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Speaker 1: Welcome in everybody from White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia. You

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Speaker 1: Welcome in to a Tuesday edition of Texans All Access

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Speaker 1: John Harris alongside the Voice of Texans Mark Vandermere, as

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Speaker 1: we watch a very unique weather system take over the

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Speaker 1: Greenbrier Valley. Mark, what's going on? Yes, I feel like

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Speaker 1: Jim Cantori, And several times this camp I felt like him. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and today it's raining while the sun's out. It's one

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Speaker 1: of those kinds of things that happens at Houston a lot.

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Speaker 1: Oh it does. So we're watching people on the eighteenth

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Speaker 1: Green right here from Butler Cabin, as we've nicknamed it.

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Speaker 1: I think that you know, Sam Sneed, Okay, the guy

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Speaker 1: won a bunch of majors and everything. It was awesome

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Speaker 1: back in the day. But why not rename it Butler Cabin.

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Speaker 1: I think the Augusta National people would be. They were

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Speaker 1: very upset about that. Yeah. I like the fact that

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Speaker 1: it's Slam and Sammy's I like that Sam Sneed was,

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Speaker 1: he was, He was a legend. I love walking around

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Speaker 1: and looking at the memorabili In fact, it right as

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Speaker 1: you walk in from outside. There is is a trophy

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Speaker 1: case essentially, and it's got Sam Sneeds golf shoes, right aw,

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Speaker 1: I mean they're fantastic, but they've got some of his

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Speaker 1: clubs in there. They've got a master's jacket in there,

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Speaker 1: and it's it's cool. Do you know whose golf shoes

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Speaker 1: actual golf shoes are on display downstairs in the going

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Speaker 1: down after the show. Now, though you know, those are

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Speaker 1: the ones that are smaller than I thought. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Sneed might have been seven feet tall, all I know.

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Speaker 1: I will say this though I know we talk football

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Speaker 1: all the time, but when the subject comes up, and

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Speaker 1: of course it's a hypothetical, what professional athlete would you

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Speaker 1: love to be? You know, all time great? Like not who?

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Speaker 1: But what kind golf? Is such a good one because

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Speaker 1: Sneak could be Sneed his whole life. You know, he

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Speaker 1: could come out here when he's eighty years old and

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Speaker 1: have the hat and the look and still have that brand.

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Speaker 1: You know, Tiger can do that forever. Two Tiger it's

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Speaker 1: seventy can still look like Tiger Woods. Of course, an

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Speaker 1: older version, but you know he'll be in great shape whatever,

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Speaker 1: and you can be who you are and you can compete. Now,

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Speaker 1: not necessarily at the highest level, but Tom Watson almost

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Speaker 1: I like that about golf and it's you know, it's

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Speaker 1: though that people who think that golf is easy or whatever.

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Speaker 1: For these guys, it's really not. Yeah, if there's a

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Speaker 1: Age at my age, essentially what he is throwing ninety

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Speaker 1: just a guy that's kept himself in shape. And look,

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Speaker 1: people will say, well he's a punter. Look, Shane, Shane

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Speaker 1: Leckler was one heck of an athlete. He just happened

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Speaker 1: of the greatest punners of all time. And I mean

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Speaker 1: he's I love talking to him. And a lot of

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Speaker 1: He'll just kind of walk up next to me and go, hey,

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Speaker 1: was that was that play? In? Was he in? Like

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Speaker 1: asking about replay? He'll come up and go, hey, um,

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Speaker 1: to me after Hopkins catch and I'll be like, man,

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Speaker 1: that was incredible. Do you get both feed in? And so,

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Speaker 1: you know, they'll want to know some stuff because obviously

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Speaker 1: they know that you guys upstairs have access to some

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Speaker 1: fun to kind of kind of chit chat with him

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Speaker 1: today when he turned fifty three four. I think that's

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Speaker 1: what it was off a few years. You know, if

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Speaker 1: and punt be like, guys, right back, I gotta go

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Speaker 1: know how it went. Yeah, I'd rather that not happen.

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Speaker 1: all get back together. You meet and Andreo on Thursday.

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Speaker 1: So looking forward to the first game of the preseason's schedule,

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Speaker 1: and tomorrow night we will have an all access special show.

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Speaker 1: It'll be Brian Gaine reloaded, will have all of what

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Speaker 1: the general manager had to say to us. He had

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Speaker 1: some great stuff. We talked about all the different positions.

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Speaker 1: fifty three. And then what you're gonna do as a

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Speaker 1: scouting staff, as personnel staff, and look at the players

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Speaker 1: that get they get cut, and boy, that guy would

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Speaker 1: look really good for us. Oh, I didn't think he

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Speaker 1: I mean, all those decisions. You're talking thirty seven players

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Speaker 1: times thirty two teams that get released. Obviously your thirty

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Speaker 1: on practice squad? Which your guys you think you're getting

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Speaker 1: a fascinating process. So we talked about that with him.

