1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:00,840 Speaker 1: What's up everybody. 2 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 2: Welcome into a Friday edition of Texans All Access a tgiff. 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:08,840 Speaker 2: Thank god it's football Friday edition of Texans All Access. 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 3: I'm your host, John Harris, football analyst. 5 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: Sideline reporter. 6 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 2: Of course, glad to be with you as we go 7 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 2: into a June weekend. Next weekend, wow, think about that 8 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 2: next weekend. June thirtieth turns into July first on Sunday, 9 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 2: and that's the month of training camp. We're getting closer, people, 10 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 2: We're getting closer. We're a little over a month out, 11 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 2: I think, somewhere on that timeframe. So getting excited about 12 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 2: training camp. And so tonight we will hear from another 13 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 2: couple of players, actually three to be exact, two current, 14 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: one you know, one well maybe you don't know. And 15 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 2: then we'll have another where are they now? With my 16 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 2: May and Drew Doherty. So we will hear from those 17 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 2: gentlemen a little later in the show. But we're gonna 18 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 2: kick off today's show with a little bit of news 19 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 2: and I love seeing this news. Will Anderson Junior is 20 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 2: a Texan. I know you probably think, wait a second, well, yeah, 21 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 2: you got drafted, and of course he's a Texan. 22 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,440 Speaker 1: Both he signed and made it official today. 23 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 2: He is a tech Sin four years, fully guaranteed deal, 24 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 2: thirty five million, signing most twenty two million. So good 25 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:26,199 Speaker 2: afternoon for Will Anderson Junior. And he's a Texan. That's great, 26 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 2: that's great news. Now CJ's got to get into Fold 27 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 2: from a signing perspective, and I think that's it. I 28 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 2: think there's the only two that haven't signed. If I've 29 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 2: been following it correctly, I think everybody else. 30 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 3: Is in in the Fold. But we'll keep an eye 31 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:38,319 Speaker 3: on that. 32 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 2: But Will Anderson signed today, and that is great news. 33 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 2: Now I got it. Well, he didn't sign with the Texans. 34 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: Actually he was waived by the Packers and the Texans 35 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: claimed his contract. And that's a Mari Rodgers. And last 36 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 2: year against the Cowboys, he made one of the plays 37 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 2: of the year with a touchdown off a rollout from 38 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 2: Jeff Triscoll. 39 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: That was one of those what's driscoll too? Oh he 40 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: threw a touchdown? Oh my god, Rogers, I. 41 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 2: Mean it was a crazy play at a big time 42 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 2: And of course you knew we had to talk about 43 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: that with a Mario Rodgers and then some so let's 44 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 2: kick it off with our guy and Mari Rodgers with 45 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 2: Martyanamir myself. Let's go kicking off a TGI for ride day. 46 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:17,919 Speaker 2: Addition of Texas auxis. 47 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 4: Amari Rodgers joining us in studio. Great to see, Amari, 48 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 4: we see out there. 49 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 1: What is it like? 50 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 4: You're catching passes from Mills Stroud Keenum new offense? 51 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: You've been through a few. How do you like it? 52 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 5: I love it? 53 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 6: Man. 54 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 7: The offense that we have here is amazing. You can 55 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 7: attack defense in so many different ways. You know, we're 56 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 7: running first. Obviously we're gonna pound the ball. You know, 57 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 7: officeer line is doing a great job getting off the ball. 58 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 7: You know, of course we got DP back there toting it, 59 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 7: so that's going to be a plus. And then we 60 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 7: just throw it so many different ways, you know, play action, 61 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 7: you know, quick game. We can bomb it downfield and 62 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 7: Coach Slow's doing a great job, you know, just putting 63 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 7: the offense in of course and getting us to understand 64 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 7: in the easy way. But then you know, just putting 65 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 7: us in a great position is in practice, you know, 66 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:01,360 Speaker 7: make play. 67 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:03,239 Speaker 8: So I'm excited for sure, Mari. 68 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: How how difficult is it to a slant route might be? 69 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 2: You know, with different steps and things in one place 70 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 2: and it might be different here, So how does it 71 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 2: kind of learning the nuances of what but Bobby's luck 72 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 2: wants to do with this offense? You know, maybe it's 73 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 2: maybe it's three steps, you're cutting your outside foot here, 74 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 2: but you know, if it's this, well that's different than 75 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 2: the way we used to do it. How does it 76 00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 2: kind of adapt into some of those things or has 77 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 2: it been pretty pretty similar to what you've done before. 78 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: It's just learning new verbiage for sure. 79 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 7: So the system it's kind of like Green Bay where 80 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 7: I was previously, so as far as concepts and stuff, 81 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 7: it's kind of like like that. 82 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 8: So I'm kind of familiar with that. 83 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 7: But the only thing that I've kind of had to 84 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 7: adjust to is you know, the outside foot up inside 85 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 7: the numbers, right, and that's kind of different. But you know, 86 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 7: it's it's definitely it's definitely easy to adjust to. You know, 87 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 7: being a receiver, you got to be able to adjust 88 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 7: their little things like that and taking on a fly. 89 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 7: So it's not really been a lot of adjustments. 90 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:55,240 Speaker 9: You know. 91 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 7: I'm thankful to be able to have been in the 92 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 7: system like this in Green Bay. It's helped me learn 93 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 7: the offense. But you know he's doing a great job, 94 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 7: you know, helping us understand it and go out there 95 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 7: and play fast. 96 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 4: So you know, I harkened back to the touchdown reception 97 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 4: against Dallas last year, which was just such a thrilling moment. 98 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 4: I mean, do you look back on that as the 99 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 4: highlight of the year. I know it wasn't a good year, 100 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 4: but that was a great play for you, non for sure. 101 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:20,920 Speaker 7: Definitely for me, it was definitely a confidence booster, you know, 102 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 7: coming from where I came from and just being able 103 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,360 Speaker 7: to do that against the Dallas Cowboys, who had a 104 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,960 Speaker 7: great defense last year. It was definitely a confidence booster 105 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 7: and it definitely helped me finish the seating strong for sure. 106 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 2: As you go into this OTAs, I mean, obviously you 107 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 2: weren't here last year for OTAs, but you kind of 108 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 2: know where everything is. You kind of feel comfortable. I mean, 109 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 2: obviously the coaching stat has changed, but there are a 110 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 2: lot of familiar faces. How much does that help you 111 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,160 Speaker 2: going into your two with the Texans, The fact that 112 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 2: you've you do know those things. You're not just walking in, 113 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 2: you know, almost like a rookie in some sense, going man, 114 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 2: where's everything? 115 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 9: Where do I go? 116 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 2: How do I kind of figure this out? I mean, 117 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 2: you had to do that during the season, which is 118 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,120 Speaker 2: hard enough. Right now you kind of got that under 119 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:56,720 Speaker 2: your belt as you go through OTAs. That's that kind 120 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 2: of been for you. That's been good, you know. That's 121 00:04:58,360 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 2: kind of why I wanted to stay here and train 122 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 2: here in the off season. So I've kind of been 123 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 2: here the whole off season, just training with our training 124 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 2: staff and and our and our weight room staff and 125 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 2: just building that camarderie with our staff and just building 126 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 2: those relationships so that when you know, the season came 127 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 2: and training camps camp, training camp came, I was I 128 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 2: was just here and I was comfortable. So that's really 129 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 2: why I did that, and it's it's really been great 130 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 2: for me, uh just now in Ota, just being able 131 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:23,159 Speaker 2: to be comfortable with my shoes and where I'm at 132 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 2: just go out there and play ball without having to 133 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 2: think about those external things. 