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Speaker 1: What is up? Everybody? Welcome into a Wednesday edition of

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Speaker 1: Texans All Access from the Honday Texans Radio Studio. I

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Speaker 1: am your host, John Harris, and so excited about one

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Speaker 1: thing in particular didn't even happen at today's practice. I

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Speaker 1: am excited about one thing in particular in that Tomorrow's Thursday.

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Speaker 1: And why is that important? A. It's August first, so

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Speaker 1: we're into August. And B you all get to see

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Speaker 1: this team for the first time in twenty nineteen. I

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Speaker 1: love that. I love that because you've been listening to

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Speaker 1: us talk about this team for so long, all the

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Speaker 1: way back to OTA's the draft you got. I mean, honestly,

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Speaker 1: you didn't even get a chance to see Max Sharping,

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Speaker 1: Titus Howard, even Lennie Johnson. You get seeing those guys

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Speaker 1: in college. Now you get to see them for the

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Speaker 1: first time. Obviously, there'll be some fan favorites called Glassbia

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Speaker 1: from from Taylor High School, and Katie and played at

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Speaker 1: A and m Charles Minerhu from the University of Texas,

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Speaker 1: so it'll be some local favorites. But I know everybody

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Speaker 1: wants to come in and see this team, and I'm

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Speaker 1: start feeling the way that we do about it. Tomorrow's

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Speaker 1: practice in front of the fans as a Saturday, So

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Speaker 1: Thursday and Saturday, so the next two practices because the

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Speaker 1: Texans will go on the field tomorrow and then they'll

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Speaker 1: get off on Friday, and then they'll come back on

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Speaker 1: Saturday and practice front the fans, and then Sunday flying

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Speaker 1: and Tuesday. Wednesday will be kind of walked through, pregame,

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Speaker 1: walk through all that kind of stuff. Then Thursday, Wow,

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Speaker 1: we are eight days away. Eight days is my math? Right?

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Speaker 1: Eight days? Does that sound right? Tomorrow it'll be a week. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: eight days away from preseason game number one. I'm pumped

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Speaker 1: about that now. I was pretty excited about some of

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Speaker 1: the things I saw today at practice. We'll go through

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Speaker 1: some of those. We're gonna hear from a lot of

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Speaker 1: people tonight. We're gonna hear from in this first segment,

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Speaker 1: Bill O'Brien, jj Wa, DeShawn Watson, we're gonna hear from

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Speaker 1: Darren Fells. And then this morning, as I do each

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Speaker 1: and every morning, at nine o'clock, I am challenged by

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Speaker 1: Mark Vannimer to do this in two sentences, But I

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Speaker 1: talked about every single player at a particular position. Today.

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Speaker 1: It was defensive line, and that's a big group to

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Speaker 1: few of those guys that start today actually in practice

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Speaker 1: on the defensive line. Mister Angelo Blackson was all kinds

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Speaker 1: of fantastic today on the defensive line. Down and wasn't

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Speaker 1: It was goal line rushing the past a little bit

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Speaker 1: He's a guy that Texans brought in twenty seventeen because

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Speaker 1: they needed bodies on the defensive line. They need some

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Speaker 1: he came back a little bit slimmer, quicker, but if

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Speaker 1: as good, if not better than he was last year.

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Speaker 1: And I thought he was really really good. So we

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Speaker 1: got a lot of people to talk to in this show.

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Speaker 1: Let's kick it off with our Texans audio juke box. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's a new segment I've come up with. Then I

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Speaker 1: do that I've done this for a long time and

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Speaker 1: It's not really hot reads, it's more audio from from

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Speaker 1: individuals that I've gone to the podium and Wednesdays during

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Speaker 1: the year, and today it's the same three people at podium.

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Speaker 1: It's Bill O'Brien, it's J. J. Watt, and it's DeShawn Watson.

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Speaker 1: So let's open up the Texans audio jukebox and let's

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Speaker 1: start with Bill O'Brien, who loves a little bit of

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Speaker 1: goal line drill. And here's why. I mean, you know, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, guys, guys, guys love doing it. Guys absolutely

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Speaker 1: He's undrafted free agent. Coach had this to say about

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Speaker 1: the Maria Crockett. I mean, he runs hard. You know,

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Speaker 1: Stephanie Stradly asked a pre good question, how do you

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Speaker 1: when you have a guy like Lamar that's played so

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Speaker 1: That's one of the guys that the coaching staff has

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Speaker 1: big talking point. And well, coaches asked why Aaron Rodgers?

