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Speaker 1: Hello Texans and Mary.

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Speaker 2: Christmas Eve a special edition of Texans All Access Players

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Speaker 2: Edition presented by Mattress Firm. As it is Christmas Eve,

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Speaker 2: twas the night before Christmas. Literally all through the stadium,

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Speaker 2: the Netflix folks were wandering around. Wandering is not a

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Speaker 2: good word. They're milling around, They're working. It's loaded. This

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Speaker 2: joint is jumping with people getting ready for the Christmas

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Speaker 2: Day game tomorrow. It's a really interesting thing. And those

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Speaker 2: of you who have worked on Christmas before or might

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Speaker 2: be working this year, if you work in food service

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Speaker 2: or whatever industry, would be open on Christmas. Movie theaters,

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Speaker 2: there's a lot of stuff open on Christmas Eve. Christmas

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Speaker 2: stores are still open right now, many of them, I'm sure.

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Speaker 2: But we are here at the stadium most of the

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Speaker 2: day getting ready for the big game against the Ravens.

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Speaker 2: Three point thirty kickoff. It's Live Sports Radio six ten,

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Speaker 2: one hundred point three to the Bull and the Odyssey

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Speaker 2: app and all the rest of it. And of course

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Speaker 2: Netflix and CBS. If you're wondering, hey, can I catch

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Speaker 2: the game on TV locally? Do I have to log

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Speaker 2: onto Netflix? Yes, you can. You just go to wherever

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Speaker 2: you get your TV stuff from it's on KHOUCBS.

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Speaker 1: So I encourage you to listen to us. I mean,

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Speaker 1: what can I say?

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Speaker 2: If you're home, you just turn on the TV, turn

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Speaker 2: down the sound, put on your home listening device, whether

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Speaker 2: it be Alexa, Google, whatever you've got, and you request

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Speaker 2: Sports Radio six to ten the Odyssey app and you'll

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Speaker 2: hear Andre where John Harris and I broadcasting the game,

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Speaker 2: Robert Hensley an extended halftime peak. As we'll listen in,

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Speaker 2: we'll monitor what's going on with Beyonce at the break

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Speaker 2: and as we said, I think we sat on a

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Speaker 2: previous show. This is like a full Super Bowl halftime show.

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Speaker 2: This is a major deal. Those of you who have

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Speaker 2: been to Texans games and seen halftime shows before, we've

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Speaker 2: had some really good ones.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: We set up a little stage, put the performance on

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Speaker 2: the stage. They perform for a few minutes. They're out right,

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Speaker 2: but that's a thirteen minute standard NFL half. They're expanding

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Speaker 2: the one beyond twenty minutes because hey, it's Beyonce, it's

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Speaker 2: a big deal, it's Netflix, it's Christmas. Everybody's home watching

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Speaker 2: this thing. Everybody except those who are working, like I

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Speaker 2: just mentioned, watching this thing. And they want to see

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Speaker 2: Bay and all the rest of it. So it's gonna

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Speaker 2: be a really cool thing. And as I've said in

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Speaker 2: the building here, it's amazing to see all the work

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Speaker 2: that goes into putting together this halftime show.

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Speaker 1: A lot more than usual. They've got these.

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Speaker 2: Lights on carts, lights suspended from the top of the stadium.

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Speaker 2: I don't know how many performers. I've heard hundreds of

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Speaker 2: people will be on the field, and I've seen some

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Speaker 2: of the props they're using and they're very impressive. So

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Speaker 2: I haven't seen the show yet. I know they rehearsed

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Speaker 2: on Monday night. There might be another rehearsal I don't

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Speaker 2: know about, but they'll be good to go for halftime.

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Speaker 2: More importantly, for US football fans, the Ravens and Texans

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Speaker 2: get it on, and it's anybody's guess how these teams

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Speaker 2: are gonna come out after the short layoff. But do

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Speaker 2: we make too big a deal out of the four

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Speaker 2: Maybe we do, Maybe we do sometimes, but it is

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Speaker 2: what it is, and everybody's in the same boat. You

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Speaker 2: got Pittsburgh and Kansas City getting it on in the

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Speaker 2: other game. We'll know the result of that one before

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Speaker 2: the Texans and Ravens take the field. Does it have

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Speaker 2: bearing on the Ravens, You bet him. If the Steelers lose,

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Speaker 2: the Ravens know they're in the driver's seat with the

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Speaker 2: division after the split with Pittsburgh, which was earned on Saturday,

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Speaker 2: so they got to win at home. The Chiefs got

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Speaker 2: to win at home. Now Ravens and Chiefs on the road.

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Speaker 2: I'm hoping the home teams win. Home teams win on

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Speaker 2: Christmas Day, Texans and Steelers, and we'll take it from there.

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Speaker 2: See what happens seating wise, possibilities, all that going into

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Speaker 2: the final week when the Texans conclude the regular season

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Speaker 2: a week from Sunday in Nashville against the dreaded Tennessee Titans.

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Speaker 2: And I say dreaded sort of sarcastically. Although they did

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Speaker 2: beat the Texans. We all know that it's gonna be fun.

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Speaker 2: Three point thirty kickoff, all right, the head coach and

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Speaker 2: I'm we catch up regularly.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna have his regul the visit later on in

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Speaker 2: this show, because it's Christmas Eve. We'll relive some content

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Speaker 2: here on this modified edition of Texans all Access Players

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Speaker 2: Edition players, will we have one, We'll have one.

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Speaker 1: Later for you.

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Speaker 2: Okay, but let's do this pregame interview with Demiko Rans,

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Speaker 2: the head coach here. It is all right, coach. We

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Speaker 2: know it's a short week. We're not going to get

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Speaker 2: into that as you face the Baltimore Ravens. But this

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Speaker 2: and it feels like a Super Bowl environment in a way.

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Speaker 2: How do you block out those distractions if there are

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Speaker 2: any at all?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you, our guys have to be laser focused this

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Speaker 4: week and that's the main thing. The main thing for

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Speaker 4: all the other things, and that's going to divert your

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Speaker 4: to do. Right, A lot of people are going to

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Speaker 4: be tuned into this game not only do I Beyonce,

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Speaker 4: but to see us play some really good football. So

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Speaker 4: let's go out and let's you know, play our best

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Speaker 4: football versus a really great football team. This is one

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Speaker 4: want to see how we stack up and where we are.

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Speaker 4: This is our time right now.

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Speaker 2: I know you want to get your offense rolling. This

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Speaker 2: team is number one against the run the Ravens. What

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Speaker 4: Why they're good in a run game, It starts with

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Speaker 4: their defensive line. They're stout at the line of scrimmage.

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Speaker 4: They're not penetrating d line unit. They sit at the

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Speaker 4: line of scrimmage. But they play their gaps really well.

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Speaker 4: They use their hands, use their leverage, their linebackers, nickels,

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Speaker 4: and if there's a crease, you have to hit it

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Speaker 4: right and make these guys tackle you. But there aren't

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Speaker 4: many creases in his defense, and that's why they are

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Speaker 4: the top rushing defense in the NFL.

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Speaker 2: With the receiver situation tank down. Obviously Stefan's been out

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Speaker 2: for a long time. You've had guys rise up before, though,

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Speaker 1: That's got to help you as you take on the

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Speaker 5: It does.

