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Speaker 1: What is up? Everybody? Welcome into a Memorial Day edition

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Speaker 1: of Texans All Access. I am John Harris to your

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Speaker 1: host for the proceedings. As I am a lot of days,

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Speaker 1: but today on Monday in particular, it's an honor to

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Speaker 1: be with you. Now, we understand that a lot of

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Speaker 1: people are on vacation and maybe catching up on things,

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Speaker 1: and so we thought, hey, wait a second, maybe because

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Speaker 1: of all the good hard work you people have been doing,

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Speaker 1: maybe he didn't get a chance to hear all of

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Speaker 1: our interviews that we've had a chance to do. So

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Speaker 1: I was able to pull together some of the best

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Speaker 1: that we have found over the last couple of months

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Speaker 1: of guys that have said just to my left and

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Speaker 1: JJ Watt and Deshaun Watson and Brandon Dunn and Jordan Thomas.

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Speaker 1: Thought those were probably some of the best that we

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Speaker 1: And so it was cool to do all of that,

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Speaker 1: and I figured why not started off with the man himself,

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Speaker 1: number ninety nine, and he talked about a lot of

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Speaker 1: different things in this He talked about Shane Leckler being retired,

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Speaker 1: what Leckler met, We did touch the Softball Classic, which

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Speaker 1: is pretty interesting because you mentioned DJ Reader. Now, DJ

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Speaker 1: so I'll give him that. We talked about going to

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Speaker 1: Lambo for a Wisconsin native to go back to Lambo

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Speaker 1: to play Lambo for the first time, yes, preseason, but

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Speaker 1: very end you'll hear him talk about pool volleyball. Here's

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Speaker 1: our interview with J. J. Watt. J J. Watt joining us.

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Speaker 1: You've heard of him. He's here in the Hunday Texans

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Speaker 1: Radio studio. How's it going. It's going well. How you

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Speaker 1: doing doing great? Looking forward to the Charity Classic. You're back,

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Speaker 1: I am. I'm very excited about it. Now. The last

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Speaker 1: an injury and I'm seeing you take these cuts and

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Speaker 1: I'm thinking, I guess this is okay. Yes, so you

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Speaker 1: should have no concerns this year. I'm very excited about it.

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Speaker 1: That year, I still managed to win the home run

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Speaker 1: derby over Shane. So I'm very excited about defending my

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Speaker 1: title this and you've probably you know Lorded that over

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Speaker 1: held it over his head for a while. I'm surest

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Speaker 1: of all, since you brought it up, Shane Leckler retires,

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Speaker 1: we saw your either Instagram or Twitter post about that

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Speaker 1: Shane retiring should go into the Hall of Fame. But

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Speaker 1: what did he mean to this team? What do you

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Speaker 1: mean to you? JJ? First of all, I did not

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Speaker 1: I did not know that. So, like, we had this

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Speaker 1: retirement party, which you would assume a retirement party means

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Speaker 1: And so I posted a picture of us and people

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Speaker 1: But Shane is. He is one of the best teammates

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Speaker 1: There's no question about it. That was a heck of

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Speaker 1: What was that like for you? So it was it

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Speaker 1: So back to the classic. First of all, is Leckler

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Speaker 1: So it's cool. There's going to be a little bit

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Speaker 1: So who else is a contender to win this home

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Speaker 1: DJ Readers like, I played baseball in college. Yeah he did.

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Speaker 1: play a game where did the Shawan not go? Was

430
00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,000
Speaker 1: there any place that you didn't go that you were like, man,

431
00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:09,480
Speaker 1: I wish I could have gone there. Actually stopped in Dubai,

432
00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,359
Speaker 1: all right, the Abbi Dabi Airport or something like that,

433
00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,000
Speaker 1: which is like an hour from Dubai, and I was

434
00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,240
Speaker 1: actually going to go, but the time it wasn't right, So,

435
00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,919
Speaker 1: you know, Dubai would have been awesome to go. And

436
00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,199
Speaker 1: then Tokyo. I was on that side, but didn't have

437
00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,200
Speaker 1: an opportunity to go to Tokyo because the timing those

438
00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:27,880
Speaker 1: two spots they kind of, you know, off the top

439
00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,360
Speaker 1: of my head when you sit back, the season's over,

440
00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:32,960
Speaker 1: step back, you get away from the playoff game lost

441
00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:36,000
Speaker 1: to Sean, and you just I don't know what you

442
00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:37,560
Speaker 1: did at that point, but I would imagine at some

443
00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,199
Speaker 1: point you sat down with all the film that you

444
00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:41,040
Speaker 1: had from the year that you played finally got a

445
00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,359
Speaker 1: full year in the NFL. When you step back and

446
00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,600
Speaker 1: looked at it, what do you think, Because your numbers

447
00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:48,240
Speaker 1: are incredible, you did something that no quarterbacks ever done.

