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Speaker 1: In the Lab, a Texans podcast that takes a different

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Speaker 1: look at things to Doherty and John Harris have their

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Speaker 1: lab coats and goggles on and the Bunsen burners burning.

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Speaker 1: Here's Drew Ah.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Bye week is upon us and the Texans are

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Speaker 2: three and three. Let's let's just start planning the parades,

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Speaker 2: right No, we're joking, We're not planning any parades. Eleven

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Speaker 2: more games to go, but we can all agree. Fun,

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Speaker 2: fun time's going on right now with the Houston Texans. Now,

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Speaker 2: here's what we're going to do today on the show.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna talk with John Harris, my brosif for a

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Speaker 2: good fifteen minutes or so. We've got a cream of

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Speaker 2: the Crop player to select each of us. We've got

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Speaker 2: an under the radar guy to watch for the final eleven.

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Speaker 2: So we're gonna have fun chopping it up and discussing

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Speaker 2: those things. And we're gonna get wacky with offensive lineman

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Speaker 2: Titus Howard. He is one of my all time favorite

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Speaker 2: Texans to interview. I've been with the team since two

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Speaker 2: thousand nine. Titus is always up for a good time.

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Speaker 2: Titus is creative, Titus is funny. Titus will roll with

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Speaker 2: the punches, Titus will surprise you. And this is a

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Speaker 2: vintage Titus Howard interview. We did it oh right before

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Speaker 2: the game last week. But really there's nothing at all

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Speaker 2: football related in this interview. It's all just about his teammates, himself,

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Speaker 2: some choices he would make if he were in some

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Speaker 2: precarious situation. I was just gonna let you listen to it.

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Speaker 2: And then after Titus, we got a chance to go

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Speaker 2: one on one or I got a chance to go

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Speaker 2: one on one again with the great Chris Myers. Now,

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Speaker 2: if you don't know who Chris Myers is, shame on you.

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Speaker 2: But when you hear his voice, you'll recognize him again.

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Speaker 2: Chris Myers is the guy who's called three Texans games

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Speaker 2: for Fox play by play this season. But you know,

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Speaker 2: I grew up knowing who he was as a sports

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Speaker 2: center anchor back when Sports Center was I think at

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Speaker 2: its best, and he was one of the best sports

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Speaker 2: center anchors then in the late nineties. He interviewed the

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Speaker 2: biggest names in sports on a daily basis, Monday through Friday.

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Speaker 2: He was the lead into Sports Center. It was four

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Speaker 2: thirty Central Time, and it was appointment television. I mean

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Speaker 2: didn't matter.

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Speaker 3: Who it was.

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Speaker 2: It could be a commissioner of the NFL, it could

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Speaker 2: be a boxer, it was everybody big who was somebody

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Speaker 2: in the nineties got interviewed by Chris Myers, so he's

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Speaker 2: got a really unique perspective on things.

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Speaker 4: I asked him about CJ.

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Speaker 2: Stroud in that regard, and then I asked Chris some

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Speaker 2: really fun, kind of off the beaten path type of

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Speaker 2: questions about his career and getting into things, and then

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Speaker 2: we wrapped it up with a top five Myers rankings.

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Speaker 2: And he's a good sport. He played along and had fun.

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Speaker 2: But enough about that. Let's get into it. It's John

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Speaker 2: Harris and I for our weekly in the Lab and

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Speaker 2: here we go, and one final reminder before we get going.

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Speaker 4: Please do us a favor.

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Speaker 2: Review this podcast, Rate this podcast, comment on this podcast,

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Speaker 2: always getting it every middle of the week Wednesday, and

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Speaker 2: we would really really appreciate it. And if you got questions,

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Speaker 2: I love hearing your questions. Tweet at me at Doherty,

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Speaker 2: Drew d O U g h E R T y

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Speaker 2: d r E W Okay, without further ado, Let's get going, man,

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Speaker 2: three and three, and the way we've gone about seeing

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Speaker 2: this team getting the three and three this is really fun.

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Speaker 2: I joked about it when we taped Extra Points this

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Speaker 4: And d Kalu.

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Speaker 2: You're a guest on that show a lot. I was

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Speaker 2: a great guess, but I joked, do you kind of

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Speaker 2: wake up in the morning sometimes and wonder was this

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Speaker 2: just a dream that we actually got Demiko Ryan he's

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Speaker 2: actually the head coach. This happened because it seemed too

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Speaker 2: good to be true, and then it happened, and then

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Speaker 2: it seemed too good to be true the way the

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Speaker 2: draft went down, and it's kind of shaken out nicely

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Speaker 2: through six and I know there's eleven games left. I

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Speaker 2: don't want to get too far ahead of myself, but

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Speaker 2: the Texans are a good team now. John, It's awesome.

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Speaker 2: I'm loving this.

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Speaker 5: You know what ends up happening to Drew And I

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Speaker 5: not the right way of saying this, but I woke

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Speaker 5: we won over the last three years. We've just been

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Speaker 5: It was just that way we were conditioned to kind

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Speaker 6: We're three and three, and.

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Speaker 5: You know it was There's the one thing about it,

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Speaker 5: Drew that There's so many different things, I guess I

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Speaker 6: Getting into the game again.

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Speaker 5: And we've had so many different faces come through our

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Speaker 5: You know guys that have come out football ops. You

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Speaker 5: even players. I remember we were talking to a player

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Speaker 5: this was gosh, I don't remember, probably back media days,

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Speaker 5: back in June, and we were talking about, you know,

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Speaker 6: We're like, look, man, this thing rocks. And they're like

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Speaker 6: really because the last two three years, what did they see?

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Speaker 5: And it was a COVID year and then there was

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Speaker 5: and these players are feeding off it, and.

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Speaker 6: There's just such a good, joyous vibe.

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Speaker 5: Now, like you said, they're eleven games left. But this

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Speaker 5: is the time where you step back and go, Okay,

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Speaker 5: I don't know how many people expected us to be

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Speaker 5: don't know that anybody would have had us three and three.

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Speaker 5: I mean, even your most ardent supporters, even you and I.

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Speaker 5: if you get to tune four, you got to feel

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Speaker 6: I guess I don't know how you want to say

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Speaker 4: Not really a half, but I'm calling it a chunk.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, chunk.

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Speaker 5: We had like a small chunk and big chunk. So

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Speaker 5: I think these guys are getting excited about playing at home,

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Speaker 6: That's gonna help. And look, it's not going to be

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Speaker 5: Look, we got a lot of rookies that are going

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Speaker 7: So there's a lot to do.

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Speaker 5: But if we don't step back, and after all that

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Speaker 5: we've been through the last three years of particular, Drew

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Speaker 5: kind of step back and go, you know what, I'm happy.

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Speaker 6: To be here at three and three.

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Speaker 4: I'm two. I'm two.

