WEBVTT - McClain on Stroud, Tank and Camp 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.680 Hello Texans, and welcome to the program. And it's a 0:00:02.759 --> 0:00:05.120 unique show because here we are in the midst of 0:00:05.160 --> 0:00:07.880 training camp. We had Texans Training Camp live this morning, 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:10.280 but with no practice. We were inside in the hun 0:00:10.320 --> 0:00:13.200 Day Texans Radio studio where we are right now, and 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:14.760 it was a great show. We had the general on. 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:17.079 We'll have some of the best of that conversation coming 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:21.680 up soon enough. And also Shelby Coppage, our preseason TV 0:00:21.800 --> 0:00:24.680 sideline reporter, catch us up with Marlon kleinb. We played 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:26.000 that late in the show, so I think we're going 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:28.360 to do that again very soon here in this program. 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:32.440 And also among other audio items you probably missed if 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:34.360 you're just listening this time of day and you don't 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:36.440 get to listen during the day much. In the Loop 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:39.440 gets great guests every day on the practice field. One 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:44.599 of them recently Kamari Lasseter cornerback extraordinaire. We'll hear that 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:48.120 conversation as John and Reggie caught up with Kamari now 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:50.519 wearing number three in your program, Man, a lot of 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:53.640 number juggling, and it was going on early in camp 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:58.760 and often and Monday, remember jadeveon Clowney signs Sunday he 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.920 agreed to terms, and then we noticed number changes as 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:04.959 players were filing out Monday morning. Logan Hall going to 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:07.679 ninety six, did that voluntarily so Clowney could get ninety. 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:11.559 Mario Edwards reinked, he went to ninety seven. Don't ask 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:14.760 me who moved out of every number that was given 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.800 up or moved, because I'm trying to memorize who has 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:21.319 the numbers now. So Camari is number three. He had 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:23.920 number four last year, but he wore three in college. 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:26.840 Got it good? We'll have him on and I think 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.840 the Clowny conversation which picked up a lot of steam 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:32.080 this week. A lot of people heard that eight am 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:34.640 on Tuesday. We're going to rerun that later on in 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:37.000 the program. Why not, because it's so good. You know 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:40.759 what else is so good? Breaking news earlier today, reports 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:45.200 got out that Henry toa toa oh Henry Sides of 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:48.320 contract extension heading into year four of his rookie deal. 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:52.600 They inked him to an extension reportedly, and this is 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:56.040 great news. In fact, Dimiko Ryans was asked about Henry's 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:59.120 contribution to the defense yesterday and had this to say 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:00.920 about the linebacker from Alabama. 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.480 Well, Henry brings to our defense. He brings his smart 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:05.240 calmness to our defense. 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:05.600 Right. 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:09.120 He's always in position, always exactly where he should be, 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:10.480 So he's you can. 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:12.120 Count on him. You can put a lot on his play. 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:13.880 He can handle thing. He can play the mic and 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:17.800 the wheel position. Very versatile guy. And Henry plays with 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:20.320 passion and fire man that rubs off on the other 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:22.839 guys like to see him play. It's fun to watch 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.079 him play. And you mix him in with a Zas 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:28.920 and Lasseter. Got some wild and crazy guys running around 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.880 who love to hit, love to play physical. But Henry 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:34.480 is a guy that I feel I can always count on, 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:39.040 like asking guys to probably change up techniques and put 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:41.240 him in those situations where I may want to change 0:02:41.240 --> 0:02:41.800 some things. 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:43.160 Henry is a guy. 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:45.720 Who can take the coaching well and go apply it 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.760 on the field and put himself in position to make 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:48.720 plays for man. 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:51.320 I love hearing the news about Henry to Atta and 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:52.680 the contract extension. 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:53.400 Great stuff. 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:56.400 We'll be back at practice in the morning. Guy's been 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:59.760 that practice. As the Hall of Famer John McClain half 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:04.120 century of professional football coverage and this the twenty fifth 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:07.120 Texans training camp and Johnny and I visited with the 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:09.720 general and talked about a number of things, and let's 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:12.040 start it off here with the general thoughts on CJ. 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:15.360 Stroud and the offense, and the fact that I said, 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:17.600 I think it's going a lot better than last year's camp. 0:03:17.760 --> 0:03:20.960 Well, every year everybody says it's the best camp. You 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:23.679 go back and you listen to your shows. 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:25.119 I don't think so. 