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Speaker 1: Hello Texans, and welcome to the program that brings you

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Speaker 1: inside inn RG Stadium, the Hyunday Texans Radio Studio. We

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Speaker 1: were outside, we were inside. We're all about the town,

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Speaker 1: Mark vandamer John Harris with you Texans All Access as

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Speaker 1: we reviewed day one of Texans Training Camp. We were

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Speaker 1: on the air this morning eight to ten am with

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Speaker 1: Texans Training Camp Live. Visited with Nick Casserio. You're gonna

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Speaker 1: hear a big chunk of that coming up soon here

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Speaker 1: in this particular program. Also our friend mister Brooks, they

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Speaker 1: call me mister Brooks, the safety Terence Brooks. We're looking

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Speaker 1: forward to visiting with him, and Christian Kirksey Dpcity who

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Speaker 1: catches up with him, and also a J. Cann you've

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Speaker 1: heard of him along that old line Frute Doherty actually

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Speaker 1: sings with AJ. Can they sing an Alicia Keys song?

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Speaker 1: Not the whole thing, some of it, because you know,

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Speaker 1: everybody's been out in the heat and Johnny, we're feeling

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Speaker 1: it a little bit. But it feels good to have

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Speaker 1: camp back at action. Yeah, very cool. The fact that

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Speaker 1: they're seeing Alicia Key might be even cooler, and that

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Speaker 1: just raises Aj Khan. In my book, I Am not

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Speaker 1: the musician that you are, but I am a huge

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Speaker 1: fan of all music. Lesia Keys is definitely on the

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Speaker 1: U is on the Shuffle, as is Wu Tang Clan,

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Speaker 1: who hit about five forty five as I was driving

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Speaker 1: in Protect Your Neck and I am driving on the

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Speaker 1: Loop and of course at five forty five in the morning,

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Speaker 1: you can actually drive on the loop, you know, it's

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Speaker 1: stuck in traffic. And I'm like, I'm going to practice.

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Speaker 1: Wu Tang Clan just came on the air in the

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Speaker 1: shuffle and I'm all about it, and I'm just like

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Speaker 1: geeked up and I'm like, I still got two hours

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Speaker 1: before practice starts. But it was awesome. It was fun.

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Speaker 1: It was good to get hyped again and to see

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Speaker 1: guys at practice and see them getting things done. It

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Speaker 1: was it's it's hard to put into words. This is

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Speaker 1: was training Camp sixteen for me, Mark, I know was

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Speaker 1: twenty one for you. You've seen them all and I

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Speaker 1: it just it felt as good as any first day

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Speaker 1: that I've seen from the Texans. Just really excited to

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Speaker 1: be back out there, see the fans, see the guys

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Speaker 1: again and all that was just great. Well, a couple

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Speaker 1: of truths, right, Adversity is always going to be there

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Speaker 1: with a football team, and you can always find it

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Speaker 1: no matter how harmonious things are. We have the job

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Speaker 1: Metchi situation, and thank goodness, that's not as bad as

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Speaker 1: it could possibly be. He'll get through that. Other injuries

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Speaker 1: are gonna come up. I'm sure we'll hear about them

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Speaker 1: as the days progress here, but nothing hopefully too serious

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Speaker 1: for some of the players you're counting on the most.

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Speaker 1: We'll see how it goes. But another truth, this offseason

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Speaker 1: has been so optimistic. It's been filled with good vibes,

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Speaker 1: lovey taking over all the other things we've gone over,

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Speaker 1: and I think it bled into day one very nicely,

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Speaker 1: so a real solid first day that we saw. I

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Speaker 1: know they've done some other stuff before we were able

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Speaker 1: to watch them, and they'll be back out there for

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Speaker 1: a Saturday practice, be very nice. Ot a type practice

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Speaker 1: than Monday. Get into pads. That's gonna be outstanding. But Johnny,

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Speaker 1: I know you wrote Harris hits on Houston Texans dot

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Speaker 1: Com at the Texans app. Everyone should take a look

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Speaker 1: at that as you're listening to us, of course, but

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Speaker 1: tell me two or three of the things that stood

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Speaker 1: out to you. About day one, give me your first thing,

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Speaker 1: we'll react and we'll just go down a lot here.

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Speaker 1: I don't want this to be And know a lot

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Speaker 1: of people, you know, people I know me for a

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Speaker 1: stars every time we get on the air, and yeah,

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Speaker 1: the day, or you know, in this case, talking about

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Speaker 1: Brandy Cooks. But I realized as I was watching Brandon

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Speaker 1: and we've been watching Brandon for three years, but I'm

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Speaker 1: getting to see more of I'm getting to see more

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Speaker 1: of practice than I than I ever had because we're

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Speaker 1: What you know seven there's seven on seven? Right, everybody

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Speaker 1: We know that, Well, Blobby has made half line seven

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Speaker 1: just the way he does things. I mean, the first

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Speaker 1: seeing that from the you know, from a star from

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Speaker 1: not a practice rep taken for granted, there is you know,

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Speaker 1: never anything about the game taken for granted. We love him,

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Speaker 1: we've had him on the air, but it just felt

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Speaker 1: And then all by the way he makes the catch

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Speaker 1: the receiver cording. I'm talking a lot about the receivers

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Speaker 1: because it's still a passing practice. Basically, there's no pad,

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Speaker 1: so you're not anybody, so it's more passing practice. The

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Speaker 1: And I know I'm missing I'm missing O'Connor. Weddington wrote

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Speaker 1: Jalen Camp. But those those first guys in particular, those

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Speaker 1: But I'm watching Strata and I'm watching Connor Weddington, and

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Speaker 1: they're change of directions outstanding. I got stuck on Astrata

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Speaker 1: him to football because he can run. Eighty one is

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Speaker 1: somebody to keep an eye on. But those young guys

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Speaker 1: all you could see the twitch and the explosiveness and

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Speaker 1: twitchy they are today in practice. But thought Davis did well.

