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Speaker 1: Welcome in Texas All Access players. Addition, this is a

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Speaker 1: modified version of the show because Mark vandermir John Harris,

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Speaker 1: they caught it with Demiko Ryans and when the head

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Speaker 1: going to catch up with Henry Toata. Make sure you

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Speaker 1: leave it right here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Henry is great, So look forward to that one.

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Speaker 3: And Andy.

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Speaker 2: It's a weird week because today is football Monday, because

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Speaker 2: Monday is Sunday, and I'm going to do the routine

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Speaker 2: again and usually Demiko Rans we visit with him on Monday,

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Speaker 2: Johnny and I, so we have the Demiko Ryans Show

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Speaker 2: Monday night. We had it last night, but we used

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Speaker 2: other Demiko audio from the game and whatnot to get

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Speaker 2: into that program. But we'll have a special visit with

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Speaker 2: Demiko tonight. And you and I really haven't a chance

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Speaker 2: to haven't had much of a chance to talk about

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Speaker 2: the game other than Texans Monday yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's tough because again we're here, we love

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Speaker 1: the Texans, we want to see them succeed, so it's

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Speaker 1: tough to talk about the negatives. But man, I can't

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Speaker 1: say it enough. When you think of five interceptions and

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Speaker 1: not being able to get the victory.

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Speaker 3: That's demoralizing.

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Speaker 1: But I think coach Ryan's and the coachestaff they're the

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Speaker 1: get them excited. They're not gonna be all rainbows and butterflies,

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Speaker 1: of the good and then they're also going to try to.

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Speaker 4: Fix the bad.

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Speaker 2: Yea, let me ask you this, because the Texans are

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Speaker 2: going into Dallas losers of two in a row, absolutely

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Speaker 2: have to get right with a victory. Now, the Cowboys

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Speaker 2: are coming in riding a massive losing streak. Their quarterback

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Speaker 2: The coach doesn't have a contract for twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 2: We know what's gonna happen there. So what about the

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Speaker 2: mentality of each team going into this? You know, sometimes

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Speaker 3: That night, whoever wants it more that night.

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Speaker 1: There's gonna be the energy because you're talking about two

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Speaker 1: teams representing the state of Texas. This is one of

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Speaker 1: those games, one of those matchups where you throw the

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Speaker 1: this is the Battle of Texas. So there's gonna be

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of pride there and coach Andy Reid

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Speaker 1: They yeah, it just sounds bad and they're not going

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Speaker 2: All right, So you're facing a backup quarterback in Cooper Rush.

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Speaker 2: What does that do mentally, physically, I think it's a

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Speaker 2: good situation for the Texans to be in. They're facing

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Speaker 2: Obviously that didn't go well against the Philadelphia Eagles for

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Speaker 1: There's a chance to be over confident, not to overlook

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Speaker 3: All right?

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Speaker 2: What about Debiko Ryans and what he needs to tell

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Speaker 2: And what is the listening like among the players now

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Speaker 3: So what are your thoughts.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what the team is feeling, but I

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Speaker 2: So the offense having some difficulty, we all know that

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Speaker 1: They really have pride, like I suspect they do, they're

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Speaker 2: All right, well, let's get to the head coach, shall we,

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Speaker 2: all right joining us in studio, it's head coach Jamiko

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Speaker 2: Ryan's coach.

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Speaker 3: Great to see you, hey, Great to see you guys

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Speaker 2: All right, So a little water under the bridge since

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Speaker 3: But coach, a lot went right that night.

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Speaker 2: So how do you as a coach take what went

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Speaker 2: right and use it for the team moving forward as

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Speaker 5: Right, you look at the first half, A lot of

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Speaker 5: always highlight the positive things that our guys did defensively.

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Speaker 5: lot of people are choosing to go all the way.

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Speaker 5: And I told our guys that they were. We're taking

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Speaker 5: And our team right now, we need to get stronger,

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Speaker 5: We need to grow, we need to change some things.

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Speaker 3: It was completely eighty percent of its fastest.

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Speaker 5: So it starts with first off, guys, this we just

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Speaker 2: Coach with kenyan Aut, you juggle things on the offensive line.

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Speaker 2: You moved Juice over to guard and Patterson at center

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Speaker 6: And Joe, like you said, because you're not a great

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Speaker 5: Yeah, as I was, as I continue to just I

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Speaker 5: Sometimes when you start the season and training camp, everybody

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Speaker 5: He does it like and he when he gets in

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Speaker 5: And how one thing about it is, I think all

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the show. Appreciate you sticking around, but

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Speaker 1: Let's get right back to Mark John catching up a

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Speaker 2: Coach with the John Mechi story. It's interesting in so

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Speaker 2: It's such a great example for everybody, isn't it It is?

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Speaker 5: It's that's what I believe in. It's just about guys

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Speaker 5: Who's gonna step up, but I know that if everybody whoever,

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Speaker 5: And Fantas and Mechi's been practicing fast. He showed up

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Speaker 2: energy in practice to simulate game conditions?

438
00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,360
Speaker 3: Right? For sure, we don't do a lot of reps.

439
00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,040
Speaker 5: So every rep is so valuable to me, right because

440
00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:32,200
Speaker 5: if you always look at it as you always are

441
00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,880
Speaker 5: at game speed. So is that if we're walking through,

442
00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,520
Speaker 5: we're walking through and we're in teach mode, we're slow.

443
00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:40,919
Speaker 5: We're walking and we're teaching. But when we practice and

444
00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,800
Speaker 5: the ball is snap, we always play fast. It's just

445
00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:45,919
Speaker 5: what I believe in if you want to play fast

446
00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:49,159
Speaker 5: on Sundays, you got to practice fast. So when the

447
00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,440
Speaker 5: ball is snap, you only know one speed, and that's

448
00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:52,119
Speaker 5: fool speed.

