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Speaker 1: Welcome in everybody through a Monday edition of Texans All

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Speaker 1: Access from the Honday Texans Radio studio. For some of you,

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Speaker 1: it might still be a holiday version of All Access.

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Speaker 1: You may be out and about after Easter, after Good Friday.

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Speaker 1: I know a lot of you had to day off

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Speaker 1: on Friday while market I did the show. Maybe some

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Speaker 1: of you are off today as well. I know my

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Speaker 1: so for some of you. For all of you, happy holidays.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully enjoyed the weekend and had a good one. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host, John Harris, football an Knowlton silent reporter for

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Speaker 1: your Houston Texans, and we're gonna kick off the show

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Speaker 1: here and here from Brandon Whedon in just a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Brandon was here late last week after signing his contract

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Speaker 1: to come back to the Texans. Have a good time

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Speaker 1: talking to Brandons. We'll have that for you, dB cit

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Speaker 1: who's gonna also stop by. We're going to I didn't

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Speaker 1: know really what to call it, but it's kind of

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Speaker 1: a game of superlatives in some sense. Most likely succeed

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Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen Class clown in twenty eighteen. Oh, I'm

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Speaker 1: talking about when you get the yearbook, and I always

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Speaker 1: got most likely to succeed, which I call a curse

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Speaker 1: because whenever you get most likely to succeed, it's just

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Speaker 1: there's such lofty standards that you have to live up to.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, well I got to every single year from

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Speaker 1: sixth grade on because I think I was the smartest

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Speaker 1: But either way, I always got most likely to succeed.

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Speaker 1: So who's gonna be most likely to succeed in twenty eighteen?

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Speaker 1: For the Texans? Who's gonna be the biggest surprise to

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Speaker 1: succeed in twenty eighteen? So people stop by and we'll

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Speaker 1: Tosso's back and forth, and then of course, you know,

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Speaker 1: I got to ask her about road games. Which road

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Speaker 1: gamer you're looking forward to the most in twenty eighteen.

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Speaker 1: I've got one because it's the place we don't go often.

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Speaker 1: There are a couple of stadiums I haven't been to

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Speaker 1: in the league. I think in the AFC, I haven't

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Speaker 1: really looking forward to. But I like going back to

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Speaker 1: so there's always something about going to New York City.

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Speaker 1: And I know you we play in Jersey, you don't

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Speaker 1: play in New York City. It'll be kind of fun,

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Speaker 1: but you get the point. We're going to New York City.

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Speaker 1: Last time. We want on Friday, so we had all

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Speaker 1: I don't know if it'll be that way this year,

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Speaker 1: but we've only got one West Coast and that's not

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Speaker 1: even a West coast game. It's on Denver. Everything's East

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Speaker 1: coast this year, Philly, Washington, Boston, York and then our

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Speaker 1: three Division games Jacksonville. I think we don't we have

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Speaker 1: But either way, looking forward to a lot of trips

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Speaker 1: this year and what home game be looking forward to

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Speaker 1: the most. I know what a lot of you're gonna say.

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Speaker 1: We'll do that in our next segment. But it's time

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Speaker 1: to catch up with newest Texan Brandon Weed in the Hounday,

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Speaker 1: Texas Radio Studio John Harris alongside the newest text in

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Speaker 1: just got his contract signed? Is all sigence sealed and delivered?

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Speaker 1: Brandon Weed? How does that feel? Brandon? Feels good. You know,

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Speaker 1: there's last couple of days. There's a lot of anticipation

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Speaker 1: What's it like being back in the building? And being

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Speaker 1: You know, it feels like home, you know, And that

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Speaker 1: see what he looks like back on the field, because

424
00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:37,200
Speaker 1: I feel like, just like everything last year, everything just

425
00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,959
Speaker 1: just when somebody got hot or things started going the

426
00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:44,920
Speaker 1: Texans way, bad things happened, obviously, so it got cut short.

427
00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,040
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see him back on the field. This

428
00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:48,840
Speaker 1: is gonna be an interesting one for me. But I'm

429
00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:52,960
Speaker 1: gonna say, and yes, I know I know what people

430
00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,119
Speaker 1: are gonna say when they hear this, Julian Davenport and

431
00:17:56,280 --> 00:18:00,080
Speaker 1: I say this, I'm not surprised. Actually, I watched both games.

432
00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:01,240
Speaker 1: I said this the other day. I was talking to

433
00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,000
Speaker 1: Mark and I talked about this on Wednesday as well.

434
00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:05,959
Speaker 1: I watched the last two games of the year when

435
00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:08,520
Speaker 1: he started a left tackle against the Steelers and the Colts,

436
00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,040
Speaker 1: and and look, I know the Colts, but he faced

437
00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,439
Speaker 1: the ball shared who Shared has given a lot of

438
00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:15,240
Speaker 1: these Texans problems over the years. Even when he was

439
00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,639
Speaker 1: with the Patriots. He gave Derek Newts some issues. In

440
00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:19,679
Speaker 1: the first game against the Colts, he gave Because Clarks

441
00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:23,119
Speaker 1: some missues and then and he gave Juliets some isssues

442
00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:24,679
Speaker 1: in that game. But in the in the game against

443
00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,920
Speaker 1: the Colts, he was pretty clean against the game against

444
00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:31,760
Speaker 1: the Steelers, he went against PJ Pjatt TJ Watt and

445
00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,920
Speaker 1: they did a lot of different twisted stunts on him

446
00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:37,240
Speaker 1: over there with Zai Schufilo, and he handled it pretty well.

