1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: Well, welcome in everybody to a Monday edition the Texans 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. So glad 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: to be with you this evening. I am your host, 4 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: John Harris, two nights away from All Access at the Greenbrier. 5 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I brought up my Coheart and Crime, the 6 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: Voice of Texans, Mark vanimir In with me. Mark. What's 7 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 1: going on, Johnny? It is time. The building is buzzing. 8 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 1: Everybody's getting ready to get out of here. A couple 9 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: of trucks already left. I don't know how many, but 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: a bunch of stuff. It's like the road show's been 11 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 1: on the way to the Greenbrier and I've been hearing 12 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: from people who are already there. I mean, we're gonna 13 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: be there in a couple of days. Like you said, 14 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: you're gonna go sooner, So let's go, let's rock. It's time. 15 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: It's time gonna go. I'm gonna be off on the off. 16 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: I guess I'll be off tomorrow because I'm flying up 17 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,600 Speaker 1: there tomorrow. So I guess we could talking about this 18 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: a little bit more on Wednesday. But a lot of 19 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: times when we get there on Wednesday, we set the 20 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: scene all that kind of stuff. But I always like 21 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: asking you this questioning because I would imagine over the 22 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: years some of it's changed, but probably some of it hasn't. Right. 23 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: What's in training? When you think about training camp, what 24 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: gets you most excited about training camp? Well, I think 25 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 1: it's just being able to see them in paths, you know, 26 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: that kind of thing, because then you really kind of 27 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: feel the football, you know. Andrey Ware it talks about 28 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 1: the smelly you know, can you smell it? Is the 29 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: smell happening yet? And I need to ask him if 30 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,320 Speaker 1: he can smell it? Because up north the smell is 31 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: definitely an autumn crispness. You don't have that here, baby, 32 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: I mean not in a hundred degrees, no autumn crispness. 33 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: You do get some of that at the Greenbrier though, 34 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: But the point is this. It's funny because I my 35 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:40,839 Speaker 1: familiarity with football and the early part of the season 36 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: is that autumn entry in the fall in the northeast 37 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: in Texas. Though. You know what makes me think about 38 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: football when it starts to wratch it up to around 39 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: one hundred, That's what I think, Oh it's time for football. 40 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: It's so hot you can't even stand it time for football, 41 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: and I think a lot of people identify with that 42 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: in this state, of course, because you grew up with this. 43 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: But now I'm used to it after seventeen years. Here 44 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 1: here we go, so I'm pomped up. I mean I 45 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: always get excited about it, you know. And I actually 46 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: asked Seth Paine this last week because I brought up 47 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: one of the best intrasquad situations ever. We talk about 48 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: joint practices, and I think the very best was the 49 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: Texans and the Cowboys at the Alamo Dome at a scrimmage. 50 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: I mean, that was fantastic two thousand and three. Get 51 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: Tony Romo is a rookie, you got Andre Johnson as 52 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:29,920 Speaker 1: a rookie. I mean, it was excellent. And you're at 53 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: the Alamo Dome with the two pro football teams from 54 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 1: Texas and a city that neither can really call their own, 55 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,639 Speaker 1: although you know, let's face it, San Antonio, big time 56 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: Cowboys country there especially then we're making some inroads. But 57 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: the point is this, it was great to see that 58 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: event take place. One of the things to me about 59 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: training camp this is going to sound sort of strange, 60 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: but we get asked questions all the time no matter 61 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 1: where we are going to at the grocery store, we 62 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 1: can be at a restaurant wherever, and somebody will you know, 63 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: will see us and recognize us in Hey, what's going 64 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: on with Watson? Hey, what's happening with this the beginning 65 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: of training camp there is sort of this clarity. You 66 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: have the training camp, pupulist comes out. Who's gonna be 67 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: on that populist? You know, who's going to be able 68 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 1: to practice? You know what's happening with particular individuals. I 69 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: know last year it was well Dwaying gonna show up? 70 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: Is dwayingna show up? Well? No, he did. And now 71 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 1: that obviously created more questions like is he when is 72 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: he going to show up? Is he gonna be here? 73 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: All that kind of stuff. But to me, the beginning 74 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: of training camp is sort of clarity. Who's ready to go, 75 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: who isn't, who needs more time? And what is this 76 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 1: team going to look like? And then to think, holy smokes, 77 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: as soon as they take the field, they're two weeks 78 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: away from playing in a preseason game. How are they 79 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: going to get all this stuff in? How are they 80 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,120 Speaker 1: going to get everything they want to do done them? 81 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 1: By then they've got ninety players at this point, and 82 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: you know, the roster always stays fluid because the ninety 83 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: that are going to Green Bar. That could change in 84 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: a day. It could change in two days, It could 85 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: change in short days. But to me, there's sort of 86 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: this clarity that is there as to what the team 87 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: will start to look like in twenty eighteen because you 88 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: now see, Okay, JJ's on the field now, so now 89 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: you see Watt and Clowney and Merciless altogether. Watson's on 90 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: the field and Watson's doing everything. Okay, how is this 91 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,320 Speaker 1: all gonna look? Whereas in OTAs and many camps, you 92 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: sort of close your eyes and you imagine, but then 93 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,920 Speaker 1: you look over and there's jedj on the side field, 94 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 1: or JJ's not even out there, or Whitney he's not 95 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: doing much because he's on a pitch count, which he 96 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: very well should be. So to me, there's this clarity 97 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:36,720 Speaker 1: that comes with it because of how you know what 98 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: you know at that particular moment. Now, once you see 99 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 1: somebody go on the pup list, as we saw with 100 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,919 Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts, we saw Clayton Gathers, Emily Hooker go on 101 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: the training camp puplist, right. They could come off in 102 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: two days. They may not come off for two weeks. Yeah, 103 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: Mailie Hooker, I know you're really high on him. By 104 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: the way side note here, Yeah, safety for the Colts, 105 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,039 Speaker 1: But I hate to be hate to take for his 106 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,159 Speaker 1: career's sake, John, he should probably take the year or 107 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:01,840 Speaker 1: off and maybe a couple of years just so he 108 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:05,000 Speaker 1: stays perfectly healthy. I would like that. And Andrew luck too. 109 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,040 Speaker 1: I don't think Edward should play this year. I mean, 110 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 1: it's your health. Come on, what are you doing? No? 111 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,159 Speaker 1: I mean Andrew has Andrew should go into bodybuilding. And 112 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 1: I think Mariota and Blake Bortles and in fact the 113 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: entire Jaguar defense should probably take the year off of 114 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: their health. Yeah, Jalen can go do Jayleen could go 115 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: do WWE or motivational speaking. He could I mean either 116 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: way tour with Tony Tony Robbins or something like that. 117 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 1: Why not you of all the things that I there's 118 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:29,920 Speaker 1: so many things I look forward to once we get 119 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: into the season. I think that's gonna creep its way. 120 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: If it's not up in then my top five already, 121 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 1: it would be in the top five. Getting to watch 122 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey and DeAndre Hopkins. That's go one on one twice. 