448
00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,280
Speaker 1: Four thousand yards, twenty five touchdowns, five hundred yards. I mean,

449
00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,480
Speaker 1: you know all that one of the things that stood

450
00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:54,760
Speaker 1: out to you that you felt like you did, well,

451
00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:56,600
Speaker 1: what do you think there are some things that you

452
00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,720
Speaker 1: want to work on for twenty nineteen and going forward.

453
00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:02,119
Speaker 1: Really just the leadership high managed university. Um, you know,

454
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,119
Speaker 1: if something bad happened on the previous drop, how it

455
00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,159
Speaker 1: came back and and kind of stuck through it for

456
00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:10,520
Speaker 1: four quarters, um and not giving up so um that aspect,

457
00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:12,720
Speaker 1: and then just really just um, you know, controlling the

458
00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,080
Speaker 1: offense as much as I can, making plays with my feet,

459
00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,760
Speaker 1: with my arm out said of the pocket, and and

460
00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,640
Speaker 1: just really just um, you know, just being that leader

461
00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,520
Speaker 1: of the team. And then also off the you know

462
00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,560
Speaker 1: that that was something that I wanted to fix, is

463
00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:28,040
Speaker 1: you know, just the details operation on the offense, being

464
00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:32,040
Speaker 1: able to recognize different coverages and defenses. Sooner Um, that's

465
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Speaker 1: just kind of more film work, more study, more experience,

466
00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,439
Speaker 1: more focused. And if I can continue to do that

467
00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,840
Speaker 1: on a consistent base, specially in the off season and

468
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,720
Speaker 1: growing that, then once the season come around, it comes

469
00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,840
Speaker 1: around and and I can just work like cloud work.

470
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Speaker 1: We know you're getting ready for next year. But what

471
00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,600
Speaker 1: play or plays stood out to you as favorites from

472
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Speaker 1: last year, Things that you saw in the highlights and said, Wow,

473
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Speaker 1: how did I do that? We've got one, Yeah, We've

474
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Speaker 1: got We've got one. That's what I was gonna think.

475
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,680
Speaker 1: I mean, that's the one that jumps off the they

476
00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,640
Speaker 1: had the little three or twists. I threw the guys

477
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Speaker 1: off and made the play. I think it was third. Yeah,

478
00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:09,720
Speaker 1: that was the one that kind of stuck up. But

479
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Speaker 1: it was a lot of great plays, a lot of

480
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Speaker 1: plays that the receiver's made too. When when you threw

481
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Speaker 1: and shortly after you know you throw the Vincent Smith

482
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Speaker 1: for the touchdown. When you're throwing a ball like that,

483
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Speaker 1: I mean, you don't really know exactly how it's gonna

484
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Speaker 1: turn out, but you have to have faith in your

485
00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,080
Speaker 1: receiver going through your mind in those situations. Now, I man,

486
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Speaker 1: that's something that we talked about. It was really a

487
00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,600
Speaker 1: couple of drives before where threw an out route I

488
00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,440
Speaker 1: think it was de carter Um and the corner jumped in.

489
00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,480
Speaker 1: Vincent had a go and it was almost, you know, pig.

490
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Speaker 1: I think it was Blit zero or something like that,

491
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Speaker 1: and I threw it outside, the corner jumped it and

492
00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:42,320
Speaker 1: he almost called a pig. He dropped it. So I

493
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Speaker 1: was like, Okay, next time we get in a situation

494
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Speaker 1: they're not even watching vents run full speed, I'm gonna

495
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Speaker 1: lunch it and it's gonna be six. Just trust me.

496
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Speaker 1: And so he told him. He's like, I got you.

497
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Speaker 1: So the next opportunity came, we flipped sides. I knew

498
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Speaker 1: thirty two. He was kind of looking at me, and

499
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Speaker 1: I just launched it and put it in the spot.

500
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Speaker 1: So his opportunity came and he took advantage of it.

501
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Speaker 1: I think my favorite thing about that play I was

502
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Speaker 1: third and eleven. I remember you remember what Andre said,

503
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Speaker 1: literally right before the ball snap. He said you don't

504
00:22:08,040 --> 00:22:09,879
Speaker 1: have to get it all in one play, thinking the

505
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:13,280
Speaker 1: first down not to touchdown, and then you threw the touchdown,

506
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Speaker 1: and of course we went nuts at that point. De Shaw.

507
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Speaker 1: One of the games that stands out so much on

508
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Speaker 1: a number of different levels. But curious to get your thoughts,

509
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,920
Speaker 1: Bob McNair. Mister McNair passed away on Friday. You guys

510
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Speaker 1: got to play that Monday night game, and there's such

511
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Speaker 1: a great shot of you during the moment of silence.