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Speaker 2: I knew when when Demiko was hired and he started

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Speaker 2: a better team no matter what, no matter what happens

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Speaker 2: in the draft, this team will be better. This will

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Speaker 2: be team will be improved. Now I thought in after

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Speaker 2: You're gonna take your lumps. It's gonna be uh tough.

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Speaker 2: But I'm not stunned by the start getting predicted. But

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Speaker 2: I'm not stunned by it. It makes sense to me

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Speaker 2: based on what we've seen, and it's It's also delicious because,

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Speaker 2: as you know, I'm a dork about the mock draft trackers.

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Speaker 2: I compile all those and really, since what was the

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Speaker 2: draft April twenty eight, twenty ninth, so basically since May

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Speaker 2: three of the mock drafts that coming out early had

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Speaker 2: the Cardinals picking because they assume know the Texans are

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Speaker 4: So I love love seeing that.

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Speaker 2: All right, Yeah, cream of the crop of the crop

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Speaker 2: who do we got for you against the Saints? Who

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Speaker 2: was your cream of the cropper of the crop?

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Speaker 5: Well, I kind of feel like I'm gonna leave one

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Speaker 5: for you, So I'm gonna go with one maybe off the.

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Speaker 6: Beaten path a little bit. Okay, I think there are

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Speaker 6: a few players that you can take.

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Speaker 5: Maybe the one that that I believe you're gonna take

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Speaker 5: because he was straight cash homie, I'm gonna go with

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Speaker 5: Sheldon Rankings.

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Speaker 4: It's a good one.

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Speaker 5: And I know Sheldon got his first sack of the year,

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Speaker 5: but to me, it's more than that it was. It's

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Speaker 5: the way he's played the last few weeks and he's

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Speaker 5: playing in guts out and I know when I know

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Speaker 5: what ends up happening with free agency. People equate free

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Speaker 5: agency dollars to some quantitative metric fifty million dollars a year,

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Speaker 5: oh twenty sacks like in.

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Speaker 6: That's not the position. That's not that's not what that

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Speaker 5: What that position calls for is disruption, suit dominated the

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Speaker 5: point of attack, and Sheldon's done that, and he's done

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Speaker 5: it very quietly, but he started he's starting to make

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Speaker 5: a little bit of noise, and I thought he was

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Speaker 5: tremendous against the Saints. I in fact saw him out

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Speaker 5: that the sack was great. The sack was It's Aaron

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Speaker 5: Donald's jumped through cross the chop move, but then he

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Speaker 5: didn't quite get all the way through it. But when

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Speaker 5: he landed kind of with his jump jump through, he

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Speaker 5: burst right past Suza Ruiz and then snatch Derek Carr down.

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Speaker 5: I mean that was I mean he snatch a two

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Speaker 5: hundred and ten pound man just right to.

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Speaker 5: I just feel like he's playing and as good a

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Speaker 5: Malik Collins, who I know has played very very well.

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Speaker 5: I don't think we've or anybody really has mentioned how

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Speaker 5: His comments in the locker room about, hey, we're not

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's a good choice. I like that.

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Speaker 2: It's a good cream of the cropper. I'm gonna go

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Speaker 2: with like you said, cash Me outside Lake Cashman.

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Speaker 2: Doesn't you much better than that? In a week fifteen

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Speaker 3: I don't you know.

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Speaker 2: He'd been kind of cross trained at every position on

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Speaker 4: But he kind of had to know all of them.

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Speaker 2: And they said, forget about that, focus on strong the

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Speaker 2: and it's a defense he played in kind of started in,

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Speaker 4: And CJ. Stroud is an obvious choice, but let's go

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Speaker 5: Well, there's one name that stands out to me and

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Speaker 5: he's not under the radar, But who the hell is

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Speaker 5: talking about Shaq Mason. Really, Nobody, Oh, there's problems in

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Speaker 5: it's like, I mean, it's off, it's the lines issue.

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Speaker 5: I mean, when they ran the ball well in that

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Speaker 6: I know two things.

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Speaker 5: I know Laramy Tunsil will play left tackle and a

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Speaker 5: to take Laramie for granted ever, but Laramie, we talk

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Speaker 5: something else. I mean, he is just an exceptional player.

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Speaker 5: Damian Pierce Man, he's good and Shack's good at that.

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Speaker 5: how that's going to all go together. I really don't

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Speaker 5: don't know whether Titus will bounce back over the right

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Speaker 5: they got questioned by a lot of people like why

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Speaker 6: What are you gonna do there?

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Speaker 5: And you look up and you see these veterans. I mean,

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Speaker 6: So there's there's just a lot there.

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Speaker 5: And I just get the impression that Shaq likes being

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Speaker 5: I just feel like Shaq brings so much that offensive

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Speaker 6: I mean, I'm the dork or the group, so I

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Speaker 5: But I love it because that, to me is where

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Speaker 6: Latch Mark, because I don't know how that configuration is

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Speaker 2: That's good, and it's been there's been so many iterations

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Speaker 4: So he's been the glue.

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Speaker 2: He's been the you know he and hard enough to

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Speaker 4: There, constant inside.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, I I guess you can't really say

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Speaker 4: Derek Stingley Junior. Whenever he returns over he returns.

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Speaker 2: What sort of piece is he to the puzzle there?

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Speaker 4: The pass rush.

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Speaker 2: You got a better coverage, a little bit better coverage,

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Speaker 2: and that's no knock on anybody else, but let's see

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Speaker 6: There absolutely, I think.

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Speaker 5: You know, it's interesting when you bring up, you know,

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Speaker 6: I hate that.

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Speaker 5: But you know, Sound Ridgeways a guy we haven't talked about,

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Speaker 5: and what could he bring back to this defensive line.

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Speaker 5: But but those guys that are kind of on IR

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Speaker 6: We don't have size, and Ridgeway at least gives us

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Speaker 5: So, you know, bring it up Stingley, I think is

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Speaker 5: a great one, Drew, because kind of forgot about it

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Speaker 2: What you're gonna see is I mean probably as soon

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Speaker 4: But anyway, that's absolutely we'reg.

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Speaker 6: You hit it.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, My dude, always good to talk with. You have

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Speaker 4: Off.

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Speaker 2: I'm guessing you're just what you're gonna jet to Fiji

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Speaker 2: something like that, just chilling the beach for a private

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Speaker 2: I might chill.

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Speaker 6: Out the beach, but it might be that get helps

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Speaker 5: My wife and daughter are coming in on Tuesday night,

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Speaker 2: Me, my wife, Vita, and I and the five staples

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Speaker 6: So you're going to Maine. Wow.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, she's always wanted to go. You know, I have

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Speaker 5: Now it's the best to me in summer. But if

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Speaker 2: Yeah, John always fun with you have a good one.

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Speaker 2: Now we're gonna kick it over to a dude who's

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Speaker 2: It's Titus Howard, So please enjoy this conversation that gets

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Speaker 2: a knife, a fork or a spoon the rest of

440
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Speaker 2: your life you only get one, Which is it?