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Speaker 4: Hell, guys have been in this spot before and they

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Speaker 4: made those plays as well. Looking to see Metchi step

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Speaker 4: we have other guys who are capable and have done

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Speaker 4: it in the past. Now let's go do it versus

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Speaker 4: a really good team and that's what we need most.

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Speaker 4: Losing Tank definitely hurts us, right, but it's also an

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Speaker 4: opportunity for that next man to truly step up and

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Speaker 4: help our team be successful.

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Speaker 2: You really did a great job against Derek Henry last year.

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Speaker 2: That was with another team, and now the quarterback is

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Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson, who he has, So what about facing both

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Speaker 2: of them together in game planning against this squad?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, probably the most difficult game plan that you have

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Speaker 4: when you have two guys who.

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Speaker 5: Are elite and running the football.

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Speaker 4: Starting with Derek, he's fast, explosive, I mean physical, so

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Speaker 4: it's gonna take multiple guys to get him down and

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Speaker 4: When it comes to Derek, he's having probably one one

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Speaker 5: And then you look at.

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Speaker 5: He's playing the best he's looked at his entire career.

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Speaker 4: So we have two guys there who are elite playmakers

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Speaker 4: that will have all of our attention on Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: What should we be looking at in the third phase,

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Speaker 1: the kicking game.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, in the kicking game we were looking for is

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Speaker 4: So that's what we're looking for from our punt team,

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Speaker 1: All right, coach, thanks a lot, Merry Christmas, Good.

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Speaker 5: Luck, Marry Christmas. Thanks Mark, And.

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Speaker 1: There he is the head coach of your Houston Texans. Now.

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Speaker 2: In addition to the pregame Coaches Interview, this is kind

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Speaker 2: of like a Friday night format. Usually Johnny Harris hosts

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Speaker 2: Friday Nights for US and I appear on the show.

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Speaker 2: Now I'm just kind of doing this Christmas Eve thing

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Speaker 2: dy as the night off for Christmas. Steve Johnny doesn't

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Speaker 2: quite have the night off because we have Texans matchup

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Speaker 2: coming up after this program, and you don't want to

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Speaker 2: miss that because he put a lot of work into that,

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Speaker 2: and I'm not gonna put a ton of work into this.

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Speaker 1: I'm kidding.

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Speaker 2: But let's go here as Drew Doherty caught up with

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Speaker 2: our pregame player, and that would be Henry to Ata,

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Speaker 2: mister green Dot ready to roll one more game without

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Speaker 2: as he's al Shire Christian Harris practiced on Monday, lighter practice,

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Speaker 2: but he practiced. That was good news. So let's get

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Speaker 2: to Drew's interview with Henry to with too.

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Speaker 6: That's right, we got Henry Toto here with us.

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Speaker 7: Henry good to see it.

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Speaker 6: Tricky or not tricky playing a football game Saturday and

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Speaker 6: flipping around and playing another one on Wednesday.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean it's a challenge, probably the most challenging

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Speaker 8: probably trying to get your body back ready to go.

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Speaker 8: And we do a great job of studying football and

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Speaker 8: the coaches do a great job. Again it's ready for

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Speaker 8: trying to get our bodies right back and raider broad

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Speaker 8: again on Wednesday.

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Speaker 9: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: How are you feeling the day or two after the

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Speaker 6: game when when you play a physical opponent like the Chiefs?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, man, little sore. Definitely sore.

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Speaker 8: It's on to attack the recovery process as much I can,

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Speaker 8: but definitely sore.

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Speaker 5: But I know when the grenally kicks in on Wednesday

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Speaker 5: will be all right.

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Speaker 6: You leave this team in tackles by quite a bit.

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Speaker 6: You've played thirteen games. What is different about you in

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Speaker 6: year two as opposed to year one?

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Speaker 8: I think it's got to be the knowledge that I

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Speaker 8: I'm able to compete with the best. So my thing

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Speaker 8: is just all comes from confidence in the preparation that

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Speaker 8: but then we got a group of guys in our

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Speaker 8: One, Once you start making some plays, you put some

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Speaker 5: So it's definitely been a fun year for me.

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Speaker 6: How nice has it been having your buddy Christian Harris

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Speaker 6: Let's talk about this opponent coming to town, the Baltimore Ravens,

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Speaker 7: What's the same? What's the general outlook on the guy?

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Speaker 5: It makes it really difficult for defenses.

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Speaker 8: I don't think there's really much difference. He's just Lamar Jackson.

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Speaker 7: Is it a beautiful thing to play on Christmas Day?

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Speaker 8: I'm so used to just being at home tailing with

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Speaker 7: How much of a Beyonce fan are you not?

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Speaker 3: Not? Not that much?

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Speaker 8: I mean, I know Beyonce, but you know a big

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Speaker 5: But you know my wife visit to Beyonce, but not

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Speaker 6: Nothing wrong with that. Okay, Last thing, whis you favorite

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Speaker 8: That's probably so too say to say, but jinglebells all right, hope.

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Speaker 6: You jingle all the way to a win against the

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Speaker 5: Appreciate your brother.

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Speaker 2: There's Drew with Henry to with tow so catching up

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Speaker 2: Eric stended visit with the head coach Tamiko Ryans this

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Speaker 2: week loaded with great material. What was it like to

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Speaker 2: Let's get into it next here on Texans Radio, and

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Speaker 2: Here Merry Christmas, Christmas Eve edition of Texans All Access

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Speaker 2: Players Edition and a modified edition of the show because

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Speaker 2: Highbridge Show because we ran the Tamiko Ryans pregame interview

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Speaker 2: and our player pregame interview with Henry to Otou prior

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Speaker 2: the long form edition of the Damico Ryan's Conversation. Johnny

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Speaker 2: Harris and I visit with the head coach every week.

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Speaker 2: It is utter gold audio here from the head coach,

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Speaker 2: no matter what is going on with the team, because

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Speaker 2: visit with the head coach here it is coach Mary Christmas,

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Speaker 2: Great to see you.

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Speaker 1: How's it going?

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Speaker 5: Oh and great Merry Christmas? You guys will all.

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Speaker 2: Right, So everybody's very busy around the building. You guys

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Speaker 1: So take us through that a little bit.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk about Kansas City, but a very short turnaround

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Speaker 5: Yeah, very short turnaround.

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Speaker 4: You don't have much time to, you know, focus on

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Speaker 5: It's time to move forward.

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Speaker 4: We're excited about the matcho versus the Ravens coming in

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Speaker 4: I don't think I've ever played a football game on

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Speaker 4: It's actually really a really cool opportunity, right to be

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Speaker 4: Another really really great team coming in here. They had

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Speaker 4: But it's always mentioned our guys, like how else would

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Speaker 4: it's a wonderful opportunity for our guys to match up

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Speaker 12: You might have to cut our halftime interview short because

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Speaker 9: So to try and catch that.

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Speaker 12: No, I kid about that because I'd love when you

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Speaker 9: There's always something that we could talk about.

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Speaker 12: Mahomes Obviously you're getting some pressure on him, on him early,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's when you look at the schedule. We had

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Speaker 4: I thought Jimmy had won where he ran him down.

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Speaker 4: The thing that's difficult when you play quarterbacks like Patrick,

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Speaker 5: Everybody has to have elite pursuit towards him.

