or every other day. I missed 389 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:49,679 Speaker 1: those guys and they rooting for me, you know, I'm 390 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 1: rooting for them in their lives and their different paths. 391 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,560 Speaker 1: But my friends and family the things that keep me going. 392 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 1: So what are they saying to you when I'm guessing 393 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: a lot of them saw the game Saturday night. Yeah, 394 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: they'd be seeing the games and they say a good 395 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:00,200 Speaker 1: job of course, the same things like here around here 396 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: that they see a different player than I was last 397 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,639 Speaker 1: year in the FSU. So everybody's seeing growth. Everybody's seeing growth. 398 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: You were on the Browns for a bit, so kind 399 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,360 Speaker 1: of nice seeing Darren Fells here. Kind of nice seeing 400 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 1: Duke Johnson. I'm guessing, right, Body Calhoun as well. That's right, 401 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: Brian Boddy Calhoun. What's it like when you have some 402 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: of these guys that you went through some things with 403 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: there now here? Those guys have been in the league 404 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:20,840 Speaker 1: more than I have, so they already know the standard 405 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 1: to survive in his league. And Joe, they came from 406 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: the Browns with me that we must be doing something good, 407 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: and I'm glad that the Houston Texas brought us in. 408 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: All Right, lightning round here. Best hair on the team, 409 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 1: is it? Depends on who hasn't hair cut Saniel Kelante 410 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 1: got some good hair Saniel Kellamente is a good one, 411 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 1: all right, best dresser on the team for number four 412 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,399 Speaker 1: to Shaun Watson, if you were not playing football right now, 413 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: what would your career be? Hopefully I get a job 414 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 1: on a security team on the team here and so 415 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: I could still be with football without football. So I 416 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 1: hope I could travel with the security team on want 417 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 1: to be around the game. I like it all right. 418 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 1: One teammate who gets you amped up? Who doesn't? Senio 419 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: Keleamente gives me amp. Titus Howard gets me AMP. Marquis 420 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:03,480 Speaker 1: Secure gets me Ampere rig Man's defty company. Titus Howard 421 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: was described by Max Sharping as his loudest teammate. Does 422 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,400 Speaker 1: that ring a bell? Does that seemed accurate? Tush, Yeah, 423 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,360 Speaker 1: I think especially he did hurt him. Yeah, he's pretty loud, 424 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,640 Speaker 1: but he's also he's not real loud, but he's talking. 425 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 1: You much of a talker? No, you know what I mean? 426 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: I talked Win talk too. Who's the messiest of the 427 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: Houston Texans? But Nerger McKinney is the guy that gets 428 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 1: named the most by his teammates, I guess, but he 429 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: has a lot of He had a lot of john 430 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: He has like cleats and stuff like this. So his 431 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 1: locker is not really organized. I wouldn't call it. I 432 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: wouldn't call him a messy person, but locker is not organized. 433 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: Roderick Johnson, thank you so much for the time. Appreciate 434 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: you taking time to answer questions with me. Thank you 435 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: for having me. Drew Doherty with Roderick Johnson. Now. Darren 436 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: Fells was also part of that opening drive the other night. 437 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: The tight End, the veteran who played professional basketball. We've 438 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:49,479 Speaker 1: talked a bunch about him this offseason. DP City, who 439 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: visited with him during the Expinity one on one interview, 440 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: Darren Great Dave practice. This tight end group, is it 441 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: as competitive as one you've ever seen? It definitely is 442 00:19:57,880 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 1: one of the top competitive groups I've ever been up 443 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: part of. We have a lot of extremely athletic guys 444 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: who can do a lot of everything, so it's pretty 445 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: awesome to be part of that. You've got the two Jordans, 446 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: Jordan Kins Jordan Thomas. They both talked about how you've 447 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: taken them under their wing. You're the old elder statesman. 448 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,639 Speaker 1: If you will with the room. Who wasn't gonna say, Grandpa. 