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Speaker 1: What is it about Aaron Rodgers that was valuable to

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Speaker 1: I mean we showed him a lot of tape. I mean,

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Speaker 1: You know, we're gonna see him in a week. And

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Speaker 1: And you know, vision down the field, feel the rush,

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Speaker 1: see the coverage, you know all the things you can show,

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Speaker 1: All right, let's fip this over to one J. J Watt. Now.

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Speaker 1: JJ was asked any number of things, but one of

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Speaker 1: If you will the off days, JJ is now thirty,

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Speaker 1: how do you keep him fresh? JJ said, Hey, managing

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Speaker 1: You got to make sure that you get your naps in.

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Speaker 1: don't get it, well, welcome to the Harris family. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's exactly what happens in the Harris family. Now let's

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Speaker 1: go to our man, Sean Watson. He of course strode

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Speaker 1: That was something that John McClain asked a Bill O'Brien,

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Speaker 1: easy part. It's just the long meetings, the long you

423
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Speaker 1: know you have six seven hours left in the day,

424
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Speaker 1: and you're just like, I can do it. You played

425
00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,399
Speaker 1: college hoops, you played pro hoops internationally. Which of your

426
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Speaker 1: teammates would present the biggest challenge to you on the court.

427
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Speaker 1: I'm not saying they'd beat you, but who would be

428
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Speaker 1: the biggest challenge for you? As far as basketball guys,

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Speaker 1: I would say, if I had to go one on

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Speaker 1: one with Kiki, he'd be tough because those smaller, quicker guys.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not I'm not saying I'm slow, but

432
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Speaker 1: him driving to the basket, it will be tough. And

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he has a shot. So if

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Speaker 1: he can shoot, that means I have to get help

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Speaker 1: into him a little bit more and than he's going

436
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Speaker 1: right right around me. Every time. Makes you feel for

437
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Speaker 1: a posing defensive backs, doesn't it? Oh? Yeah, it definitely does.

438
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Speaker 1: Darren Fells, we really appreciate the time. Best of luck

439
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Speaker 1: throughout training camp, the preseason and beyond. This has been

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Speaker 1: a dirty dozen. Appreciate it. We've talked a lot about

441
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Speaker 1: Darren Fells this offseason from the standpoint of Pike End

442
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Speaker 1: in that group and with two guys that you drafted

443
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Speaker 1: last year that were productive as rookies, Jordan Jordan Thomas.

444
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Speaker 1: You drafted a third rounder this year, Collie ware who

445
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Speaker 1: got on the field today? Where did and where does

446
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Speaker 1: Darren Fells fit on this team? And the more that

447
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Speaker 1: I watch practice, the more I'm convinced, as I said

448
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Speaker 1: all offseason, that they will carry four tight ends. I

449
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Speaker 1: just it's gonna be really difficult with all that Darren

450
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Speaker 1: Fells brings to the table to see Fells not on

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Speaker 1: this roster. Now, could I see a scenario where they

452
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Speaker 1: kept four and a fifty three but only three of

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Speaker 1: them are active on the forty six man Gandia roster.

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Speaker 1: I could see that happening. But there's so much value

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Speaker 1: in Darren Fells. Yes, he's not a spring chicken anymore,

456
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Speaker 1: but he can pass, protect as well as anybody you're

457
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Speaker 1: gonna find, catches the ball pretty well, good athlete, great

458
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Speaker 1: great leader, tremendous leader, and on a team that has

459
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Speaker 1: some pretty good leaders, but still has a I mean

460
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Speaker 1: thinking about the tight end room. Two second year guys

461
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Speaker 1: in a rookie so there's some veteran leadership needed and

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Speaker 1: I think Darren Fells could provide that now in the

463
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Speaker 1: back room. There is a There are a bunch of

464
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Speaker 1: young guys in that room, but a guy going into

465
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Speaker 1: his second year for this group is a guy that

466
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Speaker 1: Texas claimed last year off of waivers after the fifty

467
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Speaker 1: three man cutdown. Buddy how was available after a training

468
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Speaker 1: camp spent with the Miami Dolphins. Obviously learned the offense

469
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Speaker 1: and getting some time running back wasn't gonna happen. But

470
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Speaker 1: getting on special teams that was a big factor. But

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Speaker 1: he was one of the better special teams players the Texans.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I've ever seen him. He was tremendous last year.