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Speaker 2: In the game against the Chiefs, you talked about opportunities

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Speaker 5: And I said, we had our moments.

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Speaker 4: come down to have another big drive, they score, we

442
00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,600
Speaker 4: drive back down, we have our moment again and we

443
00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,560
Speaker 4: just come off short. So we were going back and

444
00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,280
Speaker 4: forth alive, right, and we can go back and forth

445
00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,439
Speaker 4: with all the teams. And then we did it versus

446
00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,720
Speaker 4: the Lions, we did its versus the Chiefs. Now, how

447
00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,240
Speaker 4: do we get over that hump and find a way

448
00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:32,600
Speaker 4: to win?

449
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Speaker 5: Coach?

450
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Speaker 12: Yesterday's shot goes down four fifth play the game.

451
00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:37,600
Speaker 9: It goes down early.

452
00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:41,800
Speaker 12: Kendrick goes in there right guard, and just watching the

453
00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,720
Speaker 12: few players just focusing on him, felt like, man, he's

454
00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:46,760
Speaker 12: going against Chris Jones and he's not only holding his

455
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Speaker 12: own he's moving him a little bit in the run game.

456
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Speaker 12: When you had a chance to go back and look

457
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Speaker 12: at the film, how'd you think Kendrick fit in there

458
00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:53,600
Speaker 12: right guard. And how did you think the offensive line

459
00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:55,000
Speaker 12: played once he went in there?

460
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I thought Kendrick stepped in and he held his

461
00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,200
Speaker 4: own like he played with that grit to nasty. He

462
00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,760
Speaker 4: scrapped like that's what I loved about. And that's old

463
00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,840
Speaker 4: line play, like it's scrappy, it's nasty in there. But

464
00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,240
Speaker 4: I mean, you see it's athleticism. Jump off the tape,

465
00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,000
Speaker 4: him getting up to the second level, finishing guys, him

466
00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,320
Speaker 4: blocking against Chris Jones like he can do it. It

467
00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,200
Speaker 4: just has to remain consistent, and that's the thing Kendrill,

468
00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,800
Speaker 4: just being consistent time and time again. But collectively, as

469
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Speaker 4: a group thought the guys did a really nice job

470
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Speaker 4: versus the A D line. We knew Chris Jones was

471
00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,200
Speaker 4: going to be a problem and we had I felt

472
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Speaker 4: like we had really good awareness for Chris Jones and

473
00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,080
Speaker 4: where he was at all times. I think they made

474
00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,000
Speaker 4: guide us one time, but overall we had really good

475
00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:40,000
Speaker 4: protection and then allowed CG I think, to step up

476
00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,800
Speaker 4: and make some really nice throws. I think the accuracy

477
00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,080
Speaker 4: really showed the CJ making some nice throws across the

478
00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:48,679
Speaker 4: middle of the field to the sidelines. So overall, I

479
00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,440
Speaker 4: really liked. You know how we protected yesterday, coach.

480
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Speaker 1: We don't want to relive it too much.

481
00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,920
Speaker 2: But when Tank goes down, first of all, he hangs

482
00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,040
Speaker 2: out to the football amazing scores the touchdown, and then

483
00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:00,600
Speaker 2: you see what happens, and it's not just about you

484
00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:03,320
Speaker 2: having to deal with Tank, but the emotions of his

485
00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,200
Speaker 2: teammates seeing what he was going through, and you as

486
00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,639
Speaker 2: the leader, dealing with all of that and knowing we

487
00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:10,360
Speaker 2: still have a big chunk of this game to go

488
00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:11,879
Speaker 2: and a remarkable opportunity.

489
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Speaker 1: What was that like for you?

490
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Speaker 5: Man?

491
00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:17,000
Speaker 4: So much going on at that time, and you know,

492
00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,760
Speaker 4: you see got go down. I didn't even know it

493
00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,439
Speaker 4: was a touchdown. It's just so much happening at that time.

494
00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,320
Speaker 4: And for me anytime you're playing and you see the

495
00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:29,720
Speaker 4: reaction from the other team and them like yelling for

496
00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:31,960
Speaker 4: the medical stat that, so I'm like, oh man, this

497
00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:35,280
Speaker 4: is not good. As I'm walking out to take on him,

498
00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,880
Speaker 4: it's like, oh, this can't be good. So I already

499
00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,840
Speaker 4: have that feeling. You don't know what it is until

500
00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:44,960
Speaker 4: you get out there. And then just to see you know, CJ. Joe,

501
00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:49,000
Speaker 4: see Jared, Like just to see everybody in how emotional

502
00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:53,399
Speaker 4: they were is man, it was no words that I

503
00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:56,320
Speaker 4: could even give in that moment. It's just like, man,

504
00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:01,119
Speaker 4: I feel for Tank instantly start praying for him and

505
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,679
Speaker 4: he would be okay. And you know, how do you

506
00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:08,960
Speaker 4: get the guys back right after? You know it's it's

507
00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:13,840
Speaker 4: twofold because I see, like, man, it's our team is special. Yeah,

508
00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,560
Speaker 4: that's the part that's like wow, like they genuinely care

509
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,920
Speaker 4: about each other and they this is not fake. It's

510
00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:25,920
Speaker 4: not just talking brotherhood like it's genuine. So you see

511
00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:27,760
Speaker 4: that and you see the emotion in it. For me,

512
00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,199
Speaker 4: it's you know, first thing is just making sure a

513
00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:31,399
Speaker 4: Tank is going to be okay.

514
00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,080
Speaker 5: They get him, they get him off.

515
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Speaker 4: Just really thankful for Kansas City, Rick perk Holder and

516
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,159
Speaker 4: hold Her and their whole medical team, like they did

517
00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:45,320
Speaker 4: a really nice job of accommodating Tank, getting them set up,

518
00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:47,719
Speaker 4: and you know at that moment, now you got to

519
00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,199
Speaker 4: get everybody back. I really I didn't know it's a

520
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,800
Speaker 4: touchdown until I walk back over to the sideline and

521
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,480
Speaker 4: I saw the field goal team.

522
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Speaker 5: Out though oh dang, he scored, Like I.

523
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Speaker 4: Didn't even it wasn't even on my mind about the

524
00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,720
Speaker 4: points at that time. But I'm like, Okay, we're about

525
00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,359
Speaker 4: to tie it up and we're back in this. How

526
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,440
Speaker 4: do we get the guys back going because it's such

527
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,320
Speaker 4: an emotional gut punts and you know it's going to

528
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:13,400
Speaker 4: be a lull there for a minute. And the same

529
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:17,080
Speaker 4: thing happened, you know, with the injury versus Miami. When

530
00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,840
Speaker 4: du Bos goes down, it's just it just sucks the

531
00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:23,359
Speaker 4: emotion out of everyone, Like we have to get back

532
00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,600
Speaker 4: to playing football. When you see a guy go down

533
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:28,240
Speaker 4: on the feel, it's hard to rebound it. It takes

534
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,119
Speaker 4: a couple plays for everybody to get back into it.

535
00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,479
Speaker 4: But I thought our guys eventually they got back to it.

536
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,040
Speaker 4: They bounced back as best as they could, and they

537
00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:40,840
Speaker 4: still competed. They still went out play hard and compete.

538
00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,399
Speaker 4: It just didn't end up on the winning side of things.