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Speaker 1: So we talked about a number of things. So tomorrow

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Speaker 1: night's All Access show, we'll be Brian Gain reloaded in

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Speaker 1: large part because we will be traveling, will be on

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Speaker 1: Thursday night, starting at four thirty with the fal Dental

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Speaker 1: pregame show, which you will turn in, and then we'll

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Speaker 1: take you through the game and then we'll have the

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Speaker 1: postgame show, so we'll cover it from a beginning to

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Speaker 1: end in Kansas City, and Mark, I bring that up

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Speaker 1: the preseason games. And I was talking to somebody today

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Speaker 1: and we're talking about the preseason games. And the one

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Speaker 1: just get to the season. Let's just get everybody healthy,

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Speaker 1: let's get to the season. For us, it's really kind

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Speaker 1: of cool because we get an opportunity to kind of

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Speaker 1: So I like them from that standpoint. But when preseason

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Speaker 1: game rolls around, what's the biggest thing for you that

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Speaker 1: it's always great. I mean right before the pregame show

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Speaker 1: a few times Andre and I have looked at each

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Speaker 1: other and we said, all right, here we are, here,

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Speaker 1: We're in this booth. I mean, this is the thing.

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Speaker 1: We do this, you know. Ray Lewis, I think I've

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Speaker 1: And it's so simple, but it's all in the delivery.

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Speaker 1: It's ray Lewis right before a game, and I feel

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Speaker 1: like that is such a motivator because that's it's time

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Speaker 1: This is what we love to do, and this is

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Speaker 1: I just can't wait for it. Johnny, preseason or not.

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Speaker 1: I am with you that there's something great about it

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Speaker 1: important for these individuals to make the team, and they

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Speaker 1: Andre is you know, calling the game, and I'd love

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Speaker 1: Texans All Access from the Greenbrier, White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia.

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Speaker 1: John Harris longside Mark vandermer in his time for Let's

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Speaker 1: Hear It from your Houston Texans players Now throughout training camp,

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Speaker 1: the regular season over the last few years, the Chiefs,

426
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Speaker 1: and so you know a little bit about that personnela front,

427
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Speaker 1: don't you. Absolutely, you know, we put they're a team

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Speaker 1: that you know, the formidable team that we played against

429
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Speaker 1: multiple times. Obviously they have a new quarterback leading the helm,

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Speaker 1: so we're gonna you know, we're excited to see what

431
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Speaker 1: they got. How has your two weeks of training camp

432
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Speaker 1: at the Greenbrier going for you? What have you seen

433
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Speaker 1: improvement wise out of yourself? Oh? Really, it's been good

434
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Speaker 1: to be able to just finally allow allow the game

435
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Speaker 1: to slow down with my own two eyes. Um, you

436
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Speaker 1: know this is it's kind of crazy. I was already

437
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Speaker 1: year four for me, and no, I'm not really out

438
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Speaker 1: there thinking too much. I'm actually now that I know

439
00:20:57,720 --> 00:21:00,680
Speaker 1: you know, our playbook inside and out from a deep perspective.

440
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Speaker 1: You know, I'm able to go out there, be free,

441
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Speaker 1: you know, what to expect, and allow the game to

442
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Speaker 1: come to me rather than just be you know, out

443
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Speaker 1: there thinking too much. So that's the main thing. So

444
00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:10,520
Speaker 1: what can you tell that this defense as a whole,

445
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Speaker 1: even though you guys have been practicing against each other

446
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Speaker 1: compared to compared to year's past, you know this defense.

447
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Speaker 1: You know, from day one, our communication has actually been

448
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Speaker 1: scary good. You expect coming into training camp, you know,

449
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Speaker 1: and especially with new additions and new pieces being added

450
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Speaker 1: to a defense, you expect there to be you know,

451
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Speaker 1: some hiccup or a little giddy up in your first

452
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Speaker 1: couple of steps but really up and impressive with this

453
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Speaker 1: team's you know, communication and ability to be able to

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Speaker 1: adjust on the fly and no matter what the situation

455
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Speaker 1: we're presented with, just be ready and answer the call.

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Speaker 1: So that's that's my one takeaway with you know, how

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Speaker 1: this defense has been doing this training camp. It is preseason,

458
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Speaker 1: but how nice it's going to be to get to

459
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Speaker 1: put on the pads, put on the helmet and go

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Speaker 1: after a quarterback and not have to hold up. Oh

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Speaker 1: my goodness, I cannot wait, you know now, especially especially

462
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Speaker 1: with four back there. You this training camp has been

463
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Speaker 1: very critical with regards said don't, don't get near him,

464
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Speaker 1: don't touch, don't and understandably so understandably, so that's our

465
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Speaker 1: that's our man right there. So to be able to finally,

466
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Speaker 1: you know, put the pass on and no it's he

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Speaker 1: it's no rules so to speak. You know, I'm excited

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Speaker 1: for vet. Christian Covington, thanks so much, best of Luctor

469
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Speaker 1: in the game, best of luck throughout this season. Thank

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Speaker 1: you so much for your time. Thank you, my brother.