123 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: You want to talk about offseason, you know, matchups you're 124 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 1: looking forward to no matter what. That's one of them. 125 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: One other thing about this, you brought up botas. You know, 126 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: it's funny. We'd love OTAs because it gives us something 127 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: to look at in the offseason, something to talk about it. 128 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 1: And and the one good thing about it is you 129 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: do have only what a five or six week break 130 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 1: between OTAs and then the start of training camp. But 131 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,599 Speaker 1: I don't like it because it's like having a rehearsal 132 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 1: without the show, you know what I mean. Even in college, 133 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,239 Speaker 1: you get spring practice and then you get the game, 134 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,520 Speaker 1: you know, or whatever they do it. You know, some 135 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: have it is a glorified scrimmage. But I remember my 136 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 1: first time covering a spring game was at Penn State, 137 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: and it was huge. And it wasn't one of those like, 138 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: oh they got ninety thousand there, but they had like forty, 139 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: you know, for a spring scrimmage. And I thought it 140 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: was the most exciting thing. I mean thereon was in 141 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: April and you're the weather's not so hot, you know, 142 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: it's it's very chilly, but you're watching football, and it 143 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: was the Blue White Game, and I thought it was 144 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 1: really cool. I'd never been to a big time college 145 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,560 Speaker 1: football spring game before, so I thought that was really interesting, 146 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:48,600 Speaker 1: a great way to conclude spring practice. And at that time, 147 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:50,120 Speaker 1: you're really you're Jones and for a little bit of 148 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: football OTAs well. You don't really get that here. You know, 149 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:55,599 Speaker 1: they're never in pads, and it's just it is what 150 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 1: it is. So that training camp, it just means it's here, John, 151 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: you know it's here. The offseason is over. We're locked 152 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: and loaded where you know, it's like the planes on 153 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: the runway taking off and you're ready to have the adventure. 154 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: But I don't really feel it. I feel that buzz 155 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: more than ever about twenty minutes before kickoff in the 156 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,360 Speaker 1: regular season opener, that kind of feeling, and I'm thinking's 157 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: now we're going on the record here, this is it, 158 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: this is playing for keeps, this is going to count 159 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: in everybody's career. I still love the preseason because it 160 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 1: is the big order, you know, But there's something about 161 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: that that last twenty minutes of preregular season that where 162 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: I start feeling the angst and I get really excited 163 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: for that and to know that for seventeen the next 164 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,720 Speaker 1: seventeen weeks there's gonna be one of these except for 165 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: one week when you obviously have the bye week. Yeah, 166 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 1: I get the same thing. It happens for me when 167 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:58,120 Speaker 1: I walk out of the tunnel for pregame. Yeah, and 168 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: for a game one and then it's like, oh man, 169 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: we're wearing a liberty. Now it's gonna be different. This 170 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: is my first year where we're starting the road in 171 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: week one, which that's that's odd for it doesn't happen 172 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: four straight years. We started at at home to start it. 173 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: The fact that we'll be back for training camp for 174 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: the fans will have a few more training camp practices 175 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: that they can go to and they get to see 176 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers. That's pretty cool. But they had 177 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: done training camp here forever. Now we're going to year 178 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 1: two of the Greenbriar. How does that change anything for 179 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: you the way you look at training camp at all? 180 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 1: The fact that it goes up there again for a 181 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 1: couple of weeks. Uh, yeah, definitely, because yeah, you know, 182 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: the weather aside, you're going on the road for training camp, 183 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,599 Speaker 1: which is is kind of a bizarre feeling, you know, 184 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: they've they've gone on the road to practice with other 185 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: teams before. But the weird thing is actually knowing the 186 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: Greenbriar now. Last year it was such a mystery, what 187 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: are we going to undergo there? And it's not just 188 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: for us covering the team, but all the little things 189 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 1: because you know, in the department, I mean, we're shooting 190 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 1: TV shows and radio shows and where do we do 191 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: them and how do we do them? And how's the sun? 192 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,559 Speaker 1: There's a lot of gear, you know, woe was. It's 193 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: a beautiful job to have a beautiful issue to have 194 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,000 Speaker 1: to have to deal with all this stuff. It's a privilege, 195 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: but it's stuff that you got to do. And now 196 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 1: we know what to do, so that's kind of interesting. 197 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: Although some of them, some of the arrangements for where 198 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 1: we're staying have changed. In fact, we're doing a lot 199 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: of VRBO stuff this year, and dep City is staying 200 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: in a place that is very not Deep City. It's 201 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: very Ungalleia like like it's In fact, I brought up 202 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: the show Green Acres today and Jesse Clark, who's our 203 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: like five twenty six year old social media director, yeah, nothing, 204 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: And I said, I said, uh, go ahead, pull up 205 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,839 Speaker 1: Green Acres on Google and Yes, shirt up. The theme 206 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: song came up, and Dan Dan Dan Dan and Ja 207 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: Jacque Gabor or is it Eva? I don't know one 208 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,400 Speaker 1: of the Gabor sisters And I missed New York and 209 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: you know now she's in the and deep he was 210 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: cracking up. She had seen it before, but a long 211 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 1: time ago, and Jesse, he was like, why are you 212 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: guys laughing so much? It is pretty funny though, because 213 00:10:03,400 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 1: it's perfect for her living out there. You can fish 214 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: from her front porch, which is really cool. It's a 215 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: great VRBO. A lot of people are like, oh my gosh, 216 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,400 Speaker 1: I want to stay there. She's like, I don't want 217 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 1: to do that. They don't have any shoe shopping there, 218 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: do they. So it's kind of interesting and from that 219 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: perspective it's fun. It is definitely gonna be fun going 220 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: up the second year. We are gonna have different range 221 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 1: rooms and along those lines, we got to figure out 222 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: where all access is, where it's gonna take place. We 223 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: are gonna do all access, We're gonna do all our podcasts, 224 00:10:31,880 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: We're gonna do everything that we normally do. We just 225 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 1: do it in abnormal fashion. West Virginia The one thing 226 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: that we do add is eight to ten in Houston, 227 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: nine to eleven for us up there. So I gotta 228 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: start changing my thinking because it goes from nine to eleven. 