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Speaker 1: Mark he missed on two deep balls to Brandon Cooks,

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Speaker 1: There was a pass that got away from a one thing.

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Speaker 1: But he was the only thing he really, honestly he

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Speaker 1: by the yard you overthrew him, just launched it, overthrew him.

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Speaker 1: There's one throw he made to Chris Conley, Yeah, Connley

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Speaker 1: It's about a thirty seven plus yard throw and he

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Speaker 1: And I know people have talked about does he have

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Speaker 1: the arm Does he have the arm? Yeah, he's got

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Speaker 1: on from that. Yeah, I don't think there's any question

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Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks absolutely one of the best receivers in the league.

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Speaker 1: Great to see him with those great habits that can

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Speaker 1: rub off on other people as well. But you have

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Speaker 1: The Davis Mills practice today. You mentioned those blemishes, maybe

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Speaker 1: throws he had want back. I just felt like, for

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Speaker 1: Lovey Smith is over there after practice unsolicited. He's got

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Speaker 1: my vote as CAP and went on and on about him,

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Speaker 1: and I know the afternoon guys Ron and Clint were

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Speaker 1: talking about this, But I think it shows how far

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Speaker 1: Davis has come and how much of a great example

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Speaker 1: and how he really went after it in the off season.

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Speaker 1: He just showed all the leadership. You and I interviewed

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Speaker 1: bringing up that leadership where constantly unsolicited. So I think

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Speaker 1: it showed you a lot about Davis today and I'm

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Speaker 1: eager to see more. I can't wait to watch Saturday's practice.

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Speaker 1: Can't wait to watch all the practices with Mills and

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Speaker 1: see how he improves. You got to see that arrow

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Speaker 1: continue to go up, you know what I loved, and

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Speaker 1: he goes back. Kind of the point about Brandon Cooks,

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Speaker 1: so I mentioned and he missed Cooks on two deep balls.

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Speaker 1: He had him on a post route against quarters, and

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Speaker 1: Brandon split the two split the safety and quarter corner

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Speaker 1: and he just missed him. And then they ran at

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Speaker 1: though he's calling the defense, he's still looking at the

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Speaker 1: offense and trying to look at the overall execution. And

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Speaker 1: then you factor in the kicking game. So each day,

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Speaker 1: something good's gonna happen, something bad's gonna happen. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to get something fixed. What you don't want to

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Speaker 1: do is start to see the same mistakes over and

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Speaker 1: over and over and have air repeaters. That's what you

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Speaker 1: want to avoid. How important is Monday when you put

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Speaker 1: the pads on, especially for the big fails when you

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Speaker 1: haven't seen them, Like you said, you haven't seen big

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Speaker 1: guys in pads since January. Now, all of a a sudden,

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Speaker 1: we're almost all the way to August. What's the biggest

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Speaker 1: thing about day one in pads? Coming up? One day?

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Speaker 1: And absolutely that's real football. I mean, that's where you

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Speaker 1: can measure. You can work on blocking techniques, you can

443
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Speaker 1: work on double teams, you can work on your hand placement,

444
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Speaker 1: you can work on leverage, leverage, body control, body position.

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Speaker 1: That's how football is played. Can you defeat blocks? Can

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Speaker 1: you get off a block? Can we move a defender

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Speaker 1: on a double team block and then allow the entry

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Speaker 1: point for the back. Those are the things that you're

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Speaker 1: gonna have the opportunity, and you're really your body in

450
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Speaker 1: your mind are going to go through a little bit

451
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Speaker 1: in adjustment period. It's just psychologically, you have a little

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Speaker 1: bit extra weight. You've been running around in shorts, you

453
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Speaker 1: have your helmet on, you have the guardian caps on.

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Speaker 1: Now you're gonna add shoulder pads, You're gonna add lower pads,

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Speaker 1: neat pads, typads. It's a little bit extra weight. So

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Speaker 1: it's gonna take some getting acclimated to and adjusted to.

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Speaker 1: So that'll be probably first and foremost what everybody's thinking

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Speaker 1: of Nick. I know you want to run the football better.

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Speaker 1: You have some familiar faces on the offensive line, you

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Speaker 1: have some new faces on the offensive line. This blocking scheme,

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Speaker 1: how different is it from what we saw last year?

