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Speaker 1: Hello, Texans Friday night. Just got paid. Like Johnny Kemp

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Speaker 1: once said, does anybody still get a pay check? By

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Speaker 1: the way, I don't know. Yeah, that was Johnny Kemp

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Speaker 1: who did that song. I actually had to check, but

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Speaker 1: it is. What's the last time you remember getting a

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Speaker 1: paper check? Well, for certain things you still get them. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: for certain things, we fund checks coming to mail. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for the five dollars and seventy five cents for whatever

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Speaker 1: it was. But everything else right now, direct deposit, Yes,

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Speaker 1: that's the way to go.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it was so the way to go.

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Speaker 1: I don't feel good about checks and then you know,

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Speaker 1: you scan them and then you still have the check, right,

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Speaker 1: which is bizarro world.

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Speaker 3: And I never know what to do with it. I

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Speaker 3: never know what to do. I just showing in my bank,

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Speaker 3: like what do I do with this?

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Speaker 2: Now?

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Speaker 1: It doesn't feel right, And I get the desire to

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Speaker 1: have to hold a check. The players, I'm sure get

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Speaker 1: all direct deposit. I mean, come on, they were born

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Speaker 1: in a digital world. These young lings, these young players

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Speaker 1: are we're going to talk about them, some of the

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Speaker 1: young players, some of the older players.

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Speaker 2: What they're doing.

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Speaker 1: A couple of days into camp and we've got a

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Speaker 1: bunch of stuff on the program today. Mister Harris hitches

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Speaker 1: with us himself, John Harris, who observes practice and people

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Speaker 1: read his stuff. Man, the media reads your stuff. The

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Speaker 1: media reads your stuff to find out what happened at practice,

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Speaker 1: even when they're there. That's a high compliment to you,

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Speaker 1: my friend.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate that. Thank you. So what do you observe today?

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Speaker 1: Give me your biggest takeaway from day two and then

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Speaker 1: we'll get.

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Speaker 2: Into some stuff. Okay, Blake Fisher fits.

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Speaker 3: Blake Fisher is not out of place, and I know

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Speaker 3: people like, well, wait a second, they didn't have pads on?

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Speaker 2: Did they know? They didn't?

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Speaker 3: But there there was a couple of moments where because

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Speaker 3: we were on the I was on the offensive sideline,

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Speaker 3: so I was on the on the right sideline, and

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Speaker 3: so he's at left tackle for Laramie. Early in practice,

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Speaker 3: defense threw a blitz at him and it was a

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Speaker 3: good blitz. I mean, Petrie timed it perfectly. So he

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Speaker 3: almost just got lost and I was like, oh, they're

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Speaker 3: not going to see him, and all of a sudden,

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Speaker 3: before you know what, Blake Fisher slides out, takes Petree

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Speaker 3: locks him up. Cej can throw the football like, well,

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Speaker 3: that's pretty good. Just knowing who to block, it's massive.

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Speaker 3: Well if people lay later. I kept my eyes on him,

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Speaker 3: just watching Fisher and he was going against the new Hunter. Okay,

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Speaker 3: he's gonna get a little come up as I know

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Speaker 3: the pads on.

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Speaker 2: I get that.

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Speaker 3: But stayed right in front of him, slid his feet,

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Speaker 3: stayed strong, anchored, made the block, and I thought, he

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Speaker 3: doesn't look out of place.

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Speaker 2: These rookies do not look out of place.

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Speaker 3: Again, we've talked a lot about Kamari last year in

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Speaker 3: OTA's in Mini camp. I thought day one, Kaylen Bullock showed,

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Speaker 3: he showed some of that speed why he was so

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Speaker 3: intriguing to this particular organization. His speed is closing ability.

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Speaker 3: He does not look out of place. And then seeing

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Speaker 3: Blake Fisher today, watching him kind of taking a few

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Speaker 3: reps to watch him and realize, okay, look, it's not

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Speaker 3: a it's not a perfect finished picture, but you can

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Speaker 3: see exactly why the Texans were high on him, and

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Speaker 3: you watch him and go, okay, pick the rookie. There's

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Speaker 3: five guys up there, Pick the guy that's the rookie.

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Speaker 3: You'd be hard pressed to pick Blake Fisher. He looks

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Speaker 3: like he is is where he needs to be now again,

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Speaker 3: but the pads on becomes a whole different ballgame.

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Speaker 2: But the fact that.

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Speaker 3: He looks like he A knows you to block b

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Speaker 3: my second one. Okay, this actually happened during it was

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Speaker 3: a It was a run by British Brooks. So British

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Speaker 3: rookie North Carolina undrafted free agent caught a toss play.

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Speaker 3: Now we've seen the Texas right at toss play. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and I heard the words get vertical. Basically, go get

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Speaker 3: Mixon and Damian Pierce. They get vertical, they get vertical

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Speaker 3: He's really starting to learn to do it. You can

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Speaker 3: see it becoming more part of his running DNA. It

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Speaker 3: is baked into Joe Mixon. Joe is getting vertical within

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Speaker 3: two steps. It is get the ball boom boomko. A

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Speaker 3: Damien was doing last year. They take those three steps

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Speaker 3: And then no, Joe is like I'm going I'll figure

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Speaker 3: out where the hole is when I get there. And

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Speaker 3: the crazy as it sounds, that's really what you have

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Speaker 2: And he got vertical.

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Speaker 3: Those guys have been working on getting vertical on a hurry,

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Speaker 3: they can do that. Obviously, Joe's done it. Now got

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Speaker 3: to have Damien do it consistently. But you can tell

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Speaker 3: that's a pretty big thing. Third one, I'll give you

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Speaker 3: this one. This is a weird one.

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Speaker 3: Juar Jordan caught up a checkdown. Tim Boyle went through

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Speaker 3: his progression is nothing. Saw Juir Jordan out in the

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Speaker 3: Jordan continues up the field about twenty five thirty yards

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Speaker 3: He's three hundred and five pounds. He is flying down

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Speaker 3: the field to tag off on Jair Jordan nice, and

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Speaker 3: I'm like, that's cool. I love seeing things like that.

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Speaker 3: Great rep. I just I was like, wow, the first

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Speaker 3: And McTelvin, you know, Sosa's only real issue is just

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Speaker 3: the guys are really a defensive time team without pads,

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Speaker 3: just because their athleticism, speed, quickness, twitch, they become really

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Speaker 2: I mean, these are guys in the offseason.

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Speaker 1: We barely even talk right exactly exactly, and if they're

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Speaker 1: doing this and by this, you're right.

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Speaker 2: We're not in pads yet. We're not seeing that yet.

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Speaker 1: But if you see some promise there, that's really nice

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Speaker 1: to two days, that's all we have to evaluate right now.

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Speaker 2: Two days of training camp, shorter.

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Speaker 1: Practices than you'd probably have it a regular six week

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Speaker 1: think they're handling it a certain way, and it's gonna

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Speaker 1: of Fame game. Yep, all right, quarterbacks, CJ. Stroud, this

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Speaker 1: justin looks pretty good.