449 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: What's it like working with those two, um, It's it's 450 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: pretty awesome to be able to be like the dad 451 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 1: in the room and try to mold them into a 452 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: kind of player that you can see them to be. Um. 453 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:27,600 Speaker 1: Like I said, they're both extremely athletic, have all the 454 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: potential in the world, and being able to help them 455 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 1: reach that a lot faster than a lot of guys 456 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 1: usually take because mostly time, most of the time, tight 457 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,880 Speaker 1: ends take about three years to completely develop, So trying 458 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: to speed that process along is a pretty awesome to do. 459 00:20:40,760 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 1: They've said it's definitely helped their progress with the tight 460 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,439 Speaker 1: end position. They do have nicknames for each other thunder Lightning, 461 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: Peanut Butter, and Jelly. But where do you fit into 462 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: this equation? Do you insert yourself into their nicknames or 463 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: do they have a separate nickname for you. That's that's 464 00:20:54,359 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: the young guys a thing. I just do my thing 465 00:20:57,160 --> 00:21:00,480 Speaker 1: as a old dad and just go from there. Duke 466 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,560 Speaker 1: Johnson was back at practice today. You had a little 467 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: bit of experience playing with him in Cleveland. What's it 468 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: like having a guy like him back here in Houston? 469 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: And what do you know about him that maybe fans 470 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 1: here don't know. Oh, it's amazing having him out here. 471 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: I mean they talked to me before they brought him 472 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,120 Speaker 1: in saying that they want they were thinking about bringing 473 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: him in, and I thought that was the best choice 474 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,760 Speaker 1: they can do because he's extremely athletic back out the backfield, 475 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:21,959 Speaker 1: he can do it all. He can catch, you can 476 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: run the ball. So bringing them in and also personality wise, 477 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: he's a great fit for the team. No eagle there. 478 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: He's going to come in, do his job and help 479 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,119 Speaker 1: the team out as much as he can. And a 480 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 1: huge weapon that we just added on offense. Did he 481 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 1: talk too much when he got here? Obviously you're a 482 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: familiar face. He knows a few other guys in the 483 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: locker room as well. But how much did he connect 484 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:41,560 Speaker 1: with you? Oh? We talked about off the bat. His 485 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: locker's too away from mine, and we started talking about 486 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: where to live and things to do out here, and 487 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,920 Speaker 1: how much I like the organization and everything like that. 488 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 1: Did you give any tips on Houston so far? Um? 489 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: I told him to leave his house early because the 490 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 1: traffic is a lot worse than it is in Cleveland. 491 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:01,239 Speaker 1: And then certain foods when he's no longer going to die, 492 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: to go and try when he's no longer go to 493 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,360 Speaker 1: die like that? All right, you've been working with Deshaun Watson. 494 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: You do a lot of things for this tight end group, 495 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 1: but you catch passes as well. What's that chemistry like? 496 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: Working with number four? It's pretty amazing. He's a great quarterback. 497 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:17,360 Speaker 1: His accuracy is on point. He just tells you where 498 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: he wants you to be, and you go there and 499 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,640 Speaker 1: you know the ball is going to be exactly where 500 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: he told you that it's gonna be. So being able 501 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:25,360 Speaker 1: to run routes and catch passes from a future great 502 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer that he possibly can be is it's 503 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:29,840 Speaker 1: pretty awesome. You worked with some number one overall picks 504 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 1: in your in your career. Are you impressed with where 505 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 1: he is in year three? Yeah? And in my opinion, 506 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 1: he's definitely one of the top two quarterbacks out there 507 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,640 Speaker 1: right now. He his brilliance that he has an offense 508 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,440 Speaker 1: and the way he's able to pick up the offense quickly, 509 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,479 Speaker 1: pick up defenses, recognize them before anyone else can recognize him. 510 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: It's pretty pretty cool. It seems like a fun point 511 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 1: in camp you're heading into preseason week three, it's a 512 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: little bit of address rehearsal for the regular season. Do 513 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 1: you view it any differently? Does anything change as far 514 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 1: as you and your routine? Um, routine wise, no, I 515 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 1: mean I still do the same thing. I don't know 516 00:23:03,359 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: if it's because I'm getting older I need to do 517 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: more rehab, but I've just been doing the same thing, 518 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: get my body ready. The main thing that changes is 519 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 1: a scouting the other team. You're gonna get ready in 520 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: a different way when it comes to the mentality of 521 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 1: going into that