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Speaker 1: What are they working on now to change and improve

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Speaker 1: in that category? Yeah, running the football, it's about the

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Speaker 1: offensive Line's about the tight ends, about the back. So

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Speaker 1: it's about creating entry points, about creating angles. It's understanding

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Speaker 1: the front, it's understanding what we're trying to accomplish on

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Speaker 1: the play. So that's where really kind of the focus

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Speaker 1: and the emphasis will be. So in order to in

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Speaker 1: order to be a good offensive team, you have to

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Speaker 1: be able to run the football to some degree. And conversely,

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Speaker 1: on the defensive side of the ball, you have to

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Speaker 1: be able to stop the run. So being able to

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Speaker 1: run the ball, being able to stop the run, playing physical,

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Speaker 1: and playing good in the kicking game, those are the

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Speaker 1: components that can win to potentially giving the opportunity to

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Speaker 1: be a decent team. So we need to improve in

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Speaker 1: all areas. I would say that's an area we can

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Speaker 1: only go up, so hopefully we can make some progress,

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Speaker 1: but it's a collective effort. It's the backs it's the

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Speaker 1: offensive line, it's all those it's the five of them,

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Speaker 1: it's the fullback if he's involved in the play, it's

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Speaker 1: the tight end. So it's a community, kittive effort, and

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Speaker 1: it's a collective effort, and it just takes more than

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Speaker 1: one person. Nick, you mentioned something earlier that maybe fans

485
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Speaker 1: are not familiar with the Guardian cap. The NFL has

486
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Speaker 1: taken a huge stance in safety, and if you're out

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Speaker 1: of practice, you're going to see the players looking a

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Speaker 1: little bit different because it looks like they got a

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Speaker 1: gi gizmo helmet on and like, wait, what is that?

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Speaker 1: What is the guardian cap? And why was it brought

491
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Speaker 1: into play this year? A great question. Actually, there's a

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Speaker 1: few teams that kind of experiment it last year, kind

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Speaker 1: of on a pilot basis. But it's an extra layer

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Speaker 1: of protection on their helmet that goes on over the

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Speaker 1: top of their helmet. So the offensive a defensive line,

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Speaker 1: and the linebackers kind of the front seven. What it

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Speaker 1: does it helps minimize the impact of contact. So even

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Speaker 1: though it looks like it's a big balloon on their head,

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Speaker 1: it's really for their health and safety and when there's

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Speaker 1: a collision so if two players both have the cap

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Speaker 1: and there's some kind of collision and minimizes the percentage

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Speaker 1: of the actual impact of that hit. So if you

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Speaker 1: have a guardian cap with a non offensive line blocking

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Speaker 1: a safety and there's so even though the defensive back

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Speaker 1: doesn't have the cap, there's still a reduction in the

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Speaker 1: overall impact. So the league has been very proactive on

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Speaker 1: health and safety, and it's really for the benefit of

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Speaker 1: the players. So that was the institution of that particular device.

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Speaker 1: All right, Nick, we know you need to watch practice.

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Speaker 1: One more for you? Where will you go from here?

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Speaker 1: Where will you watch practice from and what are you

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Speaker 1: looking for? First? Is there an area you want to

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Speaker 1: float to first? Yeah, once we get to the team

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Speaker 1: piers stand behind the drills and just kind of watching

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Speaker 1: the play and just kind of following the script, looking

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Speaker 1: at the play. Call, what's the assignment? Who executed? What

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Speaker 1: are we taking away from your throwing time right now? No,

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Speaker 1: I think I might be retired from throwing. And I

519
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Speaker 1: always say this whenever we bring a player into work out.

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Speaker 1: If we have to throw to the player, then I'll

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Speaker 1: handle that. All right, Nicks for joining us. Thanks guys,

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Speaker 1: there's Nick Casserio. Coming up on the program, We're going

523
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Speaker 1: to have Christian Kirksey in a visit with DP Cito.

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Speaker 1: You want to hear from him, and also a j

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Speaker 1: can on that old line came over from the Jaguar.

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Speaker 1: Drew Doherty asks his Drew's Dozen questions and there might

527
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Speaker 1: be some singing involved. Stay tuned, It's Texans Radio. Great

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Speaker 1: to have you listening Friday night fun as Training Camp

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Speaker 1: Day one is in the books for the Houston Texans.

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Speaker 1: Saturday practice, Sunday day off Monday in pads and we'll

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Speaker 1: be out there Monday morning eight to ten am with

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Speaker 1: Texans Training Camp live right out of the gate. Lovey Smith.

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Speaker 1: We'll be visiting with me and John Harris. It's gonna

534
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Speaker 1: be fun. Mark Vandermer with you. But let's get to

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Speaker 1: dep city. Who catches up now with a veteran linebacker,

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Speaker 1: Christian Kirksey, year nine. How does it feel to be

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Speaker 1: back out here for camp? It feels good. A bunch

538
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Speaker 1: of guys is running around. You know, we're working for

539
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Speaker 1: a common goal, man, and we we're hungry. We know

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Speaker 1: what type of team we have. We believe in love you,

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Speaker 1: we believe in his whole coach of staff. And right

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Speaker 1: now we're just building that team chemistry and uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: we're just building a move forward man, And I'm excited.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna we're gonna go go and do great things

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Speaker 1: this year. All right, you got Lovey Smith's head coach.

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Speaker 1: He was defense coordinator last year. How's the vibe different?

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Speaker 1: Obviously he's still defensive coordinator, but now that he's the

548
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Speaker 1: head coach, does the vibe of the team feel different?

