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

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Speaker 1: in touch with your Houston Texans. Mark Vandermeyer with you.

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Speaker 1: It's been a busy weekend at NRG Stadium. Of course,

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Speaker 1: with the twenty twenty two draft in the books, now

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Speaker 1: we have a lot to go over. You're gonna hear

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Speaker 1: from plenty of the picks tonight. You'll also hear from

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Speaker 1: Stanford Cardinal coach David Shaw. Drew Doherty caught up with

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Speaker 1: him last week right before the draft in Vegas. He

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Speaker 1: was working for NFL Network and he discussed Davis Mills,

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Speaker 1: among other things, and Nick as Sarrio his post draft

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Speaker 1: rap with us in the Hunday Texans Radio studio. Let's

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Speaker 1: get the best of that as well. But let's start

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Speaker 1: here with some stories of the day, and one of

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Speaker 1: them pretty big one. Titus Howard had his fifth year

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Speaker 1: option picked up by the team. Today was the deadline.

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Speaker 1: The way this works is going into your fourth year,

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Speaker 1: if you're a first round raft choice, the team has

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Speaker 1: to make that decision by today. If you were drafted

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Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, which Titus was, and the team decided yes,

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Speaker 1: we want another year, meaning after this one, another contractional

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Speaker 1: year for Titus Howard, and we'll see how and where

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Speaker 1: And will that be it? I don't know. They've got

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Speaker 1: a lot of mixing and matching to do. Maybe they

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Speaker 1: have their minds made up right now. I don't think

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Speaker 1: great to know that Titus Howard, who was the most

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Speaker 1: recent first round draft choice for this team until Thursday Night,

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Speaker 1: will be back for year five. He's going into year four,

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Speaker 1: and of course Thursday Night, the team picked up Derek

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Speaker 1: and you know the rest from there. We will review

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Speaker 1: as we continue tonight. Another story, Rashine Green, defensive lineman

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Speaker 1: from the Seattle Seahawks, former USC player, has been signed

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Speaker 1: by the Texans to help bolster that front. Now. They

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Speaker 1: on in the show, but Green will help. He had

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Speaker 1: six and a half sacks last year. See him as

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Speaker 1: at least rotational type of player. And another report came

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Speaker 1: down today that the Texans signed Mario Addison, another defensive lineman.

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Speaker 1: Now he's a little more seasoned, shall we say. He

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Speaker 1: was actually an undrafted free agent with the Bears back

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Speaker 1: in twenty eleven when you know who Lovey Smith was there.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see if he can get into the flow

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Speaker 1: with the rest of the d lineman. And look, everybody

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Speaker 1: seemed to be making plays last year, right It was

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Speaker 1: like Oprah, you make a play and you get a play,

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Speaker 1: and you get a takeaway, and you get a pick

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Speaker 1: and you get a strip sack, and it just seemed

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Speaker 1: like everybody was contributing to that. So I'd like to

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Speaker 1: see something like that again. And then reports came out

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Speaker 1: during the day that Lonnie Johnson's been traded. The corner

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Speaker 1: doing that in can the city. Obviously, the Texans picking

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Speaker 1: show right here though, with Nick Cassario. We caught up

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Speaker 1: with him in the Hunday Texans Radio studio right after

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Speaker 1: the draft was done and just got a sampling on

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Speaker 1: how he was feeling. You know, I don't know who's

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty three drafts, but no, I think it's just

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Speaker 1: kind of a culmination of a lot of work and

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Speaker 1: You had eleven I think going in, you then traded

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Speaker 1: So I think realistically probably thought we were going to

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Speaker 1: So you don't necessarily going in with the finite number. Ultimately,

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Speaker 1: you know, you can't really approach it that way. What

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Speaker 1: we definitely had a lot of dialogue, a lot of decisions.

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Speaker 1: We could have done a lot of different things with picks,

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Speaker 1: consistent with every pick was its ball. It's about football,

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Speaker 1: and you talked about that. There are a lot of

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Speaker 1: other things that guys can get involved with and they

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Speaker 1: you're drafted to play football. You're not drafted to have

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Speaker 1: so we can sign them as on draft free agents

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Speaker 1: and the transition nick from you get to draft them

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Speaker 1: recruiting the players to come to your organization, to come

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Speaker 1: don't know that everyone can fully appreciate it though. It's

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Speaker 1: almost like he's adroid at times. As far as the confidence,

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Speaker 1: like he never ever wavers. Who does that compare to it?

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Speaker 1: In your time both in college in the NFL, you know,

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Speaker 1: there's a category of guys that just don't have doubt.