134 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 8: So it definitely helped for sure. 135 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 4: What are you seeing from Stroud so far? It's early on, 136 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 4: but early returns. 137 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 1: What do you think? 138 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 7: Very confident man, He's very confident. He knows what he 139 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 7: can do U and he knows where he can put 140 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 7: the ball. He knows that he's a great player, and 141 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 7: you know that's something that you want to see. You 142 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:46,039 Speaker 7: want to see a confident quarterback out there that that 143 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,039 Speaker 7: that talks to the guys that you know, when we're 144 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 7: having a bad day, you know, he's he's bringing this 145 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 7: up and he's already being that that kind of leader 146 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 7: for the offense. And you know, it's good seeing that 147 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 7: as such a young you know, as a rookie. Uh 148 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 7: So that's amazing to see. Uh he's and he's grown 149 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 7: every single week. He's getting better and better. You know, 150 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 7: I'm just de sorried to see, you know, where he's 151 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 7: going to become. You know, season starting, well. 152 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: You've seen some good ones, you see some great ones. 153 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 2: You played with a great one who unfortunately now lives 154 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 2: in Jacksonville. 155 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: Did you did you foresee. 156 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: This happening with Trevor Lawrence being the guy that he 157 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 2: has become, Because somebody in this room wasn't quite sure 158 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 2: about Trevor when he was coming out of Clemson. 159 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,800 Speaker 1: Were you sure that he was going to become this 160 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: guy at some point? 161 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:27,040 Speaker 8: Oh? 162 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,840 Speaker 7: For sure, no doubt. I knew the way he came 163 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 7: into Clemson. U Literally, he from day one. You know, 164 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 7: you also in the Texas A and M game his 165 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 7: first game, how you threw that touchdown the tee like 166 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 7: it was nothing on his first drive. And that's just 167 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 7: how he came into Clemson. You know, he came in confident. 168 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 7: He knew he was that guy, and you know from 169 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 7: day one he played like that. And I knew he 170 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,320 Speaker 7: was going to battle some adversity, you know, being in Jacksonville. 171 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 7: You know, I had to rebuild a little bit a 172 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 7: couple of years, but I knew he was gonna get 173 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 7: through it, and if they put the right pieces around him, 174 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 7: he was gonna be successful. So you know, it's great 175 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 7: seeing him do what he's doing him in Travis two. 176 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, about Aaron in New York with the Jets, how's 177 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 4: that gonna work out? He was at the Tony Awards 178 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 4: this week too. 179 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 7: Yeah, I think I think it's gonna be a good 180 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 7: fit for him, especially him having the guys around him 181 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 7: that you know, he wanted from Green Bay. 182 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 8: I think that's gonna be good. 183 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 7: And they have a lot of young guys too that 184 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 7: that's bawling, you know, especially on the defensive side. So 185 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 7: they they have a team. Man, they have a good team. 186 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 7: So I'm excited to see what they can do this year. 187 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 7: You watched Ted Lasso, Ted Lao. Do you watch it? 188 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:29,360 Speaker 1: It's on Apple Tea on Apple TV. Soccer the Soccer Show. 189 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 2: Oh no, okay, well there's a character on that show 190 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 2: that we have taken to Colin. 191 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers you would know. 192 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 2: Okay, got some either ords for you, all right, These 193 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 2: are pretty simple. It's pick a new professional sports soccer. 194 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 8: Or baseball baseball? Okay, sting, Wait, you want. 195 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: To repink that. 196 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 8: Somebody just got a four year, six hundred and fifty 197 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 8: million contract. 198 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, yeah, ben Zima yeah, and Messi turned down 199 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 2: one billion. 200 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, could cree soccer man. That's it's it's a long season, long. 201 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 8: Seas you take it. 202 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 2: You can start in a remake of a great movie, 203 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 2: either good for you're the star, Goodfellas or Scarface Scarface. 204 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: Okay, so you've seen have you seen Goodfellas? 205 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 8: I'm not familiar. 206 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 4: You might have seen it, but you've seen scarf Yeah 207 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 4: for sure, Yeah, for sure, good. 208 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: Fellas is a good one. 209 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 9: All right. 210 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: You guys did a team activity the other day. You 211 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: went bowling. 212 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 2: So the one team activity now Scott Quasberry added one 213 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,280 Speaker 2: in there. Either bowling or go karts or paintball. 214 00:08:37,840 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 8: Paintball. 215 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,719 Speaker 2: All right, here's the one that's kind of stopped a 216 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,640 Speaker 2: few people. But I'll ask anyways, in May, we had 217 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 2: two concerts in this building. If you had free tickets 218 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 2: to go to either one, would it be Taylor Swift 219 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 2: or Ed Sheeran. 220 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,680 Speaker 7: I'll probably do Taylor Swift just because of how popular 221 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 7: she is and just that environ man that she has 222 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 7: at her concerts. 223 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: It's nuts. 224 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,959 Speaker 7: Yeah, but I listened to her Sharon more, but I 225 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,440 Speaker 7: would probably want to see lit. 226 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: Hear she's a creating concert, right. I mean I heard 227 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: she's great, but. 228 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 4: For sure I made the mistake of watching one Instagram 229 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 4: video and now it's. 230 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 9: Like my phone. 231 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 1: A fourteen year old girl or something. I don't know. 232 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for being with us. 233 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 8: Good, thanks for having me, Thanks for having me. 234 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: That man's inviting the studio anytime. 235 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 2: He is smooth and fun to talk to, big smile, 236 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 2: loves being a text and loves being here. And I 237 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 2: think training camp for him is gonna be a big 238 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:33,719 Speaker 2: one of He's gonna have an opportunity. He's gonna have opportunities. 239 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 2: And if you think about guys that are fighting for spots, 240 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 2: fighting for playing time, fighting for a number two role, 241 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:41,559 Speaker 2: fighting for a backup role, fighting for a starting role, 242 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 2: whatever it might be. You got all these training camp practices, 243 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 2: you got three preseason games, you've got four joint practices 244 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 2: where you're gonna get a ton of reps against different 245 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:54,719 Speaker 2: color jersey. And that's gonna be very, very cool, and 246 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,560 Speaker 2: Mario Rogers, hopefully's gonna take advantage of that. All right, 247 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 2: coming up, we got a guy joining us next that 248 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 2: he's never been on Texans Radio, never really had an 249 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,360 Speaker 2: opportunity to talk to him, got into a building, I 250 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:09,199 Speaker 2: think in January. When he left the studio, Mark I 251 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 2: looked at each other, like, we like this guy. 252 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:12,199 Speaker 1: Who is it? 253 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 3: Then you'll find out next right here on Texans All Access. 