229 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 1: Try to switch. Yeah, you don't. You do a great 230 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: job on the air, Hey, at eight forty five. I 231 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 1: get so confused. I live in radio line, you know, 232 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: I always do that, Like if people have an on 233 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: air name, you know, can I talk about Drew Doherty's 234 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,559 Speaker 1: real name? I won't do it. Well, maybe I will. Well, 235 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:07,079 Speaker 1: we talked about that before on his real name is 236 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:11,719 Speaker 1: Xander Stuffle. I know it's not. And he came off 237 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 1: short at the Open Championship yesterday. You know, I watched 238 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: every signal that I almost texted you when Tier took 239 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 1: the league, Oh my gosh. And then by the time 240 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: I was thinking of texting you, he had lost the league. 241 00:11:24,800 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: I mean, how about Speith. You should have seventy six. 242 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: If you shoot a seventy two year in a playoff, 243 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,800 Speaker 1: just to seventy two, I don't's asking he even breaks seventy. 244 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 1: I was wondering what was going to happen. They had 245 00:11:33,880 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: all those guys at six hundred for so long. I 246 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: started thinking, man, what are they gonna do with the playoff? 247 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: They have all these three whole playoffs, but what do 248 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: they do they all off? If they had seven guys six, 249 00:11:43,240 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: then it's like, you know, you're beer fest game. Yeah, 250 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: like what do you do? I guess you play. I 251 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: don't know. That's a great question. I don't know that 252 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:51,559 Speaker 1: no idea what you would have done it. It's a 253 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,559 Speaker 1: great It's a great tournament to watch because it's just 254 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: different looking, you know, so incredibly and it looks like 255 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: you could play the course. Yet you know it's hard 256 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: because speed shoots to seventy six. And when Tiger hit 257 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:06,719 Speaker 1: the shot on fourteen to the green and it's a 258 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: double green and the ball you see it rolling past 259 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: fourteens hole and you're like, oh, wait a second, there's 260 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: another flagstick. It's yeah, that was number four. Yeah, that's 261 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: like Battle Grand There a few courses in Houston to 262 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: have that kind of thing. And then he chipped, he 263 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: chipped off the green. Yeah, back to the whole number fourteen, 264 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 1: which was fascinating. But I told you this, people people 265 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 1: will ask me this. You know, you watch golf, and 266 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: you asked me about that. You know, you watch golf 267 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 1: and I said, I'll watch Tiger. Yeah. He got me 268 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 1: interested on Sunday. I woke up on Sunday going all right, 269 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:37,599 Speaker 1: where do I find this? And I couldn't. For the 270 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: longest time, I couldn't find it. Was so mad. I 271 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: went for like an hour or so not knowing where 272 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,280 Speaker 1: the hell it was, and then oh, it's on MBS. 273 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 1: Oh okay, got it over to NBC. And by the way, 274 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,439 Speaker 1: we're talking about announcers the other day. I think it's 275 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: good as Dan Hicks. Yeah, Dan Hicks is very good. 276 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: It's real good. He is. Oh. I was listening to 277 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 1: Sirius XM and their play by play on radio and 278 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: it was all British announces and oh my gosh, was 279 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: that funny? Because there are things you can say sports 280 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: wise with an English accent that you cannot say with 281 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: an American accent, like that was a lovely effort. You 282 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: cannot say if I say that was a lovely effort 283 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 1: by Hopkins, like what are you talking about? But with 284 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 1: a British accent it sounds lovely. You can do it, 285 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: that's true. So you wouldn't say Watson to Fuller, oh 286 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: oh yeah, that, Oh my gosh. And they're so discribed 287 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: and the ball goes sailing off into the Nordic wind. 288 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,839 Speaker 1: I mean, they're really descriptive, and it was it was 289 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: fun to listen to. I listen to a little bit 290 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: of it. Oh you gotta try that once this year, 291 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:42,280 Speaker 1: lovely you got you gotta know I will not once. 292 00:13:42,320 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: It could be a key moment and I'm not gonna 293 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: blow it on that in a preseason game season maybe maybe, 294 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, if we start joking about somehow, 295 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,800 Speaker 1: if if somehow international sports, there will be an international 296 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: player on the roster one of these there's gotta be. Yeah, 297 00:13:57,120 --> 00:14:00,240 Speaker 1: there's gotta be. If there's like a rugby player, one 298 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 1: of those guys. Yes, then you got it. Then you Australia. 299 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: I don't do it Australian accent. Really I could try. 300 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: It's pretty tough. If you throw a lovely effort, I 301 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: just want to be sitting around. I will. I could 302 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: do it on the four Square network because those who 303 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: don't know so the defensive linemen, and I think it's 304 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: only them, right, they play them, they kick everybody else out. 305 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: They play four Square before practice, and we broadcast that 306 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 1: on the four Square network otherwise known as Facebook and 307 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: Houston Texas dot Com. But we call it the four 308 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: Square Network and Drew Dougherty's the lead announcer. I've filled 309 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: it a few times, but I could probably a lovely effort, 310 00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: which was it basically was my life's gold met at 311 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: that point. I mean everything is downhill from there. But 312 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 1: I'll tell you what's going on if they want to 313 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: broadcast it live at the bro House at some at 314 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: some point, and we're calling it the bro House because 315 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: all the bros Is staying there. Yeah, in our department. 316 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: Spike Ball. Oh, if you have not seen a video 317 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:00,560 Speaker 1: as Spike Ball, I gotta see it. Oh, somebody's getting hurt. 318 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: Somebody will get hurt in this. Somebody will get hurt 319 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: during Yeah, hopefully not. Oh gosh, Mark appreciate it. Thank you, Johnny. 320 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: Coming up next, Drew Doherty or is it right here 321 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: in Texas All Access. Welcome back to in one edition 322 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: of Texas All Access from Monday, Texans and Radio Studio. 323 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,920 Speaker 1: I am your host, John Harris, Football Annus, the Silent Reporter. 324 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: One day away from going to the Greenbrier. My man 325 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: to the right, he will be well two days away. 326 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: I'm just going up a day early. Uh, first time 327 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: I've ever done that, going up early in front of 328 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: the team. But man, Drew Doherty is heading up on Wednesday, 329 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: and we are both looking forward to it. Drew. What's 330 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 1: going on? Not much? Can't wait? I was can't wait 331 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: walking down the hall today to come to this. Saw 332 00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: the bright, shining, smiling face of Romeo Cornell. Oh yeah, 333 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: have you been in Romeo? Can't wait? Best time of year. 334 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: You know, he's excited as he should be, as as 335 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: you would expect he is. You know, he's he gets 336 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: some pretty nice chess pieces on defense to play with 337 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:25,200 Speaker 1: this year. Dud, You've got in the building in two 338 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: thousand and nine? Asses, Because I got this question from 339 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: a friend of ours in the media and said, a 340 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: friend of ours, somebody we know, Yeah, yeah, he's in there. 