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Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody?

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Speaker 2: Welcome into a Wednesday edition of Texans All Access, also

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Speaker 2: known as the last All Access ending the off season.

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Speaker 2: It's the Desert, Mark vandermir we are here, by the way.

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Speaker 2: I'm John Harrison Plano, Syeline reporter. The Desert's here, Mark.

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Speaker 2: How you feel?

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Speaker 3: I'm feeling great, Johnny. Look, the desert is still the

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Speaker 3: off season. It is the off season ending as far

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Speaker 3: as coaches and players getting together and joying their thing.

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Speaker 3: Player acquisition could still take place during the desert, which

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Speaker 3: is a period between now and training camp, and players

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Speaker 3: will be around the building because a lot of them

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Speaker 3: stay here and they work out.

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Speaker 1: Some go away for a while.

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Speaker 3: Coaches, GM, obviously the support staff, they take some time off.

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Speaker 3: They won't go away just yet. I think the rookies

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Speaker 3: are here a little longer. We'll see, but yeah, you're right,

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Speaker 3: we're going into the desert. And I feel great about

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Speaker 3: this desert because we enjoyed watching four weeks of on

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Speaker 3: field practices with this team. And guess what, they'll come

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Speaker 3: back to two weeks and then have a reseason game

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Speaker 3: to play against New England.

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Speaker 1: So I'm looking forward to that. It's gonna happen Fast.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of Fast, we have two fast linebackers on the show.

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Speaker 2: Christian Harris sat down with DP Sudus who will have that?

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Speaker 2: And Jake Hanson chopped it up with Mark and myself.

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Speaker 2: We always had a good time talking with Jake, and

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Speaker 2: we were told by our our social media department, when

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Speaker 2: Jake Hanson has mentioned our views, our likes ore, everything

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Speaker 2: goes up. I don't think Hanson's why is hot number?

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Speaker 1: Why is that?

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Speaker 3: He's from Illinois, not from Illinois. He played it ill

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Speaker 3: from Florida for Lovey he played at Illinois. He's from Florida.

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Speaker 3: He's I'm not I'm gonna be very respectful the way

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Speaker 3: I say this here. It's not like he's a bad

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Speaker 3: looking guy at all in my opinion, not that I

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Speaker 3: can evaluate these things, but I wouldn't peg him as

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Speaker 3: a chick magnet click magnet kind of guy, right, because

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Speaker 3: there are players like that. I wouldn't peg him as such.

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Speaker 3: Now now, missus Hanson, if there is one, might disagree.

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Speaker 1: But I don't know why that would be.

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Speaker 3: And I'm gonna find out from Ted Brooks, our social

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Speaker 3: media director.

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Speaker 1: You know what I need to do.

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Speaker 2: I have you have often talked about your one person

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Speaker 2: focused group at home, Yes, I kind of have.

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Speaker 1: That, not so much at home anymore.

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Speaker 2: But in LA I can always get I can always

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Speaker 2: get the thoughts from my wonderful daughter Megarner Harris. She

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Speaker 2: can always tell me yeah, no, like Keymi, Fairbairn was

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Speaker 2: a definite thumbs up, really, a definite thumbs.

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Speaker 1: Up, heart throb Fairbaron.

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Speaker 2: If may had been in here with me and Fairburan

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Speaker 2: walked in, she might faint.

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Speaker 3: Really Yes, Oh, I'm gonna tell.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell for a long long time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, don't embarrasshim because he could end up in LA

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Speaker 2: and I think he's married, and yeah, so that would

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Speaker 2: embarrass my daughter.

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Speaker 1: I think I've already embarrassed her enough.

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Speaker 2: But we'll have Jake Hanson a little bit later at

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Speaker 2: Christian Harris on our next segment. But we have finished

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Speaker 2: the off season, so to speak. We're not gonna see

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Speaker 2: more practice. The guys are going to be heading on

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Speaker 2: at least by this weekend. They'll be heading back home.

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Speaker 2: Some will stay here. We talked to a lot of

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Speaker 2: the guys during media days and I would ask him, Hey,

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Speaker 2: what do you do for the break? Well, I'm going here,

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Speaker 2: you know, some we're getting some much needed time away.

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Speaker 2: Some were going I can't remember who was somebody who's

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Speaker 2: going on a cruise. I'm going to the dr for

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Speaker 2: a little bit. And then it's I'm gonna go work

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Speaker 2: out in Atlanta, I'm gonna go work out, and for Lauderdale,

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna go work out. You know here there are

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Speaker 2: a lot of guys that will end up sticking around

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Speaker 1: So that's always that's always pretty cool.

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Speaker 2: But we won't see this team again until they report

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Speaker 2: a couple of days before training camp, and I can't

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Speaker 2: wait for that day and not sure what day that's

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Speaker 2: going to be. If we're thinking it's two weeks, which

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Speaker 2: it typically is from the first preseason game about typically

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Speaker 1: But we'll get all that information later on.

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Speaker 2: So they're always no matter what, there are always position battles.

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Speaker 2: Every single position, every single unit, there's a battle. Now

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Speaker 1: It could be to make the roster.

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Speaker 2: So we're gonna go through each unit and you're gonna

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Speaker 2: tell me Mark what the position battle is that you're

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Speaker 2: looking at what it's for, okay, and what you think

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Speaker 2: could result as we go through training camp. We're gonna

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Speaker 2: go through each particular position and start with the easiest

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Speaker 2: one of all the cornerbacks.

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Speaker 2: Stroud, Case Keenum, Davis Mills. What position battle is there

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Speaker 3: Well, realistically, I would think that they're gonna hold on

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Speaker 3: not sure what they're gonna do here exactly. Because I

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Speaker 3: heard Sean and Seth talking about it this morning. They

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Speaker 3: had a texter who said, would you trade Mills for

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Speaker 3: one of the two, and I hate to not know

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Speaker 1: Don't know if they feel that way.

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Speaker 3: They've got a lot invested in Mills as an organation

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Speaker 3: right twenty five starts, and I believe there's upside in Mills.

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Speaker 3: I'm not talking about Mills being the starter on this

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying wherever Mills is.