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Speaker 1: Is it different how he runs things? Because now it's

550
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Speaker 1: times a little bit split. You know, he can't just

551
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Speaker 1: do defense. He's got to oversee the whole team. I

552
00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:14,560
Speaker 1: don't know how he do it, but he don't miss

553
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Speaker 1: a beat in defensive meeting room and he still has

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Speaker 1: full control over the whole team. So he's doing a

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Speaker 1: great job. Man. You don't, you don't. You don't see

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Speaker 1: a difference. You know, he's he's he's there in the

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Speaker 1: defensive meeting he's there in the team, meaning he's always

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Speaker 1: there at the time that he's needed. So I think

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Speaker 1: that the team respect him. We're moving in a way

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Speaker 1: that he wants us to move. And uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: he's changing the culture. Man, He's he's bringing good football

562
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Speaker 1: to Texas, and he just didn't know what we have

563
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Speaker 1: right now. So we're excited about that. How about for

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Speaker 1: you personally, you obviously wanted to come back. You want

565
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Speaker 1: to build on what you did last year, and you

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Speaker 1: feel like you're one of the leaders of the team,

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Speaker 1: and I think the team does look at you as

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Speaker 1: one of the leaders. But what are some things that

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Speaker 1: you want to build on here in camp? You're familiar

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Speaker 1: with the system, but you want to get better obviously

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Speaker 1: in your two here. Yeah, we want to take that

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Speaker 1: next that next step, um. And I say we as

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Speaker 1: in a team, but particularly on our side of the

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Speaker 1: bar defense. Um, you know, we did some good things

575
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Speaker 1: last year and we just want to bid from that.

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Speaker 1: We got a bunch of the same players coming back

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Speaker 1: with some new additions that you know, like you know,

578
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Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes, Mario Addison, like those guys, um, that are

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Speaker 1: very good at what they do. And we bring those

580
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Speaker 1: guys on on board, this defense could be unstoppable. So

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Speaker 1: I'm just excited about what we have. And uh, also

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Speaker 1: I want to come back just because you know, love

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Speaker 1: You is a legend in my eyes, Um, I have

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Speaker 1: so much respect for love you. You know what he did,

585
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Speaker 1: you know, early in his career and what he's doing now. Man,

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Speaker 1: it's just one of those things where you look up

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Speaker 1: to and, uh, you know, I'm honored to be able

588
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Speaker 1: to you know, play linebacker and his defense and uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm just ready for the season to start

590
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Speaker 1: and just you know, go and win some football games.

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Speaker 1: So I'm excited and that was one of the major

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Speaker 1: factors of me coming back. He hold the linebackers in

593
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Speaker 1: a high regard. He calls them the brain trust of

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Speaker 1: his defense. So when you look at this linebacking group,

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Speaker 1: you you've got a few guys returning from last year,

596
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Speaker 1: got some rookies like Christian Heres what excites you know

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Speaker 1: about the brain trust the linebacker core heading into twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty two. When you have that power in that room,

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Speaker 1: you gotta take full control and um that come with

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Speaker 1: you know, a great responsibility, and you know we take

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Speaker 1: full force of the responsibility. And our guys in our

602
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Speaker 1: in our room, man, Um, they all are leaders. We

603
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Speaker 1: know y'all are are like minded. You know, our our

604
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,879
Speaker 1: style of players is about the same, man and um

605
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Speaker 1: from top to bottom on the depth chart, guys can

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Speaker 1: go out there and play. You know, you want to

607
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,359
Speaker 1: miss a step, you want to miss a beat, and

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Speaker 1: that's uh something that we take pride in. And as

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Speaker 1: a linebacker in his defense, you know, you hear about

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Speaker 1: the Brian airlockers, you know, guys that are Hall of famers,

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Speaker 1: and you gets are playing in that same defense. Man,

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Speaker 1: it's it's a spark for us. So we're just trying

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Speaker 1: to follow in the footsteps or some great linebackers that

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Speaker 1: played in his defense and we're ready to go. All right.

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Speaker 1: I know we don't talk about last year, but you

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Speaker 1: were here last year in training camp. What did you

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Speaker 1: learn about training camp in Houston in this heat in

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Speaker 1: August that you want to pass on to some of

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Speaker 1: your newer teammates this year. Man, drink up, stay hydrated,

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Speaker 1: and even then it's probably not enough, it's not enough,

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Speaker 1: but lovey, you know he's he's he's helping us out

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Speaker 1: by having these early morning practices to where like we

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Speaker 1: can beat that sign being in the middle of the

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Speaker 1: sky and be some of this ammidity um. But stay hydrated,

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Speaker 1: stay hidrad becase you're gonna sweat a lot um. Just

626
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Speaker 1: make sure you know you drink about every hour, all right,

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Speaker 1: veteran moved by lovey for the early practices and always

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Speaker 1: a pleasure speaking with veteran Christian Kirksy. Thanks so much

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Speaker 1: for the time Christmas. Thank you. Good stuff there from

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Speaker 1: DBC two in Christian Kirksey, and she mentioned this morning

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Speaker 1: during our visit on Texans Training Camp Live that it

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Speaker 1: feels like he's been around here forever now because you

633
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Speaker 1: have so many new faces, new veterans, new rookies. Last

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00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:44,320
Speaker 1: year obviously a huge haul for Nick Koserio, and this

635
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Speaker 1: year even more when you look at more rookies and

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Speaker 1: then you have some added veterans as well. Let's get

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Speaker 1: to one of those added veterans, and that would be

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Speaker 1: a j Can coming over from the Jaguars. Let's hear

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Speaker 1: Drew Doherty ask his Drew's dozen to aj Can aj.