341 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: He's in La Familia. Okay, okay, I just don't know 342 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: if you'd want me to say his name. But he 343 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: asked me a question, he said, what have been the 344 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: most hyped years for the Texans? And so they got 345 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 1: me thinking about you've been in the building since two 346 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 1: thousand and nine? Yes, And I got to thinking about 347 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: that question, and then I saw something on Twitter which 348 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 1: I think is true I think NFL in particular, every 349 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: fan base, no matter what feels like his or her team, 350 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: their team has a shot to win a championship that 351 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: particular year. And everybody will say, hey, look at the 352 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,760 Speaker 1: ninety nine Rams and ninety eight RAMS would have one 353 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: of the worst teams in history. Nine and nine Rams 354 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,439 Speaker 1: going win a championship, And so it has a different 355 00:17:18,560 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 1: fuel to me in the NFL that doesn't other sports. 356 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 1: But since you've been in the building since two two 357 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:27,760 Speaker 1: thousand and nine, have you ever gone into a season 358 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,479 Speaker 1: and thought, well, you know, this will just be over 359 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: after sixteen games, this will just be done. Because in 360 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:33,640 Speaker 1: two thousand and nine and end up going nine seven, 361 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: there was a shot there, right, Yeah, No, no, I 362 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: never had felt that way. It's it's degrees of optimism, really, 363 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: I mean, because after a nine is the first nine 364 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,960 Speaker 1: and seven seasons, so ten, oh, well, they're gonna build 365 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: on that. But it didn't go that way. Ten was 366 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 1: pretty ugly. Eleven there was not a whole lot of well, 367 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 1: we're gonna shake up the world, but she still had optimism. Well, twelve, 368 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: the optimism was sky high because hey, shops coming back, 369 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: this defense is amazing. Twelve was pretty darn fun. I 370 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 1: mean when the sun set on Thanksgiving Day, Texans were 371 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:07,399 Speaker 1: ten and one thirteen. There was a lot of optimism 372 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: because of what had just happened in twelve plus, and 373 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: you thought at that point, oh, he's gonna be great. 374 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: Didn't turn out that way. It was ugly. Fourteen there 375 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,880 Speaker 1: was optimism, we had a new new regime. Uh, fifteen sixteen, 376 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: same thing. But there's never been the optimism at least 377 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 1: of huge things happening like there is with with with 378 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: the Shawn Watson. You know, the reason bringing it up 379 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: is you'd have to go back to like twelve thirteen, 380 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: those preseasons to get anywhere close. Yeah, I that's That's 381 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: kind of the way that I responded back. It was, 382 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:42,160 Speaker 1: it's weird because as I've heard people talking, I see 383 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 1: people on the twitters and they're talking about how well, 384 00:18:44,359 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: you know, nobody's were talking about the Texans. I said, 385 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: don't worry, it's gonna what's gonna happen. And I understand 386 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: why that was said. It's the the usual suspects are 387 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: not chattering as much like the four or five people 388 00:18:58,280 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: that we see here. They're not talking as much. But 389 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 1: on the whole right there is Naturally, it feels like 390 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:04,359 Speaker 1: there's a lot of people talking about the texts the 391 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:08,240 Speaker 1: analytics that we've Eric sent Assentio who runs that that show. 392 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: As far as analyzing things, he pointed out like, well, 393 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 1: actually the engagement is up here and blah blah blah. 394 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: So it's on the whole More people are talking about it, 395 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: just not the prominent people here in t And I'm 396 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: I think with the Astros having success again naturally there 397 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 1: and of course the Rockets just coming off Western Conference 398 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: run and potentially signing Carmelo Anthony, all that kind of 399 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: stuff that's been building for weeks. So there's been some 400 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 1: of that. But you know who the quarterback is, and 401 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,159 Speaker 1: well that's the other thing too, stillating very much. So 402 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 1: we and I thought about that going forward, knowing that 403 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: the Shan is the quarterback. I don't know that we 404 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 1: can look at Okay, well twenty twenty one, we're gonna 405 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 1: have these talking points. So we're gonna have these talking points. 406 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: But it does feel a little strange that every year 407 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,959 Speaker 1: that I've been in the building, there's been that talk of, well, 408 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: who's going to be the quarterbacks? Okay, in fourteen Fitzy. 409 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: But after you had some tough games, all of a sudden, 410 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 1: it's like, we need mallet, we need mallet. We gotta 411 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 1: go mallet. You gotta go back to twenty thirteen, the preseason. Yeah, 412 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,919 Speaker 1: last time you knew who the quarterback was, right when 413 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,440 Speaker 1: Shab was coming off twelve wins, right. And then that 414 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 1: year obviously goes down the tubes for a number of 415 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,239 Speaker 1: different reasons. But I think about I think about Green Bay. 416 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: There's actually a Twitter account called things called JS Comments 417 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. I think it's Tale Journal Sentel. Yeah, 418 00:20:27,280 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: and it's just a Twitter account of the comments that 419 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 1: people put in the h in the comment section. Now. 420 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: I don't know if they're continued because a lot of 421 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 1: comment sections are being he wrote, they're just being kicked 422 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: out so more eliminated, etc. But I would I would 423 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,680 Speaker 1: look at that Twitter account every now and again, and 424 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 1: it was amazing because here you are in Green Bay. 425 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,000 Speaker 1: You've had a quarterback in bread Forests nineteen night two. 426 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: He goes to two thousand and seven. Obviously, there's that 427 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: that switch to Rogers in two thousand and eight that 428 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: a lot of people there didn't like. But you lied 429 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,120 Speaker 1: in two thousand and eight. Holy cow, this guy could 430 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: be as good as far or better. And now you've 431 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: had Aaron Rodgers in there since two thousand and eight, Like, 432 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: what is what is there? What is there bent to 433 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 1: be disenchanted about now to talk about in discuss Are 434 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: you are you a perfect team in Green Bay? No? 435 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: Of course not. Do you have a chance to go 436 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 1: all the way and win it all every single year? 437 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,360 Speaker 1: That he's healthy? Yep. And that's what when I am 438 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: out about you know, see friends, see family, see strangers, etc. 439 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: And they asked me about the Texans. It's nice to 440 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: be able to say, well, when they ask you, well, 441 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:37,400 Speaker 1: how do you think you're gonna do this year? It's 442 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,679 Speaker 1: nice to be able to say, uh, this guy is healthy. 