447
00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:38,760
Speaker 1: And I walked out of it after I watched the

448
00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:40,960
Speaker 1: two games and went, man, if you watched this line,

449
00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,480
Speaker 1: I said, you, okay, pick out the rookie starting rub

450
00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:46,920
Speaker 1: before I think the second time, pick out the rookie

451
00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:48,560
Speaker 1: starting for the second or third time of his career.

452
00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:51,240
Speaker 1: You probably wouldn't picked him out because I thought he

453
00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:52,960
Speaker 1: looked pretty solid. So I'm excited to see what he

454
00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,920
Speaker 1: does from a year one to year two jump. Maybe

455
00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,080
Speaker 1: he ends up being a left tackle, but I think

456
00:18:57,119 --> 00:18:59,480
Speaker 1: those are going to be two key players. So flipped

457
00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,159
Speaker 1: over to defense. Defensive player you are most excited to

458
00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:07,600
Speaker 1: see no limitations. Now I'm going to go easy answer

459
00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,960
Speaker 1: and say Tyron Matthew, Yeah, I'm super excited to see him.

460
00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:12,800
Speaker 1: I just feel like the fan base, I mean, the

461
00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,720
Speaker 1: fans are so excited about him, and I feel like

462
00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,560
Speaker 1: a fan in rooting for him. When I found out

463
00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:19,440
Speaker 1: the Texans were signing Manny Badger, I was super excited.

464
00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:23,120
Speaker 1: He's coming off a healthy season. They've always needed safety

465
00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:24,840
Speaker 1: help back there. I feel like every year when we

466
00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:28,240
Speaker 1: talk about the draft, safety is one of the positions

467
00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,800
Speaker 1: of need, and I think that they addressed obviously with

468
00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:33,960
Speaker 1: his signing, and he can make an instant impacting on

469
00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,560
Speaker 1: the field. So I'm really excited to see the honey Badger. Yeah,

470
00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:37,399
Speaker 1: it's a good on me. There are a lot of

471
00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:39,239
Speaker 1: players to pick from here. I'll tell you one just

472
00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,920
Speaker 1: to go off to being pat because I think it's

473
00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,280
Speaker 1: again that year one year to jump that I think

474
00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,280
Speaker 1: could be really impressive, And if he makes that jump

475
00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:49,439
Speaker 1: at the end of the year, you could argue he

476
00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:51,439
Speaker 1: was one of the three best defensive players, maybe one

477
00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,359
Speaker 1: of the two best defensive players on the field. That

478
00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,760
Speaker 1: was Zach Cuttingham. Oh. I'm really excited to see what

479
00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,080
Speaker 1: he's able to do now he's in trench to the star,

480
00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,240
Speaker 1: there's no questions. I think about halfway through the year,

481
00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:02,399
Speaker 1: you felt that, even though you knew Brian Cushing was

482
00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,440
Speaker 1: going to come back at some point, but you felt

483
00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:06,440
Speaker 1: like they're not taking him out of the lineup. He's

484
00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,399
Speaker 1: getting better and better and better by the week. So

485
00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,920
Speaker 1: I'm I'm really excited. Yeah, Clowney and Watt Merciless, Yeah,

486
00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:13,760
Speaker 1: we get really excited. But I think Zach Cuttingham is

487
00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,920
Speaker 1: a guy that I want to see, I mean, honestly

488
00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,560
Speaker 1: truly break out, because sort of feel like he did

489
00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,159
Speaker 1: that at the end of the year, but I mean

490
00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,720
Speaker 1: really get to a point where he is comfortable in

491
00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,320
Speaker 1: his defense. He knows the terminology, he knows he's playing,

492
00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,280
Speaker 1: he knows who his role is. I think Zach Cuttingham

493
00:20:28,320 --> 00:20:30,280
Speaker 1: could be a really fun piece to watch. I really

494
00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:33,800
Speaker 1: hope his career trajectory is a lot like Bernardrick McKinney's.