449
00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,920
Speaker 6: You my pops the same way, I got thirty minute

450
00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,359
Speaker 6: lecture one time because I went into batting cage and

451
00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:01,120
Speaker 6: I just took kind of a flippant back. My dad

452
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,840
Speaker 6: jumped all over me because for that same reason, he said,

453
00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:06,560
Speaker 6: if you're gonna play, you have to take every swing

454
00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,320
Speaker 6: like you would take it like you're playing. It was like,

455
00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,679
Speaker 6: that actually makes sense. Seventeen it didn't, but now it

456
00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,240
Speaker 6: does for sure. Because it was interesting being down on

457
00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:18,040
Speaker 6: the field seeing what I felt like were guys running

458
00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,720
Speaker 6: to the football, especially in the all red but from

459
00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:25,800
Speaker 6: above watching the video, it does look literally like a

460
00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,000
Speaker 6: swarm of these red ants like flying at the ball.

461
00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,680
Speaker 3: It felt like, especially early on that.

462
00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:34,480
Speaker 6: The swarm, and we talked about swarm has a lot

463
00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,520
Speaker 6: of different tentacles to it, but the football aspect of it,

464
00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:39,840
Speaker 6: guys flying to the football was certainly there.

465
00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,080
Speaker 3: How did you feel about that aspect?

466
00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,800
Speaker 6: The energy you guys played with, especially defensively early in

467
00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,040
Speaker 6: that game, in particular.

468
00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,320
Speaker 5: I couldn't have stayed it better than ed just watching

469
00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,359
Speaker 5: the film again today. That's what I said, Man, this

470
00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,800
Speaker 5: is a we call this the red swam. Yeah, like

471
00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,160
Speaker 5: just seeing and that's where it comes in the world.

472
00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,720
Speaker 5: I know we've been talking about mistackles and got tackling

473
00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,359
Speaker 5: better and this needed to be a great tackling game Wars.

474
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,359
Speaker 5: But I just love the fact that it shows up

475
00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,919
Speaker 5: even when you just shoot your gun and you play fast,

476
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,880
Speaker 5: even if you miss and you got five six other

477
00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:11,400
Speaker 5: guys coming cleaning it up, Guys finishing around a pile

478
00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,280
Speaker 5: like that's how great defensive football looks like. Guys swarm

479
00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,680
Speaker 5: into the football and definitely love the risks.

480
00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:20,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, so more exits than those questions coming up.

481
00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,520
Speaker 2: But while we're on the topic, we've seen all the

482
00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:25,320
Speaker 2: uniforms down coach, see him in the flesh.

483
00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:29,040
Speaker 5: So what do we think East down Blue?

484
00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:32,440
Speaker 3: Down Blue is still really nice? Yeah?

485
00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,200
Speaker 5: And the red for me, that was that was really

486
00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,240
Speaker 5: cool to see you I think, I mean, I think

487
00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:40,960
Speaker 5: the ast down Blue. Maybe it's crep ups as the favorite.

488
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,240
Speaker 5: How was it for you guys?

489
00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,080
Speaker 6: I still think each time blue, That's what I'm going

490
00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,200
Speaker 6: I still I still like that.

491
00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,080
Speaker 3: I like the red. The red was really good.

492
00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:51,280
Speaker 2: Now for the play by playing out to the numbers

493
00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,639
Speaker 2: on the red. But I'll sacrifice that coach for that

494
00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:57,040
Speaker 2: kind of swarm mentality.

495
00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:00,119
Speaker 5: Absolutely, My kids definitely love the East Town Blue.

496
00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:03,800
Speaker 2: So playing Dallas now Dallas America's team. I'll put that

497
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,000
Speaker 2: in the air quotes or whatever. But you know, you

498
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,040
Speaker 2: played for Alabama kind of the college version of America's team.

499
00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,760
Speaker 2: So what about this for the team going up to play.

500
00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:14,840
Speaker 2: I know it's another game, and it's the next game,

501
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,040
Speaker 2: it's the most important game. But there's something about playing Dallas,

502
00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:18,520
Speaker 2: isn't there.

503
00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,960
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's definitely something about playing Dallas. If you've been

504
00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,560
Speaker 5: around Houston for any time, you know there's some Dallas

505
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,720
Speaker 5: fans that gotta give you a hard time around here.

506
00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:30,679
Speaker 5: I can't you know, I go to church and I

507
00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,399
Speaker 5: got Dallas fans at church, Buggey. So no, you're not

508
00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:38,000
Speaker 5: getting tickets to the Dallas game. But you know, it's

509
00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,080
Speaker 5: just feeling that from the fans and people around town

510
00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,160
Speaker 5: who probably grew up when the.

511
00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:44,960
Speaker 3: Cowboys were really good in.

512
00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,240
Speaker 5: The nineties and they still you know, carry that with them,

513
00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,560
Speaker 5: and so it does add a little bit more to

514
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,320
Speaker 5: the game. Being both teams here in Texas, and you know,

515
00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,960
Speaker 5: we have definitely something to prove going up to Dallas.

516
00:22:57,040 --> 00:23:01,040
Speaker 5: We want to show all our Texas people. Hey, the

517
00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:04,679
Speaker 5: Texans are at least Texans favorite team. We got to

518
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,080
Speaker 5: go prove it against the Cowboys.

519
00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:06,840
Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely.

520
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,040
Speaker 6: Then playing on Monday Night. Yeah, Now, Mark and I've

521
00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:10,760
Speaker 6: talked about this, we're a little older than you, coach.

522
00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:14,240
Speaker 6: Monday night was always the special night for for people

523
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,000
Speaker 6: in our generation. Now, maybe some people say Sunday night,

524
00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:20,919
Speaker 6: but Monday night is still that one opportunity. Just like

525
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,359
Speaker 6: Sunday night, you get the opportunity for everybody to watch

526
00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:25,720
Speaker 6: on that night. How special is it to play on

527
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:27,760
Speaker 6: Monday Night up in Jerry World?

528
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's very special. And for me as well.

529
00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:34,679
Speaker 5: Growing up, it was Monday Night Football or WWE, Like

530
00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,679
Speaker 5: I was going back and forth between both, but Monday

531
00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,679
Speaker 5: Night it is always always special, always been special, and

532
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,560
Speaker 5: you know it's our guys will be fired up for

533
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,200
Speaker 5: the last. It was that Monday night I'm playing around

534
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,800
Speaker 5: with the kids shooting basketball outside and my youngest son

535
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,800
Speaker 5: Mikey comes in here like, Daddy, we're watching Monday Night Football.