512
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Speaker 1: It's like, I want that from my office. It is

513
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,239
Speaker 1: a great shot. But that game. How emotional was that

514
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Speaker 1: game for you guys in the locker room knowing that

515
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Speaker 1: mister McNair had passed away a few days before and

516
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Speaker 1: now you gotta play the Titans and you were building

517
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Speaker 1: on Monday night? What was that like? That's very emotional, man,

518
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Speaker 1: it was. You can just feel the energy and you

519
00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,399
Speaker 1: can feel just how how sad it was, especially with

520
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Speaker 1: the day he passed. I think it was after practice,

521
00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,919
Speaker 1: our meetings, right before meetings and something like that, and

522
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Speaker 1: we kind of knew about it night everyone, but it

523
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Speaker 1: was just it was tough, um. But then again, we

524
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Speaker 1: knew that he was in a great great place. You know,

525
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:02,960
Speaker 1: he left in peace and he was happy and all

526
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Speaker 1: he wanted for this team is just to be successful,

527
00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:06,880
Speaker 1: go out there, have fun, and win. You know, that's

528
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,960
Speaker 1: what we wanted to do. So you know, in that moment,

529
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,320
Speaker 1: it was tough. You know, I felt like I was

530
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:12,920
Speaker 1: there with him whenever he was going through those tough

531
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Speaker 1: times and situations that I can brighten this day. So

532
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Speaker 1: it was very emotional for myself, and we wanted to

533
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Speaker 1: go out there and win, and that's what we did.

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Speaker 1: All right. So now you're back for this nine week program.

535
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Speaker 1: What's it like to be around the guys right now?

536
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Speaker 1: And you must really be looking forward to get out

537
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Speaker 1: there on the field and doing your thing. It's awesome, man,

538
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,640
Speaker 1: just kind of you know, starting over building that chemistry

539
00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,880
Speaker 1: against a new locker room. A lot of guys left

540
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:34,680
Speaker 1: a lot of guys came in, so you know, we

541
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Speaker 1: got to start from stretch and kind of rebuilding. That's

542
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Speaker 1: what we've been doing, is building that trust, building that loyalty,

543
00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,719
Speaker 1: that work ethic and that determination that you know, we

544
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,280
Speaker 1: were going to go out there each and every day

545
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Speaker 1: and conquer the day and win and try to you know,

546
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Speaker 1: before we leave this locker room before we leave the stadium.

547
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Speaker 1: Make sure you check the bosses off. How are you

548
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,080
Speaker 1: halping yourself get one percent better? And how are you

549
00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:54,720
Speaker 1: happening this team get one percent better? And if you

550
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 1: can do that each and every day, and then we'll

551
00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:57,760
Speaker 1: be just fine. There so many things I want to

552
00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,440
Speaker 1: ask you about. A few days after the old game,

553
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,040
Speaker 1: you see, your university went another national championship. It's not

554
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,600
Speaker 1: Clemson Alabama. What was it like being on sidelines to

555
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,520
Speaker 1: watch as supposed to being in it. I would rather

556
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Speaker 1: be in it, for sure. But it was awesome, man,

557
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 1: it was It was great. It was great to see

558
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Speaker 1: the young guys that that came up up to me

559
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Speaker 1: and I've seen them, watch them, you know, grow do

560
00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,600
Speaker 1: scout team. Um, A lot of people that you know

561
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:25,360
Speaker 1: didn't think they're gonna be able to be at that position. Um,

562
00:24:25,640 --> 00:24:28,080
Speaker 1: you know, they conquered that and and just be one

563
00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:29,960
Speaker 1: of the best teams ever go fifteen to o for

564
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,320
Speaker 1: the first time. So it was awesome to see them

565
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Speaker 1: do that that night, and I was very excited. So

566
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Speaker 1: that rided you up a little bit that you guys,

567
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Speaker 1: didn't you got that pit one points kind of hanging

568
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Speaker 1: in there time many of course, you know both years

569
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Speaker 1: and then we went fourteen to know and lost to

570
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Speaker 1: Alabama about five. And then we went thirteen to one

571
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,680
Speaker 1: and lost the pit by one or two points on

572
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Speaker 1: the last second field goal. So yeah, it kind of

573
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 1: hunt us. But at the same time we knew that.

574
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Speaker 1: I mean, it was a it was a matter of

575
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Speaker 1: time that somebody was gonna do it. That's the that's

576
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Speaker 1: a coaching program. Coach, when you having Clempson, We've seen

577
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Speaker 1: you have some explosive days on the field. We also

578
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,760
Speaker 1: saw a lot of other games with other teams where

579
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Speaker 1: they have high point totals. Then you see the Super

580
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,840
Speaker 1: Bowl really low scoring. What is it about this game?

581
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Speaker 1: Where is it all going? What does it all mean

582
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,240
Speaker 1: to you? You never and you never know. I mean

583
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,720
Speaker 1: it just depends on that day. You never know who's

584
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,240
Speaker 1: going to be in in that game. Everyone is good. Yeah,

585
00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,879
Speaker 1: it may seem that, hey, this team is two and

586
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,800
Speaker 1: twelve and this team is Owens his team, But everyone

587
00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,639
Speaker 1: is good. Everyone has great players. So as Obi always say,

588
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,360
Speaker 1: it's the lead that is set up for eight and eight.