495
00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,720
Speaker 1: You know where he comes in and you don't really

496
00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,199
Speaker 1: know what to expect from him, but he he's a

497
00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,920
Speaker 1: key contributor right and then becomes a starter right away,

498
00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,440
Speaker 1: and the next thing, you know, by his third year,

499
00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,040
Speaker 1: he's like a leader on that defense exactly, and I

500
00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,800
Speaker 1: think that's you're right. I think that's the trajectory that

501
00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:52,760
Speaker 1: he is on. Okay, offensive player under the most pressure

502
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,600
Speaker 1: to perform. Well at twenty eighteen, We'll take the Shaun

503
00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:57,400
Speaker 1: out of there, because we all know this Sean's got

504
00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,520
Speaker 1: you know, he's the quarterback. I mean, there's no question

505
00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,720
Speaker 1: he's got a lot of pressure. Offensive player under the

506
00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,360
Speaker 1: most pressure to perform, while at twenty eighteen is I'm

507
00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,199
Speaker 1: going to take your answer and say Julian because I

508
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:11,640
Speaker 1: think that even if you put DeShawn back into that question,

509
00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,080
Speaker 1: I still would pick Julian because I feel like he

510
00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,000
Speaker 1: Deshaun is still kind of a rookie, didn't have didn't

511
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,800
Speaker 1: get a full season under his belt, didn't get a

512
00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:22,639
Speaker 1: full off season under his belt. And while you know,

513
00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,600
Speaker 1: we're so excited to see everything that he has to offer,

514
00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:26,760
Speaker 1: there's a little bit more forgiveness. I think for the

515
00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,880
Speaker 1: younger quarterbacks there's a learning curve. Sometimes. You know, you'll

516
00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,360
Speaker 1: even hear the TV announcer saying, oh, well, the receiver,

517
00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,760
Speaker 1: you know, the receiver's Faulder. You know, there was a

518
00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,639
Speaker 1: lot of pressure on that on that play. But I

519
00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,440
Speaker 1: think with Julian Davenport the left tackle stepping in there

520
00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,479
Speaker 1: if if Deshaun is not clean, I think a lot

521
00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:43,840
Speaker 1: of eyes are going to go on him. I think

522
00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:47,520
Speaker 1: it's a big pressure situation to be left tackle and

523
00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,399
Speaker 1: to be the starting left tackle. I know that we

524
00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,960
Speaker 1: talk about Julian being there. Obviously that can change. That's

525
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,440
Speaker 1: just that's just going off what Bill O'Brien said last

526
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,840
Speaker 1: week at the Annual league meeting. Out right, it could change.

527
00:21:56,880 --> 00:21:58,960
Speaker 1: They could still sign somebody in camp, and they could

528
00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,160
Speaker 1: still draft a left tackle early and decided to plug

529
00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,800
Speaker 1: and play there. But for now, Julian or whoever is

530
00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,320
Speaker 1: in that left tackle position, Yeah, I'm gonna I think

531
00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,080
Speaker 1: it's a great answer because that's what was one of

532
00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:10,520
Speaker 1: the first ones I thought about. But then I came

533
00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:15,240
Speaker 1: up with this name, and I thought, he's first of all,

534
00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,280
Speaker 1: he's got to stay healthy. And second of all, if

535
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Speaker 1: he's healthy, then I think he has the potential because

536
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,520
Speaker 1: of his speed to take this offense to a different level.

537
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,320
Speaker 1: That's Will full or the fifth Will has got to

538
00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:29,720
Speaker 1: stay healthy this year. If he got such a web,

539
00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:31,399
Speaker 1: this is a big year I think for him because

540
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,080
Speaker 1: first year he showed it early and then got a

541
00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:37,320
Speaker 1: little dinged up in the middle of the year, and

542
00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:38,920
Speaker 1: then after he came back, it took him a few

543
00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,280
Speaker 1: more weeks to kind of get back on track, and

544
00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,199
Speaker 1: then he had some good games at the end, and

545
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,280
Speaker 1: then of course remember the Patriots game where that deep

546
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,200
Speaker 1: ball and he could hang on. This year, he starts

547
00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,240
Speaker 1: off the year twenty seventeen hurt. His first game back

548
00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,920
Speaker 1: against Tennessee has two touchdowns, and then he scored touchdowns

549
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:56,119
Speaker 1: every single week, and then he got hurt against the

550
00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,760
Speaker 1: Rams and it was he was out for weeks, and

551
00:22:58,760 --> 00:22:59,920
Speaker 1: then he got hurt at the end of year against

552
00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:02,440
Speaker 1: the Colts. He's got to stay healthy and if he does,

553
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,919
Speaker 1: then he becomes an instant threat. And people ask all

554
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,120
Speaker 1: the time, honey, catch you think he gets I don't care,

555
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,479
Speaker 1: because he'll catch forty balls, twelve of them touchdowns because

556
00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:16,920
Speaker 1: that's the type of player and he stretched everything, yeah,

557
00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,720
Speaker 1: when he was healthy. So to me, I think will

558
00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,800
Speaker 1: Fuller maybe under the most pressure to perform, but I

559
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,600
Speaker 1: think it's a big year for him because when he

560
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,159
Speaker 1: performs well, this offense has a whole different layer to

561
00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,639
Speaker 1: it that maybe it's never had. And with that, I

562
00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,920
Speaker 1: think this offense can go to some different different level.