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Speaker 1: First things first, thank you for coming to Houston. We're

641
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Speaker 1: excited that you're here. It's glad. It's good that we're

642
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Speaker 1: not tussling with you anymore like we used to do

643
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Speaker 1: in Jacksonville. Oh yeah, man, it feels good. Man. I've

644
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: been telling people I'm on the right side of the

645
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Speaker 1: tracks now, so it's time to get being and started. Man,

646
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Speaker 1: all right, well, with all that in mind, you're a

647
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Speaker 1: noted horseman. You recently have been riding horses. How's that

648
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 1: going good so far? You know, the first time on

649
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Speaker 1: it, it it was a little I wasn't so sure about it.

650
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: But now after they're taking a little trail on the horse,

651
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Speaker 1: I might have to get get myself one one day

652
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Speaker 1: and never know. Really, that was that enjoyable for you? Well,

653
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 1: more so enjoyable for my kids. Man. My daughter and

654
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Speaker 1: my son really loved it. And I was teaching my

655
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Speaker 1: wife about it. And I'm pretty sure if I get

656
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Speaker 1: the one, I'm gonna have to be riding it sometime.

657
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Speaker 1: So hey, who knows? All right, So what's your favorite animals?

658
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Speaker 1: Since we're on the subject of animals, Favorite animal, Favorite animal,

659
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:49,280
Speaker 1: favorite animal? I don't know, Man, that's a tough one.

660
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Speaker 1: It's been a minute. Stop men ask that question. Okay,

661
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Speaker 1: let's come back to that later. Which which would you rather?

662
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Speaker 1: Would you rather be a bear that gets to hibernate

663
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Speaker 1: or a caterpillar that turns into a butterfly? Which one's

664
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Speaker 1: Which one of those is cooler? I probably would like

665
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Speaker 1: to be a bear that gets the hybernat man, because

666
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Speaker 1: they get some good sleeping, you know what I'm saying.

667
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Speaker 1: And I feel like being an athlete you got to

668
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:11,000
Speaker 1: get good rest. And you're a parent and being a father,

669
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Speaker 1: you could use some good rest. You can use some

670
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: good rest. You're right about that. Yeah, I oft am

671
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Speaker 1: envious of bears in the hibernation stuff. I've got kids too.

672
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Speaker 1: What's your trick to beat the heat? You've been through heat,

673
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,120
Speaker 1: played your college ball at South Carolina, you played in Jacksonville.

674
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:28,000
Speaker 1: Now you're here hot places all well. I think part

675
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Speaker 1: of that would be, you know, drinking as much as

676
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Speaker 1: you can hydrating. But the other half, I guess I'm

677
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:33,920
Speaker 1: just kind of used to it now, you know what

678
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Speaker 1: I'm saying. Been raised in it from South Carolina, drafted

679
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 1: to a hot place in Jacksonville. Now continue my career

680
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,880
Speaker 1: hand Houston where it's hot. So I would say, I'm

681
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 1: I'm kind of used to about now. And yeah, you're

682
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 1: a professional, you know, you guys do this year round.

683
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 1: You've you've got great education about a great nutrition. That

684
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Speaker 1: kind of makes it easier too, doesn't it sure does.

685
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Speaker 1: Which would you rather be a superstar comedian or a

686
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Speaker 1: superstar courting artist. I'm gonna go a recording artist man,

687
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Speaker 1: because you know, I like music from Town. I like

688
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,040
Speaker 1: listen muse from Time, Tom Town, So I might I

689
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Speaker 1: might go to recording artists some of your favorites. A

690
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Speaker 1: favorite right now would be hard to say. I'm more

691
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Speaker 1: of a I'm more of a song guy. If I

692
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Speaker 1: hear a song and I like it, I'm gonna listen

693
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Speaker 1: to it. So I'm not really just stuck on this

694
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Speaker 1: artist the whole time, that artists the whole time. If

695
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Speaker 1: you if you've been to plug on my phone and

696
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 1: you're gonna get some rock, you will get something. You

697
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: can get some gospipl music. You canna get some some

698
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 1: some rap music, some R and B. Man, you can

699
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Speaker 1: get it off. You mix it up. Do you sing along?

700
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Speaker 1: Of course? I sing along? All right? What's the latest

701
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 1: thing you've sung along to? The latest thing? I sunk

702
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,480
Speaker 1: along too? He's on the drive in. I don't know.

703
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Speaker 1: My daughter, you know, we listen. We've been listening to

704
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: sing too a lot, and my daughter loves to sing

705
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,480
Speaker 1: when the wolf is flying down and this girl is

706
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Speaker 1: on fire. That's been my jam in the car for

707
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Speaker 1: a while, especially aver to break my daughter this past

708
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Speaker 1: couple of weeks. How terrific. Are the sing movies in

709
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Speaker 1: tandem terrific? Especially with me because I watched them. I

710
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: was watching them like every day. So they're good. Buster

711
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Speaker 1: moon Man, he's he's something else. So this girl's on fire.

712
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 1: Let's get going. One, two three, this girl is on fire.

713
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Speaker 1: We're good tandem. Man. We could we could. I don't know.

714
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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say we could take it on the road.