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Speaker 3: After the twenty twenty two campaign, there's room to get

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Speaker 3: get better. Never Mind Straut, let's put Stroud off to

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Speaker 3: the side right now. But Mills, unto himself, can and

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Speaker 3: will improve with the right coaching and reps. And it

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Speaker 3: looks like they're treating him that way during this offseason

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Speaker 3: during training camp.

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Speaker 1: So, Johnny, I think they keep three.

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Speaker 3: So you'd say, well, if there's gonna be only one backup,

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Speaker 3: is it case or is it Mills. I mean, obviously

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Speaker 3: never know, so we'll see how it plays out there.

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Speaker 3: I'm thinking you keep all three, and I would like

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Speaker 3: to see them keep all three because I have lived

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Speaker 3: through this thing too long to know that quarterbacks get hurt.

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Speaker 1: Things happen.

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Speaker 3: You need all the quarterbacks you can get. Demico knows this.

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Speaker 3: He just coached on a team that had a massive

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Speaker 3: the depth you had, and you had guys like Jeff

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Speaker 3: room with them because Jake Delome, you had to get

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Speaker 3: through the season somehow. So I'm for keeping all three.

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Speaker 3: There's no battle here running back.

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Speaker 2: Run Amian Pierce, Devin Singletary, Mike Boone, Daria Goombawalle, Jared Doakes,

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Speaker 2: Exavian valid Day. I feel like there's a pretty clear

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Speaker 2: battle here. But I don't think it's at one and two.

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Speaker 3: Oh okay, yeah, I don't think it's a one and

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Speaker 1: It's one and two is pretty pretty solid.

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Speaker 3: Pierce in Singletary, what a one to two punch you had.

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Speaker 1: That's gonna be fun to watch.

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Speaker 3: It's a It's a nice boost for this team, this

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Speaker 3: organization to see what they have in the backfield right

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Speaker 3: now compared to the last couple of years where names

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Speaker 3: you know. By the way, somebody was tweeting out highlights

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Speaker 3: of the AFC Championship game. Was it the twenty nineteen

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Speaker 3: twenty eighteen and the Patriots won that low scoring Super

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Speaker 3: Bowl against the Rams, right, but that AFC Championship game,

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Speaker 3: Rex Burkhead is a monster.

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Speaker 2: He went off, Yeah, a monster run game went off.

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Speaker 2: They dominated the whole first half. I mean, I can't

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Speaker 2: remember the play Discrepancy, who was almost like two and

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Speaker 3: It goes to show you dominating running backs anybody. Careers

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Speaker 3: don't last forever, and you had names you know on

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Speaker 3: this team, but they weren't able to give you what

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Speaker 3: have to go through all that stuff. To have Pearson

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Speaker 3: Singletary on the squad is huge, But after that you're

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Speaker 3: looking at Jared Doakes, Mike Boone, Xavian Xavian Validae, the

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Speaker 3: a tough battle for your third and or fourth because

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Speaker 3: you're going to keep a full back in this offense.

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Speaker 3: That's another battle we can talk about. But Johnny, I

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Speaker 3: am not ready to name who's on this team yet

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Speaker 3: because I think all those guys bring something to the

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Speaker 3: games to see who really brings what and then you

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Speaker 2: I think that I've said this about that particular spot,

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Speaker 2: the number three running back spot, I think is gonna

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Speaker 2: be a hell of a battle because I see all

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Speaker 2: those guys in Boone, Ago, Doaks, and Valide and watch

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Speaker 2: each one of them go one day, go yeah, god man,

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Speaker 2: I think he could be the number three guy. And

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Speaker 2: you know, in an offense like you talk about with

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Speaker 2: Mostert and Elijah Mitchell. They had three guys I mean

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Speaker 2: three that they could turn around and say, Okay, two

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Speaker 2: in a game and these two guys have had a

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Speaker 2: They go to Jeff Wilson late in a game and

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Speaker 2: he's making a game winning catch against the Falcons, and

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Speaker 2: you're like, wow, that third guy is going to participate

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Speaker 2: and contribute in this offense. I look at those four

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Speaker 3: Group, right so we don't have to name who it

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Speaker 3: is right right now, all right, I think that's where

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Speaker 3: it goes. Next full back. You know, it's Harriston and Beck,

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Speaker 3: and we'll see I don't have a guy here yet.

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Speaker 3: I don't either, because the upside on Harriston, I would

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Speaker 3: think is very high. Remember he converted from defensive I know,

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Speaker 3: you know this a defensive lineman in central Michigan and

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Speaker 3: here he is playing full back.

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Speaker 1: And look he's catching the ball.

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Speaker 2: Out there at practice. And you know Beck can so

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Speaker 2: let's just see. And you know Beck can line up

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Speaker 2: a tight end. So you've got some versatility there. I mean,

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Speaker 2: you can actually play Beck and Harriston together and be

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Speaker 1: But yeah, right now you start getting numbers.

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Speaker 2: But that's tough because we're gonna get to position in

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Speaker 2: a second where the numbers.

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Speaker 1: Get really dicey. Okay, go ahead, that's wide receiver. Yea

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Speaker 4: Right.

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Speaker 3: I look at him as a guy with tremendous playmaking ability,

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Speaker 3: be ready for training camp.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So he's been very clear about that.

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Speaker 2: He said that on Wednesday, very clear, met you ready

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Speaker 1: It's exciting to.

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Speaker 3: or however you want to do it. He's interesting. Alex

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Speaker 1: When you're looking at the fifty three man roster, I mean,

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Speaker 2: Because if he's playing a you know, decent role on

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Speaker 2: Bachman has had a tremendous offseason. D him a great Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: seen some things. I think wide receiver is going to

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Speaker 3: I think if Nico Collins reaches his potential.

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Speaker 2: Those are the four you could throw Beck in there.

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Speaker 2: He's got that position versatility, Mark. I can't really say that.

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Speaker 2: I think I think three of the four will come

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, hopefully he stays out pretty solid.

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Speaker 2: The guy who I thought has had a really good

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Speaker 1: It's like, how do you make the three guys you

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Speaker 2: Shrek I think has had a good offseason two.