539
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Speaker 12: Coach, I think that's if you were to write down

540
00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,240
Speaker 12: a definition swarm, and we've talked about this before, I

541
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Speaker 12: think that's maybe the final piece that you talked about,

542
00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,880
Speaker 12: because I feel like that's what you and the leadership

543
00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,800
Speaker 12: here for this organization have been trying to cultivate, and

544
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Speaker 12: it is.

545
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:01,560
Speaker 9: We're here, we all wear the logo.

546
00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:05,119
Speaker 12: We're all brothers here, brothers and sisters together, And I

547
00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,680
Speaker 12: feel like that's maybe the last part of Swarm is.

548
00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,520
Speaker 9: That you play for yourself.

549
00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,440
Speaker 12: Yes, you played for the organization, but y'all shoull play

550
00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,879
Speaker 12: for your brother It feels like you've definitely achieved that

551
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,600
Speaker 12: with this particular team for sure.

552
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,199
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's everything that I believe in.

553
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:23,679
Speaker 4: When you're you know, we want to establish an organization

554
00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:28,840
Speaker 4: that's that's everybody has some pride in what we're doing, right,

555
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,359
Speaker 4: That's why I want to establish the pride that everybody

556
00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,439
Speaker 4: is proud to wear the logo. Everybody's proud to say

557
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,960
Speaker 4: I'm a textan, like it means something. And I was thinking,

558
00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,480
Speaker 4: for in that moment, you don't want it to, but

559
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,600
Speaker 4: it shows, like, man, it does mean something to be

560
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,720
Speaker 4: a textan and we care for each other. It's that

561
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:52,040
Speaker 4: team first mentality, that Swarm mentality, meaning that we're all

562
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,800
Speaker 4: in this together. It's one of our guys hurt. We

563
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:58,639
Speaker 4: all heard one of our guys. Success is everyone's success.

564
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:03,640
Speaker 4: And so that's what I had envisioned and coming here

565
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,200
Speaker 4: back to Houston to create that team first mentality, that

566
00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:09,520
Speaker 4: soar mentality, and we're here.

567
00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,399
Speaker 2: And here to play the Ravens on Christmas Day. And

568
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,480
Speaker 2: we talked about how short a turnaround it is. And

569
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,600
Speaker 2: you mentioned in your press conference about Regin and you

570
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,880
Speaker 2: got to hit that hard. How do you hit that hard?

571
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 2: How do you go about that in a short amount

572
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,159
Speaker 2: of time. What are the guys doing to help their

573
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:24,880
Speaker 2: bodies get back faster.

574
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Speaker 5: If you will, Yeah, like a day like today.

575
00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,400
Speaker 4: Our guys have already they've been in the weight room

576
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Speaker 4: with Coach Mike and they have a program they're going

577
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,720
Speaker 4: through recovering, not a at this point now. It's not

578
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,879
Speaker 4: a huge lift like in the weight room, but it's

579
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,679
Speaker 4: more so when you're just kind of resetting your body,

580
00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:47,439
Speaker 4: recentering your body, some stretching right, some small exercises just

581
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,920
Speaker 4: to get your body moving again. We also have a

582
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:54,600
Speaker 4: yoga session set up later today. So everything the guys need,

583
00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:58,679
Speaker 4: rolling in the medical staff, all of the treatment that

584
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 4: the guys need is just a on the clock at

585
00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,960
Speaker 4: this point in time, and everybody's working there, aren't they

586
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:05,840
Speaker 4: They're no closing hours.

587
00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,840
Speaker 5: There's no time that we're closing like we're open. Guys

588
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,200
Speaker 5: are here taking care of their bodies the right way.

589
00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,160
Speaker 12: Coach I know it was last year, but you faced

590
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,080
Speaker 12: the Ravens twice. Now I know they're constructed a little

591
00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:17,880
Speaker 12: differently because of number twenty two.

592
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,400
Speaker 1: What's his name, Derek Henry. He's a guy slightly that guy.

593
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:24,760
Speaker 12: But just your guys having I thought about this yesterday

594
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 12: about the number of guys that had not faced Mahomes.

595
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,560
Speaker 12: Even Sting had not faced Mahomes because he was heard

596
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,400
Speaker 12: as a rookie and then Kaylin's facing him and Kamari

597
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:35,840
Speaker 12: they're facing him for the first time.

598
00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:38,200
Speaker 9: But you've seen Lamar before.

599
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,080
Speaker 12: You saw him twice last year for the young guys

600
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:41,760
Speaker 12: that were here and the guys that were here, you

601
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,440
Speaker 12: faced Henry last year twice?

602
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,200
Speaker 9: Does it and we'll find out on Wednesday?

603
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,719
Speaker 12: But is there any advantage as you see it that

604
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:52,280
Speaker 12: you that guys have seen them, that Okay, the play

605
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,200
Speaker 12: speed's got to be at a certain rate because these

606
00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:54,840
Speaker 12: guys get the ball.

607
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:55,760
Speaker 9: It's a little different.

608
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,040
Speaker 12: Is it good to have seen them at least even

609
00:25:58,119 --> 00:25:59,280
Speaker 12: last year a couple of times.

610
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,760
Speaker 4: It is good to have seen them and have guys

611
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,440
Speaker 4: who are out there to have done it so they

612
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,160
Speaker 4: can relay the message of what it was like, you know,

613
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,840
Speaker 4: playing against Lamar playing against the Ravens, so it's no surprises.

614
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 4: You know kind of where our shortcomings were and you

615
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,399
Speaker 4: know what it's gonna take, Like, hey, we were there,

616
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 4: but we didn't do X y Z to close it out.

617
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,639
Speaker 4: So hearing that from amongst the players will be I

618
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:27,960
Speaker 4: think very beneficial, especially that Steam sharing with Kamari and

619
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,080
Speaker 4: sharing with kaelin like what is it going to take

620
00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 4: for us to win this game? So that is helpful.

621
00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 4: And our guys, they know they don't need to get

622
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,159
Speaker 4: up or make the game bigger than it needs to be.

623
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 4: Like we've played them before. You understand who they are.

624
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,680
Speaker 4: You played Derrick Henry before, you know what type of

625
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,800
Speaker 4: runner he is. You know how we have to approach him, how,

626
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:50,440
Speaker 4: you know what our tackling style has to be going

627
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,000
Speaker 4: against him, and so we know what it takes. We've

628
00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:57,199
Speaker 4: been here, we've seen these players before. Nobody should be

629
00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,959
Speaker 4: wide eyed in this moment. Just got to go out

630
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,080
Speaker 4: out and play the game the right way.

631
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 2: I always thought Lamar Jackson was his own personal play

632
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:09,000
Speaker 2: action passer, because just stepping forward just sucks everybody in

633
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:10,680
Speaker 2: and you just step back and now he can throw

634
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 2: it over the top. He has that kind of ability

635
00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 2: right to read the defense well, throw it accurately, and

636
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 2: everybody has to respect the run.