536
00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,440
Speaker 3: I was like, oh, I'm sorry, say I forgot Monday

537
00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:58,280
Speaker 3: football was on.

538
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,960
Speaker 5: I'm trying to get football for a little bit, but

539
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:04,719
Speaker 5: Monday night football is definitely is huge, and you know,

540
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,399
Speaker 5: we really look forward to playing on this national stage

541
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,080
Speaker 5: again and now it's time for us to get on

542
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 5: the winnings on the national stage.

543
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,840
Speaker 2: Well, third consecutive primetime games, so now you've been through

544
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:16,720
Speaker 2: it three times this season.

545
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:20,399
Speaker 3: The day long wait for the night game.

546
00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,359
Speaker 2: Which we talked about before, there's something about that and

547
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,240
Speaker 2: now you're more used to it. That's got to help

548
00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:26,840
Speaker 2: a little bit as you take on the Cowboy.

549
00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:27,600
Speaker 3: It definitely helps.

550
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,840
Speaker 5: Are you getting adjusted to get used to that schedule,

551
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:32,840
Speaker 5: and you know it's it's hard now, it's hard sitting

552
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,879
Speaker 5: around all day and being that last game, but you know,

553
00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:37,359
Speaker 5: guys get a little I look at it as our

554
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:39,680
Speaker 5: guys get a little extra rests, right, a little extra

555
00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,280
Speaker 5: time to prep a little extra time to review some notes.

556
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,680
Speaker 5: And it's no better time to being the only show

557
00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,160
Speaker 5: on TV right that everybody's tuned in and watching all

558
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,760
Speaker 5: of your peers get to watch. Like it's time for

559
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,920
Speaker 5: us to go put on play winning football and go win.

560
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:57,240
Speaker 5: You know on prime time.

561
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,879
Speaker 2: You got the extra time after the Jet game with

562
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,359
Speaker 2: a mini buy. But with the Monday night game, you

563
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,080
Speaker 2: get one extra day, so I know you change the week.

564
00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,840
Speaker 2: It's a really unique week with Tuesday being Monday of

565
00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:10,960
Speaker 2: game week, you wanted to start the clock on time.

566
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,760
Speaker 2: I'm not going to do this to you, Johnny West,

567
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,120
Speaker 2: where Saturday is Friday and all that stuff.

568
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,399
Speaker 3: But you want to be in that regular routine, right.

569
00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,119
Speaker 5: I try to keep our guys and as much of

570
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 5: a normal routine as possible. So we gave them the

571
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,600
Speaker 5: day off after our last game, and now we'll start

572
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,040
Speaker 5: our week just a normal week. We just got an

573
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,879
Speaker 5: extra day of rest, which our guys definitely would appreciate.

574
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,880
Speaker 6: Yeah, Coach, I thought about this because I was driving

575
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,919
Speaker 6: home the other night, midnight or whatever it is whenever

576
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,480
Speaker 6: you're driving home from a game or you're driving home

577
00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:43,160
Speaker 6: from practice and idea pops in your head. Whether it's

578
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,359
Speaker 6: a coverage, whether it's just a thought about a player,

579
00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,560
Speaker 6: or it's you know, hey, something I'm thinking about. Maybe

580
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:51,880
Speaker 6: it's something with the training staff, or maybe something with nutrition.

581
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,120
Speaker 6: How do you kind of handle that for yourself when

582
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,760
Speaker 6: you kind of have these like innovative blasts of like,

583
00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 6: oh wait, man, I really like this coverage against this play,

584
00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:02,560
Speaker 6: or I'm thinking about something that happened in the game.

585
00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 3: I want to make sure that I make a point

586
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:04,960
Speaker 3: of that in the team meeting.

587
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:06,919
Speaker 6: How do you kind of handle that as a coach, Like,

588
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,679
Speaker 6: when you're thinking about all that stuff, do you kind

589
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,199
Speaker 6: of jot it down in notes? Do you kind of

590
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,400
Speaker 6: just I got to mentally make a note, like sometimes

591
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:13,120
Speaker 6: I talk into my phone.

592
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 3: How do you kind of handle that when you go

593
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:15,399
Speaker 3: through something like that?

594
00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,600
Speaker 5: Now, that's great, man, so many different things running through

595
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:22,920
Speaker 5: my mind, so many ideas that pop up. So one

596
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 5: thing I do, like, I have a lot of ideas

597
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 5: that pop up, so I'll just.

598
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:26,720
Speaker 3: Try to write them down.

599
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,880
Speaker 5: So I write them down on my board in my office,

600
00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 5: or like you said, on their phone, I'll type some

601
00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,399
Speaker 5: notes in like I'll type the team and I just

602
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,840
Speaker 5: start typing different notes and things that I may want

603
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,600
Speaker 5: to do during that particular week. And I always say,

604
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,119
Speaker 5: like I always try to make sure I sleep on

605
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:46,120
Speaker 5: those like before it's like it gets.

606
00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:47,600
Speaker 3: Around nine o'clock or something like.

607
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:50,600
Speaker 5: Man, I'm not making any decision fast nine. I want

608
00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 5: to sleep on it. And once I sleep on to

609
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,119
Speaker 5: get a good night sleep, come back in the morning,

610
00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 5: so I come back with even more fresh ideas and

611
00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 5: trying to figure out, just man, how can we put

612
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,520
Speaker 5: our guys in the best spot so they can go

613
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:02,080
Speaker 5: make plays.

614
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,760
Speaker 2: What about these Dallas Cowboys, No Dak Presscott, Cooper Rush.

615
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:08,639
Speaker 2: You know they're coming off a tough outing, but they

616
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,240
Speaker 2: have a lot of talent on the team. Still, what

617
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 2: can you tell us about your thoughts on this version

618
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:13,240
Speaker 2: of the Cowboys?