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Speaker 1: Justin Reid, right we're talking before we got on Eric,

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Speaker 1: Justin Reid is one of those guys that from the

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Speaker 1: day he started playing football, he was like, I'm going

436
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Speaker 1: to be really good at this. I don't care what

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Speaker 1: anybody says. I was around Tim Brown. Tim Brown walks

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Speaker 1: in the room like I'm as good as anybody in

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Speaker 1: here and you're not gonna beat me. Like that mentality

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Speaker 1: as around Charles Woodson. Charles Woodson walked on with it,

441
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Speaker 1: walked on the team with the Raiders like I'm going

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Speaker 1: to the Pro Bowl. That's how good I am. So

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Speaker 1: that to have that confidence, and to be around a

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Speaker 1: guy like Richard Sherman, who I love the way he

445
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Speaker 1: can characterize it is like you better believe it before

446
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Speaker 1: you do it, otherwise you may not do it. So

447
00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,480
Speaker 1: to walk in with that confidence, walk in with that belief,

448
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Speaker 1: but then put the work in behind it is the

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Speaker 1: real trick. How nice a marriage do you think? The

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Speaker 1: Pep Hamilton offensive coordinator and Davis Mills as a quarterback,

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Speaker 1: How might the possibilities just grow there with that? There's

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Speaker 1: so much about being a young quarterback where you need

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Speaker 1: some guidance. Right, Davis has all the tools, as all

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Speaker 1: the confidence. He's still learning, he's still growing. So now

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Speaker 1: to have someone who has a similar background, Right, Pep's

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Speaker 1: got a background in our offense. Pep knows exactly what

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Speaker 1: he was taught and how he was taught it. Now

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Speaker 1: Pep can say, okay, we're gonna put this play in.

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Speaker 1: It's similar or something you ran at Stanford, but we're

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Speaker 1: gonna call it something different, and here's what makes it different.

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Speaker 1: So to be able to make that kind of transition

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Speaker 1: translation is a big thing. So be able to talk

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Speaker 1: the same language, to be with someone every single day

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Speaker 1: that knows you, knows your backgrounds, and now one of

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Speaker 1: the hardest things for young quarterbacks is to be able

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Speaker 1: to say, hey, either I don't understand that or I

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Speaker 1: don't like that. But once you established that relationship, you know,

468
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Speaker 1: Davis can say, hey, you know what, guys, I like

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Speaker 1: this play better than that playing people say, okay, great,

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Speaker 1: let's throw that play out. Let's work on the plays

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Speaker 1: that you like and the plays that we're comfortable with.

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Speaker 1: And how valuable is that to have a guy like Hamilton,

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Speaker 1: who's seen so much, done so many different things, and

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Speaker 1: at so many different levels running an offense, well, you know,

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Speaker 1: it legitimizes him. He's worked with so many great quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: all over the NFL, so many quarterbacks being so highly

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Speaker 1: of him because he played quarterback, he knows what they're

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Speaker 1: seeing he can go through the drills. Sometimes he will

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Speaker 1: wear the cleats out there to practice to go through

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Speaker 1: the drills with him. Say you know, here's how I

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Speaker 1: want it. Let's make sure we do it this way.

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Speaker 1: So that having that familiarity with quarterbacks and also having

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Speaker 1: that track record of helping quarterbacks, I think helps him

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Speaker 1: and helps Davis. David Shall, We really appreciate the time.

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Speaker 1: Best to luck to you guys. This stuff fall. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: David Chaw. It's one of those guys that if you

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Speaker 1: wanted to be an NFL head coach, he'd have a

488
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Speaker 1: job in about ten minutes. It's just that way. Damian

489
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Speaker 1: Pierce was drafted to open Saturday's festivities in the NFL

490
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Speaker 1: Draft early fourth rounds election second of the day for

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Speaker 1: your Houston Texans running back from Florida, and what an

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Speaker 1: outstanding player and personality. Deep City visited with him. I

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Speaker 1: don't know if you saw the Zoom call interview. He

494
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Speaker 1: was shirtless. It was just kind of one of those

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Speaker 1: funny things. He is just a mountain of personality. Here's

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Speaker 1: Deep and Damian Pierce, the running back out of Florida. Yeah,

497
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Speaker 1: right now, you're not wearing a shirt. You do seem

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Speaker 1: super energetic, and I love that you met with the

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Speaker 1: local media and they asked you what do you know

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Speaker 1: about Houston? And do you mind telling me what your

501
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Speaker 1: answer was because I thought it was quite funny. They

502
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Speaker 1: got pretty house and got pretty gorgeous. So I'm ready

503
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Speaker 1: to go. Your highlight film is tremendous. First of all,

504
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Speaker 1: it seems like you do everything really well. Pass protection,

505
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Speaker 1: You're a great inside running back. What do you bring

506
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Speaker 1: to this Texans run game? It's something that the Texans

507
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Speaker 1: have really wanted to emphasize over the last few years

508
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Speaker 1: and have really struggled getting the run game going. What

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Speaker 1: do you bring to the ground game for them? Ohoh, man,

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Speaker 1: I bring energy first off, Like I like getting my

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Speaker 1: old lineman involved. You know, they's just like run I am.