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Speaker 1: He knew what his role was, he knew what he

474
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Speaker 1: had to do to excel with that role. Miami Homeboy

475
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Speaker 1: caught up with former Miami Hurricanes play by play man

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Speaker 1: Mark Vandermer. We caught up in the offseason, and I

477
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Speaker 1: asked you about the difference between South Florida weather and

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Speaker 1: Houston weather for training camp. Now that you're here, because

479
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Speaker 1: you got here late last year, now that you're here

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Speaker 1: for this part of it, what do you think It's

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Speaker 1: just pretty much dry heat. I feel like down South

482
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Speaker 1: I was sweating a lot quicker, a lot faster, a

483
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:01,680
Speaker 1: little bit more drinks, but here you can actually like

484
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Speaker 1: feel how the heat is like pretty dry, and I

485
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:07,680
Speaker 1: don't know it's hot still, like it's really they're both hot.

486
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Speaker 1: But I just noticed like downside, I'll probably be a

487
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Speaker 1: little bit more sweaty wet or you gotta like, you know,

488
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Speaker 1: bring double please two gloves just the case, because you're

489
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Speaker 1: soaking wet by the time you finish warming up. But

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Speaker 1: up here, you know, you got a little chance before

491
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Speaker 1: you start sweating. But they're both extremely hot, and I

492
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Speaker 1: just feel like, I don't know this this this heat

493
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Speaker 1: to make you itch, to be honest, hot it is

494
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Speaker 1: and how dry? So yeah, it's it's they both hot, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Well what do you think of the schedule of outside inside,

496
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Speaker 1: the rotation of sorts? Um, I like being outside. I

497
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,880
Speaker 1: ain't gonna lie, but it's nice to, you know, keep

498
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Speaker 1: it balanced, have a day with you inside and you

499
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Speaker 1: ain't gotta worry about too much heat. But I like

500
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Speaker 1: to feel another sun. I've been working out in the

501
00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:50,720
Speaker 1: heat all my life, so I'm pretty much accommodated to it,

502
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Speaker 1: so I kind of look forward to like being outside

503
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Speaker 1: and getting that good sweat and grinding and you know,

504
00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:59,480
Speaker 1: feeling the sun. Buddy, you're really good at special team,

505
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Speaker 1: So how you stay good at special teams during training

506
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Speaker 1: camp when you're not able to go full out just

507
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Speaker 1: effort and trying to you know, ask stuff to your

508
00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,080
Speaker 1: repertoire and just being a student of the game. So

509
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Speaker 1: just learning and trying to be you know, instead of

510
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,960
Speaker 1: standing in your own circle, you trying to you know,

511
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Speaker 1: get out of your circle and do stuff that you

512
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Speaker 1: wouldn't expect yourself to do. So I kind of mix

513
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,359
Speaker 1: up my games, so it makes it harder for defenders

514
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Speaker 1: to kind of like, you know, go against me. So

515
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Speaker 1: when you got a lot of tools in your back,

516
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,840
Speaker 1: it's easy for you to beat the opponent across from you.

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Speaker 1: I guess it's the obvious question, but how important are

518
00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,440
Speaker 1: these upcoming preseason games for you? Because in special teams

519
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 1: that's where you can shine and really show your stuff.

520
00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:37,240
Speaker 1: Very important because you know, you want to make the team.

521
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:39,200
Speaker 1: You want to show them that you you know, got

522
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Speaker 1: the same ability that you had last year and more

523
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Speaker 1: and show them that you improve so you can make

524
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Speaker 1: even more players and bigger players. So it's very important

525
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 1: to you know, get the opportunity to go down there

526
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Speaker 1: and run for speed and gets another opponent and not

527
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Speaker 1: have to hold up. Man, give my all. How's it

528
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: going for you at running back? And how do you

529
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Speaker 1: get to prove yourself in that department? Um, you know

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Speaker 1: it's fine, you know, just working and continue to learn

531
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Speaker 1: and keep everything. You know, it's learning every yest all.

532
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:05,920
Speaker 1: Then keeping a memory bank and just continue to you know,

533
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Speaker 1: go hard each and every practice and take advantage of

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Speaker 1: each and every red bike I receive. Buddy, thanks a

535
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:12,879
Speaker 1: lot for joining us, good luck, no problem, thank you.

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Speaker 1: I like how Buddy said that eventually they're both hot. Yes,

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Speaker 1: they're both They're both hot. And I listen, I went

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Speaker 1: from my run this morning at about about five thirty

539
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Speaker 1: this morning, so it's still it's dark, not that hot,

540
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Speaker 1: but I'm telling you, and I got done. I was drenched.