619
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 5: Yeah, still a lot of talent, right, And it starts

620
00:27:15,359 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 5: with Ceedee Lamb. That's the one guy that sticks out

621
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,520
Speaker 5: to me like explosive player and it's not just the

622
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,439
Speaker 5: deep passes what he does with the football after he

623
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,120
Speaker 5: catches it, like he has that ability right to make

624
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 5: you miss and go to the house. So we have

625
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 5: to be tight and covered on him and we have

626
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 5: to tackle him really well. Really impressed with the young

627
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,760
Speaker 5: bat Rico d I would think he's doing a great job.

628
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 5: Explosive player that can make some plays, So probably see

629
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,440
Speaker 5: them leaning more his direction and also a tight end.

630
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:46,960
Speaker 5: Ferguson does a good job no defensively getting Michael Parson's back,

631
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,399
Speaker 5: that's a big deal. He gets he comes back and

632
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,240
Speaker 5: he's able to see you impact the game instantly, get

633
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,800
Speaker 5: in two sacks last week and also just overshowing the

634
00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,520
Speaker 5: rookie linebacker. He's flying around playing fast guy I really

635
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,160
Speaker 5: like coming out of Texas. Thought he would fit really

636
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,879
Speaker 5: well in our scheme. Just with his scheme, his length,

637
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,160
Speaker 5: his speed, athleticism, he's going to be a really big

638
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 5: time playmaker for him. So really good team never take

639
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 5: any team likely. They got playmakers, digs at the corner

640
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,600
Speaker 5: spot can take the ball away at any given time.

641
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 5: So it's going to be again, I know I always

642
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:26,040
Speaker 5: say it, but it's about the Texans right executing the

643
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:28,920
Speaker 5: right way. Texans. We got to make sure we are

644
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,840
Speaker 5: getting out of our own way, like handling all those

645
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,479
Speaker 5: little things a proper way, being on the details so

646
00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 5: we can go compete against the Cowboys and not compete

647
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 5: against ourselves.

648
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 6: When you mentioned Texas, it made me think, because you've

649
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 6: got the Alabama logo on Dad of the Night, there

650
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 6: was a lot of Bama on that field on both sides.

651
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:47,959
Speaker 3: I mean, there were some dudes on that field.

652
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 6: I know that you coach Alabama, obviously you have a

653
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 6: lot of pride in Alabama, and I know it's a

654
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:54,480
Speaker 6: game you want to win.

655
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 3: But in some sense, you look at it.

656
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:57,960
Speaker 6: And go, man, there's a lot of guys from Alma Mater.

657
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Speaker 6: I'm proud of what those guys are doing. Even on

658
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Speaker 6: the other side, I'm proud of them because they came

659
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 6: through the program that you came that you went through.

660
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:07,560
Speaker 6: What was that like kind of seeing all those Alabama

661
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 6: guys and you see a bunch of them every day,

662
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 6: but to see Gibbs and Jamo on the other side,

663
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Speaker 6: Brian Branch, all those guys from Alabama present and you're

664
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Speaker 6: presented for your.

665
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Speaker 5: University, it's really it's really cool, and it's really a

666
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,800
Speaker 5: proud moment where you can see all those guys knowing

667
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,960
Speaker 5: you know, they went to the same university and seeing

668
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 5: those guys make it to the highest level in the

669
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Speaker 5: NFL and seeing them be successful on this level as well,

670
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,480
Speaker 5: it's makes you proud. I felt that during the week,

671
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 5: but during the game it's like, we gotta get these

672
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 5: guys in, you know. But no, it's a really cool moment.

673
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 5: And not only just the players on the field, but

674
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Speaker 5: also coaches Sean Dion Hamilton's oh yeah, he's coaches a

675
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,560
Speaker 5: linebacker the Shay Townsend all right, So there's a lot

676
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Speaker 5: of a lot of Alabama connections there with the Alliance.

677
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Speaker 5: But it's really proud of all those guys and what

678
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Speaker 5: they've done.

679
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Speaker 2: Am G Bank asked coach question of the week. Okay,

680
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 2: your relationship with so social media? Coach, because you do

681
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 2: have an X account of Twitter account that you don't

682
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 2: really use anymore.

683
00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 3: It's d Ryan's fifty nine.

684
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Speaker 2: Now, you didn't tweet after the season last year, thank

685
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,640
Speaker 2: you fans or whatever. You retweeted the Texans and you

686
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,480
Speaker 2: used to back in the day tweet more. But what

687
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 2: about your relationship with social media? You don't have time

688
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:18,800
Speaker 2: to be on social media?

689
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Speaker 5: But what do you think all that's the thing now

690
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 5: I don't have time to be on it, but I

691
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 5: do think, you know, just with social media is such

692
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 5: a cool way where everybody is right at your fingertips,

693
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 5: Like the world has become so much smaller, right because

694
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Speaker 5: of it's easy to connect with many different people all

695
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Speaker 5: over the place. So and I don't use it as

696
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Speaker 5: much as I used to. May scroll every once in

697
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 5: a while, but really watching a lot of film and

698
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:48,480
Speaker 5: trying to trying to stay locked in on the film.

699
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Speaker 5: But think for social media used the right way, right

700
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 5: it can be very beneficial. It just thinks it gets

701
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,239
Speaker 5: to be bad when it just like anything right, you

702
00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 5: do too much of it and it just consumes your day.

703
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 5: Find yourself just continuously scrolling right. It just takes you

704
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 5: off of your focus what you need to actually do

705
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:07,960
Speaker 5: to be productive during the day.

706
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Speaker 6: Okay, you got holidays coming up, so we always love

707
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 6: the non football questions. We just saw them to ask

708
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 6: you a couple of either ors number one Christmas tree

709
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 6: up before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving?

710
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 3: After Thanksgiving, artificial or real tree? Both really both do

711
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 3: too trees.

712
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:29,880
Speaker 5: My wife forget one real tree and then one artificial

713
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Speaker 5: as well.

714
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 6: Okay, presence Christmas Eve night or Christmas Day or or

715
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Speaker 6: dependent on whether there's a game.

716
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Speaker 3: Gotta do some.

717
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 5: You gotta let the kids open up some on Christmas

718
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 5: Eve and then Christmas morning. That's when they get the

719
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,520
Speaker 5: big stuff. But don't we can't buy them too much.