563
00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:39,679
Speaker 1: All right, defense, defensive player under the most pressure to

564
00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:44,160
Speaker 1: perform well in twenty eighteen, is you know, I'm gonna

565
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:45,680
Speaker 1: go out on a limb. I don't know if it's

566
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,560
Speaker 1: going out on a limb, but jj Watt I just

567
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,640
Speaker 1: feel like, I know, I just feel like we all

568
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,439
Speaker 1: know what he can do. We all know what he

569
00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:55,440
Speaker 1: has done. But I feel like two back to back

570
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,720
Speaker 1: seasons with season ending injuries, that question is coming up again,

571
00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:02,080
Speaker 1: like is JJ ever going to be able to play

572
00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,280
Speaker 1: at the same level? And now it's you know, even

573
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,920
Speaker 1: more so because second year in a row, obviously two

574
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:10,000
Speaker 1: completely different injuries. You know, he's recovering from the back.

575
00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:12,200
Speaker 1: Now there's a leg injury and it was a gruesome

576
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 1: injury at that and he's in the weight room. He

577
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 1: looks good, he looks good in his rehab. But I

578
00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,919
Speaker 1: just feel like, you know, he needs to return to

579
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,119
Speaker 1: form or at least stay healthy for a good portion

580
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,639
Speaker 1: of the season. Otherwise I think, you know, there's a

581
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 1: lot of pressure on JJ to be jj Watpap. It's

582
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:31,000
Speaker 1: so much better when he's himself the game, you know,

583
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:33,200
Speaker 1: just following this team, reporting on this team, when JJ

584
00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:34,880
Speaker 1: Watt is at the peak, it's just so much fun.

585
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,439
Speaker 1: I mean, nothing was more fun than twenty fourteen, I

586
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,720
Speaker 1: think when he was lining up and he was unbelievable,

587
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,600
Speaker 1: and he was he was just as he was good

588
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen as well, you know. But I really

589
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:47,200
Speaker 1: want to see him back on the field and healthy,

590
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:48,919
Speaker 1: and I'm sure this whole city does too, especially with

591
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,480
Speaker 1: all the stuff that he does off the field. You

592
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,240
Speaker 1: want a guy like that to stay in the league

593
00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:56,240
Speaker 1: as long as possible and stay with your city and

594
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 1: stay with your team more importantly, And it's interesting you

595
00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:03,920
Speaker 1: bring that up. The last time that JJ finished the

596
00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,120
Speaker 1: season walked off the field at the end of the

597
00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:12,399
Speaker 1: final game was twenty fourteen, because in twenty fifteen he

598
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:14,400
Speaker 1: got hurt in that Chiefs game at the third quarter.

599
00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,199
Speaker 1: He went out of the game then, and then sixteen

600
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 1: seventeen has been hurt. It's been twenty fourteen since he

601
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,680
Speaker 1: finished the season. So I'm with you, But to me,

602
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:28,920
Speaker 1: a bit shorter, Noah, a little bit shorter season, I think.

603
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,440
Speaker 1: And I'm not sure who really to put this on,

604
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,679
Speaker 1: but I just think the cornerbacks in general are the

605
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:37,399
Speaker 1: ones that are gonna have the most pressure. I do

606
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,480
Speaker 1: think with Merciless and Watton Clowney all back, they're gonna

607
00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,479
Speaker 1: have a little bit of an advantage because those three

608
00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 1: pass rushers get to the quarterback, they're gonna have more opportunities, etc.

609
00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,760
Speaker 1: But still that was the case in New England. That

610
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,280
Speaker 1: group didn't rise up and play very well against New England,

611
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:55,919
Speaker 1: at least at certain points in that game they didn't.

612
00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 1: So to me, the corner I could almost say secondary,

613
00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,199
Speaker 1: But I think the corners particular, how that group comes together,

614
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,240
Speaker 1: who plays outside, who plays inside. I think the corners

615
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 1: have got the most, are under the most pressure perform

616
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,359
Speaker 1: while in twenty eighteen all I think I know the

617
00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:13,639
Speaker 1: answer number five, But I'll ask anyways, free agent edition

618
00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:17,400
Speaker 1: that you're pumped about, and why now you're gonna say

619
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,360
Speaker 1: Tyn Matthew. But can I add a one B to it?

620
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 1: Just based on this podcast that I did last week,

621
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: The Deep Slant podcast had Wade Smith on definitely Tyron Matthew.

622
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,159
Speaker 1: But now I'm very intrigued by Senio Kilomete. Yeah, because

623
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 1: you know he is sort of that jack of all trades,

624
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 1: utility knife sort utility player for the Old line and

625
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,880
Speaker 1: a lot like Wade in some sense a lot. It's

626
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,120
Speaker 1: a good comparison. And he had some really nice things

627
00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,400
Speaker 1: to say about Senio Kilomete, and he seems to think

628
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,640
Speaker 1: that he's a guy that just didn't get his chance

629
00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,520
Speaker 1: in New Orleans, but he could come in here and

630
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,479
Speaker 1: really be a key contributor. So I'm kind of interested

631
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,320
Speaker 1: to see where he fits in because obviously starting positions

632
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,000
Speaker 1: on the O line are up for grabs right now,

633
00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,639
Speaker 1: so I think whoever performs is going to get it.