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Speaker 1: You can ask any of my old lines from Little

513
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Speaker 1: League up until now. Man. You know, That's That's one

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Speaker 1: thing I want to do. I want to have a

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Speaker 1: high energy on the football FI especially were running the ball,

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Speaker 1: and if and if we make an infantis on running

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Speaker 1: the ball, I want to make sure everybody involved, make

518
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Speaker 1: sure everybody on the same page. You know, you know,

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Speaker 1: let's go bulletoz. I went into the zone if we

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Speaker 1: have too. You are such a power back. I mean

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Speaker 1: we saw you at the NFL Combine and our sideline

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Speaker 1: analyst and draft to specialist, John Harris, he tells the

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Speaker 1: story really well that you showed up to the bench

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Speaker 1: press wearing your ug slides and you just announced yourself

525
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Speaker 1: and you put out twenty one reps just like that,

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Speaker 1: So it could have been twenty four. I had tennis

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Speaker 1: shoes long, I ain't hand no group next time tennis shues.

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Speaker 1: What about this whole draft process for you? Were you

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Speaker 1: surprised it was the Texans. I know they saw you

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Speaker 1: at the Senior Bowl. They liked if they saw. What

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Speaker 1: are your conversations been like throughout this process? You know,

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Speaker 1: my conversation with the usage kind of been like with

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Speaker 1: everybody man. You know, they really liked me, high energy kid.

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Speaker 1: They like we all run the ball and um, it

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Speaker 1: really came down too. If I'm on the board when

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Speaker 1: they ready to make they peek third fourth round, I'm

537
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Speaker 1: dear guy. You found the end zone a ton last

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Speaker 1: year at Florida, but not a lot of carry so

539
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Speaker 1: because not getting the ball as many times as you

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Speaker 1: wanted to, that sort of put like a fire under you.

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Speaker 1: You know, how do you sort of view that now

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Speaker 1: as you begin your NFL career? Oh man, you know

543
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Speaker 1: that's you know, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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Speaker 1: You know, if I wasn't getting a lot of kars

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Speaker 1: by our productive in college, you know, let's do the

546
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Speaker 1: same thing in the NFL, you know, because you know

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Speaker 1: nowadays it's ready back by committee. So uh, you know

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Speaker 1: it's you know, I got a lot of great guys,

549
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Speaker 1: you know, sit up on it for the first couple

550
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Speaker 1: of years, learn from you know, kind of be you know,

551
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Speaker 1: kind you know, kind of have guys who are great mentors,

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Speaker 1: you know, who've been in the position I'm in and

553
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Speaker 1: know guys who've got me through that. You know, you

554
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Speaker 1: know that I'm just ready to play ball with some

555
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Speaker 1: great guys, man. You know, especially in the running back room,

556
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Speaker 1: going running backs. We got to stick together. Man. You know,

557
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Speaker 1: I'm just ready to get there. You know, I'm ready

558
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Speaker 1: to see what the future holes. Man. I really like

559
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Speaker 1: Dabian Peers. What's not to like as a player, as

560
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Speaker 1: a person, all of it. Really passionate for the game.

561
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Speaker 1: Other running back news for the Texans today, Scottie Phillips

562
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Speaker 1: has been waved injured man. That's sad. Scottie had so

563
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Speaker 1: much potential. It seemed he came on to the scene

564
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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty as an undrafted free agent. We were

565
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Speaker 1: all wondering what he had in the tank. He got

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Speaker 1: hurt that COVID year last year, got hurt again, could

567
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Speaker 1: not crack the lineup other than just limited action, and

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Speaker 1: you just really never got to see when you hope

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Speaker 1: to see out of Scottie Phillips. That running back room

570
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Speaker 1: is interesting. Damian Pierce talked about it with Pierce Marlon

571
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Speaker 1: Mack trying to get back into the flow after what

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Speaker 1: happened to him in Indianapolis. Of course, we'll be here

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Speaker 1: to cover it all for you, all right. Coming up

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Speaker 1: Thomas Booker, we mentioned him. We're gonna hear from the

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Speaker 1: Stanford defensive lineman. We've got other players as well, what

576
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Speaker 1: about Jaylen Petrie, local guy, what about Austin Deculus. They're

577
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Speaker 1: all coming up here on Texans All Access. Busy night

578
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Speaker 1: here on Texans All Access. We gave you some of

579
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Speaker 1: those headlines early, like Titus Howard getting that fifth year

580
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Speaker 1: option picked up. Rashein Green signed by the team on

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Speaker 1: the d line. Also, sports are out there that Mario

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Speaker 1: Addison is joining the Texans, the veteran trying to get

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Speaker 1: the most out of his career. Lonnie Johnson traded to

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Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs conditional twenty twenty four seventh rounder

585
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Speaker 1: Scottie Phillips waived by the team. A ton going on

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Speaker 1: here tonight with your Houston Texans. Phillips, the running back

587
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Speaker 1: who showed a lot of promise. We talked about him

588
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,320
Speaker 1: in the last segment look good in practice, never really

589
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Speaker 1: materialized in the games. Okay, let's get to more draft

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Speaker 1: choices here from this nine player class of the Houston Texans,

591
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Speaker 1: and I'm going to go in no particular order. This

592
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Speaker 1: was Friday Night a selection. John Metchi the third coming

593
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Speaker 1: out the knee injury. He says he'll be ready in July.