254 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 2: Love being a Friday right here in Texas All Acts, 255 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:23,719 Speaker 2: says Simon You our host John Harris, football analyst, sideline 256 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 2: reporter for your Houston Texans Drew Dordy and I talked 257 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 2: about this a little bit, and I don't know why 258 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 2: I think it's on my TV screen in front of me, 259 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 2: but watching a few of the highlights of last night's 260 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 2: College World Series. Baseball, Yeah, baseball, He's almost played baseball 261 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 2: in college Air Force Academy, but decided and actually would 262 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 2: have played for Paul Mine Are you ended up being 263 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 2: the LSU baseball coach. He was Air Force coach way 264 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 2: back in the day, but decided to go football because 265 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 2: I love football and love more than that. But was 266 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 2: watching the LSU game last night. Man, it was one. 267 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 2: That's the best zero zero game I think I've ever 268 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 2: seen until Tommy the Tank, Tommy Tank's white hit two 269 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 2: run bomb for LSU. That was a fun baseball game. 270 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 2: And now LISU and Florida will play for the national 271 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 2: championship this weekend. 272 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: But that was fun to watch. 273 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 2: Now, guy that was fun to watch in training camp 274 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 2: as a guy that we really didn't have eyes on 275 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 2: for a while. 276 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 1: He played at Toledo. He's from New Jersey. 277 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 2: Kadar Holman walked in studio and I remember when they 278 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 2: gave us the well, Mark gave us the list, gave 279 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 2: me the list of who we were interviewing. 280 00:11:20,760 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 3: I'm like, oh, cud Our Holman, Okay, i'mut to work 281 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:23,079 Speaker 3: on that one. 282 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 2: I don't really know a lot about him, but man, 283 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 2: we had a blast talking to him, learning his story. 284 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 3: Just let him talk ball, talking ball with each other. 285 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 3: I mean it was really really fun. 286 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 2: Could our Holman good size, big chip on his shoulder, 287 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 2: and you know, for a good reason. The guy's kind 288 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:40,000 Speaker 2: of kind of been around, He's seen some things, had 289 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 2: a great start this career at Green Bay, and he's 290 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 2: kind of bounced around a little bit. Have an opportunity 291 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 2: at training camp, has no doubt about that. And with 292 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 2: Steven Nelson, as John McClain pointed out last night, and 293 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 2: not participating in OTAs, it opened the door for guys 294 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 2: like Kadar Holman to step up, Kobe Francis to step 295 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 2: up and get some reps against the ones and twos. 296 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 3: So Kadar Holman really fun interview that we had with him. 297 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 4: And it's right now Kadar Holman joining us on Texans Radio. Kadar, 298 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 4: how's it going? Welcome back to the Texans. Good to 299 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 4: be bad, good to be bag? 300 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: All right? 301 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 4: So you were with us in twenty twenty one and 302 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 4: since then have been with a lot of different teams. 303 00:12:14,679 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 4: I mean you've made a lot of stops. Do you 304 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 4: not unpack the bag? How do you handle this? Because 305 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 4: here you are carving out your career in the NFL 306 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 4: and it's a process, right, going to different teams and 307 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 4: finding out what the perfect fit is. 308 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 10: I just feel like, you know, in the beginning of 309 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 10: my career, I was set, and then when I got traded, 310 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:38,280 Speaker 10: that was kind of like of like a course where 311 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 10: it's still going, you know, where I've just been moving 312 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 10: around and you know, learning, learning, learning a lot of 313 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,800 Speaker 10: new things about the business, you know, just being a 314 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 10: sponge in this in this field, in this football career. 315 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 10: But like, I just feel like it's altogether made me 316 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 10: a better player. And I feel like I was meant 317 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 10: to come back here. So hopefully my my career traveling 318 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:05,079 Speaker 10: it ends right here. 319 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: Hopefully you're right, and I hope you're right. 320 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 2: But now that you're back here, I want to say 321 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 2: differences between twenty twenty one twenty twenty three, because we've 322 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 2: only got a few minutes with you, not a whole day, 323 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 2: but being back here in twenty twenty three, how different 324 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 2: defensive scheme? How different is it when you go from 325 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 2: a different team, come of learning new verbiage, new language. 326 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: I know, a lot of things are the same. 327 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 2: Hey, you know, it's cover three cover, you know, but 328 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 2: teams have little tweaks and things that they do differently 329 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 2: within those different coverages. Can So how different is it 330 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 2: being back here a couple of years after the fact. 331 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 10: Uh, this is it's like a total difference just from 332 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 10: the type, like like the scheme that when I first 333 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 10: got here under a Levey to where I'm at now 334 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 10: here is like one was like a real all one 335 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,320 Speaker 10: hundred percent zone, right and then now it's like a mixture. 336 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 10: But it's like a zone, but like a way more 337 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 10: aggressive zone. 338 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 8: Right. 339 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 10: So I just feel like maybe when I first got 340 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 10: here that defense was more so like you had to 341 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 10: know more and more verbiage because stuff could change. But 342 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,400 Speaker 10: now it's just more so they just want to, like, 343 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 10: you know, pin your ears back and let you play. 344 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 4: Right, Kadar Holman joining us. You're a bigger corner, So 345 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,359 Speaker 4: how does that help you against some of these receivers 346 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 4: and how hard is it to cover some of the 347 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 4: smaller really fast guys like a tank Dell who's out 348 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 4: there right now. 349 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 10: I feel like just being a bigger corner it gives 350 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 10: you an advantage. Well, I want to say, being a 351 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 10: bigger corner that's able to have agility, speed and do 352 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 10: all the things that a smaller wide receiver might do. 353 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 10: Because now you got a little bit of both, not 354 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 10: being an overly sized big corner, but just big enough 355 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 10: to the point where you if to the point where 356 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 10: if you go against a regular size receiver or a 357 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 10: little smaller receiver, it's gone. 358 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 9: You're gonna have an effect on them. 359 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 10: So I feel like going against somebody like Tank you, No, 360 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 10: you gotta be patient. 361 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,880 Speaker 9: You gotta be patient, and you gotta be real good 362 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 9: with your feet. 363 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 10: That's just not somebody who you could just try to 364 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 10: out physical at the line because he's small. 365 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 9: You know, he like a lightning bowl in a bottle. 366 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, so he can slip by you. 367 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 9: Yeah, he can slip by you. 368 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:22,920 Speaker 10: So you you want to know when to be physical 369 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 10: and when the layoff because somebody like that could use 370 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 10: it against you. 371 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 2: Now, obviously, when you play the position, you've got to 372 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 2: be very technique sound in what you do. Yeah, But 373 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,440 Speaker 2: there's also an art to play in the position, too, 374 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 2: is there not? Kind of I don't say putting your 375 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 2: style on it, but you also have to put your 376 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 2: style on it in some way, shape or form. So 377 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 2: playing corner, do you think it's more scientific technique or 378 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,800 Speaker 2: do you think it's more the art of playing the position, 379 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 2: kind of learning how you play the position. 