634
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,320
Speaker 1: It's not it's not like it's it's been in the

635
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 1: years past, where you know you're left tackle, you know

636
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:03,880
Speaker 1: you're right tackle, you know your guards. Yeah, I mean

637
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Speaker 1: it could look completely different. Bill O'Brien even said four

638
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Speaker 1: news starters at least, Yeah, at least, which is crazy

639
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Speaker 1: to think about. I'm gonna say, Aaron Colevin, look, Tyro Matthew,

640
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Speaker 1: Tyre Matthew would be the one. He's been one of

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Speaker 1: my favorite players to watch, just one of my favorite

642
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Speaker 1: people in general, just knowing his story and how he's

643
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Speaker 1: gotten to where he is. I think the world of him.

644
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Speaker 1: But to me, Eric Colevin, because I think Colvin, whether

645
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Speaker 1: he plays inside outside, is a big deal for this team.

646
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Speaker 1: The more I think about it, because if he can

647
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Speaker 1: lock down an outside position, man you with with Jonathan

648
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Speaker 1: Joseph and Kevin Johnson and with Colvin. If Colvin locks

649
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Speaker 1: down one of those spots and j Joe doesn't have

650
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: to play all the time, and he can stay healthy,

651
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Speaker 1: and when he's healthy, he ends up being a factor.

652
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Speaker 1: He could probably play until he's eighty as long as

653
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Speaker 1: he's healthy. That's the thing. Having to play seventy seventy

654
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Speaker 1: five plays a game is not gonna I don't think

655
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,600
Speaker 1: gonna suit him. But if he's able to play forty

656
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Speaker 1: to forty five plays's taken, all the reps outside Kevin

657
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Speaker 1: Johnson's game rises up. Okay, the corners are gonna play better,

658
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,280
Speaker 1: but a lot of hinges on what Aaron can do.

659
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Speaker 1: There's so much he can do on the field. I'm

660
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Speaker 1: really excited to see what he brings. So I'm gonna say,

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Speaker 1: Aaron Colvin, all right, number six the road game that

662
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Speaker 1: you dpcity, who are most looking forward to in twenty eighteen? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think we talked about this on another show a

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Speaker 1: few months back. I'm still gonna stick with Philly. Never

665
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Speaker 1: been to that stadium. They they're coming off the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl championship and also Carson wentz we back in the game.

667
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Speaker 1: So I think two young quarterbacks the New City fans

668
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,520
Speaker 1: that just you know, the fans are their own story line,

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Speaker 1: like how they are. So I'm excited about that. I

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Speaker 1: probably won't venture out in the city too foot walk

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Speaker 1: around the stands. I'll stick to the press box in

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Speaker 1: the field. But I'm really excited about that game, and

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Speaker 1: I hope they make it a primetime game. We play

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Speaker 1: the Jets up in MetLife and I haven't been back

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Speaker 1: to New York City since twenty fourteen, and I would

676
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,400
Speaker 1: imagine we'll go to New York City at some point.

677
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Speaker 1: That also hope that's a prime time game, but less

678
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Speaker 1: likely you have to be in New York for a

679
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Speaker 1: fantastic Okay home game. You're most looking forward to Cowboys.

680
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: So a fan just tweeted out a picture of a

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Speaker 1: T shirt that I don't want I want to say

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Speaker 1: it was a he that he had from two thousand

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Speaker 1: and two, the inaugural game against Cowboys, And I mean,

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Speaker 1: I just think it's so exciting that people are sit

685
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Speaker 1: into this rivalry. No and you know, to see two

686
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Speaker 1: young quarterbacks, two young running backs and exciting. You know,

687
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,120
Speaker 1: both teams are really exciting right now. So that's kind

688
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: of fun that both. I think that's gonna be a

689
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Speaker 1: prime time game too. You know, I wonder about this

690
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 1: because I think, do the networks I'm big into conspiracy theories,

691
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 1: do they really want it to be a Texas market

692
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:38,800
Speaker 1: or do they want to, you know, get like both

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00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: coasts involved. If if you didn't have it outside of Texas,

694
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Speaker 1: do you people care if you didn't have two young

695
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Speaker 1: emerging quarterbacks. This is true because I think with Dak

696
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:51,200
Speaker 1: Prescott and Carson and Shawn Watson, you've got two markey

697
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Speaker 1: young quarterbacks. Yeah. I think the NFL wants the NFL

698
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 1: needs to find the next wave and so Wentz, Why

699
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Speaker 1: and Dak those are all guys I think they're gonna

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Speaker 1: put on prime time as much as possible. Yeah, they're

701
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Speaker 1: gonna get Brady and they're Gonta Roethlisberger, but they need

702
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Speaker 1: to get the next wave going. And I think those

703
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Speaker 1: guys Patrick Mahomes, I think those are gonna be guys

704
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Speaker 1: kind of the next wave. And I think the way

705
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Speaker 1: to Sean played as a rookie way that Dak played

706
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Speaker 1: as a rookie nut so great last year, but as

707
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Speaker 1: the way he plays a rookie, I think they want

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Speaker 1: the next wave to come forth, and I think that's

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Speaker 1: a matchup to me that I would love to see

710
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Speaker 1: in prime time. It would be crazy, that would be

711
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Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's nuts. It's nuts. In preseason. You know,

712
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,520
Speaker 1: likely they'll play four, it's game four and other starters

713
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Speaker 1: are actually playing exciting. Okay, Deep, With the sixty eighth

714
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Speaker 1: pick in the twenty eighteen NFL Draft, the Houston Texans

715
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Speaker 1: will draft what position offensive tackle. That's what I think too.