637
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, you have to man as soon as he steps up,

638
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,960
Speaker 4: you got because he they have a good amount of

639
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:26,760
Speaker 4: quarterback design runs. So that's gonna make you step down

640
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,919
Speaker 4: a little bit because you have to honor him. And

641
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,840
Speaker 4: then when it's not like you said, it's a play

642
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,560
Speaker 4: action and now he's so he's so fast, get into

643
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,359
Speaker 4: the sideline that man, you do I go get him

644
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 4: or not? Do I stay in coverage? And that's where

645
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:44,560
Speaker 4: you find guys are wide open in the back end

646
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,120
Speaker 4: right and whereas it Flowers is wide open back there

647
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:52,639
Speaker 4: somewhere likely Andrews, those guys are open because Lamar can

648
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,880
Speaker 4: He can buy time a little different than the other

649
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:59,199
Speaker 4: guys by time just with his exceptional speed.

650
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:00,159
Speaker 5: You have to honor or.

651
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,680
Speaker 12: I know they're different players, coach, but the way that

652
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 12: when Jalen was healthy that you would employ Jalen Petrie

653
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 12: do you had to find where he was on the

654
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,439
Speaker 12: formation because he being coveraged, maybe he's rushing, he's blitzing,

655
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,840
Speaker 12: et cetera. Ravens had one of those guys too, in

656
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,640
Speaker 12: Kyle Hamilton, where he can line up. He might play

657
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,639
Speaker 12: some linebacker, he might play some safety. How important is

658
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:24,199
Speaker 12: it for the offense to understand a where he is

659
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Speaker 12: and b what his role might be. How you account

660
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:28,959
Speaker 12: for a player like that that can do so many

661
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,040
Speaker 12: different things on the field.

662
00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:32,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think the Ravens had done a really good

663
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,760
Speaker 4: job of moving Kyle around and put him in put

664
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,600
Speaker 4: him in a position to where he can be successful. Right,

665
00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 4: he drops down in that dime linebacker role where he's

666
00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 4: covering the running backs. He's dropped back, as you said,

667
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 4: as a safety, and he's playing a hook position as

668
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,880
Speaker 4: a safety, and he's a ballhawk as well. So man,

669
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 4: a guy with his size, his talent, he's a problem

670
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 4: and you have to kind of like last week we

671
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 4: were talking about knowing where you know, Chris Jones was

672
00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,600
Speaker 4: all the time, you got to know where Kyle Hamilton

673
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 4: is well, because Scott can be in so many different

674
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 4: spots doing so many different things. And that's where the

675
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 4: Ravens f thrive is a defense. I think them just

676
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 4: having so many different guys or as linebackers or defensive backs,

677
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 4: being able to do multiple roles and serve it and

678
00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 4: do multiple tasks throughout the game. They can deploy those

679
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,440
Speaker 4: guys in many different ways and you just have to

680
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 4: you know, you can't get too and with it, but

681
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,160
Speaker 4: you got to be able to execute what you have.

682
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:27,880
Speaker 5: But you got to have some awareness.

683
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 2: You were talking about what it means to be a

684
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 2: Texan earlier, and the Ravens have their identity, right, and

685
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 2: it adjusts year to year. Every team is different year

686
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 2: to year, but they have that brand of the way

687
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 2: they play and the way they are and that's what

688
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 2: you're seeking here, right, you just mentioned it. You feel

689
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:44,720
Speaker 2: like this team is achieving some of that, but I

690
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:45,640
Speaker 2: know you want to see more.

691
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure, there's an identity that when the team plays,

692
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,480
Speaker 4: you know, like the Ravens, you know they're gonna be

693
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,480
Speaker 4: a physical football team, right, Like, no matter in what

694
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 4: year since Harball has been there, they've always been a

695
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 4: physical football team. Play defense, uh really really good on

696
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:07,400
Speaker 4: special teams, Like offensively, they find a way to sustain drives,

697
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 4: being aggressive on fourth down, Like that's kind of that's

698
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 4: their identity. They're gonna run the ball, and so same

699
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,520
Speaker 4: with us. Like the Texans, I think when people playoffs,

700
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,720
Speaker 4: they know, man, those guys they fly around, they play fast,

701
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 4: they're gonna hit you like you gotta be, you gotta

702
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 4: bring it when you play the Texas. I think that's

703
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 4: the identity that we're in, our reputation that we're getting

704
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 4: around the league. Can tell you, like how many coaches

705
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 4: come up after a game and like, man, we look

706
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 4: like we love the way you guys play, like, you

707
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,280
Speaker 4: guys play hard, you guys play you got the guys

708
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,400
Speaker 4: rolling playing. So that's the biggest compliment a coach can

709
00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 4: ever give me is that when they see our tape

710
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,840
Speaker 4: and they see our guys play, they know it's different.

711
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 4: And that's always I always stress that to our guys

712
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 4: that everybody doesn't play like we play. Everybody's not gonna

713
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:02,520
Speaker 4: play all out hard every single snap. But I just say, man,

714
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,080
Speaker 4: you have to maximize, you know, the time that you

715
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 4: have playing this game, Like why wouldn't you Like, you

716
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 4: don't know how long you have to play this game.

717
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 4: So if you're going to do it, do it all out,

718
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 4: do it at your best right, and exhaust every single

719
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 4: fiber or your body to do it right. Because so

720
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 4: many people who want to, you know, give whatever they

721
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:26,720
Speaker 4: have to be in your shoes playing in the NFL.

722
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,960
Speaker 4: That's the dream of so many little kids who are

723
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 4: playing football to get in the NFL. You're here and

724
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:35,320
Speaker 4: you have this wonderful opportunity. Man, go out and be

725
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 4: the best that you can be.

726
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 5: Coach.

727
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 9: The one thing that's different other than the team we're playing.

728
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 12: When we played the Jets, we played here Sunday, but

729
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 12: there Thursday where we had to travel the day before.

730
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 12: Now we play away, but now we're playing at home.

731
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 12: How much more valuable is it to play at home

732
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 12: on a short week, just so you.

733
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 9: Know, worried about travel and weather.

734
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 12: Especially at this time of year, How important is it

735
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 12: that we're playing this game at home?

736
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 9: Home on Wednesday? Is supposed to being on the room?

737
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 5: Who so thankful to be home? Yeah?

738
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:06,560
Speaker 4: That was That was a tough one versus a jest,

739
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,239
Speaker 4: because not only were we traveling, but that was one

740
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 4: of our longest trips travel, longest trips of the year,

741
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,640
Speaker 4: you know, going to New York. So being at home

742
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,080
Speaker 4: should be a home field advantage so to speak.

743
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 5: We don't have to travel.

744
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 4: Guys, get to maximize as much rest as possible in

745
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 4: that day. You know, the day before the game, you

746
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,920
Speaker 4: can really rest up even more where the other team

747
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 4: has to do the traveling, so hopefully that plays into

748
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 4: our favor a little bit here.

749
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 2: All right, halftime will be a little bit longer because

750
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Speaker 2: Beyonce's performing.

751
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 1: So you probably like that.

752
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 2: Though a little bit longer, half a little bit extra

753
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 2: time in the locker room talking to.

754
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,600
Speaker 1: The guys, guys just sort of getting their bodies back.

755
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 5: Well, we can't go out and see Beyonce.

756
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 1: I guess you.

757
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 4: Keep the halftime the same for us, keep it short,

758
00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 4: and then we use all the extra time to go

759
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,120
Speaker 4: out and watch Beyonce.

760
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 5: Sure, now it'll be a little different.