715
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Speaker 1: But you play any instruments or have you played any

716
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Speaker 1: instruments in your life? I've been on back in college,

717
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: you know, FCA. I get on a little drum a

718
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 1: little bit with the choir day and I do the

719
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Speaker 1: hand drum. That's that's the latest thing. Cushion, sripercussions, that's sick.

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Speaker 1: That's it. Yeah. Hey, if you can keep the beat,

721
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,080
Speaker 1: you can be a musician. So there you go. I

722
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Speaker 1: just made that up. Maybe maybe I didn't make it

723
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Speaker 1: up or I've heard it too many times. What surprises

724
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: people the most about you when they find out X

725
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: about you? I consider myself like a chameleon because I'm

726
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Speaker 1: really a really introverted guy, very very introverted. But I

727
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 1: don't have a problem with you know, stepping out and

728
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Speaker 1: you know, when it comes to me hanging out and

729
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 1: hanging out with people. You know, I can open up

730
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Speaker 1: a little bit, but I'm really really introverted type of due. Okay,

731
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Speaker 1: all right, is it true that offensive lineman stereotypically are

732
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Speaker 1: the smartest players on the entire team? Hey, we gotta

733
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Speaker 1: be you know what I'm saying. You know, you got

734
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 1: a lot to learn mentally. Stuff, Some switch on you

735
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 1: switch on you at the drop of a second. You

736
00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,440
Speaker 1: gotta be able to react. So of course we gotta

737
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Speaker 1: be the smart group on the next to the QB suit.

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Speaker 1: All right, back to sing. Who's your favorite sing character

739
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 1: of all? My favorite saying character. He's not really he

740
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 1: doesn't really saying much, man, But I like busting Man.

741
00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: Bust is the guy. Buster is the guy. I like

742
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Speaker 1: his secretary, Jerry the Lizard. She's hilarious. Yes, his name

743
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 1: Miss Crawley. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I love her, especially

744
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:08,560
Speaker 1: on the scene when they when they pop out, even

745
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,520
Speaker 1: now and then when the bust the moment. I just

746
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:13,760
Speaker 1: like how she started everything by like making the copies

747
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 1: and yes for a million or whatever. But anyways, AJK,

748
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Speaker 1: this has been a heck of a lot of fun.

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Speaker 1: We're glad you're here. We can't wait to talk with

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Speaker 1: you again. Man if I attempted to sing this Girl's

751
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 1: on Fire by Alicia Keys and the proper octave, I

752
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 1: know I'd hurt myself. Terrence Brooks doing things properly out here,

753
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,719
Speaker 1: making plays the safety out of Florida State. What did

754
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:35,720
Speaker 1: he have to say about the SEC and fellow Florida schools,

755
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 1: University of Florida with DP not dep but DP Damian Pierce,

756
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 1: and also the University of Miami, and more importantly about

757
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 1: this Houston Texans team, the differences between Lovey Smith as

758
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:51,440
Speaker 1: coach of the team and defensive coordinator. He's still the coordinator,

759
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: but he's also the head coach now, Terrence will tell

760
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Speaker 1: us that's coming up here on Texans All Access. A

761
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: reminder that my day morning, John Harris and I am

762
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,320
Speaker 1: back out on the field at the Houston Methodist Training

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Speaker 1: Center eight to ten am, and Lovey Smith joins us

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Speaker 1: right out of the shoot at eight am, shot and

765
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: seth at six to eight and the Landry Locker and

766
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 1: John Lopez at ten am. Landry's camp questions right before

767
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 1: their show goes on, and we'll have a ton of

768
00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,839
Speaker 1: other stuff as well next week and Saturday's practice. We're

769
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Speaker 1: gonna be covering it on Twitter, Facebook, all the platforms.

770
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Speaker 1: So just follow us. It's a good idea, Terrence Brooks.

771
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,279
Speaker 1: Follow him in the secondary and a nice pass breakup today.

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Speaker 1: In fact, I think I begin this segment with Brooks

773
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Speaker 1: asking him about just that. A nice practice for you today,

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Speaker 1: So you with a PBu. I didn't see all of

775
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,279
Speaker 1: it because I'm over here, but how do you feel

776
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,400
Speaker 1: it went for you and the defensive backs in general? Man,

777
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 1: I feel like I've been stacking some good days, man,

778
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 1: just pretty much keeping myself on film, making sure I'm

779
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 1: seeing out there, making good plays, being very vocal. One

780
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: of the veterans in the groups. I try to be

781
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 1: a leader in that sense. But all man, it's going good.

782
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: I love to come out here and compete. I'm one

783
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 1: of those old school, you know, physical players, and man,

784
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:05,920
Speaker 1: I just love the game. I'm so happy to be

785
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 1: out here and to get another opportunity with my ninth year.

786
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 1: It's it's amazing, Terrence. I said this when I wrote

787
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,839
Speaker 1: my roster preview about you. You've seen it all done

788
00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:17,400
Speaker 1: at all. But how comfortable are you in the second

789
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,319
Speaker 1: year of a defense now that your second year here

790
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:21,560
Speaker 1: and love his defense. Oh man, it's the game is

791
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 1: so much slower for me. It's just I love the defense,

792
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 1: and I love love you even more. Man. He creates

793
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 1: a great defense for us to play fast and to

794
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:32,759
Speaker 1: not think as much and to just go out there

795
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: and be ourselves. And I feel like he puts us

796
00:36:34,320 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 1: all in positions to make plays and the rest is

797
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 1: just really up to us. Man, just studying the game,

798
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,600
Speaker 1: being students of it and just going out there and bothering. Man.