441
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Speaker 8: I'm mna go a fork.

442
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Speaker 9: Come eat with a fork, Stab someone with a fork.

443
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Speaker 9: You do everything with a fork. If you need a

444
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Speaker 9: fork to hold up a picture, you stick the fork down,

445
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Speaker 9: prop it up.

446
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Speaker 8: So I mean a fork can do everything, but a

447
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Speaker 8: spoon can't.

448
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Speaker 2: You're crafty. I wouldn't have thought about that with the picture.

449
00:19:58,320 --> 00:19:59,040
Speaker 2: That's good stuff.

450
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Speaker 3: I like that.

451
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Speaker 2: On the subject of food, let's say you and your

452
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Speaker 2: teammates all work in an office environment. Which of your

453
00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:10,600
Speaker 2: teammates is most likely to get the fish dinner from

454
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Speaker 2: the night before, microwave it in the break room, and

455
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Speaker 2: then eat it it is cubicle for everyone to smell.

456
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Speaker 8: Gotta go with Jimmy Morrisey. Really, yes, Wow, Gotta.

457
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Speaker 9: Go with Jimmy. I mean because I feel like every

458
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Speaker 9: time we go out to dinner, he always ordered fish. Yeah,

459
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Speaker 9: so he's probably the only one that's gonna eat fish?

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Speaker 3: Is he the type of guy that orders fish at

461
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Speaker 3: a steakhouse.

462
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Speaker 8: Yes, every time.

463
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Speaker 3: What do you have to say about people that do that?

464
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Speaker 8: Weird?

465
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Speaker 1: Yeah?

466
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Speaker 2: I agree, that's the correct answer. Okay, let's rank the Howards.

467
00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:49,000
Speaker 2: Titus Howard, Howard Stern, Ryan Howard from the Office, Howard University,

468
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Speaker 2: and Howard the Duck.

469
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Speaker 3: How does that all shake out?

470
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Speaker 9: Gotta go Titus Howard first, confidence gotta go with Ryan Howard.

471
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Speaker 8: Second, he's one of my favorite Well which Ryan how you.

472
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Speaker 3: Say from the Office.

473
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Speaker 8: Oh, just because he's a Texan.

474
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with him too.

475
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Speaker 8: No, no, oh no, he gotta go last.

476
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Speaker 9: I'm not watching that, That's how I don't even know

477
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Speaker 9: where he is. I'm not watching. So I go Howard Stern.

478
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Speaker 9: It is Howard, the same Howard Stern that was like

479
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Speaker 9: on Avengers.

480
00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:20,280
Speaker 2: Oh no, he's got Oh, don't worry, it's all right.

481
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Speaker 2: This is the guy that interviews all the famous people.

482
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Speaker 8: Oh yeah, yeah, I go him to who else?

483
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Speaker 3: Were Howard the Duck? Howard University?

484
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Speaker 9: Oh, I gotta switch it up. Howard University too. I

485
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Speaker 9: went to HBCU, So Howard University too. Let's go Howard

486
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Speaker 9: the Duck. Three, Howard Stern four, and then let's go this.

487
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Speaker 9: Whoever is Ryan Howard guy is?

488
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Speaker 2: He was a guy that was always going out with

489
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Speaker 2: with Kelly Kapoor. You're on a You're on a deserted island.

490
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Speaker 2: H Do you want one of those souped up Swiss

491
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Speaker 2: army knives with a bunch of stuff or do you

492
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Speaker 2: want a lighter?

493
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Speaker 3: Which one?

494
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Speaker 9: I'm to go with a knife? Yeah, gotsu? Okay, I

495
00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:04,600
Speaker 9: think I can find a way to start a fire.

496
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Speaker 2: Well, you could chop some stuff up a lot of

497
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Speaker 2: those knives. They have those little magnifying glasses too.

498
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Speaker 9: Yeah boom. I mean what I'm gonna do with a

499
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Speaker 9: lot of other than start a fire?

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Speaker 1: So, I mean that's right.

501
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Speaker 3: But the fire can get you off the island, keep

502
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Speaker 3: you warm at night.

503
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Speaker 9: But if I could start a fire with the magnifier,

504
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Speaker 9: I can also protect myself and get off the island.

505
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Speaker 4: That's right.

506
00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, and make huts and stuff, you know, shelter. Okay,

507
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,440
Speaker 2: you can only pick one of your teammates to help

508
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Speaker 2: you get off the island.

509
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Speaker 3: Who's the teammate you're choosing?

510
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Speaker 8: I gotta go to my boyot.

511
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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, you think you can handle himself in a

512
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Speaker 2: rugged wilderness sort of situation.

513
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Speaker 8: Yeah, he's a.

514
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Speaker 3: Dog, all right, that's your guy.

515
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Speaker 8: That's that work.

516
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Speaker 3: When's the last time you sang?

517
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Speaker 8: It's been a minute, you know, it's been a minute.

518
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Speaker 9: My voice kind of changes, cracking a little bit, so

519
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Speaker 9: I ain't got it in me no more.

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Speaker 2: Well, we just were doing this interview after you've taken

521
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Speaker 2: a shower. He's not singing in the shower.

522
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Speaker 8: Ah, no, not without a felt was in there. It's

523
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Speaker 8: kind of it's kind of iffy.

524
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Speaker 3: Is it always been that weird?

525
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Speaker 2: Did you used to sing in the shower around then?

526
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:07,360
Speaker 2: You know, like locker room?

527
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Speaker 8: I sing around in the locker room a little bit,

528
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Speaker 8: not in the shower.

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Speaker 6: Okay, fair enough?

530
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Speaker 2: Who on offense would be the best player if the

531
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Speaker 2: defense needed him for like a series? Man, we need

532
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Speaker 2: we need this guy out there.

533
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Speaker 3: Who's gonna that's a good one? Yea?

534
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Speaker 9: If I would had to say, I would eat to

535
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Speaker 9: go with putting me on the D line. I got

536
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Speaker 9: the pastor's moves right, or I'm gonna putt Nico cons

537
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Speaker 9: at safety?

538
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Speaker 3: Okay, rangy good? Not afraid to mix it up.

539
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Speaker 9: I'm not afraid to miss it up. You can go

540
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Speaker 9: get the ball. So I know you play both from Alabama.

541
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Speaker 2: Now I know you played quarterback in high school. Did

542
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Speaker 2: you play you play defense, safety, play safety? Okay, but

543
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Speaker 2: you never had never on the defensive line.

544
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Speaker 8: Never on the defense line.

545
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Speaker 9: I only started liking the defensive line when I started

546
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Speaker 9: playing offensive line.

547
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Speaker 8: So I would always like the Pastors moves. I would

548
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Speaker 8: practice him.

549
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and now you know what, you know what gives

550
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 3: other guys fits too. That's that's a good one. Best

551
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 3: Halloween candy of all time. That's tough Halloween candy, like

552
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Speaker 3: going in the bucket.