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Speaker 1: I would say a hundred percent, but I don't know

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Speaker 1: a hundred percent, so I'll say ninny nine percent. I

718
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Speaker 1: mean I would be I'd be shocked if they didn't,

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Speaker 1: I'd be shocked, but I have been shocked before. I

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Speaker 1: agree with you. I do think it's gonna be off

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Speaker 1: to tackle, all right, Deep, appreciate you. Stop by Johnny.

722
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Speaker 1: The next I'll go around the NFL with things that

723
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Speaker 1: are happening in the league, especially the noise for Odell

724
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 1: Beckham Junior gets louder. Will he become a Los Angeles

725
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Speaker 1: Ram discuss that next right here in Texans Access. What

726
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Speaker 1: is up? Everybody Happy one day? Welcome back to the show.

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Speaker 1: It's our final segment right here in Texans All Access.

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Speaker 1: My name is John Harrison. You hear that in the background.

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Speaker 1: That is DeAndre Hopkins top play of twenty seventeen against

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Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers. So I know you've seen that play

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Speaker 1: many many times. Hey, if you miss Texas three sixty,

732
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Speaker 1: you go to the website a Houston Texans dot com

733
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: and you can see the film room a little DeAndre

734
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,560
Speaker 1: Hopkins and Deshaun Watson. This one Drew and I did

735
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Speaker 1: against the Kansas City Chiefs. It's pretty interesting to take

736
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Speaker 1: a look at these things and watch them from all

737
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Speaker 1: angles and just see some things that you It's it's

738
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Speaker 1: pretty amazing to watch the things that happened. And two

739
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Speaker 1: of them that I've done too, passing touchdowns that I've done,

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Speaker 1: one by the Seawan to Ryan Griffin against New England,

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Speaker 1: one that I've done with Deshaun to DeAndre against kanc Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty amazing to see how advanced Deshaun was as

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Speaker 1: a rookie. Pretty incredible to sea Let's bats around in

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00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 1: the NFL. But here are some very important things to

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00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 1: keep an eye on. I've mentioned April sixteenth a couple

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Speaker 1: of times. In fact, I've done it today because I

747
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 1: was talking about Brandon Wheedon. And one of the key

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Speaker 1: things about April sixteenth is it is the first day

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Speaker 1: of the off season. What the Texans and what the

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Speaker 1: NFL called Phase one will take place April sixteenth. The

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00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:42,080
Speaker 1: rest of the off season is as followed, is as

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Speaker 1: follows for your Houston Texans OTA offseason workouts, which you've

753
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 1: heard Coach O'Brien talked to us about this before. OTAs

754
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: are basically practiced without pads. It's like spring football, but

755
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,280
Speaker 1: you don't have the opportunity to hit, which I think

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Speaker 1: is good. I sort of wish colleges would go to that.

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Speaker 1: But now, look, college is eighteen to twenty two year

758
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Speaker 1: old kids. I guess they're still kids when they're in college, right,

759
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,640
Speaker 1: I can say that. But these are basically the Texans

760
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:12,760
Speaker 1: spring practices, if you will, starting in May May twenty

761
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 1: first May twenty seconds. So here's how it's gonna work.

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Speaker 1: Let's put this all together. April sixteen, first day, that's

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Speaker 1: offseason conditioning. The twenty six, twenty seven, twenty eight, the draft,

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Speaker 1: and then May twenty one, twenty second is the first

765
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Speaker 1: full team offseason workout. So somewhere between the twenty six,

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Speaker 1: twenty seven, twenty eighth of April and May twenty first

767
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Speaker 1: twenty second, the rookies will be here. I would assume

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Speaker 1: for a rookie minicamp. No. I there have been times

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Speaker 1: when I don't think the Texas have had a rookie

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Speaker 1: mini caamp, but I think that was before the Collective

771
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Speaker 1: Bargaining Agreement of twenty eleven. I think it's there's been

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Speaker 1: a rookie mini caamp every year since that I can

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Speaker 1: think of, and I know every year since I've been

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00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 1: in the building, there's been a rookie mini caamp. So

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00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: somewhere between there, there'll be a rookie mini caamp. Full

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Speaker 1: team workouts start May twenty first, twenty first to twenty

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Speaker 1: second and the twenty fourth, then the following week the

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Speaker 1: twenty ninth, thirtieth, and thirty first of May, and then

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Speaker 1: the following week the fourth and fifth, and then the

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Speaker 1: seventh and eighth. I don't know if that's all. Is

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Speaker 1: it all in one week? I don't know. I haven't

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00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: looked that far ahead of my schedule with my planner,

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Speaker 1: I basically looked at April third, that's tomorrow. Then I