380 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 10: I think technique bring you a far away, Like if 381 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 10: you got technique, you don't gotta be the fastest. And 382 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 10: you know, I mean it's some in some areas that 383 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 10: you don't got to be the best in because your 384 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 10: technique is gona it's gonna make you it's gonna it's 385 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,280 Speaker 10: gonna bring your game to another level, and it's gonna 386 00:16:09,280 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 10: make you win a lot of battles that if you 387 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 10: didn't have technique, that wouldn't have happened. You wouldn't be 388 00:16:14,400 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 10: able to make that to make that one movement that 389 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 10: you did so so so good if you didn't have 390 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,560 Speaker 10: your technique to get out that break. So I feel 391 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 10: like technique is definitely and but then also you know, 392 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 10: just also like learning the art of being the dB. 393 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, Kajar Holman joining us. You're a Texan right now. 394 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 4: You're also a rocket, a Toledo Rocket. So what brought 395 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 4: you out there to Toledo. I've been to the Glass Bowl 396 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 4: by the way, nice place. 397 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 10: I mean, you know, coming out of high school, I 398 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 10: wasn't really heavily recruited, you know, just coming from like 399 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 10: East Coast Jersey. Like you ask somebody word Ohio, is 400 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 10: that they're not even gonna be. 401 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 9: Able to tell you which way. 402 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,000 Speaker 10: Nothing abouttle I thought that was a totally different I 403 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 10: thought that was like going on Chicago time, but then 404 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 10: it wasn't. I just felt like coming out, I wasn't 405 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 10: heavily recruited, so I didn't have a lot of choices 406 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 10: some you know, one of the coaches that was there 407 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:07,879 Speaker 10: at the time hit me up to like walk on 408 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 10: and earn a scholarship. So you know, I was with 409 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 10: it because at the end of the day, all you 410 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 10: can ask for is the opportunity. 411 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 2: I feel like greatness comes out of adversity that you 412 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 2: talk about that, like, hey, we want to invite you 413 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 2: to be a walk on. And I know you're thinking, 414 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 2: I'm a scholar, I'm a scholar player how And this 415 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 2: sounds cliche in some sense, but I. 416 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: Think it's true. 417 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 2: How much of a chip on your shoulder did you 418 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 2: have kind of going through that process to say, hey, 419 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:35,159 Speaker 2: I can do this. You will give me a scholarship, 420 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 2: I will get myself to the NFL. Those are all 421 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 2: lofty goals because you know the numbers don't always work. 422 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 2: But is that the way you approached it, Like watch this, 423 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:43,680 Speaker 2: I'm gonna show you. 424 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 10: Yeah, every day, every day, Like sometimes I'll leave practice 425 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 10: just mad, just like but like not specifically mad as somebody, 426 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,200 Speaker 10: but just you know, mad about my situation. But of course, 427 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 10: like it's like the type of mad where not the 428 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 10: negative man that comes off and like as like a 429 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 10: bad teammate type of like oh, like you know, like 430 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 10: it's like a statement like I'm pissed for greatness like 431 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 10: something like that, where I really just wanted to keep 432 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 10: getting better and show that I shouldn't have been to 433 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 10: walk on Kadar. 434 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:20,200 Speaker 4: Give me one thing about Jersey that you like, the 435 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 4: the brand of New Jersey. That's the chip on the 436 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 4: shoulder kind of thing, right with the New Jersey guys. 437 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 1: Am I right about that? 438 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 10: Nah, You're definitely right, Like you know, coming out of Jersey, 439 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 10: like we just always I feel like I feel like 440 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 10: the just you got that competitive sent that that competitive 441 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,119 Speaker 10: in you, that competitive grit in you that you're not 442 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:43,479 Speaker 10: gonna get everywhere, like like our mentalities is way different, 443 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 10: Like we're gonna be in your face and we're not 444 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,720 Speaker 10: gonna be scared, and and like I just feel like, 445 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 10: I mean like a lot of places, they're not gonna 446 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 10: be ready for that. So you know our personalities, we 447 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 10: aggressive and we're gonna bring it. 448 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 2: You've done, You've done a really good job with these interviews. 449 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 2: But now I'm gonna put you on the gonna look 450 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,960 Speaker 2: little bit. How about a few either ors? 451 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 9: Ready? All right? 452 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: Do it ready? It's pretty simple. It's airb. 453 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 2: Back in May, we had two concerts at Energy Stadium. 454 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 2: If you had free tickets to go to either one, 455 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,919 Speaker 2: would you go to either Taylor Swift or Ed Sheeran. 456 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 9: Dang, I don't even know who is. 457 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 2: So that must be as Taylor Swift. 458 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:25,959 Speaker 4: I don't know about her even Wait wait, all right, 459 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 4: so what's your favorite musical artist? 460 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: Who do you want to go see? 461 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 4: I've got free tickets to see anybody anywhere in the world. 462 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 10: I mean, just going off by who be having good performances. 463 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 9: You can take me to a future concert. 464 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:44,160 Speaker 2: All right, one's gotta go either Instagram or TikTok. 465 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 10: I never I've never been a TikTok person, Like, yeah, 466 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 10: I got TikTok's gotta go. 467 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 9: It's gonna go anyway soon. 468 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 2: Okay, okay, the best team activity now I know y'all 469 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 2: went bowling. I'm gonna give you option either bowling or 470 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 2: go karts gold carts for sure. 471 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: Really, yea, go carts are bowling? Yeah, okay. 472 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 2: You could star in a remake of a movie, a 473 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:13,959 Speaker 2: famous movie, and you're the star either Good Fellas or Scarface. 474 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 1: You're going way back, I know. 475 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 9: Way back, but I've seen both. I know, I know. 476 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: Movie person. 477 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 9: I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go with scarfleeves. 478 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, you're a movie guy. 479 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 9: Yeah, I'm a movie guy. 480 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:26,200 Speaker 1: All right, we gotta talk. 481 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 2: Okay, cheap meal, tell you guys got to eat, right, lads, 482 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:35,800 Speaker 2: always after you either barbecue or text. 483 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: Mex barbecue, barbecue. 484 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 4: Okay, very nice, Kadar, thanks a lot for being with us. 485 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 1: Good luck you, thank you. 486 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:46,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a good one. At the end, me, Kadar, 487 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 2: that had some fump to it, so it was pretty good. Man, 488 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:51,680 Speaker 2: Our homie was a fun interview for sure. Now a 489 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 2: guy back in the day, it was a very funny interview. 490 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 2: Is Antoine Caldwell Bubba Caldwell playing the interior offensive line. 491 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 2: Drew Doherty caught up with him in a little where 492 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,080 Speaker 2: are They Now? Where's Antoine Calldwell, Well, he'll be next 493 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 2: on Texans' Access. We go one final segment of this 494 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 2: this year Texans All Access before we head into the weekend. 495 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 2: Make sure you check out the Twitter feed tomorrow wrote 496 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 2: an article You'll you'll definitely love it. 497 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 3: You will definitely love it. 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Well, Jude already caught up with him 508 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 2: right here. 509 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,439 Speaker 6: Welcome into where are They Now? This one features Antwin 510 00:21:53,640 --> 00:22:00,440 Speaker 6: called Well slim, slender and smelt offensive lineman for the Texans. 511 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 6: You're looking good man, How are you man? 512 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 5: I'm doing great, Drew. 513 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 11: I really appreciate you having me on and I appreciate 514 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 11: that con introduction. 