553
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,879
Speaker 8: I'm going in a bucket. Me personally, I'm not a

554
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Speaker 8: bit chocolate fan.

555
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Speaker 9: So if I'm going I'm looking for like starburs sour

556
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:23,919
Speaker 9: candies like Jalen Petrick.

557
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Speaker 3: He said the same thing last week.

558
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Speaker 8: Week he did.

559
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:29,160
Speaker 9: Yeah, either the Starburs, the Skillos or something. It's something

560
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Speaker 9: sour like the war Heads that he's having.

561
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Speaker 8: That. Yeah, that was something like that. I'm not really

562
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Speaker 8: going for the chocolate.

563
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Speaker 2: Nothing wrong with that. You're not alone, Okay. What's the

564
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Speaker 2: worst thing to get in the set. It doesn't have

565
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Speaker 2: to be candy, because sometimes there's weirdoes out there that

566
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Speaker 2: give you like toothbrush.

567
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Speaker 8: The worst thing. Yeah, candy corn.

568
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Speaker 3: You don't like candy corn.

569
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Speaker 9: I think candy corn might be the worst candy on

570
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Speaker 9: the plane. Either candy corn or sweetish fish. You don't

571
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Speaker 9: like sweetish fish either, only I mean, I hate to

572
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Speaker 9: say it, but like only older people like sweetish fish.

573
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Speaker 9: That's why I tell George Fan Like. He be in

574
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:04,880
Speaker 9: the room and he's like, hey, pass me the sweetest fish.

575
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,639
Speaker 9: I'm like, bro, you show your age.

576
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Speaker 3: Oh man, I'm on too. I like those. What's the best?

577
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Speaker 3: What's the best Halloween costume You've ever worn?

578
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Speaker 9: I got a story about Halloween costume. I was in

579
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Speaker 9: like middle school, and my mom had got me this

580
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 9: Superman costume. I didn't have muscles. I just had the costume,

581
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Speaker 9: but I didn't have muscles. I got to school and

582
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Speaker 9: walk around with my Superman costume on, and I'm looking

583
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Speaker 9: at all the other guys. I'm like, dang, they Superman

584
00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:36,160
Speaker 9: costume got muscles, and I'm like skinny like so I'm

585
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Speaker 9: like dang.

586
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:39,240
Speaker 8: Like I feel embarrassed, So I go back up to

587
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Speaker 8: the office.

588
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:41,399
Speaker 9: I call my mom like, hey, you gotta bring me

589
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Speaker 9: a Superman costume with muscles. I'm not going back to

590
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Speaker 9: class with no muscles, so she brought me a new

591
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,439
Speaker 9: costume that had muscles in it, so like, I always

592
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,200
Speaker 9: remember that, So that's probably my favorite one.

593
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Speaker 2: All right, then we gotta take a You gotta take

594
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Speaker 2: a look into this camera lens here and thank your mother.

595
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Speaker 3: That's just like one of the coolest things.

596
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Speaker 8: Thank you mom.

597
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Speaker 3: That's a power mom. Move right there. I like that

598
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,360
Speaker 3: water slides. You like him?

599
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:05,160
Speaker 8: I do, but I'm too big for him now.

600
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Speaker 3: Really can't go on any.

601
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Speaker 8: I don't even trust it, you know, I don't. I

602
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:10,919
Speaker 8: like him though. I used to ride them all the.

603
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,560
Speaker 3: Time, pools or the beach.

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Speaker 8: Uh. I'm over a pool type of guy because of

605
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Speaker 8: his control.

606
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Speaker 7: Yeah.

607
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,880
Speaker 8: Yeah, I like to be though, but I really don't

608
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:23,400
Speaker 8: get in the water.

609
00:26:23,480 --> 00:26:24,640
Speaker 3: But I know what's lurking out there.

610
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,959
Speaker 8: Yeah, so I'm gonna choose pool. All right.

611
00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:29,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks so much for coming on. It's always fun.

612
00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:33,440
Speaker 9: When you do these reasons, no problem.

613
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Speaker 2: It's like I said, man at the outset, Titus Howard

614
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,200
Speaker 2: is one of the best interviews I've ever had. And

615
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,440
Speaker 2: I've done that Drew's dozen with him about four or

616
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Speaker 2: five times now since he was a rookie, and every time.

617
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Speaker 4: It's fun.

618
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Speaker 2: He sung a bunch for me, He's had some jokes.

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Speaker 2: He's he's really good stuff and thanks again to Titus

620
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Speaker 2: and can't wait to see what he does the second

621
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Speaker 2: chunk of the season, the final eleven games. He's gonna

622
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,960
Speaker 2: be moving around, I think on the offensive line, which

623
00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 2: has done a pretty good job so far. In twenty

624
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Speaker 2: twenty three, Okay, let's switch things up. Chris Myers play

625
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,479
Speaker 2: by play voice for the last game for Fox when

626
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 2: the Texans beat the Saints. He also called the game

627
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,639
Speaker 2: at Jacksonville that was a win, and then he was

628
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 2: here in Week two in Houston calling the game against

629
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Speaker 2: the Colts. So he's got a unique perspective on the

630
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,919
Speaker 2: Texans in that regard. From a national standpoint, he's got

631
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,200
Speaker 2: a really cool perspective knowing what he's done in his career.

632
00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 2: He was a SportsCenter anchor late eighties, early nineties, and

633
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:31,040
Speaker 2: then he interviewed a Who's Who Monday through Friday all

634
00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,840
Speaker 2: year round, leading into Sports Center in the latter part

635
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 2: of the nineties. Everybody big in sports at that time,

636
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:41,440
Speaker 2: Chris Myers interviewed and he even is pals with Bill Murray.

637
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:43,920
Speaker 2: We're gonna get into that. We're gonna do some top

638
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,359
Speaker 2: five Myers rankings, and we're gonna start out by talking

639
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,239
Speaker 2: about what he thinks about CJ. Stroud and how he

640
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,520
Speaker 2: compares with some of the greats of the past. Enjoy

641
00:27:54,000 --> 00:28:00,159
Speaker 2: this interview with me and the great Chris Myers. What

642
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 2: stands out to you the most about the progress of

643
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 2: this team and the progress of this this whole program

644
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 2: that Demigo Ryans is running.

645
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:09,120
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean two things jump out.

646
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 10: I mean, I don't know what I expected right away

647
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 10: when they lost that that that opener or that early

648
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,440
Speaker 10: game that we did, but I thought the defense would

649
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:17,959
Speaker 10: be better. I knew they had a lot of injuries,

650
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,280
Speaker 10: and the defense has gotten better. And I mean there

651
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 10: are top top ten or right right close to that

652
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 10: in terms of rankings, and you can see the improvement.

653
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,200
Speaker 10: And part of that is getting the right people healthy,

654
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:29,640
Speaker 10: of course, So that jumps out. But the biggest thing, too,

655
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 10: is is CJ.