471
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Speaker 1: Great stuff there from Christian Covington. One of the better

472
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Speaker 1: interviews that I did with my forty yards with he

473
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Speaker 1: was fantastic. In that as well. Another guy that was

474
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Speaker 1: fantastic with forty yards with and that was Ryan Griffin,

475
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Speaker 1: who had a little bit of advice for rookie Ryan

476
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Speaker 1: Griffin from vet Ryan Griffin, and I can imagine he

477
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Speaker 1: will follow that when we get back to Houston. Let's

478
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Speaker 1: go forty yards with Ryan Griffin. What was your best

479
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Speaker 1: forty yard time ever? It's the best fast as you

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Speaker 1: ever ran or seven two didn't get the invites of

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Speaker 1: the combine, So that's what I ran in my pro

482
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Speaker 1: day and d didn't. I didn't even see it on

483
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Speaker 1: the board or nothing, but that's what they told you

484
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Speaker 1: before seven. That's pretty dank fast at your size. Holy smoked.

485
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Speaker 1: I was disappointed though, you know, you always think you

486
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Speaker 1: want to push it. Yeah, ran better in training, but yeah,

487
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Speaker 1: so that's what we got. Thinking back to your rookie

488
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Speaker 1: year in twenty thirteen, thinking to you, now, what would

489
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Speaker 1: veteran Ryan Griffin say to rookie Ryan Griffin. What's one

490
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Speaker 1: piece of advice you would give him? I would say,

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Speaker 1: get two bags of ivy fluids before you go out.

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Speaker 1: You can't practice that first camp in twenty thirteen. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean it's always hot, ye man, coming from Connecticut. Yeah,

494
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Speaker 1: my blood was too thick for that heat and almost

495
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Speaker 1: you know, fell out a couple of times, but I

496
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Speaker 1: would tell myself get hydrated and be ready to go.

497
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Speaker 1: Whenever you and I talked about this a bunch. I

498
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Speaker 1: went to school up in the Northeast. You were from there,

499
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Speaker 1: playing in New England. I know it was special. You

500
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Speaker 1: came up with that touchdown last year and I just

501
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:55,400
Speaker 1: remember your back to the end zone spike. I thought

502
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Speaker 1: you were gonna make a flat football after you spiked it.

503
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Speaker 1: What was that feeling like to have all your family

504
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Speaker 1: up there and catch that touchdown? That key moment? Was

505
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Speaker 1: that like you for all your family friends. It was special,

506
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Speaker 1: you know, not only did we need that score. You know,

507
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Speaker 1: I think we were down by eight at that point

508
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Speaker 1: and we were trying to make a run in the

509
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Speaker 1: fourth quarter, and so you know, Deshan put a great

510
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Speaker 1: ball on me, and you know, you were right. I

511
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Speaker 1: wanted to spike that football, so it was flat, and

512
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Speaker 1: you know I turned around and actually got a clip.

513
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Speaker 1: I hadn't seen my dad, you know, throughout the whole game,

514
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Speaker 1: but as soon as I scored it turned around, I

515
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Speaker 1: saw him wearing my jersey I was, you know, I

516
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,800
Speaker 1: was really pumped and it was a great feeling. Either

517
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Speaker 1: or Lambo leap in Green Bay or that touchdown. You know,

518
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Speaker 1: we didn't win either games. I know, I know I

519
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Speaker 1: would go with the win, but you know, Lambo and

520
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Speaker 1: the snow come on. Now, that was pretty cool. That

521
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Speaker 1: was pretty sweet. I was right there. Last thing for

522
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Speaker 1: I let you go. You made a donation to some

523
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Speaker 1: local charities. Tell me about it, man, it's only great

524
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Speaker 1: things about being professional athlete, would you do? Yeah? Well,

525
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Speaker 1: under Armour, you know, got me a new sponsor and

526
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Speaker 1: really hooked me up. So I got to be able

527
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Speaker 1: to give my high school team new cleats and new

528
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Speaker 1: gloves for the upcoming year. So hopefully, you know, they're

529
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Speaker 1: all geared up ready to go, and you know, cause

530
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Speaker 1: some trouble in Southern hipA. So that's awesome. Man. There

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Speaker 1: you go forty yards and Ryan Griffin. Great to hear

532
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Speaker 1: from Ryan Griffin, a sixth year VET. Wow, sixth year

533
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Speaker 1: fort Ryan Griffin and finally a guy to me that