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Speaker 1: Nick Kasserio was noncommittal. But men, when you see the

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Speaker 1: highlights of Metchi, and I know many of you have

596
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Speaker 1: watched him because you've watched Alabama, they tend to come

597
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Speaker 1: up on the screen every weekend. Metchi is strong and

598
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Speaker 1: DPCO had a chance to catch up with him right

599
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Speaker 1: after he got picked, and healing came up. That was

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Speaker 1: a question, how you doing with the knee recovery. I

601
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Speaker 1: feel great in that department. My knee has been doing

602
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 1: really well. I've always been ahead of schedule, really ahead

603
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Speaker 1: of schedule for where I am, and I'm just excited,

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Speaker 1: just ready to get back. It's been doing well. No

605
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Speaker 1: worries there, no speed bumps, are hurd or so. It's

606
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Speaker 1: been good. I think of all the things that I've

607
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Speaker 1: read about you, the one thing that really stands out

608
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Speaker 1: is your route running capabilities and what a pro you

609
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Speaker 1: are at running routes, your route tree, I mean, tell

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Speaker 1: us a little bit about how you develop that and

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Speaker 1: how you really made that such a big part of

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Speaker 1: your game. Yeah. I think it's just being a student

613
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Speaker 1: of the game, being a student of the game, watching

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Speaker 1: just lots of studying, watching lots of guys, and just

615
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Speaker 1: practice and adding those tools and taking pride and just

616
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Speaker 1: being a round run, I get open type of guy.

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Speaker 1: So just that. I found it really interesting that you

618
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Speaker 1: actually have a relationship with Pep Hamilton, the Texans offensive coordinator,

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Speaker 1: dating back to your high school days. How did that

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Speaker 1: come about? How did you and Pep get to know

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Speaker 1: each other and what's that relationship like? Yeah, yeah, because

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Speaker 1: Hamilton was a big recruiter of mind in high school

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Speaker 1: when he was at Michigan, so we built a strong

624
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Speaker 1: relationship then and then it was cool to see him

625
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Speaker 1: again in Houston and it was kind of just like

626
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Speaker 1: we never left off. So it was great to see

627
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Speaker 1: and I'm excited that I'm excited to have him as

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Speaker 1: my coach. Had you had a lot of visits with

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Speaker 1: the Texans, I mean, what was your pre draft process

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Speaker 1: like with this team. I think Houston was my first visit,

631
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Speaker 1: so they were definitely I had a lot of visits,

632
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Speaker 1: but um, I think Houston was my very first visit,

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Speaker 1: so um, I guess that it's I mean, Love you

634
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 1: Smith's a defensive minded coach, But what do you think

635
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Speaker 1: about playing for him and then having Pep as an OC?

636
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Speaker 1: What do you think about just being here with that

637
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Speaker 1: coaching staff in place, and then getting to catch passes

638
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 1: from Davis Mills. Yeah, I think I think it's just,

639
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Speaker 1: um some where I thrived under coach love You Smith

640
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Speaker 1: and coach Hamilton. Just I get along really well with

641
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,600
Speaker 1: them and I can't wait to actually get to do

642
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 1: the football part with them and just play football. All right.

643
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,720
Speaker 1: You've been all over the world. I mean, you grew

644
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,680
Speaker 1: up in Canada, you lived in Ghana. I'm sure I'm

645
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,560
Speaker 1: leaving out some places. Have you ever been to Houston?

646
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 1: I meant it's a pretty international city. How excited are

647
00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 1: you to get to live here and what you know

648
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 1: about Houston? M Yeah, I've been in Houston a couple

649
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 1: of times. Some of my teammates from Houston, so and

650
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 1: I know it's an extremely diverse city. So I can't

651
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 1: wait to be a part of it with my family,

652
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:17,120
Speaker 1: just with our diverse background. So I think it's just

653
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 1: a perfect place for a little bit from John met

654
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 1: you the third there with dep City who conducted these

655
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:25,600
Speaker 1: interviews right after the players got picked, and they are

656
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: good ones. Let's go local here. As Jella Petrie played

657
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,080
Speaker 1: a Baylor, A lot of people compare his play to

658
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: Honey Badger. Look, I don't know that would be great

659
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:37,800
Speaker 1: to achieve, but you see the tape here. You can

660
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,000
Speaker 1: tell that he's the type of player who could really

661
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 1: help this secondary and he immediately credited a power greater

662
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: than himself. God doesn't make mistakes, you know. He put

663
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 1: me right here right while I grew up, put in

664
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 1: all the work that I put in and get here.