720
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Speaker 2: You're using up all my December questions.

721
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 3: There's more. There's definitely more that came from. All right, coach,

722
00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 3: thanks a lot, good luck this week. Thank you guys,

723
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:00,360
Speaker 3: enjoying it all.

724
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 1: Right as usual. Great job by Mark vandermir John Harris.

725
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 1: As they caught up with our main man coach, Demico Ryans.

726
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 1: Now we get to talk to a player. It is

727
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Speaker 1: a player's edition. Henry Toatoa coming up, all right, welcome

728
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 1: back Texans All Access Players Edition. And as promised, Mark

729
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 1: and I had a chance to catch up with your

730
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Speaker 1: middle linebacker, Henry Toatoa.

731
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Speaker 2: Joining us in studios. Henry to Atoa, Henry, how's it going?

732
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 2: Good to see you good.

733
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Speaker 4: I'm blessed man.

734
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Speaker 3: All right, blessed well.

735
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Speaker 2: Great to have you here with n D Kalu, Texans

736
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,760
Speaker 2: legend and twelve year NFL veterans.

737
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 3: So it's good to have you guys visiting.

738
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 2: Current player, former player and all that. Before we get anywhere.

739
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 2: What was it like in the Detroit game with so

740
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 2: many Alabama guys on the field and around the field.

741
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, we call it debamaly man.

742
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,320
Speaker 7: Our family's huge, you know, I mean a lot of

743
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 7: guys in the NFL. So when we're able to gather

744
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,560
Speaker 7: on the field and share war together, there's nothing that

745
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 7: could be dead.

746
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Speaker 1: You know, I always wondering we were talking before the

747
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 1: mic was hot. You know, I went to Rice University,

748
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 1: so not quite the full powerhouse. I don't know why

749
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:05,480
Speaker 1: you laughed when I said that. But but then I

750
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: always wonder, you know, you know, play with a lot

751
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: of guys from Alabama, having huge respect for the legacy

752
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,200
Speaker 1: that y'all created, But I wondered, do y'all do y'all

753
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 1: really appreciate what y'all have accomplished and what y'all done

754
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 1: with so many of y'all in the NFL, because it

755
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 1: seems like it's just like, go to Alabama, then go

756
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:23,440
Speaker 1: have a successful career in the NFL.

757
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 7: Yeah, I don't think you realize it until you leave,

758
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 7: and then until you see all the guys in the NFL,

759
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 7: and then you know, you meet guys after the game

760
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,280
Speaker 7: where you meet guys in the NFL, but then you.

761
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Speaker 4: See the guys that you played with, that you grind with.

762
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 7: You see about ten of those guys and you're like, man,

763
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 7: we're actually doing something. And that just speaks a testament

764
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 7: to Code Sabman and what he built there and the

765
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 7: whole coaching staff that you know, started when he got there.

766
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 7: But it's honestly a blessing to see guys that you

767
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:48,960
Speaker 7: grinded with, you know, throughout those times.

768
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Speaker 2: Henry, obviously you wanted to win over the lines. But

769
00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:53,280
Speaker 2: there were some things you could take away from that,

770
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 2: holding that offense down for so long, the way it

771
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 2: did well below their season average.

772
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Speaker 3: What were some of the keys that went into that.

773
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Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, our coaches do a great job of

774
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 7: enforcing the message of swarm, and I think as a

775
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 7: defense we bought into that.

776
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 4: Obviously, have to finish in the second half, have to.

777
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:11,560
Speaker 7: Get him out of the field and don't score. You know,

778
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 7: we gotta do a better job, man. But you know,

779
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 7: this one sucks. This one hurts for sure. But the

780
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,960
Speaker 7: idea of swarm, I think we we have an idea

781
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 7: of it. We gotta grasp it. We just got to

782
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 7: be able to execute a four quarters.

783
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Speaker 1: Whether it was in college or the pros. Have you

784
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 1: ever been part of a game where your defense had

785
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 1: five interceptions?

786
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 4: No, that's my first ever.

787
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 1: So, so, like, at what point were you're like, well,

788
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 1: we got another one.

789
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 3: We got to know.

790
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,759
Speaker 7: I think it was the Jimmy got his and I

791
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,239
Speaker 7: got mine, and then I think Kamari was next and

792
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 7: I was like, God, leave, we're just catching him. So

793
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 7: and then Kaitlyn got his. So that was the first

794
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 7: time I've ever been a part of that many turnovers.

795
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:47,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, yours was interesting too. Yeah, what was that like?

796
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 2: Describe that to us because it was a melee of

797
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:51,759
Speaker 2: activity going well.

798
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 7: Honestly started with Deniko with Audrey so big. Shout out

799
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 7: to him for giving the opportunity to catch the ball.

800
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:58,720
Speaker 7: But he goes and tips it and then the balls

801
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 7: up in the air time he's tipping it a outside

802
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 7: of cats, and then I come in and try to

803
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 7: secure the cats. But you know, it all started with

804
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 7: Deniko Rush and Jared Goff and getting that ball out

805
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:09,359
Speaker 7: of his hand so you won't be able to throw

806
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 7: the ball.

807
00:35:09,719 --> 00:35:12,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, Tommy played well in that game, and that's sort

808
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,120
Speaker 2: of one of the signature items of this defense. When

809
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,360
Speaker 2: somebody goes down, somebody comes up and they do the

810
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 2: job for you one.

811
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 4: D it's always the next man up. You know. Deniko

812
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:22,839
Speaker 4: tells us all the time that we're all professionals.

813
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,839
Speaker 7: You get paid to play football, So when it's your

814
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,680
Speaker 7: time and your opportunity is called up to go out

815
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,279
Speaker 7: there and perform, it's your due to your job. You know,

816
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:31,920
Speaker 7: you're a professional at this sport, so you gotta do

817
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:32,440
Speaker 7: what you gotta do.

818
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,160
Speaker 1: We talked about the sec and you know, going to

819
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,880
Speaker 1: Alabama and how prepares you for the NFL. Do you

820
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: feel like you're prepared more so than guys who played

821
00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:44,280
Speaker 1: who didn't play in the SEC, who didn't play at Alabama.