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.920 The chronicle this camp was better than the camp before, 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:32.040 and this one, you know, you didn't have questions about 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:35.040 Straud like they do now, and I don't think they're 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.880 fair questions unless you're just basing it on the New 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:41.080 England game. And he's been a good quarterback. He's won 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:44.240 playoff games three years in a row. He's so much 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:47.880 more comfortable in Kaylee's system. Kaylee's more comfortable with him 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:51.320 than the other players because Nick knows what they are 0:03:51.440 --> 0:03:55.040 capable of and what they're not and the efficiency of 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:57.720 getting to the line of scrimmage with plenty of time 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:00.400 to change things that they had to it will be 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:05.240 a smoother operation. Stroud has made some great rows. He's 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:08.320 made some bad throws, but it's hard to make consistently 0:04:08.440 --> 0:04:12.120 good throws when you got guys like Will Anderson Junior 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:15.200 and Danil Hunter in your face all the time. And 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:18.240 that's a good thing for the Texans, and I guess 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:20.599 it's a good thing for the offense because they're going 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.720 to run into that during the season. But there's been 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:26.880 a couple of rows that Stroud made yesterday when they 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:31.240 were just pinpoint perfect, and he's got good young receivers. 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:36.240 Of course, everybody loves seeing Tankdell out there in full pads, 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:38.800 even though he couldn't participate in everything, but just the 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.839 fact that he's out there and when he's standing next 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:46.080 to Nico College and Jade and Higgins, he looks like 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:52.560 one of them brought their kid to practice. But everybody 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:56.800 loves Tank. He'll get to do more as they get 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:00.040 closer to the season. But everywhere I go, I'm I 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:02.920 know it's like this with you guys, and people are 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:06.200 so pumped about the Texans. And if you think about it, 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:09.120 you got the Texans. A lot of people think their 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:13.680 Super Bowl contenders. Certainly got a great Super Bowl winning defense, 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.880 and then Hashtros are in first place. The Rockets are 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:21.200 really good. University of Houston's coming off the ten wins season. 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:25.240 This is a great time for sports in Houston, and 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:28.000 we have other winning teams too, But if you're a 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.840 fan here, it's a tremendous time to be here because 0:05:31.279 --> 0:05:33.719 we know when there were times that it was just 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:34.440 the opposite. 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:39.640 General. You mentioned Tank and the impact he can have, 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:42.560 and I know it's probably hard for everybody to really 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:45.160 figure out, but they've really ramped him up slow. He 0:05:45.200 --> 0:05:48.800 didn't do much in the first week. Yesterday he did individual. 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:53.080 Where do you kind of stand on where Tank might 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:56.279 be and if he is healthy enough, how much do 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:58.039 you think at this point, because we talked about it 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.640 for almost two years now, you can't really know. I 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:04.640 guess what Tank can bring to the team in twenty 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:07.880 twenty six, but boy, it's really exciting to think about 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.400 what kind of your thoughts on Tank Dell as it 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.800 sits right now in twenty twenty six, John, What. 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.960 We do know If Tank has worked his butt off 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:18.800 to come back from one of the worst injuries you 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:23.640 can have, especially for a receiver whose strength is running 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:28.640 and cutting and that's what he does best. And you 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:31.880 know you saw his workout videos that he would put online. 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:35.279 But you're thinking, okay, that's when you're out there by yourself. 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:38.240 Now you see him out there running around with other people, 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:42.040 not in on every play, and opponents are just as 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:45.360 interested as we are. You know, they're like, okay when 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:47.240 we play them. Is he going to be the kid 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:50.040 before the injury? Is it going to be this season? 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:54.520 Next season? I'm assuming when they have three receivers, it'll 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:58.360 be the two big guys Collins and Higgins and Jalen Knowell, 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.960 because Higgins and Knowell going into their second year, should 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:06.400 be able to make their biggest improvement when Tank comes in. 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:11.520 And I would think if he could catch thirty passes 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:15.120 this year for four or five hundred yards and three 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:18.440 or four touchdowns, that would be pretty darn good for 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:22.320 a kid in which just about everybody taught his career 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:27.160 to be over after that terrible injury in Kansas City. 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:30.920 And I'm guessing he'll be more comfortable as the season 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:34.160 goes on, and especially over the second half of the 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:39.880 season when they're playing for home field advantage and trying 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:41.760 to have the best breakerd in AFC and when in 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:45.400 the AFC South, we'll see Tank get even better. But 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:50.080 just having him out there that just uplifts everybody and 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:53.400 not just the team that uplifts the fans something else. 