665
00:29:51,840 --> 00:29:54,160
Speaker 1: So you know, he knows what he's doing, and I'm

666
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,720
Speaker 1: gonna just continue to trust him and continue to put

667
00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 1: my beschel forward and work hard. All right, So what

668
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 1: were you doing when you got the call? Who was

669
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,960
Speaker 1: with you? Where were you? I assume you're in Houston. Yeah,

670
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,360
Speaker 1: I'm actually like ten minutes from the stadium. I was

671
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 1: at my house that I grew up in my whole life,

672
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 1: and it was my parents, my brother, my girl, my

673
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 1: agent and his family and you know, just here just chilling,

674
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,520
Speaker 1: eating good food. And then I got the call, and

675
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,000
Speaker 1: I was surprised because I thought it was somebody else

676
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 1: calling me from an eight three two number, and then

677
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,960
Speaker 1: I noticed it was the Texans. So it was a

678
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 1: surreal moment for sure. You know, when we announced on

679
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: the radio that you were the pick. John Harris, who's

680
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,720
Speaker 1: our sideline analyst, he said, Jalen's going to be a

681
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 1: real fun fit for this defense. I mean, how do

682
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: you envision playing for Lovey Smith and how you might

683
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 1: fit into this defense. What's your reaction to playing for him? Yeah,

684
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 1: it's gonna be great. You know, Coach Lovey Smith is

685
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: a defensive group. He knows what he's talking about and

686
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 1: you know, I just look to learn as much as

687
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:49,960
Speaker 1: I can from him and to grow as a player

688
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:53,120
Speaker 1: while I'm with him. So it's gonna be great throughout

689
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:54,960
Speaker 1: the draft process. Did you think it was gonna be

690
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 1: the Texans? I mean, how had you met with them?

691
00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 1: Had they shown interest? Is this a complete surprise? Yeah?

692
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 1: So the Texans actually was one of my few visits

693
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: that I had my top thirty visits. And when I went,

694
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 1: it was it was all Goad vibes. You know, the

695
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 1: coaches were wonderful, and you know, it just it just

696
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 1: felt good. It's just crazy that you know they actually,

697
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,280
Speaker 1: you know, believe in me and chose me at thirty seven.

698
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,479
Speaker 1: You seem to be very versatile and your attributes. Can

699
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 1: you describe sort of what your style of players who

700
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 1: you may be modeled it after he looked up to. Yeah,

701
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:31,000
Speaker 1: I would describe my play as instinctual aggressive, another aggressive,

702
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 1: like I just try to do everything full speed and

703
00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 1: make sure that you know I'm coming with with vengeance

704
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,440
Speaker 1: when I get there. You know, I'm big on making

705
00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:41,479
Speaker 1: sure that I know where I'm supposed to be and

706
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 1: also know where my teammates is supposed to be as well.

707
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 1: So I'm also had that leadership when I step into

708
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:48,240
Speaker 1: the door and just try to, you know, make the

709
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 1: team better overall. And um, in terms of comps, I

710
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 1: would say Tyn Matthew us a guy that I look

711
00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: after and try to you know, pull bits and things

712
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 1: from his game. Now we remember Tying very well from

713
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,160
Speaker 1: his time here with the Texans. You seem to be

714
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: around the ball quite a bit. You've got a lot

715
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 1: of takeaways in that category. Three funnel recovery, three forced fumbles,

716
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,200
Speaker 1: two interceptions. You get to play for a guy like

717
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: Levy Smith who really talks about takeaways. I mean, is

718
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 1: that a perfect fit for you or what I mean?

719
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 1: How do you always seem to be around the ball? Yeah,

720
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: it goes back to my film study and how much

721
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:20,800
Speaker 1: time that I put in off the field to make

722
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,800
Speaker 1: sure that you know, I know what I'm doing when

723
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: I'm on the field, but you know, takeaways. I try

724
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:27,240
Speaker 1: to turn into an offensive player when I'm on defense.

725
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,000
Speaker 1: I'm always trying to get the ball and you know,

726
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 1: pull it out or get an interception when I can.

727
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 1: So that's a huge piece and I understand that that

728
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 1: would change, you know, the team around very fast. If

729
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 1: you're getting turnovers, I told you we were going into

730
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 1: particular order. Great to hear from Jaylor Petrie. What about

731
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,320
Speaker 1: Teagan Quatriado the tight end? It was getting late in

732
00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,160
Speaker 1: the draft, and boy, I always thought it was some

733
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: kind of federal law that the Texans must draft a

734
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 1: tight end in every single NFL draft. Well, Quatriado was

735
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: picked in round six out of Oregon State and told

736
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 1: DP City that getting draft it is quite an honor.