534
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Speaker 1: I think is going to be an incredible fit on

535
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Speaker 1: this offensive line. He is strong as an ox. He

536
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Speaker 1: could play multiple positions. But I have seen a really

537
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Speaker 1: good interior lineman in Zach Fulton in our own Deep

538
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Speaker 1: City caught up with the former Tennessee volunteer. Let's hear

539
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Speaker 1: from Zach Fulton. Zach hows camp been so far? Any

540
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Speaker 1: any feelings on leaving West Virginia today? Can's been great

541
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Speaker 1: so far as getting the chemistry down with the guys

542
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Speaker 1: and learning playbook and is learning the ins and outs

543
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Speaker 1: of being in Houston, Texans? Um? Well, yeah, the guys

544
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Speaker 1: are guys are great. We're just having as much fun

545
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Speaker 1: as we can, you know. Yeah, a lot of questions

546
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Speaker 1: about the Old Line coming into camp and you guys

547
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Speaker 1: have really had a chance to work on your chemistry

548
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Speaker 1: and really to spend a lot of time together here

549
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Speaker 1: at the Greenbrier. What are some of the things that

550
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Speaker 1: you wanted to work on as far as the Old

551
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Speaker 1: Line group as a whole, um, just getting to know

552
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Speaker 1: each other. We only had about eight weeks when we

553
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Speaker 1: were in Houston doing OTAs, but this time it got

554
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Speaker 1: a little bit more time. It was a season progresses along,

555
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 1: but getting to know each other, getting used to playing

556
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Speaker 1: next to each other, There's things like that and just

557
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,199
Speaker 1: building our chemistry. How about yourself, how how do you

558
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Speaker 1: feel heading into this camp. I know you joined us

559
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Speaker 1: in the off season, you were here for all of OTAs,

560
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Speaker 1: But how do you feel working with the guys next

561
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Speaker 1: to you? I felt pretty good. Like I said, I

562
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Speaker 1: just wanted to come in and, you know, compete and

563
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Speaker 1: do my job the best my ability and learn to

564
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Speaker 1: playbook a little bit more. I know a lot of

565
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Speaker 1: guys say Deshaun Watson just makes the old line better.

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Speaker 1: What would you say about that? Would have been your

567
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,520
Speaker 1: observations when he's back there. He's definitely a playmaker. He's

568
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Speaker 1: a smart kid, and he could do a lot. So

569
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Speaker 1: we're definitely grateful to have him back there. We're heading

570
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Speaker 1: to Kansas City in a few days, a place you're

571
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Speaker 1: very familiar with. Patrick Mahomes same draft class as Shaun Watson.

572
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Speaker 1: So a lot of a lot of people like to

573
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Speaker 1: measure the two up. How do you think they compare?

574
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Speaker 1: What is it that Patrick Mahomes us so well on

575
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Speaker 1: the field? M Patrick is a great player. He has

576
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Speaker 1: a lot of assets, very similar to the Sean. They're

577
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Speaker 1: both both fast and both can you know toward you

578
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Speaker 1: any any type of way. So it's gonna be a good,

579
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Speaker 1: good game. Excited about preseason. I think for the old

580
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,800
Speaker 1: line you get to see some live action full on.

581
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Speaker 1: I'm not sure how many reps you guys will get

582
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Speaker 1: to play, but you know, how excited are you to

583
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 1: actually get some game action under It's always fun to

584
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,480
Speaker 1: hit somebody else other than your teammates. For us, it's

585
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 1: nice change up to training camp. So it'll be fun

586
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,679
Speaker 1: and it's kind of exciting going back to Casey. I

587
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,920
Speaker 1: know the layer of the land a little bit. Yeah,

588
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Speaker 1: any recommendations on where to eat there if you guys

589
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,680
Speaker 1: have time? Um, I was a big Q thirty nine

590
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:39,199
Speaker 1: guys a barbecue barbecue spot, so that's one of my

591
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,680
Speaker 1: favorite places, all right, Casey Barbecue or Texas Barbecue only

592
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,840
Speaker 1: Texans or Texas Barbecue. I've had so far as killings.

593
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,679
Speaker 1: It's a good place to start. Yeah. Yeah, so I

594
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: can't compare them just yet. I got to try a

595
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Speaker 1: couple more places. You're gonna do some more sound exactly exactly.

596
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Speaker 1: Let me ask you how well you know your teammates

597
00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:58,600
Speaker 1: because you've been working on your chemistry. So funniest old lineman,

598
00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,080
Speaker 1: who's the funniest I would say, Sean True definitely. Let's

599
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,040
Speaker 1: have been a popular answer. Yeah, he's a he's a

600
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,679
Speaker 1: definitely a funny guy. He's always got something for yourself.