589
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 1: So I mean it just whoever plays better that day

590
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,639
Speaker 1: is gonna win. And those two guys. Teams in the

591
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,879
Speaker 1: Super Bowl was going back and forth, and you know,

592
00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 1: the Patris came out, they made more players on offense,

593
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,680
Speaker 1: especially towards the end, and pulled it off. When you

594
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,360
Speaker 1: see the matchups, you have my Homes coming up this year,

595
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,959
Speaker 1: you have Breeze. Now you're not facing these guys individually.

596
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 1: But that's the quarterback tale of the tape, so to speak.

597
00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 1: That's got to excite you when you think it's a

598
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 1: great opportunity for myself to be able to go out

599
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Speaker 1: there and perform and compete with the best. And you know,

600
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Speaker 1: I consider myself as one of the best in the league.

601
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,760
Speaker 1: And those guys are up there also, so it's gonna

602
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,560
Speaker 1: be fun. It's great to be able to know that

603
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 1: they can score a lot of points. And I want

604
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,000
Speaker 1: to do the saying love getting a chance to talk

605
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,679
Speaker 1: to our guy to Sean Watson, all right, coming up.

606
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Speaker 1: A couple of interviews, one on the offensive side, one

607
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Speaker 1: on the defensive side. Mark and I had talked about

608
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Speaker 1: who might be the two best interviews that we had

609
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 1: and it just came up that way. There's nice symmetry

610
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Speaker 1: to it. One offensive guy Jordan Thomas, one defensive guy

611
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Speaker 1: Brandon Dunn for you next right here in Texans All Access.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back, one final segment of Texans All Access from

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Speaker 1: the Hounday Texans Radio Studio. I'm your host, John Harris,

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Speaker 1: football An els a silent reporter, and hopefully on this

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Speaker 1: Memorial Day evening, you are out by a pool, you're

616
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Speaker 1: around your grill, you're smoking some meats, or you're growing

617
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Speaker 1: up some hot dogs and hamburgers or maybe a veggie burger,

618
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Speaker 1: if that's the way you go, call it, my daughter.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully you are enjoying the day, have enjoyed the day,

620
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Speaker 1: and we'll enjoy the evening at the same time, giving

621
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Speaker 1: it paying respects to those as we should on this

622
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Speaker 1: special day. Now, we've had JJ Watt on the show,

623
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Speaker 1: We've had Deshaw Watson on the show. So we have

624
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:03,560
Speaker 1: sexified this show, there's no question about it. Now. We

625
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,919
Speaker 1: wanted to finish up and finish strong, and so we

626
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,680
Speaker 1: looked for a couple interviews that we thought would and

627
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Speaker 1: maybe make you laugh a little bit, maybe make you

628
00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:14,040
Speaker 1: I would say make you cry, but make you laugh

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00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,360
Speaker 1: a lot. And well, two of those guys were able

630
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Speaker 1: to do that, and they're two of the best interviews

631
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Speaker 1: in the room and those are Jordan Thomas and Brandon

632
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 1: Done and catch it up with these guys. Boy, it

633
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: was really fun. And we did that during Texans Media

634
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Speaker 1: Days about ten to twelve days ago. And we'll kick

635
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Speaker 1: it off with our second year tight end, Jordan Thomas,

636
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 1: with a cameo from Darren Fells. You seem to be

637
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,960
Speaker 1: very into Houston now you're you're really settled. I mean,

638
00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:40,000
Speaker 1: you're going into your second year. You're out and about

639
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: in the community a lot. It's got to feel good

640
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,440
Speaker 1: to be a part of everything after the rookie years

641
00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 1: out of the way. Yes, sir, it feels great to

642
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: be here in Houston. I didn't know what I was

643
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: getting myself into last year, so now I've I've got

644
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,119
Speaker 1: a year onto my bill, so I'm getting I'm getting

645
00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:00,280
Speaker 1: more active, So it feels great to be here. Jordan,

646
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,119
Speaker 1: when you see the rookies walking around the building, do

647
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 1: you do you kind of chuckle out him and go

648
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,119
Speaker 1: what they gotta go through as rookies. You kind of

649
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 1: look at them and go, look, you're not a season

650
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,800
Speaker 1: vet yet, but you've at least gone through that whole process.

651
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:14,919
Speaker 1: Look at them and go, y'all have no idea what

652
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 1: you're in for. Ye, So men, Jordan Nakens was just talking, um,

653
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,480
Speaker 1: like a couple of days ago actually, um, and we've

654
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:27,919
Speaker 1: seen those blue lockers and it was man, the blue lockers.

655
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,639
Speaker 1: They wasn't even the rookies wasn't even here yet, and

656
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 1: I was just I just I just, man, I feel

657
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,280
Speaker 1: for them. I feel for them. So they don't know

658
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 1: what they're getting themselves into. That they're nervous. I know,

659
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,040
Speaker 1: I know every feeling they're feeling. So so everyone of

660
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 1: them they come to ask me, you know, um, how's

661
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,440
Speaker 1: the rookie season? You know, I'm like, man, you gotta

662
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,479
Speaker 1: experience it in your way. I can't. I can't explain it.