game. Everything else is physically the same. 522 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 1: All right. We know you've played basketball. A lot of 523 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: people have talked a bit to you about your European 524 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:24,239 Speaker 1: basketball days. So what I want to know is when 525 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: you catch a touchdown for the Texans, have you thought 526 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,320 Speaker 1: about your celebration. A lot of guys do the basketball move, 527 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 1: but that's been kind of done. So how are you 528 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:33,920 Speaker 1: going to change it up? Are you gonna incorporate basketball? Um? 529 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:38,760 Speaker 1: I thought about that for a long time. Yeah, I'm 530 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:40,880 Speaker 1: not not a huge celebrator. I'll go celebrate with my team. 531 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: That's pretty much it. Yeah, we have time to think 532 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,880 Speaker 1: about it. Yeah, I've done one celebration in my whole 533 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: seven years in the NFL, So I'll think about what 534 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,439 Speaker 1: to do next time. Keeping it classic good stuff. Thank 535 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,680 Speaker 1: you so much. Love hearing from all these Houston Texans 536 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: as the season gets ever so closer in less than 537 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: three weeks. It's opening night against the New Orleans Saints, 538 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: Monday night football, six o'clock kick. And then I mentioned 539 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: six o'clock kick for the Cowboys as well this Saturday night. Yes, 540 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: I did. Next up, Drew Doherty and John Harris, they're 541 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: coming in here to record in the lab the podcast, 542 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,639 Speaker 1: but I will ambush them. It's next. It's Texans Radio. 543 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: We're back with Texans All Access here on the Hunday 544 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 1: Texans Radio studio. And you know, I was here just 545 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 1: doing a radio show and John Harris and Drew Dohrty 546 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:24,880 Speaker 1: come in they want to do a podcast, and I'm thinking, 547 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: we're on the air over here, all right, boys, so 548 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 1: get on the air, let's go, let's saddle up, and 549 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,280 Speaker 1: then you guys can do the podcast later. Well is 550 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 1: that is that the price tag? Yeah? We want, we 551 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: want to we need to do in the lab. You 552 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,600 Speaker 1: want studio time, you have to put in the time 553 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: on the radio. See, that's how it works here, just 554 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 1: doing your job. We're just doing our job. Mark you 555 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: sing for your supper around here. That's how it works. Well, 556 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 1: I mean you're sort of implying that we don't already. 557 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,360 Speaker 1: Is that what you know? I was just being traumatic 558 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 1: for the effective media, that's all I get it. All right? 559 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,600 Speaker 1: So check this out this time last year, right, and 560 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: it's actually after this time last year because it was 561 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: after preseason game number four. Here are some players that 562 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:12,639 Speaker 1: the Texans picked up after that. They picked up on 563 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,520 Speaker 1: September second, This is after the cuts. They claimed Buddy 564 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: Howell off waivers from the Dolphins. They claimed to Trell 565 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:22,879 Speaker 1: Jamerson who did play from the New Orleans Saints. They 566 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:28,879 Speaker 1: claimed a J. Moore from the YESO and Buddy Howard 567 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 1: to your leading special teams tacklers. How about that? And 568 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,680 Speaker 1: they get him from the AFC East and Joe Webb 569 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: they actually released him for some reason then signed him back. 570 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: I remember that. I remember that because I panicked for 571 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 1: a moment. DeAndre Carter was not on your team this 572 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:48,080 Speaker 1: time last year came much later. So anybody putting together 573 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: a fifty three minion roster, which I know people have done. 574 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,000 Speaker 1: Sean Endergrass did a great one for Houston Press and 575 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,360 Speaker 1: he broke it down. Right. You almost, and I've said 576 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 1: this a few times, you almost have to start thinking 577 00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: about a fifty or fifty one man roster. Yeah, you're 578 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:03,640 Speaker 1: gonna have two or three. Then you'll get a couple 579 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: of come from another team. I mean, you've had You've 580 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: had success pulling in guys off waiver claims. I mean 581 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: Damaris Johnson in twenty fourteen, Right, you've had this last 582 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,919 Speaker 1: year's class. I mean two those three. We saw Jamerson 583 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: up with green bay Um with the Packers in uh 584 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,040 Speaker 1: in the joint practices. You've had some success with the 585 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 1: waiver claims. So I would imagine at a minimum one, 586 00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 1: but I would imagine two maybe three. Yeah, well, it 587 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,280 Speaker 1: depends because I think they liked their special teamers now 588 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,159 Speaker 1: a lot better this year than they did at this 589 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 1: time last year, which is why they made those acquisitions. 