737
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 1: Getting that call, being around my family and just enjoying

738
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,959
Speaker 1: that experience was absolutely amazing. I wish I could just

739
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 1: keep living it over and over again. But I'm just excited.

740
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,560
Speaker 1: I'm excited to be in Houston and be a Texan

741
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 1: and get to work all right. Well, John Harris, as

742
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 1: soon as we found out that you were the latest pick,

743
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: he said, this guy is a y tight end. He

744
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 1: blocks and he blocks his guts off. So how would

745
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: you describe your style of play? I know you do

746
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,239
Speaker 1: more than just blocking, but tell us a little bit

747
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,120
Speaker 1: more about what you do on the field. Yeah, he says,

748
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:37,920
Speaker 1: I give it my all. You never got to worry

749
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: if I'm given one hundred percent or not, because I

750
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 1: am I'm gonna give. I want to win the game.

751
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do whatever it takes to put the team

752
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 1: in the position to win and do my job. But

753
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 1: I just I feel like I'm one of the most

754
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,760
Speaker 1: well rounded tight ends in this draft class, and I

755
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: just I'm just excited to prove it, prove that I

756
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 1: can I can be more than a one trick pony.

757
00:33:56,440 --> 00:34:00,360
Speaker 1: So I'm excited. I'm just excited for the opportunity. Yeah,

758
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: your role in the receiving game and the run game,

759
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,280
Speaker 1: I want you to talk to us a little bit

760
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 1: about that as well. I was looking at some of

761
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:09,640
Speaker 1: your staffs. In your second season, you had an amazing

762
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 1: twenty yards per catch. You only had what five touches

763
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:18,280
Speaker 1: for one hundred yards and scored on two of them. Yeah,

764
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: I just I just did what I could with my opportunities.

765
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 1: Is something. I mean, once I catch the ball, I

766
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,920
Speaker 1: look to get to get up the field and punish

767
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:27,840
Speaker 1: whoever's in front of me. So that's that's kind of

768
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,239
Speaker 1: the style of runner I am when I got the

769
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 1: ball in my hands, and that's what you'll that's what

770
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,319
Speaker 1: you'll see on Sundays too this next fall. So at

771
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: what point did you start playing tight end, tagan Um.

772
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 1: I started playing tight end when I basically right when

773
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,239
Speaker 1: I started tackle, right when I started tackle football, so

774
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 1: fourth grade maybe I started playing tight end. You never

775
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 1: had any itch to maybe play a different position, or

776
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: try something else, or go go defense. Why would I

777
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: Why would? I mean I can. It's just it's the

778
00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 1: best position on the field. I think. I mean, I

779
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 1: can catch the ball and I can smash people, so

780
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 1: I think it's the best position. I wouldn't want to

781
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 1: play any other position. Like I've said, I'm just excited.

782
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,720
Speaker 1: You're not the only one that loves tight ends. Pep Hamilton,

783
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,800
Speaker 1: the Texans offensive coordinator, he loves multi tight end sets

784
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,680
Speaker 1: as well. So what about your meetings with Pep Hamilton

785
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,040
Speaker 1: and the Texans, How did they go and what do

786
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 1: you think about your role with the Texans what it

787
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: could be in this offense. Yeah, my meetings with the

788
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: Texans have been great. With both the Titans coach and

789
00:35:26,520 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. They did both. They've both been great, and

790
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 1: they they've expressed you know that they have plans for me. So,

791
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously I've seen myself. I'm a wide tight

792
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,719
Speaker 1: end and I'll be contributing in the run game, but

793
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 1: also be contributing in the past game. And that's why

794
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 1: I see myself as a player, just just a well

795
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 1: rounded player that takes pride in the run game and

796
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,320
Speaker 1: can make play so well. You grew up in Oregon

797
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 1: and now you get to win to Houston. So what

798
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 1: do you know about Texas? Have you ever been to Texas?

799
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: Did you ever think you do me in Texas? I've

800
00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:00,520
Speaker 1: never been to Texas before. I've I've heard the barbecue's

801
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:03,040
Speaker 1: pretty good. I've also read everything's bigger in Texas. I

802
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:06,239
Speaker 1: don't know, I don't know, We'll see, but yeah, I'm

803
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 1: excited to live in Houston. I know it's a great

804
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:12,640
Speaker 1: place and just to make the most of the opportunity.

805
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 1: Tiging Couturiao tight end drafted by your Texans as part

806
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 1: of a nine player class this past weekend. Now, we

807
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:24,280
Speaker 1: mentioned the Stanford defensive lineman Thomas Booker earlier and adding

808
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 1: to the d line with Mario Addison acquired today reportedly,

809
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,279
Speaker 1: and also Rashine Green from the Seattle Seahawks along with

810
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: the guys you know who are already here. Now, what

811
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:38,360
Speaker 1: about Booker getting selected from Stanford Cardinal player adding to

812
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 1: the Mills mix, and we heard from David Shaw earlier

813
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:43,919
Speaker 1: in this show. Man, We've been packed tonight. Booker told

814
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 1: DP City what he was doing when he got picked.