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00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,600
Speaker 1: figure that out. If I get to that point, then

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00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm good. Yeah, June fourth and fifth

786
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:32,280
Speaker 1: is a Monday Tuesday, and then the seventh and eighth

787
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 1: is a Thursday Friday, So you are gonna have the

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Speaker 1: Texans with those OTA workouts, and then the following week

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Speaker 1: the Texans will have a mandatory minicamp starting June twelfth,

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Speaker 1: the twelfth, thirteenth, and the fourteenth. Now, this has been

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Speaker 1: announced by the NFL. It's up on the nfl dot

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Speaker 1: com site for offseason workouts. You can see for all

793
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Speaker 1: thirty two teams, but it is up. It is not

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Speaker 1: that I've seen. I haven't checked my email, min emails

795
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 1: kind of jacked up. But I'd assume that we'll get

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Speaker 1: a notice from the Houston Texans sometime soon about the

797
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 1: offseason workout program. But if you had that on your

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00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: calendar wanting to know when everything happens, first day Phase one,

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Speaker 1: April sixteenth, Draft twenty six, twenty seven, twenty eighth, the

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Speaker 1: many rookie minie camp sometime after that sometime in early May,

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Speaker 1: and then full team offseason workouts begin May twenty. First

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Speaker 1: they go for that week, the week of the twenty first,

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Speaker 1: the week of the twenty eighth, the week of the third,

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Speaker 1: and then I'm sorry, the week of the fourth, and

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Speaker 1: then of June, and then the last week of the

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Speaker 1: off season is June twelve, thirty fourteenth. That's mandatory minicamp,

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Speaker 1: and then off to the Greenbriar in July for a

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Speaker 1: year two at the Green Briar. So there you go,

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Speaker 1: in case you were wondering, those are the off season

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00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:03,439
Speaker 1: workout day to keep in mind for your Texans. Now,

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Speaker 1: for the Texans, I think, man for the most part,

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00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:12,319
Speaker 1: everything pretty much set. I guess personnel wise is they're

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00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 1: ready to go. There maybe a couple of additions. I

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00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 1: looked at the roster. This is probably about two or

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Speaker 1: three weeks ago. I think there are if you take

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Speaker 1: into account, eight draft picks and then some undrafteds. I

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00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:30,360
Speaker 1: want to say there's fourteen spots right now, but I

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00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 1: haven't done some recent math to make sure I've got

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Speaker 1: them all included on there. But you're gonna go to

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00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 1: OTAs with ninety players, and obviously not all of them.

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Speaker 1: You are gonna do work. You know JJ Watt's not

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Speaker 1: going to be involved in OTAs and Deshaun will be

823
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:50,440
Speaker 1: involved in only certain aspects of it. But you will

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Speaker 1: have ninety men with that, and I think we're pretty set.

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00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 1: I don't know if there's any discussion points. I think

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Speaker 1: last year there was some discussion about whether Dwayne was

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00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: gonna be there for OTAs. I don't know if there's

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Speaker 1: any of that this offseason. I think you know, everybody

829
00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: that's gonna be there is gonna be there and away

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Speaker 1: you go. But in a couple other places in the

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00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: league there still are some questions. Now. I teased Odell

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Speaker 1: Beckham Junior and what is following, and I followed this

833
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:21,799
Speaker 1: story from Afar and I'm fascinated by because obviously the

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Speaker 1: Texas will play the Giants this year. The Giants have

835
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Speaker 1: picked number two, and I saw this tweeted out by somebody.

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Speaker 1: I wish I could give credit, but if this was this,

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00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 1: to me was the more fascinating aspect of this. When

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00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: the Giants traded for alec Ogletree, twenty six year old

839
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:44,399
Speaker 1: vet still young, played a lot of football in the league,

840
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 1: but still young needing a face of the defense sort

841
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,840
Speaker 1: of player to go with you, Norris Jenkins and Snacks

842
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,239
Speaker 1: up front. I felt like the Giants were not in

843
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 1: all in mode, but not in rebuild mode. And then

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Speaker 1: this Odell Beckham Junior story came up, and obviously the Giants,

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Speaker 1: I guess they're drafting second. And there's been some talk

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Speaker 1: about the Giants saying, look, if you want Odell Beckham Junior,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have to give us two first round picks.

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Speaker 1: And I thought about that and went, wait a second,

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Speaker 1: let's say and there's been a lot of talk about

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Speaker 1: the Rams, the Rams of the forty nine ers. Now

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Speaker 1: from I don't want to say from a desperate standpoint,

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Speaker 1: but I would think the forty nine ers, even though

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Speaker 1: they've added a couple of pieces that receiver, I would

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Speaker 1: think the Rams are like, look, we can go win

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Speaker 1: this thing with Odell Beckham Junior, but the ammunition it's

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Speaker 1: gonna take. And plus I don't know financially how they're

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Speaker 1: all gonna do this, but let's just say that the Rams,

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Speaker 1: So the Rams or the Niners are willing to give

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Speaker 1: up a pick. The Rams would have to give up

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Speaker 1: pick number twenty three. The forty nine ers, I would assume,

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Speaker 1: gonna have to give up pick number nine, which would

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Speaker 1: be tough, but you're gonna do it. You're gonna do

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Speaker 1: it because you're gonna have to get Odell Beckham Junior.