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Speaker 3: To me, it's pretty obvious, all right. I want to

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Speaker 3: It would not surprise me if Scott Quessenberry is the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's got a lot of reps everywhere, a lot

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Speaker 1: Uh. And we'll see where it goes after that, you

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Speaker 1: know he is who he's Greg Manz. He's a he's

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Speaker 2: His hands got the biggest cancel with him the other day, Mark,

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Speaker 2: Oh my god. Like ah, it wasn't like he's squalled,

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Speaker 2: But I think Deeter is gonna play a role on

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Speaker 2: He got hurt in the East West Shrine game week

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Speaker 1: That's That's what I think.

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Speaker 1: Got it? Need to play right guard today? Got it?

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Speaker 1: Got it? Got it?

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Speaker 2: I mean that was just the way that he was.

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Speaker 2: I think Dieter could be that for you. All Right,

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Speaker 1: Sheldon Rankins and Hassan.

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Speaker 3: I mean if they threw this at you two years ago,

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Speaker 3: and make a case for everybody, right. I mean, you

439
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Speaker 3: drafted Dylan Horton for a reason, and you want to

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Speaker 3: develop him and you don't want to see him end

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Speaker 3: up on the practice squad. I mean, this is a

442
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Speaker 3: player who could really produce for you, but is he

443
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Speaker 3: going to get the opportunity? Because Will Anderson is Will Anderson,

444
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Speaker 3: and Jonathan Grenard is great pass rushing ability, and Jerry

445
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Speaker 3: Hughes is Jerry Hughes. And then you go winnavch who

446
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Speaker 3: has ability, and Jacob Martin's back, and then Derrek Rivers.

447
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Speaker 3: When Rivers is healthy and in the game, all he

448
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Speaker 3: does is make play. So the end is crowded. That's

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Speaker 3: a great battle. And inside, as you said, the guys

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Speaker 3: who were here last year, when you look at Heinish

451
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Speaker 3: and Roy Lopez, great, but Malik Collins clearly you need

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Speaker 3: him in there. And then you look at Ridgeway and Rankins.

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Speaker 3: My gosh, it goes on forever. It feels that way.

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Speaker 3: So I think it's the toughest cut on the team.

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Speaker 1: Good battle.

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Speaker 2: I mean, if you if you you're going to ten,

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Speaker 2: let's say you're going to ten at the defensive line.

458
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Speaker 2: Right now, you're talking about four, eight, twelve, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I mean, I'll chop some guys off there

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Speaker 3: and again, injuries, one or two guys get hurt at.

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Speaker 1: That's the thing.

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Speaker 2: And you just got to hope that you don't have

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Speaker 2: an injury to a Will Anderson junior, Sheldon Rankins, those

464
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Speaker 2: in a Hassan Ridgeway. You know in Ridgeway and Rankins

465
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Speaker 2: have had injuries in the past. So you got to

466
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Speaker 2: make sure that that depth is stable. But there's gonna

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Speaker 2: be I would imagine there's gonna be a player to

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Speaker 2: cut from that particular group.

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Speaker 1: Surprising player, surprising cut. Maybe not even surprising, but maybe

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Speaker 1: it becomes clear in training camp.

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Speaker 2: But guys that have started before, guys that have played before,

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Speaker 2: maybe not a lot, but have played before.

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Speaker 1: All right, it's got the linebacker.

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Speaker 2: You talked about how hard it is, Yeah, Christian Harris,

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Speaker 2: Denzel Perriman, Christian Kirksey, Henry Toatoa who has been really

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Speaker 2: really I think impressive just watching him during PRAC this

477
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Speaker 2: and what he does during practice and how much he knows.

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Speaker 2: And I saw him during special teams on Wednesday. I

479
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Speaker 2: saw him talking to the guy he was behind in

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Speaker 2: the drill so they had whatever I think it was

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Speaker 2: punt returning a kick off. I can't remember which one

482
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Speaker 2: it was, but he looked out at the guy and

483
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Speaker 2: he was like, hey, and he started telling you know

484
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Speaker 2: that guy, what should be going on?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? And I'm like, man, the body laggage language is

486
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Speaker 3: so good.

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Speaker 2: He's such a he's such an alpha, like it is

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Speaker 2: completely clear.

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Speaker 1: I think.

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Speaker 2: I think this is the toughest cut because if Denzel

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Speaker 2: Perriman is healthy and Corey Littleton is back healthy, I man,

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Speaker 2: this is as tough a cut as it gets because

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Speaker 2: now you get the linebacker. Of course, you get special teams,

494
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Speaker 2: and we know what Jake Hanson, Nevill hewittt, Blake Cashman,

495
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Speaker 2: we know what those guys have done a special Garrett

496
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Speaker 2: Wall though. Garrett's coming back from him and rehabbing something,

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Speaker 2: so he'll hopefully be back for training camp. But I

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Speaker 2: think that's the toughest cut right there. Maybe and Denzel

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Speaker 2: Perim it makes it really, really tough. But I'm happy

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Speaker 2: about that.

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Speaker 3: I can't look the way they're mixing ones and twos.

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Speaker 3: The linebacker kids don't get a lot of ink. The

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Speaker 3: media is not giving you a lot on that. But

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Speaker 3: we'll tell you this. They're rotating guys and these young

505
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Speaker 3: players have a chance to make a big impression. So

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Speaker 3: now they might not ultimately be the starters. When I'm

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Speaker 3: talking to Harris, I think is a starter a lock?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think virtual luck.

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Speaker 3: But Toatoa, like you said, climbing the depth chart, getting a.

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Speaker 1: Lot of reps.

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Speaker 3: You know, Kirksey is still such a leader, such a

512
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Speaker 3: veteran cash men got to stay healthy. But when he is,

513
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Speaker 3: he's one of those guys. When he's healthy, he's out there,

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Speaker 3: it's hard not to notice him. He makes plays. We

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Speaker 3: talked about Hanson, Johnny is very difficult. This is this

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Speaker 3: is who starts as a battle, who stays as a battle.

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Speaker 3: And these are good problems to have. These are problems

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Speaker 3: the Texans have not had lately.

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Speaker 1: Especially with that position too.