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:57.080 We know that Texans have great doctors, they have great 0:07:57.240 --> 0:08:02.640 read people. The McNair's give them whatever they need financially 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:06.360 to get the best possible equipment to help them get 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:10.560 in STAPs, stay in shape and then rehead from injury. 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:16.640 So there's kinda is up to Tank and God and 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:18.680 I think when he comes out on the field for 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:21.880 the first time, so I got home Demiko in the 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:26.840 first game against Buffalo introduces the offense and has Tank 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:30.560 running out on the field with the offense to hear 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:35.360 the emotion that'll come from the crowd because he is 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:37.560 a favorite, not just because of what he did at 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:39.960 you of age, but you know, people love the little guy. 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:43.440 And he's five eight and one sixty five and it's 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:46.560 going to be a tremendous success story and just maybe 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.160 he'll be in the running for comeback Player of the Year. 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:52.880 In the NFL General Week three, the Texans go play 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:57.400 the Horseshoe and Shane Steichen has a worst record against 0:08:57.480 --> 0:09:01.439 the Texans than Jeff's Saturday Saturday O and oh because 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:05.319 he never faced the Texans, right too, Wait did we see. 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:07.280 Saturday that year? Yeah, he's owned one because he was 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:08.760 the coach at the end of twenty oh he was 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:10.520 the coach at the end of the year. Saturday is 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:10.960 own one. 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:13.440 He's only one, but Stike it is one in five. Yes, 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:17.360 so there, it's worse than Jeff's Saturday. So here are 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:21.880 the Colts with Jonathan Taylor making well, earning a forty 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:27.080 four million dollars two year extension, and Daniel Jones getting paid. 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.120 And this is what the Colts have to invest just 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:31.520 to keep their heads above water and stay competitive in 0:09:31.559 --> 0:09:33.959 the world of professional football. But what do you think 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:37.680 of Taylor's deal and Indy's camp so far? With Jones 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:41.960 seemingly in good health, they say he can do everything 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.720 he normally could, which is just bizarre considering he had 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:46.720 an achilles injury fairly late. 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.760 Taylor is a great running back. Nobody knows that more 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:54.200 than the Texans and people who watch the Texans, and 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:57.760 anything he gets is good for him. He's earned it. 0:09:57.840 --> 0:09:58.040 Now. 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:01.000 They were eight and two. I believe when Jones got 0:10:01.080 --> 0:10:04.440 hurt eight and one, they started. Will they be able 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:07.000 to do that again? You know, if you taught earlier 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:09.199 in the year man the Texans, they're going to battle 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:11.960 the Titans for last place. They're zero and three. The 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:15.600 wheels have come off of Demico Ryans's team and then 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.360 all of a sudden they made that dramatic turnaround and 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.160 became one of the best teams in the NFL, and 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:24.480 the Colts faded at the end. I think the ASC 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:27.480 South is going to be terrific. He got thirteen and 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:30.959 twelve win teams coming back. You got the Colts with 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:34.120 a quarterback who helped them start six games about five 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:37.720 hundred and I'm guessing the Titans will be better, but 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.679 they'll still be a distant last. But it's going to 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.880 be fun. It's going to be competitive, and it's never 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:47.760 fun going up against the Colts. But you know, Texans 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:50.760 don't have any problem playing there. They have problems playing 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:54.120 some places, but not in Indianapolis. 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:57.160 Well, let me ask you, did the Jats get screwed 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:01.720 in the prime time scheduling this year in that they've 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:04.200 got a Thursday nighter, They've got a Monday night or 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:08.040 December fourteenth, and it's with Pittsburgh at home, and they've 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:12.080 got Dallas late December on the road, so they have 0:11:12.160 --> 0:11:15.000 two really legit ones. So basically this is three prime 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.240 time games. I know they have the London games, and 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.960 maybe that puts a fly in the ointment as far 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:23.440 as scheduling for them because those are national games. But 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:25.240 they're out of the morning. Come on, So what do 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:26.520 you think of the Jags scheduling? 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:27.480 It feels like. 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:30.160 The league is not high on the Jags. But maybe 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:33.160 I'm wrong because the two primetime games they have are 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:33.840 in December. 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:36.720 Maybe the league remembers the last time they won the 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:39.280 division and they won a playoff game with the greatest 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:42.800 comeback in Jaguars' playoff history, and then they fell on 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.840 their face and didn't do squat the next year. 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:46.960 You know, I'm also that. 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:52.720 Can you totally? You know Travis Hunter. They're making a 0:11:52.760 --> 0:11:55.880 big deal about him and all the weight and strength 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:59.960 he's gained, and they had a tremendous season under Lam Cohen. 