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Speaker 1: The humidity was just Oh, I was drenched as if

542
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Speaker 1: I had jumped in a pool and jumped out. I mean,

543
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,200
Speaker 1: I was just drenched. So the humidity is for real

544
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Speaker 1: in Houston or Miami. What's also for real is this

545
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Speaker 1: defensive line crew. The defensive lineman on this team, JJ Watt,

546
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Speaker 1: Debond Clowney, Carlos Watkins, Joel Heat, DJ Reader, Angelo Blackson.

547
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Speaker 1: It's a deep, deep unit, got some young guys on

548
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Speaker 1: it that are competing to try and get on the

549
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster, trying to get on the tin

550
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:07,400
Speaker 1: man practice squad. I broke it down this morning. I'll

551
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Speaker 1: Texas Training Camp Live. Some of you may have missed it,

552
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,760
Speaker 1: maybe you've got different work hours, but I got you covered.

553
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,240
Speaker 1: It's coming up next. I'll break that defensive line down

554
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: for you right here on Texas to Alexas, each and

555
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 1: every day at nine o'clock on Training Camp Live, Mark

556
00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:26,159
Speaker 1: Endemy and I break down a position. Mark throws a

557
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,159
Speaker 1: challenge to me and says two sentences are less on

558
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Speaker 1: each guy, which is not possible. It really isn't. So

559
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 1: I do my best, but we go rapid fire every

560
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:46,359
Speaker 1: single player in that position group. I break it down

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Speaker 1: for you, and I did that this morning. So if

562
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Speaker 1: you're hearing this going, man, I want to I want

563
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,000
Speaker 1: to hear this one. John does the next nine o'clock

564
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Speaker 1: tomorrow and by the way, I just gotta I gotta text,

565
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Speaker 1: and we're gonna have an extra special guest, a very

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Speaker 1: extra special guest tomorrow at nine twenty. After I do

567
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 1: a breakdown and I'm trying to think what we're doing tomorrow.

568
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 1: I can't remember what we're doing tomorrow. It might be

569
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:12,320
Speaker 1: we done. Let's see what have we done thus far.

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00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: I think it might be running backs. I think it

571
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Speaker 1: might be or linebackers. Linebackers. We're gonna do linebackers tomorrow

572
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:21,000
Speaker 1: because we did the defensive line today, and this is

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Speaker 1: what it sounded like. All right, let's go here and

574
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:27,359
Speaker 1: we're gonna evaluate and break down the defensive line today

575
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Speaker 1: at Texans training camp, Johnny somebody named JJ Watt begins

576
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Speaker 1: his ninth year I of Wisconsin, the boy from Colwaukee

577
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Speaker 1: who went to Central Michigan, then the University of Wisconsin,

578
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Speaker 1: then was drafted here in twenty eleven. I can't believe

579
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: that was eight years ago. There was no OTA session

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00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 1: that year. So the first we saw of Watt was

581
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 1: in training camp eight years ago, right here on this field,

582
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 1: knocking down passes. He didn't explode until the playoffs that year.

583
00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,080
Speaker 1: But here he is after a sixteen sacks season. What

584
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,600
Speaker 1: are we expecting out of JJ in year or nine

585
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,160
Speaker 1: of his career. I'll put it this way. He's watching

586
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Speaker 1: the top one hundred and JJ got in number twelve,

587
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 1: and they asked they had Taylor Luan and they ask

588
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 1: all these players. They just get him in for a

589
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 1: session and they say, okay, talk about this guy, talk

590
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Speaker 1: about that guy. Luan went off forever about JD J clowning. Yep.

591
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: They asked tayl Luan about what and he's like nope,

592
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 1: They're like, what do you mean, like, got nothing? Like

593
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 1: next question. Luan wouldn't even talk about him. They've had

594
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Speaker 1: some battles they don't and and by battles, I mean

595
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 1: JJ has decimated him. Yeah, Larry MN Tuncil they set

596
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 1: him down and like Tuncil was like, he's JJ watt Man, Like,

597
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: what's there to say? That's exactly right. He's great, He's

598
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Speaker 1: maybe he's the greatest this town has ever seen. He's

599
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: arguably the greatest defensive player of all time. We have

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Speaker 1: the opportunity to see him. We're lucky he's in the conversation.

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00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,720
Speaker 1: Put that conversation, all right, So you brought up j D.