443 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 1: They think not just him, but the entire team. They 444 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 1: think they can win every single game they play. They 445 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 1: they feel like they can suit up and beat anybody 446 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:51,919 Speaker 1: to play. I don't know that we've ever really been 447 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,159 Speaker 1: able to say that, but to point there is a 448 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:58,280 Speaker 1: confidence not just in the guy who matters the most. 449 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: He's got it and he's got ton of it. But 450 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 1: that bleeds over to the rest of this this locker room, 451 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: not just the rest of the offense, but the rest 452 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: of the locker room and they are pumped. I did 453 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,040 Speaker 1: a thing today with DeAndre Hopkins. He talked to some 454 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: some sweetholders with the lux luncheon and he's he can't wait, 455 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: you know. He talked about what he's done this offseason 456 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 1: to prove and what the capabilities are this offense and 457 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: this this team, and he just paused when he asked 458 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 1: him what could this team do in twenty and eighteen 459 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: And he pauses as this nice little smile. He says, well, 460 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 1: I mean, you know the answer to that, we can 461 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 1: do anything with this. So it's exciting. Yeah. It. Aptimism 462 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: has never been like this. There's been optimizing, right, but 463 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: never like this. I think you're right when you when 464 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 1: you if you can stay healthy. Obviously last year was 465 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: not that. And you'd like to think that the football 466 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 1: gods will not smite you for two straight years. But 467 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: you know, who's to say. I mean, it can happen. 468 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 1: I mean we have seen that with players. I mean 469 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: Clowney didn't play in twenty fourteen and twenty fifteen. He 470 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 1: came back, but he wasn't declining that we were going 471 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 1: to see in twenty sixteen and twenty seventeen, so you 472 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: know you would hate to see that happen. But that said, 473 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 1: I'm with you. I feel I feel is optimistic about 474 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:14,959 Speaker 1: this team for a number of different reasons. And as 475 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,040 Speaker 1: I start thinking about training camp, I know you wrote 476 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: and I've got it highlighted on my on my Twitters 477 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 1: that I gotta go see you wrote an article about 478 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: the ten things that you were most looking forward to 479 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: in training camp. EI the other day wrote about the 480 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: eleven in my opinion, eleven most intriguing players, and I 481 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:31,920 Speaker 1: had I had a litany of different players on there, 482 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 1: but you talked about the ten different things that you're 483 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: looking forward to in training camp. For those that would 484 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: like to read the article, haven't gotten to it yet, Sure, 485 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,359 Speaker 1: what's a teaser? What are some of the things that 486 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,440 Speaker 1: you're most looking forward to? Basically their ideas? There's storylines, 487 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 1: you've got how many reps? Is Deshaun Watson gonna getta take? 488 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 1: You know how much things we're going to talk about. 489 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: But the things that kind of stand up that are 490 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: sort of hidden to me, I had ten of them. 491 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: It's they're all at the back end. Really, what's the 492 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: return game that'll look like because who who are the 493 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 1: Texas gonna throw out there? They've talked about getting better 494 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 1: on special teams. That's not the sexiest thing. Also, what's 495 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: the run game, what's the dynamics gonna be like there? 496 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: Because where is Deonta Foreman in his rehab from the 497 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 1: Achilles and who behind him? Because you got Lamar Miller 498 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: there as a starter, who behind him rises up and 499 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: takes that spot? I have a feeling Alfred blue is 500 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: because I think he was looking like he was doing 501 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,560 Speaker 1: some nice things as a runner before the injury last year. 502 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: But some of these undrafted guys and Swanson, they and 503 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: Coleman they look they look pretty dark good. And Trumaine 504 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,080 Speaker 1: Pope he's a name not a lot of guys know, 505 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: but look nice catching the ball out of the backfield. 506 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,239 Speaker 1: So there's I want to see what happens there? Who 507 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: comes to the four there? And then Romeo Cornell? How 508 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 1: do things change with him back in charge after vrabel leaves? 509 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: What's different as far as how he aligns guys, how 510 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:53,680 Speaker 1: he attacks offenses, blitzing, et cetera, et cetera. And those 511 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 1: are kind of some of the broad strokes that I 512 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: worked on it's it's it's an article. It's kind of 513 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: like one of those blurbs, but it's got little paragraph 514 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:02,360 Speaker 1: supporting each. I love those. I've always i've been I've 515 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: been a big fan of those, and that's when I 516 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: would really The way that I first got into the 517 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: the media business was writing for College Football News, and 518 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 1: that was one of the things that I sent them 519 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 1: was I would sit down at work on a Monday 520 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 1: because I was doing work that I didn't want to 521 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: do and I hated it. So I would sit down 522 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 1: after college football Saturday and I would just kind of 523 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:24,399 Speaker 1: just bullet point, just well, here's what I'm thinking, just 524 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 1: going through. I don't know. I love I used to 525 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 1: love Will McDonald when he would do those articles with 526 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 1: the Globe and Peter gammonts, you should do the same 527 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 1: thing for the Boston Globe. And I would sit with 528 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,159 Speaker 1: the Sunday paper and there would be one whole page 529 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: that was just devoted, like the whole thing diamond notes. 530 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 1: I think that's what I think it was what Peter 531 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 1: Gammats called it, and I just I used to love that. 532 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: And that's kind of when my brain thinks, it just 533 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: pops from one to the other. I'm probably add and 534 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: don't even know it, but I popped from one to 535 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: the other. Okay, what's next? What's this? But the running 536 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,920 Speaker 1: back one is one that that I've talked about, and 537 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: I've talked about it with a few different people. But 538 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 1: it's equal parts on the right way saying this, But 539 00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,399 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm sort of tearing down on the 540 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 1: brink of what it could be really good and man, 541 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,720 Speaker 1: if they have one injury, this could go completely south. 542 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:12,160 Speaker 1: Do you know what I mean? I feel like there's 543 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: this very tenuous line because of the form an injury. 544 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: If thee were one hundred percent healthy, no questions asked, 545 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: belicking your chops at the season starting, absolutely wait. But 546 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: because of that, you gotta wonder, hey, how does And 547 00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:29,200 Speaker 1: one of the other ten points is clearly what does 548 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: the O line look like? I don't want people to 549 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: think that didn't that's just the second thing on the list. 550 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,440 Speaker 1: But what's the old I do? But what does Watson's 551 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 1: presence in the lineup due to the run game? I 552 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 1: think that's an equalizer for if your offensive line is 553 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 1: not looking that good, having him under center's quarterback is 554 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: a big equalizer. If not scale tipper because of what 555 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 1: he can do throwing the ball, running the ball, mister wretch, 556 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: all that stuff. I mean, he can really throw opposing 557 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 1: defenses off and make them have to wonder what's coming up. 558 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: And when you hesitate, that's where your run game can feast. 