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.880 And if Liam Cohen is like Ben Johnson and there 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:06.720 were two of those offensive coordinator gurus just waiting to 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:09.280 pick their jobs, if he's the real deal as a 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:12.320 head coach, then they're going to be battling the Texans 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:15.560 and the Nico Ryans every step of the way. But 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:18.880 did they get screwed? I don't think so. It's they 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:21.280 did it one year, you know, the Texans have now 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:24.200 done it three years in a row. The Texans have 0:12:24.280 --> 0:12:27.360 a defense. It's better than anything the Jaguars can put 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:33.880 out there offensively or defensse defensively, Everybody loves watching the 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:38.319 Texans defense. I loved all the national media comments when 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:42.360 they signed Clowney and they're like, oh o MG, just 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:45.760 what the Texans need to bolster their pass rush. That's 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:50.559 already the best defense in the NFL. And so I 0:12:51.080 --> 0:12:53.280 think the Texans will win the division. I think the 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:56.400 Jaguars will be good, but I don't think the Jaguars 0:12:56.400 --> 0:12:57.839 gonna win thirteen games again. 0:12:58.480 --> 0:12:58.960 Yeah. 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:00.640 Who in the first place schedule? 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:05.400 Yeah, that's right, there are points, So that means Patriots, Steelers. 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.840 Yeah, but you know what, Bronco Roncos. But here's the thing. 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:11.000 They hammered the Broncos last year in Denver. 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:11.680 Yeah. 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:16.040 So who's their NFC North opponent the Bears Staggle. Yeah, 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:17.920 but we have Green Bay that's hardly a breath of 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:21.040 fresh air. And you get Buffalo instead of New England 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.160 in the East. That's not exactly a break. 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:23.760 Yeah. 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:26.200 So finishing second kind of stinks this year as far 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:26.520 as the. 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:28.640 Scheduling part of it. Yeah, yeah, Hey, general, have you 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:30.440 watched Hard Knocks yet? 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:34.120 I watched about thirty minutes of it last night before 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:37.560 I started to fall asleep, so I haven't watched the 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.880 whole thing. I love their rings ceremony. You know, there's 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.320 no way those players can wear their rings. They could 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:46.680 fit on two fingers. And I wish the NFL would 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:49.280 put a cap on some of some of the rings. 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:53.240 And I told I've told my wife Carol, I said before. 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:56.000 I'm on the other side of the grass. I would 0:13:56.120 --> 0:14:00.720 sure love to see Hard Knocks. With the Texans getting 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:01.960 their Super Bowl ran. 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:04.400 Oooh, that would be nice. 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:07.320 There's our visit with John McClain, the general, the Pro 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:10.920 Football Hall of Famer now at training camp. A lot 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:13.079 of ours and a lot of things, and the rookies 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:16.640 are always a subject of conversation. Second round draft choice. 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:19.160 We have two of them, Caden McDonald. Johnny Harris visited 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:22.720 with him. We heard that conversation earlier the week. Marlon Kleine. 0:14:22.840 --> 0:14:24.480 We've played this late this morning, but I think a 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:26.480 lot of you missed it. This is Shelby Cobpage, our 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:30.440 preseason TV sideline reporter, visiting with the German tight end 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:35.600 who played at Michigan after practice here, Shelby and Marlon Klein. 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:38.280 Marlin, your first time in Houston was when you played 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.960 in the National Championship right across the street. How is 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:42.160 that first memory of Houston? 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:45.080 I mean, it's a beautiful memory. You know, getting to 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.240 come to work here every day, and you know that 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:50.520 being a little reminder is awesome, but being a part 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:51.960 of the Texas now it's a lot more home. 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:54.760 You said that you left your family and home from 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.280 Germany at fifteen years old. Who originally put that dream 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.320 in your mind that you could come to the United 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:00.600 States and getting football. 0:15:00.640 --> 0:15:02.560 I think it was myself. I think, you know, I 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:03.880 fell in love with the sport. 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:07.400 I grew up playing soccer and realized that that wasn't 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.600 going to be my profession. So I fell in love 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.640 with football, tried it out and told my parents I'm out. 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:15.320 I heard that you and your cousins, actually your cousins 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.280 came from Germany and went to a couple of World Cup 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:18.880 games and I watched Germany is all right? 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:19.280 Yeah? 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:19.880 How is that? 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:20.880 I mean it was awesome. 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.520 So we went to the first game here and they 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:25.520 didn't even know that we're going to surprise him, and 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:28.800 it was awesome. Yeah, we've never been so I mean 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:30.960 they started crying. For a grown man to cry, you know, 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:32.000 it meant a lot. 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.160 So you're already like making so many dreams come true 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:34.760 for the family. 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:35.120 Yeah. 