815
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,440
Speaker 1: I was actually, you know, sitting trying to get some

816
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: food in between you know, washing the rounds and everything,

817
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: and then I get a call from Houston, and then

818
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:54,839
Speaker 1: my faces lit up entirely. You know, this is something

819
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,240
Speaker 1: that I've dreamed about since I was in middle school.

820
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,120
Speaker 1: You know, so this has been you know, years and

821
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 1: not a decade in the making, you know. So I'm

822
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,399
Speaker 1: so excited to get down to Houston, help the team out,

823
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 1: become a contributor anywhere I can, and again link up

824
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 1: with my college qv Davis. Yeah. I was gonna say,

825
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 1: you've already got the Houston Texans hat, and you're reunited

826
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 1: with Davis Mills, who was just at Stanford a little

827
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 1: over a year ago. You know what excites you the

828
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: most about coming to Houston. I saw that Davis's mom

829
00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:24,399
Speaker 1: actually tweeted at you congratulations and said you're gonna love

830
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,959
Speaker 1: Houston and you're gonna love the Texans. Yeah. No, it's

831
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 1: so exciting. You know, this is a team with you know,

832
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 1: so many possibilities, to go up from. So I'm just

833
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,440
Speaker 1: excited to add to that locker room in anywhere I

834
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: can coasterwise, football wise, off the field as well, you know.

835
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 1: So this is something I'm super excited about, specifically with

836
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 1: the coaching staff. Would love you with my d line coaches,

837
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,319
Speaker 1: getting to talk to them the Top thirty visit, you know,

838
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 1: it's one of the best things I gotten to do

839
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 1: the entire offseason. So I'm excited to get working with

840
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 1: them at grinding all right. Would you like so much

841
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 1: about the conversations You mentioned that you liked it a lot.

842
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 1: Tell us a little bit about the pre draft process

843
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:01,719
Speaker 1: and how some of those meetings and conversations went. Absolutely, Yeah,

844
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 1: I know. What I loved about talking to the defensive

845
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: line coaches is it's so clear, you know that they

846
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 1: are are dialed in the details and have attention to

847
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:10,919
Speaker 1: detail to a different level, you know, when it comes

848
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,840
Speaker 1: to specific different alignments, to knowing you know how to

849
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 1: play specific block schemes, pre Snapp breeds, all that. You know.

850
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 1: I got to talk super super nerdy football with them,

851
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,359
Speaker 1: you know, off the jump. So that's something I love doing.

852
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 1: I think those little details, would you know, turning you

853
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Speaker 1: from a good player to a great player. So I'm

854
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,360
Speaker 1: excited to get to work with them, you know, and

855
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,480
Speaker 1: in transition that way as well. So I love that. Yeah,

856
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,839
Speaker 1: it's it's it's yeah, it's hard to find words right now.

857
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,160
Speaker 1: I'm sure it is. And I know you play a

858
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:38,960
Speaker 1: little bit of free technique. You play on the inside

859
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 1: of the D line. For a lot of people that

860
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: maybe don't catch a lot of Stanford games here in Houston.

861
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:45,360
Speaker 1: Tell us a little bit more about your game, some

862
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 1: of the aspects of it, the strength of your game

863
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 1: where you feel like you might really be able to

864
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:52,680
Speaker 1: contribute here. Yeah, so I'd say my biggest strength, first

865
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 1: and foremost is my suddenness I change the direction and

866
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,560
Speaker 1: my power. You know, I think that pops off the

867
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Speaker 1: film whether you see me at a four technique tackle,

868
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: five technique ress can tackle, or down inside at three

869
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 1: technique or two eye or even at zero technique for centers, right,

870
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 1: So I think that's the first name that pops off

871
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:09,879
Speaker 1: the tape. And yeah, no, I think that what I'm

872
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 1: going to bring to the locker room and that team

873
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,399
Speaker 1: as well, is you know, somebody who's wanting to learn,

874
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 1: first and foremost, he's willing to, you know, fail to

875
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:18,799
Speaker 1: get better. You know, I think a lot of that

876
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 1: is important. Being able to understand where your shortcomings are,

877
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,800
Speaker 1: de termin the strengths and make those strengths even stronger.