663
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,680
Speaker 1: It's it's something you can't explain, so you just gotta

664
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,480
Speaker 1: experience it in your own way. It's it's it's good,

665
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 1: but you know, you just got to experience it. Jordan,

666
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 1: I always thought it was tough for rookies because you

667
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:06,480
Speaker 1: go through all that pre draft stuff and then the

668
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,719
Speaker 1: rookie camp and then, as you mentioned, you're nervous and everything.

669
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: Does that take a physical toll as well? How did

670
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: the season go for you? I mean you had the

671
00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,040
Speaker 1: four touchdown catches. You had a productive season, but how

672
00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 1: did you feel during the campaigning. Honestly, I really didn't

673
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 1: think about any of that. I was just taking it,

674
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,000
Speaker 1: taking it day by day. Yeah, you know, I was

675
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:28,640
Speaker 1: tackling it, you know, day by day. So I really

676
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 1: can't tell you how it felt about it because I

677
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 1: wasn't really thinking about it, you know. So I just

678
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,120
Speaker 1: I just woke up every day and said, hey, let's

679
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 1: tackle it. So yeah, and that's just what I That's

680
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:42,560
Speaker 1: what I did every day. So I don't know. Jordan,

681
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:45,960
Speaker 1: in particular, your senior year at Mississippi State, you played

682
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,320
Speaker 1: a lot of receiver, which knowing you now and seeing

683
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 1: you now as a tight end, thinking back that time

684
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:53,959
Speaker 1: in Missisippi State, like, man, those SEC corners had their

685
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 1: hands full. What was it like making the transition to

686
00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 1: tight end? Because you probably knew at some point you

687
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 1: we're gonna make the transition, but now a sudden you

688
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 1: gotta make the transition end. You gotta do it at

689
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:07,400
Speaker 1: this level. So what was that like, making the transition

690
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:12,680
Speaker 1: to a true tight end. Honestly, it wasn't a big

691
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,479
Speaker 1: transition because I played tight end in high school and

692
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,800
Speaker 1: I played receiver in high school, and then I played

693
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:24,800
Speaker 1: tight end in junior college. So I mean my senior

694
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,400
Speaker 1: year when I played receiver, I was like, man, you know,

695
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 1: they got their hands full. You know, corners got their

696
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 1: hands full exactly. You know, linebackers come on. So I mean,

697
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 1: it wasn't a big transition, you know. Um, it was

698
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,640
Speaker 1: just real easy. You know, I've always you know, been

699
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: an athlete, so I just adjust. So that was about it.

700
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: When you see they acquired Fells and they also drafted

701
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 1: a guy in the third round. So is it the

702
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,840
Speaker 1: more the merrier for you? The competition, however you look

703
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: at it, how do you take that? I look at

704
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 1: us as a as a mini basketball team. Actually, I'll

705
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 1: take it. I'll take my five over anybody. Yeah, I'm

706
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 1: gonna just add the under Hopkins to our five. So

707
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:11,480
Speaker 1: we have a point guard. So yeah, I mean, um,

708
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,200
Speaker 1: can't play some guard for him. I mean, he says

709
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 1: he has a basketball background, but I don't really know.

710
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 1: It's no film on it. You know, he said he

711
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: played the baseball thing. You know, he was pretty good

712
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: at I've seen him. There's some evidence of that evidence,

713
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 1: but the basketballs I don't know. But we'll take him.

714
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 1: We'll take him. You know, we can sub them in,

715
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 1: you know. But UM, yeah, UM, actually I UM. I

716
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:45,160
Speaker 1: looked at Khali Warren. UM great athlete, you know. Uh,

717
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 1: he's he's a great addition to us um and the films. Uh.

718
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 1: I've actually got up under his wing because he's a

719
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 1: big vet, you know, and so I've been asking him

720
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: questions you know, I don't you know, and he's just

721
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 1: took me under his wing and we've been vibing since then.

722
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 1: Nine game winning streak last year, you score four touchdowns.

723
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,960
Speaker 1: It's a pretty interesting rookie year. You mean, good rookie

724
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 1: year for a lot of people. And I know you

725
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 1: obviously want to do more. But is there a moment

726
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: from last year that stands out for you that you remember, like, Yo,

727
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: that was that was awesome? When that was a really

728
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,440
Speaker 1: cool moment, or you're welcome to the NFL moment if

729
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 1: you had one. What was the moment that stood out

730
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 1: to you the most about twenty eighteen. Um, the moment

731
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: that stood up to me the most is me the

732
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 1: Dolphins game, me catching those two touchdowns. Um, it was

733
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: just a great night. I've never called two touchdowns in

734
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: the game before, so it was it was. It was insane,

735
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: and to do it on this level, it was insane.

736
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:49,160
Speaker 1: So and then I jumped into the crowd. So look,

737
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: there's some people that jump in the crowd and the

738
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,080
Speaker 1: fans are like, yeah, yeah, come on, you jumping in

739
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 1: the crowd. It's like, yo, buckle up. I mean, that's

740
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,080
Speaker 1: gotta be a little a little different for the fans.