601
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Speaker 1: All right. Most talented musically musically, uh, singing, that could

602
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Speaker 1: be playing an instrument, that'd be rapping, that could be

603
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Speaker 1: anything that would not do not No, I can't get

604
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,480
Speaker 1: you that on. No. No singers, no singers, Nobody like that,

605
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,639
Speaker 1: nobody with a surprising voice yet. So we'll see it.

606
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 1: Still got some time. Best here, best here. Let's say, Julian, Julian, Okay,

607
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Speaker 1: all right, this is gonna be a tough one. Best dressed,

608
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Speaker 1: it's tough. That's a very tough one for a lineman. Uh,

609
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Speaker 1: I don't know. We don't really dress something that much.

610
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 1: It's a tough one. I can't really help. You're gonna

611
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Speaker 1: put yourself in this conversation. I mean, yeah, I don't know.

612
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Speaker 1: I'm top five at least, I'm up. Yeah, I'm in

613
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Speaker 1: the middle of the pack. You have the worst dressed

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Speaker 1: so far? No, okay, okay, rate that either, worst driver?

615
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 1: I only drive it with myself. All right, good stuff, Zacha,

616
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Speaker 1: best of luck in the preseason game. We'll see you

617
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,840
Speaker 1: back in Houston. All right, thank you. I think we're

618
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 1: gonna look back on Zach Fulton and say, wow, what

619
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Speaker 1: a free agent signing. That was. A guy that's been

620
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Speaker 1: with the Texans now going into his third year. Is

621
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Speaker 1: Brennan Scarlett. I asked him when we went forty yards

622
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Speaker 1: with Brendan Scarlett, what did you absolutely have to have

623
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Speaker 1: at camp? A very interesting answer and when I didn't

624
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:34,960
Speaker 1: see coming unless you think about the fashion icon that

625
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 1: Brennan Scarlett's trying to be. Let's hear from Brennan Scarlett,

626
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Speaker 1: what was the best forty yard time you ever had?

627
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Speaker 1: My fastist forty high four or five. We're talking about

628
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 1: like four or five eight. That's on Pop stop Watch

629
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Speaker 1: back in Oregon. That's pretty nice. Yeah, yeah, that's pretty nice.

630
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Speaker 1: Not a lot of people were there. It was just

631
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Speaker 1: you know, me pass my little brother. But hey, that's

632
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 1: exactly that's that's good enough. We'll take that. If Pop's

633
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Speaker 1: had you on the recorder, that's good. I've been thinking

634
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Speaker 1: about you when it comes to pass rush and I

635
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Speaker 1: think about this question, is it more art or science

636
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Speaker 1: when you rush the pastor it's a little bit of boat.

637
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 1: The science part comes in your your preparation. Right. So

638
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,480
Speaker 1: when I'm watching film, I've been watching some guys around

639
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 1: the league. You know, obviously we got the guys here

640
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,480
Speaker 1: JJ and Whitney, but then also that you know, the

641
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: other guys in the league that are good at it.

642
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 1: You got you know, Chandler Jones and mcglauke and those

643
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 1: type of guys. When I'm watching, I'm breaking down, you know,

644
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,240
Speaker 1: how many steps and then which hand are they throwing?

645
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 1: You know, and then when the art piece comes into

646
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,240
Speaker 1: it comes when I kind of could get out on

647
00:30:31,280 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 1: the field and start working it. You know, it's almost

648
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 1: like you know, someone's like Kung Foo or like you know,

649
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,520
Speaker 1: you watch those those Kung Fu movies. That's kind of

650
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 1: what it is. Mister Miyagi. Yeah, exactly, there you go.

651
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 1: You're going, you ever on a crane kick a tackle? Now,

652
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,960
Speaker 1: I don't answer that. I could get you. You're on

653
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:49,360
Speaker 1: a crane kick. Kid, you've never seen the karate kid?

654
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:53,160
Speaker 1: Show me the crank kick. I can't do it. I

655
00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 1: think I just pulled my back muscle. But first of all,

656
00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:00,040
Speaker 1: you not seen Karate Kid. I have seen about You

657
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,840
Speaker 1: can't kick yet. All right, Whitney, merciless, what kind of

658
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:04,560
Speaker 1: leader is he? What kind of guy in the locker

659
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 1: room is he Whitney merciless. This is an amazing guy.

660
00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 1: You know, he worked, He works his butt off every day,

661
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,719
Speaker 1: you know, And I just camp. I couldn't consider myself

662
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,160
Speaker 1: any luckier than to have a leader like that in

663
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 1: my locker room and to look up to. One thing

664
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 1: you had to have a training camp coming back from Oregon, California.

665
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 1: Where are you coming back from? To training camp was

666
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: the one thing you had to have, because apparently Covington

667
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: can come through with all dressed chips. What did you

668
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 1: have to bring to camp? One thing you had to have.