590 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: But you're right, maybe somebody does pop out of the 591 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 1: radar that we're not even thinking of. And guess what, 592 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:42,959 Speaker 1: there's no way we can't think of them right now. 593 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,439 Speaker 1: Who's gonna get cut? Who this team might possibly pick up? 594 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: If you had Buddy haw A, J. Moore and Detrelle 595 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 1: Jamerson last year. Congratulations at you okay, and and see 596 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:57,560 Speaker 1: because because I was actually thinking about this, I was 597 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 1: driving in this morning and I was listening to I 598 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: was listening to Sean and Steth and they brought up 599 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 1: mccon Derek Carr. Yeah, you know, passing on It went 600 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: from Garoppolo to Car and the Pexans passing on both 601 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 1: of them in twenty fourteen and they passed on Car. 602 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: And as I sat there, I was like, well, you 603 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:21,119 Speaker 1: didn't have the greatest experience with Derek's brother, so that's right, 604 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: And I love Derek, you know that. But because AJ 605 00:27:25,119 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: Moore had a ton of success, do you look at 606 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,680 Speaker 1: his twins CJ. Moore if he gets released from the lines. 607 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: It's interesting you say that because I was talking with 608 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: one of our buddies, Tory Petrie last week during practice 609 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: when they were here, and they were saying, hey, this 610 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: guy's kind of flashed a little bit. He's done some 611 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 1: nice things on special teams and sounds a hell of 612 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,920 Speaker 1: a lot like what we've heard about his brother right now. 613 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 1: He was a year behind their twins, but his brother 614 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,159 Speaker 1: is a year ahead of him. Because CJ stayed back 615 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,480 Speaker 1: at Old Miss for a red shirt after a red 616 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,800 Speaker 1: shirt injury year. So yeah, they're very similar players. They 617 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: can kind of do the same things. Defensively. They were both, 618 00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 1: you know, defensive backs like AJ probably more of a safety, 619 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: CJ more of a corner. But they kind of do 620 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 1: both in college at least. And yeah, it makes a 621 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 1: lot of sense. So keep your eyes on Lions around 622 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: September one or two, keep your eyes on Packers. I 623 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,600 Speaker 1: thought you were going to say for a moment that 624 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:17,640 Speaker 1: they're twins, but they were born a year apart, which 625 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:21,880 Speaker 1: only happens in Ireland usually not Irish twins. Identical twins. 626 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,160 Speaker 1: Identical twins the only way you can tell them apart. 627 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,159 Speaker 1: And I saw them in the hallway. CJ's got a 628 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:30,119 Speaker 1: bald head now, but I was. I was watching the 629 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,719 Speaker 1: Lions warm up and I was I was like, oh, yeah, mat, 630 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,160 Speaker 1: CJ's out there. Which one CJ and I looked out 631 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: there and I swear to you, body type everything was 632 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 1: the exact same as AJ, and I like picked him out. 633 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: I taught what to AJ and it was like, is 634 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,720 Speaker 1: this the first time that you all have been on 635 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 1: opposite sidelines? Because they played together in high school. Then 636 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: they went to Old Miss together. I said, obviously AJ 637 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: was here and CJ was still Old Miss, but is 638 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: this the first time y'all have been on opposite sidelines? 639 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: He goes, first time, first time ever. I was like, weird. 640 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 1: He goes, oh, yeah, it's weird. So see that that 641 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: would be one guy just because you have that connection 642 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: and you know what AJ did. So I'd imagine if 643 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: CJ's out there, they I would I would imagine they're 644 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 1: at least thinking about it. Sure, it makes some perspective, 645 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 1: and I'll wrap up the more twins a little discussion 646 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,720 Speaker 1: here with this. I was interviewing AJ back in May 647 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,040 Speaker 1: about having a twin brother, Data Data Dad. He's like, yeah, 648 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 1: we got some twin moments. And I was like, well, 649 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 1: what is a twin moment? And he said, you know what, 650 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: I had one just a week or two ago because 651 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: I was listening to a song in the morning and 652 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: then later in the day I saw my brother had 653 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:31,760 Speaker 1: signed with the Lions. So I gave him a call 654 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,640 Speaker 1: and we were just talking, and middle of the conversation, 655 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: he just started singing that song that I had been 656 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,239 Speaker 1: singing that morning, and he said, I was like, bro, 657 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: did I sing that to you sometime? And He's like, no, no, 658 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: I just started singing it. So that was a twin moment. 