822
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:49,080
Speaker 7: I think the talent in the SEC is not identical,

823
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 7: but it's it's very, very similar to to the NFL.

824
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,400
Speaker 7: But I don't think there's anything that can prepare you

825
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 7: for the NFL. I mean, you can get close to

826
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,440
Speaker 7: it with the SEC is the best conference out there,

827
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,760
Speaker 7: and I stand by that, But when you get to NFL,

828
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:04,800
Speaker 7: you know, it's guys who's been doing it for five

829
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,279
Speaker 7: plus years, who knows the ins and outs and the

830
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 7: speed of the physicality of it.

831
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 4: And then there's a whole other level of taking care.

832
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 7: Of your body, nutrition, sleeping, and investing in yourself.

833
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:17,920
Speaker 4: So it's a whole nother ballgame when you get to

834
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:18,280
Speaker 4: the NFL.

835
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 2: Honestly, what is it like for you when you know, all, right,

836
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 2: on this play, my assignment is to cover that guy,

837
00:36:23,239 --> 00:36:25,359
Speaker 2: whoever it might be. And that's got to be really

838
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 2: tough because obviously the offense knows where they're going.

839
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:30,799
Speaker 3: You don't. You're trying to guess and stay with it.

840
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 3: What's that like for you?

841
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 7: Man, you just you go throughout so much film throughout

842
00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 7: the week, you try to prepare yourself with a lot

843
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,399
Speaker 7: of different tendencies that they have. But ultimately, I think

844
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,880
Speaker 7: it just comes on playing what you see and being.

845
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 4: True to your eyes.

846
00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,800
Speaker 7: You know, we're all good football players, so not necessarily

847
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 7: trying to guess on what they're doing, but reacting to

848
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,879
Speaker 7: what they're doing. So honestly, just play playing what we see.

849
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 7: As a as a defense, I think we play really

850
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:54,320
Speaker 7: really good football when that happens.

851
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: I've always said this one one emphasis. On one training camp,

852
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,880
Speaker 1: I flirted with linebacker, and I have a more of

853
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,719
Speaker 1: a respect for linebackers than I even do quarterbacks when

854
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: it comes to the mental aspect. And the reason I say

855
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,279
Speaker 1: that is, you know, as a defensive end, you just

856
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,239
Speaker 1: go forward, You just go forward. But as a linebacker

857
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 1: you have to read guard full back. Oh yeah, then

858
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: you have to determine whether it's a run or pass

859
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:21,000
Speaker 1: and then still be in position. So like, what are

860
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,400
Speaker 1: some for the listeners, What are some of the clues

861
00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: that you look at just so you can try to

862
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:26,440
Speaker 1: get a jump on the movement.

863
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 7: Yeah, linebacker, I stand by. Linebackers are harder existant there is.

864
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:34,840
Speaker 7: But behind quarterback, you know, you're the engine behind that defense.

865
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 7: You're you're the captain, you're the quarterback. You're trying to

866
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:38,799
Speaker 7: get everybody on the same page. Not only do you

867
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 7: have to be smart, you know, mentally, but you got

868
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,399
Speaker 7: to be able to do it physically and go out

869
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,480
Speaker 7: and run around. But you know, there's different things that

870
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:46,280
Speaker 7: you can pick up. You know, if linemen are lighter

871
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:47,880
Speaker 7: on their hands, you know, it's passed. If they're a

872
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:49,799
Speaker 7: little taller, and the two point stands is passed. If

873
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:53,040
Speaker 7: the fullback, if the running backs like seven yards eight

874
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 7: yards deeper, it's usually a run. He's trying to get

875
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 7: his momentum going to be able to you know, run

876
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 7: inside on the outside zone. So it's a little stuff

877
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 7: like that that you slowly pick up. But then also

878
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:03,799
Speaker 7: in the game, you can catch the flow of the game.

879
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 7: You know, usually first second down, they try to run

880
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,439
Speaker 7: the ball first second down and try to play action

881
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:12,120
Speaker 7: throw shots don't work. Second down, run third down, try

882
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 7: to get the mass we third down. So you can

883
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 7: catch the flow of a game. So that's kind of

884
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,680
Speaker 7: like what we do as a defense is just once

885
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:20,320
Speaker 7: we know what they're doing, they do all the trick

886
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 7: stuff that they get out the bag. You usually cast

887
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 7: a flow and then catch on the Tennessee to there.

888
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, you said behind the quarterback. Indeed, didn't even want

889
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:28,279
Speaker 2: to give the quarterback down.

890
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 3: I gotta get a quarterbacks.

891
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: You know why, because the quarterback knows where he's going

892
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 1: and what he wants to do. And I'm not saying

893
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,800
Speaker 1: it's easy, but a middle linebacker has to say, okay,

894
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:39,960
Speaker 1: is a run is a pass?

895
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 3: Always run? Now?

896
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: I got to get here before the guard cuts me off. Yeah,

897
00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 1: we're a quarterback saying Okay, I'm gonna throw it to

898
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:46,920
Speaker 1: this guy, but if the safety cheats.

899
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 4: Over here, I'm throw to that guy. Yeah.

900
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: So with a linebacker you have to have the same

901
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:53,359
Speaker 1: thought process in my opinion, as a quarterback. But then

902
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: still be you know, have that reaction.

903
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 4: To yeah yeah all right.

904
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 2: So another one for you related to that because I

905
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 2: always think there's so many great athletes in this world,

906
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 2: but there are only certain ones who really want to

907
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:07,360
Speaker 2: hit people. So as a defender, you've gotta love that.

908
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,319
Speaker 2: You gotta love making the big hit. When in your

909
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 2: life did you realize this is what I want to do.

910
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:12,440
Speaker 2: I want to be the guy who hits me.

911
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 4: Oh man, it was. It had to be.