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Speaker 2: That position, that position needed to improve in a significant

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Speaker 2: manner and it's it's definitely on that.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: Like you said, you get a couple of injuries in

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Speaker 2: training camp, Like last year, gar Walla was tremendous the

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Speaker 2: first three or four days of training camp. Then he

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Speaker 2: tweaked an ankle and he was gone for two and

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Speaker 2: a half weeks and that just slowed his progress. And

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Speaker 2: you know that's the guy you want to see get

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Speaker 2: back in this all right, secondary I think, and I'll

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Speaker 2: give you this battle, okay, Desmond King versus Tabia Thomas.

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Speaker 1: See, that's this is hard. This is a difficult one.

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Speaker 5: It is.

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Speaker 1: That's a really tough one.

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Speaker 3: But it is that's the one the Broth's gonna make

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Speaker 3: the team. So you're talking about starters.

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Speaker 2: Right starter at Nickel, who's the who's the starting? Just

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Speaker 2: keep them both and let it all work itself out. Okay,

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Speaker 2: how about this one? Yeah, Steven Nelson versus Shaquille Griffin.

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Speaker 2: Well that's another good one.

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Speaker 3: See that could actually be a battle, but we'll see,

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Speaker 3: all right, Steven Nelson, Look, the farm is very taxing,

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Speaker 3: and we'll see I've got to be tough for him

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Speaker 3: to come to CaMV and he's he's got his farm

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Speaker 3: to worry about as well, and that's got to be

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Speaker 3: part of your DNA after a while, of course. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I don't like leaving my dog alone for the day,

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Speaker 3: never mind that he's got to deal with Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I thought Steven Nelson last year was one of the

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Speaker 2: most underrated, not just in the league, he was one

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Speaker 2: of the most underrated really good players. I think there

551
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Speaker 2: has been a reputation for some reason that has followed

552
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Speaker 2: him from Kansas City to Pittsburgh to Philly whatever. I

553
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Speaker 2: think he's fantastic. That said, you know that secondary has

554
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Speaker 2: got to get better. So you bring in some competition

555
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Speaker 2: with Shaquille Griffin, you draft the safety in Brandon Hill,

556
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Speaker 2: you bring in Jimmy Ward safety, you just make that

557
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Speaker 2: overall position. But to me, Desmond King and Tabio Thomas,

558
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Speaker 2: whoever is not the nickel ends up being a superstar

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Speaker 2: in special teams. And you got to have those guys too.

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Speaker 2: I mean, because we're talking you know, all levels of linebacker,

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Speaker 2: defensive back. Those guys gotta be studs.

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Speaker 1: You know, M J.

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Speaker 2: Stewart, Eric Murray, and you know, if they're not starting,

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Speaker 2: because you know Jimmy or Jalen's banged up. If they're

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Speaker 2: not starting, they're rock stars on special teams. Same what

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Speaker 2: ta rock star and special teams. I think he's gonna

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Speaker 2: be a young guy that develops out of there too.

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Speaker 2: Not sure who that's gonna be. I think there's gonna

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Speaker 2: be a younger pops out of that group, and whether

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Speaker 2: it's Brandon Hill.

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Speaker 1: We like watching Kadar Holman.

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Speaker 2: He's really hard to miss when you look out there, like, man,

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Speaker 2: he's good size, he can run. So I think there's

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Speaker 2: gonna be a surprise that comes out of there. But

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Speaker 2: to me, Desmond and Tavier, Steven Nelson and Shaquig Griffin,

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Speaker 2: that's gonna be fun. But again, I know people are like, oh, man,

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Speaker 2: you got to make a decision. Yeah, you do, but

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Speaker 2: you've got to be You've got to have more than

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Speaker 2: just well, here are starters, two guys and then you

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Speaker 2: have this big drop off. No, you got to be

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Speaker 2: able to say, Okay, if the starter's down, you put

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Speaker 2: this guy in and there's no drop off.

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Speaker 1: So at that point, if you don't do that, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna be in a lot of trouble.

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Speaker 2: So I think that secondary it's got some it's got

586
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Speaker 2: some some figuring out to do.

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Speaker 1: But I think that's gonna be fun to watch.

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Speaker 2: We mentioned Christian Harris making him a lock to start

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Speaker 2: at linebacker. I would think if he doesn't, something's gone

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Speaker 2: way wrong and I hope that doesn't happen.

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Speaker 1: Or an injury and we hope that doesn't happen either,

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Speaker 1: like last year.

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Speaker 2: Well he talked to DBCD about that and getting ready

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Speaker 2: for the twenty twenty three season.

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Speaker 1: That's new Texans All Access. It's up, everybody.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to a Wednesday at istion of Texans All Access.

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Speaker 2: I'm your host, John Harris, football analyst, sideline report for

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Speaker 2: your Houston Texans. Adam Schefter announced, I ges tweeted, is

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Speaker 2: that announcing? I don't know either way. Leek Collins signing

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Speaker 2: a two year extension with the Texans. I love that

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Speaker 2: move for a number of different reasons. I think Malik

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Speaker 2: means so much to this defense, and I think he'll

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Speaker 2: thrive with his sound Ridgeway Sheldon Rankins roy in his

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Speaker 2: third year, I think Malik just takes his game to

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Speaker 2: a different level. Malik two year extension for the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 2: I don't think I've seen that officially from the Texans.

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Speaker 1: But I've been the radio.

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Speaker 2: So who knows one day sent it, but either way,

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Speaker 2: Malik extending with the Texans, which is very very cool stuff.

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Speaker 2: Now one of the guys that Malik will not only

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Speaker 2: have plays made behind him, he will probably clog up

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Speaker 2: some running lanes. So this guy can make some plays

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty three, and that is Christian Harris. He

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Speaker 2: has looked very impressive. You can see the athleticism pop

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Speaker 2: during all of OTAs. I feel pretty confident Mark said this,

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Speaker 2: we're talking with linebackers, Christian Harris. I think is that

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Speaker 2: lock if there was one at linebacker. I think there

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Speaker 2: are some really nice pieces, but I think Harris is

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Speaker 2: the one that we know is going to start at

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Speaker 2: linebacker at one of the outside linebacker spots. So let's

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Speaker 2: talk to Christian Harris. Dpcity did that right here.