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Speaker 1: Give me your assessment on Mills so far. Let's just

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Speaker 1: go there to the backup quarterback, because Mills to me,

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Speaker 1: looks pretty good.

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Speaker 2: Looks like he's really comfortable in this system.

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Speaker 1: Now this is year two in this system, and I

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Speaker 1: saw him make a hell of a throw today in

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Speaker 1: a great catch by John Metchip. That was great traffic

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Speaker 3: What do you think, Yeah, that was an excellent throw.

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Speaker 3: I thought that was the best throw of the day.

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Speaker 3: Quarterbacks to me, I've thrown it pretty well, case Tim Boyle,

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Speaker 2: So that would be when CJ.

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Speaker 3: Stroud he's throwing it pretty well when he's had opportunities. Look,

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Speaker 3: here's they ran eighteen minutes of special teams today with

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Speaker 3: all the individual drills, with all their activation, with their

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Speaker 2: So they only had two team sessions.

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Speaker 3: So basically CJ got about six to seven snaps and

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Speaker 3: Davis did as well. You know, as well as you

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Speaker 3: will be three really good throws and then there'll be

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, and Jacob couldn't hang on to it.

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Speaker 3: And so with Davis, it's always that man, if he

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Speaker 3: can just avoid that one throw where he doesn't see

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Speaker 3: a linebacker, he just gets over anxious because we would

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Speaker 3: see him make some really good throws in games, and

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Speaker 3: then you'd see him make one and go, oh whoa.

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Speaker 3: Like in the Colts game in twenty two, the one

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Speaker 3: everybody talks about k ten. He's throwing dimes. I remember

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Speaker 3: him throwing a couple of really nice balls quit Toreano,

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Speaker 3: and then he threw one right to a Colt's.

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Speaker 2: Linebacker, be in a pick six.

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Speaker 3: And it's just that one throw and it's not that singular,

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Speaker 3: but it's just the one throw that he has that

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Speaker 3: you just want to have back. But I think from

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Speaker 2: I felt like last year he'd improved the year before that.

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Speaker 2: He just improves each year.

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Speaker 3: But there's just always that one throw and Phillips is

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Speaker 3: unable to hang on to it.

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Speaker 2: So you get lucky.

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Speaker 3: But the throw to Mechi, I mean, that's the Davis

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Speaker 3: we know, But to throw the throw that Phillips nearly

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Speaker 3: picked off, like, he's got to get that out of

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Speaker 3: his system. If you can get that out of his system,

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Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, I feel very very confident what Davis

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Speaker 3: is bringing.

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Speaker 1: I think he's gonna play a ton after this preseason.

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Speaker 1: They have to get him ready. We know what this

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Speaker 1: team went through last year, and what they went through

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Speaker 1: was CJ. Stroud missing a couple of games, and they

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Speaker 1: don't want to see that again. But if they do

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Speaker 1: have to go with somebody else, Look, they went to

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Speaker 1: case Keenum, who was third team all year, and they

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Speaker 2: You know. They're all doing this punt drill, all of them.

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Speaker 4: It is a number of people have been involved in

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Speaker 3: Last night, I was watching Hard Knocks and I can't

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Speaker 1: So you're in the Hall of Fame game, and that's

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Speaker 2: We're staying up in Ohio. You know that place pretty well.

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Speaker 4: That's all you have to worry about is the team football.

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Speaker 3: Can we markle know this one? Don't forget the quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: And we're going to see the Texans practice at University

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Speaker 1: Can we have the Nick Assario reality tour and just

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Speaker 4: or whatever it is. So the school is kind of

440
00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,760
Speaker 4: situated up front and you kind of drive around back

441
00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,280
Speaker 4: and you have the game field, the main game field,

442
00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:28,719
Speaker 4: which is field turf, and then you have multiple practice fields.

443
00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:31,280
Speaker 4: So it just kind of suits our needs. So again,

444
00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:34,400
Speaker 4: it's more functional more than anything else. So the fact

445
00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,040
Speaker 4: that it's at us in my former high school, I

446
00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,800
Speaker 4: think is more happenstance more than anything else. But it's

447
00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,360
Speaker 4: just the way it worked out. So haven't been back

448
00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:44,200
Speaker 4: there in a while, so it'll kind of be cool

449
00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,280
Speaker 4: to go back there, you know, for a period of time.

450
00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,360
Speaker 4: My family's probably more excited than anybody because at least

451
00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:51,320
Speaker 4: I'll be somewhat around.

452
00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:56,000
Speaker 3: So, you know, during the season, my favorite part of

453
00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,040
Speaker 3: every interview, you know exactly what it is.

454
00:19:58,119 --> 00:19:59,480
Speaker 2: I wait until about halfway through the.

455
00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:01,560
Speaker 5: Interview and Mark to hit the road and.

456
00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:05,000
Speaker 2: Then it's like, okay, we got the Pittsburgh Steelers. On deck.

457
00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:06,520
Speaker 3: All right, give us a scouting report. You give us

458
00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,639
Speaker 3: a pretty thorough scouting report. I'm gonna ask you a

459
00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,000
Speaker 3: tough question. Give us a scouting report into twenty twenty

460
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,160
Speaker 3: four Texans as. Yes, yeah, I mean mentioned a little

461
00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,520
Speaker 3: bit earlier. I mean we feel like we have you know,

462
00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:19,479
Speaker 3: we feel like we have a good football team. So

463
00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,000
Speaker 3: what it looks like on the field, But.

464
00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,920
Speaker 4: We have quality I would say players and quality depth

465
00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,280
Speaker 4: at multiple spots. I mean some positions there are probably

466
00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:30,720
Speaker 4: gonna be a little more competition than others. But I

467
00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,880
Speaker 4: mean I think the front hopefully will be a strength

468
00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,640
Speaker 4: of our team, and we've invested resources in both areas.

469
00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,200
Speaker 4: Think we have some young skill players on both sides

470
00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,360
Speaker 4: of the ball, whether it's receiver and a secondary that

471
00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:48,000
Speaker 4: have played some have played good football, and hopefully we

472
00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:49,840
Speaker 4: have some other players that are going to play good

473
00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:54,000
Speaker 4: football for us. I think our specialists, I mean probably

474
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,080
Speaker 4: a little bit underrated, but like we feel we have

475
00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,400
Speaker 4: three of the better specialists there in the league. Which

476
00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,560
Speaker 4: a kicking game is going to take on I would

477
00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,480
Speaker 4: say it takes on significance every year and every game,

478
00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,080
Speaker 4: but probably even more so this year.

479
00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,880
Speaker 5: So you know, We're excited about the group that we assembled.

480
00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:11,679
Speaker 4: Understanding some things will probably change here between now and

481
00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:13,960
Speaker 4: the start of the regular season, but you know, hopefully

482
00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:16,159
Speaker 4: we're in a decent position at least to give ourselves

483
00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,520
Speaker 4: an opportunity to compete on a weekly basis.