602
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,080
Speaker 1: So he's listed as defensive end, outside linebacker. He's a

603
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:02,480
Speaker 1: front seven guy. He's a game wrecker. So let's just

604
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Speaker 1: put him on the day. We'll put him in the

605
00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,479
Speaker 1: linebacker group as well. But quick comment on JD who

606
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:08,880
Speaker 1: was not at camp yet, can do anything on a

607
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: defensive line, can play anywhere on a defensive line. Teams

608
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 1: know it. At the end of the year last year

609
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,360
Speaker 1: they started to take note of where he was on

610
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 1: every play and a just blocking schemes and protection schemes

611
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,000
Speaker 1: where he was no matter where he lined up. He

612
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 1: is that valuable on the defensive front. And hopefully when

613
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Speaker 1: he gets back, he's ready to have a great year

614
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Speaker 1: and we'll have a great year for us in twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 1: I can't I can't wait to see him. I love

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Speaker 1: just see him in the hallway. He's infectious, smile, he's

617
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 1: great with everybody. Players love him. So hopefully he'll go

618
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Speaker 1: back here soon and just wreck shop like he always does, smile,

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Speaker 1: wider than the Mississippi River. DJ Reader well defensive end,

620
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Speaker 1: nos tackle, But look, we saw him start at d

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Speaker 1: N a lot last year with Brandon Dunman in the middle.

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Speaker 1: We'll get to him in a moment, But what about

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Speaker 1: DJ and year four? He's man? What is there to say? Look,

624
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 1: he had one I thought he had one tough ball

625
00:30:58,240 --> 00:30:59,720
Speaker 1: game last year, and it was the one game against

626
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 1: the Aliance that the run defense was not excellent. But

627
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Speaker 1: for the rest of the year. DJ Reader. If you

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Speaker 1: try to block him one on one in the run game,

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Speaker 1: you forget it. He swallows that up. He runs down screens.

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Speaker 1: He is everything you want in an interior defensive player.

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Speaker 1: I hope DJ Reader is here for a very, very

632
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Speaker 1: long time. He is instrumental for this run defense. When

633
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 1: he is on the field's and he's turned up. But

634
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: they wonted pads and probably tell his story now. There

635
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 1: was one of the rookie lineman the day before who

636
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 1: had kind of taken outside linebacker and kind of kind

637
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,400
Speaker 1: of threw him out the club a little bit. You know,

638
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: they weren't in pads. DJ got in the first run

639
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 1: drill and just blew it up, just blew it up.

640
00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 1: He's like, you're not throwing me out the club, and

641
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: he just he was turned up the whole day. He

642
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 1: was at volume. Tay was so awesome to see. I

643
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 1: love him in this run defense. He's a great fit

644
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: in this defense. He's I think he's taken on leadership

645
00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 1: role and he hopefully he's realizing how good he is,

646
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 1: because if you think about this four years ago, at

647
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 1: this point, four years ago, twenty fifteen, he was not

648
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 1: in Clemson camp. He was not in camp at Clemson

649
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: because his dad had passed away and he was trying

650
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 1: to figure out life basically and what he should do.

651
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: He didn't know what he wasn't sure what to do.

652
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 1: He finally came back, but halfway through the year he

653
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 1: kind of got he got back on the field and

654
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:20,959
Speaker 1: then he kind of got it going. And then at

655
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 1: the end of the year and the Senior Bowl, he

656
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 1: was dominant. And I'm glad he's here. Drafted in a

657
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 1: fifth round and look at him. He's a starter for

658
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 1: your team, also starting ten games last year. Here's the

659
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 1: factoid that I teased Brandon done DJ Duddy the locker room. DJ.

660
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:38,440
Speaker 1: Brandon was originally signed by the Bears as an undrafted

661
00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 1: free agent. Think about this for a moment. He was

662
00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 1: released three times by the Bears, three times by the

663
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: Texans six times. He's been released and resigned to the

664
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,600
Speaker 1: practice squad for the Bears and the Texans six and

665
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: then in twenty seventeen, the Texans sign him as one

666
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,240
Speaker 1: of those reserve future guys, like right when the off

667
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: season begins, and a lot of those guy all right, whatever,

668
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,880
Speaker 1: they're signing some players right after the season, Brandon Dunn

669
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 1: became a starter for this football team. What about DJ Dunny, Well,

670
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 1: he's become invaluable. I mean, you put Done next to

671
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 1: Reader trying to run football against them. The best thing

672
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: about it is the fact that you could play Done

673
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,240
Speaker 1: next to Reader with clowning watering the outside with Zach

674
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,520
Speaker 1: and Bmack just a six man, you're nickel there. You

675
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 1: stop the run. Let you stop the run. Dunney will

676
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 1: will swallo up a couple of blockers if he needs to.