659 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 1: That's a twin moment, all right, that song freestyle by 660 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,520 Speaker 1: a little baby in top forty. You'll be back in 661 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: a moment. So, yeah, freestyle by a little baby? Was 662 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: he is, Wait, but you are the father of twins. Yeah, 663 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:00,800 Speaker 1: I got boy girl. And I know this. I know 664 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: this not only because I know this, but also Kevin 665 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: Coogler did mention that in the broadcast on Saturday night 666 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: on ABC thirteen. And by the way, this Saturday night 667 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:11,200 Speaker 1: at six o'clock with the Texans of the Cowboys six six. 668 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:16,560 Speaker 1: Remember remember everybody, you're telling everybody, right, I'm telling everybody, Johnny, 669 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 1: I'm telling them. So my brother in law, he came 670 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 1: over for dinner last night. As he was leaving, you 671 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: guys plan on Saturdays, like, yeah, six o'clock though not seven, 672 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 1: He's like, oh, got it, got it? So yeah, Mike 673 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,400 Speaker 1: muttlebutto it's freak out time, it's earlier. But to your 674 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,240 Speaker 1: point about Waiver claims, you're right, lions and packers, I 675 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 1: actually in my notebook have the numbers of a couple 676 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: of the numbers of a couple of packers, names of 677 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:39,120 Speaker 1: a couple of packers that were like, these guys are 678 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,680 Speaker 1: kind of interesting, I wouldn't. And you watch the tail 679 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 1: end of drills because that's when you're seeing the threes 680 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,479 Speaker 1: and you're seeing you know, the fourth quarter. That's when 681 00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: you're seeing guys that you go, okay, which guys might 682 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: might be out there that Okay, what's the depth of 683 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 1: this position? And there's a packers corner that I really liked. 684 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,840 Speaker 1: So those two, those two spots because you got advanced, look, 685 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 1: you got you got two practices in the game. Look 686 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: that you're not gonna get at other you know, other 687 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: players throughout the league. So that's where I mean, I 688 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:13,080 Speaker 1: would imagine that's where they start. But your fifty three 689 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: man rosters, you're putting it together, it should probably be 690 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:17,760 Speaker 1: a fifty one or fifty man roster. It's a good 691 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:19,520 Speaker 1: point you bring up, and we've heard about this all 692 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,880 Speaker 1: through the years since O'Brien took over, even before that. 693 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 1: One of the benefits of practicing against the team in 694 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: training camp is your scouts get up close looks at 695 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 1: these guys. So like clockwork, you know, last Wednesday first practice, 696 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: at one point you see some guy in Lions gear 697 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: who is clearly not a coach, and we can like 698 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: we can kind of identify these guys. Okay, that guy's 699 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: a player, that guy's a coach. I gots a scout. 700 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 1: This guy was a scout. He was coming and checking 701 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 1: it out. So conversely, you might see some Texans. I 702 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: saw James Lipbert on the field three. Yeah, they're scouring exactly. 703 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:59,320 Speaker 1: I mean before the game, before the game starts. That's 704 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 1: that's what they're doing. They're down on that far end. 705 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,480 Speaker 1: And that's the thing. They're not lone. Every every team 706 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 1: does that, but they're on that far end and they're 707 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,640 Speaker 1: watching the other team warm up and just taking notes 708 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: on things in warm ups. And it doesn't matter preseason game, 709 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 1: regular season game, playoff game. They're down there watching, watching everything. 710 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: And that's that's why I kind of get it burnt 711 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 1: my saddle when I hear you know, you know, fans 712 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: or people out there that just are not really don't 713 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 1: really understand that, and they're talking about, well, the Texans 714 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: are asleep at the wheel. Listen. When it comes to 715 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: pro scouting, college scouting obviously is going on right now. 716 00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,520 Speaker 1: All our guys are around the country, but when it 717 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 1: comes to pro scouting, they're rough kissling. His guys are 718 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: always always on top of it. Every team everything, Yeah, 719 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,120 Speaker 1: and every team they're always Just because you don't hear 720 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,040 Speaker 1: about it doesn't mean it's not going on. It's like 721 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: the duck. You see the duck on the water on top, 722 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,240 Speaker 1: like doesn't look like anything's going on. Duck just kinda 723 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 1: flow throw up but down below feet or flying a 724 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: million miles a minute. You tell how they're writing down everything. 