559 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: I would love to have about a week and a half, 560 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 1: two weeks into camp, and I'm assuming, as the Shawn 561 00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: has mentioned, he'd be one hundred percent yeah, and he's 562 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 1: going through camp. Would I would love to be able 563 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 1: to pick his brain for five minutes and just say 564 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 1: how much different is what you're looking at this year 565 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 1: compared to last year? Just what you're looking at, what 566 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: you see, how slow does the game feel? How does 567 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,600 Speaker 1: that change the way you know? All those things that 568 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 1: I know that we would never be able to put 569 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: on radio, but just to kind of pick his brain 570 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: like what happens year after year, Like the more that 571 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,920 Speaker 1: you understand this offense. Because as you were talking, the 572 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: one thing I kept thinking was his football. IQ is 573 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 1: also a big part of this, to knowing, Okay, I 574 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,600 Speaker 1: don't like this look up front, let's change it to this. 575 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: You know I did that thing with Hopkins earlier today, 576 00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:51,960 Speaker 1: That's what he said. The biggest changes with Watson where 577 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 1: he improved the most. He said, he's a lot smarter 578 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 1: than he was last year. He was a smart player. 579 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 1: He's a very smart guy. But with that year of experience, 580 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 1: he's gained so much and he's able to analyze and 581 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 1: decode so many things that he sees. And they've been 582 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: working after practice on their own together. So it's really 583 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 1: fascinating to hear that from DeAndre Hoppins, who himself is 584 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: always questioning and wanting to get better. Yeah, I go 585 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: back to it, and I've told the story many many times. 586 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,679 Speaker 1: Go back to when he was at that first Pro 587 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: Bowl that he went to in Hawaii about three or 588 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,359 Speaker 1: four years ago. We miked him up and he was 589 00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 1: peppering guys during that practice with questions. He was asking 590 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 1: Richard Sherman stuff about how defenders do this. He was 591 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,280 Speaker 1: asking his fellow receivers, he was asking Ben Roethlisberger the quarterback, 592 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: he was asking the coaches, the assistance. It was really 593 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,320 Speaker 1: fascinating to see Michael Irvin was one of the kind 594 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 1: of guests. He was pumping him for information, and that's 595 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: a guy who hadn't been on the field since ninety eight, 596 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety nine. So it was really fun to see 597 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 1: that it's a very inquisitive bunch of very a bunch 598 00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 1: that wants to get better and his thirsty four improvement. 599 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: I can't help but think that that conduity that his 600 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: football in eli the Seas and obviously DeAndre, yeah, and 601 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: everybody on the same page and being together. But the 602 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: one thing I've always envied in some sense of teams 603 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 1: throughout the NFL, especially teams that have had quarterbacks that 604 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: have been there for a while, is the unspoken nature 605 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: with which they do thinks. You know, a Tonio Brown 606 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: has been with Ben Roethlisberger forever and Ben knowing exactly, 607 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: and I think that's gonna end up happening with Deshan 608 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,520 Speaker 1: and with DeAndre, and also with Will Fuller and obviously 609 00:29:26,520 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: the rest of the receivers, the more that they're able 610 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: to be together. But just knowing Deshan, knowing where DeAndre 611 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: likes the ball, I mean, I think it's huge. And 612 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 1: so I think we're going to look back at one 613 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 1: point and go, yeah, you know, he only played six 614 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:40,240 Speaker 1: and a half games as a rookie, but those six 615 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: and a half games were enough to start fostering that 616 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 1: with in particular DeAndre and to contend obviously throwing a 617 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 1: deep bottle will, etc. But those even that team went 618 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:51,320 Speaker 1: four and twelve, those six and a half games are 619 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: what really kind of kicked off the run that the 620 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: Texans are about to go on because he was at 621 00:29:57,160 --> 00:29:59,480 Speaker 1: least able to do things in those years. He didn't 622 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 1: read shirt that entire year. He didn't do the Patrick 623 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,440 Speaker 1: Mahomes thing where it was just one game. He did 624 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: it for six and a half games. He was able 625 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 1: to do enough. And the thing I like about it is, 626 00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: and I've said this from the beginning, I got the 627 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: building at twenty fourteen, which everybody knows, and the quarterback 628 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: and center that right up the middle can be strung 629 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: up the middle. Center quarterback, that combination has been different 630 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,920 Speaker 1: every single year, every single year except this year being 631 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 1: hopefully Nick Martin and Deshaun Watson again. Hopefully it's gonna 632 00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,760 Speaker 1: be that way for the next eight ten years and warm, yeah, 633 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 1: no doubt. I mean this time last year it was 634 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 1: Savage Martin, but yeah, Savage only got that one half 635 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: before the change was made. So yeah, I'm with you. 636 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 1: It's it's gonna be so much fun. Another little addendum 637 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: to the ten things I listed, wide receivers not named 638 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, Will Fuller. That's one thing to watch because 639 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 1: there's a big mix and it's gonna be really competitive. 640 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: But then right after that, wide receivers actually named Hopkins 641 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,080 Speaker 1: and Fuller just because dang it, there's so much fun 642 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 1: to watch and make great, great catches. They go deep 643 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 1: all that stuff. So and Will's get jacked up. Working 644 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: with John Brown to me a saint Brown's father, which 645 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: has been fun to watch. I saw him doing the 646 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 1: twenty one twenty one we used to call twenty one 647 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: gun salute back in the day. So we'll put that 648 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: out on social media. So thanks John Brown for that. Drew, 649 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 1: appreciate your brother anytime, boy, it is coming. Training camp 650 00:31:13,960 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 1: is right around the corner. Well, speaking of around, let's 651 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: go around the NFL. A lot of teams getting into 652 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: camp over the last few days, including those in the 653 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: AFC South. Some news from those teams, and news from 654 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,400 Speaker 1: the team number one on the Texans schedule of the 655 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: New England Patriots. We'll talk about that next right here 656 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 1: in Texans All Access. One final segment of Texans All 657 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:57,320 Speaker 1: Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I am John Harris, 658 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,760 Speaker 1: glad to be with you this Monday evening. Next Monday, Oh, 659 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 1: it'll be an off day. We'll still be doing Texans 660 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: All Access right from this studio. No, actually, we will 661 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: be in West Virginia and hopefully I've been a good 662 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 1: off day, but we'll have all Access for you that evening. 