761
00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 4: For us, kind of similar to like a Super Bowl halftime,

762
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 4: where you have probably about twenty minutes a little bit

763
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 4: over twenty minutes as a halftime. So you know, there'll

764
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 4: be a time where as coaches is not as rushed

765
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,480
Speaker 4: or we have to go and make adjustments and talk

766
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 4: to the guys. So we'll give the guys a little

767
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 4: bit more time on the front end, and then we'll

768
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 4: go in make our adjustments, and then we'll make sure

769
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 4: our guys, you know, just understand, like get up, get

770
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 4: moving again. Our strength coach coach Mike, he'll have some

771
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 4: stuff for the guys rolling and have stuff for the

772
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Speaker 4: guys and make sure that we're just not sitting too long,

773
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 4: so we get back out. Just got to reset our past,

774
00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 4: get some striders so we're we can hit the ground rolling.

775
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Speaker 12: It's gonna feel like forever because you're so used to

776
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 12: that twelve minute halftime and just in, you do your

777
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 12: thing and you get back out.

778
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 9: But you know, a little bit longer halftime. It's fine.

779
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,800
Speaker 9: So this game's on Netflix. No, locally, it'll be shown.

780
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Speaker 12: I'm not sure what station it's gonna be on locally,

781
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 12: but game's gonna be on Netflix. Have they asked you

782
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 12: to do a number of things? Because it's the first

783
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 12: time that they've had NFL games on Netflix?

784
00:33:58,200 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 9: Have you been asked to do like a number of

785
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:00,920
Speaker 9: different thing? Thanks for Netflix, you.

786
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 5: Know what I have?

787
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 11: Not?

788
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,040
Speaker 9: All right, let's don't ask you questions.

789
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: Good, all right, we're good.

790
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 3: You're good.

791
00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 1: No, don't give them any more time. It's good. You

792
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,399
Speaker 1: gotta focus on the matter at hand.

793
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 5: Yeah, there we go.

794
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite Beyonce song?

795
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:12,959
Speaker 3: Though?

796
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:14,759
Speaker 5: Favorite Beyonce song?

797
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 2: Oh man, yeah, I've seen dream Girls. I thought there,

798
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:20,880
Speaker 2: what is it?

799
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:21,839
Speaker 5: Before I let you go?

800
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 1: I think I think that's one. Yeah, that's good, okay,

801
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:25,840
Speaker 1: if you could sing it.

802
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,239
Speaker 2: Just kidding coach, all right, the Amity Bank ask coach

803
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,319
Speaker 2: question of the week. Christmas tradition, all right, So is

804
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 2: it okay to open up a present or to Christmas Eve?

805
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,040
Speaker 2: And how do you handle the stockings? Some people do

806
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 2: stockings Christmas Eve? But then how does Santa come into play?

807
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: I don't know. There are a lot of complicated issues here.

808
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 4: With the kids, a lot of complicated especially with us

809
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 4: playing on Christ's Day. Uh, it is okay to open

810
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,799
Speaker 4: up gifts on Christmas. Even that gets the excitement going.

811
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,320
Speaker 4: So I always like to let them open some things

812
00:34:56,400 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 4: up there. Then with the stockings, I don't think anything's

813
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 4: in their stockings right now, we got some work to do.

814
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,280
Speaker 1: Nothing at the hotel gift shop.

815
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 12: This has been a big discussion in the Harrison household

816
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 12: last night when we got back, I mean it was

817
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,840
Speaker 12: at least an hour long going back and forth about

818
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,000
Speaker 12: what we were doing for Christmas because how we want

819
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 12: to do the game and all that kind of stuff.

820
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 9: So yeah, it's a it's a big discussion.

821
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 4: Yeah for me, And as I told our guys, like,

822
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 4: this is such a hectic week, right, It's such a

823
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:30,360
Speaker 4: short week, our energies can be diverted in many different directions.

824
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,239
Speaker 4: It's like, Okay, let's keep the main thing the main thing.

825
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 4: I know Christmas, I know it's important, but can we

826
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:38,319
Speaker 4: do Christmas after the game?

827
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 5: Yeah? Yeah, and you still got time.

828
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:43,759
Speaker 4: We'll have the weekend off, so guys have some time

829
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,279
Speaker 4: to relax with their families. Well, let's keep the main

830
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,359
Speaker 4: thing the main thing, focus on the Ravens, and then

831
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:50,720
Speaker 4: Christmas will be even better.

832
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: Like that, coach Johnny delivered that message.

833
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 9: Will I delivered it already last night.

834
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:57,920
Speaker 1: All right, very good coach, thanks a lot for joining us.

835
00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:58,960
Speaker 5: Good luck, Thank you, guys.

836
00:35:59,080 --> 00:35:59,680
Speaker 1: That's our guy.

837
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:03,399
Speaker 2: Head coach Tamiko Ryans joining us and coming up little

838
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 2: best of players shuffle with Chase b Mario Edwards, one

839
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:09,759
Speaker 2: of the key cogs on that D line for the

840
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:13,280
Speaker 2: Houston Texans, and big things needed from that entire front

841
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 2: against Lamar Jackson and Derek Henry in the Christmas Day

842
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 2: game against Baltimore. But we'll have a little visit with

843
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:23,680
Speaker 2: Mario and I'll relive some Christmas Texans memories. Why not

844
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:27,879
Speaker 2: fireside chat. It's merry Christmas time in Houston. Christmas Eve

845
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 2: before the big one with the Ravens on Christmas Day.

846
00:36:30,719 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 2: It's Texans Radio. All right, here's our final segment of

847
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 2: this hour. Anyway, in the seven o'clock hours, Texans matchup

848
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 2: and John Harris has it for you. He's put a

849
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 2: lot of work into that show. You want to check

850
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,920
Speaker 2: it out. Christmas Eve, Texans listening.

851
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:43,279
Speaker 5: Why not?

852
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:46,759
Speaker 2: Especially when it's Game Day EVE and Christmas Eve and

853
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,640
Speaker 2: this doesn't happen very often. In fact, let's go down

854
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,759
Speaker 2: Christmas memory Lane here with your Houston Texans as The

855
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 2: last time and the only time the Texans ever played

856
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:58,839
Speaker 2: on Christmas Day was twenty seventeen. That day was a

857
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:02,200
Speaker 2: forgettable day score wise because the Pittsburgh Steelers came in

858
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 2: here and it was a lopside of the fair. It

859
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 2: was a rough season for the Texans. That's the one

860
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 2: where Watson got hurt and then they weren't able to

861
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 2: win much down the stretch. But the Steelers game, look,

862
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 2: the Christmas Chair was DeAndre Hopkins making an unforgettable catch

863
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:18,880
Speaker 2: in a touchdown that really didn't factor into the final equation,

864
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 2: but it was an unforgettable catch. And the fact that

865
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 2: David Quesenberry made his first appearance on an NFL field

866
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 2: after the leukemia recovery, and that was so cool to

867
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,920
Speaker 2: see Quaesnberry come out of the tunnel. Now, little did

868
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 2: we know at the time that he would really have

869
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 2: a nice career after that, but not with the Texans.

870
00:37:37,040 --> 00:37:39,600
Speaker 2: It's always a strange situation to me. And of course

871
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,759
Speaker 2: we've had both of his brothers here. We've had Paul

872
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,320
Speaker 2: here in camp, and we've had Scott. He's still with

873
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 2: the team on the practice squad, and he played a

874
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 2: bunch last year. But anyway, that was a cool moment

875
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 2: on Christmas Day twenty seventeen. I'm not going to go

876
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 2: over all of them. I will say this, and this

877
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 2: is all off the top of my head. The Christmas

878
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 2: memories of your Houston Texans. Here are some prevailing ones.