656
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 7: Stroud. I mean I thought he'd be good.

657
00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:36,160
Speaker 10: I thought it'd be okay, and again with a beat

658
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 10: up offensive line, lack of them running him all these things.

659
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 7: I mean it's impressive.

660
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,960
Speaker 10: I know the yardage and no interceptions and touchdowns, but

661
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 10: how he's in the games. We saw the accuracy, the ballplacement,

662
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Speaker 10: the different kinds of passes, whether it needs to fire one,

663
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 10: you know, air it out, long float one, short touch whatever,

664
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Speaker 10: connecting with his with his receivers, and just in talking

665
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 10: to him and listening to his we didn't do their games.

666
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 10: His news conferences or press conferences have stood out. You

667
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,720
Speaker 10: really got a franchise quarterback. I mean, I know it's

668
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 10: early and a lot can change, but he has it

669
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Speaker 10: on the field physically, which you know some people concerned about,

670
00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:16,400
Speaker 10: and then the mental part of it. He seems to

671
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 10: be gobbling that up and working to get better. So

672
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 10: those those are encouraging signs.

673
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to stick with that because you've got

674
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 2: a really unique perspective on things in that regard. You've

675
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,080
Speaker 2: been in all these production meetings before a game where

676
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 2: you interview the guys and they give you a little

677
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 2: bit more than they would the regular media, and then

678
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 2: you made a living in the late nineties as an

679
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 2: interviewer with huge personalities I mean from the sporting world

680
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 2: and externally. So what have you picked up when you've

681
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 2: talked to him, when you've had that kind of more

682
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 2: intimate time with CJ. Stroud when you're in these production meetings,

683
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,480
Speaker 2: knowing what you've seen over the last thirty forty years

684
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 2: as a journalist.

685
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Speaker 10: Yeah, and I'm not comparing him to these guys, but

686
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 10: I know, right right, Yeah, And he finally admitted it.

687
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 10: It's funny, Drue. He admitted, Hey, I'm a perfectionist. You know,

688
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 10: sometimes it's not easy, and that's something Troy Aikman, I

689
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,640
Speaker 10: was there in the draft room when he was selected,

690
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 10: worked alongside of him, covered his games, interviewed him. Jerry

691
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 10: Rice is another one. They were perfectionists and obviously they

692
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 10: had skill and they had other things, but boy, that

693
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 10: that jumps out at you. And when somebody has obviously

694
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 10: he's got the arm and the physical.

695
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 7: Size c J.

696
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 10: Stroud, So it was it was interesting to see that

697
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:27,360
Speaker 10: almost meticulous about things. Sometimes that can annoy people sometimes.

698
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 10: And he said he'll push himself and that's what you do.

699
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 10: I remember Jerry Rice telling me I line up. This

700
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,280
Speaker 10: is even after his you know, a decade Super Bowls

701
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 10: that he said, I line up. I don't care who

702
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,640
Speaker 10: the corner is across from me, and I have to

703
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 10: remind myself in this game, in this moment I haven't

704
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,760
Speaker 10: done anything yet. You know, it's like, wow, you really

705
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 10: still do that. And he was saying that, So I

706
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 10: don't know if c J. Stroud has all that, but

707
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 10: CJ's got some of that. And that's one of the things,

708
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,479
Speaker 10: the little personality things that I always enjoy looking for

709
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 10: when I interview athletes in a longer format. Our coaches

710
00:30:56,080 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 10: were commissioners, what owners of teams, So that's it intangible

711
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 10: to jumped out. It's funny when we had him the

712
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 10: first May it was the second game going into Jacksonville,

713
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 10: which was a terrific performance all the way around for

714
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 10: the team, but outstating I think I think I said

715
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 10: in the direction meaning a little bit about, hey, you know,

716
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 10: you really don't run much and you know, and the

717
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 10: analyst said, Robert Smith said, well, didn't do that at

718
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 10: Ohio State, and he kind of said, you know, we

719
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:19,800
Speaker 10: don't do that here.

720
00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 7: He don't want to do it.

721
00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 10: Not that he's a running quarterback, but I thought in

722
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,040
Speaker 10: some cases, you see guys just get that extra whether

723
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 10: it's a Baker Mayfield what he does for Tampa, and

724
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,400
Speaker 10: then I'm seeing a little more of that, believe it

725
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 10: or not not that I'm taking credit for it. But

726
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,959
Speaker 10: I think he's like that, I've proven myself as a pastor.

727
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 10: I know people don't have to doubt me there. So

728
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 10: I'm going to do and this is the attitude do

729
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 10: whatever it takes to win, which is which is really

730
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 10: where he's at. So that's one of the things that's

731
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 10: kind of jumped out of me.

732
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 4: All right, let's veer off course.

733
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:48,239
Speaker 2: We had a lot of fun talking with you all

734
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 2: the stuff you've done in your career. I got a

735
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,120
Speaker 2: nice question from our play by play voice Mark Vanner.

736
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,400
Speaker 2: He wants to know when you were a Sports center

737
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 2: anchor those This is Sports Center commercials, some of the

738
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 2: best TV of all time. What was your most This

739
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:07,719
Speaker 2: is Sports Center actual moment when you were working there, Like,

740
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 2: you know, they joke around and they have the mascots

741
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 2: doing paperwork. I mean, what did you see when you

742
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,280
Speaker 2: were in those offices up there that was like, oh,

743
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 2: this is kind of like those commercials we make.

744
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,719
Speaker 10: There's some funny stuff. Well, I'll be a little bit

745
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 10: of an inside information. Before they hired out, it was

746
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 10: the group that I believed did the Nike the early

747
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 10: Nike spots, and I forget I must say Widen and

748
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 10: Kennedy or something like that. That's who has been hired

749
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 10: to do those from what I remember to do those

750
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,120
Speaker 10: sports Otter spots, But the very first two were done

751
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 10: by Dan Patrick and I and they were kind of

752
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:38,840
Speaker 10: home cooked, and they were.

753
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 7: Kind of they weren't called.

754
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 10: They evolved from this is Sports Center to I'm on

755
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 10: Sports Center, I'm in the game with sports or something

756
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 10: like that. And mine was a guy catching a pass

757
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 10: and he runs to me in the middle of the

758
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 10: and and I forget how he did it.

759
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 7: When it was shot way early.

760
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 10: They only ran a little bit before they changed the

761
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 10: idea and I forget the one that Dan Patrick had.