669
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 1: I brought a couple of hats. I liked it. I

670
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: like to wear my hats. Yeah, you do, brought I

671
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 1: brought like three or four of them, just you know,

672
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: they have a little mix up. It's pretty good. I

673
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,880
Speaker 1: like the hats there. It's four yards of Brent Scarlett.

674
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 1: Appreciate great stuff from those four players. Scarlet, Fulton, Griffin

675
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:53,160
Speaker 1: and Covington. Coming up next, the Goat with our goat

676
00:31:53,480 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: ready here in Texas All Access one final segment of

677
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: technics All Access from right here in White Sulfur Springs,

678
00:32:24,120 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 1: West Virginia. The Texans practices are all in the books

679
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 1: and now it's about moving on to preseason game number one.

680
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: Before we do. We had a special visitor of this

681
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 1: past weekend. Andre Johnson spent some time with Mark Vandermer,

682
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:42,880
Speaker 1: and Mark asked him, well, Andrea, what were your observations

683
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 1: early in practice? Practice looks good? Um, you know a

684
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:50,400
Speaker 1: lot of competition. Uh, you know, guys out there competing

685
00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: and competing hard. And yeah, that's what you look for

686
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 1: on training camp. This guy's trying to get better. How

687
00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:00,960
Speaker 1: did you approach training camp, especially after you really establish yourself,

688
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 1: You're honing your skills. But it's got to be such

689
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 1: a crime, So how do you approach that. I was

690
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 1: more of a you know, I always felt like I

691
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 1: had to be at a certain point. Um, you know

692
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 1: once the season started. You know, I always just felt

693
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 1: like I had to be at a certain point. So

694
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 1: I came in training camp and I approached every day

695
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 1: like you know, game situation. Um, just making sure I

696
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: was doing everything I needed to do to have my

697
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:29,520
Speaker 1: body right being shaped. Um. I would even have days

698
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:32,120
Speaker 1: I would you know, Larry Kersey was a receiver coach

699
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,080
Speaker 1: down would have days where I would be like, hey, uh,

700
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:36,440
Speaker 1: I'm gonna just take as many plays as I can

701
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 1: in a row, you know, so some of the some

702
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,000
Speaker 1: of the guys a bike out have gotten some reps.

703
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,120
Speaker 1: So I was just doing things like that to make

704
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 1: sure I was, you know, where I wanted to be

705
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 1: when the season started. What about leading up to training camp,

706
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: because you'd have OTA's Mini camp and than that long break.

707
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 1: But that long break is not really a break, right, Yeah.

708
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 1: I used to go back to my men, you know,

709
00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 1: all the guys we got together that we're in the

710
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: league at the time, we all used to go back

711
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 1: and drain together, you know, back at Miami. So, uh,

712
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 1: it was cool. It was fun because you know when

713
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,279
Speaker 1: you when you have a group like that, you know,

714
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,319
Speaker 1: it's very competitive. Um, a lot of guys that were

715
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 1: top players in the NFL, So it was fun. Does

716
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:21,960
Speaker 1: it blow your mind that Frank Or is still in

717
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: the league. Yeah. You know. The crazy thing about it

718
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,839
Speaker 1: is that even though he's in his what fourteenth year,

719
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:35,840
Speaker 1: I think it is, he still he runs the ball

720
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,040
Speaker 1: like he's you know, in his seventh eighth year. You know,

721
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,320
Speaker 1: he doesn't have that long, you know, breakaway speed anymore,

722
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,880
Speaker 1: but he can still get you those three yards, you know,

723
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 1: every time he touched the ball, and I think that's

724
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 1: what's uh made his career go so long. Is it

725
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:52,959
Speaker 1: a big source of pride for you guys who played

726
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 1: in that era of Hurricane football that you still have

727
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 1: one of yours still in the National Football League? Definitely, definitely. U.

728
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: It's it's exciting to see, you know, especially Frank Um,

729
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 1: you know, meet him being a good friend of mine,

730
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 1: just to see the things he's accomplished. Um, you know,

731
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,200
Speaker 1: we played against each other in high school. Our moms

732
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 1: went to high school together. So uh, you know, just

733
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 1: saying the things he's a company. I think he's fourth

734
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,919
Speaker 1: all time right now in Russian yards. I mean, that's

735
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:29,280
Speaker 1: that's an amazing thing. Man. So um, he would definitely

736
00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:31,760
Speaker 1: be a guy that get that yellow jacket. One day,

737
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 1: I was talking to Sean Trell Henderson and he said,

738
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 1: it's amazing at you guys who played before he did,

739
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 1: this era of Hurricanes. You have Lamar Miller here, y'self,

740
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 1: Stephen Morris. He said, you guys always are very helpful

741
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:46,719
Speaker 1: of them, even though they didn't have the success that

742
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 1: you did. There's such a brotherhood still. Yeah. I think