725 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,240 Speaker 1: They're writing down everything. How these guys move, these guys, 726 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,520 Speaker 1: look how they're interacting with their teammates and stuff they're saying. 727 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,440 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's an all encompassing view of these guys. 728 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 1: They want to get as much information down on them 729 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 1: so that they can relay about you know, I always 730 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 1: think this way in the NFL, you make plays with stars, 731 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,240 Speaker 1: but you win with the middle class, you know, the 732 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:21,920 Speaker 1: middle class of those players that we don't talk about much. 733 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,680 Speaker 1: And I was just reading off some of those transactions. 734 00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 1: And by the way, if I look at the Texans transactions, 735 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,160 Speaker 1: I've got the whole list up here from last year. 736 00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,520 Speaker 1: They made a ton of transactions in October and November 737 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 1: and December, and things you don't even think about anymore. 738 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: You don't even think about these things. Some of these 739 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:37,880 Speaker 1: things are guys from the practice squad up to the 740 00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: active roster. Or Damarius Thomas is on the list and 741 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 1: Sammy Coates was away from the roster at one point. 742 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 1: You know, just things like that that you forget about 743 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 1: as they shape that roster. These players mean a big 744 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,800 Speaker 1: difference in winning and losing. You know. Bill O'Brien was 745 00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: asked about the running back situation yesterday Duke Johnson, when 746 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,120 Speaker 1: was he coming back? He was back today. That was great, 747 00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:00,120 Speaker 1: But he said, hey, Taiwan Jones tackled a guy the 748 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,640 Speaker 1: thirteen yard line on Saturday Night on special teams, and 749 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 1: don't think that that's lost on them. They know that 750 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:10,759 Speaker 1: he's a special teams veteran who can make plays like that. 751 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,840 Speaker 1: Think about how big it would be to tackle a 752 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: Saint on the thirteen yard line to start the game 753 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,279 Speaker 1: Monday Day Football, instead of them getting out at the 754 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,759 Speaker 1: twenty five. Subtract twelve from that baseline. And now I'm 755 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:22,319 Speaker 1: not saying that means all the difference in the world, 756 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: but average drive start as a huge stat You won 757 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:28,239 Speaker 1: eleven games last year largely because your quarterback was great 758 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,880 Speaker 1: in dynamic, But what else happened. Your special team's coverage 759 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 1: units went from being one of the worst thirty first, 760 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 1: thirty second in some categories to be in the best 761 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: or the second or third in the NFL. I mean, 762 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:42,480 Speaker 1: you just brought up the hidden stats. The start drives. 763 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,400 Speaker 1: They pushed teams back. Teams were starting further back than 764 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,240 Speaker 1: they had in previous years really for the last decade, 765 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 1: you know, give or take. I mean, that was a huge, 766 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 1: huge reason that you're able to eke out some of 767 00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 1: those wins last year and get that nine game winning streak, 768 00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:58,040 Speaker 1: I think. I think also one of the things to 769 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,920 Speaker 1: Drew's point, you talk about the players that if you 770 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 1: think about the players that were on special teams and 771 00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,880 Speaker 1: made up at the core for special teams last year, 772 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,839 Speaker 1: there's a common thread amongst all of them. Johnson, Battamosey, 773 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,240 Speaker 1: Brennan Scarlett, you know, Dylan Cole when Dylan was healthy, 774 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:20,280 Speaker 1: A J. Moore, Joe webb Um, Peter Kellum by these guys, 775 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,840 Speaker 1: and they're there are a couple starters sprinkled in on 776 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:27,040 Speaker 1: certain things, But it didn't matter to those guys that 777 00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,640 Speaker 1: they were going on as special teams. Like they took 778 00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,200 Speaker 1: a ton of pride in that last year. Like you 779 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:34,279 Speaker 1: could see it in the huddle. Johnson, Batamosey and AJ 780 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,200 Speaker 1: Moore are chasing each other down the field on touchbacks 781 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,160 Speaker 1: as he who's gonna get to the goal line fast enough? 