741
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,640
Speaker 1: But the second one you weren't even supposed to catch

742
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 1: for you know, sir. What happened on the second that

743
00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 1: wasn't even designed for me. So I just, um, uh

744
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,480
Speaker 1: we just he just rolled right. And so with a

745
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: quarterback like the sun, you know, he's the athletic, he's

746
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: gonna make a play. Happened. So I just kind of

747
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 1: leaked out, you know. And he wasn't even looking at

748
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 1: me with the throw. If you if you even just

749
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: look at the play, yeah, he wasn't even looking at me.

750
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 1: He was I think he was looking at me out

751
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 1: of his perfuel vision. And I didn't think he was

752
00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: gonna throw it. And then he threw it through a little,

753
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: small little window and I was like, this ball is

754
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 1: coming to me. So it was crazy. It looked like

755
00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,160
Speaker 1: it was a tougher catch than what it maybe what

756
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: I mean, when you see it on TV, you're like,

757
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:47,120
Speaker 1: that's pretty he makes a good throw. You made it.

758
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 1: It looked like it was a little bit harder in

759
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 1: real life. You kind of had to go down and

760
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 1: get it a little bit. Look like that might have

761
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 1: been a little bit harder catch. I was. The first

762
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: one wasn't easy catch either, because you gotta kind of

763
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: go up and get it a little bit. You don't

764
00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 1: really have to jump, but you trying to get away

765
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: from the safety, so you gotta go up and get

766
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:02,760
Speaker 1: it a little bit. But then you do it on

767
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 1: national TV too, that'd be kind of nice, Yes, sir, Yes, sir,

768
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 1: that the first one. It was. I just reacted to

769
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 1: the thorough Honestly, I didn't think about it. I just reacted,

770
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 1: you though, being an athlete. So all right, Fells is

771
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,879
Speaker 1: coming in, So tell me this. If something should happen

772
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: to the tackles, who's the emergency, It's gonna be him.

773
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 1: It's okay, it's gonna be him. Definitely he's happy with that,

774
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 1: all right. Definitely definitely failed. Thanks for being with us.

775
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,319
Speaker 1: Good luck, Yes, sir, thank you. Now just give you

776
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 1: a little background during Texans media days, We'll have players

777
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 1: in here and it's kind of like Grand Central Station,

778
00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,680
Speaker 1: players sitting here doing an interview, and then other guys

779
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 1: step in and Darren Fells, who I was not familiar with.

780
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 1: I mean, I know Darren Fells, but I've only seen

781
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,759
Speaker 1: him with the helmet on, so I didn't know it

782
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 1: was him. So when he walks in the room, kind

783
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:54,479
Speaker 1: of trying to figure it out why at some point

784
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:59,240
Speaker 1: JT turned around and mentioned Darren Fells. Well, then Fells

785
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:02,800
Speaker 1: obviously stepped in and had to had to kind of

786
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 1: set the youngster straight. But I think that's gonna be

787
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 1: a really good relationship, Darren Fells and George Thomas in

788
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 1: a very eclectic and fun tight end room. There's no

789
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 1: doubt about that. Will long. We'll have some fun with

790
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,440
Speaker 1: that group and laughs. Some work to do to keep

791
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,799
Speaker 1: them all in line. Now, the guy that's been on

792
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 1: the line, the defensive line for a while and I

793
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: think is one of the more underrated players in this

794
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,239
Speaker 1: team and in the league, that's Brandon Done. Of course,

795
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 1: we had to know if anybody is looking to unseat

796
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 1: him as the DJ of the locker room, nobody's gonna

797
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:30,880
Speaker 1: take it away. I mean, a lot of people have

798
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 1: been coming up asking for request getting kind of hecked

799
00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:35,239
Speaker 1: it in there. You know, we hadn't even put on

800
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,200
Speaker 1: pads or even a helmet yet, so you know, I

801
00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 1: might I might have to pull down my back end

802
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: here a couple of days now. Brian Body Calhoun was

803
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,479
Speaker 1: in here a little while ago. He's got a record label.

804
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,720
Speaker 1: I mean, there's some dudes that have got some music

805
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,719
Speaker 1: in their backgrounds. Had anybody even come to you at

806
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: all and said, no, no, I should be doing that. No,

807
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:54,800
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know what it is. I

808
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 1: don't know if it's the weightlifting that's been going on,

809
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 1: because I'm you know, my traps are bigger. There's a

810
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 1: gun show. You know, everybody in my stuff. You know,

811
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 1: my lock was right there. Everybody you know respects me now,

812
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 1: and everybody knows who's the DJ who needs a black music,

813
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:09,960
Speaker 1: you know. I think I think it's more of a

814
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,400
Speaker 1: respect level, even from the guys who's never been here.

815
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,719
Speaker 1: They just know, right, they figured out pretty fast. Right,

816
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,839
Speaker 1: So it's great to have your back, by the way,

817
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,960
Speaker 1: because not that I was that worried, but you know,

818
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:24,359
Speaker 1: I mean, we had to get this thing done. Here.