484
00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,640
Speaker 1: You talked about the d line in your press conference

485
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:22,840
Speaker 1: a bit, and I find it really interesting because you

486
00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:27,560
Speaker 1: look at adding daneil Hunter, that's awesome, obviously JG's now Minnesota,

487
00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:30,320
Speaker 1: but bringing Barnett back, and then bringing Jerry Hughes back

488
00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:33,280
Speaker 1: late in the offseason, and then the guys that tackle.

489
00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,399
Speaker 1: The more we look, the more we like. Can you

490
00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:37,880
Speaker 1: discuss them a little bit? Yeah, I think you articulated well.

491
00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:38,200
Speaker 5: Mark.

492
00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:41,639
Speaker 4: I think was kind of working backwards with with Derek

493
00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:46,040
Speaker 4: and Jerry. Obviously experience year of experience in the system.

494
00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:49,399
Speaker 4: You know, Jerry's a pro. You know, Jerry keeps himself

495
00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,200
Speaker 4: in great shapes, got a great attitude, He great in

496
00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,120
Speaker 4: the locker room, he's a great teammate, and he's great

497
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,879
Speaker 4: to have around. Derek played pretty good football for us

498
00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:57,639
Speaker 4: here at the end of the year. So we're gonna

499
00:21:57,640 --> 00:21:59,760
Speaker 4: play four or five defensive ends. We're gonna play for

500
00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,399
Speaker 4: defensive tackles who are available in the spring.

501
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Speaker 5: It's always hard to.

502
00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,080
Speaker 4: Kind of evaluate the defensive line because you're not there's

503
00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,760
Speaker 4: no contact involved in the run game is limited. But

504
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,439
Speaker 4: Iman Khalil really made some improvements here in the offseason,

505
00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:15,680
Speaker 4: kind of built on some of the things he did

506
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,000
Speaker 4: last season. I'd say one guy that's really not talked

507
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,320
Speaker 4: about that much is Kurt But from the day he

508
00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:24,040
Speaker 4: walked in the door, he's been so steady and so consistent,

509
00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,040
Speaker 4: and he's been out there and he's produced when he's

510
00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,320
Speaker 4: been given the opportunities. So it settles a young player.

511
00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,360
Speaker 4: It has some experience in a couple of different systems.

512
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,480
Speaker 4: You know SOSA, you know mc talvin, a gam had

513
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,760
Speaker 4: a really good spring, so and then Foley has been

514
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,280
Speaker 4: a pretty good player here, a little bit more of

515
00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,920
Speaker 4: a run player. So we didn't see all those guys

516
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,240
Speaker 4: all at one time, but you know, kind of excited

517
00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:46,280
Speaker 4: to see what that looks like here.

518
00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:47,040
Speaker 5: Once we get started.

519
00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:48,600
Speaker 3: Nikka kind of goes along on the first question to

520
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,159
Speaker 3: ask you about transactions. You brought out Milike Fisher. He

521
00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,200
Speaker 3: comes from comes from Building Overbody.

522
00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:53,960
Speaker 2: He was in the UFL.

523
00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,800
Speaker 3: Did Khalil's experience here last year play a role in

524
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:00,440
Speaker 3: a sense that, hey, we took a shot on a

525
00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,200
Speaker 3: guy like Khalil Davis. Now he've been around the league

526
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,040
Speaker 3: a little bit, but taking a shot on him and

527
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,359
Speaker 3: it seemingly played off. I mean it's fifteen games he

528
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,280
Speaker 3: was in that second he and Kurt were come in

529
00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,679
Speaker 3: a game, they would do some good things, and then

530
00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 3: you bring him back. Did that experience with Khalil kind

531
00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:15,360
Speaker 3: of play role with bringing him a leak?

532
00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,200
Speaker 4: Is you probably be careful to extrapolate kind of one

533
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 4: for one, I think it's really more about opportunity. I

534
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,720
Speaker 4: think the whole idea is anytime you bring a player

535
00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,480
Speaker 4: in in the spring or like before the start of

536
00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:28,919
Speaker 4: training camp, a lot of it is are they in

537
00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:31,600
Speaker 4: good condition, are they ready to go? And when you've

538
00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,320
Speaker 4: played football for multiple months, which in Elik's case he

539
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:37,800
Speaker 4: did and he played well. But it's a different level

540
00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,919
Speaker 4: of competition, so it's not necessarily one for one, you

541
00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,360
Speaker 4: expect Malik to perform as well as Khalil did Khalil.

542
00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:46,840
Speaker 4: I mean, nobody thought anything in Khalil. Then he got

543
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,239
Speaker 4: here and he made a few plays, so he kind

544
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:49,840
Speaker 4: of kept him around. And then when he was given

545
00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,119
Speaker 4: the opportunity, he took advantage of it. So that's all

546
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,359
Speaker 4: you're really doing. He is presenting an opportunity to the player.

547
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,120
Speaker 4: So Malik's a good kids. How's a good attitude, So

548
00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:58,600
Speaker 4: you'll give him a chance and kind of see how

549
00:23:58,600 --> 00:23:58,920
Speaker 4: it goes.

550
00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,880
Speaker 1: Where do your eyes go in these early practices when

551
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,080
Speaker 1: you're observing what's going on on the field, kind of

552
00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:06,240
Speaker 1: looking a little bit of everything.

553
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,960
Speaker 4: I think when you watch the team, you're just looking

554
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,600
Speaker 4: at the play call, of the script, kind of the scheme,

555
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,119
Speaker 4: people in the right spot, kind of what goes on,

556
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:17,600
Speaker 4: and then some of the individual techniques, like where their

557
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,119
Speaker 4: hand placement was, some of their footwork, some of their technique.

558
00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:23,400
Speaker 4: That's something you can study a little bit more when

559
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,560
Speaker 4: you're actually watching a film. So it's really more big

560
00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:30,160
Speaker 4: picture kind of bounce around different positions, watch the kicking game,

561
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:32,679
Speaker 4: watch some of the drills that are associated there. So

562
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,639
Speaker 4: just kind of take a big picture of perspective, not

563
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,520
Speaker 4: get too caught up in one player, one individual, and

564
00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,000
Speaker 4: then go back and if there's something that you want

565
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:40,320
Speaker 4: to study a little bit more, you have a chance

566
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:41,600
Speaker 4: to do it when we're back in the building.

567
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,080
Speaker 3: Nick rookies going through their first training camp. We talked

568
00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,080
Speaker 3: about this a little bit, but every rookie group is different.

569
00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,199
Speaker 3: I mean last year, obviously it's number two, number three

570
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,960
Speaker 3: overall pick. There's different expectations for them. But when you

571
00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:54,800
Speaker 3: go into a camp with rookies, what are some of

572
00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:56,680
Speaker 3: the things you're looking for with Kamari and Blake and

573
00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:57,800
Speaker 3: Kaylin those guys.