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Speaker 1: So I love it. I feel like always when I

800
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:45,319
Speaker 1: step on the field, I want to feel like I'm

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00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 1: the best one out there. So that's what I go

802
00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 1: out there with that product. I think this is a

803
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 1: good question for all you guys on defense, which is

804
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,879
Speaker 1: Lovey was your coordinator last year. Now he's the head coach,

805
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 1: but he's still your coordinator. So what's the difference there

806
00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 1: in that dynamic. Honestly, it's just it's cool to see

807
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:00,759
Speaker 1: him talk more and give him of his opinion on

808
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 1: things and kind of how he runs the show. That's

809
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,880
Speaker 1: no knock on our previous coach, but he's just I

810
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: just love the guy. Man. He's very real with us.

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Speaker 1: He treats us like adults. He's not one of those yell,

812
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 1: cut you out type of guys. He really makes you

813
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,680
Speaker 1: understand the game and what he expects from you and

814
00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 1: m he just makes you want to play for him.

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Speaker 1: And I think that's like a huge thing that really

816
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 1: resonates with all the players here, Terence. A competition is

817
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 1: a big thing at practice. You're in your nine there,

818
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 1: You've been the rookie, you've been the VET, now you're

819
00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:30,160
Speaker 1: the quote unquote season the vet. Do you feel a

820
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:33,719
Speaker 1: responsibility when you have young guys in your secondary room,

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00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 1: not maybe for everything they do, but to be a resource,

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Speaker 1: to be the og, to be the guy that they

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00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 1: turned to when it's on field, off field, you know

824
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 1: something might be struggling on to. You feel responsibility in

825
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 1: a sense for being that guy for them. You do

826
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 1: feel somewhat the responsibility just because you know you have

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Speaker 1: the knowledge of it, so why wouldn't you pass that

828
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Speaker 1: to the next man to get him that leg up?

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Speaker 1: And for me, that was something I kind of lacked

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Speaker 1: a little bit, like going through my rookie year and

831
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 1: stuff like that. But you know, one guy that I

832
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 1: always give a shout out to is Devin mccordy. He

833
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: was one guy who took me under his wing while

834
00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 1: I was at the Patriots and really like just just

835
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: taught me the game. Of course, I was in the

836
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 1: locker room, you know, joking with them about how old

837
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,840
Speaker 1: they are, putting all the heisht on the keys and whatnot,

838
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,279
Speaker 1: and it was so crazy. I remember calling him in

839
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,279
Speaker 1: the beginning of the year and was like, man, I

840
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,279
Speaker 1: keep walking around everybody's calling me og and everything like that,

841
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:24,880
Speaker 1: and he was like, man, just look at as a blessing.

842
00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 1: You've been able to stay in this league that long,

843
00:38:26,760 --> 00:38:28,879
Speaker 1: and you're able to pass that knowledge onto those guys.

844
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 1: So whenever I see them struggling with anything with ball,

845
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 1: hey I'm here. If it's something outside of the ball,

846
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: which I think is very important, especially to bring it

847
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,320
Speaker 1: here on the field and compete, well, that's something I

848
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,760
Speaker 1: try to help with as well, because it's not all football.

849
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Speaker 1: We aren't off football. We're human beings too. We go

850
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,879
Speaker 1: home to our families and we have issues as well.

851
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 1: So really protecting those guys mental and making sure that

852
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: they're good to go out here, all right. We always

853
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:53,839
Speaker 1: talk about how the old line and the defensive backs

854
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 1: are the tightest position groups on the team, right, I

855
00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 1: would imagine you'd agree with that, yes or now, yes, yes, okay, block,

856
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 1: I see corners and safeties broke it up right from

857
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 1: time to time and practice. What about that the corners

858
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 1: and the safeties. I know there's no rivalry there, but

859
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,000
Speaker 1: how does that dynamic go between you gets? Oh? Man, Honestly,

860
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,279
Speaker 1: it's just competition all across the board. I mean, even

861
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 1: down the ping pong in the locker room. We're over

862
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: there getting it. But man, honestly, we're just trying to

863
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:19,640
Speaker 1: iron Sharper's iron. We compete in every drill that we

864
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 1: can go against each other. Anytime we come together, we

865
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,320
Speaker 1: make sure that, hey, we're a unit. We want to

866
00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 1: make sure this team run through us and the energy

867
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:28,839
Speaker 1: as well. And it's just been awesome. Man. We love

868
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:30,960
Speaker 1: to compete against Office. That's our opponent right now. So

869
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 1: those are the only guys that you know, we get

870
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:34,319
Speaker 1: a chance to go out there and talk crap two

871
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:37,279
Speaker 1: and you know, play ball against. But man, I love

872
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,480
Speaker 1: that secondary from the corners all the way to the safeties.

873
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 1: It's amazing. Okay, this is gonna be our question, but

874
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:43,839
Speaker 1: we're just talking about how many training camps we've been

875
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: here for. Yeah, we've always worn one helmet. One tomorrow

876
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:52,359
Speaker 1: you put the red helmet on. Yeah, I get this information. Yeah,

877
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 1: we're privilege. I see that. Well. I was gonna say,

878
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 1: you've seen the red helmet? Yes, how fire is it?