819
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,800
Speaker 1: What was that like for you going through that process

820
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,400
Speaker 1: of getting re upped. Ah, Man, you know what it was.

821
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,839
Speaker 1: It was very It was very relaxing. I mean, it's

822
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 1: it's it's it's a win win situation to me. Yeah,

823
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 1: you know, so I was gonna be somewhere, you know,

824
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:38,520
Speaker 1: still doing what I love. You know what I'm saying.

825
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 1: My salary is gonna be different. But the best thing

826
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 1: about it, I'm back home. You know when I say

827
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,839
Speaker 1: home is in Houston. So I felt good about it.

828
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: I loved it. My wife loved it, baby girl loved it.

829
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 1: So and everything was just it was just beautiful. Back

830
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: and back to business. Brandon, you've been You've been here

831
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,399
Speaker 1: for a while now. You've really established yourself on defensive line.

832
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: Feels like every year we see you make strides. What

833
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,920
Speaker 1: did you in this off season, obviously coming back to Houston?

834
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 1: What is it? Is there anything that you wanted to

835
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: work on the off season or is it one of

836
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 1: those things where everything that I do, my body, mind, spirit, whatever,

837
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 1: I just want to improve that so I can be

838
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 1: even better all around as a player. What was this

839
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 1: offseason like getting ready for this season? Um, this, this might,

840
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,240
Speaker 1: this might seem a little different. But this off season

841
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: for me didn't switch it up training wise, but I

842
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:28,280
Speaker 1: did a lot more recovering wise. Yeah, like I did uh,

843
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,439
Speaker 1: I did yoga as a recovery. I did uh hot

844
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,640
Speaker 1: yoga too. It is I'll say ten to fifteen minute

845
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 1: that best hot yoga. Hot yoga. It is. So you

846
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 1: go to like a local place and are you how

847
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 1: many guys are in the hot yoga class? Not too

848
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,279
Speaker 1: many guys and really like five guys and it's like

849
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: it's a class of thirty. So maybe like five guys

850
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 1: in there, and uh me be included and I'll try

851
00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,359
Speaker 1: to go in the back corner. Yeah. The first time

852
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: I went in there, everybody was like, he's got to play.

853
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 1: I told the instructor, like, you know what I'm saying, Uh,

854
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 1: if you don't have to give me introduction, she wanted to.

855
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: She was like, I want to let me know who's

856
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: you know it was in our class. I'm like, please

857
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 1: don't do that because it's gonna turn into a you know,

858
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 1: a mad house. But she did it, and it got

859
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,360
Speaker 1: turned into a madhouse. Anyway, talking to people, you know

860
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, trying to in mid stretch, in mid

861
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 1: downward dog is tough. Yeah, why degrees and they're mid

862
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 1: downward dog. How you guys going to be this year?

863
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 1: I'm struggling, but I mean it was it was something

864
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,439
Speaker 1: to say, but the recovery side, and it was great,

865
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: Uh learning, you know, getting recovery tips from guys who's

866
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: out of the lead. You know what I'm saying, Uh

867
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:40,840
Speaker 1: talking to some people with sports science on what to

868
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 1: recover with to eat, and I'm saying how to get

869
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 1: my joints back. So because I think that's the biggest,

870
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 1: the biggest deal with guys who are starting. I'm going

871
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 1: into year six. Yeah, tackle, So you know, I gotta

872
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 1: I can't. If you got a good system working out

873
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,879
Speaker 1: to keep your weight down, yeah, you know, that's always good,

874
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,840
Speaker 1: but you gotta do something recovery. It's it's gotta be

875
00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 1: tough because you're getting hit on every player. You're in

876
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 1: the middle of it all on every single play. Yeah,

877
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 1: it's tough, but you got um. You just gotta love

878
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 1: it though. So there's certain people who there's certain people

879
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: who's good for it, and I feel like I'm one

880
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: of them. You just gotta love just taking you know,

881
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,880
Speaker 1: you just gotta loved his banging your head every you know,

882
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: every play. I mean, it's not it's it's christ sound crazy,

883
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 1: but you can't do it without the love. But that's

884
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:21,920
Speaker 1: not that's not a lovable position if you don't love it.

885
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 1: And that's something we talk about a lot, especially when

886
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:26,880
Speaker 1: we're getting the texts are getting ready to draft players.

887
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,240
Speaker 1: It's one of the things that we talked about Brandon

888
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 1: about love of the game. How do you draft the guy?

889
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:33,640
Speaker 1: How do you how do you figure out that he's

890
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 1: got that love of the game? Like we see it

891
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: with you every time you walk on the field. And

892
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 1: I don't know if it's because of your journey and

893
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: how you got here or what it is, but what

894
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:45,239
Speaker 1: is it about this game that just gives you, that

895
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,120
Speaker 1: gives you joy that you want to go out and

896
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 1: do what you do which is not it's not for

897
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: the faint of heart. What is it about the game

898
00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 1: that makes you want to do that each and every Sunday?