574
00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,679
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's still football. Don't make it more than what

575
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,400
Speaker 4: it is, and just trust your training, trust your coaching,

576
00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:07,119
Speaker 4: and just go out there and just try to stack

577
00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,360
Speaker 4: days together consecutively, one after one, because ultimately, what you're

578
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,360
Speaker 4: trying to evaluate and judge is the player consistent from

579
00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 4: one day to the next or are there peaks and

580
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,199
Speaker 4: valleys in their player their ups and downs? Can they

581
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,840
Speaker 4: self correct? Can they take a coaching point, make the

582
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,120
Speaker 4: correction and then move on to the next thing. Those

583
00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 4: are some of the things that you're evaluating. So everybody's

584
00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:30,760
Speaker 4: going to make plays, everybody's going to give up plays.

585
00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 4: You're just looking for consistency of performance.

586
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:34,000
Speaker 5: And then from.

587
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 4: A younger player perspective, don't make it.

588
00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:38,720
Speaker 5: More than what it is. It's still football and just

589
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:39,880
Speaker 5: go out there and play football.

590
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:40,480
Speaker 2: A couple.

591
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 1: More mentally, what is the message from you and Demiko

592
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:46,840
Speaker 1: Ryans to this team? As we talked about long camp,

593
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:50,040
Speaker 1: high expectations, whatever. I know you got to tune that

594
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:51,960
Speaker 1: out and get ready for the season. But what is

595
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,560
Speaker 1: the message there in general?

596
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:54,200
Speaker 5: No, it's great.

597
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,080
Speaker 4: It's have a great attitude, be a great teammate, focus

598
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:02,920
Speaker 4: on collective improvement and visual improvement. Be resilient because we're

599
00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,640
Speaker 4: gonna face some adversity, We're gonna face some ups and downs,

600
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:10,120
Speaker 4: and just have competitive enthusiasm on on an everyday basis.

601
00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,480
Speaker 4: So everything that you're doing, pour as much into it

602
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 4: as possible and just be the best version of who

603
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:19,400
Speaker 4: you are that particular day, and just try to continually

604
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:23,800
Speaker 4: just devote as much time and resources necessary to put

605
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,800
Speaker 4: yourself in a position so you have a chance to

606
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:26,399
Speaker 4: make this team.

607
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,200
Speaker 3: What are your thoughts on bron Breaker, Because I feel

608
00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:31,439
Speaker 3: like I've got to ask you a wrestling question, because

609
00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,879
Speaker 3: when you're on the radio, I need to ask you

610
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:35,480
Speaker 3: about We've got to have a wrestling.

611
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,359
Speaker 5: Games. Maybe some other folks, okay, because I.

612
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 3: Saw him at Big twelve media days and I was

613
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 3: like a wrestling guy there.

614
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,920
Speaker 4: Because they're gonna present probably the Undertaker's belt or trophy

615
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 4: whoever wins a Big twelve.

616
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:48,840
Speaker 3: But I had to get a wrestling question in and

617
00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,160
Speaker 3: make you a pretty good job. All those stuff well done.

618
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,000
Speaker 3: I don't know about wrestling. That's Sean's what did you

619
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:54,720
Speaker 3: do on the break?

620
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,680
Speaker 4: So we we go back north, back to you know,

621
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,240
Speaker 4: John's neck of the woods, but we spend some time

622
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 4: on the cape and really we just kind of go,

623
00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 4: we unwind. We've had a place there for a number

624
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 4: of years. Our kids really look forward to it, and

625
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,880
Speaker 4: we kind of put our feet down and we're just there.

626
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,359
Speaker 4: It's very low key. It's really about the girls and

627
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,119
Speaker 4: it's about the family, you know, over the course of

628
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 4: the break. So I'm mean I work out each day.

629
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 4: I mean kind of knock out some things early on,

630
00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:26,480
Speaker 4: do some reading, try to do some individual self improvement,

631
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,480
Speaker 4: try to recalibrate. But you're always you're away from football,

632
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 4: but you're not away from football. But my wife and

633
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 4: I celebrated our fifteenth wedding anniversary this summer, so again,

634
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,199
Speaker 4: so we enjoyed it and it went pretty went pretty quickly.

635
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,240
Speaker 4: But you know, excited to be back and kind of

636
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,280
Speaker 4: get started, and you know, it's training camp.

637
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,440
Speaker 2: It's hard for you to unplug, isn't it, Dick, Just

638
00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:48,000
Speaker 2: be honest.

639
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,080
Speaker 5: Yes, the first few.

640
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,680
Speaker 3: Days in particular, because you're just grinding. The first couple

641
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:53,520
Speaker 3: of days are always hard.

642
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:55,240
Speaker 4: Well, you're going, and then it kind of comes to

643
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,199
Speaker 4: an abrupt halt. But I would say, like we had

644
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 4: some things that we were working on. I would say

645
00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:00,920
Speaker 4: the first couple of weeks of Cason Demico and I

646
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 4: were kind of in regular contact. So right around kind

647
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:05,440
Speaker 4: of the end of June to that fourth it was

648
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 4: kind of all right. There wasn't too much football, but

649
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 4: you're always kind of have an eye ahead on all right,

650
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 4: what are some of the next things in front of us,

651
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,639
Speaker 4: and try to work in some college scouting. Maybe you

652
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,400
Speaker 4: start to familiate yourself yourself with some of those prospects.

653
00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:21,120
Speaker 4: So that's what it's about. So I'm wired a certain way.

654
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,359
Speaker 4: So but try to pick my spots and really keep

655
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,679
Speaker 4: the focus on the girls in the summer because that's

656
00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,840
Speaker 4: their opportunity with dad, and you know, there's nothing I

657
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 4: enjoy more than being able to do that with them.

658
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Speaker 4: So you know, I love them a lot, and uh,

659
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Speaker 4: but they know it's football season and don't be here

660
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Speaker 4: at some point, I'm sure excellent.

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Speaker 2: Nick, thanks so much for the time. We'll visit soon.

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Speaker 2: Good luck with camp.

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Speaker 5: Thank you, fella, it's good to be here.

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Speaker 1: There's executive vice president and general manager Nick Cassario, John

665
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Speaker 1: Harris and I have visiting with Nick as training camp

666
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Speaker 1: gets underway. Coming up the wide receiver position group, deepest

667
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Speaker 1: on the team. Johnny breaks it all down and we'll

668
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Speaker 1: hear from Robert Woods as well. Texan's all at heading

669
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Speaker 1: into the first weekend of training camp. Two practices down.

670
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Speaker 1: After practice number one, John Harris broke down the very

671
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Speaker 1: deep ocean deep wide receiver group. How do they stack

672
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Speaker 1: up with years past? Well, more importantly, how are they

673
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Speaker 1: this year?

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Speaker 2: Let's go.

675
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Speaker 1: Let's start with the big three in no particular order,

676
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Speaker 1: but I'm going to start with who I think is

677
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 1: wide receiver number one, and that would be the guy

678
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 1: who signed the big contract extension in the offseason.

679
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 2: Nico Collins. Nearly thirteen hundred yards last year.