879
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 1: I remember.

880
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 2: I remember flying out on Christmas Day two thousand and four.

881
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 2: This one sticks out because it's the first time I

882
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,800
Speaker 2: ever did something like that on Christmas Day in my career.

883
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 3: Now.

884
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,240
Speaker 2: Earlier, when I was in college, I worked on Christmas

885
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 2: Day as a bartender because you know, in college you

886
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,839
Speaker 2: do jobs on holidays and that's just the reality of it.

887
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 2: And in this business, you do jobs on holidays, because

888
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 2: that's the reality of it.

889
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 1: This is the entertainment business, really sports entertainment.

890
00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 2: But anyway, we flew out on Christmas Day to Jacksonville

891
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 2: at oh four and it was a chilly day. The

892
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 2: week before, the Texans beat the Bears in Chicago in

893
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 2: an ice box kind of game, and Jacksonville's kind of

894
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 2: cold too. For Jacksonville, I think it was about thirty

895
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 2: five forty and we weren't expecting that, so I think

896
00:38:40,560 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 2: we were almost as cold, if not colder for that

897
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,480
Speaker 2: game because we were unprepared for it. But the Texans won,

898
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:47,839
Speaker 2: and it was really cool to see them win that

899
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,319
Speaker 2: game and win the way dom Capers wanted to win.

900
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,239
Speaker 2: This is four when they went seven to nine, they

901
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 2: had a chance to finish five hundred, couldn't do it.

902
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 2: We'll just leave it at that. But that was played

903
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 2: the day after Christmas. There was another time we flew

904
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:01,839
Speaker 2: out on Christmas Day. I think it was twenty ten

905
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:04,440
Speaker 2: and played the Broncos the next day. That's right, that's

906
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 2: the Tim Tebow throwing for three hundred yards game on

907
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:10,240
Speaker 2: the Houston Texans on that defense that was getting hammered

908
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,360
Speaker 2: in twenty ten and that led to the pickup of

909
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 2: Wade Phillips as your defensive coordinator in twenty eleven. That

910
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 2: was one of the things that led to the pickup

911
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,720
Speaker 2: of Wade Phillips. Several others other games that year factored

912
00:39:22,719 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 2: into the equation of the defense having some issues injuries

913
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 2: just hamorrhaging all over yards and finishing second in the

914
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,399
Speaker 2: league in defense and twenty eleven in Wade's first year.

915
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:34,080
Speaker 1: That was cool.

916
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 2: Another big Christmas memory for me, and maybe the biggest

917
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:42,240
Speaker 2: one actually would be Christmas Eve two thousand and six

918
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 2: when the Texans beat the Colts for the very first time. Now,

919
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:49,920
Speaker 2: that was unforgettable because I hadn't beaten them. They had

920
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 2: Peyton Manning. I mean, they were world beaters back then

921
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 2: and that was a year that they would actually win

922
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 2: the Super Bowl. But the Texans got the better of

923
00:39:57,960 --> 00:39:59,920
Speaker 2: them that day with Ron Dane running for over one

924
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty yards and Chris Brown drilling a

925
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,480
Speaker 2: forty plus yard field goal for the win at the buzzer,

926
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 2: and you would think we had won the Super Bowl.

927
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 2: But I'm never going to forget that day. That was

928
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 2: great to beat the Colts for the first time. Let's

929
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 2: see another one twenty six team. This is down the stretch.

930
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:22,799
Speaker 2: Tom Savage got the start because he came off the

931
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 2: bench the previous week against Jacksonville won the game. Brock

932
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 2: Osweiler ineffective. Savage is the starter. Oh, this could be

933
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 2: the guy now. That night, the score was twelve to

934
00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,400
Speaker 2: ten and the Bengals were driving for the would be

935
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:39,880
Speaker 2: game winning field goal and our old buddy Aggie former

936
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:43,239
Speaker 2: Texan Randy Bullock lined up for the field goal. He

937
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 2: misses it. And we celebrated an AFC South championship on

938
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 2: Christmas Eve night.

939
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:50,280
Speaker 1: That was super cool.

940
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:52,560
Speaker 2: And I remember going home and putting together an air

941
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 2: hockey table till about three am for the kids so

942
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,520
Speaker 2: they would have it the next morning. And these are

943
00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 2: the things you do as a parent.

944
00:40:58,760 --> 00:40:59,439
Speaker 1: But what a night.

945
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:02,839
Speaker 2: That's an un gettable experience right there. So let's hope

946
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 2: for an unforgettable experience when the Texans take on the

947
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 2: Ravens this Christmas three point thirty kick at NRG Stadium.

948
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 2: And on the way out here, here's a little sampling

949
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 2: of the shuffle with Chase B. Chase B's a guy

950
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:19,400
Speaker 2: who raps. He's a hip hop artist, producer, worked with

951
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 2: Travis Scott, and he's hosted a series of pods for us,

952
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 2: including Let's Hear a Bit of this one with Mario Edwards.

953
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 2: A big part of that Texans d Live.

954
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:30,720
Speaker 13: Is it Mario Rio? You want to go Mario Mario?

955
00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:32,239
Speaker 3: Uh, you called me real.

956
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:35,359
Speaker 13: It's real cool and Rio is a Texas guy. You're

957
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:35,920
Speaker 13: from Denton.

958
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 11: What I want to get into is because you know,

959
00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:42,279
Speaker 11: in my very short lived football career here in Texas,

960
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 11: just I want to explain to everybody, like the Friday

961
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:49,440
Speaker 11: night Lights concept of Texas high school football and how

962
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 11: was that with your tenure?

963
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 10: Uh?

964
00:41:51,719 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 3: Well, met Denton with me.

965
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,399
Speaker 10: I started off at Prosper Texas my first two years

966
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:57,799
Speaker 10: in high school and it was three eight.

967
00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:58,919
Speaker 3: Now they're like six eight.

968
00:41:58,920 --> 00:41:59,800
Speaker 13: No, that's crazy.

969
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:04,399
Speaker 10: So and Prosper everything shut down, The whole town shut down,

970
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:07,359
Speaker 10: the Cotton Gin, all the little store shut down, and

971
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,400
Speaker 10: everybody's gym packed in the stadium.

972
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,920
Speaker 3: So Friday night Light is fun. You hear the band.

973
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 3: Once you're done, you get to get the nachos.

974
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:14,719
Speaker 10: You know that.

975
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:15,560
Speaker 5: That's what I was doing.

976
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:17,359
Speaker 13: For real.

977
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:19,479
Speaker 11: That's crazy from three out of six as well, because

978
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 11: just roughly how many people, I want to say, six

979
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:24,719
Speaker 11: a's probably graduating class probably around like seven kids or

980
00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 11: something like that.

981
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 13: Three is probably well like maybe one hundred.

982
00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:28,759
Speaker 3: I put it this way.

983
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:30,880
Speaker 10: The school was so big when I went there today,

984
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 10: shut down and closed off half of the.

985
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 3: School because we couldn't use it. Yeah, it was so big,

986
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:36,800
Speaker 3: so we only used half of the school.