762
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,080
Speaker 10: So they were really clever. But as far as the

763
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,680
Speaker 10: actual moment, gosh, there's uh, there's quite a few. I

764
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 10: think the biggest thing was, remember when they started out,

765
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 10: it was kind of a cable operation ESPN that people

766
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,440
Speaker 10: didn't know or believe in or trust or whatever. They

767
00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 10: didn't get it on their on their cable system. With

768
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 10: a lot of people have grown up and it's automatic

769
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 10: with ESPN two and ESPN Plus. But when you would

770
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 10: go out and run into uh star athletes or coaches

771
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 10: who would hear and they would say hey, I and

772
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 10: they would quote what you guys, what we said on

773
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 10: Sports Center in the early years. You go, wow, this

774
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 10: to me, that's that registers is for people? Really are

775
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 10: you know, yeah, there's an audience with sports fans. But well,

776
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 10: when a head coach of a college basketball team, or

777
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 10: Frank Robinson, Hall of Fame player who was managing back

778
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,120
Speaker 10: at the time, at first he joked his ESPN is

779
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 10: that a cable chess a Spanish channel?

780
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,320
Speaker 7: No, I know, it's it's why I watch you guy whatever?

781
00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 10: Uh, and then comments that you would make, and kids

782
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 10: at colleges or universities watching late night Sports Center would

783
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,480
Speaker 10: put up signs that kind of you know, you're connecting

784
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 10: with your audience. To me, that was probably what was

785
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:58,440
Speaker 10: a Sports Center moment.

786
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 2: Good question though, Yeah, yeah, you went from WWL, which

787
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 2: is a it's the flagship station basically in New Orleans

788
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 2: of TV. You went from there to Bristol, right, I mean,

789
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:14,640
Speaker 2: how how easy was that move? How how much were

790
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:16,759
Speaker 2: you doubting that move? Like, what was that like going

791
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 2: through that process? Was that like, yeah I had a

792
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 2: home run or what?

793
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:24,400
Speaker 10: Well, there was a move in between as ESCN was established,

794
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,359
Speaker 10: you know, and it was with ESPN, were You're right,

795
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 10: but it was they were trying to build up there.

796
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 10: They didn't have any reporting bureaus, right, they just had

797
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:34,040
Speaker 10: the sports center in Connecticut and guys do and highlights it.

798
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 10: So they had Jimmy Roberts starting in New York and

799
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,279
Speaker 10: they asked me, that's what was my first show?

800
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 7: Would you be our West Coast correspondent?

801
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,240
Speaker 10: He had the move to LA and cover the West

802
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:45,439
Speaker 10: Coast as a reporter, so he's given up a really

803
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,799
Speaker 10: good anchor position, well paid, and it wasn't really even

804
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 10: about the money.

805
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 7: But but I was kind of not.

806
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 10: I was like, yeah, you know, well, covering the West Coast,

807
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,440
Speaker 10: but I think I believed in where ESPN was going

808
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,839
Speaker 10: as a as a growing sports network and to cover

809
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 10: to be able cover sports on a national scale, So

810
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,680
Speaker 10: that was kind of a no brainer. And then I

811
00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 10: did that for a few years. That happened to win

812
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 10: an Emmy, and then that's when they said would you

813
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,239
Speaker 10: like to come back and anchor a sports center? And

814
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 10: even though I enjoyed the West Coast and the warmer

815
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 10: weather since I'm originally from Florida, I was like, yeah, no,

816
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 10: that's part of the advancing forward and that's where I

817
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 10: got to do sports and for a few years before

818
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,920
Speaker 10: coming back to the West Coast in l A to

819
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,279
Speaker 10: do up close with Roy Firestone. So yeah, there's often

820
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,879
Speaker 10: little career tipping points and moves that you know, first

821
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 10: you start out in local TV saying I want to

822
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:31,799
Speaker 10: get to a bigger market, bigger market, that kind of thing,

823
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,760
Speaker 10: and then you then you see the growth of you know, wow, ESPN,

824
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 10: it's all sports.

825
00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 7: I'm not going to be cut.

826
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,879
Speaker 10: You know, my my sports time on the local news

827
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 10: isn't going to get cut because of a traffic jam.

828
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,400
Speaker 7: You know, on the highway.

829
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 10: So because we're going to talk, Yeah, we're going to

830
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 10: talk sports all the time. So that's kind of that's

831
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,360
Speaker 10: kind of what drew me in when they when that

832
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,960
Speaker 10: became a reality. And then since then, of course at

833
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 10: NFL network a network for all sports, tennis, whatever you want, NBA,

834
00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:00,200
Speaker 10: so it really has has changed in net regard. But yeah,

835
00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 10: that was a you know, one of those career moves.

836
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,319
Speaker 10: And actually the agent, I guess the ESPN saw a

837
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 10: tape that I did.

838
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 7: It's funny you mentioned the Saints.

839
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,720
Speaker 10: It was the Jim Moore coaching staff with the Saints

840
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 10: that got them their first winning season, but none of

841
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,320
Speaker 10: the guys on the staff had ever Don Capris was

842
00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 10: one of them, had ever played in the NFL, and

843
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 10: so that was a story idea of it's like, wow,

844
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:20,959
Speaker 10: these guys are doing well, but none of them played

845
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 10: on the NFL. It was called I never played the game,

846
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,160
Speaker 10: the little feature and so YESPN saw that.

847
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:26,279
Speaker 7: I think I talked to him.

848
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,799
Speaker 10: I found an agent who said, yeah, they're interested, and

849
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 10: it developed from there.

850
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 7: So long answer, but you have the.

851
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 4: Background son of a gun. Well that's really cool. Okay

852
00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 4: you all the way back? What's that said?

853
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,400
Speaker 7: When you told me your story? It's interesting.

854
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 10: So it's funny where people land where they want to

855
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,840
Speaker 10: and how they find an avenue to do what you

856
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 10: like to do. So real quarterback and there's always pathways

857
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 10: if you stay in the game.

858
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 2: What was the first time you went on air? And

859
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 2: it was I mean, I know you probably did audition tapes,

860
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,880
Speaker 2: but when was the first actual on air experience for

861
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 2: you before all that?

862
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:04,839
Speaker 10: Well, you mean, oh, you mean in local TV or yeah, yeah,

863
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 10: you're any TV. Okay, yeah, well I was doing a

864
00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 10: local radio in Miami and then that's how I kind

865
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 10: of got hired and I had to kind of put

866
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,319
Speaker 10: together I was still in college. I had to put

867
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:18,239
Speaker 10: together a reel, a hot area had to say. So

868
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,800
Speaker 10: I had to use the junior college cameras and crew

869
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 10: to sit at a desk and voice over highlights. Because

870
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:26,760
Speaker 10: the in the Miami community it's a big, big market.

871
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,320
Speaker 10: They were like, well, we know you know sports. We

872
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 10: hear you on the radio as a teenager or whatever,

873
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 10: but now you're I think it was twenty at the time,

874
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 10: twenty twenty one, and I was still in college.

875
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:35,959
Speaker 7: But they're like, well, can you do TV?