680
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, they unlocked the rack box last year, the run

681
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 3: after catchbox, and that made him super special. Watching Week

682
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 3: eighteen and thinking about Week eighteen against the Colts, obviously

683
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 3: he hits you in all different directions. He hitting with

684
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 3: the deep ball, showed the speed to get beyond Juju

685
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 3: Brintz from the Colts for a seventy five yard touchdown.

686
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 3: Then he showed the rackability when he ran away from

687
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 3: Zayia Franklin, ran over Jalen Jones twice, setting up Andrew

688
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 3: Beck's touchdown. And then he has the slide catch where

689
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 3: he comes out of nowhere, showing the speed, showing the

690
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 3: connection with CJ.

691
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 2: Stroud. He's that big body six.

692
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 3: Four tw hundred and fifteen pound receiver that is just

693
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 3: growing into his body and his game.

694
00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 2: I love it.

695
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 3: I love the extension. He's a sweetheart. I love the guy.

696
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,480
Speaker 3: I'm glad Nico Collas is back. And when you say

697
00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,880
Speaker 3: number one wide receiver, boy, it could be anybody on

698
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 3: any given day.

699
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Speaker 2: As I said earlier, who's the number one wide receiver?

700
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Speaker 3: At the open guy? And he goes gonna get open

701
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,480
Speaker 3: against a lot of different people. But when he catches it,

702
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 3: that's when the fun begins because that run after catchability

703
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 3: is too smooth, all right.

704
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 1: Acquired from the Buffalo Bills, former Viking, former case keenom

705
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 1: teammate in Mini, Stefan Diggs is here.

706
00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:41,920
Speaker 2: Now, what does he bring. Tremendous leadership and tremendous route running.

707
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 2: He's been there.

708
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,760
Speaker 3: He can run routes from any part of the field.

709
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,239
Speaker 3: He can run him from the slot, he can run

710
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 3: from outside. But he gets open. And that's the one

711
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 3: thing about Josh Allen and CJ. Stroud's different. Josh is

712
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,479
Speaker 3: not as accurate as CJ. So when Diggs would get

713
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,720
Speaker 3: a step on a dB, ball wasn't always where it

714
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 3: needed to be. If Diggs gets it, step on it dB.

715
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Speaker 3: This year with CJ. Stroud, the ball's gonna be right

716
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 3: on his person. He's gonna make the catch and make

717
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 3: something happen. But tremendous leader, bigger than you think, slot outside,

718
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:11,880
Speaker 3: Love the fact that he can do it from all

719
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Speaker 3: all different wide receiver spots.

720
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Speaker 2: It's fun days, Gonna be really fun to watch this year,

721
00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,120
Speaker 2: all right. Great to see him out here running around making.

722
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 1: Plays already, and he was already at OTAs Tank Dell.

723
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 3: Perhaps the scariest player on this roster for teams to

724
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 3: have to try and face. You're talking about Will Anderson Junior,

725
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,800
Speaker 3: Daniel Hunter. Even CJ teams will be scared of Tank Dell.

726
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 3: One hundred percent healthy because they have no answer for him.

727
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,360
Speaker 3: He's so sudden in and out of his breaks. He

728
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 3: can play him in man, he'll beat them short, he'll

729
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 3: beat him long. Then when he gets the ball in

730
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 3: his hands. I know at the combine he ran four four.

731
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 3: He's faster than that with the ball in his hands.

732
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,720
Speaker 3: And I think that's what's most impressive to me. Keep

733
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 3: him healthy because he, to me, is the most dangerous.

734
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 2: Person on this entire squad.

735
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Speaker 1: Seems like as good a big three or first three

736
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Speaker 1: wide receivers in your group as any team in the

737
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Speaker 1: league would have.

738
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Speaker 2: Let's get to the rest. Now that's the first three.

739
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start the next group, and again no particular order,

740
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: but I want to start with Robert Woods. Intentionally, we

741
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,520
Speaker 1: talked a bunch about him last half hour when we

742
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: had him on.

743
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 3: Mister third down gets himself open, the consummate vet that

744
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,840
Speaker 3: you've got to have in your wide receiver room. Love

745
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 3: having him on his team. He is available and open

746
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 3: on third downs, and that's key, so if you've got

747
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 3: to give somebody a rest. He knows every single wide

748
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 3: receiver position. He's been in this type of offense. You know,

749
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 3: when he was with McVeigh with the La Rams. He

750
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 3: knows everything and knows where everybody needs to be. It's

751
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 3: great leader, tremendous presence, and he's just got such a

752
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:41,800
Speaker 3: calming presence in a wide receiver room.

753
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Speaker 2: He's got to be on this roster. Man.

754
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,280
Speaker 3: I absolutely love that guy. I think we all do

755
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 3: for what he brings to this team. That is gonna

756
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 3: be so valuable on and off the field.

757
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 1: John Metchi. We noticed him. He looked a lot better

758
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 1: in OTAs. How's he looking out here? I guess it's

759
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 1: just one day in, But tell me what he's gonna

760
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 1: bring in year three of his career.

761
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 3: Well, he looks much more explosive. There's no question. Yesterday

762
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 3: he beat a defensive back on a route. Just kind

763
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 3: of jabbed outside win inside, got inside the dB. Not

764
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 3: a great throw, but that's the one thing I think

765
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,080
Speaker 3: John's really got to focus on. He's got to snatch

766
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 3: and catch every football thrown to him. He's getting himself

767
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 3: open now and you can see some of that. Oh,

768
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 3: this is how we looked at Alabama. He's got to

769
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 3: catch the football and beat dynamic with it. And it

770
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 3: can't just be you know, you catch it out in

771
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,320
Speaker 3: the flat because you're the checkdown. He's got to catch

772
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 3: it in traffic and then he's gonna make something happen

773
00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 3: after that. That's gonna be Mechi to me, that's gonna

774
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 3: be the key for John this this training camp. Catch

775
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:44,080
Speaker 3: everything in high traffic areas because that's where your opportunities

776
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,400
Speaker 3: are gonna come potentially in this offense, and you got

777
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Speaker 3: to make the most of them.

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Speaker 2: All right.

779
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 1: What about Xavier Hutchinson, who he's a yack guy as well,

780
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: he can get you yards after the reception.

781
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,680
Speaker 2: What is he doing so far? And where do you

782
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,120
Speaker 2: expect him to go catch? The day?

783
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 3: Yesterday speed out on the sideline in front of me,

784
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 3: Davis threw a ball probably two three yards outside, you know,

785
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 3: outside of the sideline where you need to and and

786
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,360
Speaker 3: X just goes up, dives, catches it. And again I

787
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,399
Speaker 3: go back to that last year, X had a couple

788
00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,000
Speaker 3: opportunities he wasn't able to hang on to. There's one

789
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 3: against the Colts where there are like three eyes around him,

790
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 3: but he had his hands on it. And X will

791
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,279
Speaker 3: tell you those are the catches he's got to make.