677
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 1: He's got great technique against double teams. He is an

678
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: excellent underrated football player. Now, unfortunately, what those two are

679
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: not are great pass rushers. They're really good athletes, but

680
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 1: they're not tremendous pass rushers. Maybe that's something that evolves

681
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: in their game this year. It would be kind of

682
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 1: nice if it did, but they're not great interior pass

683
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,760
Speaker 1: rushers against to run brand Dune DJ Reader together as

684
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 1: good as it gets. Okay, boy, we got we gotta

685
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 1: move on here. They're over two sentence and geez, come

686
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,880
Speaker 1: on by another guy who proves that good players can

687
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:59,080
Speaker 1: come from anywhere. Angelo Blackson oh Man. We saw two

688
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: years ago flash he was drafted originally by the Titans

689
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 1: in the fourth round, ends up here and just signed

690
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 1: a deal in the off season. What about Blackson, He's

691
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,399
Speaker 1: been even better this year. I thought he was really

692
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 1: good last year. Got his hands on some tip passy

693
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:15,920
Speaker 1: tip pass at tyre Matthew intercepted at New England. Last year.

694
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 1: He does the dirty work for you, but he's a

695
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,800
Speaker 1: little bit slimmer. This year, he's quicker, he's agile. I

696
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 1: haven't seen anybody effectively block him yet. I think Angel

697
00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 1: Blackson's very key. Those three, Donny Reader and Blackson. You

698
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 1: put those three in there in the middle and they're

699
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,880
Speaker 1: gonna stop the run for sure. Already his fourth year.

700
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,799
Speaker 1: Joel Heath out of Michigan State six six three zero two.

701
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:38,279
Speaker 1: This is where it starts to get interesting, because you've

702
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,400
Speaker 1: got Joel Heath and you've got Carlos Watkins, and you've

703
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: got a couple of guys battling to try and get

704
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,799
Speaker 1: on this team. It's get in this defense line, get

705
00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 1: in the rotation, and look, there are times when Joel

706
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 1: is I think, as good as anybody to have up there.

707
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: It's a consistency for him. He's got to a be

708
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:56,839
Speaker 1: healthy and B he's got to be consistent, and then

709
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:58,880
Speaker 1: when he is, he's got an opportunity to get in

710
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 1: the rotation. We've seen him plays, no doubt about it.

711
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 1: All Right, let's get right to the rookie here. Charles

712
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,359
Speaker 1: amna Who from the University of Texas six five, two

713
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:10,919
Speaker 1: eighty a Houstonian. I would I'd love to go further

714
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,759
Speaker 1: about a mana who make sure, Yeah, he's been very good.

715
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 1: Here's the thing with Charles, kind of like it is

716
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 1: for some of these guys. His up and down swings

717
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 1: are really big right now. Like there are players you

718
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,279
Speaker 1: watch and go, Okay, that's a play I don't think

719
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,600
Speaker 1: anybody else in the field can make, and then the

720
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: next play you're like a rookie, like that's a Rena

721
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: League ball stuff right there. He's got to find at

722
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 1: consistent level because he can be dynamic, very dynamic. Charles

723
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:38,400
Speaker 1: a man who. Okay, Carlos Watkins, I didn't mean to

724
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 1: leave him out. Third year out of Clemson, a draft

725
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 1: choice for this team. Three hundred pounds six three big

726
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 1: year for him. He's got to prove that he can

727
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,120
Speaker 1: go on the field on third downs and rush one

728
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: on one against pretty heavy guards. And go get the quarterback.

729
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: That's what he did Clemson. He was a really good

730
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 1: interior pass rusher. That was the best thing he did.

731
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:59,600
Speaker 1: He's got to capitalize on that this year. All right.

732
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 1: What about out to Albert Huggins also from Clemson, who

733
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:04,839
Speaker 1: they got as an undrafted free age in three oh

734
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 1: five six three. We would have heard more about Albert

735
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: Huggins that he played anywhere else but Clemson. The Clemson

736
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 1: was loaded with defensive lineman. He had a really good

737
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: college football playoff couple of games at the end with

738
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,759
Speaker 1: Dexter Lawrence was suspended. He'll get into competition, but man,

739
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: it's gonna be really tough to break through that group

740
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 1: of reader and done. But he'll get a lot of

741
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:25,839
Speaker 1: looks in the preseason. But pretty athletic for a guy

742
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:28,640
Speaker 1: his size. But he's not a big guy. He's not

743
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,319
Speaker 1: a huge guy. He's not three thirty, so he's got

744
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 1: to rely a little bit more on his quickness. But

745
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 1: I like Albert Huggins. It's gonna be hard to make

746
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 1: the team. But if you get to keep a guy

747
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:38,799
Speaker 1: around and practice quid, never know what happens. Look at

748
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,719
Speaker 1: Brandon Dune, like you said, one of those players that