663 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: We'll have practice on Saturday and Sunday, so a plenty 664 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 1: to talk about. So even in an off day, we 665 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 1: will have Texas Training Camp live in the morning from 666 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 1: eight to ten. We will also have Texas All Axis. 667 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: So there are two off days while we're up there, 668 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 1: Monday and Monday, Monday the twenty seven, I don't know 669 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:34,360 Speaker 1: what day that is, Monday the thirtieth. Wait, what's today? Yeah, 670 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 1: Monday the thirtieth, and then they'll have one on Monday 671 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:43,480 Speaker 1: the sixth because then practice is seven, travel the eighth, 672 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 1: play the ninth. Yeah, so there you go. So we'll 673 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: still have that all for you right here on our 674 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 1: flaight SUP Sports Radio six ten. Everything you need at 675 00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,680 Speaker 1: us Texas dot Com. So well, still will have Texas 676 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,960 Speaker 1: Training Camp Live and Texas All Axis, but that will 677 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: be from West Virginia. So let's get through this Monday show. 678 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 1: It'll be my last show actually here in Houston before 679 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 1: I go up. I go up tomorrow, so I will 680 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 1: not have the fortune of being on the show, but 681 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:10,960 Speaker 1: Wednesday will be right there live at the Greenbride Sports 682 00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 1: Performance Center. Looking forward to that. Now I mentioned going 683 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: around the league, We'll start with the Tessee Titans. Got 684 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:22,280 Speaker 1: this from Paul Kuharski. The Titans have declared Jack Conklin 685 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 1: right tackle, and Philip Supernann and Philip Supernawur is from 686 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,600 Speaker 1: I believed Taylor High School on pop as they reported 687 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:34,440 Speaker 1: a training camp yesterday. Michael Campanaro and the linebacker Rashaun 688 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,280 Speaker 1: Evans for sean draft pick, were declared non football illness 689 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,080 Speaker 1: and evens tackle Mike Ramsey not really sure who he 690 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:42,840 Speaker 1: is no football injury. And then this one was curious. 691 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 1: Outside linebacker Kevin Dodd was placed on reserve did not report. Now. 692 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 1: Dodd has been a pretty big disappointment for the Tessee Titans. 693 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,320 Speaker 1: He was drafted thirty third overall, first pick in the 694 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 1: second round of the twenty sixteen draft, thought to help 695 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,760 Speaker 1: the pass rush. He has not done anything really in 696 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 1: the last two years. It's still Derek Morgan and Brian Rakpo, 697 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 1: while they went out and drafted Harold Landry in the 698 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:11,160 Speaker 1: second round to get to the quarterback Dodds an interesting one. 699 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 1: Has not done much of anything there in Tennessee. But 700 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:20,840 Speaker 1: Jack Conklin on Pup that I was not surprised by that. 701 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: That is something that I mentioned. It gives him extra 702 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,040 Speaker 1: time to get figured out whether he's going to be 703 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 1: ready to go for week one. Now. Somewhat I've heard 704 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,400 Speaker 1: from Nashville is that he could be ready to go 705 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,600 Speaker 1: week one and if he is, well, power to him. 706 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:40,680 Speaker 1: Then a little while later, Koharsky tweeted this and he said, 707 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: and I quote, I don't think the Titans have had 708 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:48,160 Speaker 1: many big conversations with Taylor Luan's representation about an extension. 709 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,800 Speaker 1: Barring the last minute negotiating barrage. He's going to have 710 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:56,400 Speaker 1: to decide if he wants to hold out as leverage 711 00:34:56,520 --> 00:35:01,920 Speaker 1: or negotiate while present. That brings up a whole different 712 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:08,320 Speaker 1: ballow axe here with Conklin on Pup. Right now, Luan 713 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 1: has seemingly all the leverage, seemingly plus he plays a 714 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:20,600 Speaker 1: position that is in high demand and low supply. I 715 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:25,359 Speaker 1: would imagine the Titans want Taylor Luan. He is if 716 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:27,440 Speaker 1: anybody is sort of the face of the offense, I 717 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,920 Speaker 1: think he is, not even Marcus Mariota. Luan is because 718 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,800 Speaker 1: he's nasty, he's athletic, he's a kind of player you 719 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:37,759 Speaker 1: want it left tackle, and he sets the tone really 720 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,480 Speaker 1: for that entire Tennessee offense and obviously at that point, 721 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,919 Speaker 1: the entire team. So Luan is looking for a big deal. 722 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,560 Speaker 1: So we'll see whether he reports to camp. I think 723 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:51,319 Speaker 1: they've got another couple of days, but that's one worth 724 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:56,640 Speaker 1: keeping an eye on. Conkl pup and Luan potentially holding 725 00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,120 Speaker 1: out looking for a big deal. I don't know what 726 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:01,160 Speaker 1: he's gonna do, so we'll track and follow that, but 727 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: we'll find out. But man, I'll tell you what if 728 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:06,720 Speaker 1: the Texans go to Tennessee in week two in Conklin 729 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:10,000 Speaker 1: and Luan, if either one of them are not there 730 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:16,040 Speaker 1: or both are missing, let's go. Let's dance. It's time 731 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,920 Speaker 1: to roll those guys are I think Conclain in particular, 732 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 1: I like lu Luana is everything you want to tackle. 733 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,840 Speaker 1: Conklint is the guy think that talked about. He's right tackle. 734 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,560 Speaker 1: You don't talk to the press much don't talk to 735 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:31,120 Speaker 1: the media. I think he's absolutely fantastic player and with 736 00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,480 Speaker 1: those two together, that's as good a tackle combinations you're 737 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,960 Speaker 1: gonna find in the league. So there are some notes 738 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:42,120 Speaker 1: from the Tennessee Titans. From the Jacksonville Jaguars, well, they 739 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,280 Speaker 1: dated a couple of things. They signed a linement Tony Adams, 740 00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: SE's a rookie from out a Nancy State. It was 741 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:51,800 Speaker 1: announced I think over the weekend that Dante Dante Foller 742 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:55,960 Speaker 1: Junior will miss the first game from a suspension, so 743 00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,759 Speaker 1: he will not play Week one, and for the Jaguars, 744 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,319 Speaker 1: I believe that's the Giants. I think it is week one, 745 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:06,400 Speaker 1: so the Jags will miss Fowler. And they also had 746 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:11,399 Speaker 1: Fowler start the year on pup. Now pup during training camp. 747 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,160 Speaker 1: You can come back at any point when you don't 748 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,440 Speaker 1: want to be on pups to start the year. I 749 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:21,719 Speaker 1: would imagine foul every ready to go. But Fowler wants 750 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:24,080 Speaker 1: to get paid, and I don't blame he did not 751 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,920 Speaker 1: get the Jaguars did not exercise the fifth year option 752 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,880 Speaker 1: and essentially challenging him. Now they want him back, but 753 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,280 Speaker 1: they're saying, look, I got on the other side, yanking 754 00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,399 Speaker 1: Gockway is kidling it, and we gotta pay him too, 755 00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 1: because he will be going into this is this will 756 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,839 Speaker 1: be year This is year three furring Ackway, so he'd 757 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:44,520 Speaker 1: go into year four. He sign a four year deals 758 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,839 Speaker 1: the second round on the third round pick, so they're 759 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:50,040 Speaker 1: gonna have to pay. They're not to choose, so we'll see. 760 00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:53,080 Speaker 1: I think Fowler has more potential upside, but he just 761 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:54,840 Speaker 1: hasn't He hasn't gotten there yet, and plus he had 762 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,359 Speaker 1: the ACL tear to start off. So Fouler will start 763 00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:01,800 Speaker 1: on pup and he will miss Game one. Former Texan 764 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,480 Speaker 1: Connor Barr when it's found a new home and he 765 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:08,160 Speaker 1: will be coming back here to Energy Stadium in Week 766 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,920 Speaker 1: three with the New York Football Giants. Yes, Connor Barr 767 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,640 Speaker 1: went now a New York Giant, so he goes from 768 00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: Philly to LA to New York and he will be 769 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:22,719 Speaker 1: with the New York Giants just in time for training camp. 770 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:29,480 Speaker 1: Lashaw McCoy reported with the Bills Veterans on Wednesday, and 771 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:34,960 Speaker 1: he will apparently or will report on Wednesday. Nothing standed 772 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:37,160 Speaker 1: away at this point. I don't know if there's been 773 00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:39,440 Speaker 1: any more news to come out of the situation that 774 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:41,319 Speaker 1: we mentioned and talked about a couple of weeks ago, 775 00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:46,120 Speaker 1: so Lasha McCoy can report with the veterans in the bills. 