792
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:23,439
Speaker 3: When I went to Big twelve media days are Ranto

793
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:27,040
Speaker 3: Matt Campbell coach him at Iowa State, and you talk

794
00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 3: about a love fest. They love him there and you

795
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,359
Speaker 3: love him here for those same reasons. He works hard,

796
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 3: He knows every single receiver position, and he can kind

797
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,840
Speaker 3: of do that weapon X stuff. He could be that

798
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,400
Speaker 3: guy you put in the backfield and you can run up,

799
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,080
Speaker 3: you know, jet sweeps with you, can you know, fake

800
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 3: it to him, go one way, throw him back a

801
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,280
Speaker 3: screen like they did in the game against the Ravens.

802
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:49,960
Speaker 3: I think he had probably like thirteen fifteen touches off

803
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 3: last year, but he did good things with him. I

804
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,399
Speaker 3: think the next step is to do more with those

805
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,399
Speaker 3: touches and really get this coaching staff's attention. But when

806
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:00,800
Speaker 3: you make catches like he did yesterday, it's gonna be

807
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 3: hard to keep your eyes off.

808
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: E Xavier Hutchinson all right, we just talked about six receivers.

809
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: We're gonna keep going here and listen to some of

810
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 1: these names, and we'll start with Noah Brown, who made

811
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,319
Speaker 1: some massive plays for this team last year.

812
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 2: Great to see him out here on day one.

813
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,399
Speaker 3: I mean, where was this team? Where was this team

814
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 3: last year? Where was this team gonna be without Noah Brown?

815
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,320
Speaker 3: I mean the Saints game, he makes key catches and

816
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 3: now one obviously the Bucks game, the Cincinnati game, and

817
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,400
Speaker 3: everybody forgets the Tennessee game in week fifteen when we

818
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:29,640
Speaker 3: go to Tennessee, he has eight for eighty two in

819
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:31,120
Speaker 3: the touchdown case.

820
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 2: Was looking him up. I mean, he's reliable, he's tough.

821
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,240
Speaker 2: He's bigger than he appears.

822
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:37,680
Speaker 3: Like when you see him on TV, you think, oh, he's,

823
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,839
Speaker 3: you know, kind of skinny, and no, he's like six

824
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:40,800
Speaker 3: three two fifteen.

825
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:41,760
Speaker 2: So he's well put.

826
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,919
Speaker 3: Together, doesn't say a word, just goes about his job,

827
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,160
Speaker 3: blocks does all the little things. I love the fact

828
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 3: that he was brought back here. Was not out in

829
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 3: OTA's in mini camp rehabbing from some injuries. But he

830
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:55,399
Speaker 3: was out here yesterday, So I'm excited what he brings back.

831
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Speaker 3: He's number seven guy we've talked about, Yeah, how about seven?

832
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,879
Speaker 1: How about number eight? A Super Bowl champion Ben Scarnick. Yeah,

833
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,760
Speaker 1: Ben Skronick, who they acquire from the Rams.

834
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Speaker 2: And he's the kind of player can help your team

835
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:10,240
Speaker 2: win in a variety of ways.

836
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,879
Speaker 3: Absolutely, And I think if you there's always that question, hey,

837
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 3: is there a player in your squad that could play

838
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:18,360
Speaker 3: any position? On a football field. Yep, Ben's ben' Skaronic

839
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,880
Speaker 3: could play any position. He told us that an interview.

840
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 3: He go over and play nickel on defense if he

841
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:25,880
Speaker 3: had to, and go cover wide receivers in the slot.

842
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 3: Good size six three two twenty. I don't know their

843
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,239
Speaker 3: dame went to La his rookie year they won a

844
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 3: Super Bowl contribute on special teams played at receiver when

845
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,920
Speaker 3: they you know that year Robert Woods got banged up,

846
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 3: OBJ gets hurt in the Super Bowl.

847
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:40,799
Speaker 2: Ben Scronick's got to go.

848
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 3: In and run routes in the Super Bowl and play

849
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 3: at wide receivers able to do that, So he's got

850
00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 3: that at Super Bowl experience and he just does everything.

851
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 2: He's gonna know every position out of this field.

852
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 3: And look, you get to a point where you could

853
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 3: tell him, we talked about it yesterday. You have full

854
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 3: back options, but you only carry one during the game.

855
00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,840
Speaker 3: So if you've got a couple guys banged up, you

856
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 3: could turn to Ben Scronick and say, hey, we need

857
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:03,919
Speaker 3: you to do the fullback stuff.

858
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 2: He would do it.

859
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,279
Speaker 3: He's a jack of all trades and he I don't

860
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 3: want to say he's a master of none, but he's

861
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 3: really good at a lot of them. Now, is he

862
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:11,600
Speaker 3: elite at anything?

863
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:12,360
Speaker 2: Probably not.

864
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,879
Speaker 3: But where he's elite is his versatility in his being

865
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 3: able to do anything on a football field.

866
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 1: All right, So now we are nine deep, Johnny, nine deep,

867
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Speaker 1: because we just did scronic and we're gonna do Steven

868
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: Simms the ninth guy and the ninth guy happen to

869
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,799
Speaker 1: return a punt for a touchdown in a playoff game.

870
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 2: Mike Good that the last touchdown the Texans scored at

871
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 2: twenty twenty three. Steven Simms.

872
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:38,200
Speaker 3: He I think the only thing that holds Stephen back

873
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 3: from being a consistent fifty three man roster guy is

874
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:47,800
Speaker 3: is just his consistent hands, just you know, being consistent

875
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 3: catching everything. If you gave Steven Simms DeAndre Hopkins hands,

876
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,200
Speaker 3: Steven Simms would be on this roster, no question asked.

877
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,320
Speaker 3: He is dynamic when he gets the ball in space.

878
00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 3: Last year he was active in three games, but in

879
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:01,400
Speaker 3: those games Bobby Slowan died him up.

880
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 2: They threw him screens. Let him get the ball and

881
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:04,959
Speaker 2: make things happen.

882
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 3: Obviously he did it on special teams for Steven Simms,

883
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:09,800
Speaker 3: he got a lot of confidence. I remember when he

884
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 3: came into our studio the spring of twenty three for

885
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,879
Speaker 3: an interview, and you can just tell he was kind

886
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:16,840
Speaker 3: of quiets, didn't really want to say much to us

887
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:18,400
Speaker 3: when he walked in the studio.

888
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 2: This past year with us, he had bounced to his

889
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:22,920
Speaker 2: step a lot more confidence.

890
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,720
Speaker 3: I think that that game against Baltimore just gave him confidence,

891
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 3: like man, I did that in a big spot. So

892
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,239
Speaker 3: now you've got four big spots the preseason and this

893
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,840
Speaker 3: joint practice against the Rams to really show, hey, I

894
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 3: can I can do it on these new kickoff returns.

895
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,520
Speaker 3: I can do it on punt returns. I can do

896
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 3: it from the slot. If he can master those three, well,

897
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:45,439
Speaker 3: it's gonna be hard to really keep him off this roster.

898
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 2: Mark. All right, we just named nine receivers. But wait,

899
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 2: there's more. It's like an infomercial.

900
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 1: Yes, but wait, all right, I got four more guys here,

901
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 1: and we'll do them quickly. Okay, all right, Quintes Siphus.