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Speaker 1: Let's go.

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Speaker 6: It's deep sent one one presented by Xfinity and joining

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Speaker 6: me Christian Harris, second year linebacker. That's gotta feel good,

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Speaker 6: Christian heading into twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 7: How's your off season been so far?

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Speaker 4: It's been a blessing. It's been good.

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Speaker 8: Spent a lot of time here doing the workouts and

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Speaker 8: just trying to get ready for the OTAs. That we're

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Speaker 8: in right now in the mini camp. So yeah, just

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Speaker 8: spent a lot of time here, all right.

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Speaker 6: So three Alabama linebackers playing in this defense. That's crazy

633
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Speaker 6: playing for a guy who formerly played linebacker at Alabama.

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Speaker 6: How much are you just enjoying the camaraderie with some

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Speaker 6: of former teammates here again joining you with the Texans.

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Speaker 4: It's a cool experience. For sure.

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Speaker 8: There's nothing but God. I told him, I called him

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Speaker 8: on draft night. I said, there's nothing but God making

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Speaker 8: it happen. But like I said, this is awesome to

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Speaker 8: be on the same team with these guys, especially at

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Speaker 8: this level, knowing that you know, like not everybody gets

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Speaker 8: a chance, you know, to make it here. So for

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Speaker 8: it to beat those guys, you know some good dudes

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Speaker 8: that that help also run that team, you know at

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Speaker 8: that time we were there.

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Speaker 4: It's a good situation.

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Speaker 6: It's funny that you mentioned draft night because I was

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Speaker 6: actually interviewing Henry toatoa yeah, and it was via zoom

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Speaker 6: and the call dropped and he had to get back

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Speaker 6: on and he goes, oh, that was.

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Speaker 7: Christian Harris calling me.

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Speaker 4: Up.

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Speaker 6: He said, you guys were best friends, and you guys

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Speaker 6: ran that defense.

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Speaker 7: The year that you guys were playing there together. So

656
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Speaker 7: tell me a little bit about him and what it's

657
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Speaker 7: like having him back out there with you.

658
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 4: No, I mean it's it's lit.

659
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Speaker 8: I got a chance to meet him in high school

660
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,200
Speaker 8: at the Army of All American Game, and I think

661
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 8: back then, you know, when he was supposed to commit

662
00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:57,800
Speaker 8: to Alabama, he was playing decided to go to Tennessee.

663
00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 4: So connection fell off a little bit.

664
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Speaker 8: But he hit me up junior year just saying, like,

665
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,480
Speaker 8: you know, he was in the portal and you know

666
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 8: he was going to come to Bama. So I think

667
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:07,400
Speaker 8: as soon as he got there, immediately be kicked off

668
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,080
Speaker 8: and field chemistry was it was it was easy for us,

669
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 8: Like it wasn't It didn't take too much for it

670
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,360
Speaker 8: to get going. And so I mean that's really why

671
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 8: I'm excited too. Like I said, he's here. I mean,

672
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:17,840
Speaker 8: like we we kind of feel like we have a

673
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 8: lot of similar play styles.

674
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,920
Speaker 6: Yeah, how about willye Anderson? I mean not many people

675
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 6: thought that you and him and Toto would all be

676
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,000
Speaker 6: here together. But what can you tell us about him?

677
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 3: I know he used a dog.

678
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,760
Speaker 7: You you know him better than the rest of us too.

679
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,320
Speaker 4: The dog is what everybody thinks he is.

680
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 8: Like that's a fact, Like he's he's what everybody thinks

681
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:34,320
Speaker 8: he is.

682
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 4: He's a dog for sure.

683
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 6: All right, second year for you, second head coach, But Demiko,

684
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,640
Speaker 6: Ryan's what's that been like for you to transition into

685
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:41,200
Speaker 6: this system?

686
00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:42,880
Speaker 7: And as a former linebacker?

687
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,280
Speaker 6: Does he take you guys aside and give you pointers

688
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 6: or talk to you differently? Does he have like a

689
00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 6: little bit more of an affinity for the linebackers, do

690
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 6: you think?

691
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 5: Well?

692
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:51,440
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, you know, he has some experience at

693
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 8: playing linebacker too, so I mean we're all ears open

694
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,560
Speaker 8: ears to be able to listen to a coach like that.

695
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 8: They got some insight and feedback, especially you know, understanding

696
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 8: how he wants his defense to be ran players that

697
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 8: he's had in it as well. I mean, it just

698
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 8: gives him the credibility obviously, you know, you want to

699
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 8: listen to him. So he's been doing that and I think,

700
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 8: you know, there's some similarities from college to this defense

701
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,360
Speaker 8: that I've had as well, so you know, just trying

702
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:14,120
Speaker 8: to kind of blend those things in together.

703
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 4: It's been going well.

704
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,520
Speaker 6: I imagine it's got to hit different coming from a

705
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 6: coach that's played the game, the way he explains it

706
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 6: and the way he runs his meetings.

707
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,560
Speaker 7: What do you like about that style of his.

708
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 8: The energy really, the intensity, Like I think really at practice,

709
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,120
Speaker 8: I was just talking to somebody, just kind of feel

710
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 8: a little bit like back at Bama.

711
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 4: It does, you know, coach intensity. It just feels like

712
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:34,360
Speaker 4: intensity is picked up.

713
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 8: I mean not as far as you know, we were

714
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 8: sitting there hitting every day and all of that, like

715
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:41,000
Speaker 8: we're dying physically at Bama, but the mental approaches is

716
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 8: very similar and just like I said, just trying to

717
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 8: make sure everything is important, be detail oriented.

718
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:47,840
Speaker 4: So you know, I think that's one of the main things.

719
00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 7: All right, how about you?

720
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 6: For you personally, I know last year started off slow

721
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 6: for you. You missed some games with the injury, but

722
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 6: it seemed like when you got into the lineup you

723
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,360
Speaker 6: just hit the ground running. You started the final eleven

724
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,360
Speaker 6: games of the year. How do you build on what

725
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:00,880
Speaker 6: you started from your rookie campaign?

726
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:02,080
Speaker 4: Just keep going?