515 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 6: Well, you grew up in Bama, grew up wanting to 516 00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 6: be a running back or a quarterback for the Tide. 517 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,120 Speaker 6: You've got to Tuscaloosa, but you're one of the best 518 00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 6: offensive linemen that school's ever had. You play four years there. 519 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 6: And what are you doing these days? And what's going on? 520 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 12: Where are you? 521 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:26,439 Speaker 11: Well, I'm here in Houston, specifically in Missouri City, right 522 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 11: outside of Houston. And I've been in the energy business 523 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 11: now for about six years, so specifically more natural gas. 524 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 5: Sales here in town. And man, it's been great. 525 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:40,959 Speaker 11: It's been great, no complaints, got married, got two little girls, 526 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,440 Speaker 11: so my hands are full of most days. 527 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 5: But man, life is good. 528 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 12: That's great to hear. 529 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 9: Man. 530 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 6: What have you thought recently about the hiring of your 531 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:53,680 Speaker 6: former teammate both in college and with the Texans, Demico Ryans. 532 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 6: I imagine you were not surprised by it that he 533 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 6: could be a head coach, But what did you think 534 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 6: of it? 535 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 11: And it's incredible, Honestly, all the all the cliche buzzwords 536 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 11: you can throw out, they all they all hit home. 537 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,679 Speaker 11: You know, everybody knows Tomko obviously as a great player, 538 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,240 Speaker 11: but you know, just been knowing Tomko just as a man. 539 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 11: I don't know if I can recall a more consistent 540 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:20,560 Speaker 11: man and person than Demiko. I mean, unbelievable leader, unbelievable presence, 541 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 11: and I think everybody that knows the Mikos, everybody says 542 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 11: the same thing. So, you know, it's an incredible hard 543 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 11: to get him back here in Houston, and I'm very 544 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:30,719 Speaker 11: proud for him and his family. 545 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I interviewed him before that Cotton Bowl 546 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 6: game back in Alato five earlier six and then I 547 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 6: worked here for the Texans his last three years here 548 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 6: as a player and saw him up close a little 549 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,919 Speaker 6: bit more. It's it's kind of like I mentioned a 550 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,280 Speaker 6: moment ago, it's not surprising that he is the head coach, 551 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 6: yet it's stunning that he's the head coach here. I 552 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 6: thought it was too good to be true, really, right? 553 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 6: You kind of along those same lines. 554 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 11: I guess I'll say yes and no. I just I 555 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:57,639 Speaker 11: think that it was clear that he was going to 556 00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 11: be a head coach. I think, like you said, everybody 557 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 11: that kind I knew him, you know, it was kind 558 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 11: of one of those things if he wanted to be 559 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,119 Speaker 11: a head coach, he would be at some point, But 560 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,639 Speaker 11: do I do think it's kind of surreal. You know, 561 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 11: it's kind of storybook to come back to your team 562 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 11: that drafted you and where you kind of were homegrown, 563 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 11: and that part of it is just again, it's just 564 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 11: amazing to kind of see. So I know he is 565 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,000 Speaker 11: fired up about it, though he was fired up about it, 566 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 11: and you know, it's just it's great to see it 567 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:23,880 Speaker 11: kind of go the right way. 568 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:26,919 Speaker 6: Tell me about your career at Alabama. You started so 569 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 6: many games there, you were an All American your final 570 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 6: year there. Yet you played for two coaches. You played 571 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 6: for Shula and you played for Saban. That's quite a 572 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:39,000 Speaker 6: change from who whoever was before next day, it doesn't 573 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 6: matter who it is. That's a big change when he 574 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 6: comes in and takes over, isn't it. 575 00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 11: Yeah, Yeah, it sure is. But you know, I think 576 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 11: I was incredibly close with coach Shula. You know, still 577 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 11: still keep in touch with him from time to time, 578 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 11: and you know, he was the one of the coach 579 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 11: that brought me in, so I always had a great 580 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 11: relationship with him, and you know, it was quite the shift, 581 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,640 Speaker 11: honestly from him to Nick, not not so much from 582 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 11: you know, some of the things that we were doing, 583 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 11: you know, on the field, but just more off the field. 584 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 5: You know, it's a lot of different, you. 585 00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 11: Know things that Nick came in and he implemented, you know, 586 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 11: different programs and systems. And again, obviously you couldn't deny 587 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,399 Speaker 11: his his his uh, you know, his reputation and some 588 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 11: of the stuff that he had done in the past. 589 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 11: So I think it was just amazing to kind of 590 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 11: see that shift. And we were a little bit resistant, 591 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 11: you know, early on, kind of like who's this guy? 592 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,080 Speaker 11: But then he gets in there, you know, and literally 593 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 11: after the first team being he just knew like, okay, 594 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 11: this is kind of a new sheriff in town, and 595 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,199 Speaker 11: you know, it's kind off to the races. 596 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 3: From there, you listen to Antoine Caldwell and where are 597 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:40,840 Speaker 3: they now? 598 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 6: Were man Drew Doherty And in their own ways, each 599 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,800 Speaker 6: of those two men had very deep knowledge and very 600 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 6: deep insight about the NFL, and I'm sure that kind 601 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 6: of melded a little bit into helping get you ready 602 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 6: for the league. 603 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 12: Right. 604 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 5: Absolutely, I think that is huge, I really do. 605 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,520 Speaker 11: I think having coaches that had that insight and you know, 606 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:03,919 Speaker 11: expertise to the next level is huge. You know, you 607 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 11: can literally go to those guys and have those conversations 608 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,880 Speaker 11: where they literally close the door and say, hey, this 609 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,639 Speaker 11: is what these teams are looking for, or this is 610 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 11: what this scout is looking at. 611 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 5: Those type of things I think is. 612 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 11: Incredibly beneficial for players when they're getting ready to go 613 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 11: to the next level. 614 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 5: So I think it definitely helped me out a lot. 615 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 6: You see some of that, like coming to fruition with 616 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,679 Speaker 6: guys like Will Anderson and Henry Tots. They're the latest 617 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:29,920 Speaker 6: that played for SABAN, and then you know, before that 618 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:32,439 Speaker 6: last year Christian Harris, and we'll see about John Matchew 619 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 6: because of all the stuff that he's having to go through. 620 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 6: But certainly playing for SABAN is going to get you 621 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 6: a little bit extra prepared for the NFL, probably more 622 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 6: so than playing for some other coaches, right. 623 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,119 Speaker 5: No doubt. And I think again a lot of people 624 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 5: know that about Nick. 625 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 11: I mean, he's done it all right, but it's it's 626 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,959 Speaker 11: like I said, it's his reputation, it's his credibility when 627 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 11: he says, hey, I've been at the next level, I 628 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 11: know what to look for. These are the things specifically 629 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,159 Speaker 11: I'd like for you to prove on, you know, and 630 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 11: That's what Nick's always been about. It say, steady small 631 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 11: improvements daily, and you know, to be able to have 632 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 11: like a you know, a real goal to kind of 633 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 11: scratch off every day or every month or every off 634 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,320 Speaker 11: season is huge. And that's what he kind of implemented 635 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 11: when he came to Alabama for us. 636 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:19,560 Speaker 6: Take me back to draft weekend two thousand and nine. 637 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 6: You're hoping to get your name called. What was it like? 638 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:24,879 Speaker 6: Set the story for us, and then tell us what 639 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 6: happened once the call came in. 640 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 11: Well, you know, I didn't really have a lot of 641 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 11: like meetings with a lot of teams. So I heard 642 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 11: a lot of different players that I was close with, 643 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 11: and like, hey, I met with so and so. Hey 644 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 11: I met with so and so. 645 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,760 Speaker 5: So I was kind of I was kind of more like, uh, 646 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,159 Speaker 5: does that mean something wrong that I hadn't met with 647 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 5: a lot of teams? 