902
00:38:57,960 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 1: You talked to Nick about him yesterday?

903
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I did, because I've been a Cephas fan for

904
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,799
Speaker 2: a while. Now. He's he's been off for a year

905
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,960
Speaker 2: due to a suspension from the league, but he can fly.

906
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:13,239
Speaker 3: He is an absolute true to life downfield threat ball

907
00:39:13,320 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 3: skills to go up over guys. I mean, like, that's

908
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 3: his game is deep downfield. When our buddy Jesse Clark

909
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 3: was here, that's what Sephuz was at the University of Wisconsin.

910
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 3: Jesse was my office mate, and he would always ask

911
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,440
Speaker 3: me about Cephis and I was like, I love his

912
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 3: downfield ability. He would be good with us because at

913
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 3: that time we had one Deshaun Watson who liked to

914
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 3: throw the ball down the field. Cephis now gets here

915
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:36,239
Speaker 3: again with a quarterback that wants to throw the ball

916
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 3: on the field.

917
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 2: So I think it was a really good pickup. What

918
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:38,879
Speaker 2: do you lose?

919
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:41,240
Speaker 3: What do you lose in bringing in a guy shaking

920
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 3: off the rust, give him some preseason time and see

921
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:45,040
Speaker 3: if you can't hit a couple of deep balls and

922
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:45,880
Speaker 3: get people excited.

923
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 1: All right, now, let's go to the next one, which

924
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 1: would be Jaden Jankee or Yankee. Sorry, it's definitely a

925
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 1: soft jay Johnny yeah, Yankee, Okay, yeah, sure, yeah. I

926
00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:00,840
Speaker 1: have not gone over the pronunciation guide for the fourth teamers, which.

927
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 2: He is one right now. His twin is gone. Is

928
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 2: that going to affect him? Probably not? Probably not?

929
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,080
Speaker 3: But what about him, but they have never played a

930
00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:11,879
Speaker 3: football game without one another, so yeah, probably probably does.

931
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,759
Speaker 3: Really good player move them At South Dakota State. He

932
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 3: and his brother are a little bit different, so we'll

933
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 3: see where Jayden fits. But really good hands, good size,

934
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 3: six to one to ten runs well, I'm not gonna

935
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 3: tell you he runs like tank, but he runs pretty well.

936
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,960
Speaker 3: And he's gonna make himself known in not only team scrimmages,

937
00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 3: team opportunities, but he's preseason games because he'll also got

938
00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:38,399
Speaker 3: on special teams too, and he and his brother.

939
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 2: Obviously his brother's not here anymore.

940
00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:42,360
Speaker 3: But he and his brother are really interested in Texans

941
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:46,239
Speaker 3: because they have four preseason opportunities and you get the

942
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,879
Speaker 3: joy practice against the Rams, so I know they're really

943
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,239
Speaker 3: excited about that. And if he gets in a little

944
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:52,600
Speaker 3: bit of a groove, I'm telling you he's gonna be

945
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,879
Speaker 3: a guy that gets people's attention. If he weren't watching

946
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 3: him at South Dakota State, shame on you. Well, no,

947
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,319
Speaker 3: you probably weren't watching South Dakota State.

948
00:40:58,400 --> 00:40:58,799
Speaker 2: Not much.

949
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 3: Really good young player that i'd like to see stick around,

950
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,239
Speaker 3: even if it's not in a fifty three.

951
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:05,839
Speaker 2: Just stand in a practice squad all year.

952
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:09,840
Speaker 3: Develop, continue to develop your body, learn its offense, and

953
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 3: see what you can do in twenty twenty five. I

954
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,279
Speaker 3: know he's not thinking that way, but I know the

955
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,040
Speaker 3: team's gotta be thinking that way about using him as

956
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 3: a developmental guy in the future.

957
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,040
Speaker 1: Two more and it feels like these guys have been

958
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:19,839
Speaker 1: around here for years, but they haven't. But they've been

959
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 1: around here. Johnny Johnson, who wants a bout a time?

960
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,440
Speaker 1: A game winner in a preseason game. I almost had

961
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:28,360
Speaker 1: playoff game preseason game out of orgon Johnny Johnson.

962
00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:30,560
Speaker 3: I've been a big fan of Johnny for a long time.

963
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:33,320
Speaker 3: This game against Arizona State back in twenty nineteen. He

964
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:36,279
Speaker 3: had a tremendous night against the sun Devils that night,

965
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 3: and I was like, man, he's got something.

966
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,759
Speaker 2: He's got size, he's thick, you know. Tas in mini camp.

967
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 3: I thought he was much more decisive after catching the ball,

968
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,640
Speaker 3: getting up the field kind of doing what Nico's doing. Rackability,

969
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 3: but he's got really good hands, good concentration. He's been

970
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 3: active in Week eighteen the last two years now. He's

971
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 3: not gotten a ton of offensive reps, but just shows hey,

972
00:41:56,760 --> 00:41:58,360
Speaker 3: you hang around, you never know when your opportunity is

973
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,520
Speaker 3: gonna come. Johnny's that guy healthy, you have opportunities to

974
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 3: make plays in the preseason and then stick around and

975
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 3: then you never know what happens.

976
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:08,480
Speaker 1: All right, What about Jared Wayne, the big receiver from

977
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: Pitt six three to ten.

978
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 3: Yesterday, great great catch, case Keenum throw a back shoulder ball.

979
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 3: I can't remember who's covering him, but it was a

980
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 3: great catch. I mean just right where you want a

981
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:21,080
Speaker 3: back shoulder ball to be. Case put in that spot.

982
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 3: And then Wayne's big, I mean he's six ' three,

983
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 3: he's got he's got glu sticks.

984
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 2: Gotta stay healthy.

985
00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 3: Last year training camp, got banged up early in training camp,

986
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 3: and that, to me is for a rookie is such

987
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 3: a tough one because you start getting momentum going and

988
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,520
Speaker 3: then you get hurt. You're out for two three weeks.

989
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,360
Speaker 3: Now they've played preseason games and the train is you

990
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:42,279
Speaker 3: get on the train. But now you gotta get back

991
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,239
Speaker 3: to the front. And that's hard. And so if he

992
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,920
Speaker 3: can stay healthy, because of how long tall and his

993
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 3: ball skills down the field, he's gonna he'll be interesting

994
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 3: in these preseason games. If he gets opportunities to do that.

995
00:42:54,560 --> 00:42:56,759
Speaker 1: There's the breakdown of the wide receiver group. One of

996
00:42:56,800 --> 00:43:00,120
Speaker 1: the men who was discussed, Robert Woods. I visited with

997
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 1: him after his first practice to check in and see

998
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 1: how the VET was doing.

999
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:06,880
Speaker 6: Felt great to be back out here, get with the guys,

1000
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:10,719
Speaker 6: get get going, get running. Felt good just to see

1001
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 6: everybody out here making players moving fast. The energy and

1002
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 6: excitement was there, especially day one. It's good just to

1003
00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:19,399
Speaker 6: get this twenty four season going.