776 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:51,360 Speaker 1: The bill's veterans, excuse me. On Wednesday, as was expected, 777 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:56,879 Speaker 1: a little CFL note, Johnny Manziel traded to the Montreal Alouettes. 778 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,520 Speaker 1: I love that name, the Montreal Alouette. His first coach 779 00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,480 Speaker 1: A and m the guy that actually signed him. Mike 780 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:06,480 Speaker 1: Sherman is head coach with the Montreal Alouettes, and the 781 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:10,480 Speaker 1: Aloettes have the worst offense in the CFL. It's been awful, 782 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 1: and Manziel went from playing behind Jeremiah Mazzoli, who was 783 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:16,840 Speaker 1: the best quarterback in the CFL, to now getting an 784 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:22,040 Speaker 1: opportunity to go to Montreal. Great city. Wish I could 785 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:24,640 Speaker 1: have gone there at some point, but hopefully Johnny will 786 00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,279 Speaker 1: get a chance to get in the field. We'll see 787 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,040 Speaker 1: him play, and I guarantee you when he does get 788 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:32,160 Speaker 1: on the field for the Alouettes, all eyes will be 789 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:34,799 Speaker 1: on that TV screen. Not just mine, but a lot 790 00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:36,960 Speaker 1: of people want to see what he's ready to do. 791 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:41,040 Speaker 1: All right, Two final pieces of news, both them dealing 792 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:44,520 Speaker 1: with opponents and both of them dealing with wide receivers 793 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:48,640 Speaker 1: number one. We'll start with the news about Josh Gordon. 794 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:55,080 Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns will start training camp without receiver Josh Gordon. 795 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,840 Speaker 1: He gave a statement yesterday and he said that he 796 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,000 Speaker 1: he is going through his current treatment that will keep 797 00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,520 Speaker 1: him away from the practice field, and I quote to 798 00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:07,360 Speaker 1: my Cleveland Brown's NFL family, I'm reaching out to you 799 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,520 Speaker 1: all personally, letting you know that I am not only 800 00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:13,719 Speaker 1: doing great physically, but mentally as well. You will notice 801 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:15,319 Speaker 1: that I will not be in Cleveland for the start 802 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,359 Speaker 1: of training camp. Rest assured, this too is a part 803 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:21,160 Speaker 1: of my overall health and treatment plan. I appreciate this 804 00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,320 Speaker 1: awesome support I've received from teammates, friends, fans, and the 805 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:28,680 Speaker 1: Browns organization. And then he continued on and finished of 806 00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:33,520 Speaker 1: course with GOE. Browns GM John Dorsey expressed his support. 807 00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,680 Speaker 1: He said, we will continue to support Josh's receives the 808 00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:39,160 Speaker 1: care needed to maintain his progress. We are going to 809 00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:41,439 Speaker 1: respect his privacy while he is away from the team. 810 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,319 Speaker 1: Josh we placed on a non football illness reserved list 811 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:48,520 Speaker 1: until he is ready to return. At that point, there 812 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:52,560 Speaker 1: is no timetable for him to return. When I saw 813 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:57,400 Speaker 1: this news, my heart sank and then I read his statement, 814 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:01,640 Speaker 1: and I read Dorsey's statement, I thought, Okay, I like 815 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:05,000 Speaker 1: where this is going. And I don't know what all 816 00:41:05,080 --> 00:41:08,000 Speaker 1: this means. I don't know exactly what has transpired. I 817 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,080 Speaker 1: don't know if there was an event, but there was 818 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:12,120 Speaker 1: a report that came out later on that said that 819 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:16,840 Speaker 1: Gordon had no slip ups or failed tests, which I 820 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:21,120 Speaker 1: was like, oh, sigh of relief. But then he gets 821 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:24,600 Speaker 1: you thinking, Okay, what could be going on? And maybe 822 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:28,160 Speaker 1: it's a maybe it's a mental health situation. Maybe he's 823 00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:33,759 Speaker 1: dealing with trying to get some medications correct, to try 824 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:35,959 Speaker 1: and get it right before he does go back into 825 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,960 Speaker 1: a football environment on a full time basis with the 826 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,239 Speaker 1: training camp and then on into the professional season. Who knows, 827 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:46,960 Speaker 1: but it does appear that the Browns are handling this right. 828 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:49,640 Speaker 1: Josh Gordon is handling this right, and I love to 829 00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:53,320 Speaker 1: see that. I would love to see a Houston homeboy 830 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,960 Speaker 1: like Josh Gordon do well every day except December second, 831 00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,400 Speaker 1: although I will say I do want to see him 832 00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:01,520 Speaker 1: December second. I do you want to see him as 833 00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:05,520 Speaker 1: a success story. So there are kids and young players 834 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:10,040 Speaker 1: and young people players or not that look at him 835 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:12,640 Speaker 1: and say, you know what he's been through the ringer Yeah, 836 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:15,920 Speaker 1: self induced, but he's been through it and he got 837 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,960 Speaker 1: to the other side and he can be a real 838 00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,279 Speaker 1: He can be a real role model for a lot 839 00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:23,000 Speaker 1: of people, and there are there are a number of those. 840 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:26,440 Speaker 1: The Texans have one in particular, Tyran Matthew. He is 841 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,560 Speaker 1: a great role model for young kids. To see what 842 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:31,919 Speaker 1: happened at the end of his LSU career and where 843 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:36,040 Speaker 1: he is now, it's unbelievable. Our second story comes from 844 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:41,239 Speaker 1: New England. Malcolm Mitchell on the trading block. I never 845 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:44,320 Speaker 1: would have thought at this point they've already traded Brandon Cooks, 846 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:48,439 Speaker 1: dam A Dulasile, Miami, Julian Edemans out for the first 847 00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:54,040 Speaker 1: four games due to Pete spension and Malcolm Mitchell's coming back. 848 00:42:54,239 --> 00:42:56,160 Speaker 1: It's coming back off an injury he missed all last 849 00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:58,400 Speaker 1: year with he was seemingly gonna be a guy that 850 00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:02,960 Speaker 1: had had to in had to Chris Hogan and Rock 851 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,880 Speaker 1: and the only two guys there, it seems, but editions 852 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:10,120 Speaker 1: of Cordirell, Patterson, Kenny Britt, they seemingly are making Malcolm 853 00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:15,920 Speaker 1: Mitchell expendable. Seemingly. I saw that I just head scratcher. 854 00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:20,560 Speaker 1: If there is a time to catch that offense, and 855 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:23,479 Speaker 1: to catch them not when they're napping, but to catch 856 00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,120 Speaker 1: them when they're off kilter a little bit. It's Brady 857 00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,360 Speaker 1: trying to break in a bunch of brand new receivers. 858 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:32,799 Speaker 1: That would be the time in week one, and we'll 859 00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:35,760 Speaker 1: see Kenny Britt's starting year a pup and they're trying 860 00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:40,440 Speaker 1: to see whether they can deal Malcolm Mitchell Man. Interesting 861 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,800 Speaker 1: times in New England. To say the least, appreciate you 862 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,320 Speaker 1: guys listening. We will see you tomorrow. I'll be in 863 00:43:45,400 --> 00:43:47,759 Speaker 1: West Virginia, but will you guys will all be with 864 00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:51,799 Speaker 1: me very very soon as training camp starts on Thursday. 865 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:53,720 Speaker 1: See that everybody, and as always, go Texans.