878
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 1: So I'm a guy that I think can bring interior

879
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 1: pressure in the past game and I can be extremely

880
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:30,360
Speaker 1: stout run defender and knows you know, the pre snapp

881
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 1: reason will help me be successful in alignment. In assignment

882
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 1: and I think you get an explosive defensive liignment that

883
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:37,839
Speaker 1: can get a feeling disrupt. You come from a really

884
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 1: athletic family. Your dad played football at Wisconsin. How much

885
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 1: did he really help you in your growth and development

886
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 1: as a full player? Oh? Man, Now, my dad was

887
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: super helpful. So again we share the same name. I'm

888
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: the fourth. So we got a lot of Tom bookerisms

889
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 1: that we'd like to talk about a little quotes from

890
00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 1: him that are that are great. I don't know how

891
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: he comes up with them, but one of them is,

892
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 1: you know, keep your powder dry. And that's something I've

893
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 1: been trying to, you know, throughout my entire life and

894
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: specifically today. You know, it's nerve racking trying to your

895
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 1: name to get called. So he kind of gave you

896
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:09,759
Speaker 1: that as a way to keep it even kill um

897
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,360
Speaker 1: stay levels so that you can have consistent performance no

898
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 1: matter what you're doing. So definitely a huge impact on

899
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,200
Speaker 1: my you know, pre draft process, but just you know,

900
00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 1: my entire life, you know, as a person, as a student,

901
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 1: as an athlete as well. All right, Tom boocherisms like it.

902
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:27,280
Speaker 1: You also, I found it really interesting senior vice president

903
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 1: of your high school track team, Captain. I mean, you're

904
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 1: obviously a great talker, so you know how it is

905
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 1: being a senior class vice president of your high school class.

906
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:36,719
Speaker 1: How does that sort of help you in the locker

907
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:39,480
Speaker 1: room and with teammates. Yeah, I think the way that

908
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: I go about, you know, leadership, you try to find

909
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 1: a way to make it organic no matter what you're doing.

910
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 1: And I think that comes down to like getting to

911
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,600
Speaker 1: know people, you know before you try to, you know,

912
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,400
Speaker 1: try any kind of leadership tactic. Right, Some people respond

913
00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:52,319
Speaker 1: super well to you talking to him. Some people just

914
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 1: want to see you walk the walk, you know, So

915
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 1: I try to make sure it's organic, and then you

916
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,719
Speaker 1: got to earn that first and foremost, you know. So

917
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Speaker 1: I'm a guy that's trying to earn my keep, you know,

918
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 1: first of almost before I take the leadership role that

919
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: I want to. You know, that's something I have to

920
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,280
Speaker 1: earn day in and day out. You know, can't film

921
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,439
Speaker 1: actual gameplay, you know, because guys listen to the people

922
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:10,840
Speaker 1: that are doing stuff on the field. So you got

923
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,120
Speaker 1: to earn that respect first and foremost. But I try

924
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:14,800
Speaker 1: to get to know everybody to see what they're different.

925
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,800
Speaker 1: You know, Alex and dislikes are Thomas Booker d Lineman

926
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:20,160
Speaker 1: out of Stanford and we're running out of show. I'm

927
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:22,560
Speaker 1: not going to get to Austin Deculus tonight, which is

928
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: probably a bad career decision by me since he went

929
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,799
Speaker 1: to Sci Fair, which is cal McNair's alma mater, and

930
00:41:28,840 --> 00:41:31,239
Speaker 1: they have that Bobcat pride thing going. But you know what,

931
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,160
Speaker 1: we can devote an entire show to him. In fact,

932
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,360
Speaker 1: the rest of the off season can be devoted to

933
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 1: Austin Deculus out of Sci Fair. I'll just do that

934
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:41,439
Speaker 1: for job security if nothing else. I'm kidding around. Good

935
00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:45,920
Speaker 1: player though, added he started a bazillion games at LSU,

936
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Speaker 1: and he's gonna be fun to watch work into that

937
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,960
Speaker 1: old line situation. All right, that's gonna do it for

938
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Speaker 1: the show tonight. Johnny Harris will be with you tomorrow

939
00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 1: as we will continue to review the draft and these

940
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,880
Speaker 1: other transactions and moves that the Texans are making following

941
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,880
Speaker 1: the draft. Nickosserio talked about it during the interview that

942
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 1: they had some things in the chamber ready to fire

943
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 1: for this week, strengthen the team, just get them where

944
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: they need to go for OTAs and get ready for camp,

945
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:14,960
Speaker 1: and then away we go. It's so interesting that they

946
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 1: addressed every position group in this draft other than quarterback.

947
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: They felt like they were set there with Davis Mills

948
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 1: going into year two, and of course there's gonna be

949
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 1: a lot of focus on him, but there's a lot

950
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:28,719
Speaker 1: of other opportunities to talk about the quarterback situation with

951
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 1: your Houston Texans. Why don't thank everyone who worked on

952
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 1: the show tonight. Thank you DP for all the interviews,

953
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,320
Speaker 1: Drew talking to David Shaw, of course, Johnny, nick Asserio,

954
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:41,319
Speaker 1: all the draft choices. Have a great night everyone, and

955
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 1: go Texans.