1004
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:22,520
Speaker 1: You've been in some pretty deep wide receiver rooms. This

1005
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:23,920
Speaker 1: has to be among the deepest.

1006
00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,280
Speaker 6: Yeah, it is from from top to bottom, as guys

1007
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,400
Speaker 6: who are truly complete receivers. Feel like I've been on

1008
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 6: rosters where you have you have your your receivers, you

1009
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:36,440
Speaker 6: have your special team receivers, you have your returners.

1010
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 2: But I feel like this team is.

1011
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:42,560
Speaker 6: Full of football players, receivers, guys who could get open,

1012
00:43:43,360 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 6: get separation, and and do special teams and do punt

1013
00:43:47,239 --> 00:43:50,480
Speaker 6: return Like that's the most crisp room I've been in.

1014
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 6: Technical receivers being coached by a great coach, Bim Mcdniams.

1015
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 2: It always seems like CJ.

1016
00:43:56,680 --> 00:44:00,120
Speaker 1: Stroud looks for you, often does in tough situations, some

1017
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 1: third down conversion situations, tell the listeners why that.

1018
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 6: Is just being reliable, knowing the defense, no one zones,

1019
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:11,279
Speaker 6: no one saw spots. When those third downs and critical situations,

1020
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:14,720
Speaker 6: defenses are usually trying to throw different coverages, different pressures

1021
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:18,480
Speaker 6: at you. Just being able to be uh reliable, being

1022
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:22,799
Speaker 6: able to know the offense being available, and uh, it's

1023
00:44:22,840 --> 00:44:25,200
Speaker 6: just it just comes down to just being a trustworthy

1024
00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 6: receiver and fortunate that CJ believes in me to do that.

1025
00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:32,040
Speaker 6: And that's just my job as a receiver to be reliable,

1026
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:33,440
Speaker 6: be open to find soft zones.

1027
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 1: What about this defensive backs group that you're facing in

1028
00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:40,359
Speaker 1: all these practices, OTA's mini camp and now in training camp.

1029
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:41,560
Speaker 2: Good.

1030
00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:43,280
Speaker 6: I mean, we we know we had a great corner

1031
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 6: and sting and we've always uh watched some great receiver

1032
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 6: corners Jeff and CJ. And actually seeing them here like, oh,

1033
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 6: they kind of a little bigger when you see them

1034
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 6: every day. And uh, just guys who are are athletic, physical,

1035
00:44:57,400 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 6: getting getting hands on. I feel like it's a great

1036
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:04,440
Speaker 6: group of guys and even teaching our younger guys. Baltimore

1037
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,960
Speaker 6: is making some some really great plays off from spring

1038
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 6: hoping a great camp from him, but uh, that's a

1039
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:12,959
Speaker 6: technician group as well on the defensive side.

1040
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,439
Speaker 1: What do you make of this coaching staff because keeping

1041
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,240
Speaker 1: it intact was a huge development this offseason with Bobby

1042
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:21,160
Speaker 1: Slowick Rod Johnson as the quarterbacks coach and everybody else

1043
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 1: that you work with, Ben McDaniels, et cetera.

1044
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,279
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean it's tough when you have a successful year,

1045
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:33,120
Speaker 6: uh Rath and gay everybody, you're you're a hot team.

1046
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:34,840
Speaker 6: How coming you have success and teams are looking to

1047
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:37,400
Speaker 6: to to take that apart and build their own. And

1048
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:40,960
Speaker 6: we were able to keep our staff intact. Uh, just

1049
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 6: keep some continuity on offensive side, able to keep Slow

1050
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 6: which is great for CJ or offense, and uh, it's

1051
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,320
Speaker 6: just huge to be able to keep growing as a

1052
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:55,440
Speaker 6: team and as offense. Like we uh we we we

1053
00:45:56,000 --> 00:46:01,359
Speaker 6: think we had a okay year. Uh truthfully, but it's

1054
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:02,840
Speaker 6: a great year for what it was. You know, we

1055
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:06,400
Speaker 6: had a rookie quarterback, rookie coach, everything new. It was

1056
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:09,480
Speaker 6: like that was a good year. But truthfully, that's that's

1057
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 6: the average NFL season. I think everybody in this building

1058
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:15,520
Speaker 6: knows that and had off season to really realize that,

1059
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:18,840
Speaker 6: oh yeah, we did good, but in reality, everybody was

1060
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:20,759
Speaker 6: able to focus in on hone in and building this

1061
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:24,000
Speaker 6: team up even better, coming in to this training camp

1062
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:27,239
Speaker 6: knowing what we're capable of and trying to take that

1063
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 6: to the next level. We got a zase here Austree

1064
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:34,200
Speaker 6: on the d line. Signed Jerry Hughes again. But like

1065
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:37,000
Speaker 6: you see Diggs, we're bringing Joe Mixon. We're bringing in

1066
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 6: guys to take this thing to the next level.

1067
00:46:39,719 --> 00:46:40,239
Speaker 2: We know we're good.

1068
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:43,520
Speaker 6: We now we have the weapons and everything to go

1069
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:46,239
Speaker 6: along with the mindset, the coaching and the mentality to.

1070
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:49,600
Speaker 2: Make it a good season. Make it a great season.

1071
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:51,080
Speaker 2: One more for your Robert.

1072
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:53,480
Speaker 1: When you look at this training camp, it's longer than

1073
00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:55,680
Speaker 1: the rest because you're playing that first game. So you

1074
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,960
Speaker 1: report early, practice early. Does that mean anything? How do

1075
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 1: you approach that different if at all?

1076
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:04,920
Speaker 2: I mean, it's football. We all love football.

1077
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:07,879
Speaker 6: You gotta love a game. Yeah, it is an extra week,

1078
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:12,560
Speaker 6: it is an extra game, reporting early and everything. But

1079
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 6: like when you love the game of football, you love

1080
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:16,800
Speaker 6: being around your guys. It's a joy to come in

1081
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:18,280
Speaker 6: to work, it's a joy to be in the building.

1082
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:20,279
Speaker 2: You want the.

1083
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 6: Opportunity to be able to play football again. I mean,

1084
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:25,520
Speaker 6: you don't really, you only get a few camps and

1085
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:27,680
Speaker 6: a few experiences like this to be around these guys

1086
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 6: and these teams. You just gotta take full advantage of it.

1087
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:32,800
Speaker 6: We get an extra week to prepare, extra week to build,

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Speaker 6: and extra week to bond, and that's the extra week

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Speaker 6: to be.

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Speaker 5: A stronger team.

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Speaker 2: Awesome, Thanks a lot of Robberie, thank you.

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Speaker 1: There's Robert Woods, and there is the show. Of course,

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Speaker 1: we will attend tomorrow's practice. Have plenty of information on

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans dot com about it. Monday morning, back out

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Speaker 1: there at the field the Houston Methodist Training Center eight am.

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Speaker 1: And Tuesday the first open practice with the crowd buzzing.

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Speaker 2: Can't wait. Have a great weekend, Go Texans.