899
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: To me, right now, you know, a piece of man. Uh,

900
00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: you know, when I step out there, there's always gonna

901
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:01,600
Speaker 1: be some issues, you know, as a as a grown

902
00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:04,320
Speaker 1: man taking Curfey's family. So that part when I step

903
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 1: on that field, it just all goes away. You know,

904
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 1: I want my boys. I'm in a I'm in my

905
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,200
Speaker 1: my happy place. I mean, I'm comfortable, you know, whether

906
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:14,279
Speaker 1: it's I walk through you know, a year six and

907
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 1: I'm getting I'm getting geared up on the field that

908
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 1: ota I love. I love every second of it, love

909
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 1: the grass. I can. I can go out third to

910
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: a practice field and I can't tell you what's going

911
00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 1: on in my life. But after when I step up,

912
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: I can tell you everything. But on the practice field,

913
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,759
Speaker 1: I really don't know what's going on. Sometimes I don't

914
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,839
Speaker 1: even know if I got any kids. That's how That's

915
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:35,719
Speaker 1: how I comfortable him. It's how good I feel out there.

916
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:39,360
Speaker 1: But being being in a position I am to play football,

917
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 1: being undrafted and obviously take care of my family. It's

918
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 1: unbelievable and it just gives you more motivation to keep going. Well,

919
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:47,359
Speaker 1: you clearly love it. What do you do to get

920
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,799
Speaker 1: hyped for the game or put on the game face

921
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 1: when you get inside the lines on a Sunday because

922
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,400
Speaker 1: you mentioned it, you love it. You gotta you gotta

923
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: love being in the mix right there in the middle

924
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 1: of all the time. Man, You know what you know

925
00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 1: what it gets me going is is it's Mike Sam

926
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,839
Speaker 1: you know, about a book, but it's film study. So

927
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:05,839
Speaker 1: if I'm one of those guys. If I've been looking

928
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 1: at film all day and I see you come out

929
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:09,959
Speaker 1: in this same formation and I'm looking expecting for a player,

930
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,399
Speaker 1: I'm fired up. I know what's coming, I know what's

931
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 1: going on. You know, I see what I see the

932
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 1: play before it happens, and it's like it's one of

933
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:18,839
Speaker 1: those it's like take it. It's like taking a test

934
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: and you know the answers. You know, if you can,

935
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: if you can take a test every every Sunday, you

936
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 1: know the answers when you take it. Yeah, Yeah, I

937
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 1: get fired up about that. It's the little things with me,

938
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 1: you know, I used to get. I used to get,

939
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 1: you know, wound up with music and stuff like that.

940
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:34,120
Speaker 1: I still do, but I still gotta take another I

941
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 1: gotta take my game to another level and obviously also

942
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 1: have me out. These last three years it's basically film study.

943
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 1: Brand last one from me. Nine game winning Street, eleven

944
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,759
Speaker 1: games winning Division. A lot of great things happen in

945
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,400
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. Is there a moment to you that stands

946
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:52,839
Speaker 1: out more than any other from last season. That win

947
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: in any Yeah, the first one, the first one, the

948
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,920
Speaker 1: first one we got that set us off because it

949
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,000
Speaker 1: was more of a you know going into those, going

950
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,440
Speaker 1: into those, you know, that game, it was like, I

951
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,480
Speaker 1: know we can do it. I know we I know

952
00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 1: we're a good team. You know, you know, you gotta

953
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,560
Speaker 1: turn off you know, the outside noise. You have to

954
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,799
Speaker 1: you know, you gotta lock in and you get to

955
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 1: really see fifty three guys. You know what sixty three

956
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: guys like. Looks we are not a bad team. You know,

957
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,360
Speaker 1: everybody was on the same wave length. You know it

958
00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:24,840
Speaker 1: can you owe and three, It can go, It can go,

959
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:27,919
Speaker 1: It can go both ways. But to see at Owe

960
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:30,399
Speaker 1: and three, you know, at our practice is going into

961
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,480
Speaker 1: the end of game, our practices were still it was

962
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 1: still competitive. You know, it was still locked in, guys.

963
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 1: Wasn't guys, wasn't down. You know, our coaches still believed

964
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,040
Speaker 1: in us, and we just all we needed was one

965
00:42:40,120 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 1: game and see us get that one game. He was like, Okay,

966
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,400
Speaker 1: all breaks loose, so let's go. Let's go get another

967
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:48,320
Speaker 1: one one week at a time. I think that was

968
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 1: the best moment because right third we just needed to

969
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 1: get that that feeling if we can do it, and

970
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:54,880
Speaker 1: once we got that feeling, I think it was Sky's

971
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,920
Speaker 1: the limit. After that, there is a DJ in the

972
00:42:56,920 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 1: locker room. Brandon done than to Ja, Donny, to Jordan Thomas,

973
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,960
Speaker 1: to Deshaun, to JJ, to Mark, to all of you

974
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:09,000
Speaker 1: for being here and listening. Everybody, be safe, take care,

975
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 1: We will see you tomorrow and as always, go Texans