749
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:45,279
Speaker 1: causes number double takes. Number ninety five who was which

750
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,880
Speaker 1: was worn by Cuffington Johnny Dwight out of Alabama, undrafted

751
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 1: rookie six three three oh one. They didn't play a

752
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 1: ton at Alabama. Was more a part of the rotation

753
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: at Alabama. But I've seen him out of here and

754
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: make a few plays. I'm like, hey, ninety five, all right,

755
00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 1: I'm used to see him coming, but I see ninety

756
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 1: five and he's a little bit more stout than than

757
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 1: uh than Cove was. So I'm interested to see what

758
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 1: he does in the preseason. But he's made a couple

759
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,279
Speaker 1: of plays that kind of catch my attention out here.

760
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,760
Speaker 1: Ira Savage Lewis is from Houston, went to Bail sixty

761
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: three rookie. Can you be a good d lineman with

762
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 1: the name Ira? Yes, he is. He is. He's playing

763
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,879
Speaker 1: flashing the Sickham sign. He's He's pretty unique watching him.

764
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 1: I mean, he's a two hundred and ninety pound guy.

765
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 1: You can move him up and down a line of scrimmage.

766
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,919
Speaker 1: I have seen him make some plays during this training camp,

767
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,920
Speaker 1: both run and pass rush. I've seen him do some

768
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 1: things the pass rush. He's a very intriguing player with

769
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: the opportunity and the ability in size to play anywhere

770
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:39,719
Speaker 1: from tight end to tight end. And that's gonna help.

771
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 1: That's gonna help a guy like that when it comes

772
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,840
Speaker 1: down to does he make the fifty three or probably

773
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:46,880
Speaker 1: best case for him is does he make practice squad.

774
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,479
Speaker 1: But boy, he's really flashed to me. I'm really excited

775
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 1: to see him against Green Bay and practices and then

776
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,880
Speaker 1: the game. I don't have his pronunciation yet. Haavey Edwards,

777
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: big dude, Colorado. He's three twenty five. He's also a

778
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 1: Houston homeboy. The d's got some Houston homeboys in there,

779
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 1: and how he's one of them. He's a large human being.

780
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: So for him, he's gonna be playing over the nose.

781
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 1: He's gonna be playing from guard to guard, and he's

782
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 1: just gotta he's just got to be nasty inside. Just

783
00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:17,360
Speaker 1: take on it. He's got he's gotta follow DJ readers

784
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,360
Speaker 1: every move during his training camp and during the preseason.

785
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 1: All right, that's it for your D line. They get

786
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: all of them. You got all of them, I believe.

787
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 1: So giving me grief about two sentences, Well, you know,

788
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 1: and this is a pretty big group right here. And

789
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:31,839
Speaker 1: I think it's a good group too. I think it's

790
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 1: the deepest group that this team has. They've got a

791
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 1: rookie on the NFI list, Walter Palmore out of Missouri

792
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 1: six four three twenty a nose tackle. We see him

793
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:44,759
Speaker 1: right out here. Him. He's a bit, he's a big day.

794
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 1: He wants to get healthy in a hurry. Otherwise it's uh,

795
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 1: you know, he might be the kind of guy they

796
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:50,919
Speaker 1: want to hang onto if he can't practice this camp.

797
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: But we'll see how they handle that. Look, I think

798
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 1: it's a deep group. We've talked about this possibly being

799
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 1: the deepest group on the team. Yeah, I mean now,

800
00:38:58,200 --> 00:38:59,800
Speaker 1: because you have to one of the best players in

801
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 1: his three and then he got a reader and done

802
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,239
Speaker 1: and everybody else we talked about. So we'll see how

803
00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:06,879
Speaker 1: it plays out. They have a lot of options there.

804
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,000
Speaker 1: They're gonna be some unhappy people, or maybe they'll be

805
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,799
Speaker 1: happy because if guys get cut and you can't get

806
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:13,640
Speaker 1: them on the practice squad, some of these rookies maybe

807
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,400
Speaker 1: they end up with other teams. So some of these

808
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,480
Speaker 1: guys will be focusing on in the second half of

809
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 1: these preseason games coming up. Yeah, there's no question and

810
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:22,600
Speaker 1: That's the one thing that these guys have got to

811
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 1: keep in mind that, Yes, what they put on film

812
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 1: is obviously for Anthony Weaver and for Romeo Cornell to

813
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,880
Speaker 1: sit there and study and and critique and give them

814
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 1: pointers and all that, but they're also put whatever they

815
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 1: put on films for thirty one other teams to pay attention. Ye,

816
00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:39,719
Speaker 1: And and I know it's tough to say, like, hey, no,

817
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 1: they're Texans, especially the guys from Houston. But this is

818
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:45,600
Speaker 1: a deep group. Is a deep, deep group. And you

819
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 1: know when you go sub package of that group, how

820
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:50,480
Speaker 1: many of them are gonna end up being on the field. Yeah,

821
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 1: it's gonna be why, it's gonna be Clowney. And then

822
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 1: keep six, Right, you're gonna keep six, maybe five, just squeeze.