648 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,119 Speaker 12: But I kind of nervous. 649 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 11: Yeah, So I'm kind of going into it. I really 650 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,439 Speaker 11: didn't know what to really expect. And I kind of 651 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,640 Speaker 11: had kind of a range where I thought I kind 652 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 11: of would be drafted all the way from like you know, 653 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 11: second to the fourth grand So I kind of didn't 654 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 11: know where things were going, and so kind of draft day, 655 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 11: I thought I was going to kind of go. The 656 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 11: day before had had a call or two and that 657 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:06,639 Speaker 11: that didn't work out. And then the next day I 658 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 11: kind of was actually helped. I was more relaxed going 659 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 11: into day two, and I was kind of like, you 660 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 11: know what, I don't really know what's going to happen today. 661 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 5: And when the draft started, I just. 662 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 11: Remember being hadving all my family around, and you know, 663 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 11: I was actually my phone was on the table, kind 664 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,400 Speaker 11: of like a movie scene, and I was getting ready 665 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 11: to go outside and kind of just shoot some hoops, 666 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,160 Speaker 11: relax a little bit. Then I hear the phone ring, 667 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,040 Speaker 11: so immediately I whipped my head around. I run over 668 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 11: and I look at the phone and I see an 669 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,679 Speaker 11: eight three two area code. I'm like, being a three 670 00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,119 Speaker 11: three four Alabama, but I'm like, I have seen this. 671 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 11: So I look up at the screen. I'm like, Houston. 672 00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 11: Then I looked down on that I said, Houston said, 673 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 11: oh man, this is the Texans. So so I picked 674 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 11: it up. Rick was on the line, and kind of, 675 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 11: you know, the rest is history. From there was a 676 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 11: great conversation. I was super excited to be a Texan. 677 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 6: Yeah, and you joined an offensive line that was pretty 678 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:58,000 Speaker 6: darn good, you know, and Gary Kubiak and that offense 679 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,960 Speaker 6: had really started to get going and do some things. 680 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 6: And we would see that offensive line really paved the 681 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 6: way for those eleven and twelve football teams that went 682 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 6: to the playoffs. What was it like when you get 683 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 6: to town and you are in the room with a 684 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 6: lot of those guys because you had Dwayne Brown and 685 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,680 Speaker 6: Chris Meyers and Wade's well, Wade Smith came later, but 686 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 6: Eric Winston, a lot of really good players on that 687 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 6: offensive line. 688 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, it was. It was amazing. 689 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 11: It was a great It's probably the best experience I 690 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 11: could ever have being a rookie. And I don't know 691 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 11: a lot of people know the late great Alex Gibs, 692 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 11: but he was here. Then it was the coach with 693 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 11: Coach Ben, and I don't think as a rookie I 694 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 11: could have had any better leadership and better guidance for 695 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:44,200 Speaker 11: kind of developing as a rookie. Having gives it all 696 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:45,960 Speaker 11: of his years of experience, and then, like you said, 697 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:49,360 Speaker 11: having guys like Dwayne and Chris and Eric and all 698 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,880 Speaker 11: those guys ended up being Pro bowlers, you know. And 699 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 11: then Wade came in later, and you know, it was 700 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 11: just a great It was a great group. You know, 701 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 11: it was a little bit I guess you could say 702 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 11: a little bit of daunting when I first got here 703 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 11: and knowing that you know, their their accolades and achievements, 704 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:04,920 Speaker 11: But once I kind of got in the room with them, 705 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 11: they made me feel like family from day one. 706 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 5: So it was a great group. 707 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 2: You listen, Antwine called well and aware they now with 708 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 2: Drew Jerty, you. 709 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 6: Brught up Gibbs and he was there I think that 710 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 6: one year at the end of nine. He's there before, 711 00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:20,840 Speaker 6: but O nine I think was around about his last year. 712 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 12: Maybe another. 713 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:24,880 Speaker 6: But back then, when you'd go to a road game, 714 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,479 Speaker 6: you go through security here at Energy Stadium and then 715 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,000 Speaker 6: you get on the bus and there were three buses 716 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 6: for the team and then one bus for everybody else. 717 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 12: And I was on the everybody else bus. 718 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 6: Like every time I got on that everybody else bus, 719 00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 6: and I was usually one of the first on it. 720 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 6: Alex Gibbs was always on that everybody else bus, in 721 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:44,920 Speaker 6: the very front row ahead of everyone else. Yeah, his 722 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,000 Speaker 6: watch waiting to go, and that thing wasn't leaving for 723 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 6: another twenty thirty minutes, but he was there wearing his 724 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,560 Speaker 6: loafers and his sportcoat ready to rock man man. 725 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 8: He was. 726 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 11: Seriously, I mean, I wish, I wish everybody could experience 727 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 11: Gibbs for the. 728 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,480 Speaker 5: Good and the bad, because he was he was. He 729 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 5: was quite a man, quite a character. 730 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 11: But honestly, from a pure football perspective, his knowledge and 731 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,520 Speaker 11: experience and insight on the game, I mean, it's unmatched 732 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 11: from offensive line playing for a lot of people that 733 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 11: watch offensive line play nowadays. I mean, I would think 734 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 11: half of the league runs his system that he kind 735 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:20,000 Speaker 11: of helped create back in the day. So you know, 736 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 11: it was a great man. I couldn't answer any better 737 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 11: when I first came in. 738 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 12: Yeah, what was your rookie year? 739 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 11: Like? 740 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 6: Take us through it, because it's a big one for 741 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 6: the franchise, the first time the Texans had ever been 742 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 6: over five hundred. They went nine and seven that year 743 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 6: and win that final game against the Patriots, and for 744 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 6: a few hours there was a chance of getting the playoffs, 745 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 6: but things didn't work out with some other teams. What 746 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,640 Speaker 6: was that you're like for you because it was big 747 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 6: for the organization, but you were going through your own 748 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 6: things as a professional for the very first time in 749 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:48,880 Speaker 6: the NFL. 750 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 5: That's right, man, Drew. Honestly, I don't know. 751 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 11: I don't think there's ever been a longer year in 752 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 11: my life just from preparing to you know, get drafted. 753 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 11: Then you just go straight into Ben having that type 754 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,600 Speaker 11: of season where it just kind of pouring everything you 755 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 11: can into it. But it was so rewarded and honestly, 756 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 11: like you would hear the stories of man, we haven't 757 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 11: had a winning season and haven't done this, and haven't 758 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,080 Speaker 11: done that, and to really be right on the cusp 759 00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 11: at the end of the season, like you said in 760 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 11: great memory by the way, bringing all that up, it 761 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 11: was great to see, honestly, and you can kind of 762 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 11: tell that we were starting to kind of turn the 763 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 11: corner a little bit. Guys are starting to believe, and 764 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 11: you know, I think a lot of people were buying 765 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 11: in to what Kubak was doing, and I feel like 766 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 11: we had kind of started to turn the corner. 