727
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 8: Really like we were in a whole different scheme last year

728
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 8: too as well, So I mean at that time it

729
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,480
Speaker 8: was it was different situations, you know, just me trying

730
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,640
Speaker 8: to get to learning and kind of I mean the

731
00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 8: best I learned the defense the mare. I can use

732
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 8: my athleticism and capability and show people what I can do.

733
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 8: So I think that's just a major part for me

734
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 8: from last year to this year to years to come.

735
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 4: God willing, I mean, just try.

736
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 8: To make sure I'm holding it in on that playbook

737
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 8: so I can continue to show what.

738
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 4: I can do.

739
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 6: Dimko said that he likes his linebackers to have a

740
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:30,000
Speaker 6: lot of versatility.

741
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 7: How can you deliver that? How does your skill set

742
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 7: fit into that?

743
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,400
Speaker 4: I mean, I think you know, just from playing.

744
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 8: I think I said this before, but I played a

745
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 8: lot of positions in high school, so and really just

746
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,360
Speaker 8: all my life kind of so growing up. So I

747
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 8: mean just with the speed, I feel like I can

748
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 8: not really necessarily I can cover you know, running backs,

749
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 8: tight ends, receivers and short area. So I mean, I

750
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:50,960
Speaker 8: think it's just it helps a little bit when it

751
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,200
Speaker 8: comes to you don't have to take a guy off

752
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 8: the field. You got somebody reliable, and again like you

753
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 8: got a playmaker. Like I said, you're in the slot.

754
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 8: You can be able to do it all.

755
00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 6: All right, what's the off season look like for you?

756
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,320
Speaker 6: Get a little bit of a break before training camp.

757
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 6: Are you going to get away from football? Are you

758
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 6: going to stay with football?

759
00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 7: What is it going to look like for you?

760
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 4: I'm staying here.

761
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 7: You're staying here.

762
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 8: I mean I got family, like I mean the most.

763
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:12,479
Speaker 8: I got family in San Antonio and ben roots.

764
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,080
Speaker 4: Okay, So I meant.

765
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,760
Speaker 7: You're just gonna stay in Houston the whole summer.

766
00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,520
Speaker 8: That's what I've been doing. I'm just okay, try and

767
00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 8: get this turned around.

768
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 7: Yeah, so you're you're you're gonna work out? What about

769
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 7: goals for you? Otherwise?

770
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 6: Are you trying to Are you trying to change anything

771
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 6: about how you play or the weight or anything like that.

772
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 4: Not necessarily.

773
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 8: I think my weight, I mean probably get a little

774
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 8: a little heavier just around the two twenty eight area.

775
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 8: But playing style and everything I think is just trying

776
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 8: to bring more intensity, bring more energy, be more of

777
00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 8: a leader for these guys. So they also have an example,

778
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 8: you know, to go off of me when I feel

779
00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:44,160
Speaker 8: all right?

780
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 6: And what excites you the most about this twenty twenty

781
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 6: three season as you look at it, a.

782
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 8: New fresh start, you know what I'm saying, You put

783
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,360
Speaker 8: last year behind us, buy into what we got going on.

784
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 8: Right now, and I think everybody's doing that and it's

785
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 8: just bringing a lot of more excitement.

786
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 7: All right, We're excited to have you. Christian Harris. Thanks

787
00:32:58,280 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 7: so much for the time.

788
00:32:58,960 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 4: Thank you.

789
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 2: I said earlier this this offseason talking with the Mark,

790
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 2: we talked about the most dispensable, indispensable players on this team,

791
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 2: who could the Texans ill afford to lose at any

792
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 2: point this year, and mine was Christian Harris. I feel

793
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 2: like this guy not being Fred Warner, but if he's

794
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 2: the Fred Warner type in this defense, you know, a

795
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 2: guy that incoverage makes a ton of plays, runs place, down,

796
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 2: plays sideline, the sideline, plays with the hair on fire.

797
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 2: Oh you know all the linebacker cliches, but his smart

798
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 2: tackles well and make play, makes place. That is Fred

799
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 2: Warner football and hopefully that's where Christian Harris gives the

800
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 2: Texans in twenty twenty three. Now it's linebacker night. So

801
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:44,800
Speaker 2: why don't we talk to one of the most requested

802
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:46,720
Speaker 2: players on our social media.

803
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 4: Yeah.

804
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 2: I had a hard time in some sense believing this,

805
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 2: and so did he when we told him.

806
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 1: Who's he? Well, Jake Hanson, He's next.

807
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 2: The Texans All Access, what Max Wednesday, issued of Texans

808
00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:00,320
Speaker 2: All Access. It's time for linebacker Jake Hanson. You set

809
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 2: down with Mark and I we had a lot of

810
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,040
Speaker 2: fun talking to the second year pro out of Illinois.

811
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 3: Here's Jake Hanson, a Texas to AKSS Jake Hanson joining

812
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 3: us in studio.

813
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,839
Speaker 9: Good to see it, Jake, Good to see you guys.

814
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:10,919
Speaker 9: How you guys doing, Uh.

815
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 1: We're doing well. Thank you for asking.

816
00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:16,359
Speaker 3: We're actually we're doing great this offseason, and I know

817
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 3: you are too. It's a new system for you. How

818
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,879
Speaker 3: has it been playing in Demico's defense and obviously Matt

819
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 3: Burke's defense.

820
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 9: It's been really good.

821
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,360
Speaker 5: I'm learning a lot new a lot of new stuff

822
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 5: about defense, and it's been like a really big learning

823
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,759
Speaker 5: process for me. And you know, learning from coach Burke

824
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 5: and coach Demico is a It's been great. They're super detailed,

825
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,319
Speaker 5: so that's like pushed me and challenged me as a

826
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 5: player this offseason. So I've I've appreciated everything and been

827
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 5: able to learn a lot from those guys.

828
00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 2: So, Jake, what's the you haven't gotten on the field

829
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 2: yet for year two in a physical capacity, but just mindset, confidence,

830
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 2: just all the things from year one to year two.

831
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:00,359
Speaker 2: If you think back to a year ago at this time,

832
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,840
Speaker 2: how different are you as a player and as a Texan?