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:37.520 So Nick Cayley has eight years experience as a tight 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:39.720 end coach. How would you describe him as a coach 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:40.000 with you. 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:43.880 I mean, he's hands on, high energetic. I think he's awesome. 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:45.680 I think he's exactly what I need as a coach, 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:48.280 brings it every single day. I think, you know, he 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:51.360 has a lot of love for the for the position, 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:53.760 and just just having him around all the time is 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.000 awesome for all of us, him being your offensive coordinator. 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:58.280 How appreciative are you that he has so much experience 0:15:58.320 --> 0:15:58.920 with your physician. 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:01.560 Yeah, I think that's that's a huge part, a huge 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.080 part for me in my development, but not just for me, 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:06.320 for all the Titans that are in the room. If 0:16:06.760 --> 0:16:08.480 it's you know, if you've played eight years, if you've 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:10.160 played one year, if you haven't played at all, I 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:13.440 think we're all always going to learn and having him, 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:15.920 you know, at the top is awesome for. 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:16.440 All of us. 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:18.840 Your first official NFL meeting was with the Texans. A 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:21.640 couple of coaches defined you as electric. How did those 0:16:21.760 --> 0:16:22.960 original conversations go. 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:25.480 Yeah, I think you know, when I first walked into 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:29.040 the meeting, I was a little nervous, a little up tight, 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:32.280 you know, I couldn't really let my personality out. But 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:33.960 then I think, you know, throughout the meetia. 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:34.520 I kind of let it go. 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:35.960 And I mean I just fell in love with the 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:37.560 coaching staff, and I knew that that was going to 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:38.640 be a spot where I wanted to go. 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:40.960 How would you describe a personality in the locker room? 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:43.360 I think a guy that gets along with everybody. 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:44.360 I think you know that that. 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:45.520 I think that just comes. 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:48.960 From where I'm from moving over here, kind of getting 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:51.280 to know everybody, you know, being around everybody. I think 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:54.200 I can hang out with anybody and be a good 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:55.560 guy for everybody in the locker room. 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:57.800 The Texans hadn't drafted the title in the second round 0:16:57.800 --> 0:16:59.680 since two thousand and three. Did you know that fact? 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:00.440 I did not. 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:00.920 Hew. 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.320 Does that feel so good just knowing that they're putting 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:04.840 their bets on you second round? 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:05.200 Yeah? 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:06.720 I mean, you know, it's it's a blessing. 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:09.080 It's a blessing being here and being selected by the Texans, 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:09.840 whether it's in. 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:10.720 The second round wherever. 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:12.720 I think, you know, I would have been super happy 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:15.000 to be here and if I was undrafted. 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:15.520 So uh. 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:17.760 But yeah, it's just just a blessing for me, my 0:17:17.880 --> 0:17:19.360 family and being a. 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:20.120 Part of it here. 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:22.200 Now, I just got to make account. 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:23.800 How is it so far? Playing with CJ. 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:24.200 Shroud? 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:24.880 It's fun. 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:28.280 I think you know, he's a leader. He's a guy 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:30.960 that wants perfection, especially at that at that position that 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:34.080 he plays. He wants perfection and he wants all of 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:35.399 us to win at the end of the day. So 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:37.800 he's gonna bring it every single day, put his best 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:39.640 foot forward and make us better. 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:42.000 Any Michigan Ohio State Shraft talk yet? 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:43.520 Yeah, the first day. 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:45.439 But first day you don't have to talk about it. 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:48.159 I want some Michigan shots. 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:49.879 He told me to not wear him anymore. 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:52.960 You know, So if you can't wear them, Jimmy one says, don't. 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:54.959 Wear everyone says, so I'm still gonna rock. 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:56.880 How is it talking to Dalton Schultzhe are you learning 0:17:56.880 --> 0:17:57.240 from him? 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:57.520 So far? 0:17:57.640 --> 0:17:59.360 I think I learned from that guy every single day. 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:01.720 I think he one of the smartest football players I've 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:03.880 ever been around. You know, it might be a little 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:07.000 Stanford you know background that he has, but I mean 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:10.919 even Foster, Brevin, Kate Siliver, like all those guys in 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:13.000 the room, they helped me out every single day and 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:15.159 make me a better person, make me a better football 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:15.560 player at. 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:16.000 The end of the day. 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:17.680 And that's that's what it's all about. 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:19.679 You and hear fiance now here Houston. What are some 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:20.840