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Speaker 1: And then Miners have the cap room to be able

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Speaker 1: to do it, so Niners would make some more sense.

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Speaker 1: But just hear me out on this. Let's say Giants

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Speaker 1: sitting at two, say all right, we are going to

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Speaker 1: trade Oot Beckham junior. We're not gonna get two ones,

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Speaker 1: or maybe we're gonna get a one this year and

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Speaker 1: a one next year. But let's say they do it

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Speaker 1: the Rams. They get the Rams twenty third pick. They

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Speaker 1: then deal number two to the Bills for the Bills

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Speaker 1: two first round picks. The Giants would be sitting at twelve,

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Speaker 1: twenty two, and twenty three in the draft, now, kind

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Speaker 1: of similar to the Browns last year. The Browns at

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Speaker 1: three first round picks. But the Giants could pull it off,

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Speaker 1: and at that point they probably would be thinking, I

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Speaker 1: would imagine they wouldn't have to draft a quarterback. Now.

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Speaker 1: They could sit there at twelve and take Lamar Jackson. Potentially,

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Speaker 1: they could also maybe get him at twenty two, twenty three,

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Speaker 1: depending on what they're gonna do, but they could add three.

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Speaker 1: P L said roster, and I'm convinced last year was

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Speaker 1: an anomaly for them. Now. One of the problems for

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Speaker 1: the Giants though, was the fact that Odell Beckham Junior

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Speaker 1: didn't play, and then they had injuries other places that

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Speaker 1: had no way to generate offense. If they trade out

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Speaker 1: a number two, there's no sae Quon Barkley, there's no

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Speaker 1: Quentin Elson. The offense does not get any infusion. And

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Speaker 1: then you trade Odell Beckham Junior. And then I saw

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Speaker 1: another and I think it was Peter King who tweeted this,

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Speaker 1: and I think this is an even more salient point

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Speaker 1: to make on this. He was around. He was the

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Speaker 1: Giants beat writer for for a while back in the

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Speaker 1: mid to late eighties, in in the heyday of the Giants.

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Speaker 1: That parcels Giants and he said, Wellington Mara was the

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Speaker 1: owner of the Giants, and he put up with a

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Speaker 1: lot with Lawrence Taylor, a lot of the drama that

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Speaker 1: went on with Lawrence Taylor. Lawrence is a headache Wellington.

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Speaker 1: Wellington Mara knew it and pledged to deal with it instead.

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Speaker 1: I'm not getting not obviously Wellington has passed away but

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Speaker 1: it's his son, John Mara who has to deal with that.

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Speaker 1: Peter King's thought was, his son is gonna think the

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Speaker 1: same way. He'll put up with the headaches because he

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Speaker 1: knows the results are gonna end up being there. And

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Speaker 1: so that's the tough part from the Giants. If you

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Speaker 1: give up but out Beckham Jr. You really are not

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Speaker 1: going to find another receiver even close to his ilk,

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Speaker 1: not even close in this draft. And any of those

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Speaker 1: spots you do have Sterling Shepard coming back. I believe

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Speaker 1: you still have Brandon Marsha on the roster, but not

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Speaker 1: gonna be the same in the slightest. And then there's

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Speaker 1: Rob Gronkowski, and I've seen both ends of this spectrum.

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Speaker 1: Over the weekend, I saw Greg Bdard's article for his

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Speaker 1: Boston Sports Journal saying, do not be surprised that Gronkowski

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Speaker 1: is traded. His source, apparently close to Belichick, told him that.

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Speaker 1: Then I saw that, Yeah, Gron's probably coming back in

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Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. But then as I read that article more,

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Speaker 1: I thought, wait a second, they didn't say to the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: And apparently Gronk has just gotten a little tired of

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Speaker 1: being in New England and in that style. He wants

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Speaker 1: to open up and be free a little bit more. Apparently,

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Speaker 1: who knows what the true story is. But Rob Gronkowski

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Speaker 1: and I know a lot of people are like, hey,

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Speaker 1: the Texans need a tight end and the Texans don't

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Speaker 1: have a lot of draft ammunition. And my gut tells

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Speaker 1: me that, yes, Belichick has made some trades in the

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Speaker 1: past few years. He traded Chandler Jones ware Arizona. He

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Speaker 1: traded Jamie Collins to Cleveland. He traded Jimmy Garoppolo to

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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers. None of those players we're gonna

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Speaker 1: come back to really haunt the Patriots. There'd be no

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Speaker 1: way he traded to the trading to the Texans, No way,

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Speaker 1: because that could come back to haunt him down the

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Speaker 1: road as they met in the playoffs. And then gronks

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Speaker 1: on this side and obviously not the other. Big thanks

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Speaker 1: Dpcenter for stopping by, but mostly do you guys for listening.

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much. We'll see you next time and

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Speaker 1: as always, go Texans.