987
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 5: That's crazy, that's wild.

988
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 11: But so the football wasn't the only sport you involved

989
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:42,720
Speaker 11: in high school?

990
00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 3: Was it?

991
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 10: I did track, I ran a little bit the four

992
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 10: box one, I did the hundred, did shot put.

993
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:51,520
Speaker 3: I couldn't get that. Dang biscus.

994
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:52,480
Speaker 13: I'm not gonna lie, bro.

995
00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,160
Speaker 11: You might be the first person in the entire world

996
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:56,719
Speaker 11: that I've heard say they did the four bout one

997
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:57,520
Speaker 11: and the shot put?

998
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,399
Speaker 13: How did that work? It was just a combination of just.

999
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,600
Speaker 10: Two eighty five. I think my fastest one hundred was

1000
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 10: like eleven two three.

1001
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:05,360
Speaker 13: That's insane.

1002
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 3: So that's career on the football one.

1003
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 11: Yeah, And so what was the Is that why you

1004
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,000
Speaker 11: chose to defensive end, because and I've heard a lot

1005
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:13,399
Speaker 11: of people say that defensive end is like the most

1006
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:14,720
Speaker 11: athletic position on the field.

1007
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,960
Speaker 10: Defensive man kind of just happened. Man, I originally started playing.

1008
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 10: I played running back and uh in the linebacker when

1009
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:23,279
Speaker 10: I first started playing, and then when I got to

1010
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:25,759
Speaker 10: high school, I was a receiver receiver in d N

1011
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,839
Speaker 10: and then my year I got kind of big two

1012
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 10: seventy five and I went to tight end. Yeah, so

1013
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,799
Speaker 10: I kind of was just always an athlete and they

1014
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 10: just moved me around.

1015
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:35,840
Speaker 13: Man, you're gonna put you in the NFL.

1016
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:37,799
Speaker 11: Street man, I feel like seven on seven, you playing

1017
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,640
Speaker 11: all seven positions. And then you know what I'm saying, Well,

1018
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:43,719
Speaker 11: so what was it for when you went to Florida State?

1019
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:46,320
Speaker 11: Just in your whole recruiting process, what position were you

1020
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:47,359
Speaker 11: actually being recruited at?

1021
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:49,280
Speaker 3: The defensive? Depensive?

1022
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 7: Yeah?

1023
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:51,880
Speaker 11: Yeah, And so you got to Florida State and everybody

1024
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,359
Speaker 11: knows about that legendary that fourteen and oh team. How

1025
00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 11: was that different from the Friday Night Lights going to

1026
00:43:56,520 --> 00:44:00,080
Speaker 11: the Seminole Lights man winning every single game towards a

1027
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 11: BCS national title.

1028
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:03,480
Speaker 3: There's nothing like that dope Campbell Stadium.

1029
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,440
Speaker 10: Man, when it's rocking and they got they doing the

1030
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 10: war chant and you get to run out of the tunnel,

1031
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 10: especially when you're playing against Miami or Florida or any

1032
00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 10: of those rival teams. Yeah, and then shoot when you

1033
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 10: got famous, Jamis man right and go out there jams

1034
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:17,839
Speaker 10: player around a little bit and then.

1035
00:44:17,719 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 3: He come back and take it over and halftime. Man,

1036
00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:20,800
Speaker 3: it was a great team to be a part of.

1037
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:22,480
Speaker 13: So with all of recruiting going on, what made you

1038
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:23,360
Speaker 13: choose Florida?

1039
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:24,839
Speaker 11: I know, being a Texas guy, A lot of guys

1040
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 11: around here very loyal and probably to be from here,

1041
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 11: and you know they usually end of it a Texas

1042
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:30,719
Speaker 11: or a SMU or something like that.

1043
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:32,440
Speaker 10: What was it about Florida State that made you want

1044
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:35,239
Speaker 10: to go there? Well, originally my dad played at Florida State.

1045
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:39,160
Speaker 10: He played corner and with fifteen and I played d

1046
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:42,440
Speaker 10: N in War fifteen. But ultimately what made me decide,

1047
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:44,120
Speaker 10: I have an LSU tiger on my chest.

1048
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:45,880
Speaker 3: I was gonna go play for less miles. Wow.

1049
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:48,640
Speaker 10: Let's say you're a player as a freshman and start

1050
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 10: when you know what you're doing. And the determining factor

1051
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:53,719
Speaker 10: was I told Florida State, if you take me, you gotta.

1052
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 3: Take my dad and give him a job. Wow. Okay,

1053
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:57,000
Speaker 3: that's how I ended up going to Florida.

1054
00:44:57,080 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 5: That's amazing, that's amazing.

1055
00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 11: How much did your dad play a part in just

1056
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:04,319
Speaker 11: your whole upbringing in the football community and how you

1057
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,640
Speaker 11: approach the game. Even though if you played corner, you know,

1058
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 11: and you played defensive enia, how much impact that you

1059
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 11: have on how you learned the game and how you

1060
00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 11: developed it.

1061
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:13,600
Speaker 10: A lot when I started being with him a lot

1062
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:17,480
Speaker 10: of full time around like eight nineteen years old. I

1063
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:19,319
Speaker 10: mean I was going to the facility, got a chance

1064
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:23,040
Speaker 10: to meet Darren Woodson, Emmitt Smith, Joey Galloway. I was

1065
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 10: kind of getting primed and prep for at a young age.

1066
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 10: And man, shoot, I started doing football deals in the

1067
00:45:28,840 --> 00:45:31,800
Speaker 10: backyard pretty early, so it was kind of he was

1068
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 10: kind of in that a lot.

1069
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:35,239
Speaker 2: That's part of a fun visit Mario Edwards had with

1070
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,839
Speaker 2: Chase b on the Shuffle that's on YouTube and on

1071
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:41,759
Speaker 2: Houston Texans dot com and Mario Edwards Senior, he was

1072
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:44,880
Speaker 2: just talking about his dad was with the Dallas Cowboys

1073
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:48,000
Speaker 2: in the first ever Texan season. Of course, the Texans

1074
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:51,399
Speaker 2: opened against Dallas September eighth, two thousand and two. That's

1075
00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:54,240
Speaker 2: your history lesson of tonight, little tidbit for you there,

1076
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:57,960
Speaker 2: and we've got plenty of great content coming up. Texans

1077
00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 2: matchup with John Harris's up next here on this Christmas Eve,

1078
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:04,920
Speaker 2: and we've got Texans Countdown presented by Medelo Especial happening

1079
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:07,320
Speaker 2: at twelve thirty Christmas Day, So.

1080
00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: Get ready, buckle up.

1081
00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 2: Baltimore visits the Houston Texans, try to get to win

1082
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:14,280
Speaker 2: number ten. That's going to do it for the Christmas

1083
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:16,920
Speaker 2: Eve show. Merry Christmas to all our friends at Sports

1084
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:20,439
Speaker 2: Radio six ten, Odyssey Radio, everybody listening, of course, thank

1085
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:22,280
Speaker 2: you so much for being a part of these shows

1086
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:25,000
Speaker 2: because you are a part of it, participating in a

1087
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:28,359
Speaker 2: listener fashion. Well, let's have a great day on game day.

1088
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:30,719
Speaker 2: Merry Christmas, Go Texans.