912
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 7: When I was about seven years old, I actually want

913
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 7: to one hitting somebody. I was the one who got

914
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,799
Speaker 7: hit and I got laid out on my back in

915
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 7: front of everybody. It was during practice, and then usually

916
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 7: our practice were packed. Our parents would come out and

917
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 7: then like Simmons, it'll be packed practice. So I got

918
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,279
Speaker 7: laid out on my back, and then just in my head,

919
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:33,319
Speaker 7: I was like, I never want that.

920
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:33,719
Speaker 4: To happen again.

921
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 7: So I would go literally in my bedroom and like

922
00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 7: literally strike the wall. I'm pounding the wall. I'm trying

923
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 7: to hit the pillow. Have my my brother hold the pillow.

924
00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:44,319
Speaker 4: And I run through the pillow to this A guy's name.

925
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:45,439
Speaker 4: His name is Jalen Wow.

926
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 3: Okay, seven years old. Thank you. That's pretty cool.

927
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, the fact that you remember his name and then

928
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 1: at seven that you took it upon yourself to say,

929
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,719
Speaker 1: not only do I not want that to happen, but

930
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:04,479
Speaker 1: here's what I'm going.

931
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:04,719
Speaker 3: To work on.

932
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 7: I was never trying to get hit like that again.

933
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:08,840
Speaker 7: But then I was all scared of my dad. My

934
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 7: dad was one of the coaches, so he boy.

935
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 4: He didn't like that at all, he didn't like it

936
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:13,279
Speaker 4: at all.

937
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,439
Speaker 2: All right, So how important is it you both could

938
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,560
Speaker 2: talk about this to stick together because sometimes if the

939
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:22,439
Speaker 2: offense isn't scoring or something like in the second half.

940
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:23,719
Speaker 3: And I know that's been a little bit of a

941
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 3: challenge here.

942
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 2: You guys are playing a great game the other night overall,

943
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:29,560
Speaker 2: but you got to stick together both sides of the ball,

944
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,240
Speaker 2: special teams to keep the team together.

945
00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:34,920
Speaker 7: What about that aspect, man, it's a you know, when

946
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 7: you put that helmet on, everybody has a helmet of

947
00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 7: the Texans, right Houston.

948
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:40,759
Speaker 4: We got Houston on our chest. Who's on the back.

949
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 7: It's not the offense has a different coach jersey, the

950
00:40:44,040 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 7: defense or special teams. We're all rocking one jersey where

951
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 7: one team. We go out there and stay together. So

952
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 7: there's no other finger. To the point, it's not the

953
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:53,759
Speaker 7: offense fault, it's not the defense fult, it's not the

954
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:54,520
Speaker 7: specing its fault.

955
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 4: It's everybody's fault. We all had a finger in it.

956
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 7: We all had our you know, had our say and

957
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,280
Speaker 7: don't say in this game and whatever game we lose.

958
00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 7: So it's easy, man. We know what we're capable of,

959
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 7: and we have a great locker room full of guys

960
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:09,720
Speaker 7: that know that. You know, we got some great leaders

961
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:12,839
Speaker 7: in there that harp the message of we're a good team.

962
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 7: We just have to find a way to put it

963
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:18,000
Speaker 7: all together and finish, and we do a great job.

964
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:21,080
Speaker 4: Our leaders are captains. They're really really good everlyning that message.

965
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: Now he said it. You know, I can't say it

966
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:25,879
Speaker 1: any better. The only thing I'll add to it. When

967
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:28,279
Speaker 1: we played and when we played on the team where

968
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 1: we had a strong defense, we knew there's gonna be

969
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: a game where we don't have a good game and

970
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:33,799
Speaker 1: the offense is gonna bail us out. So that's why

971
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 1: you never got into the whole Oh, the offense is tripping.

972
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 1: They're not scoring like they should be because there's gonna

973
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 1: be a game where you give up thirty points and

974
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: you're gonna need your offense to score thirty one points.

975
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 3: All right.

976
00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:47,439
Speaker 2: So I have an Alabama related question in that Alabama

977
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 2: is kind of America's team of college football or has

978
00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 2: been right. Everybody either loves them or hates them. So

979
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 2: the Dallas Cowboys fit that bill. In the NFL, what's

980
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 2: it like for you playing your first pro game against

981
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:00,840
Speaker 2: the Cowboys.

982
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 7: I'm excited. Man, I grew up a forty nine A fan.

983
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 7: I grew up hating the Cowboys. I grew up hating them,

984
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 7: So I think it just fits right in. I'm super excited.

985
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 4: It's like an opportunity that you have Monday Night football.

986
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 4: No better place to be.

987
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:14,839
Speaker 3: Man, what's it been like?

988
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 2: After the Jets you had a little bit of that

989
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 2: mini buy and then after the Detroit game an extra

990
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:21,800
Speaker 2: day to get ready as well, a little bit of

991
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 2: a longer week, one day longer which you could probably

992
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:25,239
Speaker 2: use right.

993
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 7: You know, last year we were back to back to

994
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:29,800
Speaker 7: back to back games. You know we're at now in

995
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:31,399
Speaker 7: every single game. So being able to have a switch

996
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 7: up this year and find a routine and then use

997
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 7: these days that we have off just to get my

998
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 7: body back, or even the guys, you know, get their

999
00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,440
Speaker 7: body backs and use this time as recovery.

1000
00:42:40,719 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 4: It's been huge.

1001
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 1: Are you more excited about Monday Night Football or taking

1002
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:46,280
Speaker 1: on the Dallas Cowboys?

1003
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 4: Dallas Cowboys.

1004
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,479
Speaker 3: I grew up hating the Cowboys. I was not a fan.

1005
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:54,399
Speaker 2: Plus, you grew up with Sunday night football being the

1006
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:56,920
Speaker 2: big game, you know, Andy, and I I can't speak

1007
00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 2: for you. But I grew up in an earrarow where

1008
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:00,719
Speaker 2: Monday Night was the big game they which did after

1009
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:02,960
Speaker 2: a while when ESPN got the Monday Night package.

1010
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,439
Speaker 1: Oh you know, we're the same era. So you're telling

1011
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 1: me something I didn't know. So Sunday Night football considered

1012
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:09,920
Speaker 1: the bigger game than Monday Night.