876
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 10: And so that kind of got me in the door

877
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 10: to be on to get an audition and then do

878
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 10: weekends for them in part time so that I would

879
00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,320
Speaker 10: say the rush of sports. What I like about sports,

880
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 10: whether watching on TV or a as a fan, you

881
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 10: in person, or and I didn't play a little bit

882
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:54,399
Speaker 10: in high school and stuff like that, but I knew

883
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,360
Speaker 10: it wasn't really good, but I still get that. I

884
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:58,560
Speaker 10: still get that same kind of rush when the light

885
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,320
Speaker 10: and the microphone comes on for you know, to broadcast

886
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 10: it with if you and I talking, whether it's me

887
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 10: calling a game, whether it's me interviewing somebody that has

888
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 10: never gotten old.

889
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 7: There's a lot to it.

890
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 10: So I think that that kind of rush that I

891
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 10: had as a young person, even talking on the radio

892
00:38:14,080 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 10: about sports, well, people are listening and we're alive.

893
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 7: That's another big element.

894
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 10: If you can be as live as you can, and

895
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,400
Speaker 10: even if you're taping something that live to tape.

896
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:23,319
Speaker 7: Means means a lot.

897
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,359
Speaker 10: That kind of energy, that's kind of what that all

898
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 10: felt like and still feels like in the variety of

899
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:31,319
Speaker 10: things that I have ended up covering.

900
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,040
Speaker 2: And calling all right, I get two more and then

901
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:37,040
Speaker 2: I'm setting you free, I promise. But you describe that rush,

902
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 2: How does that rush when the light goes on compare

903
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:45,240
Speaker 2: to the rush I'm assuming you get when you're talking

904
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 2: with or interviewing Bill Murray? Because that's a unique individual,

905
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 2: a sharp individual. I've heard he can be a prickly

906
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 2: pair at times. What's it like, rush wise comparing the

907
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,399
Speaker 2: two because you've been around him a little time or two.

908
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 7: Yeah, Yeah, we've beig coup.

909
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,040
Speaker 10: You know, we've been you know, for work and situations

910
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:07,040
Speaker 10: the job, and that we've hung out and played golf

911
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,880
Speaker 10: and and gone to some concerts and some other things.

912
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,320
Speaker 10: And yeah, you know he's been around like my kids,

913
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 10: I've been around his family and his brothers, and uh,

914
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:15,879
Speaker 10: they're they're they're a hoot.

915
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 7: But you're always on you hit on it.

916
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 10: He could be boyet, very difficult, but he's very smart,

917
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 10: very stude at very knowledgeable sports fan. So you're kind

918
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 10: of always on edge in a fun way because you're

919
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 10: waiting for that line. Is he's because he's so smart?

920
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,919
Speaker 10: Is that a is that a really accurate observation that

921
00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:34,880
Speaker 10: that's a you know, an overview or is that a funny,

922
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 10: sarcastic type of thing, and is he going to do

923
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:41,400
Speaker 10: something even crazier? Just example, he calls me to plays

924
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 10: out in La or a southern California. I said, hey,

925
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,919
Speaker 10: I got a tea time down at some where John

926
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:47,840
Speaker 10: Wayne had a house and back in the day, some golf.

927
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 7: So I show up and there's four people.

928
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 10: Somebody was an arrest from some dairy flag, another one

929
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 10: was like a political and so we get to the car.

930
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 10: So I don't know these people at all, but we

931
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 10: get in and so Bill's thing is every like six

932
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:00,840
Speaker 10: holes we all have to run. So you're in the

933
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 10: cart with somebody different and moves your clubs so you

934
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 10: get to know them a little bit better as we're all,

935
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 10: you know, golfing, and it was just kind of like,

936
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,320
Speaker 10: why are we changing back? I don't know that for

937
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 10: He's like, just you know, just ride and then by

938
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:13,479
Speaker 10: the end we all know each other better.

939
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 7: Right And he can make jokes the whole time.

940
00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 10: So anyway, he is, he's he's a really interested guy,

941
00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 10: uh and at a fascinating guy, talented guy.

942
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 7: Uh and and I and I'm.

943
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 10: I'm really grateful for the years I got to know him,

944
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:27,839
Speaker 10: not just through sports but but but otherwise because he's

945
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:29,839
Speaker 10: been uh you know, I think I've told you before.

946
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:32,919
Speaker 10: He's he's often often given me advice on sir. He'll

947
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 10: call and say, I saw this interview with Derek You

948
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 10: you didn't ask this, you should have. You know, when

949
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 10: I was doing the O. J. Simpson interview beforehand he

950
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:41,279
Speaker 10: heard I was going to do it and called up.

951
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 10: I don't know if I told you this, and he said, hey,

952
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 10: there's a there's a book you should read because he's

953
00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:46,879
Speaker 10: you know, he's going to be a lot. It's called

954
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,960
Speaker 10: how to talk to your children so they'll listen, and

955
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,719
Speaker 10: how to listen so your children will talk to you

956
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:51,239
Speaker 10: something like that.

957
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:53,319
Speaker 7: I have. It's an all paperback I had I dig up.

958
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 10: And but it helped me, you know, with OJ, because

959
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,400
Speaker 10: he's the lawyer said, he's he believes his own lives

960
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 10: and he's going to spend it and make you look stupid.

961
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 10: So it helped me handle that part of the interview.

962
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:05,319
Speaker 10: And that was all you know, Bill Murray observation. It's yeah,

963
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 10: there's a lot of those little things along the way.

964
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,959
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a hell of a guy to have giving

965
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,479
Speaker 2: you advice because that's that's coming out of left field.

966
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 4: But it it was very prescient. I mean, that's really cool.

967
00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:15,879
Speaker 6: Yeah.

968
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:17,319
Speaker 10: No, and that's how and that's how he is. And

969
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,400
Speaker 10: he'll say, hey, you know there's a job, don't do

970
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 10: anything just for money. Obviously you got to financially take

971
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,439
Speaker 10: care of yourself, but you'll end up paying in different ways.

972
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:25,120
Speaker 7: It's not worth it.

973
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:28,279
Speaker 10: I mean, little things that just naturally come out in

974
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 10: a kind of I'll say what do you think about this?

975
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 7: Or covering that?

976
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 10: And when I was hesitant when some people said you

977
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,680
Speaker 10: shouldn't do the OJ interview, he was like, absolutely, you

978
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 10: gotta go go do this. This is an opportunity to

979
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,359
Speaker 10: just just do it the best you can. So anyway, Yeah, yes,

980
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 10: he's an interesting guy, funny guy.

981
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:43,839
Speaker 8: All right.

982
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 2: Well, going from the OJ interview discussion into this, well

983
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,359
Speaker 2: we'll finish with this very serious, hard hitting stuff. We're

984
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:53,839
Speaker 2: going to rank the five Myers and they don't all

985
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,200
Speaker 2: have the same spelling, but you're in there, so it's you,

986
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 2: Chris Myers. It's also Chris Myers, the former Pro Bowl

987
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:02,480
Speaker 2: Center for the Houston Texans. Nice jolly bald guy. We

988
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 2: love Chris.

989
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:03,799
Speaker 8: Uh.