782 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,440 Speaker 1: Like that's that was there. That was their game. They 783 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,960 Speaker 1: didn't play any downs at corner or at safety for 784 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,480 Speaker 1: either one. Now that might change this year. Aj might 785 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 1: see some time at safety and Johnson might see some 786 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: time at corner. Oh, Buddy Howells another one. Those guys 787 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,400 Speaker 1: knew what their role was and was the rock know 788 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 1: your role like they knew their role and and Bill 789 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,040 Speaker 1: Bryant talked about that a lot. Guys like fly down 790 00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:04,440 Speaker 1: on special teams. They've got to know what their role is, 791 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 1: but they also have to understand the impact of that. 792 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: And they found guys that were talented on special teams 793 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: but also understood the value of special teams and that 794 00:36:14,080 --> 00:36:15,880 Speaker 1: they could go down to dominate on special teams. And 795 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:17,560 Speaker 1: they did. You're right, they did know their role and 796 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: even further, they embraced guys. They're like I'm just gonna 797 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:23,439 Speaker 1: bide my time, right and I'm gonna get on defense 798 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:25,839 Speaker 1: or I'm gonna get They embrace the role and really 799 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,920 Speaker 1: live that special teams eat those and now that I 800 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,120 Speaker 1: watched for that, like I watched for that in practice 801 00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:35,160 Speaker 1: and joint practices and games like I see I try 802 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 1: and look for guys like when a special team's time, 803 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,360 Speaker 1: like if a guy kind of grabs his beanie a 804 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,279 Speaker 1: little bit, like oh man, I gotta you don't ever, 805 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:46,399 Speaker 1: you don't ever like BBC, Brian Body Calhoun. You never 806 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,360 Speaker 1: see that guy take a beanie like, oh man, I 807 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,040 Speaker 1: gotta go. And like guy's been in league for five 808 00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:56,640 Speaker 1: years or whatever, he's no question. I mean, he's a 809 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:58,320 Speaker 1: guy who could absolutely see him be part of that 810 00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:00,799 Speaker 1: special team's mixed and like being the guy that kind 811 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 1: of stokes the fire, like I'm watching fuel goal today 812 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,960 Speaker 1: and he's on on the edge on fuel goal. And 813 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,239 Speaker 1: the job for that guy is if you're not going 814 00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:11,759 Speaker 1: to block the kick, then you just basically kind of 815 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:14,320 Speaker 1: go off to the side and just make sure the 816 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,759 Speaker 1: kick is mate. It's practice. Most of the time, guys 817 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 1: just stand up their chintz drops and they just kind 818 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:24,719 Speaker 1: he goes through every single motion like he's playing the 819 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,920 Speaker 1: Super Bowl. It's kind of it's kind of fascinated to 820 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,279 Speaker 1: watch him do that. But those guys, now, Bryan about 821 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:33,399 Speaker 1: to Calhoun was not a waiver claim, but I could 822 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,600 Speaker 1: see him being in that group and taking as much 823 00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,040 Speaker 1: pride as those guys do and going on special teams. Well, 824 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,000 Speaker 1: I think today's practice was interesting. Oh, by the way, 825 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 1: one more note on that, Davin Bellamy, I talked to 826 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,799 Speaker 1: him yesterday. You heard it on the show last night, 827 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:49,560 Speaker 1: and he talked about the attention to detail with Brad Seely, 828 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 1: and I was talking to Jack Easterby about this, uh 829 00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:55,040 Speaker 1: in the off season and the way Seely coaches and 830 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,440 Speaker 1: hell it showed, I mean, how much better tone alas 831 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:02,560 Speaker 1: at the wrong position. I mean, it's very fine tuning. 832 00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,040 Speaker 1: And that wall they have, the virtual reality wall, whatever 833 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,239 Speaker 1: you want to call it, the walkthrough wall, that's really 834 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,040 Speaker 1: helping out with special teams as well as far as 835 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,120 Speaker 1: prep goes. Let's see what it does in the regular 836 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,520 Speaker 1: season for them. What about practice today, you know, I 837 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,439 Speaker 1: saw Marik Cooper having a big day of practice, and well, 838 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 1: because they're doing some regular season stuff today with the guys, 839 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,759 Speaker 1: wearing the scout team to look team jerseys, and I 840 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:25,400 Speaker 1: thought that was pretty cool. That means we're getting all 841 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,960 Speaker 1: so closer. Well, there's there's a difference between a training 842 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,600 Speaker 1: camp practice and a regular season practice. I know some 843 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,600 Speaker 1: people who go like dub but then you think about it, 844 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,000 Speaker 1: go wait a second one. A lot of people don't. 845 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,080 Speaker 1: You go through a bunch of scout team stuff, So 846 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:43,359 Speaker 1: you put jerseys of the players that you're gonna face, 847 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 1: So the guys get used to seeing number nineteen out wide, 848 00:38:46,160 --> 00:38:49,760 Speaker 1: Amari Cooper, number thirteen, Michael Gallup, eighty two, Jason Witten, 849 00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,320 Speaker 1: so they get used to seeing that, like, oh, this 850 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,440 Speaker 1: guy's line up over here. We're going to adjust our defense. 