767 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 5: So it was great to be a part of. 768 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 6: Yeah, one of the reasons you guys were so good 769 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,480 Speaker 6: that year was that rookie class and they would really 770 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 6: help out in the years to come as well. But 771 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 6: think about the production from that class. You at the top, 772 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,479 Speaker 6: you had Brian Cushing in the first round. You had 773 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 6: Connor Barwin who would have a double digit sack season 774 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,480 Speaker 6: with the Texans and then going to Pro Bowls elsewhere. 775 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,960 Speaker 6: You all said Glover Quinn, he's one of the best 776 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 6: lions in history, and he was really really good here. 777 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 6: Arian Foster didn't even get drafted, but he wound up 778 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 6: being who he was. Tim Jamison another undrafted rookie who 779 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 6: actually got called up before Arian did that season. But 780 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 6: a lot of guys that I'm leaving a few out, 781 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 6: I'm sure did you feel a special kinship with those guys? 782 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,440 Speaker 6: You still feel and have a special kinship with those guys. 783 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 6: I didn't mention James Casey, Anthony Hill. They need to 784 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 6: be mentioned too. 785 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 11: Absolutely, I really do, Drew, that's a great question, and 786 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 11: I do think that that was a special group, you know, 787 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,600 Speaker 11: and you asked the question before we kind of got 788 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 11: started kind of keeping in touch with guys kind of 789 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 11: all of them periodically. You know, we'll even if it's 790 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,040 Speaker 11: on group chat or you know, run into somebody at 791 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 11: dinner or wherever it is. 792 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:39,960 Speaker 5: You know, it's always like you kind of pick up 793 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 5: where you left off. 794 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:42,680 Speaker 11: And I do think that was kind of a sign 795 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 11: of how close our group was, you know, let alone 796 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 11: the impact that some of us maybe had on the 797 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 11: player side, but just you know, great people, great me 798 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,600 Speaker 11: and everybody's family man now and kind of seeing how 799 00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 11: everybody's kind of spread out in different places. 800 00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 5: It's just awesome to see. 801 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:58,480 Speaker 1: It's little where are they now? 802 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,120 Speaker 3: If Antoine called, well, what's. 803 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 12: Your favorite memory as of Houston, Texan, and that's you. 804 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,000 Speaker 11: Know, it's a lot of them, you know, I think, 805 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:10,399 Speaker 11: you know, I always think about the games that we had, 806 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 11: you know, I think when we won we clinched the 807 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 11: playoff Birthday Cincinnati. I think that was in twenty eleven 808 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,799 Speaker 11: was a big one. I think there was a game 809 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:22,279 Speaker 11: maybe in twenty ten. I think we played the Commanders 810 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,799 Speaker 11: at Washington. I remember being down like twenty in the 811 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,280 Speaker 11: four to start the fourth quarter and kind of remembering 812 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 11: how ye yep, and kind of remembering how Andre kind 813 00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:33,440 Speaker 11: of took over that fourth quarter and how we ended 814 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 11: up coming back to win that one, And you know, 815 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,160 Speaker 11: just man, it's a lot of different memories, and I 816 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 11: think personally, for me, probably where I had the most 817 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:43,880 Speaker 11: like kind of starstruck moment. I think we were playing 818 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 11: Baltimore at Baltimore in the second round. 819 00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,440 Speaker 5: Being there and kind of getting in that game. 820 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,760 Speaker 11: And seeing like ray Lewis and some of those guys 821 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 11: for the first time being right across from was kind 822 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,319 Speaker 11: of like one of those moments like man, this is 823 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 11: this is insane, but then having it kind of snap 824 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:00,759 Speaker 11: back to it, like, hey, I got a job to do, 825 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:02,719 Speaker 11: like I got to get you know, get going. So 826 00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,279 Speaker 11: you know, just having those type of memories and stuff 827 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,040 Speaker 11: that I'll never forget and it's just a great experience. 828 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:11,319 Speaker 6: I'm glad you brought that game up because that's one 829 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,040 Speaker 6: of the all time dog fights in franchise history. And 830 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:18,279 Speaker 6: it was just one of those games you leave and 831 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:21,400 Speaker 6: you know, like you were that close, but you everything 832 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,279 Speaker 6: was left out there. Not that it's not on other days, 833 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 6: but goodness pacious, that was a slobber knocker. JJ Watt 834 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:31,160 Speaker 6: he has said that's the greatest game he's ever been 835 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:34,319 Speaker 6: a part of. Wow, even though the Texans didn't come 836 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 6: out on top of it. Yeah, take me back to 837 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 6: that Chili day in Baltimore in mid January twenty ten. 838 00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 5: That's it. Honestly, I could probably could summon up better. 839 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,280 Speaker 11: I mean, I just remember everything from the bus ride 840 00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,839 Speaker 11: to the stadium, how crazy it was kind of going there, 841 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:49,320 Speaker 11: and then. 842 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:51,319 Speaker 5: You know, when we came out for foremost kind of 843 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,920 Speaker 5: saying it is, yeah, it is Chris out here. 844 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,280 Speaker 11: But it was beautiful, like a beautiful there's a perfect 845 00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:00,319 Speaker 11: playoff game sitting, you know. And I kind of went 846 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,520 Speaker 11: into that game, you know, knowing that knowing that Baltimore 847 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 11: had a great team. Obviously you see it on film, 848 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,720 Speaker 11: you knew the background and the pedigree. But I felt 849 00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 11: going into that game, I felt that we matched up 850 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,879 Speaker 11: pretty well with and I thought that, you. 851 00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,040 Speaker 5: Know, we had a great week of work. 852 00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,040 Speaker 11: I was like, you know what we really need coming here, 853 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,279 Speaker 11: and I feel like we're just as good as those 854 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,440 Speaker 11: guys are, you know, as you said as one of 855 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,600 Speaker 11: the day, they said, one of the best games he's 856 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:25,400 Speaker 11: you know, he's been a part of. I kind of 857 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,560 Speaker 11: felt like that back and forth the whole game. I 858 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,440 Speaker 11: felt like at no point that I felt like we 859 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,239 Speaker 11: were a lesser team, and that's what you want in 860 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 11: playoff games. And you know, I remember that being there. 861 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,239 Speaker 11: You know, we came up short, but you know, it's 862 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 11: amazing to be in that in that environment. 863 00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 5: Yeah. 864 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,440 Speaker 6: One of the many things I remember from that game 865 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 6: was pre pre game on the field, just looking around 866 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,160 Speaker 6: once once the fans were let in, because that doesn't happen, 867 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,759 Speaker 6: I think until about two hours prior to kick off 868 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,200 Speaker 6: and the team gets there four hours ahead or three 869 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,279 Speaker 6: and a half. But I remember, you know, it's kind 870 00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,640 Speaker 6: of empty and there's just stadium workers doing their thing 871 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,200 Speaker 6: before the game. But then the fans are let in 872 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,960 Speaker 6: and it seemed like I blinked and just all along 873 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:11,080 Speaker 6: the first row, the entire field, I mean, the whole circle, 874 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:13,920 Speaker 6: it was all battle red. It was all Texans fans 875 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,279 Speaker 6: ye travel or come in from wherever to cheer on 876 00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:19,040 Speaker 6: the Texans on the road. It was really an eye 877 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,680 Speaker 6: opening experience. I don't ever remember that, or I hadn't 878 00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:24,719 Speaker 6: remembered that prior right to that playoff game, and it 879 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:26,719 Speaker 6: was it was really freaking cool. 880 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,480 Speaker 12: Do you remember that too? Is that that spark anything? 