743
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:56,320
Speaker 1: especially with coach Rick being there, um, that there's been

744
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: there's so many guys that come back. You know, they

745
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 1: have the par Ice Camp every year. You know, I

746
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 1: missed it the past couple of years, but uh, you

747
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: know there's so many guys that come back. You know,

748
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,719
Speaker 1: former players, you know you Ray Lewis, Michael Irving. I

749
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,120
Speaker 1: mean you have guys from even you know, back then

750
00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:17,280
Speaker 1: that come out. You know. Um sometimes you see Bernie

751
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 1: uh Kozar Testi Verdie there, you know, just you know,

752
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:24,279
Speaker 1: sitting that practice and stuff like that. So, um, it's

753
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 1: it's fun, you know, just to you know, be back

754
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 1: around the guys and catch up. What do you think

755
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 1: of having camp here in a a place like the Greenbriar. Uh,

756
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 1: It's it's different, definitely different. But uh, you know I

757
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: can see why they come here. You know, you know,

758
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: help helps the guys keep the body bodies freshen you know,

759
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,920
Speaker 1: with being in all that heat in Houston U and

760
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 1: it's a you know as out here in the middle

761
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,759
Speaker 1: of nowhere, so you know, guys can uh build some

762
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:55,120
Speaker 1: team camaraderie and just stay focused on the task at hand.

763
00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 1: When um, you see Deshaun Watson out here operate the offense,

764
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 1: what are your outs? On his second year in the

765
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 1: league and what to expect from him. Um, I expect

766
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,319
Speaker 1: you know, him to be great, you know, just like

767
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: he's always man. Um. You know you can tell he

768
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 1: works hard at what he does. Um, you know he

769
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 1: wants to be great. You know. I think he's a

770
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 1: great leader. Um. You know, and you know, just seeing

771
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: him at work, you know, he's he's always working on

772
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:26,760
Speaker 1: his game and just trying to get better. What about

773
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins Andre, because you know he's no longer a

774
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 1: young man, but he still plays like a young man

775
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 1: and he's having a terrific career. And I know you

776
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 1: had something to do with that early on in his career. Yeah,

777
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 1: he is. Um. You know, he was just over there

778
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 1: working the drill and he looked over at me. He

779
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 1: was liked, did I Like that was right? Like should

780
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,359
Speaker 1: have done it that way? And you know I'm like, yeah,

781
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 1: you're good. You know, but I get it. You know,

782
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:53,080
Speaker 1: he's uh, you know, it was the same way when

783
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: we were playing together. You know, it was you know,

784
00:37:55,440 --> 00:38:00,319
Speaker 1: well we were always um talking the game and telling

785
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 1: each other things. And you know I used to always

786
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,279
Speaker 1: tell him like, you know, just because I'm older than you,

787
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: don't you know, don't feel afraid, you know, to let

788
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:11,879
Speaker 1: me know when I do something wrong. So I think

789
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 1: that's what, you know, helped out relationships so much because

790
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,359
Speaker 1: we were able to be you know, real with each

791
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:21,760
Speaker 1: other and you know, critique each other's game. It's funny

792
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 1: to me because with wide receivers always say this that

793
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,920
Speaker 1: you guys are like artists. You know, you could have

794
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 1: several great ones, but you're all kind of different. You're

795
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,880
Speaker 1: different than DeAndre Hopkins, but you're both obviously highly productive.

796
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 1: So what about that aspect of things. Yeah, you have

797
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 1: different varieties of wide receivers. You know, you have it

798
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: allowed once you're flashy ones. You know. I was just

799
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:47,799
Speaker 1: you know, I think the thing is, you know, when

800
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: you want to be great, you know you can, you know,

801
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: put whatever it is to the side and take constructive

802
00:38:55,560 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 1: criticism and be be an open book to want to

803
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,320
Speaker 1: be better and and no matter how good your career

804
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 1: is going, you're willing to be coached, you know. I

805
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,759
Speaker 1: think that's the biggest thing. And I think that's um

806
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: something that d Andrew has and I think that's something

807
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 1: all the girl receivers had, Like no matter what or

808
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,320
Speaker 1: what year they're were in, they were willing to be coached.

809
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,520
Speaker 1: I think that's a great point about all terrific professional

810
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,280
Speaker 1: athletes no matter what. I always look at professional golfers,

811
00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 1: they still have a swing coach and they might have won,

812
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,200
Speaker 1: you know, Tiger Woods as a swing coach. It's amazing

813
00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:32,600
Speaker 1: to me. Yeah, it's Uh. I think it's just something

814
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 1: when you you know, when when you're going you're doing something,

815
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,200
Speaker 1: you want to be great, great at it. You're gonna

816
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:42,399
Speaker 1: you know, maximize everything to continue to be great. So um,

817
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:44,960
Speaker 1: I think that's the biggest thing, just wanting to continue

818
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 1: to be coached. What about you as a coach, do

819
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:52,399
Speaker 1: you ever get that itch? Nahum uh, it's too many

820
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:56,440
Speaker 1: hours for me. Uh, you know, just coaches put in

821
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 1: a lot, a lot of work, you know, a lot.