990
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 2: There's Mike Myers, Austin Powers, Wayne's World seth Myers of

991
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,600
Speaker 2: SNL and now he has the late night show and

992
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:14,719
Speaker 2: he came and actually he's a big Steelers fan. He

993
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,560
Speaker 2: was actually here for a Texans game way back in

994
00:42:17,600 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 2: the day and I interviewed him. And the final one

995
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,359
Speaker 2: the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile. So where do they rank? Where

996
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 2: do you shake out? What's the what's the top five?

997
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:26,040
Speaker 2: How's it go?

998
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,279
Speaker 10: Well, I'll start at the bottom. Oscar byer wad to

999
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,040
Speaker 10: Mobible goes last. Because I was teased as a kid

1000
00:42:31,200 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 10: about that, and so were my brothers. So no, that's

1001
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:36,279
Speaker 10: all right, it's still it's still rings out. I think

1002
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:38,360
Speaker 10: it was even something on a school year pook about

1003
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:39,400
Speaker 10: Chris Oscar Meyer.

1004
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 7: You know.

1005
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,439
Speaker 10: So it's like, we'll go, we'll go that's at five.

1006
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 10: We'll put Seth Meyers, four sports fan comedians. They always

1007
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 10: like people in Hollywood that are serious sports fans. I'm

1008
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 10: gonna put is myself in this. I can't rank myself.

1009
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:55,200
Speaker 4: Yeah you're in there. Oh yeah, you're in there.

1010
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,759
Speaker 10: Absolutely, Okay, all right, well then I should right, I'll

1011
00:42:57,760 --> 00:42:59,360
Speaker 10: be I'll just go right above Seth.

1012
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 7: That'll be uh.

1013
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 10: And then and then we're gonna go with the other

1014
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,759
Speaker 10: Chris Myers, who, ironically and I when I've met you,

1015
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:06,200
Speaker 10: have been talked to him through the years.

1016
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:09,880
Speaker 7: Uh, from the Texans the Center. He's also from Miami

1017
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:10,359
Speaker 7: if you.

1018
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:11,239
Speaker 4: If you yeah, that's right.

1019
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 1: Yes.

1020
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 10: So they're proud of and our names are spelled exactly

1021
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:17,160
Speaker 10: m Y E R S right the same. So people

1022
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,759
Speaker 10: you google somebody and they'll say, hey, you played for

1023
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:22,880
Speaker 10: the Texans. I'm like, no, not different, different Chris Myers. So,

1024
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 10: uh so we'll put it and I'm Mike Myers.

1025
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:26,439
Speaker 6: I'm I'm a fan.

1026
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,960
Speaker 10: I mean, I think whether Austin powers but a lot

1027
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 10: more sure. I've never I've never met him, that'd be

1028
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,200
Speaker 10: somebody I I'd like to be. But but I'll put

1029
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:37,160
Speaker 10: him it at the top of the list. So that

1030
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:41,840
Speaker 10: but I I like, that's a good point because myself,

1031
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,439
Speaker 10: I think humor is very always said this to and

1032
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:46,360
Speaker 10: I might have been a comedian or a stand up

1033
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,840
Speaker 10: comedy if I wasn't in sportscasting. Uh, A sense of

1034
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:50,959
Speaker 10: humor is important. So I always always like when there's

1035
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:53,919
Speaker 10: you know, entertainment people that are sports fans and vice versa.

1036
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:55,959
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, it's the best, it's the best.

1037
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:56,640
Speaker 7: You need to get it.

1038
00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 4: You need to get on that.

1039
00:43:57,320 --> 00:43:59,400
Speaker 2: You need to interview Mike Myers and me. He's I know,

1040
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:02,759
Speaker 2: he's a Toronto Maple leafs fan. I know, big, big,

1041
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 2: big maple fans.

1042
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:04,239
Speaker 7: Who's the guy?

1043
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 10: Who's the guy from Friends? I ran into him, interviewed

1044
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 10: him before on the TV show. Is a big hockey guy?

1045
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:11,960
Speaker 4: Swimmer or no, the other one.

1046
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 7: No, I've interviewed Swimmer. He's a he's a sports fan.

1047
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 4: Of Perry or oh thea Joe.

1048
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:21,280
Speaker 7: Who's Who's Who's was? Yeah? I think it was Perry.

1049
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 2: I'm gonna have to like edit this out because my

1050
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,239
Speaker 2: wife will and all of her friends yeah, and I

1051
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 2: heard not knowing friends, but I just don't know friends.

1052
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 7: He recently wrote a book.

1053
00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 2: He's reading that book. Oh my gosh, she's actually reading

1054
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:35,040
Speaker 2: that book.

1055
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:41,720
Speaker 7: Really, Now, it's not it's a Matthew somebody.

1056
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 4: Matthew Perry. That is Matthew Perry.

1057
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:44,000
Speaker 7: Matthew Perry.

1058
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,000
Speaker 10: Okay, all right, So that was another hockey fan. You

1059
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 10: just triggered a thought. But Billy Christal was one of

1060
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:50,160
Speaker 10: my favorites to the interview. Would spend time with a

1061
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:52,240
Speaker 10: sports fan back in the days when he was hosting

1062
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:54,319
Speaker 10: the oscars. So and then, yeah, there's a lot of

1063
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:56,840
Speaker 10: interest to get her to. Darius Rutgers another one you.

1064
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:57,239
Speaker 7: Got to hang.

1065
00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:01,400
Speaker 10: Yeah, you know he's gone on a country fame and.

1066
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 2: That's a guy with a career arc right there. I mean,

1067
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 2: that's wow, giant in two different, two different levels. Wait,

1068
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,839
Speaker 2: I always appreciate the time. I know how busy you are,

1069
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 2: but we can't wait to see you in Houston. It

1070
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:14,919
Speaker 2: was fun catching up with you in Jacksonville right before

1071
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,879
Speaker 2: the game. And hope I see a Sunday before this one.

1072
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:19,839
Speaker 2: And thank you very much for the time, Chris.

1073
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 10: I love the Meyers List, very creative, good luck to

1074
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:24,799
Speaker 10: the Texas and we'll see we'll see you and use it.

1075
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:26,640
Speaker 4: Thanks Rue, Yes, sir, take care.

1076
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:32,359
Speaker 2: Such a good sport. Really really fun to have Chris on.

1077
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:34,440
Speaker 2: I hope he calls another game of ours because I'm

1078
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:37,280
Speaker 2: gonna bug him again and ask him some more weird

1079
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:39,520
Speaker 2: questions and take him down a rabbit hole or two

1080
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:42,240
Speaker 2: or three or four or five. So Chris, if you're listening,

1081
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:45,279
Speaker 2: you're the man. Thank you all for listening. Make sure

1082
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:50,560
Speaker 2: you subscribe, you like you review, tweet at me at

1083
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:52,960
Speaker 2: Doherty Drew. Let me know what you think and we

1084
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 2: appreciate you checking out this podcast.

1085
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:55,520
Speaker 4: So long