851 00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:56,280 Speaker 1: You know, that's what you do during the regular season, 852 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,200 Speaker 1: but it's a great trial run to do it and 853 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,640 Speaker 1: get ready for Dallas this week. Now they won't they 854 00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,919 Speaker 1: won't spend as much time game planning, but they're gonna 855 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:08,719 Speaker 1: get their five to seven best plays and work on 856 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,280 Speaker 1: those and kind of go through what a regular season 857 00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,640 Speaker 1: practice is. Like. What I liked about it was the 858 00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,200 Speaker 1: fact that when you have ninety guys doing that and 859 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:22,000 Speaker 1: there's change it with the pace of practice was flying today. 860 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:26,880 Speaker 1: They were in pads, but it wasn't a heavily physical practice. 861 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,920 Speaker 1: But man, the pace when you're changing, like, okay, defense 862 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,439 Speaker 1: is scout for offense. Offense is running their stuff against 863 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,000 Speaker 1: the Cowboys defense, and then boom, change over. Now the 864 00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,680 Speaker 1: defense now it's our defense against the Cowboys offense, and 865 00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,200 Speaker 1: it's guys are coming in and out, and there didn't 866 00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:44,080 Speaker 1: seem to be any hiccups at all. If you try 867 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,000 Speaker 1: to run that practice in college or high school, it 868 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:50,399 Speaker 1: would be a cluster, you know what, nightmare, It would 869 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:52,399 Speaker 1: be a nightmare. They didn't once have to ask where, 870 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:53,880 Speaker 1: Hey I need this guy, or hey I need that. 871 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,560 Speaker 1: It was It was phenomenal to watch the pace of practice. Mark, 872 00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,440 Speaker 1: you said in number nineteen to Murray Cooper, Are you 873 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:06,040 Speaker 1: sure you didn't number nineteen ted Gin ted Kin? Oh what? 874 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,000 Speaker 1: Oh I see what he's saying. I know exactly what 875 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:13,160 Speaker 1: he's saying. Oh I see the No. No, no, because 876 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,400 Speaker 1: I saw all the Cowboys. I'll tell you this. Here's 877 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:20,239 Speaker 1: your here's your here's your tell. Did you see number 878 00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,959 Speaker 1: forty one out there? No? And then and you would 879 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:26,680 Speaker 1: have I didn't see Zeke's number the caseine there? I 880 00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,960 Speaker 1: know so I don't know how much one up seeing him, 881 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,440 Speaker 1: but I think they were just prepping as if although 882 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,680 Speaker 1: why not have Zeke's number? I don't know, but I 883 00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:39,920 Speaker 1: saw Jaylen Smith and I saw Vanderesh's number, and who 884 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:44,000 Speaker 1: was playing Witten today was portraying Witten. Jordan Thomas was 885 00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:46,640 Speaker 1: a right. So Jordan Thomas might want to go in 886 00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:49,080 Speaker 1: the booth on Monday Night Football because I was watching 887 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,520 Speaker 1: last night. I think he'd do a good job, because 888 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,840 Speaker 1: last night last night I was actually missing Witten a 889 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:59,320 Speaker 1: little bit on that broadcast, only be not Witten specifically, 890 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:03,040 Speaker 1: but a third guy. I think that you can't you 891 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:04,839 Speaker 1: know how I feel. I texted you the other day, 892 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:12,239 Speaker 1: but yeah, I think, well, you know, but that was 893 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 1: such a great fit because Cosell was polarizing, Meredith was 894 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:20,000 Speaker 1: he was dandied on and then yeah, and then Gifford was, 895 00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:22,239 Speaker 1: you know, a solid player, I think. But it was 896 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:27,200 Speaker 1: just one of those groups that fit so well some reason, somehow. 897 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,440 Speaker 1: It's just it just it was also another era of television. 898 00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:32,080 Speaker 1: But it was great, all right. Thanks a lot of guys. 899 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:34,800 Speaker 1: That's going to do it for the show tonight, Thanks 900 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:38,480 Speaker 1: for listening, and tomorrow back on six o'clock with Johnny 901 00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:41,960 Speaker 1: Will recap practice, get you ready for the Cowboys Saturday 902 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:45,400 Speaker 1: Nights game is at six pm. Don't forget, have a 903 00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,239 Speaker 1: great night everyone, and go Texans.