1013
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:13,439
Speaker 7: Yeah, because I didn't know that it's later out here,

1014
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:15,800
Speaker 7: so we couldn't really catch a Sunday Night football is

1015
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 7: huge because it's what and a half two hours three

1016
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 7: hours behind in California the same time, so we're able

1017
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:23,040
Speaker 7: to catch every single game, so right, Yeah, so it's

1018
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:23,719
Speaker 7: primed for us.

1019
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,880
Speaker 2: But also the Marquee game end is Sunday night as

1020
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,120
Speaker 2: opposed to Monday, and it used to be Monday.

1021
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, when it was on ABC exclusively.

1022
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:33,600
Speaker 1: No, I still I'm showing my age. But when I

1023
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:36,440
Speaker 1: think Monday Night Football, I'm still thinking John Madden and

1024
00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 1: that was.

1025
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:37,600
Speaker 3: The one game.

1026
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 1: But now, you young buck, you're teaching me something. You're saying,

1027
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 1: Sunday Night football, that's the big.

1028
00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:46,719
Speaker 3: Carrie Underwood, it's all because of her. Really, probably I

1029
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 3: did not know that. Well, that's how that goes a

1030
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:50,440
Speaker 3: couple more for you.

1031
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 2: Houston. How do you like Houston? How are you adjusting

1032
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 2: so far? You've been here for a little while now,

1033
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 2: had some time to look around. How do you like

1034
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 2: the city? Man?

1035
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:57,520
Speaker 3: I love it.

1036
00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,160
Speaker 7: Man, I love this place. I feel like this is

1037
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:02,759
Speaker 7: that's raising me right now. You know, it's my first

1038
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:04,800
Speaker 7: place I've ever been in my rookie contract.

1039
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:06,200
Speaker 4: So I feel like this place is raising me.

1040
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:08,920
Speaker 7: And you know, been through some struggles last year, being

1041
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:10,319
Speaker 7: going through some struggles this year.

1042
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:11,879
Speaker 4: I love it here.

1043
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,360
Speaker 7: The city is great, the fans are great, the people

1044
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 7: are just so proud of this city, and like, I

1045
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 7: feel like this is home.

1046
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:19,319
Speaker 4: So like everywhere I go.

1047
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:20,879
Speaker 7: You know, I got to ask those had on going

1048
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,000
Speaker 7: back to California, rev in Houston.

1049
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 4: So I'm really really happy that I landed here.

1050
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,399
Speaker 1: I'll say what I appreciate about you. We have something

1051
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 1: in common. We're both fifth round pigs, and my mentality

1052
00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:34,520
Speaker 1: was just make the team. Your mentality was I want

1053
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:36,239
Speaker 1: to be a starter, and you showed that early on.

1054
00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:38,600
Speaker 1: So I like the way that you didn't look at

1055
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 1: whatever round you were taking and it was just to

1056
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:43,000
Speaker 1: be a starter, and you proved that early on.

1057
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:43,799
Speaker 4: I appreciate that.

1058
00:44:43,800 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 7: That means a lot coming from a from a vet man,

1059
00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:48,239
Speaker 7: because you know what it takes, you know, you know

1060
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:50,239
Speaker 7: the grind that you should go through every single day,

1061
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:53,080
Speaker 7: the physical but also the mental aspects. So you know,

1062
00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:55,440
Speaker 7: I really really do appreciate that. And I think that

1063
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 7: just all stands for my family. My family. I come

1064
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:02,239
Speaker 7: from a family that's just hardworking people, Polynesian, you know,

1065
00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:06,400
Speaker 7: we my grandparents migrated here with nothing, and you know,

1066
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:08,600
Speaker 7: I think that just rooted through my mom, my dad.

1067
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:11,280
Speaker 7: It's just a testament while I was raised.

1068
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:13,400
Speaker 3: Man, Henry, thanks a lot for joining us.

1069
00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:16,279
Speaker 1: Good, thanks a lot, keep it up, Henry, appreciate so

1070
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 1: big shout out to Henry Tolatoe for joining Mark and myself.

1071
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:20,239
Speaker 3: Man.

1072
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 1: Very interesting player and the one thing that stood out

1073
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: to me Mark at seven, he had the wherewithal to say,

1074
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:29,880
Speaker 1: I don't want to, you know, get knocked out the

1075
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:31,680
Speaker 1: way I did, and I'm going to work on that.

1076
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:34,200
Speaker 3: And he knows the kid's name. Yes, that's beautiful.

1077
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 2: The kid needs to know about this, needs to know

1078
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:40,640
Speaker 2: about this story. I sense a viral moment coming up.

1079
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:43,480
Speaker 2: We could do a whole feature on this thing, you.

1080
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: Know what, I know we won't do it because it's

1081
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:48,759
Speaker 1: too radio disc jockey hack. But it would be cool

1082
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:51,840
Speaker 1: if we could hire a private investigator and try to

1083
00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:53,359
Speaker 1: find out where this guy is.

1084
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:56,240
Speaker 2: I bet it won't be too difficult because Henry's parents

1085
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:59,840
Speaker 2: must have some kind of connection to whatever that league was.

1086
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 3: Then you know, you jar the memory because even.

1087
00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:05,720
Speaker 2: If somebody asked me, like, hey, you're eighteen year old

1088
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:07,960
Speaker 2: was in a flag football y coach, so I know

1089
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 2: everything there was to know about that. But you know

1090
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:13,359
Speaker 2: what I'm saying, parents know people around the league. Maybe

1091
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:15,919
Speaker 2: you could find out. It would definitely take some work, though,

1092
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Speaker 2: so you.

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Speaker 1: Run this whole media empire for the Texans. You should

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Speaker 1: get one of the interns and put that on him

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Speaker 1: or her.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, to find out find out who hit head.

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Speaker 2: I think said we have a first name. Assuming that's correct,

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Speaker 2: let's go from there. Now, there's a way to do it.

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Speaker 2: In fact, you know, now you got me on this,

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Speaker 2: talk to Henry about this. This will be pretty good.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well that's going to do it for us today.

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Speaker 1: Thanks to any and everybody out there listening supporting the show.

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