833
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,120
Speaker 5: I would just say out like you said, like you

834
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,719
Speaker 5: touched on confidence. I think confidence is a huge thing.

835
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:13,839
Speaker 5: Just walking into the buildings, familiarity and knowing knowing the guy,

836
00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 5: most of the guys in the locker room, and knowing

837
00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,480
Speaker 5: just kind of how like the Texans function and things

838
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:18,879
Speaker 5: like that.

839
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:20,600
Speaker 9: I think that's huge.

840
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,399
Speaker 5: And just like this time last year, like you're saying,

841
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,080
Speaker 5: when I came in as a rookie undrafted in OTA's

842
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 5: it's like, man, like you're nervous all the time. You

843
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 5: don't know it's going like you're just trying to make

844
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 5: a good impression all the time. But not that you're

845
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,719
Speaker 5: not trying to make a good impression now, right, But

846
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,399
Speaker 5: it just feels a little bit less, Like I feel

847
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 5: a little bit less high strung, which I think is

848
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 5: going to allow me to make more plays and be

849
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,360
Speaker 5: able to like improve as a player and take more steps.

850
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 3: So how is the vibe the culture and the building

851
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 3: That word gets overused maybe, but how does the feel

852
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,719
Speaker 3: being around this staff and the new guys and the

853
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 3: whole thing coming together during the offseason.

854
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 5: I think I think coach coach Demiko brings like a

855
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 5: great young energy, I feel like, and he he can

856
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,239
Speaker 5: relate to the players super well because he played so

857
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 5: long in the league and he did it at a

858
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:08,880
Speaker 5: high level here in Houston, So I think it's a

859
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,319
Speaker 5: I think there's a great energy here and a great

860
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 5: a great vibe and culture, and we got a bunch

861
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 5: of great guys, and like Jimmy Ward coming in and

862
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 5: being a leader for us, and just guys like that

863
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 5: are and Damian Pierre stepping up to be a leader

864
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 5: and Jalen Petrie just guys really filling in those leader

865
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:31,359
Speaker 5: roles and taking advantage of those opportunities.

866
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 2: So I know you're looking forward, and we're all looking

867
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 2: forward to a great twenty twenty three, but I don't

868
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 2: look back. Especially one of the biggest players this season

869
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 2: that you made against Tennessee stripping the ball from from

870
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 2: Derrick Henry. I mean that was I mean, that was

871
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 2: such a massive play And I was staying like ten

872
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 2: yards away and I could see you coming from behind him,

873
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 2: like I don't know, and it flashed in my mind

874
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,319
Speaker 2: that for the last couple of years at Illinois when

875
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 2: you were on a field, you had generated more turnovers

876
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 2: than anybody in college football. And I thought about that

877
00:36:58,560 --> 00:36:59,960
Speaker 2: as I saw you rip the ball and you get

878
00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:02,200
Speaker 2: it out. It was such a massive play when you

879
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 2: think back to the season, I mean, that one stands out.

880
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 2: But what did you learn most about yourself as a

881
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,319
Speaker 2: rookie out on the field that you're now taking forward.

882
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 1: And saying, you know what, I mean, that was thick

883
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:11,719
Speaker 1: last year.

884
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 2: I'm not making it this year because I know a

885
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 2: little bit better or you know what, I think I

886
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 2: could do this better going into this year. And where

887
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:18,799
Speaker 2: does that play kind of sit amongst one of those

888
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 2: like you talk about confidence, When you make a play

889
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 2: like that and everybody's kind of swarming you like you

890
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 2: made that play, I would imagine that does help your confidence.

891
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,839
Speaker 9: No, no, it does. It helps your confidence big time.

892
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,480
Speaker 5: And like I think learning to like stack plays like that,

893
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 5: not necessarily back to back right or like or even

894
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 5: gain the game, but even like just continue to be

895
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,480
Speaker 5: like the same player over and over again as something

896
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 5: that I want to cause. I like, I'll show maybe

897
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 5: I'll show a flash here or a flash there, but

898
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 5: being that guy every single day and showing that I

899
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 5: can do that consistently and day in and day out

900
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,759
Speaker 5: is something that I want to make an improvement on

901
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:51,960
Speaker 5: from year one to year two.

902
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 3: Jay Canson with us, and I do want to personally

903
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,160
Speaker 3: thank you for that playoff Erick Henry because he's one

904
00:37:57,160 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 3: of the most terrifying players I've ever seen.

905
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:01,919
Speaker 1: How hard is it to bring him down?

906
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:04,400
Speaker 3: And you have to make that decision sometimes, right, am

907
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:05,320
Speaker 3: I going for the ball?

908
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 1: Or you gotta get him by the legs? Right?

909
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,800
Speaker 3: And you got to get him before he gets ahead

910
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,880
Speaker 3: of steam going because otherwise it's good night everybody. So

911
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:16,400
Speaker 3: what about facing a guy like that? And is Taylor similar?

912
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 3: How is he different when you're facing him?

913
00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:22,040
Speaker 5: I would say they're a little bit different style backs,

914
00:38:22,160 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 5: but ultimately they're both really good football players. Like you said,

915
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 5: I think. I mean, Henry obviously is like a bull

916
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,359
Speaker 5: in a china shop. He's trying to run through everything, right,

917
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 5: and he's and I don't I don't necessarily think Jonathan

918
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:39,240
Speaker 5: Taylor's seeking contact as much as Derrick Henry is, because

919
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,480
Speaker 5: I think Henry provides a little bit different of a

920
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 5: battle where he's like he's trying to wear on you

921
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 5: for four quarters, right, where Jonathan Taylor can hit the

922
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:49,279
Speaker 5: home run switch at any moment. He's got that like

923
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 5: track speed, and so I think those guys offer different challenges.

924
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:56,440
Speaker 5: But yeah, man, they're both really good players and it's

925
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,319
Speaker 5: always a fun a fun challenge to play again.

926
00:38:58,400 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 1: Did you play against Did you play again? Taylor and Carlee?

927
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 4: Yeah?

928
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:01,399
Speaker 9: I played for three years.

929
00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, so that's why I thought I was doing a

930
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 2: math and I was like, yeah, probably it played agains him.