881 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:30,160 Speaker 8: Oh? 882 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:32,440 Speaker 5: And that's kind of when I. 883 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,600 Speaker 11: Was saying the environment I had never seen us, I guess, 884 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 11: kind of take over like a stadium and that energy 885 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:40,880 Speaker 11: in that buzz, you know, like I said, even from 886 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,319 Speaker 11: you know, right before we went out for warm ups. 887 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,360 Speaker 11: You could just slowly start to kind of feel it 888 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:47,080 Speaker 11: and see it build, and it's kind of like, man, 889 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,319 Speaker 11: this is this is amazing to be a part of. 890 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,400 Speaker 11: And yeah, I remember like you do, Drew. It was 891 00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 11: crazy to see, you know, all the fans and all 892 00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,000 Speaker 11: the support that we had. And I think that probably 893 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:58,320 Speaker 11: played in a little bit to how well we played 894 00:37:58,320 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 11: even though it came short. 895 00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:01,080 Speaker 12: Yeah, no doubt. 896 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 6: So who do you still keep in touch with and 897 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,400 Speaker 6: talking up with from those days? 898 00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:06,239 Speaker 5: Man? 899 00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:08,840 Speaker 11: You know a lot of guys just mainly through text, 900 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:14,399 Speaker 11: but you know obtually the Domico, Dwayne and a lot 901 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:14,760 Speaker 11: of guys. 902 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:15,880 Speaker 5: Oh this is interesting. 903 00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,759 Speaker 11: I actually I'm a huge fantasy football fan and I 904 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,480 Speaker 11: started a fantasy football league with all of us former guys. 905 00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:25,319 Speaker 9: Yeah, so you. 906 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:28,280 Speaker 5: Know you got you know, Eric Winston, Arian Wade. 907 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,759 Speaker 12: Wait wait did you what did you just say? What name? 908 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:31,919 Speaker 12: Did you just slide in there? 909 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:32,520 Speaker 5: Yeah? 910 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,840 Speaker 1: Eric Winston, Arian Arian Foster. 911 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:41,239 Speaker 6: Yes, yes, about cracking on fantasy football when he was 912 00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:41,640 Speaker 6: a player. 913 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:42,560 Speaker 12: I love that still. 914 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,239 Speaker 6: I've heard it from I think Wade let me in 915 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,200 Speaker 6: and told me about this a few years back, and 916 00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:48,879 Speaker 6: I was like, what we are right? 917 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,200 Speaker 5: Right exactly? Yeah, I mean it's times. Times have changed. 918 00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 11: And I actually didn't even have the strong on He's like, 919 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:58,160 Speaker 11: actually wanted to do it, so but yeah, you know, 920 00:38:58,200 --> 00:38:59,799 Speaker 11: so we got a couple, you know, we got about 921 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:02,080 Speaker 11: ten twelve guys in the league, and honestly we just 922 00:39:02,200 --> 00:39:04,160 Speaker 11: kind of, you know, stay in touch on that and 923 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:05,919 Speaker 11: kind of you know, go back and forth. 924 00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:07,640 Speaker 5: So it's just it's great. It's great to kind of 925 00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:08,680 Speaker 5: see where everybody is. 926 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:10,920 Speaker 6: That's fun. It's cool, you'll keep in touch. It was 927 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,000 Speaker 6: a special time in team history if you think about it, 928 00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 6: franchise history. 929 00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:14,839 Speaker 5: It was. 930 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,440 Speaker 11: It was and I and again, I think you know, 931 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:19,880 Speaker 11: every time you pick up where you left off of 932 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:21,600 Speaker 11: those guys, you know, you like say you see them 933 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,280 Speaker 11: out or you're talking over text or whatever. 934 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:25,160 Speaker 5: Man, it's just always been the same thing. 935 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,880 Speaker 6: So it's just great, Hey, now you're an offensive lineman, 936 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:33,200 Speaker 6: but you were on the offense with Andre Johnson. And 937 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:34,759 Speaker 6: one thing that I do when I talk to all 938 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:36,279 Speaker 6: of you guys, because I do this, I try to 939 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:37,560 Speaker 6: do this on a weekly basis is. 940 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:38,680 Speaker 12: Where are they now? Podcasts? 941 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,480 Speaker 6: I know it, you know it. Most of the people 942 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,919 Speaker 6: that are listening or watching this know it. But there's 943 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:47,120 Speaker 6: some dummies out there that don't. Why does Andre Johnson 944 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:49,280 Speaker 6: belong in the Pro Football Hall of Fame? What's your 945 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:50,359 Speaker 6: reasoning for it? 946 00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:55,120 Speaker 11: Well, I'll go back to when I first came to 947 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:55,840 Speaker 11: the Texans. 948 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,480 Speaker 5: I remember during. 949 00:39:58,239 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 11: Like conditioning and like training camp, just little stuff like 950 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 11: I'm like. 951 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:04,920 Speaker 9: Oh about, I'm like this you. 952 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:09,319 Speaker 11: Hear about, but watching him work even I think at 953 00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:11,279 Speaker 11: that point it was like year like nine or ten, 954 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,600 Speaker 11: which you know, he was solidified, right, he didn't have 955 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,520 Speaker 11: to do all that, but he'd go run and go 956 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:18,480 Speaker 11: route and he'd sprint back, you know, right afterwards and 957 00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,920 Speaker 11: get right back up and go. I had never seen 958 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,399 Speaker 11: a player of his stature still work as hard as 959 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,120 Speaker 11: he did. So from a peer like work perspective, I 960 00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:29,240 Speaker 11: would say that, But then you look at the production 961 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:31,320 Speaker 11: and the performance and everything he put on the field. 962 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:33,840 Speaker 11: I mean it's like it's almost a no brain. I 963 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:36,120 Speaker 11: don't know how it hadn't happened yet, but you know, 964 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,120 Speaker 11: I think, you know, we keep the faith and I 965 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:39,920 Speaker 11: think he'll I think he'll end up getting. 966 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:40,240 Speaker 5: Over the hump. 967 00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:43,760 Speaker 12: Yeah for sure. Yeah, it's uh, that's one of the things. 968 00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:47,080 Speaker 6: When I started what that it was a common refrain 969 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:52,319 Speaker 6: from young players experienced players. Is how hard he worked 970 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,520 Speaker 6: in the offseason, how hard he worked in the weight room, 971 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,759 Speaker 6: how hard he worked. Just basically what you didn't see 972 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,080 Speaker 6: on game day, you know, all that stuff that he 973 00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,160 Speaker 6: was doing beforehand is one of the reasons he was 974 00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:03,920 Speaker 6: so excellent on game day. 975 00:41:04,719 --> 00:41:07,440 Speaker 11: It was and you know, it would literally I'd be 976 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:09,960 Speaker 11: times in the weight room, I'm just like, I'm supposed 977 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:10,680 Speaker 11: to be doing what I'm doing. 978 00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:11,600 Speaker 5: I'm just watching him. 979 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:14,719 Speaker 11: We might not even be doing the same lifts or exercise, 980 00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:19,440 Speaker 11: but everything he did was so intentional, like he he 981 00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,560 Speaker 11: had a purpose, like he knew he was in there 982 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:25,960 Speaker 11: and to handle his business. And he showed me kind 983 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:28,480 Speaker 11: of early on what kind of work ethic is needed 984 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:31,799 Speaker 11: to be successful in the in the league. And you know, 985 00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:33,920 Speaker 11: and I still, you know, I'll tell anybody, you know, 986 00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:35,239 Speaker 11: I was like, you know, it's a couple of guys 987 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:37,279 Speaker 11: I can think of when I was playing that those 988 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:39,000 Speaker 11: had that type of effect on people. 989 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:40,840 Speaker 5: Andre is definitely one of those guys. 990 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,719 Speaker 1: Oh There's no doubt about that. 991 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,279 Speaker 2: And a big thanks Chancewayan Caldwell and Drew Dorry that 992 00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:48,840 Speaker 2: way they now was absolutely awesome. Big thanks to Kadar 993 00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:52,440 Speaker 2: Holman and to Amari Rodgers and of course mar Vandamir 994 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:54,799 Speaker 2: who'll be back on Monday, so the gang will be 995 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:58,560 Speaker 2: back together. Then, enjoy your week and everybody, we'll see 996 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,920 Speaker 2: you on Monday, and as always is go Texans.