823
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,399
Speaker 1: I think you keep six. I think you keep six.

824
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 1: But you know, it depends on how you classic. John

825
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:07,359
Speaker 1: McClain says five, which because it depends on how you classifive,

826
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 1: I put Clowney in there, so I count that as

827
00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:12,799
Speaker 1: as six, all right? Well if yeah, because how does

828
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,200
Speaker 1: Clowney figure in the outside linebacker equation? You keep four

829
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 1: or five because they're gonna keep They're gonna keep nine. Linebackers.

830
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,440
Speaker 1: If you include Clowney in that group, it's nine. Right,

831
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 1: So I think the D line is five plus the one.

832
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 1: So now you have eight and six. Right. Again, I

833
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:32,400
Speaker 1: go back to the fact that because you have I

834
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 1: don't know, it's a position list fourteen front seven guys.

835
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 1: Well there that there's there's That's what you gotta do.

836
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 1: That's how you have to think about this, right, because

837
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 1: when you start thinking about, well, how many outside linebackers

838
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 1: do I have, Well, how many outside linebackers do I need?

839
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 1: Because how often am I gonna be in my base unit.

840
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,239
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be in my base unit against Tennessee. But

841
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 1: if I have Clowney. If I have Clowney, then I've

842
00:40:52,120 --> 00:40:53,799
Speaker 1: got at least three guys I know I could play

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Speaker 1: outside in Scarlett, Merciless and Clowney. I've got at least

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Speaker 1: those three as elsie linebackers. So how but you play

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Speaker 1: nickel how much? And when you play nickel, you got

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Speaker 1: wid outside, Clowne outside, and you played a combination on

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Speaker 1: the inside. Yea, So how much do you really need?

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Speaker 1: You know, five outside linebackers. You'll take a fifth outside

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Speaker 1: linebacker if you know that guy's gonna end up flying

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Speaker 1: down on special teams, and I got one that I'm

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Speaker 1: really excited about. Really, well, why do we do that tomorrow?

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Speaker 1: Why don't we do linebackers tomorrow, outside, inside, all around

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Speaker 1: the town. So there it is, linebackers tomorrow, inside and outside.

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Speaker 1: Well obviously discussed Debbie on Clowne because he will be

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Speaker 1: in that linebacker cruise. Sometimes he's at inside, sometimes he's outside,

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Speaker 1: sometimes he's at defensive line. He kind of covers it all.

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Speaker 1: So every time we talk about a different group line,

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Speaker 1: defensive line or linebackers, we're gonna talk about JD because

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Speaker 1: he's in that group. So we'll do linebackers tomorrow at

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Speaker 1: nine o'clock and then a fantastic guest at nine twenty.

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Speaker 1: I almost don't even want to say it because I

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Speaker 1: don't want to I don't want to jinx it, and

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I've been given the ok to

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Speaker 1: do this. But let's just say he's a guy who

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Speaker 1: loves basketball but loves the Texans. Does that give anything away?

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Speaker 1: Maybe not? Just you're gonna want to tune in tomorrow

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Speaker 1: eight o'clock so you can hear the whole show. McLean

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Speaker 1: at eight thirty, We've got me breaking down at position

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Speaker 1: at nine, got Lander lockers questions at nine thirty each

870
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Speaker 1: and every week. It's awesome. You gotta hear training camp

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Speaker 1: a lot, but if you miss it, you can catch

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Speaker 1: our breakdown at Well, you just heard the breakdown right

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Speaker 1: there of a very talented and deep defensive line. A

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Speaker 1: lot of people to thank for this one. Bill O'Brien,

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Speaker 1: Shaw Watson, J. J. Watt, Darren Fells, Buddy how Drew Doherty,

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Speaker 1: Mark Vandermere, all of you for listening. We will see

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Speaker 1: you tomorrow, literally tomorrow at the Houston Methodist Training Center,

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Speaker 1: looking forward to another day in pads. In your first

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Speaker 1: look at this twenty nineteen team, we'll see that everybody

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Speaker 1: has always go Texans