879
00:39:58,239 --> 00:40:00,160
Speaker 1: How excited are you to put it on? A man out? Now?

880
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:02,239
Speaker 1: I broke that, dude. Yeah, I love it. Man, I'm

881
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 1: actually looking forward to not go. Give me some good

882
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:05,919
Speaker 1: sleep and be ready for that. But man, those things

883
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 1: are sweet. We all see them when we walk into

884
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,200
Speaker 1: the locker room. They're kind of teasing us right now,

885
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 1: but they got us fitted up and ready to go

886
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:12,920
Speaker 1: for him. Man, I think it's gonna be cool to

887
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 1: see it, especially for the fans as well. Switch it

888
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,960
Speaker 1: up a little bit, give a little more energy, be awesome,

889
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,400
Speaker 1: Terence Brooks with us, all right, a couple more for you.

890
00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 1: What are you seeing in the soft fense right now?

891
00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:26,239
Speaker 1: I love the connection with Davis and Cooks. They they're

892
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: on point. It seems like they've been working together since

893
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,760
Speaker 1: last year, like pretty much all through the offseason and everything,

894
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:34,160
Speaker 1: and the chemistry is amazing. The old lines getting after it.

895
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:37,279
Speaker 1: I mean, I love how explosive they are. We really

896
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 1: got some guys over there who could create mismatches and

897
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 1: just really get after I and I love it. And

898
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,479
Speaker 1: to me, the unsung guys are the old Lineman. Those

899
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:48,040
Speaker 1: those guys, man, I mean, you just can't speak enough

900
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: at bottom. They are nasty, they love to get after it,

901
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 1: I mean, and they compete just like we do. So

902
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,720
Speaker 1: it's it's amazing to see an LT and those guys

903
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 1: tight sit. I mean, it's tight as it. I mean,

904
00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:00,200
Speaker 1: it's amazing. I love those guys, all right, Terence, after

905
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 1: the Gator we have signed a few Hurricanes. How are

906
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,400
Speaker 1: you feeling about all that? I mean your feelings? I

907
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: think you do. I feel I've always got to ask.

908
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:12,480
Speaker 1: We always gotta bring him because that's when the emotion

909
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 1: comes out. Start talking about those two teams Forde. Like

910
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 1: I said before Hurricanes, I really they're cool. I mean

911
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 1: they're not even worried about that all right? With Mark

912
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,560
Speaker 1: just the Gators, I just nah, it's just something about him, man.

913
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 1: I can't say you got something for DP when he

914
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:29,680
Speaker 1: comes to the line with man where he got first

915
00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:31,320
Speaker 1: guy here? You know I was talking to Notice to

916
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,440
Speaker 1: him too, But man, I love that he's even from

917
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:36,080
Speaker 1: the South and he's he's a guy who has that

918
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:37,919
Speaker 1: grit to him and he runs. I mean, he runs

919
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 1: the ball hard and I love that about him. So, hey,

920
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:42,600
Speaker 1: if we can bring him on, even though he's a Gator,

921
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,800
Speaker 1: he can contribute and make some place for him, and

922
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 1: I'm all with him. But I tell you, guys, watch

923
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: off for that guy. He's special. What's gonna happen with

924
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 1: the ACC in your opinion? I mean, what Florida State.

925
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:53,480
Speaker 1: Let's say the SEC says we want to get even

926
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 1: bigger and we want Florida State. It's kind of a

927
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:59,880
Speaker 1: natural fit. Yet it's the snake some time. I'm not

928
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,239
Speaker 1: even gonna lie man, I'll stick for Florida State all day.

929
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:03,799
Speaker 1: But it's definitely gonna take some time to get those

930
00:42:03,840 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: recruits in to be able to compete on those levels

931
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 1: with Alabama and LSU and those guys. But we do

932
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:11,320
Speaker 1: have a test coming up the first game against LSU

933
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:14,600
Speaker 1: this year, so I'm excited to see it. But if, hey,

934
00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 1: if you want to go in there with that type

935
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 1: of smoking noise, I mean you gotta come bring you

936
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:19,239
Speaker 1: so I'm all for it. So you're gonna have on

937
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 1: something something with Derek with sting. Of course I won't

938
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:25,880
Speaker 1: speak on it, but yeah, me and him already got

939
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 1: a little something going on. Yeah, we're gonna see what happened. Man,

940
00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:31,919
Speaker 1: We're both gonna be tuned there. You know that first

941
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:37,160
Speaker 1: week Georgia Oregon taking place. Yeah, yeah, it's gonna be

942
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:40,839
Speaker 1: suit all right, Terence, thanks allowing for me. Thank you, guys,

943
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:44,320
Speaker 1: Terence Brooks, hard guy not to like sevenal I'll forgive

944
00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:46,520
Speaker 1: them for that. Look. I like the Florida State seminals

945
00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:48,320
Speaker 1: even though I'm a Miami Hurricane. It's kind of a

946
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 1: mutual admiration society. I've been through that before. We don't

947
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:52,839
Speaker 1: need to do that again right now. We do need

948
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:55,040
Speaker 1: to remind you to go to the Texans app. All

949
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 1: your information on tickets, the schedule, training cap it's all

950
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 1: there Texans app or Houston Texans dot com. Thanks so

951
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 1: much for listening tonight. Have a great evening, Go Texans.