822
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people don't uh realized that.

823
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,839
Speaker 1: You know, it's a lot of hours that go into it. Um.

824
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 1: You know it's sacrificed. You know, you know, you have

825
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 1: to be away from your family a lot and and

826
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:18,359
Speaker 1: things like that. So um. But I I enjoyed being

827
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 1: out here helping, like, you know, doing stuff like that.

828
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,399
Speaker 1: But as far as me, it being a full time

829
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:27,880
Speaker 1: jo offing and now now what about physically now? How

830
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 1: hard because you still look like you're in tremendous shape.

831
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 1: So do you still work out the same way or

832
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 1: how has that changed for you over the year. I

833
00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 1: think you know, I was just talking, man, coach O

834
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:40,919
Speaker 1: Brin was talking and he was asking me the same thing.

835
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,440
Speaker 1: He was like, man, you look good like I used

836
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:47,080
Speaker 1: still work out. I'm like, yeah, so, um, but I

837
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,239
Speaker 1: told him, like, the thing I have changed is that,

838
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 1: and I wish that I probably could have did it

839
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,000
Speaker 1: later in my career, is I would The thing I

840
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 1: probably would change was lifting all the heavy weights. Um,

841
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 1: you know that that's something I don't. I don't do anymore.

842
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:05,360
Speaker 1: I gotta do a lot more cardio and you know,

843
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:09,240
Speaker 1: I still lift, but I'm I'm not living nothing heavy,

844
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, but you still look big, so

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Speaker 1: you're kind of naturally big anyway. So I'm you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm I do more reps rather than uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: lifting a heavy weight. So, but what about a guy

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Speaker 1: like Will Fuller, who you know, he came in here

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Speaker 1: like one hundred and sixty five or whatever it was,

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Speaker 1: and he needs to kind of bulk up to take

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Speaker 1: the punish. Yeah, so he's uh he's uh, from what

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Speaker 1: I've hear, they you know he's changed his diet and

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Speaker 1: things like that. So um, you know he's probably you know,

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Speaker 1: you have to think about it too. He's a young kid.

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00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 1: You know, as a kid, we don't really care about

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Speaker 1: what we're eating. You know, we're just eating whatever and

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Speaker 1: you know, having fun. And I think the thing with him,

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Speaker 1: and I think he came to the realization, like men

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Speaker 1: in the NFL, you're really gonna have to take to

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Speaker 1: your body. And you know, you're playing with a bunch

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Speaker 1: of grown man It's not a lot of one hundred

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Speaker 1: and sixty pound wide receivers, you know. So um, you know,

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Speaker 1: just looking at him, you can see he's um. He

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Speaker 1: he looks very confident now, you know, in his game

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Speaker 1: and you know he's he's been doing a great job

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Speaker 1: here incounts. What would you say to Braxton Miller to

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Speaker 1: help him up his game? Is he continues to learn

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Speaker 1: the position. But obviously it's a big year. Friend. I

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Speaker 1: would just to uh Braxton to you know when you

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Speaker 1: watch him when he played, Um, when he plays, it

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Speaker 1: looked like it looked like he's thinking a lot while

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Speaker 1: he's playing. And when you're when you're thinking why you're

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Speaker 1: playing You're not you know, you're not going to get

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Speaker 1: you full potential, you know. And uh, I would just

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Speaker 1: tell him, you know, just just every play, just go

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Speaker 1: at it hard, and you know you can fix the mistakes,

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Speaker 1: you know afterwards. You know, that's that's what you're out

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Speaker 1: of film sessions for, you know. So uh but I

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Speaker 1: just think that's the biggest thing with him. He's just

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Speaker 1: thinking a lot while he's playing. How they came to

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Speaker 1: to do this year. I hope they hope they too great. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You know, we got a big game open up with LSU,

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Speaker 1: so uh oh, definitely looking forward to that. All right, Andrey,

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Speaker 1: thanks all for joining us. We appreciate it. So great

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Speaker 1: to see and here Andre Johnson up here at the Greenbrier.

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Speaker 1: A big thanks to him, A big thanks to the

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Speaker 1: players that joined us, Deep and Drew as well to

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Speaker 1: Mark for joining in the show. Thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: A reminder tomorrow we are on Texans Training Camp live

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Speaker 1: from eight to ten and we will have Texans All

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Speaker 1: Access from six to seven. Brian Gain reloaded as we

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Speaker 1: travel to Kansas City. We'll see you tomorrow buddy, and

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Speaker 1: as always, go Texans.