931
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:07,040
Speaker 2: She had a little bit of a little bit of

932
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 2: knowledge about him. You mentioned Dimiko earlier, and obviously here

933
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 2: in Houston we've known Dimiko for a long time. You're

934
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 2: seeing him in a different role than everybody knows him

935
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:16,520
Speaker 2: as as the head coach. But he also spends a

936
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 2: lot of time with the linebackers because he knows that position,

937
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,799
Speaker 2: he knows what's it like to kind of kind of

938
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 2: glean that knowledge of from him having played that position

939
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:26,440
Speaker 2: all the while knowing, yeah.

940
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 1: He's the head coach too.

941
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 5: It's uh, I mean our our linebacker coach, kind of

942
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 5: coach Kiffin. He kind of put it, Uh, he kind

943
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:35,680
Speaker 5: of put it in a good way. He's like, you know,

944
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 5: it's a it's great to have a linebacker as your

945
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,799
Speaker 5: head coach. But it's also it's also like there's some

946
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:42,880
Speaker 5: challenges when you're like your.

947
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,759
Speaker 9: Head coaches a line guy as well.

948
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 5: Yeah, so he's always watching the linebackers, but like I

949
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:51,200
Speaker 5: was saying, he's super super detailed. So like it challenges

950
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,560
Speaker 5: all of us and it's challenging all the players to

951
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,560
Speaker 5: like elevate your play so you can you're as detailed

952
00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 5: as possible every single play.

953
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 9: So it's it's been super helpful in me, like growing

954
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 9: as a player.

955
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:07,920
Speaker 3: How have you and Houston evolved together? So what do

956
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:09,799
Speaker 3: you think of Houston now that you've been here for

957
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 3: a bit.

958
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'll be honest. At first, I was a little skeptical.

959
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 5: I was like, man, I don't know about Houston. I

960
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:17,200
Speaker 5: don't know about it. But it's growing on me big time.

961
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,360
Speaker 5: Like I we found me and my me and my

962
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:22,800
Speaker 5: girl found our spots to eat at the different areas

963
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 5: in town. We really like Candente, the Text Mex spot

964
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 5: over in Montrose and uh so they've found a bunch

965
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:32,239
Speaker 5: of good spots and we're starting it's starting to.

966
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 9: Grow on us a lot. So we're enjoying Houston. The

967
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 9: heat I'm used to I wouldn't not used to the heat.

968
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 5: But like I grew up in Florida, so I kind

969
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,040
Speaker 5: of go the heat, you know, but a little bit

970
00:40:43,280 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 5: shoot ninety five and in on June eleventh or twelfth,

971
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 5: whatever today is is a little uh much, a bit

972
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:53,000
Speaker 5: much early on in the summer.

973
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,799
Speaker 2: Do you hear teammates when they especially from because we

974
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 2: that's the thing we don't you know, oh, you went

975
00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:58,240
Speaker 2: to Illinois.

976
00:40:58,239 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 1: You forget the fact that you went to Florida.

977
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 2: But yeah, a lot of these big ten guys we

978
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:04,760
Speaker 2: talked at you scruggs a while ago, and they're thinking

979
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:06,320
Speaker 2: it's hot now, and you're like, man.

980
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:07,680
Speaker 1: You gotta wait to a training camp.

981
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,280
Speaker 9: Yeah, training camps of battle.

982
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 5: It's uh you walk out with your cleats squishing, like

983
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,399
Speaker 5: you went and went in a pond or something off

984
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,759
Speaker 5: out of a practice. That's that's a good training camp practe.

985
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,600
Speaker 5: When you know your cleats are squishing when you're walking

986
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:20,280
Speaker 5: up the stairs.

987
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,120
Speaker 3: What's the best way to beat that? Do you have

988
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,959
Speaker 3: the electrolyte drink beforehand? Do you get a good meal?

989
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 3: I mean, what's the secret of getting through that?

990
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:29,320
Speaker 4: In your opinion?

991
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 5: Honestly, I think if you if you think about it

992
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:35,879
Speaker 5: being hot all the time, You're gonna feel hot, right,

993
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:40,280
Speaker 5: So I think I think if you're just focused on practice,

994
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 5: I mean, granted, the nutrition and the electrolytes and making

995
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,800
Speaker 5: sure your properly hydrate is very helpful. I fortunately have

996
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:49,920
Speaker 5: never really had a problem with cramping, and I've that's

997
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,760
Speaker 5: kind of never been an issue for me, Like, thankfully,

998
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:54,720
Speaker 5: I'm gonna knock on some wood, make sure it doesn't

999
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:57,680
Speaker 5: happen to come on me this training camp. But I

1000
00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:00,080
Speaker 5: would say that just focusing on like what you're doing,

1001
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 5: and like embracing the heat and saying, all right, it's

1002
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:04,919
Speaker 5: gonna be hot, it be sweaty, let's let's go to work.

1003
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 4: Though.

1004
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 3: You know, it's funny because like the first few games

1005
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:09,879
Speaker 3: of the season, you'll see no matter where the games

1006
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,320
Speaker 3: are played, because September can still be pretty hot up north,

1007
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 3: you'll see guys cramping because you're not out there that long, right,

1008
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 3: practice isn't that long or whatever the case may be.

1009
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:19,600
Speaker 1: The problem.

1010
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:24,719
Speaker 5: Ah, I guess it's you're out there long, But like

1011
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 5: you said, it's it is quick, so I think, and

1012
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,120
Speaker 5: doing it for a long period of time like training

1013
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:32,960
Speaker 5: camp and then into the season and like staying consistently.

1014
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,759
Speaker 5: It can be the challenge I think as well, so

1015
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,280
Speaker 5: I think that could be part of the challenge.

1016
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 3: All right, Jake, we appreciate the time, good luck to you,

1017
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,040
Speaker 3: and I appreciate you guys.

1018
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:43,440
Speaker 2: Yes, sir, there he is, Jake Hansen. Great to have

1019
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,799
Speaker 2: him on. Christian Harris, Deep City, Mark Vandermuir. Everybody gets

1020
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,840
Speaker 2: a big thank you. We'll see tomorrow Boddy, and as always,

1021
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:49,480
Speaker 2: go Texans.